Wednesday, March 5---------In the past number of years, major film festivals around the world has seen it as their mission to not only exhibit the best films available, but also to serve as a breeding ground for new projects to get launched, financed and distributed. To this end, the Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) has joined the ranks of such major film festival events as Cannes, Berlin, Rotterdam, Pusan, Dubai and several others, in organizing parallel industry events designed to st...
IN THE CITY OF ANGELS, THE LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL FLIES AGAINThe Los Angeles Film Festival took wing with an ideal opener, the North American premiere of David Jacobson’s Down In The Valley at the Cinerama Dome, Hollywood on Thursday, June 16. With an excellent cast and strong performances, the film captures the valley’s famous slackness with an apt tobacco-stained tanginess. Nocturnal images of snaking highways act as rivers of light isolating valley dwellers from the world and, as in th...
FULL PROGRAM LINE-UPDirector of Programming Rachel Rosen joined Festival Director Rich Raddon in announcing the full program line-up for the 2005 Los Angeles Film Festival (June 16-26), including the Centerpiece Premiere, the Guest Director, the Artist in Residence, and the Closing Night Film. The Festival also announced that Don Cheadle, Lisa Kudrow, and Elijah Wood will serve as Honorary Festival Chairs for the 2005 Los Angeles Film Festival. “We are thrilled to be highlighting two films ...
AWARDS OF THE 26th FESTIVAL DES 3 CONTINENTSNANTES - NOVEMBER 23rd TO 29th 2004The International Jury of the 26th Festival des 3 Continents composed of :Michel Subor, Actor (France) - Président Lucia Sanchez, Actress (Spain)Maya Sansa, Actress (Italy)Bertrand Burgalat, Composer (France)Michelangelo Frammartino, Director (Italy)Brendan Grant, Director (Ireland)Skuli Malmquist, Producer (Iceland)has awarded :Golden Montgolfier : “Ri Ri Ye Ye” by Wang Chao (China)Silver Montgolfier : “Bomb...
AWARDS OF THE 26th FESTIVAL DES 3 CONTINENTSNANTES - NOVEMBER 23rd TO 29th 2004The International Jury of the 26th Festival des 3 Continents composed of :Michel Subor, Actor (France) - Président Lucia Sanchez, Actress (Spain)Maya Sansa, Actress (Italy)Bertrand Burgalat, Composer (France)Michelangelo Frammartino, Director (Italy)Brendan Grant, Director (Ireland)Skuli Malmquist, Producer (Iceland)has awarded :Golden Montgolfier : “Ri Ri Ye Ye” by Wang Chao (China)Silver Montgolfier : “Bomb...
The 45th Thessaloniki International Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday 28 November, with its awards ceremony dishing out its main prize of the Golden Alexander to Mohsen Amiryousefi’s Bitter Dream from Iran. The competition is restricted to the first three features of directors, and the festival has shunned the so-called Class A festival status, which imposes restrictions on competitive events to give it more flexibility in its selection, part of a philosophy that makes the event popular with ...