Harry Potter 6 moved to 2009

Bummer. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been moved from its original opening in November this year to 17 July 2009. That's a bit of a wait for the trailer seems to promise to be an amazing sixth installment in the series.

Festival Watch

65TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (27 August-6 September)

AKIRES TO KAME, Takeshi Kitano
L'AUTRE, Patrick Mario Bernard and Pierre Trividic
BIRDWATCHERS - LA TERRA DEGLI UOMINI ROSSI, Marco Bechis
BUMAZHNY SOLDAT, Alexey German Jr.
THE BURNING PLAIN, Guillermo Arriaga
DANGKOU (PLASTIC CITY), Yu Likwai
GABBLA, Teguia Tariq
GAKE NO UE NO PONYO, Hayao Miyazaki
UN GIORNO PERFETTO, Ferzan Ozpetek
HURT LOCKER, Kathryn Bigelow
INJU, LA BETE DANS L'OMBRE, Barbet Schroeder
JERICHOW, Christian Petzold
NUIT DE CHIEN, Werner Schroeter
IL PAPA DI GIOVANNA, Pupi Avati
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED, Jonathan Demme
IL SEME DELLA DISCORDIA, Pappi Corsicato
THE SKY CRAWLERS, Mamoru Oshii and Ryo Kase
SUT, Semih Kaplanoglu
TEZA, Haile Gerima
VEGAS: BASED ON A TRUE STORY, Amir Naderi
THE WRESTLER, Darren Aronofsky

33RD TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (4-13 September)

35 RHUMS, Claire Denis
AIDE-TOI LE CIEL T'AIDERA, Francois Dupeyron
APPALOOSA, Ed Harris
UN BARRAGE CONTRE LE PACIFIQUE, Rithy Panh
THE BROTHERS BLOOM, Rian Johnson
BURN AFTER READING, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
THE BURNING PLAIN, Guillermo Arriaga
CHE: PART ONE, Steven Soderbergh
CHE: PART TWO, Steven Soderbergh
DEAN SPANLEY, Toa Fraser
THE DUCHESS, Saul Dibb
EASY VIRTUE, Stephan Elliot
FAUBOURG 36, Christophe Barratier
FLASH OF GENIUS, Marc Abraham
GENOVA, Michael Winterbottom
GHOST TOWN, David Koepp
INJU, LA BETE DANS L'OMBRE, Barbet Schroeder
IS THERE ANYBODY THERE?, John Crowley
LAST STOP 174, Bruno Barreto
THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND, Jodie Markell
THE LUCKY ONES, Neil Burger
MANAGEMENT, Stephen Belber
ME AND ORSON WELLES, Richard Linklater
MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA, Spike Lee
NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU, various
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, Rod Lurie
PASSCHENDAELE, Paul Gross
A PERFECT DAY, Ferzan Ozpetek
PRIDE AND GLORY, Gavin O'Connor
PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1, Jean-Francois Richet
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, Gina Prince-Bythewood
SERAPHINE, Martin Provost
SINGH IS KINNG, Anees Bazmee
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, Danny Boyle
STONE OF DESTINY, Charles Martin Smith
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK, Charlie Kaufman
WHO DO YOU LOVE, Jerry Zaks
A WOMAN IN BERLIN, Max Farberbock
THE WRESTLER, Darren Aronofsky
A YEAR AGO IN WINTER, Caroline Link
ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO, Kevin Smith

46TH NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL (26 September-12 October)

24 CITY, Jia Zhangke
AFTERSCHOOL, Antonio Campos
ASHES OF TIME REDUX, Wong Kar Wai
BULLET IN THE HEAD, Jaime Rosales
CHANGELING, Clint Eastwood
CHE, Steven Soderbergh
CHOUGA, Darezhan Omirbaev
A CHRISTMAS TALE, Arnaud Desplechin
THE CLASS, Laurent Cantet
FOUR NIGHTS WITH ANNA, Jerzy Skolimowsky
GOMORRAH, Matteo Garrone
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, Mike Leigh
THE HEADLESS WOMAN, Lucrecia Martel
HUNGER, Steve McQueen
I'M GOING TO EXPLODE, Gerardo Naranjo
LET IT RAIN, Agnes Jaoui
LOLA MONTES, Max Ophuls
NIGHT AND DAY, Hong Sang-soo
THE NORTHERN LAND, Joao Botelho
SERBIS, Brillante Mendoza
SUMMER HOURS, Olivier Assayas
TOKYO SONATA, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
TONY MANERO, Pablo Larrain
TULPAN, Sergey Dvortsevoy
WALTZ WITH BASHIR, Ari Folman
WENDY AND LUCY, Kelly Reichhardt
THE WINDMILL MOVIE, Alexander Olch
THE WRESTLER, Darren Aronofsky