Movies and Film

Oscar winner brings ‘anti-film festival’ to Nairn (Sunday Herald)

6 Jul 2008

to be as playful and unorthodox a film festival as the movies it plans to show: there will be no new films, everyone sits on beanbags, entry is either £3 or a tray of fairy cakes and it will be held in an old bingo hall converted into a Las Vegas daydream.

Western extras play bit parts in new Egyptian film (Johnson City Press)

6 Jul 2008

CAIRO, Egypt — A motley group of foreigners — English teachers, students of Arabic, even a journalist — gathered on a recent chilly night in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, brought together by a love of cinema, curiosity and a furtive hope of catching a glimpse of Omar Sharif.

RP team after location, co-production deals (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

6 Jul 2008

PARIS—Marketing the Philippines as a safe, cost-efficient and viable location for international movie productions is one of the primary tasks of the Philippine contingent in the 6th Paris Cinema International Film Festival, ongoing until July 12.