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Ren Scateni

Bristol

Freelance Writer, Film Journalist and Critic at Freelance

writer, film curator, programmer | he/they | renscateni AT gmail DOT com丨🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️

Articles

  • Feb 4, 2025 | bfi.org.uk | Ren Scateni |Nicolas Rapold |Jason Anderson |Leigh Singer

    Yamada Naoko has always been fascinated by music, and since the K-On! franchise – an anime series (2009-10) and film (2011) following the lives of four members of a high school’s light music club – it has remained central to her storytelling.

  • Mar 27, 2024 | artreview.com | Ren Scateni

    Chikako Yamashiro’s new film is the latest to explore historical memory, war trauma and the geopolitical situation of her homeland, OkinawaIn artist and filmmaker Chikako Yamashiro’s latest film, we follow an elderly man who strolls, then rides by bus, through lush rural landscapes before entering an urban area in Okinawa. Sounds innocent enough. But his journey soon unlocks memories of his past.

  • Mar 5, 2024 | talkingshorts.com | Ren Scateni |William Jones

    Title The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography Year 1998 Length 19' Country USA Genre Avant-garde, Eroticism, Essay, Politics, Queer Category Documentary, Experimental Director William E. Jones Producer William E. Jones Editor William E. Jones Composer Jean-Pierre Bedoyan Distributor William E. Jones Festivals London Short Film Festival 2024 “Even in an unlikely place, it is possible to find traces of recent history,” teases artist filmmaker William E. Jones in voiceover at the...

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26 Apr 24

tonight! hope to see some of you there!

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Violent passions are unleashed at a remote Japanese boarding school in Summer Vacation 1999, a rediscovered classic that offers a strikingly androgynous exploration of teenage yearning and desire. Fri 26 Apr, 20:40 @BFI + intro by @whateverren: https://t.co/03Yw9g8Jbu https://t.co/3HCH4hgTrv

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17 Apr 24

RT @alchemyfilmarts: ICYMI, our just-o'er-the-border neighbours @berwickfilmfest commissioned Alchemy Trustee @whateverren to write on Fuji…

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27 Mar 24

RT @indigenousmanc: Actually shameful behaviour from @HOME_mcr I’m embarrassed for you Art is political, as is so much of the art you disp…