MONTREAL, Canada (PRWEB) September 6, 2009 — PUNCTURED HOPE: A STORY ABOUT TROKOSI AND YOUNG GIRLS’ SLAVERY IN TODAY’S WEST AFRICA triumphs at the Montreal World Film Festival. PUNCTURED HOPE had three screenings at the Festival. Each screening register a bigger number of viewers. The last screening, on Saturday, September 5th, had a full house with people sitting in first raw and some also standing.

Here are some quotes from film critics, journalists and film viewers who have attended the screenings.

“The Director Bruno Pischiutta testifies to a practice which is not very much widespread, but still an inadmissible horror. PUNCTURED HOPE is touching the spectator’s heart. The movie is a wake up call for the international community. This film is recommended and needs to be seen over and over again.” – Stéphane Waffo, Montreal Journalist/Film Critic (Touki Montréal, African Reflection, CISM, CIBL)

“I cannot find words to describe what I feel.  It is the best awakening movie ever!  Even if the subject is extremely hard, the fact that there were not graphic pictures of the atrocious acts they commit, it reached further within us without the sensationalism that most US movies have today. I am hoping in the deepest of my heart that many people will see it and will be aware of the nightmare life that these girls live. Director Bruno Pischiutta and Producer Daria Trifu did a fabulous job in recreating the situations keeping so much authenticity to them. Thank you so much for offering me the opportunity to see such an outstanding movie. I felt part of the movie as if I was one of the participants, it was so natural that it did not feel like a movie made up but just lived. Thank you!!!!” – Nadine Labat, Montreal Viewer

“While it appears that Western filmmakers are more inclined to turn to documentaries to expose this type of reality, with a fiction in which the protagonist tells her own story, Bruno Pischiutta first manages to bring us close to the village to let us understand its dynamics and politics before putting us face to face with the cruelty of this practice and the heartbreak it causes within the communities where it has now raged for several centuries. Punctured Hope is a definite must-see; this film is a great discovery that I highly recommend.” – Khady Beye, Montreal Journalist (Durala, CHOQ FM)

“Belinda Siamey who plays Edinam gives an incredible performance in this heart wrenching true story that is simply done, yet compelling and memorable. Bruno Pischiutta has managed the art of taking a complex subject and presenting it tastefully, simply with sensitivity. I highly recommend that you take the time to see Punctured Hope and I promise that the end is worth waiting for. It is moving and unforgettable.” – Andrea R. Garrison, New York Journalist

Carmelo Dodaro, the DOP of PUNCTURED HOPE, who did not get the chance to view the film before today’s screening in Montreal, was in attendance and he congratulated Director Bruno Pischiutta and Producer Daria Trifu for the perfect execution of the movie.

Toronto Actress Krista Campbell and her husband David Craig were in attendance and they praised the artistic execution as well as the importance of the film’s topic.

TV Interview with Pischiutta and Trifu at the Cinema Quartier Latin in Montreal. Interviewer Stéphane Waffo, Camera Charles Mathon of Touki Montréal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na2kuwBSOX0

Interview with Pischiutta and Trifu on Radio Montreal CKUT 90.3 FM, “Amandla” with Journalist Nicolas Roux (15 minutes): http://www.sendspace.com/file/1dxy1y

PUNCTURED HOPE is produced by Adhara Properties and presented by Toronto Pictures (OTC: TTOPF). For complete coverage, news and updates, visit: http://www.torontopictures.ning.com

By steamtown

Mr. Smith goes to Washington is another one of Jimmy Stewart’s great films. The theme of this movie tells us about a naive man who is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate Even with the best of intentions his plans quickly collide with political corruption but he stands his ground. The release date of this classic movie was 19 Oct. 1939. It was directed by the famous Frank Capra with the help of writers Lewis R. Foster and Sidney Buchman. This is the film the made Jimmy Stewart a major movie star. It was written by Lewis R. Foster and Sidney Buchman, based on Foster’s novel, The Gentleman from Montana.

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SEATTLE, WA, May 21, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/

Washington-based entertainment production company Building Block Pictures LLC, in conjunction with Washington-based distributor Indieflix Inc, is releasing the multi-award-winning feature "Perfect Sport" on DVD on Tuesday May 19 2009 after a successful festival run.

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True-Life Drama Premieres July 2009

Los Angeles, CA-April 16, 2009- Acclaimed actress Julie Benz (Showtime’s wildly popular serial-killer drama Dexter, Saw V, Rambo, Buffy) will star in a Lifetime Movie Network original movie, Held Hostage. Held Hostage is an incredible true mother/daughter story of terror, courage, resiliency and self-discovery premiering on Lifetime Movie Network in July 2009. Bruce McGill (W., Cinderella Man) and Canadian actress Natasha Calis (Impact, Christmas Caper) also joins the cast.

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By Britt Gillette

Think history is boring? Think again! I Claudius is proof that an educational film can also be one of the most popular and entertaining series ever produced. A 1976 mini-series, starring many of the best known theatrical performers of its day, I Claudius is one of, if not the, greatest productions chronicling the history of the Roman Empire. Covering the period from the later years of Augustus’s rule as the first emperor of Rome to the death of Emperor Claudius, I Claudius takes a look at the social and political underpinnings and developments of the Roman Empire through the eyes of Claudius, an often overlooked member of the emperor’s family. An epic in the true sense of the word, I Claudius should be on every film buff’s viewing list…

A young male connected to the family line of Emperor Augustus, Claudius suffers from a strange limp and an odd stutter which make him appear to be a simple-minded youth. But Claudius maintains a keen intellect, and he observes the events around him with meticulous precision. As the end of Augustus’s long reign as emperor nears its end, the ruler is in desperate search of an heir. But what he doesn’t know is that his wife Livia is determined to see her son from a previous marriage, Tiberius, ascend to the throne. As such, Livia will stop at nothing to murder and ruin those who stand in the way – such as far more noble and deserving heir Germanicus. Through drowning, poisoning, and less subtle means, she insures Tiberius becomes the next in the line of succession…

Meanwhile, Claudius observes from the shadows as the ambitious Sejanus (Patrick Stewart) conspires to obtain the throne and the infamous Caligula rises to power. When his relative is murdered because of his terrible reign of insanity, Claudius is thrust upon the throne, and he attempts to rule with a firm hand of justice and restore the republic to its rightful place of power…

Wrought with suspense, I Claudius will make its viewers question how any human survived the era known as the ancient Roman Empire. The murders, double-crossings, and various affairs seem to be drawn from a fictional paperback found on drugstore shelves – not in the pages of a history book. But I Claudius stays true to the written account of Roman Emperor Claudius who wrote his memoirs during the few years of his reign as the supreme leader of the greatest empire ever to exist on Earth. The result is a story more intriguing than any book or film since produced…

With superb theatrical performances by the entire cast (including Patrick Stewart as Sejanus), I Claudius is an engrossing storyline about the true-to-life people and events that shaped the history of ancient Rome. Like the popular prime-time soap opera Dallas, viewers are drawn to the intrigue surrounding the various characters without even realizing they’re learning history in the process! Given its historical accuracy, brilliant dialogue, and ingenious performances, I Claudius ranks as a definite must-see series of films. In fact, one of the top five best of all time…

Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the I Claudius (DVD).