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British Academy Of Film And Television Arts has announced the nominees and in Film Not in the English Language category the five nominees are A Separation (Iran), Incendies (canada), Pina (Germany), Potiche (France), and The Skin I Live In (Spain). You can go to Cinema Without Borders’ Home Page and vote for your favorite film among Film Not in the English Language category nominees. Here is the the complete list of BAFTA nominations:Best FilmThe ArtistThe DescendantsDriveThe HelpTinker Tailor Soldier SpyOutstanding British FilmMy Week with Marilyn Senna Shame Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy We Need to Talk About Kevin Outstanding Debut by…

Palm Springs, CA – The 23rd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) announced this year’s award winners at a luncheon at Spencer’s Restaurant on Sunday, January 15, 2012. The Festival, held from January 5-16, 2012, screened 188 films from 73 countries, including 40 of the 63 foreign language entries for this year’s Academy Awards. Palm Springs’ increasingly popular Festival continues to expand its diverse programming of quality independent and foreign films, setting the stage for the year’s film festival circuit. Festival Director Darryl Macdonald said, “This year’s line up encompassed a particularly satisfying blend of challenging but highly compelling…

During the five years that Cinema Without Borders has served and reported on the international film community, we have been grateful for the artistic vision and cultural support of Finland’s Consulate General office in Los Angeles, which included the introduction of Finnish cinema to Los Angeles audiences. The news of Finnish Consulate closure in near future has been a sad one, not only for LA Finns, but also for fans of art and culture. When in 2009 we announced The Letters From Father Jacob as winner of Bridging The Borders Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival, the office of…

Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. (SFFLA) is a yearly showcase of films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The purposely non-competitive festival constitues an “annual residency of Nordic film in the film capital of the world” giving Los Angeles audiences an opportunity to immerse themselves in the representative “best” of Nordic film making in any given year. In the Los Angeles winter “film season” build up to many awards including the Academy Awards, the festival pivots around screenings of “Oscar” submissions and current feature films along with selected shorts and documentaries.The thirteenth annual Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. continues in the…

Alex Stapleton’s directorial debut, Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, is a docu-tribute to legendary filmmaker Roger Corman. With an insatiable passion for her subject, Stapleton aims to get at the heart, soul, and raging psyche of Corman and his cinematic underworld. And while we get to know the what of Cormanʼs world—the films, the business, the legacy—it’s the who of Cormanʼs world that holds primacy. Those who do not recognize the name Roger Corman have likely come to know him indirectly, as the Corman stamp is now all over the Hollywood milieu. As a director/producer/screenwriter and sometimes actor,…

Burbank, California – January 5, 2012: Director Renny Harlin Slated to Receive Cinema Without Borders “Bridging the Borders Award” at Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. Renny Harlin, the Finnish director who became the quintessential American success story through his work in Hollywood, will receive the Cinema Without Borders “Bridging the Borders Award” for his film ” 5 Days of War.” The Award will be presented at the 13th Annual Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. on Sunday January 8 in conjunction with a special 3:00 p.m. screening of the film with Harlin “on deck” for honors and for Q & A. There will…

Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. (SFFLA) is a yearly showcase of films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The purposely non-competitive festival constitues an “annual residency of Nordic film in the film capital of the world” giving Los Angeles audiences an opportunity to immerse themselves in the representative “best” of Nordic film making in any given year. In the Los Angeles winter “film season” build up to many awards including the Academy Awards, the festival pivots around screenings of “Oscar” submissions and current feature films along with selected shorts and documentaries.The thirteenth annual Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. comes to the…

The 13th SCANDINAVIAN FILM FESTIVAL L.A. (SFFLA) offers a smorgasbord of Nordic cinema at the Writers Guild Theater (135 S. Doheny/at Wilshire) in Beverly Hills January 7, 8, 14, 15. The program focuses on the five Nordic Oscar submissions in the context of additional current feature films, shorts and documentaries from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The annual immersion course in Nordic film is part of the crescendo of film activity leading up to Academy Award nominations and the Awards themselves.Opening day, Saturday Jan 7 begins with Finnish Director Juha Wuolijokiʼs feature film “Christmas Story.” Itʼs a film for…

Foreign films clearly dominated the Golden Globe nominations this year! In addition to six nominations for “The Artist”, the best Foreign Language Film nominees included movies that were filmed all over the world: from China, to Belgium, to Iran, to Spain, and lastly, to the United States. 1. The Flowers of War (China): China’s most expensive film, adapted from a novel by Geling Yan, a bloody blockbuster about the Japanese army’s massacre of civilians in Nanjing. The film stars Christian Bale as an American mortician who tries to save Chinese women and children from rape and murder during the rampage…

The story of the people who marched in the biggest protest in history is to be told for the first time in a feature-length documentary. On 15 February 2003, up to 30 million people in up to 800 cities across the globe marched against the impending invasion of Iraq. The day was described by novelist Arundhati Roy as the “most spectacular display of public morality ever”. Amir Amirani’s film places the testimony of ordinary people who marched alongside that of international celebrities who put their weight behind the movement. It presents the voices of those who orchestrated the protest, and…