Author: Sam Tehrani

Burbank, CA – January 8th, 2025: Today, Cinema Without Borders announced. Today Cinema Without Borders announced 2025 the winners of its Bridging The Borders Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival. French movie, Souleymane’s Story by Boris Lojkine won 2025 Bridging The Borders Award sponsored by 360 Media. The Honorary Mentions went to Happy Holidays from Palestine/Germany/France/Italy/Qatar, directed by Scandar Copti Bridging the The Borders Award  is presented by Cinema Without Borders and award sponsored and prize provided by 360 Media The winner of Bridging the Borders  receives a cash prize of $2000. Keely Badger, Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of…

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Burbank, CA – December 13th, 2024: Today, Cinema Without Borders announced jury members  for Cinema Without Borders’ Bridging The Borders Award for 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival. The Bridging The Borders Award at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival will be given to the most successful film in bringing the people of our world closer together. Cinema Without Borders’ Bridging The Borders Award is presented by Cinema Without Borders and award sponsored and prize provided by 360 MEDIA. The winner of Bridging the Borders Award will receive a cash prize of $2000. Cinema Without Borders’ jury members to…

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Today Cinema Without Borders jury announced the winners of the Bridging The Borders Award for 2024 Lucas International Film Festival for Young Film Lovers in Germany. FOREIGN LANGUAGE, (Langue Étrangère) from France/Germany/Belgium directed by Claire Burger wins 2024 Bridging The Borders Award and our Honorary Mention goes to the SMELL OF BURNT MILK from Germany Directed by Justine Bauer. Bridging the Borders Award is offered by Cinema Without Borders Foundation and sponsored by 360 MEDIA Consulting Chale Nafus, one of the jury members announced the winner of Bridging the Borders Award and also the Honorary Mention in a video message…

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East Los Angeles College, Cinema Without Borders Foundation and Consulate General of Czech Republic Los Angeles present the Eight Edition of ELAC International Animation Day dedicated to the Czech Animation on Saturday April 15th from 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM. Screenings will be held at East Los Angeles College, located at 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, CA 91754., Building S1 Screening Room 112. Free parking will be available in Structure 4. On corner of W Floral Drive and Collegian Avenue. The easiest way to get to the event location is to use the following address to get to the…

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East Los Angeles College, Cinema and Without Borders Foundation, and  Aduren Studio are proud to present the Iranian Animation Day, the seventh edition of the annual East Los Angeles College International Animation Festival. https://vimeo.com/685740508 Attending ELAC International Animation Day – Iranian Animation All attendees must wear a mask all through the event. This event is open to the public and free to attend. But due to limited number of seats available, ALL VISITORS MUST COMPLETE THIS ELAC FORM ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT. (Click or touch here) Please reserve your seat and RSVP at rsvpanim@gmail.com Iranian Animation Day will…

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Burbank, CA – December 20th, 2021: Today, Cinema Without Borders announced jury members  for MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award for  the 2022 Palm Springs International Film Festival. The Bridging The Borders Award at the 2022 Palm Springs International Film Festival will be given to the most successful film in bringing the people of our world closer together. MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award  is presented by Cinema Without Borders and award sponsored and prize provided by MOZAIK. The winner of Bridging the Borders Award will receive a cash prize of $2500. Cinema Without Borders’ jury members to decide the 2022 winner…

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Today, February 14th 2019, independent site of CinéEqual , the sister publication of Cinema Without Borders goes live. CinéEqual is dedicated to Social Justice Cinema and is supported by Neda Nobari Foundation. CinéEqual represents filmmakers, institutions, and community members with a focus on social justice cinema. As an integrated unit of Cinema Without Borders, it promotes a diverse, inclusive, and equitable democratic society that values the worth of all humans. The purpose is to educate our audience about concepts, theories, and methods related to social justice and to integrate ethical practices for solving social inequities through our online networks and resources. From studio…

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Burbank, CA – April 10, 2018: Cinema Without Borders is proud to present its Bridging The Borders Award for the 10 Consecutive year at the prestigious SEEfest, South East European Film Festival LA. Bridging The Borders Award offered by Cinema Without Borders and sponsored by GoEnergistics, goes to the Best Feature Film screened at SEEfest and for the 13th Edition of the festival it will be announced at the Award Ceremony on May3rd at the Writer’s Guild theater. Jury members for Bridging the Borders Award assigned by SEEfest are: Therese Hayes has programmed films for the Palm Springs International Film…

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Palm Springs ShortFest International Film Festival and Market will open on June 20th and will run until June 26th. Like the ten past years, Cinema Without Borders offers HP Bridging The Borders Award to a film that helps bringing people of our planet closer together. Nominees for the 2017 HP Bridging The Borders Award, selected by a team of festival programmers are: Eyes of Exodus (USA/Greece), Facing Mecca (Switzerland), Facing the Wall (Israel), Love the Sinner (USA), NORTH (Spain), PANTHEON (France), Pria (Indonesia/USA), Spice Sisters (Australia), Towards the Sun (U.K./USA), THE TRANSFER (Germany/Israel), The Wait (USA/Mexico) and The World In…

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Burbank, CA March 25th, 2017: Today East Los Angeles College, Cinema Without Borders and Southeast European Film Festival, LA, celebrated the Southeast European Animation Day, the third edition of the annual East Los Angeles College International Animation Day. At 11:30 AM guests gathered in ELAC’s Music Recital Hall theater building for the reception of the event.  Polka Polish Cuisine had provided its delicious appetizers as one of the sponsors of the Animation Day. Students had a chance to get to know celebrities of the world of animation that had attended the event. After the reception Mike Libonati (ELAC) and Bijan…

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