The Video Essay Podcast

Today's episode is the fourth in an ongoing collaboration between The Video Essay Podcast and "The Video Essay: Memories, Ecologies, Bodies," a three-year research project on video essays led by Kevin B. Lee, Locarno Film Festival Professor for the Future of Cinema at USI University of Lugano, with Johannes Binotto and Evelyn Kreutzer, and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. In this episode, Kevin talks with project members Libertad Gills, Marine de Dardel, and Silvia Cipelletti about the experience of making video essays on the work of Alice Diop, the featured filmmaker at this year's L'immagine e la parola, the spring edition of the Locarno Film Festival. The event for the group to produce original video essays on Diop's films. In this conversation, the group discusses how they approached the films for their video essays, knowing that they would be screened with Alice Diop in the audience. You can learn more about the project on their Instagram page. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more at the pod's ⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get the ⁠⁠⁠⁠free newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Ketsa.

Today's episode features a conversation with filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell, who joins the show to discuss Miss Me Yet, his ten-part found footage series on the presidency of George W. Bush and rehabilitation of Bush's image in recent years. The series is available to stream for free via Means TV. Also, check out an essay on Miss Me Yet written by Will in the latest issue of Millennium Film Journal. Support the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠. Learn more at the pod's ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠. Get the ⁠⁠⁠free newsletter⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠. Will DiGravio hosted, edited and produced this episode. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Ketsa⁠⁠⁠⁠: "Live It," "Anvil," and "Refraining."

Today's episode is the third in an ongoing collaboration between The Video Essay Podcast and "The Video Essay: Memories, Ecologies, Bodies," a three-year research project on video essays led by Kevin B. Lee, Locarno Film Festival Professor for the Future of Cinema at USI University of Lugano, with Johannes Binotto and Evelyn Kreutzer, and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation In this episode, Evelyn talks with Libertad Gills, a project affiliate and post-doctoral researcher for the Future of Cinema and the Audiovisual Arts at the Locarno Film Festival, about works they encountered at this year's Berlinale that might be considered "videographic." Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠. Learn more at the pod's ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠. Get the ⁠⁠⁠free newsletter⁠⁠⁠.Will DiGravio hosted and produced this episode. Editing by Elsa Despoix, Evelyn Kreutzer, and Will DiGravio. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. ⁠⁠⁠Music by Ketsa.

Today's episode features a conversation with Alison Peirse, a horror film scholar and professor at the University of Leeds. Alison led the project Doing Women’s (Global) (Horror) Film History (DWGHFH), a year-long video essay mentoring and training program that culminated in a videographic special issue of MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture. DWGHFH features the work of thirty contributors working on "women horror filmmakers in non-anglophone countries, with a particular focus on filmmakers from the Global Majority." Alison and Will discuss the origins of the project, the contributors and mentors who worked on DWGHFH, how the video essays exist into existing scholarship on women horror filmmakers, and much more.  Support the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠. Learn more at the pod's ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠. Get the ⁠⁠⁠free newsletter⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠. Will DiGravio hosted, edited and produced this episode. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. ⁠⁠⁠Music by Ketsa⁠⁠⁠: "Live It," "Anvil," and "Refraining."

Today's episode is the second in an ongoing collaboration between The Video Essay Podcast and "The Video Essay: Memories, Ecologies, Bodies," a three-year research project on video essays led by Kevin B. Lee, Locarno Film Festival Professor for the Future of Cinema at USI University of Lugano, with Johannes Binotto and Evelyn Kreutzer, and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation In this conversation, Kevin talks with Evelyn about her picks for the 2023 survey of the year's best video essays by Sight & Sound magazine. Evelyn's selections serve as an entry point for the two to discuss the broader themes of their research project. Follow the show on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠. Learn more at the pod's ⁠⁠website⁠⁠. Get the ⁠⁠free newsletter⁠⁠. Will DiGravio hosted and produced this episode. Editing by Kevin B. Lee and Will DiGravio. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. ⁠⁠Music by Ketsa.

On today's episode, Will talks with filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho about his new film, Pictures of Ghosts. Set in the director's home city of Recife, in the Pernambuco state of Brazil, the film is a self-described "multidimensional journey through time, sound, architecture and filmmaking." Kleber talks about the film's origins, the art of voiceover narration, treating his own films as archival images, and the unique ways that cinema is able to tell stories of ghosts. Learn more about the film and when it might be screening near you, here. Support the podcast on ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠. Follow the show on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠. Learn more at the pod's ⁠⁠website⁠⁠. Get the ⁠⁠free newsletter⁠⁠. Subscribe on ⁠YouTube⁠. Will DiGravio hosted, edited and produced this episode. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. ⁠⁠Music by Ketsa⁠⁠: "Live It," "Anvil," and "Refraining."

Today's episode centers on Sight & Sound magazine's new list, "The Best Video Essays of 2023." In a conversation moderated by Kevin B. Lee, the curators of this year's list, Irina Trocan, Queline Meadows, and Will Webb, discuss the results of the poll, their curatorial strategies, and offer general thoughts on the video essay landscape in 2023. This episode is the first in an ongoing collaboration between The Video Essay Podcast and Kevin B. Lee, who, in his role as the Locarno Film Festival Professor for the Future of Cinema at USI University of Lugano, is leading a three-year research project on video essays with Johannes Binotto and Evelyn Kreutzer, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Read Kevin's columns for Sight & Sound here. Support the podcast on ⁠Patreon⁠. Follow the show on ⁠Twitter⁠. Learn more at the pod's ⁠website⁠. Get the ⁠free newsletter⁠. Will DiGravio hosted and produced this episode. Editing by Kevin B. Lee and Will DiGravio. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. ⁠Music by Ketsa⁠: "Live It," "Anvil," and "Refraining."

On today's episode, Will is joined by Catherine Fowler, a film scholar based at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Catherine curated the most recent special issue of the journal, [in]Transition, which features feminist videographic diptychs by six scholars: Nicole Morse, Maryam Tafakory, Melissa Dollman, Paola Voci, Maud Ceuterick, and Catherine herself. Watch and read more about the special issue here. Support the podcast on ⁠Patreon⁠. Follow the show on ⁠Twitter⁠. Learn more at the pod's ⁠website⁠. Get the ⁠free newsletter⁠. Subscribe on YouTube. Will DiGravio hosted and produced this episode. Emily Su Bin Ko is the show's associate producer. ⁠Music by Ketsa⁠: "Live It," "Anvil," and "Refraining."

Evelyn Kreutzer, a Berlin-based video essayist, talks about videographic vulnerability, videography collaboration projects, and incorporating personal experiences into academic work. They also discuss their fear of the film 'Psycho', the importance of feedback in video essay creation, and exploring Hitchcock through sound and memory. The chapter also covers the creative process of making a video essay and the significance of the waving water surface effect in one of their works.

Alan O'Leary, a scholar and artist based at Aarhus University, discusses videographic 'society,' academic labor, organizing videographic events, and more. They also explore Kathleen Luke's video essay on Blade Runner 2049 and the concept of reproductive futurism. The chapter delves into the validity and impact of video essays on traditional scholarship.