On Fri, 9 Sep 1994, William Brooks wrote: > On Fri, 9 Sep 1994, Gloria Monti wrote: > > {...} > > mega stars who were stealing the show. The Venice Film Festival is on as > > we speak, though there's no coverage in the news. Please, correct me if > > I am wrong. Nothing in the NYT last week, hopefully this week. I think > > this silence is abominable, especially when I think about all the press > > that Cannes usually gets. > > > > Gloria Monti > > > I think that Ms. Monti has a point. Why DOES Cannes get all the > media attention, while other more deserving festivals (including Venice > and Sundance among others) are noticeably lacking in coverage? > Furthermore, has anyone else noticed the scarcity of black filmmakers > represented at Cannes year in and year out - Mr. Lee excluded? > > William Marcus Brooks A propos of other films festivals not given much attention I believe that the Spanish film <Cancion de Cuna> directed by Jose Luis Garci won several prizes at the recently concluded Montreal Film Festival, but I have no idea for what categories or what other films might have received an award. Does anyone have more information on the Montreal Film Festival? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emil Dolphin | Department of Languages | Tel (807) 343 8261 Lakehead University | (807) 343 8620 Thunder Bay, Ontario | Fax (807) 343 8023 Canada, P7B 5E1 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~