The Movies That Missed Us
(Benjamin Smoke)
One of the great things about programming for a film festival is traveling to other festivals and being able to see the newest films by directors I love as well as discovering first time works. One of the worst things about programming a film festival is seeing something I love at another festival and inviting it to screen in Denver and not getting it. There are myriad reasons why this happens; premiere policies at other festivals, distributor and sales agents roll-out strategies that don’t match festival dates, a single print that is already booked elsewhere, etc., etc.
Another great thing about being part of an organization that also operates its own year-round theatre (in our case, the Starz FilmCenter) is that occasionally I can go back and put together a program of films that didn’t work out the first time around for the festival, re-imagine and re-package it all for the film center and still be able to introduce new works to Denver.
I’ve done just that for a series that will screen in June: The Movies That Missed Us, part of a monthly program at the Starz FilmCenter called, appropriately, The Series. Taking place every Wednesday at 7pm, The Movies That Missed Us looks back at 4 films I saw (and loved) at other festivals but have never screened in Denver.
June 4 – Svjedoci (Witnesses)
(directed by Vinko Bresan, Croatia, 2003)
June 11 – Benjamin Smoke
(directed by Jem Cohen & Peter Sillen, USA, 2000)
June 18 – Seom (The Isle)
(directed by Kim Ki-duk, South Korea, 2000)
June 25 – Taxidermia
(directed by György Pálfi, Hungary, 2006)
More on each of these films as we get a bit closer.
Haven't seen Taxidermia yet, heard it's great. Loved Kim's films too especially Spring Summer and The Bow.
Posted by:1minutefilmreview | April 23, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Yes, Taxidermia is great, as is The Bow and Spring, Summer, etc.
Posted by: | April 24, 2008 at 07:45 AM
I'm looking forward to this series. "The Isle" was my intro to Kim, and I would like to see it on a movie screen. Too bad there is no Asian Film Fest this year.
Posted by:Peter Nellhaus | April 26, 2008 at 05:21 PM
I'll take your word on their quality and check them out.
Hopefully by June, I will have my $4 million from my new girlfriend in Nigeria.
Posted by:John Miller | April 28, 2008 at 08:53 PM