Author: CWB News Department

A Russian film, ‘Leviathan’, by renowned director Andrey Zvyagintsev has won the Golden Globe for best foreign language film, for the first time in almost 50 years.The feature is based on the Book of Job and puts it into a modern perspective, focusing on a man who attempts to contradict a powerful and corrupt mayor in a provincial Russian seaside town, after finding out that his house is going to be demolished. “Thank you, we are extremely happy! We are very grateful to the Hollywood press, to the public, we would like to thank you,” said Andrey Zvyagintsev.“We are very…

Happy New Year to all of our readers! It’s that time of year again, and Cinema Without Borders has put together a list of our Top 10 Products of 2014 . As in years past, we have encountered these select products in our tests—as well as personal use—and would like to share our joy with you! The following is a list of CWB’s favorite tools-of-the-trade, chosen by our esteemed staff of tech-geeks and software-junkies. There are quite a few products that were also in our Top Products of 2013 list, we picked them as they still stand out in the crowd.…

Academy Awards shortlist for the Best Foreign Language Film Award for 2015 are kind of a surprise. There are no films from countries that have won most of the Oscars in this category in the past, France, Italy and Germany. Also it is hearth warming to see films selected from countries less known to international film fans such as Georgia, Venezuela, Estonia and Mauritania. Now we have to see if those selecting the final nominees will be as daring as the committees that picked the short list.Bijan Tehrani Nine features from among those submitted for consideration in the Academy Awards’…

Palm Springs, CA December 5, 2014) – The 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present its Ensemble Performance Award to the film The Imitation Game. The award will honor the film’s cast, which includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, Charles Dance and Mark Strong. The Gala will also present awards to previously announced honorees Julianne Moore, Rosamund Pike, Eddie Redmayne and J.K. Simmons. Presented by Cartier and hosted by Mary Hart, the Awards Gala will be held Saturday, January 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. “The Imitation Game is…

The changing evolving world of the Comic Convention is not just a place for comic books anymore. Film screenings are now part of the reason to go to these shows. “San Diego Comic Con” & “New York Comic Con “are the holy grail of these conventions. It was at these comic conventions that George Lucas first promoted Star Wars to build a fan base. New Comic Convention now provided a new venue for Independent Creatives to showcase & promote their films and shows. Creative artists & designers are heading to comic conventions to book booths to introduce new creative products…

Monday night, I attended the Premiere of the “Hunger Games, Mocking Jay, Part 1” on the sidelines of the red carpet. The Premiere was held at the Nokia Theater at L.A Live in Los Angeles. The red carpet was a glamorous white and gold Capitol set with elegant flaming bowls of fire sitting on pedestals ever few feet. I brought my camera so I decided to shoot a few candid pictures of the actors that passed by me. This was a star-studded event on the red carpet opening at 5:30pm. Fans were screaming in the background in the distance as…

This coming Wednesday, November 26, at 8:30 AM Pacific, VOA TV will have a 60 minutes program on new NASA achievements and impact of cinema on NASA and vice versa. Dr. Firouz Naderi the famous Iranian/American scientist and Director for Solar System Exploration at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Will discuss privatization of some of the space programs and NASA’s future plans. Bijan Tehrani, Editor In Chief of Cinema Without Borders will address the relationship between filmmakers through history of film with NASA and influence of NASA on science fiction movies. Firouz Michael Naderi (born in Kazerun, Iran) is an Iranian-American…

The Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles has been a constant presence in bringing an array of diverse films, features, documentaries and shorts each year to a city that holds a unique place in the movie industry, a city renowned for its film events. This year, the Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles is celebrating the 100 birthday of the Hungarian Animation. Festival is presenting the diversity of the art of animation film making, children, adult, short and feature film length movies. The Festival is an invitation to those who believe in the power of Hungarian cinema and its quest…

The Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles has been a constant presence in bringing an array of diverse films, features, documentaries and shorts each year to a city that holds a unique place in the movie industry, a city renowned for its film events.This year, the Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles is celebrating the 100 birthday of the Hungarian Animation. Festival is presenting the diversity of the art of animation film making, children, adult, short and feature film length movies.The Festival is an invitation to those who believe in the power of Hungarian cinema and its quest to be…

The Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles has been a constant presence in bringing an array of diverse films, features, documentaries and shorts each year to a city that holds a unique place in the movie industry, a city renowned for its film events.This year, the Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles is celebrating the 100 birthday of the Hungarian Animation. Festival is presenting the diversity of the art of animation film making, children, adult, short and feature film length movies.The Festival is an invitation to those who believe in the power of Hungarian cinema and its quest to be…