Robert Kramer (New York City, 1930 – 1999) was heavily involved in political activism as a college student, having worked first as a community organizer in Newark, and then as a reporter in Latin America. He helped to found Newsreel, an underground media collective which produced several films about radical political subjects and the anti-war movement. It was …
Philip Spinelli was an american filmmaker and actor. He is best known for his work in Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal (1977), Hovering Over the Water (1986) and Eyes of Fire (1983).
Launched in 2019, First window is dedicated to documentary debuts and features short films of varying lengths, from young creators enrolled in art schools, university film programmes, filmmaking courses of any kind, or creating outside of any specific training environment. From 22 to 31 March, the twelve films will be shown in theatres giving young …
Running from 6 to 216 minutes, from Japan to Argentina and from France to China, the 37 films in the Competition will once again showcase the most outstanding contemporary documentary creations, as world, international or French premieres. AEROFLUX by Nicolas BooneFrance | 42’ | World premiere AMERICIUM by Théodora BaratFrance | 64’ | World premiere ARANCIA BRUCIATA by Clémentine …
Running from 10 to 119 minutes, from China to Canada and from France to Suriname, the 37 films in the Competition will once again showcase contemporary documentary creation in all its diversity, as world, international or French premieres. 1 RUE ANGARSKAIA by Rostislav KirpicenkoFrance, Ukraine | 69’ | World premiere ABOUT THE PINK COCOON by Binyu WangChina …
Pedro de Filippis is a filmmaker from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Rejeito is his debut feature and underlines his research on post-colonialism. He graduated from the European MFA program DocNomads, for which he directed short documentaries in Portugal, Hungary, and Belgium. Pedro is an alumnus of the Points North Fellowship (2019), where Rejeito won the Special …
Born in Luanda (Angola) in 1985, Paula Agostinho graduated in Performing Arts in 2007, in Lisbon (Portugal), while taking piano and singing lessons. Back in Luanda in 2013, she became a producer at Geração 80, producing commercials, music videos and institutional videos.
Born in 1974 in Portugal, Sandro Aguilar studied film at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema. In 1998 he founded the production company O Som e a Fúria. His films have won awards at festivals, such as La Biennale di Venezia, Gijón, Oberhausen and Vila do Conde, and have been shown in Torino, Belfort, …