Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 26, 2009 under Tokyo International Film Festival | 
''Eastern Plays''
The Bulgarian film ”Eastern Plays,” won the 3 of the top prizes at the 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival. The film was awarded the biggest prize of the festival, the Sakura Grand Prix for Best Film, director Kamen Kalev won the award for Best Director and the Best Actor award went to Christo Christov. Kalev received the Best Actor award on behalf of Christov, who reportedly died from of a drug addiction problem toward the end of the film’s shooting. The 89-minute movie depicts events that occur after two brothers who had lost contact were suddenly reunited.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on July 25, 2009 under Toronto International Film Festival |
- Penelope Cruz and Pedro ALMODÓVAR - LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS (Broken Embraces)
The Toronto International Film Festival announces the addition of eight titles to its Special Presentations programming lineup for TIFF09, which runs September 10 to 19, 2009. These include works from Argentina, France, Italy, Japan, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. These new films join the nineteen previously announced Special Presentations.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on March 4, 2009 under BAMcinemaFEST, DC Independent Film Festival, European Union Film Festival, Washington University African Film Festival |
Brooklyn Academy of Music Launches BAMcinemaFEST
The Brooklyn Academy of Music announced this week that, in honor of the 10th anniversary of its BAM Rose Cinemas, it will host a 16-day film festival-named BAMcinemaFEST-beginning June 17. The festival will open with Cruz Angeles’ Don’t Let Me Down, the story of two Brooklyn high school students. Read more …
DC Independent Film Festival, opening today
The 11-day DC Independent Film Festival, opening today, March 4, showcases 117 independent films from around the world, in 26 themed sessions. Each day of film has a different theme, ranging from “food, glorious food” to “future shock.” Read more …
Washington University African Film Festival will be held March 26-29
The annual Washington University African Film Festival will be held March 26-29. The event will feature films that emphasize movement and migration and their impact on African’s shifting identities. The festival opens with “Meteni: The Lost One,” a film about the nomads moving their herds through northeastern Ethiopia and the disastrous consequences when Meteni, a young Afar woman with two young children, becomes pregnant.
All screenings are free and open to the public and begin at 7 p.m. each evening in Brown Hall, Room 100. Read more …
14th European Union Film Festival in India from 5th March to 22nd April
The 14th European Union Film Festival in India will be held from 5th March to 22nd April 2009 in New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Kozihodhe, Chennai and Jamshedpur. A selection of contemporary film productions of nineteen European countries will be presented. The Film Festival will be inaugurated on 5th March 2009 at 6 pm at Siri Fort Auditorium II in Delhi.
The film “Czech Dream” open the festival, as the Czech Republic currently holds the Presidency of the European Union. “Czech Dream” is a film about a hypermarket that never existed. The directors Vit Klusak and Filip Remunda will be personally open the European Union Film Festival in Chennai. Read more …
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on February 14, 2009 under Berlinale International Film Festival |
Golden Bear for the Best Film
La teta asustada (The Milk Of Sorrow) by Claudia Llosa
Fausta is ill with a disease contracted from her mother’s breast milk known as “the milk of sorrow”. However, this is not a sickness caused by bacteria or infection: it is a condition that only affects those women in Peru who were abused or raped during the years of terrorist struggle.
Although this horrific period is now history, Fausta is nonetheless a living reminder of this time. Her sickness is called fear - and it has robbed her of her soul. But then, when her mother suddenly dies, Fausta is forced to face her fears. The overpowering nature of these fears, and the desperate lengths to which Fausta will go to assuage them is revealed by her biggest secret: in order to bar loathsome intruders from entering her body she has inserted a potato into her vagina as a kind of antibacterial ‘defence shield’. However, her mother’s death unleashes unexpected events that change Fausta’s life dramatically, as well as the lives of others involved. Fausta now sets out on a journey - a journey that will lead her out of her fear and into freedom.
Peruvian director Claudia Llosa’s film addresses a dark era of her country’s history. Established in 2001, the Peruvian ‘commission for truth and reconciliation’ (Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación, CVR) has registered almost 70,000 murder cases, as well as countless rapes, abductions and other human rights abuses in the period from 1980 to the year 2000.
Silver Bear - The Jury Grand Prix
Alle Anderen (Everyone else) by Maren Ade
and
Gigante by Adrián Biniez
Silver Bear - Best Director
Asghar Farhadi for Darbareye Elly (About Elly)
Silver Bear - Best Actress
Birgit Minichmayr in Alle Anderen (Everyone else) by Maren Ade
Silver Bear - Best Actor
Sotigui Kouyate in London River by Rachid Bouchareb
Silver Bear - Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Gábor Erdély and Tamás Székely for the Sound-Design of Katalin Varga by Peter Strickland
Silver Bear - Best Script
Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon for The Messenger by Oren Moverman
Alfred Bauer Prize
Gigante by Adrián Biniez
and
Tatarak (Sweet Rush)by Andrzej Wajda
Dialogue en perspective
Gitti byAnna Deutsch
Special Mention: Polar by Michael Koch
Generation 14 plus
Crystal Bear for the Best Feature Film
My Suicideby D avid Lee Miller
Special Mention: Mary and Max by Adam Elliot
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film
Aphrodite’s Farm by Adam Strange
Special Mention: Slavar by David Aronowitsch and Hanna Heilborn
Berlinale Shorts 2009
The Golden Bear: Please Say Something by David OReilly (Ireland)
The Silver Bear: Jade by Daniel Elliott (Great Britain)
DAAD Short Film Prize: The Illusion by Susana Barriga (Cuba)
Berlinale Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009:
Die Leiden des Herrn Karpf. Der Geburtstag by Lola Randl (Germany)
And two “Special Mentions” to
VU by Leila Albayaty and contre-jour by Christoph Girardet and Matthias Müller
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on February 5, 2009 under Hamptons International Film Festival, Imagine Science Film Festival, backup_festival |
Hamptons International Film Festival
Film Submissions for the 17th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival (October 8 - 12, 2009) are now open. For additional information on how to submit, including submission deadlines and guidelines, please click here.
NYU Tisch West Cinema Club
The NYU Tisch West Cinema Club is planning its March - August 2009 screening and guest speaker series. If you know someone who attended NYU and had a prominent role in making a short film that is available for screening, please let us know.
Documentary, fiction, animated, live-action, or music video-if the film has a director, producer, writer, principal cast member, or other comparable talent who attended NYU and could appear at a screening, we’d like to hear about it.
Each selected film receives promotion and a one-time screening with an alumni-related feature film at a prestigious venue in Los Angeles. The event includes audience Q&A (for the feature) and a reception. Last year’s features included The Eye, Get Smart, Hamlet 2, and Smart People.
To get more info or join the Cinema Club mailing list, email tischwest.cinemaclub@gmail.com
Imagine Science Film Festival
Imagine Science Films is now accepting film submissions for Imagine Science Films Festival 2009. Entries will be accepted until July 15th. Eligibility requirements, accepted formats and other information can be found on the website’s Film Submission page.
backup_festival
The 10-year-anniversary of the short movie and video festival “backup” in June 2008 was a raving success. Now the preparations for the next backup_festival are in full swing.
Experienced as well as new students devoted a lot of energy so this year’s festival will be an unforgettable event once again.
backup will open ist doors from May 21st to 24th 2009. For the 11th time backup will create a platform for cinematic works that defy rigid categorisations as themes and genres. Backup wants to provide these works a platform and grant them international attention.
As from this year, backup is part of the Bauhaus Institute of Film (BFI). The BFI’s focus on artistic, scientific and econimc issues in film praxis and theory provides the backup_festival with a more distinctive profile and a clear direction. Another addition to the festival is the introduction of an international debut movie competition, the backup.premiere.award.
The festival traditionally will take place in the unique atmosphere of Weimar’s old tram depot.
The current call for entries includudes the following contests: backup.award, back-up.clip.award, backup.(non)commercial.award and backup.premiere.award. Young artists from various fields will be competing for 7500 € prize money. The deadline for all entries is March 20th, 2009.
Posted by Joel Friedrich on January 29, 2009 under Spokane International Film Festival |
Award-winning features, documentaries, and short films from over 20 countries, from Austria to Taiwan, Morocco to Russia, in Spokane, Washington, at the Spokane International Film Festival, February 5 through 15 .
The official lineup and schedule
Thursday February 5 @ 6 pm - AMC
Rodrigo Plá • Mexico, 2008 • 110 mins.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Preceded by Next Floor • Canada, 2008 • 10 mins.
Opening Night Party after the Show!
Friday February 6 @ 6 pm - AMC
Sergey Dvortsevoy • Kazakhstan/Russia, 2008 • 100 mins.
In Kazakh with English subtitles.
Tulpan is the Best Foreign Language Academy Award submission from Kazakhstan.
Preceded by 48 Hour Film Festival Winners with filmmakers scheduled to attend.
Friday February 6 @ 9 pm - AMC
Tomas Alfredson • Sweden, 2008 • 114 mins.
In Swedish with English subtitles.
Preceded by Ouroboros • USA • 11 mins. with filmmakers scheduled to attend.
Saturday February 7 @ Noon - AMC
Sanjeev Chatterjee and Ali Habashi • USA, 2008 • 68 mins.
Ali Habashi is scheduled to attend.
Preceded by Out In The Cold • Canada, 2008 • 30 mins. with performer Erroll Kinistino scheduled to attend.
Saturday February 7 @ 3 pm - AMC
Ahmed El Maanouni • Morocco, 2007 • 84 mins.
In Arabic with English subtitles.
Director Ahmed El Maanouni is scheduled to attend.
Preceded by The Painting • Iran, 2007 • 21 mins.
Saturday February 7 @ 6 pm - AMC
Paulo Sorrentino • Italy, 2008 • 110 mins.
In Italian with English subtitles.
Preceded by Power Lunch • USA, 2008 • 9 mins.
Saturday February 7 @ 9 pm - AMC
Götz Spielmann • Austria, 2008 • 121 mins.
In German and Ukranian with English subtitles.
Revanche is nominated for the Best Foreign Language Academy Award.
Preceded by Space • USA, 2008 • 12 mins. with filmmakers scheduled to attend.
Sunday February 8 @ Noon - AMC
Tina Mascara & Guido Santi • USA, 2008 • 90 mins.
Tina Mascara & Guido Santi are scheduled to attend.
Preceded by Awkward • Canada, 2008 • 7 mins.
Sunday February 8 @ 3 pm - AMC
Geoffrey Smith • UK, 2007 • 94 mins.
Preceded by Open Your Eyes • USA, 2008 • 13 mins.
Sunday February 8 @ 6 pm - AMC
Claude Miller • France, 2007 • 105 mins.
In French with English subtitles.
Preceded by The Inquisitive Snail • Canada, 2008 • 1 min., with filmmaker scheduled to attend, and Comfort Woman (Wianbu) • USA, 2008 • 11 mins.
Spotlight on Animation
Monday February 9 @ 7 pm - Magic Lantern
Tao Ruspoli • USA, 2008 • 90 mins.
Tao Ruspoli is scheduled to attend.
Preceded by The Art of Getting Over It • USA, 2008 • 24 mins. with actor, producer, director Trevor St. John scheduled to attend, and Knock Knock Who’s There? • USA • 9 mins.
Tuesday February 10 @ 7 pm - Magic Lantern
David Vahey • USA, 2009 • 93 mins.
David Vahey and Matt Lindland are scheduled to attend.
Preceded by Interpretation • USA • 9 mins.
Wednesday February 11 @ 7 pm - Magic Lantern
Dempsey Tillman • USA, 2008 • 15 mins.
Screening with
Narenjak • Australia • 8 mins.
Only Love • USA • 15 mins. Spotlight on Animation
Cigarettes and Fresh Air • USA • 24 mins. with filmmakers scheduled to attend.
Gaining Ground • Germany • 21 mins.
Broken Rainbow • USA • 9 mins. Spotlight on Animation
2095 • USA • 20 mins.
Thursday February 12 @ 6 pm - AMC
Nae Caranfil • Romania, 2007 • 140 mins.
In Romanian and French with English subtitles.
The Rest is Silence is the Best Foreign Language Academy Award submission from Romania.
Preceded by Forever • USA, 2008 • 4 mins. with director Todd Tinkham scheduled to attend.
Valentine’s Party after the Show!
Friday February 13 @ 6 pm - AMC
Tae-gyun Kim • South Korea, 2008 • 107 mins.
In Korean with English subtitles.
Crossing is the Best Foreign Language Academy Award submission from Korea.
Preceded by Dry Rain • USA, 2008 • 23 mins. with director Matthew J. Clark, writer Pete Fromm, and musical artists scheduled to attend.
Friday February 13 @ 9 pm - AMC
Fatih Akin • Germany/Turkey/Italy, 2007 • 122 mins.
In German, Turkish, and English with English subtitles.
Preceded by The Perfect Match • Canada, 2008 • 5 mins.
Saturday February 14 @ Noon - AMC
Lolis Eric Elie & Dawn Logsdon
USA, 2008 • 68 mins.
Preceded by Downstream • USA/Canada, 2008 • 35 mins.
Saturday February 14 @ 3 pm - AMC
Toshifumi Matsushita • Bolivia/Japan, 2008 • 104 mins.
In Quechua with English subtitles.
Toshifumi Matsushita is scheduled to attend.
Preceded by Baiana • Canada, 2008 • 6 mins.
Saturday February 14 @ 6 pm - AMC
Doris Dörrie • Germany, 2008 • 127 mins.
In German and Japanese with English subtitles.
Preceded by Yellow Sticky Notes • Canada, 2008 • 6 mins. with director Jeff Chiba Stearns scheduled to attend.
Spotlight on Animation
Saturday February 14 @ 9 pm - AMC
Chung Mung-Hong • Taiwan, 2008 • 104 mins.
In Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese with English subtitles.
Preceded by C Block • Canada, 2008 • 4 mins.
Spotlight on Animation
Sunday February 15 @ Noon - AMC
Marina Razbezhkina • Russia, 2008 • 103 mins.
In Russian with English subtitles.
Preceded by My Inventions • Canada, 2008 • 15 mins. with director Robert Holbrook scheduled to attend.
Sunday February 15 @ 3 pm - AMC
Andrzej Jakimowski • Poland, 2007 • 95 mins.
In Polish with English subtitles.
Tricks is the Best Foreign Language Academy Award submission from Poland.
Preceded by For a Few Marbles More • Netherlands, 2008 • 11 mins. in Dutch with English subtitles.
Sunday February 15 @ 6 pm - AMC
Denny Tedesco • USA, 2008 • 98 mins.
Denny Tedecsco is scheduled to attend.
Preceded by ctrl z • Canada, 2008 • 6 mins.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on December 19, 2008 under Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) |
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) drew to a close last night with a stunning award ceremony to recognize the best films in the festival and in the AsiaAfrica and Arab Muhr Competitions.
The Muhr Awards was expanded this year to include a new AsiaAfrica segment, which embraces films from emerging markets. Some of the entries were submitted from Afghanistan, Turkey, Cameroon and Kazakhstan. The Muhr Awards for Excellence in Arab Cinema was strong than ever this year, with an increased number of applications from filmmakers all over the Middle East and around the world.
Masoud Amralla al Ali, DIFF’s Artistic Director, said: “This year our jury members were hard at work trying to evaluate the merits of truly excellent films. We are extremely proud of the films that we have screened, and choosing between them was very difficult. However, we are pleased with the results, and hope to see these filmmakers back at DIFF in following years with new projects.”
At the beginning of the evening, three awards were presented to Emirati filmmakers: the prize for Best Emirati Talent went to Haydar Mohammed. Best Emirati Female Filmmaker was presented to Nujoom Al Ghanem, and Best Emirati Filmmaker went to Saeed Salmeen Al-Murry.
For the first time, the International Federation of Film Critics, or FIPRESCI, awarded a Best Arab Film prize to one of the films in the Arab Muhr Competition. The prize went to MASQUERADES by Lyes Salem.
Arab Muhr Competition
Short Films:
- First Prize: LA ROUTE DU NORD (THE NORTH ROAD) by Carlos Chahine
- Special Jury Prize: BINT MARIAM by Saeed Salmeen Al-Murry
- Second Prize: SA’ET ASARY (AT DAY’S END) by Sherif El Bendary
Documentary:
- First Prize: THAKIRAT L SABBAR: HIKAYAT THALATH QURA FALASTEENIA (MEMORY OF HE CACTUS: A STORY OF THREE PALESTINIAN VILLAGES) by Hanna Musleh
- Special Jury Prize: SAMAAN BIDIYAA (THE ONE MAN VILLAGE) by Simon El Habre
- Second Prize: MARINA OF THE ZABBALEEN by Engi Wassef
Best Cinematographer: Luca Coassin for CASANEGRA
Best Composer: Sylvain Rifflet for ADHEN - DERNIER MAQUIS
Best Editor: Nicolas Bancilhon for ADHEN - DERNIER MAQUIS
Best Screenplay: Annemarie Jacir for MILH HADHA AL-BAHR (SALT OF THIS SEA)
Best Actress: Hafsia Herzi for FRANCAISE
Best Actor: Anas Elbaz and Omar Lotfi for CASANEGRA
Feature Film:
- Best Film: MASQUERADES by Lyes Salem
- Special Jury Prize: ADHEN - DERNIER MAQUIS by Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche
Muhr AsiaAfrica Awards
Short Films:
- First Prize: SHAO NIAN XUE (YOUNG BLOOD) by Haolun Shu
- Special Jury Prize: EXPECTATIONS by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Second Prize: KAM SANABANYZ (EVERYTHING IS OK) by Akjoltoy Bekbolotov
Documentary:
- First Prize: MENTAL by Kazuhiro Soda
- Special Jury Prize: XIAO LI ZI (SURVIVAL SONG) by Guangyi Yu
- Second Prize: UNE AFFARIE DE NEGRES (BLACK BUSINESS) by Osvalde Lewat
Best Cinematorgrapher: Reza Teymouri for ARAM BASH VA TA HAFT BESHMAR (BE CALM AND COUNT TO SEVEN)
Best Composer: Jorga Mesfin, Vijay Iyer for TEZA
Best Editor: Sreekar Prasad for FIRAAQ
Best Screenplay: Deepa Mehta for HEAVEN ON EARTH
Best Actress: Anh Hong for TRANG NOI DAY GIENG (MOON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL)
Best Actor: Askhat Kuchinchirekov for TULPAN
Feature Film:
- Best Film: TREELESS MOUNTAIN by So Yong Kim
- Special Jury Prize: KYUKA (VACATION) by Hajime Kadoi
The festival had previously announced the results of the second annual Dubai Film Connection (DFC), established to bring Arab and international film professionals together. DFC selected 18 projects from 108 submissions, of which three were awarded a USD 25, 000 Dubai International Film Festival Prize: This is my Picture When I Was Dead, by Mahmoud al Massad (Jordan-Netherlands); Barbershop Trinity, by Chadi Zeneddine (Lebanon); and Ouardia Once Had Sons, by Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria-Morocco). The three producers of the three projects will attend the prestigious 2009 Cannes Producers Network.
Every Day is a Holiday, by Dima El-Hor (Lebanon-France) won the DIFF Desert Door Work in Progress Award, the 6000 Euro ‘International Relations’ prize from French broadcaster Arte went to Death for Sale, by Faouzi Bensaiei (Morocco-France-Belgium); and the new Bahrain Film Production Company Works in Progress Award went to When I Saw You, by Annemarie Jacir (Palestine-Jordan). The new Young Journalist Award, instituted in 2008 to stimulate interest in film criticism as a career in the region, went to Melissa Khan of Mahe Manipal University in Dubai. [via]
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 26, 2008 under International Film Festival of India (IFFI) |
“Through the Eyes of a Painter, ” a documentary by a controversial Indian artist M.S. Husain will be shown at the International Film Festival of India, despite protest by hardline Hindu nationalists, organizers said Wednesday. Two right-wing groups had protested against M.S. Husain’s 1967 film , and earlier succeeded in getting it taken off the festival’s schedule.
But festival director S.M. Khan told a news conference: “Husain’s film was just deferred. That means it will be shown again. The documentary will be shown during the festival.”
The Hindu groups had objected to the now 93-year-old artist’s work because of a lingering controversy about his paintings of nude Hindu deities. That led to court cases, attacks on his house and death threats. Goan authorities asked for the documentary to be deferred over fears about law and order. [via]
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 22, 2008 under International Film Festival of India (IFFI) |
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was officially opened in the resort state of Goa Saturday but immediately ran into controversy with hardline Hindu nationalists.
The Sanatan Sanstha and Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) movements protested against the scheduled screening of M.F. Husain’s 1960s documentary “Through the Eyes of a Painter,” which was shown at the Berlin Film Festival and won a Golden Bear award.
Maqbool Fida Husain, 93, is one of India’s best-known artists and has even been referred to as the country’s Picasso.
But he became embroiled in controversy in the mid-1990s over his paintings of nude Hindu deities that led to court cases, attacks on his house and death threats.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 30, 2008 under Bel Air Film Festival |
The first annual Bel Air Film Festival has unveiled its lineup of films to be screened in Bel Air and Beverly Hills from November 14 until November 19, 2008.
November 14th
Louise Dahl-Wolfe: Painting With Light
This short documentary film on the life of Louise Dahl-Wolfe draws upon her art and her personality. The documentary reviews how Dahl-Wolfe “discovered” Lauren Bacall, who at the time was a young actress (seventeen years-of-age) and worked as a model. It was Dahl-Wolfe’s photos of Bacall that film producer Harry Warner saw, and subsequently asked Bacall that she come to Hollywood for a screen test. As a result, Bacall was cast opposite Humphrey Bogart in the film To Have and Have Not (1944).
James Gill Full Circle
This is the story of pop artist James Gill and his meteoric rise to fame in the art world. This Texan goes from unknown to a museum acquired artist in less then 3 months. He is chosen as one of the top american artists in the San Palo exhibit along with Warhol, Rosenquist and Lichtenstein.Then at the zenith of his career, he walks away leaving behind celebrity status after running with the likes of Tony Curtis and John Wayne. Thought to be dead by those in the art world, after a 30 year hiatus, he returns with a bold, new style. This time around he carries with him a renewed sense of self, serenity and wisdom. He is not chasing the ghost of Warhol but hope to catch up with Picasso and Rembrandt.
Leo
The Helping Hands Community Outreach has placed Leo into a job that he can enjoy and feel proud of. An alone and quite man, whose simple gratification comes from videogames, movies and childish romantic crushes. Slow and always left out, this office gopher is always happy to be the first one in, and the last one to leave. Leo is the teddybear surrounded by foxes and wolves, a pure victim in a hungry world of corporate finance. A melting pot of people, whose reasons for being there range from mere enjoyment of numbers, to the need to claw the corporate ladder of success. Who and how they ascend can sometimes be unkind and criminal, but once in a while someone comes to orchestrate the perfect crime. A deployment of deception over the course of years. This is no gun-toting hold up but a slow casual walking away with the grandest of treasure… Penny by penny over time, dripping from the innumerable accounts, someone from this small firm has remained incognito… till now.
November 15th
7:00pm | Aidikoff Theater | 150 South Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills 90212
Carissa
“Carissa” is a documentary short that tells the story of Carissa Phelps. Last year, Carissa graduated with both a law degree and an MBA from UCLA. But when she was 12, she was homeless and forced into prostitution in Fresno. The film tells Carissa’s inspirational story as we travel back with her to the places it happened.
“Carissa” has won jury prizes at four film festivals, including Best Documentary Short at the Newport Beach Film Festival, and was featured in USA Today and on Good Morning America. It is directed by David Sauvage, a classmate of Carissa’s at UCLA and son of documentary filmmaker Pierre Sauvage. The film is also Executive Produced by Davis Guggenheim, the Academy Award-winning director of “An Inconvenient Truth” and Jamie McCourt, Owner and President of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and sponsored by Virgin Mobile and the Los Angeles Dodgers Dream Foundation.
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Heckler
HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some interesting questions of people such as George Lucas, Bill Maher, Mike Ditka, Rob Zombie and many more. This fast moving, hilarious documentary pulls no punches as you see an uncensored look at just how nasty and mean the fight is between those in the spotlight and those in the dark. Winner of the 2007 HBO Comedy Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and AFI Film Festival. Produced by Jamie Kennedy and Michael Addis. Directed by Michael Addis
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November 17th
3:00pm | Aidikoff Theater | 150 South Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills 90212
“The Jill and Tony Curtis Story”
The Jill & Tony Curtis Story proves the key to fulfillment comes from something much more rewarding than fame or fortune. Screen legend Tony Curtis himself claims he’s never been happier than he is now. Meeting the young, beautiful Jill Vandenberg in 1992, he could not have imagined how much she would change his life. An award-winning equestrian, Jill grew up loving horses and broke down in tears at her computer one day upon discovering how each year over a 100,000 horses of all ages, often in the best of health, are being brutally slaughtered for human consumption overseas. Right then and there Jill knew her life’s purpose. And when she told Tony-who rode in many films-the terrifying fate of these horses, he offered to do all he could to help her rescue them. Jill and Tony Curtis are a fascinating couple whose double-life adventures, though non-stop, never distract them from what matters most. Join them in a great variety of experiences, including an actual slaughter auction in Utah (never before filmed, since cameras are forbidden); Tony’s private art studio in Nevada, where the acclaimed painter transforms a blank canvas into a work as colorful as his conversation; a celebrity convention in Los Angeles that includes Debbie Reynolds and Angie Dickinson; the many happenings at Shiloh, the horse rescue they founded in a desert valley not far from Las Vegas; and their visit to the nation’s capitol-where, along with Bo Derek, Jill and Tony share their compassion to persuade representatives and senators to vote for a bill to stop the slaughter of horses in America. Whether feeding an infant burro with a giant baby bottle or telling anecdotes about Marilyn Monroe to captivated students, Tony never loses his legendary humor. All leads up to Jill and Tony truly knowing fulfillment as they celebrate the rescue of their 400th horse.
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November 19th | Free Event
Blessed Is The Match Sponsored by the Zigi Siering Institute
7:00pm | American Jewish University | 15600 Mulholland Dr., Bel-Air. California 90077
Honoree: Producer Marta Kauffman (Friends)
Q & A by Director Roberta Grossman following the screening.
Blessed is the Match
Narrated by three-time Academy Award nominee Joan Allen, Blessed Is the Match is the first documentary feature about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper, resistance fighter and modern-day Joan of Arc. Safe in Palestine in 1944, Hannah joined a mission to rescue Hungary’s Jews. Shockingly, it was the only outside rescue mission for Jews during the Holocaust. Hannah parachuted behind enemy lines, was captured, tortured and ultimately executed by the Nazis. Incredibly, her mother Catherine witnessed the entire ordeal - first as a prisoner with Hannah and later as her advocate, braving the bombed-out streets of Budapest in a desperate attempt to save her daughter.
With unprecedented access to the Senesh family archive, this powerful story unfolds through the writings and photographs of Hannah and Catherine Senesh.
RSVP to Tosha at tpetronicolos@ajula.com
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