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First Annual Philip K. Dick Film Fest in NYC
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- Published on Thursday, 08 November 2012 16:08
- Written by Renzo Adler
The invocation of coveted authors is an effective method of purporting importance.
Director Francis Ford Coppola didn’t just make Dracula, he made Bram Stoker’s Dracula! Even though Henry Selick was the director, his 1993 stop-motion animated classic was called Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. The same goes for fledgling film festivals.
The inaugural Philip K. Dick Film Festival (December 7 – 9, 2012) at the Williamsburg indieScreen theater (289 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211) has the broad mission statement of promoting, “original or adapted material inspired by the works of Philip K. Dick, Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, Robert Anton Wilson, Franz Kafka and others who have explored the metaphysical, the eerie, in all its manifestations. “
Other Israel Film Festival 2012: Tales of Tumbling
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- Published on Thursday, 08 November 2012 14:40
- Written by Laura Blum
“Tanathor” means “tumbling” in Arabic, and it’s the original title of Tawfik Abu Wael’s new film about a Palestinian couple whose marriage is doing just that.
Abu Wael's deeply personal drama is but one narrative about tumbling to be screened at the Other Israel Film Festival, now in its sixth year of “giving an international voice to minority groups in Israel through cinema.”
If conditions under Israeli rule have plunged this couple into disarray, fleeing East Jerusalem for Paris should bring stability. Or not.
Film Festival Tourism At Bahamas FF 2012
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- Published on Wednesday, 31 October 2012 20:13
- Written by Claus Mueller
Over the last decade, cultural tourism has developed as a significant part of upper and middle class leisure interests. The consumption of soft cultural products -- visual arts and film -- has become an integral part of their lifestyle. And film festival tourism has emerged as a niche element of cultural tourism. If film fests meet specific conditions, they appeal to both cultural tourists and film professionals.
Gold Coast Film Fest: Great Cinema in Scenic Long Island
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- Published on Monday, 22 October 2012 05:00
- Written by Brad Balfour
Known for its extensive selection of films as well as its master classes, The Gold Coast Film Festival (October 22 – 28, 2012) held in cinemas throughout Long Island’s scenic Gold Coast towns (including Great Neck-Squire Cinemas, 115 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, NY 11021 and various other locations)has an ensemble of some great films. The selection of films is enormous (over 50 titles), so there’s a great mix in genres, filmmakers, and countries.
Bad Parents (starring Janeane Garofalo) is about parents filling the voids in their empty lives by making their children play little league sports and soccer. Yeah, the story is kind of a late 90’s throwback, but so is Janeane. After the film is a filmmaker Q&A.
Andrew Bird: Fever Year is about an unusual composer and musician that blends genres and technology to create a unique musical sound and also includes a filmmaker Q&A.
If you’ve hung around any college dive bars in the last few years, chances are good you’ve heard inebriated youths belting out Journey’s eternal anthem to stadium rock, Don’t Stop Believin’. Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey follows the band’s newfound popularity along with their new lead singer, Filipino Youtube sensation, Arnel Pineda, and how he adjusts to life with the band.
The Rabbi’s Cat, based on the French comic book by Joann Sfar (who is also the director), is an animated film about a cat living in
North Africa that gains the ability to speak and reflects on life and religion through his journeys. The film manages to preserve Sfar’s art style, which combines splashes of color with sketchy and characters that at a glance look simplistically designed, but show a great knowledge in illustration.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of West Side Story, there will be a special screening of the all-singing-all-dancing tale of gang violence and racial tension with a Q&A with original cast members George Chakiris (Beranardo) and Russ Tamblyn (Riff).
If you love bizarre animation or watched MTV when they were still cool then you probably know about the strange cartoons of animator Bill Plympton. Bill will be teaching a free master class where he’ll give some advice for people looking to get into animation and show off previews of his new films and shorts.
Screenwriter and producer David Patterson (Bridge to Terabithia, Don’t Stop Believin’) and Assistant Director Louis Guerra (Homeland) teach a free master-class on making independent films.
The Douglas Fairbanks swashbuckling silent-era classic The Mark of Zorro will get the deluxe retro-treatment with a special screening including live musical accompaniment by Bernie Anderson on Chaminade High School’s historic 1920's- era theater organ.
The documentary Mother of Normandy will get a screening that includes a panel with Maurice Renaud, director/producer Doug Stebleton, writer Jeff Stoffer (Editor of American Legion Magazine), Dr. Peter Kinney, Henry Roosevelt and other special guests.
The Gold Coast Film Festival’s great selection of films at affordable prices combined with a scenic location at the height of fall makes for a good cinematic outing.
To learn more, go to: http://www.goldcoastfilmfestival.org/
The Gold Coast Film Festival
October 22 – 28, 2012
Various Locations
Great Neck-Squire Cinemas
115 Middle Neck Road
Great Neck, NY 11021
