{"id":15764,"date":"2011-10-20T22:38:18","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T03:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidbordwell.net\/blog\/?p=15764"},"modified":"2014-04-29T15:17:09","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T20:17:09","slug":"viffpix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidbordwell.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/20\/viffpix\/","title":{"rendered":"VIFFpix"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The big three-oh for VIFF<\/em>.<\/p>\n

DB here:<\/p>\n

After several entries (they start here<\/a>), time for a wrapup.<\/p>\n

It was a record-breaking year for the Vancouver International Film Festival: over 150,000 admissions, 386 films, and many awards. Go here<\/a> for the stats. But linger here for glimpses of friends old and new.<\/p>\n

Every night there’s a little, sometimes not so little, reception for filmmakers, guests, the press, et al. in the Hospitality Suite. Sort of like a college mixer, except with better food and everybody talking about movies. On the left we find critic\/professor\/festival scout B\u00e9r\u00e9nice Reynaud<\/strong> and PoChu AuYeung<\/strong>, VIFF Program Manager and Senior Programmer. On the right, \u00a0Jack Vermee<\/strong>, Eurocinema expert and Programming Consultant.<\/p>\n

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More VIFFers at work: Below left,\u00a0Alan Franey<\/strong>, dynamic Festival Director, with Programming Associate Mark Peranson<\/strong> in the background. With his colleague Jessica Bradford<\/strong>,\u00a0Justin Mah\u00a0<\/strong>curates\u00a0the all-important VIFF videoth\u00e8que. Below right, Justin (also on the Programming Committee) gets in the holiday mood.<\/p>\n

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One of the wondrous things about the festival is the access you have to filmmakers. Here’s Kristin with Ann Hui<\/strong>, director of A Simple Life<\/em>, and Ben Rivers<\/strong>, director of Two Years at Sea<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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More fun with filmmakers: Raymond Phatanavirangoon<\/strong>, producer of Headshot<\/em>, and Charliebebs Gohetia<\/strong> (The Natural Phenomenon of Madness<\/em>); and Saul Landau<\/strong> (Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up?<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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Programmers powwow over waffles: Shelly Kraicer<\/strong>, Dragons & Tigers Programmer, and Alissa Simon<\/strong>, Program Consultant for VIFF and Programmer for the Palm Springs Film Festival.<\/p>\n

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It’s not just for my camera; everybody here grins all the time. On left, Oz festival consultant Geoff Gardner<\/strong> poses with Bruce<\/strong>, while Bruce’s owner Eunhee Cha Brown<\/strong>, Hospitality Suite Manager and all-round organizer, looks on. On right, Tony Rayns<\/a><\/strong>, Dragons & Tigers Programmer,\u00a0reflects on a figure in world film culture who, he reports, “insinuated himself ferretlike into the anus of every major world dictator.”<\/p>\n

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Other critics get jolly too, not to mention hungry. On the left,\u00a0Sean Axmaker<\/strong>, proprietor of the excellent Parallax View website<\/a>\u00a0(which houses VIFF reports from him and his colleagues Kathleen Murphy and Richard Jameson).\u00a0On the right,\u00a0Peter Rist<\/strong>, professor at Montreal’s Concordia University and critic for another fine site, Offscreen<\/a>. Although my pictures of long-time critical comrade Jim Emerson<\/strong> turned out lousy, you should imagine one embedded here and proceed to his magisterial Scanners<\/a> site for more VIFF coverage.<\/p>\n

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Loyal readers of our VIFF missives over the years know that JPG does not stand for Jpeg but rather Japadog<\/a><\/strong>. (2009 and 2010 pix\u00a0here<\/a> and here<\/a>).\u00a0This enterprise is as important as any festival sidebar. Below, a nighttime glimpse of the Japadog wagon conveniently planted outside our hotel. On the right, Professor Jim Udden<\/strong> of Gettysburg College and author of a superlative book on Hou Hsiao-hsien<\/a>, seated at Japadog Command and Control Center on Robson Street, contemplates the luscious deliciousness that awaits him.<\/p>\n

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Director Ho Yuhang<\/strong>, critics Chuck Stephens<\/strong> and Robert Koehler<\/strong>, after a JPG feast: \u00a0From the cut of their strut you know they’re auditioning for Reservoir Japadogs<\/em>. (Thanks, Chuck.)<\/p>\n

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Too many more pictures (over 450), lots more to say, many new ideas; but not enough time. (See? Not even time for subjects and verbs.) Suffice it that once more we had a splendid time at this friendly, low-pressure but high-quality festival. You should come next year.<\/p>\n

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A packed house at The Vogue<\/a>, a 1941 theatre that had become a music venue in recent years. It was brought into festival service after some years off-duty. Prettier interior shots are here<\/a>. To see another Granville Street mainstay in its heyday, go here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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