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IFFBoston - Day 2 - Harry and the Potters, Live & Acoustic - Intro

Harry Potter Year Four and Harry Potter Year Seven introduce themselves to the crowd as they kick off their acoustic set after a screening of We Are Wizards at IFFBoston.

IFFBoston - Day 2 - We Are Wizards

Following a screening of We Are Wizards at IFFBoston, Director Josh Koury (in a dimly lit room) discusses the thought process behind the making of the film.

THE PACT

THE PACT

Extra features from another Spark Media Award winning documentary THE PACT. A gritty, provocative true-life story of three friends from the 'hood, Rameck Hunt, Sampson Davis, and George Jenkins, who made a pact in high school to find a way to go to college and then medical school. They not only accomplished this, but they're now spreading the word to inspire other inner-city kids to stay off of drugs, out of gangs and to take the educational route to a better life.

European Debuts at Exposed showcase in Köln

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  The filmfestival exposed will take place for the first time from May 8th to May 12, 2008.exposed will give space for inventive and unusual films: European Debuts.With the program “European Debuts” exposed is doing a compelling aspect. It’s a place for first feature films from directors. Films full of fresh ideas, extremly worth seeing, but very rare at the regular cinema program. ...

IFFBoston - Opening Night Q&A w/ Sir Ben Kingsley

After the screening of IFFBoston's Opening Night film - Transsiberian - Sir Ben Kingsley responds to the audience question "What drew you to the role?"

IFFBoston - Opening Night Q&A Intro

After the screening of IFFBoston's Opening Night film - Transsiberian - Brad Anderson, Sir Ben Kingsley, Will Conroy and Michael Williams are introduced to the appreciative crowd.

Reviving A Movie Milestone: 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY

 Sunday, April 27------It is undoubtedly one of the seminal films of the 1960s and a harbinger of the sci-fi and special effects-laden films of such blockbusters as the STAR WARS series, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND and BLADE RUNNER. It is the grand-daddy of "trippy" special effects films.....2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, a masterpiece from directing legend Stanley Kubrick that is being revived on its 40th anniversary at the Tribeca Film Festival.2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY was one of th...

WAR, INC.

WAR, INC.

Film In Focus: SQUEEZEBOX!

 Saturday, April 26-------Back in the mid 1990s, a party promoter named Michael Schmidt had a novel idea: drag queens dumping the lipsynching routine to sing rock and roll live onstage. No one knew what to expect when they first opened the doors on the fateful night that SqueezeBox! was born in downtown Manhattan. With Mistress Formika presiding as hostess, the drag queens rocked New York nightlife in a way no one had ever seen before. Movie stars, drag queens, punks, and everyone in between ...

SQUEEZEBOX!

San Francisco Film Festival Late Night program presentation

Rod Armstrong discusses the four films—running the gamut from horror to hilarity—in the Festival’s Late Night program: Big Man Japan, Go Go Tales, The Mother of Tears and Timecrimes.

Rundown of Documentaries competing for Golden Gate Awards at San Francisco Film Festival

Audrey Chang gives a rundown of the 12 exceptional documentaries competing for Golden Gate Awards at this year’s San Francisco Film Festival.

Carlos Saura's latest musical performance exploration, Fados at San Francisco Festival

Film Society Creative Director Miguel Pendás discusses the great Spanish director Carlos Saura's latest musical performance exploration, Fados, a passionate and visually lush journey into the heart of the moody Portuguese song style enjoying an international vogue.

IFFBoston - Opening Night Pre-Intro Merch Toss

IFFBoston Managing Directors Dan McCallum, Nancy Campbell and Christine Harbaugh reward a patient Opening Night crowd with free festival merchandise during a small delay before the screening of Transsiberian.

SXSW Spotlights Interactive Cinema with “Late Fragment” - a film review

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Directors: Daryl Cloran, Anita Doran, Mateo Guez Interactive Narrative out of 5 stars I caught the interactive narrative “Late Fragment” during SXSW’s Global Doc Days series — which Jaman sponsored this year — and I’m so glad I did. Producers Ana Serrano of the CFC Media Lab and Anita Lee of the National Film Board of Canada commissioned three writer/directors (Darly Cloran, Anita Doron, and Mateo Guez) to fashion interweaving narratives, all involving either the perpetrators or vi...

Quatre nuits avec Anna de Jerzy Skolimowski ouvrira la 40e édition de la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs.

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En séance d’ouverture de sa Quarantième édition, la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs présentera en première mondiale Quatre nuits avec Anna, le nouveau film de Jerzy Skolimowski après 17 ans d’absence derrière la caméra. Né en 1938 à Lodz, Jerzy Skolimowski est un des plus importants cinéastes du cinéma contemporain. Auteur d’une vingtaine de films depuis le début des années 60, il a signé plusieurs chefs-d’œuvre de l’histoire du cinéma, que ce soit en Pologne (Signes parti...

"I am, because WE are"

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Written and Produced by MADONNA!!! In a slightly nervous tone, and down to earth, non-eloquent manner, THE Madonna thanked everyone who attended and "The Tribeca Film Festival" for allowing her to present the film, as "it was distributed to other festivals, however, due to it's content, was not looked highly upon. I thank Jane Rosenthal and her risk taking behaviour. She's my kind of girl!!! I believe that the film is rewarding, creative and spiritual. I am grateful just to be sta...

FIPRESCI presents its "Revelation of the Year" Cannes 2008: "Lake Tahoe"

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Every year, FIPRESCI presents its "Revelation of the Year" at a special screening during the International Critics' Week in Cannes. One film is chosen out of the first or second films awarded by the Federation during the previous year, in the belief that it deserves the chance to be seen by the Cannes audience, and that the Cannes audience deserves the chance to see it.This year's Revelation is Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke's second feature Lake Tahoe, awarded at the Berlinale, wh...

New York Comedy Has World Premiere At Tribeca FF

 Wednesday, April 23-----It is only right that a film festival that is so closely associated with New York open with a New York film. That is what happens this evening as the 7th Tribeca Film Festival opens its movie marathon with the World Premiere of BABY MAMA, written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Michael McCullers.The feminist comedy, which will be released by Universal Pictures later this month, , brings together some of New York's sharpest talent, including actress/writer...

BABY MAMA

Cannes unveils it's line up and invites Hollywood glitz to red carpet

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54 feature films were selected among 1792 from 96 countries (up 11% over last year, and up 23% over 2 years).The festival will once again offer a mix of veteran filmmakers returning to Cannes, along with a few VIP star studded red carpet events and the fresh blood and energy of newcomers.Soderbergh, Eastwood, Wenders, Dardenne and many more previous award winners are competing for Golden Palm again.Highly anticipated Indiana Jones, Woody Allen and Kung Fu Panda will bear the Hollywood Flag...

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