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Minimalen presents, in cooperation with Midtnorsk Filmsenter, Cynthia Felando and Intellect Journals:
Short Film Studies Symposium 2023
Do quality short films deserve close and careful study? If you answer that question with an enthusiastic ‘yes’, then the Short Film Studies journal is likely to interest you.
At this symposium, we will launch the journal’s issue #12.1, with a focus on the issue’s featured auteur, Agnès Varda. The symposium is hosted by the new editor, Cynthia Felando. A total of twelve shorts by Varda are screened in their entirety in three separate sessions during the festival.
Cynthia Felando:
- The endlessly fascinating filmmaking legend Agnès Varda was deeply devoted to the short film during her long and profoundly influential 64- year career. Her shorts not only outnumber her features, they beautifully convey the range and depth of her many passions, as they cross and combine several genres, from fiction to non-fiction, comedy to drama, and contemporary to historical. What they share is Varda’s extraordinary affection for her many subjects, both animate and inanimate, and her knack for revealing her own enchanting presence.
The frame for the discussion are articles on Agnès Varda in issue #12.1. There will be ample room for members of the audience to play an active role in the discussion. This will be a genuine vitamin injection for anyone who wants to understand what makes a short film tick, and a competence boost for filmmakers at all levels. Short Film Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by Intellect, whose aim is to encourage the study and appreciation of short films. Each issue features a single, carefully curated short film and a renowned filmmaker whose work includes several shorts.
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Short Film Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by Intellect, whose aim is to encourage the study and appreciation of short films. Each issue features a single, carefully curated short film and a renowned filmmaker whose work includes several shorts. |
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CYNTHIA FELANDO (USA) is the editor of Short Film Studies. She is a film researcher and lecturer, graduated from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television doctoral program. Professional experience includes working as an art house and film festival programmer for both shorts and feature-length films and serving as a faculty member at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where her research interests include a focus on short form media. Editor of the peer-reviewed Short Film Studies journal and author of the monograph, Discovering Short Films: The History and Style of Live-Action Fiction Shorts. |
Cinemateket - Thursday 7pm (Total: 90 min.)
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