The upcoming print issue of IBJ will include a preview of the Indianapolis International
Film Festival, including our guide to the Best of the Fest. When that hits the stands, you'll also find a rundown of Recommends,
If You Have Time, and Skip films at www.ibj.com.
I'll tip my hand on one film: Among the recommended titles is the Bulgarian thriller "Zift." And I'd like you to join me at a screening on July 21 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Here's what I'm saying about the film in that article:
“Zift." This overstuffed, sadistic, scatological and wildly fun thriller tells of an ex-con (picture a Bulgarian Vin Diesel) who has a very rough time of it after being released from prison. Unfolding in one torturous day, it’s shot in striking black and white and contains a can-you-top-this cast of oddball supporting characters. The perfect fest film to take the action film-loving uninitiated film-fester to.
Interested in seeing this unlikely-to-be-coming-soon-to-a-theater-near-you film for free? I've got a small stack of passes to give away. All you have to do is post below.
I'll pick winners at random and contact you via e-mail.
And if you've been to the Indianapolis International Film Festival before, mention the most memorable films you've seen. (My personal favorites have been the Australian drama "Look Both Ways" and the goofy short "Nevel is the Devil."
Your thoughts?
I'll tip my hand on one film: Among the recommended titles is the Bulgarian thriller "Zift." And I'd like you to join me at a screening on July 21 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Here's what I'm saying about the film in that article:
“Zift." This overstuffed, sadistic, scatological and wildly fun thriller tells of an ex-con (picture a Bulgarian Vin Diesel) who has a very rough time of it after being released from prison. Unfolding in one torturous day, it’s shot in striking black and white and contains a can-you-top-this cast of oddball supporting characters. The perfect fest film to take the action film-loving uninitiated film-fester to.
Interested in seeing this unlikely-to-be-coming-soon-to-a-theater-near-you film for free? I've got a small stack of passes to give away. All you have to do is post below.
I'll pick winners at random and contact you via e-mail.
And if you've been to the Indianapolis International Film Festival before, mention the most memorable films you've seen. (My personal favorites have been the Australian drama "Look Both Ways" and the goofy short "Nevel is the Devil."
Your thoughts?
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I, sadly, have never been to the Indianapolis International Film Festival but I always read about every year. I think I'm going to try to attend this year because the lineup is so interesting. Also that Troll 2/Best Bad Movie combo is so intriguing.
I too have never been to IIFF. So I can't tell you a favorite. But I wish I had seen Nevel is the Devil. That sounds very interesting.
Fave films from IIFF: Lonesome Jim (filmed in Goshen, Ind., Casey Affleck and Liv Tyler), In Laws and Outlaws (gay marriage documentary), Plagues and Pleasures of the Salton Sea (documentary I now own on DVD), and West Bank Story (musical short that won an OSCAR a couple years after it was screened at IIFF; only film I've seen where a funny moment resulted from hummus mistakenly heard as Hamas)
I'll be picking winners early next week so, by all means, keep the entries coming.
--u Harry
That was my father's name--does this get me any points? I am afraid I have never attend the IIFF, but would like to see this film because I enjoy foreign films and this sounds like an interesting one.
To all readers, don't waste your time or money on Bruno. It is one joke that lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and as my father said to me when I first learned knock knock jokes , It was funny the first time you told it child, but the hundredth time is enough!
Free tickets would be nice - I'll take a friend and expose them to IFF.