Writer/Director/Producer Alyssa Rallo Bennett of The Pack (2009) speaks about the film that is closest to her heart. The Pack raises the question of 2nd hand smoke and its fatal consequences. Being a hot debate, no doubt this film will raise questions and bring awareness to viewers worldwide. In a riveting scene of the film, a man throws a steak knife onto the table next to a 'pack' of cigarettes and at the top of his voice screams: 'Are you gonna tell me these are the same?' Well, ...

Please, add our film on Netflix. If we get enough requests, our film will be accepted into their database. Will you please help? It takes only a second: http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Butterflies/70136627?trkid=1481020 Thank you <3 Your grateful filmmaker Ester     ...

A new interview with Borys Lankosz, director of the Polish hit film Rewers, Reverse (2009). Set in the 1950's, this film is shot first in black and white, then in color; it tells the story of the sweet and innocent Sabina (30) who lacks adventure and romance in her life until she meets Bronislaw, bringing a world of desire and excitement into her former colorless world.  me: What inspired you about this story? And can you speak to us about the dreamy style in which you directed...

Producer Jeff Grace speaks about his latest film The Scenesters (2010) directed by Todd Berger starring Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks), Blaise Miller, Kevin M. Brennan, Suzanne May and Jeff Grace himself.    me: "Jeff, can you tell us what you'd like international audiences to know about your film The Scenesters?" Jeff: "We want to make sophisticated comedies that make the audience think a bit too. Not every joke is sold with a heavy punchline. Som...

      Writer/Director/Producer/Editor David Spaltro shares his thoughts and vision about his film, Around (2008), which despite being two years old now, is coming 'around' again.   me: "David, can you please start by telling us about the symbolism around Around? And what it means to you?" David: "...Around is a very personal story, auto-biographical but not auto-biography and an all around love-letter and val...

This 63rd Cannes Film Festival featured the surprise new sensational documentary film by producer Lincoln Phipps. Having left his job in California government, he sold his house and put everything into the film with inflexible drive and passion; and lo and behold, a success story! The cast and crew finished editing literally days before cut off dates for entry and were celebrated with flying colors at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Directed by Sam George and written by Greg MacGil...

  Regis Romele (Hors La Loi, People's Names, An Ordinary Execution) speaks about his upcoming works, Johnny( 2011/2012) and The First Man (2011). Regins Romele acts in a small role in the recently released Rachid Bouchareb film, Hors La Loi (Outside the Law) (2010) about three brothers from Algeria who's lives are torn apart by war and who are forced to make a new life outside their native land and outside the law. -VM   I asked Regis about his small pa...

  Heliopolis (2009) is an indie film made by first-time director Ahmad Abdalla about the lives of five different characters living in Cairo's upper class Greek district of Heliopolis. While none of their lives overlap, they all share the same feelings of loneliness and stangnancy in contemporary Cairo life. When I met and spoke with Ahmad at the PSIFF 2010, the first thing I told him was how much I loved the film. Really, I was annoyed with myself by the midpoint of ...

Pre-order Butterflies DVD Now It is finally here!!! The special limited 2 disc edition of Butterflies feature film about YouTubers is coming to DVD this winter. This 2 disc edition will not last as only limited number is released, so please order yours right away. ...Go here to order and find out what special features will be included. http://www.butterfliesthemovie.com/dvd.html ******* bonus for the first 20 orders! *The DVD will ship in the beginning of December. ...

  Actor Gregor Collins speaks about his roles from Night Before the Wedding (2009) to Goodbye Promise (2010)   me: First, can you talk about Night Before the Wedding (2009) and your film Chloe and Keith's Wedding (2009) and how you managed to be in two wedding films at the same time?   Gregor: Ha - I can see how you would ask that! Night Before the Wedding is totally separate from Chloe and Keith's Wedding - I happened to be cast in CAKW a couple ...

  Sul Mare (On the Sea) (2010), the new feature film by director Alessandro D'Alatri. Read Alessandro's exclusive interview about his film below: me: "Ale, thanks for joining us. Can you please start by telling us what Sul Mare is about?" Ale: "It's a struggling love story between a young seaman from the island of Ventotene and a young student from north Italy, on the background of the contemporary Italians contraddictions. The story is adapted fr...

French Peter Pan!!! Nicolas Duval and I met at Cannes where we spoke about his two film projects, 1) Raging Ball (2007) and 2) Peter Pan (2012/13) (pre-production). We hung out various times and each time he carted his dvd screener for Peter Pan around with him; like every actor and director at Cannes, he was in search of a producer. Now he has found his producer and has begun production on Peter. Stills for Nicolas Duval's feature treatment of Peter (2012/13). ...

Red Cedar Productions from the Hunter Valley in NSW Australia.  We have a new documentary completing its post production in August 2010.  We will be looking to enter it into the most appropriate film festivals around the world.  Any advice would be appreciated.  The film is called LAST STAND AT NYMBOIDA and is about 30 underground miners who in 1970 took over their mine in an unprecented move, to keep the mine operating and save their jobs during tough economic times.  One interview subjec...

In my interview with actress Melissa Papel, we discussed her new film Off Karadeniz (2010), a Turkish film about a young girl from the region of Smyrna in Turkey. me: "I'm so excited to hear about this film as I have been to Smyrna and Im fascinaed by this region of Turkey.Can you tell us about Off Karadeniz and what your role in the film is?" Melissa: "Off Karadeniz, called "Smyn-Of" in Turkish, is a 95 minute comedy. It is the story of Melek, a young girl from ...

Jelena Stupljanin speaks about her new film Cirkus Columbia, a Bosnian film by Bosnian Oscar winner director Danis Tanovic, set in the former Yugoslavia. me: Can you tell me about Cirkus Columbia and what your film is about? And what is your role in the film? Jelena Stupljanin: 'Cirkus Columbia' is a love story set in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the early 90's just before the war in Bosnia started. The story follows Divko (played by Miki Manojlovic) who comes back after 20 years...

The 4th edition of Cape Winelands Film Festival (CWFF), which is scheduled to take place from 16–26 March, 2011, in Cape Town and Stellenbosch, has launched its call for entries today. Feature films, Short Films and Documentaries submissions are eagerly awaited. Entry forms, rules, and regulations are available on the Festival Website (http://films-for-africa.co.za ).   1.      Features: Features are all fiction films more than 50 minutes of length 2.     ...

I asked Leslie Streit about her film The Elly Glass Project http://www.ellyglass.com/.It's about Elly (recently deceased at age 95) who rescued her husband Henry from Buchenwald in 1939. In 1948 Henry became the architect of oneof the first solar houses in America. me: Can you tell me a bit about The Elly Glass Project? What was your inspiration for telling this story? Leslie: In 2007 my friend, AnneKarin Glass, knowing I had done a previous experimental film about the Holocaust, told me...