The more than 2,900 members of the European Film Academy – filmmakers from across Europe – have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented: EUROPEAN FILMLA GRANDE BELLEZZA, THE GREAT BEAUTYItaly/France , 140 minDIRECTED BY: Paolo SorrentinoWRITTEN BY: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto ContarelloPRODUCED BY: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca CimaEUROPEAN COMEDYLOVE IS ALL YOU NEEDDenmark, 111 minDIRECTED BY: Susanne BierWRITTEN BY: Anders Thomas Jensen & Susanne BierPRODUCED BY: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Vibeke WindeløvEUROPEAN DISCOVERY – Prix FIPRESCIOH BOYGermany, 83 minWRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jan Ole GersterPRODUCED BY: Marcos Kantis &…
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The Consul General of Belgium, Ambassador Rudi Veestraeten presents the screening of ALLEZ EDDY! as part of their monthly “GRIT AND WHIMSY: THE BEST OF RECENT BELGIAN CINEMA” series. This film will be screened on Wednesday, December 18th, 2013 at 7:30 pm, at the Aero Theatre 1328 Montana Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90403. ALLEZ EDDY! 2012, 100 min., Dir : Gert EmbrechtsFor his feature debut, writer-director Gert Embrechts turns the clock back to 1975 in this charming family comedy. When the first supermarket arrives in his rural village, 11-year-old cycling fan Freddy (Jelte Blommaert) is thrilled to learn that there will…
EAT, SLEEP, DIE is set in contemporary Sweden and looks at a young immigrant who suddenly loses her job and explores themes of working class values, unemployment, immigration and paternal love. Socially realistic, Gabriela Pichler’s critically acclaimed and insightful debut feature premiered at Venice Critics’ Week in 2012 winning the audience award before going on to win the AFI Film Festival’s New Auteurs Grand Jury Award. Since sweeping the Swedish Oscars (Guldbaggen), EAT, SLEEP, DIE was nominated for 2013 Nordic Film Prize which will be announced on October 30. Gabriela Pichler has also been nominated for Europe’s prestigious European Film…
Four lives will change forever as the destinies of a reformed prison ‘general’, a local cop, a charismatic gang leader and a surgeon back from London intersect with a young chess prodigy’s coming of age in tough circumstances in the ‘forgotten’ communities of the Cape Flats. Structured around shifting notions of family and fatherhood and capturing the grit and hardship of fragmented families living on the fringes of society, “Four Corners” is a powerful, redemptive moral tale directed by South African director Ian Gabriel best known for his award winning film “Forgiveness.” It is the first film to be told…
The 13th edition of Hungarian Film Festival, Los Angeles for feature films, opens tonight, November 13th at Laemmle’s Royal by screening of The Notebook, directed by Janos Szasz, as Hungary selection for the Foreign Language Film OSCR. Festival continues until November 21st at Laemmle’s NoHo 7.THE NOTEBOOKNovember 13 7:00PMDirector Janos Szasz and Star Piroska Molnar will attendLaemmle’s Royal11523 Santa Monica Blvd. West L.A., CA 90025 – 310-478-3836Other screening of THE NOTEBOOK at Laemmle’s NoHo 7 – 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, 91601Nov. 14 7:15PMNov. 15 5:00PMNov. 16 1:00PMNov. 17 1:00PMNov. 18 5:00PMNov. 19 5:00PMNov. 20 5:00PMNov. 21 5:00PM THE NOTEBOOK…
The 13th edition of Hungarian Film Festival, Los Angeles for feature films, will open on November 13th at Laemmle’s Royal by screening of The Notebook, directed by Janos Szasz, as Hungary selection for the Foreign Language Film OSCR. Festival continues until November 21st at Laemmle’s NoHo 7. THE NOTEBOOKNovember 13 7:00PMDirector Janos Szasz and Star Piroska Molnar will attendLaemmle’s Royal11523 Santa Monica Blvd. West L.A., CA 90025 – 310-478-3836Other screening of THE NOTEBOOK at Laemmle’s NoHo 7 – 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, 91601Nov. 14 7:15PMNov. 15 5:00PMNov. 16 1:00PMNov. 17 1:00PMNov. 18 5:00PMNov. 19 5:00PMNov. 20 5:00PMNov. 21 5:00PM…
The Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season gets off to a dramatic start with the return of Puccini’s musically sublime final opera Turandot – a tale of disguised identities, riddles, ritual executions and powerful, triumphant love. Andrei Serban’s production of this dark Asian fairytale is spectacular, with Sally Jacobs’s magnificent sets and elaborate masks, and costumes inspired by traditional Chinese theatre. One of the greatest Turandot singers today, Lise Lindstrom, makes her Royal Opera debut, with Marco Berti, a wonderful Puccinian singer, in the role of Prince Calaf. CAST: Turandot – Lise Lindstrom Prince Calaf – Marco Berti Altoum -…
The Easter Crumble, a short film directed by Julia Kolberger won Cinema Without Borders’ Bridgin The Borders Award for the Best Short Film at 2013 Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles. Cinema Without Borders jury members all agreed on the winning film: For its dramatic and expressive command of its ensemble cast, and of the film narrative, in chronicling the painful and progressive combustion of love, secrets and lies during a family reunion, and for also bringing humor and understanding to some of the more grotesque corners of our human nature. The Honorably mention for this award went to THE 128th…
14th Edition of Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles was opened on October 8 and continues until October 17. Here is the program for Sunday October 13, Monday October 14 and Tuesday October 15.Laemmle’s NoHo7 Theatre, 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601 (310-478-3836)Wednesday, October 16, 2013 7:00 p.m. Shorts & Doc. 4: THEM (One) by Marta Grabicka (16 min.) A story of three generations of women living together in poverty. Each presents a different attitude in life. The most different mother (Ewa Kasprzyk) and her daughter (Justin Bartoszewicz). Agata , although it is not easy for her to believe in…
14th Edition of Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles was opened on October 8 and continues until October 17. Here is the program for Sunday October 13, Monday October 14 and Tuesday October 15. Laemmle’s NoHo7 Theatre, 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601 (310-478-3836)Sunday, October 13, 20113 (in person: Andrzej Jakimowski, Ewa Jakimowska)1:00 p.m. Shorts & Doc. 2: PERSISTENCE by Sebastian Synowiec (21 min.) When Adam a Polish Home Army Ex-serviceman carries his dearest friend and brother in arms Mietek to his last destination, he remembers his own youthful naivety and ignorance. The first time an eighteen year old Adam…