Asiatica Film Mediale – Encounters with Asian cinema
Auditorium, Casa del Cinema and Cinema Farnese located in Piazza Campo dei Fiori house ASIATICAFILMMEDIALE, bridge of images and words between Asia and Italy.
The festival will propose movies from: Bangladesh, China, Japan, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kyrghizstan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, The Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tibet, Uzbekistan. Two competitions: feature films and documentaries, all Italian premieres. Besides the competitions, many movies out of competition and special events will enrich our programme. [ read more ] »
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One of the most influential rap groups in history, Wu-Tang Clan created some of the most memorable videos of their time to go with their ground-breaking music. Now, for the first time, all of the group's signature videos have been collected on one DVD with bonus material that will be released by Sony Legacy on June 13. The bonus material includes a rare alternate version of the "Method Man" video as well as the 21-minute "Enter The Wu-Tang," a previously unreleased documentary from 1994 that includes in-depth interviews with all of the original members of the group as well as rare live performances from their debut album. Also included is "Old Man" featuring the final video performance from Ol' Dirty Bastard. [ read more ] »
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DARK DAYS, WHITE NIGHTS
An innovative video installation by Gabriel Winer for Bar Veloce
New York, NY, May 2, 2006 - Dark Days, White Nights, an innovative video installation designed by Gabriel Winer for Bar Veloce, is taking us on a trip to 1960's Italy. The installation re-edits, re-mixes, and intertwines the films of Michaelangelo Antonioni and Luchino Visconti, making a new movie every night. While you enjoy a glass of wine, the film moves between stretches of day and night as the characters struggle with love, lust, modernism, and the city. Come back tomorrow night, and you'll see something completely different. Made possible with the generous cooperation of Criterion Collection / Janus Films.
Fusing an Italian-style paninoteca (panini bar) with a modern wine bar, its goal was to deliver exciting, reasonably priced Italian wine and food to discerning New Yorkers. That being said, the focus never strayed from the fact that Bar Veloce is a BAR, not a café, lounge or restaurant. European-styled and modeled as a "fast bar", a pit-stop, owner and visionaire Frederick E. Twomey found great inspiration for Bar Veloce during his time spent in Europe, finding himself drawn to the counters of casual bars for refreshment while en route. Gabriel Winer specializes in the creation of interactive and immersive video environments for retail spaces, architecture, and events. His work is inspired by the way that media and technology can be used to transform our experience of public and private space. He manages the entire process, from the design, the production of content, and the programming, through to the installation and maintenance of each project. Gabriel also makes promotional short films, music videos, and other work for broadcast and the web on commission. He is a graduate of NYU/Tisch's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) and recent work includes the scandalous and fun (MALIN+GOETZ) installation at their flagship store in Manhattan. [ read more ] »
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Red Stripe presents Hooray! Commercial Bowl
Create and send in a a decent home-made ad and Red Stripe will send you a decent amount of money!
You could win $5000 in just a few easy steps. No need to be an established film director, just follow the simple steps below and enter!
1 Go to http://www.hooraycommercialbowl.com 2 Use the Red Stripe soundtrack, created in the 70’s. It is perfect for all videos or don’t and we’ll just add it in. 3 Create a short film around the theme “Life is Just for Livin’” ... [ read more ] »
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MagmArt ¦ video under volcano
international video art festival
In January 2006, there will occur in Naples, Italy, the first edition of Magmart | video under volcano, an international video art festival, a studio tad production, with partnership of Stella Film, Casoria International Contemporary Art Museum and GenomART. The festival is open to international video artists, and the program schedule four steps ... [ read more ] »
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