by Ron Gilbert Now it in its thirteenth year this Film Festival .offers a Scandinavian Cinema combined with a Smorgasbord treat starting on January 7, 8, 14, 15 at Writers Guild Theater (135 S. Doheny/at Wilshire) in Beverly Hills. I have been very fortunate to be in attendance at this film festival and have chosen this fest instead of Palms Springs and Sundance on my weekends. The five Nordic Oscar submissions plus additional current feature films, shorts, and documentaries...

• AWARDS TIME IN MEETINGS ON THE BIRDGE The winners will be announced at Meetings on the Bridge, the sixth of which takes place this year and which aims to create a platform for the cinema industry to meet. The awards ceremony, which will start at 19.00, will take place in Cezayir. • A BRIDGE OF FILMS BETWEEN ITALY AND TURKEY Italian Chamber of Commerce and Roma MedFilm Festival will hold bilateral meetings in Lütfi Kırdar Congress Center under the scope of the 30th Istanbul Film Fes...

MOLODIST ANNIVERSARY XL EDITION AWARDS (2010) INTERNATIONAL JURY 2010 AWARDS Marc Caro (director, France) – Head of Jury    Elena Yatsura (producer, Russia)    Rainer Frimmel (director, Austria)    Grzegorz Kedzierski (director of photography, Poland)    Bohdan Batrukh (distributor, Ukraine)    Serhiy Proskurnya (theatre director, producer Ukraine) The Grand Prix "My Joy" (Schastye moyo), dir. Serhiy Loznytsya, Ukraine-Germany-Netherl...