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CALLING ALL FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS ATTENDING CANNES...
The Official Selection of the 63rd edition of the Festival de Cannes is now completed with :
- Carancho, by Argentinian film director Pablo Trapero and I Wish I knew by Jia Zhang Ke (China) in Un Certain Regard.
- The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu, directed by the Romanian Andrei Ujică, Out of Competition
- Countdown to Zero, directed by Luc...
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Postman by He Jianjun
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Fuyu no kappa by Kazama Shiori
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Thalassa, Thalassa, Ruckkehr Zum Mmer by Bogdan Dumitrescu
Germany/Romania
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Sons by Zhang Yuan
China
Like Grains of Sand by Hasiguchi Ryosuke
Japan
Small Faces by Gillies MacKinnon
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Last Holiday by Amir Karakulov
Kazakhstan
The Day a Pig Fell into the Well by Hung Sang-soo
South Korea
Robinson in Space by Patrick Keiller
United Kingdom
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Buttoners by Petr ...
San Diego Latino Film Festival continues the 10th Annual 2009 Cinema en Tu Idioma Film Series showcasing two critically acclaimed Latin American feature films. This month will feature screenings of the Argentinean film LEONERA and the Chilean film TONY MANERO, October 9-15 at UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas at Hazard Center (off 163 Freeway & Friars Rd.). Cinema en tu Idioma is funded by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. LION’S DEN / LEONERA. Directed by Pablo Trapero (Mundo Grua...
The 11th Annual Regal Entertainment Group SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL will get underway on Friday evening March 27, 2009 and run through Sunday, April 5, 2009. The Festival will be presented at Sarasota’s Hollywood 20 Cinemas with Opening Night at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center, Closing Night Tribute at the Sarasota Opera House, screenings and conversations at the Historic Asolo, and other area venues. This year’s Festival will present over 160 narrative, documentary and short films from t...
“Lions Den” “Cold Lunch” “Youssou Ndour” and “Gone Fishing” Take Home Top PrizesThree Local Bahamian Filmmakers Win $10,000 From Festival Filmmaker Residency ProgramNassau, Bahamas – December 8, 2008 – Competition winners were announced today at the awards ceremony, sponsored by Chopard, for the 5th Bahamas International Film Festival, held at the Atlantis Hotel & Resort on Paradise Island in Nassau. The announcements were made by Festival Founder and Executive Director Lesli...
Bahamas International Film Festival will run December 4-11, 2008
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2008 BAHAMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL LINE UP
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NEW VISIONS DRAMA
A DEAL IS A DEAL UK ...
Bahamas International Film Festival will run December 4-11, 2008 http://www.bintlfilmfest.com/ 2008 BAHAMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL LINE UP FILM TITLE COUNTRY DIRECTOR NEW VISIONS DRAMA A DEAL IS A DEAL UK Jonathan Gershfield AUGUST USA Austin Chick COLD LUNCH ...
FESTIVAL DO RIORio de Janeiro Film FestivalSeptember 25 to October 9, 2008 Commencing this Thursday, September 25, the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, embarks on a 15 day celebration of cinema with the start of Festival do Rio, the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival.In presenting over 350 films selected from 60 countries at over 30 different venues across Rio, Festival do Rio digs deep into a rich catalogue of world premieres, Brazil and Latin premieres and tributes and retrospectives ...
The Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival runs from 15 October – 30 October. The programme, announced today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, includes a record number of world and international premieres with a total of 189 features and 108 shorts screening alongside a stellar line-up of special events and expected guests.Opening Night film, Ron Howard’s FROST/NIXON, is one of the Festival’s 15 world premieres and the Closing Night Gala is the European premiere of Danny Boyle’s SLUMDOG M...
Which film is winning the race for the coveted Palm d’Or? It remains a question of opinion, but here are a few of the contenders being talked about around Cannes:Film title:“Linah de Passe” Director : Walter SallesCountry: BrazilSummary: Sao Paulo. 20 million inhabitants, 200 kilometers of traffic, 300,000 messengers on motorcycles.At the heart of one of the toughest, most chaotic cities in the world, four brothers try to reinvent themselves in different ways.With the backdrop of Brazi...
The film: Argentinian director Pablo Trapero's Lion's Den is among today's Cannes Festival Competition features. This is Trapero's third journey to the Croisette: in 2002, the director was invited to present his feature El Bonaerense in the Un Certain Regard section, and two years later, he was one of the outstanding members of the Cinéfondation Short Film jury. Lion's Den is the story of what happens to Julia, a young woman being held in a special prison. She happens to be pregnant and, while...
Séances du Lendemain 12h : Kung Fu panda de Mark Osborne, John Stevenson (1h35)PrésentationRéalisé par : Mark OSBORNE John STEVENSON Pays : ETATS-UNIS Année : 2008 Durée : 95 minutes Equipe techniqueMark OSBORNE - Réalisation John STEVENSON - Réalisation Angelina JOLIE - Voix Jacky CHAN - Voix Lucy LIU - Voix Dustin HOFFMAN - Voix Jack BLACK - Voix Hans ZIMMER - Musique Yong Duk JHUN - Photo C.K. NORNESS - Montage Raymond ZIBACH - Décor SynopsisPassionné, costaud et quelque peu m...
Fot the 61th Cannes Festival, the film in competition are: ADORATION directed by Atom EGOYAN BLINDNESS directed by Fernando MEIRELLES CHE directed by Steven SODERBERGH DELTA directed by Kornel MUNDRUCZO ENTRE LES MURS (THE CLASS) directed by Laurent CANTET ER SHI SI CHENG JI ...
En Compétition 8.30 - 16.30 LEONERA de Pablo Trapero (1h53)PrésentationRéalisé par : Pablo TRAPERO Pays : ARGENTINE, COREE (Sud), BRESIL Année : 2008 Durée : 113 minutes Equipe techniquePablo TRAPERO - Réalisation Alejandro FADEL - Scénario et dialogues Martin MAUREGUI - Scénario et dialogues Santiago MITRE - Scénario et dialogues Pablo TRAPERO - Scénario et dialogues Guillermo NIETO - Images Graciela ODERIGO - Décors Federico ESQUERRO - Son Ezequiel BOROVINSKY - Montage Interpr...
Avec la diffusion la semaine dernière de la liste des vingt-deux films en compétition pour tenter de rafler la Palme d'or, le ton est donné pour ce 61ème rendez-vous cannois ! Cependant, si les noms des nominés ont été dévoilés, seulement dix-neuf titres ont été donnés, le troisième film français manquant encore à l'appel. Participeront au suspense de la Palme : En compétition - L'aveuglement de Fernando Meirelles - Les trois singes de Nuri...
LES JURYS DU 61e FESTIVAL Jury des longs métrages Sean PENN, Président (Acteur, réalisateur, scénariste américain) Sergio CASTELLITTO (Acteur, réalisateur, scénariste italien) Natalie PORTMAN (Actrice israélo-américaine) Alfonso CUARON (Réalisateur mexicain) Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL (Réalisateur thaïlandais) Alexandra Maria LARA (Actrice allemande) Rachid BOUCHAREB (Réalisateur français) Jury de la Cinéfondation et des courts métrages HOU Hsiao...
The St. Barth Festival of Caribbean Cinema (Cinéma Caraïbe) celebrates its 12th season April 25-30, 2007 on the island of St. Barthélemy in the French West Indies. This twelfth edition of the festival once again offers the population of St. Barthélemy the chance to discover films and filmmakers of the Caribbean basin, as well as thought-provoking international films. Festival guests include filmmakers, producers and cinematographers, and scholars, as well as cinema professionals from around ...
Toronto Opens 2006 Festival with World Premiere of “The Journals of Knud Rasmussen”The largest and one of the most respected Film Festivals in the world will open its doors to the public with Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn's “The Journals of Knud Rasmussen". Their last film "Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner),” had won the Camera D'or in Cannes and then the prize for best Canadian film here in Toronto in 2001. Festival Co-Director Noah Cowan felt that this was one of the most important film...
45 film projects selected for CineMart 2006 (29 January – 2 February) • Former CineMart Projects in official selection Rotterdam 2006The 23rd CineMart has announced its selection of forty-five independent film projects. The world’s first and largest co-production market will include new productions by established art house directors such as Pablo Trapero, Guy Maddin, Alexej German jr and Li Yang. CineMart expects some 800 guests to attend, including decision making executives from all majo...
The San Francisco International Film FestivalBence NanayFor decades, the San Francisco Film Festival has been probably the most unusual film festival in the United States. It has been unusual because very few American films have been on display here. American film festivals tend to pitch themselves either as independent film festivals of the Sundance ilk or as Hollywood showcases with lots of special guests one could see at the Oscars gala. In either way, American film festivals are about Americ...
Critics' Prizes at the festivals of Sofia, Fribourg, Mar del Plata, Guadalajara and ToulouseToulouse (Rencontres Cinémas d'Amérique Latine, France, March 11-20, 2005). Prize: "Live-in Maid" (Cama adentro) by Jorge Gaggero (Argentina, 2004). Jury: Anette Olsen, Denmark ("Dox Magazine", "Mifune"), Maja Bogojevic, Serbia-Montenegro ("Zinec"), Karin Wolfs, The Netherlands ("De Filmkrant", "Screen International"). Print source: Aquafilms, Cabello 3644, C1425APN Buenos Aires, T +54 (11) 4802 4218, v...
Belize International Film Festival 2005 Releases Names of Selected FilmsAfter teasing local movie buffs for the past week with the announcement of the historic docu-drama Guiana 1838 as it's Opening film, organizers of the Belize International Film Festival have finally released the names of the films selected to participate in the Third Edition of the Festival set for Feb. 21 - 28, 2005 at the Bliss Center for Performing Arts in Belize City.Thirty three (33) films from four different categories...
With most of the United States in the grip of a devastatingly cold winter, more than a few eyes (and hearts) turn to Florida, the sunshine state, which is having an intensely active “high season”. As much as the sun and the beach are major attractions, this is also the kick-off to the Florida film festival season.Two of Florida’s most interesting film events are happening this week. The Sarasota Film Festival, now in its seventh year, opened this past weekend, with an ambitious slate of pr...
The third Discovering Latin America Film Festival in LondonThe third edition of the ‘Discovering Latin America Film Festival’ closed in London on December 5th amid great satisfaction among the organizers. Although the event had grown considerably since last year, with a larger number of films and, for the first time, master classes, they had managed to make it run smoothly. This is an unusual film festival, run by a group of enthusiastic amateurs. The artistic director personally introduced ...
