Shadow festival, Amsterdam

End of November each year

A small film festival in Amsterdam presenting creative and experimental documentaries. The programming is very selective, presenting films characterized by an “unusual cinematographic form, extremely direct tone, and strong visual imagery”.

After each show, a discussion takes place with the film director and the participation of the public. The character of the discussions is free and informal. As with the selection of films, the accent is on the exchange of the new ideas.

The Shadow Festival organizes also lectures about creative documentary filmmaking, usually given by one or two of the participating directors or television programmers commissioning documentaries.

Among the directors participating in the Shadow Festival in the previous years were Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa, Polish documentary director Jacek Bławut, American photographer and filmmaker Allan Sekula as well as Israeli, Japanese and Chinese film students with their first films.

Timing:
November each year, usually one of the events accompanying an important International Documentary Film Festival – IDFA. The 2007 Shadow Festival will take place in Amsterdam on November 20 until 29.

Venue:
Escape Studio on the 2nd Floor of Escape, Rembrandtsplein.

Tickets:
Normal ticket is € 4,-, reduced (students) € 3,-; a 5 screenings pass is € 20,- (reduced € 15,-). The same prices apply to the lectures. Check for the program on the website of the Shadow Festival or the website of Melkweg: www.melkweg.nl

Contact:
Shadow Festival Amsterdam
Stefan Majakowski, Festival Director, telephone +31-20-671 59 82 or +31 6 1373 1882
e-mail: info@shadowfestival.nl
Homepage: www.shadowfestival.nl