Kirsten Studio

A couple weeks ago, I experienced a work-in-progress screening of a documentary short that I edited the rough cut for. It was the first time I’d attended a public screening of something that I had edited. I often request family, friends and colleagues to look at something I’m in the midst of working on (pretty [...]

I recently attended a few film classes, events and screenings that have addressed global issues across the planet.  Regardless of how far away Africa or the Middle East are, these issues are still close to home because they address challenges that are more common to the human race than just one or two cultures. That’s [...]

This past Thursday and Friday the United Nations, IFP with various other supporters, partnered up to bring an annual forum event.  The United Nation’s Department of Public Information and the Independent Film Project, according to their website (www.envisionfilm.org) “…seek to combine film presentations with substantive, live-audience (real and virtual) discussions on pressing global issues.” Unfortunately, [...]

This past Saturday I attended a master class by the documentary filmmaker, Kim Longinotto.  The Museum of Modern Art is currently hosting a retrospective of her work. During the master class there was valuable discussion with film clip examples that reflected both practical and artistic choices, but the two things she spoke about that I [...]