Tales from the forest
John Wyver writes: In 2007 the great Polish director Andrzej Wajda, then in his early eighties, released Katyń, a historical drama about the massacre across thrtee months in 1940 of at least 14,000 Polish more
John Wyver writes: In 2007 the great Polish director Andrzej Wajda, then in his early eighties, released Katyń, a historical drama about the massacre across thrtee months in 1940 of at least 14,000 Polish more
John Wyver writes: Registration is now open for the one-day symposium on 27 March centred on the films of the great television documentary filmmaker Robert Vas. The symposium is complemented by a rare screening of Vas' remarkable film about the more
John Wyver writes: In case any of the below is of interest, I thought it might be useful to detail the events I'm involved with over the coming months. It would be very good to see any of you present more
John Wyver writes: My colleagues James Jordan and Eleni Liarou and I are a week or so away from finalising the programme for the symposium about the filmmaker Robert Vas to be held at Birkbeck, University of London, on more
John Wyver writes: Some six weeks ago I posted a Call for Proposals for a one-day symposium about the films of the important documentary maker Robert Vas (above). My colleagues James Jordan and Eleni Liarou and I have received more
John Wyver writes: With James Jordan and Eleni Liarou, I am one of the organisers of this symposium next March, and I am pleased to share the details here. Please note that we have had to re-schedule the date, and more
On Monday afternoon at BFI Southbank I am introducing two early films by Robert Vas (1931-1978) together with a television obituary of Vas made by Barrie Gavin and colleagues. (The obit is on YouTube but - more