The News Review:
- A BRIEF HISTRY F THE MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL
- Funding festivals preserves culture
- Wayne Wang wins best film award at San Sebastian festival
- … Roanoke’s first arts festival: The first Roanoke Arts…
A BRIEF HISTRY F THE MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL
San Francisco Chronicle – Sep 30, 2007
tmpl –>1978: Mark Fishkin who operates the Saturday Night Movies in Mill Valley founds a three-day festival to celebrate filmmakers who live in or work out of Marin County. His goal is to include established directors – like George Lucas John Korty and Michael Ritchie – and lesser known figures like Gunvor Nelson and James Broughton. The event takes place at the ddfellows Hall which is fitted out with folding chairs for the occasion. 1980: Tony Bill appears at the festival with his first directorial effort “My Bodyguard. ” Herb Caen reports that Bill engaged in a “slugging match” with two people over seats at the sold-out screening.
Funding festivals preserves culture
Canada.com – Sep 30, 2007
inc–>Funding festivals preserves cultureArts organizations quietly optimistic about new federal grantsTodd BabiakThe Edmonton JournalPublished: Sunday September 30 2007Gentle reader you’re in Festival City. There are other festival cities around the world — Dubai Stratford Edinburgh Milwaukee — but this one is the best. As you read these words we’re in the midst of the Edmonton International Film Festival. The multi-faceted poetry festival and Arts Alive! have just finished and LitFest is only a couple of weeks away. All three levels of government think festivals are worth supporting.
Wayne Wang wins best film award at San Sebastian festival
Channel News Asia – Sep 30, 2007
Based on a short story by the same name by award-winning author Yiyun Li the movie depicts the tensions that follow when a widower from Beijing Mr Shi goes to the US to visit his recently divorced daughter Yilan. “It was a small film that needed a lot of time to be done because I think films need to breathe like us” said Wang who was named after his father’s favourite actor John Wayne. “Not every story has to have Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie” he added. The movie marked a return to low-budget filmmaking for Wang 58 whose recent films include “Maid in Manhattan” (2002) staring US singer Jennifer Lopez and “The Last Holiday” (2006) featuring Queen Latifah.
… Roanoke’s first arts festival: The first Roanoke Arts…
Free with registration – Roanoke Times – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 30, 2007
(30-SEP-07) Roanoke Times (Roanoke VA). 30–Aren’t sure what to make yet of the Roanoke’s new arts festival which debuts Thursday at multiple venues downtown? Here’s a tip: Think small. Rome wasn’t built in.