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He's My Girl (La Folle Histoired'Amour de Simon Eskenazy)
Los Angeles Premiere!
Comedy/France/100 minutes/2009
Written & Directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Starring Antoine de Caunes, Mehdi Dehbi and Elsa Zylberstein
French with English subtitles
Based on th...
14th
Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival hosts many filmmakers
from all over the world in May in Ankara. The opposing voice of Iranian
cinema, Tahmineh Milani; young talent of Cuban cinema, Prakriti Maduro;
the director filming menopause for the first time, Paula Palacios; an
original voice from Belgium, Vanja D’alcanatara; and Efua Dorkenoo who
portrays grassroots movement against female genital mutilation in Africa
are just a few of the guests of the festival.
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It is finally here, set in the heart of Johannesburg as Chuks starts his journey for success in a world where only the strong survives. A must watch movie that shows the hustle and bustle Chuks has to go through to become the King of Jozi. Jozi Kings movie is set for a grand premiere on the 29th April 2011, in Port Harcourt iCinema, Rivers State, Nigeria. Red carpet by Africa Magic, Studio 53, CMTV and many more. On
Director: Pierre Yves Clouin.
Being first is a job
The Jury of the Competition, presided over by Robert De Niro (actor, director, producer) welcomes to its ranks:
Martina GUSMAN (actress and producer, Argentina)
Nansun SHI (producer, Hong Kong/China)
Uma THURMAN (actress, scriptwriter, producer, USA)
Linn ULLMANN (writer,literary critic, Norway)
Olivier ASSAYAS (director, France)
Jude LAW (actor, producer, UK)
Mahamat Saleh HAROUN (director, Chad)
Johnnie TO (director, producer, Hong Kong/China)
Martina Gusman stud...
The Durban International Film Festival's 32nd edition takes place from 21 July to 31 July 2011 and will present over 200 screenings of films from around the world, with a focus on films from South Africa and Africa.
Screenings take place throughout Durban including township areas where cinemas are non-existent.
The festival also offers an extensive seminar and workshop programme featuring local and international filmmakers, and the return of the very success...
The Bang Bang Club is the true story about four, free spirited combat photographers with a passion for danger and search for the truth during the uprisings in apartheid South Africa from Nelson Mandela’s release from serving a life sentence in prison on February 11, 1990, to the first democratic election in 1994, in which he became President until 1999. Follow these fearless young men as they demonstrate bravery, camaraderie, and moral turpitude, in the heart of the apartheid riots and “tr...
Director: Pierre Yves Clouin.
... Because they don't know how to love you my way.
'Fever' performed by Esther Phillips 1966
Ten African film directors will be pitching their new film projects at the 3rd Africa Produce Co-Production Forum to Spanish film producers and TV commissioning editors including representatives of Al-Jazeera Documentary Channel. África Produce, the only co-production forum for African films in Spain takes place within the 8th Tarifa African Film Festival (FCAT) in Spain, from June 11th to 19th.
There are four feature projects and three documentaries selected from Cameroon, Mauri...
Baffin Babes
There are no babes like the Baffin Babes. Vera, Emma, Inge and Kristin- four Scandinavian girls who tackled a burly 1,200-km ski trip across Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic in 2009-will talk about the challenges of their expedition, including sleeping in a tent in 40 below with polar bears as their closest neighbors.
Wade Davis
Wade Davis is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. He holds degrees in anthropology and biology and a Ph.D...
Ruby Mountain Film Festival is gaining momentum! We already have a great lineup with a few weeks left to submit.
Entries so far come from, USA, Mexico, Canada, Spain, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, the Russian Federation, Croatia, Sweden, Brazil, Taiwan, New Zealand, Israel, Argentina, Turkey, Finland, India, Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Africa, Serbia/Montenegro, South Korea, and The Netherlands." Check out our recent spotlight on the event!
RUBY MOUNTAI...
Director: Pierre Yves Clouin.
Escalator and flakes
The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), announced its feature film selections in the Spotlight and Cinemania sections, as well as Special Screenings and the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival lineup. The 10th edition of the Festival will take place from April 20 to May 1 in lower Manhattan.
"Now that the majority of the program has been announced I believe you will see the rich variety and quality of the films and talent that we are presenting at Tribeca this year," s...
1st INTERNATIONAL URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL RIO DE JANEIRO 2011 MAY 21st - 28th
Urânio em Movi(e)mento, the First International Uranium Film Festival invites you to Rio de Janeiro, May 21st to 28th 2011. The main locations of the festival are the two beautiful cultural centres Parque das Ruinas and Laurinda Santos Lobo in the famous quarter Santa Teresa.
The festival team has now selected 15 feature documentaries and movies and 19 short films: 7 films from USA, Brazil 5, ...
Urânio em Movi(e)mento, the First International Uranium Film Festival invites you to Rio de Janeiro, May 21st to 28th 2011. The main locations of the festival are the two beautiful cultural centres Parque das Ruinas and Laurinda Santos Lobo in the famous quarter Santa Teresa.The festival team has now selected 15 feature documentaries and movies and 19 short films: 7 films from USA, Brazil 5, Germany 5, Australia 4, France 3, Africa do Sul 2, Costa Rica 1, Sweden 1, Russia 1, India 1, Denmark 1,...
The 16th annual IFFF launches with a press conference at 1 PM on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. This is the fifth year of presenting the fest at Raleigh Studios, adjacent to the Paramount Studio lot on Melrose Avenue in the heart of Hollywood. This year's film schedule is filled with highlights - each of them with enough back-story to more than...
Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, has launched a new Documentary Lab, sponsored by Latino Public Broadcasting, with 14 filmmakers and 9 projects participating. Taking place in Los Angeles, the Documentary Lab is an intensive seven-week program, with a main focus of assisting documentary filmmakers on their works-in-progress and providing creative feedback. All of the Film Independent Labs are designed to suppor...
DreamWorks Animation SKG today announced its feature film release slate through 2014. The Company's current plan features six original films and is anchored by three sequels based on its hit Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar and How to Train Your Dragon franchises.
DreamWorks Animation's theatrical release schedule is currently planned as follows: Kung Fu Panda 2 for May 26, 2011 and Puss In Boots for November 4, 2011; Madagascar 3 for June 8, 2012 and Rise of the Guardians for November 21, 2012;...
Director: John Prowse, John Bessai .
GreenHeroes are remarkable people who acted on their idea and heroically “ventured forth” to protect our planet. Through their stories, our goal is to inspire people to take action and green their everyday lives. In this episode we find GreenHeroes at the root of the earth’s problems helping find new ways to tackle deforestation, GMOs, mass food production and even poverty in Africa. We feature three women on their journeys to make a difference.
Featuring: Tzeporah Berman, organizer of a series of protests that drew 10,000 supporters at the height of the Clayoquot Sound conflict in British Columbia.To achieve her goals, Tzeporah straddles the line between activism and corporate America. She works with corporations such as Staples and Dell to help them become more ecologically friendly. She also convinced Victoria’s Secret to print their catalogues on recycled paper.
Wangari Maathai, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, the first environmentalist to be recognized with this honour. Wangari initiated the Green Belt movement in Kenya, a program in which groups of women were paid to plant trees, proving advantageous for both the environment and the women. The movement set off the United Nations One Billion Trees Campaign. Each year, the campaign aims to have one billion trees planted worldwide.
Laura Reinsborough, a real pioneer for local food usage and a new mother, she founded an organization that does away with rotting fruit. Laura founded Not Far From The Tree, an organization that harvests fruit bearing plants around Toronto. A third of the bounty goes to the volunteers, a third goes to the owner of the tree and a third goes to local shelters, preventing thousands of pounds of fruit from going to waste.
The nine members of the international jury - organisers of queer and other film festivals - view films within the framework of all programs of the Berlinale which have queer context.
Three films are nominated for each category and one receives a TEDDY for best feature film, best documentary/essay film and the best short film, each with a cash award of €3,000.
Members of the Jury:
Marcus Hu (President of the TEDDY AWARD Jury) Strand Releasing, Culver City...
Berlinale 2011: Panorama Audience Awards PPP go to También la lluvia (Even The Rain) and Im Himmel, Unter der Erde. Der Jüdische Friedhof Weißensee (In Heaven Underground - The Weissensee Jewish Cemetery)
The audience has cast its votes: the 13th PanoramaAudienceAward PPP, which is presented in collaboration with radioeins of rbb (Berlin-Brandenburg's public radio and television station), Berlin's city magazine tip and the Berlinale's Panorama section, goes to Tambié...
On February 16, 2011, the WCF Day will once again provide an opportunity to learn more about the programme, successes, funding strategies, films, initiatives and partners of the World Cinema Fund (WCF).
On this occasion the World Cinema Fund will present its new cooperation partners, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the Deutsche Welle/DW Akademie. Through the support of these new partners, it will be possible to launch a new WCF programme in a number...
● FCAT's 8th edition on 11th-19th June
● 3rd African-Spanish film Co-production forum's submission closed
● Submissions of films for official competition close February 25th
● Submissions of for 4th PhotoAfrica close March 1st
The African Film Festival of Tarifa (www.fcat.es), has entered into a partnership with AfricanFilms.tv, a video-on-demand internet platform with headquarter in Dakar, Senegal, aiming to help the platform build up its catal...
London's equivalent to Hollywood's Academy is called-for short- BAFTA and it occupies luxurious premises on the historic Piccadilly street (not to be confused with the nearby Piccadilly Circus, which has nothing to do with P.T.Barnum) in the heart of the British capital. For many years it was considered a rather staid place and organisation, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, but in recent years after some interior revamping and probably thanks to some lively new personnel on the...
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