Flavia Dima

what bums me about the idea of online, streamed festivals is that I can no longer dramatically walk out of a screening and pontificate about how bad it is to whomever I catch idling in front of the cinema while smoking three cigarettes I just close the tab

It must feel so good to give something a bomb on the moirée

@elonmusk mai taci în pula mea

Soros again …

Orgulloso de construir una retro que captura la esencia de una institución y recorre del espíritu de la no-ficción explorando el mar mientras este nos devuelve la mirada ⛵️ De Flaherty a Alsharif. De Vaz a Frampton, pasando por Mekas, Straub, Lye...🌊 Todos invitados! 🏄‍♀️

(my final ever post on here until M*sk is out.) I've taken the leap and joined Substack – can't keep myself away from criticism. Monthly texts in English, free access for all. Any $ from paid subscriptions go towards my rent, food, bills and medical needs. decupaje.substack.com

Yeah. I'm outta here for good or at least until this swine is no longer in charge of it, and hope the rest of you are, too. See you on Bluesky.

Now for some happy news, according to this Korean media report, Kim Min-hee is pregnant and Hong Sang-soo is expected to become a father later this year news.nate.com/view/20250117n…

The article seems to confirm that it was the smoke from the LA fires that got to him. The fires have taken so much from us

... and process the surreal, violent tone of the film that she'd caught me seeing. afterwards, the idea of a story happening inside an ear obsessed me. maybe it was this playful gesture of hers & Lynch's that, in time, made me want to grasp at the meaning of art, of cinema.

my first lynch film was blue velvet on TV at 8. one of those moments when an unsupervised kid stumbles onto an object that opens them to something they didn't even know could exist. my mom lied to me that the plot of the film is set inside the ear in the grass so I could cope...

I'm very sad, of course, but living nearly eight decades while creating art made with shockingly few compromises to outside interests, and *then* having that art be meaningful to a vast number of people, is as close to a 'W' as anyone gets in this life.

I hope this ceasefire works in favour of Palestinians. Their suffering must end—the bombs, massacres, and horror must stop. But remember: this genocide is not over. A ceasefire doesn’t end a genocide. Keep fighting for justice and the liberation of Palestine.

let's goooooooooooooo

so, friends... I'll slowly be moving over to Blu*sky, as I'm feeling increasingly uncomfortable with who runs this website... still, I'd love to stay in touch with my mutuals here so please drop me your username in the comments – I'm flvd.bsky.social 💫

My ballot for this year's edition of La Internacional Cinefila – as always, very humbled and greatful for @rogerkoza's generosity and trust to put me amongst so many incredible peers, and for his titanic yearly effort to make the greatest list out there.

Romania has finally entered the Schengen Area and a dog was the first to cross the Romanian-Hungarian border with everyone clapping for it

not on my "watching Nosferatu as a Romanian" bingo card: 1) usage of anti-roma slurs (I did expect them to be orientalized tho) 2) Bran Castle nowhere in sight 3) Orlok being styled after Matei Basarab 4) Thomas teleporting from Hunedoara to Moldovița 5) Mungiu references????

This fall, after five years and over a 100 articles, I have decided to part ways with Films in Frame. My last article for them took the shape of a series of letters to Chantal Akerman. Thank you for following my work over the years. News to come. filmsinframe.com/en/features/le…

Bonne année 2025 aussi à toutes ces femmes qui continuent à essayer de parler de cinéma sur Twitter et de films dans des médias malgré l’ignorance, l’agressivité ou le rabaissement constant des hommes. La lutte est dure, mais si c’est votre passion, ne laissez pas tomber.

Finally saw the Barbie movie, and, while the production quality was poor for the 145 million budget, and it was a bit short, it was surprisingly genuinely radical and Feminist to the point I'm shocked Mattel signed off on it. Bold decision to make the film about Karen Carpente