As a new year beckons it’s always a delight to look back on the great films from the past 12 months and celebrate the finest pieces of cinema in anticipation of a great 2010.
One of the contenders for best film of 2009 has to be The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a lovingly told story with [...]
Wealth and values through three generations of one family
(Bellevue, WA – October 23) – Great wealth has its side effects – good and bad – for generations to come. A filmmaker’s documentary about her East Coast, “old money” family will screen at the 2009 Ojai Film Festival in sparkling color and candor. Beyond [...]
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Special Midnight screening the night after 9909 picks up two awards at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival Awards.
Friday October 23rd, Midnight
Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street
(www.cinemavillage.com)
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SEPTEMBER 9, 2009?”
A mystery surrounds a small town that was wiped out on September 9, 2009. Set sixty years in [...]
The biggest, little FILM festival you’ve never heard about:
10th ANNUAL OJAI-VENTURA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
November. 5 – 8, 2009
Established in 1999 as the Ojai Film Festival, the Ojai-Ventura International Film Festival is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the art of the motion picture through the presentation of an annual multi-day festival in which [...]
Re-valuing Film Downloads
Film director Peter Gerard is asking the audience to download his documentary film Just to Get a Rep via the film’s website www.justtogetarep.com or from peer-to-peer file-sharing sites. He encourages viewers to either pay and download or watch first and then decide what to pay. The ticket price? Choose a cup of coffee, [...]
OUTRAGEOUS INDEPENDENT ANIMATED FEATURE
“BYE-BYE BIN LADEN!” GETS DVD, NETFLIX RELEASE
The feature-length animated musical “Bye-Bye Bin Laden,” a satire about war, TV and religious fanaticism in the US and the Middle East, will release on DVD Sept. 22.
Named “Best Feature” at the South Beach International Animation Film Festival, “Bye-Bye Bin Laden!” is the first feature-length animated [...]
We Love You wins Best Documentary at LA Shorts Fest
Academy Award-Nominated® production company, New Jersey Films, adds win to accolade rich filmography.
LOS ANGELES (Aug. 4, 2009) – We Love You, the documentary that shines a light on the often mischaracterized annual Rainbow Gatherings and their run ins with federal agents, has won the Best Documentary [...]
Interview with Director Jonathan Kalafer
Since the summer of 1972 people from alternative walks of life meet to create a harmonious and friendly woodland haven. Funded purely through the generosity of those who gather together and apply their skills for free- whole villages, sanitation facilities and kitchens are developed. Known as the Rainbow Gatherings they believe [...]
Following up to the latest post highlighting the plight of young Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, now homeless after his shanty town was demolished by Indian officials, his 9 year old co-star Rubina Ali, who played the young Latika is in the same situation.
This time , it has been reported the government demolition team used force to [...]
As release dates for independent film are generally a quiet affair one of the most appealing things about them is the feeling of satisfaction on discovering it years after its creation.
Year of the Dog (2007) written and directed by Mike White, is this months example. I first became aware of the film in a brief [...]