VISIONFEST 11: The Other Festival (VF11), June 22-26, 2011, at Tribeca Cinemas (corner of Varick and Laight streets), has announced two ‘world premiere’ screenings for its Independent Vision Showcase, along with a myriad of films making their New York City debuts. The red carpet will be rolling out on opening night for FIGHTING FISH, a narrative feature written and directed by Annette Apitz, which celebrates its New York Premiere with a simulcast screening in both, Tribeca Cinemas 1 & 2. Th...

BEST FILM:“GIOCHI DI DONNA (HEAD IN THE CLOUDS)” di John Duigan”BEST DIRECTOR:ARI TAUB per “The Fallen”BEST SCREENWRITER:GREG PRITIKIN per “Surviving Eden”BEST ACTOR:MARTIN LANDAU per “The Aryan Couple”BEST ACTRESS:CHARLIZE THERON per “Giochi di Donna (Head in the Clouds)”JULIETTE MARQUIS per “This Girl’s Life”BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:KIM WOO-HYUNG per “Hypnotized”BEST PRODUCTION DESIGNER:JONATHAN LEE per “Giochi di Donna (Head in the Clouds)”BEST MUSIC-SOUND DESIG...

In a remarkably crowded end-of-year film season, New York film audiences are buzzing about the excitement being created by European films, which have been on abundant display in theaters across town. In short, New York loves European cinema.Of course, this is no new story. The films of pioneers Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Francois Truffaut and Luis Bunuel first took root with New York film critics and film buffs. The Festival’s major film festivals always feature a strong contingent of f...