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 An Interview with Cynthia Wade, Director of <i>Freeheld</i>
<b>Cynthia Wade<b/> is a NYC-based documentary filmmaker.
Her short documentary “Freeheld” won a Special Jury Prize at the 2007
Sundance Film Festival, and her award-winning HBO documentary “Shelter
Dogs” was broadcast in seven countries. Wade directed the 1999 Cinemax
Reel Life documentary “Grist For The .... Full Story
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 An interview with Moon Molson, director of the <i>Pop Foul</i>
<b>Moon Molson</b> was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and
moved more than 15 times before settling in his current “home town” of
New York City. He graduated from Dartmouth College where he received a
B.A. in English, Film Studies and Philosophy.In fall 2000, Moon
entered the M.F.A. program in Film Directing at Columbia .... Full Story
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 Sarajevo Film Festival & CineLink, not just another festival..
At the end of the 1980's, as director of the Sarajevo Obala Art Center
<b>Mirsad Purivatra</b> oversaw the works of numerous
theater productions. Many of them, including Tatoo Theatre and
Moonplay, were featured in theatre festivals in Edinburgh, Paris,
Toronto, New York, Montreal, and London. During the war in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, .... Full Story
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 Zolykha’s Secret”, Life at Taliban’s era
Born in Kabul, Horace Shansab lived in Afghanistan before fleeing the
country for Europe and then immigrating to the US with his family in
1980. He worked in the documentary field for many years at National
Geographic Television, and then filmed and produced several
documentaries. Zolykha’s Secret is his debut feature narrative film set
in .... Full Story
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 In a world used to genocide and devastation, How do you show horror?
Writer/director Danielle Lurie graduated from Stanford University in
2000 with a BA in Philosophy. In it’s Summer 2005 issue, FILMMAKER
MAGAZINE listed Danielle as being one of the 25 new faces of
independent film.Danielle’s debut short film, IN THE MORNING,
premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and has won nine film
festivals .... Full Story
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 Darryl Macdonald talks about ShortFest
<b>Darryl Macdonald</b> is the Executive Director of the
Palm Springs International Film Society, which produces both the Palm
Springs International Film Festival and the Palm Springs International
Festival of Short Films. He is the co-founder and has been the
Executive and Artistic Director of The Seattle International Film
Festival .... Full Story
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 Goya's Ghosts is a 5 Stars film, but it is not for the weak stomached!
Have you ever been put to the Question? If you do not know what I mean
by this, then watch Goya’s Ghosts. For those of you who have answered
“yes”, then I shall treat your tortured body and soul to a nice dinner
and complimentary massage at some overly priced day spa. In this
relaxed environment, we can then discuss the evils of .... Full Story
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 City Walls – My own private Tehran
<b>An interview with couple Filmmaker Afsar Sonia Shafie and Martin Frei </b><br>Synopsis: Afsar Sonia Shafie returns to Iran after an absence of five years. It is here in Tehran that she once again finds the women who have marked her life the most: her grandmother, mother, and sister. Contrary to the preconceived notions .... Full Story
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 An Interview with Jonathan Wolf, Managing Director of AFM
Jonathan Wolf is Executive Vice President of the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) and Managing Director of the American Film Market (AFM). The Independent Film & Television Alliance is the global trade association of independent distributors and producers of motion picture and television programming. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the .... Full Story
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 Akiko Ashley: My life, my work!
DJO: What were your first impressions of film and television as a young girl? How did this effect you? Akiko: I didn't watch much television or film when I was a young girl. I had a lot more fun wrestling boys and being the one to win the fight. Even when I had Barbie's I didn't play with them in the traditional role that was common at the time. .... Full Story
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 Film & TV production in Afghanistan
An interview with Shoresh M. Kalantari, filmmaker and producer In 1996 during working on a short film in Amsterdam, I met Shoresh Kalantari who was studying film directing in “Nederlandse Film en Televisie Academi“. His short film “Meaning of Night” was Oscar nominated at that time and was shown in lots of international .... Full Story
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 An interview with Phil Mensez, Part One
Over the past twenty-three years, I have had the opportunity to get to know and work with Phil Mendez, known as the enigma of the animation world. This is a man who has as many stories told about him as he tells about himself and the industry with which he has had a love hate relationship. Phil would say that that’s too strongly said and .... Full Story
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 Phil Roman Talks to DJO - Part One
There have been so many biographies of Phil Roman that it seems superfluous to do it again. Probably best known and loved as the director of a decade’s worth of Emmy award winning Charlie Brown specials for CBS, Phil’s career is just one click away from hitting it’s 50th anniversary and he’s still going strong. As an .... Full Story
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 William “Proton” Vaughan, Artist/Instructor/Film Maker
William Vaughan is a filmmaker, artist and instructor with quite a history. His dearest friends know him as "Proton". He is 6 foot, 7 inches tall. A well-known Dr. Seuss nut that collects everything, You can find him admiring pieces in a nearby store. What is most remarkable is that he is a talented creative person with a real talent for .... Full Story
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 Will Vinton talks about his life and claymation
"I find inspiration all around me all forms of art - and especially in the books, films, tv, and games... "Digital Journal Online: What childhood inspirations drew you to filmmaking and animation--when did you know that you wanted to become a filmmaker? Where do you find inspiration today? Will Vinton: My father made 16mm home movies and I .... Full Story
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 Desktop Quality Graphics Go Mobile
At Siggraph 2005, the Khronos Group introduced the OpenGL ES 2.0 API for embedded systems. OpenGL ES will allow fully programmable graphics architectures to make their way into the mobile market – elevating quality and improving the mobile phone as a gaming platform. Even better, OpenGL ES support has been announced for the Playstation 3, .... Full Story
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 Giant Killer Robots
"An Interview with Peter Oberdorfer, VFX Supervisor, Giant Killer Robots" Digital Journal Online: Please give us a little bit of Giant Killer Robots background and history. Who are the founders of the company and main artists working for GKR at the moment? Peter Oberdofer: Giant Killer Robots was founded in 1997. The three of us (Peter Oberdorfer, .... Full Story
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An Interview with Roger Durling, Executive Director of Santa Barbara International Film Festival
An interview with Orlow Seunke director of the 8th Jakarta International Film Festival
An interview with Axel Melzener, supervisor of the gamewriting course at Stuttgart's Interspherial Drehbuchschule
REX MUNDY’S COSMIC EVENT IS HERE AND IT’S SAVING THE GALAXY ONE SHOW AT A TIME!
