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Ezra Winton, at right, gives a talk at the On June 25, 2006 I gave a talk at the SHORT FILMS, BIG QUESTIONS: FESTIVALS, POLITICS, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT conference in Pernik.
Jul.13
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In Pernik for the Short Films Conferenc

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On June 25, 2006 I gave a talk at the SHORT FILMS, BIG QUESTIONS: FESTIVALS, POLITICS, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT conference in Pernik, Bulgaria. It was a great academic gathering in a wonderful location that ran in conjunction with the In the Palace International Short Film Festival, an Oscar-qualifying festival in its 23rd year of operation. I had the opportunity to share with colleagues some of the research from my book project on Hot Docs, and talked about something I don’t usually cover at conferences: shorts at Hot Docs. Crunching the…read more

May.06
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20 Questions for Film Curators

Posted by in Art, Cinema, Culture and Politics, Festivals

This past winter I taught a graduate seminar course at Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema (Concordia University) entitled “Curatorial Practices and the Politics of Programming.” It was a fantastic and meaningful experience and I was fortunate enough to have 13 engaged students, all of whom suffered along with me as I attempted to make sense of my overly-ambitious and newly minted syllabus. After a few weeks of the course and after several discussions around programming ethics, responsibilities, practices, and outcomes, we decided to compile a list of questions that someone curating or programming film might…read more