The News Review:
- Arab Film Festival
- “Juno” claims best film award at Rome Film Festival
- London film festival A new lease of life for British film
- Festival in fine shape to leap ahead
- Straight from Venice Film Festival the best films you’ll never…
- Suzhou opens Golden Rooster Film Festival
Arab Film Festival
San Francisco Chronicle – Oct 26, 2007
The print of the opening night film “Making f” was in South Korea. The young star who was to be an honored guest of the festival was having trouble getting a visa and had already missed his first scheduled event. Then along came another problem. The star Lotfi Abdelli had arrived at San Francisco International Airport only to be detained by authorities for almost five hours.
“Juno” claims best film award at Rome Film Festival
æ°åç’ – Oct 26, 2007
29 (Xinhuanet) — “Juno” the story of an American teenager dealing with an unplanned pregnancy won the best film award at the Rome Film Festival according to media reports Sunday. Ellen Page (“Hard Candy”) stars in the title role as Juno MacGuff a precocious Minnesota schoolgirl facing an unwelcome pregnancy with supportive parents and friends. Co-starring Jennifer Garner and Jason Batemen the movie was directed by 30-year-old Canadian-born Jason Reitman best known for his 2005 satirical comedy “Thank You For Smoking” which won a string of awards and was nominated for two Golden Globes. Critics praised the performance by Page as Juno the quick-witted young woman plunged into adulthood who tries to find a suitable set of parents to adopt her unborn child. “The film hit the members of the jury with emotion” organizers said.
London film festival A new lease of life for British film
guardian.co.uk – Oct 26, 2007
Written by Peter Morgan and starring Michael Sheen it is a fitting and glamorous opener for the festival. Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire set in India closes events 15 days hence with the small matter of the new Bond Quantum of Solace debuting in between. These are all British enterprises in various ways emphasising our industry’s prominent place in global cinema. But this year alongside the high-end offerings there is a stirring of British activity in and around the Square.
Festival in fine shape to leap ahead
NEWS.com.au – Oct 26, 2007
Some people are criticising Brett Sheehy’s 2008 Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts program for a lack of daring or a controversial edge. Skip to:Search BoxSection NavigationNetwork NavigationContentView the Sitemapndm.
Straight from Venice Film Festival the best films you’ll never…
San Francisco Chronicle – Oct 26, 2007
tmpl –>(10-26) 04:00 PST Venice Italy –Photos of George Clooney at the premiere of “Michael Clayton” were beamed all over the world in the first days of this year’s Venice Film Festival establishing it as the locus of glamour in the known universe. A few days later Brad Pitt (or as the Italians call him “Bra-Peet”) showed up to promote the premiere of “The Assassination of Jesse James” provoking long lines of fans flanking the red carpet. tmpl –> Images.
Suzhou opens Golden Rooster Film Festival
央è§åé – Oct 26, 2007
com 10-26-2007 09:06. It opens Wednesday in east China’s Suzhou city. The films selected from more than 70 movies from all over the world are entered in competition for the title of "most popular international film" and a number of other awards at the festival. Candidates include "Pan’s Labyrinth" a Mexico-Spain co-production. It won the Best Picture Award at Cannes in 2006.