Hello All! THE FAIRY has been selected as a Featured Film for the 2013-14 Tournees Festival!
ABOUT THE TOURNEES FESTIVAL: The Tournées Festival is a program of FACE (French American Cultural Exchange), in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, which aims to bring contemporary French cinema to American college and university campuses. The program distributes close to $200,000 in grants annually to encourage schools to begin their own self-sustaining French film festivals. Now in its 18th year, The Tournées Festival has partnered with more than 400 universities, making it possible for more than 500,000 students to discover French-language films. We are pleased to offer a wide variety of films that represent the best of contemporary French cinema. The films span generational and geographic borders, offer a range of genres and subjects, and showcase innovations in both style and storytelling. There are films by first-time directors alongside those from respected and revered figures in French cinema. Please note the two application deadlines: June 30th for those who wish to present the program in the fall semester, and October 1st for those planning a spring program. (from http://facecouncil.org/tournees/) ABOUT THE FAIRY: "The Fairy deftly employs timeless slapstick within an absurdist-surreal narrative that recalls the work of Jacques Tati. A fun romp, this is highly recommended." - Video Librarian, 3 1/2 stars Dom works as a night clerk at a small hotel in the industrial port city of Le Havre. One night, a strangely dressed woman named Fiona arrives and claims she is a fairy. She grants Dom three wishes, and makes his first two wishes come true before mysteriously vanishing. By now, Dom has fallen in love with Fiona, and he proceeds to embark on a search for his elusive fairy. The third feature film by the gifted trio of physical comedians Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, and Bruno Romy, THE FAIRY presents a series of slapstick set pieces which hark back to the work of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Jacques Tati. Read more about the film & watch the trailer here: http://kinolorberedu.com/film.php?id=1226 -- Serena Koch Educational Sales & Marketing Kino Lorber 333 West 39th Street, Suite 503 New York, NY 10018 (t) 212.629.6880 (f) 212-714-0871 MORE THAN HONEY opens June 12 at Film Forum! "Like" it on facebook here: http://facebook.com/morethanhoneyfilm VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
