The 24th annual Images Festival is once again overstuffed with experimental and avant-garde media goodness. From March 31 to April 9, Toronto will be overrun with film & video screenings, live cinema performances, artist talks, gallery installations, forum discussions and more.
The fest opens with Rivers and My Father — a documentary and fictional narrative blend that explores the family stories of filmmaker Luo Li — and ends with a live hardcore music soundtrack accompanying Todd Brown’s classic silent movie West of Zanzibar.
In between that, there are artist talks with John Gianvito, Paul Clipson, Mario Pfeifer, Beatrice Gibson, James MacSwain, Steve Reinke and others; several programs exploring the state of cinema in Africa; live cinematic performances by Andrew Lampert, Ellie Ga, Lindsay Seers, Icaro Zorbar and more.
Plus, don’t forget the experimental film & video screenings, including John Gianvito’s documentary essay Vapor Trails (Clark); and short works by Jodie Mack, Lewis Klahr,...
The fest opens with Rivers and My Father — a documentary and fictional narrative blend that explores the family stories of filmmaker Luo Li — and ends with a live hardcore music soundtrack accompanying Todd Brown’s classic silent movie West of Zanzibar.
In between that, there are artist talks with John Gianvito, Paul Clipson, Mario Pfeifer, Beatrice Gibson, James MacSwain, Steve Reinke and others; several programs exploring the state of cinema in Africa; live cinematic performances by Andrew Lampert, Ellie Ga, Lindsay Seers, Icaro Zorbar and more.
Plus, don’t forget the experimental film & video screenings, including John Gianvito’s documentary essay Vapor Trails (Clark); and short works by Jodie Mack, Lewis Klahr,...
- 3/31/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Cologne, Germany – Germany has kicked off its campaign for best Foreign Language Oscar with a nine-film shortlist.
The contenders to be Germany's official 2011 Oscar candidate include, not surprisingly, three Nazi-era dramas: Ludi Boekens "Saviors in the Night," "Habermann" from director Juraj Herz and Oskar Roehler's controversial Nazi melodrama "Jew Suss – Rise and Fall."
The other titles picked by local promotion body German Films Service + Marketing include Matti Geschonneck's "Boxhagener Platz," a period drama set in East Berlin in 1968; Feo Aladag's honor killing drama "When We Leave;" Jo Baier's historic epic "Henry of Navarre;" The family drama "The Coming Days" from Lars Kraume and cross-cultural romance "Same Same But Different" from director Detlev Buck.
A nine-member jury of German industry professionals will pick the official nominee on Sept. 17. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the shortlist for Best Foreign Language Film on Jan.
The contenders to be Germany's official 2011 Oscar candidate include, not surprisingly, three Nazi-era dramas: Ludi Boekens "Saviors in the Night," "Habermann" from director Juraj Herz and Oskar Roehler's controversial Nazi melodrama "Jew Suss – Rise and Fall."
The other titles picked by local promotion body German Films Service + Marketing include Matti Geschonneck's "Boxhagener Platz," a period drama set in East Berlin in 1968; Feo Aladag's honor killing drama "When We Leave;" Jo Baier's historic epic "Henry of Navarre;" The family drama "The Coming Days" from Lars Kraume and cross-cultural romance "Same Same But Different" from director Detlev Buck.
A nine-member jury of German industry professionals will pick the official nominee on Sept. 17. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the shortlist for Best Foreign Language Film on Jan.
- 9/8/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
They're five days into the Berlin International Film Festival and I've scarcely mentioned it. Oh, to have funds that would take us there. Nevertheless we can stargaze. Here's a random sampling of the celebrities working that roter teppich.
Michelle Williams favored black and white for the official events for Shutter Island in which she has a small but pivotal role, haunting the film from flashbacks and in hallucinations. Now that the movie is being reviewed I can tell you that I couldn't connect to it at all. A lot of those reviews are raves, but I'm definitely more in the Tim Robey camp here. I'd read the novel and it's maybe the most faithful adaptation I've ever seen... which isn't necessarily a good thing. I missed Scorsese's own cinematic voice. It felt too beholden to every description, gesture and page in the book. Given that it's a twist novel, knowing...
Michelle Williams favored black and white for the official events for Shutter Island in which she has a small but pivotal role, haunting the film from flashbacks and in hallucinations. Now that the movie is being reviewed I can tell you that I couldn't connect to it at all. A lot of those reviews are raves, but I'm definitely more in the Tim Robey camp here. I'd read the novel and it's maybe the most faithful adaptation I've ever seen... which isn't necessarily a good thing. I missed Scorsese's own cinematic voice. It felt too beholden to every description, gesture and page in the book. Given that it's a twist novel, knowing...
- 2/16/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
London Children's Film Festival, London
Is it wrong that the prospect of a Tim Burton Bedtime Stories Pyjama Party is as appealing to adults as it will be to movie-loving kids? With a sweet-making workshop and screenings of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and Corpse Bride, it's just one of loads of great activities over the festival's two weekends, which also include a play-along musical session to two Buster Keaton classics. Adult fans will be dribbling with excitement at the UK premiere of Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo, and there are scores of international features and retro TV treats.
Barbican, Sat to 29 Nov, visit lcff.org.uk
Andrea Hubert
German Film Festival, London
Modern German cinema continues to capture the same spirit of innovation pioneered by 1970s trailblazers Fassbinder and Herzog, with films such as The Lives Of Others gaining a swathe of international awards. And the subject matters at hand...
Is it wrong that the prospect of a Tim Burton Bedtime Stories Pyjama Party is as appealing to adults as it will be to movie-loving kids? With a sweet-making workshop and screenings of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and Corpse Bride, it's just one of loads of great activities over the festival's two weekends, which also include a play-along musical session to two Buster Keaton classics. Adult fans will be dribbling with excitement at the UK premiere of Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo, and there are scores of international features and retro TV treats.
Barbican, Sat to 29 Nov, visit lcff.org.uk
Andrea Hubert
German Film Festival, London
Modern German cinema continues to capture the same spirit of innovation pioneered by 1970s trailblazers Fassbinder and Herzog, with films such as The Lives Of Others gaining a swathe of international awards. And the subject matters at hand...
- 11/21/2009
- by Andrea Hubert, Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
Toronto -- The Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday (August 20) unveiled its final selections, including international premieres for South Korean director Lee Hey-jun's "Castaway on the Moon" and Mike Sandejas' "If I Knew What You Said," from the Philippines.
And the Masters sidebar added the latest work by veteran auteurs Lars von Trier, Amos Gitai, Francois Ozon, Michael Haneke and Margarethe von Trotta.
Hey-jun's offbeat romantic drama will unspool as part of the Contemporary World Cinema sidebar, which added 34 titles as Toronto finalized a September slate that comprises 335 films from 64 Countries.
The Cwc program also booked international premieres for two Australian films, Rachel Perkins' "Bran Nue Dae" and Robert Conolly's "Balibo," Cesc Gay's "V.O.S.," from Spain, Italian director Giuseppe Capotondi's "The Double Hour" and Henrique Goldman's "Jean Charles," a British/Brazilian co-pro.
North American premieres fill out the rest of the Cwc sidebar, which includes a...
And the Masters sidebar added the latest work by veteran auteurs Lars von Trier, Amos Gitai, Francois Ozon, Michael Haneke and Margarethe von Trotta.
Hey-jun's offbeat romantic drama will unspool as part of the Contemporary World Cinema sidebar, which added 34 titles as Toronto finalized a September slate that comprises 335 films from 64 Countries.
The Cwc program also booked international premieres for two Australian films, Rachel Perkins' "Bran Nue Dae" and Robert Conolly's "Balibo," Cesc Gay's "V.O.S.," from Spain, Italian director Giuseppe Capotondi's "The Double Hour" and Henrique Goldman's "Jean Charles," a British/Brazilian co-pro.
North American premieres fill out the rest of the Cwc sidebar, which includes a...
- 8/20/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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