Program Change: Hilla Medalia will be replaced by James Lecesne, Executive Producer of “After the Storm” and one of the producers profiled in the film.
James is an actor, writer, film and play producer. He has appeared in movies and TV, including “Gods and Monsters,” “Home for the Holidays” and “Sex and the City.” He created the critically acclaimed solo performance “Word of Mouth,” directed by Eve Ensler and produced by Mike Nichols.
He has written for movies and television, including “Will & Grace,” and his live action short film Trevor won an Academy Award in 1995, as well as the special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Mr. Lecesne’s first novel, “Absolute Brightness,” was published by Harper Collins in 2007.
Three feature films by local filmmakers have been added to the Alexandria Film Festival program: The Fugue, by Paul Awad; Signals, by Carlos Etzio Roman; and Bureaucracy, by Mark Perreault and Andrew Perreault. Watch trailers and get showtimes, after the jump. Keep reading →
The festival is pleased to announce that “Shoot First and Pray You Live” will be part of this year’s schedule. A spaghetti western in the best sense of the word, “Shoot First” features The Wire’s John Doman, and will be shown at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26.
View the trailer below and check out the full schedule for more information on this year’s films. Don’t forget to buy tickets online at Brown Paper Tickets! [Note: Program is subject to change.]
Several local restaurants and cafes are offering special deals for Alexandria Film Festival attendees during the weekend of the festival.Get details on the discounts and a map of participating restaurants, after the jump. Keep reading →
Today’s sneak peek is the trailer for “Rumba.” In this French film, Dom and Fiona are in love, and Fiona is in love with dancing the rumba. On their way home from a dance one night, they encounter a would-be suicide. Their charitable act— turning their car into a wall to save him—turns their lives upside down. Changed and yet still sustained by their love, their lives take a completely new path.
Another sneak peek! The Alexandria Film Festival just added a new feature: “City of Borders.”
In the heart of Jerusalem stands an unusual symbol of unity: a gay bar called Shushan. The film goes inside this underground sanctuary where people of opposing nationalities and religions create an island of peace in a land divided by war.
The Alexandria Film Festival is pleased to announce that “Fresh: The Movie” will be shown during the 2009 festival.
Watch the trailer below, get more information on the film at the Fresh website, and don’t forget to check back to find out when Fresh will be screened! You can buy festival passes online through Brown Paper Tickets. [NOTE: program is subject to change.]
The Alexandria Film Festival is pleased to announce that “Katyn,” the Academy-Award-nominated documentary by Andrzeja Wajda, will be shown as part of this year’s festival.
Read a review from the New York Times, watch the trailer below, and don’t forget to check back to find out when Katyn will be screened! You can buy festival passes online through Brown Paper Tickets. [NOTE: program is subject to change.]
A gas flare is reflected in an oil waste put in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador. From the film Crude, directed and produced by Joe Berlinger.
In yesterday’s review of “Crude,” the New York Times called Joe Berlinger’s documentary “thorough and impassioned” and praises Berlinger’s “strong narrative instinct” and “keen eye for incongruous, evocative and powerful images.”
“Crude” will be shown at the Film Festival on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 1:45 p.m. Attorney Steven Donziger, who is featured in the film, will attend the screening and answer questions from the audience about the film and its subject.
“Crude” has won several awards, including Grand Jury prizes from the Independent Film Festival of Boston and the Yale Environmental Film Festival. It was an official selection at the Sundance Film Festival and the Silverdocs Documentary Festival.
Program Change for "After the Storm" - producer James Lecesne to speak about working with young actors in New Orleans: http://bit.ly/2cgDND5 months ago
Program Change: Hilla Medalia will be replaced by James Lecesne, Executive Producer of “After the Storm” and one of the producers profiled in the film.
