By Liza ForemanAs the international festival circuit increasingly embraces politically resonant documentaries, The Quiet Diplomat is emerging as a standout example of how timely subject matter can...

By Liza Foreman In Bleeding Blue Bird, Paris-based director Lev Prudkin opens a trapdoor beneath the stage and plunges us into the metaphysical. Making its world premiere in New York...

By Liza Foreman   The Female Gaze on Reunification in Focus at the Internationales Frauen Film Fest DortmundKoeln   This year, the Internationales FrauenFilmFest DortmundKoeln (September 8-13,...

This Is Fashion, dubbed by founder Sander Kooger, a leading Dutch tech entrepreneur, as the ‘Netflix for Fashion,’ is launching a 75,000 Euro crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo today.   This Is...

By Liza Foreman Co-Director Hugh Welchman clutching one of two awards taken home tonight at the Ajyal Film Festival in Doha for Loving Vincent, the first fully-painted feature film. Think 65,000...

By Liza Foreman   Marrakech - We live in interesting times. And no where has that been more apparent than at this week's Marrakech International Film Festival where a star studded line up of...

By Liza Foreman   TOKYO - The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival got underway on Thursday in the presence of the Japanese Princess Hisako Takamado and Prime Minister Shinzo...

By Liza Foreman   KYOTO - The first Kyoto International Film and Art Festival (October 16-19, 2014) came to a close on Sunday, with an awards ceremony in Gion with its cobbled lanes and...

By Liza Foreman Kyoto International Film and Art Festival Launches with Maiko Dancing In the midst of the high season with its beautiful autumn colors, the Kyoto International Film and Art Festival...

By Liza Foreman   Here is the festival's announcemt for this year's winners:    各賞/Award 受賞作品・受賞者/WINNER 対象作品 /FILM 賞金/Prize 東京 サクラ グランプリ Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix / 東京都知事賞 Tokyo Governor of...