LESBIANS! DOGS! THIEVES! FESTIVALS!

The Montreal World Film Festival will be hosting the North American premieres of dapper, Chinese crime flick, A WORLD WITHOUT THIEVES, as well as Kim Ki-Duk's latest movie, THE BOW. They'll also have the Sylvia Chang starring Hong Kong flick, RICE RHAPSODY.

Those crafty lesbians are having their first Asian film festival ever, over in Taipei, the First Asian Lesbian Film and Video Festival. The Korean Han News site calls it the First Asian Film and Video Festival. Can they not bring themselves to say "lesbian" or is it just a convenient typo?

Wisit Sasanatieng's third film, CITIZEN DOG, makes its international premiere at Locarno. On the one hand, it's out of competition. On the other hand it's getting shown on a giant outdoor screen.

And finally, Aishwarya Rai's latest movie, MISTRESS OF SPICES, directed by Gurinder Chadha's partner, Paul Berges will bow at Toronto.

(Thanks to all the folks who sent me news for this one)