Palm Springs Film Festival Awards 2006

2006 Palm Springs Film Festival Awards
2006 Palm Springs Film Festival: January 5-16, 2006
 

Set in French Indochina shortly before World War II, Minh Nguyen-Vo’s Buffalo Boy depicts the coming-of-age journey of a teenager while transporting his family’s buffalos to safer pastures during the region’s seasonal floods. The line-up of the 17th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival included 232 films from more than 70 countries. Among the festival highlights were Breno Silveira’s Two Sons of Francisco, one of Brazil’s biggest box-office hits ever (and the cause of much consternation to Brazilian President Lula, who was caught watching a pirated DVD of the film); Cristina Comencini’s Don’t Tell, a drama about the consequences of incest-rape and Italy’s submission [...]

by Andre Soares | January 15, 2006   
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