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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Sundance Film Festival 2008</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/sundance-2008/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Sundance 2008 Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2008-award-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2008-award-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:08:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-film-festival-awards-2008/</guid> <description><![CDATA[2008 Sundance Film Festival Awards 2008 Sundance Film Festival: January 17-27, 2008 Sundance 2008 Winners &#160; Grand Jury Prize Dramatic: FROZEN RIVER, directed by Courtney Hunt Grand Jury Prize Documentary: TROUBLE THE WATER, directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal World Cinema Jury Prize Dramatic: KING OF PING PONG (PING PONGKINGEN) &#8211; Sweden, directed by Jens Jonsson World Cinema Jury Prize Documentary: MAN ON WIRE [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-film-festival-awards-2008/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2008: HENRY POOLE IS HERE, HAMLET 2</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/hamlet-2-henry-poole-is-here-sundance-2008/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/hamlet-2-henry-poole-is-here-sundance-2008/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:58:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2008-film-sales/</guid> <description><![CDATA[David M. Halbfinger in the New York Times: &#34;After a weekend marked by too many downbeat dramas and comedies in name only, the Sundance Film Festival's flock of film buyers finally began taking in movies they could send to the multiplexes &#8212; and it was a religious experience. &#34;As Monday night bled into Tuesday, Henry Poole Is Here, Mark Pellington's lighthearted tale [written by Alberto [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/hamlet-2-henry-poole-is-here-sundance-2008/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2008: Roman Polanski, Eduardo Noriega, Gay Zombies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/roman-polanski-eduardo-noriega-gay-zombies/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/roman-polanski-eduardo-noriega-gay-zombies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:25:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2008-jan-21/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Variety's Justin Chang on The Great Buck Howard: &#34;A smoothly turned-out entertainment centered around an Amazing Kreskin-style mentalist comes down with an unfortunate case of the warm-and-fuzzies in The Great Buck Howard. Behind-the-curtains comedy reps an amusing showcase for John Malkovich's diva-like theatrics in the title role, but writer-director Sean McGinly's decision to frame the story as a relationship movie, as Buck's impressionable young assistant [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/roman-polanski-eduardo-noriega-gay-zombies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2008: IN BRUGES, DIMINISHED CAPACITY</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/in-bruges-diminished-capacity-sundance-2008/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/in-bruges-diminished-capacity-sundance-2008/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:09:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2008-news/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Liam Lacey on Martin McDonagh's In Bruges at the Toronto Globe and Mail: &#34;Colin Farrell [above] and Brendan Gleason [sic] appear to draw on the model of the comedy team of Laurel and Hardy, with Farrell as the anxious, not-so-bright apprentice and Gleeson as his composed, epicurean partner, as they await orders from their irascible overseer (Ralph Fiennes). McDonagh's dialogue is consistently clever, though his [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/in-bruges-diminished-capacity-sundance-2008/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2008: World Cinema Dramatic Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2008-world-cinema-dramatic-competition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2008-world-cinema-dramatic-competition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:50:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16785</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2008: World Cinema Dramatic Competition &#160; Just Another Love Story by Ole Bornedal Film information from the Sundance Film Festival press release ABSURDISTAN/ Germany/Azerbaijan (Director: Veit Helmer; Screenwriters: Veit Helmer, Zaza Buadze, Gordan Mihic, Ahmet Golbol)&#8212; This inventive and allegorical comedy centers on two childhood sweethearts who seem destined for one another until the women of their isolated village, angered by male indifference toward [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2008-world-cinema-dramatic-competition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2008: World Cinema Documentary Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2008-world-cinema-documentary-competition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2008-world-cinema-documentary-competition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:49:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16784</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2008: Documentary Competition &#160; I.O.U.S.A. by Patrick Creadon Film information from the Sundance Film Festival press release AN AMERICAN SOLDIER (Director and Screenwriter: Edet Belzberg)&#8212;Uncle Sam really wants you! A compelling exploration of army recruitment in the United States told through the story of Louisiana Sergeant, First Class Clay Usie, one of the most successful recruiters in the history of the U.S. Army. World [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2008-documentary-competition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2008: Film Line-Up</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2008/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2008/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:47:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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