Books published by Synema Gesellschaft Fur Film u. Medien

Maria Lassnig (1919-2014) is internationally recognized as one of the most important painters of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This publication provides the first comprehensive index of Lassnig's film works, offering insight into the filmmaker's world of ideas through a wide selection of Lassnig's own, previously unpublished notes.

Film Curatorship is an experiment: a collective text, a montage of dialogues, conversations, and exchanges among four professionals representing three generations of film archivists and curators. It calls for an open philosophical and ethical debate on fundamental questions the profession must come to terms with in the twenty-first century.

Viennese filmmaker Ruth Beckermann, who has been making films since the 1970s, has created an exciting and widely recognized body of essay and documentary films. This is the first English-language publication on Beckermann's oeuvre, including an original essay by Nick Pinkerton, an in-depth conversation with the artist, and a detailed filmography.