I've purchased my festival pass, planned my tenative film schedule and an anxiously awaiting to very cool fest bag!
I've selected 32 films I'd like to see. Some of them overlap. So we'll see how things shift around as time goes on.
Going to Raindance will be a new and exciting adventure for me. First off, it's in London where I've never made it outside the airport yet have spent numerous hours there on several occasions. The festival itself has loads of films I haven't seen, many of which I haven't hear of, and some which I've very anxious to see.
I tried to see Love Exposure by Shion Sono in Berline through the Forum section but it was totally sold out. So here it is at Raindance!!! All 237 mins of it in its full glory. Speaking of full glory, if you're unfamiliar with Sono's work, he started off in porn and is quite the cult filmmaker. I've never watched his work in its entirety (Sophie has seen Circle Suicides on YouTube). I've seen clips. From my understanding he's a rather wild director. I remember some crazy fucking scenes in bubbles. Definitely on the wild side. Can't wait to see his work! Love Exposure (Japan) only plays once on Sunday, Oct 4th at 1:30pm.
Easier With Practice (USA) looks like a really cute, off-beat love story. It plays on Friday, Oct 2nd at 9:45pm.
The Slovanian Girl (Serbia) - Thursday, Oct 1 - 6:15pm/ Saturday, Oct 10 - 12:30pm
A young prostitute tries to keep her job secret from her family.
We screened a really cool Serbian film at SiFF '09 called, The Beautiful Blue Danube. I can't wait to see what else the country has in store! Serbia is not an inhibited country when it comes to its filmmaking. The country has been through a lot and doesn't hold back.
The Life and Death of a Porno Gang (Serbia) - October 10th, 9:30pm
Marko, a young director from Belgrade, wants more out of life than fifteen-minute quickie porn and sex with inflatable pigs. Thus the porno gang is born in worship of Eros, the god of lust, beauty, and intercourse, with no premonitions of the dangerous road ahead.
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