By Maria Esteves – June 28, 2010
The 11th New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF’10) presented by HBO will commence July 27 - August 1, 2010 at the Clearview Cinemas Chelsea, and the School of Visual Arts Theatre, New York. The festival founded in 1998, assist emerging Latino filmmaker’s contribute to the world of cinema. This year’s Opening, Dominican, and Closing Night films are New York Premiere THE DRY LAND, directed by Ryan Piers Williams held at School of Visual ...
Esmir Filho’s first feature Os Famosos e Os Duenndes Da Morte (The Famous and the Dead) takes Festival do Rio’s Top Prize and FIPRESCIDual Prizes handed out to Sandra Werneck’s Stolen Dreams, Sergio Bianchi’s Os Inquilinos (The Tenants Don’t Like It, Leave), Karim Ainouz and Marcelo Gomes’ Viajo Porque Preciso, Volte Porque Te Amo (I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You), Tatiana Issa and Raphael Alvarez’s Dzi Croquettes and late Sergio Bernardes’ Tamboro High...
FESTIVAL DO RIO 2009 : 24 September to 8 October, 2009
Across 15 days, commencing September 24, the city of Rio de Janeiro once again becomes the official capital of cinema. Festival do Rio, the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival, will present more than 300 films from more than 60 countries, shown in around 40 locations, distributed between cinemas and sites around Rio. This year's programme will include for the first time public events staged in 10 of the city's squares.
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The vibrancy of a film festival can be measured by a willingness to juxtapose films that confound thematic linkage, offering surprises and revelations in an ocean of film from around the world: this year’s program, Lynden Barber’s second as Artistic Director, suggests he is more interested in challenging us than placating us. He wants us to ‘go deeper’. Andrew L. Urban previews the 53rd Sydney Film Festival (June 9 – 25, 2006).With over 120 feature length films and more than 60 shorts ...
SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN DIRECTORSThe Directors Guild of America reports that less than 10% of its membership are women. In the history of the Academy Awards, only three women have ever been nominated for Best Director (Lina Wertmuller, Jane Campion and Sofia Coppola). While women head major studios and are prolific producers, there still is a “glass ceiling” regarding women directors. But at the Miami International Film Festival....it's a woman's world, and male journalists like myself just have ...
