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The Un Certain Regard sidebar of the 70th Cannes Film Festival announced its winners on Saturday, with the jury awarding the top prize to A Man of Integrity (Lerd) by Mohammad Rasoulof. The film is a drama about endemic corruption in provincial Iran and shows how it’s an uphill climb for a righteous man. “We are proud to present an aesthetically diverse and beautiful palmares,” said Uma Thurman, Un Certain Regard jury president, to open the ceremony. April’s Daughter by Michel Franco won the jury prize. Tim Roth executive produced the Spanish-language film by his Chronic director, which stars Julieta…

Spring 2009: the two Norwegian citizens Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland cross the border to Eastern Congo. Only few days later the news of the death of their driver spreads, and after several nights on the run in the vast Congolese jungle, the two men are caught and sentenced to death. In the following months, the events in the jungle turn into an unsolvable political and diplomatic crisis – known as the “Congo-case”. In the ensuing trial, French and Moland are sentenced to death for espionage and the murder of their driver. The Norwegian state is accused of sending Moland…

SEEfest 2017 announced festival’s Jury Awards last week on its closing night. Presentation of the SEEfest 2017 awards took place on May 4 at the Writers Guild theater in Beverly Hills. Special “Ambassador of International Cinema” award was presented at the Opening of the festival to Bijan Tehrani, editor-in-chief of Cinema Without Borders. Winners of the Jury Awards: Best Feature Film, Grand Jury Prize – Cinema Without Borders’ Bridging the Borders Award went to the Croatian-Slovenia-Macedonia-Czech-UK co-production The Constitution, an extraordinary and very funny “love story about hate” by veteran Croatian director Rajko Grlić. It was acquired for U.S. distribution…

Come and  meet author Bahiyyih Nakhjavani this Saturday evening, 7 pm in Westwood. What will be the fate of refugees and immigrants to the United States, following Trump’s executive orders—challenged though they’ve been by the federal judiciary? And what of the Iranian and Arab diaspora already in this country; how have they managed? This Saturday, April 22 at 7 pm, The Markaz and the Pacific Arts Center present an exclusive occasion to meet acclaimed international author Bahiyyih Nakhjavani on the occasion of her new novel Us & Them out from Stanford University Press, following her 2015 success, The Woman Who…

Reeves Lehmann, chair of the BFA Film and BFA Animation programs at the School of Visual Arts (SVA), announced today that the 28th Dusty Film & Animation Festival will take place at the SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, NYC, on Friday, May 5 through Monday, May 8. The festival culminates with the Dusty Awards, honoring the achievements of outstanding film and animation thesis students and SVA alumni, on the evening of Monday, May 8. Award-winning producer Annie Flocco is the producer/director of the festival. Named after SVA Founder Silas “Dusty” H. Rhodes, the four-day festival will screen over 100…

Now you can cast your vote for the Best FAMILY FILM AWARDS on-line. The award ceremony will be held in Cannes International Film Festival in May. Choose your favorite G and PG box office and TV films, TV series, directors and artists. ALL CATEGORIES (Only one vote will be allowed per category) Vote by clicking here please When ypu get to the this page, then Click on the photographs to visit voting website and the Family Film Awards information page where you can see last years winners and view the latest Family Film Awards video. Voting is open until Midnight…

Iranian filmmaker Behrooz Boochani greets Iranian New Year and Nowruz from Manus Detention Centre, where he is jailed by the Australian government as a reugee and has spent four years of his life there so far. Since 2013 the Australian government sends asylum seekers and everyone who tries to enter the country illegally to detention camps in Manus and Nauru islands. In the Manus camp a young detainee tries to gather information for an Australian journalist to publish an article in the press about what has happened in the camp. At the center of his investigation is a solitary confinement…

On March 25th Cinema Without Borders and East Los Angeles College, in a tribute to legendary Noureddin Zarrinkelk celebrate his life achievement by awarding him their 2017 Life Achievement Award. This award ceremony is part of the Southeast European Animation Day that will  be held at 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, CA 91754. Screenings will be held in the Music Recital Hall theater (Building S2) Free parking will be available in Structure #3 (off Avenida Cesar Chavez) or Structure #4 (corner of Floral and Collegiate Avenues). To attend please RSVP at rsvpanim@gmail.com or call 310 422 4629 Dr. Noureddin…

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, the two-time Oscar-winning director of The Salesman and A Separation, has confirmed his next film will start shooting in Spain in September, with a cast including Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem. It should be ready for next year.However Farhadi revealed the high-profile, real-life couple will “not necessarily” play an on-screen couple in the Spanish-language feature.“Once again there are different couples in my film, not only one,” Farhadi told Screen, of what is a recurring theme of his work.“The film is again about family and family relationships. But there are also some new aspects in it. Yes…

In January, Jon Bon Jovi announced on Facebook Live an exciting opening act contest to give bands the chance to open an arena date on Bon Jovi’s This House Is Not For Sale Tour. To enter the competition, thousands of bands uploaded audition videos at www.bonjovi.com/2017-opening-act-contest/ and a few other related sites. To pick the winner for each tour date, Live Nation chose 10 finalists and Bon Jovi management selected the contest winner from the shortlist. After an intense competition, LA-based Stellar Revival have been chosen as the winners of Bon Jovi’s opening act contest for Los Angeles. In addition…