Thursday, October 9-----Despite its simple story and subtle cinematic form, I cannot get the images of the film Tulpan out of my head. Perhaps because the film takes one to a truly exotic location (the vast emptiness of the Hunger Steppe plain in southern Kazakhstan) and brings you up-close-and-personal with the toughened people who inhabit that truly forlorn environment, that it has made an impression that is light years away from a National Geographic special (although its visuals are comparab...

Despite its simple story and subtle cinematic form, I cannot get the images of the film Tulpan out of my head. Perhaps because the film takes one to a truly exotic location (the vast emptiness of the Hunger Steppe plain in southern Kazakhstan) and brings you up-close-and-personal with the toughened people who inhabit that truly forlorn environment, that it has made an impression that is light years away from a National Geographic special (although its visuals are comparably beautiful). Celebra...

20th Annual ASA International Screenwriters Conference ("Selling to Hollywood")The conference and Feature Film and Television Script Pitch Day, held in partnership with the San Diego Film Festival! The conference will be held September 28-29th (Friday & Saturday), and the SDFF runs Sept. 27-30th (Thurs - Sunday).HERE IS THE LINK FOR YOU TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE: https://secure.server101.com/asa/sthregister.h tml Please note the conference is limited to the first 100 people who register. We...

After six successful years with the Göteborg International Film Festival Svante Hjertén is moving on to other assignments leaving his position as the festival’s CEO. New CEO of the Göteborg International Film Festival will be Åsa Larsson, with a background in journalism, she has worked with the festival since 1994. - Ever since I started volunteering for the festival as a student I’m hooked. The films, the guests, all the events surrounding the festival and the fantastic audience makes G...