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No
Place to Go Lands in Miami
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Miami International Film Festival
February 23 - March 4
No
Place to Go by Oskar Roehler beat out 23 others to win the
Prize of the International Film Critics (FIPRESCI Prize). The jury
praised the "dramatic intensity with which it depicts a woman in
crisis both personal and historical." The short film award went
to The Heart of the World by Guy Maddin (Canada, 2000) for
"its loving and comic homage to the cinemas of Eisenstein and Pudovkin
and silent cinema in general."
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Ali
Zaoua Rides off with Stallion
at Burkina Faso
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Panafrican
Film and TV Festival of Ouagadougou
February 24 - March 3 (Burkina Faso)
Adanggaman, reportedly the first African film to address
African involvement in the slave trade with the west, picked up
the best picture award at the all-Africa film festival over the
weekend. The Stallion of Yennenga award for best director was given
to Moroccan Nabil Ayouch for Ali
Zaoua.
Ouagoudou is the largest African film festival, held only once every
two years in Burkina Faso, and is devoted to aiding distribution
of African films as well as those from less-developed countries..
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The
Oporto Int'l Film Festival (Fantasporto)
February 22 - March 2
The 21st edition of Fantasporto (also known as the Oporto International
Film Festival), just closed with a massive attendance of public,
distributors, professionals, and media coverage. The Best Film Award
went to Amores
Perros by Alejandro G. Inarritu of Mexico, while the Special
Award of the Jury went to The
Isle by Kim Ki-Duk of South Korea.
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When
it Rains it Pours in San Jose
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Cinequest
Film Festival
February
22 - March 4
Heavy
rain didn't dampen spirits Sunday night, as the Cinequest San Jose
Film Festival came to a thunderous close. Pass and ticket holders
braved the drizzle for over an hour before trickling into the sold-out
screening of Alejandro Gonzαlez Iραrritu's ambitious Amores
Perros, the Oscar nominee for best foreign-language film from
Mexico.
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Can Count on Me Wins at WGA |
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Writers'
Guild of America Awards
March 4 (Beverly Hills and New York)
Kenneth Lonergan won the top honor from the Writers Guild of America
for his screenplay You
Can Count on Me. Winners of the guild's 53rd Annual Awards
were announced in ceremonies held in Beverly Hills by the WGA West
and in NY by the WGA East. This is hardly the first accolade for
Lonergan's scribing abilities: last year he won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting
Award at the Sundance
2000 Film Festival.
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