Padre Nuestro is the feature film debut from writer/director Christopher Galla, the story of two young boys, Pedro and Juan, who flee Mexico illegally with the help of corrupt border patrol officials. Pedro carries with him a letter from his mother and a locket containing photos of his mother and father, the latter of which fled Mexico for New York City 22 years before. Pedro has come to New York to find him. Juan also carries two mementos from his father – a switchblade and the scar on his chest where his father stuck the blade.
TIFF is a popular film festival for our audience, and at the same time an important meeting point for Norwegian and international film industry. TIFF07 will be Tromsø's 17th international film festival. Tromsø International Film Festival had in 2006 a total admission of 44 804. This makes TIFF Norway' largest festival.
The reason why I like receiving this press release – is because usually those who assist in Sundance Institute’ screenwriting labs – are the ones who’ll I’ll end up treasuring – here is a most recent list: Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden’s HALF NELSON, Dito Montiel’s A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS, Hilary Brougher’s STEPHANIE DALEY, Goran Dukic’s WRISTCUTTERS, Michael Kang’s THE MOTEL, and Cam Archer’s WILD TIGERS I HAVE KNOWN...
The Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal presents its 35th edition from October 18 to 28. On the menu: 189 films from 39 countries, handpicked to bring you the very best of this year’s movies.