The Band’s Visit Wins Bridging The Borders AwardBy Sara Tehrani01/12/20084 Mins Read Palm Springs – January 13, 2008: Today Cinema Without Borders named The Band’s Visit as the winner of its Bridging…
Chilling Love Stories at the 2008 Scandinavian Film Festival Los AngelesBy Diane Sippl01/10/200810 Mins Read An up-to-the-minute romance, a mysterious family drama, and a sober period piece offer fresh vistas of Scandinavian domestic life in…
2008 Palm Springs International Film FestivalBy Bijan Tehrani01/02/20086 Mins Read Darryl Macdonald is Executive Director of the Palm Springs International Film Society, which produces both the Palm Springs International Film…
The 9th Annual Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.By Diane Sippl12/29/20076 Mins Read If anyone knows how to warm up a winter, it’s a Nordic filmmaker. Proof is in store for Los Angeles…
International cinema and 15th African Diaspora Film FestivalBy Bijan Tehrani11/27/200712 Mins Read Diarah N’Daw-Spech was born and educated in France where she studied Spanish in high school and English at the university.…
FAR NORTH and EMOTIONAL ARITHMETIC Bring Literature to the Screen at the 2007 AFMBy Diane Sippl11/24/20079 Mins Read For over a decade Celluloid Dreams, as launched and piloted by Hengameh Panahi, has been arguably the world’s foremost sales…
A Look Back at AFI FEST 2007By Margaret Madrilejos11/13/20074 Mins Read With its global showcases, the AFI Film Festival is one of the most influential film festivals in North America. The…
PERSEPOLIS on the Big Screen at the AFI FEST 2007By Diane Sippl11/09/20076 Mins Read As the 2007 AFI FEST steps in its tenth day, a little girl in a head scarf will be filling…
56th International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg Bestows AwardsBy Diane Sippl11/06/20077 Mins Read In a series of connecting “tent-palaces” housing two 1,000-seat theaters on the banks of the Rhine in Mannheim, Germany, and…
Christian Gaines & Rose Kuo talk about AFI FEST 2007By Bijan Tehrani10/26/200717 Mins Read Christian Gaines was born in Brussels, Belgium to American parents and educated in British boarding schools until he came to…
