QUEEN OF THE DESERT is Director Mary Ann Rotondi’s creative endeavor to make a movie commentary about what she believed are the dynamic social and political forces menacing this country, writes the WORD’s Luis De Leon. Rotondi, who won Best Woman Directed Short at the 2022 Poppy Jasper International Film Festival, uses two characters of different gender, ethnicity, personal values as well as social and political mores to express her point of view that the power of people’s shared humanity can ameliorate the centrifugal forces she believes are tearing away at America.
In other words, people living in the United States of America need to empathize more with people who don’t appear to be like them.
Katie Lambert’s First Person Account of the Bravura ‘Phantom of the Opera’ at Broadway’s Majestic Theater
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FEAR by Hungarian Director Ivaylo Hristov – Winner of the Grand Prize for Best Film at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
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2022 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival May 5 – 13
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival’s scheduled panel discussions, taking during the 38th edition of the festival on Saturday, May 7 Directors Guild of America (DGA). Tickets to this free event can be found at https://festival.vcmedia.org/2022/c3/ . Conversations will be anchored by a fireside chat with acclaimed director Andrew Ahn (Spa Night, Driveways) in conversation with Dino-Ray Ramos of Diaspora, talking about Ahn’s latest and most anticipated project FIRE ISLAND.
The two are to discuss queer representation in Asian media in the past decade and how it has evolved throughout the years leading to the release of FIRE ISLAND this summer. Fireside chat totake place Saturday, May 7t starting at 3. p.m. Pacific Time at the DGA Theater.
Second of Several Tribeca Film Festival Announcements for 2022 – Gaming
“This year’s selections represent the incredible range of how games prove to be a powerful form of storytelling,” Vice President of Tribeca Games and Immersive Casey Baltes was quoted as saying. “We’re continuing to expand how audiences and players interact with games, not only as entertainment but as one of the most impactful cultural mediums.– By Gregg W. Morris
One of Several 2022 Tribeca Film Festival Announcements to Get You Ready for the Big Fête Coming This Way
Three categories of immersive selections (Main Competition, New Voices, and Best of Season) are part of Tribeca this year, running from June 10-19. Main Competition projects are eligible for the juried Storyscapes Award, which honors artists who bridge the gap between technology and storytelling. In addition, Tribeca is introducing the New Voices Award for the immersive program, which is awarded to a first- or second-time XR creator that brings new perspectives and artistic languages to immersive storytelling. Article by Gregg W. Morris.