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04/08/2014

FOREST OF BLISS was included in this exciting showcase opening at the Film Society of Lincoln Center Friday!

The Art of the Real series at Lincoln Center looks at documentaries from years past that blurred lines between truth and fiction, observation and intervention.

03/11/2014

At SXSW, Ted Hope talks about his plans and goals for Fandor.

02/03/2014

CANYON CINEMA is trying to win a grant of $25,000 from the FedEx Small Business Grant contest. Please vote for them and help them achieve their worthwhile goal! Click on the link below:

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12/09/2013

This link will direct you to the Robert Gardner page on FANDOR: http://www.fandor.com/filmmakers/director-robert-gardner

Maker of Mark Tobey, Dead Birds, Mark Tobey Abroad, Rivers of Sand, Forest of Bliss and other Avant-garde, Painting, Biography, Environment, History, Anthropology, Social Issues, Documentary, American and Swiss films

11/07/2013

Tomorrow begins Robert Gardner Retrospective at Museé du quai Branly, Paris. From the program notes: Gardner's "poetic anthropology" affirms the subjectivity of the filmmaker. Author of a dense and multifaceted work, he has patiently built a look—some would say a style—that belongs to him, and reflects his own experience of the world. "

Enseignant en cinéma et anthropologie à Harvard, Robert Gardner, né en 1925, a marqué le cinéma documentaire américain grâce à une multitude de films réalisés depuis les années 1950, mais aussi par ses initiatives favorisant la création cinématographique, documentaire ou d’avant-garde. Anthropologue...

10/16/2013

The submission deadline for the INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON 2014 is this OCTOBER 31. http://iffboston.org/
"In my opinion the hippest film festival in North America. I met and mingled with various charming and interesting film people. I stayed late and was hung over the next day: the mark of an excellent festival."
—James Urbaniak

Independent Film Festival Boston brings the best new films and filmmakers to Boston year-round.

10/16/2013

A memorable moment from DEAD BIRDS RE-ENCOUNTERED.
The magic of film.

10/13/2013

Wonderful crowds on hand for both screenings at the Carpenter Center this past Thursday and Friday. Robert Gardner spoke before the Friday screening to introduce his new film "Dead Birds Re-encountered", a return to the Dani people of West Papua. Robert acknowledged the importance this pivotal trip had on his life with both simple honesty, gratitude and wry humor. He also reflected on the creative mission of the Film Study Center, which he directed from its modest beginnings in 1957 to 1997. A lively panel which included Robert, Susan Meiselas, William Rothman and Charles Warren followed the screening and included questions from the audience.

10/02/2013

Next Friday DEAD BIRDS RE-ENCOUNTERED will be screened at the HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE. Here's a clip to set the stage for this remarkable film. The original DEAD BIRDS will be shown next Thursday. For more information: https://www.peabody.harvard.edu/node/920

09/16/2013

Mark the Date: October 11— Robert Gardner will be on hand with Susan Meiselas and Charles Warren to discuss his memorable return to New Guinea, following a screening of Dead Birds Re-Encountered at the Harvard Film Archive.

09/13/2013

In celebration of the film's 50th anniversary, the Harvard Film Archive will present DEAD BIRDS on Thursday, October 10 at 7pm. The following evening the HFA will host a screening of DEAD BIRDS RE-ENCOUNTERED, Gardner's new documentary of his 1989 visit to New Guinea. Gardner will be joined in conversation with photographer Susan Meiselas and Charles Warren, lecturer of Film Studies at Boston University and Harvard Extension School. https://www.peabody.harvard.edu/node/920