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14th Edition of Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles was opened on October 8 and continues until October 17. Here is the program for Friday October 11 and Saturday October 12.Laemmle’s NoHo7 Theatre, 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601 (310-478-3836)Friday, October 11, 2013 (in person: Sonia Bohosiewicz, Bartosz Gelner)7:00 p.m. MANHUNT (Oblawa) by Marcin Krzysztalowicz (96 min.) Menhunt is a story of revenge of Corporal Wydra – specialist in execution of sentences – for treacherous assassination of his guerilla formation. It is also a story of psychological consequences of one betrayal which casts a shadow on lives of several people.9:00…

14th Edition of Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles opens on October 8 and continues until October 17.Here is the complete program of the festival: Laemmle’s NoHo7 Theatre, 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601 (310-478-3836)Wednesday, October 9, 2013 (in person: Julia Kolberger, Jakub Paczek)7:00 p.m. Animation Program: (free to attend)ANATEMA by Justyna Podzorny (2 min.) The presented world is a symbolic reality of anti-utopia. A scenery is a city with developed civilization, but there is visible degradation of society. The animation shows the mentally aspect of human life – what they can felling in technically developed world. People making rash decisions…

14th Edition of Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles opens tonight, October 8 and continues until October 17. The opening night gala is by invitation and will be held at Egyptian Theater. From 6 to 8 there is a reception and at 8 PM award ceremony starts and follows by screening of MY FATHER’S BIKE (Moj rower) by Piotr Trzaskalski. Cinema Without Borders Bridging the Borders Award will go to the best short film at the Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles. The nominees for the award are: THE 128th RAT (128. Szczur) by Jakub Paczek, THE BIG LEAP (Wielki skok) by…

For the third year in a row ArcLight Cinemas hosts the “ArcLight Cinemas Documentary Film Festival” Oct. 9 – 13, 2013, at ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood. The annual event has rapidly grown to become one of the most recognized festivals of its kind in Southern California, receiving more than 400 film submissions in 2013, the highest number in the festival’s history to date. Created to give independent filmmakers a platform to showcase their ability to weave together the compelling true stories that range from headline-making events to that of unsung heroes, this year’s festival entries are among some of the industry’s…

On the occasion of the Italian Month of Science (September 4 – October 1, 2013), on September 18, the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Los Angeles hosted a presentation of iCub, a humanoid robot created by Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) of Genoa, Italy. Professor Giorgio Metta, who has been coordinating the project for years, came directly from IIT with a group of collaborators for a unique demonstration of the robot’s abilities. The iCub is one of the few (if not the only one) humanoid robots with a full body skin system made of several thousand miniature pressure sensors. At…

14th Edition of Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles opens on October 8 and continues until October 17.Here is the complete program of the festival: Laemmle’s NoHo7 Theatre, 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601 (310-478-3836)Wednesday, October 9, 2013 (in person: Julia Kolberger, Jakub Paczek)7:00 p.m. Animation Program:ANATEMA by Justyna Podzorny (2 min.)BALANCO by Anna Kozbiel (5 mni.)THE BALLAD OF NAMELESS JO (Ballada o bezimiennym Joe) by Mateusz Heldweig (14 min.)A FAREWELL TO THE LITTLE WARRIOR (Pozegnanie malego wojownika) by Z. Szyszak (5 min.)IN THE MOONLIGHT (W swietle ksiezyca) by Zofia Dabrowska (2 min.)LULLABY (Kolysanka) by Piotr Dumala) (3 min.)THE MYSTERY…

Astoria, New York—Museum of the Moving Image will present back-to-back screenings of The Summit, Nick Ryan’s gripping new documentary about the 2008 disaster on K2, with Ryan in person, and Touching the Void, Kevin MacDonald’s now-classic 2003 documentary about two climbers attempting to reach the summit of the Siula Grand mountain in Peru. This double feature recognizes both the Tenth Anniversary of Touching the Void, as well as the upcoming release of The Summit, which opens theatrically on October 4th.Both films will be shown at the Museum on Sunday, September 29th. See below for full descriptions.Touching the VoidSUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,…

Cinema Without Borders is giving away 5 pairs of passes to a see IT’S BETTER TO JUMP! The screening will take place on Tuesday, October 1st at the Harmony Gold Theatre on Sunset Blvd. Just send an email to rsvp@cinemawithoutborders.com with your name and contact information, and the first five lucky readers will get the opportunity to see IT’S BETTER TO JUMP for free! IT’S BETTER TO JUMP (2013) (Los Angeles premiere), a new documentary about the ancient walled city of Akka (aka Acre) in northern Israel, inhabited by Muslims, Christians, Jews and Baha’i. Akka’s history goes all the way…

A CELEBRATION OF PALESTINIAN CULTURE is an enlightening cultural festival that shares stories of the Holy Land and celebrates Palestinian creativity. Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, with Bright Stars of Bethlehem says, “Our aim is that our people, who admire stars, will dare to look up and dream, to believe in goals to strive for, and develop a new sense of hope, community, beauty and faith.” Jordan Elgrably, director of the Levantine Cultural Center adds, “It’s time for a new vision of what it means to be Palestinian—one that celebrates the nation’s creativity, imagination and resourcefulness.”To enrich participants’ experience of Palestinian…

THE UNURBAN is proud to host MESS (Media Ecology Soul Salon) on Saturday September 14 at 3301 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90404, 310-315-0056, free admission, 4 pm (for two hours), Info: 310-306-7330 – The public is invited to these engaging interviews by Gerry Fialka with the following modern thinkers who’ll address the metaphysics of their callings and the nitty-gritty of their crafts. ROBIN MENKEN, Cinema Without Borders Editor, who will speak at the event is truly one of LA’s great thinkers and cultural scholars. As a teenager, she studied with legendary improvisational theater teacher Viola Spolin. She was the…