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Rescued ‘Winton Child” Dave Lux shares his moving and inspiring story as one of 669 children saved by Sir Nicholas Winton with Beverly Hills audiences this Sunday, August 11th, after the 5:00pm showing of NICKY’S FAMILY at the Music Hall 3.
MORE THAN HONEY director Markus Imhoof and L.A. beekeeper Susan Rudnicki will participate in Q&A’s following the 7:40 PM screenings on Friday, August 9 and Saturday, August 10 at the Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills.
Oscar-nominated director Markus Imhoof tackles the vexing issue of why bees, worldwide, are facing extinction. With the tenacity of a man out to solve a world-class mystery, he investigates this global phenomenon, from California to Switzerland, China and Australia.
Susan Rudnicki educates on honeybee issues for the beekeeping group BackwardsBeekeepers.
View the trailer at www.morethanhoneyfilm.com.
WHEN COMEDY WENT TO SCHOOL filmmakers and special guests will participate in Q&A’s at the Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills and at the Town Center in Encino.
Posted on the L.A. Times website on July 24 by Alexandra Sandels and Ramin Mostaghim, a piece about the filmmaker of an acclaimed documentary we open at the Music Hall on August 2, THE GARDENER.
BEIRUT — Iran’s expatriate filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf is facing withering condemnation in his homeland for attending a film festival in Israel, the Islamic Republi’s archfoe.
The acclaimed director, considered a pioneer of moviemaking in Iran, traveled to the Jerusalem Film Festival this month to screen his latest work, “The Gardener,” which explores the conflict between two generations about the role of religion in society.
Javad Shamgdari, the head of Iran’s official cinema organization, penned a letter to the leadership of the Iranian cinema museum demanding the removal of all of the director’s awards and trophies.
“Makhmalbaf made his first 10 films in Iran using the money of the state-run organizations to learn cinema,” Shamgdari was quoted as saying by the semiofficial Mehr news agency. “Now he has fallen into the arms of the occupier, the murderous Zionist regime.”
Read the rest of the Times piece here.
‘Winton Child” Dave Lux will share his story as one of the 669 children rescued by Sir Nicholas Winton on Sunday (8/4), following the 4:40PM screening of NICK’S FAMILY at the Royal Theatre in West LA.
The DRIFT filmmakers Ben Nott and Morgan O’Neill will participate in a Q&A after the 7:10 screening at the Monica on Friday, August 2.
RISING FROM ASHES producer Greg Kwedar will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:30 and 9:45 screenings on Saturday, August 3 and after the 5:20 and 7:30 screenings on Sunday, August 4 at the Royal Theater.
COCKNEYS VS. ZOMBIES director Matthias Hoene will participate in a Q&A after the 9:55 PM screening at the Music Hall on Friday, August 2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpXx2kDmT5M#at=30