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Director: Rogier van Beeck Calkoen.
The Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) announced today the revered group of industry professionals that will headline the Festival’s signature Master Class series. 2012 ZFF Master Class instructors include:
● Three-time Academy Award® nominated writer, producer and director Frank Darabont ("The Green Mile,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Walking Dead”)
● Two-time Academy Award® nominated producer Michael Shamberg (“Pulp Fiction...
Director: Shashwati Talukdar and P. Kerim Friedman.
Over 60 million Indians belong to communities imprisoned by the British as "criminals by birth." The Chhara of Ahmedabad, in Western India, are one of 198 such "Criminal Tribes." Declaring that they are "born actors," not "born criminals," a group of Chhara youth have turned to street theater in their fight against police brutality, corruption, and the stigma of criminality — a stigma internalized by their own grandparents. 'Please Don't Beat Me, Sir!' follows the lives of these young actors and their families as they take their struggle to the streets, hoping their plays will spark a revolution.
Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, has announced the filmmakers and projects selected for its second annual Documentary Lab, sponsored by Latino Public Broadcasting. Starting this week and continuing through the end of April, the Documentary Lab is an intensive seven-week program in Los Angeles, with the main focus of assisting documentary filmmakers on their works-in-progress and providing creative feedback. All ...
As one New York film festival ends (Tribeca), attention turns across the East River to the New York borough of Brooklyn where another cinema celebration has been unveiled. In only its third year, the BAMcinemaFest, presented by BAMcinématek at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, has become an important film event on the cultural calendar and a festival with a reputation for innovative programming. The third annual BAMcinemaFest, which runs June 16 to 26, will present 19 New Yo...
Clint Eastwood is full of "horse dung" in his new movie about FBI director, J.Edgar Hoover" staring Leonardo DiCapprio! In my early position with the NCS in America, "The National Crime Syndicate", I worked closly with Meyer Lansky, boss of the old combination, as had my father, " The Honorable William A. Craft ESQ, and future partner Paul A. DiCocco Sr! Like all young men on their way up in crime, I had to do my 5 years of low end work, in order to learn my tra...
Director: Michael Madison.
Driven by a promise, fueled by revenge. Inspired by Bullitt, True
Romance and Vanishing point, the Mojave desert is the backdrop for this
heartfelt story of betrayal and redemption. An ecclectic collection of
unique characters that include Japanese gangsters, an Italian
proctologist, an Armenian art dealer and a hero with a very cool car set
the stage for this modern crime thriller shot on RED and edited on CS4
with a totally tapeless workflow. The top notch cast includes Toshi
Toda, Robert Rusler, Alana Stewart and Brian Mcguire.Check out the
iinterviews with the cast, behind the scenes videos and hundreds of
stills shot during production here on Facebook. Make sure to watch the
trailer in 1080p. You can see the trailer at: http://www.vimeo.com/11069907
The Characters
SOPHIE
Sophie works in Paris as a taxi driver. She is a very sensitive and naive character, perhaps too much for the modern world. She falls in love with Maria. One night, Sophie takes a customer in her taxi, he tries to kiss her, she kills him accidentally. In ...
Director: Sepideh Abtahi.
“The First Door on the Sky”
The First Door on the Sky is the story of an anonymous citizen who thinks of himself as an untiring freedom fighter like Nehru, Lumumba, and Gandhi. He believes in the freedom of world’s nations, especially Iranians, from domestic and foreign domination.
Despite owning a 4000 sqm property, Dr Mohammad Taraghi lives in a very small room and survives off of selling recyclable garbage materials. His ultimate goal however, is turn his property into the “House of Nation “.
Eighty years old man, Dr Mohamad Traghi, is going to bequest his valuable property to the United Nations and earns his living by collecting trash
Director: Sepideh Abtahi.
“The First Door on the Sky”
The First Door on the Sky is the story of an anonymous citizen who thinks of himself as an untiring freedom fighter like Nehru, Lumumba, and Gandhi. He believes in the freedom of world’s nations, especially Iranians, from domestic and foreign domination.
Despite owning a 4000 sqm property, Dr Mohammad Taraghi lives in a very small room and survives off of selling recyclable garbage materials. His ultimate goal however, is turn his property into the “House of Nation “.
Eighty years old man, Dr Mohamad Traghi, is going to bequest his valuable property to the United Nations and earns his living by collecting trash
Director: Todd Lovette.
A young girl's car breaks down and she finds the potential part on the side of the road. In her attempt to find out what it is...the part seems to make everyone go crazy. Horror.
Director: Todd Lovette.
The Doc is Dr Ted Fleming of the Fleming Institute for Healing. One patient, a filmmaker, decides to document his amazing treatment and experience at the Institute.
Director: Dusty McGowan.
An Urban Fairytale, Mickey, a boxer down on his luck, rescues a dancer from the evil clutches from his arch enemy.
HELEN's FILMS AND FESTIVALS
Pelin is an unlikely new candidate for Hollywood. I met her in ERZERUM on a four-hour bus trip back to KARS, where she was helping to run the Hospitality Service of the Festival on Wheels in Eastern Turkey. Although she had several projects up her sleeves, she was promoting and selling pre-fab housing throughout Turkey in order to please her father at that time !
But when she came throu...
“Sure I enjoyed Kate Winslet and Penelope Cruz talking the about their approaches to acting, but nothing had the emotional and inspiring impact of YES MADAM, SIR, a true story in which a woman named Kiran Bedi valiantly fights to reform India’s police service,” said Barney Brantingham of the Santa Barbara Independent, a veteran columnist who has covered the festival since its inception in 1985.Hot on the heels of 'Slumdog Millionaire' comes YES MADAM, SIR, the non-fiction feature film abou...
By Maria Esteves - October 28, 2008
The CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2008 (CMJ08), New York City Premiere of JOHNNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON, directed by Bestor Cram, was held at the New York University Cantor Film Center, Friday, October 24, 6:00 P.M. A special Q&A immediately followed with director Bestor Cram, John Carter Cash, writer Michael Streissguth, assistant editor Tim Raycroft, Northern Light Productions, and renowned rock photographer Jim Marshall, ...
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