‘Periferic ‘is a dark story about a woman named Matilda (played by
actress Ana Ularu) who has only 24 hours release from after two years in
prison, after which she must return back to serve another three years.
In that 24hours she plans to escape with money promised to her by her
ex-boyfriend and to find her son, Toma. She visits her brother and her
ex-boyfriend and then goes in search of her son, but just when
everything appears like it's going to work out all goes terr...
Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas' film Jean Gentil (2010)
is the story of a Haitian immigrant living in the Dominican Republic
and his daily life as he struggles to survive alone in the world of hard
work and increasing solitude. The film uses Cinema Novo/Neo Realism
reminiscent style of on location shooting, hand held camera and a
barrenness of stripped production makeover as its advantage to give
increasing sense of the isolation, poverty and many times hopeless
...
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Vanessa McMahon interviews Apichatpong Weerasethakul
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Last night on December 11, 2010, the 51st Thessaloniki Film Festival
awarded its prizes for audience and jury awards to their pick for the
best films in competition at the festival. And Romania took most of the
awards. Between Bogdan George Apretri's 'Periferic' and Marian Crisan's
'Morgen', they took so many awards home their hands weren't enough to
hold them all! Find the list of the winners below:
STAY TUNED FOR PICTURES AND INTERVIEWS LATER COMING SOON!...
December 06, 2010 at the 51st Thessaloniki Film Festival (3-12.12-10) marked the grand event of its Agora Market Awards to independent Balkan filmmakers headed by Marie-Pierre Macia.
The International Jury, consisting of Alex Baciu, screenwriter (Romania), Panos Iossifelis, screenwriter (Greece), Richard Kwietniowski, screenwriter/director, (UK/ Poland)
1) The jury of the 8th Balkan Script Development F...
Deborah Hadfield is the proud debut director of her first feature film, the romantic road movie entitled, ‘The Kindness of Strangers' (2010). I spoke with Deborah recently about the making of her film and what it was like to shoot on location throughout three different countries in Europe...
This past week on November 10, 2010, marked the death of a golden age Hollywood
producer, Dino De Laurentiis.
His death last week at the age of 91 has struck a cord for many cinephiles. For me, the
first thing that came to mind upon hearing his death was to praise him for the production
of one of my favorite films of all time, The Bounty (1984) starring Anthony Hopkins and
Mel Gobson.
In 1976, De Laurentiis left Italy for the USA to create his...
This year at the AFM, the mood of sales agents was tepid. As there was indeed a feeding frenzy for the entire week of the film market between buyers and sellers meeting and negotiating prices, most professionals agree that this year was a tough sell. While distributors are still buying, it just 'isn't like the good old days'. But in these uncertain times of distribution modes (theatrical sales down and o...
November 03, 2010 marks the beginning of the American Film Market 2010.
Film producers, sales reps, distributors and filmmakers from all over the world will meet to buy, sell and make deals on current and future global cinema.
Check out Film Planet Entertainment lineup for AFM.
FILM PLANET ENTERTAI...
Last night saw the open of the Rome International Film Festival. But during the red carpet opening, thousands of protesters blocked the red carpet and stars Keira Knightley and Eva Mendes were forced to enter the cinema through a back door.
A local filmmaker this morning told me: "Here the Rome Film Festival has been quite miserable (as usual) as yesterday there was a strike of cinema producers and directors that occupied the red carpet. There were over 2,000 peo...
After a week in Abu Dhabi for the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (October 14-23) 2010, I am now in London for the BFI LFF.
While screening films here at the BFI LFF, I took the opportunity to go outside of the festival to see Blumhouse Productions' latest super hit, 'Paranormal Activity 2'. And wow, what a pleasant surprise! I love this film. While I appreciated the first, I rave about the sequel. Many people I talk to roll their eyes when they hear 'Paranormal Acti...
Interview with Christian Friedel from 'The White Ribbon' (2009) Today I have the privilege to share with you a much anticipated interview for me...Christian Friedel from the award winning sensational film by director Michael Haneke, ‘The White Ribbon' (2009) (German: Das weiße Band, Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte), a dark story filmed in black and white about a German village in pre-World War I and the almost supernatural forces bubbling beneath the surface during this key time in...
This year's winner of the ADFF (Adu Dhabi Film Festival) 2010 Black Pearl Award for 'best narrative film' went to Russian film Silent Souls (2010) by director Aleksei Fedorchenko.
Read this fantastic article on Screen Daily written by Lee Marshall:
http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/latest-reviews/silent-souls-ovsyanki/5017774.article
1) Best Narrative Film SILENT SOULS (Ovsyanki), directed by Aleksei Fed...
Director Harry Hunkele and producer Matthew Tollin make a Q and A for their hot and controversial film at the 2010 Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
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Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace (2009).
'Back Door Channels' is a creatively made documentary about the 'back door' (unofficial meetings) Camp David Accords which took place between USA, Egypt and Israel in 1979. It features never before seen footage of the numerous meeting...
Interview with Endre Hules!
ME: Hi Endre. First, can you speak about how you got into acting, writing and directing? In which order did you start and when did you know that you had to make films?
ENDRE: I started out in the theatre as an actor, but almost immediately began writing and directing, as well. I studied acting, then I completed a degree as a director at the National Conservatory of Theatr...
I am delighted to finally post my long awaited interview of the talented, witty and busy (wow! Check out her credits!) TV and film actress Deborah Theaker. Read our informative and funny UCAP interview below.
ME: Hi Deborah. Thanks for being here. First, can you speak about how you got into acting? Was it something you always knew you wanted to do?
DEBORAH: I was always into movies and entertainment since I was kne...
Today I have the lovely American actress Julianne Michelle here to speak with us about her role in the much talked about film Wall Street Money Never Sleeps (2010) by Oliver Stone, as well as her other recent and upcoming film projects.
ME: Julianne, thank for joining us. Can you talk about Wall Street Money Never Sleeps? While you played a cameo role, still it must have been something to be a part of this highly anticipated sequel t...
During this closing weekend of the International Reykjavik Film Festival, the most talked about film at the festival will be shown in sold out theaters, the documentary When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun (2010) by director Dirk Simon. When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun is the new controversial film about China's ongoing occupation of Tibet. Over the past seven years, Dirk Simon shot 800 hours of film between India, Beijing and Tibet depicting the seemingly never ending content...
Today I'm speaking with the fresh, talented, passionate, funny, innovative Writer/Producer/Director Aaron Godfred about his new film Little Blue Pill (2010).
ME: Can you speak about your film Little Blue Pill? What is it about and can you tell us something about the characters?
AARON: Little Blue Pill is a satirical comedy about a day in the life of Steven Cohen, a twenty-something hipster who after a long night of partying accidentally takes two Erecta, an Erectile Dysfunction pill, h...
SEE INTERVIEW WITH DIRK SIMON HERE:
http://www.fest21.com/en/blog/vanessa_mcmahon/when_the_dragon_swallowed_the_sun
REYKJAVIK RIFF PRESS RELEASE BELOW:
DRAGON SWALLOWS MOVIE: CHINA PUSHES ICELAND TO SUPPRESS TIBET FILM
China puts pressure on Iceland to suppress the documentary “When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun” at the International Reykjavik Film Festival, which opened this Thursday.
The f...
Multi-talented renaissance man Nate Barlow does about just everything there is to do in the film industry. Nate is an actor, producer, creative consultant, director and writer in Los Angeles, CA, and he's here to tell us about his new film Random Encounters (2010) as well as his other recent exciting film developments past, present and future.
ME: Hey, Nate, thank you for taking time away from your busy schedule. Can you speak a little bit about the part you play i...
Nassim Abassi, the passionate Moroccan director who made The Winter Sun is a Lie (2005) is here to speak about his new film Majid (2010) MAJID is is expected to be released later this year in Moroccan cinemas and will be the first film project of Nassim's production company 'Moondust ...
Here's just a tiny wee staccato interview with...
Daniel Baldock, the Italian acting sensation who appeared in the blockbuster hit Letters to Juliet (2010) is about to take the acting world by storm and stars in the upcoming Italian production, Bloody Sin (2011).
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Today I am speaking with the passionate Jonas Fisch, the talented TV and Film actor recently featured in films like: Angels and Demons (2009), How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and That Side of A Shadow (2010).
ME: Can you talk a little bit about your voiceover role in How to Train Your Dragon (2010)?
JONAS: I feel there's no point talking about "How to train your Dragon" since it was a quick voice over for a Europ...
My last night in Venice for the 67th La Biennale Venice FIlm Festival was spent with the filmmakers of the new German film by celebrated director Tom Tykwer, Drei (2010), the story of a threesome that is a twosome in three ways. Dining with Tykwer and speaking to him after seeing the film, all I could say was: 'Wow!'. Images of ancient androgynous symbols together with remembrances of breakthrough concepts by Jung crowded my brain and I was inspired, to say the least. Well, the point is ...
