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Angelika, East Village 18 West Houston St. (@ Mercer St.) New York, NY 10012 • 212-995-2000SHALL WE KISS (France)A chance encounter, turned romantic date, between a local art restorer (Michael Cohen) and a Parisian designer (Julie Gayet) launches the telling of a complicated, cautionary tale about falling for all the wrong people. Directed by Emmanuel Mouret – Cast Includes Virginie Ledoyen, Emmanuel Mouret, Julie Gayet, Michaël Cohen, Frédérique Bel, Stefano AccorsiTHE CLASS (France) Winner of the 2008 Golden Palm award at Cannes, THE CLASS stars real-life teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau, in his big screen debut. Focused on a junior…

New York, NY, – Vincent Pastore, aka “Big Pussy” in the award-winning HBO series “The Sopranos,” has been signed to star in Gotham-based Pavaline Studios’ upcoming short. The film will be scripted by the winner of Pavaline’s Filmmakers Network Mafia Short Script Competition, the first in a series sponsored by the recently established indie studio.Pastore who has a long list of film and television credits, has been working in back-to-back features, including the currently shooting “Thunder Doyle” and “The Ocean.” “I am very happy to be a part of this competition,” Pastore expressed. “I have always been a strong supporter…

Palm Springs, CA – Last year, Halle Berry earned both acting and fashion kudos at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), adorned with exquisite jewelry from Cartier’s iconic Trinity collection during the Awards Gala. Cartier will turn heads for a second year as the renowned jeweler brings elegance to the red carpet as presenting sponsor of the Gala on Tuesday, January 6.The 20th annual Festival’s Awards Gala, held at the Palm Springs Convention Center and hosted again by “Entertainment Tonight’s” Mary Hart, will honor Clint Eastwood with the Career Achievement Award, Ron Howard with the Director’s Lifetime Achievement Award,…

Burbank, California, December 30th 2008 – Cinema Without Borders announced that Renee Leck, a CWB film critic, will represent the publication in UK and France as its correspondent. “ We had been lucky to two great writers in the UK now, our Blogg Editor, Hollie Miller and our new correspondent Renee Leck. Renee will also cover France for us. Renee’s love for international cinema and poetry her knowledge of English language makes her a unique writer” Says Bijan Tehrani, Editor In Chief of Cinema Without Borders.Renee Leck grew up as an only child in Morristown, NJ, a suburban community 45…

IFC Films will open GOMORRAH, Matteo Garrone’s film about Italy’s infamous Camorra crime family which is the official Italian Oscar selection for Best Foreign Language Film, in Los Angeles for one week only on Friday, December 19 at the Laemmle Sunset 5 in order to qualify for all categories of the Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as the Broadcast Film Critics Association Critics’ Choice Awards (BFCA), Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) and other film critics’ awards. GOMORRAH was a critical sensation at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival,…

The first titles for the Competition programme of the 59th Berlin International Film Festival have been confirmed. They include films from Algeria, China, Greece, Great Britain, Sweden, the USA, and Germany. This means that in addition to the opening film, the world premiere of Tom Tykwer’s The International (which is screening out of competition, as announced in the press release on Nov. 28, 2008), another ten films have been selected, four of which will be celebrating their world premieres at the Berlinale.“We are very pleased to be able to present new films by renowned directors and exciting young filmmakers”, says…

Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the 2009 Golden Globe Award nominees for the Best Foreign Language Film Award. The five nominees are as follows: 1. THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX (GERMANY)(DER BAADER MEINHOF KOMPLEX)Constantin Film Produktion GmbH; Summit Entertainment, LLC2. EVERLASTING MOMENTS (SWEDEN/DENMARK)(MARIA LARSSONS EVIGA ÖGONBLICK)Final Cut Productions Aps; IFC Films 3. GOMORRAH (ITALY)(GOMORRA)Fandango; IFC Films4. I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (FRANCE)(IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T’AIME)UGC YM/UGC Images/France 3 Cinema/Integral Film; Sony Pictures Classics5. WALTZ WITH BASHIR (ISRAEL)Bridgit Folman Film Gang/Les Films D’Ici/Razor Films/Arte France/ITVS International; Sony Pictures Classics

German director Matthias Luthardt (Pingpong) will be president of the “Dialogue en perspective” jury at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2009 the independent jury prize will be awarded for the sixth time to a film in the Berlinale section Perspektive Deutsches Kino. It will also be the sixth year of partnership between the Berlin International Film Festival and the francophone TV channel TV5MONDE, which is awarding the prize in co-operation with the German-French Youth Office (FGYO). One special feature of the award is that the jury will consist of seven German and French film lovers aged between 18…

San Bruno, CA – YouTube along with Sundance Film Festival and Moviefone today announced the return of “Project:Direct”, the sequel to last year’s successful online international short film competition designed to both discover hidden talent and engage the YouTube community. “Project:Direct” will offer the creator of an original short film the opportunity to attend the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and have his or her project shown at a non-theatre Festival event. The 25th Sundance Film Festival is scheduled to take place January 15 – January 25, 2009 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.From 12:01am EST Sunday,…

CLUJ, Romania — One of Europe’s most innovative and newly-heralded filmmaking communities is Romania’s New Wave, which last summer was put in sharp focus at the country’s leading film forum, the Transylvania International Film Festival. CWB’s International Editor James Ulmer visited the Festival in June and spoke with its trio of lead executives about a variety of topics, from life after communism and the festival’s political birth pangs, to why drive-ins are Romania’s next Big Thing. Present were Honorary President Tudor Giurgiu; Festival Director Mihai Chirilov, who founded the festival in 2001 with Giurgiu; and Executive Director Rik Vermuelen.James: Some…