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…
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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…
13th Annual Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles continues on Monday October 15 and Tuesday October 16 by screening of several feature and short films from recent Polish cinema. Festival will continue until October 18, 2012. Laemmle’s NoHo 7 Theatre,5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, 91601 (310-478-3836)Monday, October 15, 2012(in person: Janek Ambros, Migdia Chinea, Steven Molony Pawel Pogorzelski, Bella Silverstein, Aleksandra Terpinska)6:30 p.m.Animations:BEAR ME by Katarzyna Wilk (2012, 6 min.)THE CANON OF POLISH FAIRYTALES by Arkadiusz Jurcan (2012, 11 min.)THE DESIGNER (Konstraktor) by Tessa Moult-Milewska (2012, 14 min.)THE FULL SUN (Slonce w pelni) by Adela Kaczmarek (2012, 8 min.)THE GALLERY…
13th Annual Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles continues on Saturday October 13 and Sunday October 14 by screening of several feature and short films from recent Polish cinema. Festival will continue until October 18, 2012. Laemmle’s NoHo 7 Theatre,5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, 91601 (310-478-3836)Saturday, October 13, 2012(in person: Alex Maleski, Benjamin Hjelm, Emily De Groot, Jeremy Konner, Justin Wilczynski, Jason Ritter)1:30 p.m.TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER (Jutro bedzie lepiej) by Dorota Kedzierzawska (2011, 117 min.)4:00 p.m.Shorts:WHERE IS HARRY? (Gdzie jest Harry?) by Malwina Sworczuk (2012, 10 min.)NORMAL PEOPLE (Normalni ludzie) by Piotr Zlotorowicz (2011, 24 min.)FROZEN STORIES (Opowiesci z…
Polish writer/director Jan Komasa’s Suicide Room is a dark exploration of emo culture and modern youth culture at large. In his ambitious independent debut, Komasa weaves together elements of social media—Facebook, web chats, 3-D virtual environments, and mobile uploads—to reveal a world in which alienation and connectivity co-exist in a kind of feedback loop. Dominik is a privileged eighteen year old, cloistered in the upper echelon of Polish society. He wins the admiration of his schoolmates after a video taken of him kissing a boy at a party is uploaded to a social networking site. But when a humiliating…