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    VIFF 2012 – As Luck Would Have It

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    All he wanted to do was surprise his loving, supportive wife with a reservation at the old hotel they had once stayed, but when Roberto, played by comedian Jose Mota, gets into a freak accident, he goes from being a nobody to an instant celebrity. Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia’s film, As Luck Would [...]




    VIFF 2012 – Key of Life

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    Uchida Kenji follows his previous film, After School (2008), with another hilarious, entertaining story, this time about switching identities and the surprises that come with it. In Key of Life (Kagi-Dorobo no Method), one of the Dragons & Tigers selections at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2012, Sakurai (Masato Sakai), is a 35-year-old failed actor, [...]




    VIFF 2012 Roundup – Random Acts of Romance

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    Canadian director Katrin Bowen follows her first feature Amazon Falls (VIFF 2010) with an anti-romantic comedy, about love and all those crazy and obsessive behaviors associated with it. Random Acts of Romance, which had its world premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2012, revolves around the lives of two couples whose relationships are falling [...]




    VAFF 2011 – Almost Perfect

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    Vancouver, CANADA – Whether it be rides to the airport, relationship advice or a place to crash, whenever anyone in her family needs ‘saving’, Vanessa (Kelly Hu) is the one they rely on. But as things get complicated with her almost perfect new boyfriend, family problems arise that become too much for Vanessa to handle. [...]




    VAFF 2011 – Surrogate Valentine Review

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    Vancouver, CANADA – Surrogate Valentine tells the story of a talented San Francisco musician, Goh Nakamura, who has always found it easier to express himself through his music. His life of solitude is interrupted when he is tasked with taking TV actor, Danny Turner (Chadd Stoops) along on tour so Danny can research for an [...]




    VAFF 2011 – Preview

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    Vancouver, CANADA – Providing a forum for independent North American Asian filmmakers, the upcoming Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) will offer audiences a diverse selection of shorts and full features. Celebrating its 15th year, the festival’s theme for 2011, ‘Love Letters to Vancouver’, ties in with the city of Vancouver’s 125th birthday celebration. The plywood [...]




    VIFF 2011 – Michael Review

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    Vancouver, CANADA – A somewhat unsettling film screened at the 2011 Vancouver International Film Festival, Michael tells the story of  a button-down executive with a spotless suburban home who appears attractive to women but is also a 30ish old pedophile. The main character of Michael (Michael Fuith), is clearly seeking a normal life, but keeping a 10 [...]




    VIFF 2011 – Mitsuko Delivers Review

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    Vancouver, CANADA – Ishii Yuya follows Sawako Decides with another outstanding comic drama, Mitsuko Delivers, about a girl who asserts herself even when everyone around her struggles. In her ninth month of pregnancy, Hara Mitsuko finds herself broke and friendless in Tokyo after lying to her parents about being in California with the baby’s GI [...]




    VIFF 2011 – Starbuck Review

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    Vancouver, CANADA – Starbuck tells the story of a man who can’t seem to get anything right. Whether it’s tending to his marijuana garden or delivering the meat to his father’s meat supply business, David Wosniak (Patrick Huard), messes up even the most simple of tasks. Time and time again he proves he is a [...]




    VIFF – Take This Waltz Review

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    Vancouver, Canada – On her way home from a business trip, Margot (two-time Academy Award-nominee Michelle Williams) meets a handsome stranger (Luke Kirby) whom she shares an intense and immediate attraction. When she discovers they are actually neighbours, Margot can’t let go of their initial chemistry and is forced to confront uncertainties about marriage, and about herself. The [...]




    SXSW: IBM and the Jeopardy! Challenge: What is Watson?

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    Austin,TX – IBM’s Super Computer, Watson, made an appearance at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Technology Conference. In the ‘What is Watson?’ panel, Dr. David Ferrucci, lead researcher and Principal Investigator for Watson/Jeopardy! delved into the reasons they decided to try Watson’s hand Jeopardy and what made it such a great first test. [...]




    SXSW: The FP Review

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    It’s all about ‘street cred’ and pride in the small town of Frazier Park, CA. In ‘The FP’, JTRO and his crew seek revenge on a neighbouring clan after the death of his brother, not with traditional weapons like fists, or guns, but with a dance off…Beat Beat Revolution. If you’re looking for a good [...]




    SXSW: Yelling to the Sky Review

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    Victoria Mahoney directs her first feature film, Yelling to the Sky, centered on the life of seventeen year old, Sweetness O’Hara played by Zoe Kravitz. With an abusive father who is in and out of her life, a mom suffering from a mental illness and a sister preoccupied with her own issues and taking care her [...]




    SXSW: The Beaver Review

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    The World Premiere of The Beaver took place last night at SXSW 2011. Jodie Foster directs and co-stars with Mel Gibson in this thought-provoking story about a man suffering from depression, on a journey to re-discover his family and re-start his life.  Walter Black can’t seem to get his life on track as a toy [...]




    SXSW 2011 – Inside America – Director Q&A with Barbara Eder

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    Austrian born director, Barbara Eder did a student exchange year at Hanna High School in Brownsville, Texas, on which she based her first feature film, INSIDE AMERICA. Previous to that she studied film directing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and made numerous short films like SLEEPLESS (2002), TOD, TEUFEL & [...]