My dear friend, Dr. Harriet Fields, a Social Affairs Officer for the government in Washington, has long dedicated herself in restoring the 'grumpy' image of her grandfather, W.C. FIELDS, who she says was a "very sweet and generous person". Enjoy the recent National Public Radio (NPR) interview recorded and broadcast last month in New York. http://www.wcfields.com/news/17-news/36-the-leonard-lopate-show.html. The W.C. Fields Exhibit is going beautifully. Now through August 21 at the Ne...
Raul Ruiz
Despite the recent earthquake, the government of Chile is going ahead with plans for development in the cinema, tourism and cultural sector. Having invested in hundreds of thousands of Euros to boost the ideal setting of Chile for film production for overseas filmmakers, the campaign is now bearing fruition with the ongoing lensing of the ultimate James Bond movie QUANTUM FOR SOLACE, set in that country.
For the last 20 years Chile has been considered one of the st...
Travelling Caribbean Film Showcase
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO INTERNATIONAL FORUM: CARIBBEAN FILM MARKET & OTHER EXHIBITION ALTERNATIVES.
Caribbean film makers and producers, exhibitors and distribution companies’ representatives from Caribbean zone, Latin America, the Unites States of America, Africa and Europe; to the executives of Public and Private Television companies, the National Film Committees, and to the Caribbean Cultural Aut...
Shirin Ebadi
DIALOGUE WITH SHIRIN EBADI
2003 Noble Prize Winner, Shirin
Ebadi, Iranian lawyer and human rights advocate talked with famous screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière at the DAY IN TEHRAN event, organized, June 13th, in Paris, France on the grounds of the Cinémathèque Française.
Shirin
Ebadi is one of the very first female judges in Iran. Her constant and unfailing efforts in fostering Human Rights for the weak and needy, in particular, women's rights, ch...
Lee Hye-Young in Paris Cinémathèque Lobby
Photos by Helen Dobrensky
Dainty Korean Actress Revives Legacy of her Maverick Film Director Dad
LEE Man-Hee 이만희
Slender, elegant Korean beauty, LEE Hye-Young, one of the country`s famous actresses, flew into Paris for a few days early June, from SEOUL, to present the exclusive and unprecendented tribute to her father LEE MAN HE, Korea`s unforgettable national cinematographer who disappeared at the too early age of...
The presence of the Hachemite Kingdom of Jordan was embodied at the Cannes 2010 Film Festival.
Representing the Royal Film Commision of Jordan at the Jordanian Pavillion at Village International, Nada Doumani, Communications and Culture Manager and Linda Mutawi, Production Services Manager, recalled the top spots for film destinations. The American film in competition FAIR GAME and Oscar winner The Hurt Locker, both were shot in the Kingdom, attesting to the suitability and ...
THE LAST OF THE TATTOOED HEAD HUNTERS
THE KONYAK TRIBES OF NAGALAND, INDIAEvery year, I selected an interesting short film screening at the Cannes Festival's expanding SHORT FILM CORNER section
and was lucky to hit upon a charming couple from India - she, VIKEYENO ZAO, the Director and he - INDRAJIT NARAYAN DEV, Producer and Director of Photography of the film,who made the trip over to promote their work inspite of the volcano ash hinderance.
IN the photo below, taken by Indrajit, both ...
Honoured at the
Cannes Festival Italian beachfront Pavillion, by the leading film industry pros in attendance, Renzo Rossellini, the Italian composer was awarded a special Trophy for his life contribution to Italian cinematography.
Born in 1941, Renzo Rossellini first collaborated with his father Roberto as an assistant Director and later as his producer until 1977. Then he founded and served as chairma...
True Story Italian Whodunit GIDE IN LOVE Reveals Dark Secret 50 years after
50 years after the disappearance of a young Sicilian boy purported to be French writer Andre Gide`s last love, Danielle Russo, a young journalist on the editorial staff of the Paris literary magazine Nouvelle Revue Littéraire, is sent to Sicily in 2000, to the elegant resort town of Taormina and finds herself embroiled in a complex labyrinth of shocking "truths" involving the literary set vacationing a...
BASAK EMRE: BASAK EMRE
TURKISH STAND AT THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
After a one-year hiatus, Basak Emre and Dr. Ahmet Boyacıoğlu are back, manning the elegant pavillion nestled on the Cannes beachfront commisioned by Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism and organized by the the Ankara Cinema Association that encases the Turkish stand touting Turkey`s film, during Cannes Film Festival, 12-23 May 2010.
Although no Turkish films feature in the...
UDINE Teatro Giovani: Photo : Helen Dobrensky
23rd April/1st May 2010 - Teatro Nuovo “Giovanni da Udine” and
Visionario
FAR EAST FILM 12
50 thousand spectators:
a record-breaker for the twelfth edition!
The Korean masterpiece Castaway On The Moon triumphs at the Audience
Awards
2010!
In the spotlight is also Japan, with Accidental Kidnapper, and
Indonesia,
with The Dreamer.
UDINE – A time of success for Far East ...
In the heart of San Daniele
Next, we go to the Prosciutto Morgantic rustic showroom in San Daniele.
The Morgante family and the Friuli region have been part of the history of the company since before the first half of the 19th century when it all started with Luigi, a trader in Tarcento (Ud). His son Cesare later opened a butcher’s shop and his grandson Olvino learned the art of meat processing. The industrial structure of the company, based in the lowlands of Friuli, in ...
TOURISM AT THE DISCOVERY OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY of UDINE
What lies beyond the hallowed halls of the 12th Fareast Film Festival in Udine, Northern Italy ?
In an attempt to introduce the Friuli Venezia Giulia region to foreigners visiting from far away and open the doors of their factories and show rooms to learn about the culture and tradition of the region, CONFINDUSTRIA UDINE organised a trip to 3 flagship sites on the outskirts of the city. The purpose was to allow enterpreuneur...
Fred and LUNG KONG at Udine FAREAST Film Festival 2010
One of the most, if not THE most ubiquitous photojournalists covering the 12th edition of FAREAST UDINE Film Festival is without a doubt, Frederic AMBROISINE.
Referring to himself as an expert on ASIAN Cinema and acquisitions consultant, you can count on seeing Frederic on a daily basis, early in the morning, wherever the action is, at the CINEMA GIOVANI, Visionario, and at ALL the press conferences. Usually stationed in ...
REVENGE OF THE PEARL QUEEN
55 years after a very young Japanese actress became a big hit in her native country upon revealing a scantily-wrapped magnificent figure, Udine FAREAST Film Festival has spotlighted another Shintoho vintage treasure movie this morning, at the Visionario Cinema.
Although Maeda MICHIKO, the
star of the 1956 film, directed b...
This Shin Toho 1960 production directed by Ishikawa Yoshihiro is a fantasy pic, The Ghost Cat Of Otama Pond (Kaibyo Otama-ga-ike). It features a young couple caught in a web of ghostly revenge, with a black cat monitoring the scenes between those living and those dead.
The shadowy period atmosphere of a haunted mansion plunges a young fiance to be possessed by a mysterious vision of an "old bag". Keiko's boyfriend is told that the spirit of the cat that possessed her...
The twelfth edition of FAREAST Film Festival has opened the lid of a treasure box containing vintage New films produced in the 50s and 60s, from the defunct SHIN-TOHO ("New Toho") film company, an off-shoot of the major TOHO-TOEI, created in 1947 to make genre films which the latter would distribute.
The studio was one of six functioning during the Golden Age of Japanese cinema in the 1950's and employed some of the most famous directors like Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, a...
This probably is not the same in other cultures.
How do you differ from your peers in cinema in Hong Kong ?
I choose the topics I want and stick to them, no matter what. I don't sollicit co-productions, so my films are completely Hong Kong productions. It is essential for me to maintain absolute director's control.
Have you had any offers to work for Hollywood ?
In fact, I have, but I refused because I want that complete artistic control over my work under a...
How did Gabriele Roberti (an Italian composer based in Hong Kong) get into the project to compose the music for the film ?
Gabriele : " I come from a small town in Italy and had no connections in Rome, so I started sending out demos of my work and got an offer for a film in Hong Kong. PANG saw it and one of his agents contacted me. When I read the first three lines of the synopsis of DREAM HOME, I really went for the idea and made up my score from there.
The nice thing about w...
Helen Dobrensky 
