Kinopravda Institute is a factory of ideas exploring the various horizons of cinematic arts in the 21st century. Through a multidisciplinary program that operates along the axis of research-curation the Institute develops and presents creative work for audiences both offline and online. Kinopravda Institute is an independent initiative of the Vlada Petrić Foundation, based in Belgrade, Serbia and operating internationally.

Kinopravda Institute derives its name from the film series by legendary Soviet filmmaker and theorist Dziga Vertov. KINOPRAVDA is a double-homage, also to Vlada Petrić who was Henry Luce Chair of Cinema at Harvard University, and whose namesake foundation provides support for the Institute. Petrić’s book Constructivism in Film is the defining English-language monograph on Vertov’s life and work.

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Kinopravda Institute is a program partner at Media City Film Festival 2024

December 13 2024

Kinopravda Institute is proud to announce that it is a program partner at this year’s virtual edition of Media City Film Festival.

Media City Film Festival (MCFF), established in 1994, is a globally influential organization dedicated to the advancement of artists’ cinema, moving image culture, and contemporary art from Canada and around the world, with important commitments to BIPOC and marginalized creators. Recognized as an award-winning international leader in the creation, reception, exhibition, and dissemination of film and digital art, MCFF seeks to advance artists whose practices are experimental in form, genre, content, and aesthetics.

The 27th edition of Media City Film Festival presents more than 70 films and digital artworks with nearly 50 world premieres over the course of its online celebration: December 9–30, 2024.

Audiences will experience new films, digital restorations, and historical masterpieces from legendary, award-winning, and emerging artists including Artavazd Péléchian, Ja’Tovia Gary, Mona Hatoum, Kamal Aljafari, Richard Serra, Jocelyne Saab, Madeleine Hunt–Ehrlich, Toshio Matsumoto, Sharon Lockhart, Mustafa Abu Ali, Skip Norman, Rose Lowder, Akram Zaatari, Sky Hopinka, Harun Farocki, Little Egypt Collective, Kevin Jerome Everson, Suneil Sanzgiri, and dozens more.
All screenings and events are free in global open access at → www.mediacityfilmfestival.com

We, Artavazd Péléchian, Armenia, 35mm > digital, 26 min, 1969

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