Posted by editor@vimooz.com on July 31, 2008 under New York International Latino Film Festival | 
The 9th edition of the New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) concluded with some of the most exciting films in cinema, indelible red carpets events and remarkable attendance records this year. NYILFF announced the winners of its festival awards at its Closing Night ceremony on Sunday, July 27, at El Morocco (3534 Broadway, Bronx, NY). Awards were given out in four categories, and the winners were as follows:
BEST PICTURE AWARD:
Vicious Circle Director Paul Boyd was the recipient of the Best Picture Award, presented by HBO, for his narrative feature, Vicious Circle—a tragic punk rock Latino love story, starring Paul Rodriguez, Jr. and Emily Rios, delivering the tales of a raw, edgy, teenage Romeo and Juliet with a murder mystery twist. Producer Angelina Boyd, who accepted on behalf of Paul Boyd, was presented with a prize of $2,500 provided by HBO and $500.00 in Kodak Motion Picture film stock.
BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD:
Transvestites Also Cry | La Americana In an unexpected tie, NYILFF honored both Transvestites Also Cry and La Americana for Best Documentary. Directed by Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva, Transvestites Also Cry which tells the story of two Ecuadorian transsexuals who work as prostitutes in Paris, demonstrates how life is often a precarious balance between willful optimism and a quiet fatalism. The second winning documentary, La Americana, is an unforgettable story woven into the current immigration debate in the United States, putting a human face on this timely and controversial issue. This film was directed by Nicholas Bruckman and John Mattiuzzi.
BEST SHORT AWARD:
Rojo Red First-time filmmaker Juan Manuel Betancourt received the award for Best Short for Rojo Red, a tale of a young boy who pulls apart the threads of reality in this brilliantly imaginative Colombian short that fuses live action, stop-motion and 3D animation. Betancourt, d’Ayala Valva and Bruckman/Mattiuzzi all received an Avid DV Pro System and $500.00 in Kodak Motion Picture Stock.
Heineken Red Star Award
Malta Con Huevo
The Heineken Red Star Award was presented to a director whose film pushes the boundaries of creativity, providing a unique vision and execution. Cristobal Valderrama won the prize for his direction of Malta Con Huevo, a twisting story of two mismatched friends who decide to move in together, resulting in unintended, truly far-reaching consequences. This film’s innovative storyline is a testament to the type of thought provoking films the Heineken Red Star Award recognizes. Heineken has partnered with Variety Magazine and the Independent Film Channel (IFC) to bring well-deserved publicity and visibility to the Heineken Red Star Award recipients and their films. Valderamma received a crystal statuette created by Tiffany and Co., a two-page spread in Variety, and a trip to Los Angeles to meet with executives and network with other winners from the Red Star Award Program.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on under Bangkok International Film Festival |
The sixth Bangkok International Film Festival will go ahead in the Thai capital in September, organizers announced Tuesday, despite becoming embroiled in a US corruption scandal last year.
Rumors had swirled that the festival would take a break this year after a Los Angeles-based couple were arrested in the United States in December for allegedly paying 1.7 million dollars in bribes to a Thai government official for the right to manage the 2003 festival.
A former Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) governor was forced to withdraw her candidacy from Thailand’s general elections in December because of her alleged links to the scandal.
The 2008 festival will run from September 23 to 30
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on under Venice International Film Festival |
The President of the Venice Biennale, Paolo Baratta, and the Director of the Cinema section, Marco Müller, presented in Rome the line-up of the 65th Venice International Film Festival, that will take place at Venice Lido from August 27th to September 6th. The official selection includes the following sections: Venezia 65 (an international competition of feature films running for the Golden Lion), Out of Competition, Orizzonti, and Corto Cortissimo. The Festival will be opened on the evening of Wednesday 27th August by the world premiere screening of Burn After Reading by Joel and Ethan Coen.
The line-up of the 65th Venice Film Festival includes the following sections:
· Venezia 65: an international competition of feature films, presented as world premieres and running for the Golden Lion
· Out of Competition: important works of the year, and in particular those by directors already established in past editions of the Festival
· Orizzonti: a section aiming to provide an overview of new trends in cinema
· Corto Cortissimo: an international competition of short films (not exceeding 30 minutes)
· These Phantoms: Italian Cinema Rediscovered (1946-1975): a new series of retrospective screenings and restorations
In addition to the official selection, there are two autonomous and collateral sections:
· International Critics’ Week: a series of seven or eight films –debut works– independently organized by a commission nominated by the National Syndicate of Italian Film Critics (SNCCI) in accordance with its own regulations
· Giornate degli Autori – Venice Days: a series of 10-12 films independently organized by a commission nominated by the Italian Association of Film-makers (ANAC - Associazione Nazionale Autori Cinematografici) and by the Association of Independent Directors and Producers (API - Associazione Autori e Produttori Indipendenti) in accordance with their own regulations
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on under Huntington Beach Surf Theatre Film Festival |
Big Red Productions, Inc is stoked to announce the winners of the 2008 festival, which took place at the Huntington Beach Art Center during the US Open of Surfing July 25-27th Presented by Toyota of Huntington Beach and Dibs Brand Bite Sized Snacks.
The week was started off by the Roasting Tribute to the voice of surf; Rick “Rockin’ Fig Fignetti” at Luggatti’s restaurant. Moderated by Peter “PT” Townend, this night was full of laughs and insider stories from Fig’s best friends and family. The Roast is posted on You Tube by CalSurf Pix, search: Fig Roast to see all the action.
The Huntington Beach Surf Theatre Film Festival is devoted to showcasing a wide range of surf films to the public. Though most surf films would be bundled into the “documentary” category, we know that surfers are specialists; they are longboarders, short-boarders, classic old-schoolers, new school aerialists, big wave chargers, stand up paddlers, world explorers and humanitarians. These people have a commitment to the ocean and surfing and have done their part to capture it on film. We are proud to bring the surfer, the filmmaker and their fans together at Surf Theatre.
The winners are:
Best Corpo Video: Rip Curl for SomeWhere
Best Independent Video: Under the Sun by Cyrus Sutton
Most Innovative Video: New Emissions of Light and Sound by Globe
Best Cinematography: Quest by DeepWater Films
Best Hardcore Video: The Skills 2 Pay The Bills by Jessie Marley
“This year, the competition was high- all of the companies have raised the bar in surf video production;” Dave Carlos of Big Red Productions stated, ” Quality, action and editing made this a really tight race.”
The real winner of the weekend festival was the Long Beach Veterans Orthotics and Prosthetics Lab, the recipient of proceeds from the sold out private screening of Between the Lines, a film by Scott Bass, Ty Ponder and Troy Page which portrayed 2 surfers during the Vietnam War, Brant Page and Pat Farley. For further info on this groundbreaking film, narrated by John Milius (Apocalypse Now and Big Wednesday), go to www.betweenthelinesfilm.com.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on under Armidale International Film Festival, Bangkok International Film Festival, Cancun Riviera Maya International Film Festival, China-U.S. Film Festival, Giffoni Film Festival, Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival, Revolve Film and Music Festival, Rice University Prison Reform Film Festival, Thiruvananthapuram International Film Festival |
Triad, NC resident and musician Shalini Chatterjee is chief programmer for the Revolve Film and Music Festival, and has assembled a line up of 20 films that will be screened Aug. 6-10. And you can try them all.
Movies examining a wide range of prison issues — the horror of wrongful conviction, the impact of incarceration on offenders’ families, encouraging ways to cut recidivism — will be featured next month at Rice University’s three-day Rock The Lockup: 2008 Prison Reform Film Festival.
Chinese and U.S. filmmakers will hold the 2008 China-U.S. Film Festival in November to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations. The third and largest edition so far, the China-U.S. film festival this year will be held from Nov. 3 to Nov. 30 in Los Angeles, Hollywood, San Francisco and San Diego
Film director Klaus Härö has been awarded with 2 prizes at the Italian ´Giffoni´ film festival.
Bangkok International Film Festival 2008 will be held on Sept. 23-30 in the Thai capital to showcase Thai films.
The 5th Armidale International Film Festival begins this Friday evening where13 international films will be screened from Friday, August 1 to Sunday, August 3 at the Belgrave Twin Cinema in Armidale
Fortysix films from 24 countries would be screened at the 13th Thiruvananthapuram International Film Festival (TIFF) beginning on August 1.
The Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival starts Tuesday, August 5, and will run through Saturday, August 9, with screenings of documentaries, film shorts, and feature films at the Mansion House and Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven, and Edgartown Entertainment Cinema.
2nd. Cancun Riviera Maya International Film Festival 2008. November 3-9, 2008
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on July 29, 2008 under New Orleans Middle East Film Festival |
Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center
presents
2nd NEW ORLEANS MIDDLE EAST FILM FESTIVAL
AUGUST 1 through 10, 2008
All events @
ZEITGEIST MULTI_DISCIPLINARY ARTS CENTER
1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
(in the Saturn Screen Printing Building, between Euterpe & Terpsichore, across from Café Reconcile)
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on under Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival |
The 2008 International Comic Convention in San Diego was big news last week. But did you know there was also the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (or CCI:IFF)? The festival ran Thursday, July 24th thru Sunday July 27th.
Congratulations to the 2008 CCI:IFF Winners!
Action/Adventure: Citizen
Animation: La Lune
Comics-Oriented: The Crusaders #357: Experiment in Evil!
Documentary: Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
Horror/Suspense: The Insane
Humor/Parody: The Auburn Hills Breakdown
Science Fiction/Fantasy: Operation: Fish
Judges’ Choice Award: Operation: Fish
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on July 28, 2008 under Boston Film Festival, Gloria Film Festival, High Adventure Mountain Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Malaysian Film Festival, Moscow International Film Festival |
Twenty-three fiction films will compete at the 21st Malaysian Film Festival to be held at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre, beginning Aug 7.
Iranian film ‘Simply’ directed by Reza Mirkarimi will be screened in the 24th Boston Film Festival from November 14-30. The film depicts a day in the life of a woman from a middle class family and won the ‘White Elephant Award in the Moscow International Film Festival.
Oscar winner, Anjelica Huston has canceled her appearance at this year’s 61st Locarno Film Festival for “personal reasons,” where her film “Choke” makes its international premiere.
The feature-length documentary, Next Exit, Main Street, will screen as a part of the Gloria Film Festival on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 7:30 PM at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center. This uplifting documentary follows the filmmakers’ journey from coast to coast exploring American Identity against the backdrop of the nation’s social and political polarization.
The first annual Utah’s High Adventure Mountain Film Festival will launch September 18-21, 2008 at the historic Peery’s Egyptian Theater and the David Eccles Conference Center in downtown Ogden, Utah.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on under Stony Brook Film Festival |
Mary Stuart Masterson, making her directorial debut with “The Cake Eaters,” won the jury award for best feature at the 13th annual Stony Brook Film Festival Saturday night. Taking the audience-choice prize for best feature was “Children of Glory,” about the 1956 Hungarian revolt against Soviet domination.
Best Feature-Jury: The Cake Eaters
Directed by Mary Stuart Masterson. Written by Jayce Bartok. With Kristen Stewart, Aaron Stanford, Bruce Dern, Elizabeth Ashley, Jayce Bartok, Miriam Shor, Talia Balsam, Melissa Leo and Jesse L. Martin.
Best Feature-Audience Choice: Children of Glory
Directed by Krisztina Goda. Written by Joe Eszterhas and Éva Gárdos. With Kata Dobó and Iván Fenyö. From Hungary .
Best Short-Jury: In the Name of the Son
Directed by Harun Mehmedinovic. With Sergej Trifunovic, Jack Dimich, Elvedin Slipac and Ingrid Walters.
Best Short-Audience Choice: The Drummer
Written, produced and directed by Bill Block. With Dave Ratajczak and Asmeret Ghebremichael.
Achievement in Filmmaking: The Stone Angel
Directed by Kari Skogland. With Ellen Burstyn, Christine Horne, Cole Hauser, Kevin Zegers, Ellen Page, Dylan Baker and Wings Hauser
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Tags: Aaron Stanford, Asmeret Ghebremichael, Bill Block, Bruce Dern, Children of Glory, Christine Horne, Cole Hauser, Dave Ratajczak, Dylan Baker, Elizabeth Ashley, Ellen Burstyn, Ellen Page, Elvedin Slipac, Harun Mehmedinovic, Hungary, In the Name of the Son, Ingrid Walters, Iván Fenyö, Jack Dimich, Jayce Bartok, Jesse L. Martin, Joe Eszterhas and Éva Gárdos. With Kata Dobó, Kari Skogland, Kevin Zegers, Kristen Stewart, Krisztina Goda, Mary Stuart Masterson, Melissa Leo, Miriam Shor, Sergej Trifunovic, Stony Brook Film Festival, Talia Balsam, The Cake Eaters, The Drummer, The Stone Angel, Wings Hauser
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on July 27, 2008 under Brisbane International Film Festival, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, New York International Latino Film Festival, Traverse City Film Festival |
In photos: ‘2008 New York International Latino Film Festival - Opening Night’
Brisbane International Film Festival opens opens on Thursday with Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?
Traverse City is buzzing - The 49-year-old Material Girl, Madonna, is coming Saturday to the Traverse City Film Festival to introduce her documentary about the orphans of Malawi, “I Am Because We Are.”
The Traverse City Film Festival kicks off Tuesday with the Midwest premiere of Woody Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” starring Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem.
Waltz with Bashir’ wins best film award at the 15th European Film Festival which ended on Friday in Palić, Serbia
Director of Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival fired. Now, she may be deported.
Brauntex Theatre in New Braunfels, Texas, to host Texandance Film Festival next summer, June 5-7.
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