GLEESON AND VIKANDER FROM ANNA KARENINA

Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson and Swedish actress Alicia Vikander were honored this year as two of The Variety 10 Top Actors to Watch, and they were both at the Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF 2012).  Alicia with A ROYAL AFFAIR (an important film set in the 1700's about today's current politics), and Domhnall with SHADOW DANCER (a spy thriller).

As it happens, the two actors already knew each other before they came to the Hamptons, since they were on-screen lovers in ANNA KARENINA.

Here are some snapshots of Alicia and Domhnall from HIFF 2012.  Both actors are rising stars with great careers! Some links to their work are listed below after the pix.

Alicia Vikander at HIFF 2012

A ROYAL AFFAIR

ANNA KARENINA

Photo by Eric Roffman - QPORIT

Domhnall Gleeson at HIFF 2012

SHADOW DANCER

ANNA KARENINA

Photo by Eric Roffman - QPORIT

Alicia Vikander at HIFF 2012

A ROYAL AFFAIR

ANNA KARENINA

Photo by Eric Roffman - QPORIT

 
ALICIA VIKANDER – IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2539953/

ALICIA VIKANDER IN A ROYAL AFFAIR - QPORIT
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-royal-affair.html

ALICIA VIKANDER ON AMAZON

DOMHNALL GLEESON - IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1727304/

Domhnall is well known in the US for his films, including...

Harry Potter (Bill Weasley)
True Grit (Moon, the kid)
Never Let Me Go (Rodney)

and Broadway theater, including a Tony nomination for...

The Lieutenant of Inishmore

DOMHNALL GLEESON ON AMAZON

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MARIN IRELAND - SPARROWS DANCE & MARIE ANTOINETTE

SPARROWS DANCE

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY NOAH BUSCHEL

Paul Sparks and Marin Ireland
SPARROWS DANCE
HIFF 2012
Photo Courtesy HIFF

World Premiere

MARIE ANTOINETTE

By DAVID ADJMI

Directed by REBECCA TAICHMAN

A Co-Production with American Repertory Theater

Yale Repertory Theatre

October 26-November 17, 2012

Marin Ireland Fred Arsenault Brian Wiles Teale Sperling
MARIE ANTOINETTE
Yale Rep
Photo © T Charles Erickson, 2012


Marin Ireland is one of the best and busiest actresses around. I managed to catch her at the 2012 Hamptons International Film Festival. (She starred in SPARROWS DANCE, plus two other films at HIFF!)

She had just come in the night before from LA where she was filming a TV pilot about a young lawyer at an Innocence-Project type of organization, and leaving the next day on her way to Pennsylvania for some final shots to wrap the project, then off to Yale Rep where she is (CURRENTLY!) starring as MARIE ANTOINETTE in an interesting new play. And then there's another film in the works. It's exhausting just to write about it, yet she looked fresh in the Hamptons, and chipper again when I saw her at Yale.

I spoke with Marin in a small space at HIFF where other interviews were also taking place, so it's just a bit too noisy, even after I softened some of the alien sounds, but I think Marin can be easily understood (though her voice sounds slightly tinnier than in life, since I had to filter out some of the bass to soften the voice of the guy talking behind me).

Marin talks about the film, the play, and some of her thoughts about acting in films and theater.




Marin has a phenomenal range: from films to theater; from experimental modern plays to Shakespeare. She is a very natural actress -- she seems to just make each character a part of herself -- or herself a part of each character. Her style (though not her appearance -- she is slight, not tall) reminds me strongly of Jill Clayburgh who also excelled at inhabiting her roles with a versatile naturalness and intense inner life.

SPARROWS DANCE is a sensitive film about an agoraphobic young woman. She won't leave her apartment, but when her toilet overflows the world's nicest plumber comes to fix it.

The actress, director and writer convey a feeling that they deeply understand her situation. They understand the plumber, too, and his relation to her. Paul Sparks gives a terrific performance. (I'm less convinced that they understand plumbing... The plumbing problems she had, and the repairs they seemed to be making, did not seem to make sense to me. But, then, it's a minor issue and I don't understand plumbing either.)

It's a small-scale, low budget, indie film... a very very good one and it leaves you with a satisfied feeling that you have understood something about the characters, about life and about love.

(Note to producers: market it for Valentine's Day.)

While SPARROWS DANCE is very simple and naturalistic -- albeit about a problem that is extra-ordinary enough to be interesting, MARIE ANTOINETTE, a new play at the Yale Rep is mannered in the extreme, about a Court that was mannered in the extreme.

In this production Marie appears at age 21 or so, with a valley girl accent, fashion obsessed. The opening tableau in fact is so original and spectacular it draws immediate applause.

It's not completely clear whether this accent is the creative team's specific impression/translation into English of young, somewhat ignorant, self-centered, light-headed Marie Antoinette’s poor Austrian accented French; or just a way of conveying a light-headed immature woman out of her depth.

Actually I don't think the production was aiming for historically detailed accuracy. So this is more of a generic Marie Antoinette in a story about discovering responsibility too late, and (since a major part of the story is The King, who's not up to the task) how a Kingdom can be lost for want of a King -- at least a King who can make the right decisions in a tough military and financial situation.

It is probably not a coincidence that this play was in fact written during the Bush years.

On the one hand, this play reminds me of CLOUD ATLAS, which in part deals with the relation between the leaders and the population; and even the BACCHAE, which (at least for me) is the story of a revolution by the subjects -- who consider themselves the real gods -- over a repressive regime; and, on the other hand, the recent A ROYAL AFFAIR which also deals with a similar period and a similar situation: a young woman trucked in (or carriaged in) across Europe in the mid 1700's, to marry a difficult and immature King, and the politics of governing.

At one point, Marie begins talking to a sheep (played by David Greenspan with a puppet/sheep-dummy). It is deliberately ambiguous -- the sheep could be an external metaphor for Marie's thoughts, or for the "polis" as in a Greek Chorus, or the playwright's voice, or absurdist theater, or an extra character that was needed when no human was available... or some combination of these... changing from scene to scene. These scenes were developed and experimented with extensively in rehearsal until they "worked". Even if we are not sure what The Sheep means, we do believe that The Sheep knows what he means, and so we can accept him.

David Greenspan and Marin Ireland
MARIE ANTOINETTE
Yale Rep
Photo © T Charles Erickson, 2012

Sofia Coppola and Kirsten Dunst had a much more sophisticated Marie. Yes, she arrived as a young girl, but she had more depth, and the debacle was less the result of royal incompetence in Sofia's film -- which was something of an "apologia" for Marie Antoinette -- than in Adjani's story, which was more of a condemnation of royal incompetence.

Marin fully embraced the vacant Marie Antoinette at the beginning and the desperate Marie at the end; both completely different from the self-inflicted blockage that characterized the agoraphobia in SPARROWS DANCE. All different, yet all Marin.


This Marie Antoinette was produced in cooperation with Diane Paulus' A. R. T. in Cambridge Mass, where there was an earlier production of Marie Antoinette with another lead actress.

Yale Rep is quite a wonderful place for interesting theater. It's only 90 minutes from NYC and worth the trip.

Here's their schedule

October 26-November 17, 2012

World Premiere
MARIE ANTOINETTE
By DAVID ADJMI
Directed by REBECCA TAICHMAN
A Co-Production with American Repertory Theater

November 30-December 22, 2012

World Premiere
DEAR ELIZABETH
By SARAH RUHL
A play in letters from Elizabeth Bishop to Robert Lowell
and back again
Directed by LES WATERS

January 25-February 16, 2013

STONES IN HIS POCKETS
By MARIE JONES
Directed by EVAN YIONOULIS

March 15-April 13, 2013

PAUL GIAMATTI
HAMLET
By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Directed by JAMES BUNDY

April 26-May 18, 2013

World Premiere
IN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONS
Film and Screenplay by
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Adapted for the Stage by Bill Camp and Robert Woodruff
Directed by Robert Woodruff
Featuring Bill Camp

LINKS

HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
www.hamptonsfilmfest.org

SPARROWS DANCE
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1822311/

NOAH BUSCHEL
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1231757/

MARIN IRELAND
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1677477/

PAUL SPARKS
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817027/

NOAH BUSCHEL
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1231757/

ONEZERO FILMS - PRODUCER
http://www.onezerofilms.com/OneZero/ABOUT_old2.html

YALE REP
http://www.yalerep.org/

DAVID ADJMI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Adjmi

QPORIT ON A ROYAL AFFAIR
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-royal-affair.html

QPORIT ON SOFIA COPPOLA'S MARIE ANTOINETTE
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2006/11/secret-spine-of-marie-antoinette.html

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PRETENDING TO HELP PROGRAM @HAMPTONSFILM #HIFF12

HERE'S A TWEET FROM

THE HAMPTON'S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

2012

HIFF Hamptons (@HamptonsFilm) August 21, 2012

Morning! We’re busy programming #HIFF12.

 We have quite a few surprises in store so stay tuned!

What would u like 2 see at #HIFF12 this year?

— 

Got that tweet from HIFF Hamptons (@HamptonsFilm) this morning so I started thinking about what I would like to see at HIFF this year.

PRETENDING

TO HELP PROGRAM HIFF12

THE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2012

(Note that HIFF is a terrific festival: compact, on-site, over the Columbus Day Weekend, with great films, great parties, and many opportunities to meet filmmakers. See the bottom of this article for links to earlier stories in QPORIT on earlier HIFF's). 

I’ll take my role as amateur, volunteer, unpaid, unheeded(?) HIFF Programming “consultant” quite seriously, and suggest some ideas for the Hamptons International Film Festival 2012.

Note that I haven’t seen any of the films I’m mentioning; they are film’s I’d love to see at HIFF, not films I can “recommend”; I’m expressing an interest, based on the director, cast, and story, not making a recommendation.

First of all, I’d like to suggest some panels:

A – PANEL SUGGESTIONS

1 – WEB VIDEO PANEL

Short narrative films on the web are rapidly gaining in importance and quality. The web is a natural destination for this format (a format that has not had great traction in theaters since the invention of the feature film!) Comedy sites and webisodes enhance the prominence of web video.

HIFF itself posted a story recently about web video and online video festivals.

It would be interesting to have a program of the best web short narrative films, comedies and webisodes, followed by a panel discussing this new opportunity for filmmakers.

2 – 3D FILM AND VIDEO PANEL

Last year there were many feature films in 3D. The trend is continuing.

HIFF showed PINA in 3D.

There are also 3D consumer cameras. A new VR device (Oculus Rift) that made a big stir on KickStarter (raising over $1M is 24 hours) in an indication of continued development of improved 3D viewing outside of theaters.

It would be very interesting to have a panel discussing both feature films in 3D and consumer 3D filmmaking. The panel could discuss technical issues, creative quality issues, and projections for the future.

3 – FILMS OF CONFLICT AND RESOLUTION PANEL

It would be interesting to have a wide ranging discussion based on issues raised in this category of film presentations with filmmakers and public figures. It would be great also to have Angelina Jolie’s LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY shown (out of competition) together, perhaps, with a retrospective of best films from previous years, related to this panel.

4 – BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKERS PANEL

Like the panel with the Breakthrough Actors, it would be interesting to have a panel to meet Breakthrough Filmmakers, directors coming to HIFF early in their career.

Here are some other programming ideas:

B - INSTANT WEB VIDEO SCREENING ROOM

I am planning to videotape interviews – mostly in 3D – throughout the festival. Many journalists and many “civilians” attending HIFF will be taking pictures and videos of things they see, and their reactions.

Web video uploads are becoming ubiquitous.

It would be very interesting to have a (lightly curated!) channel on YouTube (and/or Google+) where videos could be uploaded and then have a screening room with a large screen monitor (3D I hope!) connected to a computer. The room would be monitored, and selections from the uploaded videos could be played continuously – either randomly, at the selection of the curator, or on demand by the audience.

Additionally, some events (eg Red Carpets) could be streamed live through Google+ Video Hangouts or other streaming services.

This room would also be the natural venue for a PROGRAM OF NARRATIVE WEB VIDEOS and for the WEB VIDEO PANEL and the 3D FILM AND VIDEO PANEL.

Note: The YouTube Channel, Google+ circle, twitter feed, etc would be visible publicly and externally. The screening room would make it possible and easy for HIFF attendees to view it conveniently on a large screen (and in 3D when the source is 3D) on site.

C – RISING STARS AND RISEN STARS

I do hope there will be many of the European Rising Stars at this year’s festival. It would be interesting, also, to have new films from Breakthrough Actors of previous years. Alba Rohrwacher is in one film mentioned below; Anais Demoustier has been in many fine films; Anamaria Marinca & Hannah Herzsprung (at HIFF twice!), Zrinka Cvitesic, etc are all having very interesting careers.

D - SOME FILMS I’VE HEARD ABOUT BY PEOPLE WITH GREAT TALENT:

(Note: I have no idea if the films in this next section are ready or available for the festival.)

Robin Singer and Mikal Evans were nicely paired in KISSES CHLOE shown recently at HIFF. They each have new projects I’d like to see. Robin has made a short film called POST. She’s currently starting an OOB run in Electra. She’s terrific and smart. Mikal appeared in GAME CHANGE and is in a new film HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT (so new it may not be finished). She’s also a great singer, with a new, exciting and interesting sound – Aside from her film, I’d love to hear her do a set at the OPENING NIGHT PARTY.

CERTAIN PEOPLE (aka KATINKAS KALAS) is a Swedish film shown at the Tribeca Film Festival, starring Mia Mountain. Mia is potentially (depending on the role) one of the most beautiful women around or one of the most tormented. I’ve seen her at a LAByrinth Theater event in a monologue she wrote, and she was powerful. She was nominated as a Rising Star in Sweden, and is currently in the cast of the (amazing) show, Sleep No More.

ANOTHER KIND (shown at the Woodstock Film Festival) is a low budget thriller by Jonathan Blitstein, a smart, energetic, ambitious producer/director/actor. Jonathan won a NYIT playwriting award recently for Keep Your Baggage With You, an OOB play at Theater For the New City.

Brit Marling was a breakout star at Sundance with ANOTHER EARTH (which she co-wrote and starred in). She’s articulate, with a fresh perspective on films and filmmaking. She’s in Robert Redford’s THE COMPANY YOU KEEP, ARBITRAGE with Richard Gere (which will probably be commercially released in September), and in THE EAST (which she also co-wrote) with Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page and Julia Ormond.

Actually, I was in a short film myself: Andrew Serban’s WEST SIDE GIRL, which has been in a number of festivals. It would be great fun to be able to interview (as a journalist) myself (as an actor) on the Red Carpet.

E - THE OPENING NIGHT PARTY

I have some thoughts about the Opening Night Party…

a) It should be a big enough venue to hold everyone (and their parked cars) comfortably. It should have a lot of good food that can be circulated easily. Gurney’s Inn was better than last year’s venue, but something needs to be done at Gurney’s Inn to provide more parking.

b) It should be possible to take pictures and video inside and outside throughout the evening. The Opening Night is the best opportunity for publicity for everyone – the filmmakers, the actors and the festival itself. There are more photographers there at the Opening Night Party, more interested in taking pictures, than on any other night. And, anything that comes out right away at the beginning of the festival helps the entire festival. (Last year, picture taking inside was not allowed.)

c) It would be nice to have an opportunity for filmmakers and actors to be introduced. Until their films have been shown, almost all the filmmakers are completely anonymous. It is hard to provide publicity for someone (or some film) you are interested in but have never met (and cannot recognize). An introduction event should not last long, but it could be very valuable both for actors and filmmakers that have come, and for the Press. (Indeed, it would also be a highlight and very valuable for Patrons/Founders who have paid a lot of money to come to a party with filmmakers, but have no clue who is actually there.)  It could be coupled – as I suggested above – with a short set from a great performer like Mikal Evans. (After this event everyone would return again to random partying – but people would know who they could approach to talk to.)

d) If filmmakers and actors had large name tags with the name of their film in large letters, that would also help both them and the Press (and the Patrons/Founders).

e) On Red Carpets (RC) it is usually difficult to identify the subject. It would be FANTASTIC if next to the Red Carpet there was a computer and someone took a baseline picture of each RC personality and posted it with their name and associated project next to the RC on the computer (and online) (I saw this done at an OOB awards event; it worked well and it was very, very helpful.)

F – FAREWELL PARTY

A casual buffet on the last day of the festival is a nice way to meet again with people you’ve seen during the festival, and find other people you’ve missed connecting with the last few days!

G – FILM AND FILMMAKER PROMOTIONS

One of the main reasons for films and filmmakers (including actors) to participate in a film festival is the promotional benefits they may obtain to further their commercial objectives (successful film run, more jobs, more money, etc).

To this end, it would help both the filmmakers and the press if every accepted film was strongly encouraged to provide, both online and in print, well before the festival begins, a press kit that includes:

• PR contact.
• Production company contact.
• Filmmaker contacts
• Many images to that could be used to accompany stories about the film and filmmakers
• Short bios of all the filmmakers
• Brief production notes and information

The printed Press Kit should be available in sufficient numbers and conveniently filed, so any request for a press kit can be simply and quickly fulfilled, through the end of the festival.

H – MORE PARKING

To make it easy for the audience to attend films, East Hampton and other towns showing films at HIFF should make more parking available, closer to the film venue, with more than a 1 hour limit.

Probably the easiest way to accomplish this – other than changing to a 3 hour time limit for everyone during HIFF -- would be to issue a parking pass along with every film ticket that hangs on the rear view mirror or lies under the front window and allows parking for, say, 30 min before the film through 45 min after.

I – FILMS I’D LIKE TO SEE AT HIFF -- EXCITING SOUNDING FILMS FROM RECENT FILM FESTIVALS –

(Again, I haven’t seen these; they just sound good from descriptions I’ve read in press reports from the festivals.)

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

Terence Malick’s TO THE WONDER

Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz, Javier Bardem and Amanda Peet

Harmony Korine's SPRING BREAKERS

James Franco, Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens

Brian DePalma's PASSION

Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace (great actress and a disappointing no-show as a former HIFF Breakthrough Performer)

Paul Thomas Anderson's THE MASTER

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams |

Marco Bellochio's BELLA ADDORMENTATA (aka SLEEPING BEAUTY, aka DORMANT BEAUTY)

Isabelle Huppert, Tony Servillo and Alba Rohrwacher (A recent HIFF Breakthrough Performer / European Rising Star)

.

Mira Nair’s THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST

Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, and Liev Schreiber (Mira Nair was recently at HIFF)

Jean Pierre Ameris’ L’HOMME QUI RIT

Gérard Depardieu and Emmanuelle Seigner

NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL

Ang Lee’s THE LIFE OF PI (in 3D, and also a first in 3.14159265 dimensions!)

Lee Daniels’ THE PAPERBOY

Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, John Cusack

Abbas Kiarostami' LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE

90-year-old Alain Resnais' YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET.

and a lot of other films... NYFF is huge this year and just about anything is worth taking a look at for possibly showing at HIFF

SUNDANCE

Ben Lewin’s THE SURROGATE (aka THE SESSIONS)

Helen Hunt, John Hawkes and William H. Macy

Antonio Campos’s SIMON KILLER

Brady Corbet

James Balog’s CHASING ICE (Documentary)

Don Coscarelli’s JOHN DIES AT THE END

Paul Giamatti

TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL

Ben Affleck’s ARGO

Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman and Kyle Chandler.

Robert Redford’s THE COMPANY YOU KEEP

Julie Christie, Susan Sarandon, Terrence Howard, Anna Kendrick, Stanley Tucci, Chris Cooper, Brit Marling and Nick Nolte.

Roger Michell’s HYDE PARK ON HUDSON

Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Samuel West and Olivia Colman

Joe Wright’s ANNA KARENINA

Keira Knightley, Jude Law and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski’s ‘CLOUD ATLAS

Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Jim Broadbent and Hugh Grant

Noah Baumbach’s FRANCES HA

Greta Gerwig

Sally Potter’s GINGER AND ROSA

Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Christina Hendricks, Annette Bening and Alessandro Nivola.

Yaron Zilberman’s A LATE QUARTET

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mark Ivanir, Imogen Poots, Christopher Walken and Catherine Keener.

Joachim Roenning & Espen Sandberg ‘s KON-TIKI – (Documentary)

Dustin Hoffman’s QUARTET

Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins as

Maiken Baird’s VENUS & SERENA (Documentary)

Josh Boone’s WRITERS

Liana Liberato, Jennifer Connelly, Greg Kinnear, Lily Collins and Kristen Bell.

TRIBECA

Kim Nguyen’s WAR WITCH

Daniel Burman’s ALL IN

Petter Ringbom’s THE RUSSIAN WINTER

Lucy Mulloy’s UNA NOCHE

Dariel Arrechada, Anailin de la Rua de la Torre, Javier Nuñez Florian

CANNES

Michael Haneke’s AMOUR

Jean-Louis Trintignant and Anne Emmanuelle Riva

Matteo Garrone's REALITY

Brandon Cronenberg’s ANTIVIRAL,

BERLIN

Bernardo Bertolucci’s ME AND YOU

Tea Falco, Jacopo Olmo Antinori and Sonia Bergamasco

Pablo Larraín’S NO

Gael Garcia Bernal

Carlos Reygadas’ POST TENEBRAS LUX

Adolfo Jiménez Castro, Nathalia Acevedo and Willebaldo Torres

Angelina Jolie’s IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY

Kevin Macdonald’s MARLEY (Documentary)

Zhang Yimaou’s THE FLOWERS OF WAR

Christian Bale

Tsui Hark’s THE FLYING SWORDS OF DRANGON’S GATE in 3D

Jet Li

HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

OFFICIAL SITE

http://hamptonsfilmfest.org/

Some links to some (random) earlier stories in QPORIT on earlier HIFF's

HIFF 2010 WITH PARTY PIX & RED CARPET SNAPSHOTS!

http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/hiff-2010.html

THE SLOAN FOUNDATION AT HIFF 2010 (& BEYOND...)

http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/sloan-foundation-at-hiff-2010-beyond.html

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMERS (including a list of the Breakthrough Performers each year!)

http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/breakthrough-performers.html

QUICK FIRST REVIEW OF HIFF 2009

http://qporit.blogspot.com/2009/10/quick-first-review-of-hiff-2009.html

EMMY ROSSUM AND DARE (Video Interview) (2009)

http://qporit.blogspot.com/search/label/Dare

HANNAH HERZSPRUNG AND VIER MINUTEN (2008)

http://qporit.blogspot.com/2008/11/vier-minuten-and-hannah-herzsprung.html

ALAN HRUSKA AND THE WARRIOR CLASS (2005)

http://qporit.blogspot.com/2005/10/hiff-warrior-class-alan-hruska.html

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NEWS FROM THE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL, OTHER FF'S & FILMS AROUND THE WORLD

The NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL -- 50'TH EDITION -- 2012 (aka NYFF50) will run this year from Sep 28th to Oct 14, 2012.

We have started a newsletter -- it's embedded below! -- about the New York Film Festival, other major film festivals, and films around the world.

NYFF is always a spectacular two weeks of the best films from around the world. With the addition of the Elinor I Bunin theaters, which opened last year just in time for NYFF49, NYFF is bigger than ever.

QPORIT ON THE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL

Watch QPORIT and these permalinks for the latest news!

HOME- QPORIT

THIS STORY (& ITS UPDATES! - at least twice a day!)

QPORIT - FILM FESTIVAL NEWS

 THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER

essentially a year-round film festival!

FILMLINC HOME PAGE

THE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL HOME PAGE

QPORIT

FILM FESTIVAL NEWSLETTER

News from

THE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL

OTHER MAJOR FILM FESTIVALS

AND FILMS AROUND THE WORLD

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MIRAL JULIAN SCHNABEL RULA JEBREAL

An article in the NYT Style section on Mar 24, 2011 about the screening of MIRAL, directed by artist/director Julian Schnabel from a novel by Rula Jebreal -- an article which also described their new relationship -- sparked some interest. Here are some snapshots taken at the screening of MIRAL at the Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) in 2010.

Julian Schnabel & Rula Jebreal
At the screening of MIRAL
At HIFF 2010
Photo by Eric Roffman
Rula Jebreal and her daughter Miral
At the screening of MIRAL
At HIFF 2010
Photo by Eric Roffman

Here are some more stories about HIFF and Julian Schnabel:

HIFF 2010 WITH PARTY PIX & RED CARPET SNAPSHOTS!
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/hiff-2010.html

JULIAN SCHNABEL'S THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2007/09/diving-bell-and-butterfly.html

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MIKAL EVANS FROM KISSES, CHLOE IN CONCERT

Mikal Evans
From KISSES, CHLOE
On the Red Carpet Opening Night at HIFF 2010

Mikal Evans, the actress and singer who contributed lovely songs and sophisticated acting to the indie film KISSES, CHLOE at The Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF 2010) will be in concert Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 9:00 PM at the Rockwood Music Hall (Stage 1) in New York City.

http://mikalevansband.wordpress.com/
http://www.myspace.com/mikalmevans

MIKAL EVANS
with Michael League, Bob Lanzetti, and Glen Grossman
THURSDAY NOV 11th 9:00 PM
ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL - Stage 1
154 Allen st. Between Houston and Stantonhttp://www.rockwoodmusichall.com/

For (much) more about HIFF 2010...

QPORIT: HIFF 2010

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SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR SCRIPTS: SCIENCE (and other) PLAYS, SCREENPLAYS, AND BLOGS

Several very interesting programs for Filmmakers, Screenwriters, Playwrights and Bloggers are currently accepting submissions during November.

We've compiled some information about six different programs.

Some (but not all) of these programs are especially interested in projects that relate to science.

SCREENWRITER'S LAB AT HIFF
Screenwriters - especially, but not only, screenplays with a scientific orientation

CINEREACH GRANTS
Filmmakers

THE DISPOSABLE FILM FESTIVAL
Filmmakers with "disposable" hardware

ANTHOLOGY OF THE BEST SCIENCE BLOG STORIES
Science Bloggers

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATER EST / SLOAN PROJECT
Playwrights with science oriented plays
Note: Special event! Tuesday November 9: ARTIST CULTIVATION EVENT

RED BULL THEATER
Short Play Festival

More details on each of these programs follows:


SCREENWRITERS' LAB AT HIFF
Earlybird DEADLINE: December 3, 2010
Regular DEADLINE: December 22, 2010
Late DEADLINE: January 7, 2011
WAB Extended DEADLINE: January 21, 2011

Submissions are now open for the 2011 Screenwriters Lab at the Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF), supported by the Sloan Foundation. The 11th Annual HIFF Screenwriters’ Lab will take place April 15-17, 2011 in East Hampton, New York. Submit your script via Withoutabox.com:

https://www.withoutabox.com/login/5850.

(Note: Registration/login is required for withoutabox. WITHOUTABOX is a (probably, the) leading site for filmmakers (writers, directors, producers) to discover opportunities and submit films and screenplays to film festivals and film contests.)

"HIFF seeks a broad selection of screenplays addressing a wide subject matter."

"Additionally, in collaboration with The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s initiative in furthering the public understanding of science, HIFF encourages you to submit screenplays that explore science, technology, mathematics, invention, and engineering in fresh and innovative ways. "


HIFF
http://www.hamptonsfilmfest.org/

SCREENWRITERS' LAB
http://hamptonsfilmfest.org/2010/11/2011-screenwriters-lab-submissions-now-open/

WITHOUTABOX SUBMISSIONS
https://www.withoutabox.com/login/5850.

QPORIT ON THE SLOAN SCREENPLAY READINGS AT HIFF 2010
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/sloan-foundation-at-hiff-2010-beyond.html



CINEREACH GRANTS
DEADLINE: December 1, 2010

Cinereach is now accepting applications for the Winter 2011 Grant Cycle!

Apply online by December 1st, 2010 to be considered for support.

"Cinereach supports feature-length nonfiction and fiction films that are at the intersection of engaging storytelling, visual artistry, and vital subject matter. Our grantees’ films often possess an independent spirit, depict underrepresented perspectives, and resonate across international boundaries. They favor story over message, character over agenda, and complexity over duality."

"Grant amounts can range from $5,000 – $50,000 per project and can be awarded to support any stage of production including research and development, production and post-production."

ABOUT CINEREACH
http://www.cinereach.org/about

"Cinereach is a not-for-profit film production company and foundation that champions vital stories, artfully told. Created and led by young philanthropists, entrepreneurs and filmmakers, Cinereach empowers fiction and nonfiction filmmakers from all over the world through Grants & Awards, The Reach Film Fellowship, an internal Productions department, and through partnerships with the Sundance Institute and other organizations. Since 2006, Cinereach has disbursed over $4 million to more than 80 projects at the intersection of engaging storytelling, visual artistry and vital subject matter."

GRANT SUBMISSIONS
http://www.cinereach.org/cinereach-grants-submissions-open-now

FAQ
http://www.cinereach.org/grants/frequently-asked-questions

RESOURCES FOR FILMMAKERS
http://www.cinereach.org/grants/resources


THE DISPOSABLE FILM FESTIVAL
DEADLINE: November 30, 2010

•Disposable media must be central and integral to the film.
•Use of multiple devices is encouraged but by no means necessary
•Submissions must be under 10 minutes
•Submissions must be accompanied by a non-refundable submission fee of $.99


Selection Criteria
Selections will be equally judged on the inventive and experimental use of the media as well as the content of the film.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION
http://disposablefilmfest.com/submit/

FAQ
http://disposablefilmfest.com/faq/




ANTHOLOGY OF THE BEST SCIENCE BLOG STORIES
This is a printed (ie on paper made from dead trees) anthology.

You can nominate as many entries as you wish, written by you or others. Each needs to be originally published as a blog post between 12-01-09 and 12-01-10 to be eligible.

"We want to see entries that discuss all areas of science, nature, environment, technology, health and medicine, as well as “meta” topics ranging from the Life in Academia, to women/minorities in science, to the intersection between science and policy (and politics) or religion, to skepticism, to history, philosophy and sociology of science, to the analysis of the science publishing world or science communication/journalism, to personal stories by scientists, to patient stories by physicians/nurses (or patients)."

"The target audience of the anthology is lay audience. Actually, the target audience for the book is even more lay than the usual readers of science blogs. These books are supposed to be given as presents to your Mom, or your non-science friends, to show them both that science is cool and that there is great writing on blogs. So, when choosing which posts to enter, look for those that are gripping and exciting and also easy to understand by just about everyone."

SUBMISSION INFORMATION
http://blog.coturnix.org/2010/03/29/you_can_now_start_submitting_y/

THE 2009 ANTHOLOGY
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/the-open-laboratory-2009/6404707


ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATER
EST / SLOAN PROJECT
DEADLINE: December 1, 2010 (FOR ATTENDEES OF THE ARTIST CULTIVATION EVENT)

"The EST/Sloan Project commissions, develops and presents new works delving into how we view and are affected by the scientific world. These plays examine the struggles and challenges scientists and engineers face from moral issues to the consequences of their discoveries."

"The Project is designed to stimulate artists to create credible and compelling work exploring the worlds of science and technology and to challenge existing stereotypes of scientists and engineers in the popular imagination. The Project commissions and develops new works throughout EST’s developmental season, including one Mainstage Production, as well as workshops and readings in an annual festival called FIRST LIGHT."


THE ARTIST CULTIVATION EVENT

"Each year EST/Sloan invites playwrights to join a panel of scientists and science journalists at EST to discuss science advancements, developments, and the stories that might make great plays. The event is designed to stir and inspire theatre artists to consider issues of science in their work, and to encourage writers to develop projects that may benefit from EST/Sloan support."

Panelists include Mike Daisey, Robin Marantz Henig, Dennis Overbye, Deepti Pradhan and Daniela Schiller. A reception will follow the event.

Tuesday, November 9 at 7pm

at the Ensemble Studio Theatre
549 W 52nd St., between 10th & 11th Aves.

Tickets are free, but reservations are strongly recommended.

Reserve your spot by e-mailing boxoffice@ensemblestudiotheatre.org.

WHILE THE REGULAR DEADLINE HAS PASSED, Playwrights who attend THE ARTIST CULTIVATION EVENT may submit proposals to the EST/Sloan Project with an extended deadline of December 1.


Here's a link to details about the EST / Sloan Artist Cultivation Event:
http://ensemblestudiotheatre.org/2010-artist-cultivation-event/


EST / Sloan presents plays, makes commissions, and holds an annual "First Light" festival of readings.

EST / Sloan is currently presenting PHOTOGRAPH 51, by Anna Zeigler.



Kristen Bush as Rosalind Franklin
PHOTOGRAPH 51 EST / SLOAN
Photo credit: Gerry Goodstein

Here is a list of past EST/Sloan productions

Peter Maloney, Scott Sowers, Zach Grenier and Polly Lee.
STALIN'S EMBALMERSEST / SLOAN
Photo credit: Gerry Goodstein

2010 - Lenin’s Embalmers by Vern Thiessen
2009 - End Days by Deborah Zoe Laufer
2008 - Lucy by Damien Atkins
2007 - Serendib by David Zellnik*
2006 - Relativity by Cassandra Medley*
2005 - Luminescence Dating by Carey Perloff
2004 - Tooth and Claw by Michael Hollinger
2003 - String Fever by Jacquelyn Reingold*
2002 - The Secret Order by Bob Clyman
2001 - Louis Slotin Sonata by Paul Mullin*
2000 - Moving Bodies by Arthur Giron*
1999 - Tesla’s Letters by Jeffrey Stanley
1997 - Flight by Arthur Giron*

Here is a link to information about past EST/Sloan Commissions:
http://ensemblestudiotheatre.org/programs/estsloan-project/past-estsloan-project-commissions/

Here is a link to a general description of the EST / Sloan Project:
http://ensemblestudiotheatre.org/programs/estsloan-project/


RED BULL THEATERSHORT PLAY FESTIVAL
Red Bull Theater seeks new 10-minute plays for the spring short play reading day.

"New plays of no more than 10 pages, written in heightened language, in verse, with classic themes, adaptations of classics, or that otherwise fit our mission and history are welcome. "

BOBOOBLOG (UNOFFICIAL) DESCRIPTION
http://bobooblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/red-bull-theater-open-submissions-for.html


RED BULL OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION
http://www.redbulltheater.com/Collaborate

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HIFF 2010 WITH PARTY PIX & RED CARPET SNAPSHOTS!

Alec Baldwin
At the Chairman's Party
Hamptons International Film Festival 2010Alec Baldwin must be at least three people. He's announcing concerts, interviewing other actors onstage, and going to parties in the Hamptons.
And he was live (on 10/14) on 30 Rock, as well.

30 Rock Live was hilarious (10/14 8:30 NY time). I gather they did it again, live, for the West Coast -- That was Thursday, October 14, whatever time they do it live in California. (Hope you watched it!)

Alec Baldwin seems ubiquitous at HIFF... so he's at the top of this guide to stories about HIFF 2010. We'll be adding to this directory of articles as we process the photos and write the stories...

Here's some of what's still coming:
Interviews with Jane Goodall and others...Notes on films, including...=>Barney's Version
=>The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
=>The Debt
=>Sweet Evil

HERE ARE THE CURRENT STORIES FROM HIFF
Follow http://www.qporit.com/
Or check this page... http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/hiff-2010.html
For more stories about HIFF 2010 as they appear...
(For next year...) HOW TO PROMOTE YOUR FILM AT HIFF!http://qporit.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-to-promote-your-film-at-hiff-and.html
KISSES, CHLOE with ROBIN SINGER and MIKAL EVANShttp://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/kisses-chloe-with-robin-singer-mikal.html

ON THE PATH and ZRINKA CVITESIC
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/on-path-zrinka-cvitesic.html
Tweet... MIKAL EVANS from KISSES, CHLOE in concert Friday October 15 (Again, Nov 11!)
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/mikal-evans-from-kisses-chloe-in.html
HIFF 2010 - PRIZE WINNERShttp://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/prize-winners-at-hiff-2010.html

HIFF 2010 - THE SLOAN FOUNDATION AT HIFF 2010 (& BEYOND...)
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/sloan-foundation-at-hiff-2010-beyond.html
HIFF 2010 - BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMERShttp://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/breakthrough-performers.html

HIFF 2010 - FIRST PREVIEW: THE 2010 HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/09/first-preview-2010-hamptons.html

HIFF 2010 - PREVIEW: FILMS & EVENTS COMING TO THE HAMPTONS http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/09/hiff-2010-preview-films-events-coming.html

For links to stories about HIFF in prior years, please take a look at:
The QPORIT INDEX to stories about HIFF

PARTY PIX
AND RED CARPET SNAPSHOTS


WINE GLASSES
READY TO PARTY!
Photo by Eric Roffman


PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS


Julian Schnabel
Director, MIRAL
On The Red Carpet
Photo by Eric Roffman


Lorenz Knauer, Director, and Jane Goodall
JANE'S JOURNEY
Photo by Eric Roffman


Nikhil Melnechuk and Andrea Wozny
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
Andrea attended HIFF last year working on her film TO TIMBUKTU about singer Vieux Farka Touré of Mali. Since then she travelled to the World Cup Celebration for his performance. Nikhil helped her with cinematography. Nikhil was also a co-producer of FURTHER LANE, the short that played together with KISSES, CHLOE.
www.totimbuktu.com



Dennis Lynch
KING OF THE HAMPTONS
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman


Dan Rattiner
KING OF THE HAMPTONS
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
KING OF THE HAMPTONS was the first film and then also the last film shown at HIFF this year. Dan Rattiner, who started publishing Dan's Papers in the Hamptons while still in college, introduces Dennis to the Hamptons.

Jeremiah Newton
BEAUTIFUL DARLING
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
Jeremiah Newton was a close friend of Candy Darling and helped produce this documentary about her short life. Jeremiah has also been working with HIFF for many years on developing the student film program.


Iona Ramsey
CANARY
Photo by Eric Roffman
Visiting from the UK, Iona is the producer of the short film, CANARY.


David Roach
BENEATH HILL 60
Photo by Eric Roffman

David is the author of the screenplay for BENEATH HILL 60, the Sloan Prize winning film.
For more about the Sloan Foundation activities at HIFF:
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/sloan-foundation-at-hiff-2010-beyond.html


Ondi Timoner
COOL IT!
Photo by Eric Roffman
Ondi is the director of COOL IT! a documentary that takes a look at economic approaches to issues concerning global warming.


Jill Andresevic
LOVE, ETC.
Photo by Eric Roffman
Jill is the charming and charismatic director of the Audience Award Documentary LOVE, ETC which follows a handful of couples through some critical periods of their love lives. Filmed with great sophistication and insight, the stories evolve and diverge in unexpected ways.

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Tisch
LOVE, ETC.
Photo by Eric Roffman
Observing the diversity of couples around them when they were married provided the impetus for Jonathan to produce this (bittersweet) chronicle of love stories. (If the name sounds familiar, Jonathan's day job is CEO of Loews. His uncle, Larry, was CEO of CBS.)
Jonathan Tisch in WIKIPEDIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Tisch


Harvey Weinstein with a member of his staff
Weinstein Company
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman


PRODUCTION STUDIOS AND EXHIBITION


Campbell Dalglish
The Plaza Media Arts Center
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman

THE PLAZA MEDIA ARTS CENTER: http://www.plazamac.org/


Jane and Mark Garcia
Ovasen Post Production
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman


Parviz Farahzad
Grumman Studios
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman

Believe it or not, Salt (Angelina Jolie) was not at CIA headquarters and elsewhere in the world making SALT. She was (conspiracy theorists claim) actually at Grumman Studios.
http://www.grummanstudios.com/


PARTIES, PRESS, CONNECTIONS


Freida Pinto's Earring
Press At the Red Carpet
Photo by Eric Roffman


Working Press
On the Red Carpet for THE DEBT
Photo by Eric Roffman
Though this videographer and his on-camera partner interviewing Jessica Chastain on the Red Carpet for THE DEBT may have been among the youngest working press, as far as I could see and hear, they were doing a top notch job.

Rula Jebreal and Freida Pinto
MIRAL
Photo by Eric Roffman
Rula, the screenwriter (and author of the source novel) for MIRAL had the best line of the festival. A reporter (for a major magazine, though arguably less professional than the previous interviewer) asked Freida what she was wearing. Rula replied: "She's wearing me."


The HIFF Event Staff
Photo by Eric Roffman


Party-ON!
At the LOVE, ETC. Premiere Party
Photo by Eric Roffman


FRANK PR TEAM
Photo by Eric Roffman

The FRANK PR team did a great job at the festival. Left to right: Tiffany Malloy, Lina Plath, Kerry McAleer, Dana Morini, Clare Anne Darragh.

Karin Dix
European Film Promotion (Shooting Stars)
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman
http://www.efp-online.com/en/about_efp/index.php


Shooting Stars meeting informally with Harvey Weinstein
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman


ACTORS


Alec Baldwin
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman


Stanley Tucci with young partygoers
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman
Stanley Tucci (first name only just seems wrong, here) was very friendly and approachable. Seems quite different from the characters he's played recently... OMG, he was acting.

Stanley (well, it still seems wrong but I'll do it anyway) directed LEND ME A TENOR last year on Broadway. He's currently developing MOMMY AND ME with Meryl Streep (Mommy) and Tina Fey (Me), which he is planning to direct. It will be the fifth film he has directed, the last being BLIND DATE in 2008.
Happy Birthday, Stanley! (He turns 50 on November 11.)

QPORIT on LEND ME A TENOR:
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/04/lend-me-tenor.html



Robin Singer and Mikal Evans
KISSES, CHLOE
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
Striking new talents, actress Robin Singer and actress/singer/songwriter Mikal Evans starred in the provocative sell-out indie feature KISSES, CHLOE. Robin will soon be seen in two comic web series, and Mikal performs solo and with her band frequently in New York. Her next show will be with the full band, November 11th, 9pm @RockwoodMusicHall. (Perhaps she'll sing Happy Birthday for Stanley Tucci? -- See previous item.)

QPORIT on KISSES, CHLOE:
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/kisses-chloe-with-robin-singer-mikal.html


Pihla Viitala
BAD FAMILY
Photo by Eric Roffman

A Shooting Star / Breakthrough Performer this year, Vihla co-starred last year in TEARS OF APRIL with the 2009 Breakthrough Performer Samuli Vauramo. (Samuli can be seen currently in George Clooney's THE AMERICAN)

Britt Robertson
CHERRY; also THE FAMILY TREE
Photo by Eric Roffman

A Rising Star / Breakthrough Performer, Britt can be seen in two films this year that were screened at HIFF. She often plays tough teenagers (she's actually just a bit past her teens). She can be seen currently on TV in LIFE UNEXPECTED.
Freida Pinto
MIRAL
Photo by Eric Roffman
A Rising Star / Breakthrough Performer, Freida was the object of desire in SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.

Anais Demoustier
SWEET EVIL
Photo by Eric Roffman
A Shooting Star / Breakthrough Performer, Anais is soon to be seen in a series (8 films in 2010 !!!! !!!!) of important French Films with some of France and Europe's biggest stars and most important directors. Watch for: SPONSORING with Juliette Binoche, FRACTURE, ELSEWHERE, BELLE EPINE with Lea Seydoux, and more!
Zrinka Cvitesic
ON THE PATH
Shooting Star / Breakthrough Performer
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric RoffmanON THE PATH is an important film, brilliantly acted and directed.

QPORIT on ZRINKA CVITESIC and ON THE PATH:
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/on-path-zrinka-cvitesic.html
Jessica Chastain
THE DEBT
Rising Star / Breakthrough Performer
Photo by Eric Roffman
(I just realized that I once saw Jessica before, onstage. Jessica played Desdemona in the LAByrinth Theater / Peter Sellars production of OTHELLO: http://qporit.blogspot.com/2009/09/othello.html)

Jessica waves goodbye, after the Breakthrough Performers' Panel!

For more about the Breakthrough Performer Program:
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/10/breakthrough-performers.html


Check the top of this article
for links to other stories about the Hamptons International Film Festival!

QPORIT HOME
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At the Cornelia Street Cafe - 29 Cornelia Street NY 212 989-9319.

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