Late summer is when the festival circuit really heats up.
Directors World attended press conferences, panels and screenings as far afield as Edinburgh, Venice and Toronto and listened to what the filmmakers had to say. This year, filmmakers including Paul Verhoeven and Liv Ullman traveled to Scotland for the 54th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The festival already is open for business for next year's edition, Aug. 12-26. and announced April is its deadline for submissions. If you want to submit your film, or find out what haggis is really made of, email the organizers. As the Venice Film Festival got under way on Lido Island, Directors World caught up with such renowned auteur filmmakers as Robert Altman and Manoel de Oliveira as they promoted their latest works.