Director: Thomas Caruso.
A mild-mannered mannered serial killer commits his final crime. From the award-winning novella by famous American author Joyce Carol Oates, and the acclaimed Off-Broadway play. Featuring the award-winning performance of Bill Connington as "Quentin P."
Director: Elise Kermani.
In Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex" Jocasta hangs herself shortly after finding out that Oedipus is both her husband and son. In Euripides' play "The Phoenician Women", Jocasta stays alive a little bit longer to try and reconcile her sons but stabs herself shortly after they kill each other during the war at Thebes.
But in Kermani's film "Jocasta", Jocasta stays alive after her sons' mutual murders to perform a sacrifice to save Thebes, and to satiate Ares' ancient fury of Kadmos' slaying of the dragon. Jocasta chooses the creative act of writing over suicide. Her ritual act remembers that Body is Presence (Plato's 'ousia' and Heidegger's 'Ereignis') and Jocasta reminds us that she (also known as Iocasta) is related to Io, the Great Cow goddess of Egypt.
The origins of writing are sacred manifestations of ousia/hestia...esti/Being. She reverses the taboo of incest, and reestablishes the symbollic image of mother and son.
Jocasta's sacrifice was inspired by an ancient Persian ritual of ingesting the Word to cure illness.
www.elisekermani.com/jocasta.html
www.elisekermani.com/thejocastaproject.html
FAUST
film still of 'Faust' (2011)
Russian director Aleksandr Sokurov's FAUST (2011) held its world premier in Venice at the 68th Venice Film Festival this year taking the coveted Golden Lion prize for best picture. It then went on to screen its North American premier at TIFF in Toronto and has now continued its most recent festival round at the 52nd Thessaloniki Film Festival (TIF...
“You and I shall pass on but our stories
shall linger.”
From
yesterday, today and tomorrow, stories come from all time and all ages, keeping
us unwearied, unbridled, unburdened in its magical realm. A realm of make believe
where no matter how desperate things seem there is always something to learn. Learning
that changes the way we see our world, the way we act or think, the way we are
supposed to live and evolve to what is truthfully our true essence.
...
NEW SUBMISSION TO ÉCU 2012
A film adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's 'The
Colour Out of Space'. An unnamed narrator pieces together the story of
an area known by the locals as the "blasted heath" in the wild hills
west of Arkham, Massachusetts. Listening to the experiences of an old
man by the name of Ammi Pierce, the narrator discovers that many years
ago a meteorite crashed into lands then-owned by a farmer ...
Jules Verne Festival creators Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frederic Dieudonne (http://www.julesverne.org) proudly announce the official tribute to John Wayne, welcoming to the stage the Wayne family, the cast of True Grit, the film that won him his Oscar, and special celebrity guests, among them actress and costar Kim Darby, a.k.a. Mattie Ross in True Grit and harmonica player Tommy Morgan (Rio Bravo, The Cowboys, Dances with Wolves, and more).
Sons Patrick Wayne and Ethan Wayne will accept the...
The short films we'll be showing at the VFF in November:
http://valleyfilmfest.blogspot.com/2011/10/countdown-to-vff11-t-minus-40-daysshort.html
...
film still of 'Faust' (2011)Russian director Aleksandr Sokurov's FAUST (2011) held its world premier in Venice at the 68th Venice Film Festival this year taking the coveted Golden Lion prize for best picture. It then went on to screen its North American premier at TIFF in Toronto and has now continued its round to Iceland at the Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF). Based on the German myth of the same name, this unusual masterpiece film proves that it is not star power names of act...
Battle of Ideas festival, taking place at the Royal College of Art, London on October 29-30. During the course of the weekend, over 2,250 people will be participating in 75 different debates involving hundreds of incisive and thought-provoking speakers.
This year's festival programme includes strands of debate entitled Battle for the World, Battle for Morality, Food Fight, Society Wars, Battle for Our Brains, and Reassessing Politics and Sporting Contests.
It also features keyn...
The Serbitzu Zinemira Award Jury: (Ramón Aguirre (actor), Maialen Lujanbio (bertsolari) and Joxean Muñoz (writter and script writter), have granted the award to the best unreleased film within de Zinemira section to: BI ANAI (TWO BROTHERS). Imanol Rayo
The prize carries €20,000, gross, for the producer or producers of the winning film.
The Award is sponsored by Serbitzu Elkartea
When their father dies, the younger brother, Paulo, is landed with taking care of his me...
For the last 3 months, more than 25 volunteers
have dedicated their time to view short films, in a group with their peers, or
watch features at home.
For details on the selection process, go to the full blog posting:
http://valleyfilmfest.blogspot.com/2011/09/countdown-to-vff11t-minus-54-days.html
...
"Footprints in the Sand?"
Photographic Exhibition/Visual Documentation
July 1 - August 31, 2011
Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall) Berlin/Germany
Production & Direction
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
Angela Kramer, Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, Regina Gerschke, Dr. Uta Isbert
Director: Donny Kingsley Okoh.
Five Traffic Wardens who are University Students and migrants are determined to prove to the public that there is more to them than their big bums and issuing parking tickets.
Being a Migrant worker and student with an accent in the UK is a big problem for Chris and his colleagues and they embark on a mission to uplift the image of traffic wardens and are determined to go extra miles. Albeit the daily difficulties inherent in being a traffic warden, Chris, Emeka, Sanjay, Everton, Heather, Colin and Lucy utilize all their skills to show the public that their temporary career path do not define who they are and that whenever people see them, they should not get scared that they will be fined for not packing properly rather; they should be ready to be entertained by their wits and dancing capabilities.
Their quest to help change the views of the public about traffic wardens and gain acceptability is dealt a heavy blow when Colin falls in love with a fellow student (Jade). In his “never say never” attitude, Colin decides to sing to her about his undying love in front of the whole class and in turn, makes himself and his colleagues a laughing stock.
The latest JANE EYRE (2011), directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga screened in the open air theater in Sarajevo at SFF. And did my skin shiver with goosebumps (not only because of post rain cold outdoor air) when Jane (played by Mia Wasikowska) answered to all of Edward Rochester's (played by Michael Fassbender) very cloudy English stoicism with such chilling yet captivating self-assured humility. I fell in love with Jane myself! read summary of film and more here: http://www.sff.ba/film/show/id/1565Fu...
The latest JANE EYRE (2011), directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga screened in the open air theater in Sarajevo at SFF. And did my skin shiver with goosebumps (not only because of post rain cold outdoor air) when Jane (played by Mia Wasikowska) answered to all of Edward Rochester's (played by Michael Fassbender) very cloudy English stoicism with such chilling yet captivating self-assured humility. I fell in love with Jane myself! read summary of film and more here: http://www.sff.ba/film/show/id/1565...
MOTHERS (2010) by director Milcho Manchevski will screen at the 17th Sarajevo International Film Festival (SFF) 2011. Here find a review of the award-winning film that saw its opening in Toronto at TIFF 2010 and continues to travel to festivals around the globe. MOTHERS, a rave review! Fiction, nonfiction, and everything else in between and without- this is the dizzying dialectic of Milcho Manchevski’s latest film MOTHERS (2010). MOTHERS is a feature film structured as a triptych of three part...
On the haunted Old Zagreb night tour film fest founder Stjepan holds the lamp to guide us through thedark sinister sinuous streets. photo by Vanessa McMahon
Fantastic Zagreb festival booklet. I'm calling it Halloween in July! I love it!
MM on panel at SIFF 2011 MOTHERS (2010) by director Milcho Manchevski screened at the 2nd annual Aruba International Film Festival (AIFF) 2011. Here find a review of the award-winning film that saw its opening in Toronto at TIFF 2010, screened at Berlinale 2011, won the prize for best feature at Belgrade International Film Festival 2011 and thereafter traveled to Sofia (SIFF), Istanbul International Film Festival (IFF), Aruba (AIFF) and many others, continuing its international festival journey...
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (2011) is Woody Allen’s latest magnum opus which held its world premier at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and has met with critical praise since, proving to be Allen’s most watched and beloved film since the past twenty-five years.
Imagine the legendary tales of CINDERELLA, A MOVEABLE FEAST, THE SUN ALSO RISES and the film THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1985) all stewed together to make a new stellar film, familiar yet completely original set within the ever tw...
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (2011) is Woody Allen’s latest magnum opus which held its world premier at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and has met with critical praise since, proving to be Allen’s most watched and beloved film since the past twenty-five years. Imagine the legendary tales of CINDERELLA, A MOVEABLE FEAST, THE SUN ALSO RISES and the film THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1985) all stewed together to make a new stellar film, familiar yet completely original set within the ever twinkling romant...
MOTHERS (2010) by director Milcho Manchevski screened at the 2nd annual Aruba International Film Festival (AIFF) 2011. Here find a review of the award-winning film that saw its opening in Toronto at TIFF 2010 and continues to travel to festivals around the globe. MOTHERS, a rave review! Fiction, nonfiction, and everything else in between and without- this is the dizzying dialectic of Milcho Manchevski’s latest film MOTHERS (2010). MOTHERS is a feature film structured as a triptych of three par...