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Afghan Star Review

You don’t have to be a fan of American Idol and its brethren in Westernized societies ...  read more

Afghanistan's American Idol going strong after four seasons

Western countries aren't the only ones obsessed with singers and the competitions that breed them. Afghan Star runs on a similar format to the popular U.S. show American Idol, with 2,000 contestants participating each season. The phenomenon, which started in 2005, is the subject of a documentary by Havana Marking that recently screened at the Human Rights Film Festival in London....  read more

Sundance 2009: Award Winners

Moments ago in Park City, Utah, the Sundance film festival announced the winners of its 2009 awards. While the noisiest competition at Sundance often seems to be the one among distributors vying for marketable films, or the one among filmmakers trying to drum up interest in their movies, Sundance also referees an official competition in which juries choose their favorites of the eligible films. Of the many prizes awarded by juries, the most prestigious are the two "grand jury prizes" for American dramatic and documentary films and the two "world cinema jury prizes" for foreign dramatic and documentary films. Each...  read more