[decoline][details] [item title=”Age”]28[/item] [item title=”Country”]United States/Vietnam[/item] [item title=”City”]New York/Saigon[/item] [item title=”Profession”]Director and cinematographer[/item] [item title=”Website”]www.baominhnguyen[/item] [item title=”Latest”] WHERE HEAVEN MEETS HELL [/item][/details] [decoline] Please meet the great talent Bao Nguyen that we got to know during the Berlinale festival. The 28 year old photographer and filmmaker is currently based in both New York and Saigon. […]
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Rafael Balulu • INTERVIEWED
[decoline][details] [item title=”Age”]31[/item] [item title=”Country”]Israel[/item] [item title=”City”]Afula[/item] [item title=”Profession”]Director and screen writer[/item] [item title=”Website”]rafaelbalulu.tumblr.com[/item] [item title=”Latest”] BATMAN AT THE CHECKPOINT [/item][/details] [decoline] Today is the last day of the Berlinale Talent Campus! Israeli director Rafael Balulu won the Berlin Today Award, the prestigious Talent Campus prize for upcoming filmmakers! The short film, BATMAN AT THE […]
Amirah Tajdin • INTERVIEWED
[decoline][details] [item title=”Age”]25[/item] [item title=”Country”]Kenya[/item] [item title=”Profession”]Screen writer and director[/item] [item title=”Latest”] FLURESCENT SIN [/item][/details] [decoline] It is Berlinale time and FilmFestivalLife would like to introduce you to one of its Talent Campus participants Amirah Tajdin. The 25 year old filmmaker was originally born and brought up in Nairobi, but spend her teenage years in […]
Deema Amr • INTERVIEWED
[decoline][details] [item title=”City”]Amman[/item] [item title=”Country”]Jordan[/item] [item title=”Profession”]Screenwriter/Director/Producer[/item] [item title=”Latest”] A 7 hour Difference [/item][/details] [decoline] Meet Deema Amr, a young Jordanian filmmaker. After attending New York Film Academy, she has worked for various film related organizations such as the Royal Film Commision – Jordan, Walk film festival and Casting Jordan for which she was the […]
PLAY International Music + Film Festival
This weekend Amsterdam is the place to be. Besides the established IDFA festival, PLAY, the music film festival organized by Amsterdam pop venue the Melkweg, will have its first edition. From November 17 to 20 film and music will be staged in every hall of the Melkweg. PLAY shows music films, fiction films and documentaries, […]
How To Make the Best of Your Film Festival Run
When filmmakers finish their projects the very same question always arises: how to build a festival career for this specific film? Besides the many question marks one has regarding the realities of the continuously changing festival circuit, the digital age with its additional opportunities complicates this stage perhaps even more. After thorough research, we conclude […]
Angela Bravo • INTERVIEWED
[decoline][details] [item title=”City”]Berlin/Stockholm[/item] [item title=”Country”]Sweden/Chile[/item] [item title=”Age”]30[/item] [item title=”Profession”]Director/Producer[/item] [item title=”Website”] www.angelabravo.com[/item] [item title=”Latest”] Everyone Needs a Heaven (animated documentary), Within (feature documentary/work in progress), The Blue Hour (editing right now) [/item][/details] [decoline] We would like to introduce you to Angela Bravo, a talented artist and filmmaker with an international background. Her parents are originally […]
MUBI x Film Festivals
A trend is spreading in the film festival world. More and more festivals finally start embracing the web as an extention to their event. This is not only realized under the wing of the festivals organizations, like Tribeca’s own Online Film Festival, IDFA TV or Oberhausen Films Online, but also through collaborations with online video […]
SFIFF – Pictures by Isaac Vazquez
A few months have passed since we were in San Francisco to visit the San Francisco International Film Festival. It is never too late though to show pictures of previous journeys. Hereby, we would like to give you a visual impression of the lovely environment we enjoyed end of April. The young talented artist Isaac […]
IDFA – International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
[decoline]IDFA – International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam: [details] [item title=”City”]Amsterdam[/item] [item title=”Country”]Netherlands [/item] [item title=”Founded”]1988[/item] [item title=”Edition”]24th[/item] [item title=”Date”]11/16 – 11/27/2011[/item] [item title=”URL”]IDFA[/item] [item title=”Entry fee”]none[/item] [/details] [decoline] FilmFestivalLife is delighted to showcase the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam as our first festival in the spotlight. With approximately 300 documentaries on offer in its international […]
International Short Film Festival Hamburg!
This coming week, June 7 – June 13 2011, the Hamburg ShortFilmAgency is organizing the International Short Film Festival Hamburg. The ambitious organization behind the festival has been very successful by creating an environment in which they contribute to the establishment of short film and encourage the production of shorts. The festival is the place […]
IFPRODUCTIONS • INTERVIEWED
Please meet Ilse and Femke van Velzen, sisters and an amazing filmmaker duo from the Netherlands. Since 2002 they have specialised in making documentaries, in which they want to expose injustice (in developing countries) to a worldwide audience and give oppressed people a voice. Ilse and Femke develop, produce and direct documentaries as independent […]
Unerhört! Filmfest by Alma Schreck
Welcome to the gallery of FilmFestivalLife, Our intention of the gallery is to show you the work of both established and promising photographers and artists who will visualize our chosen theme related to a film festival or a filmmaker. Through these visual interpretations you have the chance to get a unique look behind the curtains […]
Fabio Mollo • INTERVIEWED
Congratulations to Fabio Mollo! After attending the Berlinale with his film IL SUD È NIENTE (Talent Project Market 2011) he managed to get invited by the Cannes Film Festival for the Cinéfondation Atelier programme to help him arrange additional funding for this film in order to finish the project. We are curious to […]
Julian Reich • INTERVIEWED
Please meet Julian Reich, an American born German director and producer, who has a background in various areas of filmmaking. Since graduating in 2001 with a BfA in Film and Photography at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, he has directed commercials, music videos, short films, […]