Fests and events, 11/27.

Kim Tae-yong's Family Ties has won the Golden Alexander, the top award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival; here's the full list of award-winners. Related: At Twitch, Todd reviewed Family Ties back in September.

The International Film Festival Rotterdam has named the first three titles lined up for the Competition: How Is Your Fish Today?, a debut feature from Xiaolu Guo blending documentary and fiction, Love Conquers All, another debut, this one from Malaysian filmmaker Tan Chui Mui, and Ex-drummer, Koen Mortier's adaptation of Herman Brusselmans's novel. Also, jury members will include Lou Ye and Toronto director Piers Handling.

IndieWIRE's Brian Brooks sends a dispatch from the 19th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), which "offers hundreds of movies, provocative discussions, and late-night dance parties for the 2,000 attending doc insiders from around the world." Matt Dentler's got pix.

First Generation: Art and the Moving Image, 1963 - 1986 is on view at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid through April 2.

Posted by dwhudson at November 27, 2006 5:25 AM