Briefly: The Festival Reader is in hibernation until next year, when the local festival season picks up. Upcoming theatrical releases of festival films that screened this (or sometimes last) year include Howl's Moving Castle (Dec 22, NZIFF05), Mad Hot Ballroom (Dec 26, NZIFF05), Kiss Me First (Dec 29, ITALIAN) + to DVD Head-on (Dec 11, NZIFF04), Robot Stories (Dec 11, AFFA04), One Night in Mongkok (Dec 11, AFFA), Phone (Dec 14, AFFA05), Three Extremes (Jan 11, NZIFF05) and Red Lights (Jan 18, WCS05).