PARIS CINEMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009: CRAZY LINE-UP!

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Chaired by (French-speaking) English actress Charlotte Ramplingand supported by the City of Paris, the 7 th edition of the Paris Cinema International Film Festival (a.k.a. Festival Paris Cinéma) will take place in various Parisian locations – 15 different venues ! - from July 2 nd to 14 th, 2009.

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Like the previous years, there will be a few hundreds of screening (including thirty premieres presented by film crews for some of them)... Johnny Deppand Michael Mannwill be there. Sacha Greyand Soderberghwon't.[if gte mso 9]> Normal/w:View 0/w:Zoom 21/w:HyphenationZone /w:Compatibility MicrosoftInternetExplorer4/w:BrowserLevel /w:WordDocument <![endif][if gte mso 10]> <![endif]... a lot of free events (screenings of the film compilation Retour de Flamme – rares silent movies presented by Serge Bromberg and Lobster Films), and for the first time, a vintage cinema trade market: “Brocante Cinéma”.

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There will be also for the first a “ Nuit du Cinéma” (Night of the Cinema) on July 4 th, where people will be able to watch movies non-stop from 8 pm until the next morning."Antique" (Korean poster)  and "Quickie Express"During this night, the audience will have the choice between 6 different night screenings, with the following thema: The Sexy Asian Comedies night:with “ Antique” (Min Kyu-dong - South Korea), “ Quickie Express” (Dimas Djayadiningrat - Indonesia), “ Better than Sex” (Su Chao-pin - Taiwan), “ The Sperm” (Taweewat Wantha - Thailand), and the 1980's cult classic “ Temptation Island” (Joey Gosiengfiao - Phillipines)"The Sperm"The Turkish Superheros Night:  with Yilmaz Atadeniz's “ Kilink in Instanbul”, inspired by American comic book “ Killing”, Çetin İnanc's “ Turkish Star Wars” (No comment) and Yilmaz Atadeniz's “ The Deathless Devil”, a spy/superheo/wrestling movie. "Kilink in Istanbul"The Submarine Nightwith Robert Wise’s “Run Silent, Run Deep” "Run Silent, Run Deep" (US poster) and "Faster Pussycat..." (French poster)The Russ Meyer Night(Yeah!): with “Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill!”, “Vixen”, and “Up!”(a.k.a . “Megavixen”) "Vixen" (US poster) and "Up!" (French poster)The Japanese Animation Night:withsome great animation flicks from three main studios Isao Takahata’s “ Omoide Poroporo” (Studio Ghibli),  Satoshi Kon’s “ Tokyo Godfather” (Mad House) and Hiroshi Ikeda’s “ Animal Treasure Island” (Toei) "Animal Treasure Islan" (Japanese poster) and "Tokyo Godfather" (US poster)The “Geeks” Night a.k.a. The New American Comedy Night: with, Judd Apatows’s “The 40 Year Old Virgin”, Jared Hess’s “Napoleon Dynamite”,Greg Mottola ‘s “Superbad”,Farelly brother’s“There's Something About Mary”+“Stuck on you”andBen stiller’s “Zoolander”. "Zoolander"And unhopefully, there will not have a Hong Kong movies night for the 100 years of Hong Kong cinema...[if gte mso 9]> Normal/w:View 0/w:Zoom 21/w:HyphenationZone /w:Compatibility MicrosoftInternetExplorer4/w:BrowserLevel /w:WordDocument <![endif][if gte mso 10]> <![endif]Tributes will be dedicated to Italien actress Claudia Cardinale, French actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang,Spanish producer Lluis Miñarroand his company Eddie Saeta.

Claudia Cardinaleand Jean-Pierre LeaudA special focus will be made on Turkish cinema with 40 films screened, and 20 guests invited (including directors Yesim Ustaoglu and Reha Erdem, who’ll have their works spotlighted).

Yesim Ustaoglu's "Bulutlari Beklerken" and Reha Erdem's "Kac Para Kac"With the animation night, Children program will also includes a “ Trip around the world of Animation” with movies from China, Denmark, the UK, Iran, Latvia, Japan, the USA, the Czech Republic, Russia, Argentina, Poland and France.

"Le Roi et l'Oiseau" and "Brisby"And to finish, the International Competition will propose independant short and feature films from around the world (fiction and documentary).Check out the whole program HERE.