Sunday, July 18, 2010

Release dates for MIFF films


(Re the significance of the image above, see the postscript, below...)

Speaking of MIFF, here's a little something I prepared earlier: a list of films screening at MIFF with distribution deals already inked. Don't take the below as gospel, for these things are subject to change, but at the least be assured that all the information below has been taken directly from horses' mouths (the horses here being publicists for distributors and exhibitors both, as well as the small print in the MIFF festival program).

May that the following might help Melburnians with some tough scheduling decisions over the MIFF ahead!

TITLEDISTRIBUTORDATE OF RELEASESECTION
WORLD'S GREATEST DADEagle28/07/2010 (DVD)International Panorama
SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP, THERoadshow05/08/10International Panorama
CLINIC, THEPolyphony06/08/10Night Shift
GHOST WRITER, THEHoyts12/08/10International Panorama
PEEPLI LIVEMind-Blowing Films12/08/10Special Events
SCOTT PILGRIM Vs. THE WORLDUniversal12/08/10International Panorama
SPLICEMadman12/08/10Night Shift
FOUR LIONSHopscotch19/08/10International Panorama
MATCHING JACKFox19/08/10Premiere Fund
KILLER INSIDE MEIcon26/08/10International Panorama
BOYTransmission26/08/10Next Gen
RELUCTANT INFIDEL, THEBeckerSept 2010International Panorama
WINTER'S BONECuriousSept 2010International Panorama
BLAMEThe PackSept 2010Premiere Fund
KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, THEHopscotch02/09/10International Panorama
DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED, THEIcon09/09/10First Encounters
PLEASE GIVERoadshow09/09/10International Panorama
DESPICABLE MEUniversal16/09/10Next Gen
TREE, THETransmission30/09/10Homegrown
CHLOERoadshow14/10/10International Panorama
SUMMER CODASharmill21/10/10Homegrown
DREAMLANDBunyaNov 2010Homegrown
CELL 211HopscotchNov 2010International Panorama
RED HILLSony02/12/10Homegrown
WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE: A FILM ABOUT THE DOORSMadmanDVD only?Backbeat
LEMMYHopscotchDVD only?Backbeat
BOYS: THE SHERMAN BROTHERS STORY, THEDisneyDVD only?Flawed Geniuses
CANE TOADS: THE CONQUESTRadio PicturesDVD only?Homegrown
I KILLED MY MOTHERMadmanDVD only?First Encounters
LEBANONRialtoDVD only?International Panorama
MYTH OF THE AMERICAN SLEEPOVER, THECuriousDVD only?First Encounters
MAMMUTHVendettaDVD only?International Panorama
CATFISHHopscotchDVD only?Documentaries
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: THE RADIANT CHILDHopscotchDVD only?Documentaries
WASTE LANDHopscotchDVD only?Documentaries
GENIUS WITHIN: THE INNER LIFE OF GLENN GOULDGil ScrineDVD only?Flawed Geniuses
UNINHABITEDPolyphonyDVD only?Homegrown
BEESWAXAccentDVD only?International Panorama
I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRISRoadshowDVD only?First Encounters
HOLE, THERoadshowDVD only?Joe Dante
SURVIVAL OF THE DEADAnchor BayDVD only?Night Shift
LOURDESTransmissionDVD only?International Panorama
LOVE IN A PUFFDream MoviesDVD only?Neighbourhood Watch
ILLUSIONIST, THEMadmanDVD only?Animation
DANSE: THE PARIS OPERA BALLET, LAMadmanDVD only?Documentaries
PIANOMANIAMadmanDVD only?Documentaries
TEENAGE PAPARAZZOMadmanDVD only?Documentaries
COLLAPSEAccentDVD only?Flawed Geniuses
CARLOSMadmanDVD only?International Panorama
CERTIFIED COPYMadmanDVD only?International Panorama
HOUSEMAID, THEMadmanDVD only?Neighbourhood Watch
DOWN TERRACEMadmanDVD only?Night Shift
MONSTERSMadmanDVD only?Night Shift
RUBBERMadmanDVD only?Night Shift
SILENT HOUSE, THEMadmanDVD only?Night Shift

PS Never mind that it opens in cinemas all of four days after the festival closes... if you haven't already heard, there's another very compelling reason to wait until August 12 to see the much anticipated new Edgar Wright film, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. For its single screening at MIFF is up against the only (semi-)announced screening of Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Palme d'Or winner, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives!

PPS I've already seen The Special Relationship, Splice and Boy and will, nearer their local release dates, enthuse effusively in this here blog about the latter two. The Special Relationship, though, has no place in a film festival, no matter how good a Tony Blair Michael Sheen keeps on giving.

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