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World Film Festivals - October 2008

FILM TRIVIA SCREENING

October 30th 2008 06:14
End of year member film screenings, movie trivia and prizes

Think you know all about film? Then celebrate the end of the year with Metro Screen in true film fanatic style at the Metro Screen Network¹s Film Trivia and screening night.
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tank.tv is inviting submissions plus more opportunities

October 29th 2008 20:09
tank.tv is inviting submissions from artists who wish to be considered for two week solo exhibitions on their site...

"In 2009, tank.tv will be hosting an ambitious series of solo shows from established and emerging artists working with the moving image. We would like to allocate 3 of these shows to artists who respond to a series of three open calls for entries. You must have a body of work consisting of at least 10 moving image pieces that are ready for exhibition and which run no longer than ten minutes (although we are happy to consider excerpts from longer pieces). We will consider all forms of moving image work and welcome submissions from artists working at any stage of their careers, of all nationalities."

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Blindness - Pre-Release Screening

October 29th 2008 14:03
Internationally acclaimed director Fernando Meirelles (CITY OF GOD and CONSTANT GARDENER) is set to present a special gala screening of his latest and hotly anticipated film BLINDNESS starring Julianne Moore, Gael Bernal Garcia and Danny Glover.

This is the first time members of the public in the UK will get the opportunity to see the film and a month before general release.
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Digi SPAA finalists announced!

October 29th 2008 06:02
The Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) is proud to announce the finalists for the 2008 Digi SPAA Feature Film Competition sponsored by Movie Network Channels:

* Little Deaths - Producer Jason Byrne (VIC)
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UNFINISHED SKY A TOP CONTENDER AT IF AWARDS 2008

October 27th 2008 05:28
Nominations for the 2008 Inside Film Awards were announced recently with Palace Films release UNFINISHED SKY receiving a total of eight nominations in feature film categories, Best Director and Best Script (Peter Duncan); Best Actor (William McInnes); Best Actress (Monic Hendrickx); Best Production Design (Laurie Faen); Best Editing (Suresh Ayyar); Best Sound (Andrew Plain, Annie Breslin, Will Ward); and Best Cinematography (Robert Humphreys ASC).

The film is a remake of the Dutch film the Polish Bride yet still manages to be a unique Australian romantic drama set in the rugged and tense beauty of country Australia, UNFINISHED SKY opened to critical acclaim in June this year and has since enjoyed great success at the local box office, where it has taken just shy of one million dollars to-date.
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CLOSING NIGHT 44th CHICAGO FILM FESTIVAL

October 24th 2008 16:43
GOOD
Join actor Viggo Mortensen, director Vicente Amorim and
actor Jason Issacsat the premiere


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Roadside Romeo

October 24th 2008 12:37
MUMBAI: Disney makes a major foray into the Indian film market on Friday with the release of its first full-length animation feature using home-growYash Raj Films-Walt Disney's Roadside Romeo hits the screen on October 24.

Yash Raj Films-Walt Disney's Roadside Romeo hits the screen on October 24.
"Roadside Romeo", a joint venture between Walt Disney Pictures and leading Indian studio Yash Raj Films, has been two years in the making and tells the story of pampered pet dog Romeo after he is abandoned on the streets of Mumbai.
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SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE EXTENSION FOR UK ENTRIES

October 24th 2008 07:24
Calling all UK women filmmakers! This is a public service announcement!

We want to let you all know that the submissions deadline for UK applicants has now been extended to 10th November 2008.
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Outsourced at Ashland

October 24th 2008 01:22
Two special showings of the 2008 AIFF favorite Outsourced at the Varsity Theatre Friday, November 7 at 6:00p and 8:30p will continue the ashland independent film festival's monthly film series.


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FIRST FEATURE at MetroScreen.

October 22nd 2008 11:44
FIRST FEATURE with NASH EDGERTON mapping the journey from shorts to full length

Metro Screen Network¹s FIRST FEATURE examines the leap from making short films to feature length productions, with Australia¹s fresh filmmaking talent.
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NEW EVENT!

October 22nd 2008 05:34
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK IN 35mm

Plus audience


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Project Greenlight film's theatrical release

October 22nd 2008 00:30
The View From Greenhaven is the first feature film written and directed by Simon and Kenn MacRae, and it will be a dream come true for the brothers when it makes its world premiere next week, released by Movie Network Channels.

As winners of Movie Extra’s 2006 Project Greenlight Australia filmmaking competition (from a series format originally developed by actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck), The MacRae Brothers were awarded a$1 million prize to develop their first feature film. The result of that funding is The View From Greenhaven, a sentimental and visually beautiful film about rediscovering why life is made for living.
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White Sound gets another Gong!

October 21st 2008 16:22
A film by a Sydney filmmaker which explores the notion of a soundless existence has won the top award at the 2008 HIFF. "White Sound" by Sarah Tracton was selected by the jury as the best film receiving the $2500 prize money.

Sarah Tracton
"It's a very touching film. I am pleased it won," said Festival’s artistic director Mehrzad Mumtahan


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DIGITAL 3D PROJECTORS

October 21st 2008 10:18
NOW AT PALACE CINEMA LOCATIONS

Palace Cinemas is delighted to announce the recent installation of
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The Rashomon Restoration Project

October 21st 2008 05:07
Kadokawa Culture Promotion Foundation and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Film Foundation.

Ten years ago the film world lost legendary director Akira Kurosawa (23/3/10 – 6-9-98). Now, Kadokawa Pictures has joined forces with the Film Foundation and A.M.P.A.S.® to digitally restore one of Kurosawa’s greatest films – ‘Rashomon’. Released in Japan on August 6 1950 and internationally very soon after. Rashomon was immediately recognised by critics and moviegoers alike that this movie was a significant achievement in cinema so much so that it received the Golden Lion in Venice in 1951 and an Oscar© for Best Foreign Film the following year.
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FRIDAY ON MY MIND - 5pm Every Friday at AFTRS

October 15th 2008 20:11
OCTOBER 2008

Join us every Friday at 5pm for the chance to hear from interesting people from our screen culture talk about their passion with knowledge and insight!
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World cinema enters Indian homes

October 15th 2008 12:16
The Indian system is fast keeping pace with the rest of the world these days with the purchase cost of movies now drastically reduced, so much so that the great directors and actors of yesteryear are now freely available to the masses.
Below is an article I recently found on Coongo. Unfrotunately not all sources can be credited as the information was not presented in the article

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Big Dreamers to screen at Cork Film Fest

October 15th 2008 04:06
Premiering at Bondi Beaach earlier this year this is one a great film about people with big dreams. If you have ever had one you should see this film

After sold out screenings in Florida, Montana, Kansas, Oklahoma, Hot Springs and the prestigious 2007 SILVERDOCS AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival in Washington DC, Camille Hardman’s award winning comedic documentary Big Dreamers has been invited to screen alongside the Coen Brother’s Burn After Reading at The 53rd Corona Cork Film Festival in Ireland.
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THE 44th CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

October 14th 2008 12:45
October 16-29, 2008
AMC River East 21 | AMC 600 North Michigan 9 |

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ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD

October 14th 2008 04:33
Werner Herzog to screen at Ashland Film Festival

Two special showings of Werner Herzog's documentary Encounters at the End of the World at the Varsity Theatre Friday, October 17 at 6:00p and 8:30p will continue the ashland independent film festival's monthly film Series


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PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN JOINS VOICE CAST OF

October 13th 2008 18:20
THE NEW ANIMATED AUSTRALIANFEATURE FILM MARY AND MAX

Academy Award winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) has joined an all-star line-up of Australian talent in lending his exceptional talent to voice the role of Max in the new claymation feature Mary and Max.
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BOLLYWOOD Money or Morals?

October 13th 2008 12:03

With all the hype surrounding the Bollywood system and the growth of the Indian Film Industry through mergers with major Hollywood studios, it is probably imprtant that we remind what provided the impetous for the film industry on the sub continent in the early years. With todays efforts becoming more and more risque with more ‘revealing’ storylines combined with the iconic singing and dancing sequences it seems Indian culture is becoming more trendy by the moment. Cricket stars liike Brett Lee write and appear in Bollywood music videos. Tanya Zaetta could only manage B-grade TV shows the likes of ‘WHO DARES WINS’ over here in Australia but is now a huge name in the Bollywood system. A recent attempt to revive her career in Oz resulted in a Middle East scandal when rumours abounded of an indescretion while entertaining the troops.

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The Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival

October 13th 2008 04:02

15 - 30 October 2008

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Russian Retrospective in 08

October 7th 2008 16:33
In 2008, the Russian Resurrection Film Festival will be presenting two Retrospectives, exploring two very diverse but exciting areas of Russian filmmaking: The works of Karen Shakhnazarov, and Russian Fantasia.


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MONKEY PUZZLE opens October 22

October 7th 2008 06:32


After impressing film festival audiences around the world, MONKEY PUZZLE will be screening as a limited national release from 23rd October 08.Opening nights in Sydney, Melbourne and Katoomba will be a special eventnot to be missed with Writer / Director Mark Forstmann in attendance for a Q&A session.
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