ROME -- Ryan Eslinger's "When a Man Falls in the Forest", a Golden Bear nominee at this year's Berlinale, and "Numb" from Harris Goldberg are among the dozen films that will appear in competition at the first Drake International Film Festival, set for June 23-30 near Naples.
The lineup was announced amid controversy over the leadership of the new festival, which will be held in the sprawling Reggia di Caserta, a World Heritage Site since 1996. Several of the event's top officials were replaced in recent weeks, with some complaining loudly in the Italian press.
But organizers promise the festival will be a hit.
With a screening schedule that focuses on new filmmakers and innovative technologies, Drake's competition lineup also includes Robbie Moffat-directed action flick "Axe Raiders", "Johnny 316" from Erick Ifergan, Andrew Black-helmed comedy "Moving McAllister" and "The Last Request" from John DeBellis and starring Danny Aiello.
Other competition titles include Nick Lyon's gritty rape and murder mystery "Punk Love"; "Gumiho Gajok" (The Fox Family) from South Korea's Hyung-gon Lee; "The Heart of the Earth", a romance from Antonio Cuadri; Brett Leonard's action fantasy "Highlander: The Source"; "The Melon Route" from Croatia's Branko Schmidt; and Augustin Diaz Yanes' Viggo Mortensen starrer "Alatriste", winner of three Goya Awards earlier this year.
The lineup was announced amid controversy over the leadership of the new festival, which will be held in the sprawling Reggia di Caserta, a World Heritage Site since 1996. Several of the event's top officials were replaced in recent weeks, with some complaining loudly in the Italian press.
But organizers promise the festival will be a hit.
With a screening schedule that focuses on new filmmakers and innovative technologies, Drake's competition lineup also includes Robbie Moffat-directed action flick "Axe Raiders", "Johnny 316" from Erick Ifergan, Andrew Black-helmed comedy "Moving McAllister" and "The Last Request" from John DeBellis and starring Danny Aiello.
Other competition titles include Nick Lyon's gritty rape and murder mystery "Punk Love"; "Gumiho Gajok" (The Fox Family) from South Korea's Hyung-gon Lee; "The Heart of the Earth", a romance from Antonio Cuadri; Brett Leonard's action fantasy "Highlander: The Source"; "The Melon Route" from Croatia's Branko Schmidt; and Augustin Diaz Yanes' Viggo Mortensen starrer "Alatriste", winner of three Goya Awards earlier this year.
- 6/12/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MADRID -- The inaugural Ibiza and Formentera International Film Festival announced Thursday that it will screen 18 films during its May 29-June 7 run.
The films are divided between six regional sections: Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Africa and co-productions. The winners of each section will compete against each other for the top prize, the Eleanor Falcon.
The European section comprises Juan Carlos Falcon's La Caja from Spain, Roberto Ando's Viaggio Segreto from Italy and Cristian Nemescu's California Dreamin' from Romania.
From Asia, there will be Lee Hyung-gon's The Fox Family from Korea, Yibai Zhang's The Longest Night in Shanghai from Japan and Mani Ratnam's Guru from India.
From the U.S., there will be Steve Barron's Choking Man, Douglas McGrath's Infamous and Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation.
Latin America will offer three Argentine productions: Enrique Gabriel's co-production with Spain, Suspiros del Corazon; Santiago Otheguy's La Leon; and Ariel Winogerad's Cara de Queso.
On offer from Africa are Laura Muscardin's Billo le grand dakhaar, from Italy-Senegal, Laurent Salgues' Dreams of Dust from France-Canada-Burkina Faso and Salif Traore's Faro, la reine des eaux, from Mali-France-Burkina Faso.
The films are divided between six regional sections: Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Africa and co-productions. The winners of each section will compete against each other for the top prize, the Eleanor Falcon.
The European section comprises Juan Carlos Falcon's La Caja from Spain, Roberto Ando's Viaggio Segreto from Italy and Cristian Nemescu's California Dreamin' from Romania.
From Asia, there will be Lee Hyung-gon's The Fox Family from Korea, Yibai Zhang's The Longest Night in Shanghai from Japan and Mani Ratnam's Guru from India.
From the U.S., there will be Steve Barron's Choking Man, Douglas McGrath's Infamous and Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation.
Latin America will offer three Argentine productions: Enrique Gabriel's co-production with Spain, Suspiros del Corazon; Santiago Otheguy's La Leon; and Ariel Winogerad's Cara de Queso.
On offer from Africa are Laura Muscardin's Billo le grand dakhaar, from Italy-Senegal, Laurent Salgues' Dreams of Dust from France-Canada-Burkina Faso and Salif Traore's Faro, la reine des eaux, from Mali-France-Burkina Faso.
- 5/11/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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