Festivals – Quotes

We have a documentary

We have a documentary film festival in Mexico. It’s really original. It’s called Ambulante, and it’s a film festival that travels around several cities in Mexico. Gael Garcia Bernal

My favorite drawings at

My favorite drawings at the Muhammad cartoon festival in Texas were the two chalk outlines out front. Evan Sayet

I’m just gonna make movies the best I can, do the festival thing or whatever can come. I plan on working with a lot of the same guys over and over again. I hope the majority of us can stick together. Evan Glodell

I was being taken

I was being taken around by a press agent at the Venice Film Festival at age 18. Was it fun? Sure. But it was a dangerous path to be walking on as far as having a substantive life. Because the casualty rate at the Venice Film Festival for 18-year-olds? High. Ethan Hawke

The Woodstock Film festival

The Woodstock Film festival is among the finest of a dying breed: a festival that isn’t trying to sell you anything, but simply and beautifully celebrating the art & craft of filmmaking. Ethan Hawke

The Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important. Esa-Pekka Salonen

Kropp on the other

Kropp on the other hand is a thinker. He proposes that a declaration of war should be a kind of popular festival with entrance-tickets and bands, like a bull fight. Then in the arena the ministers and generals of the two countries, dressed in bathing-drawers and armed with clubs, can have it out on themselves. … Read more

At festivals there’s always

At festivals there’s always one spectator from Egypt who says, ‘I like it, it moved me, reminds me of so many things.’ I get a lot of reaction from the Arab world at fests. But the percentage of people from the Arab world who like it should be the same as anywhere else. Eran Kolirin

Try to enjoy the

Try to enjoy the great festival of life with other men! Epictetus

Democracy: a festival of

Democracy: a festival of mediocrity. Emile M. Cioran