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On the heels of its world theatrical premiere at Manhattan Film Festival, feature docudrama  Gender Transformation: The Untold Realities  by award-winning director  Tobias  Elvhage debuted worldwide on  EpochTV  on June 19. l-r, Pamela Garfield, Dr. Katherine Welch,  Tobias  Elvhage, YiYuan Chang, Erin Friday, Roman Balmakov at Manhattan Film Festival Gender Transformation: The Untold Realities examines the topic of transgenderism and youth, exploring the roles played by the education system, the medical and pharmaceutical industries, the financial interests behind the transgender movement, and the societal and political mechanisms at work. Since its debut, EpochTV original production has garnered over 127,000 views. Official Trailer: Gender Transformation: The Untold Realities Additionally, a special panel held after the world premiere at Manhattan Film Festival on the evening of June 16th was streamed live on EpochTV and can be watche...

Andriy Zagorodnyuk, former Ukrainian Defense Minister, calls the recent chaos in Russia "surreal," and believes Vladimir Putin still sees Prizgozhin as a threat.

Tribeca Festival 2023 was held from June 7-18, with an extension to July 2 through the Tribeca at Home online platform.  The films presented included 109 feature films from 127 filmmakers and 36 countries, with 93 world premieres, 43 first time directors, and 53 documentaries depicting a broad spectrum of sociopolitical issues, including spotlights on the Ukraine and Iran. Short films were selected from a record number of 8,096 submissions and of them 76 selected shorts were presented in 12 short film programs, produced by 91 filmmakers from 48 countries and included 48 world premieres. As articulated by Tribeca Festival Director and VP of Programming Cara Cusumano, “We are bringing to New York eye-popping 3D films and rousing music docs, white-knuckle thrillers and knee-slapping comedies, independent edge and old Hollywood glamour.  And as potent as the work is on-screen, we are equally excited to ‘plus up’ the moviegoing experience off-screen with an incredible line up of ...

Satyaprem Ki Katha: Tittleation A title like this would be an anachronism, had it not been for the surfeit of ‘shudhha’ (pure/chaste) Hindi that can be heard in most places, of late. Be thankful! The film was originally titled Satyanarayan Ki Katha, which is a religious ritual among the majority community. But move a little eastward and you will find a film called Ballabhpurer Rupkotha (ignore the o in kotha, please). So, if they can get away with it, why can’t our guys? To the ignorant, Satyaprem Ki Katha could be a mythological love story or a didactic, moralising tale, till they read the names of the lead cast: Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani (remember the blockbuster Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2?). That queers the pitch completely. Wait a minute…Sameer Vidwans, who made the acclaimed, very serious, Marathi film, Anandi Gopal, is the director, and one of the producers is Sajid Nadiadwala’s Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment banner, known for making mass entertainers. What is Satyaprem Ki Katha...

Music Icon Cyndi Lauper celebrated her Tribeca Film Festival documentary "Let The Canary Sing" At Tribeca Cinema Center held at Serafina Upper West on 77th Street on Wednesday, June 14th following the screening at Beacon Theatre. Joined by personal family, friends, industry filmmakers and cinephiles, and her Sony Music family, Cyndi celebrated at the uptown Italian eatery, toasting with attendees at the intimate bash and making a speech filled with true Lauper pizazz. Guests sipped on a selection of wines from Sommsation wine experience experts, along with Peroni Nastro Azzurro, both their premium Italian lager and 0.0% non-alcoholic lager. Following an abundance of delicious Serafina Italian cuisine favorites, attendees enjoyed delectable premium Magnum ice cream bars. Cocktails were also served featuring  Milagro Tequila, Hendrick’s Gin, Reyka Vodka, and Hudson Whisky. Leading Hollywood Event Producer Roxstar Entertainment, hosted the events for these highlighted Tribec...

Tiku Weds Sheru: A ‘Senior’ artiste weds a ‘Junior artiste’ By all accounts, Nawazuddin Siddiqui is a senior artiste. He ranks on the high rung and is 49 years old. That he started as a junior artiste is now stuff that legends are made of. Avneet Kaur is said to be 21, though I find that hard to believe (17-18 is more like it), did a couple of film roles and a couple of cameos. By comparison, in terms of age and experience, she is a ‘junior’ artiste. In the Kangana Ranaut produced film, releasing on Amazon Prime Video on 23 June, one of them is called Tiku and the other Sheru, and the film itself goes by the rather unoriginal title of Tiku Weds Sheru, the trailer of which was released at Rang Mandir, Bandra, yesterday. Almost as soon as you begin to wonder whether a 49-year-old lead actor will make a nice couple with a 17-18-19-20-21 year-old lass, Kangana Ranaut takes the mike and tells you that this film was to be made some ten years ago, and the she was to star in it, opposite la...

Feature docudrama  Gender Transformation:The Untold Realities by directors Tobias Elvhage and Liza Morberg will debut to worldwide audiences on  EpochTV  on June 19. The film will also have its theatrical premiere at the Manhattan Film Festival in New York City at 7 p.m. (EST) on June 16th.     Gender Transformation: The Untold Realities  examines the topic of transgenderism and youth, exploring the roles played by the education system, the medical and pharmaceutical industries, the financial interests behind the transgender movement, and the societal and political mechanisms at work.   Official Trailer:    According to  Merriam-Webster  dictionary: A transgender person is someone " relating to, or being a person whose gender identity is opposite the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth."   The film explores the origin of transgenderism in youth and follows the journeys o...

  2023 PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORTFEST ANNOUNCES LINE-UP       Palm Springs, CA (June 1, 2023) – The 29th annual Palm Springs International ShortFest returns to the Camelot Theatres (Palm Springs Cultural Center) from June 20-26. The festival will screen 50 curated programs showcasing 299 films including 53 World Premieres, 10 International Premieres, 33 North American Premieres and 18 U.S. Premieres. Repeat screenings of the winners will be shown closing night and on June 26th. Additionally, a virtual Best of the Festival will run from July 7-13, featuring a collection of ShortFest's juried award winners available to stream at a packaged price online. More than 6,000 short films from 129 countries were submitted. The complete line-up and schedule will be available on June 1st at www.psfilmfest.org and a list of films are included at the end of the release.       “We are so thrilled to be bringing such incredible talent to ...

To Catch a Killer, Review: Mass murderer vs FBI veteran and rookie policewoman It’s a tame title, considering the killer puts down 29 individuals in the first round of his carnage. The other title, Misanthrope, is vague. It’s not nail-biting stuff, rather a thinking man’s whodunit, with occasional movements towards the edge of the seat. Mounted on a great scale, it is unable to escape the familiar tropes: Good officer being bullied, taking the rookie under his wing, a couple of false alarms that leave a trail of dead. Alfred Hitchcock made a thriller way back in 1955, To Catch a Thief, whose premise was it takes a thief to catch a thief. And guess who do they find matching the psyche of the elusive eliminator? The least likely candidate. To Catch a Killer is slickly made, but becomes a captive of trope syndrome. See it, nevertheless. On New Year’s Eve mass in Baltimore, among the booming festivities, somebody shoots down 29 innocent people, with perfect aim, and does not leave any ...

  An open letter from the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival to Laurent Wauquiez, President of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Council « We are delighted to be a regular partner of the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, which exactly matches our cultural vision for rigor and accessibility. » Dear Minister, President of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Council, you pronounced the above words in your editorial for our 2020 catalogue. This past Friday, 12 May, the standing committee approved reducing by over 50% the subsidies that the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival receives. In addition to this reduction, the coming weeks could see a new decision against the organization Sauve qui peut le court métrage concerning the activities of the Auvergne Film Commission. This means that the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region would cease being our foremost public source of funding. In the short term, this endangers the Festival and its Short Film Market, our ...