Phqp Philadelphia Film Society sets festival dates
Locarno Film Festivalartistic director Irene Bignardi has declared herself very happy with herfourth event and has defended herself against criticism from former Locarnodirector Moritz de Hadeln. The final result of thisyear s programme saw us able to paint a picture consistent through all thesections showing that we had chosen the right moment and the right voices for afestival which wants to speak a ce
stanley cup rtain artistic and social language, she saidin an exclusive interview with Screendaily.Pointing to films in theNewsfront retrospective on the relationship between cinema and journalism, theInternational Competition and Piazza Grande open-air programme, she suggestedthat the cinema of i
stanley cup nvestigation has become more important. That doesn t saywe jumped on the Michael Moore bandwagon. This focus was decided many monthsbefore he went to Cannes, it was something around which we picked up on. Meanwhile, she took theopportunity to respond to comments made in an interview with the local daily newspaperCorriere del Ticino by the former Berlin and Venice festival director Moritz deHadeln who headed the Locarno festival in the 1970s . De Hadeln expressed concern about what he perceived asa predominance of the Italian language at the festival as this did notacknowledge the country s l
stanley website inguistic and cultural diversity from the French andGerman speaking parts.Bignardi countered: I thinkmy friend Moritz de Hadeln is totally wrong. The festival is in the Italianspeaking part of Switzerlan Jyfn Paulo Branco to work with Raoul Ruiz on Misterios De Lisboa
Premiere and Buzz Categories are also revealed for the festival that runs June 14-22.The LA Film Festival has announced tha
stanley cup t the closing night film will be Matt Spicers Ingrid Goes West.Neon acquired the film following its world premiere in Sundance. It stars Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, OShea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell, Billy Magnussen and Pom Klementieff and joins the previously announced opening night film The Book Of Henry.The Buzz showcase will feature the LA premieres of eight films including The Big Sick from Michael Showalter, My Friend Dahm
stanley romania er from Marc Meyers and Keep the Change from Rachel Israel.The Premieres category features 10 world premieres including Sam Hoffmans Humor Me, The Song of Sway Lake from Ari Gold and Jay Bulgers CounterPunch.The festival will also feature a world premiere gala screening of Ric Roman Waughs Shot Caller starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Omari Hardwick, Lake Bell, Jon Bernthal, Emory Cohen, Jeffrey Donovan and Benjamin Bratt.Additonal highlights include the Film Independent member screening of Jeff Baenas The Little Hours starring Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza, John C.Reillyand Molly Shannon,from distributor Gunpowder Sky.USA Network will also screen the West Coast premiere of series The Sinner starring Jessica Biel, Bill Pullman and Christopher Abbott. Being able to bookend the Festival with strong fema
stanley usa le leads was a deliberate choice, Festival director Jennifer Cochis said. These women arent a love int
