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Today’s Zaman: Now in its fourth year, the Akbank Short Film Festival honored the best short films in the fiction and documentary categories at a ceremony in Ä°stanbul on Thursday evening following an outstanding 10-day program under the theme “A Gathering of Short Film Makers.” Among the 343 films that entered the festival’s competition this year, 20 fiction and 10 documentaries in the “Festival Shorts” were nominated by Altyazı magazine Editor-in-Chief Fırat Yücel, actress Beste Bereket and festival coordinator Selim Evci in the pre-elimination round. Mehmet Aslan’s “Bir Cinayetin Ä°ki Öyküsü” (Two Stories of a Murder) was named best film…

Golden Globe Awards 2008 Best Foreign-Language movie nominees are the Romanian film “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days;” Taiwan’s “Lust, Caution;” French animated film “Persepolis;” a U.S.-made entry about Afghanistan, “The Kite Runner,” and “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” a U.S.-French production.4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days happens during the course of one day in 1987 in Communist Romania, Otilia helps her friend and roommate Gabita to get a late-term abortion done (at that time, any sort of abortion, as well as any kind of contraceptive were illegal in Romania). The film is very realistic and shows…

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Steven Spielberg will be honored at next January’s Golden Globe Awards telecast with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his “outstanding contribution to the entertainment field.” The award, voted by the Board of Directors of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, was announced today at a morning press conference by Josh Brolin.The DeMille Award will be presented to Spielberg at “The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards” to be held Sunday, January 13, 2008 and telecast live on NBC (8-11 pm EST).Spielberg has received six Golden Globes; for Best Director for “Schindler’s List” and “Saving Private Ryan,” for Best…

2008 Sundance Film Festival opens on January 17 in Park City with the world premiere of IN BRUGES, written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker and award-winning playwright, Martin McDonagh. With an international cast starring Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell, and Brendan Gleeson, IN BRUGES tells the suspenseful, twisted tale of two London hit men ordered to take a forced vacation in Bruges, Belgium, and how their subsequent time in exile goes awry. On Friday, January 26, the Closing Film screening in Park City signals the Festival’s final weekend. This year’s Closing Film is the world premiere of Neil Young’s CSNY…

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is based on true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby. The film begins by introducing Jean-Do who has become a vegetable after having a stroke. Unable to move or speak Jean-Do begins to pity what has become of his life but soon comes to the realization that living doesn’t have to end simply because he has been confined to exist within the walls of a hospital. Instead he begins to draw on his imagination, his memories, and his desires; they become a sort of exit from his body, here he can do what he wants and…

The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles announced today that a screening of the Best Animation Films from Palm Springs International ShortFest Film Festival 2007 will be held on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at The Art Institute of California, Los Angeles as part of the Animation 21 Lecture Series. Selected Best Animation Films will be shown beginning at 6:30 PM in the BIG ROOM at 2900 31st Street, Santa Monica.The Art Institute of California, Los Angeles appreciates the help of Palm Springs International ShortFest Film Festival for arranging this screening and looks forward to further collaborations.ANIMATION PROGRAMBEST OF PALM…

Priority Films and Slowhand Cinema Releasing opens HOLLY, directed by Guy Moshe, starring Ron Livingston, newcomer Thuy Nguyen, Virginie Ledoyen, Udo Kier and Chris Penn, in one of his final film performances. Shot on location in Cambodia, including many scenes in actual brothels in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh, HOLLY is a captivating, touching and emotional experience, that highlights the growing international issue of human trafficking. Patrick, (Ron Livingston), an American card shark and dealer of stolen artifacts, has been ‘comfortably numb’ in Cambodia for years, when he encounters Holly (Thuy Nguyen), a 12-year-old Vietnamese girl, in…

Light the fireplace, gather your rowdiest friends, sing a tale or two, bring out the warm buttered popcorn, the hot chocolate (Ale for the stronger stomach) and maybe a blanket (we will be traveling through the frigid Norse wilderness). Once you are nice and cozy, bring out Anthony Hopkins, Ray Winstone, Crispin Glover, Angelina Jolie (especially Angelina) and have them perform all the scenes from Beowulf in my living room (yes, with the fancy props). This is about as closest I will be able to get to the experience of Beowulf in 3D at the IMAX. There is no way…

AFI FEST 2007 today announced the 2007 award winners with Lee Isaac Chung’s MUNYURANGABO named as the recipient of the Grand Jury Prize for International Feature Competition. Andreas Mol Dalsgaard’s AFGHAN MUSCLES and Nina Davenport’s OPERATION FILMMAKER shared the International Documentary Grand Jury Prize.The Shorts Jury Prize went to Nash Edgerton’s SPIDER, with a special award for Best Animated Short going to Josh Raskind’s I MET THE WALRUS.Julian Schnabel’s THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY won the Audience Award for best feature film, while Jeffrey Schwarz’ SPINE TINGLER! THE WILLIAM CASTLE STORY and Lauren Greenfield’s KIDS + MONEY won the…

Burbank, California—Tuesday, November 6, 2007. Today, Dragon Tale Entertainment, publisher of Cinema Without Borders, announced that James Ulmer has joined the Cinema Without Borders editorial team as International Editor.Bijan Tehrani Editor In Chief of Cinema Without Borders believes that: “James’ long experience and great knowledge in international cinema is incredible. Having James as our International Editor helps us in taking a great step towards our goal of becoming a major player in the international cinema circuit” About his motivation to join Cinema Without Borders James Ulmer says: “It’s so rare in this business when your own professional experience and passions…