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Taormina Film Festival was held in the 2,500-year-old open-air Teatro Greco, perched on a hill overlooking the Ionean Sea.
1,000 blank journals passed from hand to hand, collecting stories, pictures, collages. Only one came back. We tracked the other 999. Special filmmaker exclusive.
Wim - with his Palermo Shooting in competition at the 2008 festival - is a kind of Cannes ritual, if such is possible in today's festival politics. Review and retrospective.
Pre-reviews as Cannes revs up. And reviewers are in competition, too. From MPM's eminent film fest traveler, Ron Holloway.
"I hope we have shown there are people of all races who stood up when the time was right. And some who let others do the heavy lifting for them." Special from Newport Beach Film Festival.
Dalai Lama documentary is a festival favorite around the world.
An infamous case from the days of the Cold War, when Europe was split down the middle between East and West.
In 1983, a revolution was brewing - with good reason. The Union of Soviet Filmmakers was fedup with Goskino's tricky “package deals" on the international festival circuit.
An astonishing chain of political and cultural events inundated the Soviet Union and Socialist Europe. Overnight, film festivals in the Soviet Union multiplied like split atoms.
Documentaries from Michael Moore and Leonardo DiCaprio lend political gravitas to Cannes's festival. Sicko released now on DVD.
Sometimes it takes 20 years to be an overnight sensation in this town, says Nightmare Man writer, director and producer Rolfe Kanefsky.
The annual festival is only one part of the "celebration of excellence" that drives the American Film Institute. More articles from & about festivals.
A six-step march through the American Film Market and into its sister event, AFI Fest, from Market managing director Jonathan Wolf.
"As representatives to America's film community, we have the opportunity to host and celebrate the international film community right here in the center of the film world."
Focused on films for family values.
The island's natural beauty lends weight to films offering an environmental focus.
Complimenting Cinequest for bringing together leading-edge thought about filmmaking, Minnie Driver says it's fun being a maverick.
Dance and film come together at Dance Camera West. (Art Issue, Apr/May 2007)
MPM on LAFF: movie reviews, festival background, from-the-filmmaker articles... We've got a lot for LAFF 2007, and we put it all right here.
June 21-July 1, 2007. This rapidly expanding festival prides itself on the kind of fare you'd be unlikely to find in Cannes, New York or Venice. http://www.lafilmfest.com/ (June 2007)
Fido's director talks to Moving Pictures about the quirky horror flick. (Moving Pictures Magazine Sundance Special Issue 2007)
From Manhattan, Moving Pictures Magazine's expansive red-carpet view: filmmakers' focus, films and photos of the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.
Seattle International Film Festival offers the festival experience all year ‘round.
Teaming up to find new talent. (June 2007)
and Ron Holloway Reminisces on the occasion of his 40th Festival de Cannes. (Art Issue, April/May 2007)
Paul Soter wonders if, in Watching the Detectives, he didn't make a romantic comedy after all. (Special for Tribeca 2007)
The making of The Cake Eaters, with filmmaker Jayce Bartok. (Special for Tribeca 2007)
Vivien Lesnik Weisman shares the making of her film The Man of Two Havanas. (Special for Tribeca 2007)
Sundance Festival interview with director Dan Klores, whose Crazy Love is now out on DVD. Click for more Film Festival interviews.
The prolific director talks to Moving Picturers Magazine at Sundance 2007. (Sundance Special Issue 2007)
Sundance Special Issue 2007. Interview with Nanking co-director Dan Sturman.
Interview with Smiley Face director Gregg Araki. (Moving Pictures Magazine Sundance Special Issue 2007; film also plays Cannes 2007)
Festivities section, the Music issue (Apr/May 2006). Ron Holloway visits festivals in Tirana, Budapest, Berlin and Hong Kong.
Festivities article in the Icons issue (June/July 2006).
As Canada's film fest season approaches, two Canadians share what sets each festival apart. (Moving Pictures Magazine Humor and Animation issue, Aug./Sept. 2006).
Festivities article in the Icons issue (June/July 2006). Sofia and Graz.
Festivities article in the Humor and Animation issue (Aug./Sept. 2006). MoMA; Berlin's Lola Awards; Cannes's Gilles Jacob
Festivities article in the Humor and Animation issue (Aug./Sept. 2006).
Festivities section in Morality issue (Oct./Nov. 2006).
Festivities section in Morality issue (Oct./Nov. 2006). The story behind An Appetite for Bernard Brady.
Festivities section in Morality issue (Oct./Nov. 2006). Ron Holloway visits the Alba Regia International Film Festival in Hungary, film festivals in Russia and Slovakia, the Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic, the Golden Apricot Film Festival in Armenia, and the Osian’s-Cinefan in India
Festivities section in Morality issue (Oct./Nov. 2006).
Adaptations issue (Dec. '06/Jan. '07).
Adaptations issue (Dec. '06/Jan. '07). Prizren Dokufest in Kosovo, Sarajevo Film Festival, Berlin DokuArts Festival.
Behind the Marquee: The institute is all about the artist. (Adaptations & Awards Issue, Dec '06/Jan '07)
The festival that balances art and industry.  An interview with Festival Director Marco Müller. (Humor and Animation issue, Aug/Sept 2006)
Conversation with Co-Director Noah Cowan. (Humor & Animation Issue, Aug/Sept 2006)
Playing Nice: Cinematic Counterpoint in Canada's Festivals (Humor & Animation issue, Aug./Sept. 2006)
Excitement abounds at Hatchfest 2006. (Art Issue, Apr/May 2007)
The filmmakers of Encounter Point reflect one year after the film's debut. (Art Issue, Apr./May 2007)
Interview with Away from Her director Sarah Polley.
Save Me director Robert Cary talks about his film. (Moving Pictures Magazine Special Issue Sundance  2007)
Interview with Weirdsville's Wes Bentley. (Moving Pictures Magazine Special Issue Sundance 2007)
Moving Pictures catches a quick chat with Rose Kuo, artistic director of AFI Fest.
Our intention was to be guided by what the environment offered - weather, tides...) and express our responses in an Impressionistic way.

The festival circuit has been seeing heated response to Fields of Fuel (click HERE for movie review). Filmmaker Josh Tickell chose film as the most effective medium for presenting his message. What medium do you feel has most impact as an agent for change:

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