Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Wednesday 03 September, 2008 at 10:12 pm. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + Français category. {Share Your Thoughts}
Paul Lapointe
Je vous avais parlé, avant de partir en Europe, de la projection fantastique de Robert Lepage, ‘Le Moulin à Images’, dans le cadre du 400e de Québec. Voici la réaction de mon ami Paul Lapointe. Il a longtemps travaillé pour l’ONF avant de devenir producteur indépendent et de fonder la compagnie Érézi en octobre [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Tuesday 24 June, 2008 at 11:10 am. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + Français category. {1 Comment}
Photo par Simon Bujold.
Monique Simard est une des productrices de documentaires les plus dynamiques du Québec (voir biographie à la fin), et elle a une vision du rôle du documentaire dans la société que je partage entièrement. C’est pourquoi je salue sa nomination au poste de Directrice du programme français de l’ONF. Je connais [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Saturday 10 May, 2008 at 10:41 am. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + English category. {1 Comment}
Up The Yangtze, a film by Yung Chang
When I attended the Hot Docs Festival in Toronto a few weeks ago, a heard a lot of talk about the CBC, much of it disgruntled. Once back in Montreal, I summarized these concerns and sent them to Andrew Johnson, Commissioning editor and senior producer of [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Saturday 19 April, 2008 at 12:27 am. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + English category. {Share Your Thoughts}
Jean-Pierre Gariépy and Manon Barbeau, respectively Executive Director and President of the Observatoire. My photo.
I’d like to tell you about a pioneering coalition-building experience based here in Montreal, one which could serve as an example for the rest of Canada and even internationally.
Since it was founded ten years ago, I have worked with [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Tuesday 11 March, 2008 at 11:10 pm. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + Français category. {Share Your Thoughts}
André Thibault, photo Simon Bujold
A l’invitation de André Thibault, j’ai collaboré au numéro spécial de la revue Possibles sur ‘le documentaire, art engagé’ qui vient de sortir. Au menu une table ronde avec des documentaristes ainsi que des articles sur notamment le collectif des Lucioles, Gilles Groulx, le documentaire et les femmes et bien [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Sunday 09 March, 2008 at 5:24 pm. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + English category. {Share Your Thoughts}
André Thibault, photo by Simon Bujold
Invited by André Thibault, I recently had the opportunity to collaborate on the latest issue of the magazine ‘Possibles’ on the subject of ‘Documentary: socially committed art’. ( my translation). In this issue you will find - in french -a round table with documentary filmmakers, articles on the [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Wednesday 27 February, 2008 at 12:55 am. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + Festivals & public screenings + Français category. {4 Comments}
Photo Sylvain Légaré.
IL Y A DES EXTRAITS VIDÉO DANS CE POST, CERTAINS USAGERS DOIVENT LES ACTIVER EN BAS DE LA PAGE.
La semaine passée j’ai participé à une discussion de panel sur le cinéma engagé, dans le cadre des Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québecois . J’ai trouvé fort intéressant d’entendre des réalisateurs de fiction parler du [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Sunday 10 February, 2008 at 11:10 pm. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + Français category. {Share Your Thoughts}
‘Model’ de Frederick Wiseman
Il y a un mois j’ai parlé de plusieurs listes de ‘meilleurs documentaires’ sur ce blogue et il semble que cela a engendré toute une discussion. Tant mieux, car ces listes, qui sont toutes subjectives bien sûre, ont besoin d’être examinées. Et comme toujours quand on se penche sur un sujet, on [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Sunday 10 February, 2008 at 11:09 pm. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + English category. {15 Comments}
Model by Frederick Wiseman
A month ago I talked about several lists of ‘best documentaries’ on this blog, and seem to have started quite a discussion. Good, because these lists - all of course subjective - need to be discussed. And as always when you do something you learn someting, One of the many resources brought [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Monday 21 January, 2008 at 11:50 pm. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + English + Other diretors' completed films category. {1 Comment}
The Minister shaking the hand of a young Algonquin.
During the holidays, I read a collection of articles by the great critic of American cinema Andrew Sarris entitled ‘Confessions of a Cultist.’ One phrase struck me. “Everyone adores a dissident poet – in someone else’s society.” (quoting from memory.)
And I had the opportunity to see [...]