Quest of Neanderthal Island In a steampunk fantasy world, guilt-ridden inventor Al is faced with a devastating reality when his infant granddaughter falls gravely ill with a mysterious illness. Determined to save her, Al embarks on a treacherous quest to retrieve the only known cure from Neanderthal Island, accompanied by his timid son, Tom, and..
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Modernity entered the traditional Iranian society about two hundred years ago. From the very beginning, this confrontation had an impact on all institutions of society and caused challenges that continue to this day. However, in the past one or two decades, with the expansion of mass media and the increasing familiarity of the Iranian youth..
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My 1st Red Carpet Experience at Abu Dhabi International Film Festival 2012, when my documentary “Riding the Rainbow” was nominated for an award… I will never forget that phone call. Yeah. That particular phone call I received from the office of the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival back in 2012. I’m calling from the selection..
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SHORT EXPERIMENTAL FILMS AS A TOPIC OF THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE FILM CLASSROOM The fifth session of the second season of the FILM CLASSROOM project took place on November 27 (Saturday) at the Cinematheque. Today’s workshop focused on short experimental films: when do they appear as a form and what is their significance in..
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IN MEMORIAM: SLAVISHA KAJEVSKI, FILM AND THEATER ACTOR Macedonian film and theater actor SlavisaKajevski tragically lost his life. Kajevski was born on February 1, 1982, in Skopje. He graduated from the University “St. Cyril and Methodius ”, at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Skopje, at the Department of Acting, in the class of prof. Vladimir..
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On November 30 and December 1, guests at the Cinematheque were students from the private primary school “Jahja Kemal”, and through a conversation with filmologists Lidija Kirovska and Arsim Leskovica, got acquainted with the work of the Cinematheque. In the Cinematheque’s cinema hall, film experts and students discussed film and film material, as well as..
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In August 2018, the United Nations reported serious concerns over human rights violations taking place in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the Northwest of China. At the same time, an international film crew was hard at work, shooting scenes for Walt Disney Pictures’ $200 million live action version of “Mulan” — a story based on..
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ONE SECOND: Zhang Yimou & Chinese Cinema During the Cultural Revolution Newport Beach, CA (The Hollywood Times) 10/28/21 – Last evening (October 28) was a premiere screening of Zhang Yimou’s latest film One Second (China, 2020) at the Newport Beach Film Festival. It is the story of the struggles of an ordinary man in China..
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African films are enjoying a high profile at the Berlinale festival in 2022, with debuts from South Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR) turning heads along with a new take on “Nollywood.” While there are no African films in the main competition at Europe’s first major film festival of 2022, several documentaries and features..
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Despite a reduction in releases in 2017, the number of films produced in Russia has been on the rise in recent years, at around 140–150 films each year. At the same time, increasingly few films are receiving state support: while more than 70 such projects received public funding in 2015–2016, only 52 did in 2017…
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