Adobe has announced plans to significantly update the video tools in Adobe Creative Cloud. With over 150 new features, this upcoming release is packed with new capabilities in Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Adobe After Effects CC, Adobe SpeedGrade CC, Adobe Prelude CC , Adobe Media Encoder CC and Adobe Story CC Plus redefining how video professionals create, collaborate and deliver high quality productions across multiple screens. Important updates will also be added to Adobe Anywhere for video, which enables large virtual teams of talent to efficiently shoot, log, edit, share and finish video productions together. Today’s announcement signifies Adobe’s commitment…
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The Venezia 70 Jury, chaired by Bernardo Bertolucci and comprised of Andrea Arnold, Renato Berta, Carrie Fisher, Martina Gedeck, Jiang Wen, Pablo Larraín, Virginie Ledoyen, and Ryuichi Sakamoto having viewed all 20 films in competition, has decided as follows: GOLDEN LION for Best Film to: SACRO GRA by Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France) SILVER LION for Best Director to: Alexandros Avranas for the film MISS VIOLENCE (Greece) GRAND JURY PRIZE to: JIAOYOU by Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese Taipei, France) COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor: Themis Panou in the film MISS VIOLENCE by Alexandros Avranas (Greece) COPPA VOLPI for Best Actress: Elena Cotta…
Freda Kelly was just seventeen when she became the president of The Beatles fan club and eventually Brian Epstein’s secretary. From the early shows at the Cavern Club in Liverpool to well after they broke up, Freda was there to support “the lads.” But as a dedicated fan and friend, Freda never told her stories or cashed-in on her unique relationship with the Fab Four. Close friends and even her children knew little about those 11 incredible years. But after five decades of silence, Freda, inspired by the birth of her grandson, decided to tell her “little tales” to producer…
The Man in Black was, of course, Johnny Cash. Saul Holiff was his long-time manager, a dedicated, remote, often cruel man who committed suicide and left his son with a lot of unanswered questions. Jonathan Holiff’s documentary is an investigation of his father’s life and that of the celebrity who dominated it for years. Both Cash and his manager were strong men with serious weaknesses; we learn of their triumphs and failures, their mutual resentment and envy, their troubled relationships with their families. The film is respectful but never hagiographic—it shows the good and the bad, the public and the…
“Like the Old Vine” (Kao stara loza) – is an one hour documentary about fascinating life and accomplishments of our fellow Croatian-American Miljenko Mike Grgich. This Kino Croatia’s screening will be introduced by very special guests: Violet Grgich in person and Mike Grgich via live video link! And, of corse, audience will enjoy GRGICH HILLS WINES and delicious food! Screening will be on Thursday, August 29, 2013 at the Shade Hotel, 1221 N. Valley Drive, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266. Program:7:00 PM SOCIAL HOUR Complimentary finger food, no-host bar (Shade Hotel’s Zinc Lounge)7:30 PM WINE TASTING Grgich Hills Cabernet and Chardonnay…
Chocolate Puma have just announced two US shows, bringing their dynamic sound to both coasts this month. The first will be in New York City at Pacha on Friday August 23. The following night, August 24, they’ll head to Los Angeles to perform at Exchange. Chocolate Puma are two of The Netherlands’ most celebrated electronic producers. With a career spanning 20 years, 200-odd releases and countless remixes under their various guises, this duo cannot be underestimated when it comes to their influence on European dance music. You might also know them under the names Zki and Dobre, Jark Prongo, The…
Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles and CinemaWithout Borders in collaboration with The Art Institute of California — Los Angeles and by support of ELMA, will present the second ItaliANimation event on August 22, 2013 at 7 PM in Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles location. The program includes screenings of Art Institute of California — Los Angeles students short animated films; a tribute to Italian/American character designer Marco Regina ; Screening of Italian short Animation films and presentation of the Life Achievement Award to legendary claymation artist, director and producer, Will Vinton. Art Institute of California — Los Angeles…
The UCLA Film & Television Archive, in collaboration with Luce Cinecitta’ and the American Cinematheque, have launched “Pure and Impure: The Films of Pier Paolo Pasolini.” Hosted by the Billy Wilder Theatre in Westwood and by the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica in the months of August and September 2013, the retrospective celebrates one of the most outstanding and controversial filmmakers in post-war Europe through screenings of his films and documentaries. In conjunction with the retrospective, the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles is hosting “Pasolini’s East in Roberto Villa’s photographs.” With a collection of 100 images, the exhibition explores…
Cinema Without Borders and Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival present North America premier of BREATH 73 in a free screening. Please come and join us at the Egyptian Theatre, located at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90028. Screening Times:Thursday Aug. 1st at 6:30 PMSaturday Aug. 3rd at 5:00 PMBREATH 73’ – North-America Premiere Life never changes in a small rural village in Brazil, surrounded by mountains, isolated from the world and immersed in silence. The existence of human beings here is in total symbiosis with nature, reduced to the bare necessities. Births and deaths punctuate the slow passage of time. A…
The Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival (HBRFest), which annually presents the best in new Brazilian independent cinema, celebrates its fifth anniversary with the 2013 edition offering more than 30 Los Angeles premieres showcasing fiction, documentaries and shorts of artistic merit, fresh from the international festival circuit, from July 31 through August 4, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. All screenings are free of charge, except Opening Gala and Closing Night. Dedicated to addressing the cultural and commercial exchange between Hollywood, the world film industry and the Brazilian film community, HBRFest will feature Portugal as Guest Country and will also present a…