Beauty
Thursday 26 November, 19:00

The LIDF continues its open-ended, audience-led, events at the new Cinephilia West. Unlike other screenings, here we dispense with the panel format and discuss the evening’s theme in an informal, improvised way. We will look at documentary film as it straddles the worlds of reportage, anthropology, activism, photography and mass-entertainment.

The beautiful subject. One of cinema’s greatest pleasures is the wonderfully photographed image. For documentary filmmakers this presents an ethical dilemma. Does photographing the world in a certain way separate you or connect you to it? The ethical issue is of creating a stylised representation that distance or even creates a gross misrepresentation. And where is the agency of the subject? The debate is about artistic licence and who the filmmaker is responsible to: his audience, his subject, or himself?

Featuring selected film excerpts.
Free entry to all ‘Cinephilia Club’ members.

Cinephilia West
171 Westbourne Grove
London
W11