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Director: Tordy Clark.
BW Mockumentary, reality style film followning Beatrice, who resorts to a little prostitution to make
ends meet while her husband Jimmy is in the slammer.
(The rest of the film follows thus:
On his release, she asks him to go straight, But with a new baby, and Jimmy's brother Frank showing up to mess things u even more, their fortunes go from bad to worse. Jimmy wants to be a millionaire businessman but he's the worst huslter in history.
As things spiral out of control, Beatrice is forced to make a hard decision.)
Director: Rene Fortunato.
The documentary presents the most important political and social events that occurred during the administration of the constitutional government with popular backing, headed by Juan Bosch, in the Dominican Republic, during the first seven months of the year 1963. The military coup d´etat that overthrew the Bosch government, the foreign policy of United States President John Kennedy, and relationship of the United States with members of the military who overthrew regimes throughout Latin America, are subjects that occupy a large part of this documentary, made entirely with original images and sounds from that era.
The CineYouth Festival produced by Cinema/Chicago, the presenting organization of the 45th Chicago International Film Festival, will kick-off with an Opening Night Celebration on Friday June 19th, 2009 at 6PM. Festivities will feature a showcase of short films by filmmakers Vince Singleton (The Porter), Hannah Dallman (Small Comforts), Sean J.S. Jourdan (An Open Door) and Jack Newell (Andre: Portrait of A Capoeirista). Following the screenings, a panel discussion will be moderated by Ron Falzone, Film Professor and Directing Area Coordinator at Columbia College. The night will wrap up with a reception where the audience gets a chance to speak one-one-one with the featured filmmakers.
Free food! Free movies! Networking with fellow filmmakers!
Admission is free and open to the general public with RSVP to cineyouth@chicagofilmfestival.com. Seating will be on a first come, first served basis and is limited to theater capacity.
Awards Ceremony - June 20th, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Film Row Cinema (Columbia College Chicago) - The winning films will be recognized with awards and prizes. Come support the filmmakers and their award-winning work!
The two-day CineYouth Festival showcases work from filmmakers under the age of 20 and from across the country. This year’s Festival features 95 films, with screenings and workshops held on June 19th and 20th at Film Row Cinema at Columbia College Chicago (1104 South Wabash). The screenings will run from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. both days and this year's workshops include:
How to Get Into, Pay For, and Navigate Film School (Friday, 3PM-4PM) Join our opening night filmmakers as they discuss the process of finding the right academic program, searching for financing, and choosing a schedule that best fits your talent.
Scriptwriting 101 (Saturday, 11AM-NOON): Led by Ron Falzone, this workshop will discuss the basics of writing a solid screenplay. Conflict, motiviation, tradgedy, comedy, drama! How to make the words work for you.
Bach or Beyonce? Choosing a Soundtrack for Your Film (Saturday, 1PM-2PM) Led by Hannah Dalman, this workshop will examine how different music can change the meaning of scene, and how a score can add-or subtract-from a film.
Am I Gonna Get Sued? How to Make Your Film 100% Legal (Saturday, 2PM-3PM) From parking permits to “borrowing” footage for your film, there are legal issues in movie making. Join Columbia College Chicago’s Film and Video Department Producing Concentration Coordinator, Kevin Cooper as he advises how to make a film, and not get sued in the process.
All workshops and panel are free to the public. Please RSVP to cineyouth@chicagofilmfestival.com
Director: Tommi Lepola & Tero Molin.
A remote mental institution next to the Russian border was shut down by the police in the early 70´s. Dr. Andersson made series of snuff films using his patients. The Doctor filmed all the murders in 8mm and started to call himself the Auteur.
30 years later a small American film crew has arrived to Finland to shoot a horror movie about the massacre. The movie’s director, Steven, is engaged in his first feature with his DoP Darius and gaffer Mike from LA. The leading actress is a Finnish rising star Lisa, who’s dreaming about Hollywood. Dr. Andersson is played by a famous B-movie actor with a big ego.
Everything is going according to plan until two Finnish sound guys discover something evil hidden in the basement: the original snuff films shot by the Auteur.
Steven is stimulated by the raw and brutal snuff film material and starts to rewrite the script. The scenes are not real enough. Everything changes when he finds The Auteur’s 8mm film camera. Now he is ready to shoot his masterpiece, the film for which he will be remembered.
Soon the crew realizes that they are the stars of the film. Instead of making a horror film, they are in one. The Auteur is slaying the Skeleton Crew one by one. There´s no sequel for you!
The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival will honor director Penelope Spheeris who will be in attendance on Friday, June 26 at the Egyptian Theatre.
The Cinefantasy Festival is an international event that reaches its 4th edition with a Short Film competitive session, special shorts and features screenings, premières, Conferences with filmmakers, national and international guests, lectures, workshops, and more.
Long métrageGrand Prix de la Semaine de la CritiqueJury: Décerné par la presse (les journalistes sont invités à voter à chaque projection).Attributed by the press (Journalists and film critics are invited to vote after each screening).ADIEU GARY de Nassim Amaouche (France)Prix SACDJury : Bertrand Van Effenterre, Charles Nemes et Jacques Fansten (SACD).LOST PERSONS AREA de Caroline Strubbe (Belgique/Pays-Bas/Hongrie)Soutien ACID/CCASJury : Teona Mitevska, Soufiane Adel, Laurent Salgues, Eri...
Director: Ester Brym.
Butterflies is a feature documentary film following the lives of six young people that are prominent 'weblebrities' on a video site YouTube. The film explores the new media, its power and its future. Will the Internet overcome traditional media? Will new media and traditional media merge?
The film documents the struggles and successes of characters
Lisanova, Mr. Safety, Davedays, Boh3m3, Olgakay and Xgobobeanx and their hopes to become the new 'virtual' celebrities.
Also in the film: Fred, SxePhil, Charles Trippy, KevJumba, Kicesie, Paperlilies, KatiesOpinion, Daxflame, Joe Satriani, Esmee Denters, Whatthebuck, David Foley, Renetto, ClipCritics, Katy Perry, GayGod, Nigahiga, Chad Hurley and others.
Director: Celeste Friedman.
A promotional video for U. S. Senator Barack Obama from the State of Illinois in support of his candidacy for President of the United States.
Opening with examples of our struggling times, over 60 stunning and stirring images, through the lenses of 40 photographers, take you from Seattle to Times Square, Main to Minnesota, Iowa to Iraq and beyond.
Soundtrack written, produced and performed by singer-songwriter/composer Celeste Friedman. Produced by AmericansforHOPE.org.
We are very honored by the generosity of our contributing photographers, their hearts, time and talent!
Camilo Arenivar
TJ Baker
C.W. "Barney" Burgis
Lauren Victoria Burke
Jason Coleman
Joe Crimmings
Danny the Caveman
Gene Dawydiak
Tory Fink
Getty Images
Kris Godlewski
Gregory Han
Carl Harris
Alexander Heilner
Susan Jekarl
Cecily Johnson
Johnnie K.
Greg Lawler
Caitie Leary
Tia Likely
Hinda Majri
Celi McDaniel
Jason Melrath
Leo and Mixtli Photography
Erik Ose
Alfred T. Palmer
Darrell Porcello
Adrian Revels
Steve Rhodes
Joann Edmonds-Rodgers
Justin Russell
Kristina S.
Bob Scofield
David Silver
Troy Snow
Colleen Sontheimer
Scott Stillman
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers- ACoE photographer Jim Gordon
John Varady
Luke Vargas
Director: Cristina Ertze.
Four people awake in a derelict house with no memory of who they are or why they are there. All they know is that tonight, when they fall asleep they will forget everything again, so they have only a few hours to find out something – anything – about what or who is doing this to them. As they journey through a desolate, abandoned landscape they come to realise that this may all have happened before. And that they may be their own enemies. Blank is a existential, psychological thriller which explores the cycle of violence and retribution which comes from the failure to remember the lessons of the past. The film is inspired by Milan Kundera’s quote “the struggle of freedom against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting”. A post-apocalyptic thriller about suspicion, mistrust and fear which leads to a shocking conclusion, the film is a political parable of the dangers of forgetting lessons and repeating mistakes.
La sélection de la Cinéfondation et la compétition des courts métragesLa Cinéfondation, inaugurée en 1998, a successivement développé trois niveaux d’intervention complémentaires pour accompagner le travail de la « relève » du cinéma international :- la Sélection de la Cinéfondation, qui présente des films d’écoles de cinéma, dans le cadre de la Sélection officielle, - la Résidence de la Cinéfondation, structure accueillant chaque année à Paris douze jeunes réalisateu...
Director: Abhijit Das Gupta.
Something remarkable happened for the first time in Asia. 16 physically challenged persons wrote a new chapter in the history of the Asian soil. They participated in the “Beyond Belief expedition challenge”. In two nights and three days, they traversed through mountain paths, fording water bodies and navigating through forests infested with snakes and scorpions to prove to the world that those labeled “disable” are able and capable.
The expedition was to showcase their endurance power, skill and ability of the “differently able” persons. They went to the deep forests around the Garumara range in North Bengal, lived in camps and passed through areas that normal people would dread to dare.
The 4 teams :
Alpha:
Asit Kr Pal – Instructor
Sukanta Mondal – impairment of Upper limb
Jaydev Mondal – impairment of Lower limb
Nitai Khan – Visually challenged
Dipankar Goldar – Speech & hearing impaired
Bravo:
Chandana Biswas – Instructor
Probir Sarkar – impairment of lower limb
Binod Kr Singh – impairment of upper limbs
Tarun Bag – visually challenged
Pinto Goldar – Speech & hearing impaired
Charlie:
Kamalika De – Instructor
Rimo Saha – impairment of upper limb
Sanjay Das – impairment of lower limb
Kalidas Das – visually challenged
Santanu Sen – Speech & Hearing impaired
Delta:
Tapas Kangshabanik – Instructor
Bholanath Dolui – impairment of upper limb
Ujjal Ghosh – impairment of lower limb
Shyamal Kr Roy – visually challenged
Subhankar Goldar – Speech & hearing impaired
The area is the habitat of king cobras, leopards, elephants… Pushing a wheel chair across shallow jungle rivulets tested human stamina to its limits.
This was an epic saga of man against elements… flesh against stone…a quiet communion with nature.
All about the insatiable urge of human beings to tread un-trodden grounds.
16 individuals ventured not to conquer mountains …. Forests …. and rivers… but to conquer themselves
Their odysseys – Beyond Belief.
PLASTIC PAPER: WINNIPEG'S FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED, ILLUSTRATED + PUPPET FILM is an international festival that takes place May 4-7, 2011 at the
Park Theatre in Winnipeg, Canada. The festival is one component of the
year-round organizational activities of the Big Smash! Film Collective. PLASTIC
PAPER’s programming is a mix of
premieres, retrospective screenings, short films and features with special
guests, workshops, multi-media presentations, installations and exhibits, artist
talks, and gatherings where the artists and the audience can interact more
informally.
PLASTIC PAPER is currently accepting submissions for short and feature-length animated films made after Jan. 1, 2010. THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE. DEADLINE: Feb 1, 2011. Download the entry form at www.plastic-paper.org
About PLASTIC PAPER:
PLASTIC
PAPER started in 2008 as a mini-program curated by Kier-La Janisse
and Dave Barber, and hosted by the Winnipeg Cinematheque before
branching out
into an independent event. PLASTIC PAPER
2008 featured the Manitoba premieres of Bill Plympton's IDIOTS
AND ANGELS, Nina Paley's
multi-award winning SITA SINGS THE BLUES,
John Bergin's apocalyptic FROM INSIDE
and much more. Special guests have included BILL PLYMPTON, HEATHER HENSON and curator NAOMI HOCURA.
PLASTIC
PAPER is unique in Winnipeg as an event
that serves to explore the animated output of different regions and
cultural
communities around the world. With an emphasis on self-made work and a
careful
balance of accessible and experimental animation styles, PLASTIC
PAPER’s presentation and outreach offerings serve to educate,
enlighten and
inspire Winnipeg’s burgeoning roster of independent animators, who will
benefit
greatly from the international programming as well as personal
interaction with
visiting international filmmakers.
Many of
the featured
works come in a variety of animation styles with sometimes challenging
subject
matter; although some films are kid-friendly, PLASTIC PAPER is
mainly geared towards adult animation fans as well
as animators themselves. The programming is widely eclectic, but shows a
preference for independently-financed films, films with an adult
sensibility,
and films using traditional methods of animation, such as 2-D
illustration,
cut-outs and stop-motion. The festival also showcases films about animators
or illustrators, as well as puppetry films.
The
connecting thread in the programming is that all selections celebrate
the
labour-intensity, the obsessiveness, and the unique personalities of
these very
hands-on crafts.
Competitive film festival focusing on digital films by emerging Asian talents with other various international sections
The Producers Guild of
America will host the Producers Challenge contest, giving short film and
webisode producers ultimate access to top professionals and the opportunity to
win exceptional prizes. Finalists will be screened for attendees of the Guild’s
Produced By Conference on June 6 at Sony Pictures Studios. For more info, visit
www.producedbyconference.com
Director: Peter Besson.
Last night, Rhett Somers met the love of his life. Now all he has to do is convince her that she's the one. Not an easy feat considering how they met.
NYIIFVF is the only festival that focuses ONLY on independent films. This is the only festival that refunds entree fee if you are not accepted. You show your film in NY and LA.
The Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival is a week long film festival and cultural organization, founded in 2006, by filmmaker and artist Harish Saluja. It is purposefully held every May during Asian American Heritage Month in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to show recent films and music by Asian artists.
- Supported by the the City of Paris and chaired by actress Charlotte Rampling, the festival takes place each year throughout the capital early summer in over 15 different theatres in Paris and grows every year with record attendance.
11th TDF: AWARDS - EMPARGO 21.00 CET, SATURDAY MARCH 22
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Sponsored by the Hellenic Red Cross
The Hellenic Red Cross Audience Award for a film over 45’ in the International Selection, accompanied by Euros 4,000, goes to:
BURMA VJ - REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY (BURMA VJ - REPORTER I ET LUKKET LAND) by Anders Hosbro Ostergaard, Denmark, 2008
The Hellenic Red Cross Audience Award for a film under 45’ in the International Selection, accompanied by Euros 2,000...
Director: Joseph C. Stillman.
“From Mills River to Babylon and back… the Jimmy Massey Story,” chronicles the life of a former twelve-year career Marine who refused to continue killing in Iraq and examines the political, legal, moral, and human rights implications of the war. Massey co-founded the Iraq Veterans against the War organization and has spoken all across the U.S. and the world. The project was shot in fourteen different states during the past four years. The filmmaker will be on hand to discuss the challenges of the project.
The documentary features the following individuals: Martin Sheen-Actor/Human rights activist, Ramsey Clark-former U.S. Attorney General, Dr. Doug Rokke-former U.S. Army depleted uranium expert, Cindy Sheehan-Mother/founder of the Gold Star Families, Congressman Dennis Kucinich-Ohio, Father Roy Bourgeois- founder of the School of the Americas Watch, Scott Ritter-former UNSCOM weapons inspector, Kelley Dougherty- Executive Director of the Iraq Veterans Against the War organization, Col. (Ret.) Ann Wright-former U.S. embassy diplomat in Afghanistan, Dr. Ed Tick- (PTSD) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder expert, Congresswoman Maxine Waters-Calif., Bev Hoffman, Jack Gilroy and numerous other human rights activists. The film shows Jimmy’s early life and the tragic death of his father, his decision to enlist in the marines due to economic conscript, illicit recruiting tactics that target single parent families by recruiters (Massey was a Marine recruiter), weapons of mass deception, depleted uranium use and its effects on soldiers and civilians, the administration’s rush to war and taking back our democracy are some of the topics which are discussed in the documentary. “Jimmy Massey has paid an incredible price to tell the truth about the real war in Iraq but he would do it again in a heartbeat,” according to Stillman. “I believe it’s particularly important for parents and young people especially, to understand the tactics military recruiters will use to fill their quotas at the expense of the youth in our community,” he said. “This project has opened my eyes to many of the facts that Jimmy has raised and the tragedy of an ongoing war that didn’t have to be fought.” Stillman has said. “I sadly learned, for instance, that the U.S. has dropped massive amounts of depleted uranium, used in ammunition and bombs, in Iraq and Afghanistan since the first Gulf War and that it is presently having disastrous effects on our returning military personnel and especially on the civilian populations in those countries”, he said.
Director: Przemek Mlynczyk.
Before joining the Salesians, Przemek Kawecki (Kawa) was a skinhead. The unexpected trip to the Tatra mountains with his friend, has changed his life totally The film tells the story of a young Pole who, having all the possibilities of career, desides to become a monk. The current reality of Poland has a lot of problems that he will be forced to solve. Some of them are too hard at the moment.
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