—Instructions Given at the Spring Festival Concerning Educational Work, Feb. 13, 1964.
"Burn: One Year on the Front Lines of the Battle to Save Detroit," which had its premiere last week at the Tribeca Film Festival, concerns itself with an embattled firehouse on Detroit's East Side.
The first big behind-the-scenes drama of the festival concerns the Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf, who barely out of her teens, is the youngest ever chosen to take part in the main competition with her film, The Black Board.
This special provincialism and curious lack of movement becomes more intense when the theme is nationality, or a national literature, as has been the case with the "international" festivals concerning India this century.
In turn, this recognition may reduce film festivals' concerns about copyright clearance; in an earlier analogous situation, festivals were concerned about documentary films until best practices for them were developed.
You might consider the Copland, which is nearly standard repertory now, out of place at a festival usually concerned with less well-traveled music.
The panel on Wednesday morning of festival week concerned "There Will Come a Day," one of Sundance's foreign-language selections.
Admittedly, the horrible going had made the whole weekend seem rather less pertinent than usual, as far as the Festival was concerned.
Stonewall, Britain's biggest LGBT charity, has pulled out of this year's Pride in London festival, citing concerns over the event's "lack of diversity".
Netflix films have been banned from competing at the Cannes Film Festival amid concerns that the streaming giant's growing popularity poses a threat to cinemas.
