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A testament to her fearless nature and boundless determination, Croatian-American filmmaker Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović was nine months pregnant when she traveled from New York to present her first feature film “Murina” at the Cannes Film Festival. At the end of the festival, Kusijanović organizes a 12-hour road trip with her …

Could award-winning Australian-Greek director Kosta Nikas’ narrative short UTOPIA be the most pirated short film in the world? There was a mad rush of netizens to translate and subtitle it into their own language; a phenomenon generally observed for feature films, not for short films! Filmed in 2016 and released …

The International Film Festival Febiofest Bratislava returns after two years, its program full of ambitious and experimental works. Designed as a platform for promoting auteur cinema, Febiofest Bratislava presents current trends in independent cinema with a particular focus on productions from Slovakia and neighboring countries. Aiming to attract viewers of …

The 1970s were a historic decade in the development of American history, and Hollywood was also going through major changes. The new wave of young directors working with studio budgets has led to an increase in experimental and ambitious films that tackle today’s social climate. movies like The parallax view …

Filmmaker Laboni Ashrafi, third from right, receives the Tareq Shahriar Award for Best Independent Short Film from dignitaries during the closing ceremony of the 16th International Short and Independent Film Festival 2022 at the Academy’s National Theater Hall Shilpakala from Bangladesh on Friday. — Sourav Lasker A Bangladeshi short film …

The big screen is coming to Denver this weekend with offerings for everyone at five top film festivals. 📽 The 18th edition The Boulder International Film Festival opens this weekend at the Boulder Theatre. Watch “The Duke” with actress Helen Mirren or “The Rust” by Alec Baldwin. Baldwin will also …

KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon – Klamath Film, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes filmmaking in the Klamath basin, is now accepting film entries for the 10th annual Klamath Independent Film Festival (KIFF) until June 1. The festival, set to take place September 16-18 at the Ross Ragland Theater in Klamath Falls …

MyCinema Global Film Festival, an online film gala screened on the myCinemaHall app, has unveiled its list of winners with the short film ”Udvega (The Anguish)” emerging as the overall winner. ”Udvega (The Anguish)”, a Hindi short film directed by Suman Kumar, won honors in the MyShorts Best Short Film, …

Hollywood Royalty: Bardia actress Nicole Pastor with co-star Jane Seymour at the premiere of Ruby’s Choice. Photos: provided Nicole Pastor is still flying high after attending her first movie premiere. The Bardia actress has attended screenings before, of course, but Tuesday was the first time she attended the premiere of …

Comedy, music, film and conversation highlight some of the events coming up over the weekend and next week in Hudson County. Dorian’s Red Hand Standup Live-action stand-up comedy returns to Dorian’s Red Hand in Jersey City on Saturday, February 26, with two shows at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Hosted …

CARBONDALE — As the 44th annual Big Muddy Film Festival prepares for another year of showcasing some of the best independent filmmakers, one of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s signature events will return to a more familiar setting: a theater. After the 2021 edition was limited to a virtual format due …

Staff Pick: Cauleen SmithNow streamingFebruary 1 to 28, 2022 e-flux Video & Film is delighted to present Cauleen Smith Three songs about liberation like the February 2022 edition of our monthly Staff Picks series. Cauleen Smith’s interdisciplinary work, according to the artist herself, is a meditation on “the everyday possibilities …

Netflix, Tribeca Studios and Gold House have teamed up to launch the first promotion of the Future Gold Film Fellowship, featuring directors Lloyd Lee Choi, Erin Lau and Derek Nguyen. The Gold Film Fellowship was designed with Asian and Pacific Islander (API) filmmakers in mind and will give all three …

Taika Waititi is a name that has had a lot of success in the industry in recent years. Due to massive hits like the MCU blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok and Oscar winner JoJo Rabbit, he has become a force to be reckoned with in mainstream Hollywood. However, before all that hype, …

printable versionEmail the page to a friendPDF version CHICAGO – The 2022 Sundance Film Festival heads into day seven and features online events as well as films (see below). Like last year, the festival is virtual/online, meaning anyone/anywhere with a ticket or pass (link) can indulge in film offerings and …

In 1963, 11-year-old Gus Van Sant traveled from Connecticut to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with his painter grandmother to see the Mona Lisa during his tour of New York. They waited outside the museum in the freezing cold, then faced the rushing crowd to catch a glimpse of the …

printable versionEmail the page to a friendPDF version CHICAGO – As announced earlier in the month, the 2022 Sundance Film Festival has moved from a hybrid (online and in-person) to a strictly virtual festival from January 20-30. For all information, including tickets and ticket packages, click SUNDANCE 2022. For 2022 …

Rainbow shorts. Image: flickerfest.com.au Flickerfest, the annual competitive international short film festival, is back for its 31st year, at Bondi Beach in Sydney. “Come watch a bunch of movies about us, together” For the fifth year in a row, the festival will feature a selection of LGBTQI short films – …

On Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the finalists of 15 finalists in 10 Oscar categories: feature documentary, short documentary, international feature film, makeup / hairstyle, original music, original song, short film by animation, live-action short, sound and visual effects – gives us some clues as …

Nico Hiraga basks against black velvet curtains, surrounded by streamers and balloons. Playing with a noisemaker, he makes jokes and opens a bottle of champagne while the camera flashes, golden confetti is raining down. The fun may be staged for the photoshoot, but Hiraga looks as comfortable here as he …

This is scene 1, Take 1 for class 2021-22 from the initiative of the directors of ViacomCBS. This year’s group, which is guaranteed to lead a television episode on CBS, includes Julie Herlocker, Joy T. Lane Steven J. Kung, Pat Santana and Bao Tran. The initiative provides a platform for …

The 4th Moonwhite Films International Film Fest – MWFIFF 2021 presented by SBI in association with Anup Jalota was held LIVE ONLINE this year. MWFIFF, Devashish Sargam (Raj) the Founder and Director, along with his jury Anup Jalota, Jaspinder Narula, Gufi Paintal, Pt. Suvashit Raj, Yogesh Lakhani, added another new …

The Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences has announced the eligibility lists for international animated films, documentaries and feature films, which are expected to have another very competitive year. There are 26 animated feature films eligible for this year’s awards, although some of the films have not yet had their …

On the black comedy of Apple TV + Mr. Corman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Josh Corman, a fifth-grade teacher living in the San Fernando Valley. Confronted with loneliness in his late 30s after a break-up and struggling to connect with others (including his caring roommate as well as his tough mom, …

ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Alexandria Film Festival, a regional showcase of independent films from around the world, has been extended for 15 days, the festival’s executive committee has announced. The 15-day extension is a nod to the festival’s 15th anniversary. Originally scheduled from November 11 to 25, the festival takes …

AFTRS Festival Favorites, a new award-winning short film program by students of the Australian Film Television and Radio School, will launch today on ABC iview. Each of the eight shorts has been screened at film festivals around the world – from the Wairoa Māori Film Festival in New Zealand to …

iQiyi and ABS-CBN seal the partnership twitter.com/dreamscapeph GLOBAL streaming service iQiyi, a pan-Asian content provider beloved around the world, enters into a multi-title content deal with ABS-CBN to produce four original Philippine romantic series for its international subscribers worldwide. The partnership reinforces the two companies’ commitments to bring high-quality, relevant …

The eighth edition of the Annual Palestinian Cinema Days kicks off at the Ramallah Cultural Palace on Wednesday with a screening of Palestine’s entry to the 2022 Oscars, “The Stranger” (Al-Gharib), by filmmaker Ameer Fakher Eldin of the Occupied Syrian Party Golan Heights, according to a press release. This year, …

The usual deadline for the 13th Annual New York Independent Film Festival is November 30! Submit your film now. We are looking for documentaries or storytelling where the filmmaker has put his passion into the film. Whatever the subject, and the shoot is well done, we are interested in watching …

Rajaram Rajendran’s “Rani Rani Rani” and Sandeep Kumar’s “Mehrunisa” Win Best Feature Film Award ‘Sheer Qorma’ by director Faraz Arif Ansari won the Best of Fest award at the 7th DFW South Asian Film Festival and the 3rd South Asian Film Festival in New York City. Ansari and Divya Datta …

For the first time in two years, the Orlando Film Festival returns for an in-person event featuring more than 200 independent films from around the world. These range from feature documentaries and fictional films to experimental shorts, all of which can be seen at the CMX Plaza Cinema Café in …

According to the Public Relations of Tehran International Short Film Festival, the jury members are: Ensie Shahhosseini Born in 1954 in Gorgan. Writer and director. Graduated in cinematographic direction. She has written screenplays such as “Del Namak”, “Let’s not muddy the brook”, “Pourya Vali”, “Avinar”, “Rush, Sun’s gone”, “Good Night …

“A part of me is very dedicated to a Pan-Asian American portrayal, especially for those stories that are often more invisible, or marginalized, or not on the surface of what the media or mainstream stories would usually talk about or share,” he said. Chinsen said in a statement. telephone interview. …

NUR-SULTAN – A journey through Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia through the lens of independent filmmakers in the region – this is how the Calvert Journal frames its film festival, which will start on October 18 and last until October 31. Film festival poster. Photo …

Posted: October 15, 2021 at 1:23 PM EDT|Update: 17 minutes ago WILMINGTON, North Carolina, October 15, 2021 / PRNewswire / – The official calendar for the 27th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival came out and Tickets are now on sale for all events. The festival will feature 126 films ranging from …

by Kathya Alexander The Seattle Latino Film Festival (SLFF) opened in person on Friday, October 8 and runs through Sunday, October 17. The festivities began last Friday at the Seattle Asian Art Museum with an opening gala and an after-party reception. Dennis Mencia, a Honduran American actor known for playing …

The 14th annual Bushwick Film Festival, which runs October 20-24, is just around the corner. This year’s festival takes a hybrid approach, with live screenings and special events as well as virtual screenings and panels. For the first time, the festival will also include NFT screenplays and videos. The festival, …

A new Neill Blomkamp anthology project has just been added to Netflix, a project that is bursting with the director’s unique dystopian aesthetic and has drawn comparisons to other Netflix series like Love, death and robots. The new addition is Oats Studios, a 10-episode series that is essentially a collection …

Eli burris Back by popular demand, the Athens International Film and Video Festival (AIFVF) returns from October 15-24 with over 500 films competing at the historic Athena Cinema in upscale Athens. This year’s festival combines both the AIFVF 2020, initially postponed due to COVID, as well as the AIFVF 2021 …

October 5, 2021 The Sustainable Stories Film Festival will be held at the University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Bayou Theater, as well as an exhibition with a common theme in the UHCL Art Gallery November 17 and 19, in order to screen and reward short films on sustainable developmentsolutions and ways …

Growing up black in the suburbs of Texas, Fred Leach felt the effects of amplified stereotypes, social isolation and marginalization, and unconscious prejudices. This is why although the SMU graduate lived in Los Angeles for several years, he wanted to return home to shoot Caged birds, his directorial debut. “I …

In just four rounds since its launch in 2016, the El Gouna Film Festival (GFF, October 14-22) has become a staple on the region’s film scene. Whether through a program that includes some of the most prominent recent productions in the Arab world and beyond, by supporting film projects in …

Click to enlarge Photo: Kino Lorber Studios Satoko gets more than she bargained for in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest The wife of a spy. Asian and diasporic films and media have become increasingly popular in the United States, from the proliferation of K-dramas on Netflix to major accolades for films such …

Lee Haven Jones, Harry Wootliff and Rob Savage, directors of Celebration, Real things and Dash Cam respectively, were shortlisted for the IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Prize of £ 50,000 in association with the BFI, which will be presented on Sunday 17th October as part of the BFI London Film Festival …

When cinematographer Sam Levy and writer and director Karen Cinorre, now married in their forties, first met – in a film class as undergraduates at Brown – he was struck by the fact that “she had read all these interesting texts on magic, mediums and optical tricks that you could …

PTISep 29, 2021 17:32 GMT The Minister of Information and Public Relations, LN Sharma, announced that the second edition of the “Sikkim Global Film Festival” will be held from December 10 to 14. In addition to film screenings and the participation of filmmakers from all over the world, the festival …

The competition section of the Tokyo International Film Festival will be heavily oriented towards Asian titles, festival organizers said on Tuesday. The festival has announced the full lineup for its 34th edition, which will take place from October 30 to November 8, 2021 at its new main venues in Tokyo’s …

A musical about a struggling musician, a drama about the harsh realities of immigration and a detective-style documentary about the missing skull of a Spanish painter are just a few stories included in this year’s PELÍCULA Spanish film festival, which will stand online for one second. year. The online film …

From punk rock documentaries to sci-fi to a Korean feature film, Harpur Cinema’s fall 2021 lineup has something for the most discerning moviegoer. “We were unable to offer Harpur Cinema last year due to pandemic restrictions, so this is our big comeback! said Associate Professor of Film Brian Wall, who …

New American trailer for famous Taiwanese horror film Detention from the 1960s by Alex Billington September 23, 2021Source: Vimeo ” Have you forgotten ? Or are you just scared? “ Dekanalog Releasing has released an official trailer in the United States for an acclaimed Taiwanese horror film titled Detention, directed …

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur will inaugurate the first Himalayan film festival on September 24, 2021. The five-day festival will be held in Leh, Ladakh, from September 24 to 28, 2021. The inauguration of the festival will see the presence of directors and actors from the hit …

The New York Film Festival spear its Currents program two years ago to highlight avant-garde trends in cinema. While innovation is not uniformly felt in its selections this year, the lineup still includes a good number of formally adventurous films, especially among the short films. Impressionist by Daïchi Saïto terreterreterre, …

“The French Dispatch” opens, “King Richard” closes the 57th edition of the oldest competitive festival in North America, October 13-24, 2021 Featuring tributes to Sir Kenneth Branagh and Rebecca Hall; world premieres of “Mayor Pete”, “Punch 9 For Harold Washington” and more; visionary adventure on the big screen “Dune” and …

The Chicago International Film Festival has announced the full lineup for its 57th edition, which will take place October 13-24, 2021. This year’s festival spans the city, with screenings at AMC River East 21, Music Box Theater, Gene Siskel Film Center, drive-in screenings at ChiTown Movies in Pilsen, and pop-up …

They come from Boston, China, Kyrgyzstan and Los Angeles. They are protesters for the right to abortion in Ireland and road trips in California. One of them is a hologram. Whether they are actual journalists or imaginary visitors to a sci-fi future, all of these fierce women have a home …

The Arab Film Festival 2021Hybrid festival returns to audiences in Minneapolis and virtually across the United StatesSeptember 29-October 3, 2021, 7 p.m. Mizna 2446 University Avenue West Saint-Paul, Minnesota 55114United States T +1 612 788 6920 [email protected] The 15th edition of the Mizna Twin Cities Arab Film Festival (TCAFF) returns …

Fall in Philadelphia is marked by cool weather, vibrant foliage, and a range of uniquely Philly events and celebrations. A few annual favorites like the Fringe Festival and the Puerto Rican Day Parade are joined by newcomers like Arts Montco Week and a revamped Halloween celebration at the Eastern State …

Many people have a calling – whether it’s baking, calligraphy, or four years of medical school, a tangible passion can define a person’s experience for much of their life. For Varun Chharia, this vocation was cinema. As a fourth-year Continuing and Professional Studies student at the University, Chharia ignited his …

Rozálie BrožkováProducerVernesCzech RepublicPitching: Seniors What’s the biggest problem facing the animation industry?In the animation industry in the Czech Republic we have had a lot of success and investment in short films, but we do not have funding for feature films or series. This is on top of the fact that …

An overview of the fall 2021 events of the School of the Arts of the CSUSM As CSUSM begins to shift to traditional online learning, School of Arts departments such as Theater Arts are slowly shifting to in-person performances and events. In-person performances provide more opportunities for actors to gauge …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

07/20/2021 – The festival returns to the impressive Piazza Grande and this year offers a new competitive Corti d’autore program, in the Pardi di domani section Beckett by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino UPDATE (July 20, 2021): 100 minutes (Sto minut iz zhizni Ivana Denisovicha), the new film by the Russian filmmaker …

It’s hard to believe we’re coming to the middle of summer, but luckily there’s an ever-growing list of exhibits, festivals, and fun ways to celebrate the second half of the season. Check out all the new and old events the Bay Area has to offer this week. Discover the works …

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 …

A photo of Julia Ducournau (L) and Tang Yi (R). Strong points Cannes Film Festival has long faced criticism of gender imbalance However, the 74th edition of the festival tried to solve the problem. This year, the women won 5 of the grand prizes awarded at the film festival Cannes: …

Guwahati: As Assam content finds a new home in the Reeldrama streaming platform, a new Assamese feature film ‘Riyaz‘premiered Friday on the streaming platform. Directed by debutant Mriganka Borah, the film deals with the spiritual connection and the shared connection between individual lives and music. “Music plays a central role …

The 13th annual Bay Area International Children’s Film Festival is just around the corner, presenting “A Playdate for the Imagination” in its fully virtual 2021 event, July 22-25. In addition to more than 40 films suitable for families around the world, this year’s ‘Back to Community, Back to Nature’ themed …

Ismail movie poster Istikana Nora Alsharif’s film “Ismail” has just been released on Istikana AMMAN, JORDAN, July 12, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ – Istikana, the leading subscription video-on-demand service focused on Arab indie films, documentaries, shorts and classics, has released award-winning documentary Ismail إسماعيل by Palestinian director Nora Alsharif Nora Alsharif’s film …

During its last week, the Cannes Film Festival will screen a few films that can be called anthologies of one kind or another: “The French Dispatch” by Wes Anderson (five discrete stories under one concept) on Monday, the anthology “The Year of the Everlasting Storm” (seven different directors discuss life …

When the state was on triple lockdown earlier this year, a song was being born; remotely and in two different time zones. Now that the state is unlocked, the song from the movie Njan mikhael, shot entirely in Australia, will be broadcast by actor Aparna Murali and singer Haricharan, who …

Facebook / Instagram / Twitter e-flux Video & Film is very pleased to present this month’s staff selection, with two short films by Anocha Suwichakornpong: Graceland (2006) and Nightfall (2016), streaming from Thursday July 1 to Saturday July 31, 2021. Anocha Suwichakornpong’s moving image works are innovative, stimulating and empowering. …

Following the success of the FACT Together pilot program in 2020 – developed in response to financial uncertainty caused by the temporary closure of galleries and museums around the world – FACT is delighted to announce the second installment of the program. FACT Together will provide four early career artists …

the Perth International Revelation Film Festival is available again from July 1 to 11. If you haven’t heard of this festival (where have you been) the quickest way to explain it is to ask… “when was the last time you saw a cool t-shirt with its own?” QR code and …