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BWTV is an organization run by BW’s Communications Department that enables students studying media production or other related fields to hone and develop skills important to television and video production. The pandemic has been a difficult climb for universities and schools across the country and BWTV has not been spared from the many challenges. Professor Duane Battle, who leads the ...

SXSW 2022: FX’s Atlanta Cast & Crew Talk Final Season, Bond With Each Other Select Atlanta cast and crew members walked the red carpet on March 18 to premiere the third season of the FX series to close out the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. Viewer discretion is advised due to the use of language. AUSTIN, TX – The third season ...

The Kyiv-based Molodist International Film Festival has written an open letter to the film community calling on other festivals to join the boycott of Russian films in response to the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces. The festival’s statement cites an ongoing effort by modern Russia to “separate culture from politics” and “[use] this same culture to distract the ...

Over the past few months, the US giant has signed exclusive streaming deals with Inkblot Productions and Anthill Studios – which indicate the deals will fundamentally change the way they operate. Chinaza Onuzo, co-founder of Inkblot Productions, the studio behind domestic hits “The Wedding Party” and “Up North,” told CNN Business that the company has signed a three-year licensing agreement ...

Copenhagen International Airport. The Documentary Film Festival (CPH:DOX), which runs from March 23 to April 3, has unveiled its conference program. Participating filmmakers include Sara Dosa (“Fire of Love”), Daniel Roher (“Navalny”) and Renzo Martens (“The White Cube”), and indigenous Brazilian cinematographer Tangãi Uru-eu-wau-wau ( “The Territory). The conference program, known as CPH:CONFERENCE, is presented in partnership with the Documentary ...

In the mid-2010s, popular music films dominated the Best Documentary Feature category at the Oscars. “Searching for Sugar Man,” “Twenty Feet From Stardom,” and “Amy” all won the award. It was an unexpected boom: in previous decades, non-classical music documentaries had only received sparse nominations. All of these winning films were biographies or chronicles of a scene or community. This ...

OREM, Utah (ABC4) — If you’re a fan of movie star Jason Momoa’s deep, somewhat raspy voice, you’re in luck. The actor, best known for his starring role as Aquaman, will lend his talents and passion for the ocean as the narrator of boatmana documentary that follows the life and legacy of legendary surfing icon Duke Kahanamoku. “The producers made ...

Happy Valentine day! On the menu for the days ahead are a classic love story at the Richmond Ballet, a new film festival at the Byrd, an exhibit from the Black American Artists Alliance of Richmond and a discussion of a family legacy via the Library of Virginia. Have a good week! Give your loved one tickets to an enchanted ...

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cresco Laboratories (CSE:CL) (OTCQX:CRLBF) (“Cresco Labs” or “the Company”), a vertically integrated multi-state operator and America’s leading wholesaler of branded cannabis products, today announced the short documentary film awarded at the Clio Awards, “Michael Thompson’s Sentence”will have its world premiere on March 9 at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (“SBIFF”) and will screen March 13-17 at the South ...

Best-selling Brazilian author and screenwriter Laura Malin has worked on the development of films including “Head Over Heals 3” and television series such as “The Awakener: The Series” among many other film and television projects. Here, she explains why she always wants to champion Brazilian talent, find success on the Movie festival circuit and what she learns on the film ...

SIU MEDIA SERVICES Students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale have the opportunity to learn – and interact daily – with internationally renowned faculty who are not only gifted instructors, but also talented performers such as Pirooz Kalayh. An assistant professor of scriptwriting and film production at the School of Media Arts who arrived last August, Kalayeh receives accolades for his ...

NEW YORK (AP) — After the pandemic forced the South by Southwest Film Festival to go virtual for the past two years, the festival in Austin, Texas, is planning a largely in-person event in March that will feature premieres of the third season of Donald Glover’s “Atlanta,” the last of Richard Linklater and Sandra Bullock- Channing Tatum’s comedy “The Lost ...

Erin Lau (Photo credit: Antonio Agosto) A national scholarship program to help lead the pool of Asian and Pacific Islander talent in the film industry will feature a university of Hawaii to the former student of Mānoa. Erin Lau2014 graduate of the Creative Media Academy (MCA), is one of the three directors selected for the first Future Golden Film Scholarshiphosted ...

Poster for the film Therapy Dogs, a film shot at Cawthra Park High School by former students in their senior year. When Justin Morrice and Ethan Eng were in high school in 2019, they wanted to make a movie that captured an authentic student experience. Now Therapy Dogs, the movie they made for fun during their senior year at Cawthra ...

Among the rich selection of still images and sequences in the unexpected affective Lucy and Desi, there’s an image that might strike you with its resemblance to the film’s director, Amy Poehler. The photo captures Lucille Ball, in one of her best outfits, beaming for the camera: a beautiful, wide-eyed clown. More than 70 years later i love lucy transformed ...

Elliot Page attends the Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Sept. 13, 2021. (Getty/Theo Wargo) Elliot Page has signed on as executive producer for a documentary about trans lives in Italy, set to premiere next month. Page described the film as “a meditation on trans humanity”, and said he had ...

The Berlin International Film Festival will take place in person next month despite the increase in the number of viruses in Germany. The rising number of cases, especially in the capital Berlin, has raised some concerns, but organizers want the festival to “send a signal” to the creative industries. “We are aware of the challenges posed by the unpredictable evolution ...

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / December 27, 2021 / DreamMaker, a metaverse product created by ATTA, aims to create an open and accessible metaverse of entertainment with a basic concept of film and video creations. The DreamMaker ecosystem is a creative platform where anyone can become stars, directors, screenwriters or actors and make their dreams come true by showing ...

Now on Hulu, Cryptozoo is probably the strangest movie you’ll see in 2021. Filmmaker Dash Shaw’s animated fantasy is whimsical and disturbing, and all points in between, a baffling, yet beautiful, display of visual art. Now let’s see if it’s not just about his own shameless eccentricity. CRYPTOZOO: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? The essential: The constellations sparkle among dark ...

ANI | Update: Dec 14 2021 13:21 STI New Delhi [India], Dec. 14 (ANI / GIPR): Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are unmistakably the Hollywood royal couple. But they’ve never appeared in a movie together – until now!Audiences around the world will soon be witnessing the all-new, raw and real emotion, excitement and celebration of Michael and Catherine’s epic reunion ...

ANI | Update: Dec 11, 2019 2021 20:58 STI New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI / SRMF): The 4th Moonwhite Films International Film Fest – MWFIFF 2021 presented by SBI in association with Anup Jalota was held LIVE ONLINE this year.MWFIFF, Devashish Sargam (Raj) the Founder and Director, along with his jury Anup Jalota, Jaspinder Narula, Gufi Paintal, Pt. Suvashit ...

Glenda Jackson, Charlotte Moore and Michaela Coel among WFTV winners Glenda Jackson, Wunmi Mosaku, Stacey Dooley, Emily Maitlis, Michaela Coel and Charlotte Moore were among the winners of the 30e Women in Movie and TV (UK) Awards, which took place in London on Friday. British veteran Jackson was honored with the EON Productions Lifetime Achievement Award, accepted on his behalf ...

Brown Girls Doc Mafia is an initiative that advocates for more than 4,500 non-binary women and people of color working in the documentary film industry around the world. We fight inequalities by building community and sharing resources, nurturing our creative genius, demanding access and visibility in creative and professional environments, enriching our community with the knowledge needed to support us ...

Eleven, the production company behind “Sex Education,” hired Alexandra Blue as a new development producer. Blue, whose credits include “Paddington 2” and “The Babadook,” will report to Eleven founders Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson. She will develop her own list of company projects, including those brought in with talent and new projects that she will develop from scratch. During her ...

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TAIPEI, November 5, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Taiwan is world famous for its technology that enables a wide variety of creative content experiences. Driven by technological development and creative freedom, Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) is committed to strengthening creative content applications and industries. Since its inception, TAICCA has designed several programs and support systems to facilitate the development ...

Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala is entertained by dancers from Bomas of Kenya during the Bomas @ 50 celebrations at Bomas Of Kenya. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] We are blessed. There is an increase in the number of people visiting the coast, but I suspect this is a temporary event after the Covid lockdowns. People are tired and can’t ...

Anya Taylor-Joy is currently busy promoting her latest film, the mind-blowing horror flick, Last night in Soho, so of course, she takes the opportunity to take a look at each press briefing. In the last few days alone, Taylor-Joy has taken us on a style journey, wearing four daring and breathtaking looks, culminating in a Dior nightclub-worthy dress at the ...

A short film created by students of College Station High School’s audio and video production program has been shortlisted for screening at three film festivals this fall. “Panning for Gold” premiered on Saturday at the Austin Film Festival’s Young Filmmaker competition and will also premiere at the Lone Star Film Festival on November 11 and the Lift-Off Sessions First Filmmaker ...

New York, NY, October 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – New York Film Academy (NYFA) BFA Filmmaking alum Gabriele Fabbro’s latest feature film, The Grand Bolero (2021), was nominated for official selection at this year’s Austin Film Festival. The film was nominated for Best Narrative Feature. The film was shot in Italy and is set during the global COVID-19 pandemic during ...

New American Perspectives Program Celebrates Immigrant Artists in Contemporary Film and Film at the Hawai’i International Film Festival Posted: October 19, 2021, 10:44 a.m. EDT|Update: 57 minutes ago NEW YORK, October 19, 2021 / PRNewswire / – The Vilcek Foundation will present the New American Perspectives program at the 41st Hawai’i International Film Festival (HIFF) in Honolulu. The festival opens ...

CAMDEN – The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) closed its 17th year on Sunday, September 26 after a successful 10-day virtual festival and four-day in-person festival that ran from September 16-19. This year’s festival was the industry’s largest documentary-focused gathering since the start of the global pandemic with more than 200 filmmakers, scholars and industry professionals attending CIFF or one ...

The focus of journalism and the lens of the film create a double exposure for important issues. Thus, the double exposure: investigation … OMCP’s Jason Fraley preview the Double Exposure: Investigative Film Fest (Part 1) The focus of journalism and the lens of the film create a double exposure for important issues. So the Double exhibition: Investigative Film Festival returns ...

Fatima Shaik in Kavery Kaul’s Le Bengali. Photo credit: riverfilms NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Fatima Shaik, an African-American (Economy Hall) author from New Orleans, whose family has lived in Louisiana for four generations, embarks on an unlikely quest for The Big Easy at a part of India where no African-American (or American) has ever disappeared. Her search for the ...

Look for a lot more lights, cameras and action over the next decade as Tennessee’s evolving film and television industry approaches a pivotal era of unprecedented growth. That’s the word of Bob Raines, executive director of the Tennessee Entertainment Commission. Speaking at a recent “Create It In Tennessee” panel session at the Nashville Film Festival, Raines hinted at major developments ...

Graham Jaehnig / Daily Mining Gazette Real People Media’s Red Jacket Jamboree live radio show is filmed in front of a live audience on an intimate small sound stage. His last show, starring Bob Milne, was taped on September 26 and will air on Public Radio 90, outside of Marquette, on Halloween Day. CALUMET – Many local residents are familiar ...

20th Century Studios unveils a new clip from The Last Duel where Jodie Comer confronts Matt Damon after realizing she could be burned alive. 20th Century Studios unveils new Ridley Scott’s music video The last duel see Jodie Comer’s character confront Matt Damon after realizing she could be burned alive. The adaptation of Scott by Eric Jager The Last Duel: ...

Chelmsford TeleMedia presented its third annual Chelmsford Short Film Festival on August 21, which featured two screening blocks in the afternoon and evening. The popular event held at the CHS’s Carl J. Rondina Performing Arts Center in Chelmsford featured short films by emerging filmmakers from across the region, all proceeds of which were donated to the Chelmsford Food Pantry. Over ...

Whitney Call and Mallory Everton, the writers and stars of the new ‘Stop and Go’ movie, know the question is: is it too early to laugh about COVID-19? “We weren’t trying to say anything about the pandemic, about the world, because we really had no basis to lean on, no context,” Call said on a recent Zoom call, speaking of ...

This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Bigfork Independent Film Festival. Northwestern Montana’s iconic film event, the BIFF has evolved over the years and now attracts filmmakers from across the state and around the world. As it successfully did in 2020, BIFF 2021 will offer moviegoers the choice of watching the films in person at the Bigfork Center for ...

The Charlotte Film Society plans to open a three-screen arthouse cinema at 4237 Raleigh St. in NoDa. Charlotte Film Society The latest campaign to help run Charlotte’s only arthouse cinema, which opens this fall, calls on donors to ‘Take a Seat’. The Charlotte Film Society plans to open its three-screen cinema, called the Independent Picture House, in late November around ...

In a critically-acclaimed documentary on ISIS’s rescue of sexually enslaved women and girls, scenes filled with tension take place in a Syrian detention camp and later in a safe house where victims face harsh treatment. distressing choices. The film “Sabaya”, from Sweden, won this year’s prestigious Sundance Film Festival award for best director of a foreign documentary and opened the ...

Characteristics News day An hour ago Dominic Davis, left, Jabari Daniel and Tevyn Gill in a scene from the movie Cheesecake airing today. – In addition to the variety of films presented from the Caribbean and its diaspora, the 2021 TT Film Festival (TTFF / 21) will feature over 15 screenings by TT filmmakers in categories such as new media, ...

CANTERBURY, United Kingdom – SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 – Canal Demais celebrates a triple selection at the New Zealand Webfest 2021. Anglo-Brazilian independent video producer, Canal Demais has produced three series since the start of the pandemic (“Changes”, “The Adventures of Zé” and “Doctor Faustus”). All three have been selected to participate in the NZ Webfest 2021. The festival will take ...

Melvin Van Peebles, the filmmaker hailed as the godfather of modern black cinema and a pioneer of independent American cinema, died Tuesday at his Manhattan home. He was 89 years old. His death was announced by his son Mario Van Peebles, the actor and director. A Renaissance man whose work spanned books, theater and music, Mr. Van Peebles is best ...

CAZENOVIA – The Cazenovia Public Library (CPL) invites community members to join more than 100,000 moviegoers from around the world for the 24th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival on Friday September 24 and Saturday September 25. CPL will screen the 10 finalists of the competition Friday at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday at 1:00 p.m. in the community hall. Each screening ...

This slideshow requires JavaScript. IRVINGTON, NJ – Damon “Abwon” Clindinin, originally from Irvington, continues his slow rise to the top of the media and film industry, dominating the field as a producer and media personality. Today, thanks to his media company and award-winning shorts, Clindinin is reaping the rewards of the seeds he sowed through his dedication and extraordinary creativity. ...

Characteristics Shane Superville 3 hours ago Photographer and filmmaker Jabari Daniel has made a name for himself on social media through his use of graphics in photos. Daniel. The 27-year-old makes his directorial debut in his short film “Cheesecake” for the TT Film Festival later this month. PHOTO COURTESY JABARI DANIEL – PHOTO COURTESY JABARI DANIEL Jabari Daniel has a ...

Fall in Philadelphia is marked by cool weather, vibrant foliage, and a range of uniquely Philly events and celebrations. A few annual favorites like the Fringe Festival and the Puerto Rican Day Parade are joined by newcomers like Arts Montco Week and a revamped Halloween celebration at the Eastern State Penitentiary. Be sure to check the sites for current COVID-19 ...

Stephen J. Miller gives My Childhood My Country three out of five tugs in his latest film review. This film is why I am so grateful that the Patricia Theater has reopened with the Powell River Film Festival. There is nothing quite like watching a movie on the “big screen” and this movie lives up to that expectation. My childhood, ...

Filming the thriller “Lakewood” really put Naomi Watts working on her cardio, as director Philip Noyce says the actress had to run up to 2 miles in one take as part of her role in the solo thriller. Shot in rural northern Ontario during the pandemic, “Lakewood” follows Watts as a mother who risks her life to save her child ...

The 78th Venice Film Festival – Preview of the film “Another World” in competition – Red Carpet Arrivals – Venice, Italy September 10, 2021 – Actors Vincent Lindon and Sandrine Kiberlain, and director Stephen Brize pose. REUTERS / Manuel Silvestri VENICE, Sep 10 (Reuters) – The tension between work and profit in globalized market economies is at the center of ...

The Road Dance – a feature film produced by Chicago-based development and production company Sheridan Road Production – recently received the Audience Award for Best Picture at the prestigious 74th Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF). Voted by the public, The Road Dance was preferred to Pig with Nicolas Cage, as well as Here Today with Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal. ...

Become Led Zeppelin, the documentary about the iconic rock band, has been added to the lineup at the Venice Film Festival (September 1-11) in an out-of-competition niche. Directed by Bernard Mac Mahon (American epic), and co-written and produced by Allison mcgourty, the film features members of the group Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Robert Plant. The film ...

In fourth grade at Berryton Elementary School, Colin Sanders got off the school bus at the end of the day and walked into his home, where he saw his brother watching YouTube videos. Colin Sanders didn’t know what YouTube was. He sat down with his brother and they watched comedy sketches. Those moments played a big part in where Sanders ...

When Mitch Oliver and Jesse Sawitsky first spoke about their idea for a short film, they never imagined it would take off like this. A Kickstarter campaign for their horror short The hand of the druid reached its goal in just 30 hours. “This is crazy, this is something we didn’t anticipate,” said Oliver, the film’s director and co-writer. “At ...

A trio of music icons and a legendary racehorse are among the subjects of 10 projects that will receive $ 2.3 million in documentary production funding from Screen Australia. Of those earmarked for funding, eight will be supported through the Producer program and two through the commissioned program. They include documentaries on John Farnham, Ruby Hunter and Archie Roach, as ...

On Tuesday July 6, on the eve of its Cannes Film Festival premiere, the trailer for Amazon Studios’ next documentary Val has been freed. So, what will the expected film be about? Well, as the name suggests, the documentary will give viewers a taste of all things legendary actor Val Kilmer, as we look at his life from his childhood ...

1. Steering wheel laser light show Did you know that the first major laser art exhibition in the United States was curated by Dr. Leon Goldman at the Cincinnati Art Museum in 1969? The Laser Light: A New Visual Art exhibition allowed artists Rockne Krebs, Baron Kody and Mike Campbell to build rooms with mirrors and smoke to make laser ...

A real show stopper! Ex-French First Lady Carla Bruni dazzles in an asymmetrical blue and silver gown as she attends the Annette premiere at the Cannes Film Festival The 53-year-old model and singer attended the opening ceremony of the 74th festival She wore an embellished maxi dress to Annette’s premiere on Tuesday Carla matched silver accessories to her dress which ...

FANGORIA can’t give director Josh enough love (Scare me) Ruben Werewolves inside (the magazine’s latest darling cover and podcast) – and rightly so. Earning rave reviews at its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival this spring, the entertaining horror comedy (now in select theaters and on VOD July 2 from IFC) puts a fun twist on both a murder ...

Sign up for our PoliticsNY newsletter for the latest coverage and to stay informed about the 2021 elections in your district and across New York The Queens World Film Festival returns for the 11th season, from June 23 to July 3, and opens the festival with two narrative films at the Museum of the Moving Image as well as online ...