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Edgar Morais
Edgar Morais (born 25 June 1989) is a Portuguese actor, film director, screenwriter, and film editor. Edgar won the award for Best Actor at Prishtina International Film Festival for his performance in Albania's 95th Academy Awards submission ''A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On'' (2022), for which he received rave reviews from international press such as ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' and ''Screen International''. His directorial works include ''Heatstroke'' and the award-winning ''We Won't Forget''. Personal life Morais was born in Portugal, to an antique restorer mother and a contractor father. He graduated in acting from Portugal's EPTC. Edgar was also a student of Ivana Chubbuck in LA and Susan Batson in NYC. He divides his time between the USA and Portugal. Film acting career Morais made his film acting debut in 2007's ''From Now On (film), From Now On'' (winner of the Audience Award at Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival), directed by Locarno Film Festival alumna Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Film Festival Rotterdam
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, focused on independent and experimental films. The inaugural festival took place in June 1972, led by founder Huub Bals. IFFR also hosts CineMart and BoostNL, for film producers to seek funding. History The first festival, then called Film International, was organized in June 1972 under the leadership of Huub Bals. The festival profiled itself as a promoter of alternative, innovative, and non-commercial films, with an emphasis on the Far East and developing countries. Around 1983, the festival founded CineMart to serve as a "regular film market", and later modified the business model to serve instead as a "co-production market", which helps a selected number of film producers connect with possible co-producers and funders for their film projects. After the festival founder's sudden death in 1988, a fund was initiated and named af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Q'orianka Kilcher
Q'orianka Waira Qoiana Kilcher (; born February 11, 1990) is an American actress. Her best known film roles are Pocahontas in Terrence Malick's 2005 film '' The New World'', and Kaiulani in '' Princess Kaiulani'' (2009). In 2020, she starred in a recurring role on the Paramount Network show ''Yellowstone''. Early life Kilcher was born in Schweigmatt, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. Her name ''Q'orianka'' means "Golden Eagle" in Quechua. Her father is of Quechua– Huachipaeri background from Peru, while her mother, Saskia Kilcher, is an American human rights activist of Swiss German origin. When Kilcher was two, she and her mother moved to Kapaa, Hawaii where her brother Kainoa was born. Her father, from whom she is estranged, was absent for much of her life. Growing up in Hawaii, Kilcher was inspired by the local culture and started hula dancing at the age of five. She also trained in Tahitian dance and West African, as well as ballet, hip hop and modern dance. In 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasia International Film Festival
Fantasia International Film Festival, also known as Fantasia Fest or simply Fantasia, is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. It focuses on fantasy, horror, sci-fi and cult genre films. Regularly held in July/August, by 2016 its annual audience had already surpassed 100,000 viewers. ''Fantasia'' has been often cited as the most outstanding and largest genre film festival in North America, and as one of the top three in the world, alongside Sitges and Fantastic Fest. Its mission is to promote genre, anti-Hollywood cinema and assist independent filmmakers, having launched the careers of many modern auteurs throughout the years. Since 2012, the festival has also held the ''Frontières'' cinema market that allows promising projects to find potential producers and distributors. In 2016, the ''Frontières'' announced collaboration with the Marché du Film, led by the Cannes Film Festival. Overview ''Fantasia'' focuses on niche, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The festival was formally accredited by the FIAPF in 1951. Cannes is one of the "Big Three" major European film festivals, alongside Venice and Berlin, as well as one of the "Big Five" major international film festivals, alongside Venice, Berlin, Toronto and Sundance. History The early years The Cannes Film Festival has its origins in 1938 when Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, on the proposal of high-ranking official and historian Philippe Erlanger and film journalist Robert Favre Le Bret decided to set up an international cinematographic festival. They found the support of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiago Guedes
Tiago Guedes (born 20 June 1971) is a Portuguese film director and editor. Guedes' film credits include '' Entre os Dedos'', ''Blood Curse'' and '' Acordar''. His television credits include '' The Domain'', '' Odisseia'' and '' Os Boys''. Guedes is a frequent collaborator with director Frederico Serra. He was born in Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ... and is married to actress Isabel Abreu. References External links * 1971 births People from Porto Living people Portuguese film directors Sophia Award winners {{Portugal-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Clark
Lawrence Donald Clark (born January 19, 1943) is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for his controversial teen film '' Kids'' (1995) and his photography book ''Tulsa'' (1971). His work focuses primarily on youth who casually engage in illegal drug use, underage sex, and violence, and who are part of a specific subculture, such as surfing, punk rock, or skateboarding. Early life Clark was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He learned photography at an early age. His mother was an itinerant baby photographer, and he was enlisted in the family business from the age of 14. His father was a traveling sales manager for the Reader Service Bureau, selling books and magazines door-to-door, and was rarely home. In 1959, Clark began injecting amphetamines with his friends. Clark attended the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he studied under Walter Sheffer and Gerhard Bakker. Career In 1964, he moved to New York City to freelance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marfa Girl 2
''Marfa Girl 2'' is a 2018 drama film written and directed by Larry Clark. A sequel to his 2012 film ''Marfa Girl'', the film follows the characters of that film, set in the West Texas town of Marfa. The film has been noted for Clark's obsession with "raw sexuality" and unsimulated sex In the film industry, unsimulated sex is the presentation of sex scenes in which actors genuinely perform the depicted sex acts, rather than simulating them. Although it is ubiquitous in films intended as pornographic, it is very uncommon in ... scenes. Synopsis A victim of sexual violence, a young mother from Marfa, Texas, tries to recover with the help of her family. Cast * Adam Mediano as Adam * Drake Burnette as Marfa Girl * Mercedes Maxwell as Inez * Jonathan Velasquez as Miguel * Indigo Rael as Donna * Jeremy St. James as Tom * Mary Farley as Mary * Lucas Elliot Eberl as Luke * Edgar Morais as Zaden References External links * 2018 films 2010s English-language films F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the "Big Five" International film festivals worldwide, which include the Film festival#Notable festivals, Big Three European Film Festivals (Venice, Cannes, Berlin), alongside the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada and the Sundance Film Festival in the United States. In 1951, FIAPF formally accredited the festival. Founded by Giuseppe Volpi, member of the National Fascist Party and grandfather of producer Marina Cicogna, in Venice in August 1932, the festival is part of the Venice Biennale, one of the world's oldest exhibitions of art, created by the Venice City Council on 19 April 1893. The range of work at the Venice Biennale now covers Italian and international art, architecture, dance, music, theatre, and cinema. These works ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shailene Woodley
Shailene Woodley (born November 15, 1991) is an American actress. She first gained prominence for her starring role as Amy Juergens in the ABC Family teen drama series '' The Secret Life of the American Teenager'' (2008–2013). She then starred in the films '' The Descendants'' (2011) and ''The Spectacular Now'' (2013), receiving her first Golden Globe Award nomination for the former. Woodley achieved wider recognition for her starring role as a teenaged cancer patient in the romantic drama ''The Fault in Our Stars'' (2014) and as Beatrice Prior in the science-fiction trilogy '' The Divergent Series'' (2014–2016). She played a sexual assault survivor in the HBO drama series '' Big Little Lies'' (2017–2019), for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She has since acted in films such as '' Snowden'' (2016), '' Adrift'' (2018), ''The Mauritanian'' (2021), ''Ferrari'' (2023), and ''To Catch a Killer'' (2023), the last of which she also served as a producer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Rider
Amy Rider (born 1985) is a Japanese-American actress and film director. She has played roles in several films including ''Katrina'', '' Mega Shark vs. Kolossus'', and ''Broken Links''. She appeared in the television series '' 24: Conspiracy'' and ''Veronica Mars'' and had a reoccurring role as Alice Valko in the television series '' The Secret Life of the American Teenager''. Early life Rider was born in Tokyo, Japan. The majority of Rider's schooling was in Japan; by her estimation, her family moved within the country about 11 different times. Career Rider states that she fell into acting because she was looking for an easy "A" so she took a drama class. Rider ended up being cast as the lead in the school play It was the first thing that made her think that acting might be something that she could really put her focus into. Amy Rider's debut was in '' Head Cases'' in 2005. Her career would continue with the television series 24: Conspiracy, and she would make a cameo in Withou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Welch (actor)
Michael Welch is an American actor. He is best known for the role of Luke Girardi on the television series ''Joan of Arcadia'' and for the role of Mike Newton (Twilight), Mike Newton in the films ''Twilight (2008 film), Twilight'', ''The Twilight Saga: New Moon, New Moon'', ''The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Eclipse'' and ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, Breaking Dawn''. Career Welch is known for his role as Mike Newton in ''The Twilight Saga (film series), The Twilight Saga'' film series. Although he auditioned for the part of Edward Cullen, he was cast in the role of Mike Newton. He's also well known for his role as Luke Girardi in the television series ''Joan of Arcadia'', which ran for two seasons (2003–05). Welch was cast in the series ''Z Nation'' on Syfy, which began airing in the fall of 2014. He also appeared in the 2014 film ''Boy Meets Girl (2014 film), Boy Meets Girl'', a romantic comedy which received many awards at LGBT film festivals in the U.S. and int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Behrs
Beth Ann Behrs (born December 26, 1985) is an American actress. She is known for her starring role as Caroline Channing in the CBS comedy series ''2 Broke Girls''. The show ran for six seasons and earned Behrs praise and nominations for the Teen Choice and the People's Choice Awards. Having made her screen debut in the 2009 comedy film '' American Pie Presents: The Book of Love'', she later ventured into television roles. After ''2 Broke Girls'', Behrs returned to feature films with the 2015 productions '' Chasing Eagle Rock'' and '' Hello, My Name Is Doris''. She voiced Carrie Williams in the animated film ''Monsters University'' (2013) and Moochie in the television series '' Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh''. In 2018, she was cast in her second major TV role, playing Gemma Johnson in the CBS sitcom '' The Neighborhood''. In addition to her acting career, Behrs has authored a self-help book and written the young-adult webcomic ''Dents''. She is also a philanthropist and the foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
