from fribourg international film festival During an extraordinary General Assembly, the Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) Association has unanimously appointed Thierry Jobin as the new director of the Festival while granting him a mandate of three years. He will assume his new function in May 2011. Thierry Jobin will thus take the place of Edouard […]
from BSDFF Missoula, MT – Big Sky Documentary Film Festival has announced the official selections for their eighth annual event to be held in Missoula, Montana February 11-20, at the Historic Wilma Theatre. The 140 film program, culled from nearly 1000 entries from all over the world will feature a live performance by indy rock […]
from PSIFF Paper Moon USA, 1973, 102 Minute Running Time It is the early 1930s, and a small funeral service is underway at the gravesite of Essie May Loggins. In attendance are two female acquaintances and Addie (Tatum O’Neal), the 9-year-old daughter of the deceased. Arriving late for the service is Moses Pray (Ryan O’Neal), […]
from sxsw We’re pleased to announce 6 more films in the SXSW 2011 Film program. They join our previously announced 2011 Opening Night Film, Duncan Jones’ Source Code. In the words of Festival Producer Janet Pierson, these titles all represent “an artist stretching their wings in some way, whether it be a late-night talk show […]
from V Kelly & Assoc TORONTO – Incendies, Denis Villeneuve’s epic adaptation of Wajdi Mouawad’s complex stage play about Quebec siblings who uncover their immigrant mother’s tortured history, has won the Toronto Film Critics Association’s Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. The award was presented to Villeneuve by Jay Baruchel, star of How to Train Your […]
. from V Kelly & Assoc A film by Athina Rachel Tsangari Starring Ariane Labed, Best Actress Award winner at 2010 Venice Film Festival Marina, 23, is growing up with her architect father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps her distance. Instead she chooses […]
from berlinale The eleven films in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino will screen as world premieres; two of them (The Education and Lollipop Monster) will also be in the running for the Best First Feature Award. This year’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino will include the following films: Der Preis (The Prize) by Elke Hauck Dígame – Sag […]
from IFFR Fourteen films have been selected for IFFR’s Tiger Awards Competition 2011. The complete lineup, comprising first or second feature films concurring for three equal top prizes of each 15,000 euro, includes three world premieres. Two competing films have been supported by Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund. The Jury of the sixteenth Tiger Awards Competition […]
This interview with producer/actor/professor Alan Gordon, one of the main actors in Cannibal Girls, was originally broadcast on Jan 6th, 2011 by Shael Stolberg on CKLN’s Frameline.
from sbiff Santa Barbara, CA –The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), presented by lynda.com, announces its stellar line-up for 2011. The 26th edition offers a vast array of films representing 49 countries and an astounding number of premieres sure to delight the cinematic tastes of SBIFF audiences. SBIFF is proud to welcome many promising […]
