Videoblog : Helen

COSTA RICA could be new player in the film industry

Helen — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:27:43 +0200

Costa Rica churns out five features each year and they are very good !

Every Monday on TV, the program "Lunes de Cinemateca" talks about them. New technology is planned for shooting films in the country.

The TV program usually shows *cine experimental* dealing with social problems and lack of communciation = drug addiction, prostitution and things people do to make money.

GERONIMO

Helen — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:10:07 +0200

Geronimo: Geronimo

SUR LES PAS DE GÉRONIMO

by Corine Sombrun and

Harlyn GERONIMO

Available in bookstores May 20th, 2008

GUARANA, The TREASURE OF THE SATERE MAWE TRIBE

Helen — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:55:57 +0200

GUARANA, THE TREASURE OF THE SATERE MAWE TRIBE IN BRAZIL's RAINFOREST

Launched on April 21, 2008, in the Bastille neighbourhood office of Fair Trade Dealer GUAYAPI Topical, this pictorial and descriptive work by two young French student-explorers, Bastien Beaufort and Sébastian Wolf,
is an account of their journey to the Amazon tribe of the Satere Mawe Indians in Brazil, cultivators of the original warana energizer plant.

"THE SCENT OF OAK" spearheads 1st TRAVELLING CARIBBEAN SHOWCASE AT UNESCO

Helen — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:11:16 +0200

"THE SCENT OF OAK" spearheads

1st TRAVELLING CARRIBBEAN FILM SHOWCASE : April 14-18 at UNESCO, Paris

Jorge Perrugoria and Lia Chapman: ROBEL DE OLOR, Rigoberto Lopez This new travelling film showcase from the Caribbean region, chaired by
Cuban filmmaker, Rigoberto LOPEZ, at UNESCO, recently showed a selection of features and shorts chosen among 21 participating Caribbean countries.

Garbage as ART : TRASH ART

Helen — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:49:40 +0200

Աղբ _ Art / akhb_ art/Աղբ- means trash in Armenian

/summary of the project/ Curated by Arman Tadevosyan

Where some people see trash, others see art. And, in some art, some people will only see a pile of meaningless trash. So, what's the difference? Maybe it's just in the eye of the beholder or artist. Maybe it's simply a matter of opening our minds to new and unique ways of doing and seeing things.

VAN by Arman Tadevosyan

Helen — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:26:53 +0100

Eastern Turkey's vast, highly alkaline inland sea called Lake Van (Van Gölü) is surrounded by his (...)

ANI, The GHOST CITY in Eastern Turkey by Arman Tadevosyan

Helen — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:45:19 +0100

SACRED SITE
The sacredness of the city of Ani is partly be (...)

TRANSFORMATION, a new film dedicated to the great Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents

Helen — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:43:53 +0100

A new short documentary TRANSFORMATION, shot in Kars, Eastern Turkey, is ready to unreel at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.

Dedicated to the great Armenian lyrical poet Yeghishe Charents, true to its title, the film explores cultural changes imposed on Armenian structures throughout time.

THE HOUSE OF Yeghishe Charents, (1897 - 1937) one of the greatest Armenian poets in KARS

Helen — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:44:15 +0100

Yeghishe Charents: Armenian Poet Yeghishe CharentsYeghishe Charents house in Kars: Yeghishe Charents house in KarsOn a quiet pedestrian street in KARS, is the run-down delapitaded house where Yeghishe Charents, (1897 - 1937) one of the greatest Armenian poets was born and lived.Both his primary and secondary schooling took place in KARS

Türkiye : A 2-WORLD BALANCE ACT

Helen — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:56:54 +0100

TÜRKIYE : A 2-WORLD BALANCE ACT

Twilight in North-East Turkey: Photo by Mustafa Küpeli It is hard not to notice a certain dichotomy in Turkish society which has exacerbated with the recent elections held in that country.

Although democracy has definitely expanded throughout the land, the cherished secularism of Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK, founder of the modern nation, is now being challenged by the ruling AKP party.

PARTING VIEWS NEAR KARS

Helen — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:44:44 +0100

Here are some ambiance parting views of the magnificent scenery near the Festival of Kars headquarters moving on towards Lake Cildir. Courtesy of

Mustafa Küpeli (Istanbul).

Sultry Farewell with tree: ON the way to Lake Cildir, Eastern Turkey.Twixt Lake and Land -: ON the way to Lake Cildir, Eastern Turkey

Erkan Oğur sings in the BOLERO nightclub in KARS on closing night of Festival on Wheels

Helen — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:41:18 +0100

Listen and SEE Erkan Ogur - Bulbulum Altin Kafeste : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21FHBHPQE94

and

Hear ZEYNEP here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKAOTzzb6nk

BRUKAN FILM starring SEAN CONNERY !!!

Helen — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:43:48 +0100

The BRUKAN Film Advertisement Production Organisation was founded in 2000 with the aim of making good films. For the last two years the company has worked on creating production conditions for its first cinema project, "Brukan".

SERENE LAKE CILDIR

Helen — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:43:09 +0100

The Çıldır Lake is located in a volcanic area 70 kilometers north of Kars, on an altitude of 1,959 meters. The lake is shaped like a triangle, with its longest side (15 km) in the northern part. It is set on an area of 120 square kilometers. Çıldır Lake formed when lavas closed the front of a crater, causing water to collect inside it.

SARIKAMIS TOPRAK, in the heart of pine forests and natural beauties of NorthEastern Turkey

Helen — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:35:04 +0100

SAKIRAMIS TOPRAK, in the heart of pine forests and natural beauties of Eastern Trurkey

Magificent Sarıkamış Toprak Hotel located in Northeast Turkey welcomed a busload of 'Festival on Wheels Guests'. This is a new ski resort entirely built by a Turkish architect and boasts the longest ski track in the country with excellent dry, powdery snow.

The pists lead through pine forests and the views, which festival attendees saw from the chairlift were breathtaking.