Filmmaker

Female filmmaker says Saudi Arabia is growing more tolerant

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:36:22 GMT

Source: www.dailystar.com.lb --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
Haifaa al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia’s first woman feature Filmmaker, believes her country is becoming more tolerant and more accepting. ...

starwarrior: “New York-based visual artist and filmmaker Rä di...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:29:49 GMT

Source: darthphilburt.tumblr.com --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
starwarrior : “New York-based visual artist and Filmmaker Rä di Martino has taken a series of eerie and beautiful photos that capture scenes of abandoned Hollywood film sets. Martino spent over a year traveling throughout the desert towns of Morocco and Tunisia hunting down the old Star Wars sets. ‘No More Stars’ showcases the backdrop of Luke Skywalker’s home on the fictional desert planet Tatooine, its massive structures that now stand like ancient ruins forgotten by time and man.” ( view more photos ) ...

Detroit Filmmaker Uses Martial Arts Skills To Produce Action Films

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:18:23 GMT

Source: detroit.cbslocal.com --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
DETROIT (WWJ) – Move over, Jackie Chan! A local Filmmaker is starting to make waves with his independently-produced action films. Detroiter Tom Henry has been practicing martial arts for 40 years. And, for the past several, he’s been using his knowledge to give aspiring actors a “leg up” in the film industry. “What to do as far as fighting for the camera,” Henry said. “It was about 200-300 people, and I taught them how to act. Then after that, I taught them how to fight for the camera.” Hundreds of those Henry trained appeared in his independently-produced feature film, “Detroit Uncut.” “We premiered that in 2009 to a sold-out crowd in the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit,” Henry added. Now, Henry is preparing for the premiere of his second feature: “Act of Vengeance”. “It’s about a cop that goes undercover to bust this big organization, and they find out who he is and they have him killed. Then, his father steps in, who’s a former CIA agent, to finish what his son started.” The film’s premiere is set for Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Detroit Boxing Jungle, 7455 Greenfield Road, in Detroit. Doors open at 6p.m. For more information on the premiere and/or Henry’s film company, Dragon Films, visit his website here . Looking further ahead, Henry will be holding another stunt camp in July. Those attending the camp will be taught how to fight and how to use weapons in movies. He says more information on the camp will be posted on ...

More visits by artists like Beyonce, Jay-Z, needed, says Afro-Cuban filmmaker

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:37:57 GMT

Source: www.michronicleonline.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
GLORIA ROLANDO AND TONYAA WEATHERSBEE by Tonyaa Weathersbee No doubt, last month was a fortuitous time for Gloria Rolando, the ... ...

When Raj Singh got the opportunity to meet the ace filmmaker Raj Barjatya

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:35:43 GMT

Source: www.tellychakkar.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
Like every actor, Raj Singh who is presently seen in Star Plusâ Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara (Rajshri Productions) harbours dreams of testing his acting credentials on the big screen. The best part is that Raj, in fact, got an opportunity to express this desire of his, with none other than the ace Filmmaker Raj Barjatya. It so happened that the âgrand old manâ called on Raj in his make-up room to have a hearty conversation with him as he is a new introduction in their show, Pyaar Ka Dard . read more ...

COOL VIDEO: Bear with 'grizzly' appetite tries to eat filmmaker’s camera

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:28:17 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
COOL VIDEO: Bear with 'grizzly' appetite tries to eat Filmmaker’s camera A GRIZZLY ATE MY GOPRO, WITH AUDIO!!!!! GoPro HD, Brad josephs www.youtube.com http://www.alaskabearsandwolves.com/making-of-the-great-bear-stakeout-behind-the-scenes/ When using a GoPro to capture unusually close footage of grizzly bea... ...

Female filmmaker says Saudi Arabia becoming more tolerant

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:35:02 GMT

Source: www.rawstory.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
Saudi Arabia’s first woman film maker, Haifaa Al-Mansour, said her country was becoming “more tolerant and more accepting” as she picked up an award in Cannes on Saturday for her acclaimed film “Wadjda”. The 2012 tale of an impish young Saudi girl who plots to own a bicycle in defiance of a ban has won the hearts of critics and public alike in France, Germany and Switzerland, where it is being distributed. Filming “Wadjda” was an odyssey in itself. In conservative neighbourhoods, local residents would block shooting, or Mansour would have to direct from a van with a walkie-talkie, as she could not be seen in public together with male crew and actors. The film itself will only be seen in the kingdom on DVD or on television, as cinemas there are banned. Invited to the Cannes Film Festival to pick up a prize in the “newcomers” category of the France-Culture Liberation awards, Mansour played down the pressure from conservatives and argued that the future for women in her country was more promising. Conservative reaction to the movie, as measured on Twitter, remained hostile, but there had been a hugely positive reaction amongst young women, especially those on scholarships abroad, she said in an interview with AFP. “Conservatives in general, men and women, I think what they want is for women to exist in privacy, they want women to be in a certain way, the way that they know, the way that makes them feel secure and all that,” she said ...

Chat with author/filmmaker, Stephen Zimmer - May 18,2013

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:30:00 GMT

Source: www.blogtalkradio.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
Stephen Zimmer is an award-winning author and Filmmaker, whose literary works include the epic-scale urban fantasy series The Rising Dawn Saga, the epic fantasy Fires in Eden Series, and the Harvey and Solomon steampunk tales included in the Dreams of Steam and Dreams of Steam II: Bolts and Brass anthologies from Kerlak Publishing. Stephen's film credits include the supernatural thriller feature Shadows Light, the horror short film The Sirens, and the recent Swordbearer, a medieval fantasy short film based upon the H. David Blalock novel Ascendant. Stephen | Zimmer | author | Filmmaker | promoter ...

May 18, Interview With Filmmaker Jeffrey Farrell | IMAX, Discovery

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:17:54 GMT

Source: www.desktop-documentaries.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
Jeffrey Farrell jumps out of airplanes, hangs off cliffs and takes his camera underwater to get the most spectacular shots he can for films, documentaries and television. Learn how he does it. ...

Saudi Arabia More Tolerant, Says Woman Filmmaker

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:26:34 GMT

Source: www.naharnet.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
Saudi Arabia's first woman Filmmaker, Haifaa Al-Mansour, said her country was becoming "more tolerant and more accepting" as she picked up an award in Cannes on Saturday for her acclaimed film "Wadjda". The 2012 tale of an impish young Saudi girl who plots to own a bicycle in defiance of a ban has won the hearts of critics and public alike in France, Germany and Switzerland, where it is being distributed. ...

Watch: Person of the Week: 'Star Trek' Filmmaker's Blockbuster Weekend

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:54:43 GMT

Source: abcnews.go.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
J.J. Abrams' latest sci-fi flick gets released to eager fans, recalling imagination at early age. ...

Anti-Obama Filmmaker Charges Harassment by IRS

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:05:18 GMT

Source: whatreallyhappened.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
Amid disclosures of IRS harassment of conservatives, the maker of the controversial film “Dreams from My Real Father” now suspects he was the victim of tag-team harassment by the IRS and a leftist journalist apparently working in concert to intimidate him and his investors. WND previously reported director Joel Gilbert was concerned a journalist investigating his documentary used information that could only have been obtained by hacking into his company’s bank account. Gilbert now believes the confidential information supplied to the journalist could have come from a continuing IRS audit initiated in early 2012, possibly in retaliation for Gilbert’s documentary arguing Frank Marshall Davis is the president’s biological father, not the Kenyan Barack Obama. ...

Scientist and Filmmaker

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:45:00 GMT

Source: dornsife.usc.edu --- Friday, May 17, 2013
Howard Wayne Harris proves his 9th grade teacher wrong. Earning his Ph.D. at the USC Dornsife hooding ceremony May 16, he was lead author on several scientific papers including in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . ...

Cannes 2013: Quinzaine Organizers Denounce Iranian Filmmaker

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:30:19 GMT

Source: www.twitchfilm.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
A bit of controversy over at the Directors' Fortnight sidebar (or Quinzaine des réalisateurs) yesterday when Iranian director Alireza Khatami made some pretty scathing remarks for the stage about the Taiwanese film Taipei Factory. As filmbiz.asia reports: Khatami said that he had been a victim of racism during the shoot in Taiwan. He denounced the film project as a political pawn in the re-election campaign of Taipei City's mayor. And he added that he was ashamed that he hadn't chosen to leave the project earlier.The omnibus consists of four short films directed by four teams of directors, pairing a local director with a foreign counterpart. Khatami was partnered with Taiwan's CHANG Jung-chi, director of festival-favourite Touch of the Light, a celebrated drama about a blind... [ Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com... ] ...

Filmmaker Kimberly Peirce to receive Achievement Award on opening night of Outfest

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:24:24 GMT

Source: greginhollywood.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
This is wonderful news: Outfest will present its 17th annual Achievement Award to writer/director Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry, Stop-Loss, Carrie). The Achievement Award is Outfest’s highest honor and is presented in recognition of a body of work that has made a significant contribution to LGBT film and media. The Achievement Award will be presented [...] ...

Filmmaker Looking For Ladies To Star In Short Documentary

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:31 GMT

Source: www.sheepsheadbites.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
Are you an outgoing Sheepshead Bay lady looking to get yourself in front of a camera? Well, we received this message from local Filmmaker Gennady F. on an interesting new project he is working on. Here is the relevant information: This is your big chance to be a movie star! Local filmmakers are interested in shooting a short documentary about love [...] The post Filmmaker Looking For Ladies To Star In Short Documentary appeared first on Sheepshead Bites . ...

Cinéastes de notre temps: Luis Buñuel - Documentary on the Spanish Filmmaker

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:55:07 GMT

Source: a-bittersweet-life.tumblr.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
If I had to define myself? I’d walk out the door without a word. I don’t define myself. And thus, with Luis Buñuel’s own words, begins a fantastic 37 minute presentation on the Filmmaker by the French series Cinéastes de notre temps . Evidently, Buñuel knows how transformative he is: a surrealist from a strong Catholic background and a Best Director winner at Cannes turned into an ultra-low budget Filmmaker are just a few examples of the Buñuels we know. Greatly admirable is Luis Buñuel’s determination to always be on his own path, never to censor or restrict himself, always to see film as an open canvas for all things. This is an attribute to admire and to absorb for all filmmakers today. In being yourself, bringing your personality to the screen, and trusting your instincts, unique and maybe even innovative works can be produced. You may be on your way to becoming the next Luis Buñuel. Till then, learn more about the surreal —above the real!—Filmmaker in this exploration of his career and personality. ...

Movie Lovers We Love: Nick Dawson Unleashes the Clues to IFP & Filmmaker Magazine's Secret Film Club Screenings

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:24:37 GMT

Source: www.indiewire.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
A few months after film critic Aaron Hillis left his post as the curator of the microcinema in Brooklyn's DUMBO neighborhood, reRun, IFP and Filmmaker Magazine have taken his place as the space's programmers. In order to mix things up at the space, Filmmaker Magazine Managing Editor Nick Dawson thought back to his time growing up in Edinburgh, when the Edinburgh Film Festival would have a secret screening every year that set the whole city abuzz. Dawson, who along with other members of IFP and Filmmaker Magazine, shares responsibility for programming first-run films at reRun, headed up a search for festival favorites and films too fresh to have a public screening in New York to screen at reRun starting tonight and running weekdays until next Thursday. Thus reRun's Secret Film Club was born. Secret Screenings have become popular on the festival circuit, especially at smaller festivals that crop up before a film needs to make a world premiere. True/False has... ...

NFB filmmaker named MIT visiting artist - Katerina Cizek will work with the inst...

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:58 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
NFB Filmmaker named MIT visiting artist - Katerina Cizek will work with the institute's OpenDocLab to develop the next production in the NFB's multimedia Highrise project.Read More http://ow.ly/2wWY8l ...

L.A. Rebellion Chicago Screening Of 'Daughters Of The Dust' w/ Filmmaker Julie Dash Tuesday May 21

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:26:53 GMT

Source: blogs.indiewire.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
The seventh in the ongoing series of the Chicago screenings of the L.A. Rebellion touring film series will continue on Tuesday May 21 with a screening of a newly restored print of Julie Dash’s impressionistic 1991 film Daughters of the Dust. Dash’s film, which was named to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 2004 as a film that definitely meets their criteria of being “a culturally, historically or aesthetically significant film” and it is one of the most important and unique black films ever made. It was also the first film to be directed by an African-American woman to receive a national theatrical release. There hasn’t been anything like it before and there... ...