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Festival Circuit 2018

#1 Post by Ribs » Wed Nov 29, 2017 5:06 pm



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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

#3 Post by yoshimori » Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:40 am

Total number of Asian entries among the 18 Berlin Competition films announced so far?

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3 Tage in Quiberon (3 Days in Quiberon)
Emily Atef

Black 47
Lance Daly

Damsel
David Zellner, Nathan Zellner

Eldorado - Documentary
Markus Imhoof

Las herederas (The Heiresses)
Marcelo Martinessi

Khook (Pig)
Mani Haghighi

La prière (The Prayer)
Cédric Kahn

Toppen av ingenting (The Real Estate)
Måns Månsson

Touch Me Not
Adina Pintilie

Transit
Christian Petzold

Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Gus Van Sant

Dovlatov
Alexey German Jr.

Eva
Benoit Jacquot

Figlia mia (Daughter of Mine)
Laura Bispuri

In den Gängen (In the Aisles)
Thomas Stuber

Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot
Philip Gröning

Twarz (Mug)
Małgorzata Szumowska

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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

#4 Post by McCrutchy » Sun Jan 21, 2018 3:53 am

yoshimori wrote:Total number of Asian entries among the 18 Berlin Competition films announced so far?

0
Iran is considered part of Asia, so the answer is actually 1, not 0.

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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

#5 Post by zedz » Sun Jan 21, 2018 4:44 pm

McCrutchy wrote:
yoshimori wrote:Total number of Asian entries among the 18 Berlin Competition films announced so far?

0
Iran is considered part of Asia, so the answer is actually 1, not 0.
Two.

Don't forget Alexey German, from Russia. On past form, Dovlatov is likely to be the best film in competition, whether or not it gets any awards recognition. I haven't seen Garpastum, but his other three features are three of the best films of the last twenty years.

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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

#6 Post by knives » Sun Jan 21, 2018 4:46 pm

German is from St. Petersberg which is firmly in the European part of Russia.
(this is mostly to point out the absurdity of splitting Asia and Europe)

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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

#7 Post by yoshimori » Sun Jan 21, 2018 5:43 pm

knives wrote:(this is mostly to point out the absurdity of splitting Asia and Europe)
Good point. So, 14? :)

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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

#8 Post by Ribs » Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:17 pm

Matilda's Matilda seems to be the first title to be getting near-universal raves out of Sundance.

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#9 Post by swo17 » Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:20 pm

Oh, apparently there was a surprise screening of a restored Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story there the other day...

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#10 Post by domino harvey » Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:29 pm

Ribs wrote:Matilda's Matilda seems to be the first title to be getting near-universal raves out of Sundance.
What? Google has no idea either

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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

#11 Post by Big Ben » Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:35 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Ribs wrote:Matilda's Matilda seems to be the first title to be getting near-universal raves out of Sundance.
What? Google has no idea either
Perhaps he means Mandy? The acid trip with Nicholas Cage? Unless they've rebooted that Danny DeVito venture from the nineties I'm unsure what he means as well.

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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

#12 Post by Ribs » Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:35 pm

Whoops, got the name wrong - it's Madeline's Madeline.

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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

#13 Post by FrauBlucher » Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:28 am

Debra Granik's Leave No Trace has been getting very positive reviews from Sundance, was acquired by Sony Pictures Worldwide for Int'l rights. US rights have not been determined yet.

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#14 Post by davoarid » Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:13 pm

Ribs wrote:Whoops, got the name wrong - it's Madeline's Madeline.
Oh—very happy for Josephine Decker. (I didn’t even know she had a new movie on its way.)


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#16 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Jan 25, 2018 8:29 pm

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Immediately jumped to my mind and now I can't stop thinking about it

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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

#17 Post by colinr0380 » Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:26 pm

Big Ben wrote:Perhaps he means Mandy? The acid trip with Nicholas Cage? Unless they've rebooted that Danny DeVito venture from the nineties I'm unsure what he means as well.
That's actually the film that I'm most looking forward to - Cage and Andrea Riseborough in the new film written and directed by Panos Cosmatos, the director of Beyond The Black Rainbow!

It also has a great Neon Demon-style poster:
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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

#18 Post by Big Ben » Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:27 pm

I'm certainly looking forward to it too Colin! I was sort of taken aback by some of the articles saying this years Sundance was a dud but actually looking at some of the reviews I'm more than encouraged at the release of several of these films. Surely no one is expecting Mandy to be high art but it doesn't have to be. I'll gladly sit and watch Nicholas Cage be himself if he's utilized properly (And yes I know how that sounds!).

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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

#19 Post by Lost Highway » Wed Feb 07, 2018 2:53 pm

yoshimori wrote:Total number of Asian entries among the 18 Berlin Competition films announced so far?

0


3 Tage in Quiberon (3 Days in Quiberon)
Emily Atef

Black 47
Lance Daly

Damsel
David Zellner, Nathan Zellner

Eldorado - Documentary
Markus Imhoof

Las herederas (The Heiresses)
Marcelo Martinessi

Khook (Pig)
Mani Haghighi

La prière (The Prayer)
Cédric Kahn

Toppen av ingenting (The Real Estate)
Måns Månsson

Touch Me Not
Adina Pintilie

Transit
Christian Petzold

Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Gus Van Sant

Dovlatov
Alexey German Jr.

Eva
Benoit Jacquot

Figlia mia (Daughter of Mine)
Laura Bispuri

In den Gängen (In the Aisles)
Thomas Stuber

Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot
Philip Gröning

Twarz (Mug)
Małgorzata Szumowska
The film I’m most excited about is The Green Fog by Guy Maddin and Evan & Gale Johnson, which screens out of competition.

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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

#20 Post by thirtyframesasecond » Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:44 pm

Ah yes I was just reading about Mandy. Sounds like a blast. Hopefully Cage can have the comeback McConuaghey had (and blew when he decided to work with Gus Van Sant!) Can't find a trailer though. IMDB average is 8.2!

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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

#21 Post by colinr0380 » Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:00 pm

It apparently also has a score by Jóhann Jóhannsson too.

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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

#22 Post by Ribs » Sat Feb 24, 2018 3:23 pm

Touch Me Not, one of the worst-reviewed films out of Berlinale, has won the Golden Bear

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#23 Post by Big Ben » Sat Feb 24, 2018 3:31 pm

Ribs wrote:Touch Me Not, one of the worst-reviewed films out of Berlinale, has won the Golden Bear
Fret not! Bill Murray just cracked a joke about playing a dog onstage!

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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

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Re: Festival Circuit 2018

#25 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:03 pm

I'm extremely ready for the year of Riley Keough.

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