How does a Palestinian woman in Israel survive an abusive husband? When Khitam’s Arab Israeli husband divorces her and gains custody of her six children, she suddenly finds herself fighting two heart-breaking battles: against the Islamic Sharia court to get her children back, and against the state of Israel, which considers her an illegal resident and denies her protection that could literally save her life. Khitam’s only legal recourse is to appeal to the Sharia court because there are no secular divorce courts in Israel, but the Muslim court repeatedly shuts her out from custody hearings. 3 TIMES DIVORCED is…
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For the fifth time the international Francophone TV channel TV5MONDE, official partner of the Berlin International Film Festival, the Berlinale and the German-French Youth Office (FGYO) have asked German and French film fans to apply for the jury to award the prize “Dialogue en perspective”. Now the seven cineastes who will enjoy the Berlinale 2008 as jury members have been selected. At the end of this year’s Berlin International Film Festival they will present the prize “Dialogue en perspective” to their favourite film of the Berlinale section Perspektive Deutsches Kino. As in former years it was once again a challenge…
Market Place, Public Radio – The union representing film directors struck a deal with film studios, but that cordial relationship might not translate into a quick end to the writers’ strike. Scott Jagow talks with Tess Vigeland. Scott Jagow: Hollywood’s labor dispute just got a little more interesting. Yesterday, the Directors Guild struck a tentative deal with the studios. No progress, though, with the writers.Marketplace’s Tess Vigeland has been following the strike throughout. Tess, what’s in the director’s deal versus what the writer’s want from the studios?Tess Vigeland: There are differences in the formulas, but you’ve actually seen that the…
The Berlin International Film Festival has presented frequent Homage programmes for outstanding protagonists in the world of film since 1982. The last Homage honoured American director Arthur Penn in 2007. Within the framework of its 58th edition, the Berlin International Film Festival is once again dedicating a showcase to an extraordinary personality in international cinema: the renowned Italian director Francesco Rosi. In his work, Rosi has critically reflected on political, economic and intellectual developments in Italy. Within the scope of the Homage, Francesco Rosi will receive the Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement on February 14, 2008. “With their explosive power,…
With a world trapped in so many regional, religious, ideological and racial conflicts, is it right or even possible for a filmmaker to avoid politics? And, is a filmmaker able to shape or influence public opinion and perceptions of events around the world? Can a film affect the political alignment of individuals? James Ulmer, the Cinema Without Borders International Editor, will be the moderator of this session of Conversations Without Borders. Other panel members will include filmmakers participating in this year’s Festival with screening of their films. Talking Pictures: Conversations Without Borders Showing: Saturday, January 12, 11:00 AM Running Time:…
On Sunday, January 6, director John Sayles will receive the Festival’s American Maverick Award following the screening of his new feature Honeydripper, which he directed, wrote and edited. The American Maverick Award was established to honor filmmakers who exemplify the true spirit of successful independent American filmmaking, establishing a body of work that both eschews the conventions of standard storytelling and epitomize the best aspects of quality filmmaking. Honeydripper is a fable about the birth of rock n’ roll in Harmony, Alabama. Set in 1950, the films tells the story of Tyron Purvis (Danny Glover), proprietor of the Honeydripper Lounge…
This year’s Luis Buñuel Retrospective will commence and conclude at the Volksbühne with two special presentations focusing on Buñuel’s famous directorial debut: his silent film Un chien andalou (France 1929) is to be screened four times, and each time it will be accompanied live by different works of contemporary music. On February 9, 2008, Un chien andalou will be shown alongside another masterpiece of surrealistic film, Jean Epstein’s La chute de la maison Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher, France 1928), on which Buñuel worked as assistant director. Both films will be presented in restored versions and accompanied…
January 2, 2008 (New York, NY) – Film Movement (www.filmmovement.com), announced that ADAM’S APPLES, a black comedy from Denmark & Burkina Faso/French Drama, DREAMS OF DUST will be available on DVD beginning Tuesday, January 8, 2008.The DVD will be available at Film Movement (www.filmmovement.com), and also through major retailers such as Blockbuster, Amazon, Netflix and at Passion River Films (www.passionriver.com).Adam’s Apple is the story of Ivan is an insanely optimistic preacher who takes in convicts to help around the remote, rural church he ministers to. His current charges are a psychotic Saudi immigrant addicted to robbing gas stations and an…
Legendary 20 time Emmy winner Phil Donahue comes to Palm Springs Int’l Film Festival with his National Board of Review Award Winner for Best Doc 2007 and Best Doc Audience Winner (Toronto/Hamptons Fests) Body of War; New Korean master Lee Chang-Dong brings his Cannes Best Actress winning feature Secret Sunshine (official Oscar entry from Korea); young Serbian Srdjan Golubovic directs suspenseful neo-film noir The Trap (official Oscar entry from Serbia); Milcho Manchevski, previous Oscar nominee for Before the Rain, unveils his supernatural, sexy, revealing work in Shadows (official Oscar entry from Macedonia).Body Of WarDirected by Ellen Spiro & Phil Donahue…
Los Angeles Times: BAGHDAD – Armed guards frisked attendees at two separate checkpoints and foreign directors skipped the four-day event out of safety concerns.But with its red carpet, half a dozen television crews circling like paparazzi and a roster of 58 films, the Baghdad International Film Festival is rolling on this week to a largely hipster Iraqi crowd enjoying its rare moment in the spotlight.Organizers said they expect more than 1,000 movie fans, actors, directors and crew members to stop by the Palestine Hotel-turned-movie theater for the festival, the second since its inception in 2005.The event marks a major departure…