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Barbara Vitorelli at 75th Cannes Film Festival
Brazilian born model and actress Barbara Vitorelli (29) attended the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival where she heated up the red carpet in a sustainable dress designed by Venera Tabakin. A former international beauty queen, the striking and soulful Vitorelli has travelled the world as a model and appeared on the cover of Harpers’ Bazaar, among multiple other fashion magazines. Currently living in Londo...
Brazilian born Engineer and filmmaker Eduardo Maia recently co-wrote and edited short film “Living Colors”, directed and co-written by Melanie Robertson about Sally Fox who grows pesticide-free, dye-free colored cotton for over four decades. Eduardo is a Brazilian-born filmmaker and film student of City College of San Francisco with a passion for creating films that resonate with universal conversations happening on a global scale. He is planning to attend the MFA ...
Steve Shor (left) and Kevin McNeely (right)
As a devoted attendee over the last decade to Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF), and after two years of it going strictly digital due to the global Covid pandemic, the festival held an in person edition this year for its 25th anniversary. It was a smashing success! After attending its 25th Annual edition, I sat with program director Steve Shor and artistic Director Kevin McNeely. In our interview together,...
“FOOD, FUN, +PHIL”
Phil Rosenthal ("Somebody Feed Phil”) Honored with Screening, Q&A, VIP Culinary Reception at CIA at Copia.
Paul Reiser (“Mad About You") and Monica Horan (“Everybody Loves Raymond") in attendance. The Napa Valley Film Festival presented “Food, Fun, + Phil– an Evening with Phil Rosenthal,” a screening of “Oaxaca,” a new e...
In a career spanning over 33 years of experience, Jorge A. Cano, Jr. has produced and directed various films, TV shows, more than 2,000 commercials, videos and documentaries in both English and Spanish. Jorge produced and directed several movies in the past thirty years, and has coordinated productions for major Hollywood companies such as Columbia Pictures and Universal Studios throughout Latin America. He's been honored with a Telly Award, an Intercom Chicago Internat...
Gardner “Grady” Hall
Writer-Director Gardner “Grady” Hall started his career in professional baseball as a first round draft pick of the Chicago White Sox and holds a place as a member of Northwestern University's Athletic Hall of Fame. In film, he worked with Morgan Creek Productions on development for the film franchise "Major League" into a television series, later bought by FOX. His first film, which he wrote and directed, was the short &ldq...
Lauren Flinner (TheVariablespace.com) seeks to make films in a way that moves people. Her animation short film "Compulsion" (2021) does just that, resulting in an autobiographical collage of animation. To her, animation is about the movements in between life and fantasy. I met her at the 2021 Mammoth Film Festival. We recently held an interview about her filmmaking. This is what she had to say:
Can you tell us about your path to becoming a filmmaker?
LAUREN: From a very ...
SIFF AWARDS FILM AND SPECIAL EVENTS WINNERS
AT 25TH ANNIVERSARY SONOMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Female Filmmakers Take Top Jury Awards in Feature Film Categories
Karen Allen, Jacqueline Bisset, Jacques Pépin, Aaron and Adam Nee,
Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Jean Schulz, Joanne Weir,
Governor Gavin Newsom and Senator Bill Dodd in Attendance
Sonoma, CA March 29, 2022—Centered on its slogan—the best in films, food...
FESTIVAL SLATE AND SPECIAL EVENTS
ANNOUNCED FOR 25TH ANNIVERSARY SONOMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL MARCH 23-27
Special Guests Karen Allen, Jacqueline Bisset,
Jacques Pépin, Aaron and Adam Nee, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Joanne Weir
And More Than Fifty Filmmakers Converge on Sonoma for Festival
Sonoma, CA— A festival 25 years in the making, Sonoma International Film Festival celebrates this milestone with a slate of more than 120 independent, international fi...
AVELO AIRLINES NAMED OFFICIAL DOMESTIC AIRLINE SPONSOR
FOR SIFF’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY FILM FESTIVAL MARCH 23-27, 2022
Sonoma, CA—Sonoma International Film Festival has partnered with air carrier Avelo Airlines for its 25th anniversary film festival March 23-27, 2022. Named Official Domestic Airline and Premiere Sponsor, Avelo Airlines will be integral in providing air transportation for attending filmmakers and talent scheduled to appear at the 25th edition festival.
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FIILM AND STAGE ACTOR/DIRECTOR KAREN ALLEN SCHEDULED TO SPEAK
AT SONOMA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MEDIA ARTS PROGRAM SCREENING
AT 25TH ANNIVERSARY FILM FESTIVAL MARCH 23-27, 2022
Sonoma, CA— Film and stage star Karen Allen will be a special industry guest at SIFF’s 25th Anniversary Film Festival. While in town for the festival, she will speak at the first of two screenings with Sonoma Valley High School filmmaking students at this year’s Media Arts Program Student Sh...
SONOMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SIFF)
ANNOUNCES JOANNE WEIR’S PLATES & PLACES LUNCH MARCH 25
Noted Chef, Television Host, Author, and Culinary Tour Leader
Headlines New Epicurean Lunch at SIFF’s 25th Anniversary Festival March 23-27, 2022
Sonoma, CA— Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF), noted for delivering the best in film, food, wine and fun, is including a new culinary headliner event to this year’s festival.
Joanne Weir, the James Bea...
SONOMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SIFF) ANNOUNCES FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE 2022 SIFF CULINARY EXCELLENCE AWARD
Sonoma, CA—Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF), noted for delivering the best in film, food, wine and fun during its annual festival, will ho...
2022 Sun Valley Film Festival Announces Pioneer and Rising Star
Award Honorees and Opening/Closing Night Films
Danny Strong to Receive Pioneer Award, presented by Variety;
Cast of “Outer Banks” to Receive Rising Star Award;
Festival to Open with National Geographic Documentary Films’ “Fire of Love;”
Documentary “Navalny” to Close Fest
Su...
2022 Sun Valley Film Festival Announces Film Slate and Award Honorees
Woody Harrelson and Amy Poehler to Receive Vision Awards and Participate in Coffee Talks;
Selected Films in Line-up Feature Nicole Beharie, Juliette Binoche, John Boyega, Connie Britton, Bruce Dern, Jim Gaffigan, Ron Howard, Maika Monroe, Haley Lu Richardson, Tony Shaloub, Wes Studi, Michael K. Williams and more
Sun Valley, ID— Sun Valley Film Festival, returning as an in-person ...
SEDONA, Ariz: Delicious, a mouth-watering historical comedy pairing a gifted chef and his unlikely protégé who must find the resolve to free themselves from servitude in 1789 France, was named both Best of Fest and winner of the Director’s Choice Best International Film Festival Award at the 28 th annual Sedona International Film Festival. Awards were presented on Sunday, Feb. 27, the final day of the 10-day Festival that showcased 33 narrative features, 32...
SEDONA, Ariz: More than 140 films were selected for live screenings at the 28th annual Sedona International Film Festival, Feb. 19-27.
“We’re coming back in a very big way,” said Executive Director Pat Schweiss. “The screening committees have once again created a lineup of remarkably creative, compelling and entertaining films across diverse genres and equally diverse topics. We...
FIILM AND STAGE ACTOR/DIRECTOR KAREN ALLEN SCHEDULED TO SPEAK
AT SONOMA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MEDIA ARTS PROGRAM SCREENING
AT 25TH ANNIVERSARY FILM FESTIVAL MARCH 23-27, 2022
Sonoma, CA— Film and stage star Karen Allen will be a special industry guest at SIFF’s 25th Anniversary Film Festival. While in town for the festival, she will speak at the first of two screenings with Sonoma Valley High School filmmaking students at this year’s Media Arts Program St...
33rd ANNUAL PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS
Prayers For the Stolen Receives FIPRESCI and Ibero-American Award Prizes;
A Hero Receives FIPRESCI Actor & Screenplay Prizes and MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award;
Titane Receives FIPRESCI Actress Prize; Flee Receives Documentary Award;
Happening Receives New Voices New Visions Award
Palm Springs, CA (January 19, 20...
NAPA VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2021 HONOREES
Film Awards Winners Include Caitriona Balfe (Spotlight Award), Jamie Dornan (Spotlight Award), Harvey Keitel (Icon Award), Marlee Matlin (Trailblazer Award), and Odessa Young (Rising Star Award)
Culinary Cinema Award Winners are David Gelb (Excellence in Culinary Cinema), Phil Rosenthal (Culinary Cinema Icon Award), and Jon Taffer (Culinary & Spirits Cinema Spotlight)
“Bar Rescue...
NAPA VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FILM LINE-UP FOR 2021
Performances from Jena Malone, Anna Camp, Lili Taylor, an Animated Film from Academy Award-Winner Bill Plympton and Several Premieres Are Among the Highlights
Napa, California– Produced by Cinema Napa Valley, the annual Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) has announced its film line-up for the virtual film festival version this year. The five-day festival showc...
SCAD Savannah Film Festival announces 2021 competition award winners
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA — The Savannah College of Art and Design announces the award winners for the 24th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival. A key stop on the festival circuit leading up to the Academy Awards, the SCAD Savannah Film Festival screened more than 150 films, including 45 narrative films, 15 documentary films, and 97 shorts, with 14 world premieres in 2021.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – The Motion Picture Association today announced that it is expanding its sponsorship of the Latin American Training Center-LATC’s Online Global Film & TV Program. The 12th edition of the program begins today and is scheduled to run online through Oct. 30. The LATC program enables industry professionals from around the world – including filmmakers, producers, screenwriters, media managers, government officials, attorneys and executives &nd...
Award winning tragicomic documentary/mockumentary “Beautiful Idiots” (2021), written, directed, produced, and edited by Michael Ginthoer and starring David Auerbach is a coming-of-age story involving three men in the dusk of their life who travel to Greece to make a film about the economic crisis there in 2016 and end up filming a labyrinthian quest for the meaning of life through sacred numerology and the Fibonacci code. Reminiscent of the wit and satyr of Monty Python in th...
One of the most compelling films I have seen in the past year was at the 74th Cannes Film Festival at the world premiere of the French film “Suprêmes” (2021). Produced by Nord-Ouest Films, directed by Audrey Estrougo (“An Ordinary Story”, 2014) and starring Sandor Funtek (“Blue is the Warmest Colour”, 2013; “Dheepan”, 2015) and Theo Christine (“How I Became A SuperHero," 2020; “War of the Worlds, 2019), this ...
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