The Festival (2005)

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Country: Canada
Genres: Comedy
Release: 2005-08-19
Director: N/A
Writers: N/A
Language: English
Stars: Nicolas Wright , Miranda Handford , James A. Woods , Sarah Carlsen , Rob deLeeuw , Jean Nicolai , David Pryde , Trevor Hayes , Linda Smith , Anatoly Zinoviev
Runtime: 23 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: The Festival (Canada)
Plot: A verité-satire, The Festival is an ensemble comedy, told from the perspective of fictional IFC documentarian, Cookie. Cookie's subject: Rufus Marquez, a quixotic young director embarking on his virgin voyage to the prestigious Mountain United Film Festival (MUFF.) The Film is The Unreasonable Truth of Butterflies. The goal is a distribution deal. And the pressure is on. Rufus - unprepared for the excess of schmoozing activities - maneuvers an assortment of pretentious filmmakers, salivating distributors and smile-for-the-camera festival VIPs. The problem is, no one has seen his film - and the more no one sees it, the hotter the buzz becomes. As her bosses close in, Cookie loses her objectivity and Rufus loses his film - literally - as his masterpiece goes missing.
IMDB:tt0470011