Remember the first time someone read to you? The magic of hearing stories come to life through the voice of a close family member or friend. Or maybe the first time you read to your son or daughter. I’m sure that moment has to be up there with first steps, first words and first day of school. That was our inspiration. Bringing people together to help them create a memory that would last a lifetime.Remember the first time someone read to you? The magic of hearing stories come to life through the voice of a close family member or friend.…
Author: Wyatt Phillips
This special time of year comes and catches everyone off guard, but not to worry! Cinema Without Borders has kept an eye out over the past year for products that would serve as great gifts our readership could use or give to fellow filmmaker in the family. Here is the culmination of that research broken down into an easy to ready article. Click each Product title you like and you’ll be linked to a retailer ready to sell you that perfect gift. Happy Holidays to YOU from everyone at Cinema Without Borders! Best 2016 Holidays’ Gifts for…
Alibaba Pictures Group is making what it calls a “comprehensive organization and business model upgrade” that it hopes will morph it into a “content-based Goldman Sachs-type organization” that looks to be “hard-nosed” rather than “an adventurer.” In step with the newly stated goals, the film and TV division of Jack Ma’s Chinese online giant has appointed fast-rising tech exec Yu Yongfu as CEO and shuffled Zhang Qiang and Zhang Wei from the respective posts of CEO and President to a shared Co-President role. Yu, who joined Alibaba in 2014 and is also Chairman of the Board of Alibaba Pictures, wrote to employees today explaining…
The stage is set, the players are ready, and the audience has arrived—but just off stage, life waits in the wings. The Salesman (Forushande), Iran’s Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film, takes you into the heart of a community seldom seen with such warmth and emotion. Centered on a married couple, Rana and Emad, who are also the leads in a local theater rendition of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman; we follow them as they cope with unexpected tragedy in the face of a transforming nation. The Salesman (Forushande) premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival From…
In the age of Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, along with a growing list of content streaming platforms, where does the movie theater fit in? I would argue, it fits in perfectly; in fact, I would insist that patronizing movie theaters is a necessity to the health and endurance of our passion for cinema. Consider this, which of those streaming services really provide the viewer with a sense of community while watching a film? To examine the movie theater industry more closely, Conversations Without Borders sat down with Greg Laemmle, who along with his father Robert Laemmle, runs Los Angeles’ own…
Recently, Cinema Without Borders sat down with Polish filmmaker Marek Tomasz Pawlowski to talk about his heart-rending documentary THE TOUCH OF AN ANGEL that screened last week at the Polish Film Festival, LA, where it won the Hollywood Eagle Documentary Award. THE TOUCH OF AN ANGEL tells the story of how Henryk Schönker and his family survived the holocaust. Specifically, how they survived being sent to Auschwitz, one of the most deadly camps set up during World War 2. The story is told by Schönker, who is now deaf and in the later years of his life. To find out…
Antalya, Turkey (October 17, 2016)… The International Antalya Film Festival (IAFF) opened to a star studded black tie event which was broadcast live on A Haber from the Turkish Riviera. Hosted by Festival President: Menderes Türel, The Mayor of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality and Festival Director Elif Dağdeviren, IAFF is one of the oldest and most popular film festivals in Europe and Asia, where glamor and art mingle with cinephiles and international film professionals for a week-long event in October that runs from 16th – 23rd. The capital of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya has hosted this prestigious event for 53 years…
Cinema Without Borders’ audience has always been keen on the new wave of online entertainment related content and has been asking us about where to turn for the best online broadcasts of live TV. It wasn’t until Sling TV announced its live TV services that we recognized a serious move in that direction. Sling TV is a game changer and therefore during the next six months will check it out from different angles. With our office in Burbank serving as a crossroad for working filmmakers visiting and living LA, we will let them try out Sling TV to get…
Hollywood, CA, October 12th, 2016—Today, the Polish Film Festival Los Angeles named Milosz Sakowski’s directorial effort GRANDMA’S DAY to be the winner of Bridging the Borders Award. The runner up, WHAT I WANT by Damian Kocur, took home the Cinema Without Borders Special Jury Award. GRANDMA’S DAY is a funny heartfelt story that tells the tale of two desperate souls, one a young tough schemer looking for a quick couple of bucks to pay off a debt and the other a lonely bitter grandmother who faces eviction from her house. These two use and abuse each other to get what…
Aspen Film announced today its balloted Audience Award winners for the 38th Annual Aspen Filmfest. The films 11:55 and My Blind Brothertied for Audience Award for Best Feature Film. Mr. Gaga was chosen as Audience Award for Best Documentary Film with The Eagle Huntress as the runner up. “We are so pleased to wrap our 38th Annual Aspen Filmfest with these four outstanding films taking the top audience prize,” said Executive Director John Thew. “The overwhelming response from our members and local guests has been so rewarding and we can’t wait for our remaining programming for this year with our annual Academy Screenings and New Year’s Eve…