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I Was Born This Way retraces the life of singer and activist Carl Bean who went on to found the Minority AIDS Project and the world’s first LGBTQ+ church for people of color.
Directed by Daniel Junge and Sam Pollard, the documentary recreates turning points in Bean’s life with the use of rotoscoping, adding a multidimensional aspect to his character.
With his unweavable faith and the unconditional support of his mother, Bean found the strength to overcome abuse and move ...
I Was Born This Way retraces the life of singer and activist Carl Bean who went on to found the Minority AIDS Project and the world’s first LGBTQ+ church for people of color.
Directed by Daniel Junge and Sam Pollard, the documentary recreates turning points in Bean’s life with the use of rotoscoping, adding a multidimensional aspect to his character.
With his unweavable faith and the unconditional support of his mother, Bean found the strength to overcome abuse and move ...
Résumé en français à la fin de l’article.
Film Syntax: How Four Masterpieces Reveal the Hidden Language of Cinema
Cinema speaks a language most viewers feel but rarely see.
In Film Syntax: An Examination of Four Classic Films, filmmaker and writer James W. Hawk explores how some of the most influential films in history construct meaning not simply through story, but through structure. Rather than focusing on plot summaries or cultural commentary, the ...
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THE RETURN OF SPAIN AND LATIN AMERICA, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE INCREASINGLY REMARKABLE CINEMA OF THE EASTERN REGION AND THE COLD OF NORWAY
The 46th edition of Fantasporto – Porto International Film Festival will be dominated by European cinema, with a strong Spanish presence showcasing the brilliance of its filmmakers, many of whom are multi-award winners and, from the East, particularly the People's Republic of China and Japan, where master as Eiji Uchida (...
Happy Patel, Khatarnak Jasoos, Review: Unhap pee Lapet, CutterNak JustSnooze
Cut to the chase. No, begin with the chase! 1991. Two British secret agents in speeding cars being given a hot chase in Panjor, Goa by another car. Bullets fly, but the chasers are not able to stop the fleeing MI7 agents. Left rear seat window glass rolls down. Out emerge the Don’s head, and his two hands, carrying a deadly double-barrel rifle, asking the British to die for their deeds. Applause, for the Don is...
Filmmaker and director Danny A. Abeckaser announces the digital release of his new feature film 12 HOURS IN OCTOBER on January 6, 2026, following its theatrical opening on December 14, 2025 that aligned with the recent anniversary of the October 7 Nova Music Festival attack in Israel. A visceral, character-driven drama, the film chronicles the first twelve hours of that day, offering audiences an urgent and deeply human perspective on the events that shock...
Durlabh Prasad ki Dusri Shadi: Overview
A grand première was held of this small film at PVR Icon, Infiniti Mall, Andheri, on 18 December, replete with two female musicians singing traditional songs and playing rhythm instruments, on the 3rd floor Auditorium Complex. The turnout was impressive, which might have led to the delayed start of the film, a full 60 minutes late.
An interesting title, on the lines of some big films with long titles, it raised curiosity about the story, though ...
MGM Amazon Prime’s Fallout: Keep a safe distance
PR Agency Moe’s Art warmly invited us for an exclusive screening of Prime Video’s ‘highly-anticipated global hit, Fallout Season 2’— a wild, wicked and wonderfully wasteland-chaotic journey into New Vegas.
It asked us to “Step out of the Vault and into an evening crafted for the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. ones — an immersive escape into the world of Fallout, packed with its signature grit, humour, and post-a...
Dhurandhar (2025) is a defiant spy thriller that entertains, educates and exposes the fault lines of global hypocrisy © by film critic Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI) [lalitmax2022@gmail.com]
Introduction : When a commercial film turns into a political flashpoint
Cinema occasionally reaches a moment where it ceases to function merely as entertainment and instead becomes a political, cultural and ideological event. Dhurandhar (2025) is one such film. Long before au...
Bhay trailer launch: PR Agency Moe’s Art hits record low, gags senior-most journalist
As a journalist writing about various media events and reviewing content, I am usually contacted by PR agencies via WhatsApp, when something is coming up. Some of them even send WhatsApp reminders, or even call me, to confirm my attendance. Not all journalists are favoured by all agencies. Some are boycotted and never invited, obviously because they do not agree to play ball or get manipulated, and, pe...
“From Shiraz to Seoul : An Iranian teenager’s journey through K-Pop in Ebrahim Amini’s K-Poper” © by film critic Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI) [lalitmax2022@gmail.com]
In an era where cultural borders are increasingly porous and global pop culture travels effortlessly from one corner of the world to another, K-Poper, the début directorial venture of Iranian filmmaker Ebrahim Amini, arrives as a poignant and timely story. Set against th...
The Festival de Cannes visits the Democratic Republic of the Congo to support the launch of the Congolese National Film Center
In order to mark this event a press conference took place with Artistic Firector of Festival de Cannes Thierry Fremaux, Djia Mambu, journalist and film critic, Okapi Collective / Emmanuel Lupia Assani, producer, Okapi Collective / Théodore Nganzi, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Minister of Culture and the Arts, representative of the Ministe...
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Belgian, script writer, director and producer Marc-Henri Wajnberg interviewed by Bruno Chatelin in Tallinn during Black Nights Film Festival on his latest short film/ pilot PROUT Presented in kids animation competition Marc - Henri is in discussion to develop his franchise into a 52 episodes TV Series.
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The Cannes Cinema Meetings-Les Rencontres Cinematographiques de Cannes is celebrating the 38 edition and taking place 17-23.11 in Cannes. While the organizers are describing the film festival as not beeing international, the selection it surely is. Just before the movies releases in France the films are screened in the 6 movie theaters of Cannes and Cannes La Bocca, giving cinephiles a rare chance of an avant premiere and even meeting the cast, directors or screenwriters of the films. In colla...
In 2025, eight projects have been selected for the 11th European Genre Forum, a six-month training cycle for up-and-coming European genre filmmakers. During the Marketing and Packaging Lab in Tallinn, the last event of the genre training programme, the participants will present their projects at a public pitching event.
Tallinn Lab is part of the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event (I@T& BE) of the Black Nights Film Festival.
The project selection of the 11th European Genre F...
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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent
Imagine you’re a rookie film director, you land Academy Award nominee Patricia Clarkson with her unmistakable New Orleans guile plus a very fine cast including actors John Benjamin Hickey and Thomas Sadoski for a movie about one of America’s unsung, true-life, gutsy working women? Director Rachel Feldman did just that. But there’s a caveat here… it only took 17 years.
Feldman had been coming up in the ranks as a ...
“THE DUMP OF UNTITLED PIECES” MAKES ITS WORLD PREMIERE AT THE TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL!
Written and directed by Melik Kuru, THE DUMP OF UNTITLED PIECES held its world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Competing in the First Feature section, the film tells the story of a young woman striving to exist through her passion in Turkey’s economic and political ecosystem, offering a satirical, original narrative blending drama and comedy within...
Laundry (Uhlanjululo) Directed by Zamo Mkhwanazi Has Been Picked Up For Global Sales By Summerside Media
Summerside Will Launch Global Sales At AFM
Laundry (Uhlanjululo), from South Africa, written and directed by Zamo Mkhwanazi, has been acquired for International Distribution from the Rome based Summerside Media, announced Summerside Managing Director Francesca Manno.
Following its world premiere in the Discovery section at the Toronto International Film Festival (TI...
Wearing the brand "Death by chocolate Design" huddy.studio by Viktoria Theoharova on the red carpet of the VS-FILMS FESTIVAL with festival consultant Chiara Dona dalle Rosé and galerist Mona Safey
The VS-Films Festival is the first qualitative festival for very short films that do not exceed ten minutes in length. It includes competitions for feature films, documentaries, and animation.
with festival founder Ziad Basmair, festival consultant Chiara Dona dalle Rosé and j...
The Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries took place 02-06.10 and the Helnan Antoniades Hotel, the new flagship of the Helnan hotel chain with the gardens and the zoo behind, was the epicenter of the film festival.
The opening ceremony on 02.10 took place at the Biblioteca Alexandrina with a festive celebration with actors like the famous actor Mohamed Mansour from Kuwait, during which Mr. Al-Amir Abaza, the president of the festival presented the Livetim...
