By Peter BelsitoFestival Winners Kuwait Film Festival
I was invited in March by my friend Talal Al-Muhanna, Manager, Industry Program, Kuwait Film Festival — 1st edition March 24–28, 2017 to be an industry panelist during the Fest’s workshops.
View from my hotel window
Above, the view from my hotel window, is one aspect of today’s Kuwait. Building is going on everywhere, the old is coming down and new arising up to great heights. When I asked what this is based on I was answered with one word — ‘oil’.
You get the feeling there’s a lot of money here. But this is definitely the Mid East. The Fest films and attendees were from Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt, Europe — all over. I was treated very graciously and all were interesting, talkative and open.
This is a Muslim society. There are people dressed in traditional gowns, hijabs, etc. Many of the women I saw...
I was invited in March by my friend Talal Al-Muhanna, Manager, Industry Program, Kuwait Film Festival — 1st edition March 24–28, 2017 to be an industry panelist during the Fest’s workshops.
View from my hotel window
Above, the view from my hotel window, is one aspect of today’s Kuwait. Building is going on everywhere, the old is coming down and new arising up to great heights. When I asked what this is based on I was answered with one word — ‘oil’.
You get the feeling there’s a lot of money here. But this is definitely the Mid East. The Fest films and attendees were from Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt, Europe — all over. I was treated very graciously and all were interesting, talkative and open.
This is a Muslim society. There are people dressed in traditional gowns, hijabs, etc. Many of the women I saw...
- 4/12/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
This past Friday Miguel Ali’s indie film “Confessions of a Womanizer” was released in limited theaters for an Oscar-qualifying run. Now, one of its actors has made Academy Award history without being nominated.
Kelly Mantle, an actor who identifies as gender-fluid, is the first performer to have submitted and be considered for a nomination in both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting actress categories.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, once Mantle was submitted in both male and female categories by the film’s creators, the Academy confirmed that he “can be nominated in either category.”
Read More: IndieWire and FilmStruck’s ‘Movies That Inspire Me’: Nicole Holofcener Explains How ‘High Hopes’ Earns Its Title
Mantle, best known as a contestant on the sixth season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” portrays a transgender prostitute in “Confessions of a Womanizer.” The picture traveled around the indie film circuit in 2014, but...
Kelly Mantle, an actor who identifies as gender-fluid, is the first performer to have submitted and be considered for a nomination in both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting actress categories.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, once Mantle was submitted in both male and female categories by the film’s creators, the Academy confirmed that he “can be nominated in either category.”
Read More: IndieWire and FilmStruck’s ‘Movies That Inspire Me’: Nicole Holofcener Explains How ‘High Hopes’ Earns Its Title
Mantle, best known as a contestant on the sixth season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” portrays a transgender prostitute in “Confessions of a Womanizer.” The picture traveled around the indie film circuit in 2014, but...
- 12/10/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Kelly Mantle in ‘Confessions of a Womanizer’ (Courtesy: Confessions of a Womanizer – Official Movie Page)
By: Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
Kelly Mantle, a performer who identifies as “gender fluid,” has made Oscar history.
The 40-year-old, who was born a male and is best known as a contestant on the sixth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, plays the supporting part of a transgender prostitute in Miguel Ali’s Confessions of a Womanizer, an indie starring Gary Busey that is in the midst of its Oscar-qualifying run this week.
Read the rest of this entry…...
By: Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
Kelly Mantle, a performer who identifies as “gender fluid,” has made Oscar history.
The 40-year-old, who was born a male and is best known as a contestant on the sixth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, plays the supporting part of a transgender prostitute in Miguel Ali’s Confessions of a Womanizer, an indie starring Gary Busey that is in the midst of its Oscar-qualifying run this week.
Read the rest of this entry…...
- 12/10/2016
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
Kelly Mantle, a gender-fluid performer who was a contestant on the sixth season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” has made Oscar history as the first potential nominee eligible in both male and female categories, TheWrap has learned. Mantle plays a transgender prostitute in “Confessions of a Womanizer,” a Miguel Ali indie from Harbor House Films starring Andrew Lawrence and Gary Busey. The film’s producers ran into a dilemma when filling out Oscar paperwork, which required them to classify Mantle, who was born a man, as either male or female. Mantle was submitted for consideration in both categories, and the Academy confirmed that.
- 12/10/2016
- by Matt Pressberg
- The Wrap
Kelly Mantle, a performer who identifies as "gender fluid," has made Oscar history.
The 40-year-old, who was born a male and is best known as a contestant on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, plays the supporting part of a transgender prostitute in Miguel Ali's Confessions of a Womanizer, an indie starring Gary Busey that is in the midst of its Oscar-qualifying run this week.
The film's backers, when filling out the paperwork required by the Academy to confirm Oscar eligibility, arrived at the acting submissions section and faced a conundrum: The organization asks for performers to be listed...
The 40-year-old, who was born a male and is best known as a contestant on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, plays the supporting part of a transgender prostitute in Miguel Ali's Confessions of a Womanizer, an indie starring Gary Busey that is in the midst of its Oscar-qualifying run this week.
The film's backers, when filling out the paperwork required by the Academy to confirm Oscar eligibility, arrived at the acting submissions section and faced a conundrum: The organization asks for performers to be listed...
- 12/9/2016
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
• Ewan McGregor is the latest A-lister to board the feature adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County, as the estranged husband of Julia Roberts’ character, the eldest daughter of family matriarch Violet Weston (Meryl Streep). Costars include Chris Cooper, Juliette Lewis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Abigail Breslin, Dermot Mulroney, and Margo Martindale. The only major character left to cast, in fact, is Violet’s middle daughter Ivy. Playwright Tracy Letts penned the adaptation himself. John Wells, best known as the showrunner of ER and The West Wing, is directing. [Variety]
• Christian Slater is boarding director Lars von Trier’s lightning rod drama Nymphomaniac,...
• Christian Slater is boarding director Lars von Trier’s lightning rod drama Nymphomaniac,...
- 9/13/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream has been recreated with puppets for the Fake Film Fest. Thanks to Vulture, we have the must-watch video. Here is a description from the YouTube page:
Everything's better with puppets, and the fur really flies in this tragic tale of addiction.Re-created by Brendan James Boyd, Jess Wood, Matthew Jacques, Marcela Rausch, Ali Hasan, Dusty Hagerud, and Karla Kampars with music by Michael Gordon.
Check it out below, and share your thoughts.
Follow me on Twitter @Jim_Napier and Tumblr
Source: Vulture (http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2012/02/requiem-for-a-dream-puppets.html)...
Everything's better with puppets, and the fur really flies in this tragic tale of addiction.Re-created by Brendan James Boyd, Jess Wood, Matthew Jacques, Marcela Rausch, Ali Hasan, Dusty Hagerud, and Karla Kampars with music by Michael Gordon.
Check it out below, and share your thoughts.
Follow me on Twitter @Jim_Napier and Tumblr
Source: Vulture (http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2012/02/requiem-for-a-dream-puppets.html)...
- 2/12/2012
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
You’d think adding puppets might lighten the mood for anything, but as a Fake Film Fest entry proves, that’s not necessarily true. A video posted by Skelemo on YouTube depicts Darren Aronofsky’s classic Requiem for a Dream with puppets, and the result is, well, super creepy. The re-imagined clip was done by Brendan James Boyd, Jess Wood, Matthew Jacques, Marcela Rausch, Ali Hasan, Dusty Hagerud, and Karla Kampars with music by Michael Gordon, Live for Films pointed out. Take a look below to see the film’s most recognized scenes recreated, including the signature shot of an eye dilating, only this...
- 2/9/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
Pakistani actress and Indian reality show queen Veena Mailk will be making her Bollywood debut with Dal Mein Kuch Kala Hai. The film’s Mahurat was held in Mumbai yesterday where the whole star cast graced the occasion with their presence.
The cast of the film also includes the famous Pakistani duo artists Irfaan Malik and Ali Hasan.
The film is the directorial debut of Anand Balraj the younger brother of Deepa ...
The cast of the film also includes the famous Pakistani duo artists Irfaan Malik and Ali Hasan.
The film is the directorial debut of Anand Balraj the younger brother of Deepa ...
- 7/28/2011
- Bollywood Chaska
Two men have reportedly been caught trying to smuggle 40 sedated pythons on a plane from Indonesia to Dubai. According to Afp, Yaqub Ebrahim and Ali Hasan from Kuwait were stopped by airport officials at Jakarta's international airport on Friday as they attempted to board the Emirates Airlines flight. Salahudin Rafi, operational and technical director at airport operator Angkasa Pura II, said: "For the sake of flight safety and security, no animals are allowed to be brought onto aircraft without permission and special handling. Especially pythons, which are considered as (more)...
- 3/28/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
After an overwhelming response to his directorial debut .Tere Bin Laden., Abhishek Sharma is getting ready with his next film which he assures would be a comedy again, but is not certain if it would be a satire..I am looking into comedy as a genre for some time as a filmmaker. It might not be a satire. I am looking into comedy. I am excited about it. There is no other genre that gives you quick, loud and audible response. Yes, I am addicted to it. But whether it would be satire or not, I don.t know,. Sharma, 32, told us..The way ideas come to me, they are mostly in the comic genre. I think we will be looking into comedy at least in the second one,. he added.The director, who has proved his excellent sense of humour, would love to exploit it more in his films.
- 12/11/2010
- Filmicafe
O'Reilly Factor guest host Laura Ingraham continued her week-long quest to get every supporter of the "Ground Zero Mosque" to comment on Imam Rauf's post 9/11 statements tonight when she brought on Muhammad Ali Hasan, the founder of Muslims for Bush, an organization that is pretty much what it sounds like. While the decibel level of the argument didn't get as high as the past two fights this week, the tensions weren't any way lowered.
- 8/27/2010
- by Jon Bershad
- Mediaite - TV
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