A Great and Terrible Beauty is the first novel in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray. It is told from the perspective of Gemma Doyle, a girl in the year 1895.
Parviz Sayyad is an Iranian-born American celebrated actor, director, translator, and screenwriter of Iranian cinema. He was one of the earliest television stars in Iran.
Mary Apick is an Iranian-born stage, television and film actress. She won the award for Best Actress at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in the 1977 film Dead End. She is of Iranian-Armenian ethnicity.
Irina Konstantinovna Skobtseva was a Soviet and Russian actress and second wife of Sergei Bondarchuk.
The Valiant is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film released by Fox Film Corporation in the Fox Movietone sound-on-film system on May 19, 1929. It is produced and directed by William K. Howard and stars Paul Muni, Marguerite Churchill, and John Mack Brown. Although described by at least one source as a silent film containing talking sequences, synchronized music, and sound effects, The Valiant has continuous dialogue and is a full "talkie" made without a corresponding silent version.
I Love You Rosa is a 1972 Israeli film written and directed by Moshé Mizrahi. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.
Hansel and Gretel is a 2007 South Korean dark fantasy horror film directed by Yim Pil-sung. It achieved a box office run of $2,206,625.
Shake, Rattle and Roll 9 is a 2007 Filipino horror anthology film produced and distributed by Regal Entertainment, the ninth installment of the Shake, Rattle & Roll film series. It is also an entry to the 2007 Metro Manila Film Festival.
La vendedora de rosas is a 1998 Colombian film directed by Víctor Gaviria, who also co-wrote the script. The film is loosely based on the 1845 fairy tale "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen; it was entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film is notable for young children who never acted before, but lived on the streets of Medellin, Colombia, to portray the characters. It follows a young girl named Andrea, who after a fight with her mother, flees to stay with her best friend Monica, an orphaned rose seller. While Andrea works alongside Monica, she realizes street life is not as easy as she believed. Monica must evade capture from the local gang, ruled by Don Hector.
Book of Blood is a 2009 British horror film directed by John Harrison and starring Jonas Armstrong, Sophie Ward, and Doug Bradley. It is based on the framing stories "The Book of Blood" and "On Jerusalem Street " from Clive Barker's Books of Blood.
Tomie (富江) is a Japanese horror film series based on Junji Ito's manga of the same name. The series consists of nine installments to date.
Galina Aleksandrovna Polskikh is a Soviet and Russian film actress. She has appeared in more than 100 films since 1962. In 1979 she was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia, and in 1999 Order of Honour. Polskikh became famous after playing lead roles in such Soviet films as Walking the Streets of Moscow (1962), The Journalist (1967) and Expectations (1966).
Georgiy Nikolozis dze Daneliya was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1989 and a laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 1997.
Tomie Unlimited is a 2011 Japanese psychological-body horror film directed by Noboru Iguchi and the eighth installment and reboot of the Tomie film series.
The Ghost Valley's Treasure Mysteries, also known as The Secrets of the Treasure of the Jinn Valley, is a 1974 satirical comedy Iranian film, directed by Ebrahim Golestan. It was released by Golestan Films, and was Golestan's last feature film in Iran. Using symbolic language, the director was accused of having the Shah's support.
The Life of Chikuzan is a 1977 Japanese biographical drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō. It is based on the life of shamisen player Takahashi Chikuzan.
The 10th Moscow International Film Festival was held 7–21 July 1977. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Hungarian film The Fifth Seal directed by Zoltán Fábri, the Spanish film El puente directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and the Soviet film Mimino directed by Georgiy Daneliya.
Charlie is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language adventure drama film directed by Martin Prakkat and written by Prakkat and Unni R. Produced by Prakkat, Joju George and Shebin Becker, the film stars Dulquer Salmaan and Parvathy. The music is composed by Gopi Sundar, while Jomon T. John handles the cinematography. The film released on 24 December. It won 8 awards at the 46th Kerala State Film Awards, including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Cinematography. It was remade into Marathi and Tamil as Deva and Maara, respectively.
Eva Husson is a French film director and screenwriter. She began her career as an actress before directing short films and music videos. In 2015, she directed her first feature film Bang Gang, which competed at the Toronto International Film Festival. She then directed the Palme d'Or-nominated film Girls of the Sun (2018), starring Golshifteh Farahani and Emmanuelle Bercot.
Sadako aka Sadako KOL is a 2019 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Hideo Nakata. Loosely based on the novel Tide by Koji Suzuki, the film is an installment in the Ring franchise, and a sequel to Nakata's 1999 film Ring 2. The film centers around a vengeful ghost named Sadako Yamamura who is associated with a cursed video tape; whoever watches the tape is killed seven days later.
