7.2 Interviews with Programmers

Acciari, Monia. “In Conversation with Selvaggia Velo, Director of the River to River Florence Indian Film Festival.” Cinergie: Il cinema e le altre arti, no. 6, 2014, pp. 50–53. www.cinergie.it​/​?​p=​4970.

Barnes, Heather L. “Screening the Past at the Museum of Modern Art: An Interview with Joshua Siegel, Associate Curator of Film at MoMA and Co-founding Curator of To Save and Project: The MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation.” Film Festival Yearbook 5: Archival Film Festivals, edited by Alex Marlow-Mann, St Andrews Film Books, 2013, pp. 265–70.

Calderón Acero, Camilo Andrés. “Managing Bogota Film Festivals: Beyond Audience Formation.” Festivales De Cine En América Latina: Historias Y Nuevas Perspectivas, [Film Festivals in Latin America: Histories and New Perspectives]. edited by Maria Paz Peirano and Aida Vallejo, Universidad de Chile, 2020, pp. 106–17. 29, revistaestudiosarabes.uchile.cl/index.php/RCM/article/view/57177/68415. Accessed 9 Jan. 2022.

Camporesi, Enrico. “Oberhausen: An interview with Lars Henrik Gass.” NECSUS: European Journal of Media Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 2014, pp. 352–59. doi:10.5117/NECSUS2014.1.CAMP.

Canciani, John. “Curatorial Practices: A Debriefing of a Panel Discussion: Interview Part 3 with Lars Henrik Gass, Maike Mia Höhne, Jukka-Pekka Laakso, Laurence Raymond, Peter van Hoof.” On Curating, no. 23, 2014, pp. 34–37. www.on-curating.org​/​issue-​23-​reader/​curatorial-​practices-​interview-​part-​3.html.

Chadwick, Samara. “Building Networks: An Interview with Sandra J. Ruch, Director Emeritus of the International Documentary Association.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 2: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 167–74.

Cheung, Ruby. “’We Believe in “Film as Art”: An Interview with Li Cheuk-to, Artistic Director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF).” Film Festival Yearbook 3: Film Festivals and East Asia, edited by Dina Iordanova and Ruby Cheung, St Andrews Film Studies, 2011, pp. 196–207.

Cicchetti, Pasquale. “The Past Lives of Images: Curatorial Practices and Marketing Strategies in Archival Cinema. An Interview with Nick Varley, Managing Director of Park Circus.” Film Festival Yearbook 5: Archival Film Festivals, edited by Alex Marlow-Mann, St Andrews Film Books, 2013, pp. 243–51.

Dovey, Lindiwe. “Interview with Rasselas Lakew: Tarifa African Film Festival, May 2010.” Journal of African Cultural Studies, vol. 25, no. 1, 2013, pp. 107–13. doi:10.1080/13696815.2013.767189.

Dovey, Lindiwe. “Precarity and Resistance: An Interview with Pedro Pimenta, Founder-Director of Dockanema Documentary Film Festival (Mozambique).” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 2: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 147–56.

Fischer, Alex. “Hot Docs: A Prescription for Reality: An Interview with Sean Farnell, Former Director of Programming at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.” Film Festival Yearbook 4: Film Festivals and Activism, edited by Dina Iordanova and Leshu Torchin, St Andrews Film Studies, 2012, pp. 225–34.

Fujiwara, Chris. “’It’s Very Simple. We Like to Give the Audience the Chance to See Good Films’: An Interview with Hayashi Kanako and Ichiyama Shozo of TOKIO FILMeX.” Film Festival Yearbook 3: Film Festivals and East Asia, edited by Dina Iordanova and Ruby Cheung, St Andrews Film Studies, 2011, pp. 214–33.

Gann, Jon. “’Create a Great Experience.’: Jeannie Roshar, LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 57–66.

Gann, Jon. “’Develop Meaningful Relationships’: Joanne Feinberg, Ashland Independent Film Festival.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 167–78.

Gann, Jon. “’Dream Big. Never Settle. Give Everything.’: Roberta Marie Munroe, Producer and Film Consultant.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 191–203.

Gann, Jon. “’Evaluate. Curate. Collect.’: Laura Henneman, Napa Valley Film Festival.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 7–26.

Gann, Jon. “’Fascinating. Challenging. Demanding.’: Susan Barocas, Washington Jewish Film Festival.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 95–106.

Gann, Jon. “’Film Fabulous Films’: Cevin Cathell, Sonoma International Film Festival.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 27–38.

Gann, Jon. “’Inspire. Educate. Entertain.’: Dustin Kaspar and Beth Barrett, Seattle International Film Festival.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 107–21.

Gann, Jon. “’Look. Worry. Interact.’: Helen Stephenson, Prescott Film Festival.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 179–90.

Gann, Jon. “’Mediate. Curate. Fascilitate.’: Sky Sitney, SILVERDOCS.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 149–65.

Gann, Jon. “’Select. Build. Party.’: Patrick Van Hauwaert, Razor Reel Fantastic Film Festival.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 39–48.

Gann, Jon. “’Storyteller. Activist. Transformer.’: John Scagliotti, Director, Film Festival Founder and Organizer.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 49–56.

Gann, Jon. “’The Film History Business.’: Richard Peña, New York Film Festival.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 83–93.

Gann, Jon. “’Watch. Feel. Think.’: J’aimee Skippon-Volke, Byron Bay International Film Festival.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 135–48.

Gann, Jon. “’Watch. Plan. Party.’: Lela Meadow-Conner and Gretchen Mitchell, Tallgrass Film Festival.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 67–82.

Gann, Jon. “Why Did My Film Not Get In?!”. Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 5–6.

Gann, Jon. “’Woman on Tightrope’: Amy Ettinger, Scottsdale Film Festival.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 123–34.

Gann, Jon. “’Your Film Is Not for Every Festival.’: Jon Gann, DC Shorts Film Festival.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 205–24.

Gann, Jon. Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012.

Gramann, Karola. “”Man nehme…”: Ein Gespräch mit Heide Schlüpmann.” “The Art of Programming”: Film, Programm und Kontext, edited by Heike Klippel, LIT, 2008, pp. 127–40.

Han, Ju Hui Judy; Morohoshi, Marie K. (1998): Creating, Curating, and Consuming Queer Asian American Cinema. In: David L. Eng und Alice Y. Hom (Hg.): Q & A. Queer in Asian America. Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press, S. 81–94.

Harris, Audrey A. “Perspectives from a Mexican Newcomer: An Interview with Daniela Michel and Chloë Roddick of the Morelia International Film Festival.” International Film Festivals: Contemporary Cultures and History Beyond Venice and Cannes, edited by Tricia Jenkins, I.B.Tauris, 2018, pp. 237–57.

Iordanova, Dina. “Every Time the Curtain is Going Up, We Are Hoping and Longing…”. Interview with Ulrich and Erika Gregor. Film International, vol. 6, no. 4, 2008, pp. 72–76.

Jenkins, Tricia. “Building IFF Panama from the Ground up: An Interview with Executive Director Pituka Ortega-Heilbron and Artistic Director Diana Sánchez.” International Film Festivals: Contemporary Cultures and History Beyond Venice and Cannes, edited by Tricia Jenkins, I.B.Tauris, 2018, pp. 223–36.

Lee, Seunghee. “A Platform to the World: An Interview with Kim Ji-seok, Programme Director of the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF).” Film Festival Yearbook 3: Film Festivals and East Asia, edited by Dina Iordanova and Ruby Cheung, St Andrews Film Studies, 2011, pp. 208–13.

Loist, Skadi, and Marijke de Valck. “Trans* Film Festivals: An Interview with Eliza Steinbock.” NECSUS: European Journal of Media Studies, vol. 2, 2 (#4), 2013, pp. 579–88. doi:10.5117/NECSUS2013.2.LOIS.

Mansouri, Hassouna. “Notes on Disenchantment: A Conversation with Amir Al-Emary, Former Director of the Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts (Egypt).” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 2: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 157–65.

Mitchell, Sarah Elaine Dillard. “Programmer as Festival Spokesperson: Information Management Strategies at the Toronto International Film Festival.” Film Festivals and Anthropology, edited by Aida Vallejo and Maria-Paz Peirano, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017, pp. 305–21.

Niederer, Sabine. “The Future of Festivals: Interview with Arjon Dunnewind.” Video Vortex Reader: Responses to YouTube, edited by Geert Lovink and Sabine Niederer, Institute of Network Cultures, 2008, pp. 203–06.

Noll Brinkmann, Christine. “The Art of Programming: An Interview with Alf Bold, July 1989.” Millennium Film Journal, 23/24, 1990, pp. 86–100.

O’Connell, Jennifer M. J., and Annelies van Noortwijk. “Selecting Films for Festivals and Documentary Funds: An Interview with Independent Film Programmer and Advisor Rada Šešić.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 2: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 175–84.

Peirano, Maria-Paz. “‘Each Piece of Film Helps Us to Reconstruct History’: An Interview with Alfredo Barría, Founder and Artistic Director, and Jaime Córdova, Technical Director of the Cine Recobrado Valparaíso Film Festival.” Film Festival Yearbook 5: Archival Film Festivals, edited by Alex Marlow-Mann, St Andrews Film Books, 2013, pp. 253–63.

Peyer, Siri. “Unreal Asia: Interview with Gridithiya Gaweewong and David Teh.” OnCurating.org, no. 3, 2010, pp. 7–9. www.on-curating.org​/​files/​oc/​dateiverwaltung/​old%20Issues/​ONCURATING_​Issue3.pdf.

Popescu, Stefan. “Festival Director’s Report: Sydney Underground Film Festival – A Community of Cinema Junkies.” Studies in Australasian Cinema, vol. 9, no. 2, 2015, pp. 205–10.

Rangan, Pooja. “Some Annotations on the Film Festival as an Emerging Medium in India.” South Asian Popular Culture, vol. 8, no. 2, 2010, pp. 123–41.

Robbins, Papagena, and Viviane Saglier. “Interview with Deirdre Haj, Director of Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.” Synoptique, vol. 3, no. 2, 2015, pp. 49–67. synoptiqueblog.files.wordpress.com​/​2018/​07/​4-​papagena-​robbins-​viviane-​saglier-​interview-​with-​deirdre-​haj-​director-​of-​full-​frame-​documentary-​film-​festival.pdf.

Robbins, Papagena, and Viviane Saglier. “Interview with Ezra Winton, Director of Programming at Cinema Politica.” Synoptique, vol. 3, no. 2, 2015, pp. 68–85. synoptiqueblog.files.wordpress.com​/​2018/​07/​5-​papagena-​robbins-​viviane-​saglier-​interview-​with-​ezra-​winton-​director-​of-​programming-​at-​cinema-​politica.pdf.

Straayer, Chris, and Thomas Waugh. “Queer Film and Video Festival Forum, Take One: Curators Speak Out.” GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 11, no. 4, 2005, pp. 579–603.

Torchin, Leshu. “How to Leverage a Film Festival: An Interview with Judith Helfand, Filmmaker and Co-founder of Chicken & Egg Pictures and Working Films.” Film Festival Yearbook 4: Film Festivals and Activism, edited by Dina Iordanova and Leshu Torchin, St Andrews Film Studies, 2012, pp. 253–62.

Torchin, Leshu. “Just Vision and the Uses of a Festival Circuit: An Interview with Ronit Avni, Executive Director of Just Vision.” Film Festival Yearbook 4: Film Festivals and Activism, edited by Dina Iordanova and Leshu Torchin, St Andrews Film Studies, 2012, pp. 235–43.

Vallejo, Aida. “Adapting to New Times: An Interview with Ernesto Del Río, Director of the Zinebi International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Bilbao (2000-2017).” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 2: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 137–45.

Wagner, Brigitta B. “Revival on the Mountain: The Politics of Cinematic Rediscovery at the Telluride Film Festival. An Interview with Tom Luddy, Festival Co-Founder and Co-Director.” Film Festival Yearbook 5: Archival Film Festivals, edited by Alex Marlow-Mann, St Andrews Film Books, 2013, pp. 233–42.

Wessels, Chelsea. “Navigating the Archive of Red Westerns: An Interview with Ludmila Cvikova, Head of International Programming, Doha Film Institute.” Film Festival Yearbook 5: Archival Film Festivals, edited by Alex Marlow-Mann, St Andrews Film Books, 2013, pp. 271–76.

Winton, Ezra. “Introduction to Part II, vol. 2: Professional Perspectives.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 2: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 133–36.

Zielinski, Ger. “Ger Zielinski in Conversation with Stephen Kent Jusick, Executive Director of MIX Festival of Queer Experimental Film and Video.” Fuse, vol. 33, no. 3, 2010, pp. 16–22.

 

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