Submission Deadline For BEELD VOR BEELD Documentary Film Festival

Submission deadline: Monday March 15, 2010, 5 pm

BEELD VOOR BEELD is a documentary film festival dealing with cultural diversity. Rooted in visual anthropology, the festival screens documentaries on various (sub-)cultures in a format combining screenings, discussions and seminars on different themes. It offers a meeting place for filmmakers and audiences from different cultural backgrounds. All filmmakers will be present, and much attention is paid to the discussions between them and the audience.

Entry submission is open to every production that either deals with subjects of anthropology, sociology and social issues or fits in with the overall theme.

The Devil Operation | New film by Guarango/Quisca + Trailer

Father Marco, a humble priest from Cajamarca, in Peru’s northern mountains, is being followed. A private investigative firm is filming and photographing the priest’s every move; their meticulous reports are code-named “The Devil Operation.”

“Nov 2nd, 5:00 am” – Coverage of “Hell” (Father Marco Arana’s office) begins.

“Nov 2nd, 7:00 am” – “El Diablo” (Father Marco) arrives at his office.

“Nov 2nd, 7:10 am” – El Diablo gives mass. (more…)

Ahoj Prague

The One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Prague opens today with the Iranian film “Green Days” by Hana Makhmalbaf. More information here

Films screened at partner festival One World Berlin are available on realeyz.tv, such as BOY WHO PLAYS ON THE BUDDHAS OF BAMIYAN, TAMBOGRANDE or TERRORISTS: THE KIDS THEY SENTENCED.

Happy Birthday! Ornette Coleman Turns 80.

Ornette Coleman was one of the great Free Jazz innovators of the 1960’s. His epoch-making record “Free Jazz” was released by Atlantic Records at the dawn of that decade. This all-star album features Eric Dolphy, Don Cherry, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden, Scott LaFaro, Ed Blackwell and Billy Higgins. Coleman released over 50 LP’s as a band leader. His most recent record, “Sound Grammar”, was recorded live Ludwigshafen in 2005. It won the Pulitzer Prize for music. Shirley Clarke’s Film on realeyz.tv  Ornette: Made in America throws an interesting light on Coleman’s life and work.

Pandora Blue(s)

The Center for Research and Documentation Chile-Latin America (FDCL) analyses the “Avatar” phenomenon and what the unexpected Oscar snub (in favor of Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq war drama “The Hurt Locker”) means in terms of natural resource vs. indigenous rights discourse in Latin America. Read the full post in German here.

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