Every year at Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles, Cinema Without Borders offers an award for the Best Polish Short Film. For 2014 Polish Film Festival, Cinema Without Borders jury members are Drew Denny, Ziggy Kozlowski, Rachel O’Meara and Bijan Tehrani.Nominees for Cinema Without Borders’ Best Polish Short Film Award are: The Bartender, Mother Earth, The Kiss, The Purple Story, Strong Coffee and Such a Landscape. Winner will be announced at the opening ceremony of the Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles on October 7. Cinema Without Borders’ Jury members: DREW DENNYDrew Denny is a multi-media artist, filmmaker and musician. She has…
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Palm Springs – June 22, 2014— Today, the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and Market named FOAD (Norway), directed by Farzad Samsami as the winner of HP’s 2014 Bridging the Borders Award, presented by Cinema Without Borders. While Kush (India), directed by Shubhashish Bhutiani, took home the Cinema Without Borders’ Special Jury Award.This year’s festival was held at Palm Springs’ Camelot Theatre. The Editor-in-Chief of CWB, Bijan Tehrani, presented the award for this year’s HP Bridging the Borders winner. Farzad Samsami received a gift certificate for an HP ZBook 15 Mobile Workstation with a DreamColor color critical display panel.…
Every year at the Palm Springs International ShortFest Film Festival and Market, HP’s Bridging The Borders Award, presented by Cinema Without Borders and sponsord by HP, goes to a short film that helps to bring people of the world and different cultures closer together. In 2014 the winner of HP’s Bridging The Borders Award will receive received an HP ZBook mobile workstation with an approximate $3000 value. The prize was provided by HP, who sponsors the award.The runner up film will receive a certificate for an upcoming Method Acting Intensive with a value of $2000 from Lee Strasberg Theatre &…
The 2014 Audience Award for Best Film About Music at the 29th International Fajr Music Festival went to two films: “Peepah Sara” and “El Encuentro”. “Peepah Sara” is a film by Keyvan Azad—musician, painter and filmmaker. Peepah is the name of an instrument brought by African immigrants to the south of Iran, in the Hormozgan province. Peepah Sara (Peepah Song writers) is a small local cultural institute where traditional Iranian instruments are taught alongside Western musical instruments to the young student body—which consists of both girls and boys. Located in an area stricken by poverty, Peepah Sara is surrounded by…
Burbank, CA, January 23, 2014—Cinema Without Borders, an independent publication dedicated to Independent and International Cinema, has declared ACER as the most innovative designer of consumer systems for filmmakers and film fans and awarded the company with its Seal Of Excellence. Acer is one the companies that first introduced tablets for high-end design and illustration many years ago. In recent years Acer has produced innovative, elegant, modern and unique designs in all areas of desktop computers, all-in-ones, ultra books and tablets. After years of Apple dominating new and creative designs in the computer/mobile world, now Acer has stepped into that…
Palm Springs – January 11, 2014— Today, the Palm Springs International Film Festival named Andrzej Wajda’s Walesa: Man of Hope as the winner of HP Bridging the Borders Award offered by Cinema Without Borders. Carlos Agulló’s Plot for Peace, from South Africa, took home Cinema Without Borders’ Special Jury Vladek Juszkiewicz, director of the Polish Film Festival Los Angeles, received HP’s Bridging The Borders Award on behalf of Andrzej Wajda for Walesa, The Man Of Hope. The prize for HP Bridging The Borders Award is an HP ZBook 15 with a built-in HP DreamColor display, a $3000 value. The prize was…
Burbank, CA – January 3, 2014: Today, Cinema Without Borders has announced the six nominees for HP’s Bridging The Borders Award at 2014 Palm Springs International Film Festival selected by Palm Springs International Film Festival Programers. The Bridging The Borders Award at the 2014 Palm Springs International Film Festival will be given to the most successful film in bringing the people of our world closer together. The six nominees for HP’s Borders Bridging The Borders Award are selected by Palm Springs International Film Festival programmers are: CIRCLES (Serbia), MONK WITH A CAMERA (USA), PLOT FOR PEACE (South Africa), THE SQUARE…
Burbank, CA, January 23, 2014—Cinema Without Borders, an independent publication dedicated to Independent and International Cinema, has declared HP Workstations the most powerful systems for filmmakers as the winner of Seal of Excellence in the Professional Filmmaking field. The 2014 iteration of the prestigious Seal of Excellence Award—received in the past by the Palm Springs International Short-Fest Film Festival, Vudu HD On-Demand, and Mitsubishi—is bestowed upon HP Workstations for excellence in the field of filmmaking and film editing. Cinema Without Borders’ team of editors, reviewers and experts has examined the film editing solutions in the market and determined that HP’s…
Happy New Year to all of our readers! It’s that time of year again, and Cinema Without Borders has put together a list of our Top 13 Products of 2013. As in years past, we have encountered these select products in our tests—as well as personal use—and would like to share our joy with you! The following is a list of CWB’s favorite tools-of-the-trade released within the last year, chosen by our esteemed staff of tech-geeks and software-junkies. Two standout companies this year are HP and Acer, both of which made an impact with more than one outstanding, innovative product.…
Los Angeles based production team of Carlos and Monique Florez is offering to share all of their knowledge gained from years of creating their own projects—all of which came to fruition on zero-to-minimal budget. The duo has spent a great deal of time interviewing successful entrepreneurs from all aspects of the industry in order to provide a complete package of tips, tricks, and guidelines to creating your own high-quality short film using your available resources. To accomplish their goal, Carlos and Monique just launched a KickStarter campaign seeking the funds to mass-produce their project, aptly named “Shoot Your Way to…