Portland Film Festival 2007

by Andre Soares

 

Rang De Basanti by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
In Rang De Basanti, Indian students come to the realization that it’s unpatriotic to cover their buffed-up physiques.

The 30th Portland International Film Festival, which began on Feb. 9, continues until Feb. 25.

Among the scheduled films are Rachid Bouchareb’s highly sentimental war drama Indigènes / Days of Glory, nominated for a best film César and for a best foreign language film Oscar; Cinema, Aspirina e Urubus / Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures, Marcelo Gomes’s touching tale of an unlikely friendship that develops in the arid Brazilian northeast; Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s politically charged, controversial musical (!) Rang De Basanti (according to the festival’s website, the title means, "Bringing out the Color [of Patriotism]"); and Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s much admired Turkish drama Iklimer / Climates, winner of the Critic’s Prize at last year’s Cannes Film Festival.

 

Genie Awards - 2007 Winners

Hedy Lamarr: Biographer Patrick Agan Discusses the Legendary Hollywood Star

Honorary Oscars Bypass Women

Cesar Romero Centenary Tribute

Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards - 2007 Winners

 

 

by Andre Soares | February 14, 2007 | Filed Under Film, Film Festivals 

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