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Palm Springs International Film Awards presented Carey Mulligan with the International Star Award, Actress

Emma Stone, winner of the Desert Palm Achievement Award for "Poor Things," poses backstage during the 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards at Palm Springs Convention Center on January 04, 2024 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for Palm Springs International Film Society)   The Palm Springs International Film Awards honoreed Carey Mulligan with the International Star Award, Actress, for her performance in Bradley Cooper’s Maestr...

Talking film with critic/PSFF David Ansen--- 35 Years, stars Emma Stone, Cary Mulligan, Martin Scorsese, Bradley Cooper

  MARLA: LET’S TALK MOVIES…   SO DAVID, TELL ME ABOUT THIS YEARS UPCOMING FESTIVAL.   DAVID:  This year we have 179 movies.  the festival will be  back to the size before the pandemic. We are using the Palm Springs theatre, the Regal, the Annenberg, the Mary Pickford.  As you know we have always  specialized in intern...

Director's statement Pritan Ambroase on his first film "Can I go Home now"?

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This film is my love letter to Children all over the world. This film is more than just a film. It is a revolution for Children in all the countries so that they can return home to safety. This piece of Cinema is a call to action, my powerful rallying cry, as tragedy unfolds and wreaks havoc due to ongoing catastrophes in Ukraine and many other parts of the world. As I type this statement in my hotel room in Kyiv, I am exhausted, heartbroken, and shaken. It is 6th of May 2023 and Russia has just...

Pritan Ambroase bio

Pritan Ambroase, originally from Kent in England, has been nicknamed the ‘Rebel with A Cause’ as he is one of the few CEOs who has physically protested on foot for human rights in more than 35 countries and is globally praised for combining entertainment, philanthropy, and education to further humanitarianism and unite people worldwide. Ambroase is a film director, producer, media entrepreneur, and philanthropist who actively participates in human rights activism across all borders...

Greta Gerwig, the director of the box office hit “Barbie” will receive the inaugural “Capri – Lina Wertmuller Award”.

Copyright Warner Bros. France   Greta Gerwig, the director of the Warner Blockbuster “Barbie” will receive the inaugural “Capri – Lina Wertmuller Award”. The movie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, will be screened on Tuesday, December 26, 3.30 pm at Capri Auditorium.   ...

Bobby Moresco Chairman of Capri Hollywood 2023

Alessandro Preziosi and Bobby Moresco   Oscar winner Bobby Moresco will be the chairman of ‘Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival 2023‘ twenty-eighth edition (December 27-January 2, 2024). The director and screenwriter of ‘Lamborghini’ (currently in Italy working with Andrea Iervolino to prepare the film ‘Maserati’) will join President Edwige Fenech on the Blue Island. Andrea Iervolino, Pascal Vicedo...

Bradley Cooper to receive the “Capri Visionary Award” at the 28th edition of “Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival

Bradley Cooper is to be assigned the “Capri Visionary Award” at the 28th edition of “Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival” for his latest movie as director “Maestro”. The Blue Island will host a special screening of the much-anticipated biopic on Leonard Bernstein that aims to be one the big contenders at the 2024 Oscars. On December 30, 7.20 pm at Capri Auditorium. It is a precious biopic about legendary composer and conductor Leo...

MIKE FIGGIS “2023 Capri Special Contest” jury president to judge 144 movies

British director Mike Figgis will lead the “2023 Capri Special Contest” jury board. 144 movies were selected among the 1500 proposed coming from 98 countries. The movies will be screened online on the MYmovies and Eventive platform and will be available for free worldwide to viewers during our Festival ( December 26, 2023 – January 1, 2024 ) for up to three days. Mike Figgis, who is directing a documentary about Francis Ford Coppola’ upcoming mo...

Virtuosos Award honoring Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, America Ferrera and Andrew Scott

  Virtuosos Award honoring Danielle Brooks (THE COLOR PURPLE), Colman Domingo (RUSTIN & THE COLOR PURPLE), America Ferrera (BARBIE), Andrew Scott (ALL OF US STRANGERS) . Saturday, February 10th, 2024 8:00pm  Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA   The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is honored to announce the second group of recipients to receive the Virtuosos Award, an honor created to recognize a select group of talent...

Santa Barbara Outstanding Performer of the Year Award honoring Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper will receive the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award at the 39th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Cooper will be honored on Thursday, February 8, 2024 for his critically acclaimed portrayal of Leonard Bernstein in MAESTRO from Netflix. Thursday, February 8th, 2024 8:00pm Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA Bradley Cooper, born in Philadelphia, is an acclaimed actor, filmmaker, writer, and producer. A nine-time Oscar nominee, Grammy winner, and...

Palm Springs International Film Awards to present Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell with the Chairman's Award

The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell are the recipients of the Chairman’s Award for their critically acclaimed song “What Was I Made For?” from Greta Gerwig’s acclaimed, record-breaking film Barbie. The song has been nominated for five GRAMMY® Awards and received Best Original Song Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards nomina...

Palm Springs International Film Awards to present Colman Domingo with the Spotlight Award, Actor

The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Colman Domingo is the recipient of the Spotlight Award, Actor for his performance in Rustin. The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 15, 2024. The event will be sponsored by Entertainment Tonight and IHG Hotels & Resorts.  “In Rustin, Colman Domingo demonstrates his impressive talents bringing to life civil rights activis...

Thierry Frémaux and Ruben Östlund In Conversation at Göteborg Film Festival end january

It is our pleasure to welcome Thierry Frémaux, the General Delegate of the Festival de Cannes and General Director of Institut Lumière, to Göteborg for an engaging on-stage conversation. Together with director Ruben Östlund, Göteborg Film Festival’s Honorary President and two-time Palme d'Or recipient, they will delve into the exclusive talk about the current cinematic landscape and film festivals, exploring their past, present, and future. ...

VIDEO Red Sea IFF hosted Academy Award-winning actor Adrien Brody in conversation

Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) will host Academy Award-winning actor Adrien Brody (The Pianist, Succession) In Conversation with Red Sea Film Festival Friday December 8th 15h00, Vox Cinema 1, Red Sea Mall                           Adrien Brody won the Academy Award and Cesar Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of real-life Holocaust survivor Wladislaw Szpilman in The Pianist, making him,...

Greta Gerwig, will be the Jury President of the 77th Cannes Film Festival

Greta Gerwig © Ben Rayner Following a year in which she beat every record with her film Barbie, the American director, screenwriter, and actress Greta Gerwig is to preside over the feature film Competition Jury of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, which takes place May 14 – 25 2024. A heroine of our modern times, Greta Gerwig shakes up the status quo between a highly codified cinema industry and an era that is demanding greater expansiveness. And she’s a cinephile. &l...

Gary Sinise to Receive the Pat Conroy Lifetime Achievement Award from the Beaufort Film Society

Renowned actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise to be honored in Beaufort, SC   We are honored to have Gary Sinise back in Beaufort where the character of Lt. Dan first appeared nearly 30 years ago. His body of work as an artist and humanitarian is worthy of celebration.” — Ron Tucker President, Beaufort Film Society BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES, December 13, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Beaufort Film Society is delighted to announce that renowned act...

Robert Trivers CV honors and publications

          ROBERT TRIVERS: Picture Taken By: Dr. Luis Diaz President Biosocial Research Foundation 117 Agress Road Millstone Twp, NJ 08510       Born:  February 19, 1943 in Washington, DC     ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT   2017 – 2018              Presidential Fellow, Biology and Evolutionary Psychology, Chapman University 1994 - 2017    &nb...

Director Susan Kucera biography

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Susan Kucera is the director, co-producer, cinematographer, and editor of award winning Living in the Future’s Past* (2018) co-produced with academy award winner Jeff Bridges as well as Trading on Thin Air (2009), For the Love of Tango (2014), Breath of Life (2015), Hot Money* (2021) executive produced by Jeff Bridges and 12th Hour* (2022) * Tthe three films have been represented by Bruno Chatelin as festival agent * Susan’s films have been featured on National Geographic, Netflix,...

Academy Award Winner Lupita Nyong'o will be Jury President of the Berlinale 2024

  Lupita Nyong'o © Nick Barose     The Kenyan-Mexican actor, director, producer and New York Times bestselling author Lupita Nyong'o will be President of the International Jury of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival.   Ever since her 2014 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 12 Years a Slave (director: Steve McQueen), Lupita Nyong'o has been one of the most high-profile international actors, inspiring audiences and film critics alike....

Tricia Tuttle will take over the Berlinale directorship from 1 April 2024

Tricia Tuttle appointed as new director of the Berlin International Film Festival.     Chaired by the Minister of State for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth, the Board of Supervisors of the Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes in Berlin GmbH (KBB) today approved the selection committee's proposal to appoint Tricia Tuttle as director of the Berlin International Film Festival from April 2024. Tricia is "The right choice to lead the Berlinale successfully into the future ...

VIDEO The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures raised over $10 million to support the museum’s exhibitions in it's annual Gala

 With Featured Performance by Billie Eilish and Finneas, Gala was Co-Chaired by Ava Duvernay, Dr. Eric Esrailian, Halle Berry, and Ryan Murphy, Presented by Rolex L to R: Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, Sofia Coppola Meryl Streep Photographed By Hunter Abrams for Academy Museum Oprah Winfrey Photographed by Stefanie Keenan/ Getty Images for Academy Museum Sofia Coppola Photographed by Emma MacIntyre/ Getty Images for Academy Museum     The Academy Museum of M...

Danielle Brooks will receive the Palm Springs International Film Awards Spotlight Award, Actress

The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Danielle Brooks is the recipient of the Spotlight Award, Actress for her performance in The Color Purple. The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 15, 2024. The event will be sponsored by Entertainment Tonight and IHG Hotels & Resorts. “In The Color Purple, Danielle Brooks revisits her Tony-nominated portrayal of Sofia, a fo...

VIDEO: ILTM in Cannes the place to be for the Luxury Travel Industry: this is where the icons are made and I was part of it

Best view on the ILTM at the Palais in Cannes from the lounge of Italian hotelier Giulia Pazienza Gelmetti, owner of luxury retreat Sikelia on the island of Panteleria. Madonna came, Cate Blanchett too and Armani who has his villa on the island sends his guests over to Sikelia. Whoever arrives on the island, they leave the stress behind and settle into a new rhythm, the African one. The island of Panteleria is a hidden gem, closer to Africa than to Palermo. It is this African silence pair...

10th Duhok Film Fest Jury President Emin Alper Introduced Along with Competition Categories Jurors

Memoriam of Yılmaz Güney, the 1982 Palme d’or winner in Cannes in DuhokIFF   The jury members for the World Cinema and Kurdish Cinema competition categories of the 10th edition of Duhok International Film Festival have been introduced, with filmmaker Emin Alper as the jury president of the international segment. According to the report of Mansour Jahani, an independent and international cinema journalist, Massoud Arif, the official speaker for the 10th Duhok International...

VIDEO Will Smith at Jeddah 's Red Sea Festival for the third edition

So cool to find Will Smith attending the third edition of RSIFF in Jeddah! I had the priviledge to work with him in Cannes and Deauvile Festival for ID4 a few years back! (I am trying to not remember my golf score when we played together! ...

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