The News Review:
- “Western Trunk Line” wins award at Tokyo film festival
- LATIN FESTIVAL LAUDS LUNA
- … festival starts Friday at CB Smith Park: Three-day festival…
- Something for everybody at Vegoose Music Festival
- US film Juno wins top award at Rome festival
- Muslim movie at gay festival
- What A Rush: Greater St. Louis Marching Band Festival.
“Western Trunk Line” wins award at Tokyo film festival
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28 (Xinhua) — “The Western Trunk Line” a Chinese movie telling a story in a remote town at the end of 1970s won Special Jury Prize at the 20th Tokyo International Film Festival on Sunday. “I have been thinking to make such a move since 1994″ said director Li Jixian at the awarding ceremony at Shibuya’s Bunkamura Tokyo. “I met quite some challenges in making screenplay but I never thought of quitting. ” “The Band’s Visit” a movie jointly produced by Israel and France grabbed the top prize “Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix. ” The film directed by Eran Kolirin tells a story of an Egyptian police band getting lost in Israel.
LATIN FESTIVAL LAUDS LUNA
San Francisco Chronicle – Oct 28, 2007
- Sorry comments are closed for this story. LATIN FESTIVAL LAUDS LUNAPKThe story is so familiar it’s almost cliche. A visionary mentor scouts out an overlooked talent in the slums. With a quick “Kid you’ve got something” moment the two embark on a trip to the top of the world.
… festival starts Friday at CB Smith Park: Three-day festival…
Free with registration – South Florida Sun-Sentinel – AccessMyLibrary.com – Oct 28, 2007
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Something for everybody at Vegoose Music Festival
USA Today – Oct 28, 2007
Attendees were mostly teenagers and twentysomethings but ranged from toddlers to grandparents. •The performers. Rage Against the Machine and Daft Punk headlined the shows Saturday and Sunday. The diverse lineup included hip-hop acts (Public Enemy Cypress Hill) techno groups (Thievery Corporation UNKLE) jam bands (Umphrey’s McGee Moe) metalheads (Mastodon Queens of the Stone Age) punksters (Iggy & The Stooges Gogol Bordello) and rockers (The Shins Muse).
US film Juno wins top award at Rome festival
Stuff.co.nz – Oct 28, 2007
The film is 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 actress Ellen Page as Juno MacGuff 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” organisers said. The festival’s jury chaired this year by Bosnian director Danis Tanovic is made up of 50 movie-goers.
Muslim movie at gay festival
Times – The Times – Oct 28, 2007
Laws on paper must be backed by altered perceptions and for 13 years the ut in Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival has set out to do exactly that. The festival’s intention comes with solid endorsement. The Joburg leg will be opened on November 8 by Judge Kate ’Regan of the Constitutional Court. But the value of the festival is not just symbolic.
What A Rush: Greater St. Louis Marching Band Festival.
Free with registration – St. Louis Post-Dispatch – AccessMyLibrary.com – Oct 28, 2007
Louis Post-Dispatch (St. 28–Ninety-seven pairs of eyes fixed on drum major Meaghan Linn relying on her pumping arms and bobbing head to synchronize their music and motion for 15 crucial minutes.