by Alex Deleon for <filmfestivals.com>
Bahman Ghobadi
RHINO SEASON is Ghobadi's first film since he fled Iran
The stars of Rhino Season (from left) Behrouz Vossoughi, Monica Bellucci, Bahman Ghobadi, Belcim Bilgin and Arash Labaf
IRANIAN CINEMA BRAIN DRAIN CONTINUES
With Bahman ...
DEEP IN THE WOODS (Benoit Jacquot, France)
While most of Europe is on vacation and the film business is enjoying a brief pause in its frenetic pace, the action is strong and the movies are fierce at the Locarno Film Festival, the esteemed film event taking place this week in the beautiiful mountain city in southern Switzerland.
The Festival, celebrating its 63rd year as one of the world's oldest and most respected, is the first for newly installed Artistic Director Olivier P...
Twenty six films will be presented in the Competition programme of the 59th Berlin International Film Festival, 18 of which will compete for the Golden and Silver Bears in the Berlinale Palast. The official programme will be complemented by the Berlinale Special. Of the 18 films in competition, 14 are world premieres, and there are 17 world premieres in the complete Competition programme. Eighteen countries are represented.To this year’s Berlinale Special 15 films have been invited, 10 of whi...
Two War Films, "Cold Tears", 2004, and "Night Bus", 2007. The war between Sadam Hussein's Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran lasted nearly a decade, from 1980 to 1988, and was treated as a kind of side-show in the western press, but it was the main event in that part of the world and has provided fodder for countless Iranian films ever since. Two of these were presented in the current survey. Dated 2004 and 2007 these films show that nearly 20 years down the line this war is still far from a ...
AWARDS OF THE 26th FESTIVAL DES 3 CONTINENTSNANTES - NOVEMBER 23rd TO 29th 2004The International Jury of the 26th Festival des 3 Continents composed of :Michel Subor, Actor (France) - Président Lucia Sanchez, Actress (Spain)Maya Sansa, Actress (Italy)Bertrand Burgalat, Composer (France)Michelangelo Frammartino, Director (Italy)Brendan Grant, Director (Ireland)Skuli Malmquist, Producer (Iceland)has awarded :Golden Montgolfier : “Ri Ri Ye Ye” by Wang Chao (China)Silver Montgolfier : “Bomb...
AWARDS OF THE 26th FESTIVAL DES 3 CONTINENTSNANTES - NOVEMBER 23rd TO 29th 2004The International Jury of the 26th Festival des 3 Continents composed of :Michel Subor, Actor (France) - Président Lucia Sanchez, Actress (Spain)Maya Sansa, Actress (Italy)Bertrand Burgalat, Composer (France)Michelangelo Frammartino, Director (Italy)Brendan Grant, Director (Ireland)Skuli Malmquist, Producer (Iceland)has awarded :Golden Montgolfier : “Ri Ri Ye Ye” by Wang Chao (China)Silver Montgolfier : “Bomb...
