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 Founder and Board Chair Susan Weeks Coulter traveled to Vienna this past week to take part in the UNAOC panel on media and intercultural dialogue…Continue reading FEATURE: Global Migration–More Than The Birds 
Global Lens 2013: Change the Way You See the World Our tenth anniversary opens with China’s Sixth Generation, Sebastián Silva, the biggest film you’ve ever seen from Brazil (literally), and a host of Global Lens alumnus.… It’s our tenth year and we’re kicking off Global Lens 2013, January 10th-26th, with ten films at the Museum of Modern Art! It’s going to be some celebration… BEIJING FLICKERS will open the series on January 10th with a week-run at MoMA and director Zhang Yuan and actor Li Xinjun in attendance, to launch the festivities (a must see: Zhang is the acclaimed director of Beijing Bastards, and part of the gritty Sixth Generation ethos—who in the ‘90s, pushed Chinese filmmaking out of an overly-romanticized lens into the alter-reality of its edgy, urban psyche). Also in New York for the GL13 opening: Suman Ghosh for the North American premiere of SHYAMAL UNCLE TURNS OFF THE LIGHTS, on January 11th. This film is something to indeed be experienced with the director, as he runs his fingers through the tangled hair of Kolkata’s bureaucracy; an inspired and insightful work that carries a subtle charm, similar to another Global Lens standout. Continue reading NEWS: Global Lens 2013 @ MoMA!  Leave a comment  About GFI, Academy Awards, Africa, Asia, Balkans, Cannes, Caribbean, Central America, Central Asia, Central Europe, Children & Youth, Curators, Distribution, Distributors, Eastern Europe, Education, Europe, Events, Features, Festival, Festivals, Filmmakers, Films, Global Lens, Industry, Latin America, Mediterranean, Middle East, New York, News, North Africa, North America, Oceania, Other Regions, Partners, Partners, Politics, Programmers, Religion & Culture, Rotterdam, South America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Theatrical & Non-theatrical, War & Conflict, Women's Studies  111 Girls, Arabic, Aroon Shivdasani, aspect ratio, Bahman Ghobadi, balkans, Beijing Bastards, Beijing Flickers, Bengali, Bijan Zamanpira, Bonnie and Clyde, brazil, cannes, china, China Institute, Darbar 111 Dokhtar, Darezhan Omirbayev, East Asia, Eduardo Nunes, Egypt, El Fantastico Mundo de Juan Orol, Farsi, global lens, Global Lens 2013, Guadalajara International Film Festival, india, Indo American Arts Council, Iran, Iranian Independents, Iraq, Johnny Depp, jytte jensen, Kazakh, Kazakhstan, Kolkata, Kurdish, Kurdistan, La Vida Me Mata, latin america, Li Xinjun, Life Kills Me, Mandarin, Mani Haghighi, Martin Landau, mexico, Middle East, Modest Reception, Mohammad Atebbai, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, Nahid Ghobadi, new york, North Africa, North America, Oday Rasheed, Parada, Paziraie Sadeh, Persian, Portuguese, Renato Falcao, Russian, sandra kogut, santhosh daniel, Sebastian del Amo, Sebastian Silva, serbia, Serbo-Croatian, Shyamal Uncle Turns Off the Lights, Six Generation, South Asia, Southwest, Spanish, Srdjan Dragojević, Student, Suman Ghosh, susan weeks coulter, The Fantastico World of Juan Orol, Tim Burton, Un Certain Regard, Variety, You-Zhong, Zhang Yuan GFI Founder and Board Chair Susan Weeks Coulter works the red carpet at the 65th Cannes Film Festival, rain or shine… 
Q'ing up at Cannes You had to have been there! In Cannes, I mean. The two days of torrential rain and wind plus another two days of intermittent showers (those are the ones that start again the minute you put your umbrella down) could either be described as the weather or the stuff of festival legend. Were you actually THERE in 2012 when the red carpet was so soggy that the actresses squished their way up the red carpet?
New appointments add depth in international relations, fundraising and business development as Initiative enters tenth year
The new appointees join the current ten-member Board in advising the Initiative on ongoing programs and strategic initiatives, including a dynamic multi-channel expansion of the Global Lens distribution platform, and domestic and international exhibition partnerships that promote the Initiative’s global philanthropic mission. New appointments to the Global Film Initiative Board of Directors: Continue reading NEWS: The Global Film Initiative Appoints Three New Members to Board of Directors One comment About GFI, Industry, New York, News, North America, San Francisco, Updates, Washington D.C. aclu, al cattabiani, american enterprise institute, any hunter, association of fundraising professionals, business for diplomatic action, carol pitchersky fellowship committee, channel production films, daniel zilberman, david shevlin, emmys, georgetown univerisity, GFI board of directors, harvard law school, hollinger international, igor kirman, Konrad Ng, matthew tollin, michelle van gilder, miles ito, naacp, new insight strategies llc, northside center for child development, nyc media group, pacific northwest ballet, Robert Byrne, shaari ergas, susan weeks coulter, the solarium group, theda jackson-mau, william & mary college, women in development, zogby international GFI Founder and Board Chair Susan Weeks Coulter recounts the sights, sounds (and tastes) of the 41st International Film Festival Rotterdam 
Susan with the famous GFI bag–and frites!–in hand at IFFR 2012
But the quiet time did allow for a period of reflection about Holland, the Rotterdam International Film Festival, Hubert Bals Fund, and of course, the Dutch people. For those of you new to The Global Film Initiative, it was actually the Hubert Bals people who jump-started our organization back in 2003. Noah Cowan and I had been wrestling with not only the idea of what we wanted to do in showcasing film from emerging countries/film industries, but we were perplexed at how to structure such an organization. Noah met up with Simon Field who was, at the time, heading up the Hubert Bals efforts, and explained what we wanted to do in the U.S. With Simon’s encouragement, open-mindedness, and welcome, the Global Film Initiative had found an organization “structure” that we felt Continue reading Meet & Frite One comment About GFI, Distributors, Europe, Events, Festivals, Filmmakers, Funders, Industry, News, Producers, Rotterdam, Sales Agents Aktan Arym Kubat, centaur, cinemart, dominic allen, festival, frites, grey matter, Holland, howard feinstein, Hubert Bals Fund, Industry, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Israel Cárdenas, jomo, kivu ruhorahoza, Laura Amelia Guzmán, Manjeet Singh, Miramax, Mohammad Rasoulof, mumbai cha raja, nfdc, noah cowan, orhan eskikoy, raja chhinal, sand dollar, Simon Field, susan weeks coulter, voice of my father, White Meadows, zeynel dogan This year’s launch in New York set our universe in motion thanks to a host of filmmakers, friends and more than a little help from MoMA and a one-man army… 
Angelica Dongallo, Acquisitions & Granting Dynamo, kicks-off Global Lens 2012 amongst the stars
What can we say–it was spectacular. And for as much as we’d really like to tell you about the launch of Global Lens 2012 in New York, pictures do the job so much better. The stars were out and in alignment, and the year began with a big bang, cosmic kismet and maybe even a few good parties–see for yourself! Next stop: everywhere. Global Lens 2012 will be playing all across the U.S. and Canada, from Palm Springs to Boston, Latin Wave in Houston and Vue d’Afrique in Montreal–check our calendar! A special thanks to Jytte Jensen, Curator, and Clay Farland, at the MoMA Department of Film; Consul General M. Levent Bilgen, Consul Ismet Erikan and the Turkish Consulate General of New York; Robert Avila; Gary Ponzo; Gianfranco Sorrentino and our friends at Gattopardo; Carlos Gutierrez; Tom Vick at the Smithsonian Institution; Engin “One-Man Army” Yeniduniya; and Global Lens 2012 directors Bujar Alimani, Tolga Karacelik, Carlos Osuna, Gustavo Pizzi, and Oday Rasheed–none of this would’ve been possible without you.
Continue reading Global Lens 2012 @ MoMA and Beyond! 2 comments About GFI, Africa, College & University, Curators, Distribution, Distributors, Eastern Europe, Europe, Events, Features, Festival, Festivals, Filmmakers, Films, FIPRESCI, Funders, Global Lens, Industry, Latin America, Middle East, New York, News, North Africa, North America, Partners, Producers, Programmers, South America, Sponsors, Theatrical & Non-theatrical, Washington D.C. albania, amnesty, Amnistia, Angelica Dongallo, argentina, brazil, bujar alimani, carlos gutierrez, Carlos Osuna, Chicken Delicious, Cinema Tropical, colombia, craft, DROM, El Dedo, El Premio, emma rae lierley, Engin Yeniduniya, Fat Bald Short Man, Film, gary ponzo, Gise Memuru, global lens, global lens 2012, Gordo Calvo y Bajito, grey matter, gustavo pizzi, hilary lawson, Il Gattopardo, Iran, Iraq, Ismet Erikan, jeremy quist, jytte jensen, kivu ruhorahoza, M. Levent Bilgen, manhattan, Matiere Griese, Mohammed Mouftakir, MoMA, morocco, morteza farshbaf, mourning, Museum of Modern Art, Oday Rasheed, paula markovitch, Pegase, pegasus, premiere, Qarantina, Riscado, Robert Avila, rwanda, santhosh daniel, Sergio Teubal, Soog, susan weeks coulter, The Finger, the prize, tolga karacelik, toll booth, tom vick, Turkey
Pintxos San Francisco -> Paris -> Bilbao -> San Sebastián is a trip that takes about 15 hours, if everything goes smoothly. Unfortunately, if the first leg is delayed for any reason (it was) just add another 6 hours in the airport waiting room and make that trek a 21-hour marathon! San Sebastián, a.k.a. Donostia, is a mid-sized human-scale city on the Basque Coast of Spain; a “beach town” with two pristine semi-circular beaches (playas) divided by the Urumea River that snakes its way through town, dividing the old city from the new. 
Cocktails, San Sebastian style
Overall, a pretty city, terrific food, and a well-organized festival! Susan Weeks Coulter attended the 59th San Sebastián International Film Festival (Cinema in Motion and Films in Progress),
Continue reading “Basquing” in the Ambiance of Donostia We’re gearing up for the busiest season of the year here at GFI, with final decisions being made for the Global Lens 2012 lineup, grant applications under review and continuing DVD releases and Global Lens screenings. In the midst of all this, it seems that each day brings more great news, important events and unexpected surprises. Here’s what we’ve been up to lately, and what’s in store for the near future: 
"Look for the yellow bag!" (Our calling card at festivals) WHEN IN SPAIN: GFI Founder and Board Chair Susan Weeks Coulter traveled to the San Sebastián International Film Festival, where she met with filmmakers from around the world, saw a few unreleased and extremely impressive new projects, and made some new friends—most memorably after missing the last bus and getting stranded in the rain! 
Gaston Kabore A VISIT TO REMEMBER: We’re very excited about Gaston Kabore’s visit during the Mill Valley Film Festival (Oct. 6-16)! The festival features a tribute to the Burkinabe filmmaker and GFI Film Board member, as well as a screening of Kabore’s Buud Yam Continue reading WEEK IN REVIEW: Saving Birds and Soaking it up in San Sebastian 28 comments About GFI, Africa, Industry, News, North America, Other Regions, San Francisco, Sub-Saharan Africa, Updates alejandro gerber bicecci, Buud Yam, emma rae lierley, Gaston Kabore, GFI Staff, Lyes Salem, Mill Valley Film Festival, ninth street independent film center, san sebastian, Skye Christenson, susan weeks coulter On the eve of 9/11′s tenth anniversary, GFI’s co-founder recalls the impetus, purpose and passion behind the Initiative 
Noah Cowan, co-founder of the Global Film Initiative It is my enormous pleasure to add my voice to the growing tributes to the Global Film Initiative this year and its vital work on behalf of developing world filmmakers and audiences across North America. I would also like to offer my profound congratulations to Susan Weeks Coulter for her unstinting belief in and support of this very special and unique project; a project which could not be closer to my own heart. It is most humbling to witness an idea, hatched by Susan and me, that has, over the years, inspired so many people. It all started over a cup of tea in China, as so many worthy things do these days… Continue reading Noah Cowan and the Genesis of GFI |
     
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San Francisco, CA – February 16, 2012 - The Global Film Initiative announced today the appointment of Michelle van Gilder, Theda Jackson-Mau and Matthew Tollin to its Board of Directors.
The 9-hours-ahead time change left me with the very worst jet-lag—I found myself laying wide awake in my hotel room at 3am, humming “
Reliving the days and nights of the San Sebastián International Film Festival
Drinking white wine and eating pintxos (peen-choz) for lunch seems to be an inalienable worker’s right. Evening time (8pm-onward) brings the red wine and tapas that are often balanced on the top of a wine glass. Admittedly, I am not a “foodie” but I ate and drank more than my fair share of these terrific little concoctions.