Festival runs at the Babylon cinema on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Mitte from Feb 8-18.
The Berlin Independent Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its second edition.
Taking place at the Babylon cinema on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Mitte, the 17-strong feature lineup includes Eddie Mullins’ Doomsdays, Ricky Rijneke’s Silent Ones, Tali Barde’s For No Eyes Only and Andrew McGeary’s The Warehouse.
The festival will also feature a shorts lineup, with the shorts screened in blocks between features, as well as a music video showcase on Feb 17.
Running at the same time as the Berlinale but not associated with it, the festival aims to provide a showcase for indie films with an emphasis on new film-makers, as well as developing into a crucial business hub for the low-budget film industry.
Last year’s edition saw prizes awarded to the likes of Paul Schoolman’s StringCaesar and Mark Jarrett’s The Taiwan Oyster for Low-Budget Feature and Micro-Budget...
The Berlin Independent Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its second edition.
Taking place at the Babylon cinema on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Mitte, the 17-strong feature lineup includes Eddie Mullins’ Doomsdays, Ricky Rijneke’s Silent Ones, Tali Barde’s For No Eyes Only and Andrew McGeary’s The Warehouse.
The festival will also feature a shorts lineup, with the shorts screened in blocks between features, as well as a music video showcase on Feb 17.
Running at the same time as the Berlinale but not associated with it, the festival aims to provide a showcase for indie films with an emphasis on new film-makers, as well as developing into a crucial business hub for the low-budget film industry.
Last year’s edition saw prizes awarded to the likes of Paul Schoolman’s StringCaesar and Mark Jarrett’s The Taiwan Oyster for Low-Budget Feature and Micro-Budget...
- 1/23/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
The Marfa Film Festival is back after a hiatus of a couple of years, and several of us at Slackerwood couldn't be more thrilled. Yesterday, the fest announced most of the movies that will screen from June 26-30. The lineup includes several films with Austin and Texas connections:
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty -- Dallas native Terence Nance's narrative film is about what happens when a young man is stood up. It will screen here in Austin at Alamo Drafthouse Ritz later this month.The Taiwan Oyster -- Don reviewed this movie about two Americans on a road trip in Taiwan when it screened at SXSW 2012. He said, "The Taiwan Oyster is a gorgeous and captivating film, a physical and spiritual journey in an exotic land. It has much to say about life, loneliness and death, and our eternal struggles with all three." Filmmaker Mark Jarrett is from Austin.
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty -- Dallas native Terence Nance's narrative film is about what happens when a young man is stood up. It will screen here in Austin at Alamo Drafthouse Ritz later this month.The Taiwan Oyster -- Don reviewed this movie about two Americans on a road trip in Taiwan when it screened at SXSW 2012. He said, "The Taiwan Oyster is a gorgeous and captivating film, a physical and spiritual journey in an exotic land. It has much to say about life, loneliness and death, and our eternal struggles with all three." Filmmaker Mark Jarrett is from Austin.
- 5/9/2013
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
Omd has appointed Rhys Gower to business director, working on the accounts of McDonalds and Beiersdorf. Gower moves across from Mindshare Sydney where he was partner – client leadership.
The announcement:
Following the promotion of Dan Sinfield to National Head of Trading & Implementation late last year, Omd is pleased to announce the appointment of Rhys Gower as Business Director working on the McDonald’s and Beiersdorf accounts.
With a strong collaborative approach to working with clients, and a thorough understanding of the strategic and executional components of the communications process; Gower brings more than 13 years agency experience working across a wide range of categories including a number of leading global brands such as Diageo, Burger King, Philips Electronics and Nivea.
Gower joins Omd from Mindshare Sydney where he worked as Partner – Client Leadership, running one of their largest and longest-standing accounts, Kimberly Clark, as well as the Volvo business.
Mark Jarrett,...
The announcement:
Following the promotion of Dan Sinfield to National Head of Trading & Implementation late last year, Omd is pleased to announce the appointment of Rhys Gower as Business Director working on the McDonald’s and Beiersdorf accounts.
With a strong collaborative approach to working with clients, and a thorough understanding of the strategic and executional components of the communications process; Gower brings more than 13 years agency experience working across a wide range of categories including a number of leading global brands such as Diageo, Burger King, Philips Electronics and Nivea.
Gower joins Omd from Mindshare Sydney where he worked as Partner – Client Leadership, running one of their largest and longest-standing accounts, Kimberly Clark, as well as the Volvo business.
Mark Jarrett,...
- 3/20/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
SXSW 2012 film review
complete coverage of SXSW Film 2012
The Taiwan Oyster
Director: Mark Jarrett | Screenwriters: Mark Jarrett, Jordan Heimer, Mitchell Jarrett
Two Ex-Pat Kindergarten teachers in Taiwan embark on a quixotic odyssey to bury a fellow countryman.
Cast: Billy Harvey, Jeff Palmiotti, Leonora Lim
(World Premiere)
Film Synopsis (from SXSW.com)
Who’S It For?: If you like road movies with no direction, you’ll enjoy The Taiwan Oyster. Don’t bother checking this one out despite its nomination for the “Narrative Feature Competition.”
Overall
The scariest nightmare of the SXSW Film experience is having your badge disappear into the hands of cruel bad luck. The second scariest is stumbling into a movie like The Taiwan Oyster with its misguided artistry, lackluster spirit, and heavy slices of overindulging hipster-dom. In essence, this movie features a long, boring shot of someone reading from Faulker (even though he was already...
complete coverage of SXSW Film 2012
The Taiwan Oyster
Director: Mark Jarrett | Screenwriters: Mark Jarrett, Jordan Heimer, Mitchell Jarrett
Two Ex-Pat Kindergarten teachers in Taiwan embark on a quixotic odyssey to bury a fellow countryman.
Cast: Billy Harvey, Jeff Palmiotti, Leonora Lim
(World Premiere)
Film Synopsis (from SXSW.com)
Who’S It For?: If you like road movies with no direction, you’ll enjoy The Taiwan Oyster. Don’t bother checking this one out despite its nomination for the “Narrative Feature Competition.”
Overall
The scariest nightmare of the SXSW Film experience is having your badge disappear into the hands of cruel bad luck. The second scariest is stumbling into a movie like The Taiwan Oyster with its misguided artistry, lackluster spirit, and heavy slices of overindulging hipster-dom. In essence, this movie features a long, boring shot of someone reading from Faulker (even though he was already...
- 3/11/2012
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Photo by immlass
Year in, year out, the true lone star of SXSW is the city of Austin itself, and its flagship weekly, the Chronicle, has just opened its biggest-ever microsite dedicated to the three-pronged festival (Interactive, Film, Music). SXSW Film opens tomorrow and runs through March 17, perfectly timed for sightings of the first bluebonnets springing up alongside I-35. I'll be posting notes and impressions from the first week of the festival, but for now, here's a quick skim of the previews.
In the Chronicle, Marc Savlov talks with Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon about their Opening Night headliner, The Cabin in the Woods, previews Patrick Forbes's Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies and Brian Knappenberger's We Are Legion: The Rise of the Hacktivists and talks with Gareth Evans about The Raid: Redemption.
Leah Churner meets Danielle McCarthy, producer of Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, "a new documentary about...
Year in, year out, the true lone star of SXSW is the city of Austin itself, and its flagship weekly, the Chronicle, has just opened its biggest-ever microsite dedicated to the three-pronged festival (Interactive, Film, Music). SXSW Film opens tomorrow and runs through March 17, perfectly timed for sightings of the first bluebonnets springing up alongside I-35. I'll be posting notes and impressions from the first week of the festival, but for now, here's a quick skim of the previews.
In the Chronicle, Marc Savlov talks with Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon about their Opening Night headliner, The Cabin in the Woods, previews Patrick Forbes's Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies and Brian Knappenberger's We Are Legion: The Rise of the Hacktivists and talks with Gareth Evans about The Raid: Redemption.
Leah Churner meets Danielle McCarthy, producer of Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, "a new documentary about...
- 3/9/2012
- MUBI
Sound On Sight will once again be covering the SXSW Film Festival this year, making it our second time attending. 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas fest taking place March 9-17, including 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. As previously announced, Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon’s The Cabin in the Woods will have the honours of opening the festival, and now they have released the full list of films – and it’s looking pretty amazing. Enjoy!
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail (World Premiere)
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths,...
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail (World Premiere)
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths,...
- 2/3/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry, shot by Bob Gruen in 1977
Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen
screens as part of 24 Beats per Second
SXSW Film has just announced its features lineup for the 2012 edition, running March 9 through 17. We already knew that the Opening Night Film would be Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods. For its Closing Night Film, the festival will host the world premiere of of Emmett Malloy’s documentary Big Easy Express (more below). The lineup, with descriptions from the festival:
Narrative Feature Competition
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin. When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted. Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail. (World Premiere)
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths, Screenwriters: Richard B. Phillips, Megan Griffiths, Story by: Richard B. Phillips & Chong Kim.
Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen
screens as part of 24 Beats per Second
SXSW Film has just announced its features lineup for the 2012 edition, running March 9 through 17. We already knew that the Opening Night Film would be Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods. For its Closing Night Film, the festival will host the world premiere of of Emmett Malloy’s documentary Big Easy Express (more below). The lineup, with descriptions from the festival:
Narrative Feature Competition
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin. When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted. Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail. (World Premiere)
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths, Screenwriters: Richard B. Phillips, Megan Griffiths, Story by: Richard B. Phillips & Chong Kim.
- 2/1/2012
- MUBI
With Sundance 2012 Film Festival over, the next big one on the horizon is South by Southwest, which we’ll be heavily covering. The biggest chunk of the line-up has been announced today, which has some great premieres including 21 Jump Street, Tiff and Sundance hit The Raid, Will Ferrell‘s Casa de mi Padre, the documentary Girl Model (which we liked at Tiff), as well as the next from Broken Lizard, The Babymakers. There are many other promising titles included and you can see them all below. Check back for our coverage for the fest, kicking off March 9th.
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
- 2/1/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Attendees of South by Southwest 2012 are in for a treat. 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas festival taking place March 9-17. Among them are 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. The organization already announced [1] Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods would open the festival (the movie is phenomenal [2]) and today the majority of the remaining line up has been revealed. One of the highlights is the unbelievably smart and hilarious 21 Jump Street, directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller. Both of those are World Premieres. Other highlights include The Hunter, Killer Joe, The Babymakers, frankie goes boom, God Bless America, The Imposter, The Raid, Bernie and Casa de mi Padre just to name a few. After the jump, read descriptions of all the films that have been announced so far. Before I copy and paste the rest of the list, a few minor notes.
- 2/1/2012
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
SXSW has announced their complete 2012 feature film slate. Over 90 films will screen across the festival’s ten categories, including the already announced opening night premiere of Joss Whedon’s Cabin in the Woods and a special preview screening of Lena Dunham’s new HBO series Girls.
New additions include the sixteen films premiering in narrative and documentary competition. The eight films competing on the narrative side include Booster, directed by Matt Ruskin, Eden, directed by Megan Griffiths, Gayby, directed by Jonathan Lisecki, Gimme the Loot, directed by Adam Leon, Los Chidos, directed by Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Pilgrim Song, directed by Martha Stephens, Starlet, directed by Sean Baker, and The Taiwan Oyster, directed by Mark Jarrett.
On the documentary side, the eight competing films include Bay of All Saints, directed by Annie Eastman, Beware of Mr. Baker, directed by Jay Bulger, The Central Park Effect, directed by Jeffrey Kimball, Jeff, directed by Chris James Thompson,...
New additions include the sixteen films premiering in narrative and documentary competition. The eight films competing on the narrative side include Booster, directed by Matt Ruskin, Eden, directed by Megan Griffiths, Gayby, directed by Jonathan Lisecki, Gimme the Loot, directed by Adam Leon, Los Chidos, directed by Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Pilgrim Song, directed by Martha Stephens, Starlet, directed by Sean Baker, and The Taiwan Oyster, directed by Mark Jarrett.
On the documentary side, the eight competing films include Bay of All Saints, directed by Annie Eastman, Beware of Mr. Baker, directed by Jay Bulger, The Central Park Effect, directed by Jeffrey Kimball, Jeff, directed by Chris James Thompson,...
- 2/1/2012
- by Dan Schoenbrun
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.