By Annlee Ellingson
(June 2011)
“Aruba is an island with more screens per capita than any other place I have been in the world,” says Aruba International Film Festival director Claudio Masenza. “Such a special bond with movies only means that a film festival is long overdue.”
The 2011 Aruba International Film Festival, held June 10–16 on the 70-square-mile island off the coast of Venezuela, will screen 45 films from 18 countries, including festival favorites “Beginners,” “The Guard” and “The Son of No One.”
Just in its second year, Aiff is already attracting celebrities from across the filmmaking spectrum to its annual event. Jonathan Demme, director of “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Philadelphia” and “Beloved,” will be on hand to discuss his body of work and present his 2003 documentary “The Agronomist,” which profiled Jean Dominique, the late Haitian radio personality who campaigned for democracy in his country.
In addition to screening “The Agronomist,” the festival,...
(June 2011)
“Aruba is an island with more screens per capita than any other place I have been in the world,” says Aruba International Film Festival director Claudio Masenza. “Such a special bond with movies only means that a film festival is long overdue.”
The 2011 Aruba International Film Festival, held June 10–16 on the 70-square-mile island off the coast of Venezuela, will screen 45 films from 18 countries, including festival favorites “Beginners,” “The Guard” and “The Son of No One.”
Just in its second year, Aiff is already attracting celebrities from across the filmmaking spectrum to its annual event. Jonathan Demme, director of “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Philadelphia” and “Beloved,” will be on hand to discuss his body of work and present his 2003 documentary “The Agronomist,” which profiled Jean Dominique, the late Haitian radio personality who campaigned for democracy in his country.
In addition to screening “The Agronomist,” the festival,...
- 6/8/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
By Annlee Ellingson
(June 2011)
“Aruba is an island with more screens per capita than any other place I have been in the world,” says Aruba International Film Festival director Claudio Masenza. “Such a special bond with movies only means that a film festival is long overdue.”
The 2011 Aruba International Film Festival, held June 10–16 on the 70-square-mile island off the coast of Venezuela, will screen 45 films from 18 countries, including festival favorites “Beginners,” “The Guard” and “The Son of No One.”
Just in its second year, Aiff is already attracting celebrities from across the filmmaking spectrum to its annual event. Jonathan Demme, director of “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Philadelphia” and “Beloved,” will be on hand to discuss his body of work and present his 2003 documentary “The Agronomist,” which profiled Jean Dominique, the late Haitian radio personality who campaigned for democracy in his country.
In addition to screening “The Agronomist,” the festival,...
(June 2011)
“Aruba is an island with more screens per capita than any other place I have been in the world,” says Aruba International Film Festival director Claudio Masenza. “Such a special bond with movies only means that a film festival is long overdue.”
The 2011 Aruba International Film Festival, held June 10–16 on the 70-square-mile island off the coast of Venezuela, will screen 45 films from 18 countries, including festival favorites “Beginners,” “The Guard” and “The Son of No One.”
Just in its second year, Aiff is already attracting celebrities from across the filmmaking spectrum to its annual event. Jonathan Demme, director of “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Philadelphia” and “Beloved,” will be on hand to discuss his body of work and present his 2003 documentary “The Agronomist,” which profiled Jean Dominique, the late Haitian radio personality who campaigned for democracy in his country.
In addition to screening “The Agronomist,” the festival,...
- 6/8/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Though it slipped past us somehow the 2011 Berlin Film Festival released the first block of titles from their Panorama section yesterday and there are some very familiar names in there, among them Ryoo Seung-Wan's The Unjust, Jorge Padilha's Elite Squad 2, Angelique Bosio's The Advocate For Fagdom and Hugo Olsson's The Black Power Mixtape - all of which have received coverage here in the pages of Twitch. You want the complete list? Here it is:
Panorama Main Programme + Panorama Special Bu-dang-geo-rae (The Unjust) by Seung-wan Ryoo, Republic of Koreawith Jung-min Hwang, Seung-bum Ryoo, Hae-jin Yoo Chang-Pi-Hae (Ashamed) by Soo-hyun Kim, Republic of Koreawith Hyo-jin Kim, Kkobbi Kim Dance Town by Kyu-hwan Jeon, Republic of Koreawith Mir-an Ra, Seong-tae Oh The Devil's Double by Lee Tamahori, Belgiumwith Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier Dirty Girl by Abe Sylvia, USAwith Juno Temple, Milla Jovovich, William H. Macy, Dwight Yoakam, Mary Steenburgen, Jeremy Dozier...
Panorama Main Programme + Panorama Special Bu-dang-geo-rae (The Unjust) by Seung-wan Ryoo, Republic of Koreawith Jung-min Hwang, Seung-bum Ryoo, Hae-jin Yoo Chang-Pi-Hae (Ashamed) by Soo-hyun Kim, Republic of Koreawith Hyo-jin Kim, Kkobbi Kim Dance Town by Kyu-hwan Jeon, Republic of Koreawith Mir-an Ra, Seong-tae Oh The Devil's Double by Lee Tamahori, Belgiumwith Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier Dirty Girl by Abe Sylvia, USAwith Juno Temple, Milla Jovovich, William H. Macy, Dwight Yoakam, Mary Steenburgen, Jeremy Dozier...
- 1/4/2011
- Screen Anarchy
While I do not think that something as edgy or unusual as Giorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth (pictured above) will make the 'final five' short list, but kudos to Greece for throwing it out there. Perhaps something like Tetsuya Nakashima's Confessions will make the cut despite its similarly unsettling subject matter. Either way, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did put out a big release yesterday with all of their Foreign Language film submissions, 65 of them in total even Greenland, from various countries. Many of these films have reviews in our archives.
Albania, East West East, Gjergj Xhuvani
Algeria, Hors la Loi ("Outside the Law"), Rachid Bouchareb
Argentina, Carancho, Pablo Trapero
Austria, La Pivellina, Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
Azerbaijan, The Precinct, Ilgar Safat
Bangladesh, Third Person Singular Number, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Belgium, Illegal, Olivier Masset-Depasse
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Circus Columbia, Danis Tanovic
Brazil, Lula the Son of Brazil,...
Albania, East West East, Gjergj Xhuvani
Algeria, Hors la Loi ("Outside the Law"), Rachid Bouchareb
Argentina, Carancho, Pablo Trapero
Austria, La Pivellina, Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
Azerbaijan, The Precinct, Ilgar Safat
Bangladesh, Third Person Singular Number, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Belgium, Illegal, Olivier Masset-Depasse
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Circus Columbia, Danis Tanovic
Brazil, Lula the Son of Brazil,...
- 10/14/2010
- Screen Anarchy
I have been keeping track of all of the Foreign Language Oscar submissions in my "The Contenders" section of the site and today the official list of sixty-five films from sixty-five countries was unveiled by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for consideration for the 83rd Academy Awards. On January 20, 2011 a shortlist of nine contenders will be announced prior to the naming of the nominees on January 25, 2011.
I have included the complete list directly below, which includes first-time entrants Ethiopia and Greenland. The only film that was originally thought to be under consideration, but didn't show up on the Academy's final list was Afghanistan's entry, Black Tulip, directed by Sonia Nassery Cole. IMDb doesn't list a release date for the film, which means it may not have met the release requirements in time.
I have linked each film to their corresponding IMDb page for those films not included...
I have included the complete list directly below, which includes first-time entrants Ethiopia and Greenland. The only film that was originally thought to be under consideration, but didn't show up on the Academy's final list was Afghanistan's entry, Black Tulip, directed by Sonia Nassery Cole. IMDb doesn't list a release date for the film, which means it may not have met the release requirements in time.
I have linked each film to their corresponding IMDb page for those films not included...
- 10/13/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
I'm not sure what the cutoff date is for from the individual countries for the Foreign Language Film nominations, but Sony Pictures Classics are glad to see Canada select Denis Villeneuve's Incendies. The company now has three horses in the race and once again, places the distributor in a pretty good position to grab the most of the spots in the final five nominations. Their solid trio so far includes: the Villeneuve film that played at Venice, Telluride and Tiff with Cannes items Xavier Beauvois' Of Gods and Men and Olivier Schmitz's Life, Above All. Having seen all three mentioned titles, I can say that this will please Academy voters. Cross your fingers for Dogtooth folks. Algeria: Outside the Law, Rachid Bouchareb Austria: La Pivellina, Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel Azerbaijan: The Precinct, Ilgar Safat Belgium: Illègal, Olivier Masset-Depasse Bosnia and Herzegovina: Circus Columbia, Danis Tanovic Bulgaria: Eastern Plays,...
- 9/22/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Rachel Weisz in The Whistleblower The Toronto International Film Festival has added even more films to their line-up today as the complete line-up was announced, which ended up causing the festival's server to crash, but I was lucky enough to get in and get out before missing out on the information.
First off, the festival's Mavericks line-up is quite interesting, which includes a series of guest presentations and this year will see Edward Norton interview Bruce Springsteen, NBA All-Star and native Canadian Steve Nash will present his hour-long film Into the Wind, Apichatpong Weerasethakul will talk with the audience as his Cannes Palm d'Or-winning film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives was just added to the Masters programme, Ken Loach and Paul Laverty will be interviewed by Michael Moore on politics and cinema and Philip Seymour Hoffman will have his own panel. Also on hand will be Bill Gates,...
First off, the festival's Mavericks line-up is quite interesting, which includes a series of guest presentations and this year will see Edward Norton interview Bruce Springsteen, NBA All-Star and native Canadian Steve Nash will present his hour-long film Into the Wind, Apichatpong Weerasethakul will talk with the audience as his Cannes Palm d'Or-winning film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives was just added to the Masters programme, Ken Loach and Paul Laverty will be interviewed by Michael Moore on politics and cinema and Philip Seymour Hoffman will have his own panel. Also on hand will be Bill Gates,...
- 8/24/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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