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As the war enters its fourth year, there is news about the Oscar-nominated documentary Porcelain War, which tells of the resistance to Russian aggression by artists and civilian soldiers. The film directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev has been selected to screen on March 31 as part of the Stories That Matter series at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC.

The series, created in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Graduate Film and Media program and the Cineteca Di Bologna, will welcome the directors and producer Paula DuPré Pesmen for the screening followed by a conversation with Johns Hopkins experts.

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“Porcelain War embodies the mission of the Stories That Matter series by highlighting the important role of...

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., has partnered with Italy’s prestigious Cineteca Di Bologna on a curated film screenings’ series called “Stories That Matter” that will launch with Oscar-shortlisted documentary “Daughters.”

The powerful Netflix doc, which follows four girls as they head toward a special daddy-daughter dance date with their imprisoned fathers, will kick off the series in the center’s Washington theatre on Feb. 21 with co-director Angela Patton in tow. Patton, who is also the CEO of Girls for a Change, will participate in an onstage conversation following the screening.

The curated Stories That Matter program will span U.S. and international cinema “at the intersection of art, scientific discovery, urgent social issues and international affairs,” according to a statement.

The series “intends to cultivate robust public dialogue between filmmakers, scholars, students, government officials, policy stakeholders, and citizens,” the statement said.

While the series is...

Catch three new clips form Adam Rogers At Middleton starring Andy Garcia, Vera Farmiga, Taissa Farmiga, Spencer Lofranco, Nicholas Braun, Tom Skettitt, Peter Riegert and Mirjana Jokovic. Anchor Bay distributes the film which opens on January 31st, 2014 and is written by Glenn German and Rogers. Garcia also produces alongside German and Sig Libowitz. It’s not only teenagers who find themselves when they go off to college. Two brilliant actors best known for dramatic roles join forces in a romantic romp, and they have a ball. Vera Farmiga and Andy Garcia play strangers who meet while escorting their teen children to campus-tour day at a mythical college named Middleton (the film is in part a hilarious parody of American college life).

Anchor Bay Films has joined up with Andy Garcia's CineSon Productions for the indie romcom "Admissions." The film, from a script by Glenn German, is set to star Garcia alongside Vera Farmiga. What a pairing! German will produce alongside Ellen Wander of Film Bridge International, Sig Libowitz of Look at the Moon Productions, and Sonya Lunsford. Full press release reprinted below: Anchor Bay Films Partners With Andy Garcia’S Cineson Productions And Film Bridge International On Upcoming Romantic Comedy Admissions Garcia and Vera Farmiga Set to Star Cannes, Fr – Anchor Bay Films has joined forces once again with Andy Garcia’s CineSon Productions for the indie romantic comedy, Admissions. Academy Award™ nominees Garcia (The Untouchables, Godfather III, Oceans 11) and Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, The Departed) are set to star. The two companies previously released the critically-acclaimed indie City...

Admissions lets Andy Garcia, Vera Farmiga into Adam Rodgers film Garcia will also produce the indie romantic comedy via his CineSon Productions, which Adam Rodgers will helm from a script he co-wrote alongside Glenn German. Deadline reports that German is also producing Admissions with Sig Libowitz via Moon Productions, while Film Bridge International's Ellen Wander will executive produce with Sonya Lunsford. Admissions tells of the once-in-a-lifetime relationship that sparks between two strangers in a single day, where Farmiga plays Edith who takes her motivated daughter Audrey on a walking tour of a small college and meets heart surgeon George, and son Conrad on the same tour. Each don't connect with their kids, but after skipping parts of the tour together, this leads to a surprising romance.

Admissions lets Andy Garcia, Vera Farmiga into Adam Rodgers film Garcia will also produce the indie romantic comedy via his CineSon Productions, which Adam Rodgers will helm from a script he co-wrote alongside Glenn German. Deadline reports that German is also producing Admissions with Sig Libowitz via Moon Productions, while Film Bridge International's Ellen Wander will executive produce with Sonya Lunsford. Admissions tells of the once-in-a-lifetime relationship that sparks between two strangers in a single day, where Farmiga plays Edith who takes her motivated daughter Audrey on a walking tour of a small college and meets heart surgeon George, and son Conrad on the same tour. Each don't connect with their kids, but after skipping parts of the tour together, this leads to a surprising romance.

They’ve both been (literally or figuratively) screwed by George Clooney onscreen, and now they’re combining forces on a project that should let either take more of a center stage. According to THR, Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga will be leading the romantic comedy, Admissions, which Adam Rodgers is directing.

As a starting point, this project should not be confused with the Tina Fey and Paul Rudd-led comedy Admission, which starts production sometime next month. The project at hand has Farmiga playing a “free-spirited mom taking her driven daughter on a walking tour of a beautiful small college.” Garcia will appear as the “buttoned-up heart surgeon who’s taking his son on the same tour.” (What a coincidence!) Neither can maintain some sort of bond with their respective child during this time, but a spark soonsets off between the two.

The script was co-written by Rodgers and Glenn German,...

Los Angeles, CA, April 26, 2012—Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga are set to star in indie romantic comedy “Admissions,” which Garcia will also produce through his CineSon Productions. Adam Rodgers will direct from a script co-written with Glenn German, who will also produce alongside Sig Libowitz, under his Look at the Moon Productions banner. Ellen Wander of Film Bridge International will executive produce along with Sonya Lunsford (Academy Award-winning box office hit “The Help”), with Wander and FBI handling international distribution. The Paradigm Motion Picture Finance Group arranged the film’s financing and will be selling domestic distribution rights. “Admissions” centers on a once-in-a-lifetime relationship that develops between two strangers over the course of a single day. Farmiga portrays Edith, a free-spirited mom taking her driven daughter Audrey on a walking tour of a beautiful small college. Garcia plays buttoned-up heart surgeon George, who’s taking his son Conrad on the same tour.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 10 semi-finalists in the live action short film category of the 2010 Academy Awards. Seventy-one pictures had originally qualified. The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order: The Door, Juanita Wilson, director, and James Flynn, producer (Octagon Films Ltd.) The Ground Beneath, Rene Hernandez, director, and Kristina Ceyton, producer (Passion Pictures) Hotel, Tim Conrad, director-producer (Oyster Films) Instead of Abracadabra, Patrik Eklund, director, and Mathias Fjellstrom, producer (Direktorn & Fabrikorn) Kavi, Gregg Helvey, director-producer (Gregg Helvey) Miracle Fish, Luke Doolan, director, and Drew Bailey, producer (Druid Films) The New Tenants, Joachim Back, director, and Tivi Magnusson, producer (Park Pictures) The Response, Adam Rodgers, director, and Sig Libowitz, producer (Look at the Moon Productions) Short Term 12, [...]...

  Ten live-action short films -- ranging from director Juanita Wilson and producer James Flynn's "The Door," which looks at a Russian father and daughter, to director Tristram Shapeero and producer Daniel Jewel's "Sidney Turtlebaum," about an eccentric gay Jewish man in London -- have been shortlisted for the best live-action short film Oscar.

On Friday, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences released the list of ten, from which three to five nominees will be chosen.

In addition to "Door" and "Turtlebaum," the contenders are: "The Ground Beneath," Rene Hernandez, director, and Kristina Ceyton, producer (Passion Pictures); "Hotel," Tim Conrad, director-producer (Oyster Films); "Instead of Abracadabra," Patrik Eklund, director, and Mathias Fjellstrom, producer (Direktorn & Fabrikorn); "Kavi," Gregg Helvey, director-producer; "Miracle Fish," Luke Doolan, director, and Drew Bailey, producer (Druid Films); "The New Tenants," Joachim Back, director, and Tivi Magnusson, producer (Park Pictures); "The Response," Adam Rodgers, director,...