By Maria Esteves - November 13, 2008 The 23rd Israel Film Festival (IFF) in New York celebrating Israel's 60th Anniversary Documentary Filmmakers Panel and Q&A immediately followed the sold out New York Premiere screening of CHILDREN OF THE SUN, directed by Ran Tal, held at the Clearview Cinemas, Sunday, November 2, 4:15 PM. Israeli filmmakers attending the panel and Q&A included director Yael Katzir, PRAYING IN HER OWN VOICE, Oded Lotan, THE QUEST FOR THE MISSING PIECE, and dire...

"The Orphanage"/"El Orfanato"Guillermo Del Toro, the Oscar award winning director for "El Laberinto del Fauno" or "Pan's Labyrinth", produced this new spine-chilling dramatic thriller, "El Orfanato", or "The Orphanage", directed by Juan Antonio Bayona. Belen Rueda, who plays the leading female role, Laura, and Fernando Cayo, in the role of Carlos, her counterpart, return to the house Laura grew up in, to raise their chronically ill, orphaned son, Simon, played by Roger Princep. Disturbed by her ...

THE 45th NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT PREMIERE FILM THE DARJEELING LIMITED RED CARPET PHOTOS By Maria Esteves - October 18, 2007 The 45th New York Film Festival (NYFF) 2007, Opening Night Premiere film THE DARJEELING LIMITED, directed by Wes Anderson, was held at Avery Fisher Hall, Friday, September 28, 8:00pm. The festival presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center was sponsored by SARDEGNA and The New York Times. THE DARJEELING LIMITED is a comical film based on three ...