Venice Film Festival lists 9 films for Persol 3-D award
MUMBAI: The Venice Film Festival has declared the names of nine eligible films for the best stereoscopic 3-D film of the year for the upcoming Venice‘s new Persol 3-D award.The films selected are Eric Brevig‘s Journey To The Center Of The Earth 3-D, Rob Letterman and Conrad Veronon‘s Monsters Vs Aliens, Patrick Lussier‘s My Bloody Valentine, Aristomenis Tsirbas‘ Battle For Terra, Henry Selick‘s Coraline, Bruce Hendricks‘ Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience, Carlos Saldanha‘s Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs, Peter Docter‘s Up and the world premiere of Joe Dante‘s The Hole.
Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov was the last named as member of the main competition jury that comprises of film historian David Kerr, critic Scott Foundas and Italian 3-D filmmaker Nadia Ranocchi. The award will be announced along with the other festival winners in the Sala Grande on 12 September.
The Persol 3-D award category that comprises of 3-D films produced around the world between September 2008 and August 2009 aims to show in detail the wave of innovative 3-D filmmaking as well as the returned focus of watching films in traditional cinema settings.
