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The Film Bazaar, the first of its type to raise funds for the only museum of the cinema in the country, will be opened by famous British film director Michael Winner.

More info from http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/

Dovzhenko’s landmark ‘film poem’ style brings to life the collective experience of life for the Ukranian workers, examining natural cycles through his epic montage.

Coming soon on Mr Bongo Films

Casanova (Il Casanova di Federico Fellini) is a 1976 Italian film by director Federico Fellini, adapted from the autobiography of Giacomo Casanova, the 18th century adventurer and writer.  Shot entirely at the Cinecittà studios in Rome, the film won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, with the Oscar going to Danilo Donati.

Coming soon on Mr Bongo Films

The Guardian’s Philp French looks into the career of Anita Ekberg, star of Fellini’s segment of Boccaccio 70

The 2010 Sundance Film Festival will get underway very soon.  Visit the site for full information.

A selection of films and photography at Rich Mix looks at Cuba’s recent history 50 years after the Revolution. Three photographers, Angel Gil, Helena Smith and Claire Boobbyer, feature in the Cuban Stories exhibition. The film series includes the lyrical masterpiece Soy Cuba (I Am Cuba)

CUBA Exploring 50 Years of Revolution
27 Jan – 27 Feb
Rich Mix 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road London E1 6LA
www.richmix.org.uk

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We are proud to annouce that we will be releasing Earth (Zemlya) by Alexander Dovzhenko in 2010

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