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IDFA Set to Kick off In Amsterdam

Considered the leading international documentary festival, Amsterdam's 19th annual IDFA will kick off Thursday, November 23rd with Dutch filmmaker Jiska Rickels' first feature-length film "4 Elements." The film is one of 18 documentaries set for IDFA's Joris Ivens Competition. The complete lineup for both competitions were published last month in indieWIRE. Other IFDA plans include a showcase of work from China and doc director Alan Berliner presenting ten favorites at this year's festival, while the event will also screen a number of his films. The festival will continue through December 3rd in the Dutch city, while the IDFA Forum, the large...

Altman Online

The always comprehensive GreenCine Dailyoffers an exhaustive list of links to online coverage, conversations and comments about the death of filmmaker Robert Altman.This is one instance in which we can quite concretely measure how much a loosely connected community of cinephiles values the work of a...

Aronofsky Talks Science, Death and The Fountain

SF360: A Cinequest 35

For decades, film festivals have reliably delivered films to audiences seated in theaters. Now at least two--Sundance, included--are bringing them to audiences in their own homes. The Cinequest Film Festival's plan is to distribute via DVD, the Internet, TV, and some traditional theatrical sales. They opened DVD sales on Nov. 14 with a slate of 35 films they've chosen, ranging from documentaries like "Awful Normal," which one the Best Documentary Award at Cinequest and was featured on Oprah, to independent features, shorts, and international titles. The new initiative partners the Cinequest festival and film institute with the [Bay Area's] hi...

"Ira and Abby" and "Rape of Europa" Win Boston Jewish Fest Audience Nods

Robert Cary's "Ira and Abby" won the best feature fiction audience award at the Boston Jewish Film Festival, which screened 55 films from 16 countries. "The Rape of Europa," directed by Richard Berge took best documentary feature, and "Under the Roller Coaster," directed by Lila Place won best short...

REVIEW | Peter Cattaneo's "Opal Dream"

The greatest service one can do for a "family film" like "Opal Dream" is to not slap that condescending label on it at all. "Family" may be a useful generic stamp, but British director Peter Cattaneo's very good, very involving movie doesn't deserve to be qualified as such, with the accompanying sug...

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