Respected colleagues. This my film, of Akhmatova, passed several meaningful events. In 2012 it received a diploma "For Genre Debut" of rdff at Manhattan. In 2013 it was planned to be demonstrated in Cannes. In 2014 it was shown on Malta before the heads of EK and of European states. And the film was screened twice at the Black Sea Shore, in 2015 and 2019, for the 2nd time - in Eupatoria, home city for Akhmatova's adolescence. I consider it a happy coincidence and a rare happe...
By Alex Deleon
The 20th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival will take place from July 9th to 17th this year. As always, the festival will present films from different countries around the world in the competition sections, including films from prestigious film festivals such as Cannes and Berlin. World cinema artists will come to Armenia to share their experiences and art with cinema lovers.
This year, "Golden Apricot" celebrates its 20th anniversary, coinci...
Amazon Prime Video's Adhura trailer launch: First half, second half
“We have surfed the horror genre, and though I, personally, am a bit scared of scary content, the genre has a huge following. So, when EMMAY Entertainment approached us with a proposal for making a full-blown horror series, I thought we should venture into it.” That was Aparna Purohit, Head of India Originals Content at Amazon Prime Video, speaking at the trailer launch of Adhura, held on the 28th June, late e...
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La Biennale di Venezia / 80th Venice International Film Festival / Venice Production Bridge / Book Adaptation Rights Market
The 8th edition of the Book Adaptation Rights Market (September 1 - September 3, 2023), organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, will take place in-person at the Excelsior Hotel on the Lido di Venezia, during the forthcoming 80th Venice International Film Festival (August 30th – September 9th, 2023).
Following the call ...
It’s a premiere! For the first time, Berlin will host the international Arthouse Cinema Training from 30 October to 5 November 2023. The only programme of its kind worldwide, the ACT gathers independent arthouse cinema professionals from across the globe for a week-long intensive workshop on running an arthouse movie theatre and advancing film culture. For its 20th edition, the Training will relocate to Holzmarkt, an event campus in the heart of the German capital, after 19 years in Veni...
Turning five is the first milestone for NatureTrack Film Festival (NTFF) which will be kicking-off its’ wildly popular nature-centric film fest with a celebration at the five-star Ritz-Carlton Bacara Resortin style. From 6:30pm to 10pm on Friday, October 6, the evening will be bookended with merrymaking before and after the screening of an astonishing new documentary called Wild Waters about a female kayaker who is making a name for herself - Nouria Ne...
Betting on sports goes all the way back to 676 BC, when spectators at the Olympiad are believed to have bet on chariot races and gladiator battles. It is a truly ancient activity.
It has remained part of the sporting world ever since, with the emergence of professional bookmakers. Then it began to move online during the 1990s and 2000s to the point where that is now the main way that people bet on sports.
This easy availability increased its popularity and research has found ...
The Locarno Film Festival will pay tribute to Italian - American film editor and two-time Oscar winner Pietro Scalia with the Vision Award Ticinomoda, the prize dedicated to creatives whose work has extended the horizons of the filmic image. The award will be handed over in a ceremony on Thursday, August 3rd in Piazza Grande, followed by a panel conversation with the audience at the Forum @Spazio Cinema on Friday, August 4th, plus screenings of two standout cuts from Scalia’s career:&nbs...
72 Hoorain: Untouched, heavenly virgins, 72 of them; go, have a blast!
That is what the title of this film means. It is derived from the preaching of some misguided Muslim religious leaders, who brain-wash impressionable Kashmiri youth into becoming terrorists, and set-off bomb-blasts, in the hope that 72 hoorain will be waiting for them in the hereafter. It is not a documentary, but claims to be inspired by true incidents. The makers describe it as a tale that delves into the depths of the h...
