Despite this formidable reputation, the festival remains close to its East End roots — and with a special focus
on local filmmakers, this year's programme is a superb showcase of British filmmaking — particularly in the realm of artist film.
Not exact matches
He was joined
on the film by
local independent
filmmaker Bhawin Suchak, the founder of YouthFX in Albany.
If imagination could be harnessed as an energy source, I suspect
local filmmaker Robert Rodriguez could power a small nation all
on his own, but after 90 minutes immersed in the video - game world of Spy Kids 3 - D: Game Over, one wishes he had diversified that imagination some.
This year, Russian
filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev (The Return, Elena) returned to Cannes with his drama Leviathan, the story that is described as a gripping parable of class, faith and corruption, centering
on a land dispute between a small - time mechanic and his
local authorities that reaps unimaginable consequences.
Although the announcement of the full schedule for the 38th Mill Valley Film Festival won't be revealed until mid-September, more early confirmations
on the upcoming slate are here, after the recent reveal of the
Local Filmmakers and Documentaries lineup.
On the
local side of things is a special screening of Soul of a Banquet, a documentary by
filmmaker Wayne Wang about celebrity chef Cecilia Chang.
- Greenland - With sub-zero shoots
on glaciers and frozen rivers, travel with the
filmmakers to Greenland to meet the
locals and experience the magnificent landscapes captured for the powerful opening of the film (Blu - ray only)
Corneliu Porumboiu's charming, dryly comic The Second Game sees the
filmmaker — a lynchpin of the so - called Romanian New Wave — sitting down with his father Adrian, an ex-football referee of considerable note, to intone their commentary
on the titanic, snow - swept 1988 clash between
local teams Dinamo and Steaua from a crudded - up VHS tape.
On the mainland the government's film bureau has introduced new legislation that would discourage foreign financing of
local production, and it's blacklisted many of the best (and best - known) independent
filmmakers and video artists, including Tian Zhuangzhuang (The Blue Kite), Zhang Yimou (To Live), and Zhang Yuan (Mama).
As a Central Florida cultural event in its 24th year, the Florida Film Festival exerts a pull
on filmmakers, especially those with
local connections.
When you contribute, remember that, in addition to championing celebrated storytellers in our programming,
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filmmakers behind the camera, employing
local filmmakers - writers, directors, production and post-production crews, animators, and more - in the process of making the shows, thus promoting the creative process and
local film industry while celebrating the creators and their movies and TV shows.
Nancy Holt Film and Video October 16 at 4:00 Introduced by DeeDee Halleck Video activist and
filmmaker DeeDee Halleck collaborated with Nancy Holt as editor
on several of her films, including Sun Tunnels (1978), which documents the making of Holt's major site - specific sculptural work in the northwest Utah desert; and Pine Barrens (1975), a film that evokes «a barren wilderness in south - central New Jersey... (with) the voices of the
local people, the «Pineys,»»..
Holten is also collaborating with
local documentary
filmmaker and writer Rebecca Snedeker
on a water map of New Orleans for Rebecca Solnit's book, Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas (UC Press, 2013)- the follow up to her acclaimed book, Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas.
Artist,
filmmaker and theatre director Christoph Schlingensief is represented by a video installation, one that uses footage that the artist gathered in 2005 as part of his project The African Twin Towers — the story of a megalomaniac theatre director attempting to stage the 9/11 story in Namibia, shot
on location with a cast of
locals as well as Schlingensief's regular «family» of performers.
Through the eyes of Afghan
local filmmakers and cameramen, the screening invites viewer to reflect
on the visual representation of the city of Kabul in films and videos.