Fests and events, 7/7.

"On Wednesday, Long Island City's Socrates Sculpture Park will kick off the 10th year of its Outdoor Cinema summer series, a two-month multimedia event presented in conjunction with the Museum of the Moving Image that has become a weekly tradition for many in Queens, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Manhattan's Upper East Side," notes S James Snyder in the New York Sun. "Dubbed a Festival of International Film, Music, Dance and Food, the Socrates spectacle, which offers free admission, combines the programming of an outdoor film festival with a weekly catered picnic and outdoor concert. Every Wednesday through August 20, organizers will select a particular cultural heritage to celebrate, then set about planning food, music, and films to match."

At the Circuit, Penny Colston files a dispatch from the Midnight Sun Film Festival, founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki in 1986, where films screen 24 hours a day.

Also, Steven Gaydos: "Seven Meditations Upon Encountering Nicolas Roeg in Karlovy Vary... or Why I Still Like Film Festivals."

Speaking of Karlovy Vary, Cineuropa interviews ten directors with films there.

Poster by Marianne Goldin.

The Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival has drawn to a close and Blake Ethridge has the list of award-winners at Twitch.

Posted by dwhudson at July 7, 2008 3:28 PM