International reception of Stephen Dwoskin, the 14 Films — Box 1/3 DVD edition and Self Made Portrait, alongside references to the French press archive assembled by Les Films du Renard in 2006.
Unlike the French section of the original website, no historical English Press page has been found in the surviving site files examined so far. This page is therefore a 2026 editorial reconstruction based on verifiable English-language and international sources.
Martin’s article opens with the five-DVD Stephen Dwoskin set published by Les Films du Renard and uses it to explore the extraordinary variety of forms across Dwoskin’s cinema. He also identifies the DVD project as an initiative by a small collective of innovative filmmakers in Switzerland.
Read at Film Quarterly ↗Stephen Dwoskin: 14 Films Box 1/3 appears in the 2006 DVD Awards under “Experimental Film”. The listing describes the 1,000-copy limited edition, five discs, 58-page bilingual booklet and twelve hours of material, and states that the fourteen works were chosen with the artist.
View the listing ↗The International Film Festival Rotterdam page situates the documentary within the larger DVD project. It records that the first anthology — fourteen films on five DVDs — would be presented during IFFR 2006, and credits Les Films du Renard as producer and world-rights holder for Self Made Portrait.
View at IFFR ↗Swiss Films maintains an English-language record for Self Made Portrait, identifying Les Films du Renard as the production company, recording its January 2006 world premiere and listing Rotterdam 2006. Its company database also retains a Les Films du Renard filmography.
Self Made Portrait ↗ Les Films du Renard ↗The original French website preserved several contemporary press items. They are not translated here: the French archival texts remain available on the French Press page.
Contemporary notice on the fourteen-film Les Films du Renard edition.
Read the French archive →Two pieces published on the same date: a notice on the DVD project and an extended encounter with Stephen Dwoskin.
Read the French archive →The historical Renard site preserved an MP3 archive of the programme.
Listen on the French archive →The issue devoted to Dwoskin includes Marthe Porret’s text on Self Made Portrait.
Current Décadrages page ↗ French archive →