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!

TITLE	DISTRIBUTOR	DATE OF RELEASE	SECTION
WORLD'S GREATEST DAD	Eagle	28/07/2010 (DVD)	International Panorama
SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP, THE	Roadshow	05/08/10	International Panorama
CLINIC, THE	Polyphony	06/08/10	Night Shift
GHOST WRITER, THE	Hoyts	12/08/10	International Panorama
PEEPLI LIVE	Mind-Blowing Films	12/08/10	Special Events
SCOTT PILGRIM Vs. THE WORLD	Universal	12/08/10	International Panorama
SPLICE	Madman	12/08/10	Night Shift
FOUR LIONS	Hopscotch	19/08/10	International Panorama
MATCHING JACK	Fox	19/08/10	Premiere Fund
KILLER INSIDE ME	Icon	26/08/10	International Panorama
BOY	Transmission	26/08/10	Next Gen
RELUCTANT INFIDEL, THE	Becker	Sept 2010	International Panorama
WINTER'S BONE	Curious	Sept 2010	International Panorama
BLAME	The Pack	Sept 2010	Premiere Fund
KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, THE	Hopscotch	02/09/10	International Panorama
DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED, THE	Icon	09/09/10	First Encounters
PLEASE GIVE	Roadshow	09/09/10	International Panorama
DESPICABLE ME	Universal	16/09/10	Next Gen
TREE, THE	Transmission	30/09/10	Homegrown
CHLOE	Roadshow	14/10/10	International Panorama
SUMMER CODA	Sharmill	21/10/10	Homegrown
DREAMLAND	Bunya	Nov 2010	Homegrown
CELL 211	Hopscotch	Nov 2010	International Panorama
RED HILL	Sony	02/12/10	Homegrown
WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE: A FILM ABOUT THE DOORS	Madman	DVD only?	Backbeat
LEMMY	Hopscotch	DVD only?	Backbeat
BOYS: THE SHERMAN BROTHERS STORY, THE	Disney	DVD only?	Flawed Geniuses
CANE TOADS: THE CONQUEST	Radio Pictures	DVD only?	Homegrown
I KILLED MY MOTHER	Madman	DVD only?	First Encounters
LEBANON	Rialto	DVD only?	International Panorama
MYTH OF THE AMERICAN SLEEPOVER, THE	Curious	DVD only?	First Encounters
MAMMUTH	Vendetta	DVD only?	International Panorama
CATFISH	Hopscotch	DVD only?	Documentaries
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: THE RADIANT CHILD	Hopscotch	DVD only?	Documentaries
WASTE LAND	Hopscotch	DVD only?	Documentaries
GENIUS WITHIN: THE INNER LIFE OF GLENN GOULD	Gil Scrine	DVD only?	Flawed Geniuses
UNINHABITED	Polyphony	DVD only?	Homegrown
BEESWAX	Accent	DVD only?	International Panorama
I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS	Roadshow	DVD only?	First Encounters
HOLE, THE	Roadshow	DVD only?	Joe Dante
SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD	Anchor Bay	DVD only?	Night Shift
LOURDES	Transmission	DVD only?	International Panorama
LOVE IN A PUFF	Dream Movies	DVD only?	Neighbourhood Watch
ILLUSIONIST, THE	Madman	DVD only?	Animation
DANSE: THE PARIS OPERA BALLET, LA	Madman	DVD only?	Documentaries
PIANOMANIA	Madman	DVD only?	Documentaries
TEENAGE PAPARAZZO	Madman	DVD only?	Documentaries
COLLAPSE	Accent	DVD only?	Flawed Geniuses
CARLOS	Madman	DVD only?	International Panorama
CERTIFIED COPY	Madman	DVD only?	International Panorama
HOUSEMAID, THE	Madman	DVD only?	Neighbourhood Watch
DOWN TERRACE	Madman	DVD only?	Night Shift
MONSTERS	Madman	DVD only?	Night Shift
RUBBER	Madman	DVD only?	Night Shift
SILENT HOUSE, THE	Madman	DVD 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.