Category: International
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Penzing, GI Johnny Cash’s old army airbase near Munich, is now a movie studio
BERLIN, Germany: The global studio boom has arrived in Germany with the launch of Penzing Studios, a major new film & television studio facility at the former air base in Penzing, 30 miles west of Munich. The first productions are already underway in the refurbished airplane hangars, including a full-scale virtual production stage, with further…
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94TH OSCARS® International, Doc and Animated Films in the hunt for gold arrive
Screenmancer has the complete list of eligible films for the 94th Academy Awards®, including THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD from Norway, and a double nomination for FLEE in documentary and animation, among other surprises. LOS ANGELES, CA: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced feature films eligible for consideration in the…
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FLEE, a brave new stylistic animated documentary
Review by Robin Menken Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s award-winning animated doc FLEE opens in U.S. theaters on December 3. NEON acquired FLEE at Sundance, and the film is also an official selection at Cannes that recently won the Annecy Festival (France) Cristal award and the Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Documentary. It’s the story…
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LABYRINTH OF CINEMA unwinds at The Metrograph in NY & in LA during October
The Metrograph Theater in New York on Oct. 20, and The Lumiere Cinema in Los Angeles on Oct. 29, will show Japanese Director Nobuhiko Obayashi’s last film, Labyrinth of Cinema. In this final exploration by the late director, he returns to Japan’s history of warfare in this swan song that follows the completion of his…
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Ivan Grbovic’s Drunken Birds fresh from TIFF now Canada’s 2022 Oscar bid
by Screenmancer Staff Ivan Grbovic’s Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres) fresh from a run at TIFF is now Canada’s official Oscar entry for 2022. Drunken Birds (2021) is his newest film, and since Grbovic had his first short at TIFF, a decade later the director’s work comes to rave reviews at the festival. Debut full-length feature,…
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Jane Campion’s THE POWER OF THE DOG joins 40th Vancouver Intl. Film Fest (VIFF)
VANCOUVER, BC: Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is delighted to announce the 40th edition’s complete programming lineup for Special Presentations and the VIFF Short Forum, coupled with the 2021 cohort for the Catalyst mentorship program. Special Presentations are highly anticipated titles by the world’s top filmmakers; VIFF Short Forum is a showcase of the myriad…
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French connection: Salpêtrière Hospital & THE MAD WOMEN’S BALL
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent France is the scene of an infamous tragic event, a car crash at the 13th pillar of the Pont de l’Alma tunnel and a legendary beleaguered Princess then rushed to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris around this time of year. Coincidentally, in Mélanie Laurent’s debut film, a certain ill-fated Eugénie…
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BANFF’s Rockie Awards decided by 150 pros, 142 noms from 37 countries
by Screenmancer Staff Toronto, Canada:The Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) just announced the winners of the 2021 Rockie Awards International Program Competition. Hosted by one of Canada’s most popular comedic talents and YouTube personality Jasmeet Raina, the virtual edition of the Rockie Awards was streamed live celebrating excellence in television and digital media content from…
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Borat backlash: Turkish Americans & Kazakh Cultural Media blows into Hollywood
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Has the cultural-appropriation boom finally been dropped on the BORAT franchise? If you are Sacha Baron Cohen right now, you might be wondering. Remarkably, the Association of Turkish Americans of Southern California and the Kazakh Cultural Media Association have teamed up for a public pillorying of the most recent release,…
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G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion Completes its Work Program Under the Saudi G20 Presidency
From Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia October 04, 2020: The G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) concluded its third plenary meeting on October 02, 2020, aimed to discuss the 2020 G20 Financial Inclusion Action Plan by the Saudi Presidency, which reflects the future work of the GPFI for the next three years. The GPFI…
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Yes, you can still film in Thailand, here’s how from Thai Film Office
Curated by Screenmancer Staff THAILAND: In 2019, Thailand was booming as a location for international film and television production. The incentives, launched in 2017, were paying out, and were widely seen by the industry as having demonstrated reliability and transparency. The production services industry had managed to expand capacity without either reducing quality or raising…
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Pluto Film shows LAS MIL Y UNA at SSIFF as part of Horizontes Latinos
Curated by Screenmancer Staff We received a letter from Pluto Film in Germany about their latest entry into the SSIFF. That’s the San Sebastian International Film Festival which is ongoing this week through Sept. 26 in the Basque region of Spain. Woody Allen’s newest is the hot-button screen gem, but this should not overshadow the many independent films on…
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Climate Chaos won’t get a Pandemic pass: 2nd GREENTECH FESTIVAL 2020
Curated by Screenmancer Staff After last year‘s successful premiere, the second GREENTECH FESTIVAL (GTF) takes place until Sept. 18, having begun on Sept. 16. The event for sustainable technologies will welcome its visitors to Kraftwerk Berlin. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the number of on-site participants is limited but part of the festival will take place…
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ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES, on domestic silence that is familiar violence, comes to North America
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES premiered at the Shanghai International Film Festival this summer. It’s a Greek, Belgian, and German production, dubbed a “psychological thriller” but it is much more than that simple label. As this film opens in North America on Sept. 24 for the Calgary International Film Festival,…
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First ever International Cinema Day 2020 fetes indie houses on Sept. 12
Curated by Screenmancer Staff HOLLYWOOD, CA: The first annual International Cinema Day will take place this Saturday, Sept. 12, in an effort to give back to the cinemas that have transformed the lives of movie-goers. International Cinema Day (ICD) is a global event designed to celebrate the universal love for film and memorable cinematic experiences at…
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