A performance by the award-winning performance group Black Took Collective highlights the fall lineup of the long-running Arts & Readings series at Cal State San Marcos. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the series will be presented in a virtual format for the third consecutive semester. All events will take place …
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David Mitchell, 52, is the author of several bestselling novels, including Cloud Atlas. Born in Southport, Kent, he has lived near Clonakilty, Co Cork, for 17 years. In 2007, Time magazine named him one of its 100 most influential people in the world. In 2013, Mitchell and his wife Keiko …
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Not so long ago there was no place for independent and arthouse films in mainstream cinema. While mainstream cinema serves to entertain the masses, it is independent and experimental cinema that helps define new trends and style of directing. The formula of successful independent films is then followed by other …
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Image credit: Daps Magic Disney + and Walt Disney Animation Studios are back with the second season of Short Circuit Experimental Films, which kicks off today, August 4, 2021. Short circuit is the innovative and experimental short film program from Walt Disney Animation Studios. Anyone in the studio can pitch …
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the Jerusalem Film Festival is preparing for a start at the end of August, with the famous Cannes title “Where’s Anne Frank?” is about to open the 38th edition of the festival. Directed by Ari Folman, the animated film centers around Kitty, the imaginary friend of Anne Frank to whom …
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The program has a solid track record: out of 80 past Ignite scholars, 10 have seen their short film screened at the Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Institute announced on Friday this year’s Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellows, a group of 10 emerging artists chosen from a global pool of …
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Fortnite Short Nite 2 returns to Party Royale in Fortnite this Friday and will present 40 minutes of short films. The film festival will feature several animated shorts from emerging creators as well as the debut of the upcoming Gildedguy animated series entry, Gildedguy Gets Up. If you are not …
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Director Neill Blomkamp, who picked up his canceled Halo film project deliver a dead blow District 9, turns to the video game industry. As reported by IGN, he joined Gunzilla Games studio as Chief Visionary Officer. The Hollywood director will help the studio create an AAA multiplayer shooter. Founded by …
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If you told people in 1967 that Andy Warhol’s house band just released one of the most revered rock albums of all time, they would ask what their name is, and when you tell them, they would laugh. On the audience side, there were a hundred acts capable of this …
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“If there is specific resistance to women making films, I simply choose to ignore that as a barrier for two reasons: I can’t change my gender and I refuse to stop making films. “ – Catherine Bigelow At a pivotal moment in the 82nd Academy Awards in 2009, when Barbra …
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Monte Carlo Film Festival