The European Film Academy has announced the nominations in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2010 – PRIX ARTE. A committee consisting of EFA Board Member Despina Mouzaki (Greece), EFA Members Pierre-Henri Deleau (France) and Francine Brücher (Switzerland), along with Claas Danielsen (International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film), Ally Derks (director IDFA, the Netherlands), and Jacques Laurent (producer, Belgium) has chosen three films for a nomination.For the first time, the nominated documentary films will now be made available to all 2,300 members of the European Film Academy who will vote for the winner.Nominated are:ARMADILLO, Denmark/Swedendirected by Janus Metzproduced…
Author: Sara Tehrani
DOC NYC, New York’s Documentary Festival, announced its final slate of titles including the world premiere of “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” a new concert film with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band performing their classic album. The film will screen at the Ziegfeld Theatre on November 4. Directed by the Grammy and Emmy award winner Thom Zimny, the film was shot last year at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ in an unconventional manner without any audience in attendance. Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau has said this presentation “best captures the starkness of the original album.” The…
LOS ANGELES – The Museum Of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), with Pacific Design Center, and Charles S. Cohen present Counter Culture, Counter Cinema: An Avant-Garde Film Festival, a three-day celebration of films focusing on the long-term alliance between experimental cinema and counter-culture activity. The festival will be held at the SilverScreen Theater at the Pacific Design Center October 14 through October 16, 2010, and will cover the half-century from the early 1960s to the present, featuring films and videos that explore sexuality, politics, communal experiments, and transgressive appropriations. Co-curated by David E. James and MM Serra, the festival is…
Polish Film Festival Los Angeles is around the corner. Now the festival starts on October 14 and continues until October 21.At the Gala Opening at the Laemmle’s Sunset 5 on October 14th Polish Film Festival Los Angeles will present ALL THAT I LOVE by Jacek Borcuch (Poland’s submission to the 2011 Oscars® in Foreign Language Film Category).For the eleventh and half time anniversary festival will present the most recent achievements of Polish cinema, among others: JANOSIK. THE TRUE STORY (Janosik. Prawdziwa historia) by Kasia Adamik & Agnieszka Holland, MALL GIRLS (Galerianki) by Katarzyna Roslaniec, MOTHER TERESA OF CATS (Matka Teresa…
The Spanish Institute for Film and Audiovisuaul Arts (ICAA) a part of the Ministry of Culture, together with the American Cinematheque and EGEDA announce the 16th edition of Recent Spanish Cinema series that it is going to showcase the most outstanding recent Spanish films at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, October, 14th – 17th. This 2010 series will be kicked off with the special opening premiere of the official Spanish Entry for Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards 2011, TAMBIÉN LA LLUVIA (EVEN THE RAIN) directed by Icíar Bollaín and starring Gael García Bernal and Luis Tosar.This…
The 4th Abu Dhabi Film Festival will present 70 feature films from over 28 countries. 12 films will have their World Premieres, 4 of which were co-produced with SANAD, the Festival’s new fund that provides development and post-production support for films from the Arab world. The Festival will open on October 14 with Secretariat, directed by Randall Wallace and starring John Malkovich and Diane Lane. Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame by Tsui Hark will close out the Festival with a screening preceding the Black Pearl Awards ceremony on October 23.Executive Director Peter Scarlet remarked, “This has…
LAIFF celebrates the Irish passion for storytelling, a tradition that started around the hearth of every Irish household and has found its way onto the world stage through the medium of film. Coupled with the treasures of Ireland’s moviemaking past, LAIFF presents modern works as diverse as they are unique, creating a cinematic barometer for the cultural climate of Ireland in 2010. Kicking off the festival is a double feature of the Los Angeles premieres of MY BROTHERS and SWANSONG: STORY OF OCCI BYRNE, both powerful coming-of-age dramas portraying the complexities of family ties. Also in store is A SHINE…
The Los Angeles Irish Film Festival (LAIFF) today announced the program for the 2010 Los Angeles Irish Film Festival (Thursday, September 30 through Sunday, October 3, 2010) including the U.S. premieres of “Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne” and the documentary “The Yellow Bittern,” and the West Coast premieres of “My Brothers,” “Cup Cake” and “Ballybrando”. Except for opening night, the remainder of the LAIFF’s program of screenings and events will take place at the Aero Theater, Cinematheque, 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, California.”We are excited to be presenting a number of U.S. & West Coast premieres, continuing our tradition of…
Veteran Iranian actress Fakhri Khorvash was honored for her lifetime achievements during the Iranian Film Festival, which was held in San Francisco on September 18 and 19. The ceremony was arranged to honor her 50-year career in Iranian stage and screen.Fakhri Khorvash, a star of Iranian intellectual theater for a few decades, has also been acting in movies since 1958. She has worked with several well-known Iranian filmmakers such as Bahman Farmanara and Dariush Mehrjui. Fakhri Khorvash appeared for the first time in 1958 Sadegh Bahrami’s “Bohloul” and her last part in a movie was in Bahman Farmanara’s A Little…
The European Film Academy presented Bruno Ganz with the EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for his outstanding and dedicated body of work.Bruno Ganz will be an honorary guest at the 23rd European Film Awards Ceremony on 4 December 2010 in Tallinn.Whether it is as an angel in WINGS OF DESIRE (1987) by Wim Wenders, in the Italian comedy BREAD & TULIPS (2000) by Silvio Soldini, or impersonating Adolf Hitler in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s THE DOWNFALL (2004), Bruno Ganz has lent his face to some of cinema’s most unforgettable moments. In the 70s and 80s Bruno Ganz has worked with the…