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5th Edition of Cannes’ Atelier de la Cinefondation
Caran Hartfield's Bury Me Standing and Jake Mahaffy's Free in Deed are two in development projects looking for funding among the 15 selected by Cannes' Atelier de la Cinéfondation. As explained to me by some Sundance directors who had a chance to have their projects take part in the Cannes' The Atelier, in a nutshell, it acts as one extra way to meet with other producers in an attempt to get some coin (mostly foreign) prior to production.
Daily Recommendation: Tom Simon’s Death on a Factory Farm
If a hog/pig is mistreated in a farm and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Those who don't give a damn about the true origin of baseball stadium hot dogs will not want to invest themselves in tonight's first showing of Tom Simon’s/Sarah Teale's documentary film DEATH ON A FACTORY FARM [HBO 10:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT], anyone who considers themselves an animal lover will want to re-think what that notion truly means.
Zelig Part II ?
Unlike Woody Allen's fictional character, the one that actor Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line) is playing in his latest role, can't seem to go incognito. Adding to his countless public follies, yesterday's stage(d) dive in public is either the best way to go about hiring extras for crowd scenes or is a great social experiment on "celebrity" (another Allen-titled film) and fame being lived out in the public eye (I draw many comparisons to the the Kevin Federline phenomena). If Casey Affleck processes the material to come up with a mockumentary or some celeb-experimental film, either way at this stage of the game I'm in.
Excl: Poster for Sergey Dvortsevoy’s Tulpan
Look up Tulpan in the database and you'll see a few mentions (Winner of the Un Certain Regard prize) but in fact, the picture has probably won more festival awards than any other film that was presented at last year's Cannes.
Sundance Leftovers: 5 Films Surprisingly Left Unclaimed
I originally wanted to get this grid up right after I was over and done with the festival, and now with the first slew of titles upon us, I thought it might be time to get this thing together. I asked fellow critics Comingsoon.net's Edward Douglas, Cinemablend.com's Josh Tyler, Slashfilm.com's Peter Sciretta and FilmSchoolRejects.com's Neil Miller to share their thoughts by grading the films they screened.
