Four of our films selected in the African Film Festival!
African Film Festival, Inc. and Film Society of Lincoln Center present the 18th edition of the New York African Film Festival! A multi-venue, two-month celebration of African arts and culture, taking place from April 2nd through May 31st, 2011, the festival will feature a gallery exhibition, fashion show, panel discussions, Q&As with directors and actors, live performances, and of course, the best in contemporary cinema from Africa and the Diaspora.Four of our titles have been selected this year:- FOR THE BEST AND FOR THE ONION!: April 9, 4:45pm, at The Film Society of Lincoln Center - LADIES IN WAITING: April 30, 7:30pm, at Maysles Cinema
- ZERO TOLERANCE: May 1, 5:00pm, at Maysles Cinema
- NORTH-SOUTH.COM: May 1, 3:00pm, at Maysles Cinema
More information here.
Labels: Africa, festival news, film festival, new york, screening
Sergei Loznitsa and Patricio Guzman headed to the Cannes Film Festival!
We would like to congratulate Sergei Loznitsa, director of BLOCKADE and REVUE, whose new film YOU, MY JOY has been selected in the official competition of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.NOSTALGIA DE LA LUZ, Patricio Guzman's new film, will be part of a lineup of Special Screenings. We released Guzman's BATTLE OF CHILE last year to critical acclaim ("DVD of year" - MSN.com) and we are looking forward to discovering this new title.Complete Cannes lineup here.Labels: awards, Cannes Film Festival, festival news, film festival, screening
Monday, November 09, 2009
Spend an Afternoon with Icarus Films at the Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival!
On Saturday November 14th, the Margaret Mead festival at The Museum of Natural History in NYC will present two Icarus Films releases:
- 2pm: WAR AND LOVE IN KABUL
- 5:30pm: HOW I AM (from our newly acquired catalog of Fanlight Productions titles)
Do not miss them!
For more information, please visit the festival's website here.Labels: festival news, film festival, new york, screening
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
MALLS R US at MoMA
MoMA's annual showcase of Canadian Cinema, Canadian Front, will feature one of Icarus Films' latest releases, MALLS R US.
From impressive architectural projects to environmental and social concerns, MALLS R US unveils everything you have always wanted to know about shopping centers from Canada to the US to Dubai and India.
Screenings will be held on March 21st and 23rd. Do not miss this US premiere!
For more information, please visit the MoMA website.
Labels: film festival, malls r us, MoMA, NYC events, premiere, screening
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Another Icarus Films Acquisition at the NYJFF
YOUNG FREUD IN GAZA, the gripping documentary following Ayed, the only field psychologist in northern Gaza, will also have its US premiere at the New York Jewish Film Festival this week.
Screenings are Thursday January 22nd at 1:30pm and 6pm at the Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th street.
Director PeÅ Holmquist will be in attendance.
For more information, click here.
Labels: film festival, gaza, Israel, psychology
New prize for THE PRIZE OF THE POLE!
Staffan Julén's film, THE PRIZE OF THE POLE, received the Best Expedition Film Award at the 2008 Explorers Club Film Festival. The film will be screened on Saturday June 14th at 1:30pm at the Explorers Club in New York City.
This documentary combines biography and history as it accompanies the Inuit hunter Hivshu, a.k.a. Robert E. Peary II, on a quest to trace the story of his great grandfather and his other ancestors, including the Eskimo family the famous Arctic explorer brought back with him to New York as part of an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in 1897.
Labels: anthropology, Arctic, awards, exploration, film festival, Inuits
DUST - it's everywhere... Even on Facebook!
Join our new Facebook group dedicated to DUST in all its forms. The new film by Hartmut Bitomsky examines the myriad shapes and pathways of dust. It pursues dust to the places where it settles and meets the people who contend with it.
Learn more about DUST, read articles and find screening and festival dates here!Labels: dust, facebook, film festival, science
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
WAR PHOTOGRAPHER to be screened at the Society for Photographic Education Conference
The Society for Photographic Education is holding its 45th national conference from March 13th to 16th in Denver, Colorado. WAR PHOTOGRAPHER, the Academy Award nominated documentary by Christian Frei about American photographer James Nachtwey, will be presented as part of the Film Festival Showcase.
Labels: academic conferences, Christian Frei, film festival, James Nachtwey, photography, screening, war photographer
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