“Precious,” “Victoria” To Join Austin’s Sweet Sixteen
by Peter Knegt (September 25, 2009)
A scene from Jean-Marc Vallee's "The Young Victoria," screening at this year's Austin Film Festival.
The Austin Film Festival & Conference has announced the full feature-length film schedule for its 16th year (with the exception of Opening and Closing night films, which will be announced soon). The lineup is made up largely of independent films, and includes 24 world and U.S. premieres and 40 regional premieres like Lee Daniels’ “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” Grant Heslov’s “The Men Who Stare At Goats,” and Oren Moverman’s “The Messenger,” which will screen as the festival’s centerpiece. Along with the new films premiering at the festival, there will be special and retrospective screenings presented by special guests, such as “The Falcon and the Snowman” presented by Steven Zaillian, “Apollo 13” presented by Ron Howard, and episodes of “Mad Men” presented by the show’s creator, Matthew Wiener. The festival will take place October 22-29, 2009, in Austin, Texas and will host more than 170 exciting film screenings and events, and produce more than 80 panels and roundtable discussions focusing on the art and commerce of film and television writing and production. The following is the list of the festival’s feature films. Marquee Screenings: Calvin Marshall Gary Lundgren (Writer/Director) - (World Premiere) Con Artist - Michael Sladek (Director) - (Regional Premiere) Harmony and Me - Robert Byington (Writer/Director) - (Regional Premiere) La Mission - Peter Bratt (Writer/Director) - (Regional Premiere) Love the Beast - Eric Bana (Director) - (Regional Premiere) The Men Who Stare at Goats - Peter Straughan (Writer), Grant Heslov (Director) - (Regional Premiere) PoliWood - Barry Levinson (Director) - (Regional Premiere) Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire - Geoffrey Fletcher (Writer), Lee Daniels (Director) - (Regional Premiere) Red Cliff - John Woo (Writer/Director), Chen Han (Writer), Sheng Heyu (Writer) - (Regional Premiere)
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