At CWB we congratulate the Producers Guild of America for making the right decision by giving its Best Award to “The King’s Speech”. Expectations in Hollywood was to see “The Social Network” win the Producers Guild of America Award after winning at Golden Globe 2011. “King’s Speech” producers Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin received the Producers Guild of America award, called the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Producers of Theatrical Motion Pictures.“Kings Speech” directed by Tom Hopper, covers the King George VI struggle and his victory over his stuttering problem. King George VI (Colin Firth, peerless) enlists the…
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Palm Springs – January 16, 2011— Today, the Palm Springs International Film Festival named Even The Rain as the winner of Cinema Without Borders’ Bridging The Borders Award at the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival. The runner-up is Son of Babylon, from Iraq. This year’s nominees for the award were Eastern Plays (Bulgaria), Even The Rain (Spain), Paper Birds (Spain), Son Of Babylon (Iraq), and When We Leave (Germany).The award luncheon for the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival was held at Spencer’s Restaurant in Palm Springs, California. Spain’s Los Angeles Consul General, Enrique Ruiz, and Elvi Cano, Director…
Palm Springs – January 9, 2011: Today, Cinema Without Borders has announced the five nominees for its Bridging The Borders Award. The Bridging The Borders Award at the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival will be given to the most successful film in bringing the people of our world closer together. The five nominees for the Cinema Without Borders Bridging The Borders Award are, Eastern Plays (Bulgaria), Even The Rain (Spain), Paper Birds (Spain), Son Of Babylon (Iraq), and When We Leave (Germany).The Bridging The Borders Award winning film will be announced on Sunday, January 16th, at the Palm Springs…
The 12th Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. unreels at the Writers Guild Theater (135 S. Doheny/at Wilshire) in Beverly Hills on January 8, 9, 15 and 16, with a program of both blockbusters and discoveries. The festival offers an annual immersion into the world of Nordic film during the winter “film season” that makes its way through festivals and awards in the build up to Academy Awards nominations and the Awards themselves. The festival focuses on the work of filmmakers from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden including Nordic Oscar contenders, additional current feature films, and a sampling of shorts and…
Sundance Institute today announced the films from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival scheduled to screen in theaters in nine different cities, including the newly added Seattle, Washington Egyptian Theatre, on the evening of Thursday, January 27, 2011. The screenings are part of Sundance Film Festival USA, designed to introduce the Festival experience to film-loving audiences nationwide. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival opens January 20 and runs through January 30 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.“A major component of the Sundance Institute mission is to expand and engage audiences for independent storytelling,” said Keri Putnam, Executive Director,…
Belgium assumes the Presidency of the European Union from July till December 2010,and in celebration of this position, is partnering with the American Cinematheque to present “Grit and Whimsy”, a series showcasing six recent films to come out of Belgium, every third Wednesday, from July through December 2010. The line-up includes top-notch films that range from buoyant to heavy-hitting, such as the breathtaking thriller DOSSIER K, the coming-of-age comedy PRIVATE LESSONS, the delightful romp THE OVER THE HILL BAND, and the dramatic ANGEL AT SEA. Belgium’s submission to the Best Foreign Language Film of the 2011 Academy Awards and a…
Animation may not be the first thing one thinks of when thinking about French cinema but that may change as the renaissance in French animation that began early in the decade continues apace. Like its live-action counterpart, French animation has historically been an auteur-driven affair, from the classical whimsy of Paul Grimault to the surreal, sci-fi worlds of Rene Laloux. More recent French animators appear no less driven by personal vision. Indeed, the latest French animated feature to come to US shores, The Illusionist, finds two distinctly French film artists collaborating across time with director Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of…
The film, which is this year’s German foreign-language Oscar submission, tells the story of a Turkish woman trying to make a new life in Berlin after escaping an abusive husband in Istanbul. WHEN WE LEAVE will open in New York and Los Angeles on January 28, 2011. A national release will follow.The European Parliament’s president Jerzy Buzek presented the award to Aladag at a special ceremony today, November 24th. Feo Aladag is the first female director to be shortlisted since the award began in 2007. Upon receiving the LUX Prize, Feo Aladag said: “This award makes me unbelievably happy because…
NEW YORK, NY- Lorber Films announced today the acquisition of U.S. rights to ARMADILLO, the controversial documentary by director Janus Metz that provoked furious debate in his home country of Denmark, as well as an inquiry by the Danish government into the actions of the soldiers captured in the film in a deadly skirmish with Taliban fighters. The film has sparked robust discussion in the international press about the rules of engagement and thrill-seeking behavior of young soldiers fighting in Afghanistan – and beyond. In journalistic style par excellence, Metz gained intensely intimate access to his subjects before their deployment,…
Lady Of The Roses, a a documentary film by Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (With English subtitles) will be screened on Sunday November 14, 2010, 5:00PM – 8:00PM at Dodd Hall, 148, UCLA. Screening will be followed by a bilingual (English/Persian) panel discussion Panelists: Zahra Dowlatabadi, Executive Producer of the film Lady of the Roses, Documentary filmmaker and Animation Producer Mahasti Afshar, Executive Director, Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) Farideh Hatami, Program Staff, the California Endowment Moderator: Nayereh Tohidi, Professor, CSUN www.nayerehtohidi.com Zahra Dowlatabadi is an award winning animation producer and also a documentary filmmaker. Dowlatabadi holds an MA in Film…