DUST - it's everywhere... Even on Facebook!
Join our new Facebook group dedicated to DUST in all its forms. The new film by Hartmut Bitomsky examines the myriad shapes and pathways of dust. It pursues dust to the places where it settles and meets the people who contend with it.
Learn more about DUST, read articles and find screening and festival dates here!Labels: dust, facebook, film festival, science
2 FRIF films receive awards at the 2008 Montreal International Festival of Films on Art
LOOKING FOR AN ICON was the recipient of the Award for Best Educational Film, while EILEEN GRAY received the Best Portrait Award.The 10-day International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) was created in 1981 and has been striving ever since to increase public awareness and appreciation of the arts by promoting works by film, television and video artists and professionals.Labels: architecture, arts, awards, festival news, photography
The WPA Film Festival selects 4 films from the FRIF catalog
The Western Psychological Association is holding its annual meeting April 10th to 13th in Irvine, CA. DO COMMUNISTS HAVE BETTER SEX?, MADE OVER IN AMERICA and SELLING SICKNESS will be part of the film festival taking place during the conference. Last year's festival winner, THE 3 ROOMS OF MELANCHOLIA, will be showcased in a special encore presentation.Labels: festival news, psychology
4 FRIF films to be presented at the Association for Asian Studies Meeting
From April 3rd to 6th in Atlanta, GA, the AAS will hold its annual conference with panels and discussions devoted to a wide range of issues in research, teaching and Asian affairs in general. I FOR INDIA, NANJING, LOSERS AND WINNERS and A DECENT FACTORY have been selected to illustrate the variety of subjects presented during the 4-day meeting. Labels: asian studies, China, Globalization, Immigration, India, Labor
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
First Run/Icarus films to be screened at the Organization of American Historians conference
During its 101st conference taking place in NYC from March 28th to 31st, the OAH will show 4 films from the FRIF catalog. THE SIXTH SIDE OF THE PENTAGON, THE CAMDEN 28, BEEN RICH ALL MY LIFE and THE PRIZE OF THE POLE have all been selected and represent an eclectic range of subjects such as reactions to the Vietnam war, a troupe of Harlem tap dancers and Arctic exploration.
Labels: academic conferences, american history, arctic pole, been rich all my life, camden 28, Chris Marker, harlem, prize of the pole, sixth side of the pentagon, vietnam war
4 FRIF films to be shown at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture conference
The annual meeting of ASCA will take place in Houston from March 27th to 30th, this year exploring the theme of “Seeking the City: Visionaries on the margins.”
WASTE=FOOD, SHIGERU BAN, THE FUTURE OF MUD and LAGOS/KOOLHAAS will all be presented during the conference.
Labels: academic conferences, architecture, future of mud, lagos/koolhaas, shigeru ban, waste food
WAR PHOTOGRAPHER to be screened at the Society for Photographic Education Conference
The Society for Photographic Education is holding its 45th national conference from March 13th to 16th in Denver, Colorado. WAR PHOTOGRAPHER, the Academy Award nominated documentary by Christian Frei about American photographer James Nachtwey, will be presented as part of the Film Festival Showcase.
Labels: academic conferences, Christian Frei, film festival, James Nachtwey, photography, screening, war photographer
THE SUGAR CURTAIN to be shown at CUNY Graduate Center in New York City on March 15
The 3-day international symposium “A Changing Cuba in a Changing World” will feature a free screening of THE SUGAR CURTAIN by Camila Guzmán Urzúa on Saturday March 15th at 10:45am at the Elebash Recital Hall of the CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan.
In this revealing autobiographical portrait, the filmmaker returns to Havana to reflect on her childhood and adolescence during the "golden years" of the Cuban Revolution.
"Highly recommended... An endearing and intimate reverie... distinguished by its refusal to conclude or preach... it helps the audience contemplate mixed and multiple Cuban realities."—Holly Ackerman, Educational Media Reviews Online
This screening is open to the public on a first come first serve basis. Visit the CUNY website for more information. Labels: Cuba, NYC events, screening, sugar curtain, symposium
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