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Author Neil Young

Neil Young

Neil Young is a freelance film journalist, film festival programmer (Bradford, Edinburgh, Tromso, Ljubljana, Linz, etc) and filmmaker based in Sunderland, UK. He writes regularly for The Hollywood Reporter and Tribune magazines and the website Jigsaw Lounge.

Shock of the New: A Report From the 3rd CPH PIX

Neil Young
June 2011
Festival Reports
He put his face between her breasts. "We don't know how long it will be before Reptilicus is sighted over Copenhagen, but until he is, let's make every moment count. – Reptilicus (1961), a novel by 'Dean Owen'...

Ship Without a Rudder: The 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam

Neil Young
April 2010
Festival Reports
February 1, 2004: A delegation of members of the Steamship Rotterdam Foundation visited the ex-SS ROTTERDAM in Freeport, Grand Bahama. They reported that the ship's overall condition to be reasonable, both the ...

Edinburgh in Darkness and Light: The Edinburgh International Film Festival

Neil Young
September 2009
Festival Reports

Our Beloved Month of October (or, Do the Hurch-Lurch!): The 46th Viennale – Vienna International Film Festival

Neil Young
April 2009
Festival Reports
  17-29 October 2008 “The ideal form of government, Karl Valentin said, is anarchy – with a strong anarchist in charge.” Thus the philosophy of Hans Hurch – starken Anarchen an der Spitze of the Vien...
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Roads of Excess, Roads of Access: The 5th IndieLisboa

Neil Young
August 2008
Festival Reports
24 April – 4 May 2008 Rather appropriate that a festival run by three directors should have three names. Officially, it’s the Festival Internacional de Cinema Independente. For short, IndieLisboa. Among ...

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