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ANDREI KONCHALOVSKY / DISTINGUISHED RUSSIAN DIRECTOR / WRAPS HIS 75TH BIRTHDAY YEAR WITH A BANG
The celebrations concluded in style as award-winning film and theatre director ANDREI KONCHALOVSKY wrapped his UK retrospective tour on November 21. A popular screening of his multi-award-winning Uncle Vanya at Warwick Arts Centre marked the final stop in a year-long series of international events and screenings which have taken place across Russia, Slovakia, B...
The celebrations concluded in style as award-winning film and theatre director ANDREI KONCHALOVSKY wrapped his UK retrospective tour on November 21. A popular screening of his multi-award-winning Uncle Vanya at Warwick Arts Centre marked the final stop in a year-long series of international events and screenings which have taken place across Russia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Poland, Montreal, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Madrid and Cannes to celebrate his 75th birthday.
The UK retrospective also witnessed ...
We attended today in Madrid a press conference at the Academia de Cine in which all Spanish films to be shown in San Sebastian have been announced.
The latest films by Pablo Berger, Sergio Castellitto, Javier Rebollo, Fernando Trueba, Juan Antonio Bayona and Eduard Cortés in the Official Selection of the San Sebastian Festival Another three Spanish films are taking part in the New Directors section and another five will be presented in special screenings.
Some impo...
If I ask your friends to describe you, what would they say?
They
would say that I am someone that can`t stop moving. Combined with my
cinema profession in Madrid I play also on a latin music band in Paris.
The result: last week in Guadalajara, now in Sofia (laughing), and next
week going to Paris for a concert there. So my friends also usually say
that they can never see me.
What qualities do you feel a successful artist should have?
I
think, and I hope there is not a...
Director: JAVIER ERCILLA & VICTORIA PLAZA.
Little more than seven minutes unfold step by step with a spirit of fantasy, reflection, sensations and empathy... Seven minutes that walk together with the spectators, with their capacity to read in images the feeling of the feet with their experiences, and that wander in the mind of who wears each of the shoes. Walking amongst photographs in black and white, in color and in neon. Moving forward on the path of thinking through images and sound
To feel, somehow, that the steps are never lost...
Poco más de siete minutos que se dibujan paso a paso con ánimo de fantasía, reflexión, sensación y empatía… Siete minutos que caminan con el espectador, con su capacidad de leer en imágenes el sentir de los pies, con sus vivencias y que deambulan en la mente de quien lleva cada uno de los zapatos. Caminar entre fotografías en blanco y negro, en color y en neón. Avanzar por el camino de la reflexión visual y sonora.
Sentir, de alguna manera, que los pasos no son nunca perdidos…
Un peu plus de sept minutes qui se dessinent pas à pas, avec un esprit de fantaisie, de réflexion, de sensation et d'empathie... Sept minutes qui marchent avec le spectateur, avec sa capacité de lire en images les sensations des pieds avec ses expériences, et qui déambulent dans l'esprit de celui qui porte chaque soulier. Marcher entre des photographies en noir et blanc, en couleur et en néon. Avancer sur le chemin de la réflexion visuelle et sonore.
Sentir, d'une certaine façon, que les pas ne sont jamais perdus...
The 3rd International Video Art and Short Film Festival «VAU-Fest» invites filmmakers and video artists to take part in the video contest!
“VAU-Fest 2012” is dedicated to the concept of “reflection” which nowadays has almost lost its original meaning and is mostly perceived as a common phenomenon. But the elusive power of reflection is what made mythical Narcissus neglect his life. Jacques Lacan’s concept of the “mirror stage” describes the formation of the Ego via the pr...
An Argentine Istanbul writer…
Memories of a lovelorn man, walking around Buenos Aires after a break up, unites with memories of world and cinema history. Poems praising the night are the music of the film. Screened within the “Challenging the Years” section of the Festival, Nocturnos addresses the audience on the point where literature and cinema come together. It is just like a sweet dream that leaves a short and temporary taste behind. Istanbul streets continue to inspire Edgardo...
Documenta Madrid is an international film festival dedicated exclusively to documentary film. Documenta is a continuously evolving festival and aspires to improve year after year as a showcase for the best in international documentary film, one which brings us closer to both the classics as well as the latest offerings in the genre.
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Before I write more about Serbian film premier on the International Film Festival FEST 2012 I would like to present you Dinko Tucaković, Serbian film director, film historian, critic, essayist and the principal of Belgrade’s Kinoteka (Yugoslav Film Archive). This time he made rather interesting film with great care and distinctive humor depicting the old communist state of mind in Yugoslavia in 60s. The film’s called, Dr. Ray and the Devils (Doktor Rej i đavoli) film that closed the ...
Director: Pedro Neves.
Disillusionment helps the feet enter the cold water. It’s like a whisper indifferent to the distorted music that echoes round the beach. Disillusionment makes these people beg to heaven what they cannot achieve on earth. How many are the dreams they dare not dream?
Four films will be competing this Sunday to obtain as many Goya Awards as possible.
The most international of all of them and recent BAFTA winner is Pedro Almodóvar´s The Skin I live In. It has also the highest number of nominations with 16. However I think that No habrá paz para los malvadoshas a better chance to get the precious Goya. It´s my feeling and I´m supporting this feeling in all the awards the film is wining in Spain. Let´ s say that when Almodóvar t...
The nominees to the 26th Goya Awards got together in Madrid to celebrate their nominations in a gala hosted by Enrique Gonzalez Macho, President of the Spanish Academy of cinematography and the Vice-president of the Community of Madrid.
During this gala night Josefina Molina received the Honorary Goya Award to a lifetime of dedication to the cinema industry.
Molina expressed while receiving this prize her hope that women could have the same opportunities and conditions to get ...
A gala night like the Goyas,Oscars,Baftas,Cesars, etc... is not only about cinema but also a lot of fashion is involve.
The film stars want to look as good as possible in the red carpet. That is why La Academia has opened in Madrid a showroom where nominees and presenters can go and follow suggestions from Goya Awards stylist, Vicente Ruiz.
In this showroom well-known Spanish fashion firms collaborate to get our actresses to shine under the spotlight.
"E...
Spanish writer and filmmaker Josefina Molina has been announced as the 2012 Honorary Goya Award that the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences gives annually.
, was born in Cordoba in 1936.She graduated In Politics at Complutense University of Madrid but also was the first woman in Spain to get an Official Degree in Cinematography in 1969.
Spanish writer and filmmaker Josefina Molina will be the third woman in Goya´s history to obtain this award. She recogni...
Spanish writer and filmmaker Josefina Molina has been announced as the 2012 Honorary Goya Award that the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences gives annually. Josefina Molina, was born in Cordoba in 1936.She graduated In Politics at Complutense University of Madrid but also was the first woman in Spain to get an Official Degree in Cinematography in 1969. Spanish writer and filmmaker Josefina Molina will be the third woman in Goya´s history to obtain this award. She recognized th...
The world comes to the Sundance Film Festival from January 19 to 29. In the past several years, the Festival, which first made its reputation with American Indie cinema, has put as much emphasis on its World Cinema competitions, including sections for Dramatic Feature and Documentary Feature. By laying out a red carpet for international filmmakers and industry professionals, Sundance has been able to go mano-a-mano with such prestigious European-based film festivals as Berlin, Cannes a...
Photo by: Alberto Ortega
Showoman Eva Hache will be the new presenter of the 26th Goya Awards Ceremony due in Madrid, February 19th.
She is a Spanish stand-up comedienne and television host. Eva Hache faces the hard mission to replace Andreu Buenafuente who successfully hosted the last two editions.
The gala returns to Palacio de Congresos after celebrating the 25th anniversary at the Royal Theatre.
Next in the agenda: on January 10th nominees will be announced.
S...
Here we are yet another year ready to bring you a closer view of the Spanish awards -GOYAs- delivered by Academia Española de las Artes y de las Ciencias Cinematográficas.
The Ceremony will take place in Madrid at the Palacio de Congresos on February 19th.
Every year, the Academy celebrates the quality of Spanish cinema by presenting the Goya Awards, to the best professionals in each of the technical and creative categories. A total of 130 films, 73 directors, 54 first f...
Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Film Festival will take place January 19 through 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at www.sundance.org/festival.
Robert Redford, Founder and President of Sundance Institute remarked, "We are, and always have been, a festival about the filmmakers. So w...
LOVERBOY at TIFF 2011
LOVERBOY (2011) is the newest film by the Mitulescu brothers, Catalin and Daniel. LOVERBOY opened at Cannes 2011 in ‘Un Certain Regard’ and has screened in competition in several festivals since, including Sarajevo at the 17th Sarajevo Film Festival where the stunning lead actress, Ada Condeescu, won a merited Best Actress award, and most recently at the 52nd Thessalon...
Director: Oliver Rendon.
The State of Sonora in northern Mexico is well known for its Cowboys, and hardworking men. This documentary is about the stories of gay and lesbians who happened to grow up and live in this particular atmosphere. Its about the adevntures and missfortunes of being gay in a land of Cowboys.
The film King of Devil's Island (2010) by director Marius Holst has won the 4+1 Audience Award for Best Picture at the second edition of MAPFRE FOUNDATION's 4+1 Film Festival. The film, which has won a prize of 20,000 Euros and a sculpture by artist Alfredo García Revuelta, will close the festival today in Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Madrid, and Rio de Janeiro, the five cities where the festival is held simultaneously.
The film is set in 1915, in a reformatory for juvenile ...
Director: JOSE ENRIQUE MARCH.
What if a filmmaker's mind begins to lose?
What if he does not distinguish between reality and fiction?
All mirrors always have two sides...
Quique's mind, a former film director failed, is lost. So, settle with him to help her sister Martha, an actress of limited success, and the nurse Amador. Thereafter, they both witness the decay of a creator where, as a cog missing pieces will be shutting down. Little by little, Quique likes and dislikes, their own ghosts and memories of the characters in his films, get hold of his sanity to integrate into their daily lives. Despite the care, the confusion of Quique accelerates and he happily gives himself to the fiction of a nearby tribute. Then, his whole life becomes a real movie, an Artifice...
Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne will inaugurate the second edition of the FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE's 4+1 Film Festival in Madrid with Boy with a Bike (2011), the film that won the Jury Prize in the last edition of the Cannes Film Festival. The 4+1 Festival will be held simultaneously from October 26th through the 30th in Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Mexico City, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro, and its Guest of Honor will be Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase, who will be present at the Main H...
