Fests and events, 8/27.

The latest entries in Toronto's Doc Blog come from David Leaf (The US vs John Lennon), Ron Mann (Tales of the Rat Fink) , Michael Tucker (The Prisoner, or How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair; a helluva post: "a few observations from what turned out to be 72-hour ten-kilometer ride into Baghdad") and host Thom Powers, who surveys the fictional features by "directors who have notable backgrounds in documentary" screening at this year's fest.

Meanwhile, tiffreviews.com keeps finding items on films heading to Toronto (September 7 through 16).

Das Fräulein, which took the top award at Locarno just two weeks ago, has won two more at the Sarajevo Film Festival: Best Film, awarded to director Andrea Staka, and Best Actress for Marija Skaricic. You'll see a pretty strong showing in the full list of award-winners for films from countries that were once part of Yugoslavia.

The Amnesty International Film Festival runs September 14 through 16 in Washington DC.

European Independent Film Festival, set for March 2007 in Paris, is accepting submissions.

Posted by dwhudson at August 27, 2006 11:12 AM