Main Square, Old Town, Wroclaw, Poland
The AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL (AFF), the first film event in Eastern Europe solely devoted to the works of contemporary and classic American cinema, was announced this week during the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. The first edition of the AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL will be held from October 20 to 24, 2010 in the cultural heritage city of Wroclaw, Poland (featured this week in the New York Times as one of the hot travel ...
The AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL (AFF), the first film event in Eastern Europe solely devoted to the works of contemporary and classic American cinema, was announced this week during the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. The first edition of the AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL will be held from October 20 to 24, 2010 in the cultural heritage city of Wroclaw, Poland (featured this week in the New York Times as one of the hot travel destinations in Europe). The event is being organized by the New Horizons ...
Terracotta Festival organisers announced via SCREEN POWER: THE JACKIE CHAN MAGAZINE that Jackie Chan is to receive the Terracotta Festival Peace Award.
"Jackie is an on screen legend; off the screen he has made a significant contribution to charitable work through his Jackie Chan Foundation as well as his work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador" organisers said. "It is for this work as well as his strong anti-war statement in his latest film LITTLE BIG SOLDIER that...
Geralyn Pezanoski’s Mine begins with a simple premise: What happened to the pets displaced by Hurricane Katrina?
Once you begin there, however, every question answered gives rise to another unanswered. Where are they displaced to? Where will they go once they are delivered to safety? Who will feed them, house them, give them medical care? Does anyone remember where this pet came from? Or that one? Can you find the original owners? Should you? Or are the pets better off in ne...
Go Short-ambassador Isolda Hallensleben was the host of the Award Show and she did it in a funny and vigorous way. A video showed a nice overview of the past days of the festival. The members of the jury were presented and then it was time to start handing over the Awards.
An international festival, with English as official language, with some switches to Dutch. For instance, when Joost van Ginkel received his Award for Best Dutch Short Film. After his word of thanks, the screen showed a...
During the second edition of Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, ambassador Waldemar Torenstra is reinforced by Isolde Hallensleben and filmmaker Danyael Sugawara. Sugawara directed numerous short films and made his debut in 2009 with his first feature film Alles Stroomt, for which he received the public award at the Dutch Film Festival in Utrecht. Additionally, Danyael and Isolde star in the festival trailer, now available at the festival website: www.goshort.nl
During...
Academy Award® winning director Quentin Tarantino will be honored at the opening of The 5th Annual Los Angeles – Italia Film, Fashion and Art Fest, Sun., Feb 28, 9:45 p.m. at The Mann Chinese 6 Theatre. Singled out for his commitment in promoting world cinema, Tarantino will be presented with ‘The L.A. Award 2010’ by Enzo G. Castellari, director of the original Inglorious Bastards (1978) and the inspiration for his own Inglourious Basterds, the recipient of eight Oscar nominations, inclu...
China will be making its' first appearance at the 15th Annual International Family Film Festival, (IFFF) scheduled for March 10-14 at Raleigh Studios located at 5300 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California (corner of Melrose and Van Ness). IFFF is a film and screenplay competition that promotes the sharing of family films through exhibition, adjudication and education. It brings the worldwide family together through shared stories and community.China and the Chinese film community have been partic...
SwaggMedia has partnered with The Music 4 Peace Tour, (www.music4peacetour.com) Associated Press at the Gibson Guitar Lodge to host a gifting and networking lounge that will be streamed live on SwaggMedia.com. The partners have formed a coalition named, Music 4 Peace Tour initiative which is comprised of four non profit organizations that will benefit from the awareness raised by the event and live stream. The collaborating charities include; Hip Hop Summit/Action network, Tribes of the World...
By Maria Esteves - January 5, 2010
The 24th Israel Film Festival (IFF) Opening Night Gala Awards, Screening, and Reception presented by IsraFest Foundation commenced on Saturday, December 5, 2009, 7:30 pm, at the SVA Theatre, New York. This year's 2009 IFF Award recipients were Israeli filmmaker Ranana Kol for Best Student Short Film UNTIL WE'LL FIND A PLACE, founder/president of Kino International Donald Krim for Visionary, writer/director Paul Schrader for Achievement in Film, and Academy A...
Held in Moscow, (3.-6.12.09) St. Petersburg (5.-11.12.09) and Novosibirsk (6.-13.12.09), the event, which was organised by German Films in collaboration with the Goethe Institut, was a complete success in all three cities. Although the festival had to be reduced by one day, the attendance of 5,000 was almost as many people as for the event last year.
At the opening film WHISKY WITH VODKA (WHISKY MIT WODKA), the 550-seater cinema in „Kino 35mm" was packed to burstin...
River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival: 4-10 December 2009 - Cinema Odeon - Piazza Strozzi, 1 - Florence
The ninth River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival ended on Thursday, December 10th, and was a hit with the public and the press, with 3100 people coming to confirm the excellent idea of the 50 days of International Cinema in Florence and the beautiful historical Odeon cinema.
The selection of films in competition, the special sections and the r...
The EU Film Festival Opening took place in a commercial theater called Saga Cinema on November 5.
At the cocktail, the EU ambassador M. Serge Abou, the Swedish ambassador M. Mikael Lindström, the Slovenian ambassador Ms Marija Adanja, the Greek ambassador M. Theodore Georgakelos, the ambassador of Finland M. Lars Backström, the ambassador of Malta M. Karl Xuereb and the Bulgarian embassador M. Georgi Peichinov were present.
Chinese ac...
The American documentary U.N. ME, a lacerating look at the inefficiencies of the United Nations, has its word premiere at the IDFA International Documentary Festival Amsterdam this week. In a film that exposes the incompetence and corruption at the heart of the United Nations, filmmakers Ami Horowitz and Matthew Groff show how an organization created to ennoble mankind now actually enables evil and sows global chaos.
When the United Nations was founded more than sixty yea...
Hungarian films lined up at an annual Los Angeles film festival for already the ninth time in order to remind Hollywood of its Hungarian roots. Bunyik Entertainment presented a Krisztina Goda film, "Chameleon", the official Hungarian foreign-language submission for the 82nd Academy Awards on the opening night of this year's festival at Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex in Santa Monica, on November 5. The famous Hungarian-American filmma...
The 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival, held from October 17 (Sat) until October 25 (Sun), 2009, has played an integral role in Japan's film industry and cultural scene since its establishment in 1985. TIFF aspires to be recognized as one of the four major film festivals in the world - in the same league as Cannes, Venice and Berlin, which now stand at the summit of the more than 2,600 international film celebrations.
"Films don't necessarily have to portray the era, however,...
As of January 1, 2010, The Filmmuseum, Holland Film, the Netherlands Institute for Film Education, and the Filmbank will pool their resources and form a new organization. The merger of these associate institutes will result in an umbrella body for Dutch film culture, known for now as the Netherlands Film Sector Institute.
The establishment of the Netherlands Film Sector Institute is the result of Education, Culture, and Sport Minister Ronald Plasterk's insistence that the secto...
Following the great success of the first Annual EU Film Festival in China, held in Beijing in December 2008, we are pleased to announce that the 2nd Annual EU Film Festival in China will take place from November 5th to December 4th, 2009. This year the film festival is expanding and will take place in two cities: Beijing and Chengdu.
The Ambassador of Sweden Mikael Lindström and EU Ambassador Serge Abou will hold a press conference to launch the festival in Beijing:
Time: Wednesday 14th...
I had the opportunity to interview Karl Spoerri Artistic Director of Zurich Film Festival a few days before the festival was over.
Polanski's arrest suddenly put the festival in the spotlight. It clearly was wrong unwanted publicity...but still publicity.
This being said, my first question to Karl
BC: What are you most proud of in the 2009 edition of Zurich festival?
RS: A brilliant competition (30 films in 3 competitions) so beautiful, and the reaction in the audience wonde...
I had the opportunity to interview Karl Spoerri Artistic Director of Zurich Film Festival a few days before the festival was over.Polanski’s arrest suddenly put the festival in the spotlight. It clearly was wrong unwanted publicity…but still publicity.This being said, my first question to KarlBC: What are you most proud of in the 2009 edition of Zurich festival?RS: A brilliant competition (30 films in 3 competitions) so beautiful, and the reaction in the audience wonderful, all directors in...
“The Hungarian
Film Festival is without a doubt the best ethnic film festival in Los Angeles.
It is well programmed and well
produced. I can not think of a better
way in which to promote Hungarian cinema in Hollywood.”
GREGORY LAMMLE
...Lammle Theaters
“The opportunity for film enthusiasts to see Hungarian
films, exchange ideas and generate relationships in the entertainment
community are just the beginning of the positive benefits that stem from
the Hungarian Film Festival. This festival
provides an opportunity for
Hungarian filmmakers to voice their passion for storytelling through the beauty
of film. “An American
Rhapsody”, a film by Hungarian Eva Gardos, was
the International Grand Prize winner of the Hartley-Merrill Screenwriting
Competition, but it was the Hungarian Film Festival that allowed Eva to
share her voice with the rest of the world.”
DEBBIE VANDERMULLEN…
Hartley-Merrill
“The festival has made it possible to meet and converse
with Hungarian directors, writers and actors and be
exposed to films we would
ordinarily not see. Hollywood can be quite insular. We need the Hungarian
Film
Festival to enrich our cultural scene.”
IRVIN KERSHNER … Film
Director/Producer
In loving memory
“Congratulations Bela on your
Fourth Annual Hungarian Film Festival in Los Angeles. You’re the best
Hungarian
Ambassador for introducing Hungarian Film-makers & their films
to Hollywood. All the best.
IKA PANAJOTOVIC … Film Producer
“The
Hungarian Film Festival in Los Angeles has been a very important event. I’m
thanking Bela Bunyik (Bunyik Entertainment)
for there excellent
presentation and to
keep reminding the public that the Hungarians are still
among the Best Movie makers in the world!”
MICKY HARGITAY……Actor
“The
Hungarian Film Festival never fails to delight. I look forward to seeing old
friends and new emerging talent. The quality of
Hungarian film
making
is of the highest order.”
CHARLES COHEN...Film Producer
“The
Hungarian Film Festival presents to the Los Angeles community new and rare
Hungarian films. I have been especially
enriched by meeting director
colleagues, Karoly Makk and Janos Szasz. My praise to Bonnie and Bela Bunyik for
their tireless
and wonderful work bringing the festival to us.
DAISY
GERBER…. Film Director
Roman Polanski is weighing his legal options after his arrest Saturday at the Zurich Airport.
If he agrees to allow extradition, he could be sent to the U.S. within a few days. If he fights the order, it could take several months for the case to get through Swiss courts.
Ever since being charged in 1977 for having sex with a 13-year-old girl, Polanski has lived in Paris and has avoi...
A press conference was held on September 16th (Wed) at Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. The press conference opened with welcome addresses by Hideyuki Takai (President, UNIJAPAN) and Tom Yoda (Chairman, 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival). Film Festival Ambassador Yoshino Kimura and Green Ambassador Anne also addressed the audience. Special guests were Jinsei Tsuji, director of the film ACACIA, which is one of the entries in the Competition Section, and Antonio Inoki, who played the lead role in the...
A press conference was held on September 16th (Wed) at Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. The press conference opened with welcome addresses by Hideyuki Takai (President, UNIJAPAN) and Tom Yoda (Chairman, 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival). Film Festival Ambassador Yoshino Kimura and Green Ambassador Anne also addressed the audience. Special guests were Jinsei Tsuji, director of the film ACACIA, which is one of the entries in the Competition Section, and Antonio Inoki, who played the lead role in the f...
