'Jump!' start for Toronto's Sprockets
TORONTO -- The Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for children will unspool U.S. director Helen Hood Scheer's "Jump!" as part of its 11th edition, complete with a live demonstration by competitive jump ropers, organizers said Tuesday.
Scheer's documentary feature about teenagers training for the world jump-rope championships will be one of 26 features among a 68-film lineup to screen as part of the Toronto International Film Festival's kids edition April 12-18.
The full lineup, unveiled Tuesday, includes Danish director Charlotte Sachs Bostrup's "Karla's World", Iranian helmer Gholam-Reza Ramezani's "Standing Alone" and German filmmaker Hayo Freitag's "The Three Robbers".
Other U.S. movies bound for Sprockets includes Devin Bell's "Crank Balls", Logan Smalley's "Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life," David Levy's "Good Morning" and Todd Kessler's "Keith".
Sprockets, which annually features a healthy offering from Western Europe, particularly Scandinavia, also will unspool Arne Lindner Naess's "SOS – Summer of Suspense" from Norway, and Swedish filmmaker Petter Naess' "Leaps & Bounds."
The festival will additionally feature 30 non-English-language films with subtitles to be read aloud for the benefit of young audiences.
Scheer's documentary feature about teenagers training for the world jump-rope championships will be one of 26 features among a 68-film lineup to screen as part of the Toronto International Film Festival's kids edition April 12-18.
The full lineup, unveiled Tuesday, includes Danish director Charlotte Sachs Bostrup's "Karla's World", Iranian helmer Gholam-Reza Ramezani's "Standing Alone" and German filmmaker Hayo Freitag's "The Three Robbers".
Other U.S. movies bound for Sprockets includes Devin Bell's "Crank Balls", Logan Smalley's "Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life," David Levy's "Good Morning" and Todd Kessler's "Keith".
Sprockets, which annually features a healthy offering from Western Europe, particularly Scandinavia, also will unspool Arne Lindner Naess's "SOS – Summer of Suspense" from Norway, and Swedish filmmaker Petter Naess' "Leaps & Bounds."
The festival will additionally feature 30 non-English-language films with subtitles to be read aloud for the benefit of young audiences.
- 3/12/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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