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April 18, 2021
Join us as we wrap up the 2021 Seattle International Film Festival with a presentation of our Golden Space Needle Awards winners, and a screening of Rosa’s Wedding, from SIFF favorite director Icíar Bollaín (Yuli (2018), The Olive Tree (2016)). At the awards ceremony, the juried and audience awards will be presented live, so be sure to cast your vote on the SIFF Channel for your favorites!
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Award-winning writer Dubravka Ugrešić will receive the SEEfest Legacy Award and Marija Škaričić (MARE) and Jasna Djuričić (QUO VADIS, AIDA?) will both receive the inaugural Legacy Acting Award.
Elka Nikolova’s A QUESTION OF SURVIVAL and Kata Oláh’s MY DIGITAL NOMAD will World Premiere, with another 11 films making International, North American, and U.S. Premieres.
The 2021 South East European Film Festival (SEEfest) (April...
POPPIE NONGENA
Santa Barbara Film Festival 2021
Director: Christiaan OLWAGEN
Interview by Emmanuel Itier
Q: Tell me why you chose this film and what you were trying to achieve with it?
Christiaan: The film is based on a famous South African novel and I always knew about it. It was even taught in school. I got contacted by the producer to film it. I read the novel in one setting and I was blown away by this account of this woman’s life in ...
REEFA
Directed by Jessica Kavana Dornbusch
Interview by Emmanuel Itier
Q: Tell me about the choice of directing this tragic movie and what did you want to create, impact, wise?
Jessica: At the forefront for me was to explore the immigration issues in America. This is a tragic true story and I even understood more the sacrifice occurring when I met the family of Israel “Reefa” Hernandez. It’s the irony of this story that you have a family comin...
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In case you missed the Global Content Creators Showcase earlier this week with an All Female Panel Featuring Award-winning Filmmakers Anna Fishbeyn and Eva Lanska, German American producer Christina Rose and Alien Films’ Eileen Tasca; Moderated by Director/Activist Kate Rees Davies.
On April 14, 2021 at 7 am PST (4 pm CET/France), Cloud 21 International (www.cloud21.com) and Kultura PR International (www.kulturapr.com) presented the inaugural installment of the &...
All Female Panel Featured Award-winning Filmmakers Anna Fishbeyn and Eva Lanska, German American producer Christina Rose and Alien Films’ Eileen Tasca; Moderated by Director/Activist Kate Rees Davies
On April 14, 2021 at 7 am PST (4 pm CET/France), Cloud 21 International (www.cloud21.com) and Kultura PR International (www.kulturapr.com) presented the inaugural installment of the "Global Content Creators Showcase,” a special virtual event held during the t...
AARON SORKIN TO RECEIVE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD AT L.A., ITALIA FEST
From Sunday, April 18, the Italian festival Will Unfold Between Hollywood and the Digital Platform
Aaron Sorkin will be honored with the “Director of the Year Award” for ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ (Netflix) at the upcoming L.A., Italia - Film, Fashion and Art Fest to take place both at Hollywood TCL Chinese 6 Theatres and on streaming (eventive.org and mymovies.it). The...
The Annual General Meeting of the Locarno Film Festival was held on Wednesday 14 April in the form of a live webcast chaired by President Marco Solari. Newly appointed Artistic Director Giona A. Nazzaro presented the plans for the 74th edition, which must mark an opportunity for a major revival of the culture in Switzerland. During the online session the AGM also examined prospects for further development of the event and received the Festival’s first s...
