Hey folks, not sure if this is the right sub for this. KIFF is being held from 7th - 14th Jan this year. Does anyone know if it is virtual or physical, and the process of Delegate Registration ?
Here's Daily Mail's coverage -- Alec posing with Maggie Gyllenhall and no sign of Hils.
You know that's got to be killing her.
Finnish short film "Armageddon in the Living Room" wins Best Documentary Short Film Award in The Youth Jury of Chicago International Children's Film Festival (CICFF38).
https://facets.org/cicff/cicff38-awards/#1636475093613-f4595227-6b2e
11-year-old Josefina had to prove her sexual abuse in a judicial committee of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. She was told to stay quiet and she did, for 25 years. Now she is confronted with the past as her daughter asks her about what happened.
The film is based on true events.
https://cicff38.eventive.org/films/armageddon-in-the-living-room-614e03704802d50037c56e30
I think most filmmakers and cinephiles would agree that Cannes is the most prestigious film festival in the world today, and the Palme d'Or is the "top" prize globally. But how did this come to pass? It's certainly not the oldest – Venice preceded it by some seven years, or as many as thirteen if you ignore the aborted 1939 premier. And though I'd guess its antifascist origins may have had something to do with it, it seems that at least in the 1950s the Golden Bear/Lion were regarded on the same level of importance as the Palme. So what changed?
