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REDCAT Intl Childrens Film Festival 2011
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- Published on Thursday, 24 March 2011 10:00
- Written by L E Shannon
The 6th annual REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival is being March 26 - April 17, 2011 at the Roy
and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater in downtown Los Angeles, California.
The films span the globe with many variations on animation, comedy, adventure, fantasy, family experiences, spookiness, and the point where nature meets magic. Participating countries include:
- Argentina
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Iran
- Israel
- Latvia
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Puerto Rico
- Romania
- Russia
- Scandinavia
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Switzerland
Cleveland Int'l Film Festival: "Be Part of the Story"
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- Published on Wednesday, 23 March 2011 10:00
- Written by Lynne Shannon
The Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) runs March 24 - April 3, 2011 at Tower City Cinemas in Tower City 
Center and other venues in Cleveland, Ohio.
Now in its 35th year, Ohio's premier film event presents a full survey of contemporary international and American Independent filmmaking, with more than 150 features and 130 short subjects from nearly 60 countries.
The Opening Night film is Hamill, directed by Oren Kaplan. This inspirational story follows a born-deaf wrestler Matt "The Hammer" Hamill as he strives to become a wrestling champion, and goes on to be the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Championship. With Russell Harvard, Raymond Barry, Shoshannah Stern, Michael Anthony Spady.
The Closing Night film is another inspiring true story: Soul Surfer, Sean McNamara's depiction of Bethany Hamilton, the girl who fought to return to surfing after losing an arm in a shark attack at age 13. With AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Carrie Underwood (in her feature film debut).
Nordic Cinema - Spring 2011 Collection
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- Published on Wednesday, 23 March 2011 09:40
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Nordic Cinema returns to Scandinavia House in Manhattan from March 23 - June 3, 2011, bringing some of the most 
influential and successful Nordic films to New York audiences. This year's series features films from Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland and Iceland.
Finland
March 23 and March 25
Twisted Roots / Väärät juuret
dir. Saara Saarela
A family comes together during a father's hereditary illness, which compels the tighter keeping of secrets, curiosity about inheritance, and reevaluation of one's place in the family.
March 30 and April 2 (due to schedule conflict, Friday screening is moved to Saturday)
The Interrogation / Kuulustelu
dir. Jörn Donner
This true story explores the psychological as well as physical suffering of a captured spy during World War II. Kerttu Nuorteva, a Finnish-born Soviet citizen, was parachuted into Finland in 1942 and worked undercover for seven months until her arrest. She was eventually sentenced to death, but was saved when the Allies won the war.
Gasparilla Intl Film Festival 2011
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- Published on Wednesday, 23 March 2011 09:37
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The 5th annual Gasparilla International Film Festival (GIFF) runs March 24 - 27, 2011 at the Tampa Theater, 
Cinébistro Hyde Park and Muvico centro Ybor in Tampa, Florida.
From a mere 40 films in 2007 to over 100 films in 2010, GIFF has grown into a strong, independent festival with an impressive array of entertainment icons. From the beginning, their mission has been to educate, inform, entertain and create cross culture diversity through the art of film. In addition, they feel "an obligation to create a level playing field for both veteran and amateur filmmakers by creating a film acquisition market in Tampa Bay."
This year's Career Achievement Award goes to Tom Berenger, and his film Platoon, directed by Oliver Stone, will be screened. This is the film for which Berenger earned his Academy Award nomination.
The 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award goes to a familiar face, M. Emmet Walsh, the quintessential "working actor" with over 100 films and 150 TV appearances to his credit -- and he's not done yet. Roger Ebert had once pronounced his "'Stanton-Walsh Rule', which states that "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad."
