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      Vera Brunner-Sung
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      Luise Moerke
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      David Heslin
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Author Vera Brunner-Sung

Vera Brunner-Sung

Vera Brunner-Sung is a filmmaker. She has lectured on nonfiction and experimental film at the University of California, San Diego, and currently teaches at the University of Montana.

Dispatch from the Rockies: The 9th Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

Vera Brunner-Sung
June 2012
Festival Reports
Cultivated by a committed group of documentary filmmakers in Missoula, Montana, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival has established itself as a serious cultural asset and industry event in America’s Mountain ...

A Family Affair: The 15th Pusan International Film Festival

Vera Brunner-Sung
December 2010
Festival Reports
The celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) this year was a bit of a balancing act. On the one hand, festival organisers sought to dazzle visitors with a panoply of c...
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Phantoms of Liberty: Apichatpong Weerasethakul edited by James Quandt

Vera Brunner-Sung
April 2010
Book Reviews
“I like reading interpretations of my films”, says Apichatpong Weerasethakul. “In Thailand there is mostly film description but not criticism, so I find it refreshing to read what others think my films mean” (p...

Unfamiliar Ground: The 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam

Vera Brunner-Sung
April 2009
Festival Reports
  21 January – 1 February 2009 Like so many film festivals, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has grown exponentially since its inception. Nearly 40 years hence, a newcomer might consi...
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James Benning edited by Barbara Pichler and Claudia Slanar

Vera Brunner-Sung
May 2008
Book Reviews
If I am going to make up my history let me make it up the way I want to. If you criticize that, you have to criticize all history not just mine. – James Benning, in James Benning (p.127) How and when does o...

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