![]() The film is in the latter stages of post-production and will premiere at SXSW this March. The Essential Arts/Nitrate Film Production doc, from producers Richard Conway and Andrew Curtis, follows the remarkable story of acclaimed musician Wilko Johnson who was told he only had months to live after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer but staged a remarkable recovery while still managing to tour. UK sales outfit Moviehouse Entertainment has boarded international rights to Julien Temple ( The Filth and the Fury) documentary The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago During the Vietnam War, Cambodian musicians crafted a sound from the various rock music styles sweeping America,Įcstasy of Wilko Johnson, The | SXSW Review - SXSW Film 2015Įxclusive: Moviehouse boards The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson. CIMMfest Highlights: The Movies… ’808:The Movie’ Photo credit: CIMMfest Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock ‘n’ Roll Thursday, April 16th, 7pm, The Logan Theater, 2546 N. For more information, including purchasing passes, click here. Besides some of the highlights listed below, there is a jam-packed variety of films, music and events from April 16th through the 19th. The 2015 edition of CIMMfest is bigger, bolder and lights up with star power. Combining film, tribute events and live performances – and centered in and around the neighborhood of Wicker Park from April 16th through the 19th, 2015, – CIMMfest is not so much a festival as a organic happening. And perhaps that's why Temple is content to refer to Johnson's musical talent and legacy only in passing in 'Ecstasy.' This is a film about a man, not a legend, and indeed it is the man who emerges as bigger than movie as a result.įilm News: CIMMfest, the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, Opens April 16, 2015Ĭhicago – CIMMfest, the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival, has become one of the fastest growing and buzzworthy Chicago film festivals in recent years. "If it's going to kill me," says Wilko Johnson, influential British rock guitarist, and subject of Julien Temple's new documentary, "I don't want it to bore me." He's speaking of his shock diagnosis with terminal pancreatic cancer in his mid-60s, after which he was given ten months to live, and enjoyed, in his own words, "the most extraordinary year of my life." Onetime punk-scene filmmaker Temple (who also directed " Absolute Beginners" and " Earth Girls Are Easy" back in the '80s) has filmed Johnson, onetime punk-scene spiritual godfather, before - in 2009's " Oil City Confidential," his documentary on Johnson's most well-known band Dr. ![]() The programmeįilm Review: 'The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson' Claire Aguilar, programming director at Sheffield Doc/Fest, and Britdoc Foundation’s Luke Moody will attend as jury members alongside Julien Temple who will deliver a masterclass to accompany screenings of his films The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, Oil City Confidential and The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson. The programme culminates in a pitching session in front of international decision makers. Jerry Rothwell, André Singer and Jo Lapping from the UK will give further dedicated development support to participants alongside three Mexican mentors. This training and mentorship initiative for emerging documentary makers from the UK and Mexico is delivered as part of the 2015 UK-Mexico year of exchange. Mexico City documentary festival Docs Df (Oct 15-24) hosts the second leg of the Docunexion programme that British Council is running in partnership with Imcine, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Docs Df and Ambulante. ![]() Two strong British programmes are running at top Mexican film festivals this month.
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