The National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC), in partnership with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, announces the 2004 New York debut of the Prized Pieces Film Festival commencing October 8th through October 11, 2004. The four-day festival, held for the first time in New York City at Harlem’s famed Schomburg Center, celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the NBPC and its long-standing commitment to the preservation, funding, production and promotion of independent films and ...
Bin-Jip (3-Iron) Violence has always been a dominent component of Korean films and for some directors it is almost a tic. Kim Ki-duk has spilled a lot of blood over the years, sometimes justifiably because of the subject, but often over-spilling the borders of necessity. With Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... Spring (2003), a serene contemplative Buddhist film, it seemed as though Kim had a change of heart. His latest, 3-Iron, combines the two aspects of his work. It does contain much violence, of...
On the eighth day of the Venice International Film Festival, several very strong contenders for the Golden Lion have screened and are the talk of the Lido. To date Howl’s Moving Castle (Hauru nougoku shiro) by award winning Hayao Miyazaki has produced the most enthusiastic response from Italian journalists and public. The film was screened under the utmost care to prevent piracy as the film will not be released in Japan until November 20. It will open in France on December 15. According to Miy...
The 2nd SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2005 will be held from July 16 (Sat.) to July 24 (Sun.) in 2005 in the SKIP CITY. It is an International competitive festival, with its theme being Digital Cinema (D-Cinema), a main trend in filmmaking of the 21st Century. The Festival aims to discover the talent of the next generation, as well as contributing to the propagation and development of new film industry. It is located in SKIP CITY a complex created with the main aim of contributing to...
SUN, SAND, SEA AND CINEMA STAR IN PREMIERE TURKS & CAICOS FILM FESTIVAL NOV. 13-20, 2004Turks and Caicos isn’t just for divers anymore. Filmmakers, movie lovers and industry professionals from all over the globe will descend on the divers’ paradise for the 1st Annual Turks & Caicos International Film Festival & Screenwriting Competition from Nov. 13-20, 2004.Feature, documentary, short, animated, student, foreign, and Caribbean/Bahamian films will be screened at the 360-seat, state-of-the-ar...
