Women Without Men is playing in NYC! Join celebrated writer Shahrnush Parsipur and artist Shirin Neshat as they reflect on their shared concern for the position of women in Iranian society and how they work with artistic means, whether literary or visual, to express their views. Parsipur was jailed after the publication of her novella, [...]

The Beliot International Film Festival (in association with Beloit College) is “a four-day tribute to the power of film and the excitement of independent film from around the world.”  Check out their festival webpage here for more information on this festival. In one of the first programs of its kind, the Beloit International Film Festival [...]

The Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) will celebrate its 20th anniversary in grand style with a string of highly-anticipated films. The festival will kick off festivities with a star-studded Opening Night Gala on Thursday, February 9, 2012. First up: The Los Angeles premiere of “Think Like a Man,” based on the New York Times best-selling [...]

A seamless combination of the innovative qualities of both genres, Concrete Circus fosters and develops the genres of sport and film into a aesthetically titillating documentary that showcases the lives of amazing athletes and the filmmakers that vy to match their passion with those athletes. The athletes in question are a mixed bunch, all with [...]

The 2012 SXSW Film Festival has finally announced their full film schedule, after much anticipation! South By Southwest is an extravaganza of events including music, and interactive schedules but we like to think of it as just a film festival with music and interactive backup. Regardless, here is the single list, featuring a break down [...]

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is currently running until February 5, 2012 and has just announced its Director and Producer panel’s panelists. SBIFF’s Directors on Directing panel will take place Saturday, February 4, at 11:00 a.m. at the Lobero Theatre. Moderated by Variety’s Peter Bart, this ever-popular panel will feature: Gore Verbinski (Rango), Michel [...]

Fan of the films showing at Quad Cinema? Then be sure not to miss their final day of screening After Fall, Winter! A quick introduction to Quad Cinema and the Film from Quad: The QUAD is a venerable theater owned and beautifully maintained by the same family since 1972. Located in the heart of Greenwich [...]

We took some time to ask Director Marshall Curry about his experiences with making the film If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, which was recently nominated for Best Feature Documentary in this year’s Oscar Awards. The film unravels the story of the Earth Liberation Front members as individuals, challenging their [...]

A great article talking about the growing movement of collaborative filmmaking in Maine where, like so many other places, there is a concentration of talent with no real joint community to proper harness it. Read on and visit the press herald for more great stories: If you need proof that the Maine film scene is [...]

Texas is taking film festival locales and big name busting to a whole new level with the announcement of the Corpus Christi Film Festival affectionately dubbed Crash The Coast! Taking place around 200 miles from SXSW, the Crash The Coast Film Fest is the brain child of the Corpus Christi Film Society which is looking [...]