posts on the norient space by Chafic Tabbara

Selecting a film for a festival requires us to look beyond pure preference. In this essay, Chafic Tabbara, film critic and co-artistic director of Norient Festival 2022, shares his thoughts on curating films for cinema in the age of online streaming.

Sound designer Nicolas Becker won the Oscar for Best Sound for his adventurous sonification of a deaf person’s perception in the feature film «Sound of Metal». Norient talked to him about the relevance of sound in film, and its possibilities to create new narratives that are more than just about the script.