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Iranian Film Festival New York

By World Cinema Reports' Editors on 01/14/2019 Festivals

If there was one through line in the IFC’s first (and hopefully not last) annual Iranian Film Festival New York, it would be the idea of artistic stasis—of artists either incapable or not allowed to create. Many of the films are self-reflexive examinations of filmmaking within Iran’s notoriously tightly-censored industry, while in others writers struggle to conquer seemingly insurmountable writer’s block. But beyond the confines of the creative industry, we find families paralyzed by internal divisions or trapped within desperate socio-economic circumstances. Regardless of their differences, the films featured represent both the current art cinema Iran gained international fame for…

The 20th Anniversary Scandinavian Film Festival L.A opens on January 5

By World Cinema Reports' Editors on 12/25/2018 Festivals, Videos

The 20th Anniversary Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. (SFFLA) will be in residence at the Writers Guild Theater 135 S. Doheny in Beverly Hills January 5, 6, 19 20 with “top films from the top of Europe” featuring “Oscar” submissions and other current films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and with BalticFilmExpo@SFFLA–Baltic neighbors Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. www.sffla.net The festival has become a highlight of the “film season” run up to awards season culminating in the Oscars. The festival has been called “Nordic film’s ‘home away from home’ in the film capital of the world.” The annual residency has created…

Asghar Frahadi’s Everybody Knows receives 8 nominations at Goya Awards

By World Cinema Reports' Editors on 12/13/2018 Festivals, Videos

A thriller about corrupt politicians and a feel-good comedy about special-needs basketball players will face off at the 33rd annual edition of Spain’s top film honors, the Goya Awards, taking place in Seville on Feb. 2. With 13 nods, political thriller The Realm led the nominations to the Goya Awards unveiled Wednesday in Madrid, followed closely by Spain’s foreign-language Oscar nominee Champions, which got 11 nods. Both will compete for best film against Asghar Farhadi’s Everybody Knows, San Sebastian International Film Festival Golden Shell winner Between Two Waters, and Carmen & Lola, the Madrid-set love story between two gypsy women…

Golden Globe’s Best Foreign Language nominees

By World Cinema Reports' Editors on 12/06/2018 Festivals, Videos

Nominees for the Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language at 76th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced today. The five nominated films are: “Capernaum”, “Girl”, “Never Look Away”, “Roma” and “Shoplifters” Capernaum (Arabic: کفرناحوم‎), also known as Capharnaüm, is a 2018 Lebanese drama film written and directed by Nadine Labaki. It was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival,where it won the Jury Prize. The film received a 15-minute standing ovation following its premiere at Cannes on 17 May 2018. https://youtu.be/UrgWHfGEsbE Sony Pictures Classics, which had previously distributed Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now?, bought…

World Cinema at AFI FEST

By World Cinema Reports' Editors on 11/13/2018 Festivals, Videos

World cinema has a great presence at the 2018 AFI FEST and international cinema film fans will be able to see some of the best films of current world cinema at this festival. Here are five films that we recommend to see from this series: 3 FACES (SE ROKH) Chinese 2 11/14/2018, 6:15 p.m. Country: Iran Year: 2018 Director: Jafar Panahi Screenwriter: Jafar Panahi Producer: Jafar Panahi Director of Photography: Amin Jafari Editor: Mastaneh Mohajer Cast: Behnaz Jafari, Marziyeh Rezaei, Narges Del Aram, Jafar Panahi, Maedeh Erteghaei Running Time (minutes): 100 Language: Persian https://youtu.be/OJ-MXnF8qz0 Eight years and four films into…

Aurora Borealis wins GoE Bridging The Borders Award at Hungarian Film Festival LA

By Bijan Tehrani on 10/22/2018 Festivals, Videos

The opening/award ceremony of 2018 Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles was held on October 18th. Reception was at Safir Restaurant and award ceremony at Laemmle’s Royal Theater. Bijan Tehrani and Susan Morgan cooper, jury members, both praised Bela and Bonnie Bunyik for their amazing effort to bring the best of Hungarian cinema to Los Angeles. Bijan Tehrani and Susan Morgan cooper then announced the winner of the GoE Bridging The Borders Award for the Best Film and read the jury statement: “When forced to take care of her aged mother, a daughter sets out to uncover the cause of the…

Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, Oct. 25 – 31

By World Cinema Reports' Editors on 10/21/2018 Festivals, Videos

Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, set in the heart of Mallorca’s buzzing and culturally rich center of Palma, has announced its line-up of screenings and events for the festival’s 7th edition. The six-day festival will take place, October 25th – 31st, 2018, and includes in-person Gala tributes to actress Marisa Paredes, actor Mads Mikkelsen, Academy Award winning actress Melissa Leo and Academy Award nominated filmmaker Tobias Lindholm, a Gala Opening Night event, narrative and documentary competition sections, a Drive-In Cinema section at Port Adriano, a Kids section co-curated by the Andorra Kids Film Festival, and Virtual Reality and collaborative sections…

THROUGH HER LENS: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program

By World Cinema Reports' Editors on 10/12/2018 Festivals

Tribeca and CHANEL continue to provide extraordinary opportunities to propel women filmmakers forward with the fourth annual THROUGH HER LENS: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program. The mentorship program was created to provide a balance of industry support, artistic development, and funding for new and emerging U.S.-based female writers and directors of short-form narrative films. Presented by Tribeca and CHANEL, in collaboration with Pulse Films, and facilitated by Tribeca Film InstituteÒ (TFI), the multi-faceted program has selected five short film projects from women storytellers to receive project support, and take part in one-on-one mentorship and master classes over a three…

Polish Film Festival, LA complete program

By Bijan Tehrani on 10/09/2018 Festivals

Polish Film Festival, LA opens on October 17th and concludes on October 25th. The following is the complete program of the festival: Laemmle’s Monica Film Center, 1332 2ND Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401 (310/394-9744) Parking:City Parking Structure #4, directly across the street from the theatre. – First 90 minutes free; $1.00 for the next hour; $2.00 each additional 30 minutes; $20.00 maximum on weekdays, $25.00 maximum on weekends Thursday, October 18, 2018 (in person: Ida Nowakowska, John Castagna, Stefan Wenta, Jesse Orrall) 7:00 p.m. Shorts – 1: DREGS (Fusy) by Kordian Kadziela (2017, 28 min.) MODUS OPERANDI by Remigiusz Biernacki…

CWB Jury for GoE Bridging The Borders Award at Lucas Film Festival

By Bijan Tehrani on 09/10/2018 Festivals, Videos

Cinema Without Borders has announced its jury members to decide the winner of GoE Bridging The Borders Award at the Lucas International Festival for Young Film Lovers, Germany. LUCAS – International Festival for Young Film Lovers, is Germany’s oldest festival for young audiences. In 2018 celebrates its 41st edition this year from September 20th – 27th. Within the competition sections in the age categories 8+, 13+ and 16+ | Youngsters, LUCAS festival puts its focus on outstanding, international productions of children and youth films, including all film forms from fiction, documentary, to animation and experimental formats. Cinema Without Borders presents…

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