Middle East Intl. Film Festival: Lineup includes 'Miracle at St. Anna' and 'Igor' -- A complete lineup of the films in feature competition at the Middle East International Film festival including "Body of Lies," "Miracle at St. Anna," "Igor" and "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."
BLACK PEARL LINEUP
"Beirut Open City," Samir Habchi
"Fawzia: A Special Blend," Magdi Ahmed Ali
"Gulabi Talkies," Girish Kasaravalli
"Hasiba," Remon Butros
"Henna," Saleh Karama
"Laila's Birthday," Rashid Masharawi
"Mermaid," Anna Melikyan
"O'Horten," Bent Hamer
"On a Day Like Today," Amr Salama
"Sanguepazzo," Marco Tulio Giordana
"Terra Nova," Alexander Melnik
"Terribly Happy," Henrik Ruben Genz
"Time of Comrades," Mohamed Chrif Tribak
"The Yellow Handkerchief," Udayan Prasad
"Zara," Ayten Mutlu Saray
OPENING NIGHT GALA
"The Brothers Bloom," Rian Johnson
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona," Woody Allen
"Miracle at St. Anna," Spike Lee
"The Lucky Ones," Neil Burger
"Easy Virtue," Stephan Elliott
"Igor," Anthony ...
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Spike Lee fends off partisan attack
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Body of Lies —
Variety.com 10/2/2008
Film Reviews: Neither the location-based verisimilitude of Ridley Scott's shooting style nor the estimable Middle East expertise of source-material author David Ignatius can disguise "Body of Lies" as anything other than the contrived phony-baloney it ...
Lee made honorary St. Anna citizen —
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Middle East fest's growing conscience —
Variety.com 10/3/2008
Middle East Intl. Film Festival: A harder-hitting lineup includes 'Body of Lies' -- A year on, while the fest, which unspools Oct. 10-19, still has plenty of financial incentives to offer with more than $1 million in prize money as well as a ...