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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on February 27, 2009 under Black Maria Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, FESPACO Pan-African Film Festival, Harlem International Film Festival, Philadelphia Film Festival (Philly Fest), Philadelphia QFest, True/False Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival | 
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2009 Harlem International Film Festival, February 26 thru March 1st
The 2009 Harlem International Film Festival kicked off last night, and continues thru Sunday, March 1st. This weekend’s screenings take place at the MILLENNIUM, 66 East 4 Street.
Engine Collision Festival
The first-ever Engine Collision Festival will bring together over 100 artists for daily independent film screenings, live performance, music, art and fashion. Headliners include filmmaker David Lynch, who is set to screen a selection of his un-released short films. Jennifer Lynch will also be on hand, reading from her novel “The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer.”
This 11-day event, starting last night and running thru March 8 will also give people a last chance to catch “The Engine” in the Hollywood & Vine area, California. Read more …
TLA Entertainment Group and the Philadelphia Film Society Make up
TLA Entertainment Group and the Philadelphia Film Society, which co-present the Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, announced this week that they have reconciled their differences and will again be working together.
The two organizations will collaborate on the Philadelphia Film Festival/CineFest, March 26-April 6, and the newly named LGBT event Philadelphia QFest, July 9-19. Read more …
True/False Film Festival
Thursday marked the opening night of the annual True/False Film Festival. For the first time since True/False started six years ago, there were 10 documentaries to see on Thursday night, regarded as the “soft” opening night for the four-day festival. Tonight, Friday, is considered the kickoff. Read more …
28th annual Black Maria Film Festival, February 28, in Morris Township, New Jersey
The fate of polar bears and the efforts to save them are the subjects of the film ‘Ice Bears of the Beaufort,’ which is on the roster Feb. 28, when the 28th annual Black Maria Film Festival rolls into the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship in Morris Township, New Jersey. From the Arctic Ocean to New York City’s Little Italy, the Black Maria film selections run the gamut in locations and topics, from the medical to the cultural. Read more … [catch the festival when it comes to your city]
Cannes Film Festival Honors Clint Eastwood
Actor, Clint Eastwood accepted a special award from the Cannes Film Festival. Cannes rarely gives awards outside its festival, and Eastwood was appreciative. “I will treasure it for as long as I’m around,” he said. Eastwood won the Cannes Golden Coach award for Mystic River in 2003.
He will soon go to South Africa to begin filming his next project. The movie will be based on Nelson Mandela and his appearance at the 1995 Rugby World Cup final, seen as a turning point in the country’s post-apartheid history. Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman will star in the film. Read more …
Director Ang Lee to head Venice Film Festival Jury
Director Ang Lee, will head the jury for this year’s Venice Film Festival’s prestigious Golden Lion award. The Taiwanese-born director won the award in 2007 for “Lust, Caution,” and in 2005 for “Brokeback Mountain,” for which he also won a best directing Oscar.
This year’s film festival will be held Sept. 2-12. Read more …
FESPACO Pan-African film festival
The 40th anniversary FESPACO Pan-African film festival, showcasing the continent’s wide-ranging cinematic talent kicks off this weekend, February 28 thru March 7th.
Feature films competing for this year’s Etalon d’Or de Yennenga, the “African Oscar” fashioned after the legendary horsewoman founder of Burkina Faso’s biggest ethnic group, range from a superstitious tale of an albino murdered for his head to incest in a poor Afrikaner family in South Africa. Read more …