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"Erev tov, Mr. Eran Riklis": “The words that come to mind when one sees “Lemon Tree”/”Etz Lemon”, which premiered this past week, and is currently playing at IFC, and “Syrian Bride”, are courage, resiliency, and loss. In “Lemon Tree”/”Etz Lemon”, the strong-willed Palestinian female lead, Salma Zidane, played by Hiam Abbass, from “The Visitor”, faces losing her inherited lemon orchard when an Israeli Defense Minister Navon and his wife, Mira Navo...
FEEF 11: AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION!!!
FOR THE OPENING NIGHT ON FRIDAY 24TH APRIL, A FANTASTIC DOUBLE-BILL OF
EUROPEAN PREMIERES: ACTION MOVIE ONG BAK 2 AND THE BRILLIANT BLACK
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TWO GOALS SCORED BY THAILAND AND CHINA…
For Far East Film, number 11 is truly… an extraordinary edition!!!
Having already reported on a decade of Asian cinema, up until the year 2008, historicallywitnessing and travelling through the unique richness ...
The Palm Beach International Film Festival (PBIFF) announced its highly anticipated film line-up for the 14th edition, April 23-27, 2009. Executive Director Randi Emerman announced that more than 110 films will screen at this year’s event, which now spans five days. “We’re a little shorter this year, yet we have added more venues, as well as a second weekend featuring the ‘Best of the Fest,” said Emerman. “The festival takes pride in our determination to bring Palm Beach County on...
From the highly acclaimed director of The Constant Gardner and City of God comes the compelling post-apocalyptic thriller BLINDNESS. This must-see chilling thriller has an all-star cast including: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover and Gael Garcia Bernal. BLINDNESS is released to buy and rent on DVD on 30 March 2009 from Pathé Distribution Ltd.As a city is ravaged by an epidemic of sudden blindness, its victims are quarantined in a derelict hospital where a women (Moore; Children of Men...
11th TDF: TRIBUTES AND SPOTLIGHTS (2/13/2009)
11th THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL - Images of the 21st Century
MARCH 13 – 22, 2009
TRIBUTES AND SPOTLIGHTS
TRIBUTE: AFRICA
The 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, within its goal of promoting social and political awareness, has chosen Africa as its main thematic tribute for its 11th edition. For the first time in Greece and the Balkans, African documentaries rel...
The trio running the festival is busy answering journalists in the main lobby of Rivoli Theater. 8.30 Action kicks in, Series of great ads from sponsor, festival trailer, opening speech by Beatriz : crisis? what crisis...Lights out... Che in!
Che (The Argentine) - Opening film
Spani...
A young German-French jury from TV5MONDE and the German-French Youth Office (GFYO) awarded today the independent prize for the sixth time at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival. This year, the film Gitti from Anna Deutsch received the prize. The „Dialogue en perspective“ was initiated in 2004 by the international francophone television channel TV5MONDE and the Berlinale, and is awarded in cooperation with the GFYO to a film from the section Perspektive Deutsches Kino.
The young ...
A young German-French jury from TV5MONDE and the German-French Youth Office (GFYO) awarded today the independent prize for the sixth time at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival. This year, the film Gitti from Anna Deutsch received the prize. The „Dialogue en perspective“ was initiated in 2004 by the international francophone television channel TV5MONDE and the Berlinale, and is awarded in cooperation with the GFYO to a film from the section Perspektive Deutsches Kino. The young jury ...
Director: Huck Keppler.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS:
When Eva sees her sister’s murder in a dream she tries to warn her. But it’s not enough and her sister, Tereza, is brutally and mysteriously murdered. Wracked by guilt over the death Eva has visions of Tereza. After moving to Prague with her boyfriend Jan, the visions become more intense until another presence is felt, the Dark Spirit responsible for Tereza’s death has come for Eva.
Sunscreen Film Festival is organized and presented by the St. Petersburg-Clearwater Film Society, a not-for-profit 501(c) (3) organization, which is dedicated to educating the public about the art of visual storytelling, enhancing opportunities for local filmmakers to develop their craft and art, and increasing the public’s awareness and support of local filmmaking as a cultural and economic asset.
History:
The Sunscreen Film Festival has grown from its first festival in a local art gallery with 600 attendees in 2006 to a nationally recognized event with an attendance of over 11,000 people in 2011. The SSFF has screened over 600 independent films in its first 6 years. The festival is based at the Baywalk Entertainment Complex and Muvico 20 Theaters. The festival additionally utilizes multiple locations around downtown St. Petersburg.
Sunscreen places a great emphasis on supporting and encouraging Florida based talent. A grant has been established and given to the past two Best Florida Film winners at Sunscreen. Additionally SSFF has film acquisition execs in attendance every year. Over a dozen films have been picked up for distribution in the last 3 years at Sunscreen.
Sunscreen is different from other festivals in that the festival guests are expected to take part in workshops, classes or some other manner that supports the mission of the festival. Guests are asked to participate in educational programming as a part of their attendance at the festival. Past guests over the first 6 festivals have included;
Just a few of our past guests have included:
- actor John Travolta (Grease, Pulp Fiction)
- actor Kelly Preston (Jerry Maguire)
- actor Billy Dee Williams (Empire Strikes Back, Brian’s Song)
- actor Patrick Wilson (Watchmen, Phantom of the Opera)
- actor Jeff Donovan (Burn Notice, Changeling)
- actor Ethan Supplee (My Name is Earl, Butterfly Effect)
- actor Bill Cobbs (Night at the Museum, over 100 credits)
- actor Alexa Vega (Spy Kids 1,2,3, Broken Hill)
- actor Ayanna Berkshire (Twilight, Leverage)
- actor Solomon Trimble (Twilight)
- Ralph Winter (Producer, X-men 1-3, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, Star Trek 2-4)
- Phil Cooke (Author, Filmmaker, Media Consultant)
- Dean Batali (Producer, Head Writer, That 70’s Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Sean Covel (Producer, Napoleon Dynamite)
- Doc Wyatt (Producer, Napoleon Dynamite)
- Leo Partible (Comic Author, Producer)
- screenwriter Timothy J. Sexton (Oscar nominee for Children of Men)
- screenwriter Steven de Souza (Die Hard, 48 Hours)
- casting director Lana Veenker (Twilight, Leverage)
- casting director John Jackson (About Schmidt, Sideways)
- composer, musician Michael Tolcher, (Scrubs, One Tree Hill, ESPN)
- producer Dave Anderson (Prince of Egypt)
- distribution, finance, acquisitions Jamie Fleming
- distribution, finance, acquisitions John Flynn
Description:
The Sunscreen Film Festival which is put on by The non-profit St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Society not only screens great films and brings in top notch Hollywood talent but it also provides excellent year round programming. The festival’s year round programming includes; special film screenings in partnership with and screened at the Museum of Fine Arts in downtown St. Petersburg, free outdoor film screenings, a Film School Summer Camp, and educational “Film Schools” for adults and kids throughout the year. As well as actor’s workshops and community support programs. Sunscreen additionally screens local independent films throughout the year in a theater environment to support local and Florida filmmakers.
The Sunscreen Film Festival is steadily growing into one of the top film festivals in the country. By programming great films, and bringing in top notch industry talent Sunscreen has established itself as one of the best young film festivals around.
Sunscreen continues to receive community support from the following entities in the form of resources and in-kind donations. The City of St. Petersburg, The Pinellas County Film Commission, The St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, The University of Tampa, Southeastern University Lakeland, The Dali Museum, Baywalk Entertainment Complex and Muvico Theaters, and The Renaissance Vinoy Resort.
6 days, 150 productions, 7 venues and, in 2011, almost 25.000 visitors. Every October, the beautiful city of Leiden warmly welcomes visitors that attended the young and energetic film festival.
The Festival Internacional de Cine Las Garzas is more than a film festival, it is donates 90% of its earnings to finance art programs of the Instituto de Arte y Cultura el Divino Nino.
It was 1974 and Mr. Lansky was still pissed off at the World for not letting him buy it. I had been with Meyer since 1968, in my own world, in upstate N.Y. My mentor was my father, who worked for Meyer and Doc Farone, an old ally and bootlegger with Meyer. Doc was the first legitimate Molsen Beer Distributer in America. I learned in 68 that he had just used Molsen as a front to ship moonshine back into Canada. Doc would put me on errands with money to Ray Patriarca in Providence, R.I. and giv...
Independent Filmmakers Call on New Administration to Guarantee Competition and Diversity on Television and the Internet
Washington - In a letter sent to today to the Co-Chairs of President-elect Obama's Transition Team, the Independent Film and Television Alliance (IFTA), which represents the producers and distributors of independent film and television programs, called on the incoming Obama administration to appoint a new FCC Chairman and commissioners who "support principles ...
In a letter sent to today to the Co-Chairs of President-elect Obama’s Transition Team, the Independent Film and Television Alliance (IFTA), which represents the producers and distributors of independent film and television programs, called on the incoming Obama administration to appoint a new FCC Chairman and commissioners who “support principles of openness and diversity in the media.”The letter sent by IFTA President Jean Prewitt to John Podesta and Valerie Jarrett underscored president...
Beverly Hills, CA (PR WEB) December 1, 2008 -- Imperia Entertainment has won the prestigious Best in Show Award for Feature Films from The Indie Fest for its feature film, "Say it in Russian." Indies were also given for excellence in cinematography (Emmanuel Vouniozos) and an Award of Merit was awarded to Actor Rade Serbedzija or Best Supporting Actor. This marks the fourth time Say it in Russian has been officially selected by a film festival for Best Feature Film . The film had an ...
The 59th Berlin International Film
Festival will open on February 5, 2009 with the world premiere of the
British-German co-prodution The
International.
Directed by Tom Tykwer (Perfume, Run, Lola Run)
and featuring a star-studded cast, the action thriller traces the criminal
business transactions that finance war and terror.
The leading roles are played by Clive Owen (Inside Man, Closer) and Naomi Watts (King
Kong, 21 Grams). Armin
Mueller-Stahl (Die Budd...
The 59th Berlin International Film Festival will open on February 5, 2009 with the world premiere of the British-German co-prodution The International. Directed by Tom Tykwer (Perfume, Run, Lola Run) and featuring a star-studded cast, the action thriller traces the criminal business transactions that finance war and terror. The leading roles are played by Clive Owen (Inside Man, Closer) and Naomi Watts (King Kong, 21 Grams). Armin Mueller-Stahl (Die Buddenbrooks, Illuminati), Brian F. O’Byrne ...
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY CRITICS’ AWARD 2008 – Prix FIPRESCIgoes to Abdellatif Kechiche for LA GRAINE ET LE MULET (The Secret of the Grain / Couscous)As FIPRESCI’s Hassouna Mansouri, Director of the Department for African Affairs, explains, “giving this year’s prize to Abdellatif Kechiche, the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) recognises an author in the purest and simplest meaning of the word. The award not only pays tribute to all those filmmakers who are often margina...
Beverly Hills, CA (Businesswire) November 19, 2008 -- From its European festival opening at the 48th Monte-Carlo Television Festival in June, Imperia Entertainment, Inc. (Pink Sheets: IMPN) enters its third festival feature film competition at the Myrtle Beach International Film Festival in South Carolina on December 5, 2008 at 8:30 p.m., with a competition screening of “Say it in Russian.” Filmed in Paris, Moscow and Los Angeles, with exceptional cinematography and a fully orchestrate...
The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) announced today the members of the jury that will preside over the 5th edition of the Festival, which takes place December 4-11, 2008. The jury was revealed today by BIFF Founder and Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool. This year, the Festival will showcase 80 films from 22 different countries, including 50 features of which several are world or international premieres and nearly all Bahamian premieres. The four competition categories at BIFF are S...
The History of African Animation
By Mohamed Ghazala
African animation started about 70 years ago in
Egypt and was founded by the Frenkel brothers. It’s interesting to note that the first pioneers of animation in Africa were not professional artists or animators; they were just a group of Jewish carpenters who immigrated to Egypt from
Russia in search of freedom and work. They achieved the unexpected; the first African animated cartoon was created. Despite problems...
6th Zagreb Film Festival www.zagrebfilmfestival.com this year offered a pretty good documentary program.
A "Bomb Harvest" www.bombharvest.com
produced by Lemur Films Australia, established by the director/writer of film Kim Mordaunt and producer Sylvia Wilczyinski on Zagreb Film Festival went very well. Mourdaunt and Wilczynskiare are known by award winning dramas and documentaries done for ABC TV, SBS TV and Discovery.
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Today in National Palace “Ukraine” the Grand closing ceremony was held of the 38th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist.This year’s festival took place from October 18 to 26 in Kyiv. Around 300 films have been shown in three competition and over 20 non-competition programs of Molodist in festival center “Cinema Kyiv” and cinemas “Zhovten” and “Kinopanorama”.In competition of student films 30 titles participated from 25 countries of the world, the shorts competition include...
Today in National Palace “Ukraine” the Grand closing ceremony was held of the 38th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist.This year’s festival took place from October 18 to 26 in Kyiv. Around 300 films have been shown in three competition and over 20 non-competition programs of Molodist in festival center “Cinema Kyiv” and cinemas “Zhovten” and “Kinopanorama”.In competition of student films 30 titles participated from 25 countries of the world, the shorts competition include...
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