Austin Chronicle Reviews “Film About a Father Who”
“Sachs makes the audience aware that even in tenderness there is pain.”
“Sachs makes the audience aware that even in tenderness there is pain.”
40 films from 30 countries have been selected for Oberhausen’s first International Online Competition, more than half of them made by women.
This first volume of soundtracks works are from two films – “Film About A Father Who” and “Tip of My Tongue”
“Sachs’s films are, generally, intentionally unpolished, willfully undercutting the popular presumption that the job of documentaries is to provide answers.”
A conversation and live Q&A about Lynne Sachs’s newest documentary, with art historian, critic and long-time friend to the filmmaker, Kathy O’Dell and Artistic Director, Christy LeMaster and then take questions form the audience.
In these two programs, Los Angeles Filmforum explores the seven-year collaborative relationship between filmmaker Lynne Sachs and sound artist Stephen Vitiello.
“As sidebar to her fresh Father feature, here is the first of two shorts programs, showcasing the astonishing cinematic artistry of Lynne Sachs…”
“Film About a Father Who” made several ‘Best of 2020’ lists by critics, programmers, and film journalists.
“Film About a Father Who” will be available as part of the Roxie Virtual Cinema programming on Friday, February 12, 2021.
A conversation with the US filmmaker Lynne Sachs about the importance of the autobiographical in her films.