19-29 March 2015 by Joanna Orland BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival celebrated its 29th edition in 2015.  With over fifty feature films, one hundred shorts, and industry events, the BFI Flare is the UK’s longest running and most popular LGBT film festival.  This year marked a new initiative for BFI Flare – fiveFilms4freedom is […]

February 5th – 15th, 2015 Berlin, Germany by Joanna Orland The Berlin International Film Festival is a staple in the film industry’s diary.  Every year, the Berlinale showcases roughly 400 films, mostly international and European premieres.  More importantly for the film industry, the European Film Market (EFM) holds around 400 companies and over 8000 film […]

Director Mark Christopher on making the studio cut vs. the original director’s cut of 54. by Joanna Orland The director’s cut of 1998 film 54 has long been an urban legend. Plagued by studio reshoots and edits, the studio cut of the film failed to be the box office and critical success it should have […]

Berlinale 2015 Photo Gallery February 6-10, 2015