In 2008 Matteo Garrone directed the award-winning docudrama Gommorah portraying the fate of two teens aspiring to criminal success in a slum dominated by a crime syndicate. Garrone’s approach in Io Capitano was similar and appropriately compelling. It conveys the experience of young migrants entering Europe rather than conveying an outsider’s point of view. Garrone has stressed that “Every moment on the set I had people besides me who had actually lived through the experienc...
Interview by Emmanuel Itier:
With Director: Lisa D’Apolito for SHARI AND LAMB CHOP.
Television star Shari Lewis broke nw ground in the 50’s and 60’s with her ventriloquism and beloved puppet: ‘Lamb Chop’. Now, director Lisa D’Apolito, who brought us the brilliant ‘Love, Gilda’, is bringing for a very emotional portrait of Lisa and now she truly revolutionized children tv shows. This film brought tears to my eyes as it reminded be ...
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With Bahraini - American director: Hala Matar.
The story revolves around a journalist who travels to Rome for an interview with a renowned musician, only to be drawn into an unexpected invitation that sets off a thrilling adventure filled with mystery and surprises.
Maria Bakalova and Abigail Cowen shine so brightly in this travel movie following two women going to interview a famous musician, played by Jack Fathing. The brilliant director, Hala Matar, who had done several successfu...
By Emmanuel Itier in Santa Barbara
After the disappearance of his girlfriend, a foreigner man lost in a hostile land becomes the main suspect and his desperate research for her turns into a fight to stay alive.
Directed by Giovanni Fumu Written by Giovanni Fumu, Maximilian Selim Starring Jang Seong-beom, Lim Young-joo, Chris Carlson, Tony Denman...
Rarely did I see such a captivating and mesmerizing movie! ‘ABROAD’, directed by Giovani Fumu ( https://www.imdb.com/tit...
The Belarusian Film Critics Award ’Red Heather’ which took place last weekend during this year’s 74th Berlin International Film Festival at the European Film Market (EFM) announces all its winners.
The best Belarusian films and filmmakers of 2021 and 2022 are:
Best Documentary Feature Film
Mara by Sasha Kulak
Courage by Aliaksei Paluyan
Best Documentary Short Film
Belarusian Youth by Kseniya Halubov...
f.l.t.r.: Džiugas Grinys (Lithuania), Valentina Bellè (Italy), Katharina Stark (Germany), Suzy Bemba (France), Salome Demuria (Georgia), Margarita Stoykova (Bulgaria), Asta Kamma August (Sweden), Thibaud Dooms (Belgium), Éanna Hardwicke (Ireland) and Kamila Urzędowska (Poland); Photo: Harald Fuhr
The European Shooting Stars 2024 were welcomed on stage at the Berlinale Palast by German actress Corinna Harfouch, starring in this year’s competition entry Dying&nb...
Second Edition set for 22nd June - 30th June 2024 in Valletta, Malta
Superb launch reception of the Malta mediterannee film festivalat iconic Berlin Adlon Kempinski Hotel during Berlinale 2024. A passionate introduction by Malta Film Commissionner Johann Grech and the newly appointed Festival Veteran : Teresa Cavina who joins as Artistic Director of the festival. Enjoy their presentation and welc...
The Inaugural Entertainment Finance Forum Berlin was a huge success! Winston Baker would like to thank all of our speakers, attendees and partners (with a special thanks to filmfestivals.com...) for joining us!"
The Winston Baker team: Katie Witkowski and Amy Baker
Watch this short interview where Amy shares her satisfaction of a very successfull event, opening the way to a series of Berlinale events in the coming years.
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FilmHedge celebrates 4th anniversary with announcements at Berlinale
Founded in February 2020 b...
Filmfestivals.com Bruno Chatelin got to speak with Max Beckham-Ortner: IMZ General Secretary, the organizer of the AVANT PREMIÈRE MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET 2024 in Berlin, during Berlinale. Max offered some time from his busy opening day as we wanted to understand and share the synergies with EFM attendees!
Watch what he had to say and learn about the very successfull event which runs in paralell to EFM and is dedicated to live performing arts, music and ballet...
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first look photo from Felipe Vargas’ high-concept horror film Rosario starring Emeraude Toubia (Freeform’s hit TV series “Shadowhunters,” Amazon’s “With Love”), David Dastmalchian (Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune) and José Zúñiga (Catherine Hardwicke’s blockbuster Twilight, Sony Pictures’ The Dark Tower). Production began late last year in Bogotá, Colombia ...
SBIFF 2024 Cinema Vanguard Award Honoring Paul Giamatti
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Happy birthday to FilmHedge.com the fin-tech company that has risen within the Film/TV finance space, now celebrating its fourth year of business!
Founded in February 2020 by Audigent alum Jon Gosier, FilmHedge is a financial technology company that has spent the first few years of its life providing data analysis, underwriting, and risk-rating services that enable financiers to make better decisions as it relates to Film/TV financing and deal structuring. To date the company has prim...
Petzhold (the third one on top, from the left in this pic) is also a jury member of the international jury at the current Berlinale edition.
The German Film Critics Association (Verband der deutschen Filmkritik e.V. VdFk) is an interest group of mainly film journalists and film scholars who are active in all fields of media.
Established as “Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Filmjournalisten e.V.” in Düsseldorf on 15 February 1954, the association defends the con...
Daniel Kötter
in collaboration with
Sona Karapoghosyan
Nune Hovhannisyan
Eviya Hovhannisyan
Armen Papyan
Landshaft (2023, 96')
Written and produced by Daniel Kötter
Camera and editing by Daniel Kötter
Landshaft sketches the psychogeography of a geopolitically charged landscape and its inhabitants between extractivism, war and displacement. In the form of a journey in eastern Armenia, the film follows human and non-human actors as they m...
World premiere in Berlinale Forum section 133 minutes : Romania / Switzerland 2024
A film by Andrei Cohn with Doru Bem, Nicoleta Lefter, Ciprian Chiricheș, Mario Gheorghe Dinu, Ana Cioneta
Leiba lives with his wife Sura and their son Eli in a village located within a Romanian landscape so beautiful it could be a painting. The Jewish family runs the village inn, a meeting point for travellers and the village community at the end of the 19th century. At first glance, the people that eat and dri...
Gravitas Ventures, an Anthem Sports & Entertainment Company will release the comedy on digital and cable on demand on April 30th
A fresh take on a trusted genre, starring Rumer Willis (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The House Bunny, Empire), Michelle Meredith (The Morning Show, Kappa Kappa Die), Kimia Behpoornia (Reboot, Hacks, Atypical), Sarah Hollis (Kill Your Darling, 24) and Desiree Staples (Scrap, Take Me To Tarzana, Everyone is Doing Great) will be showcased ...
Highly Anticipated SlasherALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD From Cineverse and Roundtable Entertainment
Starring Jade Pettyjohn and JoJo Siwa, Directed by Horror Veteran Marcus Dunstan, Makes World Debut Screening in Berlin via Film Mode Entertainment
Two versions of the extreme, outrageous, fantastical horror film will be available for distributors across all territories, including a special version for TV
Cineverse (CNVS), Roundtable Entertainment, and Clay Epstein&rsquo...
2024 SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WOMEN’S PANEL
MODERATED BY MADELYN HAMMOND
PANELISTS FEATURED:
Maite Alberdi (THE ETERNAL MEMORY) - Director/Producer
Karen Hartley-Thomas (GOLDA) - Hair and Make-up
Laura Karpman (AMERICAN FICTION) - Composer
Diane Warren (FLAMIN’ HOT) - Songwriter
Julie Zachary (NIMONA) - PGA and Head of Production at Annapurna Animation
Quotes from the Panel:
JULIE ZACHARY - Nimona
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Sue Cappiello, Brenda Matthews, and Mark Matthews pose with the Social Justice Award for Documentary Film and ADL Stand Up Award for "The Last Daughter" at the Awards Breakfast during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at El Encanto on February 17, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)
2024 SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNING FILMS ANNOUNCED
The Santa Barbara International F...
Terrifying New Horror Film, BLUE LIGHT, From Acclaimed Director Andy Fickman (Race to Witch Mountain, The Game Plan, Heathers: The Musical, She’s The Man), Achieves A Slew of Global Sales, and Makes EFM Market Premiere via Film Mode Entertainment
Fans of horror movies can brace themselves for a spine-chilling new film that is set to amaze audiences with a unique take on a trusted genre based on true and terrifying unexplained events, and a new hardcore ARG site, designe...
“Falling Into Place”, the debut feature from female writer-director Aylin Tezel is set to screen at the Glasgow Film Festival on March 2nd, 2024! The announcement comes hot off the heels of an incredible festival run, which saw Tezel pick up the FIPRESCI Critics Prize at Tallinn Black Nights 2023 and Young Director Award at the Bayersicher FilmPreis 2024. The film has also been nominated for Best Debut by the German Critics Circle, with the awards show set to be held at the Berlina...
Institute of Documentary Film delegates Anna Kaslová Ex Oriente Film documentary laboratory and East Doc Forum Manager, and Ivana Formanová KineDok Manager are heading to Berlinale. They’ll be there from Saturday, February 17 till Thursday 22. Don’t hesitate to schedule a meeting.
And don’t miss a screening of IDF Alumni film I’m Not Everything I Want to Be.
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First look image from the science fiction thriller The Astronaut starring Kate Mara (A Teacher, The Martian, “House of Cards”), Laurence Fishburne (John Wick films, The Matrix trilogy) and Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate, “The Last Of Us”). Produced by Brad Fuller (Paramount’s A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II, Universal’s The Purge films) and directed by Jess Varley, Highland Film Group is handling international rights to the film which wrapped prod...
