Fests and events, 11/29.

"[I]t's timely that two expansive film and video events have arrived in the Bay Area to shed light on some of the more dimly lit but important aspects of where we are now and why," writes Dennis Harvey. "This weekend sees the first ever CounterCorp Film Festival at San Francisco's Victoria Theatre, while over the next few weeks the San Francisco Cinematheque and Berkeley's Pacific Film Archive will host programs of (largely) Middle Eastern works curated by visiting Lebanese video artist and author Akram Zaatari."

Also in the San Francisco Bay Guardian: Todd Lavoie can't wait for "A John Waters Christmas with Wanda Jackson," this Monday evening at the Fillmore.

Underplayed: A Mix-Tape of Music-Based Videos is a series running at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts through March 4. For SF360, Max Goldberg offers an overview.

"Sounds like a hoot." Mike at Bad Lit recommends the Boston Underground Film Festival's Saturday night screening of Let Them Eat Rock.

"A number of films have stirred audiences and industry alike here at IDFA this year and based on informal surveys of insiders attending the festival, the taste of general attendees seems to be in line with that of the professional," report Eugene Hernandez and Brian Brooks at indieWIRE. "Perhaps the most buzzed about title at mid-week is Paul Taylor's debut feature We Are Together, a crowd-pleaser that has just secured a deal."

Posted by dwhudson at November 29, 2006 6:52 AM