June 2009
Over the last few months, Hollywood Classics has been contacted by several film festivals organising retrospectives requiring rights clearance and print loans. Some of the treats in store for residents in these countries include:
Classic American films from the 50s featuring Marilyn Monroe at the 3rd Chungmuro Film Festival which runs from 24 August – 1 September in South Korea. Titles screening include How To Marry A Millionaire (1953), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Niagara (1953) and, last but not least, Some Like It Hot (1959).
An Alan Rudolph tribute with the director in attendance at the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival which runs 3-11 July in the Czech Republic (www.kviff.com). Three films will be screened – Trouble in Mind (1986), Choose Me (1984) and Love At Large (1990).
The Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival will be screening a selection of horror films from the 80s at the 13th edition which runs from 16-26 July in Bucheon, South Korea (www.pifan.com) Films such as The Lost Boys (1987), Motel Hell (1980) and Friday The 13th (1980) will screen alongside Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) and Child’s Play (1953).
The International Festival of Film Actors “Baltic Pearl” (7-21 September) in Riga, Latvia (www.balticpearl.lv) will be screening films such as My Fair Lady (1964), Singin’ In The Rain (1952), The Public Enemy (1931) and The Roaring Twenties (1939).
The 31st Pia Film Festival in Tokyo, Japan (www.pff.jp) will be holding a Clint Eastwood retrospective screening films from his collaboration with Sergio Leone - For A Few Dollars More (1965), The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1967) and Hang Em High (1968). The festival runs from 17-31 July.
The 27TH Torino Film Festival, 13-21 November (www.torinofilmfest.org) will be organising a tribute to Nicholas Ray. Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Johnny Guitar (1954), Run for Cover (1955), Party Girl (1958), King of Kings (1961), Lusty Men (1952) and 55 Days At Peking (1963) will be screening.
If you are a festival organiser and your plans include films whose rights are owned by Warner Bros, MGM/UA, 20th-Century Fox and Paramount, then Hollywood Classics can clear the rights for you.
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