Fests, 8/31.

As the fall film festival season kicks off with the opening of the Venice International Film Festival - Clara Ferreira-Marques has coverage for Reuters, Frances D'Emilio for the AP; then, there's the BBC - Variety launches a festival guide. Via Vast Wasteland.

Tom Hall's bracing for a busy season as well.

Todd at Twitch: "The first block of titles for the first Fantastic Fest has been announced and the four day, Austin based, genre film festival is off to a solid start." Meanwhile, Gummo has been covering London's Frightfest. And how: 1, 2, 3 and 4.

The San Francisco Film Society has appointed a new executive director: Graham Leggat, of the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Lot of traffic between the film festivals in those two cities. Related (and a lot more fun): Lance Arthur in the Morning News.

The New York Korean Film Festival: September 2 through 11. Michael Atkinson in the Village Voice: "Solid mainstream genre expertise."

At indieWIRE, Ellen Keohane previews the Atlantic Film Festival (September 15 through 24 in Halifax, Nova Scotia).

And at Filmmaker, Jason Sanders looks back on the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Posted by dwhudson at August 31, 2005 3:48 PM