WikiLeaks founder to judge films at the 21st Raindance Film Festival; 2013 line-up unveiled.Scroll down for full line-up of films
Julian Assange has joined the jury of the 21st Raindance Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 6), a London-based event that celebrates independent film in the UK and around the world.
The appointment is a controversial one. The Australian editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about sexual assault allegations.
It is understood that he fears Sweden would extradite him to the Us, where he believes he is wanted in relation to WikiLeaks’ disclosure of a significant amount of classified Us military and diplomatic documents.
Commenting on Assange’s appointment, Raindance founder Elliot Grove said: “Every year Raindance invites interesting people to join our jury. In the past we have had musicians like Mick Jones, Marky Ramone and [link...
Julian Assange has joined the jury of the 21st Raindance Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 6), a London-based event that celebrates independent film in the UK and around the world.
The appointment is a controversial one. The Australian editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about sexual assault allegations.
It is understood that he fears Sweden would extradite him to the Us, where he believes he is wanted in relation to WikiLeaks’ disclosure of a significant amount of classified Us military and diplomatic documents.
Commenting on Assange’s appointment, Raindance founder Elliot Grove said: “Every year Raindance invites interesting people to join our jury. In the past we have had musicians like Mick Jones, Marky Ramone and [link...
- 9/3/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Kentucker Audley... What is the easiest way of describing a person? Let's say that we do not know anything about him. Getting to know somebody is a long process and we never know where that may lead us. Who do we see at this very moment? An extraordinary actor, talented director, and young producer. Does a typical Us-indie filmmaker based in Memphis, craving for New York, stand in front of our eyes? Audley has been called one of the few Mumblecore directors from the South and the most fascinating actor in the current American micro-budget cinema. He came to American Film Festival in Poland with Amy Seimetz’s Sun Don’t Shine and Ricky Shane Reid’s White Fox Mask. He creates mysterious characters in both films. He has some sort of sensitivity to the cinematic world that exploring perplexing experiences seems easy for him. He does not need to...
- 11/23/2012
- by Anna Bielak
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
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- by Anna Bielak
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
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