I met Lagan Sebert, a young publicist, at AFI FEST 2006. Lagan did such a great job helping journalist that we decided to introduce him to our readers. CWB: Please tell us about your AFI FEST experience and how you felt working with the media? Lagan: AFI Fest 2006 presented by Audi was a great experience for me. It is a very international festival with equal parts glamour and substance. One great thing about AFI Fest is that it brings out everyone from some of the largest news networks in the world to the smaller on-line and foreign language press.…
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The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced that the Bangkok International Film Festival 2007, which was supposed to take place January 26-February 5, 2007, has been postponed to July 2007. This festival has been postponed because a probable cinema venue decided to end talks with the TAT because of financial reasons. This decision came as a surprise to the TAT and has forced them to make extensive changes to the festival’s plans, which had been going well until the recent change by the operator of the venue. Because of this situation, the TAT has decided that it is best…
The Venice Film Festival’s long and highly publicized wait for an updated venue will be over in 2010, Italy’s Ministry of Culture announced Wednesday. Festival organizers have been reiterating the idea that the event could become less important over time because of it’s aging main venue – the Palazzo del Cinema – and pushed for its renovation. “Without better facilities, the Venice Film Festival will begin to fade away,” artistic director Marco Muller said during September’s 63rd edition of the festival. At the time, Muller and Venice Biennale President Davide Croff revealed plans for a $133 million facelift, saying that…
Shohreh Jandaghian – Please tell us a bit about yourself, the origins of the Festival and how it came about? Orlow Seunke -There’s not much to tell about myself. I am Dutch and I live for four years in Jakarta and I am the director of the Jakarta International Film Festival (JiFFest) for three years. Shohreh – How did you become the director of the Jakarta International Film Festival? Orlow -Shanty Harmayn and Natacha Devillers started the festival. After 5 years Shanty was tired and almost felt burned out because it was close to impossible to finance the festival. She wanted…
The 12th Aye Aye Film Festival edition will be held from September 1rst through the 9th, 2006 in the city Nancy, France. It presents short films from all over the world with different programs in various sections to an international audience. www.ayeaye-vo.com Sylvain Mariette was born in Paris and studied Cinema & Audio visual. He has directed several short films and since the foundation of the Aye Aye Film Festival in 1995, he is active as director and coordinator of the festival. Shohreh Jandaghian- Could you begin by telling us what were the reasons for starting Aye Aye Film Festival?…
A controversy between the Venice Film Festival and the upcoming Roma Cinema Festival, which I mentioned in my last article, has been left out for the moment, and there haven’t been many other events to gossip about. The only extra noteworthy incident to talk about was the cast from The Black Dahlia arriving at the opening ceremony with a delay of one hour because of a precious brooch that didn’t want to have anything to do with Scarlet Johansson’s hairdo. So, after four days from the official opening and three days packed with films, we can finally talk about cinema.…
63rd Venice Film Festival was opened on August 30th. Just to give you an idea of what it is going to happen, here are some headlines and useful information about the Film Festival… Organized by the Venice Biennale, the Festival will be held – as always – on the Venice Lido from August 30th to September 9th, 2006. The opening ceremony will be hosted by Italian actress Isabella Ferrari and will be followed by the world premiere of Brian De Palma’s The Black Dahlia, that screens in competition. Four international juries will assign the official awards of the Festival: the…
Cinecon 46-The 46th edition of the Classic Film Festival played the Egyptian Theatre (American Cinematheque) September 2-6. For lovers of classic Hollywood, silent film and slapstick there is no better place to spend the Labor Day weekend. Film buffs, film collectors and collectors of memorabilia come from all over the country. A floor of the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel is devoted to dealers, all organized by Dan Schwartz (Movie Collectibles Etc.) The highlight of Schwartz’s collectibles at this years show was Fatty Arbuckle’s original make-up kit, which Schwartz bought from Eric Stogo who acquired it from Arbuckle’s first wife, Minta Durfee.…