Here at ÉCU we wish to celebrate the most adroit talents in indie cinema today and seek out the finest actors who display passion, intensity and ingenuity in their work. This week’s spotlight is on Dublin born actor Emmett Scanlan who starred as Charlie Barnum in the dark Irish film Charlie Casanova (2010), a part which won him Best Actor at the ÉCU 2011 awards. Scanlan was carefully chosen for this award out of the all the actors who featured in the 77 films from 26 different countrie...
Three years ago this week, on August 6, 2009, one of the most prolific, influential and commercially successful American directors of his generation passed away at the age of 59. Although not generally considered a cinematic innovator, despite his enormous output and unique style in terms of story-telling and characterization, John Hughes' legend looms large.
In the early 1980s, the name John Hughes and “teen comedy” were virtually inseparable. B...
by Alexander Acosta Osorio
ÉCU 2012 winner for Best Editing “Her Mother’s Daughters”, director Ooanagh Kearney dishes on her film as well as inspiration, challenges and what the future holds for her. This interview was written couple of weeks before ÉCU 2012 festival.
“Her Mother’s Daughters” tells the story of an older woman who stands by a window in an empty house. Her daughters have flown the nest. As she waits for them to call, their memory is brought ...
Director: Matthew Temple.
Jon loses everything in a game of poker... and it's all down hill from there. Everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. But for each misfortune, a greater peril is averted. Until fate finally catches up to him.
By Maria Esteves – February 17, 2012
New York Fashion Week CHRISTIAN SIRIANO Fall 2012 Runway Show was held at Eyebeam Atelier, Saturday, February 11, 4:00 PM. Siriano Fall 2012 collection was inspired by Frank R. Strayer 1933 film “The Vampire Bat,” starring Fay Wray. His beautiful and sophisticated collection included silk crepe dresses, long evening skirts, blouses, tops, capes, and leather jackets in black, white, burgundy and grey croco. Siriano featured his unique and elegant Pay...
Czech director based in Los Angeles, Ester Brym, has a new film in the works. After her multi-Award winning feature Butterflies that profiled the Internet celebrity, her 2nd feature is much more personal and visually stunning. Autumn of Route 66 documents ones journey through the history, the incredible experience of driving the first American highway, Mother of all roads, the Route 66.
Brym is currently in late post-production stage and raising finishing funds to complete the ...
Teaser for new feature documentary by director Ester Brym, the Autumn of Route 66
New project from Ester Brym's factory is Czech music documentary called Netoč Nás, Natoč Sebe (Film Yourself, Not Us) featuring the band Chinaski and its fans.
Each day during their 2011 World Tour, the fans were told to film whatever happens to them right before the concert and submit the footage for this unusual film inspired by Ridley Scott's Life in a Day.
Not only fans, but also all members of the band shot sometimes funny, sometimes sad and sometimes very usual progress of ...
Although renowned as one of the greatest film directors of all time, many movie fans are unaware of the origins and influences of Stanley Kubrick's mastery of the cinematic medium. The current exhibition, Stanley Kubrick: History in Photographs 1945-1950 which opens November 18 at Moscow's Multimedia Art Museum, provides valuable insight into Kubrick's early years as a young photographer for the American magazine Look, and showcases the best of his work during this...
By Maria Esteves – October 14, 2011
The 49th New York Film Festival 2011 (NYFF 2011) presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center press screening of VITO, directed by Jeffrey Schwarz was held at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 1:00 pm. A live press conference immediately followed with director Schwarz, editor Philip Harrison, Phyllis Antonellis (Vito's cousin), and Charles Russo
(Vito's brother) moderated by NYFF program director Richard Pena.
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By Maria Esteves – October 14, 2011
The 49th New York Film Festival 2011 (NYFF 2011) presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center press screening of VITO, directed by Jeffrey Schwarz was held at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 1:00 pm. A live press conference immediately followed with director Schwarz, editor Philip Harrison, Phyllis Antonellis (Vito's cousin), and Charles Russo (Vito's brother) moderated by NYFF program director Richard Pena.
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By Maria Esteves – October 13, 2011
The 49th New York Film Festival 2011 (NYFF 2011) presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center press screening of THE SKIN I LIVE IN, directed by Pedro Almodovar was held at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 12:00 pm. A live press conference immediately followed with director Pedro Almodovar, casts members Antonio Banderas, and Elena Anaya moderated by NYFF program director Richard Pena. THE SKIN I LIVE IN opens ...
By Maria Esteves – September 27, 2011
The 49th Annual 2011 New York Film Festival (NYFF2011) commence Friday, September 30 - Sunday, October 16, 2011 at Alice Tully Hall and the Walter Reade Theater, New York. Presented by The Film Society of Lincoln Center, NYFF annually showcase the best in international, classic, and cutting-edge independent cinema. This year’s Opening, Centerpiece, and Closing Night films are North American Premiere of CARNAGE, directed by Roman Polanski, MY WEEK...
Director: Peter Hastie.
A lone soul looks for pity in the night.
Text from an anonymous blog.
Director: Peter Hastie.
A woman's descent into spirit.
Experimental film derived from video footage of an art installation by Kate E Deeming.
While most of the techniques in evidence - dissolves, fades, double exposures etc - were in use within a few years of the birth of cinema, they are presented here in a context which highlights their potential within the digital era, serving the needs of an ever-expanding visual language.
Threads was edited within a single editing program. No additional plug-ins were used.
Music: Scope J by Scott Walker (vocals by Ute Lemper). International festival screening rights secured.
"Miya Anari Ba Biwi Khilari Ba" is a upcoming Bhojpuri Bollywood-style Canadian-Indian musical comedy film written, directed and produced by Babukishan Das (interview) starring Birbal, Yogini, Varsha, Chhatu Master, Yunus Parvez and many more.
The film featurs songs performed by renowned Bollywood singers Sapna Awasti, Vinod Rathod, Chandana Dixit, Anuradha Paudwal and Anwar.
Filmed in India with great
The Topanga Film Festival www.topangafilmfestival.com is premiering the new film technology,
MYNDPLAY - which allows viewers to control the outcome of a movie using their brain waves.
Simultaneously - it trains your brain to focus, stay calm under heightened circumnstances and emotional
engagement.
Check it out! Only at the 7th Annaul Topanga Film Festival.
http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/pressmyndplay-press-release
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The results are in!
Some of them anyway.
With over 150 films to watch our
screeners are still hard at work finding those absolutely dazzling gems
that we know you will love. The complete list of all films selected
will be available on August 1, but we just can’t contain our excitement
any more and had to let you in on what’s in store for this year.
Florida State University film student
Torch Eberhart comes through again, making this his second year in a row
to h...
The interest of Hollywood towards third world countries is this: culture teeming with untold stories and cheaper venues and labor.
You’ve heard of films shot in Canada and less expensive states like Michigan, but with the US economy on a tailspin what does it mean for filmmakers here?
Many Hollywood executives have looked overseas to keep the profits rolling in and the cash inside their o...
That's right, you heard it hear first - unless you already knew. We are now officially The Clearwater Film & Music Festival. We have four stages for the durection of the festival to showcase live original music by up and coming bands from across the USA. We also have all the outstanding beach parties, films, and educational panels to go with it.
This year, you do not want to miss The Film Boutique. A trade show made for all things film. Contact us today to learn more. clea...
The 3rd edition of the London Taiwan Cinefest kicked off yesterday with a great buzz and numbers in attendance. The opening film is the small indie debut of both its' directors, Wang Yu-lin and Essay Liu (respectively also producer and writer). The film has previously been shown at the Hong Kong film festival where it got a good amount of attention and praise, even impressing Hollywood Reporter, as can be evidenced by their review - http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/seven-days-heaven-fil...
Terracotta Festival are delighted to announce a reciprocal programming arrangement with SCI-FI-London this year: Terracotta Festival presented “Gantz” (based on a smash hit Manga) at SCI-FI-LONDON on April 26th, and to reciprocate, SCI-FI-LONDON will present “Yakuza Weapon” at Terracotta Festival on May 7th, 18.00 followed by a Q&A by actor/director TAK SAKAGUCHI
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Tak Sakaguchi's masterclass on "Directing action movie" May 7th at Terracotta Festival in London
