January 2021
WELCOME 2021!
“My impressions as a participant of the Flaherty, I attended in 2018 and 2019 for The Necessary Image program curated by Kevin Jerome Everson and Greg de Cuir Jr.. I was also there at Action program curated by Shai Heredia. Both experiences were very important to me as a programmer coming from South America, not only to get in touch with different filmmakers and films, but also to have this kind of insight and inspiration to think about the programming activity in itself. It was a really great, life changing experience. ”
Flaherty Fellows Highlights on IG
In 2021 we want to start the year doing what we like the most: supporting our community of filmmakers, archivists, programmers, researchers, academics and film enthusiasts. Check out our Instagram page every week to learn more about our past Flaherty Fellows and what they have been working on since they attended the Seminar. We will be highlighting their achievements with our community. We encourage those who haven’t reached out to us, to do so as this is an ongoing effort from our Flaherty staff.
From left to right: Jules Rosskam (Flaherty Fellow 2012), M. Asli Dukan (Flaherty Fellow 2018) and Emily Drummer (Flaherty Fellow 2015)
Flaherty Co-Presentation with the Museum of the Moving Image
An evening discussion with Lynne Sachs and guests during her MoMI retrospective
We are very pleased to announce that we are co-presenting a live discussion with filmmaker Lynne Sachs, her brother Ira Sachs Jr. (Little Men, Love Is Strange), and filmmaker Kirsten Johnson (Dick Johnson Is Dead, Cameraperson) on January 19, 7pm ET. The live online event is organized by Museum of Moving Image and introduced by Eric Hynes, MoMI Curator of Film.
This conversation focuses on Lynne Sachs’s new documentary Film About a Father Who, a film where she revisits the life of her father, Ira Sachs Sr., a bon vivant and pioneering businessman from Park City, Utah. Lynne Sachs is an old friend of The Flaherty film community. She had her first seminar experience back in 1984, when at a very young age she got to participate as a fellow. “With hindsight in my pocket, I can see that meeting the artists and scholars that programmer D. Marie Grieco convened that summer was one of my life’s most influential experiences.”
We are very honored to be part of Lynne’s process and education as a filmmaker as with many of our past fellows, guest artists and attendees that consider The Flaherty Seminar a key moment for their carriers. We are also very happy to be witnesses of her retrospective at MoMI available online starting January 13 through the end of month.
See all links for the event below.
Lynne Sachs in Film About a Father Who
Ira Sachs in Film About a Father Who
Film About a Father Who Discussion with the Sachs Family and a retrospective of Lynne Sachs work
Live conversation featuring Lynne Sachs, Ira Sachs Jr., and Kirsten Johnson. Introduced by Eric Hynes, MoMI Curator of Film.
For more than thirty years, artist Lynne Sachs (1984 Flaherty Fellow, 1989 Flaherty Guest Artist) has constructed short, bold mid-length, and feature films incorporating elements of the essay film, collage, performance, and observational documentary. On the occasion of her latest feature, Film About a Father Who the Museum of Moving Image is pleased to present a career-ranging survey of Sachs’s work from January 13 to 31 in their virtual theater. On January 19 at 7 pm, the Museum of Moving Image will host a unique family conversation around Lynne’s new film. In this live online discussion, Lynne Sachs will be joined by her brother, filmmaker Ira Sachs (Little Men, Love Is Strange), and filmmaker Kirsten Johnson (Dick Johnson Is Dead, Cameraperson), who is also connected to Lynne and Ira as co-parent of Ira’s children. The program will be introduced by MoMI’s Curator of Film, Eric Hynes.
This program is co-presented by The Flaherty Film Seminar, where Lynne Sachs has served variously as a Fellow, an Artist, and a presenter.
RSVP here. An email invitation with a link to join the conversation will be sent no later than one hour before the event.
And here is the complete list of links to all Lynne Sachs related live events, screenings and film retrospective at the Museum of Moving Image this month:
Film About a Father Who directed by Lynne Sachs
Museum of the Moving Image Virtual Theater
Jan. 15 - 31, 2021
Lynne Sachs: Between Thought and Expression - 20 Film Retrospective
Museum of the Moving Image Virtual Theater
Jan. 13 - 31, 2021
Film About a Father Who discussion with Lynne Sachs, Ira Sachs and Kirsten Johnson
Jan. 19, 2021 at 7 PM
Co-presented by Museum of the Moving Image and the Flaherty Film Seminar
Save the date for the 2021 Hybrid Flaherty Seminar!
After going through a challenging year battling COVID-19 together as a society, last year we were forced to postpone, for the first time in our history, the 66th edition of the Flaherty Seminar.
But this year sees a different story for us on the horizon, and this is why we have been working hard to bring you the 2021 Seminar OPACITY on July 09-18 programmed by Janaína Oliveira. Considering our current times we had to take a new approach that will hopefully include both an in person and a virtual component that preserves the ideas of non-preconception and an interactive aspect with an exciting group of international artists..
“What I can tell to you about my program, by the time we decided to postpone, is that I was very happy with the list of filmmakers that we put together. I really hope to see you next year (2021), so we can talk and share my ideas about the program.” (Words shared by Janaína Oliveira during The Unassembled, our first ever virtual program that served to commemorate the opening night of the 2020 seminar)
Stay tuned as we will soon share more news about the event and the different registration options for the 2021 Robert Flaherty Seminar.
The Flaherty wishes Jon-Sesrie Goff the best success in his new venture!
The Flaherty Board of Directors and staff wishes to congratulate former Flaherty Executive Director Jon-Sesrie Goff on his new position as program officer at Ford Foundation’s JustFilms. As he did at the Flaherty for two exceptional years, we know Jon will bring all of his passion and creativity in supporting filmmakers and organizations. We look forward to seeing the great work he will bring to light in the coming years.
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Call for Entries
Submissions are open for the 2021 Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival (ICDOCS). ICDOCS is annual event run by students at the University of Iowa. Their mission is to engage local audiences with the exhibition of recent short films that explore the boundaries of nonfiction filmmaking. ICDOCS seeks innovative new works of 30 minutes or less that both complicate and expand upon conventional approaches to nonfiction and documentary. The festival’s dates are April 29-May 1, 2021. Submission Deadline is January 22.
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Add the 2019 Robert Flaherty Seminar Catalogue to your library!
The 2019 Seminar Catalogue includes detailed information about the 65th Robert Flaherty Film Seminar. This publication is the result of a collaboration between Flaherty / International Film Seminars, Inc. and World Records, in conjunction with the Action: the 2019 Flaherty Film Seminar, programmed by Shai Heredia.
Thank you to all our contributors: Shai Heredia, Jason Fox, Abby Sun, Joel Neville Anderson, Lakshmi Padmanabhan, Priya Sen, Ani Maitra, Pooja Rangan, Aparna Sharma, Jim Supanick, Tenzin Phuntsog, Jheanelle Brown, Chet Pancake, and Carl Elsaesser.
Edited by World Records
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About the Flaherty
The Flaherty is a media arts organization that brings together diverse, curious minds to foster an in-depth discourse on film and the creative process. We believe in the transformative power of the moving image and its ability to change how we think about film, and the world we live in. Since 1954, our unique Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, has provided an unparalleled opportunity to explore beyond known limits of the moving image and renew the challenge to discover, reveal and illuminate the ways of life of peoples and cultures throughout the world.
