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Universe (1960 Film)
''Universe'' (''Notre univers'') is a 1960 black-and-white documentary short film made in 1960 by Roman Kroitor and Colin Low for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). The NFB writes: " he filmcreates on the screen a vast, awe-inspiring picture of the universe as it would appear to a voyager through space. Realistic animation takes you into far regions of space, beyond the reach of the strongest telescope, past Moon, Sun, and Milky Way into galaxies yet unfathomed." This visualization is grounded in the nightly work of Dr. Donald MacRae, an astronomer at the David Dunlap Observatory in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Using the technology of his era, MacRae prepares his largely manually operated equipment and then photographs, by long exposure, one star. He actually strikes an arc between iron electrodes and makes a simultaneous exposure, which he can compare to the star's spectrum to determine its movement relative to Earth. Production Roman Kroitor and Colin Low considered making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Roman Kroitor
Roman Kroitor (December 12, 1926 – September 17, 2012) was a Canadian filmmaker who was known as a pioneer of ''Cinéma vérité'', as the co-founder of IMAX, and as the creator of the Sandde hand-drawn stereoscopic 3D animation system. He was also the original inspiration for The Force. His prodigious output garnered numerous awards, including two BAFTA Awards, three Cannes Film Festival awards, and two Oscar nominations. Early life Roman Boghdan Kroitor was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, to Ukrainian immigrants Peter and Tatiana (Shewchuk), both of whom were teachers. Peter died when Roman was four; Tatiana moved the family to Winnipeg and continued teaching. Roman attended the University of Manitoba, graduating in 1951 with a Master of Arts in Philosophy. National Film Board of Canada In 1949 and 1950, Kroitor attended the Summer Intern program at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in Ottawa. Upon graduation from university, he was hired full-time, working as a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Don Mulholland (filmmaker)
Don Mulholland (1910-1960) was a film producer and director with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He was the NFB's first Director of Production, and the founding producer of the series ''Eye Witness''. He was the first director to blend fiction and documentary, and is credited with shaping the course of Canadian film in the 1950s. Early life Donald Colpitts Mulholland was born in Viola, Minnesota in 1910. It is unclear why or when he moved to Canada but, by 1936, he and his wife Ruth had built a house in Toronto's wealthy Forest Hill neighbourhood and he was working as an advertising executive. With the outbreak of World War II, Mulholland joined the Royal Canadian Air Force; when the war ended, he joined the National Film Board of Canada. Career Mulholland was put to work making training films; these led him to make the award-winning short film ''Safe Clothing''. In 1948, he became the first director to blend fiction with documentary when, using non-professional actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
14th British Academy Film Awards
The 14th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1961, honoured the best films of 1960. Winners and nominees Best Film ''The Apartment'' *''The Angry Silence'' *'' Inherit the Wind'' *''Let's Make Love'' *''Elmer Gantry'' *''Shadows'' *''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'' *''Spartacus'' *''Tunes of Glory'' *''The Trials of Oscar Wilde'' *''La Dolce Vita'' *''Hiroshima mon amour'' *''Orfeu Negro'' *''Pote tin Kyriaki'' *'' Le testament d'Orphée'' *''Les Quatre cents coups'' *''L'Avventura'' Best British Film ''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'' *''The Angry Silence'' *''The Trials of Oscar Wilde'' *''Tunes of Glory'' Best Foreign Actor Jack Lemmon in ''The Apartment'' * George Hamilton in '' Crime & Punishment, USA'' *Burt Lancaster in ''Elmer Gantry'' *Fredric March in '' Inherit the Wind'' *Spencer Tracy in '' Inherit the Wind'' *Yves Montand in ''Let's Make Love'' Best British Actor Peter Finch in ''The Trials of Oscar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Edinburgh International Film Festival
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), established in 1947, is the world's oldest continually running film festival. EIFF presents both UK and international films (all titles are World, international, European or UK Premieres), in all genres and lengths. It also presents themed retrospectives and other specialized programming strands. History Early years The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) originated as the International Festival of Documentary Films and was opened by John Grierson, founder of the British documentary movement. The International Festival of Documentary Films was presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild alongside the 1947 Edinburgh International Festival. Key figures in this initiative were the Guild's Norman Wilson and the film journalist and wartime civil servant, Forsyth Hardy.McArthur, Colin, "The Rises and Falls of the Edinburgh International Film Festival", in Dick, Eddie (ed.) (1990), ''From Limelight to Satellite: A Scottish Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cork (city)
Cork ( ; from , meaning 'marsh') is the second-largest city in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, the county town of County Cork, the largest city in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the List of settlements on the island of Ireland by population, third largest on the island of Ireland. At the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, it had a population of 224,004. The city centre is an island between two channels of the River Lee (Ireland), River Lee which meet downstream at its eastern end, where the quays and Dock (maritime), docks along the river lead outwards towards Lough Mahon and Cork Harbour, one of the largest natural harbours in the world. Cork was founded in the 6th century as a monastic settlement, and was expanded by Vikings, Viking invaders around 915. Its charter was granted by John, King of England, Prince John in 1185 in Ireland, 1185. Cork city was once fully walled, and the remnants of the old medieval town centre can be found around South and North M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cork International Film Festival
Cork International Film Festival (CIFF), also known the Cork Film Festival (), is a film festival held annually in Cork City, Ireland. It was established in 1956 as part of An Tóstal, and is Ireland's oldest and largest film festival. It is typically held in November. For the period 2007 to 2012, the festival was known (for sponsorship reasons) as the Corona Cork Film Festival. The festival programme is a mix of big budget pictures, world cinema, independent films, documentaries and short films. While international films are also shown at the event, the festival organisers describe it as a "showcase for Irish film production". A collection of ephemera, relating to the Irish Film Society (IFS) and the Cork International Film Festival, is held in the library of University College Cork. This collection, known as the Dr. Joan Byrne Collection, was donated to the library in 2019. Three of CIFF's 14 filmmaker awards are qualifying for the Academy Awards The Academy Awards, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stratford, Ontario
Stratford is a city on the Avon River (Ontario), Avon River within Perth County, Ontario, Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a 2021 Canadian census, 2021 population of 33,232 in a land area of . Stratford is the County seat, seat of Perth County, which was settled by English, Irish, Scottish and German immigrants, in almost equal numbers, starting in the 1820s but primarily in the 1830s and 1840s. Most became farmers; even today, the area around Stratford is known for mixed farming, dairying and hog production. The area was settled by Europeans in 1832, and the town and river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Stratford was incorporated as a town in 1859 and as a city in 1886. The first mayor was John Corry Wilson Daly. The swan has become a symbol of the city. Each year, twenty-four white swans are released into the Avon River. The town is noted for the Stratford Festival, which performs Shakespearean plays and other genres from May to October. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stratford Film Festival
The Stratford Film Festival was an annual film festival in Stratford, Ontario, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, which was staged from 1956 to 1961 and from 1971 to 1975. One of the first film festivals in North America ever to present international films, it was the preeminent film festival in the Southern Ontario region until the launch of the Toronto International Film Festival, Festival of Festivals in 1976 resulted in a loss of arts funding and audience support that led the Stratford Film Festival to permanently cease operations that same year. In 2024, a new, unrelated Stratford Winter Film Festival was launched by a small committee of local residents. Origins The festival was launched in 1956 under the direction of Tom Patterson (theatre producer), Tom Patterson, screening films in the Stratford Festival, Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Avon Theatre. The second festival, held in 1957, grew from the first year's one week of films screened only in the afternoon to a two-week progr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award - Best Of Festival
Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) is an annual film festival held in late May in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 1947, the Yorkton Film Council (YFC) was founded and in 1950 the first international documentary film festival officially opened in western Canada on 11 October. The festival originally was named Yorkton International Documentary Film Festival and latter become known as Yorkton International Film Festival. In 1969, the Yorkton Film Council disbanded and the Yorkton International Film Festival Society was formed. The film festival went through several name changes and currently operates as Yorkton Film Festival. It is known as the longest running film festival held in North America. The festival is open to Canadian productions, or international productions directed by Canadians, and focuses on films that are under 60 minutes in length. It is a qualifying festival for the Canadian Screen Awards. The Yorkton Film Festival includes awards in 29 categories: 18 main categor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vancouver International Film Festival
The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for two weeks in late September and early October. The festival is operated by the Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society, a provincially-registered Nonprofit organization, non-profit and federally-registered Charitable organization (Canada), charitable organization, which also runs the year-round programming of the Vancity Theatre and Lochmaddy Studio Theatre at the VIFF Centre. Both in terms of admissions and number of films screened (133,000 and 324 respectively in 2016), VIFF is among the five largest List of film festivals in North and Central America, film festivals in North America. The festival screens films annually from approximately 73 countries on 10 screens. The festival has three main programming platforms: East Asian film, Canadian film, and nonfiction films. Besides films from around the world, VIFF also includes talks, workshops, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1960 Cannes Film Festival
The 13th Cannes Film Festival took place from 4 to 20 May 1960. Belgian writer Georges Simenon served as Jury President for the main competition. The ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, was awarded to ''La Dolce Vita'' by Federico Fellini. The festival opened with ''Ben-Hur'' by William Wyler. Juries Main Competition *Georges Simenon, Belgian writer Jury President *Marc Allégret, French filmmaker * Louis Chauvet, French writer and journalist * Diego Fabbri, Italian writer *Hidemi Ima, Japanese *Grigori Kozintsev, Soviet filmmaker * Maurice Le Roux, French composer *Max Lippmann, West-German critic *Henry Miller, American writer * Ulyses Petit de Murat, Argentine writer *Simone Renant, French actress Short Films Competition * Georges Altman, French journalist * Nicolas Hayer, French cinematographer * Henri Storck, Belgian filmmaker *Jean Vivie, French CST official *Dušan Vukotić, Yugoslavian filmmaker Official Selection In Competition The following feature film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
