“Hope Against Experience” by Naeem Mohaiemen
After an illuminating conversation between filmmakers Mila Turajlić and Naeem Mohaiemen during the New York-run of Mila’s documentary diptych: Scenes from the Labudović Reels: Non-Aligned + Ciné-Guerrillas at Anthology Film Archives this year, we invited Naeem to write something personal in relation to Mila’s films and his own work on the eve of her diptych’s premiere on OVID.tv.
Thomas Heise (1955 – 2024)
We are deeply saddened to learn of documentary filmmaker Thomas Heise’s sudden death at age 68. His internationally acclaimed film Heimat is a Space in Time, released by Icarus Films in 2019, is an understated epic that brilliantly marries the written word, image, and sound design. In an essay for Film Comment, J. Hoberman writes: […]
Alain Kassanda on the road, music, Africa, and “Trouble Sleep”
Video credit: Visions du Réel
Anand Patwardhan at IDA’s Getting Real ’22 Conference
Video credit: International Documentary Association (IDA)
Seymour Wishman: 1942 – 2022
It is with heavy heart that we share that founding OVID member and First Run Features president, Seymour Wishman has died at age 79.
Radu Jude on “I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians”
An interview with Radu Jude on his film "I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians," now available on OVID.
On the Hidden Beauty of Art: An Interview with Patrick Wang
Patrick Wang is a filmmaker living in New York. His latest feature A Bread Factory explores the role of art in everyday life and has been hailed as "a major new work by a singular American artist” (New York Times).