Author: CWB News Department

CWB News Department, collects and republishes most important news and stories about International and Independent cinema, by noting the original source of the articles

Haskell Wexler, the two time Academy-Award Winning Cinematographer (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf, Bound for Glory) and three time Oscar nominee (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Matewan, Blaze), is a well-respected industry icon who suffers the same fate as any independent filmmaker: he anxiously awaits the release of his narrative feature shot in Nicaragua during the 80s. He has directed over a dozen films including Medium Cool, which has been selected for preservation by the United States National Film Registry and by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” And despite Wexler’s credentials, he has…

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Anthology Film Archives, Cinema Tropical and the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York are proud to announce the launching of a special film initiative dedicated to celebrating the vigorous revitalization of recent Mexican cinema and featuring some of its most exciting and celebrated emerging directors. It’s been over ten years now since Alejandro González Iñárritu’s AMORES PERROS stormed the Critics’ Week at Cannes, winning its top prize and heralding an exciting new era for Mexican cinema. Since then Mexico has witnessed the birth of a vigorous and dynamic generation of young filmmakers who have been challenging many of the traditional and…

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2011 Los Angeles Greek Film Festival closes tonight. The CLOSING NIGHT GALA will take place at the Writer’s Guild Theater (135 S. Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90211). All the screening of July 12th will take place at Laemmle’s Sunset 5. Laemmle’s Sunset 5, 8000 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046 11 AM1.2 MILLION CHILDREN (1.2 Ekatommyria Paidia)Greece, 2010, 3 min, US Premiere (Animated)Director: Effie PappaProducers: Effie Pappa, Stelios PolychronakisThis animated short brings light to the tragic issue of children being bought and sold across international borders.WHAT TIME WILL YOU BE BACK? (Ti Ora tha Gyrisis?)Greece, 2010, 20 min,…

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2011 Los Angeles Greek Film Festival opens its third day by Special Industry Panel – Crossing Borders, focusing on Foreign Films in Hollywood, followed by five show times all through the afternoon and evening. ALL SCREENINGS and events for Saturday will take place at Laemmle’s Sunset 5. Laemmle’s Sunset 5, 8000 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046 Special Industry Panel – Crossing Borders: Foreign Films in HollywoodThe age of global interconnectedness is shaping the ways films are made,distributed and exhibited in the US and abroad, while the dividing lines between foreign films, independent productions and Hollywood studio films are…

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2011 Los Angeles Greek Film Festival opens June 9th with red carpet at 6 PM in Laemmle’s Sunset 5, 8000 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046. Festival screenings starts at 7 PM with showing RF, a short film by Stavros Liokalos, followed by PELICAN’S WATCH directed by Lea Binzer. Later same night and at 9 PM festival’s opening gala will be held. June 9, 7 PM RFGreece, 2010, 20 min, US PremiereDirector: Stavros LiokalosProducer: Ekso ProductionsOne man simply trying to adjust his TV antenna sets off a chain of comic events that bring an entire apartment community together.PELICAN’S WATCH…

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The 5th Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF.ORG) opening this week on Thursday June 9th has officially released the filmmakers who will be travelling in from around the world to attend this year’s festival. “This year we are excited to have a record number of filmmakers from around the world attending the festival. This means that festival attendees will be exposed to more Q&A’s and engagement after the screenings than ever before.” Announced Ersi Danou co-founder and head of programming. Filmmakers attending this year’s festival:”Pelicans Watch”Lea Binzer, DirectorLaoura Gkini, Composer”My Sweet Canary”Roy Sher, DirectorMartha C. Lewis, Featured Singer”Burning Head”George…

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The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles, an educational institution for career preparation in the visual and culinary arts, announces its inaugural animation event, the Ollies Animation Festival. The event, which is named after animation great Ollie Johnson, will showcase work from aspiring filmmakers, industry professionals and animation legends. The festival will also honor industry pioneer and marvel Phil Mendez for his contributions as an artist and animation filmmaker to the industry. Mendez has been writing, drawing, designing, directing and entertaining millions of people for over 40 years in film, television, publishing and theme park design for companies like…

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From The Best of Recent Belgian Cinema screening series, Madly In Love, will be screened on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011 at 7:30 PM. at the Aero Theatre. Madly In Love, directed by Hilde Van Mieghem, tells the story of a Eva, a teenager, her mother Judith, aunt Barbara and big sister Michelle that work their way through the chaos called love. The result is a roller coaster ride of first crushes, lust, affairs, baby fever, and indestructible love. The four women are beautiful, courageous and sensible, but are also sometimes a bit lost. The question remains whether or not their…

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Los Angeles, CA – June 5, 2011 Talize Sayegh, the executive director of Indie Brazil 2011 – 3rd Annual Hollywood Bazilian Film Festival, and Sando Fiorin, the artistic director of the Festival announced the winners for this year’s event. The winners were announced at the Closing Night Ceremony at Mann Chinese Theater in Hollywood on Saturday night, June 4. POR EL CAMINO (Beyond the Road), the feature film debut by Charly Braun, a co-production between Brazil and Uruguay, won the Best First Narrative Feature Prize. POR EL CAMINO, which won Best Director award at 2010 Rio Int’l Film Festival, and…

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Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival, a Festival dedicated to bringing independent vision and voices from Brazil to Los Angeles audiences, along with artistic director Sandro Fiorin, are proud to present a diverse selection of new independent films from Brazil. All films are Los Angeles premieres, 10 features, including numerous co-productions (out of which 6 debut features are in competition for the Jury Prize) and 10 shorts will screen from Wednesday, June 1 though Saturday June 4. This year’s selection represents the newest crop of filmmaking flourishing in Brazil. Many of the films presented have screened at international film festivals, winning awards…

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