The sixth season of World Channel's international documentary series "Global Voices" will feature nine U.S. broadcast premieres of various films funded by the Independent Television Service (Itvs). The 18-week series intends to introduce American audiences to unique global perspectives. "Global Voices" will kick off on June 2 and conclude at the end of September with new docs every Sunday night at 10pm Est. World Channel will also release each doc online at worldchannel.org after it airs. The films will focus on stories in Indonesia, India, El Salvador, Iraq, Tanzania, Japan and Ethiopia. Take a look at the full programming schedule below. June 2: "Where Heaven Meets Hell," dir. by Sasha Friedlander Four sulfur miners working at an active volcano in Indonesia search for meaning in their daily struggles and triumphs. This intimate portrait chronicles their attempts to escape the social ills that haunt their community. June 9: "Garbage Dreams,...
- 5/23/2013
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Mai Iskander's second documentary Words of Witness picked up an Al Jazeera Documentary Channel award at the 9th Al Jazeera Documentary Film Festival which ended on Sunday In Doha, as I announced yesterday. The New York-based Egyptian filmmaker premiered the film at the 2012 Berlinale in February. It follows 22-year-old Egyptian journalist Heba Afify as she defies cultural norms, takes to the streets to report firsthand on news after the fall of Mubarak, after 18 days of demonstrations during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. And the film continues to travel the international film festival circuit, with stops...
- 4/26/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The Ida is proud to announce that not one but four films from our fiscal sponsorship program have been accepted into the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival. Mai Iskander's Words of Witness, Lauren Greenfield's Queen of Versailles, Kirby Dick's The Invisible War and Jeff Reichert and Farihah Zaman's Remote Area Medical have been chosen as part of a diverse slate of nearly 200 feature films, shorts, and music videos that will be screened at L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles from June 14-24, 2012.
As part of the Documentary Competition program, ...
As part of the Documentary Competition program, ...
- 5/31/2012
- by IDA Editorial Staff
- International Documentary Association
HollywoodNews.com: Today the Los Angeles Film Festival, in conjunction with Presenting Media Sponsor the Los Angeles Times and Host Partner L.A. Live, announced the Closing Night film and official Us and international selections for the 2012 Festival. Guest Director, Artists in Residence and Conversations with special guests will be announced later this month. The 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival will screen a diverse slate of nearly 200 feature films, short films, and music videos, representing more than 30 countries, along with signature programs such as the Filmmaker Retreat, Poolside Chats, Coffee Talks, music events and more. As previously announced, Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love will be Opening Night, sponsored by Virgin America, and Lorene Scafaria’s Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Ava DuVernay’s Middle of Nowhere and Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild were selected for the Galas section.
Returning to downtown Los Angeles and headquartered at L.
Returning to downtown Los Angeles and headquartered at L.
- 5/1/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
Another day, another trio of announcements from the Berlin International Film Festival (February 9 through 19). First off, this year's Berlinale Camera has been presented to Haro Senft, "one of the pioneers of New German Cinema as well as a tireless advocate of German children films... He was the initiator of Doc 59, a group based in Munich at the end of the 1950s; many of its members went on to sign the Oberhausen Manifesto in 1962." His 1961 documentary short Kahl was nominated for an Oscar and Bruno Ganz gave his first performance in a major role in Senft's first narrative feature, Der sanfte Lauf (1967).
"In 1971 he resigned from all his positions related to film policy and devoted himself unlike anyone else to developing a culture of children's films. With his films Ein Tag mit dem Wind (1978) and Jacob hinter der blauen Tür (1987) he set the standard for the genre." Because Senft can no longer travel,...
"In 1971 he resigned from all his positions related to film policy and devoted himself unlike anyone else to developing a culture of children's films. With his films Ein Tag mit dem Wind (1978) and Jacob hinter der blauen Tür (1987) he set the standard for the genre." Because Senft can no longer travel,...
- 1/18/2012
- MUBI
Omar Kholeif, curator of the Liverpool Arabic film festival, picks the film-makers most likely to put Arab cinema on the map
As the Arab world reimagines its boundaries, it seems a good moment to reflect on how the medium of cinema has been reshaped by a new generation of film-makers. The last few years have seen a new guard carve out a niche for themselves, breaking on to the international film festival circuit with their divergent portraits of Arabic daily life.
Ahmad Abdalla
Thirty-two-year-old Abdalla makes vital films that capture the youthful spirit of Egypt's major cities. Reawakening a realism that has been missing in Egyptian cinema since the late 1960s, Abdalla merges a verite camera style with astutely edited montages of activism on the streets. His acclaimed second feature, Microphone (2010), portrays the dissident underground arts movement in Alexandria, capturing a world in which Arabic hip-hop meets conceptual Egyptian video art.
As the Arab world reimagines its boundaries, it seems a good moment to reflect on how the medium of cinema has been reshaped by a new generation of film-makers. The last few years have seen a new guard carve out a niche for themselves, breaking on to the international film festival circuit with their divergent portraits of Arabic daily life.
Ahmad Abdalla
Thirty-two-year-old Abdalla makes vital films that capture the youthful spirit of Egypt's major cities. Reawakening a realism that has been missing in Egyptian cinema since the late 1960s, Abdalla merges a verite camera style with astutely edited montages of activism on the streets. His acclaimed second feature, Microphone (2010), portrays the dissident underground arts movement in Alexandria, capturing a world in which Arabic hip-hop meets conceptual Egyptian video art.
- 7/4/2011
- by Omar Kholeif
- The Guardian - Film News
Can documentaries and feature films further debate on development and widen popular engagement? Or are they trapped by conventions that dumb down and dramatise complex issues?
What can a good film add to debates on development? What damage can a bad one do?
As several festivals celebrating films with development themes get under way, we'd like to hear your suggestions of films that have made you think. To get the discussion going, below is a selection of films currently screening, available online or much debated in recent years.
Slumdog Millionaire Dir Danny Boyle, India, 2008. This 2008 Oscar-winning feature film tells the story of a boy from a Mumbai slum who wins the TV game show Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?'
The Micro Debt Dir Tom Heinemann, 2010. This investigative film about Muhammad Yunus's Grameen Bank has caused a furore in the world of microfinance. It premiers in the UK on Friday.
What can a good film add to debates on development? What damage can a bad one do?
As several festivals celebrating films with development themes get under way, we'd like to hear your suggestions of films that have made you think. To get the discussion going, below is a selection of films currently screening, available online or much debated in recent years.
Slumdog Millionaire Dir Danny Boyle, India, 2008. This 2008 Oscar-winning feature film tells the story of a boy from a Mumbai slum who wins the TV game show Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?'
The Micro Debt Dir Tom Heinemann, 2010. This investigative film about Muhammad Yunus's Grameen Bank has caused a furore in the world of microfinance. It premiers in the UK on Friday.
- 3/10/2011
- by Jaz Cummins, Claire Provost
- The Guardian - Film News
In the backstreets of Cairo, recycling is not a modern-day affectation of the environmentally conscious. It is a centuries-old survival mechanism, sustaining the 60,000 Zabbaleen, or garbage people, who make their living from what the rest of the city throws away. Every day, they collect more than 3,000 tons of garbage and sift through it, eking out a living by recycling 80 per cent of what they have gathered. They live and work in what is effectively a giant waste processing plant, at once an appalling slum and a monument to the creativity of the human spirit when survival is at stake. You'd think that with the recycling boom in recent years, these backstreet trash traders would have stood to benefit. Yet a cruel irony lies at the heart of Mai Iskander's debut film Garbage Dreams, which follows...
- 2/13/2010
- by Andrew Wander
- Huffington Post
The Directors Guild of America has announced the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2009.
The winner will be revealed at the 62nd Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 30, 2010, at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
I love all these documentaries, so try to check them out when you can. My favorite to win is Louie Psihoyos for "The Cove," a great documentary about the senseless killing of dolphins in a cove near Taijii, Japan.
But "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" is near and dear to my heart as well.
And now, the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2009 are:
Sacha Gervasi
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
(Metal On Metal Productions)
This is Mr. Gervasi's first DGA Award nomination.
Mai Iskander
Garbage Dreams
(Iskander Films, Inc.)
This is Ms. Iskander's first DGA Award nomination.
Robert Kenner
Food, Inc.
(Robert Kenner Films)
This is Mr.
The winner will be revealed at the 62nd Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 30, 2010, at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
I love all these documentaries, so try to check them out when you can. My favorite to win is Louie Psihoyos for "The Cove," a great documentary about the senseless killing of dolphins in a cove near Taijii, Japan.
But "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" is near and dear to my heart as well.
And now, the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2009 are:
Sacha Gervasi
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
(Metal On Metal Productions)
This is Mr. Gervasi's first DGA Award nomination.
Mai Iskander
Garbage Dreams
(Iskander Films, Inc.)
This is Ms. Iskander's first DGA Award nomination.
Robert Kenner
Food, Inc.
(Robert Kenner Films)
This is Mr.
- 1/14/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Sacha Gervasi Anvil! The Story of Anvil (Metal On Metal Productions) Mai Iskander Garbage Dreams (Iskander Films, Inc.) Robert Kenner Food, Inc. (Robert Kenner Films) Louie Psihoyos The Cove (Oceanic...
- 1/12/2010
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
The Directors Guild of America have announced the DGA’s nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries for the year 2009. The nominees - all first timers - are listed below in alphabetical order: Sacha Gervasi for “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” (Metal On Metal Productions) This is Mr. Gervasi’s first DGA Award nomination. Mai Iskander for “Garbage Dreams” (Iskander Films, Inc.) This is Ms. Iskander’s first DGA Award nomination. Robert Kenner …...
- 1/12/2010
- Indiewire
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their list of the final group of 15 films that will contend for the Best Documentary Feature award this week, and with said announcement comes a twinge of bittersweetness. On one hand, the very powerful documentary The Cove -- a Sundance premiere that takes on the brutal killing of dolphins in Japan -- did make it to the final 15, as did the sensational SXSW pic Garbage Dreams and the incredibly fascinating food industry doc Food Inc. On the other hand, fan (and critic) favorite Anvil! The Story of Anvil -- the energetic, sad story of one of the most famous rock bands that you've never heard of -- was curiously missing from the list, as was multi-Oscar nominee Michael Moore's latest film Capitalism: A Love Story, a doc about our current financial crisis. While Michael Moore has had his date with Oscar, his...
- 11/19/2009
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
I’m sure if you analyze and dissect the rules for eligibility, you’ll find some kind of loophole that kept films like Capitalism: A Love Story, Anvil!: The Story Of Anvil, and Crude off this list of finalists for Best Documentary Feature.
Maybe it’s not based on eligibility at all. Maybe those movies just didn’t make the cut, which, in my opinion, and a lot of other people’s, as well, is a shame. This isn’t even taking into account some of the festival docs that didn’t make the cut, films like Pulling John, We Live In Public, and The Yes Men Fix The World. Politics wins out once again (as if there was every going to be a question of it), and here are the list of 15 films that have moved on in the voting process:
The Beaches Of Agnes directed by Agnès Varda...
Maybe it’s not based on eligibility at all. Maybe those movies just didn’t make the cut, which, in my opinion, and a lot of other people’s, as well, is a shame. This isn’t even taking into account some of the festival docs that didn’t make the cut, films like Pulling John, We Live In Public, and The Yes Men Fix The World. Politics wins out once again (as if there was every going to be a question of it), and here are the list of 15 films that have moved on in the voting process:
The Beaches Of Agnes directed by Agnès Varda...
- 11/19/2009
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the 15 films in the Documentary Feature category that will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards. Eighty-nine pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company: The Beaches of Agnes, Agnes Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris) Burma VJ, Anders Østergaard, director (Magic Hour Films) The Cove, Louie Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society) Every Little Step, James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo, directors (Endgame Entertainment) Facing Ali, Pete McCormack, director (Network Films Inc.) Food, Inc., Robert Kenner, director (Robert Kenner Films) Garbage Dreams, Mai Iskander, director (Iskander Films, Inc.) Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders, Mark N. Hopkins, director (Red Floor Pictures LLC) The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, directors (Kovno Communications) Mugabe and the White African,...
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company: The Beaches of Agnes, Agnes Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris) Burma VJ, Anders Østergaard, director (Magic Hour Films) The Cove, Louie Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society) Every Little Step, James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo, directors (Endgame Entertainment) Facing Ali, Pete McCormack, director (Network Films Inc.) Food, Inc., Robert Kenner, director (Robert Kenner Films) Garbage Dreams, Mai Iskander, director (Iskander Films, Inc.) Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders, Mark N. Hopkins, director (Red Floor Pictures LLC) The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, directors (Kovno Communications) Mugabe and the White African,...
- 11/19/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 15 semi-finalists in the 2010 Academy Awards’ Documentary Feature category. Eighty-nine films had been in the running. The 15 documentary feature semi-finalists are: The Beaches of Agnes, Agnès Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris) Burma VJ, Anders Østergaard, director (Magic Hour Films) The Cove, Louie Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society) Every Little Step, James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo, directors (Endgame Entertainment) Facing Ali, Pete McCormack, director (Network Films Inc.) Food, Inc., Robert Kenner, director (Robert Kenner Films) Garbage Dreams, Mai Iskander, director (Iskander Films, Inc.) Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders, Mark N. Hopkins, director (Red Floor Pictures LLC) The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Judith Ehrlich [...]...
- 11/19/2009
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has shortlisted 15 films that will advance in the race for the documentary feature category, culled down from 89 films that originally qualified.
The titles include the work of veteran French director Agnes Varda, "The Beaches of Agnes"; "Every Little Step," James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo's doc about the making of a revival of "A Chorus Line"; Robert Kenner's expose of the food industry, "Food Inc."; and Matt Tyrnauer's fashion doc "Valentino, the Last Emperor."
Not listed were such prominent titles as Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" and James Toback's "Tyson."
The 15 films are:
-- "The Beaches of Agnes," Agnes Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris)
-- "Burma VJ," Anders Østergaard, director (Magic Hour Films)
-- "The Cove," Louie Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society)
-- "Every Little Step," James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo, directors (Endgame Entertainment)
-- "Facing Ali,...
The titles include the work of veteran French director Agnes Varda, "The Beaches of Agnes"; "Every Little Step," James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo's doc about the making of a revival of "A Chorus Line"; Robert Kenner's expose of the food industry, "Food Inc."; and Matt Tyrnauer's fashion doc "Valentino, the Last Emperor."
Not listed were such prominent titles as Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" and James Toback's "Tyson."
The 15 films are:
-- "The Beaches of Agnes," Agnes Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris)
-- "Burma VJ," Anders Østergaard, director (Magic Hour Films)
-- "The Cove," Louie Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society)
-- "Every Little Step," James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo, directors (Endgame Entertainment)
-- "Facing Ali,...
- 11/18/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After taking home a number of kudos from 2009 Scream Awards, "Star Trek" has added another award to its collection. On Monday, October 26 at the 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival which was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, the J.J. Abrams-directed sci-fi was unveiled to be the winner of Hollywood Movie Award.
Collecting the most votes from Yahoo! Movies visitors, the Zachary Quinto-starring film bested over "District 9", "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra", "The Hangover", "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", "Inglourious Basterds", "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "Up" among others. Upon receiving the prize, Quinto said, "Gee, I'm shocked the online community chose to honor Star Trek."
"Star Trek" wasn't the only winner on the special night. Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon" won the Hollywood World Award. Quinto, Robert De Niro, Hilary Swank, Christoph Waltz, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Renner, Carey Mulligan and...
Collecting the most votes from Yahoo! Movies visitors, the Zachary Quinto-starring film bested over "District 9", "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra", "The Hangover", "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", "Inglourious Basterds", "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "Up" among others. Upon receiving the prize, Quinto said, "Gee, I'm shocked the online community chose to honor Star Trek."
"Star Trek" wasn't the only winner on the special night. Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon" won the Hollywood World Award. Quinto, Robert De Niro, Hilary Swank, Christoph Waltz, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Renner, Carey Mulligan and...
- 10/28/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
The Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation, the London-based not-for-profit group that creates new sources of funding and distribution for social issue documentaries, is partnering with the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program to take its Good Pitch to Ifp's Independent Film Week in New York.
The daylong program, to be held on Sept. 24, will allow selected filmmakers to present their docs to potential funders.
The September edition of the Good Pitch builds on Ifp's collaborative program with the U's Department of Public Information entitled "Envision -- Addressing Global Issues through Documentaries." Each of the selected film projects connects with one or more of the Un's eight Millennium Development Goals, including poverty reduction, maternal health, gender equality and AIDS.
The selected projects are: "25 to Life," directed by Michael l. Brown; "Easy Like Water," Glenn Baker; "Garbage Dreams," Mai Iskander; "Rose & Nangabire," Beth Davenport and Elizabeth Mandel; "To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America,...
The daylong program, to be held on Sept. 24, will allow selected filmmakers to present their docs to potential funders.
The September edition of the Good Pitch builds on Ifp's collaborative program with the U's Department of Public Information entitled "Envision -- Addressing Global Issues through Documentaries." Each of the selected film projects connects with one or more of the Un's eight Millennium Development Goals, including poverty reduction, maternal health, gender equality and AIDS.
The selected projects are: "25 to Life," directed by Michael l. Brown; "Easy Like Water," Glenn Baker; "Garbage Dreams," Mai Iskander; "Rose & Nangabire," Beth Davenport and Elizabeth Mandel; "To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America,...
- 8/24/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This year's Reel Current Award, which is presented by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore at the Nashville Film Festival, has been given to the documentary Garbage Dreams. Gore, a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and the writer of An Inconvenient Truth, presents the award annually to a film that gives outstanding insight into a contemporary global issue.
Garbage Dreams follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade and growing up in the world's largest garbage village, on the outskirts of Cairo in Egypt. It is the home to 60,000 Zaballeen, Arabic for "garbage people." The Zaballeen survive by recycling 80 percent of the garbage they collect.
'Garbage Dreams' portrays our desire to live with dignity and to continue to recover, recycle and protect the environment," representatives of the Zaballen said in a joint statement. "Our heartfelt thanks to the Nashville Film Festival and Vice President Al Gore for this wonderful honor,...
Garbage Dreams follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade and growing up in the world's largest garbage village, on the outskirts of Cairo in Egypt. It is the home to 60,000 Zaballeen, Arabic for "garbage people." The Zaballeen survive by recycling 80 percent of the garbage they collect.
'Garbage Dreams' portrays our desire to live with dignity and to continue to recover, recycle and protect the environment," representatives of the Zaballen said in a joint statement. "Our heartfelt thanks to the Nashville Film Festival and Vice President Al Gore for this wonderful honor,...
- 5/8/2009
- CinemaSpy
Editor’s Note: The following is a list of links to interviews, conducted via email, with directors whose films are screening at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival. SXSW Interview: “The Overbrook Brothers” Director John Bryant SXSW Interview: “Bomber” Director Paul Cotter SXSW Interview: “Trimpin” Director Peter Esmonde SXSW Interview: “The Way We Get By” Director Aron Gaudet SXSW Interview: “Garbage Dreams” Director Mai Iskander SXSW Interview: “True Adolescents” Director Craig Johnson A …...
- 3/20/2009
- indieWIRE - People
Editor’s Note: The following is a list of links to interviews, conducted via email, with directors whose films are screening at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival. SXSW Interview: “The Overbrook Brothers” Director John Bryant SXSW Interview: “Bomber” Director Paul Cotter SXSW Interview: “Trimpin” Director Peter Esmonde SXSW Interview: “The Way We Get By” Director Aron Gaudet SXSW Interview: “Garbage Dreams” Director Mai Iskander A scene from Judi Krant’s “Made in China.” …...
- 3/17/2009
- indieWIRE - People
Editor’s Note: The following is a list of links to interviews, conducted via email, with directors whose films are screening at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival. SXSW Interview: “The Overbrook Brothers” Director John Bryant SXSW Interview: “Bomber” Director Paul Cotter SXSW Interview: “Trimpin” Director Peter Esmonde SXSW Interview: “The Way We Get By” Director Aron Gaudet SXSW Interview: “Garbage Dreams” Director Mai Iskander SXSW Interview: “True Adolescents” Director Craig Johnson A …...
- 3/17/2009
- indieWIRE - People
Editor’s Note: This one of a series of interviews, conducted via email, with directors whose films will be screening at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival. “Garbage Dreams” Director: Mai Iskander Filmed over four years, the film follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade and growing up in the world’s largest garbage village. Each boy chooses a different path when their community is suddenly faced with the globalization of their …...
- 3/13/2009
- indieWIRE - People
There's a Hollywood junk vs. Egyptian trash joke buried somewhere in here: Mai Iskander once worked assistant camera on films like Deep Impact and The Bone Collector. Now, her feature directing debut, Garbage Dreams, is premiering in the Documentary Competition at SXSW. It follows three teenage Egyptian boys for four years, as they go to work in "the world's largest garbage village." The film's trailer is after the jump, where director also answers The 5 Questions We Ask Everyone.
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- 3/12/2009
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
SXSW is one of my favorite festivals of the year as it showcases some of the best and most innovative real independent films, and with this host of world premiers, it's also playing alot of Sundance material as well as genre fare from all over the world, many of which we've covered heavily in these pages.
From the Sundance lineup, we have films like Moon, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, You Won't Miss Me, Grace, and Humpday, among others.
For the world genre material we've covered, there's Lake Mungo, The Square, Zift, and Awaydays.
I think you get the point that lots of great looking film will be playing. I'll leave a bit of the exploration to you..
Lineup after the break.
Narrative Features Competition
Artois the Goat
Director: Kyle Bogart. Writer: Cliff and Kyle Bogart
Lab technician Virgil Gurdies embarks on an epic quest to craft the greatest...
From the Sundance lineup, we have films like Moon, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, You Won't Miss Me, Grace, and Humpday, among others.
For the world genre material we've covered, there's Lake Mungo, The Square, Zift, and Awaydays.
I think you get the point that lots of great looking film will be playing. I'll leave a bit of the exploration to you..
Lineup after the break.
Narrative Features Competition
Artois the Goat
Director: Kyle Bogart. Writer: Cliff and Kyle Bogart
Lab technician Virgil Gurdies embarks on an epic quest to craft the greatest...
- 2/2/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Spike Lee, Sebastian Gutierrez, Kathryn Bigelow and Greg Mottola will be representin' at this year's South by Southwest film festival in Austin.
The complete lineup of 108 movies includes an even split of world premieres and films already barnstorming the fest circuit. Lee's documentary "Passing Strange," which premiered at Sundance, will screen at the nine-day fest along with Gutierrez's "Women in Trouble," Bigelow's "Hurt Locker" and Mottola's "Adventureland."
Cary Fukunaga's "Sin Nombre," Duncan Jones' "Moon" and Lynn Shelton's "Humpday" -- all recent Sundance screeners -- will show at SXSW as well.
Already announced are John Hamburg's latest comedy, "I Love You, Man," which will open the festival, and Jody Hill's "Observe and Report," which will play as the festival's centerpiece screening.
Eight films each will compete for the grand jury prize in of the festival's main competition categories: narrative features and documentary features. Among the narrative entrants are "Artois the Goat,...
The complete lineup of 108 movies includes an even split of world premieres and films already barnstorming the fest circuit. Lee's documentary "Passing Strange," which premiered at Sundance, will screen at the nine-day fest along with Gutierrez's "Women in Trouble," Bigelow's "Hurt Locker" and Mottola's "Adventureland."
Cary Fukunaga's "Sin Nombre," Duncan Jones' "Moon" and Lynn Shelton's "Humpday" -- all recent Sundance screeners -- will show at SXSW as well.
Already announced are John Hamburg's latest comedy, "I Love You, Man," which will open the festival, and Jody Hill's "Observe and Report," which will play as the festival's centerpiece screening.
Eight films each will compete for the grand jury prize in of the festival's main competition categories: narrative features and documentary features. Among the narrative entrants are "Artois the Goat,...
- 2/1/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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