SOFIA’S LAST AMBULANCE premiered in the competition section at Semaine de la Critique, Cannes in 2012. This was the green light for the first feature documentary film from Bulgarian filmmaker Ilian Metev. Since then, SOFIA’S LAST AMBULANCE (Poslednata lineika na Sofia) has been honored with the awards including France 4 Visionary Award at Cannes, Best […]
Berlinale
Victor Orozco Ramirez: Reality 2.0, DIY and the Importance of Festivals
‘I came to the Berlinale through the backdoor,’ explains filmmaker Victor Orozco Ramirez with his sparkling creative vision. The FFL member recently won the First Steps Award, plummeting his animated documentary short film REALITY 2.0 into the competitive 2013 Berlinale program. With major festivals including Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Interfilm Berlin, Cartagena International Film Festival and DOK […]
A List Festivals, a tightly curated list.
In your hot and clammy hands you need more tightly curated festival lists, relevant festival deadlines and a hell of a lot of time and patience. Here’s a A list film festivals we dedicated time to this week to add to your briefcase. As a result of the numerous festivals operating each year in the […]
Bao Nguyen • INTERVIEWED
[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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]