The 56th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

14.02.10
56th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, © Kurzfilmtage/Boros Dates: 29 April – 4 May | Location: Oberhausen, Germany The 56th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen is going back to the roots of cinema, presenting the biggest programme of early films in Germany so far under the title ‘From the Deep: The Great Experiment 1898-1918′. Bringing together works from one of the most wildly experimental and unknown ...
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Identical Twins in Hollywood Films

06.01.10
Dead Ringer, Paul Henreid These Seven Wonders are inspired by Factum, the latest multi-channel video installation by artist Candice Breitz, that explores the experiences of identical twins in Toronto. Factum will be at the White Cube in Hoxton Square from 12 February. Identical twins often get a raw deal in Cinema: in the tradition of the doppelganger they often signify that sinister events are yet to ...
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Stuart Croft

26.11.09
Stuart Croft, The Stag Without a Heart (2009). Image courtesy of the artist. APEngine talks to Stuart Croft about how, as an artist, he makes films that explore the language of cinema – for the art gallery context… touching on Hitchcock and Hammer along the way. How and when did you start making film work? Did you train in filmmaking? I went to art school. I was a ...
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The Auteurs

14.10.09
theauteurs.com Essentially, The Auteurs lets you watch high quality streams of movies on your computer, mostly for a small fee (£3 for longer films, £1 for shorter ones) though some films are free. Slanted towards the more esoteric end of the cinematic spectrum, it abounds in titles that your local Blockbuster – or, for that matter, LoveFilm – is highly unlikely to carry. October’s film of ...
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Rachel Baker blogs from AND Festival on the film/art debate

26.09.09
Still from the Primitive installation by Apichatpong Weerasethakul Rachel Baker shares her thoughts with APEngine on a masterclass with Apichatpong Weerasethakul prompts thoughts about film and art… Fresh from the previous night’s Jarman Award announcement at the Whitechapel Gallery, where the fraught topic of ‘cinema and art crossing over’  was the subject of some energetic ranting, I took myself and the rant to the AND Festival at ...
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The Jarman Award: Shortlist

22.09.09
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want, Stephen Sutcliffe Inspired by filmmaker Derek Jarman, The Jarman Award was launched in 2008 “to recognise artists working with the moving image whose work, like Jarman’s, resists conventional definition, encompassing innovation and excellence”. The 2009 shortlisted artists are Anja Kirschner and David Panos, Simon Martin, Lindsay Seers, and Stephen Sutcliffe. We asked them all some questions. The Jarman ...
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