Film Festivals

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

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

A lot of the

A lot of the young people make beautiful films or big films or are able to finance them, but they can’t get anyone to distribute them, they can’t get anyone to see them, so they go to these thousands of film festivals. So I still believe that even though a young kid might be able … Read more

I got nominated for

I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan. Donnie Yen

If you go to

If you go to a film festival and watch a bunch of features and then watch a bunch of shorts, you will almost always find that the shorts are where people are taking more risks and pushing more boundaries…simply because they have much less to lose. Don Hertzfeldt

Every year there’s a

Every year there’s a jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Getting on the jury is very competitive in France. Not because the French love cinema, but because they love to judge. Craig Ferguson

So, where’s the Cannes

So, where’s the Cannes Film Festival being held this year? Christina Aguilera

I did a short

I did a short film called ‘Disco’ and won an award for Best Supporting Actor at an indie film festival, and that was nice. Hopefully there’s lots more to come. Charlie Rowe

TORONTO — When Cameron

TORONTO — When Cameron Crowe was flying to the Toronto film festival recently, he walked down the aisle of the plane and studied his fellow passengers sitting in front of their personal TV sets. They were just having the greatest time, there was so much joy in their eyes, .. And I looked to see … Read more