The Price For Silence tackles many important subjects that should be talked about, but it isn’t just the acting that make you fall in love with this film. Actors Emrhys Cooper and Lynn Mancinelli particularly stand out, so it’s no surprise they are winning acting awards at important film festivals. The director Tony Germinario should be commended for…
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Widows: Viola Davis Excels in this Female Driven Masterful Action Thriller
And we’re off! Until the 21st of October, London will welcome long feature films, short movies, documentary, etc. and each film’s cast and crew during the BFI London Film Festival. It’s already the 62nd edition of the annual film festival and more than 225 features have been selected. However, there can only be one opening…
2nd class: Fight hate with love
Black, White, Mixed Race, British, Chinese and Italian. While nationality, race or ethnicity aren’t a problem for most of us, some people are still considering others as inferior or filthy and aren’t afraid of using verbal and even physical violence. That’s what the newest 2nd class movie (Void, Ceasar) is about. Jimmy Olsson’s latest short…
FILM RELEASE – Hold Me Down “an honest slice of life, one that far too many live every day”
You will never know how hard it is to live in poverty unless you have experienced it. What would you do to survive? The women who have starred in this important film have not only been brave enough to tell their own stories, they have through film told the stories of others. This film has…
FILM – Vika Evdokimenko’s BAFTA nominated film ‘Aamir’ spotlights refugee children
Female director Vika Evdokimenko’s Aamir is based on a true story of an unaccompanied child living in the Calais ‘Jungle’ refugee camp, where part of the film was shot. This topical film stars second generation immigrant Alan Asaad (Unforgotten) and has just been nominated for a BAFTA for Best British Short Film. This wonderful film will be screening in the coming weeks at the…
FILM REVIEW – Game: A wonderful story about accomplishing your dreams
GAME – Trailer from Jeannie Donohoe on Vimeo. The Raindance Film Festival opened this year with Oh Lucy!, an American-Japanese co-production from director Atsuko Hirayanagi (you can read our interview with her here). It was the first full length movie that was screened; however, it wasn’t the first film of the festival. Right before Oh…
FILM – Farnoosh Samadi and Ali Asgari’s ‘The Silence’ wins multiple Oscar qualifying Film Festival Awards
Joint directors Farnoosh Samadi and Ali Asgari’s must-see live action short film The Silence has been selected for over 400 film festivals around the world and won many prestigious film awards, including Oscar-qualifying awards at Leeds International Film Festival and Hamptons International Film Festival. The film stars Fatma Alakus, Cahide Ozel and Valentina Carnelutti (Medici: Masters of Florence) and shares a strong…
FILM – Absinthe star Larry Cech “always go after your dreams”
Absinthe plays homage to the beautiful black and white old Hollywood stories and shares actual quotes from legends including James Brown, Janis Joplin, Frida Khalo and Marilyn Monroe. This avant-garde film stars two of France’s most beloved actresses Oscar-nominee Marie-Christine Barrault and Cesar-nominee Brigitte Fossey, as well as American actor Larry Cech. The film was directed by Michelle Figlarz and produced by Larry Cech, Raul Torres and Monica Cooper. Absinthe…
FILM REVIEW – Women and Wine: Recognizable short movie about women and friendship
We probably all have been there. You just ended a long-term relationship and all you want to do it cry, eat chocolate or grab a bottle of wine. At moments like that, you probably will be able to rely on your best friends, who will listen to you and who will do whatever it takes to make…
FILM – Night Dancing Director Barney Cokeliss “Night Dancing was shot in just one, very long day”
Director Barney Cokeliss beautiful and evocative film Night Dancing was selected to World Premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival and will have its UK premiere at the forthcoming 2018 the British Short Film Festival. The film stars Jason Thorpe (Fast and Furious 6), Louise Tanoto (Tom Dale Company), Jacob Ingram-Dodd (Punchdrunk) and Alister Cameron (Foyle’s War). Every night, Bob is transfixed by the vision of a woman dancing…
