FAIM Festival

Fireside Chat

This fireside chat features filmmakers, musicians and distribution industry professionals. They'll share insights on pain points of working in the audio-visual industry, their experiences during our festival, and their advice to fellow professionals and creatives.

Representative Chris Fujiwara

Chris Fujiwara has written and edited several books on cinema, including Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall; The World and Its Double: The Life and Work of Otto Preminger; and Jerry Lewis. He was the editor of Undercurrent, the film-criticism magazine of FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) and a film critic for the Boston Phoenix, and he has contributed to numerous magazines, journals, and newspapers. He has lectured on film history and film aesthetics at various universities. Formerly Artistic Director of Edinburgh International Film Festival, he has also developed film programs for other institutions and has organized and served as a mentor for numerous workshops on film criticism and film programming.

FAIM Festival Fireside Chat

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