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European Workshop for Film Criticism #2

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published on 31.08.2023
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The second European Workshop for Film Criticism took place at Lago Film Fest (24—29.07.23) and FeKK – Ljubljana Short Film Festival (14—20.08.23).

The workshop was tutored by Leonardo Goi, film critic and columnist at MUBI Notebook and regular contributor to Reverse Shot, Senses of Cinema, The Film Stage, and Film Comment. He also runs the Berlinale Talent Press, a platform for emerging film critics, and the Golden Apricot International Film Festival’s Young Critics campus.

Guest lecturers and speakers included Variety-critic Jay Weissberg, film programmer Michelle Carey, and video essayist Jessica McGoff.

Participants: Öykü Sofuoğlu (TR), Florian Saerens (BE), Francesco Bacci (IT), Nini Shvelidze (GE), Nika Šmid (SI) and Agnès Houghton-Boyle (UK).

Produced by the European Network for Film Discourse (The END) and Talking Shorts, with the support of the Creative Europe MEDIA programme.

 
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Workshop Texts

10 Missed Calls}
Troubleshooting a Love Story

10 Missed Calls by Coline Confort

Review by Francesco Bacci
}
Chaos Contained

Two Giants That Exist Here - A German Fairytale by Gianna Scholten

Review by Öykü Sofuoğlu
O, Glory!}
Tripping Through Folk Horror

O, Glory! by Charlie Edward-Moss, Joe Williams

Review by Agnès Houghton-Boyle
Moth}
Haunting the Frames

Moth by Sarah-Anaïs Desbenoit

Review by Florian Saerens
A.I. Poetries of Female and Non-Female Beings in Gas Stations at Night}
The Human Factor Behind A.I.

A.I. Poetries of Female and Non-Female Beings in Gas Stations at Night by Cristina Iliescu

Review by Agnès Houghton-Boyle
Nothing Holier Than a Dolphin}
Dazed and Confused in Translation

Nothing Holier Than a Dolphin by Isabella Margara

Review by Francesco Bacci
Chasing the Sun: El Shatt}
Mirages of the Past

Chasing the Sun: El Shatt by Ana Bilankov

Review by Öykü Sofuoğlu
Late Winter}
A Militantly Human Dementia Tale

Late Winter by Jasna Safić

Review by Florian Saerens

Mentioned Films

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