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Not often I write about films that are not movies, but this film is so stunning, breathtaking, and beautiful to watch that I have to write a...

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Yesterday the fest had its award ceremony and here are the winners. Best British Feature Film : Moon , Duncan Jones, 2008 Best Performance i...

63rd Edinburgh International Film Festival Award Winners

The fest site hasn't post the winners in English, but from other sources, here are some winners and will update post when the official s...

17th Artfilm International Film Festival Award Winners

Today the fest annoucend the award winners and here they are. Official Competition Golden George for Best Film : Petia Po Doroge V Tsarstvie...

31st Moscow International Film Festival Award Winners

Award winners were announced yesterday and here they are from different sources as the official site does not have the official announcement...

2009 Nastri D’Argento Award Winners

I found this Bent Hamer film sad, very sad, even when it is a bittersweet drama about the age of retirement, being a loner –yet not being lo...

O’Horten

The most incredible visual voyage that I have taken lately with many images that recall other master filmmakers, but that tell us that Semih...

Süt (Milk)

Well, well… this was a very welcomed surprise as the movie has an interesting story and most of all, shows how an outstanding performance ca...

Making Maya

In case any of you doubt the impact that the Academy Awards have in the world's filmmaking industry, check today’s news that announce th...

2010 Oscar News

First we learn that Farrah Fawcett (62) dies and a few minutes ago, the news about Michael Jackson (50) death. Hope we do not have any more ...

What a Day!

The fest will run from July 3 to 11 at the Czech Republic and here are the 14 films in the Official Competition . Applause , Martin Pieter Z...

44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

According to what I read Guiseppe Piccioni is known as the author of “quiet and discreet” films and probably must be true as the description...

Giulia Non Esce la Sera (The Prize)

If you’re like me that have a very good video store near where you live, then perhaps you should share with them the following news that tel...

Are you renting DVD’s?

The fest will run from June 26 to July 12 and here are the films in the New Talent Competition . All films come from prestigious festivals w...

11th Taipei Film Festival

I didn’t liked that much the book by Dan Brown that I read after the more famous and non-stoppable reading The Da Vinci’s Code; but the film...

Angels & Demons

I enjoyed the movie more for entertainment purposes and lead actors performances than for the story or the tech specs, as this American indi...

Sunshine Cleaning

Today the fest announced the Jin Jue Award winners and here they are. Best Feature Film : Original , Antonio Tublén and Alexander Brøndsted...

12th Shanghai International Film Festival Award Winners

Yesterday the fest concluded and here are the award winners. Mediterranea Competition – Golden Tauro Awards Golden Tauro for Best Film : Al ...

55th Taormina Film Fest Award Winners

From June 26 to July 4 the fest will take place in Munich and here are the films in the international competition for the CineVision award f...

2009 Filmfest München

This is a Germany, Spain and France co production directed by French Marie Noelle and German Peter Sehr that I was really hoping will be dif...

La Mujer del Anarquista (The Anarchist’s Wife)

The second feature film by Amat Escalante has signs of a great filmmaker in the making but it puzzles me why I always have to find relations...

Los Bastardos

I had no idea that Kiyoshi Kurosawa is known for his horror movies (a genre that I do not particularly like), but from following fests I kne...

Tôkyô Sonata (Tokyo Sonata)

Canada’s official submission to the Oscars is a true beautiful to watch movie with a very compelling story that absolutely plays with your e...

Ce qu'il faut pour vivre (The Necessities of Life)

For American indie cinema lovers here are the recently announced award winners for feature films in competition. Grand Chamelon Award : Brea...

12th Brooklyn International Film Festival Award Winners

The fest will start tomorrow but today I found some interesting (and darkly hilarious) news that I want to share with you all. The fest adde...

63rd Edinburgh International Film Festival News

Recently the SIFF announced the award winners and here they are for feature films. New Directors Showcase Competition Grand Jury Prize : Th...

35th Seattle International Film Festival Award Winners

Recently the fest announced the winners and here they are. Film Prize : Bronson , Nicholas Winding Refn, UK, 2009 Documentary Prize (tie) ...

56th Sydney Film Festival Award Winners

I highly enjoyed the first installment of this sequel and was hoping to enjoy, for entertainment purposes, the Smithsonian version; but unfo...

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

This Stere Gulea movie tells a story that to my eyes is common and not really particular to a specific country that has immigration related ...

Weekend Cu Mama (Weekend With My Mother)

I found this exercise in filmmaking interesting as the mixing of fiction narrative and documentary is quite well done here. Still I find the...

Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto (Our Beloved Month of August)

A fascinating triptych with three stories set in Tokyo with the vision of three foreign directors, French Michel Gondry, French Leos Carax a...

Tokyo!