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Join the
Public Square Rosary Rally
Saturday, October 12, 2013, (12:00 noon)
St Maria Goretti Parish
2980 Senter Rd San Jose, CA 95111.
This Public Square Rosary, sponsored by America Needs Fatima, will be one of over 10,000 rallies that will take place all across the United States on that day.
Please join us in offering reparation for the sins and offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary and to fervently pray for the conversion of United States.
Will you be able to join me and other on that very important day?"
Don't forget to invite your relatives and friends with you!
Reference: (for further details, please visit and 'LIKE' the The Seven Dolors of Mother Mary)
MISS PHILIPPINES EARTH U.S.A. 2014
Coronation Night
on November 2, 2013
(Saturday Night)
@ San Ramon Performing Arts Center
10550 Albion Road, San Ramon, CA 94582
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Disney's favorite Broadway singer, Lea Salonga (she gets her own escort skipping lines at Disney parks!) performed Saturday, October 5 at Nourse Auditorium in San Francisco (shown here with Atherton's Dado Banatao). Photo by Neil Enriquez
"Everyone deserves a second chance." - by Joanlia Lising of Hayward, CA. Yes, the 'viral pageant girl' is joining the search for the next Miss Philippines Earth (USA)!
Grand Finals to be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:00PM @ San Ramon Performing Arts Center. TICKETS ON SALE NOW! http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/TicketRequest?eventId=787766&presenter=SANRAMON&venue&event&version
The Philippine film entry this year to The Oscars, "Transit" gets a boost from Hollywood.
Hollywood Producer Dean Devlin endorses "Transit." Photo from IMDB
HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER
ROOTS FOR “TRANSIT’
SEEN IN THE CITY
(HOLLYWOOD) – Spoken in three (3) languages, English, Hebrew and Tagalog - the nagging fear of deportation, the ill effects of migration to children, are the sensitive topics touched by “Transit.”
The Philippine entry this year at The Oscars for Best Foreign Language film category, “Transit,” produced by Paul Soriano gets a boost by being touted by film experts as the frontrunner in the Best Picture category, in the ongoing Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in South Korea. Published reviews from The Daily Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and other industry publication are all endearingly raving.
And then there’s even a bigger boost last week in the film’s Oscar buzz, as the very influential Jewish Hollywood Producer Dean Devlin (think Will Smith’s “Independence Day,” and Mel Gibson’s “The Patriot” just to name a couple) openly expressed his support for the film – on Twitter. Twice already! On Wednesday, October 2, he tweeted “This is a film I’m enormously passionate about! I’m making it my personal mission to get this film seen around.” And then again this Monday, October 7, he tweeted “I’m so rooting for this movie!”
Born Jewish, Dean’s mother is a Filipina – the former Rita Hernandez of Manila (later known as the actress Pilar Seurat in the 60’s according to research). Aside from his big Hollywood movies, Dean was in the news before for openly defending the alcoholic Mel Gibson for his anti-Semitic statements. He was quoted as saying “the day this happened, my wife had gotten this long letter from Mel full of congratulations and talking about the joys of being a parent. She's Jewish. I'm Jewish. If Mel is an anti-Semite, then he spends a lot of time with us, which makes no sense. But he is an alcoholic and, while that makes no excuse for what he said, because there is no excuse, I believe it was the disease speaking, not the man.”
When “Transit” was first announced as the official Philippine selection to the Oscars this year, not a few raised doubts as to its competitiveness. The issue was the film’s low visibility as far as getting seen (the pivotal key to win) by the Oscar voters. As a matter of fact, as of this writing, I haven’t spoken to anyone who has actually seen the movie.
Well, things turned 360 degrees since then, as the tiny movie competes with 75 others, officially announced by The Academy last Monday via email blast to the media. They are:
Afghanistan, "Wajma – An Afghan Love Story," Barmak Akram, director;
Albania, "Agon," Robert Budina, director;
Argentina, "The German Doctor," Lucía Puenzo, director;
Australia, "The Rocket," Kim Mordaunt, director;
Austria, "The Wall," Julian Pölsler, director;
Azerbaijan, "Steppe Man," Shamil Aliyev, director;
Bangladesh, "Television," Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director;
Belgium, "The Broken Circle Breakdown," Felix van Groeningen, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker," Danis Tanovic, director;
Brazil, "Neighboring Sounds," Kleber Mendonça Filho, director;
Bulgaria, "The Color of the Chameleon," Emil Hristov, director;
Cambodia, "The Missing Picture," Rithy Panh, director;
Canada, "Gabrielle," Louise Archambault, director;
Chad, "GriGris," Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, director;
Chile, "Gloria," Sebastián Lelio, director;
China, "Back to 1942," Feng Xiaogang, director;
Colombia, "La Playa DC," Juan Andrés Arango, director;
Croatia, "Halima’s Path," Arsen Anton Ostojic, director;
Czech Republic, "The Don Juans," Jiri Menzel, director;
Denmark, "The Hunt," Thomas Vinterberg, director;
Dominican Republic, "Quien Manda?" Ronni Castillo, director;
Ecuador, "The Porcelain Horse," Javier Andrade, director;
Egypt, "Winter of Discontent," Ibrahim El Batout, director;
Estonia, "Free Range," Veiko Ounpuu, director;
Finland, "Disciple," Ulrika Bengts, director;
France, "Renoir," Gilles Bourdos, director;
Georgia, "In Bloom," Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, directors;
Germany, "Two Lives," Georg Maas, director;
Greece, "Boy Eating the Bird’s Food," Ektoras Lygizos, director;
Hong Kong, "The Grandmaster," Wong Kar-wai, director;
Hungary, "The Notebook," Janos Szasz, director;
Iceland, "Of Horses and Men," Benedikt Erlingsson, director;
India, "The Good Road," Gyan Correa, director;
Indonesia, "Sang Kiai," Rako Prijanto, director;
Iran, "The Past," Asghar Farhadi, director;
Israel, "Bethlehem," Yuval Adler, director;
Italy, "The Great Beauty," Paolo Sorrentino, director;
Japan, "The Great Passage," Ishii Yuya, director;
Kazakhstan, "Shal," Yermek Tursunov, director;
Latvia, "Mother, I Love You," Janis Nords, director;
Lebanon, "Blind Intersections," Lara Saba, director;
Lithuania, "Conversations on Serious Topics," Giedre Beinoriute, director;
Luxembourg, "Blind Spot," Christophe Wagner, director;
Mexico, "Heli," Amat Escalante, director;
Moldova, "All God’s Children," Adrian Popovici, director;
Montenegro, "Ace of Spades - Bad Destiny," Drasko Djurovic, director;
Morocco, "Horses of God," Nabil Ayouch, director;
Nepal, "Soongava: Dance of the Orchids," Subarna Thapa, director;
Netherlands, "Borgman," Alex van Warmerdam, director;
New Zealand, "White Lies," Dana Rotberg, director;
Norway, "I Am Yours," Iram Haq, director;
Pakistan, "Zinda Bhaag," Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, directors;
Palestine, "Omar," Hany Abu-Assad, director;
Peru, "The Cleaner," Adrian Saba, director;
Poland, "Walesa. Man of Hope," Andrzej Wajda, director;
Portugal, "Lines of Wellington," Valeria Sarmiento, director;
Romania, "Child’s Pose," Calin Peter Netzer, director;
Russia, "Stalingrad," Fedor Bondarchuk, director;
Saudi Arabia, "Wadjda," Haifaa Al Mansour, director;
Serbia, "Circles," Srdan Golubovic, director;
Singapore, "Ilo Ilo," Anthony Chen, director;
Slovak Republic, "My Dog Killer," Mira Fornay, director;
Slovenia, "Class Enemy," Rok Bicek, director;
South Africa, "Four Corners," Ian Gabriel, director;
South Korea, "Juvenile Offender," Kang Yi-kwan, director;
Spain, "15 Years Plus a Day," Gracia Querejeta, director;
Sweden, "Eat Sleep Die," Gabriela Pichler, director;
Switzerland, "More than Honey," Markus Imhoof, director;
Taiwan, "Soul," Chung Mong-Hong, director;
Thailand, "Countdown," Nattawut Poonpiriya, director;
Turkey, "The Butterfly’s Dream," Yilmaz Erdogan, director;
Ukraine, "Paradjanov," Serge Avedikian and Olena Fetisova, directors;
United Kingdom, "Metro Manila," Sean Ellis, director;
Uruguay, "Anina," Alfredo Soderguit, director;
Venezuela, "Breach in the Silence," Luis Alejandro Rodríguez and Andrés Eduardo Rodríguez, directors.
Nominees will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT from Hollywood’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater while the Academy Awards (beamed live in 225 countries!) will be on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The event will be televised live on ABC.
2013 MISS PHILIPPINES-FIRE of Los Angeles, CA is one of the judges in the ongoing search for the next MISS PHILIPPINES EARTH (USA).
Grand Finals to be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:00PM @ San Ramon Performing Arts Center.
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"Like" the picture of your CANDIDATE
as the next Miss Photogenic for Miss Philippines Earth U.S.A. 2014
@ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Miss-Philippines-Earth-USA/175627362452137
Note: A portion of your "Like" will be added to the VOTES for your candidates.
Krisha Marie Gonzalez of Sacramento, CA is one of the candidates in the ongoing search for the next MISS PHILIPPINES EARTH (USA).
Grand Finals to be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:00PM @ San Ramon Performing Arts Center.
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She has over 800,000 views on YouTube! Flying all the way from Denver, CO - HANNAH NICOLE TOLENTINO is one of the candidates in the ongoing search for the next MISS PHILIPPINES EARTH (USA).
Grand Finals to be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:00PM @ San Ramon Performing Arts Center.
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ALEXA GARCIA of Vallejo, CA is one of the candidates in the ongoing search for the next MISS PHILIPPINES EARTH (USA).
Grand Finals to be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:00PM @ San Ramon Performing Arts Center.
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DARLENE ROQUE of Milpitas, CA is one of the candidates in the ongoing search for the next MISS PHILIPPINES EARTH (USA).
Grand Finals to be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:00PM @ San Ramon Performing Arts Center.
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KIM SOLOMITA of Milpitas, CA is one of the candidates in the ongoing search for the next MISS PHILIPPINES EARTH (USA).
Grand Finals to be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:00PM @ San Ramon Performing Arts Center.
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GUEN ERICA PAGUIO of Milpitas, CA is one of the candidates in the ongoing search for the next MISS PHILIPPINES EARTH (USA).
Grand Finals to be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:00PM @ San Ramon Performing Arts Center.
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TRICIA DUENAS of Chandler, AZ is one of the candidates in the ongoing search for the next MISS PHILIPPINES EARTH (USA).
Grand Finals to be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:00PM @ San Ramon Performing Arts Center.
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ANGELICA GALINDEZ of Salt Lake City, Utah is one of the candidates in the ongoing search for the next MISS PHILIPPINES EARTH (USA).
Grand Finals to be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:00PM @ San Ramon Performing Arts Center.
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CARMEN BAENA of San Francisco, CA is one of the candidates in the ongoing search for the next MISS PHILIPPINES EARTH (USA).
Grand Finals to be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:00PM @ San Ramon Performing Arts Center.
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RIZZA-BELEN DIAZ of San Jose, CA is one of the candidates in the ongoing search for the next MISS PHILIPPINES EARTH (USA).
Grand Finals to be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:00PM @ San Ramon Performing Arts Center.
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KIM SANTOS MACARAIG of South San Francisco, CA is one of the candidates in the ongoing search for the next MISS PHILIPPINES EARTH (USA).
Grand Finals to be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:00PM @ San Ramon Performing Arts Center.
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STEPHENNIE LAXAMANA of South San Francisco, CA is one of the candidates in the ongoing search for the next MISS PHILIPPINES EARTH (USA).
Grand Finals to be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:00PM @ San Ramon Performing Arts Center.
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TFCKat Singing Contest Top 30 Semi-Finalist SAMANTHA ROSE COSTALES of San Jose, CA is one of the candidates in the ongoing search for the next MISS PHILIPPINES EARTH (USA).
Grand Finals to be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:00PM @ San Ramon Performing Arts Center.
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"Everyone deserves a second chance." - by JOANLIA LISING (the viral pageant girl from YouTube) of Hayward, CA. A future Registered Nurse (she finished her NCLEX tests recently), she is one of the candidates in the ongoing search for the next MISS PHILIPPINES EARTH (USA). Grand Finals to be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 5:00PM @ San Ramon Performing Arts Center. TICKETS ON SALE NOW! http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/TicketRequest?eventId=787766&presenter=SANRAMON&venue&event&version
Love Sees No End in GMA Pinoy TV's groundbreaking series Genesis
This October, Kapuso Primetime King Dingdong Dantes topbills Genesis, an original, groundbreaking series that will take the audience on an emotional and inspiring journey towards a new beginning. It gives a glimpse of the triumph of the human spirit despite the looming destruction - that when hope falters, love is the greatest refuge. Dingdong portrays the role of Isaak Macalintal a morally upright military detail entrusted with the welfare and safety of the Vice President, Edgardo Sebastian.
Kapuso leading lady Rhian Ramos will prove that love sees no end as she breathes life to Isaak's childhood sweetheart and fiancée Raquel, whom he will save and protect until the very end.
To show that in the midst of destruction, love is the greatest salvation, grand-slam best actress Ms. Lorna Tolentino plays the role of Sandra Sebastian-Trinidad, the principled president who will sacrifice anything for the sake of the country and its people just like her father, Edgardo.
Playing equally vital roles are versatile actor TJ Trinidad as Paolo de Guzman, the controlling and almost tyrannical husband of Raquel and seasoned actress Jackielou Blanco as Ramona Escalabre, the cruel, manipulative and dishonest former President.
Completing the powerhouse cast are Irma Adlawan as Tiya Fely, Raquel's auntie who plays a second mom to Raquel; Ronnie Henares as Emil Trinidad, Sandra's supportive and committed husband; Carlo Gonzalez asWaldo, the warden that will make Isaak's life miserable; Betong Sumaya as Tolits Dimagiba, an ex-convict who will be Isaak's friend; Luane Dy as Jill Galvez, a resilient, audacious and persistent journalist who will investigate everything about Operation: Genesis; Sasha Baldoza as Osie de Guzman, the smart, charming and loveable love child of Raquel and Isaak; Rainier Gison as MJ Trinidad, the eldest son of Sandra and Emil; and Annette Samin as Summer Trinidad the daughter of Sandra and Emil who has Down Syndrome.
Aside from the stellar ensemble, there will also be special participation of respected TV and movie stars: Robert Arevalo (as the Vice President and Sandra's father), Bembol Roco, Gardo Versoza, Snooky Serna, Shamaine Centenera, Mark Anthony Fernandez, Angel Aquino, Pauleen Luna, Lauren Young, Lito Legaspi and Laurice Guillen (as Isaak's parents) among others.
Under the helm of superb directors Bb. Joyce Bernal and Mark Reyes, Genesis is a journey that will showcase the basic goodness of mankind; that we are all capable of love, hope, faith, forgiveness and sacrifice. The show will draw viewers to believe that no matter what adversities that would come along the way, there is hope for the future and that love sees no end.
Don't miss the much awaited premiere of Genesis on October 15 on GMA's flagship international channel GMA Pinoy TV.
For more details and program information, visit the GMA International websitewww.gmanetwork.com/international, Facebook pages www.facebook.com/GMAPinoyTV,www.facebook.com/gmalifetv, and, www.facebook.com/gmanewsinternational, and Twitter pages@GMAPinoyTV and @GMA_LifeTV.
76 COUNTRIES IN COMPETITION FOR 2013 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OSCAR®
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – A record 76 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®. Moldova and Saudi Arabia are first-time entrants; Montenegro is submitting for the first time as an independent country.
The 2013 submissions are:
Afghanistan, "Wajma – An Afghan Love Story," Barmak Akram, director;
Albania, "Agon," Robert Budina, director;
Argentina, "The German Doctor," Lucía Puenzo, director;
Australia, "The Rocket," Kim Mordaunt, director;
Austria, "The Wall," Julian Pölsler, director;
Azerbaijan, "Steppe Man," Shamil Aliyev, director;
Bangladesh, "Television," Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director;
Belgium, "The Broken Circle Breakdown," Felix van Groeningen, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker," Danis Tanovic, director;
Brazil, "Neighboring Sounds," Kleber Mendonça Filho, director;
Bulgaria, "The Color of the Chameleon," Emil Hristov, director;
Cambodia, "The Missing Picture," Rithy Panh, director;
Canada, "Gabrielle," Louise Archambault, director;
Chad, "GriGris," Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, director;
Chile, "Gloria," Sebastián Lelio, director;
China, "Back to 1942," Feng Xiaogang, director;
Colombia, "La Playa DC," Juan Andrés Arango, director;
Croatia, "Halima’s Path," Arsen Anton Ostojic, director;
Czech Republic, "The Don Juans," Jiri Menzel, director;
Denmark, "The Hunt," Thomas Vinterberg, director;
Dominican Republic, "Quien Manda?" Ronni Castillo, director;
Ecuador, "The Porcelain Horse," Javier Andrade, director;
Egypt, "Winter of Discontent," Ibrahim El Batout, director;
Estonia, "Free Range," Veiko Ounpuu, director;
Finland, "Disciple," Ulrika Bengts, director;
France, "Renoir," Gilles Bourdos, director;
Georgia, "In Bloom," Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, directors;
Germany, "Two Lives," Georg Maas, director;
Greece, "Boy Eating the Bird’s Food," Ektoras Lygizos, director;
Hong Kong, "The Grandmaster," Wong Kar-wai, director;
Hungary, "The Notebook," Janos Szasz, director;
Iceland, "Of Horses and Men," Benedikt Erlingsson, director;
India, "The Good Road," Gyan Correa, director;
Indonesia, "Sang Kiai," Rako Prijanto, director;
Iran, "The Past," Asghar Farhadi, director;
Israel, "Bethlehem," Yuval Adler, director;
Italy, "The Great Beauty," Paolo Sorrentino, director;
Japan, "The Great Passage," Ishii Yuya, director;
Kazakhstan, "Shal," Yermek Tursunov, director;
Latvia, "Mother, I Love You," Janis Nords, director;
Lebanon, "Blind Intersections," Lara Saba, director;
Lithuania, "Conversations on Serious Topics," Giedre Beinoriute, director;
Luxembourg, "Blind Spot," Christophe Wagner, director;
Mexico, "Heli," Amat Escalante, director;
Moldova, "All God’s Children," Adrian Popovici, director;
Montenegro, "Ace of Spades - Bad Destiny," Drasko Djurovic, director;
Morocco, "Horses of God," Nabil Ayouch, director;
Nepal, "Soongava: Dance of the Orchids," Subarna Thapa, director;
Netherlands, "Borgman," Alex van Warmerdam, director;
New Zealand, "White Lies," Dana Rotberg, director;
Norway, "I Am Yours," Iram Haq, director;
Pakistan, "Zinda Bhaag," Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, directors;
Palestine, "Omar," Hany Abu-Assad, director;
Peru, "The Cleaner," Adrian Saba, director;
Philippines, "Transit," Hannah Espia, director;
Poland, "Walesa. Man of Hope," Andrzej Wajda, director;
Portugal, "Lines of Wellington," Valeria Sarmiento, director;
Romania, "Child’s Pose," Calin Peter Netzer, director;
Russia, "Stalingrad," Fedor Bondarchuk, director;
Saudi Arabia, "Wadjda," Haifaa Al Mansour, director;
Serbia, "Circles," Srdan Golubovic, director;
Singapore, "Ilo Ilo," Anthony Chen, director;
Slovak Republic, "My Dog Killer," Mira Fornay, director;
Slovenia, "Class Enemy," Rok Bicek, director;
South Africa, "Four Corners," Ian Gabriel, director;
South Korea, "Juvenile Offender," Kang Yi-kwan, director;
Spain, "15 Years Plus a Day," Gracia Querejeta, director;
Sweden, "Eat Sleep Die," Gabriela Pichler, director;
Switzerland, "More than Honey," Markus Imhoof, director;
Taiwan, "Soul," Chung Mong-Hong, director;
Thailand, "Countdown," Nattawut Poonpiriya, director;
Turkey, "The Butterfly’s Dream," Yilmaz Erdogan, director;
Ukraine, "Paradjanov," Serge Avedikian and Olena Fetisova, directors;
United Kingdom, "Metro Manila," Sean Ellis, director;
Uruguay, "Anina," Alfredo Soderguit, director;
Venezuela, "Breach in the Silence," Luis Alejandro Rodríguez and Andrés Eduardo Rodríguez, directors.
The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
"THE SQUARE" - A FILM BY JEHANE NOUJAIM will open on NOVEMBER 1 in Los Angeles exclusively at the SUNDANCE SUNSET CINEMAS at 8000 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood.
It will also open New York at the FILM FORUM on October 25 and other select cities nationwide throughout the year.
Our only Los Angeles press screening will take place on Wednesday October 23 at 10AM at the Sundance Sunset Cinemas.
Please see below for more information. It's amazing on the big screen!
SYNOPSIS: From the 2011 overthrow of a 30-year dictator, through military rule, and culminating with the forced military removal of the Muslim Brotherhood president in the summer of 2013, we follow a group of Egyptian activists as they battle leaders and regimes, and risk their lives to build a new society of conscience.
The Egyptian Revolution has been an ongoing roller coaster. Through the news, we only get a glimpse of the bloodiest battle, an election, or a million-man march. At the beginning of August 2013, we witnessed the second president deposed within the space of three years.
THE SQUARE is a truly immersive experience, transporting the viewer deeply into the intense emotional drama and personal stories behind the news. It is the inspirational story of young people claiming their rights, struggling through multiple forces: from a brutal army dictatorship willing to crush protesters with military tanks, to a corrupt Muslim Brotherhood using mosques to manipulate voters. THE SQUARE continues to wow audiences and critics as the winner of the Sundance 2013 Audience Award and the Audience Award at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
As the revolution continues in Egypt and around the globe, the theatrical release of THE SQUARE is right on time to keep the dialogue going.
FILMMAKER JEHANE NOUJAIM and her producer Karim Amer are available for interviews upon request.
View Trailer: http://thesquarefilm.com
Announcing the Los Angeles Theatrical Premiere of the Acclaimed Film
Never before has a documentary film won the Audience Award at both Sundance and Toronto Film FestIval
THE SQUARE
A FILM BY JEHANE NOUJAIM
OPENING IN THEATERS
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
SUNDANCE SUNSET CINEMAS
8000 SUNSET BLVD.
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046
Other Select Cities Nationwide Throughout the Year
(NEW YORK - FILM FORUM - OCTOBER 25)
PRESS SCREENING
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
10 AM
SUNDANCE SUNSET CINEMAS
8000 SUNSET BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90046
WHEN I WALK is a deeply moving and inspiring love story.
Watch this theatrical trailer and you'll understand why:
http://movies.yahoo.com/video/walk-trailer-162033207.html
Long Shot Factory is pleased to announce the theatrical release of the award-winning documentary
WHEN I WALK
WHEN I WALK is one man’s emotional and inspiring journey during six years of life following his multiple sclerosis diagnosis. For Jason DaSilva, life’s most challenging and joyous moments are yet to come.
OPENING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
IFC CENTER - NEW YORK CITY
OPENING FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1
LAEMMLE MUSIC HALL - LOS ANGELES
“DaSilva’s strength and resilience, his determination to stay positive...shines through every frame of his story...It’s a lovely, inspiring film, deeply personal and honest.”
— Kim Voynar, Movie City News
“A powerful documentary about the failure of the human body and the triumph of the human spirit…This was the best doc at Sundance 2013.”
— Brian Tallerico, Hollywood Chicago
"When I Walk self-documents his entire journey with the crippling disease over the past 8 years in one of the most honest and sincere films ever to grace the Sundance silver screen...'We only live one life'–and When I Walk is definitely worth the short time we have."
— Esther Meroño, Slug Magazine
Synopsis: In 2006, 25-year-old Jason DaSilva was on vacation at the beach with family when, suddenly, he fell down. He couldn’t get back up. His legs had stopped working; his disease could no longer be ignored. Just a few months earlier doctors had told him that he had multiple sclerosis, which could lead to loss of vision and muscle control, as well as a myriad of other complications. Jason tried exercise to help cope, but the problem only worsened. After his dispiriting fall on the beach, he turned to his Mom, who reminded him that, despite his disease, he was still a fortunate kid who had the opportunity to pursue the things he loved most: art and filmmaking. Jason picked up the camera, turned it on his declining body, and set out on a worldwide journey in search of healing, self-discovery, and love.
An emotional documentary filled with unexpected moments of humor and joy, WHEN I WALK is a life-affirming film driven by a young man’s determination to survive—and to make sense of a devastating disease through the art of cinema.
Official Selection
2013 Sundance Film Festival
WINNER - Best Canadian Feature
2013 HotDocs, Toronto
About Filmmaker Jason DaSilva - Producer/Director
Director Jason DaSilva has been a prolific filmmaker for the past 10 years. He has directed four short films (OLIVIA’S PUZZLE, A SONG FOR DANIEL, TWINS OF MANKALA, and FIRST STEPS) and two feature-length documentary films (LEST WE FORGET and WHEN I WALK). Many of his films have won awards; OLIVIA’S PUZZLE premiered at the 2003 Sundance Festival and qualified for an Academy Award. Three of his films have had national broadcasts on PBS, HBO, and CBC. He also produced Shocking and Awful, a film installation on the anti-Iraq war movement, exhibited at the 2006 Whitney Biennial. Each one of these works advanced Jason’s objective to give voice to those on the periphery of society. In 2006 Jason took a short break from filmmaking to earn his MFA in Applied Media Arts from Emily Carr University. He recently produced and directed an Op-Doc (opinion documentary) for The New York Times called ‘The Long Wait,’ published in January 2013.
DaSilva’s latest film, WHEN I WALK, was an Official Selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and won Best Canadian Feature at HotDocs 2013. Following the film’s theatrical release this fall, it will air on POV on PBS in 2014. Jason is also the creator of AXS Map (www.axsmap.com), a crowd-sourced tool for sharing reviews on the wheelchair accessibility of businesses, restaurants, entertainment centers, and other day-to-day destinations available online or via mobile web, as well as Android and iPhone applications. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Official Film Website:
http://wheniwalk.com
Photos & Press Notes:
http://wheniwalk.com/press/
TWO: THE STORY OF ROMAN AND NYRO -a documentary directed by Heather Winters, will open in Los Angeles; playing exclusively at the Laemmle Music Hall, starting October 18, 2013.
TWO: THE STORY OF ROMAN AND NYRO is the touching film about the lives of twin sons born to Grammy Award winning songwriter Desmond Child (worked with Ricky Martin, Jon Bon Jovi and more) and his lifelong partner Curtis Shaw. What is captured is a heartwarming tale of the modern family. Film festival audiences have praised the film for its contemporary look at family and parenthood.
TWO: THE STORY OF ROMAN AND NYRO
trt: 92 minutes
Directed by: Heather Winters
LA Theatrical Date: October 18, 2013 (Laemmle Music Hall)
National roll out to follow, leading up to our NY theatrical in early 2014.
www.twothedocumentary.org
SYNOPSIS:
TWO: The Story Of Roman and Nyro documents the 12-year journey of legendary songwriter Desmond Child and his lifelong partner Curtis Shaw, and the extraordinary way they met and connected with Angela Whittaker, the woman who would carry their twin sons, Roman and Nyro, into the world. From pre-conception through the boys’ first 10 years, TWO is the personal and powerful story of these unique individuals whose lives become inextricably woven together in magical and unexpected ways. TWO is testament to the universal power and ultimate triumph of love – that it is love that makes a family, affirming modern families may be modern in their making, but timelessly human at their core.
NOTABLE NAMES:
Director Heather Winters
Documentary Subjects: Desmond Child (Grammy Award Winning Songwriter). Curis Shaw, Roman Shaw Child, Nyro Shaw Child
Also in film: Bon Jovi, Deepak Chopra
OLDBOY is a provocative, visceral thriller that follows the story of Joe Doucette, a man who is abruptly kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement, for no apparent reason. When he is suddenly released without explanation, he begins an obsessive mission to find out who imprisoned him, only to discover that the real mystery is why he was set free.
Distributor: FilmDistrict
Release Date: November 27, 2013
Director: Spike Lee
Writer: Mark Protosevich
Starring: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, and Sharlto Copley.
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"THE NEW BLACK" - A FILM BY YORUBA RICHEN
This moving and insightful film has sparked meaningful dialogue and audience raves on the film festival circuit. It was awarded the Audience Award at AFI DOCS; Audience Award at PHILLY Q FEST; and the Audience Award at FRAMELINE SAN FRANCISCO; and won Best Documentary at the URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL.
THE NEW BLACK addresses the issue of how the African American community is dealing with the gay community in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights. It has been a discussion that has been coming for a long time in both of these communities. The film documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the black community’s institutional pillar—the black church and reveals the Christian right wing’s strategy of exploiting this phenomenon in order to pursue an anti-gay political agenda. THE NEW BLACK takes viewers into the pews and onto the streets and provides a seat at the kitchen table as it tells the story of the historic fight to win marriage equality in Maryland and charts the evolution of this divisive issue within the black community.
Your coverage, either feature or review, is greatly appreciated and your consideration for the your 2013 Top 10 List would be outstanding. Once you experience THE NEW BLACK - you will see what audiences have been talking about. SCREENERS AND ONLINE LINKS are available for your editorial review.
FILMMAKER YORUBA RICHEN and her producer YVONNE WELBON and subjects SHARON LETTMAN HICKS and KARESS TAYLOR-HUGHES are available for interviews upon request.
View Trailer: http://www.newblackfilm.com/trailer/
For More Info: www.newblackfilm.com
Announcing the Los Angeles Theatrical Premiere of a Timely and Important Film
Winner Audience Award at AFI DOCS, PHILLY Q FEST, FRAMELINE SAN FRANCISCO
and Best Documentary at the URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL
PROMISED LAND FILM
PRESENTS
THE NEW BLACK
A FILM BY YORUBA RICHEN
ACADEMY, MARY PICKFORD FOUNDATION CELEBRATE SILENT FILM
WITH TWO RESTORED CLASSICS
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Mary Pickford Foundation will continue their annual celebration of silent film with screenings of two silent film classics from 1928 – “The Crowd” on Tuesday, October 22, and “The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg” on Thursday, October 24 – at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Film historian and preservationist Kevin Brownlow, who supervised the restoration of both films, will introduce the screenings, which feature a stereo musical score composed by Carl Davis. The programs begin at 7:30 p.m.
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