Fests and events, 11/28.

"While most of the big festivals - Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Sundance etc - get nearly all the column inches, it's often the boutique festivals that are the most fun to attend," writes Kaleem Aftab for Time Out, having just attended one that goes a little beyond boutique: the Amazonas Film Festival.

Ronald Bergan decided to focus on the Greek offerings when he went to cover the Thessaloniki International Film Festival for the Guardian. "It proved a bad move." There was, however, one exception, Angeliki Antoniou's "extremely powerful and moving" Eduart.

Hugo Perez has a wide-ranging wrap-up at indieWIRE: "After a week of breathing in the Aegean breeze, dipping in and out of standing room only screenings, alternately sipping wine and espressos late into the night with an international assembly of filmmakers and cineastes, it is hard to sum up the Thessaloniki experience. Lili Taylor was asked how she would describe the festival using just one word. After a moment of reflection, she answered 'Celebration.'"

Also at iW, a tour of the world via the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam from Eugene Hernandez. Matt Dentler's got more pix.

Posted by dwhudson at November 28, 2006 9:13 AM