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"The Godfather´s Lover / El Amante del Padrino" was awarded a Certificate of Merit at the 54th Rochester International Film Festival in April this year (http://www.rochesterfilmfest.org/2012%20program/page4.html). Thanks to the judging committee of the Festival and to cast and crew of this short film for this achievement. You can find the Certificate attached.
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The Film Independent Board Chairman Bill Condon announced that Senior Director Sean Mc Manus and Director of Artist Development Josh Welsh have been appointed to newly created positions of Co-Presidents. They succeed Executive Director Dawn Hudson, who departed in June to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as CEO. In their new positions, Mc Manus and Welsh will work together to lead the organization and run its year-round programs that nurture independent filmmakers and ex...
2nd Malatya International Film Festival, held from 18th to 24th November 2011, will be screening a special selection of impeccable movies under the title of ‘Panorama’. Including the Dardenne Brother’s ‘THE KID WITH A BIKE’ which shared the ‘Grand Jury Prix’ with Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s ‘ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA’ at Cannes this year, the Festival will also be showcasing the critically acclaimed other samples of the World Cinema.
With the support of the Malaty...
Joseph McKelheer in demand; he's an actor, writer and film producer with an impressive film library under his belt. He's here today to speak about himself and his films. ME: Joseph, can you speak about how you got into writing and producing for film? JOSEPH: I think most producers get to a point where the sense of urgency to make a film is so great they'll do almost anything to make it happen. For me, that 'anything' was writing. I never fancied myself as a writer, ...
Joseph McKelheer in demand; he's an actor, writer and film producer with an impressive film library under his
belt. He's here today to speak about himself and his films.
ME: Joseph, can you speak about how you got into writing and producing for film?
JOSEPH: I think most producers get to a point where the sense of urgency to make a film is so grea
When you have already won an Oscar, have your own theater stage company and are one of the go-to acting talents in the business, there is a need for new horizons to keep oneself fresh. Such is the case for actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman, an Oscar winner for his role in the biopic CAPOTE, who debuted as a feature film director this past weekend at the Sundance Film Festival with his film JACK GOES BOATING. Hoffman was born in Rochester, New York on July 23, 1967. After becoming involved in hig...
When you have already won an Oscar, have your own theater stage company and are one of the go-to acting talents in the business, there is a need for new horizons to keep oneself fresh. Such is the case for actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman, an Oscar winner for his role in the biopic CAPOTE, who debuted as a feature film director this past weekend at the Sundance Film Festival with his film JACK GOES BOATING.
Hoffman was born in Rochester, New York on July 23, 1967. After becoming inv...
The
International Film Festival presented their 3rd Annual IFFS Excellence Awards on
Monday at the 6th Annual International Film Festival Summit.
For the
third consecutive year, the IFFS Excellence Awards honored and paid tribute to
the dedicated professionals and executives managing film festivals. "As film
festivals continue to evolve and play a larger and more pivotal role in the
entertainment industry we were absolutely thrilled to honor such accomplished
and dedicated...
The International Film Festival presented their 3rd Annual IFFS Excellence Awards on Monday at the 6th Annual International Film Festival Summit. For the third consecutive year, the IFFS Excellence Awards honored and paid tribute to the dedicated professionals and executives managing film festivals. "As film festivals continue to evolve and play a larger and more pivotal role in the entertainment industry we were absolutely thrilled to honor such accomplished and dedicated professionals for thei...
by Sandy Mandelberger, Online Dailies Editor
The avant-gardist Lydia Lunch, whose varied career has ranged from punk music to indie film acting, will kick off the music events of the Festival at a special concert following the Opening Night Gala screening of THE WHITE RIBBON, the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner by Austrian auteur Michael Haneke.
Lunch has been called “one of the most influential performers of the age” by the Boston Phoenix newspaper....
It was the fall of 1975 and I was a little sick of running around for Mr. Lansky.
He had forgiven me for having him set down by the Commission for trying to get me to kill Ex-President Nixon but if I was not protecteted by my friend in Chicago, I might have had to make other arrangements for Meyer. Meyer and my father had been friends, but I always remembered what happened to Meyer Lansky's best friend Benny Segal!
So I always looked for a change, but there was never one change aga...
The Rochester International Film Festival, the world’s oldest continuously-held short film festival, has been produced each year since 1959 by Movies on a Shoestring, Inc. Each festival includes a wide variety of narrative films, documentaries, and animations submitted by independent filmmakers from all parts of the world.
All filmmakers are invited to submit entries for consideration. Each film selected for the festival is awarded our distinctive Shoestring Trophy. We screen four completely different shows to large, appreciative, movie-wise audiences at the Dryden Theatre, George Eastman House International Museum of Film and Photography in Rochester, NY.
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RHFIFF is a leading cultural event in Rochester, featuring exceptional work of women in all areas of film. Past guests include actors Christine Lahti, Angela Bassett, Rita Moreno, Candice Bergen, Bill Pullman, Joan Allen and Sally Kellerman.
ImageOut: The Rochester Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival presents film & video by, for, & about lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender people as well as an annual juried art show, a poetry reading, a Youth Program, & screenings throughout the year.
Astronomicon 12 will be hosting the Forrest J Ackerman Fan Film awards. We are looking for fan films in the following catagories: Science fiction, fantasy, horror, fannish, animated, series related, comic book related and music video.
The High Falls Film Festival is proud to announce the arrival of its new Executive Director, Rosie Taravella, who started April 2nd. Originally from western New York and a former theater major at Nazareth College, Taravella spent 25 years in Los Angeles, acting, writing and producing. Starting on the Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and following up with several television appearances (Who's The Boss, Full House, Married with Children to name a few), she wrote and starred in her own screenplay – Carl...
Women were the power last week at the 6th annual High Falls Film Festival in Rochester, NY (Nov. 8-12). High Falls is a festival with a difference - its mission. Susan B. Anthony lived in Rochester, as did George Eastman. The creators of High Falls chose to honor the founders of film and the women’s movement with a program that celebrates the achievements of women in the industry and to help correct the imbalance of employment for women (as Susan B. might have) in many areas. On each night of...
The 2006 HIGH FALLS FILM FESTIVAL celebrates its sixth wonderful year of honoring the cinematic achievements of women around the world. This unique and exciting festival will take place in Rochester, New York, November 8-13, 2006. The Festival has grown exponentially to become one of the vital cultural assets in Western New York. This international festival of films made with women taking an integral place behind the camera draws people from around the country and globe to this stimulating eve...
The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences alerted the Port Townsend Film Festival today that it was selected as one of 28 U.S. film festivals to receive grants for calendar year 2007, Festival Grants Committee Chair Gale Anne Hurd announced today.
The Port Townsend Film Festival, which completed its seventh festival last month, will receive $5,000.
The fund will be used to bring filmmakers to the eighth annual festival next year, according to Peter Simpson, execu...
Friday, October 20----The jurors at the Turks and Caicos International Film Festival don't have much time to relax on the beach. They are too busy screening the films in competition, and deliberating in time for Saturday evening's Awards Gala at the swanky Palms Resort on beautiful Grace Bay.
The Festival will be honoring a number of categories with the Sal Del Mar Awards. The Awards have been named for the "salt of the sea", which is this island nation's largest export product. The hard-wor...
COPYING BEETHOVEN, Agnieszka Holland’s opus on the famed composer’s last year of life, starring Ed Harris and Diane Kruger, will open the 6th Annual High Falls Film Festival in Rochester, NY on Wednesday evening November 8, 2006. Ms. Holland, who is expected to be on hand in Rochester, will receive the Festival’s Susan B. Anthony “Failure Is Impossible” Award.Ludwig van Beethoven -- sexy? When Ed Harris plays him, you bet he is, and not just sexy, also bawdy, irascible, passionate, v...
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF GIORNATE (1982-2006)Pordenone/Sacile 6-14 October 2006The programme of the 25th Giornate del Cinema Muto (Pordenone Silent Film Festival) is one of the most varied in the festival’s history. The central presentation is a tribute to the centenary of Nordisk Film, with works from the golden age of Danish cinema, including classics like Carl Dreyer’s Leaves from Satan’s Book and August Blom’s Atlantis, alongside exciting rediscoveries like Holger-Madsen’s A Trip to...
Rochester, New York - the home of George Eastman, the Father of Film, and Susan B. Anthony, the Mother of the Woman’s Movement – what a better place to mount the HIGH FALLS FILM FESTIVAL (November 9-13) which honored the work of women in film with a program that presented a wide variety of movies, while focusing on the achievements of women in the industry, to do something (as Susan B might have) to help correct the imbalance of employment for women in so many areas. Besides all the great f...
AFI FEST 2005 powers through a week of Premieres and parties--looks forward to Friday's Johnny Depp TributeAFI FEST 2005 played host to a full slate of star-studded screenings, World Premieres and special events this week, and is primed to continue its run with a second spectacular weekend. TRANSAMERICA star Felicity Huffman's film brought out her DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES co-stars, while Tommy Lee Jones' directorial debut--THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA--enjoyed its US Premiere at the Egypt...
A winner of 13 Australian “Oscars,” a French thriller that played in the prestigious closing night slot at the Toronto and New York Film Festivals, and the latest documentary from the woman who took the doc form into the mainstream are among the more than 50 narrative, documentary and short films to be screened at the 2005 HIGH FALLS FILM FESTIVAL, which takes place in Rochester, NY, November 9-13. High Falls is a festival with a difference – its mission. Susan B. Anthony lived in Roches...
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