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http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=festivals&Id=2077 December 12-15, 2007
2007 PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LINE-UP (2006-12-15)
The 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival has announced a record-setting roster of 254 films, culled from more than 73 countries for the 2007 Festival. The selection of films for screening includes a total of 79 premieres (3 World, 47 U.S. and 29 North American). Also, 55 of the 61 films submitted for consideration in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the Academy Awards will be screened at this year's Festival, held from January 4-15, 2007. Commenting on this year's Festival, Darryl Macdonald, festival director, said, "The Festival this year represents a heady blend of star power and cinematic excellence. The film line-up is exceptionally potent and diverse, reflecting the emergence of vibrant new voices in unexpected corners of the world, even as it spotlights established masters like Paul Verhoeven, Lars Von Trier and John Boorman. At the same time, our Awards Gala roster celebrates a return to excellence in the realm of Hollywood studio filmmaking, and a move away from the genre conventions that have dominated American movies for far too long." "It is amazing that the Festival will present films from a record-setting 74 countries, truly making this a world-class event," said Carl Spence, director of programming. "This selection of films showcases the best the world has to offer including the new program Skøl Scandanavia which spotlights some of the best films being made in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, as a result of the strong creative and financial support filmmakers receive in the region." Seven films will screen in the Gala category including the U.S. premiere of the opening night film Outsourced (USA) and the North American premiere of the Closing Night Film "The Tiger's Tail" (Ireland/UK). The Awards Buzz section will feature 55 of the 61 Best Foreign Language Film submissions as well as the films under consideration in the Best Documentary Feature category and Short Documentary Film category of the Academy Awards. Thirty-eight films from Latin America, Spain and Portugal will screen in the Festival's Ciné Latino program, which will highlight emerging talent from the Latino film world. New this year is a section on Scandinavian cinema called Skøl! Scandanavia that will screen 17 films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The True Stories section of the Festival highlights 18 of the best new films in contemporary non-fiction cinema. In addition, 96 films in the World Cinema Now program features a wide-ranging overview of contemporary international cinema and the Super-Charged Cinema program, a late-night film series featuring four rousing genre films. [....] SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: Two films have been selected as Special Presentations: "Sharkwater" (Canada) directed by Rob Stewart, and "Inland Empire" (USA) directed by David Lynch. The Festival will also feature two special archival presentations, which reflect our international cinematic heritage - "Marketa Lazarova" (Czech Republic) directed by Frantisek Vlacil and "The Damned Don't Cry" (USA) directed by Vincent Sherman - featuring 1950's Palm Springs! [....] PREMIERES: The Festival will offer a selection of 79 premieres of highly anticipated films showcasing the diversity of international cinema. World Premieres include "Music Within" (USA), "The Moon and the Stars" (Italy/UK/Hungary) and "When Pigs Fly" (USA). North American Premieres include "The 12 Labors" (Brazil), "53 Days in Winter" (Spain), "9th Company" (Russia/Ukraine/Finland), "Cecile (Denmark), "Chica Tu Madre" (Peru/Argentina), "El Benny" (Cuba), "Floating Lamp of the Shadow Valley" (India), "Forever Flows" (Bangladesh), "In the Shadow of the Dog" (India), "Los Manos" (Argentina/Italy), "Libertas" (Croatia/Italy/Montenegro), "Migration" (Nepal), "Mr. Average" (Belgium), "Murders" (France), "My Quick Way Out" (Spain), "Never on a Sunday" (Mexico), "Nina's Journey" (Sweden/Poland), "The Passenger: Adult Secrets" (Brazil), "Provoked" (UK), "Resisting Life" (Mexico), "So Long, My Heart!" (Switzerland/Germany), "Someone Else" (UK), "Sons" (Norway), "The Tiger's Tail" (UK), "Twice Upon a Time" (France/UK/Romania), "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" (Denmark), "Velocity Begets Oblivion" (Argentina/Spain), "The Wedding Chest" (Kyrgyzstan/Russia/France/Germany) and "Zuzu Angel" (Brazil). U.S. Premieres include "Agua" (Argentina/France), "Ahimsa: Stop to Run (Thailand), "Antonio Vivaldi: A Prince in Venice" (France/Italy), "Black Book" (Netherlands/Germany/UK/Belgium), "Black Butterfly" (Peru), "The Book of Revelation" (Australia), "The Boss of It All" (Denmark), "The Caiman" (Italy), "A Casa Nostra" (Italy), "Chariton's Choir" (Greece), "Congorama" (Canada), "Cover Boy" (Italy), "Dear Mr. Waldman" (Israel), "Don't Worry, I'm Fine" (France), "The Education of the Fairies" (Spain/Argentina/France), "End of the Line" (Canada), "Fair Play" (France), "The Family Friend" (Italy), "Forever" (Netherlands), "Forget You Not" (Italy), "Free Jimmy" (Norway), "French California" (France), "The Girl is Mine" (France), "Heaven's Doors" (Morocco), "How Much Do You Love Me?" (France/Italy), "I Remember" (Brazil), "It's Winter" (Iran), "The Legend of Time" (Spain), "The Missing Star" (Italy), "Monkey Warfare" (Canada), "Monkey's in Winter" (Bulgaria/Germany), "Nomad" (Kazakhstan), "The Old Garden" (South Korea), "One to Another" (France), "Outsourced" (USA), "Pages from Mauricio's Diary" (Cuba/Mexico), "Paraguayan Hammock" (Paraguay), "Prague" (Denmark), "Premonition" (France), "The Rocket" (Canada), "Salty Air" (Italy), "Sounds of Sand" (Belgium), "Strike" (Germany/ Poland), "Sway" (Japan), "To Get to Heaven You First Have to Die" (Tajikstan/France), "Tomorrow Morning" (Serbia) and "Yippee" (USA). [....]
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