Do you know when Liffe 2016 starts? The Ljubljana International Film Festival returns to the capital for the 27th time between November 9 and 20, 2016, when it will serve up a new series of feature films, short films and other treats of the seventh art, such as discussions with festival guests and filmmakers, as well as round tables and workshops . Tickets for Liffe 2016 will go on sale on October 18, 2016. Liffe will now be playing in Ljubljana and Maribor as well as in Celje and Novi Mesto. Check out what he has in store for us this year.
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Collateral Beauty, directed by David Frankel, is a drama that will move us to tears. If Will Smith presented himself as an anti-hero in his last film The Derelict Squad, this time we will get to know his gentle side again, similar to the movie In Pursuit of Happiness (2006). The film, in which love, time and death are people, shows us why it is not worth giving up on life, no matter how difficult it is. Life is a path where love, time and death constantly intersect.
Kate Beckinsale returns as the fatal vampire Selena in the new installment of the Underworld film franchise, Underworld: Blood Wars. It is the fifth film in the series, coming five years after the last film Underworld: Awakening (2012). In total, the films grossed $458.2 million for Screen Gems on a budget of $177 million, so it stands to reason that the war between vampires and werewolves is far from over. This installment was initially intended to be a reboot of the franchise and without the indestructible Beckinsale, who perseveres as an action heroine much like Milla Jovovich as Alice in the Invisible Evil films.
After the publication of the book Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) - it was created as a basis for a dramatic work in two parts and meanwhile came to life on the London stage - which does not stop the rumors about the continuation of the film franchise about the famous wizard, which has anchored itself in the hearts of too many fans of fantasy films and books. A month after the release of the eighth book, the film studio Warner Bros., which has made all the films so far, is said to have already tried to buy the rights for the last chapter of the Harry Potter saga. He was supposed to split the story into three films.
The new Pope is... Jude Law. Well, at least in the new HBO miniseries The Young Pope, in which the British star plays the fictional Pope Pius XIII, who is the complete opposite of the supreme head of the Catholic Church. There was no white smoke, but the first trailer was released. Among other things, the new pope is a passionate smoker and declares himself to be God. The miniseries, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival, is directed by Paolo Sorrentino (Infinite Beauty, Youth), and will consist of 10 parts.
Every year, the Slovenian Film Festival (FSF) presents the production of full-length and short feature films, documentaries and animated films that were made in Slovenia in the previous year. At the festival, the Metoda Badjure Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded, which is the most prestigious award in the field of filmmaking in Slovenia, and the Vesna Award is awarded for the most prominent achievements of filmmakers in the previous year. This year's recipient of the Metoda Badjure award for lifetime achievement in the field of filmmaking is scenographer Dušan Milavec.
Who will be the new James Bond? Will Daniel Craig use a knife instead of cutting his veins, instead of slicing the cursed bread? After categorically refusing to step into the shoes of the famous secret agent 007 again, Sony has sent him an unfashionable invitation - 150 million US dollars for two more films, which would extend the British actor's tenure to six and thereby equaling Sean Connery (the record with seven is held by Roger Moore).
These days, 117 years have passed since the birth of Alfred Hitchcock, who went down in film history as a master of suspense and horror. Many actresses described him as aggressive and uncouth, and by today's standards he could be convicted of sexual harassment - he was known to torture his actresses, driving them to the very edge in his egotistical perfectionism and watching over them during breaks through holes in the walls - but we must not ignore the fact that he knew how to bring out the best in them, and he also emphasized their beauty through clothes. See the best dressed actresses in his films.
Slovenia has become a popular refuge for Bollywood, but this time an Indian film crew was not in a hurry in Slovenia, but an Arab one. Check out which corners of our country they included in their high-budget action comedy Hamlit Fraizer.
Max Steel is a story based on Mattel's series of action figures, starring a teenager Max and a robot Steel, who together go by the name Max Steel. The role of Max was intended for Taylor Lautner (The Twilight Saga), but later went to Ben Winchell (Prom Queen). The film, which stars Andy Garcia, Maria Bello, Christopher Yost and others in supporting roles, was directed by Stewart Hendler.
Irresistible attraction and passion are never-ending themes for filmmakers. These are films that never leave us indifferent, and the passion in them is so strong that it literally blows from every scene.
In the movie business, 60 hours is practically nothing. In the MUVIT/6X60 short filmmaking marathon, however, that's all you have to write, shoot, edit and deliver a 6- to 8-minute film. At the third edition of the MUVIT/6X60 (2016) marathon, especially young people shone, who managed to create real little masterpieces in 60 hours. The best four films can be seen below.