Fests and events, 10/20.

"In its third edition spread over four days from November 13 - 16, 2008 at Landmark's Embarcadero Center Cinema, with special live events at the Apple Store and the Ninth Street Independent Film Center, the San Francisco Film Society presents the San Francisco International Animation Festival (SFIAF), which celebrates 'one of the most fertile, creative and productive forms of artistic, experimental, commercial and industrial media.'" A preview from Michael Guillén.

Noel Vera offers an overview of the 10th Cinemanila International Film Festival, running through October 29.

Catherine Bisley has an overview of New Zealand's traveling Italian Film Festival in the Lumière Reader.

All over the Austin Film Festival: the Austin Chronicle and the Austin Movie Blog, naturally.

"Documentaries and their cinema verité cousins were the strongest part of the Bangkok International Film Festival this year." A report from Nick Palevsky in the Auteurs' Notebook.

"Lance Hammer's Ballast led the 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Award nominations, which were announced this morning by IFP." Peter Knegt reports for indieWIRE, where he also lists the winners of the Middle East International Film Festival's Black Pearls.

Also: "Norwegian director Erik Poppe's Troubled Water and Japanese director Megumi Sasaki's Herb and Dorothy won big at the Hamptons International Film Festival," reports Brian Brooks.

Mike Everleth has the award-winners from the Melbourne Underground Film Festival.

The WSWS's David Walsh files a third report from the Vancouver International Film Festival.

Posted by dwhudson at October 20, 2008 1:03 PM