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Sorry to be so late with this, it’s been a crazy week, but for any readers in Belgium or nearby, the film is being screened Friday, November 18th (that’s tonight!) at Scheld’apen– a youth culture center and a contrary art workshop in Antwerp that has an annual program that features films about early electronic music and synthesizer pioneers.  Here’s a link.  Again, apologies for the late listing….

And for any U.S. readers, interview today 11am-12pm orignating from WHYY Radio Times show in Philadelphia. http://www.whyy.org/91FM/whyy.asx

—Stan Warnow

Exciting News — the film is being screened in Israel at the Jewish Eye World Jewish Film Festival in Ashkelon.  The date of the screening is Tuesday, November 15th — here’s a link.  This is the eigth year of the festival which focuses on the Jewish culture and identity.  It includes films from all over the world — features, documentaries, and short films.  Worldwide, there are about one hundred festivals of Jewish films, annually, and “Jewish Eye” is rapidly gaining a high profile on this festival circuit.

Aharon Yadlin, Festival Chairman and winner of the Israel Prize 2010 said: ”The strength of Israel is not only its security and does not just summarize in its scientific and technological advancement. It is also expressed in the cultural life, in art creations.  Jewish Eye Film Festival is a cultural experience of vast erudition.”

Thanks to Gady Castel and everyone at the festival for inviting the film and me as well.  Wish I could be there but unfortunately it’s not possible at the moment.  But I hope that any of you in Israel who read this attend….

Delighted to report that the film will be screened Thursday, October 20th at 2:30pm (14:30), Friday night, October 21st at 10:30pm (22:30), and Saturday night at 8pm (20:00), as part of the 38th annual Gent International Film Festival in Belgium, at the Arts Centre Vooruit.

VARIETY placed the festival in its ‘Top-50 must attend festivals of the world,” and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL has called the festival “one of the five European Film Festivals with character.”   Established in 1974, the festival has developed into one of Europe’s most prominent film festivals, attracting over 130,000 viewers each year. 

Ghent is a beautiful city, as I know from visiting about 10 years ago, and I had really hoped to attend the festival, especially as it has a particular emphasis on film music and music films, but it just isn’t possible this time around.
But hope you can!

—Stan Warnow