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31st Valencia International Film Festival
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- Published on Thursday, 14 October 2010 17:06
- Written by Mark Ozdoba
The 31st Valencia International Film Festival (Mostra de Valencia) begins this Friday and runs for over a week, from October 15-23, 2010. This city on the coast of the Spanish Mediterranean is home to a host of arts centers and museums, constructed over the last 20 years in a concerted effort to widen its worldwide appeal. 
This year, the festival highlights action and adventure films, and among the special events is a tribute to Wolfgang Peterson whose films screening in this retrospective are:
- Shattered
- Das Boot
- The Perfect Storm
- Troy
- Poseidon
Abu Dhabi Film Festival Rebrands for Year Four
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- Published on Sunday, 10 October 2010 22:02
- Written by Laura Blum
Set in the largest sheikdom of the United Arab Emirates, the Abu Dhabi Film Festival enters its fourth edition October 14 to 23, 2010 as a self-appointed oasis of film culture in the Persian Gulf. The Festival, formerly called the Middle East International Film Festival, lists its name change among several innovations accelerating its push to become a mecca of discovery and pulse-taking for current Arab cinema.
Morelia Int'l Film Festival Prizes Emerging Mexican Voices
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- Published on Saturday, 09 October 2010 22:45
- Written by Laura Blum
Arriving two weeks before Mexico’s Day of the Dead, the Morelia International Film Festival (October 16 to 24, 2010) is well positioned to take the pulse of the Mexican film industry. Perhaps more than any time in its eight-year history, FICM 2010 offers proof that the domestic cinema is alive and well, even resurrecting its Golden Age of Cinema. This year the country produced 80 films.
20th Annual Films From The South Festival
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- Published on Saturday, 09 October 2010 20:06
- Written by Film Festival Traveler Staff
Celebrating 20 years, Oslo’s Films from the South Festival is Northern Europe’s leading festival dedicated exclusively to film from Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Festival runs from October 7 - 17, 2010, in the Norwegian capital.![World Cinema Foundation's Kent Jones [photo: B. Balfour]](/images/stories/2010/10/kent-jones.gif "World Cinema Foundation's Kent Jones [photo: B. Balfour]")
Films from the South was born at the University of Oslo in 1991 by idealistic film enthusiasts. The dream was to show that one billion people in Asia, Africa and Latin America could not be wrong. In spite of the large and vital film production on these continents almost none of the production reached Norwegian cinemas.
