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Indiewire - "His landscape sequences are elegiac, suggesting a film that cost far more than $14,000" (How Do Indie Filmmakers Survive in Russia?,David D'Arcy)
Twitchfilm - "Siege may be some sort of outsider savant"(Durban 2014 Review: BETI AND AMARE Is A Bizarre Ethiopian Oddity, Todd Brown)
Mahala - "The film is a triumph against meagre resources" (BETI AND AMARE | DIFF 2014, Kavish Chetty)
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Wacth "Beti and Amare" at LA PAFF
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If your protagonist has to keep pressing her case in a dingy courtroom for five years, the world of your movie can get pretty claustrophobic. It's an acceptable risk of Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, which unfolds within court chambers and a waiting room till virtually the last frame. How else to show what the titular character (Ronit Elkabetz) goes through to obtain a divorce in Israel's Orthodox Chief Rabbinate?
Directors Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz give viewers an authentic tast...
Don't go see Timbuktu expecting revival of Kismet. Abderrahmane Sissako's latest film offers a somewhat more subdued portrait of Mali's spiritual and intellectual capital, one where music is banned. So are soccer, cigarettes, laughter and unveiled women, among other prohibitions being slapped on local citizens in 2012, as mujahideen spread their brand of Sharia to the West African nation's northern tier.
We first meet these zealots barreling across the desert in a pick...
Dolly Ki Doli (Dolly’s bridal palanquin), Review: The Milky Way
Dolly Ki Doli is about a cheat called Dolly, and her support gang of confidence tricksters. Their modus operandi is that Dolly’s so-called brother Raju identifies prospects, then Dolly and the gang lures these eligible bachelors into falling in love with Dolly, leading on to marriage. On the wedding night, Dolly serves drug-laced milk to the groom and his immediate family, ensuring they fall into deep slumber, and the...
By Maria Esteves – January 19, 2015
The 24th New York Jewish Film Festival 2015 (NYJFF 2015) Opening Night U.S. Premiere documentary THE MUSES OF ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER documentary, by Israeli filmmakers Asaf Galay and Shaul Betser, commenced Wednesday, January 14, 4:00pm and 8:45pm at the Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center. The Q&A session immediately followed with directors Galay and Betser moderated by NYJFF Selection Committee, Rachel Chanoff, The Office performing arts+films, ...
Gabe Polsky's Red Army is a winning addition to the scorecard of sports-themed films -- like Moneyball and Foxcatcher -- for people who don't give a whit about sports. With dramatic flair and insightful heft, the documentary digs into Soviet social history through the prism of its triumphant national ice hockey team from the height of the Cold War to the unravelling of the USSR.
The star of that team and of Polsky's film, Viacheslav "Slava" Fetisov, became the yo...
By Maria Esteves – January 19, 2015
The 24th New York Jewish Film Festival 2015 (NYJFF 2015) Opening Night U.S. Premiere documentary THE MUSES OF ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER documentary, by Israeli filmmakers Asaf Galay and Shaul Betser, commenced Wednesday, January 14, 4:00pm and 8:45pm at the Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center. The Q&A session immediately followed with directors Galay and Betser moderated by NYJFF Selection Committee, Rachel Chanoff, The Office performing arts+films,...
One of my favorite films at this year's festival was undoubtedly 'Concrete Night' (Betoniyö), 2013, by Finnish director Pirjo Honkasalo. Stunningly shot in black and white, this noir anti-coming-of-age story is about a 14-year-old, Simo, who prematurely becomes a tormented young man overnight.
While most young adults the same age are enjoying the carefree life of high-school, friends and the opposite sex, Simo faces the dark side of life through a series of escalated traumati...
One of my favorite films at this year's festival was undoubtedly 'Concrete Night' (Betoniyö), 2013, by Finnish director Pirjo Honkasalo. Stunningly shot in black and white, this noir anti-coming-of-age story is about a 14-year-old, Simo, who prematurely becomes a tormented young man overnight.
While most young adults the same age are enjoying the carefree life of high-school, friends and the opposite sex, Simo faces the dark side of life through a series of escalated traumati...
The Theory of Everything, Review: A Practical Treat for Everyone
Among the most brilliant theoretical physicists of his era, and maybe since Einstein, Stephen Hawking turned 73 last week. From 1979 to 2009, he held the post of Lucasian Professor at Cambridge, the chair held by Isaac Newton in 1663. Professor Hawking has over a dozen honorary degrees and was awarded the CBE in 1982. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Science. Besides hi...
Tom Cross surely has a sore neck since hearing the news: his work on Damien Chazelle's Whiplash has earned the picture one of its five Oscar bids -- in his case for "Best Film Editing." It's the Los Angeles-based editor's first Academy nomination. Back in the fall I spoke with Cross about cutting the scrappy music-themed indie. Here's the full story:
http://www.thalo.com/articles/view/997/film_editor_tom_cross_brings_on_whiplash
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Submissions are now open for BUFF 2015.
The 10th British Urban Film Festival has started it's search for films and scripts in earnest with the countdown to the 2015 British Urban Film Festival already in full swing.
Submission Guidelines:
Scripts: must be no less than 20 pages and no more than 60.
Films must be no less than 3 minutes and no more than 120.
The early bird deadline for 2 submissions is 11.59pm, Friday 29th May 2015 (Fees are non-refu...
Charlie’s Country. Australia, 2014, 108 Minute Running Time
"Charlie's Country" (2014) by Dutch/Australian director Rolf de Heer screened in the Awards Buzz section at the 2015 Palm Springs International Film Festival.
“Charlie's Country” tells the story of 'Blackfella Charlie', an aboriginal man who is marginalized and discriminated against by domineering whites in his Australian village. The police are always on his back to forget his tra...
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After five consecutive years the NYCindieFF has become the single most important stage for independent film makers to get their films out to the public. Hundreds of international film makers try to get their film screened at the NYCindieFF, more than we can screen. H...
The Woman in Black, 2—Angel of Death, Review: Hammer misses the nail
The Woman in Black, 2: Angel of Death (TWIB 2,-AOD) is made by the same production team behind the original Woman in Black, with a screenplay by Jon Croker, said to be based on Susan Hill's novel. There is a book called The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, but it is a novelisation of the film by crime writer Martyn Waites, from Jon Croker’s screenplay. So the sequel does not owe anything to the original. Versi...
The New York No Limits Award for Best Feature Film is the eight international award for Silent Ones.
Silent Ones Ricky Rijneke’s first feature film premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam nominated for the Tiger Award, the competition program and flagship of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Since then Silent Ones has been screened at many international festivals including Sarajevo, Sao Paulo, Moscow, Montreal, Los Angeles and Berlin, winning now eight intern...
Interesting year-end analytics of a section of Camerado's Southeast Asian supernatural historical drama, FREEDOM DEAL: The Story of Lucky, clearly demonstrates the movie's popularity among local (Asian) audiences.
Of a total 194, 463* minutes viewed (*4.43685041 months), the breakdown is as follows:
As the movie is set in 1970 along the Cambodia / Vietnam border during the US-Vietnam conflict, and...
The Babadook, Review: Spook or self-help book?
It’s a ghoulish game! It’s a bed-time horror story! It’s a horrific riddle! It’s Babadook! It’s a self-help book! Not to be confused with Indian/Middle Eastern mystics/sufis/sadhus who go around under the nomenclature of Baba, or (prodigious?) male babies who are affectionately so called, Babadook uses the horror genre to try and conquer the demons within. But heaven help her if any single mother has to take the Baba...
Cellar Door Film Festival is Now Accepting Submissions!
December 12, 2014
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OTTAWA, ON – Following a successful first season, Ottawa’s speculative genre festival is opening the Cellar Door once again! Cellar Door Film Festival (CDFF) is now accepting submissions for the second year of the festival, scheduled for November 2015.
Filmmakers are invited to submit speculative films of both s...
Badlapur Boys, Review: Noble cause, familiar ploys
After films about cricket, hockey and football, here comes one about the indigenous game called ‘kabaddi’. The Badlapur Boys (BB) is named in the tradition of league games, getting popular in the India of the 2000s. A group of kabaddi hobbyists try to seize the opportunity to bring fame to the remote village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh by participating in a kabaddi tournament and hoping to win against top-ranked ...
The Call for entries for the 9th Annual Red Rock Film Festival is open. Submit your film at filmfreeway.com, withoutabox.com, reelport.com, filmfestivallife.com, Clickforfestivals.com, festhome.com, uptofest.com.
All genres considered for this international festival in Festival City, Utah by Zion Canyon and Cedar Breaks park. An incredible location for innovative film.
visit www.redrockfilmfestival.com or facebook.com/RedRockFilmFestival for more information.
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The Annual Celebration of Science Fiction and other works of Fantastic film are upon us, AGAIN!!
MiSciFi is ready for the 2017 season. We will select about 50 films to be screened this season. Some will be revealed for the very first time this January 13th to 15th in Miami, Florida. The MiSciFi event is an annual celebration for the fantastic filmmaker. Downtown Miami at the Hyatt Regency becomes a place for enthusiasts, filmmakers, fans and cosplayers to attend on...
Badlapur Boys is a film about an old team-game, set against the water crisis in rural India
Synopsis
‘Kabaddi’ is a contact sport, born in ancient India, and has since gained popularity in the international sports arena as the only game that requires a strong combination of ‘knowledge’, ‘concentration’, ‘strength’, ‘stamina’, and ‘combat skills’. Our honest attempt has been to revive the spirit of the game, in the film, ...
Take advantage of a discounted submission fee TODAY ONLY!!! Just follow our website instructions. Go to www.nohocinefest.com for details. Submit your film to our 2nd Annual festival, which will take place over week long period in April in the heart of Los Angeles! HURRY!
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