Old pal to the festival Steven Shea is out with his latest doc and tribute to Mom & Pop Arts Surviving Supercon Dir. Steven Shea Running an event is like giving childbirth…If someone remembers the pain, they would never do it again. Founder: Sandy Martin We couldn’t agree more! But we, and many others out…
This film took 12 years to make…I was hoping that for my review it wouldn’t take as long! But here we are two years later from when Ingenium premiered at the Manifesto Film Festival in Amsterdam, 2018. In hindsight, this is what I think was meant to be so I could comment on the…
Marriage Story (Dir. Noah Baumbach, USA 2019) Alexandra Nakelski Sadly the rave reviews do not disguise the “Mumblecore” Mess of Baumbach’s latest installment. I have often many times upon viewing modern cinema ruminated the lack of depth in acting as due to the abandonment of screen tests. You may have two very…
BY ALEXANDRA NAKELSKI In part of our rebranding we are welcoming all formats of blogging. Some may be stream of consciousness, anecdotal experiences of film, and more academic/critical reviews. Watching film had in recent years gotten arduous. For the festival, for reviews…it had somewhere along the way lost the fun. I was no longer…
BY JACK BRINDELLI Director: Victoria Warmerdam Writer: Victoria Warmerdam Cast: Henry van Loon, Sieger Sloot, Lucretia van der Vloot, Beppie Melissen, Bert Hana, Rogier Schippers, Rein Mulder, Bart Klever, Sam Ghilane, Loes Schnepper, Michiel Kerbosch, Bob Schwarze, Sophie Höppener, Rayonde de Kuyper, Wieger Windhorst Running time: 13 mins From an outside perspective, particularly…
This year we got a significant amount of films with people in animal heads or animal outfits. Out of my jurisdiction, online expert Tatiana Pirogova helps explain this phenomenon….AN Furries are a classic example of internet fandom. “Furry”, usually synonymous with the strange fellows that wear anthropomorphic animal costumes, are a wide range of…
BY JASON SHEARD| 2019-03-25 21:34:00 +0000 I taught a class on Apocalyptic Films in Port Townsend Washington back in 2013…and can tell you one of the greatest joys of teaching is keeping in touch with students and knowing that you made a difference in each other’s lives. Some of my students continued on to careers in…
BY CHIMAN SALIH| 2019-04-26 03:01:00 +0000 The Manifesto Film Festival is thrilled to present this fascinating blog crafted by Chiman Salih, highlighting the intrinsic link between Kurdish culture and magnificent art. Ahmedi Khani ((1651-1707) the Kurdish poet and philosopher who oftentimes dubbed as the Kurdish Shakespeare, at the outset of his famous epopee of the Kurdish…
BY HENK CONN| 2019-04-26 03:26:00 +0000 EXTRA EXTRA! Read all about it! ManifestoFF Alumni, Henk Conn, director of Occupy Los Angeles, went on to run for Mayor of Long Beach! Read about his epic journey here! And remember to fight for what you believe is right! From Henk to us: I ran for the mayor of…
BY ALEXANDRA NAKELSKI| 2019-03-25 21:34:00 +0000 Yesterday, one of the greatest villains of horror history passed away, Joe Pilato. Encapsulating the antithesis of the military heroes of the Reagan-era…it is no wonder George Romero’s Day of the Dead did not find an audience until well after the Rambo-age. Pilato’s “Rhodes” was the dystopian nightmare of…