Interview with English/Turkish Cypriot actor Akin Gazi, the hot new face of BIG cinema ('The Devil's Double', 2011; 'Black Gold' 2011; and now 'Zero Dark Thirty', 2012). Look out for this up and coming mega talent. He has already been on the side of buses in Qatar... Will UK be next? Read our up close and personal interview below.
ME: How did you get into acting and when did you know that you want to act?
AKIN: When I was a child I loved spending time in my imaginat...
The Slovenian film ‘A Trip’ (‘Izlet’, 2011) by writer/director Nejc Gazvoda will represent Slovenia at the 2013 Oscars. Out of all international films contending for the ‘Foreign Film’ category, only one will win for 'Best Foreign Film'. The 85th Academy Awards will take place Feb. 24, 2013.
'A Trip' has received nominations and awards at international film festivals the world over. It won ‘Best Screenplay’ by Nejc Gazvoda, ‘Best Acting&r...
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE FROM 'Sally Fischer Public Relations'
“TRASHED” (2012) screened Saturday, September 29 at 9:00PM at the Apollo Piccadilly Cinema in London
Academy Award-winning actor Jeremy Irons and Academy Award-winning composer Vangelis attended screening
“TRASHED” HITS PICCADILLY AND TAKES JEREMY IRONS ON A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY, DISBELIEF AND HOPE
London, UK: Candida Brady brings her hot topic film "TRASHED" to the Raindance Film Festiva...
Mario Andreacchio
Many refer to Mario Andreacchio as the father of international co-production. Mario has been directing and producing for almost 30 years and has overseen the co-production of Australia with most European countries; most recently he has become an expert on co-production with China and the world.
Mario regularly leads panels and discussions on co-productions with China and the world. With all eyes presently on China for its increase in wealth and opportunitie...
AWARDS – 43rd CANADIAN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
NORMAN MCLAREN AWARD FOR THE OVERALL WINNER:
8,75$ by Claudia Hébert (York University, Toronto)
BEST NEW CANADIAN DIRECTOR:
YOUTH AND TRADITION by John Palanca (York University, Toronto)
BEST ANIMATION FILM:
TENGRI by Alisi Telengut (Concordia University, Montréal)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM:
HOTEL CANADA by Aliaa Khachouk (UQAM, Montréal)
BEST E...
'To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.' (Thomas Campbell,1777-1844,Scottish poet)
There they were, Jahnu Barua, Udayan Vajpeyi, MitaVashist,
and Siddharth
Sinha among others,going down memory lane and paying rich tribute to and
sharing their experiences of the acclaimed film-maker and Renaissance
man, Mani Kaul inside the jam-packed Films Division theatre here today,
Painter, musician, teacher and film maker whose movies have been h...
Roaring Fire Film Production (http://roaringfirefilm.com/)
is an international feature film, television and documentary production
and development company. Their films have been distributed globally
including Germany, China, USA, UK, Spain, Benelux, Portugal, Russia,
Thailand, Canada, Indonesia, Greece, Africa and the Middle East. The
owner of the production company is film maker Steven Lewis Simpson. He
is a from Scotland – a free thinker, intelligent, constantly traveling
with ...
Post Tenebras Lux, "After the darkness, the light." A title tailor-made for Carlos Reygadas, such is the designer's predilection for playing with light and contrasts. After Batailla en el cielo (2005) and Stellet Licht (Jury Prix 2007), the director and distributor is now back in Compeition.
It is often said of Mexican Director Carlos Reygadas that he "works like an expressionist painter". From the world of painting he has taken the idea of framing, composition, ...
LOS ANGELES JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL OPENS WITH TONY CURTIS DOC AND MAMIE VAN DOREN APPEARANCE
by Alex Deleon for http://www.filmfestivals.com/
The seventh edition of the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival (LAJFF) opened on May 4 at the plush Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills with a feature length documentary on
recently deceased Jewish actor Tony Curtis and a Gala reception at which another legendary youth idol and sex symbol of the fifties, Mamie Van Doren, was the...
Yesterday evening in the Louis Hartlooper Complex all winners for the Grand
Prix HAFF have been announced.
Grand Prix HAFF Shorts
- Oh Willy…,
Emma de Swaef, Marc James Roels (België, Nederland, 2012)
Grand Prix HAFF Shorts -
Two, Steven
Subotnick (VS, 2011)
Grand Prix HAFF Features
- Alois
Nebel, Tomás Luñák (Tsjechië, Slowakije, Duitsland, 2011)
Grand Prix HAFF European
Student Films - Belly,
Julia Pott, Royal College of Art (Groot-Brittanië, 2011)
Tweede pri...
Before I write more about Serbian film premier on the International Film Festival FEST 2012 I would like to present you Dinko Tucaković, Serbian film director, film historian, critic, essayist and the principal of Belgrade’s Kinoteka (Yugoslav Film Archive). This time he made rather interesting film with great care and distinctive humor depicting the old communist state of mind in Yugoslavia in 60s. The film’s called, Dr. Ray and the Devils (Doktor Rej i đavoli) film that closed the ...
We will be reporting live from Fantasporto...Come back for our dialies.
FORUM THE FUTURE NOW : 21st- 24th February
This forum is organized in cooperation with various entities of recognized quality in the fields of the Arts and Sciences, and it is coordinated by the Director of Fantasporto, Beatriz Pa...
The Director and Executive Producer Rosana Golden, Dean Bentley are pleased to announce the following ...
8th December 2011 OPEN PRESS CALL at 1:30 PM (13H30) AT THE ART NOVO THEATRE, NOVOTEL, MONTE-CARLO.
The Angel Film Awards - VIP press and photo call... celebrity introductions... radio and television interviews and broadcasts... red ca...
The Director and Executive Producer Rosana Golden, Dean Bentley are pleased to announce the following ... 8th December 2011 OPEN PRESS CALL at 1:30 PM (13H30) AT THE ART NOVO THEATRE, NOVOTEL, MONTE-CARLO. The Angel Film Awards - VIP press and photo call... celebrity introductions... radio and television interviews and broadcasts... red carpet evening gala film screenings held at the ART NOVO THEATRE & LOUNGE of the NOVOTEL in Monte-Carlo at 1:30 PM (13H30) The Directors, Actors are descending ...
Ulrich Seidl Press Conference at 52ND TIFF
TIFF PRESS RELEASE!
52nd TIFF: Ulrich Seidl Press Conference (11/11/2011)
ULRICH SEIDL PRESS CONFERENCE
Austrian director Ulrich Zeidl gave a Press Conference on Friday, November 11 at Warehouse C, during the 52nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival and in the presence of Festival Director Dimitri Eipides. This year’s edition is holding a broad tribute to Seidl’s work, screening documentaries and features that are repre...
LOOKING BACK ON TOKYO INTL FILM FESTIVAL, 2011 ~THE YEAR OF THE QUAKE ~ by Alex Deleon Not to forget that this was the year of the Great March 11 Earthquake cum nuclear disaster and "Tsunami" Tidal Wave that washed away whole cities up north, the 24th Tokyo Intl Film festival was a somewhat restrained affair with the lingering effect of the disaster in evidence in various forms, toning down the overall climate of festivity. Right outside the entrance to the main towe...
~THE YEAR OF THE QUAKE ~by Alex DeleonNot to forget that this was the year of the Great March 11 Earthquake cum nuclear disaster and "Tsunami" Tidal Wave that washed away whole cities up north, the 24th Tokyo Intl Film festival was a somewhat restrained affair with the lingering effect of the disaster in evidence in various forms, toning down the overall climate of festivity. Right outside the entrance to the main tower housing the festival offices was a green collection booth where passers by w...
Web site address: http://www.minneapolisundergroundfilmfestival.com/
The new 2011 Minneapolis Underground Film Festival aims to satisfy audiences with its commitment to finding the freshest talent in independent film.
Now entering its 4th year, the Minneapolis Underground Film Festival has matured in programming and outreach. With fresh leadership in place actively seeking out the newest talent in underground cinema, the film festival curated showcase will feature th...
After a successful first edition, this year the festival brings back a complex representation of fifteen countries with a total of 59 works including feature films, documentaries and shorts. The 2nd edition of the New England Festival of Ibero-American Cinema (NEFIAC) will run from September 30 through October 9 with screenings in four cities ...
MEDIA RELEASE September 7, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALSeptember 29 - October 14, 2011 VIFF line-up showcases 80+ Canadian filmsCanadian Images Program includes 24BC productions VIFF is one of the biggest annual showcases of Canadian film in the world, with a special emphasis on BC films. Close to one-quarter of the festival's more than 360 films this year are home-grown. Canadian films are shown within several pro...
Retrospective on Jacques Demy at the 59th San Sebastian Film Festival
The season will be presented by hi widow Agnès Varda, Mathieu Demy and Rosalie Varda
The 59th San Sebastián Film Festival will be devoting a comprehensive retrospective to the work of the French filmmaker Jacques Demy (Pontchâteau, 1931- París, 1990), a key figure in French cinema who breathed fresh life into the musical genre. Although initially linked with the young directors who formed part of the nouvelle v...
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Scud Interview (Love Actually… Sucks!)
Posted on June 25, 2011 by Le Anne Lindsay
Q: When it comes to love, sex and relationships, What do you hope our QFest audience will take away from this film (Love Actually… Sucks!) ?
Scud: I reckon many audiences may find sympathetic
experience from their own love. To me the film is a vibration, a sign,
an exclamation to what love is and means to our life, and the fact that
passion is often very fateful, as the shopkeeper...
Director: mohamad ebrahim shahbazi.
A painter is drawing a picture
Today Sneakers, the feature debut of the directing duo Valeri Yordanov and Ivan Vladimirov, will be screened at the Moscow Film Festival where it was selected in the competition programme. As we mentioned before, the film was presented as a project in development at Sofia Meetings, it then traveled to the renowned Moscow and Karlovy Vary festivals, before making its premiere in front of Bulgarian audiences.
In Sneakers, six young people are running far away from their failures in life...
