Film Festival

Sri Lanka rolls out the red carpet for IIFA

The 11th edition of the IIFA Weekend began here on Thursday with the host country Sri Lanka rolling out the red carpet for Bollywood actors who are participating in the extravaganza despite calls to boycott the event.

Stars such as Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan are participating in the controversy-ridden event which has been boycotted by the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce as a mark of protest against the alleged mistreatment of the Tamils in the country.

The arriving stars were given a warm welcome by the Lankan fans at the Bandaranaike International Airport today.

Roads leading from the airport at Katunayake to Colombo were manned by police and army personnel and a pilot vehicle escorted all guests along the hour long drive from the airport to the city.

For the first time, IIFA brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan is not attending the three-day event which has come to be known as the ‘Bollywood’s Oscars’ outside Indian shores.

The megastar is currently shooting in Gujarat while his actor son Abhishek is in Istanbul for a film shoot and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai is in Paris to promote a brand.

Shah Rukh Khan who has not attended the IIFA weekends since 2005, has decided to give it a miss this time as well citing the ongoing production of Ra.one.

But Sri Lankan cricket captain Kumar Sangakara applauded the film personalities for their “courage and conviction” in coming to Colombo despite obstacles.

Sangakara who will play a charity match against a team led by Hrithik and Sunil Shetty said that his countrymen were “true fans” of Bollywood stars and expressed confidence that his country would live up to the challenge.

Actor Vivek Oberoi who has spoken up against the protests said that though he had a special relationship with Tamil Nadu, he believes that the IIFA event will actually benefit the displaced Tamil population of Sri Lanka.

“My foundation-Yashodhara Oberoi foundation has worked for the rehabilitation of 3,000 Tsunami affected families in Tamil Nadu. Any platform that does good work is a good platform. My foundation and IIFA along with Tamil NGOs and Sri Lankan NGOs are joining hands to build homes for war affected people in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka,” he said.

Jacqueline Fernandez, the Sri Lankan beauty queen who debuted in Bollywood with Aladin opposite Riteish Deshmukh thanked the film fraternity for supporting her country.

Variety of events

The IIFA weekend will see many events including film launches, a charity cricket match and a fashion show, leading up to the gala award ceremony on Saturday.

Salman along with co-star Sonakshi Sinha will walk the ramp at the fashion extravaganza to showcase his upcoming film Dabangg.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksha will inaugurate the FICCI-IIFA Global business forum on Friday which will be attended by prominent personalities from the field of business, entertainment and cricket from both countries.

Films like Help, Lamha and Knockout will be showcased while there will be a sneak preview of Kingdom of Dreams where Hussain Kuwajerwala, Isha Sharvani and Gauhar Khan will perform a piece from the soon to be launched theatre production.

The grand finale of the three day extravaganza, the IIFA awards on June 5, will see star studded performances from Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu, Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Jacqueline.

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Sri Lanka rolls out the red carpet for IIFA

The 11th edition of the IIFA Weekend began here on Thursday with the host country Sri Lanka rolling out the red carpet for Bollywood actors who are participating in the extravaganza despite calls to boycott the event.

Stars such as Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan are participating in the controversy-ridden event which has been boycotted by the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce as a mark of protest against the alleged mistreatment of the Tamils in the country.

The arriving stars were given a warm welcome by the Lankan fans at the Bandaranaike International Airport today.

Roads leading from the airport at Katunayake to Colombo were manned by police and army personnel and a pilot vehicle escorted all guests along the hour long drive from the airport to the city.

For the first time, IIFA brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan is not attending the three-day event which has come to be known as the ‘Bollywood’s Oscars’ outside Indian shores.

The megastar is currently shooting in Gujarat while his actor son Abhishek is in Istanbul for a film shoot and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai is in Paris to promote a brand.

Shah Rukh Khan who has not attended the IIFA weekends since 2005, has decided to give it a miss this time as well citing the ongoing production of Ra.one.

But Sri Lankan cricket captain Kumar Sangakara applauded the film personalities for their “courage and conviction” in coming to Colombo despite obstacles.

Sangakara who will play a charity match against a team led by Hrithik and Sunil Shetty said that his countrymen were “true fans” of Bollywood stars and expressed confidence that his country would live up to the challenge.

Actor Vivek Oberoi who has spoken up against the protests said that though he had a special relationship with Tamil Nadu, he believes that the IIFA event will actually benefit the displaced Tamil population of Sri Lanka.

“My foundation-Yashodhara Oberoi foundation has worked for the rehabilitation of 3,000 Tsunami affected families in Tamil Nadu. Any platform that does good work is a good platform. My foundation and IIFA along with Tamil NGOs and Sri Lankan NGOs are joining hands to build homes for war affected people in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka,” he said.

Jacqueline Fernandez, the Sri Lankan beauty queen who debuted in Bollywood with Aladin opposite Riteish Deshmukh thanked the film fraternity for supporting her country.

Variety of events

The IIFA weekend will see many events including film launches, a charity cricket match and a fashion show, leading up to the gala award ceremony on Saturday.

Salman along with co-star Sonakshi Sinha will walk the ramp at the fashion extravaganza to showcase his upcoming film Dabangg.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksha will inaugurate the FICCI-IIFA Global business forum on Friday which will be attended by prominent personalities from the field of business, entertainment and cricket from both countries.

Films like Help, Lamha and Knockout will be showcased while there will be a sneak preview of Kingdom of Dreams where Hussain Kuwajerwala, Isha Sharvani and Gauhar Khan will perform a piece from the soon to be launched theatre production.

The grand finale of the three day extravaganza, the IIFA awards on June 5, will see star studded performances from Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu, Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Jacqueline.

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“Aquarium” by Director Rob Meyer is the San Joaquin Film Festival 2008 Best Student Short Film honoree.

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This short film was produced in just one week. Premiering at the 168 Hour Film Festival in Glendale, CA, it went on to win 5 awards:

Best Cinematography-Drew Maw
Best Production Design
Best Sound Design-Theo Love
Best Make-Up- Beatrice Najera & Carol Ochoa
Best Editor-Theo Love

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With great kindness and even greater disgust, America’s Best Christian appears at the 2009 Atheist Film Festival (via satellite to avoid mingling with the unsaved) to accept her award for “Most Humorous YouTube Video.” The award winning video “Betty Bowers Explains Traditional Marriage to Everyone Else” can be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFkeKKszXTw

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The Documentary Channel’s original series DOCFest from the Sundance Film Festival

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Winner ~ Best YouTube Short Film of 2007
Winner ~ 3rd Prize Project: Direct
Official Selection ~ Short Film Corner ~ Cannes 2008
Official Selection ~ Chicago Intl. Children’s Film Festival
Official Selection ~ Now Film Festival
Official Selection ~ Portable Film Festival (Australia)
Official Selection ~ California Next Gen Film Festival
Official Selection ~ Crackle Shorts Contest

“My Name is Lisa” is a short film about a 13 year old girl dealing with her mother’s Alzheimer’s Disease.

Alzheimer’s is one of many serious and scary diseases still without a cure. Alzheimer’s causes gradual memory loss. 250,000 children, age 8-18 are caregiving for
someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia. To find out more and take action, visit: http://www.actionalz.org/

Click here to Donate now to help the Alzheimer’s Association: http://act.alz.org/site/PageServer?pagename=my_name_is_lisa_video

Rate “My Name is Lisa” on IMDB:
http://imdb.com/title/tt1206544/

Watch the Director’s Video Log here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_QL2nzyg6A

“my name is lisa” is a short film from http://SheltonFilms.com

directed by ben shelton

written by ben & josh shelton

cast
carlie nettles as LISA
sally smythe as MOM
jeff grimm as PIZZA DELIVERY GUY

crew
troy peebles
gillian zwick

thank you
eric ankrim
john d’aquino
stephen godwin
david kerwin
jacques slade

music by josh shelton

written by ben and josh shelton

directed by ben shelton

http://SheltonFilms.com
http://CarlieNettles.com

SANTA BARBARA HIGH c/o 1999 & c/o 2002
UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND c/o 2003
WHITWORTH COLLEGE c/o 2006

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Congratulations to EVERYONE who entered this contest! (: Me and my friends had waaaaay too much fun watching your videos and judging them!
And a HUGE congrats to the top 5 out of 29 VIDEOS! THATS AMAAAAAZING!
And an EXTRAA huge congrats to Gabriellla4u101, the 1st place winner. (:

&&nd a special thanks to JMLOVER13 for the incredible birthday video. :] i loved it!
And also, tristan from PUMPuptheNERD made a HILARIOUS video! i seriously could not stop laughing the whole way through! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TEY8wmGUG0

naww,
but seriously tho.
haha, this was insanely hard to judge!
picking the places of the top 3 was EXTREMELY hard to do! it all boiled down to who had….
a) an AWESOME story line
b) good editing
c) what i like to call the “hook” or “interest” factor
d) creativity
and i thought gabriella had an amazing combination of all of those things. :]
if you made it in the top 5, it was because one of these qualities was the best out of ALL 29 videos. but like i said, gabby had the best combination.

leave a rude comment about the winners, or how i judged the winners.
i dont care.
no, im serious.
im just gonna laugh because your a sore loser.
:]

VIDEOS:
1st – Halloween, The Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXTUZzkpY9A
2nd – Playback: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9lRXxdeLgs
3rd – Paranormal House: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysZGwmzBeL0
4th – Return of the Madness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srzMAUfzZ0w
5th – Best Friend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMrQngbVmMs

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Presentation of the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards Best Director trophy to Tom McCarthy for “The Visitor.”

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Lovefield combines elements of HORROR, SUSPENSE and DRAMA to create a story that takes the audience on a roller coaster ride of emotions.

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