By Maria Esteves – January 28, 2012 The 21st New York Jewish Film Festival 2012 (NYJFF2012) Closing Night World Premiere of Welcome to Kutsher’s: The Last Catskills Resorts, documentary directed by Caroline Laskow and Ian Rosenberg was held at the Walter Reade Theater, Thursday, January 26, 2012. Entertainer actor/comedian Jerry (Gerald Isaac) Stiller and many of the cast members such as Helen Kutsher and Celia Duffy attended the sold out world premiere documentary of Kutsher’s Country...

By Maria Esteves - November 10, 2009 The 29th CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival 2009 (CMJ09), opening night screening of LEONARD COHEN: LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT 1970, directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Murray Lerner was held at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex, New York, Tuesday, October 20, 7:00 PM. Attendees included recording artists, filmmakers, industry professionals, songwriters, producers, promoters, and journalists. A special Q&A session immediately followed the sc...

For the 25th time, FILMFEST MÜNCHEN, Germany's largest summer film festival, will be attracting filmmakers and industry professionals from around the world.Werner Herzog RetrospectiveWerner Herzog, whom François Truffaut once called "Germany's most important living director" will be our guest. Herzog, who, especially in collaboration with Klaus Kinski, made such movie milestones as FITZCARRALDO and AGUIRRE – THE WRATH OF GOD will return to his hometown for the Filmfest to present his films.I...

SOMETHING IN THE “WATER” FOR AUDIENCE AWARDS At 15TH Anniversary Washington Jewish Film FestivalThe 15th Washington Jewish Film Festival: An Exhibition of International Cinema revealed the winners of its Audience Awards for Best Feature, Best Documentary and Best Short film. As luck would have it, the three winners are all Israeli films. Coincidences continue, as two of the films have the word “water” in their titles. Best Feature -- Walk on Water(Director: Eytan Fox, Israel)www.walk...

For over thirty years Rolf Bähr has been closely affiliated with German film. From 1970 until 1990 Bähr was a lawyer for the German Federal Film Board; since 1990 he has been its executive director. In this function, Bähr has engaged himself with competence and wit in the country’s general film policies and funding. He has also keenly observed and influenced the development of Germany as a film location. In addition he was the several-time world, vice-world and European champion in sailing ...