Author: CWB News Department

Born in Tehran, in 1981, Zeynab Movahed is a female Iranian painter with a very unique style and voice. In 2007, she received her Bachelors of Arts degree in painting from Art & Architectural Azad University in Tehran. Then in 2011, received her Masters of Arts degree from Art & Architectural Azad University. Since then she has had many solo and group exhibitions stretching from the east coast to the west coast, including a very successful exhibition this year at the Dacia Gallery in New York City. Cinema Without Borders: I have a cliché question for you, what inspired you…

Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures is reportedly the latest Hollywood firm to come under Chinese control. Anhui Xinke New Materials, a company primarily involved in copper processing and manufacturing wires and cables, has acquired an 80% stake in Midnight Investments, the owner of finance, production and sales outfit Voltage. The sale price, according to Reuters, is 2.39B yuan ($350M). Voltage could not be reached at the time of writing. As Chinese companies increasingly diversify, Anhui Xinke earlier this month set up Wotaiji International Media, a wholly-owned subsidiary established to buy media assets. The deal follows such moves on Hollywood by the Middle Kingdom as Tang Media Partners’ acquisition…

Speaking out after the election of Donald Trump, the executive producer of Lone Survivor and A Walk Among the Tombstonessaid that “entertainment without meaning is now not only vapid, it is passively supporting the politics of oppression.” His fear for the industry, he said, is that come Trump’s inauguration in January, “everything will revert to business as usual,” and that minorities like himself will “become second class citizens as you move on to your next Transformers sequel.” Diversity on and behind the screen, he said, “is more important now that it has ever been.” “Artists are supposed to be the conscious of humanity – to…

For the election day you can use Sling TV for free to follow all the development and receive the latest results: · All of Sling Orange, FREE – The free preview will also include News Extra, and will run from 9 a.m. ET Tuesday, November 8 through 4 a.m. ET Wednesday, November 9, allowing viewers to watch pre- and post-coverage of the election.· No credit card or payment required – Only a valid email address and password is needed. New Sling TV customers can sign up for the free preview beginning Tuesday at 9 a.m. ET, by visiting www.sling.com/watchfree. Must…

Sling TV has added a few new channls to its line-up in October: · Cheddar–-Delivering live news about innovative products, technologies and services from New York City, Cheddar is a 24/7 live linear network, now exclusively available on Sling TV. Cheddar has been added to our core service for both Sling Orange and Sling Blue customers.· TheBlaze–-With election season in full swing, we’ve added TheBlaze, a 24/7 digital television network featuring news and opinion shows, topical comedies, family-friendly programming and more. TheBlaze is now available in the News Extra add-on pack, priced at $5 per month for Sling Orange and…

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Wang Jianlin, chairman of the Dalian Wanda Group, the Chinese conglomerate that is emerging — controversially — as a superpower in the entertainment business, sat in an opulent armchair at the Peninsula Hotel here on Sunday and discussed his business ventures with a casual efficiency. His response to criticism from a member of Congress that Wanda, after a spectacular $8 billion shopping spree in Hollywood, is a propaganda threat and should be subject to more Justice Department scrutiny? It is “not like we are invading,” Mr. Wang said, contending that Wanda’s goal involves “helping” American film companies “to get…

Los Angeles September 26, 2016—ShortsHD™, the world’s only Short Movie Channel (www.shorts.tv), has just announced the winners of the Hispanic Heritage Short Film Award Competition. The competition, in partnership with the Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF), received over 900 film submissions. The overall grand prize winners are Marcelo Mitnik and Santiago Paladines. The announcement was made live at the Hispanic Heritage Awards Gala in Washington D.C. The two winners of the Hispanic Heritage Short Film Award Competition each take home a $7500 cash prize and were offered distribution deals with ShortsHD™. The Hispanic Heritage Awards Gala will premiere on PBS on…

RED Digital Cinema is heading to CINEC from September 17-19 with Teltec (Hall 2, Stand C01). Those attending the show will have an opportunity to see RED’s entire line of DSMC2TM cameras – RED RAVEN™ 4.5K, SCARLET-W 5K, WEAPON® 6K, WEAPON 8K VV, and the limited edition white WEAPON 8K S35 featuring RED’s newest sensor, HELIUM™. On September 17 at 1:15 pm, Markus Förderer BVK, will share his recent experience shooting the feature filmIndependence Day: Resurgence on RED cameras at room K01. Förderer will review the production’s onset workflow, his personal workflow with REDCODE® RAW files in REDCINE-X, and showcase the industry-leading…

Irish Screen America, the annual festival that acts as a transatlantic bridge between the thriving Irish film industry and American audiences, has revealed its program for its 2016 event. Presented with the support of Glucksman House Ireland, the bicoastal festival will feature premieres of new Irish films, television series and short films. With a mission to seek out and promote influential and emerging Irish talent to the U.S. and showcase contemporary Irish film, TV and other media, Irish Screen America has cherry picked an impressive program of features for New York and LA audiences, that have so far only bowed…

Cairo, Egypt — Within the events of the 4th Venice Final Cut Workshop at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, the two Arab film projects Obscure by Syrian Director Soudade Kaadan and Ghost Hunting by Palestinian director Raed Andoni have won 4 awards that will provide support for the projects in the post-production phase. The first award that Obscure has earned is the MAD Solutions award that offers promotional and distribution services to the winning project across the Arab world. The second award is the Fribourg International Film Festival award that consists of producing a 35mm un-subtitled copy of the film or contributing €1500 to the DCP version…