After a successful kick-off the Stockholm International Film Festival Junior invites you to an eventful week with films and exciting meetings. 25 films from 19 countries in 8 days. The festival takes place April 15-22. Here are some highlights from this year’s addition of the Stockholm International Film Festival Junior: Monday, April 16th Trigger will be presented by its director Gunnar Vikene at the Skandia theatre at 11.30 AM. The director meets the audience with actor Sven Wollter during a...

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 ...

Al Milgrom, founding father (along with Mpls. Businessman Tim Grady) of this most eclectic of hinterland festivals, has been waging a relentless battle for nearly two and a half decades to introduce off-beat celluloid Americana and quality foreign film Esotrica into this Land of Sky Blue Waters, Pillsbury flour silos and (ulp) Norveegin farmers. Says Dr. Milgom: "Sometimes it's a hard sell, but we feel it's our cultural duty to cinema-educate these plain(s) folk and show them that there's mor...

INTRODUCING EUROPE’S NEWEST FILM STARSShooting Stars, an initiative of the pan-European promotion organization European Film Promotion (EFP), again used its berth at the Berlin Film Festival to introduce a host of young acting talent from across Europe.This year, twenty-one young actors and actresses were feted and introduced to the press at one of the Berlinale’s most prized events. EFP, which represents the national film boards of almost all the countries of the EU, has presented this focu...