The News Review:
- African Diaspora Film Festival: Screenings and More
- 38th International Film Festival to begin in Goa
- Arts festival nearer to choosing new head
- Big ideas for west’s festival
- A Universe of Black Film
African Diaspora Film Festival: Screenings and More
New York Times – Nov 23, 2007
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38th International Film Festival to begin in Goa
Economic Times – Nov 23, 2007
Bollywood starShahrukh Khan will be the Chief Guest at the inaugural session of the festival. Minister of Information andBroadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs PR Dasmunsi and Goa Chief MinisterDigambar Kamat besides several important film personalities will attend theinaugural ceremony. Theinaugural lamp will be lit with the assistance of Priyamani the rising star ofsouthern cinema. The Palme D’R winner of Cannes 2007- titled ’4 months 3 weeks and 2 days’ (Romania) willbe the opening film at the festival.
Arts festival nearer to choosing new head
The Age – Nov 23, 2007
Mark Yeoman of Groningen’s Noorderzon Festival which is heldin public parkland every August flew to Melbourne to beinterviewed for the job of succeeding the current Melbournefestival head Kristy Edmunds whose term finishes next year. It is understood the short list also includes AdelaideFestival’s director Brett Sheehy who appears a more obviouschoice. Not only does he have vastly more experience of Australianconditions — he was director of the Sydney Festival beforemoving to Adelaide — but also he is more likely to return theMelbourne Festival to its traditional programming mix. His program for next March includes the Grammy Award-winningopera Ainadamar and performances by the Adelaide Symphonyrchestra — art-forms that have not been favoured byEdmunds.
Big ideas for west’s festival
The Age – Nov 23, 2007
WHEN asked to explain the theory of relativity Einstein saidthat an hour spent talking to a pretty girl felt like a minute anda minute spent with your hand pressed onto an oven hotplate feltlike an hour. Putting aside how that translates if you’re gay andwearing asbestos gloves the wild-haired one had a point: how weperceive time and space is all relative. A conversation with yourparents about sex or politics confirms they’re in another galaxyand America feels closer to most of us than Perth. This perception is what inspired Karen Hadfield artisticdirector of the Big West Festival to hinge the entire 10-dayextravaganza on the notion of immersion and the MaribyrnongRiver. “The river is an important feature in Maribyrnong in itshistory.
A Universe of Black Film
New York Times – Nov 23, 2007
LEEPublished: November 23 2007 The African Diaspora Film Festival has grown each year since its genesis in a kitchen-table conversation between a couple of film fanatics frustrated by the shallow pool of black films in New York. Starting today the 15th edition of the festival will offer something for just about anyone interested in the global black experience: 102 films from 43 countries in a 17-day feast of documentaries comedies musicals dramas and romances. Skip to next paragraph… LEEPublished: November 23 2007 The African Diaspora Film Festival has grown each year since its genesis in a kitchen-table conversation between a couple of film fanatics frustrated by the shallow pool of black films in New York. Starting today the 15th edition of the festival will offer something for just about anyone interested in the global black experience: 102 films from 43 countries in a 17-day feast of documentaries comedies musicals dramas and romances. Skip to next paragraph.