The Other Side of Reality
The Other Side of Reality
- Date
- Feb 12th 2012
- With
- Sean Farnel, Sophie Fiennes, Victor Kossakovsky
Master documentarians and auteurs of beautifully shot observational films, Victor Kossakovsky and Sophie Fiennes will talk about how wor- king as a documentary filmmaker has enabled them to develop a strong and specific way to tell stories and show reality in ground-breaking ways. The conversation will specifically focus on how documentary filmmakers need to know in advance which story they want to tell, in order to effectively shoot scenes or work with their protagonists. Find out how Kossakovsky and Fiennes have created their working styles and found their distinctive voice in the genre.
Sean Farnel
Independent film consultant specializing in festivals, curation, acquisitions and creative development. Prior to a recently concluded six year stint as director of programming at the Hot Docs Festival, he was a staff programmer with the Toronto International Film Festival.
Sophie Fiennes
British documentary filmmaker and producer. She started out working with Peter Greenaway on several of his films, before realizing projects with choreographer Alain Platel and THE PERVERT‘S GUIDE TO CINEMA with philosopher Slavoj Žižek. Her film OVER YOUR CITIES GRASS WILL GROW about the artist Anselm Kiefer premiered in Cannes in 2010 and her latest work include a documentary and two short films: THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY, FIRST ROW ORCHESTRA and HOPPER STORIES.
Victor Kossakovsky
Victor Kossakovsky began his career at the Leningrad Documentary Film Studio in 1978 as an assistant cameraman, assistant director and editor. In 1988, he graduated from the Higher Courses for Film Writers and Directors Institute in Moscow. He has taken on the roles of writer, director, editor and cinematographer in many of his films. His international breakthrough, THE BELOVS, won the Joris Ivens Award and the Audience Award at IDFA in Amsterdam. Since then, his work has continued to win numerous awards. His most recent film, AQUARELA, premiered at Venice in 2018
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