Southeast European Times – Bringing war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic to justice will help clear Bosnia and Herzegovina’s path towards EU and NATO accession, a group of directors and artists said in a joint appeal. Also this week: late Macedonian singer Tose Proeski is named Croatia’s Person of the Year.A group of popular film directors and artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina issued a joint appeal calling for the arrest of former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic, who has been on the run since his indictment by the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague 12 years ago. The signatories…
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Next to renowned directors like Laetitia Masson, Brad Anderson or Lucia Murat, newcomers like Javier Gutierrez from Spain or Ozgür Yildirim from Germany will present their works in the Panorama 2008. Music star Madonna will give her directorial debut alongside the works of underground star Bruce LaBruce and TEDDY winner 2007, Zero Chou from Taiwan. Thirteen films give a first lively glimpse of this year’s world cinema creations. From the start, it has been the mission of the Panorama to discover films for the cinema programme of the coming arthouse season and to provide the market with inspiration. In 2008,…
The American Cinematheque presents the Hollywood Foreign Press Golden Globe Foreign Language Nominee Events at the Aero (January 9 – 12) and Egyptian Theatres (January 12). See the five nominees for the Golden Globe Best Foreign Language Film with screenings of the films at the Aero, before meeting the directors of all of the nominated films at a special seminar at the Egyptian on January 12th. The films include: THE KITE RUNNER, an epic quest for redemption directed by Marc Forster (FINDING NEVERLAND; MONSTER’S BALL); THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, a tribute to the spirit of the imagination and…
Tehran Times – The Iranian film “10+4” by Mania Akbari shared the Best Director Award with the Argentinean film “XXY” by Lucia Puenzo at the 12th International Film Festival of Kerala which was held from December 7 until 14 in India. 10+4 features the character Mania, a woman suffering from cancer, and depicts how the illness ultimately affects her life. The film’s psychological theme is the discovery of hope even at times of utter despair. Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was amongst the members of the gala’s jury. The films competed in several sections entitled Competition (restricted to films produced…
The German director and producer Peter Sehr will be jury president of the award “Dialogue en perspective” at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2008, the independent jury prize will be awarded for the fifth time to a film in the Berlinale section Perspektive Deutsches Kino. It will also be the fifth year of the partnership between the Berlin International Film Festival and the francophone TV channel TV5MONDE, which is awarding the prize in co-operation with the German-French Youth Office (FGYO). One special feature of the award is that the jury will consist of seven German and French film…
Khaleej Times: Veteran Lebanese film director and scri ptwriter Borhane Alaouie might give the Dubai International Film Festival a miss in the future. Well, it’s certainly not because he doesn’t like being part of the film festival. It’s just that he would now prefer to keep a safe distance from the limelight! The controversial filmmaker was in DIFF 2007 for the screening of his latest film, Khalass. “It is about three friends who survived the Lebanese civil war and still have a burning flame of life in their hearts. It is a story about love, hope, friendship and sacrifices made…
Today’s Zaman: Now in its fourth year, the Akbank Short Film Festival honored the best short films in the fiction and documentary categories at a ceremony in Ä°stanbul on Thursday evening following an outstanding 10-day program under the theme “A Gathering of Short Film Makers.” Among the 343 films that entered the festival’s competition this year, 20 fiction and 10 documentaries in the “Festival Shorts” were nominated by Altyazı magazine Editor-in-Chief Fırat Yücel, actress Beste Bereket and festival coordinator Selim Evci in the pre-elimination round. Mehmet Aslan’s “Bir Cinayetin Ä°ki Öyküsü” (Two Stories of a Murder) was named best film…
Golden Globe Awards 2008 Best Foreign-Language movie nominees are the Romanian film “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days;” Taiwan’s “Lust, Caution;” French animated film “Persepolis;” a U.S.-made entry about Afghanistan, “The Kite Runner,” and “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” a U.S.-French production.4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days happens during the course of one day in 1987 in Communist Romania, Otilia helps her friend and roommate Gabita to get a late-term abortion done (at that time, any sort of abortion, as well as any kind of contraceptive were illegal in Romania). The film is very realistic and shows…
HOLLYWOOD, CA — Steven Spielberg will be honored at next January’s Golden Globe Awards telecast with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his “outstanding contribution to the entertainment field.” The award, voted by the Board of Directors of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, was announced today at a morning press conference by Josh Brolin.The DeMille Award will be presented to Spielberg at “The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards” to be held Sunday, January 13, 2008 and telecast live on NBC (8-11 pm EST).Spielberg has received six Golden Globes; for Best Director for “Schindler’s List” and “Saving Private Ryan,” for Best…
2008 Sundance Film Festival opens on January 17 in Park City with the world premiere of IN BRUGES, written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker and award-winning playwright, Martin McDonagh. With an international cast starring Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell, and Brendan Gleeson, IN BRUGES tells the suspenseful, twisted tale of two London hit men ordered to take a forced vacation in Bruges, Belgium, and how their subsequent time in exile goes awry. On Friday, January 26, the Closing Film screening in Park City signals the Festival’s final weekend. This year’s Closing Film is the world premiere of Neil Young’s CSNY…