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Berlinale 2015: Body (review) 4t71a

  Body, dir. Malgorzata Szumowska, Poland, Berlinale 2015 - Competition    In a visionary, humorous wander though the life of (not that much) ordinary people in the polish capital Warsaw, Malgorzata Szumowska’s Body aims to go far under the skin and explore incentives, find answers and criticise bits of our parallel realities.    A father living with his anorexic daughter Olga, after the death of his wife, is trapped between the cruelty he has to face every ...

Robert Wieckiewicz Walesa Set Photo m2h60

The BUFF Blog (November 2012) 3o2m

With the exception of Kate Herron, Ugo Onwutalu & Nadia Denton, 6 board have guest-written the BUFF B the 3 or so years since its’ inception in April 2009 which, at the time, lauded the film ‘Adulthood’ as a watershed for urban independent cinema. A lot has happened since then...     @buffenterprises sent out its very first tweet in April 2009, 3 ½ years on @SpikeLee no less is retweeting BUFF NEWS ALERTS. Also back in 2009, @NoelClarke was ...

The BUFF Blog (October 2012) 6c5s46

With the exception of an alluring red carpet, its' safe to say that BUFF has pretty much rolled out everything else in its power to deliver this year's annual showcase of British urban filmmaking of which, at the time of writing has been 1 week removed.  A showcase is of course nothing without the undoubted stars of the show - the filmmakers. It has been a blast this year with 3 UK premieres ("Sparkle", "12" and "Melvin"), 2 venues packed out to the r...

ÉCU’S PARTNER RO-IFF FILM FESTIVAL 5q2w3o

This Romanian Festival, founded in 2005 by the “Artis Foundation” film production, it is the only international film festival that, from the very beginning, looked towards the Black Sea region’s film industry, doing something different. The festival has grown every year and became noticed abroad due to the quality of the submitted movies as well as the events included in the official program. Since 2007 each edition is held under the High Patronage of the Romanian President. Ro-IFF i...

ÉCU’S PARTNER OPEN SAINT PETERSBURG STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL BEGINNING 6a512q

Founded by Saint Petersburg Filmmaker’s Union festival, The Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival “Beginning” is held annually with the assistance of the Committee of Culture of Saint Petersburg Government. The Film Festival “Beginning” represents a very important opportunity for independent and new cinema in Saint Petersburg. Every year the city at the Neva River welcomes young filmmakers, documentarians, directors, script writers, sound producers and all representatives...

REALITY by Dafne Jemersic 2012 1d3g5k

See the beautiful trailer for the beautiful film by Dafne Jemersic:)))) SOON IN YOUR LOCAL CINEMA BEFORE THE END OF 2012 Film REALITY is great comedy about people lost in system with extraordinary twist, time travelling and experimental project on the moon all the time playing with idea what is our reality. REALITY -  Dafne Jemersic - Writer, Director, Editor

The OFF DE CANNES team meeting spot at Carlton Bar 414g1d

Ayden Ramin, Direcstar TV presentor, the OFF DE CANNES team with SAS princess Esther Kamatari, from Boulogne-Billancourt Hotel de Ville, and Bruno Gaccio, Canal+. Ayden sign the golden book to the event for films, music and fashion shows.

LETS BEGIN OFF DE CANNES 2012 55146i

During the OFF DE CANNES PARTY in ATRIUM BEACH, President Max Howard explains to Alain Zirah and Bruno Chatelin how he'll speak to the jury for the challenge.

AAIFF 2012: Interview with Supercapitalist Producer Derek Ting 4v5537

By Maria Esteves – August 3, 2012   Extraordinaire Derek Ting (DT) is an Asian American actor, producer, and writer who lives and work in Hong Kong. Ting is a native New Yorker who started his film career after experiencing the aftermath of 9/11. He is one to keep your eyes on in the circuit of independent films. In 2003, Ting became president of the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) collaborative group. As president, he renamed the group to Asian American ...

2012 ArtDeco Film Festival, Sao Paulo - Winners! x1u5j

ArtDeco Film Festival - Sao Paulo - 2012  The closing night was busy and had the honorable presence of the band "Dois por Dois", by Fernando and Rafael, who performed from traditional jazz standards to authentic bossa nova.  It was indeed a star flooded event with celebrities attending the headquarters of FNAC in São Paulo.  Fernando Alves Pinto and Rafael Pimenta staged the festival as "masters of ceremony".  Presence of celebrities who kindly went to present the winners and award them with "Lotus Flower Trophy", among them we could meet:

  Silver Princess Statuette (replica of the original "The Palace" statue of Ilejana, daughter of the Romanian Queen Mary of Edingburgh)   AWARDS & NOMINATIONS | INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Nominees for BEST FICTION: Joey ( dir. David Forster / Australia / 07'24'') Guang ( dir. Shio Chuan Quek / Malaysia / 14'00'') Short For Vernesa B. ( dir. Jons Vukorep / / 10'47'') The Factory ( dir. Aly Muritiba / Brazil / 15...

2012 Festival screening nights 1r5j

Audience Roberto Christo and the "Sonhos de Vidro" Short Film team Kelly Lima & Juan Lozano Celia Ferper & Thogun Teixeira Short Film: Catarse ...

BUFF 2012 LAUNCHES FESTIVAL PUSH 45322c

Actor Wil Johnson will host the opening night of the 7th British Urban Film Festival in October, the producers of BUFF 2012 have announced.  Johnson, whose previous film and TV credits include “Waking the Dead”, “Waterloo Road” and “Babymother”, will be making his debut as festival presenter having previously featured in starring roles at BUFF in the films ‘Disoriented Generation’ and ‘Colour Blind’.    SERTUC Film Club, which has agreed...

10th IN THE PALACE '2012 ...collectable stories / OFFICIAL CATALOGUE 2o3t6m

Take a look at the Official Festival Catalogue of the 10th IN THE PALACE, 29.06. - 07.07.2012, Balchik & Varna, Bulgaria. ...

10th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival '2012 | Promo 2c103p

10th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival '2012 | Promo

10th IN THE PALACE '2012 ...collectable stories / FESTIVAL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED 34736b

Take a look at the Official Film Programme of the 10th IN THE PALACE, 29.06. - 07.07.2012, Balchik & Varna, Bulgaria. ...

KASHISH 2012 Award Winners and Closing Night 4e6l4d

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Mi Ultimo Round wins Best Feature Film Award at KASHISH 2012 Anupam Kher gives away prizes, promises to sponsor Rs 50k for prize money next year   Chilean film My Last Round (Mi Ultimo Round) directed by Julio Jorquera Arriagada won the Best Feature Film Award at the 3rd Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival which concluded with star studded ceremony on Sunday May 27, 2012.     ``Cinema has no boundaries,’’ sai...

BUFF BLOG (MAY 2012) 5i4m4e

The much maligned profile of Black British actresses has been well documented on this blog over the past 18 months and most recently in the London Evening Standard with the forthcoming feel-good flick ‘Fast Girls’ and the supposed significance of Leonora Crichlow playing the lead role in a British film. On such matters is primarily where Twitter comes into its own as a live news editor run by the public. It doesn’t take long before is immediate and corrected (many thanks to @ECF...

Cannes Market Lineup 2012 (Musicals) 515q2c

The following musical films are now in line up for Cannes Market 2012: 1. The Cal Crew (Caucasian Love Returned) 2. The Cursed Riddles Of California 3. Vancouver Midnight Movies     1.The Cal Crew (Caucasian Love Returned): http://youtu.be/3uY6-XmCa_I 2. The Cursed Riddles Of California http://youtu.be/0x7N-ppKzIU 3.Vancouver Midnight Movies http://youtu.be/V0_tMWpDYrA     The Cal Crew (Caucasian Love Return...

The BUFF Blog (April 2012) 1n221w

Traditionally in the UK, the most-watched programmes on television are always scheduled on a Saturday night. The last few years have seen a more aggressive approach to win hearts and minds with the UK’s 2 biggest broadcasters (BBC & ITV) going head-to-head and scheduling their ‘MUST-SEE’ programmes against each other. In the last 6 months alone, Strictly Come Dancing was beating The X Factor when previously the ITV juggernaut was winning hand over fist. On ...

VAU-Fest 2012 logo 4t2e62

  The 3rd International Video Art and Short Film Festival «VAU-Fest» invites filmmakers and video artists to take part in the video contest!   “VAU-Fest 2012” is dedicated to the concept of “reflection” which nowadays has almost lost its original meaning and is mostly perceived as a common phenomenon. But the elusive power of reflection is what made mythical Narcissus neglect his

Oonagh Kearney : "Her Mother's Daughters" Interview 5v2d63

by Alexander Acosta Osorio ÉCU 2012 winner for Best Editing “Her Mother’s Daughters”, director Ooanagh Kearney dishes on her film as well as inspiration, challenges and what the future holds for her. This interview was written couple of weeks before ÉCU 2012 festival. “Her Mother’s Daughters”  tells the story of an older woman who stands by a window in an empty house. Her daughters have flown the nest.  As she waits for them to call, their memory is brought ...

Pictures from Gaza 1i4f1d

Director: Tamer Ashry.
Ahmed Hayman is an Egyptian photographer. He got the chance to travel to Gaza for one week to discover how Palestinians live after last war under the siege. Ahmed took many pictures to reflect their life from his point of view. "There is still hope".

10th IN THE PALACE '2012 / after the deadline... b4o1a

10th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival / Bulgaria / 29.06. - 07.07.2012 Important! Submission of International film entries to the 10th In The Palace ISFF through www.inthepalace.com is now CLOSED. According to our partnership with International participants could still use the option to submit a film through their platform only until APRIL 15th. (National Competition submitters can still submit on inthepalace.com until April 15th)   T...

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