Fantastic Beasts fans will be delighted to know that a third installment of the franchise is on the cards and another look at the Wizarding World is soon to be expected. There’s been some important information given out regarding the cast and David Yates the director. Furthermore, there are some plot details alluded to as well due to the fact that this movie might be shot in some rather fancy locations around the world. Read till the end of the article as we will also give out the date o...

Asbury Park, New Jersey - USA      March 25 to March 29, 2020 November 10, 2019  Late Deadline December 1, 2019  Extended Deadline Website I Profile on Filmfestivals.com I Facebook I Twitter I Email I SUBMIT The 18th Garden State Film Festival is New Jersey's Premier Independent Film Festival®. The Garden State Film Festival [GSFF] is a global de...

For the 3rd time, the El Gouna Film Festival has officially opened its curtains in Egypt. More than 200 filmmakers and movie stars, including Canadian-Egyptian actor Mena Massoud –best known for playing the lead role in the latest Disney remake of Aladdin – appeared on the red carpet.   In an interview with Euronews, Massoud said the reason for such festivals is to show the rest of the world how much their film industry has grown. He further continued to state that altho...

The documentary feature “The Pollinators” (2019) by filmmaker/cinematographer and bee-keeper Peter Nelson is a cautionary tale about the current international bee crises. Today, bees face a serious threat to becoming endangered, which would prove a hazard to human food supply; almost all fruits, nuts and vegetables would not exist without bees. For example, on just one crop in California, each year more than 31 billion honey bees pollinate more than 90 million almond trees. Yet, be...

2018 was one of the worst years on record for natural disasters-taxing governments, straining relief organizations and overwhelming communities as they attempt to rebuild. In the wake of these global catastrophes, a new type of responder emerges: the coder.  CODE & RESPONSE follows coders around the world (Japan, Puerto Rico, California and Mexico) as they develop groundbreaking technologies to help first responders and communities become more resilient against the growing thre...

IFFI 50: British film-maker Ken Loach to have a Retrospective at IFFI 2019 Two times Palme d’Or winner Ken Loach is widely acclaimed across international cinema as an independent film-maker and documentarian. He is known for his socialist ideals, which reflect in his movies, movies which mostly deal with British life and some modern issues, like industrial and technological developments. From issues like urban poverty in Poor Cow, labour rights in Riff-Raff and The Navigators, state ...

Prithvi Festival 2019, Review—Ek Natak Aisa Bhi: Beggars can be choosers Begging is an art, as has been repeatedly proven by reports of fortunes being discovered after the death of certain beggars and the numerous jokes about begging. In Ek Natak Aisa Bhi (A Play of This Type), by Rangshila Theatre Group, the author chronicles the adventures and mishaps that occur in the lives of two professional beggars, who work in tandem. Largely a string of jokes, many derived from films and film-st...

Prithvi Festival 2019: Untitled 1, Review--Poison, its forms, uses and doses As a Big Brother is Watching state, the concept was explored by George Orwell in 1948. He called it ‘1984’, by merely reversing the last two digits of the year he wrote the book in, and placing it 36 years into the future. Playwright Annie Zaidi sets Untitled1 in the present, or the very near future, with the same concept: An authoritarian state that wants to control what people say, hear, watch, write, r...

Prithvi Festival 2019: Slippery Phislan and murderous Haye…Maar Dala Re Started by the family of his youngest son, Shashi Kapoor, in memory of Papaji Prithviraj Kapoor, in 1978, Prithvi Theatre, built in the amphi-theatre style in upmarket Juhu, opened its doors to theatre groups and drama-lovers in 1978. First, its moving spirit was Jennifer Kendal, Shashi’s wife, and daughter of a theatre doyen, Geoffrey Kendal. When she had an untimely death, her daughter Sanjana took over the...

Prithvi Festival: Piyush Mishra’s Gagan Damama Bajyo, rivetting study of the life and times of Bhagat Singh, sets the tone Besides Mohandas Karamchand ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi, two other freedom fighters are often cited as heroes of the Indian freedom struggle against its colonial British masters: ‘Netaji’ Subhashchandra Bose and ‘Shaheed’ Bhagat Singh. Bose went abroad, formed the Indian National Army (INA/Azad Hind Fauj) and waged armed battles against the ...

  Nation's largest university-run film festival to feature opening night gala screening of The Aeronauts and closing night screening of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood along with the prestigious Docs to Watch program, Signature screenings and more   The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) celebrates the 22nd SCAD Savannah Film Festival, an annual acclamation of cinematic excellence, Oct. 26 – Nov. 2. As the largest university-run film festival in the country, it ...

  2019 honorees to include Aldis Hodge, Daniel Kaluuya, Danielle Macdonald, Samantha Morton, Elisabeth Moss, Valerie Pachner, Alan Silvestri, and Olivia Wilde   Breakout Award honorees include Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jharrel Jerome, Mena Massoud, and Camila Morrone   SAVANNAH, Ga. -  The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) 2019 honorees to be recognized at the 22nd annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival, taking place Oct. 26 - Nov. 2. Now the largest univers...

Raised in New York City, Todd Harris earned his BA and MBA from Stanford University and currently lives in Los Angeles. He began his producing career while in college with a production of ‘Hair’. His first job out of college, he managed theater company TheatreWorks in Palo Alto. He started producing fulltime after achieving his MBA from Stanford when he moved to Los Angeles. Mr. Harris’s films include such reputable titles ‘Bottle Shock’ (2008) starring Alan Rickm...

  Casino gambling has always been attached to glamour and style. Most people believe that visiting casinos belongs to the activity of rich people. Hollywood has created an additional image of the casino world, introducing characters like James Bond who live hard and rapid lives while drinking, gambling, and seducing women. All of that you can watch in the same movie. Over the previous decades, things have significantly changed for the entire community. With the introduction of poker cha...

                                               Festival to Open with “Just Mercy,” Close with World Premiere of “Verticals” The ninth annual Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) has announced its film line-up, including Opening ...