Walden Media (The Chronicles of Narnia) will be the first recipient of the 2008 International Family Film Festival Film Excellence Award for their steadfast commitment to quality Family Films and the production of classic children’s literature on Sunday March 2nd, 6:30PM at Hollywood’s own, Raleigh Studios. This is the first time that the 13 year old film festival has chosen to honor a production company for their contributions to the family film library. This precedent-setting honor was vo...

This year, Ecofilms, paid tribute to filmmaker Jonas Mekas, as the International Films & Visual Arts Festival in Rhodes presented two of his major diary films: Diary, Notes and Sketches or Walden (1969, 180’) and Reminiscences of a journey to Lithuania (1972, 82’).The Lithuanian-born poet, film critic and director became the cornerstone of the American avant-garde after he left the German and Soviet occupation to settle for New York City in the 1950s. In 1958, he began there the influential...