Les films du renard · 2005

Conversation Piece with Stephen Dwoskin

Cathy Day & Claudine Després · documentary · video · 32 min

Synopsis

A conversation with Stephen Dwoskin, major American underground film-maker.

Shot in Brixton, London, in December 2004, the film is originally a letter addressed to Dwoskin by its authors. It creates a particular space, movement and rhythm in which they develop his point of view on the evolution of cinema in the western world.

A manifesto for a cinema of resistance.

Film credits

Title: Conversation Piece with Stephen Dwoskin
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 32 min
Directors: Cathy Day & Claudine Després
Scenario: Cathy Day & Claudine Després
Camera: Claudine Després
Sound: Cathy Day
Mixing: Phillipe Ciompi
Editing: Cathy Day & Claudine Després

Directors — bio / filmography, 2006 archive

Cathy Day ↗

Born in Wallingford, England · Lives and works in Geneva

Parlez-moi d’elle, 16mm, documentary, 40’, 1995
Day by Day, video, documentary, 40’, 2001
Verbatim, video, documentary, 30’, 2003
Conversation Piece with Stephen Dwoskin, video, documentary, 32’, 2005
Self Made Portrait, video, documentary, 2006, associate director

Claudine Després ↗

Born in Switzerland · Lives and works in Geneva

807 images, video, documentary, 40’, 1996
Pierre, video, documentary, 15’, 1999
Conventions de Genève : 50 bannières, video, documentary, 30’, 2000
Approche, video, documentary, 15’, 2002
18 ans pour Léonor, video, documentary, 40’, 2004
Conversation Piece with Stephen Dwoskin, video, documentary, 32’, 2005
Self Made Portrait, video, documentary, 82’, 2006

Biographical information and filmographies reproduced from the 2005–2006 Les films du renard page; they describe the situation at the time of production.

Festivals 2005–2006

FID, Marseille 2005
Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin/... 2005
18es instants video 2005
25ème Viper international film video and new media 2006