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The Mandell Jewish Community Center will celebrate the 26th Annual Hartford Jewish Film Festival with the return of in-person screening of Jewish cinema, featuring contemporary and classic films, March 24-April 10. Submitted After nearly two years of movies streaming, the Mandell JCC is thrilled to celebrate the return of in-person …

Diem won Best Direction at the world’s largest documentary film festival for his ‘Nhung Dua Tre Trong Suong’ (Children Of The Mist) last November. “It was such a big surprise,” she says. While most of the guests at the event were fancifully dressed, Diem wore jeans. On stage, the 30-year-old …

Jo those of us have already subscribed to a veritable bouquet of streaming services – all with modest monthly subscription fees individually and surprisingly hefty as a collective – the announcement of a new service is an increasing incentive to make tough decisions. Does this one offer you anything substantial …

Last week, ahead of the Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes) 2022, a hybrid edition, a controversy gripped the city’s moviegoers. Several Kannada films that have been critically acclaimed in the festival circuit were not selected. Absentees included Natesh Hegde’s Pedro, Abhilash Shetty’s Koli Taal, Ganesh Hegde’s Neeli Hakki and Gaurav …

“The swift current of the film carries a number of character messages that we can fish out, as if polished by the current, all bright and specific.” | Photo: Courtesy of Glasgow Film Festival Flowers, many of them, at manic speed fill the screen. Anaïs, who is preparing her thesis …

Karama is a non-profit organization composed of Arab and non-Arab members. This Friday, the organization launches its 11th edition San Diego Arab Film Festival. Karama focuses on issues of the Arab and Islamic world with particular emphasis on Palestine. In 2012, he launched a film festival. “The film festival has …

Emma Simmonds March 8, 2022 Friendship doesn’t go that far in the immersive and intimate Happening Glasgow Film Festival hosts stunning abortion drama from BAFTA-nominated Audrey Diwan Faced with a globally controversial issue, Audrey Diwan’s harrowing and masterfully executed second film shows the terrible consequences of denying a woman her …

TEHRAN — The Omani capital, Muscat, will host an Iranian film festival from March 7-9. A lineup of five films, including “The Maritime Silk Road” directed by Mohammad Bozorgnia and “Copper and Gold” by Homayun As’adian, will be screened during the festival, which will be held at the Oman Film …

New Aberdeen Film Festival takes a look at Scottish stories on the big screen Calendar An icon of a desktop calendar. to cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across it. Caret A right-pointing solid arrow icon. E-mail An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon …

Wench Film Festival 2022: Horror films directed by women are driving a new wave of storytelling in the global film industries. For too long the genre has been dominated by men, which would likely explain why the most vicious supernatural specters are modeled after women, often forcibly embedded into prototypes. …

The main auditorium of the Hamilton Movie Theater was almost full on the evening of Wednesday February 16 for the annual Banff Center Mountain Film Festival, hosted by Colgate University’s Outdoor Education Program and featuring seven short films outdoor and environmental critically acclaimed. The film festival is a celebration of …

Javed Akhtar to deliver Vijay Tendulkar Memorial Lecture during Pune Intl Film Fest February 25, 2022, 6:36 p.m. Pune, Feb 25 (UNI) Acclaimed poet, lyricist, screenwriter and social activist Javed Akhtar will deliver the Vijay Tendulkar Memorial Lecture at the upcoming Pune International Film Festival, PFFI director Jabbar Patel announced …

Donal Foreman’s long-awaited feature film The cry of Granuaile will have its world premiere during this year Dublin International Film Festival. In The cry of Granuaile an American filmmaker, reeling from the death of her mother, enlists the help of a young Irish scholar on a trip to the west …

Lincoln Center will honor Cate Blanchett with its 47th Chaplin Award at the arts organization’s annual fundraising gala. Film at Lincoln Center announced the award for Blanchett on Friday. It will be presented to him on April 25 at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. “We are …

“The Worst Person In The World” may come out of Gray Norway, but it does seem very Hollywood at times, with its attractive young actors going to parties, doing recreational drugs, and working in adjacent studios like creating comics and taking pictures. Perhaps that’s why the film was kissed by …

Lincoln Center to honor Cate Blanchett with her 47th Chaplin Award at the arts organization’s annual fundraising gala By The Associated Press February 18, 2022, 3:06 PM • 2 minute read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article NEW YORK — Lincoln Center will honor Cate Blanchett with its 47th …

DUBAI: A husband and wife argue as their marriage deteriorates and their home is invaded by ‘evil spirits’. A bride disappears during her wedding, leaving her guests waiting and her mother in crisis. A pregnant woman tries to distinguish reality from dreams, drug-induced delusions and perceptions of death. These are …

Alan Formanek fell in love with rock climbing while growing up in Bratislava in what was then called Czechoslovakia. He especially enjoyed hiking with his parents in the High Tatras, the highest mountain range in Slovakia. “I’ve always dreamed of trying to live abroad,” Formanek told the Law by telephone. …

Berlin: Taviani keeps finding new ways to evoke his loss, just as the film itself keeps reinventing itself. An unbalanced diptych that welds an intimate travelogue through Italian cinema and history to a rather flimsy literary adaptation, Paolo Taviani’s “Leonora Addio” is, in theory, a valentine to Sicilian poet and …

Alex Watkins Hannah Tasker’s short film take things back was nominated for Best Experimental Film at this year’s British Film Institute (BFI) Festival of the Future. The film is an office documentary made in confinement that sees a filmmaker filming himself to examine his behaviors. take things back is one …

the French Anamaria Vartolomei, star of “Happening”, winner of the Golden Lion of Venice by Audrey Diwan; Ireland’s Clare Dunne, whose character on AMC’s Dublin series “Kin” has been dubbed “the Tony Soprano wife”; and Croatian Gracija Filipovic, who caused a stir in Alamat Kusijanovic’s ‘Murina’, winner of the Cannes …

The mainstay of cinema and theater Rustica Carpio MANILA — Veteran actress Rustica Carpio, best known for her decades-long contribution to film, theater and academia, died Tuesday at the age of 91. “She died peacefully in her sleep at our home in Imus, Cavite,” Carpio’s niece, Michelle Tibayan, told …

The past two years have made us think about what the future of film festivals could be. After all, global festivals have evolved so much over the past few years that they might need to take a Dramamine for motion sickness. Yet cinema always finds a way. As we look …

Happy Friday, people of Spokane! Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening today in Spokane. First, today’s weather forecast: Freezing fog in the morning. Top: 35 Bottom: 22. Here are the top three stories from today in Spokane: A COVID-19 startup has announced the rollout of two new …

By BEATRICE MATERU The Tanzanian film fraternity and the industry as a whole are delighted that binti, a production of Black Unicorn Studios in Dar es Salaam is screened by international streaming company Netflix. It’s a big deal to have a production on Netflix, and Binti has put Tanzania on …

In the world of non-fiction filmmaking, it’s not uncommon for a documentary to be acclaimed for storytelling rather than storytelling quality. a crazy and compelling story can sometimes feel like a great documentary, even if it’s routine work. And then there’s ‘My Old School,’ he flipped the equation when it …

The monsters on campus aren’t as scary as those on black christmas Where sorority rowbut they are nevertheless an insidious presence in Master, as discriminatory remnants in the past of a long-running girls’ school continue to haunt the lives of modern students. This feature debut from writer-director Mariama Diallo has …

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A little-known Clevelander and star of the silent film era is about to enjoy a local renaissance. This week, the Cleveland Arts Prize announced a new Cleveland Silent Film Festival and symposium focusing on John Stepan Zamecnik, a Cleveland-born composer whose music underpinned some of the biggest …

01/20/2022 – Luigi Pirandello’s daring adventure from the ashes and a crime story in 1930s Brooklyn are at the center of the film selected in Competition at the Berlinale Matteo Pittiruti, Dania Marino and Dora Becker in Leonora Addio Almost four years after the death of his brother Vittorio, with …

Tamil filmmaker Venkateshkumar G is preparing an ambitious Russian film about the life of influential novelist Leo Tolstoy When filmmaker Venkateshkumar G was cleaning out a cupboard in his house in Valasaravakkam in 2019, he came across an old Tamil book written by his great-grandfather, Rao Sahib K Kothandapani Pillai, …

The celebration of cinema in the city will mark its 75th anniversary alongside the International Festival and the Fringe, which also date back to 1947. The nine-day event will open on Friday August 12, the day before the Edinburgh International Book Festival begins. Register to our daily newsletter The newsletter …

A new novel by award-winning author Nino Kharatishvili has been selected for Germany’s leading film festival’s Books at Berlinale platform, with film professionals set to meet the book’s promoters for a possible film adaptation of the work. During the online pitch event from February 14 to 15, which will take …

A century ago, before the advent of sound in movies, movie theater owners hired a pianist to perform while the images were silently projected onto the screen. When the Miami Jewish Film Festival The organizers (MJFF) had the opportunity to screen three recently restored silent films, they decided to bring …

Barring disturbances linked to the pandemic, the 2022 edition of Scandinavia’s largest film festival (the Göteborg Film Festival) will be held mass hypnosis during three film screenings. Before each of the three selected films (Memory, Land of dreams, and Don’t speak bad) begins, hypnotist Fredrik Praesto will take the main …

This year’s list of offers for the Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival is the most ambitious in festival history. Following a virtual event last year, the 16th annual festival returns to in-person screenings at the Manship Theater next week. The festival opens at 7 pm Wednesday with “A crime on …

What’s going on in Pittsburgh this week, January 3-6? Find out here. Be sure to pack your mask and visit each organization’s website and social media to learn about Covid safety protocols. Do you know of a cool event? Send us an email. Monday January 3: Farm-to-table local online shopping …

Pratik Bhattacharya wins Best Director and Vishnu Mishra Award for Best Musical Director at Global Taj International Film Festival Bombay, December 31: A Hindi feature film by Pratik Bhattacharya and EP & DOP Shiv Mishra C’est la vie yaar, Hota hai .. has been released on MX player and other …

‘Martin Eden by Jack London’, the latest film from Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven, tells the semi-autobiographical London story of an uneducated sailor who strives to become a sophisticated writer despite the human cost – for others , but mainly for himself. Written and directed by Craven, this feature film is …

Previous story: Neo-banking startup Jupiter raises $ 86 million in Series C funding round The DPIFF team announces its tourism partners for the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2022 Posted on December 30, 2021 Preparations for DPIFF 2022, India’s most prestigious awards ceremony, are in full swing. Six revered …

The 57-minute documentary follows the late film critic and collector into the past. The star of Marilyn Monroe Niagara (1953) is the movie that turned Rashid Irani’s heads. The film critic and collector recounted his first take on the Hollywood feature film that turned him into a movie buff in …

WhatsApp Facebook Twitter E-mail Messenger KUWAIT CITY, December 26: Defense, Interior and National Security: March 17: The Ministry of the Interior wins the 2020 award for best awareness-raising film on the fight against terrorism and extremism at the end of the 44th virtual conference Arab police and security chiefs.April 12: …

‘Jack London’s Martin Eden’, the latest film from Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven, tells the semi-autobiographical London story of an uneducated sailor who strives to become a sophisticated writer despite the human cost – to others, but mainly for himself. Written and directed by Craven, this feature film is as compelling …

NUR-SULTAN – “Akyn” (“Poet”) a movie directed by Kazakh director Darezhan Omirbayev is among the top ten titles at Forum 2022 – a prestigious program of the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, better known as Berlinale, one of the largest annual film festivals in the world, Kazakhfilm press service reports. …

Don’t be surprised if you find difficult space exploration theories and technical jargon relating to rocket science used in Sanskrit, the ancient language of Vedas and mantras, in a movie. A classic-language science documentary, considered the first such initiative in world cinema, will soon captivate moviegoers with the success story …

Thiruvananthapuram: Don’t be surprised if you find difficult space exploration theories and technical jargons relating to rocket science used in Sanskrit, the ancient language of vedas and mantras, in a movie. A classic-language science documentary, considered the first such initiative in world cinema, will soon win over moviegoers with the …

Now in its 4th edition, the Patriki Film Festival in Russia calls on international filmmakers working in all genres to submit their films and TV shows for competition. Darren Aronofsky, American director, screenwriter and producer, who won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the 2008 Venice Film Festival for his …

Next month the Miami Jewish Film Festival celebrates its Silver Jubilee by bringing the best of Jewish cinema to South Florida audiences. Such a monumental achievement requires a certain level of pomp and circumstance, so that the 2022 lineup marks the festival’s most comprehensive program, consisting of 148 films, including …

If memory serves me well is a 56-minute documentary about a 74-year-old film critic for whom cinema was a 24/7 obsession. Rafeeq Ellias’ film about Rashid Irani, who died on July 30, explores Irani’s lifelong cinemania, his relationship with his downtown Mumbai neighborhood, and the loneliness and anguish that have …

South African director Oliver Hermanus. (Photo: Stefania DAlessandro / Getty Images) The Sundance Film Festival 2022 will be a hybrid in-person and online event. Director Tabitha Jackson told AFP that a hybrid approach including separate in-person and virtual Q&A for each film “would maximize flexibility.” Living, the new film by …

History is not on the side of African filmmakers when it comes to Academy recognition. In terms of international recognition, this week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced feature films eligible for the International Feature Film category for the 94th Academy Awards. Since the African continent first …

DJEDDAH: With over 130 films set to screen at the Red Sea International Film Festival, VOX Cinemas’s mission is to support and promote local films in the best possible way. The Red Sea International Film Festival kicked off its festivities in Jeddah’s UNESCO-listed Old Town, Al-Balad, on December 6. It …

The Kabir Cultural Center announced the jury winners of the 11th edition of its Montreal South Asian Film Festival (SAFFMontréal). This hybrid format, online and in theaters, offered eclectic and engaging films from November 19 to 28. All films were subtitled in English and French. The festival, supported by the …

Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and Fisheries, Dr L Murugan praised the concept and content of the “She Short Film Festival” which aimed to raise public awareness of safety and empowerment of women. He was presenting awards at the festival ceremony held here on Sunday. The Minister …

Sridhar Rangayan’s feature film Evening Shadows (2019) received the award for Best LGBTQ Feature Film at the recent YathaKatha International Film & Literature Festival, held in a physical format, in Mumbai. Sridhar Rangayan received the award from the hands of the governor of Maharashtra, Bhagat Singh Koshyari. Sridhar Rangayan (left) …

Thomas Brasch, who lived from 1945 to 2001, was a rebel in his life and work, handed over to the East German secret police Stas by his own father, when he staged protests in Berlin after the Prague Spring. The film is a tribute to this eternally restless soul, but …

The Arab World Institute in Paris launches exhibition on Eastern Jews to “fix ignorance” PARIS: After the exhibitions entitled “Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca” in 2014 and the “Christians of the East, 2000 years of history” in 2017, the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris continues its trilogy devoted to …

PARIS: After the exhibitions entitled “Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca” in 2014 and the “Christians of the East, 2000 years of history” in 2017, the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris continues its trilogy devoted to monotheistic religions with “The Jews of the East, a millennial story. It exhibits 280 …

Haruki Murakami’s beloved books have been the basis of several big screen adaptations over the years, with varying results. But the most recent was the subject of almost unanimous acclaim: “Drive my car», According to a short story from the writer. It’s the rare successful adaptation that stands out firmly …

Films about Jewish thinkers, artists, activists and other types of creation will fill the screens of the Jerusalem Cinematheque for the upcoming Jewish Film Festival, November 27 to December 2. The six-day event includes films about the Holocaust, documentary portraits of well-known Jewish figures and Israeli films. This year, Times …

23/11/2021 – A wide and varied selection of industry events, covering topics ranging from film and television to video games and ecology, has formed this year’s rich industry program Romanian actress Katia Pascariu gives her masterclass, hosted by Tamara Babun The 19th edition of Zagreb Film Festival presented a wide …

Festival trailer for the biopic film ‘Mukagali’ about a Kazakh poet by Alex Billington 22 November 2021Source: Youtube “Poets have always been God’s favorites.” It’s time to meet a poet you’ve probably never heard of before! Moukagali is an artistic biopic film from Kazakhstan that premieres at the 2021 Tallinn …

Panaji: Whether Basanti, Seeta aur Geeta or Dream Girl, Hema Malini has immortalized every character she has played on the big screen, marking herself and the characters she has portrayed in the hearts of audiences forever. In recognition of her quintessential contribution to the world of cinema, the 52nd edition …

I first met the great Chidananda Das Gupta during my first Filmotsav in Hyderabad in 1986. I was impressed by his very presence. He was one of the few film critics whose name will go down in the history of film journalism in India. Others include Iqbal Masud, Baburao Patel, …

New Delhi: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has announced that the Indian Cinema Personality of the Year 2021 award will be awarded to Ms. Hema Malini and Shri Prasoon Joshi. When announcing the awards, Shri Thakur said: “I am delighted to announce the names of Ms. Hema …

Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival unveils the “International Spectacular” selection lineup DJEDDAH: The Red Sea International Film Festival has announced the programming of films for its International Spectacular section. The Selection is a curated collection of some of the year’s most defining stories from the voices of iconic and …

Cluj-Napoca, which hosts the country’s largest film festival, the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), has joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) as a Creative City of Film. The city in western Romania has joined the network alongside Cannes (France) and Gdynia (Poland). The three cities “will join forces with …

The place is just as important as the characters in a given story; this is how the poet Judith Perst sees it. “We’re shaped by the places we live in and I think we carry all the places we’ve never been. In a novel or a movie or something like …

The annual Bhopal-based literature and art festival Vishwarang 2020 ′ will host its second online edition due to the pandemic, featuring more than 1,000 artists, poets and writers from 50 countries. Organized by Rabindranath Tagore University in collaboration with the Tagore International Center for Arts and Culture, Bhopal, the festival …