Southeast European Film Festival, Los Angeles opened on Thursday April 29th and continues until May 2nd at Goethe-Institut Los Angeles located at 5750 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 100. Closing night of the festival will be held on May 3rd at James Bridges Theatre in UCLA campus, Westwood. There will be also a Business Conference on May 3rd between 9 AM to 3 PM at UCLA Anderson, organized by the Southeast European Film Festival, Los Angeles.Monday – May 3rd – 9:00 am to 3:00 pmFestival’s ProgramThursday – April 29th 7:00 pm THE WALL(USA, documentary vignette; 1989 1 min.) double feature GOODBYE, HOW…
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The third annual Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival (LABRFF 2010) celebrates the 15th Anniversary of the New Brazilian Cinema, the most important period of Brazilian film product since Cinema Novo brought Brazilian films to the world audience in the 1960’s. LABRFF will be held at the Landmark Theatre from April 27 to May 2The Opening Night Film Heitor Dhalia’s “A Drift” (À Deriva), starring Vincent Cassel and Camilla Belle, earned a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival -Un Certain Regard in 2009 for its emotionally rich tale of a fourteen-year old girl’s coming of age revelations spending summer vacation…
Visual Communications (VC), the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center will present 170 outstanding films in the 2010 edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF). The largest festival of Asian films in the United States, LAAPFF celebrates Asian Pacific Heritage Month with a diverse slate of films and videos by Asian Pacific American and Asian international directors from 20 countries. The opening night film, Arvin Chen’s rom-com “Au Revoir Tapei” (a Berlin Film Fest hit) plays April 29, 2010 at the DGA (7PM). Produced by Wim Wenders and LAAPFF alum In-Ah Lee (The Grace Lee…
Eleven years ago Vladek Juszkiewicz, the visionary director of the Polish Film Festival Los Angeles launched his celebration of Polish Film. Organized by the Polish American Film Society, PFFLA is now the largest Polish film festival In the US.Building a strong network of Polish, Polish American and general film buffs, he steadily grew his festival until he attracted enough support from the Polish government, the Polish Film Institute and Polish Filmmakers’ Association, and TVP -Telewizja Polska, (as well as local sponsors) to be able to bring large delegations of actors and filmmakers to the annual week of films. The vital…
The Franco-American Cultural Fund (FACF) presents the 14th Annual City of Lights, City of Angels film festival (COLCOA) April 19-25 at the DGA.COLCOA presents 32 feature films and 20 shorts, including nine U.S. and North American premieres, and four International Premieres.The opening night film, Pascal Cameil’s romantic comedy “Heartbreaker” (L’Arnacoeur) stars Romain Duris and Vanessa Paradis. Two music related flicks, Joann Sfar’s biopic “Gainsbourg: Je t’aime…Moi Non Plus” (haunted by the suicide of star Lucy Gordon) and Radu Mihaileanu’s “The Concert” are anticipated highlights of the fest.Xavier Giannoli’s exceptional “In The Beginning” (official selection-Cannes 2009) is in competition with films…
Christina Marouda, Executive Director of Indian Film Festival, LA and President of IFFLA Board of Directors prior to launching IFFLA in 2002 worked in various capacities. She worked at Lions Gate Entertainment, the American Film Institute (AFI) Film Festival, and the Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF). Ms. Marouda also produced the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival in 2008. She participated in the prestigious IFP Producers Lab where she honed her producing skills and is now producing the short film TRANCE directed by Andrew Scoles. Born and raised on the island of Crete in Greece, Ms. Marouda’s went on to earn…
DALLAS, TX, April 16, 2010 – At the first “Dallas Film Society Honors” presented by the Gail L. and Arthur E. Benjamin Foundation awards event in the four-year history of the DALLAS International Film Festival, Ryan Piers Williams’ THE DRY LAND was announced as the winner of the unrestricted $25,000 cash prize for the Target Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature and Lucy Walker’s WASTE LAND received the unrestricted $25,000 cash prize for the Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary Feature. The Documentary competition jury also gave a Special Jury Prize to Michael Pertnoy’s and Michael Kleiman’s THE LAST SURVIVOR…
The 2010 Dallas International Film Festival started on April 8 and I had a chance to speak to Michael Cain, the Chairman of Dallas IFF about 2010 festival.A graduate of the American Film Institute, Michael was previously the Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit organization Deep Ellum Film, Music, Arts and Noise (DEFMAN), which produced the Deep Ellum Film Festival and various outdoor screening events including the Lone Star Drive-In in Addison and Dallas; Pasadena Cinema in the Park; and the Santa Monica Drive-In at the Pier. Michael is also a producer with more than 50 commercials and music…
After a busy week at last February’s Berlin International Film Festival, CWB’s James Ulmer and Tanja Meding met up with U.S. indie producer Rachel Klein, whose visit to Berlin turned out to be her own personal “world premiere.” We were eager to hear what brought her to the festival and retrieve some first-hand insights from this spunky New Yorker. At the end of 2008, Klein relocated from New York to Los Angeles, where she is currently producing television’s “UFC Primetime” and serving as production manager for “Steven Seagal: Lawman.” . One of Klein’s most high-profile projects is co-chairing, along with…
Los Angeles–The Franco-American Cultural Fund (FACF) today announced the program for the 14th Annual City of Lights, City of Angels (COL•COA) film festival that will run April 19-25 in Los Angeles. In addition to 20 shorts, the festival will present 32 feature films including nine U.S. and North American premieres, as well as four International Premieres. COL•COA will open with the North American premiere of Heartbreaker (L’Arnacoeur), an acclaimed romantic comedy starring Romain Duris and Vanessa Paradis, directed by Pascal Chaumeil and written by Laurent Zeitoun, Jeremy Doner and Yoann Gromb. The Concert, a box office comedy hit in France,…