Saturday, December 8, 2018

THE BEST FILM FESTIVAL POSTERS OF 2018

By José Alberto Hermosillo
The Best Film Festival Posters of 2018. www.festivalinLA.com

 Festival in LA. Has selected the Best Posters of 2018 to promote the talent of the most prestigious festivals worldwide. 

Art is subjective and open to interpretation. How do we curate, criticize, and deconstruct an artistic piece? 

While taking art classes in college, the day I hated the most was “Critique Day.” I remember that experience with aversion, stress, and anxiety. Who likes to be orally evaluated by a strict teacher and other fellow students in front of a class?

At that time, I only wanted to forget the grade and never return to school. But I also felt the enormous necessity of showing my work to the class or having the satisfaction of finishing it with the possibility of improving it and getting a good grade. So, I had to swallow my pride, eat the humble pie, and deal with it. 

A few years later, I highly valued those good old days in college. 

The Best Film Festival Posters of 2018 www.FestivalinLA.com

Back to the posters, the elements to consider in the composition are the conceptual idea, technical skills, simplicity, diversity, beauty, colors, emotions, and message.

The most crucial element is the genre. The artist must stick to the genre, whether the work is Abstract, Impressionist, Surrealist, Cubist, Modernist, Contemporary, Pop, Classic, Art déco, or Avant-garde.

The style, shapes, graphics, forms, fonts, and colors complement each other. Remember, the poster has to have a limited palette of five colors. 

The Best Film Festival Posters of 2018 - www.FestivalinLA.com
 
 Venice 75’s exquisite design took the number one spot. Azerbaijan, New York, Poland, and Cannes followed the list of beautiful, diverse, and thought-provoking posters for Film Festivals Around the World.

75 MOSTRA INTERNAZIONALE
D'ARTE CINEMATOGRAFICA
LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 
VENICE, ITALY

ANIMAFILM
BAKU 
INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION
FILM FESTIVAL
AZERBAIJAN

56TH NEW YORK 
FILM FESTIVAL
NEW YORK, NY
SHORT
CA’ FOSCARI
SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
EDITION 2022
VENICE, ITALY
ARTIST GIORGIO CARPINTERI

37 MTODZI I FILM
KOSZALIN, POLAND

71 FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL 
DU FILM
DE CANNES
CANNES, FRANCE

 COLOMBIAN 
FILM FESTIVAL
NEW YORK, NY
Colombian Film Festival, New York, NY.
 LOFT FILM FEST
TUCSON, ARIZONA
FESTIVAL DU 
COURT MÉTRAGE
CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE

64 MUESTRA 
INTERNACIONAL DE CINE
CIUDAD DE MEXICO
64 Muestra Internacional de Cine, Ciudad de Mexico
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL
DU FILM D'ANIMATION
ANNECY, FRANCE

 36 INTERNATIONALES
FILMFEST
MÜNCHEN
MUNICH, GERMANY

FESTIWAL POLSKICH
FILMÓW
FABULARYCH
GDYNIA, POLAND

WOMEN IN FILM
HOLMFIRTH 
FILM FESTIVAL 
UNITED KINGDOM

VIVA MEXICO
LE RENDEZ'VOUS
DU CINÉMA MEXICAIN EN FRANCE
PARIS, FRANCE
Viva Mexico, Paris, France
8a EDICIÓN
ATLÁNTIDA FILM FEST
PALMA, MALLORCA, SPAIN

MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL
BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
MONTREAL, CANADA

THE 17TH INTERNATIONAL
ANIMATION FESTIVAL 
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN
Hiroshima2018, artwork by Yoji Kuri
BERLINALE
BERLIN, GERMANY 
(6 POSTERS)

21 FESTIVAL DE CINE ESPAÑOL
MÁLAGA, SPAIN
VII FERATUM
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE
FANTÁSTICO, TERROR Y
CIENCIA FICCIÓN
TLALPUJAHUA, MICHOACAN, MEXICO

BOGOSHORTS
FESTIVAL
DE CORTOS DE BOGOTÁ
SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
16th EDITION
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA

CINEMANIMA 14
42nd FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL
DE CINEMA DE ANIMAÇÁ
ESPINHO, PORTUGAL

 32 TARNOSWSKA NAGRODA
FILMOWA FESTIVAL
POLAND

17TH CONCORTO FILM FESTIVAL
PIACENZA, ITALY
17th Concorto Film Festival, Piacenza, Italy
ARM
AMERICAN FILM MARKET
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
American Film Market, AFM 2018
13TH NYC SHORT
FILM FESTIVAL
NEW YORK CITY, USA
13th NYC Short Film Festival
 DONOSTIA ZINEMALDIA
SAN SEBASTIAN INTERNATIONAL 
FILM FESTIVAL
SPAIN

 LAS VEGAS 
FILM FESTIVAL 2018
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 
GLASGOW 
FILM FESTIVAL
SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM

 BATSU FILM FESTIVAL
CELEBRATION OF JAPANESE CINEMA
DENVER, COLORADO

CINEMA PLANETA
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL
DE CINE Y MEDIO AMBIENTE
CUERNAVACA, MÉXICO
Cinema Planeta, Cuernavaca., Mexico

MIX 
FESTIVAL DE LA DIVERSIDAD SEXUAL
EN CINE Y VIDEO
CIUDAD DE MEXICO
Mix, Festival de la Diversidad Sexual en Cine y Video. Ciudad de Mexico
ASIAN WORLD
FILM FESTIVAL
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

 SANTA BARBARA
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA

 9TH ANNUAL PRESCOTT
FILM FESTIVAL
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA

MIX COPENHAGEN
Lesbian Gay Bi-Trans Film Festival
Copenhagen, Denmark

JAPANESE
AVANT-GARDE AND EXPERIMENTAL
FILM FESTIVAL
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

NEWPORT BEACH
FILM FESTIVAL
NEWPORT, CALIFORNIA

 SHORTS MEXICO 13
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE 
CORTOMETRAJES DE MEXICO
CIUDAD DE MEXICO
  
19TH ANNUAL
POLISH FILM FESTIVAL
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
19th Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles
SIXTH ANNUAL
LATINO FILM FESTIVAL
CINEMAGNIFICO
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
XV FESTIVAL
INTERNACIONAL DE CINE JUDIO
EN MEXICO
CIUDAD DE MEXICO
XV Fesrival Internacional de Cine Judio en Mexico
 
34TH CHICAGO LATINO
FILM FESTIVAL
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
 34TH CHICAGO
LATINO FILM FESTIVAL
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

BAJA CALIFORNIA
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

5TH CHENNAI 
INTERNATIONAL
SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 
INDIA

V EDICIÓN
PREMIOS PLATINO
DEL CINE IBEROAMERICANO
XCARET RIVIERA MAYA, MEXICO

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Saturday, December 1, 2018

ALL THE CREATURES WERE STIRRING: WISHES YOU A BLOODY MERRY CHRISTMAS

By José Alberto Hermosillo
All the Creatures Were Stirring. Photo Jose Alberto Hermosillo. ©2018 Festival in LA

“All the Creatures Were Stirring” is a very Lynchian movie with some touches of good humor and plenty of scary moments.

All the Creatures Were Stirring. Photo Jose Alberto Hermosillo. ©2018 Festival in LA

Seasonal vignettes were well-combined and smartly put together by a group of remarkable filmmakers, plus exceptional performers.

When a blind date goes wrong, the atmosphere of this tiny, little creepy theater plays a series of obscure and bizarre tales by a group of funky performers.

All the Creatures Were Stirring. Photo Jose Alberto Hermosillo. ©2018 Festival in LA

From the beginning, the couple’s interaction with the workers and patrons is awkwardly funny.

A mute presenter introduces every story when they sit to enjoy the show. She has the look of a character in David Lynch’s movies.

All the Creatures Were Stirring. Photo Jose Alberto Hermosillo. ©2018 Festival in LA

The stories are rich and fascinating. It begins with a mind-numbing Christmas office party that turns into a bloody Russian roulette game. 

A late-shopping madness ends up in a psycho “Chupacabras” eating people in the parking lot. A not-so-good neighbor’s experience transforms into a twisted version of Charles Dickens’s “Christmas Carol.” A dead deer avenges itself. Finally, a surreal extraterrestrial adventure at a friend’s dinner table gives closeness and hope to another couple.

All the Creatures Were Stirring. Photo Jose Alberto Hermosillo. ©2018 Festival in LA

“All the Creatures Were Stirring” is a creepy, weird, and even frightening anthology, and at the same time, it is fun to watch. 

This independent horror flick is reminiscent of the TV Series “Tales from the Crypt.” A show from the 1980’s that I loved as a teen. 
All the Creatures Were Stirring. Photo Jose Alberto Hermosillo. ©2018 Festival in LA

The cast and crew were present at the movie premiere in La Vista Theater of Hollywood. 

The cast includes Amanda Fuller (“Last Man Standing”), Jonathan Kite (“2 Broke Girls”), Ashley Clements (“The Lizzie Bennet Diaries”), Graham Skipper (“The Mind’s Eye”), Stephanie Drake (“Mad Men”), Megan Duffy (“Maniac”), Mark Kelly (“Fear the Walking Dead”), Michelle DeFraites (“The Quad”), Brea Grant (“The Arrangement”), Diva Zappa (Pledge This!). 
 Dave and Rebekah McKendry, writers and directors. Photo Jose Alberto Hermosillo. ©2018 Festival in LA
 
And the co-writers and co-directors Rebekah & Dave McKendry.

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Monday, November 26, 2018

BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI ICONIC DIRECTOR OF WORLD CINEMA DIES AT 77

By José Alberto Hermosillo
Bernardo Bertolucci, Roosevelt Hotel. Photo José A. Hermosillo ©2018 Festival in LA

Academy Award-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci died in his house in Rome this Monday, November 26th, 2018, a victim of cancer at the age of 77.
Bernardo Bertolucci and Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy.

Named one of our time’s most influential film directors, Bertolucci began his career as an assistant director to another of the greatest Italian directors, Pier Paolo Pasolini, on the film “Accattone” in 1961.


His directorial debut was the critically acclaimed “La Commare Secca.” At 22, the Italian director entered the international arena with his elegant style of filmmaking in the film “Before the Revolution.” A movie that granted global outreach.

In 1970, the Italian auteur began his long collaboration with cinematographer Vittorio Storaro on the visually arresting “Il conformista/The Conformist.” Together they made “The Last Tango in Paris,” “1900,” and many more.

With “The Last Emperor,” Bertolucci won two Oscars, one for Best Director and another for Best Screenplay Adaptation. The stylish period film, shot in China, won nine statuettes, including Best Picture, in 1987.

 

In 2011, he was awarded an honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In France, he was nominated for the César Award for Best Director for “The Last Tango in Paris” and won for “The Last Emperor.”



In his home country, Bertolucci was nominated for the David di Donatello Award for his last narrative feature, “Io e te/Me and you,” in 2013. In 2003, he made “Dreamers,” in which he continued to address his favorite subjects: “sex and politics.”


“Besieged,” “Stealing Beauty,” and “Little Buddha” were three relevant works he made in Hollywood during the 1990s.

 

 

In 2013, he was honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The AFI FEST (American Film Institute) presented a new print of “The Last Emperor” in 3 the same year. He introduced the film at the legendary Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Before the event, we had a very brief conversation. A fabulous memory that lasts a lifetime for a movie fan like me.
Bernardo Bertolucci, film critic, José Alberto Hermosillo. ©2018 Festival in LA

Rest in Peace, Maestro Bernardo Bertolucci. Your departure leaves a profound emptiness in our hearts. Yet your enormous body of work is an invaluable treasure for future generations.

FILMOGRAPHY:
2012 – Me and You
2003 – The Dreamers
2001 – The Triumph of Love
1998 – Besieged
1996 – Stealing Beauty
1994 – Little Buddha
1990 – The Sheltering Sky
1987 – The Last Emperor
1981 – Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
1979 – Luna
1976 – 1900
1972 – The Last Tango in Paris
1970 – The Conformist
1970 – The Spider’s Stratagem
1968 – Once Upon a Time in the West (writer)
1964 – Before the Revolution
1962 – La Commare Secca 
1962 – Accattone (assistant director).

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Friday, November 16, 2018

COLCOA FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL 2019 MOVES TO THE FALL

By José Alberto Hermosillo
COLCOA NEW DATES - SEP 23-28 2019. Photo Copyright © 2018 COLCOA
COLCOA (City of Lights - City of Angeles), the French Film Festival of Los Angeles announces its new dates for the Week of Film & Series Premieres in Hollywood 2019.

For those film lovers and French movie fans, COLCOA moves from its regular program late April to September.

The change of schedule is due to the DGA Theater Complex renovation. Also, COLCOA wants to get closer and more influential during the Award Season in Hollywood 2019-2020.

The new dates for the COLCOA 23er Edition are from September 23 to September 28 of 2019.

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