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Bau, Artist at War, the powerful historical drama directed by Sean McNamara (Reagan, Soul Surfer), will have its theatrical release by ShowBiz Direct in the U.S. and Canada on September 26, 2025. The film, which stars Hirsch as real-life Holocaust survivor and artist Joseph Bau, is distributed by ShowBiz Direct and Republic Pictures.
The story of creativity, survival, and love based on Joseph Bau’s memoir, Bau, A...
The official poster for the 2025 Directors’ Fortnight (Quinzaine des Cinéastes) has been unveiled. This year’s artwork was conceptualized by creative trailblazer Harmony Korine.
One of the great troublemakers of American indie cinema (Gummo, Julien Donkey-Boy, Spring Breakers), Harmony Korine has spent 30 years subverting pop culture and its clichés in a career that has ranged across cinema, painting and multimedia works. He advocates an art of error which he te...
Selections are open for the 71st edition of the Taormina Film Festival, which will take place from June 10 to 14, 2025, under the direction of Tiziana Rocca. The festival will be divided into three sections: the International Feature Film Competition, the Out of Competition section, and Special Events at the Ancient Theatre.
The official poster for this edition has also been unveiled, paying tribute to Giuseppe Tornatore's film Malèna, distributed by Medusa Film, in celebration of ...
Patricia Beckmann Wells
On the heels of its highly successful West Coast U.S. premiere at Slamdance Film Festival held in February, Patricia Beckmann Wells’ modern day AI fairytale Mombomb, Part 1 will have its South Asian premiere at the prestigious Nepal International Film Festival, held from March 20 – 24, 2025.
Mombomb, part 1 is among five films that will compete in the festival’s AI category on March 21st.
Day 2 – Q...
Henry Ian Cusick (Lost, MacGyver, The 100), Dean Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman), Rory Gibson (The Young and The Restless) are set to star in the new sci-fi drama Fugitive from Asteron, adapted from the award-winning novel by Gen LaGreca, who also wrote the screenplay.
Directed by Dan T. Hall (Noble Vision, Greek Fire – Demon Spirit) and executive produced by LaGreca’s company Winged Victory Foundat...
Patricia Beckmann Wells’ modern day AI fairytale Mombomb, Part 1 has been named an official selection of the 31st Slamdance Film Festival in the Shorts Episodes category.
Created using over a dozen AI in a unique pipeline, the story is Beckmann Wells’ personal experience in her youth with a pair of serial killers and her ensuing lifelong regret. Based on real events, the feminist comedy horror series explores inter-generational trauma and...
Timely medical drama/thriller Noble Vision continues its festival run on a high note, being named Best Drama Feature Award at the Second Sight International Film Festival in Pensacola, Florida, at a ceremony held on December 21st.
Based on the best-selling novel by Gen LaGreca, the film tells the story of beautiful dancer Nicole Hudson, played by Rayna Wilson, who is blinded in a tragic accide...
Silvia Bizio moderates Q&A with Director Fang Li
An OSCARS® FYC screening and reception for the Chinese documentary 'The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru' was held at The Crescent Theater in Beverly Hills on December 10, 2024.
Synopsis: A documentary about the 1942 torpedoing of a Japanese freighter that carried British prisoners of war during World War II. The film tells the story of the sinking of the Japanese freighter and t...
By Kate Elfatah
The 45th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) has been a resounding success, attracting huge audiences and presenting the spectrum of cinematic talents. I recently sat down with CIFF Program Director Essam Zakaria to discuss the festival’s triumphant re-entry, its commitment to international cinema, and its plans for the future.
A Resurgence of Cinema Passion
Zakaria was o...
By Kate Elfatah
The 45th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) was capped off with an elegant award ceremony on Friday, November 22, at the Cairo Opera House , which honoured a wide variety of film accomplishments around the world. I was lucky enough to be there, to experience first-hand the passion and craftsmanship that underwrote this year’s stellar line-up of movies.
The Best Film was the Romanian film, Bogdan Mureșanu’s The New Year That Never Came. It was an intense...
By Kate Elfatah
The Bosnian-born Oscar-winning director Danis Tanović: A Master of Cinema Reflects on the Cairo International Film Festival and will serve as Jury President for this year’s festival. Meeting with International Press, Tanović shared his creative process, his opinions about the changing film industry and his lifetime love for storytelling. He travels to Cairo through the paved roads of his impressive career including directing "No ...
The critically acclaimed feature drama/thriller Noble Vision, based on the best-selling novel by Gen LaGreca, the film’s executive producer and scriptwriter, is available now to watch on Prime Video, Fandango at Home (Vudu), Hoopla, Roku, Plex and Tubi, as well as on InDemand/cable video on demand in the US and Canada
Official Trailer:
Noble Vision had its West Coast theatrical premiere on September 10th&nb...
by Kate Elfatah
The Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) is once again dedicated to Arab cinema and announces that it will provide more funds and artistic representation for producers in its 45th edition from November 13th to 22nd. CIFF this year is not only presenting more Arab films, it’s also dramatically broadening the channels through which filmmakers can find attention and support.
New Opportunities for Arab Cinema Prizes: A Revolution in Awards?
As a powerful solidarity ...
Apple TungFong, CEO, eoFlix
eoFlix, the cutting-edge digital streaming platform created by Entertainment Oxygen, is now available to the film festival partners of Filmocracy.
A trailblazer in supporting virtual film festivals since 2018, Filmocracy ceased operations earlier this year and merged its business activities with Beverly Hills-based Entertainment Oxygen. eoFlix marks a new era in festival hosting for Filmocracy’s longtime festival partners. Its advanced features will emp...
Csenge Palotai, Csaba Kael, Lili Bordan
The closing reception of Made in Hungary was held on Monday, October 28th at the Melrose Rooftop Theatre, where for the first time ever, the Best International Production Filmed in Hungary was awarded.
The newly introduced award went to the British-Irish-American co-production Poor Things by director Jorgos Lánthimos, produced in Hungary by Pioneer Pictures under the direction of Ildikó Kemény, ...
Director of Emilia Pérez, the Opening Night Film at TAFFF and France’s Official Selection for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Receives the Award for his Outstanding Contributions to Cinema Over his 30 Year Career
For the first time in The American French Film Festival’s 28-year history, the Franco-American Cultural Fund (FACF) presented a director with the FACF Achievement Award. Jacques Audiard, whose film Emilia P&eacu...
Filmmaker Nicholas Gyeney has received top prizes on the global festival circuit for his feature horror/thriller The Activated Man. On September 21st, the Hungarian-American director received the Paramount Premium Award, presented by the Hungarian Hollywood Council, at the inaugural Tony Curtis International Film Festival held in Mátészalka, Hungary; followed by the Best Director and Best Film prizes at Cinema Scares Fi...
Thomas Essig’s new documentary feature Something Divine has been named an official selection of Lonely Seal Film Festival, scheduled from August 20-25, 2024 in Arlington, MA. The film will be screened on Wednesday, August 21st during the Midweek Music Movies and More themed evening. SOMETHING DIVINE (somethingdivinefilm.com)
Trailer: TRAILER — SOMETHING DIVINE (somethingdivinefilm.com)
In the film, Ray Cappo, the lead singer of ...
Feature Thriller to Have World Theatrical Premiere Followed by Digital and Cable Release in Mid-September
Stonecutter Media has acquired North American rights to The Path, the new feature thriller, written and directed by Tom Archdeacon, co-founder of Frost Pictures. The Path will have its world theatrical premieres on September 12 in New Jersey and September 19 in Beverly Hills and will be tentatively released digitally on September 24th on str...
Lubna Azabal © Dominique Charriau/Getty Images / Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar @ Guy Ferrandis / Paolo Moretti © Angèle Marignac-Serra ECAL / Claudine Nougaret © Raymond Depardon / Vladimir Perišić © Philippe Lebruman
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, Paolo Moretti, Claudine Nougaret and Vladimir Perišić will join Belgian actress Lubna Azabal, President of the Short Films and La Cinef Jury, to award the Short Film Palme d’or and the three La Cinef...
David Cronenberg's latest horror feature The Shrouds starring Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger will have its World Premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
The first look at the film was also revealed.
In the film, Karsh, 50, is a prominent businessman. Inconsolable since the death of his wife, he invents GraveTech, revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed in their...
Born and raised in Paris and of Vietnamese heritage, Lang Khê Tran was immersed in the cinematic world from a young age, with her father as a director and her mother as both an actress and artistic director.
Having studied theatre and cinema at La Sorbonne University in Paris, complemented by a year of applied arts, she started to model in France and London.
Her debut in cinema was alongside Gaspard Ulliel, Gérard Depardieu, and Guillaume Gouix in Guillaume Nicloux...
Executive Producers Rakesh Tammabattula and Dr. Jacqueline Nguyen Photo: Tshombe Sampson
A Fragile Flower, the first ever Vietnamese feature film produced entirely in the United States, has received top honors at the 2024 New Delhi Film Festival. A Fragile Flower was named Top 3rd Feature Film, International Competition at the festival’s awards ceremony held on March 28 in New Delhi. The film was the only Vietnamese film awar...
The sixth annual French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF) is pleased to unveil its 2024 official poster, featuring an original work of art created exclusively for the festival by New York City-based, impressionistic/abstract artist Cindy Shaoul, the announcement was made today by festival co-founders Nicole Goesseringer Muj and Gotham Chandna.
“We first discovered the art of Cindy Shaoul in 2021 and felt her artistic style was perfectl...
Jacqueline Nguyen Accepts Awards at FLOW Film Festival
On March 4, 2024, internationally acclaimed Vietnamese/American co-production, A Fragile Flower (Đoá Hoa Mong Manh), was lauded with six awards at the FLOW Film Festival, held in Hollywood, Florida from February 29 to March 4, 2024.
Founded in 2019, the annual festival promotes the growth of opportunities for women in important and male-dominated positions within the film industry. FLOW strives...
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