The 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival (April 23 - May 7) will open with Peter Bratt's stirring second feature, La Mission, a compelling redemptive drama about the powerful ties of family...

The 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival (April 23 - May 7) will award over $100,000 in total prizes this year. The New Directors Prize of $15,000 is given to a narrative first feature that...

Dieter Kosslick's comment that “Reality has actually surpassed fiction this year” fits rather well the 2009 edition of the Berlinale. Kosslick has directed the Berlinale since 2001 and helped to...

Okay, while most of the blog postings on LA Comedy Shorts blog on fest21.com have been “generic” in voice, this one is all me. As a comic and writer, I’ve loved swimming in the deep end of the pool...

Saturday started off at 10:00 a.m., crack-of-butt-early for comics and Hollywoodies, but dark glasses and stellar panelists John Elliot and M. Riley, Mosaic Media, Daniel Weidenfeld, Comedy Central’s...

After incredible panels, packing the theater three separate times for Shorts blocks, and a kick-ass party sponsored by Lucky Strike Lanes, Friday night at the LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival was the...

The Inaugural L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival will honor director/comedian/actor/writer Bobcat Goldthwait with the first-ever 2009 COMMIE AWARD at the Closing Night Awards ceremony on Sunday, March...

The Franco-American Cultural Fund announced today that celebrated filmmaker Costa-Gavras has been selected as the “Focus on a Filmmaker” honoree for the 13th annual City of Lights, City of Angels...

Masterclases at WorldFest: April 23 -25th @ 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.In its 42nd year, WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival will showcase a slate of intensive Master Classes on six different...

Having been to many an industry opening, last night’s soiree falls under the category as “One Of The Best.” The buzz on the festival circulated to a viral pitch making for outstanding attendance. ...