KINOTAVR 2013 Begins in Sochi, Russia |
- KINOTAVR 2013 Begins in Sochi, Russia
- Colors Bleed In Art Themed Filipino Thriller PUTI
- Review: AMERICAN DREAMS IN CHINA Insists on Being About More Than Just Friendship
| KINOTAVR 2013 Begins in Sochi, Russia Posted: 02 Jun 2013 12:10 PM PDT  For an ordinary Russian, June marks the much-awaited beginning of the holiday season. It's a time to take out dusty suitcases, refresh foreign language skills, book tickets and finally set out to new horizons! ...well, maybe just the dacha. Anyway, you get the picture. For the more enlightened fraction of the population, however, June brings not only sunshine and vacation, but (perhaps more significantly) one of the most anticipated film-related events of the year -- KINOTAVR (or Cinemataur, but that just doesn't sound as nice). So, what is Kinotavr? Let's see. The country's biggest film festival. A stepping stone in the careers of many famous Russian filmmakers and actors. A Russian Sundance, as some call it. But most importantly, it is a search for... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Colors Bleed In Art Themed Filipino Thriller PUTI Posted: 02 Jun 2013 11:00 AM PDT  There's a new player in the Filipino festival scene with the arrival this summer of the inaugural CineFilipino. And given that festivals in the Philippines more often than not also double as funding bodies - with the festivals directly commissioning new feature films to make up their screening programs - that means not just a new festival but more films being made.Backed by television network TV5 and ad / film production outfit Unitel, the inaugural CineFilipino features eight new films with Miguel Alcazaren's Puti standing out as one offering with crossover potential.A psychological thriller about a counterfeit painter who figures in a freak car accident that renders him color blind; while recuperating, strange things start to happen to him. The first trailer for the film... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Review: AMERICAN DREAMS IN CHINA Insists on Being About More Than Just Friendship Posted: 02 Jun 2013 05:08 AM PDT  After a string of period martial arts dramas, Peter Chan scores another hit with this (almost) contemporary story of three friends who meet at university and, over 20 years, build an empire around teaching English. But, while the film has proved incredibly popular in mainland China it is unlikely to repeat the same success overseas.Peter Chan is often regarded as one of Hong Kong's most respected filmmakers, although for much of the past decade he has been plying his trade on the mainland. Recent years have seen Chan unveil a string of high-profile historical action dramas, both as Director and/or Producer, which include The Warlords, Bodyguards and Assassins, Wu Xia and The Guillotines. American Dreams in China is something of a change of pace for Chan,... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
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