‘Smile’ won’t make you smile. The new horror flick, which just arrived into cinemas with a big thud, borrows from so many previously done formulas that it’s just incredible the filmmakers decided to go through with this, and that paramount has decided to distribute it. The silly premise is that when someone has a sinister smile they are somehow possessed and will immediately kill the nearest person. So why would anyone stick around when they’re next to a smiler? It’s like the day of the dead without the thrill or horror!! After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient,…
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True to the Festival’s positioning, the Competition presents films by directors making their first or second feature films in order to discover and promote new talents in world cinema. Among the 14 films selected, 10 are first-time features and 6 are by women directors. It is a wide-ranging selection from 14 countries, including two from Latin America (Brazil and Mexico), three from Europe (France, Portugal and Switzerland), four from the MEA region and its diaspora (Morocco, Sweden/Somalia, Syria, Tunisia), as well as films from Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Iran and Turkey. Exploring cinematographic genres from fantasy to film noir, and featuring…
Cast and Crew of the film The Eternal Daughter attend the Red carpet at the BFI London Film Festival 2022 Photographer: Paul Winstone For Fabuk
Cast and Crew of the film Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical attend the Red carpet at the BFI London Film Festival 2022 A brand new take on the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical. Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical tells the story of an extraordinary girl, with a vivid imagination, who dares to take a stand to change her story with miraculous results. Fabuk Photographer: Paul Winstone
Cast and Crew of the film Living attend the Red carpet at the BFI London Film Festival 2022 Fabuk Photographer: Paul Winstone
French filmmaker Céline Sciamma, best known for her game-changing historical drama Portrait of a Lady on Fire, has received a Joseph Plateau Honorary Award at Film Fest Gent on Wednesday 12 October. She was handed the award by Lukas Dhont, who kicked off the festival the day before with his sophomore feature Close. Before the award ceremony, the two filmmakers talked in depth about each other’s oeuvre. On Wednesday night, Film Fest Gent honoured director-screenwriter Céline Sciamma with a Joseph Plateau Honorary Award. Sciamma’s attendance in Ghent – realised in collaboration with the Unie van Regisseurs (Belgium) – was highly anticipated.…
Today, breakout singer-songwriter Mimi Webb announces that her highly-anticipated debut album Amelia will be released on March 3, 2023. Amelia is available for pre-order now. “Announcing my first ever album is such an important moment in my career that honestly, sometimes I wasn’t even sure would happen. But after 3 years of hard work, I just can’t wait to share this body of work with all of you who have helped me get to where I am today,” Mimi shares. “The album is named Amelia, my full first name, as there are two sides of me that I want people to get…
LAST NIGHT, INTER-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST, OSMAN YOUSEFZADA, LAUNCHED HIS FUNDRAISER “ARTISTS_EMERGENCY” FOR THE FLOODS IN PAKISTAN AT THE AUBREY, 66 KNIGHTSBRIDGE – ON OCCASION OF HIS V&A SOLO SHOW FINISSAGE At an event ostensibly to celebrate the closure of the artist’s most successful run of his first solo show at the V&A, “What is Seen, And What is Not”, British-Pakistani artist Osman Yousefzada took the opportunity to gather a group of 9 fellow Pakistani artists and launch his fundraiser – Artists_Emergency – conceived to bring together creative voices to discuss and react to the socio-political and environmental issues of today. In…
British fashion council are delighted to unveil the 2022 NEW WAVE: Creatives – a list of the 50 most innovative and inspiring young creative talents from around the world. The dynamic list includes trailblazers from across multiple disciplines including digital artists, casting agents, photographers, hair and makeup artists, image makers, nail artists, set designers and stylists and are a vital component of The Fashion Awards. The final 50 will be celebrated as part of The Fashion Awards 2022, on Monday 5th December at The Royal Albert Hall, London. The Fashion Awards, one of the most anticipated moments of the global…
The grand event of the fall of 2022 is the inclusion of the city of Taraz in the list of World Craftsmen Cities. Taraz is the 57th city in the world to have such status and title. The honorary title will increase recognition of the region as a tourist attraction center with rich history and culture, which will contribute to the revival and development of ancient traditions of folk arts and crafts typical of the region. The significance of the International exhibition of artisans “Taraz – the city of artisans” is not only the title of honor, but also the…