|
FEATURE FESTIVALS
Edinburgh:
Mid Fest Report
13
- 27 August
The
fest opened with aplomb on Sunday 13th with the UK premiere
of Lars von Trier's Cannes winner Dancer
in the Dark. Although Bjork failed to make an
appearance as hoped, Robert Carlyle and Billy Connolly both
turned up to the opening gala at Edinburgh's Odeon cinema.
more
Montreal
World Film Fest
25 August - 4 September
This year's Montreal World Film Festival features 30 films
from Latin America, including Couronnement from
Chilean director Silvio Caiozzi, and The Adventures
of God, from Argentine Eliseo Sibiela, both of which
will screen in the Official Competition. In addition, several
features will be screened in the Cinema of Tomorrow Section,
including the Argentine films: El Astillero,
and Felicidades; the Brazilian films A
Traves da Janela; the Chilean film El Chacotero
Sentimental; La Pelicula from Cristian
Galaz, the Colombian film Diastole Y Sistole and
many more.
more
COMING SOON
Venice
Film Festival News
30 Aug - 9 September
Organizers
of the Venice Film Festival were outraged last week to learn
that USA Films was withdrawing Series 7: The Contenders
from the festival. The film, a dark comedy that parodies reality-based
TV shows, was slated to have its world premiere in the Dreams
and Visions midnight line-up before screening at the Toronto
International Film Festival one week later. The studio has
opted instead to try to screen the film at the Sundance festival
in January, closer to its release date in February 2001.
more
Toronto
Announces Full Line-Up
7 - 16 September
Toronto
Festival director Piers Handling has announced the complete
lineup for the Toronto Festival this week. From more than
1,800 submissions, this year's 25th anniversary event has
been winnowed down to a selection of 329 films from 56 countries,
which will screen in 15 different programs. World premieres
include The Dish from Australian Rob Sitch,
Sexy Beast from Jonathan Glazer, and Pandaemonium
from Julien Temple. The Masters and Contemporary World Cinema
selections will screen hotly-anticipated new works by Claude
Chabrol, Edward Yang (Yi-Yi),
Arturo Ripstein, Bela Tarr, Roy Guerra, Im Kwontaek, Barbara
Kopple (Conversations
with Gregory Peck), Ken Loach, Volker Schlöndorff,
Chantal Akerman, Nagisa Oshima, Tran Anh Hung, Jafar Panahi,
Fruit Chan, and many more.
more
Deauville,
San Sebastian, Vancouver...
|
