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The halfway mark of the festival peaked for me last night with Tom DiCillo's slam-bang DOORS documentary "When You're strange", by far the best rocku-docu this writer has ever seen, but more on that in a moment. The day's opener was the morning press screening of Swedish director Lukas Moodyson's competition entry, "Mammoth", top lining hot Mexican star Gael Garcia Bernal (of Almodobar's "Mala Educacion"), American actress Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain) and featuring three terrific kids...
The halfway mark of the festival peaked for me last night with Tom DiCilio's slambang DOORS documentary "When You're strange", by far the best rocku-docu this writer has ever seen, but more on that in a moment. The day's opener was the morning press screening of Swedish director Lukas Moodyson's competition entry, "Mammoth", top lining hot Mexican star Gael Garcia Bernal (of Almodobar's "Mala Educacion"), American actress Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain) and featuring three terrific kids ...
The Top 10 winners of the 13th Annual Slamdance Screenplay Competition have been announced, with a screenplay about numbers taking top honors. Numbered writer Neil McGowan, who works as an administrative assistant for a non-profit research and analysis company and is a first time screenwriter, was given a $7,000 cash prize for best feature-length screenplay during an awards presentation hosted by the Writers Guild of America, West.Other winners (ordered 2nd through 10th place) include: Goodman...
From 6th to 10th September, the “German Sundance“ festival will turn the contemplative city in Northern Germany into a mecca for film enthusiasts.This year´s opening film is “Vineta” by Franziska Stünkel, who gained international reputation with her short films. Her testosterone-laden debut features some of the most prominent German actors and tells the story of an architect coming to the edge of reason while trying to build the perfect city. The International Section shows a series o...
PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALUNVEILS 2006 LINE-UP Over 125 Films Headline April 20 - 28 Event The Palm Beach International Film Festival Executive Director Randi Emerman announced today the film line-up for the 11th annual event to be held April 20 – 28. Over a 125 films will screen at this years event, including features, documentaries and shorts. The eight-day Fest will introduce 18 world premieres, 3 U.S. premieres and 59 Florida premieres, including 31 international films.Opening...
Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones) is a rancher near a small town in West Texas who befriends an undocumented Mexican cowboy named Malchiades Estrada. (Antonio Cerino) When Malchiades body is turned up by the border patrol Pete needs to find who killed his friend. Along the way Pete discovers the law is covering up the identity of the killer so he captures the suspect patrolmen Norton (Barry Pepper) and makes him unearth the body to be returned to Mexico. In a series of flashbacks we learn of Estra...
58TH FESTIVAL DE CANNES AWARDSFEATURE FILMSPALME D'OR goes toL’ENFANT by Jean-Pierre & Luc DARDENNEGRAND PRIXBROKEN FLOWERS by Jim JARMUSCHBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESSHanna LASLO in FREE ZONE réalisé by Amos GITAÏBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTORTommy Lee JONES in his movie: THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA (Trois enterrements) réalisé par Tommy Lee JONESBEST DIRECTORMichael HANEKE for CACHÉBEST SCREENPLAYGuillermo ARRIAGA pour THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA (Trois enterreme...
Films competing by alphabetical orderA HISTORY OF VIOLENCE directed by David CRONENBERGBASHING directed by KOBAYASHI MasahiroBATALLA EN EL CIELO (BATTLE IN HEAVEN) directed by Carlos REYGADASBROKEN FLOWERS directed by Jim JARMUSCHCACHÉ (HIDDEN) directed by Michael HANEKEDON'T COME KNOCKING directed by Wim WENDERSELECTION directed by Johnnie TOFREE ZONE directed by Amos GITAIKEUK JANG JEON (TALE OF CINEMA) directed by HONG SangsooKILOMETRE ZERO directed by Hiner SALEEMLAST DAYS directed by Gus V...
