AFI FEST 2009: POLICE, ADJECTIVE; TO DIE LIKE A MAN
To Die Like a Man by João Pedro Rodrigues (top); Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu (bottom)
AFI FEST 2009 continues in a more compact version on Friday and Saturday at the Santa Monica Laemmle Theater 4 on 2nd Street in Santa Monica. There’ll be only four screenings per day, with the last one starting at 5:00 p.m.
The screening films on Friday, Nov. 6, are:
Japanese filmmaker Sabu’s Kanikosen, described as "Sergei Eisenstein put into a blender with Busby Berkeley."
João Pedro Rodrigues‘ To Die Like a Man, a chronicle of a Lisbon drag queen who has been living as a woman for decades, but ends up meeting her maker as a man. Rodrigues is the director of the intriguing O Fantasma.
Jiri Barta’s stop-motion [...]
by Andre Soares | November 5, 2009
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Tags: AFI FEST, AFI FEST 2009, Corneliu Porumboiu, In the Attic, Jiri Barta, João Pedro Rodrigues, Kanikosen, Los Angeles Screenings, Police Adjective, To Die Like a Man, Vlad Ivanov
Oscar 2010: Best Foreign Language Film, Short Film Deadline
The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (top); I Killed My Mother by Xavier Donlan (middle); Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu (bottom)
The deadline to submit entries in the Live Action Short Film, Animated Short Film and Foreign Language Film categories to be considered for the 82nd Academy Awards: Thursday, October 1.
Complete entries must arrive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by 5 p.m. PT that day.
As per the Academy’s press release, "in the short film categories, filmmakers must submit an entry form, one film print or copy in an approved digital format, and all other required materials by the deadline.
"In the Foreign Language Film category, filmmakers must submit entry forms, [...]
by Anna Robinson | September 24, 2009
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Tags: 2010 Oscar, Academy Awards, Corneliu Porumboiu, Film Awards, Foreign Language Film Category, I Killed My Mother, Michael Haneke, Police Adjective, The White Ribbon, Xavier Donlan
