JDIFF 2012

johnny_ultimate · 29-01-2012 4:57pm #1

That time of the year again. Tickets go on sale at midnight on the 2nd of February (Thursday). Al Pacino is confirmed as attending, but that's about it.

Anything on the wishlist for this year? Hopefully Guy Maddin's new film Keyhole will be in there (although it's still doing the rounds at the big festivals like Berlin, so maybe not). I know the Kid with a Bike is due for a - ludicrously belated - late March theatrical release, but would be a nice addition to the schedule given its rave reviews from pretty much everywhere. Same with the Turin Horse.

My big hope would be Himizu, but that's getting it's official English language launch at a festival in London in April so it's unlikely

Still, hopefully there'll be enough films to gorge on for a fortnight.

Catcher7791 · 31-01-2012 3:10pm

I saw The Kid With A Bike as the closing film of the IFI's French Film Festival last November, so I don't know if JDIFF will hold a repeat screening. It's really good though, definitely recommend seeing it when it comes out.

e_e · 31-01-2012 4:09pm

This is a REAL long shot (since I think the amount of times JDIFF has shown an anime has been less than 1) but I'd love to see Goro Miyazaki's "From Kokuriko Hill". Well it was in the the Toronto and Rome film festivals so fingers crossed.

Decuc500 · 31-01-2012 4:37pm

Hopefully they'll show The Raid and This Must Be The Place.

duckworth · 31-01-2012 4:47pm

Kid with the Bike is great - much better than the last Dardennes film - up there with their best work. Definitely go see it if you get a chance.

JP Liz V1 · 31-01-2012 4:56pm

Stellan Skarsgard will be attending also

Jimdagym · 31-01-2012 7:04pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Stellan Skarsgard will be attending also

Awesome. I'd defo go to him doing a q&a.

delbertgrady · 31-01-2012 8:38pm

Decuc500 wrote: »

Hopefully they'll show The Raid and This Must Be The Place.

I'd say This Must Be the Place is a contender for the Closing Film.
I really hope they show the Kevin Clash documentary, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey and Rodney Ascher's documentary on The Shining, Room 237.
Presumably they won't have their "annual Woody Allen film" though, since there isn't one in the can.

Andre80Johnson · 31-01-2012 9:56pm

I'm hoping that Into the Abyss will be involved. Probably not but since Cave of Forgotten Dreams was there last year, I'll live in hope. Does anyone know when the list of films and special events like presentations from directors & writers being announced?

delbertgrady · 01-02-2012 9:48am

The whole programme will go online at midnight on Thursday, but - as with other years - they usually add a few guests as the festival approaches.

Irish Aris · 02-02-2012 10:04am

Good morning everyone.

This is my first JDIFF. (as I have moved to Ireland a few months ago).
I bought a season ticket last night from the festival's site!
Now I don't know what to do next.
Anybody could/would share useful information on this? How I book tickets and everything?
Or is it better to just call the Film festival directly?

Thanks a million people!!!

Decuc500 · 02-02-2012 11:06am

Irish Aris wrote: »

Good morning everyone.

This is my first JDIFF. (as I have moved to Ireland a few months ago).
I bought a season ticket last night from the festival's site!
Now I don't know what to do next.
Anybody could/would share useful information on this? How I book tickets and everything?
Or is it better to just call the Film festival directly?

Thanks a million people!!!

If you bought a season ticket you can go in to the office today in Filmbase in Temple Bar from midday and start booking tickets. It's only open today for season ticket holders. Ticket sales for everbody else go on sale at midnight tonight.

Renn · 02-02-2012 12:58pm

Being it's 10th anniversary and all, I'm surprisingly optimistic about what will be shown at this years festival. I really don't know how these things are run/organised but maybe using that line influenced a few decent films to come over here this time. That's incredibly naive and simplistic thinking reading back on it!

Irish Aris · 02-02-2012 4:42pm

Decuc500 wrote: »

If you bought a season ticket you can go in to the office today in Filmbase in Temple Bar from midday and start booking tickets. It's only open today for season ticket holders. Ticket sales for everbody else go on sale at midnight tonight.

Decuc500, thank you.
I won't be able to go in person today (I am living in Drogheda), so it will be tonight through the website!!

Renn · 02-02-2012 11:39pm

Anyone see the program yet?

Irish Aris · 03-02-2012 12:07am

Renn wrote: »

Anyone see the program yet?

I did. Many interesting things at first glance, some falling upon one another.
All set to start booking tickets.

Mr.Biscuits · 03-02-2012 1:07am

Anyone manage to buy tickets yet?

I'm still stuck in this 'queue' thing.

delbertgrady · 03-02-2012 1:07am

Me too. It's ridiculous. I know there's a demand, but this is nonsense.

e_e · 03-02-2012 1:12am

Is there not just a list we can glance at before booking?

ronano · 03-02-2012 1:13am

anyone got link to the programme?

delbertgrady · 03-02-2012 1:14am

No, it's always like this. Sometimes they post the marquee events on the front page, but this is the usual system. What a farce. A big song and dance about their launch, and then (a) it crashes temporarily and (b) it has a nonsensical queue. There's no excuse for this. It's not like buying tickets for a concert, where everyone vying for the same thing. People just want to look at what's on and they can't even do that.

Edit: useful link to a pdf of the programme now available on the home page.

Yet again, an awful lot of reissue screenings filling up the schedule. Disappointing to see that trend has now become a regular occurance.

e_e · 03-02-2012 1:17am

Keep on getting an error!

Andre80Johnson · 03-02-2012 1:23am

I'm so excited to see Into the Abyss that I forgot my address when filling out the information for order details after booking a ticket.

Sad Professor · 03-02-2012 1:35am

PDF file here for people who want, you know, the full PDF, rather than having to view it through some crappy Flash viewer.

http://www.mediafire.com/?7zdcevq0l4dq137

e_e · 03-02-2012 1:43am

Hmmm I didn't spot 1 Japanese film among the list, and the only Korean film happened to be already shown in the IFI last year!

I'll have to look into some of the other movies though, could be some good stuff. The Herzog movie is a definite though!

Sad Professor · 03-02-2012 1:44am

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, yay! I'm tired of hearing about good this is. Margaret and The Raid (hopefully minus the Lincoln Park soundtrack) are also on there.

Renn · 03-02-2012 1:46am

Margaret is on at the IFI as well, just so you know.

e_e · 03-02-2012 1:55am

This is pretty frustrating, it's giving me 30 minutes to get all my tickets but it's loading so slowly!

Sad Professor · 03-02-2012 1:56am

Renn wrote: »

Margaret is on at the IFI as well, just so you know.

Cheers, I was just about to book that.

StupidLikeAFox · 03-02-2012 1:57am

Given that Al Pacino is attending I hope they show his latest film. I believe its a moody, film-noir with some powerful individual performances. The director has a track record too in producing some lesser known, arty classics too

delbertgrady · 03-02-2012 2:07am

[adapts Napoleon Dynamite voice]
"This is pretty much the worst web site ever made".

e_e · 03-02-2012 2:09am

Wilde Salome already sold out. :eek:

delbertgrady · 03-02-2012 2:09am

... 'cos seventy percent of it was probably set aside for corporate sponsors anyway. :rolleyes:

johnny_ultimate · 03-02-2012 10:01am

Was at the launch last night (woo Skarsgaard!) but can't say I'm overly impressed by the programme. Can't believe they're showing The Yellow Sea, which was, as pointed out by e_e, in the IFI quite a few months ago. I might still go to see Margaret, but it is out in the IFI like two days later...

Kenneth Longeren masterclass should be good (although programme says nothing about how to get tickets

) and good to see the new Duplass / Lynn Shelton films on there. Anyone care to recommend any others?

delbertgrady · 03-02-2012 10:38am

As with last year, there are far too many old films being shown. They enthuse about the amount of films in the programme, but is there really a sufficient audience out there who are willing to respectably fill cinemas for films that are readily available, or which have often been shown before in IFI seasons? I don't dispute it's great to see classics on the big screen - Bambi in the Savoy will probably sell out - but to have so many in a festival makes them seem like unconvincing filler material.
And two Surprise Films? Considering the batting average in recent years has been appalling (The Escapist, the barrel-scraping Hamlet 2), at least one of those would want to be a real winner.

Irish Aris · 03-02-2012 11:53am

I gave up last night, it was impossible to book anything.
I booked everything this morning. Found everything I wanted, except for Wilde Salome, for which I already had a very good alternative, the new Tom Tykwer film.
Plan is 28 films in 11 days!!! (If you see a wrecked guy with swollen eyes, that would be me

:cool: )

delbertgrady · 03-02-2012 12:13pm

Wishlist items from this thread that aren't in the programme:
Keyhole, The Kid with a Bike, Turin Horse, Himizu, From Kokuriko Hill, This Must Be the Place, Being Elmo, Room 237

Films that are included:
The Raid, Into the Abyss

:rolleyes:

Miguel_Sanchez · 03-02-2012 12:41pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Kenneth Longeren masterclass should be good (although programme says nothing about how to get tickets )

I'd love to go to that. I think Longeren is great.

Catcher7791 · 03-02-2012 12:46pm

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

I'd love to go to that. I think Longeren is great.

You can apparently just buy a ticket from the website. €25 is a bit steep though.

e_e · 03-02-2012 1:03pm

delbertgrady wrote: »

Turin Horse

Yeah, where the hell has this film been?

Decuc500 · 03-02-2012 2:03pm

I think it's a pretty good line-up this year. I'm looking forward to The Raid, Headhunters, The Monk and Damsels in Distress. They have a few interesting guests over for it as well.

One of the best things about a festival is discovering films you had no idea about. Last year I was particularly impressed with Pablo Trapero's film Carancho, which is finally getting a release here next month. Hopefully there a few hidden gems there this year as well.

But I would have liked to have seen more Asian films. They didn't show that many last year either.

e_e · 03-02-2012 2:12pm

At least they had Poetry, Outrage and Norwegian Wood though. None of which had been released prior.

getuponthis · 03-02-2012 3:40pm

Samsara by Ron Fickle is screening on the 18th, It should be amazing if its anything like Baraka. Has taken them years of shooting and Ive been waiting for it to come out since I first seen Baraka, cant wait!!
Highly recommend it...

e_e · 03-02-2012 3:47pm

Does anyone know what format the classic movies are being shown in? Surely can't be just DVD.

Zaber · 03-02-2012 3:50pm

Anyone know if there's a published programme out yet? I'm having trouble finding one.

Sad Professor · 03-02-2012 3:53pm

Zaber wrote: »

Anyone know if there's a published programme out yet? I'm having trouble finding one.

I uploaded the PDF earlier. It's on the site as well, but they make you use some crappy Flash viewer to see it.

Irish Aris · 03-02-2012 3:57pm

Zaber wrote: »

Anyone know if there's a published programme out yet? I'm having trouble finding one.

no idea. There is one in their website, but you need to keep changing screens in order to see details of each film. ..

Sad Professor · 03-02-2012 3:58pm

Here's the link I posted again:

http://www.mediafire.com/?7zdcevq0l4dq137

Zaber · 03-02-2012 3:59pm

Thanks Irish Aris and Sad Professor,

I got the one Sad Professor uploaded earlier in the thread.

Much appreciated!

johnny_ultimate · 03-02-2012 5:11pm

The glossy brochure from the launch is great actually - nice and detailed

Booked five films earlier. Their ten film offer is a bit frustrating though - splitting afternoon and evening screenings.

Renn · 03-02-2012 9:25pm

What's the ten film offer?

JDIFF 2012

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