In a joint publication effort with Fantômas, the Belgian film quarterly, we are publishing the English version of an essay by Open City Documentary Festival director María Palacios Cruz. It was originally commissioned by Fantômas and initially intended to be published in their fifth print issue, but the publication had to change course due to an absence of funding. The Dutch version of the text is published on the Fantômas website.Dimanche (1963).The website of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen used to feature quotes by the many luminaries who had had formative experiences at the festival. One particular phrase by German filmmaker Wim Wenders sticks in my mind. He claimed to have smoked his first cigarette in Oberhausen. The metaphor was clear, and powerful. Wim Wenders had become an adult, he had become a filmmaker, in Oberhausen. The page has since disappeared but thanks to the Internet Archive, I find the full quote,...
- 2/13/2023
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