the philadelphia film festival 181/2 mini-fest opens next week. at one point i thought i wouldn't be around to see it. but now it's pretty clear that i'll be around, so i'm gonna see it. but what should i see?
this mini-fest is part of the fallout from the PFS-TLA split. historically, the philadelphia film festival was in the spring. but because the two sponsoring organizations split up, there will be two big film festivals in philadelphia each year: the "cinefest" in the spring and the "philadelphia film festival" in the fall. (there will also be the "q-fest," which used to be called the "gay and lesbian film festival" in the summer). this year is the transition year. last spring, the PFS and TLA jointly sponsored the combined philadelphia film fest #18/cinefest #1.
and now the PFS has decided to do a five day mini-fest in its future fall slot. one disadvantage with having the philly film festival in the spring is that a lot of higher profile films wouldn't be seen at our festival because the filmmaker wanted the premier to be at a more prestigious fest, like toronto. by having a festival that's after other more high-profile fests, we might end up getting some of those more selective films. i guess they're trying out that theory with this mini-fest.
anyway, the list of films in the mini-fest are here. if anyone has seen any, or just heard stuff about any of them, leave your recommendations in the comments. i've heard a lot about antichrist, but nothing that makes me want to see it. last year, we blundered onto the set of tenure when it was being filmed near where we live, but i'm not sure if seeing those buildings on the big screen will be enough of a draw. this one seems more up my alley, but the show time is terrible for someone who works full time. is there anything else that i should consider?
