The international premiere of The Grandmaster by Chinese director and president of this year's jury, WONG Kar Wai, will open the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. The Grandmaster is an epic martial arts drama set against the tumultuous backdrop of 1930’s China and inspired by the life and times of the  legendary IP Man (Tony LEUNG Chiu Wai), mentor to Bruce LEE. The plot encompasses themes of war, family, revenge, desire, love, and memory. The all-star cast headed by T...

Forum Expanded is presenting film programmes, exhibitions and discussions as part of the Berlinale for the eighth time already. As a flexible platform for artistic work, Forum Expanded sees its role in breaking new ground and tapping into new spaces each year. Over the last few years, the still nameless area between cinema and art has gained a degree of autonomy while retaining a sense of openness in the process. The programme draws its power and creativity by bridging the gap between the nerv...

French documentary filmmaker and producer Claude Lanzmann will be honoured with a Homage and awarded the Honorary Golden Bear for his lifetime achievement at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. “Claude Lanzmann is one of the great documentarists. With his depictions of inhumanity and violence, of antisemitism and its consequences, he created a new kind of cinematic and ethical exploration. We feel honoured to honour him,” said Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick.   ...

    Michelle Quisenberry, Carl Spence and Mary Bacarella Photo: Getty Images        The Seattle International Film Festival is very pleased to announce that Mary Bacarella, long-time Space Needle executive, has been named SIFF Managing Director effective February 1, 2013. Ms. Bacarella will lead the organization in tandem with Artistic Director Carl Spence and succeed Deborah Person, who has served as SIFF's managing director since 2005.  &nb...

Sixteen films have been selected for IFFR's Hivos Tiger Awards Competition 2013. The complete lineup, comprising first or second feature films concurring for three equal Hivos Tiger Awards of each 15,000 euro, includes eight world premieres. Five competing films have received support from Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund and three were launched as project at CineMart. Celebrated visual artist and filmmaker Ai Weiwei will join the five member jury from his home in Beijing. Jury Hivos Tig...

  Celebrated Italian filmmaker Michele Placido will be honored at the 8th Los Angeles, Italia Film, Fashion and Art Fest to be held here at the Hollywood Chinese Theatre from February 17th to the 23th. Michele Placido L.A., Italia, which is chaired this year by Italian-American talent manager and film executive Rick Nicita, with producer Mark Canton serving as honorary chair, will take place during the week preceding the Oscars. The event will feature a retrospective of...

By Liza Foreman   Julia Roberts and Academy Award nominee Mark Ruffalo will star in the HBO Films drama "The Normal Heart" directed by Emmy winner Ryan Murphy (“Eat Pray Love,” “Glee”), it was announced on Friday by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming.  Slated to begin production in New York City later this year for 2014 debut on HBO, the film is written by Larry Kramer, adapting his groundbreaking Tony Award-winning play o...

By Maria Esteves – September 17, 2012 The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York Anna Sui Spring 2013, Runway Show commenced Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at the Theatre in Lincoln Center. Anna Sui Spring 2013 Ready-to-Wear vintage collection of explosive prints and patterns honored nineteenth-century French legend Madeleine Castaing and 1970s punk. Her runway show included indigo denim dress with pearl beading, cream floral wreath print poplin dress, coral mixed prints dress, black and whi...

By: Stan Popovich Many celebrities and entertainers sometimes have to deal with embarrassing media reports which can cause a lot of problems. Here are a few suggestions on how to deal with these kinds of media reports. 1. Determine A Strategy Beforehand Chances are that if you’re a celebrity you will have to deal with some kind of media report in your career. Don’t wait until something happens. Plan ahead of time so that when something does happen you will know what to do to&nb...

The Distinguished Filmmaker William Greaves, who was an invited guest to the Berlin Film Festival and Actress-Painter, Audrey Henningham. Both were kind enough to accept an invitation to appear on THE COLLEGIUM Forum & Television Program Berlin, during their Berlin visit. Production & Direction: Fountainhead Tanz Theatre Berlin Only when Lions have historians, will hunters cease being heroes. African Proverb. ...

Prof. Alfred Prettyman, Dr. Doudou Diene-UNESCO-The Slave Route Project, Ode to Carnell - Mr Magic Feet - Lyons, Guests,Tap & Tray, Cinema, A Man Without Limits, Featuring Carnell Lyons, Teaching & Performing. "I may not make it if I try, but I damn sure won't if I don't...Oscar Brown Jr Only when Lions have Historians, will hunters cease being heroes. African Proverb Production & Direction: Fountainhead Tanz Theatre, Black International Cinema Berlin, Footprin...

Conversation with Gregor, Free Mumia, Act-In gegen die Todesstrafe, Against the Death Death Penalty, Black International Cinema Berlin, Fountainhead Tanz Theatre Berlin, Footprints in the Sand? Exhibition, A HUMAN EXPERIENCE/EINE MENSCHLICHE ERFAHRUNG Free Mumia, Conversation with Gregor, Human Rights Wall Of Respect Berlin ...

A Conversation with the filmmaker, Kaveh Ghahremany, Islamic Republic of Iran,during the XXIV. Black International Cinema Berlin 2009. Rathaus Schöneberg, Berlin/Germany Moderator: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith ...

"Raising Consciousness" - Mona Agbaje-Swaziland - "Many Hopes, No Fears" Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre Production & Direction: Television Presentation: Cinema, State of Affairs, Arts Calendar. Black International Cinema Berlin 1988, Steinplatz Cinema Berlin, Germany ...

Michael Moore was speaking (in his press conference in Cannes 2007) on health and quoting a 27 minutes average waiting time on Canadian hours. How the canadian responded fueled the controversy. ...

 CINEMA: THE ORIGINAL DJANGO, FRANCO NERO, TO RECEIVE THE CAPRI LEGEND AWARD THE FESTIVAL WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO THE NOTED ACTOR WHO WILL APPEAR IN THE NEW TARANTINO MOVIE On December 27, noted actor Franco Nero will receive the 'Capri Legend Award', thus entering deservedly into the Blue Island’s Hall of Fame. “An Italian icon who, thanks to his unforgettable characters such as the original Django, now belongs to the mythology of cinema,” su...

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 Sundance Institute announced today 19 members of five juries awarding prizes at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Short Film Awards will be announced at a ceremony on January 22 at Park City’s Jupiter Bowl, with feature film awards announced at a separate ceremony on January 26.   Members of the Alfred P. Sloan Jury will be announced in January. U.S. DOCUMENTARY JURY Liz Garbus Academy Award® nominated...

Beat Wismer (Generaldirektor der Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast), Bernd Desinger (Direktor Filmmuseum Düsseldorf), Hans-Georg Lohe (Kulturdezernent Stadt Düsseldorf), Donata und Wim Wenders, Petra Müller(Geschäftsführerin der Film- und Medienstiftung NRW), Marc Jan Eumann (Medienstaatssekretär des Landes NRW). People around the globe have seen the films of Wim Wenders, many have been affected by them, and some of these f...

The departure of Peter Rorvik from the UKZN’s Centre for Creative Arts concludes an exciting growth period for arts and culture in Durban, represented through the four annual CCA festivals – Time of the Writer, Poetry Africa, JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, and the Durban International Film Festival. All of these landmarks in Durban’s event calendar have contributed significantly to the cultural life of this city, delivering hosts of cutting-edge writers, poets, dancers...