Category: Articles

11 Feb 2023

There is a War: Rouzbeh Rashidi’s Elpis

Elpis marks a new path in the filmmaking trajectory of Rouzbeh Rashidi. Almost completely erased: people, bodies, figures –…

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22 Jan 2023

ELPIS

One of the most prolific auteurs of the last two decades, Rouzbeh Rashidi has transmuted his art practice into…

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02 Oct 2021

Luminous Void: Docudrama

The following is a translation of an article first published in issue 106 of Croatian Film Chronicle (Hrvatski filmski ljetopis). Luminous…

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06 Aug 2021

Rouzbeh Rashidi: Ruptured Ambience

Rouzbeh Rashidi has amassed a prolific body of work since 2000 when he founded Experimental Film Society in Tehran….

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09 Jun 2021

Cloud of Skin The Fabric of Appearances

While watching Maximilian Le Cain’s The Cloud of Skin various things may pass through one’s head that have little…

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30 Mar 2021

Closure of Catharsis

First of all I’d like to note that I am not a critic in ANY sense, but I have…

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30 Mar 2021

Closure of Catharsis

“Closure of Catharsis” by Rouzbeh Rashidi with James Devereaux, a film inspired by the remodernist manifesto. Shown on Tuesday…

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13 Dec 2020

EFS: An Art of Living

Adrian Martin has long been one of the film writers most admired by EFS. We invited him to speak…

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20 Feb 2020

EFS Technical Series: Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep

Some Must Watch, While Some Must Sleep was shot across 25 rolls of Kodak Tri-X Reversal and 5 rolls…

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20 Nov 2019

A Response to Personal Growth (Vicky Langan / Maximilian Le Cain)

Rhythm/ almost tired now the flow returns, another crossing, in sight (is it again? probably the last time), that…

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