At 2022 Palm Springs International Film Festival, festival programmers had nominated seven films for the MOZAIK Bridging the Borders Award offered by Cinema Without Borders and sponsored by MOZAIL Philanthropy. CWB’s jury selected Asghar Farhadi’s A Hero as the winner of the MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award for the 2022 Palm Springs International Film Festival. The Cinema Without Borders Foundation presented the award to Mr. Farhadi in a private ceremony held at the Woodland Hills Hilton, while keeping Covid protocols in mind. Three of the CWB jury members– Bijan Tehrani, Susan Morgan Cooper and Bambadjan Bamba–welcomed Mr. Farhadi. At the…
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East Los Angeles College, Cinema and Without Borders Foundation, and Aduren Studio are proud to present the Iranian Animation Day, the seventh edition of the annual East Los Angeles College International Animation Festival. https://vimeo.com/685740508 Attending ELAC International Animation Day – Iranian Animation All attendees must wear a mask all through the event. This event is open to the public and free to attend. But due to limited number of seats available, ALL VISITORS MUST COMPLETE THIS ELAC FORM ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT. (Click or touch here) Please reserve your seat and RSVP at rsvpanim@gmail.com Iranian Animation Day will…
A Hero, Iran’s Oscar entry and Academy Awards shortlisted film by Asghar Farhadi is about Rahim who is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don’t go as planned… The following is my interview with Mr. Farhadi about making of A Hero https://vimeo.com/673371558 Asghar Farhadi is among real authors of the world of cinema. You can watch his films without the credits and still know that is his work. Farhadi is faithful to…
Burbank, CA – January 19th 2022. Today Palm Springs International Film Festival announced its 2022 winners and A Hero by Asghar Farhadi won MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award. The Honorary Mentions went to Fear (Bulgaria/France), directed by Ivaylo Hristov and Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (USA), directed by Emily Kunstler The Borders Award is presented by Cinema Without Borders and award sponsored and prize provided by MOZAIK. The winner of Bridging the Borders Award will receive a cash prize of $2500. In the following video, Keely Badger is Executive Director of MOZAIK and a jury member…
Burbank, CA – December 20th, 2021: Today, Cinema Without Borders announced jury members for MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award for the 2022 Palm Springs International Film Festival. The Bridging The Borders Award at the 2022 Palm Springs International Film Festival will be given to the most successful film in bringing the people of our world closer together. MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award is presented by Cinema Without Borders and award sponsored and prize provided by MOZAIK. The winner of Bridging the Borders Award will receive a cash prize of $2500. Cinema Without Borders’ jury members to decide the 2022 winner…
ISAAC, Lithuania’s Oscar Entry, is written and directed by Jurgis Matulevičius. The film starts in 1941 when the main character kills a Jew, Isaac, at the Lietukis garage massacre in Lithuania. Years later he is haunted by the images of the past and an increasing burden of guilt. The film discusses themes of friendship, love, regret and self-liberation in the difficult historical context of the Holocaust and post war Soviet era in Lithuania Here is our video interview with Jurgis Matulevičius, writer and director of ISAAC: https://vimeo.com/655457851 Jurgis Matulevičius graduated from the Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy with a degree…
At the award ceremony of 22nd edition of Polish Film Festival LA, MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award jury members, Pamela Anchang,, Hermon Farahi and Bijan Tehrani announced the recipients of the Honorary Mention and Best Polish Short Film. Bridging The Borders Award is presented by Cinema Without Borders and Sponsored by MOZAIK Philanthropy. https://vimeo.com/638094477 Milena Dutkowska, director of The Hero, winner of the MOZAIK Bridging the Borders Award for the Best Short Polish Film, wrote in a note that: “Good evening, ladies and Gentlemen. I am really sorry I can’ be in Los Angeles in person, as I did two…
Cinema Without Borders has announced its jury members to decide on the winner of 2021 MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award for the Best Polish Short Film at the Polish Film Festival , LA. Polish Film Festival LA programmers have also announced the nominees for the Cinema Without Borders’ Bridging The Borders Award sponsored by MOZAIK Philanthropy. On October 21st, Keely Badger, Executive Director of MOZAIK, the sponsor of the Bridging The Borders Award, will announce the winning films at the awards ceremony of the festival. CWB Jury Members are: Pamela Asobo Anchang, Editor, TV/Radio Host, IMpact/ Africa Speaks, The Immigrant…
Cinema Without Borders has announced its jury members to decide on the winner of 2021 MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award at the LUCAS International Festival for Young Film Lover in Germany. LUCAS programmers have also announced the nominees for the Cinema Without Borders’ Bridging The Borders Award sponsored by MOZAIK Philanthropy. A jury of six, formed by CWB will decide on the winning films at the closing night of the festival. Keely Badger, Executive Director of MOZAIK, the sponsor of the Bridging The Borders Award, will announce the winning film in a video message that will be played at the…
Taliban are back to power! Those enemies of humanity, civilization and culture. Dark days are expecting the Afghan people and women and artists are the most venerable when it comes to the Taliban brutality. And US did it again! Entered a country to bring democracy to its people, killed millions of them and left in hurry to save the valuable American lives and handed over the country to the dictators and terrorists. To know how Afghan filmmakers feel about the Afghanistan crises, we had an interview with three of them that are living outside Afghanistan: Navid Mahmoudi, an Iranian/Afghan Filmmaker…