BOYS WILL BE BOYS SAMPLING A winning afternoon at LA Shorts Fest. “Boys Will Be Boys” is the name for Program 52 of the LA Shorts Film Festival. Featuring 78 programs, with 450 films, this reviewer chose this program at random for reviews. As luck would have it, one of the films (“Apple Jack”)shown during the Saturday afternoon presentation got voted “Best of the Festival” and another (“Flights”) is being featured at the upcoming Hampton’s International Film Festival next...

The first edition of the Les Arcs European Film Festival will take place from December 5-12, 2009 in Les Arcs ski resort (France). The festival will present 50 feature films most of which haven't been screened in France before and will organize 120 screenings for a public of over 10.000 people. Further information on www.lesarcs-filmfest.com In addition, will be organized THE ARC 1950 CO-PRODUCTION VILLAGE (DECEMBER 6-9), a great meeting place for film producers with co-producers, regional...

After three years since its re-opening in 2006, The Picturehouse has shared its passion for cinema with movie fanatics by screening countless arthouse films and independent movies; and the popular arthouse cinema located at The Cathay is now taking on a more active approach towards screening the latest cutting edge movies from film festival winners. This year, The Picturehouse had hosted the annual Italian Film Festival in June, as well as the Israel Film Festival in September. From Octobe...

From the Arno to the Ganges: in December, Florence will be hosting the 9th River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival, coming up this year with a retrospective on the wistful genius of Guru Dutt.   THE FESTIVAL BLOG on fest21.com http://www.fest21.com/en/user/river_to_river Despite substantial budget cuts, this year's Festival will come up with a wide range of films, new partnerships and interesting side events.  From 4 to 10 December, 2009, Florence will be hosting t...