MOTHERS (2010) by director Milcho Manchevski screened at the 2nd annual Aruba International Film Festival (AIFF) 2011. Here find a review of the award-winning film that saw its opening in Toronto at TIFF 2010 and continues to travel to festivals around the globe. MOTHERS, a rave review! Fiction, nonfiction, and everything else in between and without- this is the dizzying dialectic of Milcho Manchevski’s latest film MOTHERS (2010). MOTHERS is a feature film structured as a triptych of three pa...

The Queer Palm 2011. The president of the Jury Elisabeth Quin and its members Gérard Lefort, Thomas Albetshauser, Fred Arends, Esther Cuénot et Roberto Schinardi awarded SKOONHEID by Oliver Hermanus in selection at Un Certain Regard. The actress Julie Gayet and the director Joao Pedro Rodrigues gave the award to the director at Chérie Chéri beach. The closing party will take place at DaDaDa ...

Jack Rousseau is a screenwriter based in the UK. Completed feature-length screenplays inlude: Forging the Iron Lady - political drama for TV Shocking the Donkeys (co-writer James Collins) - comedy (in development) Help Me (co-writer Matthew John) - drama Other People's Dreams (co-writer James Collins) - suspense/thriller Screenplays currently being worked on include: Jellybean Republic (co-writer James Collins) - comedy The Saddling (co-writer Ja...

Guillermo del Toro, one of Hollywood’s award winning film-makers (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) and Hammett Award-winning thriller writer Chuck Hogan (Prince of Thieves) return with The Fall—the second volume in their critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling Strain Trilogy. The Fall picks up where The Strain left off—with a vampiric infection spreading like wildfire across America as a small band of heroes struggles to save the dwindling human race from the vampire plague. ...

British director Lynne Ramsay and British actor John C. Reilly pose during the photocall of "We Need to Talk About Kevin" presented in competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 12, 2011 in Cannes. AFP/GUILLAUME BAPTISTE The race for the Palme d'Or began Thursday with Scottish director Lynne Ramsey's powerful "We Need to Talk About Kevin" -- the first of a record four films from women in competition at Cannes. Adapted from Lionel Shriv...

I forgot where I parked my broomstick.  It is not like losing your car keys.  Some times finding last minute flights and accomodations are not as easy as one would think but then I am still en route.  Please be patient or just email me at leslie25@optonline.net for more information or call me a 1 631-477-6323.  See you soon.   Leslie Provatas - Writer/Producer: The Life and Times of Aphra Behn.   ...

El Cadáver Exquisito | Collaborations by Elric Every sin is the result of a collaboration. - Lucius Annaeus Senecca El Cadáver Exquisito was a true collaboration and a blind one. From one artist’s hands to another we discovered a film, formed from endless possibilities. When Victor first approached me to edit the film I was excited but a little hesitant as I was concerned it may be an ethnographic documentary abou...

Since BARDSONGS (2010) screened in Palm Springs this past PSIFF 2011, I’ve been speaking to director Sander Francken about doing an interview about what I thought was an extremely intriguing subject for a film, that of oral storytelling in a time where storytelling has changed so much that the old modes have long since departed us. Or have they? Sander’s film is a tribute to oral storytelling and ‘bardsongs’. I tracked him down in Copenhagen at CPHPIX 2011 where his film screened and we ...

Narx A Short Film, Drama inspired by True Police Stories Narx- Best Drama Short Film for 2011 in the IFQ/Independent Film Quarterly Film & New Media Festival.   A Veteran New York City Undercover named Mazze gets his biggest mission ever before he retires from undercover duties and becomes a family man with a normal life, but first he needs to survive the battle of corruption with his own peers on his team and then take down the big...

Award winner Narx A Short Film, Drama inspired by True Police Stories screens at NY Festival Narx- Best Drama Short Film for 2011 in the IFQ/Independent Film Quarterly Film & New Media Festival. A Veteran New York City Undercover named Mazze gets his biggest mission ever before he retires from undercover duties and becomes a family man with a normal life, but first he needs to survive the battle of corruption with his own peers on his team and then take down the biggest Drug Kingpin of New Yor...

Yesterday at the San Francisco International I saw the North American premiere of documentary Children of the Princess of Cleves, by French neuroscientist turned filmmaker Regis Sauder.  Cleves portrays students of a high school literature class in Marseilles who are reading and studying the 17th century French novel La Princesse de Cleves. The first thing I like about this documentary is how relatable it is: most of us can remember back to highschool required reading. We follo...

El Cadáver Exquisito by Sombra El Cadaver Exquisito began as a seed of an idea but once it was given birth it seemed we could only run to keep alongside its momentum. I did a lot of writing for the film in the beginning as Victor was shooting. We spoke of using a voice over, a narrator who might tells its story like a fable. As the visuals and footage piled up however, it was clear they wanted to be their own narrator. ...

El Cadaver Exquisito | Update by Sombra   After a series of private screenings for film/video/art groups, scholars and individuals, based in the greater metropolitan area of NYC, we are in the final stage of El Cadáver Exquisito. The main purpose of those screenings was to test the cut and gather both general and specific criticism for the movie in order to help us polish the editing, and therefore, the narrative. The screenings have also smoothed out o...

   CRIME AND PUNISHMENT CONCEPT BECOMES A FESTIVAL IN ISTANBUL                                         The 1st International Crime and Punishment Film Festival, to be organized by Istanbul University Faculty of Law in collaboration with Municipality of Başakşehir, will be held bet...

  10 DAYS OF FANTASTIC FILM - STARTS 23 APRIL Ready for your full immersion into the float-tank of sci-fi? Not long now until the festival opens for its TENTH edition! We are delighted to have many Directors and Producers flying in to support their movies and we hope to have some great Q&A sessions. We have lots of goodies on their way to Festival HQ and we will also be hosting some new Nintendo 3DS demo machines in the bar - come and see 3D without glasses! There is a l...

WHITE AS SNOW (Kar Beyaz) The film WHITE AS SNOW (Turkey, 2010) by writer/director Selim Gunes screened in İstanbıl during the İstanbul International Film Festival. The film is based on a short story called ARYAN by Sabahattin Ali about a young twelve year-old boy, Hasan, who lives in poverty in Turkey’s cold East Black Sea mountain area. He lives with his mother and two younger brothers while his father is in prison. In order to survive and provide for his siblin...

The guys at Motor City Nightmares (MCN) have posted the screening schedule for the 2011 MCN Weekend of Horror Film Festival and Stunt Kitty Films' "A Fish Called Martha or: Who's Really Afraid of H.P. Lovecraft Anyway?" is first on the list.  I guess that means our uncanny little comedy will be opening the festival. How cool is that? The official screening time for the Lovecraft spoof is 5pm Friday, April 15th at the Sheraton Detroit Novi Hotel in Novi, Michigan. &n...

“Spanish Dracula” by Gary Lucas is a project comprising solo guitar compositions as accompaniment to the famous Spanish film “Dracula” made in 1931. The project's premiere took place during the 31st Havana Film Festival, where it was named a spectacular hit. It was also presented during the London Jazz Festival at the Queen Elisabeth Hall and turned into a success, crowned with a 4-star review in “The Guardian”. The performance was also appreciated in other places in t...

Stunt Kitty Films is pleased to announce their short A Fish Called Martha or: Who's Really Afraid of H. P. Lovecraft Anyway?" will have its world premiere at the Motor City Nightmares Weekend of Horrors Film Festival taking place April 15-17, 2011 at the Sheraton in Novi, Michigan. Check MCN website for screening times - http://www.motorcitynightmares.com ...