Other fests, other events, 10/6.

Robert Abele previews New Chinese Cinema (through October 26): "Taking the geographically wider purview of pan-Chinese film - augmenting mainland work of independent-minded rigor with Hong Kong and Taiwanese titles (including a tribute to recently deceased Taiwanese director Edward Yang) - the series aims for a simultaneous artistic breadth and regional immediacy that reflects China's ever-growing status as an engaged, if still controversial, economic power." Through October 31.

Also in the Los Angeles Times, Agustin Gurza tells the story behind the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival and talks with founder and exec director Marlene Dermer. Tomorrow through October 14.

"[R]ows and rows of teenagers screaming their lungs out as the stars pass on the red carpet. Suddenly it was like Cannes was cast out to some distant province whose name no one remembers. It rained, a drizzle that became a shower. The crowd donned white plastic raincoats, festival volunteers handed out umbrellas by the dozens, but the stars calmly posed in front of photographers and fans, unperturbed, as if the flashes were Californian sunshine." Emmanuel Burdeau's got a Pusan International Film Festival diary going on at Cahiers du cinéma: "Pusan has become Asia's biggest film festival, reportedly showing hundreds of films, an Edward Yang tribute, and thousands of other things to see and discover such as the program on Malaysian film."

Both the Hollywood Reporter and Variety have whopping hopping Pusan specials running.

"When I meet [Charles-Henri Belleville], he swears he hasn't slept for two nights due to sheer excitement," writes Emily Stokes in the Financial Times; "his new film, The Inheritance, has been nominated for Best British Feature at the Raindance Film Festival, the largest independent film festival in the UK. At 23, Charlie Belleville is the youngest director to have made a nominated film, and, with a budget of just £5,000, his is one of the lowest cost feature films in Raindance history."

Hollywood Bitchslap interviews from Vancouver: Jason Whyte with Bari Pearlman (Daughters of Wisdom), Tiffany Burns (Mr Big) and Csaba Bollók (Iska's Journey). Also, a big festival overview from Greg Ursic.

David Bordwell posts a final round of reviews from Vancouver. The festival rolls on, though, through October 12.

"You've got to be the most-programmed filmmaker in the history of MVFF. Admittedly, you've had a lot of features to premiere - but why there in particular?" Dennis Harvey's got nine questions for Rob Nilsson at S360.

At Twitch, Blake Ethridge carries on filing from the Sitges Film Festival, where he spoke with Matthew Vaughn and Alex Proyas.

Posted by dwhudson at October 6, 2007 1:33 PM