Concorso internazionale

BELLA E PERDUTA by Pietro Marcello Italy – 2015 – 86' with Tommaso Cestrone, Sergio Vitolo, Gesuino Pittalis Production: Avventurosa Co-production: Rai Cinema World Premiere

BRAT DEJAN (Brother Dejan) by Bakur Bakuradze Russia/Serbia – 2015 – 113' with Marko Nikolic, Misa Tirinda Production: Vita Aktiva Co-production: CTB, Focus Plus Cinema, Look Film, Pilon Media World Premiere

CHEVALIER by Athina Rachel Tsangari Greece – 2015 – 99' with Yorgos Kentros, Panos Koronis, Vangelis Mourikis, Makis Papadimitriou, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Sakis Rouvas Production: Faliro House Productions, Haos Film Co-production: Nova, The Match Factory World Sales: The Match Factory World Premiere

COSMOS by Andrzej Zulawski France/Portugal – 2015 – 103' with Sabine Azéma, Jean-François Balmer, Jonathan Genet, Johan Libéreau, Victória Guerra, Clémentine Pons, Andy Gillet Production: Alfama Films Co-production: Leopardo Filmes World Sales: Alfama Films World Premiere

ENTERTAINMENT by Rick Alverson USA – 2015 – 104' with Gregg Mc Patrick Turkington, Gregg Turkington, John C. Reilly, Tye Sheridan, Michael Cera, Amy Seimetz Production: Jagjaguwar, Made Bed Productions, Nomadic Independence Pictures, Complex Corporation, Epic Pictures Group World Sales: Stray Dogs, Epic Pictures Group International Premiere

HAPPY HOUR by Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan – 2015 – 317' with Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, Rira Kawamura Production: Fictive LLC, Neopa INC Co-production: Kobe Workshop Cinema Project LLP World Premiere

HEIMATLAND by Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, Jan Gassmann, Benny Jaberg, Carmen Jaquier, Michael Krummenacher, Jonas Meier, Tobias Nölle, Lionel Rupp, Mike Scheiwiller Switzerland/Germany – 2015 – 99' with Peter Jecklin, Julia Glaus, Issaka Sawadogo, Michèle Schaub, Morgane Ferru, Nicolas Bachmann, Gabriel Noah Maurer, Dashmir Ristemi, Florin Schmidig, Egon Betschart, Roberto Garieri, Soumeya Ferro-Luzzi, Luna Arzoni, Liana Hangartner, Viola von Scarpatetti Production: Contrast Film Bern GmbH Co-production: 2:1 Film GmbH, Passanten Filmproduktion GBR Swiss distributor: Look Now! World Premiere

JAMES WHITE by Josh Mond USA – 2015 – 88' with Christopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott Mescudi, Makenzie Leigh, Ron Livingston, David Call Production: BorderLine Films, Relic Pictures World Sales: Memento Films International Swiss distributor: Praesens Film AG International Premiere, First feature

JIGEUMEUN MATGO GEUTTAENEUN TEULLIDA(Right Now, Wrong Then) by HONG Sangsoo South Korea – 2015 – 121' with JUNG Jaeyoung, KIM Minhee Production: Jeonwonsa Film Co. World Sales: Finecut World Premiere

MA DAR BEHESHT (Paradise) by Sina Ataeian Dena Iran/Germany – 2015 – 100' with Dorna Dibaj, Fariba Kamran, Fateme Naghavi, Nahid Moslemi, Roya Afshar Production: Bon Voyage Films, Sina Dena Films World Premiere, First feature

NO HOME MOVIE by Chantal Akerman Belgium/France – 2015 – 115' Production: Liaison cinématographique, Paradise Films World Sales: Doc & Film International World Premiere O FUTEBOL by Sergio Oksman Spain – 2015 – 68' Production: Dok Films Co-production: TVE, Canal Brasil World Premiere

SCHNEIDER VS. BAX by Alex van Warmerdam Netherlands/Belgium – 2015 – 95' with Tom Dewispelaere, Alex van Warmerdam, Maria Kraakman, Annet Malherbe, Eugene Bervoets, Eva van de Wijdeven, Pierre Bokma, Loes Haverkort, Henri Garçin Production: Graniet Film World Sales: Fortissimo Films International Premiere

SUITE ARMORICAINE by Pascale Breton France – 2015 – 145' with Valérie Dréville, Kaou Langoët, Élina Löwensohn, Manon Évenat, Laurent Sauvage, Yvon Raude, Peter Bonke, Klet Beyer, Ewen Gloannec, Catherine Riaux, Soukamba Dabo, Mélanie Degals, Morgane Lamanda, Tangi Daniel, Erwan Badin, Bertrand Le Guen Production: Zadig Films Co-production: Sylicone World Premiere

SULANGA GINI ARAN (Dark in the White Light) by Vimukthi Jayasundara Sri Lanka/France – 2015 – 80' with Steve De La Zilwa, Ruvin de Silva, Suranga Ranawaka, Mahendra Perera, Kaushalya Fernando Production: Film Council Productions Co-production: Les Films de l’Etranger World Sales: Film Council Productions World Premiere Concorso internazionale Concorso internazionale

TE PROMETO ANARQUÍAby Julio Hernández Cordón Mexico/Germany – 2015 – 88' with Diego Calva, Eduardo Martínez Peña Production: Interior XIII Co-production: Rohfilm World Sales: Latido Films World Premiere

THE SKY TREMBLES AND THE EARTH IS AFRAID AND THE TWO EYES ARE NOT BROTHERS by Ben Rivers United Kingdom – 2015 – 100' with Oliver Laxe Production: Artangel World Premiere TIKKUN by Avishai Sivan Israel – 2015 – 120' with Aharon Traitel, Khalifa Natour, Riki Blich, Gur Sheinberg, Omri Fuhrer, Shani Ben Haim Production: Plan B Productions Ltd., The Mouth Agape, United King Films International Premiere 

On Saturday, the 18th of July, the 11th edition of Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival came to a conclusion with a magnificent closing ceremony.

Honorary Vicious Cat award for lifetime achievement was received by the legendary German actor Udo Kier.

In our competition programs, the following awards were given:

-VICIOUS CAT for best feature film: Ghoul (Czech Republic, 2015, Petr Jákl)
 Special Mention: Idyll (Idila, Slovenia, 2015, Tomaž Gorkič)

-NOISY CAT for best music documentary: Morphine: Journey of Dreams (USA, Italy, 2014, Mark Shuman)

-SLAK'S VICIOUS CAT for best short film: Dead Hearts (Canada, 2014, Stephen W. Martin)

-MELIES D'ARGENT for best European fantastic short film: Loose Ends / Dernière formalité (Belgija, 2014, Stéphane Everaert)

-VICIOUS CAT WINE CHAMPION for best wine: Revolution, Tourist Farm Hlebec


The winning film of the Little Workshop of Horrors is Blood Snake 2: Revenge of the Two Brothers (Slovenija, 2015, Aron Horvath).

Petr Jákl

Milan Hlebec

Jury motivations:

- VICIOUS CAT (Jury: Richard Stanley, Jonathan English, Ivan Nedoh)

 For the main Vicious Cat award, this year saw a group of extremely impressive films, each with an exceptional quality which makes for a very difficult decision to choose one above the others. As always with film, its almost impossible to say this film is better than that. However, on taking into consideration the overall elements that are essential to a great film, the story, the characters and performances, the technical skills and perhaps, since this is a horror festival, just how scary the film is, we found that GHOUL was an exceptional work. Despite being a found footage story and the challenges this concept can provide, the film was convincing, passionate, riveting, and one of the scariest films we have had the pleasure of featuring at Grossman. We are delighted to award it this years Vicious Cat.

For IDYLL a special commendation.
As filmmaking develops around the world, with new trends and styles, one cannot give enough importance to new efforts in genre film-making, something we here at Grossman are particularly committed to. Therefore, it is with great respect and admiration, and even thanks, that we honor the work and special talent that went into making Slovenia's first ever horror film. We hope and believe this inspires others to continue on this path of horror and genre films from this country and we award it a special commendation at this year festival.

- NOISY CAT (Jury: Igor Vidmar, Igor Bašin, Matej Končan)

The documentary about one of the most important bands of the 90-ties, Bostonians Morphine, presents the whole genesis and evolution of its original sound as well as its internal creative dynamic through efective editing of the seminal archive material and the emotional but not sentimental testimonials by band members and the partner of Morphine leader and soul,the late Mark Sandman: it is a fitting document and tribute to a band that was a veritable alternative within the Nirvana-istic dominant rock alternative of the decade.

- SLAK'S VICIOUS CAT (Jury: Stjepan Hundić, Milan Todorović, Sakari Määttä)

 Good storytelling, acting, directing, camera work and production design on a level of a feature film from a perspective of children who are listening to their grandpa's bedtime story. Also puts human emotions in the very center of the horror fairy tale with a feelgood feeling at the end.

-MELIES D'ARGENT (Jury: Stjepan Hundić, Milan Todorović, Sakari Määttä)

 Very original and humourous aproach to fantastic comedy genre with characters and themes that everybody can relate to on a personal level. High production values and prolific acting lead to a unexpected ending. A well told story set in one room.

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The World of Film Festival October 1-4 2015

The World of Film Festival, formerly known as Commonwealth Film & Theatre Festival Glasgow is coming back for its second edition October 1-4 2015. In four days full of film screenings, theatre performances, live events, panel discussions and networking receptions WoFF will bring new, more vibrant and youthful vibe to the city’s emerging film and theatre scene.

WoFF’s errand is to bring together audiences from Glasgow’s multi-stranded art scene, while at the same time engaging people with powerful background in film and theatre that will bring fresh ideas, filling the gaps in Glasgow’s film and theatre events’ agenda.

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For festival consideration: 

Pseudonym, for festival consideration

First feature by french actor director Thierry Sebban. Produced by la Petite Reine (The Artist) and Diabolo Films (The Suicide Shop).
Synopsis:  Alex is a divorced father, a stressed executive. His daily routine is work, work, work. Tonight he's in a hurry, he's due to meet a beautiful young stranger... who contacted him via the internet. But this blind date will flip him into a downward spiral and disrupt forever the course of his life.  Thriller, 75 min., Scope, Dolby 5.1  Directed by Thierry Sebban  Starring: Simon Abkarian, Igor Skreblin, Perrine Tourneux... Email us for a screener

Rooted in Peace by Greg Reitman

ROOTED in PEACE, 97 minutes - 2015

Documentary by SUNDANCE alum GREG REITMAN (Sundance Audience Award Winner for fhis first documentary 'Fuel')

Starring: Deepak Chopra, Donovan, Mike Love, David Lynch, Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire, Pete Seeger, Ted Turner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu

"ROOTED in PEACE challenges viewers to examine their values as Americans and human beings. Today we are at war within ourselves, with our environment, and with the world. Director and award-winning filmmaker Greg Reitman invites viewers on a film journey to take notice of the world we live in, proactively seek ways to find personal and ecological peace, and stop the cycle of violence".

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Selection of Films for your consideration

The Center for Documentary Film presented the outcomes of an original research study analysing academic theses

Last week at the Karlovy Vary IFF, the Center for Documentary Film presented the outcomes of its research analysing students’ theses focusing on documentary filmmaking. The CDF team has been working on several research projects and their first output is a detailed analysis mapping the interest of the upcoming generation of film critics, historians and filmmakers in documentary filmmaking, its various contemporary and traditional forms, methods of production, financing and distribution...

 

Program for the Piazza Grande

  05.08 RICKI AND THE FLASH by Jonathan Demme – USA – 2015 – 100’ Excellence Award Moët & Chandon to Edward Norton 06.08 LA BELLE SAISON by Catherine Corsini – France – 2015 – 105’ LE DERNIER PASSAGE by Pascal Magontier – France – 2015 – 28’ Pardo alla carriera to Marlen Khutsiev 07.08 DER STAAT GEGEN FRITZ BAUER by Lars Kraume – Germany – 2015 – 105’ SOUTHPAW by Antoine Fuqua &ndas...

 

A Dry White Season on Mandela Day

The award-winning and world-renowned French filmmaker Euzhan Palcy will showcase her most celebrated work, A DRY WHITE SEASON (1989), as part of the film’s 25th anniversary at this year’s Durban International Film Festival (DIFF). The film was adapted from a book by the acclaimed South African writer Andre Brink who died earlier this year. Palcy will be honoring Brink on Mandela Day (July 18). Additionally, in a tribute to her contribution to the South African film industry, Palcy w...

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Video Guided tour of Locarno 2015 by Carlo Chatrian The program of Locarno68

http://www.pardolive.ch/en/Pardo-Live/today-at-the-festival/2015/Line-up-2015/The-program-of-Locarno68.html#.Va1hzvntmkp ...

 

11th Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival Awards

On Saturday, the 18th of July, the 11th edition of Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival came to a conclusion with a magnificent closing ceremony. Honorary Vicious Cat award for lifetime achievement was received by the legendary German actor Udo Kier.   In our competition programs, the following awards were given: -VICIOUS CAT for best feature film: Ghoul (Czech Republic, 2015, Petr Jákl)  Special Mention: Idyll (Idila, Slovenia, 2015, Tomaž Gorkič) ...

 

Locarno 2015 competition revealed

Concorso internazionale BELLA E PERDUTA by Pietro Marcello Italy – 2015 – 86' with Tommaso Cestrone, Sergio Vitolo, Gesuino Pittalis Production: Avventurosa Co-production: Rai Cinema World Premiere BRAT DEJAN (Brother Dejan) by Bakur Bakuradze Russia/Serbia – 2015 – 113' with Marko Nikolic, Misa Tirinda Production: Vita Aktiva Co-production: CTB, Focus Plus Cinema, Look Film, Pilon Media World Premiere CHEVALIER by Athina Rachel Tsangari Greece – 2015 &nd...

 

Just For Laughs Industry Schedule Conference

  Follow our dailies on filmfestivals.com by Musivision Films WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 TIME: 10:00 - 18:00 JUST FOR LAUGHS WELCOME DESK – OPEN FOR REGISTRATION The Just For Laughs Welcome Desk is located at the Hyatt Regency Montreal (1255 Rue Jeanne-Mance), in front of the Creation Room, on Level 6. read more about this event... WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 TIME: 11:00 - 13:00  SIR...

> AWARDS WATCH  

Leopard Club Award to Andy Garcia

This year the award is attributed to the American actor Andy Garcia. Named after the supporting Association of the Festival, the Leopard Club Award pays tribute to someone in film whose work has left a mark on the collective imagination THE LOST CITY by Andy Garcia – USA – 2005 – 144’ THE UNTOUCHABLES&nbs...

 

Relatos Salvajes, 8 Premios Platino de Cine Iberoamericano

Relatos Salvajes was the absolute winner in last night´s Platino Awards of the Iberoamerican Cinema. The film, nominated to the Oscars for Argentina this year, got 8 out of 9awards leaving its closest oponent Spanish film 'La Isla Mínima' just with the best photography award. The film now starting its international parcour under the na of Marshland was also awarded as best film and best actor by the public voting through an internet poll. Spanish actor Oscar Jaenada won ...

 

ICMC Summer Film Festival Winners!

Winner of the CCJTDC GLOBAL GIRLS Film Festival Anti-Chiraq: The Documentary, Winner of Global Girls Film Festival The International Children's Media Center was thrilled to present the "Films For Me and You" program at the Global Girls Film Festival on June 20 at the CCJTDC. The program was the culmination of the 14-week Global Girls program during which youth at the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center chose the films f...

 

Muvi Studio Recognized as “Enterprise OTT” Platform of the Year, Named on FierceOnlineVideo’s ‘Fierce 15’ list

The New York-based online video solutions firm Muvi LLC has made its way in to FierceOnlineVideo’s ‘Fierce 15’ list for 2015. Having been nominated in the ‘Enterprise OTT Platforms’ category, Muvi Studio (the VoD platform solution by Muvi) has finished on top on its category and graces the inaugural Fierce 15 Online Video Companies list. Easily amongst the most visible video streaming platform builder on web today, Muvi Studio’s contribution to the industry...      

> PEOPLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT   

Stars expected at Locarno68

LA BELLE SAISON – Catherine Corsini A guitar played by Meryl Streep will give #Locarno68 its starting rhythm. Ricki and the Flash is the Piazza Grande opening movie, signed by a great director like Jonathan Demme (who won the Academy Award for The Silence of the Lambs) – a symbolic start for a red carpet which, never like this year, can be considered Hollywoodian. Let's think about the pair of celeb...

 

Interview: Ryan Reynolds (Actor - Self/Less)

Self//less explores the consequences of taking a life to live forever. In this provocative psychological science fiction thriller, an extremely wealthy man (Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley) dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man (Ryan Reynolds).    The process is offered to Damian by Albright (Matthew Goode), the brilliant head of a secret organization that caters to the wealthy. ...

 

Michael Cimino at Locarno for the Pardo d'onore Swisscom

  Michael Cimino at Locarno for the Pardo d'onore Swisscom American director, screenwriter and producer, Michael Cimino will attend the 68th Festival del film Locarno, which is dedicating a tribute to him and where he will receive a Pardo d'onore Swisscom. Born in New York City, he had a classical education, graduating from Yale University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts. After the Army, he embarked on a successful career in advertising commerci...

 

Lloyd Kaufman to conduct his Make Your Own Damn Movie Master Class At Vancouver, July 18,2015!

Major TROMA Retrospective and Live Commentary of The Toxic Avenger Presented at TROMAFEST   Greetings from Tromaville! Lloyd Kaufman, President of Tromaville and creator of the Toxic Avenger, will attend Vancouver's first-ever  TROMAFEST! A major Troma retrospective presented by Shivers Film Society and UBC Film Society.     ...

 

Comedians and film directors -Montreal's Just For Laughs 2015 Industry Conference - Mike Myers to Jason Reitman

      JASON REITMAN Jason Reitman’s first short film, Operation, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998. Reitman made his feature film debut with the 2006 hit Thank You For Smoking. He next directed Juno in 2007 for which he earned his first Oscar nomination… more... MIKE MYERS ...

 

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The Rural Route Film Festival kicks off this Friday night at Museum of the Moving Image w/a special preview screening of Olivia Owens Wyatt’s SAILING A SINKING SEA, co-presented by the Margaret Mead Film Festival, w/Owens Wyatt in person for Q&A.  An Opening Night Screening Party will follow just down the street at Brooklyn Grange’s flagship Long Island City rooftop farm.

Through 19 films from 16 countries (7 continents), this year’s focus is on bold, independent women behind and in front of the camera (and instrument, as the line-up also includes an eclectic array of music-entwined films and live performances).  Don’t miss hard-to-see premiere screenings of films like Ágnes Sós's quirky documentary on aging and romance in Transylvania, STREAM OF LOVE.  Read a great review on that film from The Hollywood Reporterhere.  On Sunday, catch new Argentinian feature, DOG LADY, w/a stand-out performance by co-director, Verónica Llinás, followed by the New York Premiere of Elise DuRant’s EDÉN, starring Will Oldham, with DuRant in person for Q&A!

On Saturday, we’ll have the World Premiere of the new sci-fi/coming-of-age film by Will Sheff of Okkervil River, DOWN DOWN THE DEEP RIVER, w/Sheff in person for a live music performance and a Q&A.  Director Alison Bagnall and actress Joslyn Jensen will also be present before that for their screening of FUNNY BUNNY, featuring one of the best ensemble indie casts of the year (Jensen, Kentucker Audley, Olly Alexander, Josephine Decker)!  Another music film not to miss is Christopher Kirkley’s AKOUNAK, an impressive remake of Prince’s Purple Rain, with all Tuareg cast, shot in the N. Niger desert.

Live music will be present throughout the fest via alphorn soloist Barbara Oldham at Brooklyn Grange, and free Museum outdoor courtyard sets from all-female accordion orchestra, The Main Squeeze, and all-female mariachi band, La Flor de Toloache.  

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Yes the photo is upside down. Ha Ha Ha 

Just for Laughs is the world's most popular comedy festival where young emerging comic talent come to get discovered.

 JFL also hosts the seasoned players as well and a star studded edition is already underway!  Just For Laughs has become a giant in syndicated television

with a show also called simply Just For Laughs where gags are played on unsuspecting passerbys who get tricked, duped or whatever you want to call it for the

sake of the show's theme.

JFL is Clearly inspired by Allen Funt's Candid Camera which initially began as a radio show in 1947 called Candid Microphone the  TV show would

have players and creators like Buster Keaton in a gag and Woody Allen as a scenario writer who also occasionally particiated part on screen and off.

Buster Keaton appeared on the show; clips of his stunts were included in Thames Television's tribute to the comic actor. 

 A then-unknown Woody Allen was one of the writers for the show in the 1960s and performed in some scenarios.

Article by Laurie Gordon

Photo credits: Laurie Gordon

By Maria Esteves – July 23, 2015

AAIFF15 Opening Press Conference: Executive Director John Woo, Asian CineVision (ACV).

The 38th Asian American International Film Festival 2015 (AAIFF15) Opening Press Conference was held at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York (HKETONY), Wednesday, July 22, 1:00pm. Hosted by HKETONY, John Woo’s AAIFF15 press conference unveiled the opening night premiere music documentary My Voice, My Life, by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ruby Yang, official selection announcement, special events, filmmakers and industry panel discussions.

This year’s festival theme “Enhance Community Engagement,” debut in Flushing, Queens with free festival theme based screenings at Flushing Town Hall, Tuesday, July 28 - Friday, July 31; A Day in Flushing Street Fair, Saturday, August 1, 11:00am-4:00pm; AAIFF15 Sheraton-LaGuardia East Live Performance & Encore Film Presentation with pop/R&B artist Eric G. followed by Off The Menu, directed by Grace Lee and The Purple Onion, directed by Matt Szymanowski, Saturday, August 1, 6:00pm.

At the press conference, Academy award-winning filmmaker Ruby Yang along with cast members Coby Wong and Sio Fan Lam discussed their opening night premiere music documentary MY Voice, My Life moderated by Claudia Yeung Head Communications & Public Relations, HKETONY. Questions posed to director Yang by members of the press included: Are you going to help bring the musical to the United States? Who are the characters in the film? What is the current filming situation in Hong Kong?

AAIFF15 Opening Press Conference: Director Steve Barclay,
HKETONY, left, with director Ruby Yang, and cast member Sio
Fan Lam, My Voice, My Life.

AAIFF15 Opening Press Conference: Cast members Sio Fan Lam,
left, and Coby Wong My Voice, My Life.

AAIFF15 Opening Press Conference: Executive director John Woo, ACV,
center-back, and director Steve Barclay, HKETONY, left-end, with this
year’s festival filmmakers and cast members.

AAIFF15 Opening Press Conference: Executive director John Woo, ACV,
second-left, with festival director Judy Lei, left-end, programs manager
Haisong Li, and public relations Kevin Lee, AAIFF.

AAIFF15 Opening Press Conference: Director Lauren 
Kanpp, Live from UB, premieres at Village East Cinema,
Friday, July 24, 6:30pm.

AAIFF15 Opening Press Conference: Director
Ming Zeng, Lao Wong, premieres at Village
East Cinema, Sunday, July 26, 12:30pm.

With one it its best critical and box office years to date, Revelation Perth International Film Festival screened 123 features, documentaries, shorts and experimental films over 11 days to more than 11,000 people.

 
Festival Director Richard Sowada says “We’re over the moon with this year’s results! Evert element of the program was enthusiastically embraced by audiences across town. From the free kids’ screenings to the workshops and masterclasses and of course the top-shelf film program, audiences took a chance and were amply rewarded.”
 
Highlights of the festival included:
 

• WA premiere of Last Cab To Darwin complete with appearances by cast and crew including Michael Caton, Jeremy Sims, Ningali Lawford and Mark Coles Smith.

• Screening of break-out films such as The Tribe - a feature whose entire dialogue is sign language, Parkerville Amphitheatre: Sets, Bugs and Rock n Roll - a WA made documentary showcasing Perth's cultural history and Tehran Taxi - a film shot in secret by banned director Jafar Panahi.

• Masterclass opportunities for local filmmakers such as "The Power of the Monologue" with Revelation Patron Steve Bisley and Digital Filmmaking with Craig Deeker, with some participants being offered internships on an upcoming WA feature film.

• The 27th WA Screen Awards hosted by the charming Joel Creasey.

• The debut of the Polish Film Festival in Perth and the return of the highly successful Iranian Film Festival

• Pop-up performances by Perth's Menagerie Choir including a best-of performance of songs from The Residents, complete with iconic eyeball costumes to accompany the screening of The Theory of Obscurity.

 
Many of these moments were captured by Jazam Productions and compiled into a highlights reel produced by Jasmine Leivers. "This video gives a taste of the 2015 event in all its colour, variety and scope" says Richard Sowada. The film can be seen at

The Short Cinema is an annual short film festival held at Phoenix, Leicester showcasing established and emerging talent from across the world with a strong focus on Midlands makers.

Offering an exciting mix of films irrespective of genre, style or budget, The Short Cinema provides local writers, producers and directors with the opportunity to exhibit their work on the big screen to a discerning audience of film-lovers.

The festival also provides filmmakers with an opportunity to meet and discuss their work with their peers, strengthening bonds with the Midlands filmmaking community.

Over the last eight years, The Short Cinema has grown from a small grassroots screening to a much bigger (still grass roots) festival. Its aim is to continue this growth, exploring and providing new opportunities for anyone involved in Midlands film to develop and exhibit their work, both in the region and around the world.

http://www.theshortcinema.co.uk/

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The press conference to announce the event outline of the 28th edition of Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) was held today, on July 28 at Roppongi Hills, Tokyo.

The press conference opened with a welcoming address from Yasushi SHIINA (Director General, TIFF & TIFFCOM). Following this, new festival venues in Shinjuku City and newly added sections; Panorama, Japan Now, Japanese Classics, were introduced. Also the OPENING FILM and the CLOSING FILM of the 28th TIFF were announced. “The Walk” directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt will open the festival and the “TERMINAL” directed by Tetsuo Shinohara, starring Koichi Sato, will close the 28th TIFF.

Barbara Crampton, Rick Wakeman, James Cosmo, Toyah Willcox, Neil Marshall and Bernard Rose amongst dazzling array of guests set to re-animate FrightFest

Scream Queen legend Barbara Crampton is Film4 FrightFest’s special guest icon, appearing in no less than four films in this year’s line-up. She stars in WE ARE STILL HERE, ROAD GAMES and SUN CHOKE plus makes a cameo appearance in TALES OF HALLOWEEN. Not only will Barbara be introducing all her films, she’ll also be talking about her amazing career during a special interview event, hosted by Alan Jones, on Sun 30 Aug, 9.15pm. 

She said today: To say that I am overjoyed, excited and eager to attend FrightFest as a guest is putting it mildly. This festival has been on my radar for some time and to be included and have four films screening is a welcome nightmare from which I hope never to wake”.

FrightFest also celebrates the prolific and enduring artist Graham Humphreys, who will be talking about his career designing posters in the DRAWING BLOOD event on Sun 30 Aug, 7pm. Another special event to look forward to is Film4’s own Catherine Bray, who will be hosting a DIY FILMMAKING panel discussion on Sun 30 Aug, 11.15am.

FrightFest is also delighted to host British writer/director Bernard Rose. The director of the highly acclaimed cult horrors PAPERHOUSE and CANDYMAN makes a triumphant return to the fear forefront with his FRANKENSTEIN reboot.

There will be a stellar line-up for both the opening and closing films. In attendance for CHERRY TREE will be director David Keating and leading cast members Anna Walton, Naomi Battrick, Sam Hazeldine, Patrick Gibson and Minnie Phipps. For TALES OF HALLOWEEN there will be three of its directors – FrightFest veteran Neil Marshall, Axelle Carolyn and Mike Mendez.

The eclectic mix of guests also includes AAAAAAAAH! debut director & actor Steve Oram and his co-stars rock legend Toyah Willcox, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Noel Fielding and Alice Lowe; Director Corin Hardy will be taking time out of prepping his reboot of THE CROW to present THE HALLOW; director, and ‘Emmerdale’ soap opera legend, Dominic Brunt, will be there with his latest thriller BAIT, alongside leading cast members Joanne Mitchell and Rula Lenska and Paul Hyett will be introducing the world premiere of his creature feature HOWL with cast members including Rosie Day and Ed Speelers. We also have HAWK THE SLAYER director Terry Marcel with star Ray Charleson and composer Rick Wakeman and for CAPTAIN KRONOS: VAMPIRE HUNTER, Brian Clemens sons, Sam and George Clemens, will attend, alongside Hammer Horror legend Caroline Munro.

Directors will be out in force this year. Joining us in the main screens are NINA FOREVER directors Ben and Chris Blaine, CURVE director Iain Softley, ROAD GAMES director Abner Pastoll,  DEATHGASM director/writer Jason Lei Howden, JERUZALEM directors Doran and Yoav Paz, NIGHT FARE director Julien Seri, SOME KIND OF HATE director Adam Egypt Mortimer, THE DIABOLICAL director Alistair Legrand and WE ARE STILL HERE director Ted Geoghegan.

Given the expansion of the Discovery Strand it’s no surprise there are a record number of directors supporting their films. These include SUMMER CAMP director Alberto Marini, Director Valentin Javier Diment, who will be coming from Argentina to present THE ROTTEN LINK and Nathan Ambrosioni, the 14-year-old French director of HOSTILE, who, legally won’t be allowed to watch his own movie.

Let’s hear it too for directors Mark Murphy (AWAITING), Adam Levins (ESTRANGED), Russell Freidenberg (WINDWALKERS), Liam Regan (BANJO) Jaron Henrie-McCrea (CURTAIN), Benjamin J Cresciman (SUN CHOKE) Ruth Platt (THE LESSON) Eugene McGing (THE UNFOLDING), April Mullen (FARHOPE TOWER), John Fallon (THE SHELTER) and Paul Goodwin (FUTURE SHOCK! THE STORY OF 2000AD), who is attending alongside regular FrightFest guest, producer Sean Hogan.

There’ll be other familiar faces too…HANGMAN director Adam Mason is back, alongside MOST LIKELY TO DIE director Anthony DiBlasi, NEVER LET GO director Howard Ford and WORRY DOLLS director Padraig Reynolds.

The stars of the films are here in their charismatic numbers (with more to be confirmed) and include Diana Vickers (AWAITING), Abigail Hardingham and Cian Barry (NINA FOREVER), Andrew Simpson (ROAD GAMES), James Cosmo, Amy Manson and Nora-Jane Noone (ESTRANGED), J.LaRose and Castille Landon (WIND WALKERS), Laurence R. Harvey and Dan Palmer (BANJO), Angela Dixon (NEVER LET GO), Robert Hands, Evan Bendall, Martin Pryca and Michaela Prchalova (THE LESSON) and GODDESS OF LOVE star, co-writer and producer Alexis Kendra.

Key producers and writers attending include DEATHGASM producer Sarah Howden, producers Junyoung Jang and Guillaume Benski (ROAD GAMES), producer Shaked Berenson (JERUZALEM), WIND WALKERS producers Strath Hamilton, Marcy Hamilton, Heather Rae and Dori Sperko, CURTAIN producer/co-writer Carys Edwards, III producer Frank Ellrich, THE SHELTER Exec Producer Berge Garabedian and CONTRACTED: PHASE 2 writer Craig Walendziak.

Festival promo trailer: http://youtu.be/VVN7WRjOrVs

Single tickets cost £13.25 and go on sale Sat 25 July at noon and will only be available online at: https://live.advancedticketing.co.uk/k?v=frightfest

Screens 5, 6 & 7 will house the main event while the Discovery strands will play in Screens 3 & 8.  The Discovery at The Prince Charles cinema strand will be in Screen 1.

For full programme details go to: www.frightfest.co.uk

OPEN CALL FOR FILM and SCRIPT ENTRIES
 

SR Socially Relevant Film (™) Festival New York (Rated SR) - 3rd edition

March 14-20, 2016

SR Socially Relevant (™) Film Festival  New York, a new non-profit film festival, will have its 3rd edition in March 2016 at over 3 venues: The Tribeca Cinemas in Tribeca, The Maysles Cinema in Harlem and The School of Visual Arts SocDoc in Chelsea, with additional venues for special events. Founded by actor-filmmaker Nora Armani, the festival showcases socially relevant films with human interest stories as a response to the proliferation of violence and violent forms of storytelling.

SR (™) believes in promoting positive social change through the powerful medium of cinema. The festival’s inaugural edition took place in March 2014 at the Quad Cinema over one week, showcasing 55 films from 18 countries and presenting multiple awards to winning filmmakers. The second edition showcased 53 films from 33 countries and took place at the Tribeca Cinemas, the Maysles Cinema, The CUNY Graduate Center, The Quad Cinema and the School of Visual Arts with Industry Panels. Submissions for 2016 are open now through December 1st on https://filmfreeway.com/festival/RatedSR - For details visit the festival’s website: http://www.ratedsrfilms.org/

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By Maria Esteves – July 30, 2015

The 38th Annual Asian American Film Festival 2015 (aaiff15) Opening Night New York Premiere documentary MY VOICE, MY LIFE, by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ruby Yang, commenced Thursday, July 23, 7:00PM at Asia Society. The Q&A session with director Yang and cast members Coby Wong and Sio Fan Lam moderated by La Frances Hui, film curator, Asia Society, preceded the Opening Night Gala Reception.

Questions posed to director Yang and cast members by moderator Hui and the audience included: Tell us the origin of this documentary project? How did you identify key participants/subjects? How did you persuade them to participate and involve the family? How did participating in the musical and documentary changed your life? Were you surprised by the audience reaction? What are you doing right now, are you in school? What do you want to do in the future? How people in Hong Kong look at people with disabilities? How the school administers support in terms of homework and resources?

aaiff15 Opening Night Premiere of My Voice, My Life: John Woo,
back-center, with director Ruby Yang, center, and cast members
Coby Wong, left, and Sio Fan Lam.

aaiff15 Opening Night Premiere of My Voice, My Life Q&A Session: (L-R)
aaiff moderator La Frances Hui, film curator, Asia Society, actress Coby
Wong, actress Sio Fan Lam, and director Ruby Yang.

aaiff15 Opening Night Premiere of My Voice, My Life Q&A Session: (R-L)
Director Ruby Yang, with cast members Sio Fan Lam, and Coby Wong.

aaiff15 Opening Night Premiere of My Voice, My Life Q&A Session:
Director Ruby Yang, right, and actress Sio Fan Lam.

aaiff15 Opening Night Premiere of My Voice, My Life Q&A Session: Actresses
Coby Wong, left, and Sio Fan Lam.

By Maria Esteves – July 31, 2015

The 38th Annual Asian American Film Festival 2015 (aaiff15) Opening Night New York Premiere documentary MY VOICE, MY LIFE http://www.myvoicemylifemovie.com, by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ruby Yang, commenced Thursday, July 23, 7:00PM at Asia Society. The Q&A discussion with director Yang and cast members Coby Wong and Sio Fan Lam moderated by La Frances Hui, film curator, Asia Society, preceded the Opening Night Gala Reception.

Questions posed to director Yang and cast members by moderator Hui and the audience included: Tell us the origin of this documentary project? How did participating in the musical and documentary change your life? How the school administers support you in terms of homework and resources?

Japan Cuts is the largest annual festival of Japanese films in the United States celebrating its 9th edition from July 9-19 at New York’s Japan Society. It is no longer tied to the New York Asian Film Festival and offered a comprehensive survey of current Japanese cinema. The selection ranged from the bizarre, to the popular, to art house productions, films which were never shown before in New York with half of the titles North American premieres. The 2015 program had 28 features, including several documentaries, the restored versions of Osamu Tezuka’s Belladonna of Sadness and Nagisa Oshila’s feature Cruel Story of Youth as well as a series of experimental shorts.  Nine Japanese directors and film stars presented their films to an engaged audience in mostly sold out screenings. Sakura Ando  received  the Cut Above Award for Outstanding Performance in Film and two of her films were screened; Asleep by Shingo Wakagi and Masaharu Take’s 100 Yen Love.

As the third largest global film market behind the United States and China, Japan has a growing film industry and released in 2014 1,184 titles of which 600 were local productions. With a share of about 20% the US no longer dominates the box office, though the top grossing film Frozen originated in the States scoring $249 million of the total $1.79 billion box office in 2014. Local productions had a 58% share. Given the large number of films produced in Japan and the reputation of Japanese films enhanced by its anime productions, their status in the US theatrical distribution is of interest. To recap data I used in a prior write up about German films in the US, “Mojo reports that to date the revenue of German films released last year [2014] amounted to $242,000. Those from France scored $1.7 million.  The largest proportion of foreign language films in the United States originates in India which scored $31 million thus far with their 2014 releases, about half of the foreign language box office for that period.”  There may have been some Japanese films with a minimal box office of less than $25,000 but Mojo does not list a single Japanese production scoring higher than that.

The theatrical route seems to be getting narrower for foreign language films and most publicly shown productions are found at film festivals. These festivals can constitute sub-markets if there are multiple editions serving the same linguistic or special interest niche such as the Jewish, Environmental, and Gay fests. With respect to Japanese films, there are other Japanese film festivals in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Francisco, though New York’s Japan Cuts is the largest.

Similar to the reorientation of independent films to the internet realm, the digital platforms may generate more exposure to Japanese and other foreign language films. Given the domination of multiplexes by mass market and Hollywood block buster films, and the mass release of these films preempting the space in which other productions could be shown theatrical venues are fading rapidly for specialty films. Narrow exposure through Japanese language television programmers in the US is limited to two outlets TV Japan 24/7 and the Los Angeles based digital channel KSCI.
Though there is no summary data on revenue derived from digital platforms by independent and foreign language films, video streaming of feature films and other productions have become paramount.  Noteworthy is the aggressive expansion of Netflix which now serves globally 65 million streaming members and 5.3 million DVD subscribers in the United States who have access to close to 100,000 titles. Like Amazon, Direct TV, and smaller providers such as iTunes and Hulu, Netflix is acquiring productions like independent and foreign language films directly from festivals. Often these transactions are not predicated on prior theatrical runs. Netflix carries numerous Japanese titles which can be streamed in Japanese with subtitles or dubbed in English.

To review briefly some of the 2015 Japan Cuts selections; successfully assembling all elements of a fast moving action story Joker Game (Yu Iries, 2015) portraits the exploits of Jiro Kato who works for the newly established Japanese intelligence agency D just before the outbreak of World War II. He is charged with getting a micro film revealing plans for a nuclear bomb held by the American ambassador. Battling with Nazi and  British secret services and an independent female operator, Kato eventually succeeds  after numerous chases, martial arts battles, romantic involvement with the operator, and a daring escape from the British secret service headquarter blown up in that process. There are superb sets faithfully replicating the time periods, plausible but surprising story lines and an intriguing presentation of the Japanese imperial military general staff disdaining the D agency. They are shown as bungling and arrogant characters driven by the obsession to engage the Americans in a war.

Asleep (2015) and 100 Yen Love (2014) reveal superb acting by Sakura Ando in features with radically different settings and intriguing divergent thematic story lines. In Asleep filmed in an elegant minimalistic style we encounter an unemployed young woman Terako who appears to withdraw from reality by excessive sleeping only to wake up when her lover, a married man, calls her. Everyday activities require a tremendous effort and she does not want to get up if she has a good dream. Flashbacks and her talks with a close friend make her behavior plausible. After urging her to start living her friend who passes sexless nights with sleeping strangers commits suicide. When Terako’s lover Iwanago turns out to be married to a comatose woman Terako wakes up and starts working as an interviewer. Intimacy and withdrawal set the boundaries for the film's surprising plot. In Take’s 100 Yen Love, a name also designating a Japanese 24/7 chain store, a totally different milieu is shown far from elegance and an upscale life style. Here semi-skilled workers in a rundown working class neighborhood are presented in an action comedy. Sakura Ando has the role of Ichiko Salto living with her conflictual family who run a fast food take out. Ichiko spends her time with video games and fights with her divorced sister. After moving out she starts working as a sales clerk in the 100 Yen convenience store with disgruntled employees and gets friendly with a boxer. After a dinner on the occasion of the boxer’s last fight her rape by a 100 Yen worker is depicted in a gruesome fashion. She decides to learn boxing and succeeds against all odds. Her transformation from aimless unskilled shop clerk to a professional boxer is extraordinary. Driven by the desire to succeed, she enters a professional match and loses but has proven to herself that she can stand up. The acting of Sakura Ando’s in a difficult role is superb.

The underbelly of Society with its outcasts, misfits, individuals displaced by traumatic experiences, dysfunctional families and the demi monde of criminals is seamlessly documented in The Light Shines Only There by Mipo O. There is no apparent exit for the people grounded in the fringes of this world and hopelessness prevails. We have an unemployed former quarry worker Tatsuo who cannot overcome the memory of an accident he caused costing the life of a fellow worker with his existence shaped by alcoholism, Takuji an energetic parolee working as a gardener in an outfit controlled by a gangster and his sister Chinatsu who is a prostitute but also the gangster’s lover and supports her family. Her parents are an elderly withdrawn mother and an immobile father who had a stroke whose sexual craving is met by the daughter.  In this film darkness and despair prevail. As Chinatsu says, there is nowhere to go. The film was nominated as a foreign language film for the Oscars and received excellent ratings. As Deborah Young observed in the Hollywood Reporter it reflects a fierce character study.

Two appealing productions were devoted to labor conflicts, the oppression and the struggle of common people against dominant groups. Based on actual events the Sanchu Uprising: Voices at Dawn, is a 2014 black and white feature film, set in 1726. It depicts the struggle of farmers with their feudal overlords fighting for an adjustment of taxes. They organized an uprising which was quashed by the samurai.  The film is characterized by remarkable photography, animation and an appealing score.  The documentary The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories from 2014 by Sanrizuka Ni Ikuru is a brilliant reconstruction of the struggle local agrarian communities were having for decades fighting the construction and expansion of Narita International Airport.  Since other suitable land in that area was owned by the imperial household, the government decided to disown local farmers ever since the plans were articulated in the 1960’s.  Though some peasants sold their farms most refused to do so and formed a coalition with the emerging radical student movement. Many farmers were given this land in their post war relocation and felt deprived because of the many years of work they spend transforming their holdings into farmland and cultivating it. Exhaustive research for this film did generate superb archival material because the different phases of the frequently violent struggle were closely followed by the press. Opposition was initially restricted to peaceful demonstration but evolved into armed struggle because government agencies used police and soldiers to combat the farmers and students, though more protestors were killed than police or military. In the well-organized movement women and young people played crucial roles. Extensive interviews with survivors of the resistance movement including some still in active opposition reveal the motivation for the long term struggle. State power was resisted because the farmers had a close relation to their land.  In some cases the century old cultural tradition of villages was destroyed and communities and their networks of interpersonal relations disappeared.  The Wages of Resistance is an object lesson of the costs and benefits of popular opposition to the government, a collective movement rarely observed today. After all the likelihood of success is no longer plausible nor the language of effective opposition available.

Now functioning as a standalone film festival with an enlarged program Japan Cuts provided an outstanding selection of films and perspectives on current film making tendencies.

Claus Mueller

filmexchange@gmail.com

On the second evening of the Prefestival, tonight, August 4 at 21.30, there will be a screening of the restored print of Federico Fellini's E la nave va, to celebrate 120 years of the major French production and distribution company Gaumont, which co-produced the film in 1983.

The evening, with free entry for all, has been made possible thanks to support from UBS.

The Festival will close on the Piazza Grande with the awards ceremony, on Saturday August 15 at 21.00. A special evening will serve as a coda on Sunday August 16, with a screening of the Italian film Asino vola directed by Marcello Fonte and Paolo Tripodi.

Complete program information is available on the official website (www.pardo.ch), along with all the news, trailers and a range of exclusive content, as well as live streaming of all the Piazza Grande presentations and conversations with the guests of honor.

Piazza Grande Events, 5 August

The opening ceremony will take place Wednesday 5 August on the Piazza Grande at 21.30

Presentation of the official juries of the three competitions 

Excellence Award Moët & Chandon to Edward Norton 

Screening of RICKI AND THE FLASH by Jonathan Demme 

Press Screenings (Teatro Kursaal)

5 August, 14.00, Piazza Grande
RICKI AND THE FLASH by Jonathan Demme

5 August, 16.00, Fuori concorso
ROMEO E GIULIETTA by Massimo Coppola

5 August, 17.15, Concorso internazionale
JAMES WHITE by Josh Mond

5 August, 19.00, Concorso Cineasti del presente
DREAM LAND  by Steve Chen 

5 August, 21.00, Piazza Grande
LA BELLE SAISON by Catherine Corsini

5 August, 21.00, Piazza Grande
LE DERNIER PASSAGE by Pascal Magontier 

5 August, 23.15, Fuori concorso
I SOGNI DEL LAGO SALATO by Andrea Segre

Parallel Events
LO SCATTO DEL PARDO - CONCORSO FOTOGRAFICO