Presented by Elektra Venaki When: Friday 10 June 2016, 15 – 17h Where: Kinoteka Zlatna Vrata/ Cinematheque Zlatna Vrata If you would like to learn about film sound practice and theory, with an emphasis on “off screen sounds”, please join us for a workshop led by film expert Elektra Venaki. The workshop will explore how these …
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Cinematography As A Language – A Reflection Text On Olympia Mytilinaiou’s Masterclass
At this very moment I am going through the notes I took while listening to this masterclass and I must admit I really haven’t written a lot. One of the reasons was my after-lunch sleepiness. The second reason is that this was more of an interactive than classic listen-and-write-it-down type of masterclass. The masterclass was …
Reflecting Politics and New Cinema in Turkey: the Istanbul Film Festival in 2016
By Ozge Ozduzen International Istanbul Film Festival (IFF) was launched in 1982 by the IKSV (the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts). As the biggest film event in Istanbul for almost 35 years, it has been a unique space for Turkish, Kurdish and other filmmakers whose films would otherwise struggle to find a space in …
When cinematography is more than camerawork
A reflection on Olympia Mytilinaiou’s masterclass that turned into an impromptu review In 2013 I was in a film journalism workshop at the Venice Film Festival and everybody in my group was talking about this amazing Greek film screening there. I didn’t manage to see it then and it’s bizarre title, Miss Violence, so full …
An open masterclass on Film Criticism with Jean-Michel Frodon
In the frame of the 3-day event of the 4th altcineAction! Online Short Film Festival for Balkan Filmmakers, we had the pleasure to host the acclaimed French film critic (former Editor in Chief of Cahiers du Cinema), Jean-Michel Frodon, who gave an open masterclass on film criticism on January 22th, at the Institut Francais d΄Athenes. …
Understanding Cinematography – A Reflection on Olympia Mytilinaiou’s Masterclass
It tends to be fairly common knowledge that in general, film-makers and those involved in the film making process are not usually the biggest fans of the film critic. Half of the problem is that some critics do not understand the process of film-making, therefore how can they write about something, that they do not …
BCC received support from the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
We are very happy to announce Balkan Cultural Centre has secured funding from the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (Hrvatski Audiovizualni Centar), through its Film Education, Culture and Archives funding programme. Our film literacy travelling project is one of ninety film related activities awarded in this year’s competition. The generous support offered by HAVC will allow us …
The Cine Caravan comes to Split, Croatia on 10, 11 and 12 June 2016!
The 5C Project is a year long film literacy travelling program organised by four partners: altcine (Greece), Balkan Cultural Centre (Croatia), Balkan Cultural Institute/Divan Film Festival (Romania) and Adriapol/Tirana International Film Festival (Albania). The project consists of cultural and educational events in four cities and online activities; film screenings, workshops, round tables and Q&A sessions, …
50 Shades of Green
Some thoughts on use of color inspired by Olympia Mytilinaiou´s Workshop Olympia Mytilinaiou´s workshop provided important knowledge on the construction of imagery in a film and what a critic is supposed to keep an eye on while watching a cinematic piece. One of the aspects of film imagery we discussed was the use in color …
Film Criticism; a Pure Form of Art?
A reflection on Jean-Michel Frodon’s masterclass. Much like any other art form, the artist recognise for whom the audience for their art is for and also need to recognise if changes need to be made to cater to that specific audience. The art of film criticism is very much the same. One must know who …