Sundance Film Festival announced details for the panel discussions and events celebrating and exploring the importance of music in filmmaking, as well as the artists performing at the Music Café, Music on Main, and at other Festival events in Park City. The music-focused events are part of the Festival’s continuing commitment to bringing musicians and filmmakers together in a creative environment where they can inspire each other and share their passion for creativity. The 2007 Sundance Film ...
Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford and Festival Director Geoff Gilmore took the stage yesterday at the Kimball Art Center in Park City for the first Sundance press conference of this year’s event. Redford and Gilmore were joined by Nicole Holofcener, the director of the Festival opener FRIENDS WITH MONEY.Redford announced a major new initiative for the Institute, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The Sundance Institute Art House Project is collaborating with leading a...
This year's Flanders International Film Festival - Ghent is proud to announce David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen (History of Violence), François Ozon and Jeanne Moreau (Time To Leave), and Mike Leigh, one of contemporary Britain's most renowned directors, as expected guests. Leigh makes remarkable films, known for their levelheaded, unsensational portrayals of topics that would become four-hankie "message" melodramas in the hands of mainstream directors. This "slice-of-life" realism of Leigh ...
The International Istanbul Film Festival, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, has kicked off with Charles Dance's film Ladies in Lavender. The festival will run April 2nd to 17th, 2005. The Festival will show approximately 170 films from 62 countries. Among these films will be some brand new films that participated in world-acclaimed festivals last year and were appreciated and greatly honoured with awards, as well as unforgettable cinema classics and masterpieces from the...
The Eighth Annual MGA Awards featuring the finalists in the Movie Gallery Student Video Competition gave more than $3,750 in prizes to worthy young filmmakers on March 16, 2005. The awards went to college and high school student directors. Daria Matza's moving documentary, Keep on Moving, took home first place for the college division and Diana Miernik's documentary, Keepers of Light, took home first place in the high school division. The students were excited to win not only the monetary prize ...
ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL IS FULL UP THIS YEAR!The International Istanbul Film Festival, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, is approaching with full speed. The 24th International Istanbul Film Festival sponsored by AKBANK will be replete with some of the most striking, newest and world-class films, special screenings, guest stars and chats with masters of cinema from April 2nd to 17th, 2005. Once again, the Festival will practically lock film-lovers into the movie-theaters i...
Student Film Festival A SuccessThe Eighth Annual MGA Awards featuring the finalists in the Movie Gallery Student Video Competition gave more than $3,750 in prizes to worthy young filmmakers on March 16, 2005. The awards went to college and high school student directors. Daria Matza’s moving documentary, Keep on Moving, took home first place for the college division and Diana Miernik’s documentary, Keepers of Light, took home first place in the high school division. The students were excited ...
