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• Georgia woos film makers

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  After hosting its first Hollywood film production exSoviet Georgia is stepping up efforts to attract foreign film makers and their multimilliondollar budgets.
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• From the Maldives to Boulder, Colorado: ‘Small Islands’ film making waves…

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 124
  y good friend Dilrukshi Handunnetti, a leading investigative journalist in Sri Lanka, is currently on a Jefferson Fellowship traveling in the United States. She is one of a dozen journalists from the Asia Pacific who have been competitively chosen to participate in this prestigious programme, which in 2009 is focusing ...
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• Restored GAMPERALIYA: A cultural treasure saved from the elements

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 124
  ast evening, at the gala opening of the European Film Festival in Colombo, I sat two rows in front of a living treasure of the Asian cinema and watched his recently restored 1964 cinematic masterpiece, a culture treasure in its own right.The doyen of the Lankan cinema, Lester James Peries, made Gamperaliya (Changes in ...
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• Who’s making video clips? Not me…but does it matter anymore?

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 124
  ‘m usually happy and eager to explain my work to anyone who asks. I keep cool when people mix up technicalities related to film and video – after all, I don’t know the finer points in other professions and industries. One thing I’m now tired of hearing is the wide-spread misuse of the term ‘video [...]
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• Screenwriting Quote of the Day #109 (Shane Salerno)

  
  Screenwriting from Iowa — Authority: 425
  According to IMDB Shane Salerno has co-written or re-written four films that have opened #1 at the box office; Armageddon, Breakdown, Alien vs. Predator, Shaft (though not always credited). He got a jump start in the business when he made an award winning documentary in high school that landed him on Larry King Live. ...
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• Satinder Bindra: It’s the message, stupid (and never mind the UN branding)!

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 124
  Satinder Bindra left active journalism a couple of years ago when he joined the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) as its Director of the Division of Communications and Public Information (DCPI) based at UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi. But thank goodness he still thinks and acts like a journalist.Satinder, whom I first met ...
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• Adrian Cowell and ‘The Decade of Destruction’: A film can make a difference!

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 124
  Whatever we might think about Al Gore’s film An Inconvenient Truth, I’m glad it has settled one question: can a single film make a difference in tipping public opinion about a matter of global importance? The answer, where climate change is concerned, is a resounding yes!But years or decades before Al Gore, other ...
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• IS "HARRY BROWN" THE ENGLISH "GRAN TORINO"?

  
  [CinemaRatty] Latest Articles — Authority: 164
  Here at Cinema Retro we can take heart that not all film-makers today see fit to churn out blockbuster fooder for teens with the attention span of a nano-second. Coming to UK cinemas in November is the new Michael Caine film Harry Brown , and its getting rave reviews everywhere. At last, a film starring mature actors ...
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• Linking ‘weather’ to ‘climate’: Journalists’ big challenge then…and now!

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 124
  I used to describe my job as one where I try to make sense of our topsy-turvy world. But I’d happily settle for the simpler description ‘connecting the dots’. This is what we as journalists covering development issues must do everyday in our work:• link the macro with the micro; and• find inter-relationships ...
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• Sexe, Gombo et Beurre Salé::Sex, Okra and Salted Butter

  
  SCI-CULTURA — Authority: 406
  Image credit: © placeinsun Disclaimer: It is no secret that I am the number the one fan of the Chadian-French writer and film director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun. This man has inspired me to no end. It is therefore perhaps biased that for me, his recent (2008) film Sex, Okra and Salted Butter was my highlight at the ...
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• The Weekly Linkery

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  1. How (not) to write about Africa Literary magazine Granta originally published a short essay by Binyavanga Wainaina called “ How to Write About Africa .” It’s satirical take on the million cliches used in modern media about Africa became required reading for my interns at Invisible Children. Now watch it ...
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• Orissa Cyclone + 10: Revisiting Nature’s greenbelt protection…

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 124
  his week marks the 10th anniversary of the deadly cyclone that hit India’s eastern state of Orissa.The 1999 Orissa cyclone, also known as Cyclone 05B, and Paradip cyclone, was the deadliest Indian Ocean tropical cyclone since the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, and deadliest Indian storm since 1971. The storm made landfall ...
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• Pierre Fitter from NEWS-X wins TVEAP Environment Journalist Award 2009

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 124
  Pierre Fitter from Indian news channel NEWSX was given the TVEAP Environment Journalist Award (Electronic) at the inauguration of the CMS VATAVARAN, India’s premier Environment and Wildlife Film festival, which started on 27 October 2009.This award is sponsored by TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) and is given to “an ...
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• New-and-improved Tinker Bell: UN’s latest Honorary Ambassador of Green

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 124
  I always thought Tinker Bell was a bit green — with envy, that is. Peter Pan’s faithful fairy sidekick was far too possessive of him: every time another female appeared to get close, Tink would try to chase her away. She typifies the Jealous Female.And now, Tinker Bell is very officially green, too: The United ...
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• Vatavaran 2009: Every shade of green under the Sun, converging in New Delhi this week

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 124
  TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) is once again proud to be associated with CMS VATAVARAN, India’s premier Environment and Wildlife Film festival, as a co-sponsor.The festival runs at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, from 27 to 31 October 2009. It will showcase the best of Indian and international films on environment and ...
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• Small Islands, Big Impact: Film from the frontlines of climate change

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 124
  Some films, like certain books, are in the making for years or decades. My latest film, Small Islands, Big Impact, just released online by TVE Asia Pacific, is quite short: slightly under 6 minutes long. But it has been forming in my mind for the past 20 years.As a science journalist, I have been covering [...]
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• Quick Guide Film Insurance in 2009 for The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook

  
  Chris Jones Blog — Authority: 121
  Yesterday, for the new Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook, I interviewed Paul Cable of  Media and Entertainment Insurance Services Limited. Paul is a great guy and has helped many emerging film makers through the difficulties of finding the right insurance package for their production. After chatting to Paul, it was ...
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• President Mohamed Nasheed: Encounter with a genial climate crusader…

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 124
  It had taken many days to set up the interview, but in the end we got only 15 minutes of the promised 30. President Mohamed Nasheed turned up more than an hour late, lagging behind in his day’s schedule. While waiting, his staff had repeatedly asked me to cut down the interview as the President [...]
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• Big B hypnotizes Jacqueline for Riteish

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  By Joginder TutejaTime and again film makers are seen proudly proclaiming their songs to be made for the discotheques, celebrations, romantic moments, lounges or bonfire outings. However, there is one film maker who has helped design a number, which as per him would be a rage with the auto-wallahs once released.We are ...
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• Tickle the funny bone for a serious issue

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Who says serious issues must always be dealt with in a serious tone? The British Council is organising a cartoon contest on climate change and is looking out for someone who can pull off a serious message laced with humour to spread awareness on the subject.Sudhanshu Sinha, head of the [...]
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