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Event, which focuses on Canadian cinema this year, opens with Jean-Marc Vallee's "C.R.A.Z.Y." and closes with Atom Egoyan's "Where the Truth Lies." Some 150 feature-length pics and shorts screen in between.
Twelve productions compete for a top purse of roughly $30,000 in the Intl. New Talent Competition, open to tyro and sophomore projects from filmmakers of any nationality.
Picking up early buzz in competition is Taiwanese helmer Cheng Yu-chieh's intense drama "Do Over."
Fest is not intended as a market but mainly as a vehicle to promote local films and give moviegoers on the island a chance to view pics from around the world.
Event's strongest suit, however, is a comprehensive slate of recent and yet-to-be-screened Chinese-language pics from the fest's backyard. In all, 12 productions from the Asian region preem at the festival.
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When Abu Dhabi officials decided to launch their Middle East Intl. Film Festival last year, the focus was all about the finance.
Asian film financing is in a fog. For all its recent marching around, it is difficult to tell whether it is moving forwards, backwards or simply around in circles.
Although it's celebrating its 35th anniversary, the Ghent Intl. Film Festival wasn't always known as a unique and exotic showcase for film composers.
A perfectly realized, painterly portrayal of a widow's life, "A Light in the Fog" is a singularly assured feature film bow that is as understated as the best of Iranian cinema.
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