Fests and events, 7/17.

Tonight at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles, Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier host the opening of Crazy 4 Cult, an exhibition featuring 50 artists riffing on favorite scenes in cult movies. Via Drawn!

"2008: Man With a Movie Camera is a participatory video shot by people around the world who are invited to record video according to the original script of Vertov's Man With a Movie Camera and submit it to a website which will archive, sequence and deliver the submissions to The Big Screen in 2007-08. When the work streams your contribution becomes part of a worldwide montage, in Vertov's terms the 'decoding of life as it is.'" Via Coudal Partners.

At Twitch, Blake's got another round of titles slated for this fall's Fantastic Fest.

Acquarello's posting reviews from Leading the Charge: Woodfall Film Productions and the Revolution in 60s British Cinema, a series running through July 26: Look Back in Anger and The Entertainer.

"Tropfest and Tribeca team up for Tropfest@Tribeca, a free, public, outdoor short film festival. Now taking entries."

"John Sayles will be saluted at the 48th Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece, November 16 - 25, 2007, where his new film, Honeydripper, will have its European premiere," reports Eugene Hernandez at indieWIRE.

Online viewing tip. At IFC News, Alison Willmore talks with Grady Hendrix about how well the New York Asian Film Festival went - and with Sion Sono about Exte. Lots of clips from the full festival lineup - fun stuff!

Posted by dwhudson at July 17, 2007 6:40 AM