Posts tagged Characters Disappearing

HCAF '24: Connor Sen Warnick on the Cinema of Absence

As part of our coverage of Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2024, Hyperreal Film Journal viewed a work-in-progress screening of Connor Sen Warnick’s feature debut, Characters Disappearing. Currently in post-production, the film is pending its final cut. Inspired by his experiences with Asian-targeted hate, Warnick wanted to tell a story about the past in order to speak to the present.

Interviews, Houston Cinema Arts Fest, Film FestsAP DwivediDecember 9, 2024Connor Sen Warnick, Characters Disappearing, Tsai Ming-Liang, Pedro Costa, Angela Schanelec, Edward Yang, Wayne Wang, Peter Emmanuel Goldman, Spike LeeComment

HCAF ‘24: Interviews with the Programmers at Houston Cinema Arts Festival

One of Houston’s biggest weeks for film is the Houston Cinema Arts Festival. Just wrapping up their 16th year, HCAF has been a cornerstone of the Houston film community. This year, we got a chance to conduct email interviews with HCAF’s programmers: Jazyne Moreno, Michael Robinson, and Michael Sicinski.

Houston Cinema Arts Fest, InterviewsEli FischerDecember 2, 2024Houston Cinema Arts Festival, Bird, The Black Sea, Harmonie, Us And The Night, Rats!, Characters Disappearing, JImmy, Wild Hogs, Saffron, The Passing, Hasta Encontralos, The Life of Sean DeLear, Careless PassageComment