Winner of Best Picture at the 2008 Latin American Film Festival, Best Latin American Film at the 2008 Montreal World Film Festival. Plot: Tantalizing and sexy, cult director Eliseo Subiela’s latest film explores the tantric possibilities of sexual imaginations and awakenings. This thoughtful film delves into mysticism and spirituality. When 19-year-old Eloy sleepwalks and crashes through the...
Film News: Competish fierce for five foreign-language slots -- Sixty-five countries vie for one of Oscar's coveted five foreign-lingo slots. Get to know the competition.
International News: Drama wins Louve d'Or prize at film fest -- The 38th Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema's Louve d'Or prize went to writer-helmer Yorgos Lanthimos' "Dogtooth" on Saturday.
Film News: Greek pic nabs to award at Montreal's oldest film fest -- The Louve d'Or, the top prize at the Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema, went to the Greek pic "Dogtooth" from writer-helmer Yorgos Lanthimos
BIG Pictures' will be showcasing its films at the Pusan International Film Festival and the London Film Festival this month.The 14th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) to be held from 8 - 16 October in Korea will screen Malayalam film Kutty Srank (Sailor of Hearts) and Bengali film Abohomaan (The Eternal) in 'A Window on Asian Cinema' section on 9 October. The 53rd ...
Just as Iranian’s were protesting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presence at the UN Council here in New York City this week, Iranian filmmakers at the San Sebastian Film festival were protesting his arrival as well: “At the San Sebastian Film Festival yesterday, filmmakers Hana and Samira Makhmalbaf (of “Green Days” ) led a protest against Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s...
At the San Sebastian Film Festival yesterday, filmmakers Hana and Samira Makhmalbaf (of "Green Days") led a protest against Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presence at the UN Council. It was the latest salvo by Iranian filmmakers against their current government, and it could go on as long as there are festivals where Iranian filmmakers are in attendance, just as Jafar Panahi and...
International News: Festival features arthouse films -- The 38th Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema, the city's oldest major film fest, will include pics from some of arthouse cinema's biggest names.
Nelson Wyatt's article covers what sounds like an interesting film. In the 40-plus years since Quebecers began proclaiming some desire to become sovereign, more than 100 countries have achieved independence. But not Quebec. It has more political power, it has gone through two referendums - one in which sovereigntists came achingly close to winning - but it's still part of Canada. The fate of non-sovereign...
Asia: Pic won Montreal fest screenplay prize -- Ryoichi Kimizuka's "Dare mo Mamote Kurenai" (Nobody to Watch Over Me) has been named as Japan's entry for the foreign-language film Oscar, the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan announced on Thursday.
Filed under: Gossip , Movies , News , Video Movie - " Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! " is the story of a Jewish family living in Long Island, where every Friday night Shirley Hirsch (Lainie Kazan) invites another "perfect" girl for Shabbat dinner in hopes that her son, Nelson (John Lloyd Young), will marry a nice Jewish girl. Things get interesting when she finds out that her dreams of...
Algerian-French director Tony Gatlif's film Korkoro was a big winner at the Montreal World Film Festival, taking the audience prize and the Grand Prix des Americas, the festival's top jury prize.
TORONTO – French director Tony Gatlif’s “Korkoro” (Freedom), a film about gypsies rounded up in Nazi-occupied France, on Monday earned top honors at the Montreal World Film Festival. The Holocaust drama, which portrays the second World War through Europe’s Roma population, earned Gatlif the juried Grand Prix des Americas prize and the top audience award in [...]
Film News: Gatlif film wins Grand Prix des Americas -- Algerian-born helmer Tony Gatlif's "Freedom" nabbed the Montreal World Film Festival's Grand Prix des Americas at the closing ceremony on Monday night.
PUNCTURED HOPE triumphs at the Montreal World Film Festival. (PRWeb Sep 6, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/puncturedhope/torontopictures/prweb2838634.htm
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