Crammed into one sentence, one could say that James Benning is an unknown celebrity in the world of filmmaking – unknown to most, he is a star of his sub-genre, a magical department of cinematography called so unimaginatively ‘experimental film making’. Between 20 –26 November, the Filmhuis in The Hague shows a selection of Benning’s [...]

Those defying the pouring rain, present at the Filmhuis yesterday, witnessed the opening of a film festival of a different kind. No red carpet, no flashlights and no screaming teenagers…however, brief, well structured speeches delivered in English, Dutch and Arabic, a top Egyptian film star and a representative of the European Commission present among us, [...]