Author: Luz Aguado

Luz Aguado was born in Guanajuato, Mexico and grew up in East Los Angeles. She is the oldest of four siblings. Prior to attending The Art Institute, Luz was a student at the University of California Riverside where she studied biology and aspired to become a medical doctor. Now she studies Media Arts and Animation at The Art Institute of Los Angeles and hopes of one day having the opportunity to work for Disney Animation Studios. Three dimensional animation and the innovative techniques that have given animation a more realistic appearance is something that she wishes to focus on while at The Art Institute.

Mr. Antonio Gellini, founder and President of the World Film Institute, Founder and Owner of “The Olympia Awards,” and “The Family Film Awards,” has joined the honoree advisory board of Cinema Without Borders .  Mr. Gellini (an Iranian/American also known as Behrooz Jalili) who is a seasoned actor, director, and producer, will help Cinema Without Borders to get recognition within entertainment business circle in US. Mr. Antonio Gellini told Cinema Without Borders that “I love helping Cinema Without Borders to find the place it deserves in the international film community as I, myself have always tried to bridge over the…

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Palm Springs – January 14, 2017— Today, at Palm Springs International Film Festival, Cinema Without Borders named Sacha Wolff’s  Mercenary as the winner of 2017 HP Bridging the Borders Award offered by Cinema Without Borders. The prize for HP Bridging The Borders Award is an HP ZBook 15, a $4000 value. The prize was provided by HP, who sponsors the award. Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (USA),A Billion Colour Story (India), Death in Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina/France) , Goldstone (Australia), Keep Quiet(UK/Hungary), Layla M. (Netherlands/Belgium/Germany/Jordan) and Mercenary (France). The award luncheon for the 2017 Palm Springs International Film Festival was held at Hilton Hotel in Palm Springs, where Susan Morgan Cooper and…

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Burbank, CA, December 30, 2016 —Cinema Without Borders, an independent publication dedicated to Independent and International Cinema, has declared the SLING TV as the winner of its Seal of Excellence Award for its superiority in streaming on-line television. The 2016 iteration of the prestigious Seal of Excellence Award—received in the past by HP Workstations, the Palm Springs International Short-Fest Film Festival, Adobe, and Mitsubishi—is bestowed upon the SLING TV for excellence in the field of streaming live and on-demand television programing to serve both professional filmmakers and film fans. We also made this decision based on SLING TV’s extensive available…

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Palm Springs – June 26, 2016— Today, the Palm Springs International ShortFest named French (France), directed by Josza Anjembe, as the winner of HP’s 2016 Bridging the Borders Award, presented by Cinema Without Borders. This year’s festival was held at Palm Springs’ Camelot Theatre. The Editor-in-Chief of CWB, Bijan Tehrani, presented the award for this year’s HP Bridging the Borders winner. The winner  received  a HP ZBook 15 Mobile Workstation. An approximate $3000 value awarded from our generous sponsors. The six nominees for the 2016 HP’s Bridging The Borders Award were French (France), Home (Kosovo), Irregulars (Italy), My Aleppo (US),…

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Every year at the Palm Springs International ShortFest, HP’s Bridging The Borders Award, presented by Cinema Without Borders and sponsored by HP, goes to a short film that helps to bring people of the world and different cultures closer together. In 2016 the winner of HP’s Bridging The Borders Award will receive received an HP ZBook Mobile Workstation with an approximate $3000 value. The prize was provided by HP, who sponsors the award. The six nominees for the 2016 HP’s Bridging The Borders Award are French (France), Home (Kosovo), Irregulars (Italy), My Aleppo (US), Sueños verticales (Mexico) and We All…

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Palm Springs – January 9, 2016— Today, the Palm Springs International Film Festival named Prashant Nair’s UMRIKA as the winner of HP Bridging the Borders Award offered by Cinema Without Borders. Prashant Nair, director of UMRIKA received HP’s Bridging The Borders Award from Cinema Without Borders’ jury members. The prize for HP Bridging The Borders Award is an HP ZBook 15, a $3000 value. The prize was provided by HP, who sponsors the award. This year’s nominees for the award were ATOMIC FALAFEL (Israel, Germany, New Zealand)), LET THEM COME (Algeria, France), ROAD TO LA PAZ (Argentina,Netherlands, Qatar) , ROSITA (Denmark),THE…

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On June 21, 2015—Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and Market named Ave Maria (Palestine), directed by Basil Khalil, as the winner of HP’s 2015 Bridging the Borders Award, presented by Cinema Without Borders. Unfortunately Basil could not attend the award ceremony and just two days ago, on August 1st, Liisi Rohumäe, AVE MARIA’s script consultant received the HP Bridging The Borders Award diploma and prize system (HP ZBook 15 Mobile Workstation. An approximate $3000 value) on behalf of film director Basil Khalil. Mr. Khalil in a note to Cinema Without Borders wrote: ““I would like to thank HP and…

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Palm Springs – June 21, 2015— Today, the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and Market named Ave Maria (Palestine), directed by Basil Khalil, as the winner of HP’s 2015 Bridging the Borders Award, presented by Cinema Without Borders. Rangan 99 (Iran), directed by Tiyam Yabandeh, took home the Cinema Without Borders Special Jury Award. This year’s festival was held at Palm Springs’ Camelot Theatre. The Editor-in-Chief of CWB, Bijan Tehrani, presented the award for this year’s HP Bridging the Borders winner. ?  received  an HP ZBook 15 Mobile Workstation. An approximate $3000 value awarded from our generous sponsors. The…

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Every year at the Palm Springs International ShortFest Film Festival and Market, HP’s Bridging The Borders Award, presented by Cinema Without Borders and sponsored by HP, goes to a short film that helps to bring people of the world and different cultures closer together. In 2015 the winner of HP’s Bridging The Borders Award will receive received an HP ZBook Mobile Workstation with an approximate $3000 value. The prize was provided by HP, who sponsors the award. Cinema Without Borders also awards its Special Jury Award to one of the other nominees that uses language of filmmaking in its excellance. …

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We had an interview with Farzad Samsami, winner of HP’s 2014 Bridging the Borders Award, presented by Cinema Without Borders at 2014 Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and Market for his film FOAD (Norway). We asked Farzad about his entry to the world of filmmaking, making FOAD, winning HP’s Bridging The Borders Award and his future projects. 2014 festival was held at Palm Springs’ Camelot Theatre. The Editor-in-Chief of CWB, Bijan Tehrani, presented the award for 2014 to HP Bridging the Borders winner. Farzad Samsami who received an award diploma and an HP ZBook 15 Mobile Workstation with a…

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