Can Count on Me and Javier Bardem in Before Night Falls , two of the Oscar nominated movies to feature at this year's festival. For now, at least, the restructuring is over. The focus on finances is inevitable given the pressures the city's longest-running film festival was under after a series of deficits. But the news is good.
Every year is tough.
Every festival director will tell you that. And you can't guarantee what's going to happen. But as long as you're making your festival accessible to as many people as possible, there's every possibility of coming up trumps. Running from June 8-22, the festival includes more than 150 features, documentaries and shorts. As it did last year, it supplements the State Theatre program for subscribers with screenings requiring separate tickets at the Dendy Opera Quays.