Nora Zehetner

At long last we have a world premiere date of Drake Doremus’ little known production - Spooner.

indieWire has brought to my attention the announcement of the 2009 Slamdance Film Festival’s film lineup.

The Slamdance film festival takes place in Utah alongside the Sundance film festival, aiming to give a more indie perspective to the festival scene. Their Narrative Feature competition, in which Spooner is making its world premiere, is open to sub-$1million budget productions from first-time directors.

Slamdance will run January 15 - 23, 2009, with Spooner set to screen at 8:30pm on the 18th and 10:00pm on the 22nd.

Slamdance’s website promises more information on its lineup to come on December 16th, so check back here for your Spooner update.

Here’s a short clip for your amusement.

Another movie of Nora’s which is taking a frustratingly long time to come to theaters is Remarkable Power! What’s more, there’s less buzz for this film than for The Brothers Bloom, which means it may be playing at your local film festival and you wouldn’t even know it!

So, in a follow up to yesterday’s Brothers Bloom post, I present you with the Remarkable Power Watch! An up-to-date listing of all festivals and dates where Remarkable Power is confirmed to be playing. We will be keeping a close eye on the news to find out any more festivals and update the list as they come along. So check back often. If your city has a festival coming up, you may have a chance to see it.

For those who are interested, here’s the trailer:

With the previous announced delay of Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom, many of us wont get to see it now until it is released in January.

Johnson has his reasons for the push-back, but has stated: “I’m going to be doing the rounds at a TON of regional US festivals, I’m hoping to hit nearly every big one that happens between now and the release. So if you live near a big city with a festival, chances are you’ll get a shot at seeing it before January.“

So with this in mind, I have created the Brothers Bloom Watch, where you will be able to see which film festivals The Brothers Bloom will be screening at, and plan your attendance if, like me, you can’t wait until January to see it. It will be constantly updated to include all festivals as they are announced, so keep checking back to see if it will be screening in a city near you.

A reminder for those Londoners amongst us, The Brothers Bloom will be screening at the BFI London Film Festival October 27th and 28th. Tickets are still available trough the BFI website for the tuesday showing. If you’ll be attending the festival, or will be in the area and wish to see Nora Zehetner in action in Rian Johnson’s second feature-length endeavor, be sure to purchase your tickets soon before they sell out.

Rian Johnson has confirmed his attendance, and it is rumoured that Rachel Weisz will be there too.