The Name’s Bond, James Bond!
James Bond, 007 has been with us since 1962. He is a fictional character created by Ian Fleming in his novel Casino Royal in 1953. This...
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Cinema and video games: parallel universe!
Are cinema and video games competing, complementary or totally distinct? Cinema has evolved constantly towards new technology used by the...
SCARY MARY..."I never explain anything!"
When you hear the name Mary Poppins, you probably think of Disney’s lighthearted musical movie. Mary Poppins descends from the sky to...
No industry unashamedly celebrates youth over age quite like show business.
The University of Lausanne, Switzerland, held a special workshop in 2014 exploring the old age phenomenon that Hollywood Stars, and film...
Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it*
Slapstick comedy movies have been around since the days of the black and white silent films. With films going back as far as the 1910’s,...
Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different.
Just as there are many sequels and remakes of older films, the film industry in many countries looks to books for inspiration. This makes...
‘Just keep swimming’ – Finding Nemo
Stories can teach us so much about life and about ourselves, they teach us to love, to be just and fair and to show us that we can...
'To be an actor you have to be a child!' Paul Newman
We remember them when they were only 13, 10, 8 or even 5 years old. What happened to them? How did they manage to get out of the focus of...
‘If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic’ Liev Schreiber
Why remake? Film studios around the world often remake classic children and adult films this has become an ongoing tradition – using new...
‘A day without laughter is a day wasted.’ Charlie Chaplin
As a tribute for the 100th anniversary of The Kid (made in 1919 and presented to the public in 1920), ICFFCY wanted to screen it and make...
Kidnap the Sandy Claws, beat him with a stick. Lock him up for fifty years, see what makes him tick!
“'Twas a long time ago, Longer now than it seems, In a place that perhaps you've seen in your dreams. For the story that you are about to...
If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story (Wells)
Orson Wells -The visionary Born in 1915, Orson Wells is famous for his first feature film Citizen Kane. He was only 25 when he made it....
“Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.” (Hitchcock)
The great Alfred Hitchcock (1899 – 1980), director and film maker, was nicknamed ‘The master of suspense’. By adding a psychological...
It's up to you how far you'll go. If you don't try you'll never know. (Merlin)
During this difficult time when all over the world we spend more time at home, and we cannot pursue the activities we are used to. I'm...
'Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out!'
This quote from Martin Scorcese reminds us that we are more out than in at the moment due to 'Covid'. We were hoping that things would...
ICFFCY - film magic at its best!
Working, working working! Preparing new workshops for young people in this 'new normal' world of ours. All opportunities are now limited...