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2024 Chelsea Film Festival: A Digest. By Ben Holland
My experience at the twelfth annual Chelsea Film Festival regrettably began, not on opening night, but on the following afternoon. My lack of proper black-tie attire prevented me from attending the opening festivities; and my frugality, coupled with my observation … Continue reading
12th Annual Chelsea Film Festival Announces Its 2024 Award Winners
The 12th Annual Edition of Chelsea Film Festival announces its list of winners listed below by award category. It introduced both American and international films to the public.
Open Call for Papers 17.1
Film Matters announces an open call for papers from current undergraduates, authors who have been invited to revise and resubmit previous submissions (including authors who did not make it past our prescreening for a previous call), and recently graduated undergraduates for consideration … Continue reading
Sophia Rubino, Author of FM 15.1 (2024) Article “The Lesser Examined Coming of Age: Luchino Visconti’s Death in Venice (1971)”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Sophia Rubino: My article combines two different analytical frameworks, object-relations psychoanalysis and phenomenology, to bring together the unconscious happenings of the mind and how they … Continue reading
Qingheng Yu, Author of FM 15.1 (2024) Article “In Plight and Reformation: Transnationalism and ‘Chinese-ness’ in the 1930s and Recent East Chinese Films”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Qingheng Yu: This article discusses the interesting relationship between two Chinese films, The Goddess (1934) and The Flowers of War (2011), produced at different times … Continue reading
12th Annual Chelsea Film Festival Announces Its 2024 Latinx Filmmakers
The 12th Annual Edition of Chelsea Film Festival will be presenting 3 Narrative Features, 13 Narrative Shorts, 2 Indie Episodics directed by Latinx Filmmakers.
12th Annual Chelsea Film Festival Announces Its 2024 LGBTQ+ Lineup
The 12th Annual Edition of Chelsea Film Festival will be presenting 4 Narrative Features, 3 Documentaries, 26 Narrative Shorts and 2 Indie Episodics, totaling 35 films directed by LGBTQ+ filmmakers.
Announcing FM 15.1 (2024)!
Film Matters is happy to reveal the TOC of our first issue of 2024, FM 15.1, which includes the following peer-reviewed features: The Post FM Dossier: These book reviews: And last, but not least, some film reviews: For more information about … Continue reading
12th Annual Chelsea Film Festival Announces Its 2024 Female Directors
The 12th Annual Edition of Chelsea Film Festival will be presenting 5 Narrative Features, 54 Narrative Shorts, 6 Indie Episodics, and 6 Documentaries directed by Female Directors, totaling 71 titles directed by women.
Interview with Written by Mike Director Ryan Cudahy. By Sophia Fuller
Sophia Fuller: Tell us a little bit about yourself; how did you get started in filmmaking? Ryan Cudahy: This is actually a story I have told quite a bit. I have been passionate about film my entire life. It really … Continue reading