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July 27-Aug 2, 2009 marks the Tenth Anniversary of the HBO New York International Latino Film Festival, the premier Urban Latino film event in the country and will be screening the independent film RHYME ANIMAL Sunday, Aug 2 at SVA Theater Screen 1, 5:15PM. RHYME ANIMAL was created, co-written and co-produced by Jorge Rivera, Latino filmmaker and former member of the seminal Afro-Latin Rock band, “Bay of Pigs”. This short film has had a brief but successful run at eighteen film festivals in the circuit such as: Winner – Best Short Film – Spaghetti Junction Urban Film Festival April, 2008Finalist…

Following Pixar’s unprecedented streak of 9 successful films, the feature UP makes history by taking computer animation to a new dimension. It is the first studio feature to be released in Disney Digital 3D and is also the first animation that opened the prestigious Cannes Festival du Film. Director Pete Docter along with his creative team, Bob Peterson, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Oscar®-nominated composer Michael Giacchino (Ratatouille, The Incredibles), bring to the screen two very distinct characters, both reaching to fulfill their lifelong dreams. Carl is a grouchy, but likable elderly man trying to escape the world aboard his…

Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go has its national broadcast premiere on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, at 10 p.m. on PBS during the 22nd season of POV (Point of View). American television’s longest-running independent documentary series, POV is the recipient of a Special Emmy for Excellence in Television Documentary Filmmaking. The series continues on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. through Sept. 22 and returns with two specials in November and December. In Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go, one of Britain’s leading documentary filmmakers takes a vérité look at Oxford’s Mulberry Bush School for emotionally disturbed children. Mulberry’s heroically forbearing staff…

GOTTA DANCE is hot off the trails of the trendiest in dance programming, including So You Think You Can Dance and the mega popular Dancing with the Stars. Similar to its reality show cousins, where contestants of diverse backgrounds step out of their comfort zone to endure rigorous training in unfamiliar dance styles, the documentary follows a group of everyday people as they try out for a spot in the New Jersey Nets’ new Dance Team. However, there is a great twist here that keeps the viewer glued to their seat…not only are these individuals untrained, they are also ages…

The Hindu – New Delhi (IANS): Artist and acclaimed short filmmaker K.M. Madhusudhanan, who has directed award-winning Malayalam film “Bioscope”, says that regional cinema is now getting noticed because Bollywood is going through a slump. “Bollywood has reached stagnancy over the years with repetitive story lines, songs, stunts, etc. Even the so-called ‘new films’ are predictable. As a result, I feel that regional films are getting more attention,” Madhusudhanan said.in an e-mail interview. “The recent commercial trends clearly show that Bollywood ventures are by and large a failure,” he added. Talking about “Bioscope”, he said: “This is a film about…

With his second feature film Cypriot Christos Georgiou seems to come in due season this summer: released at the beginning of June in Germany, Small Crime already achieved figures of more than 350.000 Euros at the box-office. Small Crime, produced by Twenty Twenty Vision in co-production with Lychnari Productions and Bad Movies, is a witty, heartwarming comedy about the police graduate Leonidas, who is stuck up in a small, sleepy island in the Aegean. While dreaming of solving serious crimes in the big city, he just chases traffic offenders and nudists on the beach. His life changes, when villager Zacharias…

The girl from Monaco tells the story of a brilliant and neurotic attorney (Fabrice Luchini) that goes to Monaco to defend a famous criminal. But, instead of focusing on the case, he falls for a beautiful she-devil (Louise Bourgoin), who turns him into a complete wreck… Hopefully, his zealous bodyguard (Roschdy Zem) will step in and put everything back in order… Or will he?Anne Fontaine, director of The girl from Monaco was born in Luxembourg and started her career as a dancer and an actress. She made her directorial debut with Les Histoires d’Amour Finissent Mal en Général (1993), which…

Shandong Film & TV Group Corporation has entered into a multi-faceted partnership with rising international media company Metan Development Group which was founded earlier this year by veteran media industry executives I. Martin Pompadur and Larry Namer.Metan will provide production and development consulting for Shandong’s current Chinese productions, advising on how to make them more appealing to global markets. Additionally, Metan will represent Shandong’s interests in co-productions with Western companies for international films shot in China and co-productions of Western television formats in the country. Metan will also represent Shandong’s programs to Western brands for advertising and sponsorship opportunities.“Our partnership…

PALM SPRINGS, CA – The 2009 Palm Springs International ShortFest & Short Film Market, the largest short film festival and market in North America, announced its Festival award winners on Sunday, June 28, 2009. 315 short films screened throughout the Festival along with more than 2,200 filmmaker submissions available in the film market. Held from June 23-29, 2009, the Festival saw a large rise in attendance this year on all fronts, including ticket buyers, filmmakers and film industry delegates. A total of 27 festival awards were announced Sunday evening at the Awards Presentation held at the Camelot Theatre in Palm…

Palm Springs – June 28, 2009 – Today at the Palm Springs International ShortFest Film Festival, Cinema Without Borders jury members voted Kingsland #1: The Dreamer, directed by Tony Grisoni, as winner of the Cinema Without Borders Best International Film Award.The award ceremony for the 2009 Palm Springs International ShortFest Film Festival was held at Camelot Theatre and Bijan Tehrani, Editor in Chief of Cinema Without Borders and a faculty member of the Art Institute of California, Los Angeles, presented the Cinema Without Borders Best International Film Award.“Deciding the winner of the Cinema Without Borders Best International Film Award was…