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Reading what Brooklyn International Film Festival executive director Marco Ursino has to say about "Stunt," the theme of this year's edition (June 4 to 13, 2010) in Brooklyn, New York, I can't help but wonder if he's been fraternizing with his title sponsor, Bushmills Irish Whiskey:
"With Stunt, the festival intends to take a snapshot at some of the hottest issues affecting our times while emphasizing the weight and gravity of being on a critical collision path with histo...
Tallgrass Third Thursdays and the Ulrich Museum of Art are bringing Green Porno production and costume designer Andy Byers to Wichita for ten days of public, museum and classroom events. To commence the activities, Byers will present the Green Porno mini-films and discuss his work at the Third Thursday April screening co-sponsored by the Fisch Haus and D.K. Kitchen.
Green Porno is an ongoing series of very short films (less than three minutes long) that takes a comical a...
Director: Laurent LICHTENSTEIN.
Andy Narell is white, born in Brooklyn. But he is famous in the Caribbean's as the leading composer for steel band music. How did he get there? We follow him from New-York to Trinidad as he get ready for a big concert that may help him to be accepted as a true trinidadian … During our treap from New-york to Trinidad, we'll meet the best Trinidadians artists like Peter Minshall, Relator and David Rudder, 2 great calypsonians. We'll dive right in the heart of Trinidad culture, at the Panorama where 10.000 pan players gather and compete ...
Andy est un musicien blanc, né à Brooklyn. Pourtant il est une star dans les Caraïbes, le plus grand compositeur pour les steel bands ... Comment a-t-il réussit à s'imposer ? nous le suivons de New-York à Trinidad dans la préparation du grand concert qui lui permettra peut-être d'être accepté dans la patrie du steel pan. Durant notre voyage de New-york a Trinidad nous allons rencontrer les artistes majeurs de la bouillonnante Trinidad comme Peter Minshall, Relator et David Rudder. Nous plongerons au coeur du carnaval lors du Panorama, où 10.000 joueurs de pan se réunissent et s'affrontent pour une guerre musicale ...
Hi there !I just finished my new documentary "Andy and the Jumbies" ... 2 years of work, following Andy Narell, the king of the steel pan ... He is white, born in Brooklyn, and the most famous composer for steel bands ... I followed him from New-York to Trinidad as he get ready for a big concert that may help him to be accepted as a true trinidadian … An incredible dive right at the heart of Trinidad, the home of steel pan ...52' HD french and english versions .... See the trail...
Interview with Jonas Mekas
Why do you make film? Why do you make such films (not that predictable narrative ones)?
I do not know why I make films. It's an obsession.
I make diaristic films, it's basically a narrative form of cinema, only that people do not know that I am making a different kind of narrative film. They are used to the oldfashioned narrative cinema.
But why diaristic? It stands so on the edge of becoming uninteresting and you, more or less, let the viewer into ...
NEW YORK EURASIAN FILM FESTIVAL CALL ENTRIES www.nyeurasianfilmfestival.com CALL ENTRIES
Eligibility:
New York Eurasian Film Festival focuses on Eurasian Cinema. We are accepting Shorts ,Features, Documentaries from Eurasian Countries or by Eurasian descent director.
Films any genre Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Art-house, Asian, Documentary, Drama, Experimental, Independent, National, Short, Student, Women from; Countries: All European,Eastern European,Central Asian countries as well as Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Jordan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Mongolia Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia and Montenegro Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United Kingdom Uzbekistan.
Formats:
We accept Only DVD(Ntsc) format for Entries.
Please Make Sure "Running Time and Aspect Ratio"and contact info is clearly labeled on DVD.
******FILMS MUST be SUBTITLED in English if the original language is not English.******
****Please Send one (1) copy of the film (DVD-Ntsc format) and Press Kit in a CD ( 3 Stills, Director's Biograhy and Photo, Synopsis, Full Cast and Crew List)
*****************NO ENTRY FEE Postmarked by March 31 st.!!!! *************************
Please send your film to : New York Eurasian Film Festival 1525 68 st. Apt.4 Brooklyn,NY 11219
Director: Mollye Asher.
“Slim and Lena” is a modern film noir set in the grit and glamour of the neo-burlesque scene. The story begins, narrated by Slim, when he returns to NYC to settle a beef with Big Daddy, the proprietor of a hip burlesque lounge on the Lower East Side. When Slim discovers that his long lost true love, sweet Lena, has become a burlesque dancer; the typical roles of a noir are turned on their head. Packed with love, sex, and redemption, “Slim and Lena” is the story of how Lena finds her voice and becomes the heroine and narrator of her own story.
Rap music and urban renewal aren't the only things Brooklyn, New York, and the Dutch city of Rotterdam have in common. Both advance a version of the Rotterdam film festival.On March 3-9, 2010, a month after curtains closed at the 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam (January 27—February 7), the Brooklyn Academy of Music rolls out Rap music and urban renewal aren't the only things Brooklyn, New York, and the Dutch city of Rotterdam have in common. Both advance a version of the Rotterdam f...
By Maria Esteves - January 10, 2010
The 19th Annual 2010 New York Jewish Film Festival (NYJFF10) commences January 13-28, 2010, at the Walter Reade Theater. The festival presented by The Jewish Museum and The Film Society of Lincoln Center, annually showcase world cinema that investigates, records, and celebrates the Jewish experience. This year's festival lineup includes over 20 features, documentaries, and shorts, along with panel discussions, gala receptions, and special events (Opening ...
Marking its fourth year, AFI PROJECT: 20/20 is an American Film Institute international initiative designed to enhance cultural exchange and understanding, by bringing together filmmakers and their films from the US and abroad.
AFI PROJECT: 20/20 represents an unprecedented cultural diplomacy effort that is supported by the U.S.'s cultural agencies--the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS...
13th Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival: June 4-13, 2010
FILM SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Categories: Feature, Documentary, Short, Experimental, Animation
Awards: $60,000 in services, products, and cash.
Early Deadline: November 30, 2009 (posted by)
Film Festival Dates: June 4-13, 2010
+ click for more info or to submit online
Nathan Kensinger, Programmer
13th Brooklyn International Film Festival
180 South 4th Street, Ste 2 South,
Brooklyn, New York 11211 - USA
submit10@wbff.or...
With a festival which prides itself as being “fiercely independent”, the Woodstock Film Festival, which concludes today, is committed to the discovery of new talents, both behind and in front of the screen. With budgets that are tight in the extreme, more often that not, the actors used are new to the screen and unknown to the public (I included myself in this). However, when a performance of great depth or realism is given by someone you do not know, my tendency is to pay very close attenti...
CHILDREN OF INVENTION With a festival which prides itself as being “fiercely independent”, the Woodstock Film Festival, which concludes today, is committed to the discovery of new talents, both behind and in front of the screen. With budgets that are tight in the extreme, more often that not, the actors used are new to the screen and unknown to the public (I included myself in this). However, when a performance of great depth or realism is given by someone you do not know, my tende...
LYMELIFE (Derek Martini, USA)
by Sandy Mandelberger, Festival Dailies Editor
Eight celebrated American and Canadian feature films by emerging filmmakers that were first showcased at such prestigious film events as Sundance, Tribeca, Rotterdam and Toronto, will compete in the North American Independents Competition of the 25th edition of FESTROIA: The Troia International Film Festival. The Festival, the oldest and largest in Portugal, runs from September 4 to 13 in the coas...
Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and Los Angeles Film Festival, has announced the screenwriters and film projects selected for its 10th annual Screenwriters Lab, sponsored by the Writers Guild of America, West. Taking place in Los Angeles from August 17 until September 16, the Screenwriters Lab is an intensive five-week incubator designed to help writers improve their craft, and take their current scripts to the next level in a nurturing, yet ch...
The Palm Beach International Film Festival, which opens tomorrow evening with the US/Scottish film STONE OF DESTINY, will give local film buffs and visiting film professionals a rare look inside the workings of the film industry courteosy of Festival honoree Joel Zwick.
Zwick, who was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1942, cut his early teeth as a writer/director/producer for television, directing episodes of such popular television series as Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy,...
The Hamptons International Film Festival will host its 9th annual Screenwriters’ Lab cosponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation this April 3 – 5 in East Hampton, NY. Over the course of one long weekend, emerging screenwriters will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one each day with established screenwriting mentors who will advise them on how to develop their scripts and move their projects closer to production. Within this supportive environment, the screenwriters are encouraged to tak...
On Saturday February 7, 2009 at the Studio Movie Grill - Dallas, the Texas Black Film Festival presented awards to an impressive collection of films and filmmakers. Concluding three full days of screenings, workshops and community panels, the TBFF Awards Program reflected the spirit of social change sought to be achieved in these historic times. The big winner of the evening was the short historical narrative filmed in Ghana, "The Warrior Queen," directed by Hezekiah Lewis of Apple Valley, Calif...
NYC`s premiere animation festival, Animation Block Party runs from July 28-30 2007 in Brooklyn, NY.
13th Edition June, 2010
+ Feature, Doc, Short, Ani., Exp.
+ 2010 Submission Deadlines: March 17 2010 (Final).
+ First Prize: US$ 40,000.
+ website: BrooklynFilmFestival.org
writer/director Mike Figgis to the Festival for a special Tribeca Talks event, a panel discussion about his career and innovations in the world of digital filmmaking, but now we've also got the premiere of his new flick, Love Live Long, to look forward to. When Figgis—the Academy Award®-nominated writer and director of Leaving Las Vegas, Timecode, and The Loss of Sexual Innocence—was invited to film the Gumball Rally, the famous high-speed race in Istanbul, he decided instead to craft a raw...
Tonight, the Palm Beach International Film Festival holds its most glamourous event, the annual Grand Gala at the Boca Raton Country Club. This year, the Festival is honoring the likes of acting legend Mickey Rooney, Oscar winner Louis Gosset Jr., hot director Jason Reitman, actress Cheryl Hines and up-and-coming actor Josh Hutcherson. In a series of articles over the next few days, I will offer a bio and filmography of the honorees and why their careers have been dubbed worthy of recognition. ...
Saturday, April 12--------Tonight, the Palm Beach International Film Festival holds its most glamourous event, the annual Grand Gala at the Boca Raton Country Club. This year, the Festival is honoring the likes of acting legend Mickey Rooney, Oscar winner Louis Gosset Jr., hot director Jason Reitman, actress Cheryl Hines and up-and-coming actor Josh Hutcherson. In a series of articles over the next few days, I will offer a bio and filmography of the honorees and why their careers have been dub...
By Maria Esteves - July 12, 2007 NewFest 2007: The 19th Annual New York LGBT Film Festival N.Y. Premiere THE GODFATHER OF DISCO documentary film, directed by Gene Graham was held at AMC Loews 34th St Theater, Friday, June 1, 5:45 p.m. A special Q&A immediately followed. The N.Y. Premiere after party was held at The Zipper Factory Theater Tavern, 7:30pm. I had the privilege of interviewing emerging award-winner director Gene Graham, Sunday, July 1, 1:00pm. Q: What inspired the making of ...
PROVIDENCE, RI (12/28/07) – Horror writers traded in their machetes for pens and entered their screenplays in the first annual Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) Horror Screenplay Contest. Three top-prize winners were announced today. “The horror genre is becoming one of our most popular,” commented Adam Short, manager of the screenplay contest. “Our Horror Film Festival draws more submissions and larger audiences every year. We thought it was time to recogn...
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