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Filmaka Revs up "Mustang Stories" for Ford Motor Company
First Winning Short Film Introduced by Filmmakers During Tonight's Premiere of NBC's KNIGHT RIDER LOS ANGELES -- Filmaka (www.filmaka.com) an online global creative community and marketplace, celebrates life in the fast lane with Ford Motor Company and advertising agency JWT Team Detroit to offer filmmakers a chance to write...
Tags: entertainment, filmmaker, Ford Motor Co., MARKETING
Research articles 2008-09-24
Japan's Takeshi Kitano brings 'cruel art' to Venice
VENICE, Italy AFP — Japan's Takeshi Kitano on Thursday completed his trilogy on the creative process as he unveiled his "Achilles and the Tortoise" at the Venice film festival. Driving headlong towards a validation of art for art's sake, the new film traces a man's lifelong quest to win...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, CAREER, director, filmmaker, Japan
Research articles 2008-08-28
New Season of "Independent Lens" Premieres on PBS With "CHICAGO 10," Wednesday, October 22 at 9 PM
The Emmy® Award-winning weekly PBS series " Independent Lens " returns in October with its most provocative and entertaining lineup to date. Once again hosted by Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard , "Independent Lens" takes viewers across the country and around the world, exploring subjects as diverse...
Tags: filmmaker, Lens, PBS, Texas, TVs
Research articles 2008-08-26
Stars to shine on Toronto film festival
OTTAWA AFP — Actors Ben Kingsley, George Clooney, Peter O'Toole, directors Ethan and Joel Coen, and more star power than ever will be on hand for the upcoming 33rd Toronto International Film Festival, organizers announced Tuesday. The festival, which runs from September 4-13, will showcase 249 feature films and...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, festival, filmmaker
Research articles 2008-08-19
Mexican film "Parque Via" wins top Locarno prize
LOCARNO, Switzerland AFP — Mexican film-maker Enrique Rivero on Saturday took home the top prize of Switzerland's Locarno Film Festival with his film "Parque Via," about a man who has put himself in voluntary seclusion. Scooping up the Golden Leopard prize, Rivero's film features Beto, who has isolated himself...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, filmmaker, Switzerland
Research articles 2008-08-16
Locarno film festival to showcase 78 world premieres
GENEVA AFP — Almost 200,000 people are expected to descend on the small Swiss-Italian town of Locarno for its 61st film festival that opens on Wednesday. Around 380 films, including 203 feature films, will be shown until August 16, with 78 world premieres. The festival, founded in 1946,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, festival, filmmaker
Research articles 2008-08-05
Legendary Egyptian film-maker Chahine dies
CAIRO AFP — Egyptian film-maker Youssef Chahine, Arab cinema's most celebrated director, died on Sunday aged 82 after several weeks in a coma, his friend and fellow director Khaled Yussef said. "Youssef Chahine died this morning at 3:30," said Yussef, who co-directed Chahine's latest film "Chaos" in 2007. ...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Arab, CAREER, cinema, director, filmmaker, HEALTHCARE, TVs
Research articles 2008-07-27
Russian authorities want films to be more patriotic
MOSCOW AFP — New Russian Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev on Wednesday called for filmmakers to produce movies that are more patriotic, media reports said. From next year there would be financing available for the making of such films and the authorities intended to approach eminent producers on the subject,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, agency, filmmaker, FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING
Research articles 2008-07-02
French filmmaker Jean Delannoy dead at 100
PARIS AFP — French filmmaker Jean Delannoy, prize-winner at the 1946 Cannes film festival for "La symphonie pastorale" Pastoral Symphony, has died at age 100, his family said Thursday. The actor-turned-director gained prominence for his screen adaptations of literary classics such as the 1943 version of "L'eternel retour" (Love...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, filmmaker, Paris
Research articles 2008-06-19
Danny Glover to join homage to African film pioneer
DAKAR AFP — American actor Danny Glover will attend a two-day event dedicated to Senegal's Ousmane Sembene, an African cinema pioneer who died last year, organisers of the event said Tuesday. Glover is one of 60 international guests including filmmakers, writers, artists and academics invited to the event on...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, cinema, filmmaker
Research articles 2008-06-03
Filmmaker Aki Kaurismaeki honoured in Finland
HELSINKI AFP — Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaeki was on Friday bestowed an honourary title that can be held by no more than eight Finns who have distinguished themselves in the arts at any one time. Kaurismaeki, 51, received the prestigious title of Academician at a ceremony in Helsinki presided...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, filmmaker, Finland, movie
Research articles 2008-05-23
Ex child-soldiers from Liberia act out war trauma in movie
CANNES, France AFP — Former child-soldiers from Liberia act out the horror of one of Africa's most murderous recent conflicts in a new film on children forced to go to war, showing this week at the Cannes film festival. "Johnny Mad Dog" by French film-maker Jean-Stephane Sauvaire is based...
Tags: Africa, Agence France-Presse, filmmaker, movie, violence
Research articles 2008-05-22
Young filmmakers learn the art of the pitch at Cannes
CANNES, France AFP — Looking for a million dollars to finance your "political horror film"? A Cannes workshop on the art of pitching will show you how. Organised as part of the Short Film Corner at the world's biggest cinema showcase, a dozen young movie-makers are invited to pick...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, festival, filmmaker, FINANCE, Greece, Morrison, workshop
Research articles 2008-05-21
Cusack to star in apocalyptic '2012'
LOS ANGELES AFP — John Cusack is to star in German film-maker Roland Emmerich's latest apocalyptic thriller "2012," entertainment industry press reported on Tuesday. Emmerich, the director of special effects-laden blockbusters such as "Independence Day" and "The Day After Tomorrow," co-wrote the screenplay for the movie, which will start...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, blockbuster, filmmaker, MARKETING
Research articles 2008-05-20
Shutter's bad exposure; SHUTTER 4/10 In a nutshell: Flat remake that fails to offer a fright
A SIA is the birthplace of some of the biggest electronics and technology companies, so it's fitting that the continent's filmmakers should conjure modern day nightmares from this economic boom. In The Ring and its sequels, the humble video recorder whirred with demonic intent as a portal for a...
Tags: camera, continent, filmmaker, HARDWARE, Semiconductor Industry Association, Semiconductors
Research articles 2008-05-19
From Turkey with love: return of one of Cannes favourite sons
CANNES, France AFP — One of Cannes' favourite film-makers, Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan, returned to the film festival offering a breather from hard-hitting movies on social themes with a highly personal family drama. Ceylan, almost 40 and already winner of a batch of awards for his first four features,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, festival, filmmaker, France, Turkey
Research articles 2008-05-16
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9 Sundance Finds a home with Cablevision, which also owns the Independent Film Channel. Indie filmmakers, find out who can introduce you to one of the Dolans. 7 News Corp. Fox TV revenue rises 53%, thanks to "American Idol" and the Super Bowl. But...
Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., filmmaker, FINANCE, Fox Interactive Media, Manufacturing, MySpace, News Corp.
Research articles 2008-05-12
Indonesia keeps censorship body, orders new film law
JAKARTA AFP — The Indonesian constitutional court Wednesday turned down a request to abolish the country's censorship body, sparking wild celebrations from hardline Muslims in the public gallery. But filmmakers who were seeking the abolition of the censorship panel also claimed victory after the court ruled that a new...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, filmmaker, TVs
Research articles 2008-04-30
Screening: Oscar-winning filmmaker Ari Sandel presented his 20-minute musical comedy "West Bank Story" April 28 in the Oviatt Library of California State University, Northridge
Screening: Oscar-winning filmmaker Ari Sandel presented his 20-minute musical comedy "West Bank Story" April 28 in the Oviatt Library of California State University, Northridge. The film explores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict explained through the fast-paced, fast food world of competing falafel stands. During his visit to CSUN, the director explained his...
Tags: bank, California State University, filmmaker, food, Manufacturing
Research articles 2008-04-28
Directors Eastwood, Soderbergh compete for Cannes film award
PARIS AFP — Veteran directors Clint Eastwood, Steven Soderbergh and Wim Wenders will compete against upcoming filmmakers from across the world for the top prize at this year's Cannes film festival, organisers said Wednesday. Canne's mix of old and new, of Hollywood glitz and auteur fare, has proven a...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, director, festival, filmmaker, Strategy
Research articles 2008-04-23
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