Thorben. 23. From Luxembourg. Studying in Scotland. Spending 12 days in Venice as a member of the Young Filmgoers Jury, part of the Venice Days. Here's the story…

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Posted: August 25th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Venice | Comments Off

So, this is not quite a week before I am leaving for Venice. I am still waiting for my tickets and further instructions on what we are supposed to do when, but I am sure that the guys organising our stay are doing just fine.

Of course I am flattered by the press releases about me and the jury in general. Yet I am never sure if I am the right person for this job, and if the whole fuss is really based upon something. Anyway, I am so happy to be part of this, and I am looking forward to doing this, and of course I am excited also about the programme.

I am going to blog from here from time to time. During the festival I’ll blog on a daily basis. So here’s what we’ve got to watch:

CIELO SENZA TERRA – HEAVEN WITHOUT EARTH
directed by Giovanni Maderna & Sara Pozzoli
CIRKUS COLUMBIA – CIRCUS COLUMBIA
directed by Danis Tanović
COGUNLUK – MAJORITY
directed by Seren Yüce
ET IN TERRA PAX – AND PEACE ON EARTH
directed by Matteo Botrugno & Daniele Coluccini
IL SANGUE VERDE – THE GREEN BLOOD 2010
directed by Andrea Segre
INCENDIES – SCORCHED
directed by Denis Villeneuve
L’AMORE BUIO – DARK LOVE
directed by Antonio Capuano
LA VIDA DE LOS PECES – THE LIFE OF FISH
directed by Matías Bize
LIFE IN THE TIME OF DEATH 2010
directed by Andrea Caccia
LE BRUIT DES GLAÇONS – THE CLINK OF ICE
directed by Bertrand Blier
LISETTA CARMI, A SOUL ON THE ROAD 2010
directed by Daniele Segre
NOIR OCÉAN – OCEAN BLACK
directed by Marion Hänsel
NOTRE ÉTRANGÈRE – THE PLACE IN BETWEEN
directed by Sarah Bouyain
PEQUEÑAS VOCES – LITTLE VOICES
directed by Jairo Eduardo Carrillo & Oscar Andrade
SCENA DEL CRIMINE 2010
directed by Walter Stokman
THE ACCORDION
directed by Jafar Panahi
THE HAPPY POET
directed by Paul Gordon
The LUX Prize: AKADIMIA PLATONOS – PLATO‘S ACADEMY
directed by Filippos Tsitos
The LUX Prize: DIE FREMDE – WHEN WE LEAVE
directed by Feo Aladag
The LUX Prize: ILLÉGAL
directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse

I am still unsure if I want to read more about the films in advance or if I want to leave it to a true impressionist experience in the way of watching the films without any prejudice. Anyway, that’s 20 films for 10 days, which makes a straight average of two films a day. From my experience at EIFF, I get very tired during the fourth  daily film, so two a day should be fine. However, looking at the official selection, these are the films from Venezia 67 I’d like to see:

Black Swan – Darren Aronofsky is, apart from Sofia Coppola, one of my favourite directors. And well, then there’s the main actress … and then, a thriller about ballet dance, I mean, how cool can a film be?

Somewhere – Did I mention that I worship Sofia Coppola? Especially Coppola’s choice of imagery is impressing, and the choice of Harris Savides as DOP is just amazing.

Promises written in water – I have no idea what to expect, but Vincent Gallo sounds great, right?

Miral – Again, no idea. But Julian Schnabel is very promising. It might get confusing.

Drei – Tom Tykwer, after the International (yes, really), True (the short film with Natalie Portman) and Run Lola Run, there’s no doubt: noone can film better running-shots than Tykwer. And Frank Griebe, DOP, did a Rammstein clip as well as several Tykwer movies. And they all looked great. So there we go.

All in all, exciting and interesting times ahead. Looking forward to doing it.

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