Friday, March 23----Four films from the Czech Republic are being spotlighted at this year's Bermuda International Film Festival. Few countries have a cinematic history as rich as the Czech Republic, which has maintained a consistent output of films stretching from the silent era to today,” says BIFF deputy director Duncan Hall. “The Czech New Wave era of the 1960s was the high point – two films from then-Czechoslovakia won the Best Foreign Film Oscar between 1965 and 1968. Some observe...

SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-CINEMA FESTIVAL 2006　announces the full line up and international jury membersThe 3rd SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2006, takes place at SKIP CITY (Kawaguchi, Saitama) from Saturday July 15th to Sunday July 23rd. This year, the festival received 584 submissions from 52 countries and regions. Cash reward totaling in 17,000,000yen (approx. $160,000) will be given to filmmakers in feature and short competition section. Boy Meets Ghost Hanadashonenshi by ...

The fifth annual Tribeca Film Festival wrapped here Sunday with a political and international selection of winners including three war themed films which took the top prizes. Tristan Bauers tale of a Falklands War soldier won the Founders award, while Deborah Scrantons Iraq-themed The War Tapes took the Best Documentary prize. The audience award went to Linda Hattendrfs “The Cats of Mirikitani” the tale of an American who lost family in the Hiroshima bombings.Figures show this years fest att...