The Film Detective is an alter ego of Martyna Starosta
Martyna Starosta is a filmmaker and video journalist who traces the impact of social movements. Currently, she is working on a documentary that explores questions of sexual consent through story-telling. Martyna is also a Video/TV news production fellow at Democracy Now! and a correspondent for Waging Nonviolence. She is based in Brooklyn, New York.
Her projects have been presented in numerous festivals, shows and online platforms.
New York:
92YTribeca, Anthology Film Archive, Beta Spaces, CUFF 2012- City University Film Festival, Chelsea Art Museum, NYU Gallatin Galleries, Red Hook Film Festival, Union Docs, The Brecht Forum, The Commons
International:
Azad Gallery Tehran (Iran), 26th Torino Film Festival (Italy), Center for Contemporary Art Trondheim (Norway), DOMOBAAL Gallery London (UK), Emerge and See – Media Arts Festival Berlin (Germany), Festival International Documentaire (France), Instituto Cultural Itaù Belo Horizonte & Vitória (Brazil), Paço das Artes, São Paulo (Brazil), One World Film Festival – Kino Arsenal Berlin (Germany), Theater Hebbel am Ufer Berlin (Germany), World Art Tendency Sarajevo Winter Festival (Kosovo), DAEGU Young Artist Project (South Korea)
Selected Online Broadcast:
Democracy Now! European Platform for Progressive Cultural Policies, FUSE Magazine, Free Speech TV, Harper’s Magazine, Media Education Foundation, The Filmmaker Magazine, The Monthly Review, The People’s Production House, The Polis, Truth Out, Occupy.com, Waging Nonviolence.
