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Food stalls, live music and interactive film events are what can be expected when Tropfest kicks off around the nation on Sunday 17 February 2013.
Sixteen lucky finalists will have their work screened to a massive audience at LIVE events across Australia.
Venues include: Suncorp Piazza in Brisbane, the Wollongong Botanic Gardens, Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Perth’s Bohemia Outdoor Cinema, Commonwealth Park in Canberra, Circle on Cavill in Surfers Paradise and of c...
Oldenburg Film Festival honors Award Winning Director and Cinematographer Phedon Papamichael with a Retrospective
“I’d rather work on a good movie than a good-looking movie. I think if someone said ‘that was a good-looking movie’ I’d feel like I’d failed to do my job because they became conscious of it.” Phedan Papamichael
God Bless America
This personal credo of one of modern cinemas greatest cinematographers resonates throughout his increasingly extraordinar...
Tony and Emmy Award Winning Actor Hugh Jackman will be honored by Museum of the Moving Image at its 27th annual Salute on December 11, 2012 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. The news was announced today by Carl Goodman, the Museum’s Executive Director.
Goodman stated, “We are thrilled to be honoring one of the world’s most beloved and talented performers.”
Hugh Jackman is perhaps best known around the world as Wolverine in the X-Men series, and has starred in films ...
CANNES PRESS
WORLDVIEW ENTERTAINMENT HEATS UP Eli Roth’s THE GREEN INFERNO
Eli Roth to Direct New Horror Thriller that Exclusive Media will Offer to Buyers in Cannes
May 17, 2012 (CANNES, FRANCE) -- Worldview Entertainment, a New York City-based motion picture production and investment company, has signed on to finance and produce Eli Roth’s new horror thriller, “The Green Inferno.” Roth, who reignited the horror genre with the “Hostel...
Multi Oscar®-winning American screenwriter and film director Paul Haggis (Crash, 2004) will co-host the official presentation of the 2012 Ischia Global Film & Music Fest in Cannes Saturday (May 19th) at 11:15am at the International Village's Italian Pavilion. Joining him will be Italian iconic movie producer Marina Cicogna, Rumanian supermodel and actress Madalina Ghenea, producers Avi Lerner (Nu Image), Nicolas Chartier (Voltage Pictures), and Fulvio Lucisano (IIF) along with Fes...
Tropfest began twenty years ago when Director John Polson (Hide & Seek, Tenderness) showed a six-minute film he made for under $100 at his local café in Sydney, Australia, for 200 guests. Today the annual free festival in Sydney receives thousands of submissions, is attended by more than 150,000 people and watched live via satellite by hundreds of thousands more. This summer Tropfest arrives in the U.S. beginning with a weekend of activities at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, June 1-3, cel...
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AACTA Awards Sydney, Australia
It's the hottest ticket in town - the who's who of the Australian film and television industry are here at the AACTA awards.
The mega event is being held at the world famous Sydney Opera House and was broadcast via Channel 9 at 9.30pm.
The 4 legged star of Red Dog, Koko, was notably absent at the red carpet of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards - alas his film is nominated for 8 award...
George Clooney Hollywood Star To Speak In Sydney Australia Next Week, by Eva Rinaldi
He's one of the hottest actors in the world, right up there with Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Tom Cruise, Samuel L. Jackson and Australia's own Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman. Some will argue he is the hottest.
Whatever the case and how you rank Mr Clooney, he is very successful and we've also le...
The New York minute is being multiplied by seven as Tropfest, the world’s largest short film festival lands on US shores with Tropfest New York. The stateside launch has secured support from film industry heavyweight “Ambassadors” Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Geoffrey Rush, Liev Schreiber, Anthony LaPaglia and Charles Randolph. Tropfest New York City festivities are scheduled for June 2012. American filmmakers and audiences will take part in this global phenomenon and watch ...
Fighting Fear Movie Premiere At Fox EQ Sydney
Fighting Fear is the second feature documentary by talented, 28 year old Australian filmmaker Macario De Souza, whose debut feature documentary Bra Boys became the highest grossing Australian documentary of all time and was narrated by Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe.
The flick enjoyed its premiere tonight at Fox Studios - Entertainment Quarter, at Sydney's Moore Park....
Stevie Wonder Media Frenzy Star City Lyric Theatre; Red Carpet Report, : by Eva Rinaldi
We know you have heard of Star City Casino, recently rebranded as The Star, but wait for it... introducing you to The Lyric Theatre. It falls under parent company Echo Entertainment these days.
Stevie Wonder was the headline act tonight, as he performed to an intimate audience of 2000 patrons, paying between $225 to $455 to see the music legend close up.
Around the corn...
It was announced today that the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) will present multiple Oscar® winner Paul Haggis (“Crash,” “Million Dollar Baby,” “Casino Royale”) with the Festival’s prestigious Golden Eye Award for his life work as a screenwriter and filmmaker. The announcement was made today by ZFF Directors Karl Spoerri and Nadja Schildknecht. Haggis will receive the “Golden Eye” for his life’s work on Saturday, October 1st within the framework of the prestigious “A Tribute t...
Pierce Brosnan, Saoirse Ronan, Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall and Joely Richardson Join Irish Film & Television Awards Celebrations
The Irish film and television industry celebrated its 8th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards at a gala ceremony held in Dublin's spectacular Convention Centre on Saturday 12th February.
In what was a glittering night for the Irish film and television industry the IFTA Awards saw a host of filmmakers, actors and producers walking the red ...
It was my first time doing the red carpet as a professional photographer. You can just imagine how exciting it was.
Doing something the first time is special. You know, getting your First drivers license, kissing, making love, giving birth and you get the picture.
Today I had the privilege and pleasure of shooting 'The Next Three Days', a drama staring my friend Russell Crowe.
The shoot wasn't without incident either, such is the often the case i...
Actress Deborah Kara Unger is going to preside over the international jury at ldenburg Fest. The Gala Night will feature her in Raul Inglis’ thriller “Takedown”.The Closing Night screening will be Tamar Simon Hoff’s world premiere of “Pound of Flesh”.Deborah Kara Unger made her screen debut at the side of Russell Crowe in “Blood Oath”. Her breakthrough performance came with her extremely sensual display in Cronenberg’s “Crash”. Since then the cool blonde has been seen in D...
by Marc Halperin
The latest James Bond film is on hold because of financial problems at MGM and Connery has been replaced by a string of new Bonds that still haven't overcome his signature performance. Russell Crowe has stepped into the role of Robin Hood. Sir Sean hasn't been seen in a new movie since 2003's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as Alan Quartermain. Some of us still think he was the last definitive Robin Hood in 1976's Robin and Marion with the wonderful ...
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Filmfestivals.com and Xomo gathered 100 festival directors
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Featuring Emily Blunt, Elizabeth Banks, Kate Beckinsale, Russell Crowe, Sean Penn, Diane Kruger, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naomi Watts, Rachel Bilson, Mary J Blige, Alan Cumming, Naomi Campbell, Kirsten Dunst, Marion Cotillard, Benicio Del Toro, Harvey Weinstein, Giorgio Armani, Ana Beatriz Barros, Roberto Cavalli, amfAR Chairman Kenneth Cole, Peter Dundas, Tom Ford, Cuba Gooding Jr., Eva Green, Natalie Imbruglia, Ryan Kavanaugh, Karl Lagerfeld, Diego Luna, Bar Refaeli, Carine Roitfeld, Mallika Sh...
Since 1993, wonderful Cinema Against Aids events around the world have raised money for lifesaving AIDS research.
The seventeenth annual Cinema Against AIDS, held during the Cannes Film Festival, is a black-tie event featuring a cocktail reception, dinner, and live auction.
Over the years, Cinema Against AIDS has become the most eagerly anticipated and best-publicized party held during the Cannes Film Festival. Cinema Against AIDS events are always marked by unforgettable momen...
The VIP guests expected to be in attendance today are:
Emil ABOSSOLO M'BO, Alberto BARBERA, Mélanie BARNIER, Kate BECKINSALE, Mélanie BERNIER, Juliette BINOCHE, Dominique BLANC, Cate BLANCHETT, Raoul BOVA, Stephane BRIZE, Valeria BRUNI TEDESCHI, Tim BURTON, Emmanuel CARRERE, Lolita CHAMMAH, Monia CHOKRI, Glenn CLOSE, Dominic COOPER, Marion COTILLARD, Russell CROWE, Benicio DEL TORO, Anais DEMOUSTIER, Claire DENIS, Alexandre DESPLAT, Emmanuelle DEVOS, Carlos DIEGUES, Dinara ...
The VIP guests expected to be in attendance today are:
Emil ABOSSOLO M'BO, Pierre ARBILLOT, Aure ATIKA, Alberto BARBERA, Kate BECKINSALE, BEKHTI, Haley BENNETT, Juliette BINOCHE, Cate BLANCHETT, Sandrine BONNAIRE, Louise BOURGOIN, Stephane BRIZE, Jim BROADBENT, Josh BROLIN, Valeria BRUNI TEDESCHI, Tim BURTON, Guillaume CANET, Emmanuel CARRERE, Fred CAVAYE, Lolita CHAMMAH, Monia CHOKRI, Isabel COIXET, Marion COTILLARD,...
Russell Crowe discusses Robin Hood as a character in a real-world, modern-day context.
Russell Crowe discusses the particular approach to the age-old classic that the new film, Robin Hood, takes while promoting the film in Cannes, 2010.
Ridley Scott, director of Robin Hood, which opened the Cannes International Film Festival this year, sent his apologies for his inability to attend the premiere, and Russell Crowe makes a joke.
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