A selection of outstanding films from all over the world will once again be presented as German, European or world premieres in Hamburg from 24th September to 3rd October 2009. Following the announcement of the film selections for New Zealand Deluxe, young Turkish cinema and the Focus "Vibrant Metropolises", the 17th Filmfest Hamburg now discloses further programme highlights. 142 films from 42 countries have been confirmed. Characterized by its broad spectrum of films from high-quality cinema t...

A selection of outstanding films from all over the world will once again be presented as German, European or world premieres in Hamburg from 24th September to 3rd October 2009. Following the announcement of the film selections for New Zealand Deluxe, young Turkish cinema and the Focus "Vibrant Metropolises", the 17th Filmfest Hamburg now discloses further programme highlights. 142 films from 42 countries have been confirmed. Characterized by its broad spectrum of films from high-quality cinema t...

PRESS RELEASE 11th THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL Images of the 21st Century March 13 – 22, 2009 The 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century, part of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, presents approximately 170 films by directors from all over the world, as well as a full parallel events program, to be announced next Monday, March 9th. OPENING FILM The ...

DOCUMENTA 09 will be feature the premiere of the main international films Madrid February 17, -‘09    The festival has broken a record in the number of films participating, with a total of 1078 coming from more countries than in previous years For the first time, all the films participating in the Competitive Sections will make their premiere in Spain. The famous soundtrack composer Michael Nyman will be the feature at the inauguration of the Festival o...

May 1st to the 10th will be the dates for the 6th International Documentary Film Festival DOCUMENTA MADRID 09, organized by the City of Madrid. As its main new feature, all the films participating in the competitive sections of the festival will be making their premiere in Spain. The calling of this year's DOCUMENTA is to show a selection of international films as a true reflection of the social, cultural, economic, artistic and environmental realities in today's world. DOCUMENTA MADRID has grow...

Special Screening and Pre-PremiereThe 57th International Filmfestival drew its curtain on Nov. 7 at 8pm in Mannheim with the Pre-Premiere "Clara", the moving biography of pianist Clara Schumann. Director Helma Sanders-Brahms as well as main character Pascal Gréggory were in attendence at the solemn Special Screening as well as the filmtalks afterwards. ...

43rd Karlovy Vary IFF 2008 (July 4-12)Press release no. 6, June 9, 2008NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPERA AT THE KARLOVY VARY FESTIVALOn opening day, Friday, July 4th, the number of screenings will dramatically increase. Viewers will be able to see movies from the Horizons section, as well as some of the most talked-about new releases from the Cannes IFF. The first day’s greatest attraction, however, will be an encounter with the opera. This year, the Karlovy Vary IFF will introduce a technologically...

The Palm Beach International Film Festival will host the World Premiere screening this evening of MAGIC FLUTE DIAIRES. The film screens as part of the Reel Rhythms section of the Festival, devoted to music films (more on this tomorrow).The Magic Flute's all pervading themes of love and betrayal, reward and retribution, coupled with the encompassing power of Mozart's brilliant score have given rise to a unique motion picture in the hands of filmmaker Kevin Sullivan, set during Mozart's 250th birt...

 Tuesday, April 15------The Palm Beach International Film Festival will host the World Premiere screening this evening of MAGIC FLUTE DIAIRES. The film screens as part of the Reel Rhythms section of the Festival, devoted to music films (more on this tomorrow).The Magic Flute's all pervading themes of love and betrayal, reward and retribution, coupled with the encompassing power of Mozart's brilliant score have given rise to a unique motion picture in the hands of filmmaker Kevin Sullivan, set d...

FEATURE FILM Hunger Maria Giese SPIRIT OF MOONDANCE Rain in the Mountains Joel Metlen & Christine Sullivan MOONDANCE SANDCASTLE Steel Toes David Gow &Mark Adam MOONDANCE COLUMBINE Stiilipidu (Shop of Dreams) Peeter Urbla BEST FOREIGN FEATURE FILM Waiting for Dublin Roger Tucker MOONDANCE SEAHORSE SHORT FILM Cake Tin Rosemary Riddell & Mike Riddell MOONDANCE SANDCASTLE Available Men David Dean Bottrell MOONDANCE STARFISH/COMEDY Dance of the Blue Angels Steve Lichtag MOONDANCE CALYPSO Ete...

Tonight the World Soundtrack Awards winners were announced in Music Centre Bijloke Ghent. The first prize went to Alexandre Desplat (The Queen, The Painted Veil), this year’s Film Composer of the Year. Clint Mansell’s film music for The Fountain not only received the Best Original Soundtrack of the Year but also the Public Choice Award.The 7th edition of the World Soundtrack Awards was again a big success. The Flemish Radio Orchestra, conducted by Dirk Brossé, performed top quality film mus...

The Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the distribution of the World Soundtrack Awards on 20 October. Theodorakis has written the music for Zorba The Greek, Z and Serpico. The Flemish Radio Orchestra conducted by Dirk Brossé will play music from Zorba The Greek . Mikis Theodorakis was born on the Greek island Chios on 29 July 1925. Still being a child he became acquainted with Greek folk music and after hearing Ludwig von Beethoven's Ninth Symphony he ...

While I was waiting outside the theatre Debussy, I noticed across the street as an older man picked a pink flower for his wife from the flowerbed that runs along the center. A young cop, noticing this, snatched the flower away and started to scold the man. Eventually, he gave the flower back to the woman, who then proceeded to smack his arm with it, before following her husband, who had already stormed off....

The Winner of the Dances With Films Feature Film Grand Jury Award, Inside, is an engaging drama that superbly captivates the audience with suspense. Alex Wells (Nicholas D'Agosto) is fascinated by the Smiths, a couple who regularly visit the library where he works. Driven by curiosity, Alex follows the Smiths home. Because, as you soon come to know, Alex likes to observe people, study them silently, preferably in a place where they let their guard down, such as in the comfort of their home. This...

The 2004 AsoloArtFilmFestival was held from 25 to 31 October.The Festival was revived in 2001 in the wake of the ‘Festival del Film sull’Arte e di Biografie d’Artista’ founded in 1973 by Flavia Paulon. The first of its kind, in being autonomous, the Asolo Festival has won international acclaim thanks to the participation of famous directors such as Andrej Tarkovskij, Luciano Emmer and Adrian Maben, and of Italian and foreign art and film critics. The festival was refounded by the A.I.A.F...

SUNDANCE INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES SIX PARTICIPANTS FOR 2004 COMPOSERS LABSundance Institute announced the six participants selected for the 7th Annual Sundance Institute Composers Lab, which begins July 20 and runs until August 4 in Sundance, Utah. This year, Composers Lab Fellows are Peter Fitzpatrick, Aiko Fukushima, Joseph Julian Gonzalez, Gary Louris, Raz Mesinai, and Michael Torke. During the two-week lab, Fellows participate in workshops and creative exercises under the guidance of leading fi...

Expanded stories in Moving Pictures Nov 11 issue- Mifed Conference (Nov 10) on next fall Markets conflict situation.Conference was packed with media and attended by MIFED execs and Minister Urbani asking for a cease fire with “other” Market.Too bad conference was not held in English.- The Scheherazade conflictThe Michael Apted film Scheherazade is at the center of a bizarre conflict between Recorded Picture company and Franchise Pictures- 11 deals closed at MIFED by Tuchin EntertainmentFilm...