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by Marla Lewin                    photo from "Michael Jackson: The Untold Story of Neverland"Just days after Dr. Conrad Murray surrendered to the Superior court in Los Angeles, where he was arraigned on one count of felony involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson there is  a new film being screened at  the 2010 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The world premiere of the feature documentary “Michael Jackson: The Untold Story of Neverland”  by ...

Finnish films filled theatres to the brim The 9th DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival closed on Sunday 31st, its films and events drawing an audience of 27,000, of which 22,000 in the theaters alone. The first ever DocPoint Tallinn was also a success with its 2100 visitors. What attracted the visitors of DocPoint Helsinki most were the premier screenings of Finnish documentary films.   The opening film, Joonas Berghäll's and Mika Hotakainen's Steam of Life, fille...

The 2010 festival was hands down the best year yet with respect to quality and content, and a wonderful way to end my eight-year directorship of Smogdance. Over 450 patrons were gifted with an eclectic mix of Drama, Documentaries, Comedy, and Animation. Special appreciation is extended to Marlene Dermer of the LA Latino International Film Festival as she coordinated the provision of 3 feature-length festival winners and a night of short films: Anita (Winner Best Film and Audience ...

THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES FOR 8 DAYS OF SCREENINGS, PREMIERES, PARTIES, PANELS AND AWARDS CEREMONY Next edition will feature the talents of Danny Trejo; Taryn Manning (Hustle & Flow); Eric Roberts; Hal Ozsan (Kyle XY, Dawson's Creek, Californication); Roland Kickinger (Terminator Salvation);Dee Wallace (ET); Steven Bauer (Scarface, Traffic); Rudolf Martin (Swordfish, Mad Men); Jim Beaver (Deadwood, Supernatural); Glenn P...

The 33rd edition of The Göteborg International Film Festival broke a new record. In total 130 400 tickets were sold, to 32 000 visitors, for 720 screenings of 450 films from 78 different countries. This equals a 5% increase compared to 2009 and means that GIFF manifests its strong position as Scandinavias leading festival. - It has been the snowiest and coldest festival in many years and at the same time the warmest and most fabulous. I feel totally overwhelmed and extremely eager to star...

SHAGGY JANCSÓ OPENS MAGYAR FEST by Alex Deleon for http://www.filmfestivals.com/ Budapest, Feb. 5, 2010   The 41st annual Hungarian film week (Magyar Filmszemle) opened on February 2 with a new feature film by silver haired Miklós Jancsó, who at age 88 is by far the oldest active Hungarian movie director and, in fact, one of the oldest working directors in the world today.                  &...

  James Cameron may not be playing a film at Sundance, but that didn't stop his smash-hit Avatar from stealing the spotlight.  At a private party hosted by Film Utah Magazine, Ubisoft and XBox revealed a sneak peek of the world's first game to be played in 3D.  The game allows you to travel through the make-believe world of Pandora as you fight off enemies in your Avatar.  You have to wear 3D glasses, but the experience is very cool: http://www.youtube.com/wat...

Festival Artistic Director Sandra Hebron announced today that The 54th BFI London Film Festival will take place from Wednesday 13 October through Thursday 28 October 2010. The BFI London Film Festival champions creativity, originality, vision and imagination by annually showcasing the best of contemporary world cinema, documentaries, shorts, animation and experimental film. The Festival is a highly regarded and anticipated event in Europe's cultural calendar, attracting leading internat...

  The second edition of the Minghella Film Festival will take place in Newport on the Isle of Wight from 12 to 14 March 2010.  Last year's event showcased Oscar©winning director Anthony Minghella's feature films with introductions by members of his family and interviews with friends and colleagues including Jude Law, Alan Rickman, Martin Freeman and Lord David Puttnam.    This year's event continues the personal approach to presenting Anthony Minghella's work with a fasci...

The 6th ZagrebDox from 28 February - 7 March on new location - in Movieplex, Kaptol Center / ZagrebDox in numbers: eight days, five theatres, 25 screenings daily, some 140 documentaries / In addition to 'Musical Globe', 'Happy Dox', 'Controversial Dox' and new official program - 'The State of Things' / 'Dox Events' - First-run Movies / Non-competition Programs: Contemporary German Dox, 'Croatian AutoDox', Ante Babaja Retrospective, Y(o)u Nostalgia, 'Factumentaries', documentaries of MA ADU stude...

10th Japanese Film Festival in Frankfurt/Main April 14-18, 2010  The preparations for the 10th anniversary of Nippon Connection Film Festival are moving into high gear. From April 14-18, 2010, more than 150 new short and feature films from Japan accompanied by a wide cultural program will again find their way to Frankfurt. Once more, the biggest festival for Japanese cinema worldwide will show what has recently moved the screens in Japan. We can already announce the first highlights of t...

Texas' largest Black film festival kicks off with a VIP Premiere on Wednesday February 3rd, set to be hosted by actor Giancarlo Esposito. The Premiere will feature two short films, the comedic "Thank You For Washing," and the inspirational and powerful one man performance "Empty Spaces." Special Events include: THURSDAY 12:00 NOON -- INDUSTRY WORKSHOP "How to Get that Big Budget Look on an Indie Budget" Sponsored by Videotex Systems and LetUsDirect.C...