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Film Festivals
This year The Northampton Film Festival will feature over 50 films in five days. The festival runs November 1-5, 2000 and showcases innovative, independent films and videos from around the US. Shorts, feature films, narratives, documentaries, animation and experimental works will be shown. For more details please call 413-586-3471, email info@noho.org, or visit http://www.noho.org.
The 12th annual Boston Jewish Film Festival will take place this year November 2-12, 2000. The 2000 Festival screens 48 films from 15 different countries, including two world premieres, one North American premiere, one U.S. premiere, and many Boston premieres. There will be visiting artists from around the world to introduce their films, answer audience questions, and participate in panel discussions. For further information please call 617-244-9899, www.bjff.org or email info@bjff.org.
Screenings & Events
A new Coolidge Corner series curated by local filmmakers Alla Kovgan and Jeff Silva, Video Balagan represents innovative contemporary works by local and international film/video artists who challenge traditional approaches of the medium. From experimental films to video interactions with dance and sound, Balagan offers a different experience each week. This month features: "Locals: Masters" on November 2; "Locals: Animation" on November 9; "Video Interactions" on November 16; and "Locals: Up and Coming" on November 30. Visit www.coolidge.org for more info.
Richard Broadman’s "Brownsville: Black and White," will have its world premiere at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, November 12, 2000 as part of the Boston Jewish Film Festival. When Ted Reed started working with Richard Broadman on what would be his last film project, he expected that this would be merely the continuation of a 30-year long collaborative friendship. However, Broadman passed away this past January. The film was all but complete in its essential editing; but Ted had to attend to many details to finish the project. For more information, please visit http://www.coolidge.org or call 617-734-2500.
Publisher and producer Carol Patton invites all WIFV/NE members, Dudley House friends, and film fans to a special test screening and discussion of the feature film, "The Adventures of Space Baby & Mental Man," at Dudley House, Sunday, October 15th at 1 PM. The event is free and open to the public but you can reserve a space by emailing valerie@pride.med.harvard.edu.
Pugeye Productions is sponsoring a night of comedy to benefit the film "Once Upon a Town." "Insane, Institutionalized, and Incarcerated," will feature Dan Hannon, Stoney Black, Katie Grady, Paul Murphy, and national touring act Larry Myles at the event. It will be held at the Comedy Connection in Providence. Doors open at 7pm, show begins at 7:30 and will end by 10pm. Tickets are $6. For further information please email Jay Burns at filmmake20@hotmail.com.
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts announces its Boston Festival of Films from Iran which will happen from November 10 – December 16. This twelve-program Festival features films from a diverse array of seasoned and contemporary talent in Iranian cinema. A special highlight of this year’s festival is the bestowal of the First Annual ILEX Foundation Award for Excellence in Iranian Cinema to the Makhmalbaf Film House, which has produced some of Iran’s most formidable talents. All films are in Farsi with English subtitles, unless otherwise noted. Tickets are available at the MFA Box Office (617-369-3770) or the 24 hr. automated line (617-369-3306). For further information call (617) 369-3300.
In the News
Boston native Patrick Smith’s animated film "Drink" was recently accepted at the Austin, Texas and CMJ Film Festivals. Smith took a year-long leave of absence from his role as animator and director at MTV to work on the film in a rented Boylston Street studio. New York City’s CMJ Film Festival and the Austin Film Festival began in mid-October. "Drink" will also screen at Mexico’s Ajijic Festival Internacional. Boston musician Karl von Kries wrote the music for "Drink."
Super 8mm film manufactured by Kodak can now be ordered online at www.kodak.com/go/super8. The online ordering service enables anyone in the U.S. with a credit card to purchase Super 8 motion picture film 24-hours per day, seven days a week. Kodak offers four color and black-and-white reversal films in Super 8 format: KODACHROME 40, EASTMAN EKTACHROME VNF 7240, EASTMAN PLUS-X Reversal Film 7276, and EASTMAN TRI-X Reversal Film 7278. All products are "silent" and come in 50-foot lengths.
