Film Festival Reports

BAFICI

BAFICI 2014: ENCOUNTERS WITH YOUR INNER TROTSKY CHILD BY JIM FINN

By José Sarmiento Hinojosa

Jim Finn seems to get pleasure in the aesthetics of video, and the possibilities of recreation of alternative realities this format can provide him. With his mockumentary, La Trinchera Luminosa del Presidente Gonzalo (2007), he recalled the terrorist movement Sendero Luminoso and its movements inside the Peruvian prison system, and how the prisons served as headquarters for the prisoners, organizing parades and spreading the maoist ideology of the movement.

2014.04.09

BAFICI

BAFICI 2014: THE JOYCEAN SOCIETY BY DORA GARCIA

By José Sarmiento Hinojosa

Imagine if you will, a group of people studying, in an almost forensic kind of way, every single nuance and detail of James Joyce’ last masterpiece “Finnegan’s Wake”.

2014.04.07

BAFICI

BAFICI 2014: LOS ANGELES RED SQUAD BY TRAVIS WILKERSON

By José Sarmiento Hinojosa

The latest Travis Wilkerson film (who some may know for the impeccable Distinguished Flying Cross) goes beyond its path as a common documentary to become a militant, living organism that quietly meditates throughout some of Los Angeles most significant landscapes (…)

2014.04.04

Film Festival Reports

KOREAN MEMORIES: RECONSTRUCTING THE PAST – KAFFNY 2013

By Tristan Teshigahara Pollack

The Korean American Film Festival of New York (KAFFNY) is the kind of film festival made up of cinephilic dreams. Thriving on an all-volunteer-staff, the festival has consistently aimed to represent the diaspora of Korean filmmakers and artists.

2014.02.21

Berlinale

BERLINALE 2014: FINAL WORDS

By José Sarmiento Hinojosa

While the Berlinale Palast closes its doors in expectation of a new year, and the whole movement of people that drifted mercilessly along the streets of the Potsdamer Platz is now on their way home, it feels like the right time to reflect calmly on what this last Berlin Film Festival brought to the table (or didn’t).

2014.02.19

Berlinale

BERLINALE 2014: AWARDS WINNERS

The members of the 2014 International Jury, James Schamus (President), Barbara Broccoli, Trine Dyrholm, Mitra Farahani, Greta Gerwig, Michel Gondry and Christoph Waltz, award the following prizes:

2014.02.15

Berlinale

BERLINALE 2014: DAYS FIVE AND SIX

By José Sarmiento Hinojosa

Final days of the Berlinale are coming, and yet no surprises arrived from the main competition at the Palast. As every year (and even in a particular quality decline over the years) the Forum section offered the best of what Berlin Film Festival had to present

2014.02.15

Berlinale

BERLINALE DAY FOUR: VEIKO ÕUNPUU SAVES THE DAY, TSAI FOLLOWS UP

By José Sarmiento Hinojosa

Okay, let’s get it straight. If the author of The Temptation of St. Tony were about to do an absurdist, Dadaistic take on life over Estonia, we’d all be there to watch.

2014.02.12

Berlinale

BERLINALE 2014 DAY THREE: REDESCOVERING RETROSPECTIVES

By José Sarmiento Hinojosa

If today had one single protagonist it was John Zorn. The avant-garde composer was the main instigator of two precious, unforgettable and unrepeatable events: the restoration of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari by Robert Wiene, fully scored (in an improvisational matter) by Mr. Zorn himself

2014.02.10

Berlinale

BERLINALE 2014: DAY ONE AND TWO

By José Sarmiento Hinojosa

Great expectations coming from the Berlinale, as the Palast (and more than 20 venues), opens the red carpet to the most expected films, premiering in more than ten different categories of the festival

2014.02.09

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BAFICI 2014: ENCOUNTERS WITH YOUR INNER TROTSKY CHILD BY JIM FINN

BAFICI 2014: THE JOYCEAN SOCIETY BY DORA GARCIA

BAFICI 2014: LOS ANGELES RED SQUAD BY TRAVIS WILKERSON

KOREAN MEMORIES: RECONSTRUCTING THE PAST – KAFFNY 2013

BERLINALE 2014: FINAL WORDS

BERLINALE 2014: AWARDS WINNERS

BERLINALE 2014: DAYS FIVE AND SIX

BERLINALE DAY FOUR: VEIKO ÕUNPUU SAVES THE DAY, TSAI FOLLOWS UP

BERLINALE 2014 DAY THREE: REDESCOVERING RETROSPECTIVES

BERLINALE 2014: DAY ONE AND TWO

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