Jonathan Demme in Aruba at AIFF and 'Conversations With'photo by Vanessa McMahon
A sneak preview of the music documentary WHEN THE DRUM IS BEATING will be featured at the Tribeca Drive-In this evening as part of the Tribeca Film Festival. The screening will be followed by a free live concert by Haiti's beloved national band Orchestre Septentrional at the World Financial Center Plaza in Battery Park City in lower Manhattan. WHEN THE DRUM IS BEATING is a feature documentary by director Whitney Dow about Haiti’s rich musical culture and the legendary band the Orc...
El Cadáver Exquisito
by
Sombra
There are four elements that make up the foundation of my memories and of my present, that is to say, of me. They gave birth to and laced themselves through all the situations that mold my life.
Two of them arrived at the same time, while I was
still a child: my mother’s garden and my father’s library. I remember
the first one deeply; like a cloudy horizon: a forest of roses, with
stems that reached to the sky… and the secon...
A little sample of what's screening in Vieques for the First Annual PRIFF. Join us June 23 - 26, 2011 in Vieques Island!
http://priff.org/schedule.html
The 12th annual Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY) opens April 7-15 with a program of award-winning films, panel discussions, and Q&A sessions with distinguished international directors, actors, and producers. HFFNY's Cuban films are part of ¡Sí Cuba! Festival, a city-wide celebration of Cuban arts and culture. 14 New York institutions convene to celebrate the rich artistic vitality of Cuba by showcasing the diversity of Cuban culture from the traditional to the modern.
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Director: Natalie Adorno.
The word Paez WEDX YÚ means "water fish" and it was the name of the territory of the ancestors of the current shelter in San Andrés de Pisimbalá where is the Archaeological Park of Tierradentro, in the department of Cauca, Colombia. The current descendants of the NASA people are rediscovering their identity and regaining its cultural tradition organizing a meeting of three days. It is a testimony for the recovery of memory and tradition. The meeting is organized by a party host chosen by the community, it is organized around a ritual of harmonization and thanks to Mother Earth. Traditional doctors prepared the remedy of harmonization for the whole community that comes with pleasure. Harmonization for life, peace and coexistence. This is life, not disunity. It is the tradition and anybody could not live without it because a people who do not look to its past is a people that has no clear future. Thus, in this environment that looks to its ancestors, through music, traditional food thanks to the Minga (ancient tradition of community for purposes of social utility.) and the exchange of products and the recovery of a rock, this cultural encounter is made to "recover what eighty years ago was lost.”
The Fifth Annual Costa Rica International Film Festival showcases an amazing array of shorts and features from across the world.
Attendees enjoy film screenings, group excursions and tons of special events.
Don't miss the now famous Saturday Night Street Party where a team of
fire dancers and perform, transforming all of Montezuma into an all
night fiesta.
Judges for the Costa Rica International Film Festival will program short and
feature-length films of every...
ENFOQUE is an international short film christian festival that present some of the greatest new works by emerging filmmakers to be recognize by a series of Jury and Audience Awards.
ENFOQUE is an international short film christian festival that present some of the greatest new works by emerging filmmakers to be recognize by a series of Jury and Audience Awards.
Helen Dobrensky
saw the the avant Première of the dramatic film TROPICO de SANGRE,
illustrating the life and death of the three Mirabal sisters, on November 4th at UNESCO.
In 1999, the United Nations established the day of November 25th, as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to commemorate the murder of the three Mirabal sisters.
Ms. Dedé Mirabal still lives in the same household they all grew up. She has been responsible for keeping their le...
From the 18th to the 28th of November the Discovering Latin America Film Festival (DLAFF) will reach its 9th edition exhibiting a compilation of the best recent film productions from Latin America. Award-winning films such as Argentine feature The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) and Brazilian documentary Only When I Dance (2009) will be exhibited in participating venues throughout Central London such as Odeon Covent Garden, Odeon Panton Street and Tate Modern.
The Discov...
Festival Founder and Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool today announced the final program details for the 7th edition of the Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), which takes place December 1-5, 2010 in Nassau. The Weinstein Company’s highly acclaimed period drama “The King’s Speech” has been selected as this year’s closing night film.Based on the true story of the Queen of England's father and his remarkable friendship with maverick Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue “...
9th GUADALAJARA FILM MARKETThe 26 Guadalajara International Film Festival is pleased to announce the 9th Guadalajara Film Market that will take place on March 25-31, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.For the ninth straight year, the Guadalajara Film Market will gather outstanding film industry producers and buyers from around the world in an ideal setting for negotiations and sharing ideas. Aimed primarily for the Latin America, Spain and Portugal Market, this event has become one of the mos...
The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) will continue its efforts to educate and inspire a new generation of filmmakers. The Festival announced today that it will be expanding its popular Youth Film Workshop during the seventh annual BIFF by partnering with schools throughout Nassau and integrating the workshops directly into classrooms. The announcement was made by BIFF Founder and Executive Director, Leslie Vanderpool. The Youth Film Workshops serve as an innovative children's mobile fi...
By Maria Esteves - August 27, 2010
The 11th New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) Awards presented by HBO honoring the best in filmmaking and emerging directors of Latino descent in 2010 was held at the SVA Theatre, Sunday, August 1, 7:00 PM. This year's film festival included over 100 films (domestic, documentaries, international, cinedulce, shorts), panel discussions, special presentations, workshops, free outdoor screenings, VIP receptions, and gala parties. The award announ...
By Maria Esteves - August 27, 2010
The 11th New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) Awards honored the best in filmmaking and emerging directors of Latino descent in 2010 at the SVA theatre, Sunday, August 1, 7:00 PM. The award announcers were HBO associate manager/marketing development Marvin Scott, NYILFF founder/co-executive director Calixto Chinchilla, and co-executive director Elizabeth Gardner.
Since 1999, NYILFF was founded by Calixto Chinchilla to assist emerging L...
By Maria Esteves - August 27, 2010 The 11th New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) Awards honored the best in filmmaking and emerging directors of Latino descent in 2010 at the SVA theatre, Sunday, August 1, 7:00 PM. The award announcers were HBO associate manager/marketing development Marvin Scott, NYILFF founder/co-executive director Calixto Chinchilla, and co-executive director Elizabeth Gardner. Since 1999, NYILFF was founded by Calixto Chinchilla to assist emerging Latino film...
fun in Aruba with the girls!
Actress/producer Kimberly Campoli, writer/producer
Vanessa McMahon, and actress/producer Rachel Reenstra
celebrate fun, film and festival at Aruba International FF!
Ruba Nadda and Patricia Clarkson on red carpet at Aruba IFF.
The night before their premier, we met at the Aruba Golf Resort at The Burning Plain after party
and over all-you-can-Mumms, I spoke with them both about their experience filming entirely
on location in Cairo. In the presence of flipping and twirling Aruba Carnivalesque stage dancers-
a truly Lynchian moment- they told me h
By Maria Esteves – June 28, 2010
The 11th New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF’10) presented by HBO will commence July 27 - August 1, 2010 at the Clearview Cinemas Chelsea, and the School of Visual Arts Theatre, New York. The festival founded in 1998, assist emerging Latino filmmaker’s contribute to the world of cinema. This year’s Opening, Dominican, and Closing Night films are New York Premiere THE DRY LAND, directed by Ryan Piers Williams held at School of Visual ...
I wrote yesterday about 2 films receiving a lot of buzz, then felt a little worried they wouldn't meet up to my high expectations... too often the case when you hear about the best of the fest.
SO- it was such a relief to emerge from the LA Film Festival cinemas yesterday and say yes, those films deserved all that buzzing.
'Where Are You Taking Me' took me to Uganda with a sincere observational eye that simply lets the magical moments unfold before you, untouched except by Kimi Takes...
View from the top (Governor's suite at the Aruba Hyatt)
http://www.aruba.hyatt.com/