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"Match Point" to Open Viennale; Warhol Retrospective Among Highlights
The Vienna International Film Festival, affectionately known as the "Viennale," which will run October 14 - 26, announced its line up for this year, with 291 films from 48 countries slated, including 15 world premieres. The festival will open with a screening of Woody Allen's "Match Point," about a ...
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"Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" to Open Hollywood Film Festival
Shane Black's "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" will open the ninth Hollywood Film Festival at Grauman's Chinese Theater on October 18th, launching the event which will include ten world premieres. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer and Michelle Monaghan, the crime/thriller centers on a petty thief (Downey...
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"Constant Gardener" and "Good Night, and Good Luck" Bookend Upcoming 49th London Film Festival
The Times BFI London Film Festival, one of Europe's largest public film events, recently announced the lineup for its 49th edition. The festival will showcase over 180 feature films as well as an international array of documentaries, animation and experimental works. Fernando Meirelles, who received...
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Sheffield Int'l Doc Fest Set for 12th Edition
The Sheffield International Documentary Festival recently announced its line-up, with screenings and other events taking place in the northern England city October 10th - 16th. The festival is one of the UK's most prominent events in the documentary film arena, featuring more than 75 films from 23 c...
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Making The Personal Universal: Noah Baumbach on "The Squid and the Whale"
'My Parents' Divorce' would not, on the face of it, seem the freshest subject for a film. Yet in his third feature, "The Squid and the Whale," Noah Baumbach molds this familiar material into a searing character study marked by telling detail and emotional veracity. At 2005 Sundance (where adolescent...
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"Mrs. Henderson Presents" and "The Matador" Open Mill Valley Fest
The Mill Valley Film Festival will present more than 200 films from 55 countries as part of its 2005 lineup. Stephen Frears's "Mrs. Henderson Presents" and Richard Shepard's "The Matador" will kick off the 28th edition of the festival, which runs Thursday, October 6 - 16 in Mill Valley and San Rafae...
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"Transamerica," Buscemi, "Cavite," "Baraka," Sloss, "Miner," and Music Highlight Woodstock '06
In Woodstock, NY this weekend, and in a few nearby towns, organizers staged the 6th annual Woodstock Film Festival, offering a lineup boasting some of the best from a number of recent festivals along with a selection of premieres. Adam Rapp's "Winter Passing" and Shane Meadows' "Dead Man's Shoes" ki...
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Production Report: "Anomaly," "I Believe in America," "In A Dark Place...," "Jam," "Tonight at Noon"
[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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DISPATCH FROM REYKJAVIK: Kiarostami Honored for a Lifetime of Achievement
Celebrated Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami (director of "Taste of Cherry" and writer of "Crimson Gold") received the recognition of a nation Monday in Iceland. The President of the North Atlantic island nation, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson presented the director with a lifetime achievement award as part...
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RESFEST 2005, Keeping It Curious
For some, it's hard to imagine a festival which can program and fill a theater with festivalgoers watching 90 minutes of commercials, music videos, or a documentary about sneakers. Long ago, the folks at RESFEST recognized the appeal, evolution and dramatic advances in media and commercial art and ...
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