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The All-New Hell's Kitchen Film Festival
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- Published on Sunday, 28 August 2011 05:00
- Written by L E Shannon
The inaugural Hell's Kitchen Film Festival (NYHKFF) runs September 1 - 11, 2011 at the 
Producers’ Club Indiehouse theaters in the Hell‛s Kitchen area of Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
Co-founders Alfred and Ernest Tollja, owners of the long-established Producers’ Club in Hell’s Kitchen, founded the all-digital festival "to revitalize and bring attention to New York’s Hell’s Kitchen as a community of artists and film enthusiasts," says Ernest Tollja.
"The festival provides a fresh, edgy New York audience and an intimate setting for independent filmmakers whose voices may still be new, undiscovered or unheralded." He adds, "It’s really for works that may have fallen through the cracks, are waiting to break through, or demand further attention."
The Opening Night film is Kevin, the first non-fiction film from acclaimed director Jay Duplass, the story of the disappearance and redemption of renowned Austin, Texas musician Kevin Gant. Musician Kevin Gant will be performing live after the screening, and a Q&A with Duplass will follow.Telluride Film Festival - Mystery Movies
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- Published on Sunday, 28 August 2011 05:00
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The 38th Telluride Film Festival (TFF), the "SHOW", takes place September 2 - 5, 2011 at 
the historic Sheridan Opera House, Masonic Hall, Palm Theatre, Galaxy, Pierre and Backlot Theatres, and the Chuck Jones Cinema, all in scenic Telluride, in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado.
Telluride Film Festival, presented by National Film Preserve, Ltd., is an international event celebrating the art of film, hosting a special selection of feature length and short films. This Festival ranks among the world’s best film festivals and is an annual gathering for film industry insiders, cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers and critics.
Many films first launched at the Telluride Film Festival have gone on to award-winning recognition including Blue Velvet, Sling Blade, Brokeback Mountain, Juno, Slumdog Millionaire and The King‛s Speech.
First-time filmmakers discovered at TFF include Terry Zwigoff, Billy Bob Thornton, Richard Rodriguez, Doug Liman and Robert Luketic.
Films selected to screen at Telluride Film Festival are shown out of competition and kept secret until Opening Day. "What's playing in the Telluride program is not revealed until you reach the mountains." Thus, by definition, every film is a World Premiere.
"Three distinguished artists will be honored with a silver medallion, one presented each night of the Festival.... [W]e also like to spring a real surprise and pay tribute to those you may have forgotten, or never even knew: Abel Gance, D.A. Pennebaker, [et al.].
Each year, TFF recruits a different film enthusiast to act as Guest Director to help create their dream festival. This year, the Guest Director is Caetano Veloso.
In keeping with Telluride Film Festival tradition, Veloso’s film selections will be kept secret and unveiled on Opening Day.
Events include:
- Noon Seminars in Elks Park
- Labor Day Picnic seminar
- "Conversations" in the County Courthouse:
- Film premieres in the Open Air Cinema
- Filmmakers of Tomorrow programs
- Films at the Back Lot
For more information, go to www.telluridefilmfestival.org.
Telluride Film Festival
September 2 - 5, 2011
Historic Sheridan Opera House
110 N. Oak Street
Telluride, CO 81435
970-728-6363
Masons Hall
200 East Colorado Ave
Telluride, CO
Michael D. Palm Theatre
Telluride High School
721 W. Colorado Avenue
Telluride, CO 81435
970-369-5669
"Galaxy Theatre"
Telluride Middle/High School
725 W. Colorado Avenue
Telluride, CO 81435
970-728-6617
Le Pierre Theatre
725 West Colorado Avenue
Telluride, CO 81435
970-728-4377
Backlot Theatre
100 West Pacific Avenue
Telluride CO 81435
970-728-4519
"Chuck Jones Cinema"
Conference Center Plaza
Telluride Conference Center
580 Mountain Village Blvd.
Telluride, CO 81435
970-369-5120
10 Years of Magnolia Pictures
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- Published on Tuesday, 23 August 2011 03:29
- Written by Film FestivalTraveler Staff
BAMcinématek is presenting 10 Years of Magnolia Pictures, Aug 24 - 29 and August 31, 
2011, a 13-film celebration of the visionary independent film distribution company, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York.
"This 10th-anniversary salute provides a snapshot of the provocative and intelligent independent and international cinema that the pioneering company -- formed in 2001 by Bill Banowsky and Eamonn Bowles -- has brought to screens in the past decade."
"We're incredibly pleased to have BAM showcase some of the signature films from our first decade. It’s been a remarkable 10 years with enormous changes in the film landscape, and we look forward to the next 10," says Magnolia Pictures President Eamonn Bowles.
TIFF 2011: A Changing Landscape
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- Published on Tuesday, 16 August 2011 18:12
- Written by Eric Lurio
I haven’t been to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for a few years. I’d gone each year for a full decade before that, and each 
year was the same yet different.
But this year, I went up there a full two months before the Festival even begins to attend their opening press conference.
Aside from the fact that I was invited, I went because it’s cooler up there. Toronto, after all, is in Canada and while the temperature has been well into the 90s back home, it was in the upper 70s/low 80s in Canada. I can hang out there without feeling like a frigging fountain.
