Big Sky Documentary Film Festival has announced the official selections for their ninth annual event to be held in Missoula, Montana February 17-26, at the Historic Wilma Theatre.  The 144 film program, culled from nearly 1000 entries from all over the world will feature a free opening night screening of Matthew Akers's new film Marina Abramovi The Artist is Present (sponsored by HBO Documentary Films); a massive music sidebar of new and classic films and live performances (sponsored by The Aca...

photo stills from the film Interview with Esther Podemski on THE PEASANT AND THE PRIEST (USA, 2011), a story about two old men in Italy whose ways of life have been unchanged through the centuries from medieval times to present day where the old ways are dying to contemporary forces causing much of what we know as Italy to fade a little more with each march towards modernization and mass globalization. In Thessaloniki I had the opportunity to sit with director Esther Podemski to...

photo stills from the film Interview with Esther Podemski on THE PEASANT AND THE PRIEST (USA, 2011), a story about two old men in Italy whose ways of life have been unchanged through the centuries from medieval times to present day where the old ways are dying to contemporary forces causing much of what we know as Italy to fade a little more with each march towards modernization and mass globalization. In Thessaloniki I had the opportunity to sit with director Esther Podemski to ...

FilmOn.com Inc., (http://www.FilmOn.com/), the premier internet based high definition television service, today announced it has formed a strategic alliance with TVCatchup.com, a top UK-based, advertising supported IPTV provider.The strategic alliance between FilmOn and TVCatchup will incorporate both subscription and advertising-based revenue models from the two companies to increase overall profits. The alliance will also incorporate marketing, technology support and combine the collective con...

The 27 th Durban International Film Festival Award Night took place at NuMetro Cinecentre on Saturday 24 June, honouring 18 of the best films in the festival and the people who invest their creative capacities into the filmmaking process. The main awards were in the form of bronze mythical sea-creatures handmade by innovative Durban artist Andries Botha, set against bead and embroidery citations created by the Zamukuziphilisa Community Project in Umlazi. Fantastic Asian films were some of the hi...