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Lineup highlights, honors and panels
Santa Barbara Intl. Film Festival
Posted: Tue., Jan.
22, 2008, 7:05pm PT
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Opening-night film
"Definitely, Maybe," Adam Brooks, U.S.
Closing-night film
"The Unknown Woman," Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy
HONORS
- Julie Christie will be feted on Friday with a tribute and special screening of "Away From Her."
- Guest director Norman Jewison will be honored with a retrospective of his work.
- Other honorees include Cate Blanchett, Javier Bardem, Ryan Gosling, Tommy Lee Jones and Angelina Jolie. Casey Affleck, Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard, James McAvoy and Amy Ryan are slated to receive the fest's inaugural Virtuosos honor.
PANELS
Saturday
- 11 a.m. "It Starts With the Script," moderated by Variety.com deputy editor Anne Thompson
- 2 p.m. "Movers & Shakers," moderated by Los Angeles Times columnist Patrick Goldstein
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- 6-8 p.m. "Location Location Location: The Greening of Hollywood"
Feb. 2
- 11 a.m. "Directors on Directing," moderated by Variety Editor-in-Chief Peter Bart
- 2 p.m. "Creative Forces: Women in the Biz," moderated by Madelyn Hammond, Variety chief marketing officer
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The End of Year
The lives of a foreman, a doctor and a high school prof touch tangentially during the frantic run-up to Chinese New Year in "The End of Year," a wry multicharacter ensembler that builds into an involving, very human portrait of everyday life in contempo Beijing.
End of the Rainbow
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The lives of a foreman, a doctor and a high school prof touch tangentially during the frantic run-up to Chinese New Year in "The End of Year," a wry multicharacter ensembler that builds into an involving, very human portrait of everyday life in contempo Beijing.
End of the Rainbow
Memorial Day
Finally, Lillian and Dan
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