Film Festivals

"FINDING COURAGE" wins a Gold Remi Award!

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The 53rd Houston International Film Festival has awarded “Finding Courage” with a Gold Remi Award in the Political / International Issues Category! With entries for this coveted award being received from over 4,500 total category entries from 76 nations in 2020, we are truly honored to have our film be selected for this wonderful accolade.

WorldFest is one of the oldest, longest-running, and largest film and video competitions in the world. It has given first top honors to Stephen Spielberg, George Luscas, Francis Ford Coppola, David Lynch, Ang Lee, the Coen Brohers, Ridley Scott, Oliver Stone and many others over its many years running. WorldFest’s Remi Award is named after Fredric Rmington, the great artist and sculptore who captured the spirit of Texas and the West with his brilliant work.

Thank you very much to WorldFest!

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Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston

Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston

The Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston (GCFF) in partnership with Worldwide Cinema Frames Studios/Films and under the direction of Multiple Award Winning Documentarian Raouf J. Jacob and Award Winning Executive Producer Lara M. Moreno are committed to bringing the best of Global Cinema and cinematography to Boston.

News Report: Stars Come to Middletown for Hoboken International Film Festival Opening

Hard To Believe representatives attended Hoboken International Film Festival Opening on June 3, 2016. The event is covered by Epoch Times Orange County. Below is part of the report:

"Those who created and starred in the works presented took to the red carpet to promote their films, TV pilots and documentaries. Kay Rubacek, Yulia Tullar, and Paulio Shakespeare spoke about their documentary, 'Hard to Believe.'

News Report: Local Documentary ‘Hard to Believe’ to Show at HIFF in Middletown

“I had stumbled on a gruesome murder mystery.”

— Ken Stone, Director, Hard to Believe

“This is the most destructive thing you can do to a society, to take their most trusted members…and turn them into these monsters.”

— Ethan Gutmann, Investigative Journalist

 

"'Hard to Believe' is coming to the Hoboken Film Festival on June 4, the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre where government forces killed hundreds of peaceful democracy protesters in its main square.

The film follows the trail of Gutmann’s investigation as he begins to unravel the crime that no one wants to admit is happening.

In the documentary 'Hard to Believe,' Investigative reporter Ethan Gutmann recalls the first time he sat down with Falun Gong practitioners who escaped from labor camps and prisons in China.

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice with several meditative exercises. First introduced to the public in China in 1992, it began to be persecuted in China in 1999 because of its widespread popularity and belief in the divine, something China’s Communist Party has tried hard to stamp out.

The Falun Gong practitioners he spoke to told him about their torture while imprisoned. Hidden within their horrific accounts was the phrase 'physical exam.' Wait a minute, Gutmann thought to himself. Physical exams? Why? And why only on Falun Gong adherents?

The Falun Gong practitioners he spoke to did not understand his interest in the exams. 'I’ve been tortured in the most horrible ways,' they told him, as if to say this was the least relevant part of their story."

Read the full report online by Epoch Times Orange County.