Modern filmmaking equipment is nothing short of miraculous in terms of its size, weight, power consumption and price-to-performance ratio. There are, however, some things that are regularly assumed about filmmaking in 2017 that are less true than we’d like them to be. Phil Rhodes takes us on a rundown of his top five filming misconceptions. This is a list of things we’d rather people didn’t believe, it’ll inevitably be incomplete, and comments with potential entries for future articles are very welcome. 1. You don’t need much light these days Some current cameras have maximum ISO settings reaching into six figures.…
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Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra believes Indian filmmakers should explore stories that are rooted in the country rather than presenting “American ideas” in local packaging. Mehra, whose films “Rang De Basanti” and “Delhi 6” were lauded internationally, says it was the Indian connect in his stories that made them popular with the audiences abroad. In an interview with PTI, Mehra says, “If we really want the world to see our cinema, we need to tell Indian stories. We need to show real India and not American ideas made in India. My endeavour is to change the western gaze at Indian cinema.”…
Sarajevo Film Festival is honored to pay tribute to the preeminent filmmaker Oliver Stone, who will also receive Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award for his extraordinary contribution to the art of film at the 23rd edition of the Festival. Academy Award winning Oliver Stone has written and directed over 20 full-length feature films, among them some of the most influential and iconic films of the last decades. Some have been at deep odds with conventional myth—films such as PLATOON (1986) the first of three Vietnam films; BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (1989); JFK (1991); NATURAL BORN KILLERS (1994); NIXON…
Actress and producer Susan Sarandon will receive the honorary Maverick Award, according to a press release issued by the Woodstock Film Festival on Monday. In addition to celebrating Sarandon’s film career during the October award ceremony, the Woodstock Film Festival will be screening “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story,” a film Sarandon headed up as executive producer. “I’m thrilled to receive the Maverick Award for this year’s Woodstock Film Festival,” Sarandon said in the press release. “Mavericks forge their own path and move through life by taking chances, and it’s an honor to be added to the Woodstock Film Festival’s catalog…
Mrs. Fang, Chinese director Wang Bing’s documentary about a family waiting to say goodbye to their elderly Alzheimer’s-stricken mother, scooped the top prize at the Locarno film festival on Saturday. The film tells the moving end-of-life story of Fang Xiuying, a farmer who has been struggling with the dementia-type disease for eight years. After a stay at a nursing home, her family brings her home, and the film focuses on their final days together before her death in 2016. Wang Bing counts among China’s foremost documentary film makers, and has previously served on the Locarno jury. Now in its 70th…
In French director Claire Denis’s latest drama, Un beau soleil intérieur (Let the Sunshine In), the opening scene is a close-up of Isabelle (Juliette Binoche), her eyes closed in dreamy sexual rapture. She’s in bed with her lover, an arrogant, married banker (Xavier Beauvois), but the steamy atmosphere quickly veers into comedy when we realise that neither of them is really getting what they want. Vincent puts his expensive suit back on, gazing at his mistress with an inscrutable smile and then exits with a resounding slam of the door. Isabelle’s eyes flicker with a range of contrasting emotions – affection, frustration and…
He delicately operates his specialised machinery, eyes laser-focused on ensuring that he makes no mistakes. One wrong move could ruin the film he is preserving. Mr Chew, 33, is an archivist for the Asian Film Archive (AFA). He told The New Paper that the non-profit organisation acquires, protects and showcases regional and local films that date as far back as the 1930s. Along with his team, he checks and cleans reels of film before deciding whether to send them for restoration overseas. According to Mr Chew, who has been an archivist for almost 10 years, archiving and restoration are two…
This coming Thursday, August 17th, the Iranian short film LUNCH TIME will be screened at the 13th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival. The screening time is 7:30 PM at the TCL Chinese 6 Theater, Los Angeles. LUNCH TIME, written and directed by “Alireza Ghasemi” has been Produced by Globe’s Community of Silent Filmmakers and “Alireza Ghasemi. LUNCH TIMEwas nominated for the Short Film Palm D’ or of the Cannes Film Festival and it has won a few other awards and has qualified to be considered for The Best Short Film Oscar. LUNCH TIME tells the story of a 16 year old girl that…
Hoffman, born in Los Angeles, Calif., burst on the acting scene in the late 1960s, specifically with Mike Nichols’ “The Graduate,” alongside the late Anne Bancroft. Most recently, Hoffman appeared in the Netflix historical drama “Medici: Masters of Florence,” and his latest film, “The Meyerowitz Stories,” premiered at Cannes this spring. The meticulous and well-versed actor is also a two-time Academy Award Best Actor winner, for 1980’s “Kramer vs. Kramer” and 1988’s “Rain Man.” Let’s take a look at some of the best projects on Hoffman’s filmography. “The Graduate” (1967) Dustin Hoffman looks over the stockinged leg of actress Anne Bancroft,…
T he 17th Hafez Cinema and TV Ceremony was held at the Ministry of Interior auditorium in Tehran, August 12, in the presence of cineastes, artists and cultural figures. The ceremony, however, was the first without its founder and 16-time organizer, Ali Moallem, film producer and editor-in-chief of Donya-e-Tasvir (Picture World magazine), who passed away in March, Honaronline reported. A graduate of cinema, Moallem, 54, launched the magazine 25 years ago which soon became popular among film fans. Besides his journalistic activities, he produced several films including ‘Hemlock’ (2000), ‘The River’s End’ (2004), ‘Marriage, Iranian Style’ (2006) and ‘Aal’ (2010).…