(EN) A documentary on making documentaries. Over 30 interviews (from Werner Herzog to Laura Poitras) offer an insight on contemporary documentary crafting while reflecting on the nature of representation and the concept of truth. On the website there is also an educational guide to explore “the most serious issues facing any creator of art about real life”. (IT) Un documentario sul fare documentari. Oltre 30 interviste (da Werner Herzog a Laura Poitras) ci regalano una panoramica sulla pratica del documentario contemporaneo, riflettendo anche sulla natura della rappresentazione e sul concetto di verità. Sul sito è scaricabile anche una Guida Educational in PDF per esplorare “le questioni più serie che ogni creatore di arte sulla vita reale deve affrontare”.
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Growing Up / Diventare grandi
(EN) WHat exactly do we fear in growing up? A kid tries to explain us. One thing is clear: the bigger you get the fewer places there are to hide. ——— (IT) In cosa consiste esattamente la paura di crescere? Un bambino cerca di spiegarcelo. Una cosa è chiare: più grandi si diventa, meno posti ci sono per nascondersi.
Deadline in stop motion
(EN) 6 months planning, 4 days shooting, 6000+ Post-it notes. ———- (IT) 6 mesi di pianificazione, 4 giorni per girare, +6000 Post-it usati.
Pinky Show in Slovenia
(EN) Pinky and friends visited Slovenia to participate in a series of debates and an art exhibition on radical education. They also went to ROG, the former bycicle factory that became a social center. ————— (IT) Pinky e i suoi amici hanno visitato la Sloveinia per partecipare a una serie di dibattiti e a una mostra sul tema dell’educazione radicale. Sono anche stati al ROG, l’ex fabbrica di biciclette diventato un centro sociale.
The story of the Kingsnorth Six/ La storia dei sei di Kingsnorth
(EN) In 2007 six Greenpeace activists climbed the 220mt chimney of Kingsnorth power station to protest at the government’s plans to build a new and bigger coal-fired power station: they were accused of causing £30,000 of criminal damage. In 2008 their defence of “lawful excuse” was accepted by the jury because they were acting to safeguard property around the world “in immediate need of protection” from the impacts of climate change, caused in part by burning coal. This green adventure inspired a great director like Nick Broomfield to create a 20 minutes documentary (download hi res) about it : “Obviously offering your services for a film is not exactly direct action but it’s doing something that is long overdue. People need to feel that they need to be involved themselves directly rather than relying on other people to do it for them. I suppose this was my own little step in that direction.” —————— (IT) Nel 2007 sei attivisti di
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