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Dear Iceland
Dear Iceland, I really want to visit your country in early to mid October. A festival in Sweden has invited me to speak around October 14-16, and would like to make a stopover before or after or both....
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The Blue Carpet
Through this cinéma vérité documentary, you too can experience what it’s like to be a nobody on the red (actually blue) carpet, navigate ridiculous security theater, shake the hands of countless...
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R.I.P. Roger Ebert
I am so grateful I got to meet Roger Ebert in 2009, when he screened Sita Sings the Blues at Ebertfest. He couldn’t speak then, but he stood onstage while his computer’s synthetic voice read his...
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Where is Seder-Masochism?
Seder-Masochism is currently doing its film festival rounds. There are a number of festivals lined up this Fall and Winter, most of which I can’t name until they make their official announcements. I...
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Seder-Masochism festivals, September-October 2018
Festivals marked with * and Bold are ones I’m attending in person! Athens International Film Festival Athens, Greece September 19-30 AnimaSyros Syros, Greece September 26-30 * Ottawa International...
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Fall 2018 North American Festival Tour wrap-up
In the last month I traveled to Ottawa, Vancouver, Mill Valley, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and Los Angeles, to attend numerous screenings of Seder-Masochism, including the festivals below: This is a...
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Blacklisted
Update: Chaz Ebert confirms Ebertfest’s decisions had nothing to do with my no-platforming in Urbana and Beligium, and they were unaware of any controversy. +++++ Ebertfest (Roger Ebert’s Film...
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Travel Photoblog: Krok, Russia, September 21-30, 2019
Krok is an International animation festival that takes place on a riverboat in Russia or Ukraine or, in the past, both. Political issues have recently forced it to sail in Russia only, even as it...
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Animakom Award
I was super-honored by my first lifetime achievement award from the Animakom festival in Bilbao Spain! I haven’t yet received the fancy glass plaque thingy in real life, but I did “attend” via video...
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PRESS RELEASE: Nina Paley Declines Screening Permission to Vagina Museum
Urbana, March 15 – Nina Paley, a renowned filmmaker known for award-winning films like Sita Sings the Blues and “This Land is Mine” has announced her decision to deny permission to screen her film...
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