Short Film Criticism, A New Hope?
Panel Talk

with Savina Petkova,

published in Discussions

published on 30.11.2022

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An article published in 2004 titled “The Short Film and Critics: Do They Ever Meet?”, written by Laurence Boyce for FIPRESCI, reports the outcomes of a workshop on Short Film and Criticism held at the 50th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen. Its reading is a useful insight to retrospectively understand what the relationship between film criticism and the short form of cinema looked like almost twenty years ago. In the meantime, however, much has changed: paper outlets have lost prominence while online publications have flourished.

Starting from a historical point of view, this hybrid panel talk aims to investigate the impact and influence film criticism has on the short film industry today and vice versa. Panelists are Laurence Boyce (Cineeuropa), Savina Petkova (Talking Shorts), Niels Putman (Kortfilm.be), moderated by Short Waves Festival’s Emilia Mazik.

Produced by Talents and Short Film Market, in collaboration with Talking Shorts

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Participants

Savina Petkova.

Savina Petkova is a Bulgarian freelance film critic and programmer based in London. Most of all, she’s a co-editor at Talking Shorts.

Laurence Boyce.

Laurence Boyce is a film journalist who writes for numerous publications amongst them Screen International and Cineuropa. He also works for the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival as the head of programme for PÖFF Shorts. He is currently the chairperson of the board of the Short Film Conference.

Niels Putman.

Niels Putman is the artistic director of Kortfilm.be and chief editor of Talking Shorts. As a freelance film programmer and curator, he is affiliated with Fantoche International Animation Film Festival (CH), Film Fest Gent (BE), and Avila (BE), a streaming platform for contemporary and classic Belgian cinema.

Emilia Mazik. More