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Starz Denver International Film Festival: A Best-Kept Secret No Longer
Starting with a lineup of films expertly curated by co-founder and artistic director Ron Henderson and program director Brit Withey, this year's 28th Starz Denver International Film Festival was a rare jewel in the film festival world: a well-organized large fest in a large city that treated filmmak...
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International Line Up and Guests Spotlighted at 49th Thessaloniki Film Fest
The 49th International Thessaloniki Film Festival kicked off Friday, November 18, in Athens, Greece. This year, 254 films will screen during this 10-day event, which closes November 27. The opening night film was "Hell," directed by Danis Tanovic ("No Man's Land") about three sisters (Emmanuelle Bea...
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More Than Feminism and Chick Flicks, High Falls Film Festival Spotlights Women in Film
As the home of suffragette Susan B. Anthony and headquarters for film company Eastman Kodak, it was only a matter of time before the two ideas came together to beget the High Falls Film Festival. Set upstate in Rochester, New York, the five year old festival is a celebration of women in film.
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Bahamas Fest Bookended By "Broken Flowers" and "Matador"
The Bahamas International Film Festival recently announced its line up for this year's festival, which will take place December 8 - 11. In its second year running, the festival will screen 70 films from around the world, with a special focus on the Caribbean. The opening night film will be Jim Jarmu...
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Defying Categorizations Yet Again, Neil Jordan on "Breakfast on Pluto"
Here's a shape-shifting filmmaker almost impossible to pigeonhole. After some fifteen films, Irish-born Neil Jordan is still most closely linked with his Oscar-winning masterwork, "The Crying Game" (1992), which meshes mysterious sexuality with the Anglo-Irish "Troubles," and uncorks that twist that...
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Tackling A Classic: Joe Wright on "Pride and Prejudice"
So who is this Joe Wright, anyway? One thing's for sure: the director of the hot Brit film "Pride and Prejudice" doesn't come across as very Jane Austen: working class/Cockney accent, floppy hair shoved under a beret, punk good looks. He claims he was dyslexic as a child and has "a lot of catching u...
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Production Report: "Astronaut Farmer," "Date Number One," "Mind Games," "Quid Pro Quo," "Trap"
[EDITOR'S NOTE: indieWIRE's monthly production report looks at independent films in various stages of production. If you'd like to tell us about a film in production for future columns, please contact us.]
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SF Filmmakers Spotlighted at 21st Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema
San Francisco's Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema will open with Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller's "Ballets Russes" Thursday night, kicking off the seven-day event, with screenings in the city as well as in Oakland and San Rafael featuring 55 features, documentaries and shorts. "Ballets Russes"...
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Annual Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival to Spotlight 50 International Docs
One of America's longest running documentary fests, the Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival has announced the slate of its 29th edition including the New York premiere of first-time director Petr Lom's "Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgystan." The fest, which screens at New York's American Museum of Natu...
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"Mrs. Henderson Presents" and "World's Fastest Indian" Bookend High Falls Fest
The fifth annual High Falls Film Festival, held in Rochester, N.Y., has announced its 2005 lineup. The festival, which focuses on the achievements of women working in film and video, will feature over 50 narrative and short films and documentaries. Stephen Frears's ("Dirty Pretty Things") "Mrs. Hend...
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