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    Meet 13 LA Film Festival Filmmakers In Their Own Words

    by Nigel M Smith on June 17, 2011

    This year's LA Film Festival kicked off last night with the world premiere of Richard Linklater's black comedy "Bernie." Over the past two weeks, indieWIRE has profiled filmmakers in the Narrative Feature and Documentary Competition. In total, 13 directors from this year's event, agreed to take part...

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    LAFF REVIEW | Richard Linklater's "Bernie" Gives Jack Black His Most Original Role in Years

    by Eric Kohn on June 17, 2011

    Richard Linklater's "Bernie" is an oddly endearing love letter to Southern eccentricities that calls to mind no less than his iconic "Slacker." However, the comparison ends there: With its purposefully naive sense of self-mockery, "Bernie" is a shape-shifting genre vehicle set apart from anything el...

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    Meet the 2011 LA Film Festival Filmmakers | "How to Cheat" Director Amber Sealey

    by Indiewire on June 17, 2011

    In this funny and honest depiction of the messiness of modern marriage, writer-director Amber Sealey also stars as Beth, a woman of child-bearing age and inclination who, with her husband Mark, has been struggling to conceive. Sealey’s guileless performance as a woman betrayed by her own body is mat...

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    Meet the 2011 LA Film Fest Filmmakers | "You Hurt My Feelings" Director Steve Collins

    by Indiewire on June 17, 2011

    John, a nanny to two adorable toddlers, is pining away for his ex-girlfriend Courtney, who’s recently become involved with the jovial Macon, who just wants everyone to get along. Over the course of a year the three fall in and out of love with one another, form tender, surprising relationships, and ...

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    Despite the Proximity to Hollywood, LA Film Fest 2011 Puts Filmmakers Ahead of Its Stars

    by Eric Kohn on June 16, 2011

    The Los Angeles Film Festival may invite the presumption of a Hollywood affair as a result of its location, but there's no question that the ten-day event puts its filmmakers ahead of the commercial glamour. Richard Linklater opens the the Film Independent-produced gathering on Thursday night with h...

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    Meet the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival Filmmakers | "Paraiso For Sale" Director Anayansi Prado

    by Indiewire on June 16, 2011

    Bocas Del Toro, Panama has become a haven for ex-pat retirees. While their introduction to the local community hasn’t come without its complications, a bigger threat are the voracious corporations eager to turn the province into the latest Caribbean hot spot. This engaging and revealing documentary ...

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    Meet the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival Filmmakers | "Sawdust City" Director David Nordstrom

    by Indiewire on June 16, 2011

    Displaying a genuine feeling for his characters and their distinctly Midwestern surroundings, writer/director David Nordstrom makes his feature debut with Sawdust City, set in his hometown of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. On a snowcapped Thanksgiving, while most families are comfortably settled around the ...

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    Meet the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival Filmmakers | "Unraveled" Director Marc H. Simon

    by Indiewire on June 15, 2011

    Around the same time that investment advisor Bernie Madoff was on trial for his massive Ponzi scheme, lawyer and philanthropist Marc Dreier was facing sentencing for (among other crimes) wire fraud and money laundering. In this candid and intimate documentary, Dreier looks back on his life as he aw...

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    Meet the 2011 LA Film Festival Filmmakers | Alysa Nahmias' and Benjamin Murray's "Unfinished Spaces"

    by Indiewire on June 15, 2011

    In 1961, in the heady first days of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro asked three visionary architects to build the Cuban National Arts Schools on what had been the golf course of a country club. Before construction was completed, the Revolution became Sovietized, and suddenly the project was denou...

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    Meet the 2011 LA Film Festival Filmmakers | "Wish Me Away" Co-Director Bobbie Birleffi

    by Indiewire on June 14, 2011

    Country singer Chely Wright knew she was a lesbian at a young age, but she instinctively knew that her orientation was in direct conflict with her aspirations to one day perform at the Grand Ole Opry. She prayed for help from God, stayed in the closet and went on to sell more than 1,000,000 albums.

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