Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O’Connor renowned as Lorde is a growing sensation in the Global Musical World. The recent news regarding the singer is about her new song ‘Royals’. Royals’ won the ‘Song of the Year’ award at the 56th annual Grammy Awards and the singer also won the ‘best pop solo performance trophy’ for the same song.
Lorde received the award at the annual ceremony in Los Angeles, and she was accompanies by Joe Little. The duo wrote the song together, and their perfect creative bonding was clearly visible during the time of award receiving ceremony.
“This is the one thing that I did not expect the most about tonight. I have been so inspired by all of your vocal work at some point in my life, so thank you”, said an excited Lord.
In a tough competition, ‘Royals’ competed with “Roar” by Katy Perry, “Same love” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis and “Just give me a reason” by Pink. After a tough round of jurisdiction, Lorde’s Royals emerged as the winner, and the song came out with flying colors.
Santa Barbara also renowned as American Riviera will witness several Oscar nominees and other eminent personalities coming under one roof as the 29th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival is all set to begin from January 31st 2014, and it will run through February 9th.This is one of the premier cinematic events in the country, and all the eyes of the Global Film World will be focused in this city during these 11 days.
This year’s film festival will screen nearly 200 movies from more than 60 nations. The festival will honor impeccable personas like, Oprah Winfrey, Emma Thompson, Cate Blanchett, Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Redford and Jared Leto. Cate Blanchett has been selected for the ‘Outstanding Performer of the Year’ award, and David O Russel will receive the recognition for ‘Outstanding Director of the Year’.
Please find below the full list of awards which are going to be presented in the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Cinema Vanguard Award
Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio
Virtuoso Award
Rush: Daniel Brühl
Blue Is the Warmest Color: Adèle Exarchopoulos
Inside Llewyn Davis: Oscar Isaac
Fruitvale Station: Michael B. Jordan
Short Term 12: Brie Larson
Dallas Buyers Club: Jared Leto
Nebraska: June Squibb
Montecito Award
Lee Daniels’ The Butler: Oprah Winfrey
Modern Master Award
Emma Thompson
Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film
Forest Whitaker
American Riviera Award
Robert Redford
Outstanding Performer of the Year Award
Blue Jasmine: Cate Blanchett
The 6th edition of Jaipur International Film Festival is all scheduled to begin from February 1st and it will run through February 5th. The festival is slowly gaining popularity in the recent years, and now it is proclaiming its presence in the Global Film World. The opening ceremony of the festival will be conducted at Rajmandir Cinema on February 1, 2014 evening. The event will witness eminent personalities from World Cinema assembling in one roof, and this will be an absolutely mesmerizing sight.
The opening movie of the festival is Zinda Bhag, a Pakistani movie which portrays the life of three young men who try to escape the reality of their everyday lives by putting their very lives at stake. This fiction film is directed by Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, and the performance of Nasuruddeen Shah is one of the main highlights. He has played his character to perfection, and it has gained highly positive reviews from all corners. The film will be screened on February 1st, 2014 evening at Rajmandir Cinema Hall after the opening ceremony.
The closing movie of the festival is ‘Touring Talkies’ directed by Gajendra Ahire. This film portrays the story of traveling movie tents which were quite common in India during the latter half of the 20th Century. The protagonist of the movie is Chandi, and she runs a touring talkie tent called Chandi Touring Talkies. The film showcases her struggle to save her touring talkies, and this movie is an absolute homage to the Indian Film Industry which celebrates its 100 glorious years. Touring Talkies will be screened on February 5th, 2014 evening at Golcha Cinema after the closing ceremony.
Goteborg International Film Festival is one of the largest film fests in the world, and it has huge significance in the Global Film Map. This leading film festival in Scandinavia aims to expose new Nordic films in front of the global audience. They also invite impeccable crafts from the World Cinema Sector to the land of Gothenburg. The 37th edition of this film festival is beginning today, and it will run through February 3rd.
Goteborg International Film Festival can be considered as the ultimate destination for film lovers from all corners of the world. The film festival will screen more than 500 movies from 80 countries, and it will surely offer a splendid visual feast to the audience. There will be seminars, interviews, venues and various industry activities in this destination.
Some of the impeccable movies which are screening in the festival are Snaba Cash directed by Jens Jonsson, A Touch of Sin by Jia Zhangke and Skytten by Annete K Olssen. This year’s film festival will be special for many other reasons, and the organizers are trying hard to make it the ultimate destination for film lovers.
Rotterdam International Film Festival has a legacy of 46 years, and the festival is now an unquestionable event in the Global Film World. The 47th edition of this International Film Festival is all set to begin from today, January 22nd, and it will run through February 2nd 2014. The festival offers a pure visual treat for film lovers from all corners of the world, and every edition of the festival is witnessing more and more number of foreign visitors.
The opening ceremony will begin with a special preview of ‘Her’ directed by Spike Jones. The movie is already a critical success in all film festivals it got screened, and it is receiving highly positive reviews from all corners. The festival’s Tiger Awards Competitions, Bright Future and Spectrum sections contain recent recent movies from all corners of the world, and it includes many world premiers as well. The signal section will present retrospectives and themed programs.
The festival will witness the screenings of more than 100 films, and this includes movies from all nooks of the globe. Asian movies are also given special preference in the festival, and out of 15 films which are participating for the Tiger Awards, three movies are from Asia. They are Akira Ikeda’s Anatomy of a Paperclip, Lee Chatametikool’s Concrete Clouds and Lee Su-Jin’s Han Gong-Ju. From today, its going to be colorful nights for Rotterdam, and the city will witness all the colors of global cinema in its most exquisite manner.
The American Society of Cinematographers is conducting the first ASC Spotlight Award presentation this year, and they have now unleashed the names of the nominees. The final shortlist includes the names of cinematographers who moved camera for movies like, ‘Ida’, ‘Renoir’ and ‘Winter Nomads’.
“We’ve been honoring outstanding achievement in cinematography since we started the ASC Awards in 1987. Several ASC members developed the concept for this award after being inspired by these types of productions. We chose to add this new honor to recognize and praise areas of our art form that previously might have been overlooked”, said ASC Award Committee Chairman Lowell Peterson.
All the active members in the ASC will cast their vote to finalize the winners in this competition, and the topper will be declared at the 28th annual ASC Awards on Feb. 1 at the Hollywood & Highland Ray Dolby Ballroom.
PIFF is going on in Pune with its full glory, and the festival will run through 16th January 2013. This year, the festival was full of grandeur and splendor, and the organizers succeeded in fulfilling the expectations of film spectators all over the world. The inaugural ceremony was mind blowing in all aspects, and the venue was decorated with the presence of unquestionable personalities from the Global Film World.
Malayalam Film Industry also had too much to rejoice, as four Malayalam movies gets screened in the Indian Cinema Category. One among them is Celluloid which is directed by ace filmmaker Kamal. The movie which stars Pritviraj in the lead role depicts the life of J C Daniel, the father of Malayalam Cinema.
Another Malayalam Movie in the Indian Cinema category is ‘Shutter’ directed by Joy Mathew. The movie showcases the life of a man who traps inside a shutter with a prostitute. The film beautifully depicts human emotions in its raw manner.
Kunjananthe Kada by Salim Ahmed and Artist directed by Shyamaprasad is also getting screened, and these movies are expected to take the industry to a new level of global presence. Kunjananthe Kada has Mammootty in the lead role, and it portrays the story of a shop keeper who fights against developments which may harm his shop and small town. Fahad Fazil plays the lead role in Artist, and this movie show cases the life of a blind person who have impeccable artistic skills.
In the inaugural ceremony, master director Adoor Gopalakrishnan was honored, and this was another achievement for Malayalam Cinema Industry.
‘Rush’ the movie which is directed by Ron Howard has been nominated for BAFTA awards in four different categories. The movie has been nominated for categories like ‘Outstanding British Film’, ‘Best Supporting Actor’, ‘Best Editing’ and ‘Best Sound Effects’.
‘Rush’ is basically a biographical musical drama and it portrays the life of James Hunt and Niki Lauda, two very famous formula 1 divers in the 1970s. The film showcases the revenge between these two drivers during the 1976 Grand Prix Season. Chris Hemsworth enacted the role of James Hunt in the movie whereas Daniel Bruhl gave life to Niki Lauda.
The movie was released on September 2013 was opened to highly positive critical acclaim, and the performance of Daniel Bruhl was praised to a great extend. He is now a strong contender to win the BAFTA award in the ‘Best Supporting Actor’ category. The award ceremony will take place on February 16th at the Royal Opera House.
Pune International Film Festival has its own significance in the Global Film World. The 2014 edition will get kick started from today, and it will run through 16th January 2014. This year’s festival will screen more than 200 films in 7 venues, and it comprises of 11 screens and more than 300 shows. The festival is much bigger than never before, and organizers are trying hard to make it big in all means.
The festival is jointly organized by Pune Film Foundation and Government of Maharashtra. The inauguration will be held on 9th January at 2.45 PM on City Pride Kothrud by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. The opening film in the festival is Ana Arabia from Israel. This 81 minute movie is directed by Amos Gitai and it was first premiered in the Venice International Film Festival.
This year’s film festival will also witness the honoring of two eminent personalities in Indian Cinema, renowned director Adoor Gopalakrishnan and ace actor Vinod Khanna. The S D Burman award will be given to Shri. Hrudayanath Mageshkar for his outstanding contribution to Indian music. All the awards will be presented during the inaugural ceremony. The ceremony will also witness many renowned names in the Global Cinema coming under one roof.
The jury for this year consists of 11 members, and it will be headed by Laurence Kardish. Other members includes, Alexandra Stewart, Javier Angulo, Dileep Padgaonkar, Niki Karimi, Eduardo Rossoff, Anjum Rajabali, Klaus Maeck, Ashish SK, Kireet Khurana and Chithra Subramaniam. The festival will have competition on various segments like Indian Cinema, Marathi Cinema Today, Student Competition etc.
The main venue of the festival is City Pride Kothrud, and other venue partners include City Pride Abhiruchi, City Pride R Deccan, City Pride Satara Road, National Film Archive of India, E Square and Inox.
Jaipur International Film Festival is one of the fast growing film fests in India, and this event is also gradually making its presence in the Global Film World. JIFF 2014 will begin on February 1st and will run through February 5th. This year, the festival is much bigger and mightier than the previous years, and organizers are trying to make this event splendid in all manners.
The opening ceremony of the festival will be conducted at Rajmandir Cinema on February 1, 2014 evening. The event will witness eminent personalities from World Cinema assembling in one roof, and this will be an absolutely mesmerizing sight. The chief minister of Rajasthan and 7 aspiring filmmakers will also make their presence in the ceremony, and invitation letters have already been mailed to them.
In the 2014 edition, the festival will honor RajShri productions with a life time achievement award. JIFF will also pay its tribute to noted writer Vijay Dan Deta who has written many stories about Rajasthan and scripts for film industry. The festival will also hold a discussion on the topic “Film city and ruling government’s agenda: hoax or truth at Chamber Bhawan – RCCI on February 2, 2014 at 12 p.m.