The ninth annual Method Fest, running March 29-April 5 in Calabasas, Calif., has announced a lineup that includes Jindabyne, an adaptation of a Raymond Carver story by Ray Lawrence and starring Laura Linney; Lonely Hearts, directed by Todd Robinson and starring Salma Hayek, James Gandolfini and John Travolta; and Man in the Chair, directed by Michael Schroeder and starring Christopher Plummer.
The fest, which focuses on independent film, will unspool at Viewpoint's Carlson Family Theatre and the Motion Picture and Television Fund's retirement community in Woodland Hills.
"We now have become a worldwide showcase of quality independent film," Method Fest executive director Don Franken said. "We have films with captivating performances and riveting stories that the audiences would really appreciate."
A total of 21 feature films and 45 shorts will screen, including the world premieres of Divergence, Charlie and School. The fest also will feature U.S. premieres of Iran's Bridge 13, Mexico's Carnaval de Sodoma and Bulgaria's Trade Routes.
The fest, which focuses on independent film, will unspool at Viewpoint's Carlson Family Theatre and the Motion Picture and Television Fund's retirement community in Woodland Hills.
"We now have become a worldwide showcase of quality independent film," Method Fest executive director Don Franken said. "We have films with captivating performances and riveting stories that the audiences would really appreciate."
A total of 21 feature films and 45 shorts will screen, including the world premieres of Divergence, Charlie and School. The fest also will feature U.S. premieres of Iran's Bridge 13, Mexico's Carnaval de Sodoma and Bulgaria's Trade Routes.
MADRID -- Madrid-based production house Morena Films said Monday it has added to its slate a thriller starring Victoria Abril, a Sideways-style road picture and a romantic comedy directed by Chus Gutierrez. The thriller, Expain, will be directed by Xavi Rivera and tells of two women and their unusual trip along Spain's Mediterranean coast. The film will shoot on location in Madrid and England at the end of the year. The road movie Blinkers is a co-production between Morena and Spanish commercial network Telecinco's production wing Estudios Picasso and will be directed by Alvaro Fernandez Armero. The film revolves around two professional soccer referees suffering a midlife crisis. Shooting is expected to begin in August. The project is budgeted at 3 million ($3.6 million) with cast to be decided. Gutierrez will direct the romantic comedy Trust Me, about a man who falls in love with a Colombian woman the night before he is to marry someone else. The co-production with Colombian producer Tucan has been picked up by Spanish pubcaster TVE. Trust Me will use a Spanish and Colombian cast, capitalizing on the fervor in Spain surrounding the Colombian stars of telenovela Pasion de Los Gavilanes. The film's budget is set at 2.5 million ($3 million) with shooting in Barcelona to begin in the summer. Additionally, Morena is in postproduction on Arturo Ripstein's Sadoma's Carnival, a co-production with Miguel Mecoichea, and is shopping around for an A-list director for its Brazilian beat music project Fusion, which Spike Lee backed out of.
- 2/13/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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