indieWIRE Blog Network
Latest from  : 

Week of Wonders
Week of Wonders
World cinema, indie film biz, activism, zeitgeist-- shaken well, with a twist

Email Week of Wonders

Thessaloniki Recap- Best of the Fest: “The Hourglass”

In my first dispatch from the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival for indieWIRE, I mentioned a film called, “The Hourglass,” a Serbia-Hungary-Montenegro co-production, directed by Szabolcs Tolnai.  THIS IS A SPECTACULAR FILM!

Continue Reading »

rania posted to Festival- Thessaloniki 2008 on November 29, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Thessaloniki Recap- Dardennes early films

Have you seen the first fiction films by the Dardennes?  No?  I have!

Continue Reading »

rania posted to Director, Festival- Thessaloniki 2008 on November 26, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Thessaloniki Recap- Market food

There’s nothing like eating in one of the tavernas in the Modiano Market, where fresh meat and produce are steps away.  And this is Sesame City.  I packed bite-sized sesame crackers and a jar of black tahini in my luggage.

Continue Reading »

rania posted to Festival- Thessaloniki 2008, Tastebuds on November 26, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Thessaloniki Recap- Kitano’s rabid fans

At a ceremony for Takeshi Kitano, someone in the screaming crowd shouted, “Run for president!”  Several cried out in Japanese, “Arigato!”  At a reception the next day, a woman held her baby close to him for a lucky photograph.

Continue Reading »

rania posted to Director, Festival- Thessaloniki 2008 on November 26, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Thessaloniki Recap- Cool city tourguide

The festival treated filmmakers and industry professionals to a tour of the city.

Continue Reading »

rania posted to Festival- Thessaloniki 2008 on November 26, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Next Page

Recent Posts

IFC Center mural heralds the theater’s expansion (10/18/09)
Patricia Field and the cast of UGLY BETTY @ TheTimesCenter (10/12/09)
Varda’s CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 reimagined as a stage production (10/10/09)
Maurice Sendak + Spike Jonze @ MoMA (10/08/09)
BRIGHT STAR bits and pieces (09/24/09)
War Is Over (or what I learned at the IFP Filmmaker Conference yesterday) (09/23/09)
Abel Ferrara’s CHELSEA ON THE ROCKS at the über cool Jane Hotel (09/22/09)
Cell phone release: Sally Potter’s RAGE (09/21/09)
CRUDE and following the muse (09/20/09)
The essence of a creative life:  COCO BEFORE CHANEL (09/20/09)

RSS Syndicate this site