Author: CWB News Department

The 2012 edition of the Cinema Italian Style festival will take place November 13-18, 2012. The six-day celebration of Italian cinema will be held at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, and at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, and showcase classic Italian films and contemporary productions, including several U.S. premieres. Tuesday November 13 – 7:30 PM Pre-opening dedicated to Carlo PontiEGYPTIAN THEATRE TWO WOMEN (LA CIOCIARA), 1960, Surf Film, 100 min. Dir. Vittorio De Sica. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Oscar® for Best Actress – the first ever awarded for a non-English-language…

Since 2009, under the tutelage of the Goethe-Institut in Cairo, curators from Arab countries and Germany have compiled 139 independent and experimental films and videos from the Arab world and made them accessible to international audiences. Comprising of feature films, documentaries, and video art this multi-facetted program mirrors the diversity of the Arab world and challenges the often one-dimensional image of the region still prevalent in the West. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, 7.30 pm presented by Yazan Khalili, Ramallah Yazan Khalili was born in 1981, and lives and works in and out of Palestine. Khalili has a degree in architecture…

Los Angeles, California (November 1, 2012) – Award-winning actress Anoush NeVart best known for her roles in Sex and the City 2, Must Love Dogs, 90210, Cries from Ramah and Carter’s Wish has received the Best Actress award at the 2012 Tokyo Short Short Film Festival for her portrayal of “Dahab”in the critically acclaimed film HIGH CARD TRUMPS. “I am honored to receive this award. I dedicate it to the men and women who serve our country. HIGH CARD TRUMPS is about honor and duty to the country and to our families. On this Veterans Day I dedicate my work…

MEDIAS, Romania – Here in this hilly, castle-strewn corner of central Europe, Romanian director Radu Gabrea is best known for his track record of over 20 features, documentaries and television movies under his sizeable belt, including his most recent feature, the docudrama The Last Days of Ceaucescu. What may be less known is that Gabrea, who recently wrapped the second edition of his Medias Central European Film Festival (MeCEFF) here, is something of a whiz in applied mathematics. How else to explain his feat of bringing in 40% more than last year – and doing it with only half the…

Los Angeles, October 25, 2012 – The first annual Baja International Film Festival, to be held November 14-17 in Los Cabos, Mexico, has announced the line-up of films selected to be screened at the inaugural Festival. The Festival will showcase 79 films from around the world, including 5 international feature films in competition, 5 Mexican feature films in competition, 5 international documentaries in competition, 5 Mexican documentaries in competition, 30 international shorts, 13 Mexican shorts, 4 environmental films, as well as Special Presentation screenings of 6 international feature films, and 6 Mexican feature films. The following awards and cash prizes…

The red carpet premiere of Loving the Silent Tears: A New Musical, anticipated as one of the most star-studded, spectacular year-end events, will be held on October 27 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The event will also feature red carpet arrivals, an art exhibit and the live performance. Ranging from $45 to $75, Tickets are available now at the Grove Concierge, as well as Ticketmaster.com. The first of its kind in theatre history, Loving the Silent Tears will take the audience on an elevating journey across six continents and 16 countries, to tell a compelling story about humanity¹s…

Los Angeles, California Bunyik Entertainment presents the 12th Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles, to run from November 15 through November 22, 2012. The Festival will feature multiple U.S. premieres of Hungary’s latest and greatest films.It has always been the intent of the Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles to showcase contemporary Hungarian films that not only engage the audience but entertain and sometimes enrage them and that is what we feel we have accomplished with the selection of films this year. November 15, 2012 is Opening Night and will be a double feature;The first film of the night is…

Radio Free Europe: The new Afghan film “Buzkashi Boys,” has earned international critical acclaim for its poignant portrayal of two impoverished boys in Kabul struggling to realize their dreams. While earning accolades abroad, the film has also made waves in Afghanistan, where it has invigorated the small local film scene as it recovers from decades of conflict. Afghan cinema had to endure particular hardship under the Taliban regime, when films were outlawed and movie theaters were burned down. “Buzkashi Boys” is one of the first major films to be set and shot entirely in Kabul. It is also the first to be produced…

The award was given last Oct. 20 at the 28th Warsaw International Film Festival, four days after Adolf turned 34. This year’s Warsaw International Film Festival ran from Oct. 12 to Oct. 21. The award-winning director made the big announcement via his Instagram account by posting a photo of the actual award stitched together with photos of a few scenes from the film. The NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) Jury composed of Alberto Elena, a professor and critic from Spain (Spain), Jongsuk Thomas Nam, Puchon Fantastic Film Festival of Korea’s artistic director and Janusz Wróblewsk, a critic from Poland…

13th Annual Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles continues on Wednesday October 17 and closes on Thursday October 18 by screening of several feature and documentary films from recent Polish cinema. Laemmle’s NoHo 7 Theatre,5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, 91601 (310-478-3836) Wednesday, October 17, 2012(in person: Arkadiusz Wojnarowski)7:00 p.m.CRULIC – THE PATH TO BEYOND (Droga na druga strone) by Anca Damian (2011, 72 min.)9:00 p.m.THE FOURTH DIMENSION by Harmony Korine, Alexey Fedorchenko, Jan Kwiecinski (2011, 106 min.) Thursday, October 18, 20125:00 p.m.Documnetaries:CONTROL SAMPLE by Jakub Polakowski (2012, 21 min.)THE CONTEST (Konkurs) by Jakub Cuman (2011, 15 min.)INTEROGATION (Przesluchanie) by Adam Palenta…