Jihlava 2017 Fascinations Industry Conference

Display Schedule

Subject guarantor:

Eric ROSENZVEIG

Name of lecturer(s):

Eric ROSENZVEIG

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Greater understanding of the experimental film industry

Mode of study:

Attendance and participation in panels and screenings

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

registration in this module includes free Jihlava Festival Pass

Course contents:

The conference takes place as a part of the 21st International Festival of Documentary Film (MFDF) Ji.hlava (24th - 29th Oct. 2017) and the main topics are potential distribution, presentation and preservation of experimental film and various manner of their availability to curators and the public.

Distributor, festival and gallery representatives will be presented wih Czech expreimentatil films (Exprmntl.cz competition) and there will also be a special program of experimental films from the territory of the former Yugoslavia in the communist era. MFDF Ji.hlava has become the primary platform for systematic presentation of Czech experimental film (predominantly those with references to reality and documentary features) and as well has, for a while, been devoted to the cinematography of Eastern Europe; its ambtion is to help in the international distribution of Eastern European and Czech pieces and enable collaboration with experience foreign distributors, galleries and festivals.

Recommended or required reading:

none

Assessment methods and criteria:

Participation and paper for 1-2 page analysis in Czech on an aspect of Fascinations panels. To be submitted to Eric Rosenzveig by 15.11.2017

Course web page:

Note:

Fascination 2017 Conference program

25. October 2017 Industrial Zone/Lighthouse / Masarykovo náměstí, Jihlava

9:00 – 10:00 | attendance of participants and presentation technical rehearsal

10:00 – 10:10 | Introductory welcome

10:10 – 11:20 | 5 minute presentation of distributors, festivals and galleries moderated by Andrea Slováková

» The Museum of Modern Art – MoMA / Josh Siegel, curator of the film dept. / USA / www.moma.org

» Festival des cinemas differents et experimentaux de Paris / Frederic Tachou, Director / Francie / www.cjcinema.org

» Image Forum / Koyo Yamashita, Director / Japan / www.imageforum.co.jp

» L U X / Maria Palacios Cruz, Deputy Director / Great Britain / www.lux.org.uk

» DKSG archive, Balkanima and Alternative Film/Video festivals / Milan Milosavljevic, Director, Akademski filmski centar / Srbsko / www.dksg.rs

» 25FPS festival / Marina Kožul, program dramaturgist / Chorvatsko / www.25fps.hr

» Centre Pompidou / Charlene Dinhut, Cultural Development Dept. lead / Francie / www.centrepompidou.fr

» Sixpack Films / Isabella Reicher, distributor, TV sales / Rakousko / www.sixpackfilm.com

» ICA / Nico Marzano, Film Dept. lead / Great Britain / www.ica.art

» CFMDC / Genne Speers, distributor / Canada / www.cfmdc.org

11:20 – 11:30 | coffee break

11:30 – 12:30 | Discussion Panel | moderated by Andrea Slováková

Curator aspect:

Galleries, Festivals and Distributors look at new talent, new artists and in part how they perceive their mission. How those considerations and procedures depend on how they build their collections and prepare their programs. How the registration and evaluation process of new pieces or artists takes place. What do festivals look for? What do galleries look for?

» Josh Siegel, Film Dept. Curator (The Museum of Modern Art – MoMA, USA)

» Frederic Tachou, Director (Festival des cinemas differents et experimentaux de Paris, Francie)

» Genne Speers, distributor (CFMDC, Kanada)

» Koyo Yamashita, director (Image Forum, Japonsko)

12:30 – 14:00 | oběd (není součástí programu)

14:00 – 15:00 | discusssion panel | moderated by Andrea Slováková

Organization aspect:

How should non-established artists appropriately offer their pieces to festivals, distributors and galleries? In what form should the curators receive them?. How should the artists ideally proceed when they are not known? Sharing of experience and good practice examples.

» Maria Palacios Cruz, Deputy director (LUX, UK)

» Milan Milosavljevic, Director (DKSG archive, Balkanima and Alternative Film/Video festivals, Akademski filmski centar, Srbsko)

» Marina Kožul, program dramaturgist (25FPS festival, Chorvatsko)

» Daniel Queiroz, program dramaturgist (Semana dos Realizadores, Brazílie)

15:00 – 15:10 | coffee break

15:10 – 16:10 | Discussion panel III | moderated by Andrea Slováková

Discursive aspect:

Do galleries, festivals and distributor have the desire to set trends? Look for new styles? How does one find out about them? Do „Big Names“ dominate and are presented artists preferred in investigating styles that the galleries and festivals present? How do professional journals from the field of film and visual arts and experimental film build on the discovery strategies of festivals and galleries (or distributors)?

» Charlene Dinhut, Cultural Development Dept. Lead (Centre Pompidou, Francie)

» Isabella Reicher, distribution, TV sales (Sixpack Films, Rakousko)

» Nico Marzano, Film dept. lead (ICA, UK)

16:10 – 16:20 | coffee break

16:20 – 17:30 | discussion panel IV | moderated by Andrea Slováková

Visegrad Accelerator:

360° documentary film and interactive appplication which work with reality in virtual reality quickly developing audio-visual areas. Education applications and graphic arts pieces also are part of this area. How to get them to the audience and what kind of audience do they address? What distribution channels do they use? Are classical distributors and galleries interested? What are the particulars and forms of experimentation with audio-visual forms for VR in Central European countries? We will discuss this with artists or representatives of companies producing content or VR in V4 countries.

» Michal Lovecký, Founder (Go360, Česká republika)

» Piotr Lokuciejewski, Marketing director (Ghost VR, Polsko)

This project was supported by the International Visegrad Fund

17:30 | Invitation to the film program and drinks.

Schedule for winter semester 2017/2018:

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
25.10.2017		10:00–17:30	Eric ROSENZVEIG			přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2017/2018:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans: