A combustible medium is perfect for a combustible world. Nitrate celluloid was discontinued as the de facto base for film stock in the early 1950s because of its notoriously flammable quality. Massive splotches of film history are completely lost to ashes because of vault fires such as the one that ravaged Twentieth Century Fox in […]| Senses of Cinema
On the back wall of the Māoriland Hub, in the Toi Matarau Gallery on the main street of Ōtaki on the Kāpiti Coast of Te Ika-a-Māui (the North Island of New Zealand), hangs a map of the world. Hand painted on a large sheet of canvas, the black outlines of islands and continents lack national […]| Senses of Cinema
“Hi there, this is the open address of our venue for today’s screenings.” I scroll through the email. There’s a Google Maps link followed by more instructions: “The building entrance is right between the market and the furniture shop; just push the outer door and you’ll be in.” The invite comes with a plea not […]| Senses of Cinema
Unspooling every spring in Nyon, Visions du Réel is known as the largest documentary film festival in Switzerland, as well as one of Europe’s most renowned. But on the shores of the ever-picturesque Lake Geneva, documentary cinema takes on a different form. The festival very adamantly stretches the boundaries of what it considers to be […]| Senses of Cinema
Berwick-upon-Tweed is a seaside town located on the border between England and Scotland. Such porous identity is reflected in the town’s only film festival, the Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival, which every year draws an eclectic group of filmmakers, programmers, critics, scholars, and cinephiles for a three-day foray into the in-between spaces of cinema. | Senses of Cinema