MILLION DOLLAR CROCODILE, a popular entertainment directed by Chinese filmmaker Lisheng Lin, will open the 2012 Montreal World Film Festival, and will inaugurate its World Greats section, it was announced by MWFF president Serge Losique. "The Chinese cinema is one of the strongest in the world right now and can be compared to Hollywood in its variety and depth," stated Serge Losique. Director Lisheng Lin and the film's principal actors will be in attendance in Montreal.
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The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) is honored to announce that multiple Oscar-nominee and -winner Hungarian filmmaker István Szabó will preside the international jury at the 46th KVIFF.
"Nine years after having presented his film TAKING SIDES at the 37th KVIFF, Mr. Szabó will be back at the Festival. We couldn't be more thrilled to have such a distinguished and legendary artist heading the Festival's jury, " said Karel Och, KVIFF's Artistic Dire...
The 12th Annual DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival is now accepting submissions for October 2011 festival. We consider all ubmissions that are directed by, written by, produced by, starring, or about Asian Pacific Americans and Asian Pacific diaspora populations.DC APA Film seeks to encourage the artistic development of film by and about APA communities. Every fall we screen short and feature length films in notable venues in the DC area. There are submission fee discounts for films p...
FEATURE FILMS:Main Prize “Golden Reel”: LOST TIMES by ÁRON MÁTYÁSSYBest Genre Film: A KIND OF AMERICA 2 by GÁBOR HERENDIBest Director: PÉTER GÁRDOS for PRANKBest Cinematography: MÁTÉ TÓTH WIDAMON for 1Best First Film “Simó Sándor Prize” (ex-aequo):INTIMATE HEADSHOT by PÉTER SZAJKI and PAPER PLANES by SIMON SZABÓBest Actress: JÚLIA UBRANKOVICS for VIRTUALLY A VIRGINBest Actor: ANDOR LUKÁTS for PRÍMA PRIMAVERA & FLUKEBest Screenplay: BÁLINT HEGEDŰS for FLUKEBest Origi...
Saturday, September 15------The complex, competitive and ultimately loving relationship between fathers and their sons has been the potent theme of a number of films at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Perhaps it is only my own personal taste (after all, in a sea of over 350 films, one chooses to take the journeys that most resonate with one's own sensibilities), but the theme came up again and again in a group of very different films.The struggle for reconciliation between a ...
The complex, competitive and ultimately loving relationship between fathers and their sons has been the potent theme of a number of films at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Perhaps it is only my own personal taste (after all, in a sea of over 350 films, one chooses to take the journeys that most resonate with one's own sensibilities), but the theme came up again and again in a group of very different films.The struggle for reconciliation between a demanding father and his reacti...
Nursing a bit of a "resaca" (aka "jengober", or just plain hangover) ... after the JAMAN reception yesterday at the Hotel Londres, which has leapt to the fore as a hot contender for the unofficial "BDPW" Concha, or "Best Damn Party of the Week Award. The thing that characterized this reception -- which started at eight and went on until well after midnight -- was, understated class and a quality mix of people, exquisite "amuse-gueules" (bitey snacks or 'pintxos'), and an endless supply of tasty...
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONThe Official Jury of the 57th Locarno International Film Festival:Olivier Assayas, Director, FranceRené Burri, Photographer, SwitzerlandTilde Corsi, Producer, ItalyUdo Kier, Actor, GermanyDavid Robinson, Critic and film historian, UKSabiha Sumar, Director, PakistanYu Lik-wai, Director, ChinaThe jury has unanimously awarded the:GOLDEN LEOPARD, Grand Prize of the City and Region of Locarno (90,000 SF to beshared equally between the director and the producer) for the best ...
