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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Care to piggyback a quartet of Russian film festivals? It’s much easier than you can imagine. Though a bit like playing the roulette table at Las Vegas. These days, your odyssey on a Russian summer festival circuit begins at the Russian Pavilion in the Marché du Film at Cannes. Newly opened, and serving as an […]
Spirituality in Cinema – Ecumenical Jury at Cannes
Sunday, July 13th, 2008Stroll through the lower level of the Palais des Festivals at the Cannes film festival, and you bump into the Ecumenical Jury Stand – prominently positioned on the corner of Row 13. Throughout the festival, the stand is a beehive of activity. Respected by critics and filmmakers alike, the Ecumenical Jury has been part and […]
61st Festival de Cannes 2008
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008Any way you look at it, 2008 was a watershed year at the Cannes film festival. This was Thierry Frémaux’s initial year as délégée général, the first time he was listed in the catalogue as the man who put his own signature on the selection. Last year, Frémaux was down simply as director artistique, to […]
Phillip Bergson on Budapest and ZagrebDox 2008
Friday, July 4th, 2008A regular contributor to KINO – German Film, roving British film critic Phillip Bergson visited a pair of festivals at the beginning of 2008. Herewith a short resumé of his views as seen from the inside of film festival life at the 39th Hungarian Film Week Budapest and 4th ZagrebDox.
Phillip Bergson’s Festival Marathon 2007
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008A regular contributor to KINO – German Film & International Reports, roving British film critic Phillip Bergson visited a score of festivals at the end of 2007. Herewith a short resumé of his experiences seen from the inside of festival life at choice calendar events in Chicago, Amsterdam, Bitola, Mlada Boleslav, Sevilla, and London.
8th goEast – Festival of Central & East European Film 2008
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008Estonia was a double winner at the 8th goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film in Wiesbaden (9-15 April 2008), with Kadri Kousaar’s feature debut Magnus awarded the Golden Lily for Best Film and the FIPRESCI Critics Prize. The international jury, headed by German producer Eberhard Junkersdorf, praised the film for “its depiction […]
Film Scores of Dmitry Shostakovich
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008Ask any Russian scholar who was the greatest Soviet film composer, and you’re asking for a bare-knuckle fist-fight. The list quickly boils down to three: Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975), Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1951), and Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) – with Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) thrown in on the side because he was always criticizing Shostakovich for lowering himself to […]
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