In his workshop on film criticism in Athens on the 22nd of January, 2016, Jean-Michel Frodon, who was an editor in chief of Cahiers du cinema, argued that film reviews are facts in society; they are academic materials but also (potential) works of art. In his ‘negative’ approach to film criticism, however, Frodon identified four bad …
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Film Criticism as a Parasitic Art Form
As I was going through the notes I took during Jean-Michel Frodon’s masterclass on film criticism I realized that… I can’t understand half of them. I mean literally, I have terrible handwriting. Hooked yet? Because this is the first thing that comes to mind from his lecture: captivate your audience from the start, the first …
The “Bad Influence” of Film Festivals
Reflection on Jean-Michel Frodon´s Masterclass During his Masterclass, the reknown French film critic Jean-Michel Frodon emphasized on four different forms of writing on film which in his opinion undermine the role and quality of film criticism. Naming them anecdotely “the bad masters of film criticism”, Frodon elaborated on the impact of film merchants who utilize …
Movies are for everyone. What about film criticism?
On the first day of the closing events of the Festival, Jean-Michel Frodon held a masterclass on the film criticism. Systematic and casual at the same time, this masterclass was very helpful. Being accustomed to consuming numerous online film critiques and ‘critiques’, I must admit I had a blurry vision of what film criticism should …
Rhiannon about Athens
“As a 21 year old, undergraduate from the North the England, I was very much in the beginnings of my film industry experience. That and being a Balkan outsider, I was scared that the experience was going to be daunting, overwhelming and that I wouldn’t feel worthy of a place as one of the 5C …
Özge about Athens
“In my experience of my stay in Athens, I was able to portray the urban decay in Athens but also the hopeful every day culture in Greece. In terms of Greek cinema, the representation in the short films such as Working Day, Seven Steps and Pledge were important for my understanding of different traditions in …
Galina about Athens
“In this year’s edition of AltCine Action, I was a big first timer – first time in Greece, first time on a film festival abroad, first time I had a chance to write movie critics, first time I’ve ever traveled by plane. As you can guess, I’ve had some mild fears about how will I …
Andrei about Athens
“I had never traveled to Greece before so I didn’t really know what to expect. I knew of Ouzo and olive oil, gyros and Grexit. And of course about the gods and the heroes, and Socrates, Plato and Aristotle – whose Poetics is still the best scriptwriting manual out there. I fell in love with …
Athens experiences
Hristova Mariana “Being selected as an ambassador of the 5C project and participating in the closing part of AltcineAction! festival in Athens was a great opportunity to reconnect with film professionals from the Balkan region and to discuss Balkan cinema in its authentic environment. It was extremely important for me as I am currently working …
The chronicle of the Cine Caravan
– 1st Stop: Athens The first stop of the cine-caravan for our five critics was Athens, Greece, where they attended the 3-day closing event of the Online Short Film Festival for Balkan Filmmakers, altcineAction! Their journey started Friday morning at the French Institute! The five ambassadors had the chance to participate with the public audience in …