30 YEARS: Marcelo Tas | 18th Festival
In the early 1980s, no one had a camera in their hand, only television, Marcelo Tas explains it. Invading the programming of TV channels was one of the goals of the production company Olhar Eletrônico, of which Tas was a part
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30 YEARS: Goulart de Andrade | 18th Festival
A leading figure in Brazilian television, Goulart de Andrade tells of how he met the Olhar Eletrônico boys in 1983, during the 1st Festival, the year in which the group made it into TV Gazeta
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30 YEARS: Marcelo Machado | 18th Festival
The director Marcelo Machado recounts the beginnings of production company Olhar Eletrônico, whose pioneering work in the 1980s gave voice to common citizens, something then unheard of in Brazilian TV news programs
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30 YEARS: Fernando Meirelles | 18th Festival
The director Fernando Meirelles revisits the early years of his production with the company Olhar Eletrônico, in the 1980s, when both video and the Festival were in their beginnings
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Hans Geert Falkenberg | 11st Festival
Hans Falkenberg discusses the Input 98 project, a non-profit organization whose goal is to publicize independent productions via a public television channel
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Michael Mazière | 11st Festival
In the interview, British curator Michael Mazière discusses the new generation of video artists, whose works started being shown at galleries and museums, rather than on television, as was the case during the 1980s
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Rob Rombout | 10th Festival
The Netherlands’ Rob Rombout expounds on his reasons for making documentaries. More than portraying facts, his intention is to put forth a poetic view of reality, to convert the ordinary into extraordinary
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Marcelo Tas | 9th Festival
“Reality does not exist,” in the words of Marcelo Tas. According to the artist, reality is always manipulated whenever one is working with television
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Eduardo Coutinho | 9th Festival
The filmmaker presents his perspectives on video and documentary in Brazil, discusses the notion of authorship, and television productions
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Amaral Netto | 9th Festival
Amaral Netto discusses the independent news report produced for TV, and the notion of truth in the reporter’s work
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