Dan Reardon was raised with a camera documenting the incredible landscape and peoples of South Africa, Thailand and the Philippines. He attended the Syracuse University Visual Performing Art School majoring in Film and Acting. Dan currently lives in New York City and focus’s his time identifying genre agnostic stories to produce into films with three simple requirements - the stories must be very entertaining, the budgets have to make sense, and your potential partners should ...
Fifth annual TIFF Tribute Awards fundraising gala to take place on Sunday, September 10
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Dream Scenario (2023). Photo credit: Courtesy of TIFF.
TIFF unveiled the 10 World Premiere features that comprise the Platform programme for 2023, along with the 2023 Platform jury members: Academy Award–winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins, joined by Cannes Jury Prize–winning director, writer, and actor Nadine Labaki, and 2022 Platform Prize–winning filmmaker Anthony Shim.
Since its introduction in 2015, Platform has celebrated and showcased films with unique directoria...
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Darren Darnborough is a British actor, host & director based in Los Angeles. His TV work includes the hit shows “True Blood”, “2 Broke Girls” and “Roots” and film work includes “Abruptio”, “20Ft Below” and “Stefano Formaggio”. He was trained in London, UK where he worked as an actor on stage and television, before relocating to Hollywood.
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Actor and director Kassem Istanbouli has been awarded by UNESCO with the 2023 Sharjah Award for Arab Culture and Arts, recognizing his prominent contribution to Arab culture.
The international committee of experts in the fields of culture and arts has chosen the work of Kassem Istanbouli, founder of the Lebanese National Theatre, from many nominations for his contribution to the creation of an independent culture and arts net in Lebanon, including the restoration of abandoned cinem...
When I volunteered at a shelter for runaway teens, I was shocked by how many of them were convinced that their traffickers loved them, and that they would come back to rescue them. The whole idea of the Stockholm syndrome type of relationship with a captor has always intrigued me. I was inspired to write Maya after hearing many stories from survivors about the Stockholm type relationships they had with their traffickers. In talking to detectives on trafficking task forces, they noted that it i...
Outfest — the Los Angeles-based nonprofit that uplifts marginalized creators in the entertainment industry by providing career support and curating the exhibition and preservation of queer, LGBTQ+, and underrepresented stories — announced it will present Karine Jean-Pierre with their inaugural Outfest Achievement Award for Press and Media. The award will be presented during the Closing Night of the 41st Outfest Los Angeles Summer Festival pres...
Announcing the International Juries for the Venezia 80 Competition,for Orizzonti and “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film
Photo Laura Poitras - ©Jan Stürmann, Jane Campion - ©Grant Matthews courtesy of Netflix, Mia Hansen-Løve
The International Juries have been selected for the Venezia 80 Competition, chaired by Damien Chazelle, for Orizzonti, chaired by Jonas Carpignano and for the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice ...
A PORTUGUESE FILMMAKER LEADS THE CHARGE OF THE 27
This year it will be João Pedro Rodrigues heading the jury of Giornate degli Autori. The Portugue...
2023 Golden Apricot Film Festival in Yerevan runs July 9 – 16, 2023
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Takeshi Kirano at the height of "beatness" in "Violent Cop", 1989
Takeshi Kitano (北野 武, Kitano Takeshi, born January 18, 1947), better known as Beat Takeshi (ビートたけし, Bīto Takeshi) in Japan, is a Japanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker.
The nickname "beat" which he adopted as...
Jacqueline Nsiah © Engin Oruc
Carlo Chatrian, Artistic Director of the Berlinale, has asked Jacqueline Nsiah, a film festival, art and culture consultant from Berlin, to join his selection committee. Barbara Wurm is leaving the committee to head the Forum section, starting August 1,...
Following on from the unveiling of the official selection, the names are now being announced of the jurors who will be in Locarno to award the Pardo d’oro and other prizes on the closing day, August 12th.
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The juries will involve voices from around the world, representing some of the most exciting and creative visionaries on the contemporary scene, as this year’s jurors set about deciding the outcomes of the 76th Locarno Film Fe...
Today’s press conference in Bern saw the unveiling of the official program for the 76th Locarno Film Festival, together with eagerly awaited competition line-ups and the presentation of the non-competitive sections. British actor Riz Ahmed was also revealed as the recipient of this year’s Excellence Award Davide Campari.
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From the 2nd to 12th of August the passion ...
French Lebanese producer and financier began his professional career with a degree in engineering from Ecole Centrale de Paris in 1982 and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at MIT (Boston, USA) in 1983. After years working as a venture capitalist and founding multiple startup finance and investment consulting companies, Carlos moved into the arena of entertainment and film.
Carlos acted as shareholder and Chairman of the board of Artemis Productions in Belgium since December ...
Death of Amer Alwan, Iraqi director 1957 - 2023, audience award for «Zaman, the man of reeds» at the FICA in Vesoul.
A message from our friends at FICA:
"We have just learned of the death, on July 4, of Iraqi francophone and francophile director Amer Alwan at the age of 66.
We loved this man who always had a smile despite the hardships of life.
He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad, studied film in France. He holds a DEA in Philo...
The Mélanie Thierry mystery
Whether in film, theater or television, Mélanie Thierry has been distilling the sweet perfume of mystery for over 20 years, that of an unclassifiable actress with a sharp craft and a career full of side-steps, feline leaps and entrechats, surprises and attempts, in France and the United States.
She made her mark on the silver screen in Giuseppe Tornato...
Photo: Bruce Beresford
Multi-Oscar nominated director Bruce Beresford has been signed by producer David Carver Films to direct The Place I Belong, the Moe Norman story.
The feature film is a human-interest journey set against an uplifting sports story and follows the rise of the socially misfit savant and self-taught amateur golfer, Moe Norman, from caddie and bowling alley pinsetter to playing The Masters and on the professional golf tour. Sadly, Norman’s eccentric and misunders...
Bruno Chatelin met in Dubuque and Chicago airport with Aly Yeganeh, the director of Le Silence de Sibel (2020) which just won best ensemble cast at JDIFF.
This film tells the story of 13-year-old Sibel, one of the many thousands of girls kidnapped by ISIS fighters. After her entire family was murdered, Sibel was taken as a prisoner and forced into sexual slavery – all in the name of religion.Hana, 40, is an ophthalmologist living in a small town in central France. Of K...
Aly Yeganeh came to Cannes with his succesfull film Sibel's Silence Filmfestivals.com captured the emotion at the screening in the Palais during the Q&A.
This film tells the story of 13-year-old Sibel, one of the many thousands of girls kidnapped by ISIS fighters. After her entire family was murdered, Sibel was taken as a prisoner and forced into sexual slavery – all in the name of religion.Hana, 40, is an ophthalmologist living in a small town in central Franc...
Tobias Elvhage : Director writer and producer of Gender Transformation: The Untold Realities
Tobias Elvhage is a producer and director with a passion for engaging and touching stories. He has studied at Berghs School of Communication and Producer at Stockholm Media School. His most recent productions ranges from "haute cuisine" docuseries, to historical as well as contemporary documentaries and docuseries with reenactments.
His recent film “...
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Tobias Elvhage(Divine Messengers, Taste of France...)
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Liza Morberg(De Utvalda, Alone Together...)
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Tobias Elvhage (Taste of France)
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Yiyuan Chang
Julia Saeed
Key Cast "Evan"
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Tobias Elvhage
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Liza Morberg
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The Toronto International Film Festival® is excited to announce early details about its 48th edition. Recognized as the world’s largest public film festival, TIFF 2023 will welcome audiences from across the globe to Toronto to experience the best in international and Canadian cinema, press and industry screenings, special events, and red carpets featuring some of the biggest names in film.
Taking place from September 7–17, 2023, TIFF 2023’s official screening v...
Award-winning Swedish actress Alicia Vikander recently was honored in the Czech Republic at the 57th Karlovy Vary Film Festival with the President’s Award, in advance of the screening of her latest feature, the historical drama Fireband by director Karim Ainouz. In the film, Vikander plays the role of Queen Catherine Parr, the last wife of King Henry VIII, played by Jude Law.
Firebrand
Incidentally, Vikander’s first international film A Royal Affair in which she played Caroline M...
The Locarno Film Festival will pay tribute to Italian - American film editor and two-time Oscar winner Pietro Scalia with the Vision Award Ticinomoda, the prize dedicated to creatives whose work has extended the horizons of the filmic image. The award will be handed over in a ceremony on Thursday, August 3rd in Piazza Grande, followed by a panel conversation with the audience at the Forum @Spazio Cinema on Friday, August 4th, plus screenings of two standout cuts from Scalia’s career:&nbs...
