The 18th Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. (SFFLA) will be on January 14, 15, 21 and 22. To learn more about the festival we had an interview with festival’s director and founder James Koenig.James Koenig is someone whose voice is heard in various arts arenas. He graduated from Northwestern University with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in voice continuing studies in Italy, Germany, and California. As a classical singer he has sung in opera and concert venues around the United States and in Europe. He also enjoys teaching, directing, and writing. He is the founder/director of the eighteen-year-old Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.…
Author: Bijan Tehrani
Bijan Tehrani
Bijan (Hassan) Tehrani Founder and Editor in Chief of Cinema Without Borders, is a film director, writer, and a film critic, his first article appeared in a weekly film publication in Iran 45 years ago. Bijan founded Cinema Without Borders, an online publication dedicated to promotion of international cinema in the US and around the globe, eighteen years ago and still works as its editor in chief. Bijan is has also been a columnist and film critic for the Iranian monthly film related medias for 45 years and during the past 5 years he has been a permanent columnist and film reviewer for Film Emrooz (Film Today), a popular Iranian monthly print film magazine. Bijan has won several awards in international film festivals and book fairs for his short films and children's books as well as for his services to the international cinema. Bijan is a member of Iranian Film Writers Critics Society and International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI). He is also an 82nd Golden Globe Awards voter.
If you belong to the millions of Farsi speaking crowd living outside Iran, your best bet to watch TV channels broadcasting in Farsi from Iran and the rest of the world is MTC. MTC also covers programming in other languages such as Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian and Arabic. You can watch MTC on your computer, your Android and IOS devices as well as Ruku Box. We found MTC’s menu and navigation tools very easy to use and response time to change the channels are quite quick. A one year plan of MTC costs $99, 3 year plan $199 and unlimited plan…
To coordinate and pull together an international film festival, is no easy task. It takes diligence, a firm point of view of how things should unfold, and above all, it requires you to absolutely love the films your presenting to the community. With long white hair and a whistful smile, Vladek Juszkiewicz is just that kind of man.Vladek Juszkiewicz was born in Glogow, Poland. He graduated from the Szczecin Technical University with a degree in Engineering. While attending the University he became a member of The Szczecin Technical University Choir, going on to serve as the President and manager of…
HP Bridging The Borders Award, offered by Cinema Without Borders at Palm Springs International film Festival in early January is now a well-recognized award in the film community around the world. CWB will be a running a series of articles about this award and sponsor of the ward, HP Workstation department. For the first article we interviewed HP’s Rick Champagne . Rick Champagne is the Worldwide Media & Entertainment Segment Manager for HP Z Workstation Technologies. Working closely with customers and industry partners, Rick guides HP’s strategy and business development within the film, television, broadcast, and games industries. With a…
Seattle International Film Festival is one of the major film festivals in US and to look back at 2016 festival we sat down with Beth Barrett, Director of Programming of the Seattle International Film Festival.Beth started her work for SIFF in 2003, after years of being a festival-goer. She is responsible for managing all aspects of film programming, the staff of film programmers, and securing films and guests for the Festival. Beth is also instrumental in the programming and management of SIFF Cinema and SIFF’s other year-round programs. An aficionado of short films, she secured SIFF’s status as an Academy…
We are getting close to the Palm Springs ShortFest, one of the most successful short film festivals in the world. Since 2012 HP Bridging the Borders Award offered by Cinema Without Borders goes to a film that helps bringing people of our world closer together. Every year and prior to the festival we introduce computer systems and digital tools that could help independent young filmmakers. The following interview with Mike Diehl and Christian Jones is about HP RGS and HP Z1 All-in-One Workstation. Mike Diehl is a Product Manager for the personal workstation business at HP’s Workstation Global Business Unit.…
In 1632, at the age of 6, Kristina Vasa became the first native, female sovereign of Sweden when her father died on the battlefield. Raised as a prince, Kristina grows up with ideas for modernizing Sweden and bringing an end to war. She struggles against the conservative forces in court who have no tolerance for these ideas nor for her awakening sexuality and quest for knowledge. Queen Kristina is an enigmatic young woman, beloved by her father, rejected by her mother and raised in a conservative Lutheran court. She is torn between reason and passion; between the ancient and modern…
2015 Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles 2015 that was held from October 13 to October 22 was a great success, attracting international film fans to watch the latest and best of Polish cinema.To look back at the festival, we had an interview with Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles founder and director, Vladek Juszkiewicz. Bijan Tehrani: Looking back at the 2015 Los Angeles Polish Film Festival, how happy are you with the outcome?Vladek Juszkiewicz: I do not think we have reasons to complain. Attendance was pretty good. The program was diversified; everybody could find something to watch and enjoy. Some of…
A century ago, Nikola Tesla dreamed of sending free wireless energy from a mysterious tower and lab called Wardenclyffe. Deteriorating for decades, the remains of his great work were almost lost forever. Until a grateful world united to save it. TOWER TO THE PEOPLE tells how Tesla’s perpetual struggles against the day’s corporate titans were ultimately vindicated generations later- using technology the visionary himself helped develop. Experience the mystifying past, inspirational present and exciting future of Tesla’s most ambitious experiment for humanity… at a lab called Wardenclyffe. Joseph Sikorski director of TOWER TO THE PEOPLE is an award-winning writer/director/producer whose…
McKay is a New York-based Emmy award-winning independent producer and director who hails from Kilmacanogue, County Wicklow, Ireland, and who created this new venture out of the multi city film festivals that he previously founded and produced in New York (Irish Film New York) and San Francisco, and co-founded in Los Angeles.Cinema Without Borders: Please tell us about Irish Screen America (ISA) and its goals.Niall McKAY : Irish Screen America, formerly known as Irish Film New York, supports and guides Irish media-makers by showcasing their work and fostering partnerships in the two largest cities for the entertainment industry in the…