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SPIRIT OF SWEETNESS: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/watch-spirit-of-sweetness
Why, in today’s civilized world, do we still use the methods and means of healing bodies and souls used by our grandparents? Who really are Whishperes? How does modern psychology look at rituals and whisherers? The tradition of whispering/praying in the Ortodox Church language is passed down from generation to generation. The film asks many questions and seeks answers from experts in various fields: therapists/psychologists, anthropologists, ethnographers, but also residents of Podlasie.
GREEN SWEATER: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/watch-green-sweater
When you lose everything, you have nothing And the body will deceive you. It appears like a bird from paradise .. Longing for a green sweater Longing for a parrot blouse Longing for the Mexican frill Longing for a green sweater. For yourself, for all of you.
DOCTOR OF THE “POLISH EAGLES”: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/watch-doctor-of-the-polish-eagles
The film tells about the work of doctor Janusz Garlicki of the Polish national football team, which won, among others, the Olympic gold medal during the time of coach Kazimierz Górski.
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Born
December 17, 1953 · Hornell, New York, USA
Birth name
William James Pullman
Spouse
Tamara Pullman(January 3, 1987 – present) (3 children)
QUOTES:
[on watching Independence Day (1996) with President Bill Clinton] Oh, great. This is going to be like shooting baskets with Magic Johnson watching.
[1996, on Lost Highway (1997)] I was brought up in a very small town in upstate New York. We lived on Main Street, and my dad was a doctor. And this idyllic setting held some very dark corners. Working with David Lynch, getting to know his psyche, and getting inside the character in Lost Highway felt so connected up to my past. Benign on the exterior, seething on the interior. My dad was also the town coroner, so we saw all these dead bodies…When I was a teenager my father would bring us along. I remember that when my mother had colon cancer, my father took us down to the basement of the hospital and pulled out a tumor in a jar to show us. And he’s holding it up, he’s kinda laughing, like a scientist. He said, ‘See, it’s kinda like congealed hamburger.’ I mean, that’s like David Lynch, that combination of strange, funny, macabre, all in one. So working with Lynch felt very much like going home.
Liebestraum (1991) was a great experience, a great time, and I have such fond memories about it…It was wild working with Mike Figgis, because he’s very much in possession of himself. Some would say a narcissist, but I think there’s a power in that. I have to admit that I was just dazzled by his absorption with his own instincts and his own ability to pursue things…
It’s very curious when you’re an actor and suddenly you’re in the right role, with the right match. Truthfully, I almost avoided While You Were Sleeping (1995), because I find those romantic comedies kind of precious, and they’re full of lines that leave you feeling a little bewildered when you say them. It’s all about first looks and little giggles, and part of me is always thinking, ‘Isn’t there anything else we could be doing with our time right now? Something a little more important?’ But when I was doing it, I really enjoyed it. It was like the air was charged between me and Sandy. From the minute I met her, we just clicked. We were totally in tune with each other. Lots of the movie was about us just talking and talking, and I’ll tell you the truth, most actors don’t listen very well, they don’t give it 100 percent. But Sandy and I, we just lived in that rarefied air of the movie, and it worked really, really well.
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Born
December 17, 1946 · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Nicknames
ButchGene
Spouse
Deborah Divine (June 12, 1977 – present) (2 children)
QUOTES:
[on his role in Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)] I like playing villains – villains that aren’t that bright, you know?..Okay, this is the guy. I’m thinking I can finally bring some mustaches out of the drawer.This is set in the mid-’80s. Glasses down to here. And the mustache is somewhere between [Adolf Hitler] and ]Groucho Marx].
One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I’m a comedian, which I’m not. A comedian is someone who can stand up in front of an audience and make you laugh. I’ve never done stand-up and I never will. I’m a comic actor. My comedy comes through my characters.
I would love to work with Sir Anthony Hopkins. How and why that would happen in a comedy I’m not sure–why he would be dragged over to my side, or I’d be be dragged over to his side.
At the end of the day, even if my part is a bit goofy, the key thing is that I’m doing what I love to do, and that’s to make people laugh.
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Born
December 17, 1975 · Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Birth name
Militza Jovovich
Spouses
Paul W.S. Anderson (August 22, 2009 – present) (3 children)
Luc Besson (December 14, 1997 – May 2, 2000) (divorced)
Shawn Andrews (October 2, 1992 – November 25, 1992) (annulled)
QUOTES:
While filming the movie Dazed and Confused (1993), she eloped with actor Shawn Andrews to Las Vegas, Nevada. It was 1992 and several months before she turned 17. Since she was only 16 at the time, her mother had the marriage annulled.
Despite being on the posters, most of her scenes from Dazed and Confused were cut from the finished product. Upset at this, Milla decided to take a break from acting for the next 3 years to focus on her music career. She didn’t act again until she was cast in the title role for The Fifth Element.
She said the reason she did Resident Evil (2002) was because her brother was a huge fan of the video game.
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Born
December 17, 1971 · Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
Spouse
Dougray Scott(June 8, 2007 – present) (1 child)
QUOTES:
After I saw the first thing I ever did, I got a migraine.
Armani’s clothes are beautiful and modern and I love him.
But ‘Basquiat (1996)’ is the first thing I’ve done that I’m really proud of.
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Born
December 17, 1977 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
QUOTES:
My first car was a Chevy Cavalier. My dad somehow convinced me that it was a hot sports car because it was red.
I grew up being a bit of a tomboy, a big-time tomboy.
I was told this is a male-dominated network and the male demographic is stronger than female. This is a show about Vikings and you are just the wife. I remember thinking that was not the way I was going to play it.
Every woman has to learn how to defend themselves. If you can protect your body and have confidence in your body, then in any situation you’d be able to defend yourself. It gives you the power, and confidence has to start within yourself.
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SEE THE FULL LINEUP OF FILMS:
CHILDREN’S PARLIAMENT, 13min., Germany
Directed by Anna Faroqhi, Haim Peretz
In a small village in Brandenburg, a group of children aged 6 to 13 has established the Groß Schauen Youth Advisory Council, a children’s parliament. Here, they actively participate in democratic decision-making processes to represent the interests of their community. One of their key initiatives is advocating for a 30 km/h speed limit on the main road running through their village.
NIGHT SHIFT, 10min., UK
Directed by Michael Rogers
Night Shift is a gritty thriller set in the not-so-distant future, when cities fall into chaos, and a paramedic takes the law into her own hands.
https://citylightsfilms.co.uk/night-shift
UNIVERSE OF UKRAINE, 3min., Ukraine
Directed by Alexander Sparinsky
«Universe of Ukraine” is a documentary music video-essay for all people who want to know what war in Ukraine is and what are Russian killers today, in the 21st century; about all the troubles and griefs that this invasion brought…
http://sparinsky.kiev.ua/
https://www.facebook.com/100000572240927
https://mobile.twitter.com/sparinsky
https://www.instagram.com/aleksandr.sparinsky/
THE SOCIALISTS OF SHOE CITY, 35min., USA
Directed by Shana Figueroa
The story of “The Socialists of Shoe City: The Socialist Movement in Haverhill, Massachusetts” ” chronicles the transformative impact of James F. Carey and John C. Chase on Haverhill, Massachusetts, during a period of intense industrialization and social upheaval. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Haverhill’s booming shoe industry was a focal point of labor exploitation and inequality. Carey and Chase, driven by a vision of social justice and workers’ rights, founded the Haverhill Socialist Labor Party in 1895. Their activism led to significant labor strikes, public lectures, and campaigns for better working conditions and fair wages. Despite facing formidable opposition, their efforts culminated in Carey’s historic election to the Massachusetts State Legislature in 1898, signaling a profound shift in the political landscape and inspiring a broader socialist movement across America.
NISE, A journey in the negation of love, 41min., Spain
Directed by Maria Gisèle Royo
This documentary follows the creative process of a group of people passionate about art and culture who voluntarily confine themselves to a town in the province of Segovia, to rehearse and study texts in old Spanish. The result is teamwork that makes the work grow. The cohesion between actors, artistic and technical team, and a love for a job well done, and for culture, is breathed through the screen. Nise, is the last work they have brought to the stage, astonishing critics, and offering a text from the past that continues to make us reflect on the ambiguity of justice and the exercise of political power.
A SEED OF REGRET, 5min,. USA
Directed by Jon Gary
A once-assimilated African American father faces an agonizing unraveling as he grapples with the devastating loss of his beloved son to a senseless and untimely murder.
SYSTEMIC POKER, 3min., USA
Directed by Isaul Beltran
Systemic Poker is a black comedy that attempts to mirror the systemic racism that is present in our society.
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