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1	Cannes 08: I'm off! In less than 24 hours, I'm going to hit the ground running on the Croisette getting my accreditation, trolling through schedules and making up for the fact that I'm arriving in the middle of the festivals opening day (I'm MISSING the 1st Blindness scre...	May 13, 2008
2	Cannes 08: Cannes Film Festival announces lineup The 61st Cannes Film Festival announced their full lineup this afternoon. Among the films making it into a more streamlined competition are TWO films by Steven Soderburgh ("The Argentine" and "Guerrilla"...	Apr 23, 2008
3	Cannes 08: Cannes Film Festival reveals this years poster The official poster for the 61st Cannes Film Festivalwas revealed today. Created byPierre Collier, the poster was inspired bya photograph of David Lynchwho has a long history with the festival (both as a winner of the Palme D'or in1990 and also as the...	Apr 18, 2008
4	DIFF 07: A roundup So there you have it, a week of being in one of the most interesting cities in the world, surrounded by filmmakers, actors and of course the festival itself. I managed to cull together some of the highlights of my festival in the piece below. It's be...	Dec 23, 2007
5	DIFF 07: Mira Nair brings the film AIDS Jaago to Dubai Renowned director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, The Namesake) brought her latest project "AIDS Jaago" to Dubai this year. A collection of four shorts directed by some of the biggest names in Bollywood (Santosh Sivan, Vishal Bharadwaj, Farhan ...	Dec 21, 2007
6	DIFF 07: AmFar raises $3 million Bringing her legendary charm and skills to the sands of Dubai, Sharon Stone swept into town to host the 1st ever AmFar charity event to benefit AIDS research. The event, located some 40 minutes away from the Dubai Film Festival grounds, brought toge...	Dec 20, 2007
7	DIFF 07: Gloria and Emilio Estefan In town to celebrate the inaugural Rhythm and Reelsfestival of DIFF, Gloria Estefan brought along her husband Emilio and the whole Miami Sound Machine to not onlyscreen the self produced documentary "90 Millas" (90Miles) but also perform a ...	Dec 20, 2007
8	DIFF 07: A date with George Clooney After a wonderfully posh flight over to Dubai (via Emirates thank you!), my first impression of the city was actually seen through half opened eyes. Much had to do with the fact that we didn't get into our hotel room until 3am and also the fact that I...	Dec 17, 2007
9	Stevie's Blog: Hello Dubai! Hey guys, I'm actually packing my bags at the moment to get ready for a week at the 4th annual Dubai International Film Festival. With the film Michael Clayton opening the festival, George Clooney himself will be in attendance for a Q&A titled &qu...	Dec 7, 2007
10	TIFF 07: Toronto International Film Festival announces winners It's over! 10 packed days in which I found myself completely immersed in one of the best movie festivals around. I not only have an excellent idea of the 1 mile radius surrounding TIFF, but I've met with some really choice filmmakers, TIFF volunteers ...	Sep 17, 2007
11	TIFF 07: Midnight Madness Wrap Up With Colin Geddes Let me get it out in the open, Colin Geddes is my god! Throughout TIFF 07, with it's gala premieres, interviews, screenings and running back and forth to the press office, I knew that at the end of the night I could find solace (and loads of blood) at...	Sep 14, 2007
12	TIFF 07: Chilling With Some Blood Brothers After immersing myself in loads of movies by western directors, I thought I'd give myself a nice break and check out the film 1930's Shanghai gangster film Blood Brothers (directed by first time director Alexi Tan). Produced by John Woo and his partne...	Sep 14, 2007
13	TIFF 07: Ryan Gosling wows in Lars & The Real Girl How does one explain falling in love with a movie about a socially disassociated young man (Ryan Gosling) who finds his soul and his community viatheir acceptance of his 'girlfriend' played by a... ahem... sex doll? Oh yes, quirky (and surprisingly he...	Sep 14, 2007
14	TIFF 07: Ellen Page in Juno I'm in love with a pregnant girl... and it all happened at TIFF! No... my life altering experience happened in a dark room shared with 500 other viewers who probablyhad the same conclusion after watching the crowd pleasing comedy Juno. Starring Ellen...	Sep 14, 2007
15	TIFF 07: Midnight Madness presents Frontiere(s) We buzzed about French director Xavier Gensandhisblood infested debut Frontiere(s)last month. So imagine my total joy to see the film as part of TIFF's wildly popular series Midnight Madness this year. Premiering the most extreme lineup ofpure action...	Sep 8, 2007
16	TIFF 07: Stevie's Blog I'm here in Toronto!!! After waking up at the ungodly hour of 5am, then hoping for a bit of serious sleep on the plane ride from NYC to here, I was woken up by the announcement of our landing just a measely hour later. By the time I dropped off my ba...	Sep 5, 2007
17	TIFF 07: Gala Presentations As part of my breakdown of TIFF 07, I thoughtit would be much easier to give you aquick overview of each film programme by talking about some their highlights. Easily the most high profile showcase for world or North American premieres,the Galaprogra...	Sep 4, 2007
18	VIP Access goes to Toronto International Film Festival 07 In two days I will be heading north to the wonderful city of Toronto to attend this years Toronto International Film Festival. Considered to be the biggest film festival in North America, 'TIFF' is also the launching pad for many of the prestige films...	Sep 4, 2007