[KineJapan] Indiewire's list of best documentary film festivals

[Markus Nornes]

.There is no reason to be generous. Quentin is right. It is a silly, ignorant, empty list. The documentary "world" is unforgivably Eurocentric. 

I am working on my list for Sight and Sound's first best documentaries in history poll. I'm already depressed. 

Markus




> On Mar 25, 2014, at 9:01 PM, Quentin Turnour <Quentin.Turnour at nfsa.gov.au> wrote:
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> Much more likely its just not on their radar, for the reasons that Abe Marcus Nornes has commented about - sharply - in various places over the years, such as in his piece the recent BFI Documentary anthology. It's a pretty dumb list, actually. IDFA and Nyon are the only Euro fests, Tel Aviv seems to be the only outside of the Euro/America-sphere. Sheffield, CPH:DOX, Yunnan (...or at least one of the Chinese fests...) and Yogakarta are stand-out omissions for me, but others will have their own. 
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> The only thing you can do with these things is to try to improve the quality of the conversation, as Eija did, by bombing the comments section. 
> 
> Best wishes 
> 
> Quentin Turnour, Manager, Arc Canberra Cinema Programs, 
> National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, 
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> From:        Gerow Aaron <aaron.gerow at yale.edu> 
> To:        Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan at lists.service.ohio-state.edu>, 
> Date:        26/03/2014 11:31 AM 
> Subject:        Re: [KineJapan] Indiewire's list of best documentary film festivals 
> Sent by:        kinejapan-bounces+quentin.turnour=nfsa.gov.au at lists.service.ohio-state.edu 
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> 
> If we were to be generous, one could say that since the article is really an announcement of the lineup of the 2014 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, it is emphasizing festivals held in 2014. (YIDFF will not be held this year.) So perhaps they are just prioritizing festivals that are held annually, which Yamagata is not. 
> 
> Aaron 
> 
> On Mar 18, 2014, at 9:21 AM, Eija Niskanen wrote: 
> 
> Did anyone see this, and wonder why YIDFF was not included?
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> http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/guide-to-documentary-film-festivals#.Uyg-4I7ayVM.facebook
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> Eija 
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