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VAIL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2007 FILM
SELECTIONS AND FESTIVAL JURORS
63 Films From Around the World to be Screened at Festival
VAIL, Colo., March 21, 2007—The Vail Film Festival, with presenting sponsor Best Life magazine, today announced the jurors and complete line–up of films selected to be screened at the 2007 Festival, taking place March 29–April 1, 2007 at America’s top–rated ski resort in Vail, Colorado. The Festival will screen 63 films from around the world, including 12 feature films and 51 documentaries, short films, Oscar shorts, action sports, and student films.
The 2007 Vail Film Festival opens on Thursday, March 29 with a screening of SNOW CAKE, starring an ensemble cast that includes Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie–Anne Moss, David Fox, Jayne Eastwood, Emily Hampshire and James Allodi. A drama focused on the friendship between a high–functioning autistic woman (Weaver) and a man (Rickman) who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.
RED ROAD was selected as the closing film on Saturday, March 31. Starring Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston, Nathalie Press and Andrew Armour. Winner of the Cannes Jury Prize, five BAFTA Scotland Awards, and two British Independent Film Awards. The film revolves around Jackie (Dickie) who works as a CCTV operator. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she never wanted to see again. Now she has no choice, she is compelled to confront him.
Other feature film highlights at this year’s festival include: KNOCKED UP from writer/directorJudd Apatow, director of The 40 Year—Old Virgin, starring Katherine Heigl, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd; TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE starring D.B. Sweeney, Paul Hipp and John C. McGinley; and DAYDREAMER starring Aaron Paul, Arielle Kebbel, Chris McKenna and Caroline D’Amore.
Filmmakers Scott and Sean Cross founded the festival to foster new filmmakers and encourage innovative filmmaking. "We are very proud and excited by this year’s line–up of stellar films," said Sean Cross. "This year’s festival promises to be extremely entertaining for film lovers and filmmakers alike, with many of the actors and filmmakers coming out to present their films and take part in special industry events, panels and discussions. Passes are also selling out quickly, so we are encouraging guests to purchase their tickets in advance."
Features:
Black Sheep, directed by Jonathan King
Crime Fiction, directed by Will Slocombe
Daydreamer, directed by Brahman Turner
Knocked Up, directed by Judd Apatow
Military Intelligence and You!, directed by Dale Kutzera
Murder Party, directed by Jeremy Saulnier
Private Property, directed by Joachim Lafosse
Red Road, directed by Andrea Arnold
Sinner, directed by Marc Benardout
Snow Cake, directed by Marc Evans
Them, directed by David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Two Tickets to Paradise, directed by DB Sweeney
Documentaries:
Ashley Judd & Youth AIDS, directed by Margaret McEvoy
Crunch, directed by Sheila Schroeder
Do It For Johnny, directed by Haylar Garcia
Everything’s Cool, directed by Daniel B. Gold
Free Lisl, directed by Wayne Ewing
Hoot in the Hole, directed by Juliet Sonnenberg
No Unwounded Soldiers, directed by Rebecca Abbott
The Entrepreneur, directed by Jonathan Bricklin
The Third Monday in October, directed by Vanessa Roth
When Adnan Comes Home, directed by Andrew Berends
Shorts:
Bird Fan, directed by Gary Hebert
IAS: A search for Hope, directed by Paul Bartholomew
Kemo Sabe, directed by Rana Kazkaz
Oscar Wilde Can Keep His Quotes, directed by Jason Opplinger
Palooka, directed by Michael Langley
Repetition with Variation, directed by Lisa Kaselak
Scarlett Letters, directed by Kevin R. Hershberger
Snips & Snails, directed by Hilari Scarl
The Fifth, directed by Ryan Levin
The Night Before Christmas, directed by Sam Bassett
The Knife Grinder’s Tale, directed by R.L. Hooker
Alive & Well, directed by Chris Peckover
AWOL, directed by Jack Swanstrom
Forward, directed by Cecily Rhett
Greetings from Earth, directed by Kim Jacobs
Past Imperfect, directed by Dirgit Martina Rudel
Tell–Tale, directed by Jason Roberts
The Frank Anderson, directed by Dave Perkal
The Run, directed by Shawn Costa
The Wine Bar, directed by Christian Remde
Tommy the Kid, directed by Stuart Clegg
Transgressions, directed by Valerie Weiss
Vartan LLP, directed by Myles Price
Why Not, directed by Mark Kassen
Student Films:
Death Sandwich, directed by Daniel Gurewitch
Just, directed by Jesse Wheeler
Rad Racers, directed by Neil Jesuele
Save Me, directed by Jennifer Getinger
Somewhere in the City, directed by Ramsey Denison
The Red Balloon, directed by Michael Olesen
The Spirit Child, directed by Elinor Geller
Thomas in Bloom, directed by Jeff Prugh
Oscar Shorts:
Binta and The Grand Idea, directed by Javier Fesser
Eramos Pacos, directed by Borja Cobeaga
Recycled Life, directed by Leslie Lwerks
The Little Matchgirl, directed by Roger Allers
The Savior, directed by Peter Templeman
West Bank Story, directed by Ari Sandel
Action Sports:
First Ascent, directed by Peter Mortimer with Nick Rosen
Shelter from the Storm, directed by Roman Gackowski
The Pipe Dream, directed by Liam Walsh
This year’s Festival will mark either the World or North American premiere of 14 films. Film details and the entire line–up of 2007 film selections in all categories are now available at www.vailfilmfestival.org.