The third installment of the “Warsaw Film Festival on Jewish Motifs” opened on May 11 with a gala evening sponsored by the French Embassy and the presence of special guest Claude Lelouche whose latest film “Le Courage d’Aimer” (2005) was shown as the curtain raiser. Mr. Lelouche, although not generally perceived as a “Jewish director” is, in fact, of Algerian Jewish heritage and has been a long term friend of Israel. He was also the guest of the Be’er Sheva film festival in Isr...
The 2006 Atelier has selected 18 projects by filmmakers from 17 different countries (2 from the United States) spanning the 5 continents.
The scripts (for the most part original subjects) deal with themes testifying to a shared awareness of the state of the planet. This generation, born into a world of globalisation, shares the same fears and hopes, over and beyond their cultural differences.
Their universal and singular worldview is expressed through the eyes of two Latino teens in the United...
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Film star JOHN SAXON who is the veteran of over 150 major productions and television shows will have his newest film, The Craving Heart, premier at the 2006 Action On Film International Film Festival on July 28, 2006 in Long Beach California.SAXON is most notably known for his starring role in the marital arts action film, ENTER THE DRAGON which also starred cult action hero BRUCE LEE.SAXON has worked steadily since beginning his career in 1954 in the film,‘It Should Happen To You.’ He has ...
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Hip Hop Ciné back on the screen, May 18th to 23nd, 2006.The rookie in the Film Fest block is back for a second edition next May 18th-21st.This year’s International du Cinéma Hip Hop de Montréal will hold its projections at Cinéma du Parc.With works from all over the globe, the Festival’s mission is to showcase various social views and cultural takes through elements of Hip Hop.Movies go from shining light on life in Brazilian favelas to the lucrative business behind sneaker making, a Pal...
Surprises aren’t always a good thing in San Francisco.
Exhaustive media coverage of the centennial of the 1906 great earthquake and fire—the defining event of the city’s history and biggest natural disaster in America until Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast last year—recently shook Bay Area residents with constant reminders that this is shake-rattle-and-roll country.
On Saturday morning, Talk Cinema founder and former Film Comment editor Harlan Jacobson admitted to being a “ne...
Christian Cappe, President of 2C Associés, and Jean-François Boyer, Vice-President of the USPA (the Syndical Union for Audiovisual Production), have successfully launched, with the sponsorship of the Tunisian Ministry of Tourism and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the first International Festival dedicated to television works : the « Djerba TV Festival ». The first edition of the festival kicked off on the 27th April and runs till the 1st of May.The Festival aims to valorize the vari...
That is the most important question... and the answer is the most difficult to formulate. Cannes remains faithful to its principles, and the philosophy which leads the selection equally remains the same: highlighting auteur cinema, the search for singular voices in different cultures, qualities of direction, the practice of cinema as art, a world which recognises itself through the films screened. To this must be added the relationship between the state of cinema and that of its audiences, as we...
The Jackson Hole Film Festival announced its selection of independent films in competition for the June 2006 Film Festival. The selections, which were narrowed down from over 700 film submissions, will fall into the Festival’s 7 competitive categories: Independent Features, Shorts, Documentaries, World Program Spotlight UK, Global Insight, Sports Action and Student Voices. The top films from the US, UK and Australia will compete for the coveted Rosemount Diamond Award and a $10,000 cash priz...
JOIN US THIS SATURDAY APRIL 22, 2006 10AM – 6:30PMAT WOODLEY PARK, 6350 Woodley Ave. Encino, CA. AS WE CELEBRATE THE 6TH ANNUAL WORLDFEST!WorldFest is southern California's largest Earth Day event attracting over thousands of people each year. They have bands, performances, vendors, foods, arts & crafts, guest speakers from around the country, and more!This year we're co-sponsoring the "Artivist Film House & Eco Forum" at WorldFest. We're screening environmental films and holding a Community...
The second annual alive! Deep Focus Film Festival returns to the Arena Grand Theatre on Thursday, May 4 through Sunday, May 7. Presented by alive!, Columbus’ premier entertainment publication, this four-day event will screen some of the best, most accessible films made outside the mainstream.Named after a camera technique that presents images in the foreground and background with equal clarity, the Deep Focus Film Festival is geared toward the growing audience for independently made features, ...
Cine Las Americas presents EMERGENCIA, its annual youth film competition, on Saturday, April 22 at the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex.Saturday’s event will begin at 12 PM with a free short film competition for filmmakers no older than nineteen years of age. Participants of the Cine Las Americas after-school program at Johnston High School produce, judge, market, and organize this event. This opportunity allows students to determine which films best reflect the views of their generation...
10th ANNUAL ASU ART MUSEUM SHORT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVALSaturday, April 15 @ 8:00pmASU Art Museum Back PlazaThe jury process is complete and the program for the evening has been set. The FREE festival takes place again this year on the ASU Art Museum back plaza under the stars. Don't forget to bring your lawn chair or blanket! Visit the website to view images and short descriptions of the works that will be presented at this years festival:http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/filmfest/2006.htm...
'Hill 16', the multi-award winning debut feature film by Dublin writer/director Dermot Doyle scooped this years Prix du jury Lyceens {Young People's Choice} 'Best Film' award at the Cherbourg British & Irish Film Festival, at the award ceremony on Sunday night, April 2nd. . 27 year old Doyle, from Castleknock in Dublin, attended the festival over the weekend with other film-makers from Britain and Ireland. Reacting to the win Doyle said; " It was really special to have our film appreciated by t...
Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest factual content aggregator from South Asia (with 750, 000 digital and 35 mm stills in its archives, and over 3000 hours of broadcast factual and travel content) has started exploring international distribution of its content on the online video market. As the result a contract with Google, for the first time ever, factual Indian content (along the lines of National Geographic or Discovery, but entirely Indian in origin and creation), is now available onli...
