Posted by editor@vimooz.com on January 3, 2009 under Williams College Queer Film Festival | 
The Dively Committee for Human Sexuality and Diversity will present the Williams College Queer Film Festival 2009 from Jan. 16 through 22 at Images Cinema, 50 Spring St, Williamstown, Massachussets.
The lineup:
Images Cinema, Friday 16th - Thursday 22nd January, 2009
(last updated December 1 2008)
FRIDAY 16 JANUARY
The Edge of Heaven (8:00 pm; 122 min.)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (midnight)
- with the Come Again Players from South Hadley
SATURDAY 17 JANUARY
Breakfast with Scot (11:30 am; COFFEE AND DONUTS AT 11:00 am)
Shortbus (4:00 pm; 101 min.) (pictured)
- followed by Q/A and conversation with John Cameron Mitchell
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (9:00 pm; 95 min.)
- followed by dance party with Mitchell as DJ
SUNDAY 18 JANUARY
But I’m a Cheerleader (1:00 pm; 85 min.; BRUNCH AT NOON)
MONDAY 19 JANUARY
Rag Tag (8:00 pm; 98 min.)
TUESDAY 20 JANUARY (an evening screening of 2 documentaries; a one-admission double bill)
Saving Marriage (7:00 pm; 90 min.)
Be Like Others (8:45 pm; 74 min.)
WEDNESDAY 21 JANUARY
XXY (8:00 pm; 86 min.)
THURSDAY 22 JANUARY
The Bubble / Buah, Ha (8:00 pm; 117 min.)
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Tags: Be Like Others, Breakfast with Scot, But I'm a Cheerleader, Dively Committee for Human Sexuality and Diversity, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, John Cameron Mitchell, Rag Tag, Saving Marriage, Shortbus, The Bubble / Buah Ha, The Edge Of Heaven, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, v, Williams College Queer Film Festival 2009, XXY
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on December 23, 2008 under San Joaquin International Film Festival |
The San Joaquin Film Society announces the 2009 SJFS Spring Gala and the Official Selection of Cinema Italia series, to take place February 21 to 23, 2009 at the Stockton Empire Theatre.
SJFS Spring Gala will be held on the Opening Night of Cinema Italia, on February 21, 2009, and will be an exquisite celebration featuring the highly-anticipated announcement of The Official Selection of the first 100 films of May 2009’s San Joaquin International Film Festival, the California Central Valley’s premier celebration of global cinema. Guests at the Gala will be treated to complimentary Italian-American appetizers and fine wine.
Experience three nights of Cinema Italia, from February 21 to 23, 2009: Opening with Silvio Soldini’s “Days and Clouds,” (pictured above) the 5-time, David di Donatello Award-nominated (Italian Oscar®) drama about a well-to-do Italian family in a time of economic hardships after the breadwinning husband is fired from his high-paying job; a retrospective screening of Ferzan Ozpetek’s “Facing Windows,” about a married bookkeeper’s constant desire for her handsome neighbor and a friendship with a Jewish Holocaust survivor who changed her life; Agostino Ferrente’s keepsake of the heart-warming, cross-cultural creation of “The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio;” and Il Film Corto, a rare and riveting, discovery collection of six short films from rising and new Italian directors making USA and California premieres, including Andrea Lodovichetti’s “Under My Garden” - winner of Spike Lee’s 2008 Babelgum Online Film Festival Looking For Genius Award, about a boy’s passion for insects and desire to solve a local murder mystery.
The eclectic collection share the themes of family, immigration, romance, friendship, cultural exchange, globalization, the economy, history, coming-of-age, sports, and ethical issues.
Feature Films
1. “Giorni e nuvole / Days and Clouds” by Silvio Soldini (Italy, Switzerland - 2008) Spring Gala - Opening Night
2. “La Finestra di fronte / Facing Windows” by Ferzan Ozpetek (Italy, Turkey, Portugal, UK - 2003)
3. “L’Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio / The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio” by Agostino Ferrente (Italy - 2006)
Il Film Corto - Italian Short Films Discovery Programme
4. “Il Malato / Sick of It” by Antonello Schioppa (Italy - 2007) USA Premiere
5. “Lo Zio / The Uncle” by Duccio Chiarini (Italy, 2008)
6. “Oggi ho altro da fare / Today I Have Something Else to Do” by Antonello Schioppa (Italy - 2007) USA Premiere
7. “Sotto il mio giardino / Under My Garden” by Andrea Lodovichetti (Italy, 2007) California Premiere
8. “Voci di donne Native e Migranti / Voices of Native Italian and Migrant Women” by Rossella Piccinnio (Italy, 2008) USA Premiere
9. “Wanted in Rome” by Rossella De Venuto and Ji Un Choi (Italy, 2008) USA Premiere
Tags: Agostino Ferrente, Andrea Lodovichetti, Babelgum Online Film Festival, Cinema Italia, Days and Clouds, Facing Windows, Ferzan Ozpetek, Holocaust, Il Film Corto, Jewish, Looking For Genius Award, San Joaquin Film Society, San Joaquin International Film Festival, Silvio Soldini, Spike Lee, The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio, Under My Garden, v
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on December 18, 2008 under Berlinale International Film Festival, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival |
The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival announced today the official selection of the festival’s Culture Shock program for the Forum Expanded section of the Berlin International Film Festival. This program of works was commissioned by the imagineNATIVE festival and will have its European premiere in Berlin in February 2009.
Curated by Steven Loft (Mohawk), Culture Shock is a program of video works by Canadian Aboriginal artists Bonnie Devine (Ojibway), Keesic Douglas (Ojibway), Darryl Nepinak (Saulteaux) and Bear Witness (Cayuga) commissioned by the imagineNATIVE festival in partnership with the Goethe-Institut Toronto and V tape. Curatorial participation for the project was supported by the National Gallery of Canada, and production was supported by Charles St. Video, SAW Video and the Winnipeg Film Group.
For the program, four artists were selected to respond to two films from West and East German film collections, provided by the Goethe-Institut Toronto. The films represented classic German cinematic interpretations of Indigenous North Americans from the 1960s, such as the infamous Winnetou films based on Karl May’s novels popular in West German cinema and the so-called “Red Westerns” created by East Germany’s legendary DEFA studios. The artists created four new video works in response to the two films that had their world premiere at imagineNATIVE in October 2008. The Culture Shock program was accompanied by a publication provided by V tape with essays by curator Steven Loft and guest writer Stephen S. Foster.
imagineNATIVE’s Artistic Director Danis Goulet stated: “The presentation of Culture Shock will be a landmark showing of Canadian Indigenous-made works at the Berlin International Film Festival and represents a breakthrough year. It is a significant accomplishment for the artists and curator of the program to have their incredible works presented in such a renowned and international forum.”
Tags: Bear Witness, Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale International Film Festival, Bonnie Devine, Canadian Aboriginal, Cayuga, Culture Shock, Darryl Nepinak, Goethe-Institut Toronto, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Keesic Douglas, Ojibway, Saulteaux, v
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 31, 2008 under Rome International Film Festival |
Two political films emerge the winners at the Rome International Festival today. Resolution 819 by Giacomo Battiato was awarded the The Audience Award for Best Film and Opium War by Siddiq Barmak was awarded The Critics Award for Best Film.
THE AUDIENCE AWARD
The Golden Marc’Aurelio Audience Award for Best Film
RESOLUTION 819 by Giacomo Battiato
[United Nations Resolution 819 guaranteed the safety and protection of the Muslim populations Srebrenica, Bosnia. In July 1985, General Mladic's Bosnian Serb soldiers took the protected area, under the eyes of the completely passive UN troops. Thousands were deported, of which 8000, mostly old people and children, completely disappeared. The International Criminal Tribunal at The Hague sent volunteer French investigator Jacques Calvez to find out what really happened to those people. It is a journey into hell. Jacques faces many kinds of adversity in a country still at war and, alone from the start, is met with hatred and sorrow. He will fight for years to find the mass graves and prove that innocent men were tortured and killed by the criminals lead by Karadzic and Mladic.]
THE AWARDS ASSIGNED BY THE CRITICS’ JURY
A jury, composed of Edoardo Bruno, Michel Ciment, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Emanuel Levy, and Roman Gutek, assigns the Marc’Aurelio Critics’ Award in three different categories:
The Golden Marc’Aurelio Critics’ Award for Best Film
OPIUM WAR by Siddiq Barmak
[In a far mountainous place after Taliban regime in Afghanistan, two American soldiers - one white officer and the other an African-American soldier - are lost after their helicopter had crashed. The soldier waits for a chance to run away from the officer while the wounded officer coerces the soldier with a pistol to carry him around. The two are in discords but they need each other to survive in the hostile land. When they cross the poppy field, the two soothe the pain from the hurt, fatigue and dread from the war by licking the substance of the poppy capsules. They soon notice armored personal carriers (APC) with a white flag in the middle of the poppy field, a symbol of Taliban. With nothing much in their hands, they begin attacking the vehicles. But what they find inside in the APCs is an Afghan family living inside...]
Alicenella città Under 12 Prize for Best Film (ages 8 - 12)
MAGIQUE! by Philippe Muyl
Alicenella città Over 12 Prize for Best Film (ages 13 – 17)
SUMMER by Kenneth Glenaan
The Silver Marc’Aurelio Critics’ Award for Best Actress
DONATELLA FINOCCHIARO for Galantuomini by Edoardo Winspeare
The Silver Marc’Aurelio Critics’ Award for Best Actor
BOHDAN STUPKA for Serce na dloni (With a Warm Heart) by Krzysztof Zanussi
SPECIAL MENTION:
A CORTE DO NORTE (Northern land), by João Botelho
AIDE TOI , LE CIEL T’AIDERA (With a Little Help from Myself) by François Dupeyron
THE ACTING AWARDS
The Golden Marc’Aurelio Acting Award to Gina Lollobrigida
The statuette for the Golden and Silver Marc’Aurelio Awards to be assigned by the third edition of the International Rome Film Festival was expressly designed for the Festival by Sinisca, internationally renowned artist, made in 9 copies. Sinisca’s association with the cinema is long-standing, and several paintings he created for films will be exhibited on the evening of the awards ceremony.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 23, 2008 under CLIP | Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festiva |
The Clip Film Festival (Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival) has been recognized as a 2008 Urban Excellence Award winner by the Tampa Downtown Partnership at their annual Urban Excellence Awards program, held at Maestro’s within the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center on Tuesday evening, October 20th.
“This is wonderful news” according to Clip Film Festival Executive Director, Chuck Henson. “As an organization, it is important for us to be seen as a community arts and cultural event, one where all people are welcome. This award from the Tampa Downtown Partnership, combined with the recognition earlier this year from the Tampa Bay Business Journal as a “top 25″ event in Tampa Bay and our two previous ‘Best of the Bay’ awards from Creative Loafing as the Best Local Film Festival (2006, 2007) helps us send a consistent message of welcome to all of Tampa Bay. We are committed to downtown Tampa and look forward to celebrating the Clip Film Festival’s 20th anniversary in the beautiful Tampa Theatre next October.”
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on under U.S. Sports Film Festival |
The U.S. Sports Film Festival kicks off tonight in Philadelphia with the film “Running the Sahara.” The documentary is produced and narrated by Matt Damon. The actor has become involved in several charitable organizations, most notably the H2O Africa Foundation. “Running the Sahara” chronicles three runners who made an unprecedented 111-day trek across the Sahara Desert. The film calls attention to the agenda of H2O Africa Foundation, which attempts to ensure an adequate supply of water to the continent of Africa.
Read more in The Bulletin
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 13, 2008 under Vancouver International Film Festival |
The 27th annual Vancouver International Film Festival concluded its 16-day run on Friday with the closing gala screening of Laurent Cantet’s film THE CLASS ( Entre les murs ) The winners of five juried awards and five audience awards were announced prior to the screening; a sixth juried award was announced previously.
JURIED AWARDS
Citytv Western Canada Feature Film Award
The jury for the Canadian Images program awarded the Citytv Western Canada Feature Film Award and its $12,000 cash prize to director Kari Skogland of B.C. for FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING . Other films in competition included 45 RPM, CONTROL ALT DELETE, CRIME, EDISON AND LEO, MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS, SHELTERED LIFE, STONE OF DESTINY and WHEN LIFE WAS GOOD.
VIFF Nonfiction Feature Award
The award went to the Mexican documentary BORN WITHOUT directed by the late Eva Norvind. Special Mention was given Canada’s FIERCE LIGHT: WHEN SPIRIT MEETS ACTION directed by Velcrow Ripper. The jury said, “BORN WITHOUT won the Nonfiction Feature Award for challenging our perceptions on being disabled through the life of one extraordinary man propelled by the love of family to live life to the fullest.” The jury chose FIERCE LIGHT for special mention “for its power to involve and inspire us with a personal journey that combines spiritual beliefs with relevant social action”. Fourteen features were in competition. Dimitri Eipides presented the award.
Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film
The Canadian Images jury has awarded a $2,000 cash award and a $2,500 Avid Media Composer software package to director Drew McCreadie of Vancouver for the film THE VALET. The competition was open to first time filmmakers.
Women in Film & Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award
Tantoo Cardinal has won the Artistic Merit Award from Women in Film & Television Vancouver for MOTHERS&DAUGHTERS. WIFTV board member, Tracey Schaeffer, presented the award, which is given annually to a B.C. woman filmmaker or performer of distinction whose work appeared at VIFF this year .
International Film Guide Inspiration Award
The inaugural International Film Guide Inspiration Award for “unique visual style, daring content and expansive execution by an emerging filmmaker” was awarded to Cameron Labine of B.C. for the film CONTROL ALT DELETE . The award includes the 2008 and 2009 editions of the International Film Guide, a collection of books from various Wallflower Press series and a library of 10 classic DVDs drawn from the Criterion Collection of world cinema masterpieces, with a combined cash value of $2,500. VIFF Canadian Images programmer Terry McEvoy presented the award.
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Rogers People’s Choice Award for the Most Popular Film
The French film I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (Il y a longtemps que je t’aime) , directed by Philippe Claudel, has won the Rogers People’s Choice Award for Most Popular Film. It is an engrossing family drama starring Kristin Scott Thomas. The award was announced by Thor Diakow, entertainment reporter for Citytv, a division of Rogers.
documentary Audience Award
The audience chose the American film THROW DOWN YOUR HEART for the inaugural documentary Sascha Paladino, it is about banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck’s musical journey to Africa. VIFF showed 102 documentaries throughout the festival. Audience Award. Directed by
VIFF Most Popular Canadian Film Award
Carl Bessai’s MOTHERS&DAUGHTERS has won the VIFF Most Popular Canadian Film Award.
National Film Board’s Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award
FIERCE LIGHT: WHEN SPIRIT MEETS ACTION , by Velcrow Ripper won the prize of $2,500 in NFB technical services towards his next film. The prize was presented by Selwyn Jacob, producer, Pacific and Yukon Centre, National Film Board of Canada.
VIFF Environmental Film Audience Award
BLUE GOLD: WORLD WATER WARS, a documentary directed by Sam Bozzo that had its world-premiere at the VIFF, has won the VIFF Environmental Film Audience Award. The award was announced by festival director Alan Franey.
Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema (previously announced)
The $10,000 Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema, which is sponsored by Brad Birarda, went to Emily Tang for PERFECT LIFE (Hong Kong/China). Presented to the director of a creative and innovative film from East Asia that has not yet won significant international recognition, the award was previously announced on October 2.
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