Ok, kiddies, it’s that time of year again: the 12th Chichester Film Festival. 9 English premieres, 3 UK premieres, international film short competition, Australian film season, World cinema season, East Asian cinema season, late night "Xtreme" cinema, a Bertrand Tavernier retrospective, a Luchino Visconti retrospective and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival On Tour. Top stuff.
On my watch-if-I-can list:
- Jeremy Hardy v The Israeli Army
- Cypher
- Camp
- Crackerjack
- Petites Coupures
- Goyangireul batakhae
- Koroshiya Ichi
- Der Amerikanische Freund
- L.627
- L’Appat
- Rocco e i suoi fratelli
- Il Gattopardo
Admittedly, we all know that I’ll never get to see all of these. A lot of them will be screened during the day, and for part of the time I will be out of the county, even out of the country. But if I get to even one or two, I will be very pleased indeed.