Film Festival Headlines
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on March 4, 2009 under BAMcinemaFEST, DC Independent Film Festival, European Union Film Festival, Washington University African Film Festival | 
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Brooklyn Academy of Music Launches BAMcinemaFEST
The Brooklyn Academy of Music announced this week that, in honor of the 10th anniversary of its BAM Rose Cinemas, it will host a 16-day film festival-named BAMcinemaFEST-beginning June 17. The festival will open with Cruz Angeles’ Don’t Let Me Down, the story of two Brooklyn high school students. Read more …
DC Independent Film Festival, opening today
The 11-day DC Independent Film Festival, opening today, March 4, showcases 117 independent films from around the world, in 26 themed sessions. Each day of film has a different theme, ranging from “food, glorious food” to “future shock.” Read more …
Washington University African Film Festival will be held March 26-29
The annual Washington University African Film Festival will be held March 26-29. The event will feature films that emphasize movement and migration and their impact on African’s shifting identities. The festival opens with “Meteni: The Lost One,” a film about the nomads moving their herds through northeastern Ethiopia and the disastrous consequences when Meteni, a young Afar woman with two young children, becomes pregnant.
All screenings are free and open to the public and begin at 7 p.m. each evening in Brown Hall, Room 100. Read more …
14th European Union Film Festival in India from 5th March to 22nd April
The 14th European Union Film Festival in India will be held from 5th March to 22nd April 2009 in New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Kozihodhe, Chennai and Jamshedpur. A selection of contemporary film productions of nineteen European countries will be presented. The Film Festival will be inaugurated on 5th March 2009 at 6 pm at Siri Fort Auditorium II in Delhi.
The film “Czech Dream” open the festival, as the Czech Republic currently holds the Presidency of the European Union. “Czech Dream” is a film about a hypermarket that never existed. The directors Vit Klusak and Filip Remunda will be personally open the European Union Film Festival in Chennai. Read more …