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September 21st, 2009 BANGKOK - Organized by SIPA and the Federation of National Film Associations of Thailand, with the aim to promote the concept of "Creative Economy." Software Industry Promotion Agency (Public Organization) or SIPA, in cooperation with the Federation of National Film Associations of Thailand is announcing today the launch of Thailand's very first 'Bangkok International Animation Film Festival 2009' which will be held between 25th and 30th September 2009 at Paragon Cineplex, Paragon Shopping Complex and at SF World Cinema, Central World. Over 40 animations from all over the world are being competed and shown during the festival.

September 3rd, 2009 COPENHAGEN - CO2PENHAGEN is the world's first CO2-neutral culture, art and music festival. At the festival, which takes place 5th-6th September at the Technical University of Denmark, we open the doors to a fantastic universe of music, art, film and technology, and demonstrate how the latest green technology can be used to create a sustainable platform filled with great experiences.

August 26th, 2009 VENICE - Owing to its success in 2008, the festival management selected Digital Darwin (aka d2) as their official digital cinema partner again this year. (Logo: Since its creation in 2000 Digital Darwin has been active in the distribution, installation and maintenance of post-production technology and digital cinema projection.

August 17th, 2009 BANGKOK - The 7th Bangkok International Film Festival 2009, due to be held in the Thai capital between 24 - 30 September, 2009, will assume a strongly social and regional thematic focus with films that exemplify today's era of change. According to Mr.

August 13th, 2009 LONDON - - British-Romanian Vampire Flick To Debut At Canadian Thrill Fest Strigoi (www.strigoimovie.com), a new independent vampire film set in present-day rural Romania, has announced that it will be holding its world premiere at the 4th annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival ( torontoafterdark.com/2009) on Monday, August 17th at the legendary Bloor Cinema. "Strigoi", an English-language independent production, was cast and filmed entirely in Romania, the true home of vampire folklore.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON - - Global Mega Brands Support MOFILM 'Make an Ad' Competition for the London Film Festival MOFILM, a pioneer of User Generated Content (UGC), has announced it is to be a Main Sponsor of The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival taking place from 14-29 October 2009. Following the success of the MOFILM Cannes Lions User Generated Content (UGC) competition with Spike Lee, MOFILM is launching its second online competition with some of the world's biggest brands including AT&T, Best Buy, Campbell's, Hewlett Packard, McDonald's, Nokia, PepsiCo (Pepsi Max) and Unilever (OMO).

July 12th, 2009 EINDHOVEN, Netherlands - MMA promoters-turned-movie-producers Frederico Lapenda and Bas Boon have scored big and gone theatrical with a rumored seven-figure deal for their award winning crime drama "Bad Guys." (Photo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090713/353250 ) Pioneering founders of the wildly popular sport of ultimate fighting, Lapenda and Boon shifted gears and won three awards (Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Producer) at the Beverly Hills Film Festival for "Bad Guys" and were rewarded with a U.S. theatrical deal.

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - M.A.C Cosmetics and the M.A.C Pro Team will be decamping to the legendary Isle of Wight Festival to keep a host of top celebrities, performers and guests looking refreshed from dusk until dawn. The M.A.C Pro Team will be on hand to provide the ultimate (and unexpected!) festival makeup facilities for guests in the coveted Absolute Radio VIP area on Friday 12 June from 2pm - 8pm, Saturday 13 June from 12pm - 8pm and on Sunday 14 June from 12pm - 8pm.

May 13th, 2009 PARIS - On the occasion of the opening ceremony of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, the actress and member of the jury, Robin Wright Penn, wore diamonds and white gold earrings, and a bracelet from Les Ardentes collection. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: www.prnewswire.com/mnr/louisvuitton/38364/ Les Ardentes collection is characterised by two new cuts of diamond representing the flowers of the Louis Vuitton Monogram.

April 7th, 2009 LONDON - Unite, one of the former sponsors of the Rise anti-racism festival, has today (Wednesday), slammed London Mayor Boris Johnson for his short-sighted and hasty decision to cancel the event on the basis of what he deemed to be a lack of 'major sponsorship'. Unite regional secretary, Steve Hart, said: "Unite was never approached by the London Mayor, or by any of his staff in the run-up to this decision.

March 30th, 2009 SHILLONG - In an aim to encourage women to engage in filmmaking and other creative activities, Meghalaya recently hosted the first ever woman film festival of the northeast. The 'Women Behind Camera' festival began on March 20 and concluded on March 26.

March 30th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A four-day long children's film festival opened in Srinagar with the aim of helping children, particularly orphans, overcome their trauma. The 'Shehjaar Children Theatre Festival 2009' is being jointly organised by the Help Foundation, a local NGO, and the Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Trust.

June 2nd, 2009 SHILLONG - The Indian Panorama Film Festival was recently held in Shillong to the delight for all film lovers. The three-day film festival was organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) in collaboration with the Government of Meghalaya.

February 24th, 2009 BRUSSELS - European Union Monday congratulated the makers of the film 'Slumdog Millionaire' which won eight Oscars at the 81st Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood. The film was co-funded under the EU's film support programme MEDIA.

May 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Kolhapur in Maharashtra will host its first international film festival June 3-9 at the Sahuji Smarak auditorium. The weeklong festival will be held jointly by the Maharashtra chapter of Federation of Film Society of India (FFSI) and city-based Kalamaharshi Baburao Painter Film Society, reports dearcinema.com.

January 24th, 2009 DHAKA - Films from India and 39 other countries are among 156 entries at the 2nd International Children's Film Festival that began here Saturday, a media report said Sunday. Getting children back from watching TV and playing computer games to get exposed to film culture is the aim of the children's film festival, its organisers say.

April 24th, 2009 Mary-Kate Olsen excited to be Tribeca jurorNEW YORK — Mary-Kate Olsen is taking her duties as a juror at the Tribeca Film Festival as seriously as an A-student getting ready for the first day of school. "I wish there was a class.

April 27th, 2009 LONDON - Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rome Film Festival. The 'Out of Africa' star will receive the Marcus Aurelius Lifetime Achievement Award, which has previously been bestowed upon industry legends such as Sir Sean Connery and Al Pacino, reports contactmusic.com.

August 19th, 2009 Michelle Obama's thigh tight short shorts are criticized, but are they really short and that tight? A couple of months back, Michelle Obama caused quite a sensation while she was seen walking the families dog, Bo, on the White House lawn wearing shorts. Is there is any constitutional restriction or dress code for the first lady? or does it looks really odd ? (see photos above and below) Some people think that every body wears shorts in hot seasons and she is also human and she looks quite comfortable wearing shorts and looks great.

September 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi International Arts Festival (DIAF), the capital's answer to the Edinburgh festival, will reach out to the common man this year with interactive music and folk dance performances at malls and historic sites. "The festival is bigger and spread out across more venues.