What films do we have in store for you at DAFilms.com at the end of January?

Watch the collection of films by Jonas Mekas who passed away last week and was called the godfather of the avant-garde and founder of the diary film genre.

What film will you watch tonight?

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN

Made in diary style, Williamsburg, Brooklyn shows the neighborhood where Mekas settled after his arrival in the US; most of the scenes were shot between 1948 and 1951 and show the everyday life and little stories from the streets of New York. The film was screened at IFF Rotterdam.

REMINISCENCES OF A JOURNEY TO LITHUANIA

“Reminiscences” is an elegiac diary film of a trip that he took back to his birthplace of Semeniškiai, Lithuania. A film diary divided into three episodes. The first part reflects Jonas Mekas of his time as emigrant in 50th century New York, after leaving the home country of Lithuania...

HE STANDS IN A DESERT COUNTING THE SECONDS OF HIS LIFE

“The film consists of 124 brief sketches. Portraits of people I have spent time with, places, seasons of the year, weather, many of my film-maker friends, streets and parks of New York… unimportant celebrations of life that has gone, by now, and remains only as a record in these personal, brief sketches.”

THIS SIDE OF PARADISE

This Side of Paradise follows the Kennedy family after the death of JFK. Jackie Kennedy decided to distract the children and hired Mekas as a film chronicler. The director spent several summer holidays at the house of Andy Warhol with the family.

TRIESTE FF IS STILL ONLINE!

Couldn’t make it to Trieste this time? Enjoy the festival at home. We have teamed up with Trieste FF to bring you an online selection of films that were screened at the past year’s edition. Which documentaries can you watch?