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9 Independent Foreign Films That Have Withstood the Test of Time

…for Best International Film. Wings of Desire (1987), Germany Known as Der Himmel über Berlin (The Heaven Over Berlin) in Germany, this romantic fantasy film directed by Wim Wenders is…

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NYFA New York Cinematography Faculty: Interview with Piero Basso, AIC-IMAGO

…with color of Wings of Desire (1987) (for which I will always prefer the German title Der Himmel über Berlin – The Sky above Berlin) and Die Zweite Heimat (1992)….

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LET IT GO: Who will play Elsa on Broadway?

…to handle carrying the show on her shoulders. ANNELIESE VAN DER POL Anneliese may not be a familiar name, but most of the millennial generation would know her better as…

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South African New York Film Academy (NYFA) Alumni Meet Up at Inaugural Events

…into 1-year Screenwriting): Head of Mojalove Channel on DSTV; well-known and established South African writer, producer, documentarian, broadcaster. • Petrone van der Merwe (8-week Acting for Film): Currently in two…

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Alfred Hitchcock

…boasts a pessimism rare in American cinema. Influenced by Russian horror merchant Val Lewton, Spanish surrealist Luis Bunuel and German Expressionist Fritz Lang –Hitchcock cited Lang’s Der Mude Tod (1922)…

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Director Jeff Preiss Discusses Sundance Award-Winning ‘Low Down’

…For Living Cinema. In 1984, he traveled to Berlin to shoot the Rosa Von Praunheim produced Punk Vampire Film, Der Bis. In 1987, he was invited by photographer Bruce Weber…

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Industry Lab: From Berlin to Los Angeles

…of Walther Ruttmann 1927 city symphony film Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt (Berlin: Symphony of a Great City) with live improvisation by Lucky Paul & Friends at the Goethe-Institut auditorium….

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