AFI FEST 06 - Wed. Picks
by Andre Soares
At 1:15pm, Chris Kraus’s Vier Minuten / Four Minutes, the story of an elderly piano teacher (Monica Bleibtreu) who tries to reform a murderess (Hannah Herzsprung) by developing the young woman’s musical talents. Vier Minuten won the Golden Goblet for Best Film at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival.
At 4pm, Jasmila Zbanic’s Grbavica, a Bosnian War drama about a young woman who discovers the truth about her father’s role in the war (and in her mother’s life). The film won the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and has been nominated for two European Film Awards (Best Film and Best Actress — Mirjana Karanovic).
At 7pm, Jesper Ganslandt’s Farval Falkenberg / Falkenberg, Farewell, Sweden’s entry for the upcoming Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Set in a small Swedish town, Farval Falkenberg follows four young friends on the cusp of adulthood as circumstances begin to push them apart.
And at 9:45pm, Randolph Mark Viverito’s My Name Is Jackie Beat, described as a "concert-style documentary." As per the AFI FEST catalog, Viverito "follows the life of one of today’s most notorious bad-girl drag performers — Jackie Beat. Backstage we meet Kent Fuher, the man behind Jackie Beat, an incredibly talented performer whose life is ruled by constant doubts and insecurities. As Kent Fuher travels between New York City, Toronto, Los Angeles, Fire Island and then across the Atlantic to Berlin, he constantly questions his life and profession and slowly reveals his personal life."
European Film Awards 2006 Nominations
RANG DE BASANTI and India’s Military
Jean-Daniel Lafond’s Controversial Documentary AMERICAN FUGITIVE
AFI FEST 2006 - Tuesday Evening Picks
DIMMER and THE BOYS OF BARAKA in Hollywood
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