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A WARRIOR'S HEART to open on December 02, 2011!

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  Production company California Pictures' first theatrical release, A WARRIOR’S HEART (2011), makes a warrior-like entrance into cinemas on Friday December 02, 2011. While American audiences have seen umpteen sports films about baseball and football, this will be the first film about Lacrosse, giving insight to a lesser known but age-old North American sport, which originated with the Native Americans and continues to be played today in various parts of the nation. When the loose...

The Golden Alexander Award Winner at 52nd TIFF

The Golden Alexander Winner:Best Feature Film Award: PORTRET V SUMER KAKH (TWILIGHT PORTRAIT) by director ANGELINA NIKONOVA, Producers LeonidOgaryov, Angelina Nikonova and Olga Dykhovichnaya, Screenwriters Angelina Nikonovaand Olga Dykhovichnaya, Russia, 2011All prize winners gathered on stage at the end of the ceremony.photo by Vanessa McMahon

The Golden Alexander Award Winner at 52nd TIFF

The Golden Alexander Winner:Best Feature Film Award: PORTRET V SUMER KAKH (TWILIGHT PORTRAIT) by director ANGELINA NIKONOVA, Producers LeonidOgaryov, Angelina Nikonova and Olga Dykhovichnaya, Screenwriters Angelina Nikonovaand Olga Dykhovichnaya, Russia, 2011All prize winners gathered on stage at the end of the ceremony.photo by Vanessa McMahon

The Golden Alexander Award Winner at 52nd TIFF

The Golden Alexander Winner:Best Feature Film Award: PORTRET V SUMER KAKH (TWILIGHT PORTRAIT) by director ANGELINA NIKONOVA, Producers LeonidOgaryov, Angelina Nikonova and Olga Dykhovichnaya, Screenwriters Angelina Nikonovaand Olga Dykhovichnaya, Russia, 2011All prize winners gathered on stage at the end of the ceremony.photo by Vanessa McMahon

Closing ceremony of 52nd TIFF

THE GREEK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (PEKK) AWARD for a film in the International Competition sectionPORTRET V SUMER KAKH (TWILIGHT PORTRAIT)ByANGELINA NIKONOVA, Producers Leonid Ogaryov, Angelina Nikonova and Olga Dykhovichnaya, Screenwriters Angelina Nikonova and Olga Dykhovichnaya, Russia, 2011For a film in the Greek Films sectionphoto by Vanessa McMahon

TWILIGHT PORTRAIT: A Review!

This was indeed the welcome surprise of the RIFF Festival this year. Newcomer Director Angelina Nikonova and Writer/Producer/Actress Olga Dykhovichnaya (Marina) graced the festival with their presence in its final days to attend the Q and A screening of their film TWILIGHT PORTRAIT (‘Portret V Sumerkakh’, 2011) and the award ceremony at the end. Little did these passionate Russian Indie filmmakers know they would

TWILIGHT PORTRAIT at RIFF

Director of the Russian breakout film TWILIGHT PORTRAIT (2011), Angelina Nikonova, with her golden puffin award for THE GOLDEN PUFFIN Discovery Award.TWILIGHT PORTRAIT (Portret V Sumerkakh) tells a story of revenge between a social worker and a militia man against the modern day backdrop of a Russia ridden with social conflict.Jury Statement“For the extremely inspired use of cinematic language and storytelling whil

TWILIGHT PORTRAIT at RIFF

Director of the Russian breakout film TWILIGHT PORTRAIT (2011), Angelina Nikonova, with her golden puffin award for THE GOLDEN PUFFIN Discovery Award.TWILIGHT PORTRAIT (Portret V Sumerkakh) tells a story of revenge between a social worker and a militia man against the modern day backdrop of a Russia ridden with social conflict.Jury Statement“For the extremely inspired use of cinematic language and storytelling whil

TWILIGHT PORTRAIT at RIFF

Director of the Russian breakout film TWILIGHT PORTRAIT (2011), Angelina Nikonova, with her golden puffin award for THE GOLDEN PUFFIN Discovery Award. TWILIGHT PORTRAIT (Portret V Sumerkakh) tells a story of revenge between a social worker and a militia man against the modern day backdrop of a Russia ridden with social conflict. Jury Statement “For the extremely inspired use of cinematic language and story

Rome Film Festival will premiere Too Big to Fail

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  THE INTERNATIONAL ROME FILM FESTIVAL October 27 - November 4 2011   The background behind the financial crisis in Too Big to Fail by Curtis Hanson The 2008 financial crisis and the collapse of Lehman Brothers are the main focus of Too Big to Fail, the film by Oscar® winner Curtis Hanson  to be  premiered in the Official Selection of the International Rome Film Festival (27 October - 4 November, Auditorium Parco della Musica). The TV-film produced b...

LAFF: Kristen Stewart & Taylor Lautner Show Up for A BETTER LIFE

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By Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Last night two of the biggest stars from the TWILIGHT franchise, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, made a surprise appearance on the red carpet for the world premiere of Summit Entertainment's A BETTER LIFE at Los Angeles Film Festival.    Half the folks crowded outside were probably there just for TWILIGHT reasons, but this won't bother the director of A BETTER LIFE, Chris Weitz, since he helmed NEW MOON. Both Kristen and Taylor...

LA Fest red carpet, Twilight's Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and more

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         Actress Kristen Stewart arrives to the premiere of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse at Nokia The...

Rocky vs the Aussies premiering Animal Kingdom

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"OMG it's the world premiere of Twilight tonight!! (Everybody SCREEEAAAMMMM!)   It's easy to tell where the movie stars are ranked in the A-list - fans were lining up from 3pm to see Rocky himself, the smooth Sylvestor Stallone, speaking at the LA Film Festival last night. Twilight fans were lining up 3 days ago to see Robert Pattinson tonight. But boy did they miss out last night. Sylvestor Stallone strutted around with dark sunnies on, and a real mov...

Mike Welch from Twilight's Eclipse Dishes Rob Pattinson

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Interview: Michael Welch on “Twi-Hards” and Not Getting Robert Pattinson's Role, PSby Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles CorrespondentTwilight’s Michael Welch, 23, is only human. While Robert Pattinson gets to be main squeeze vampire to Kristen Stewart’s Bella, Welch admits “my character stays human in all three movies, well, hopefully four movies -- there are four books.”Since the Santa Clarita, CA, native became an actor “at age 10,” he has been counting his lucky scars ever since....

Twilight” has been nominated as ‘cult movie’ of the year at Ischia Global

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“Twilight” has been nominated as ‘cult movie’ of the year: the award for the record-shattering box office hit that mesmerized young viewers all over the world will go to the American director Catherine Hardwicke at 7° Ischia Global Film & Music fest (July 12th 19th). Based on the best selling novel by Stephenie Meyer “Twilight”, the film has just been nominated to seven MTV Movie Awards including the one for the best original song (“Decode” by Paramore). 53-year old Hardwicke, a...

Film Independent's Directors Close-Up: Conversations on the Art of Filmmaking

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Dawn Hudson, Executive Director of Film Independent, announced today the ninth annual Directors Close-Up: Conversations on the Art of Filmmaking, formerly known as the Director Series, which will be held February 4 – March 11, 2009 at The Landmark - West Los Angeles. Attendees will have access to some of the most innovative names in independent filmmaking, with Mary Sweeney (“The Straight Story,” “Mulholland Drive”), David Lynch’s long time creative collaborator, serving as moderato...

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