Middleburg Festival 2017: James Ivory, Dee Rees, Greta Gerwig and More...
Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 9:18AM by Nathaniel R
Awards season is really heating up now that release dates (or lack thereof) are firming up, and various pre-Oscar honors are being announced. Last year, you may recall, The Film Experience was invited to attend the Middleburg Film Festival and we're invited for a second round next month.
The fest, now in its fifth year and closer to something like Telluride than Toronto or Cannes considering its Oscar focus and brevity, is growing each year and all takes place at one well-heeled resort. Last year they had big events for La La Land and Lion as well as very crowded talks with Cheryl Boone Isaacs on the Academy's diversity efforts as well as a fascinating discussion of US presidents and cinematic depictions with Janet Maslin and David Gergen where the danger of Trump was discussed at length (before the election - sigh). At that event they spent a lot of time on Nixon's disproportionately large place in cinema as presidents go. (Unfortunately since we're in Nixon Round Two only much more vile and, well, stupider... we can safely expect there to be many many films on Trump and Trump's corrosive effect on the nation for decades to come! "Wheeee," he squealed with much sarcasm)
More info about this year's festivities to come but for now we know this...
Special Honorees:
The legendary James Ivory (Call Me By Your Name's screenplay, Howard's End, Maurice, Room With a View etcetera)
Director Dee Rees (Mudbound)
Composer Nicholas Britell (Battle of the Sexes, Moonlight) with an orchestral concert of his work!
Reader Comments (4)
Le sigh... Virginia Horse Country is *so* beautiful. Enjoy your time there!
Is it possible James Ivory could legitimately win the Oscar this year? I mean, how gorgeous and awesome would that be! I try not to believe but then I remember that Julianne Moore has an Oscar and I start clapping for Tinkerbell anyway.
James Ivory needs to win! And if you read the book - you'll know how economical he made the script and made the ending even better!
I'm so pissed off that I am missing this festival. I was so looking forward to this after you opened my eyes to it last year. And yet, I have a work trip. Stupid work. Why can't I win the lottery so I can watch movies all day???? WWHHHHYYYYYYY????