Cyprus Island is starring again for the 2nd international and independent annual film festival CIFF, which will take place, from 12 until 19 April 2007. Big success in a row!After the successeful last year organisation, 600 films were submitted from 50 countries by filmmakers from Greece, Cyprus and all over the world to the programming office in order to participate in CIFF 2007 official program.The above-mentioned festival stands in the line of Cannes Festival, but also with reference to Sund...

Here on the next to the next-to-last day of the festival, American actor Matt Dillon, is to be awarded a lifetime career CONCHA award (at the relatively tender age of 42) -- in this writer's opinion a very good choice. The other performer award this week went to Swede Max Von Sydow, so Matt can be said to be stepping in the best of company, and no questions about that. Over the years I have watched Dillon's career develop from early "young punk" roles in films like "Rumble Fish" (Coppola,1983) ...

Copenhagen International Film Festival was kicked off Thursday night with a Danish comedy and a low profile, when no less than the world premiere of Lars von Trier’s latest film, the comedy The Boss Of It All, opened the festival in three cinemas in Copenhagen, namely Imperial cinema, CinemaxX and Palads. Lars von Trier once again proves himself to be a man of many surprises with his revitalised and simple-produced comedy, and the world premiere on Danish soil can be seen as an expression of a...