Palm Springs – January 13, 2012— Today, Palm Springs International Film Festival named Jump as the winner of Cinema Without Borders’ Bridging the Borders Award. When Day Breaks, from Serbia, took home Cinema Without Border’s Special Jury Award. Kieron J. Walsh, director of Jump , the winner of the 2013 Cinema Without Borders’ Bridging the Borders Award, received an HP Elitebook 8770W mobile workstation with a built-in HP DreamColor display, an approximate $5000 value. The prize was provided by HP, who sponsors the award. This year’s nominees for the award were Any Day Now (USA), Eat Sleep Die (Sweden), English…
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Burbank, CA – January 2, 2013: Today, Cinema Without Borders has announced the five nominees for its Bridging The Borders Award at 2013 Palm Springs International Film Festival. The Bridging The Borders Award at the 2013 Palm Springs International Film Festival will be given to the most successful film in bringing the people of our world closer together. The ten nominees for the Cinema Without Borders Bridging The Borders Award are selected by festival programmers are: Any Day Now (USA), Eat Sleep Die (Sweden), English Vinglish (India), Filmistaan (India ), Flying Blind (UK), Imagine (Poland), Jump (Ireland), Lore (Australia), The…
Happy New Year to all of our readers! It’s that time of year again, and Cinema Without Borders has put together a list of our Top Ten Products of 2012. As in years past, we have encountered these select products in our tests—as well as personal use—and would like to share our joy with you! The following is a list of CWB’s favorite tools-of-the-trade released within the last year, chosen by our esteemed staff of tech-geeks and software-junkies. Without further ado, here are our top ten products of the year for 2012! (In alphabetical order) 1. Adobe Premiere Pro CS6The…
Baija International Film Festival (November 14-18) will pay tributes to Edward Norton (Two time Academy Award nominee), Matt Dillon (Academy Award nominee), Melissa Leo (Academy Award winner), Diego Luna (Acclaimed actor, ‘Y Tu Mama También,’ ‘Milk,’ ‘The Terminal’), Michael Apted (Acclaimed director, ‘The Coal Miner’s Daughter,’ ‘Nell,’ ‘Enigma,’ ‘The World Is Not Enough.’ Current president of the Director’s Guild of America), Nicolas Echevarria (Acclaimed director, ‘Cabeza de Vaca,’ ‘De La Calle’), and Virginia Madsen (Academy Award nominee). Edward Norton was born on August 18, 1969 to parents Edward, an attorney who works for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and…
Purna Virji possesses a talent for learning new languages with six in her present language-speaking repertoire. A former multiple award-winning journalist, Purna produced an Emmy-nominated television show on public television. She currently works as marketing manager for Pimsleur Approach, the world leading audio-based language-learning program developed by Dr. Paul Pimsleur. We find Pimsleur Approach a great way for film fans to learn other languages and enjoy international films without reading sub-titles. Cinema Without Borders: Please tell us a little bit about the approach of Pimsleur Approach in teaching languages, especially for our readers who are film fans, who want to…
Thursday, August 30, 2012—Cinema Without Borders and the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, in collaboration with Art Institute of California-Los Angeles, celebrated a night of animation film screenings and tributes to animation filmmakers. The evening’s guest of honor was world renowned animator Phil Roman (“How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, “Tom and Jerry”, “Garfield and Friends”). After a lively reception, with guests enjoying Italian food and wine, everyone gathered into the Italian Cultural Institute’s Theater. Alberto Di Mauro, Director of Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, opened the evening by welcoming a full house and introducing Mike Libonati, Chair of…
Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles and CinemaWithout Borders in collaboration with The Art Institute of California — Los Angeles will present ItaliANimation Night on August 30, 2012 at 7 PM in Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles location. The program includes screenings of Art Institute of California — Los Angeles students and alumni short animated films; tribute to Italian/American animation artist Cinzia Angelini and exhibition of her artworks; Screening of Italian short Animation films; presentation of the Life Achievement Award to legendary Latino/American animator, director and producer, Phil Roman. Art Institute of California — Los Angeles Students films:3D &…
Two interlaced stories about hero worship and fatherhood echo one another in Nigerian/UK filmmaker Kevin Aduaka’s striking debut ELVIS PELVIS. Elvis Pelvis is a story told in two parts; “THE SUIT” tells of a family living in London in the early 80s and the effects of the legacy of Elvis Presley on them. Ten-year-old Elvis lives under the tyranny of his father Tony—a stern policeman who is obsessed with the legacy of Elvis Presley. Elvis’s walls, in contrast, are covered with a shrine to Jimi Hendrix. “THE MESSIAH” takes place 17 years later and tells of Derek, a disturbed recluse…
Burbank, CA – May 24, 2012 – Tonight the Best Animated films From Stuttgart Festival 2012 will be screened at the Goethe Institute, Los Angeles. The night opens with a reception and then Fareed Majari, Director of the Goethe Institute, Los Angeles, introduces the selected films from the Stuttgart Festival 2012 to the audience.The Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) is one of the world’s largest and most important festivals for animated film. From May 08 to May 13, 2012 around 1,000 of the best animated films worldwide, representing the whole spectrum of the genre, were shown at the 19th…
Last Thursday, on the evening of May 10th, Cinema Without Borders held the award ceremony for the First Annual Friend Of International Cinema Award at the Italian Cultural Institute, Los Angeles. The evening began with Italian wine and Persian appetizers from Shaherzad Restaurant, and the ceremony’s program was introduced by Mr. Alberto Di Mauro, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute. What followed was a joyous hour of music, film, and personal insights into Darryl MacDonald’s life from friends, admirers, and the man himself. “It was an amazing night and we hope we can have this award ceremony together with Italian…