in april, the 50 forces and francisco international film festival will be taking place. joining me to talk about the programming is the director of programming for the san francisco film festival. rachel, welcome to "culture wire." i look forward to this every year. my first question is, what will be the opening night film? >> we have a terrific film for opening night. it is called a beginners and as an american independent film that stars ewan mcgregor and christopher plumber. >> what kind of music is that? >> house music. >> it is a hard to describe story with a lot of humor and heart. >> what are the other highlights? >> there are so many great films. it is hard to pick out the favorites. we have over 200 films and the festival. we have some other wonderful american independent films like the centerpiece premier that stars john c. reilly. including the closing nine film that really shows the crossroads of internationalism that the festival. >> it is not just about the two weeks of the festival. you guys also run really fascinating programs for the bay area. >> really d

in april, the 50 forces and francisco international film festival will be taking place. joining me to talk about the programming is the director of programming for the san francisco film festival.

international film festival in the event of russia from may twenty third to twenty ninth featuring two hundred films from forty eight countries thirty five russian premiers and fifteen tries winners from the burley in venice film festival appearances by ray fines hundred. dozens of forums discussions of workshops desert below he international film festival fine cinema for a demanding audience. thanks for joining me host of russian companies are lining up to hold on foreign markets up or down russian company are going for a long search engine a list on the nasdaq in new york next week however the recent track record for russian i.p.o.'s particularly in london has not been great with several having to cancel due to low investment in mont now for more i'm joined by tom blackwell from consultancy and communications russia thanks for coming tom. i've been just saying that the you know several russian companies announce plans to hold our heroes but these attempts were unsuccessful and recently why yeah well i think we're certainly there are many of us that are looking forward to read more vi

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film festival appearances by race clients hundred. don't get dozens of forums discussions of workshops the circolo he international film festival fine cinema for a demanding audience. alone a warm welcome to business with. russia's finally lifting its grain export ban as droughts and flooding crops from europe to the us the government says the country has enough grain in storage with exports to start from the first of july the ban was imposed after the worst drought in a century slashed the harvest and russia which was once the second largest wheat exporter in the world and the soap the resumption of exports could help drive down global wheat prices which have jumped almost eighteen percent in the past year. this will of course have an effect on the global market russia is returning to the green export trade and has sizable resources to do so with it's also happening at the same time ukraine is returning to the global market i believe global prices will drop as a result of this although maybe not a significantly there are some serious weather related risks hitting american canadian australian and european grain producers which will keep pr

film festival appearances by ray fines andre cultural ski. dozens of forums discussions of workshops desert international film festival fine cinema for a demanding audience. welcome to business here in r.t. thanks for joining us our russia still struggling to cope with the consequences of the global economic recession the government estimates that the country's budget will be in deficit for four more years but the organization for economic co-operation and development is much more optimistic it believes higher than expected or revenues could see the country achieve a budget such hospice here always cd expects russia's economy to expand almost five percent in two thousand and eleven compared to four percent last year european debt crisis hasn't yet hit the global currency markets but if that happens russia could see the slice and its side. the foreign reserves in russia held in your bank here is moving toward the euro so any impact that this crisis would have on the euro let's say for example should be europe the value of traders take a short position on the euro but would you buy you that the russian. foreign reserves for another instance would

film festival appearances by ray fines hundred. dozens of forums discussions of workshops the circle of international film festival fine cinema for a demanding audience. now welcome to all business our russian oil experts say a new iraq production might not be enough to stop rising prices. started developing a new world field in eastern iraq and this new production along with that of other international companies is unlikely to stand in after. we have all the projections . from two in a have a medium barrels per day but the rocks produce now so eleven as some was promised by older companies when they submitted their proposals gives you know what eight million barrels per day that's almost eight to ten percent towards the world this producing right now and then that's when he should do so iraq is a member of opec and there will be an issue within opec how they will regulate the koreans in no one's. ever try to predict what they are oil prices will be evenly for supply outstrips demands you still wouldn't bet that the oil price will be all over now speculators in the car and on price if you look at the. paper boardrooms and real worl

from the berlin chance venice film festival appearances by ray feinstein andre consul speak don't get dozens of forums discussions of workshops the circle of international film festival fine cinema for a demanding audience. and thanks for joining me russia's state run ross have could resume talks on cooperation with the british all major big me the announcement comes just one day after i had arctic exploration deal fell apart that was due to objections from a.o.r. which is b.p.'s ruston parting b.p. says it has now received a new offer from b.p. which goes beyond the original agreement however no details have revealed have been revealed for its part they are also says it is willing to reopen this constant during his conference with the news media. presence between if it ever hinted that the government still saw b.p. as a strong potential partner in the moisture so to keep your exploiting those who prepared the deal should have paid more attention to the details of the shareholder agreement the government should have done diligence for more carefully this was not done because difficulties among the shareholders and these troubles could have been avoided

from the burley in china to venice film festivals appearances by ray fines hundred carville and give dozens of forums discussions and workshops the circle of international film festival fine cinema for a demanding audience. very welcome to our business report here on r.t.e. this liberation of russia's oil and gas rich arctic shelf is back on track as all major b.p. falls by the wayside state run ross knapp is in talks with shell about the coming their new partner the nail in the coffin of the bt deal came with the russian energy minister saying the strategic alliance between rosneft and b.p. is unlikely to be revived after the split rosner has been looking for a new partner with active thrilling experience but unlike b.p. shell says a shuswap deal with rosneft is not an option so already holds a stake in the gas can lead to projects in russia's far east. russia seeing money slipping through its fingers thirty billion dollars have left the russian economy since the beginning of two thousand and eleven that's more than hopeful but it lost within the whole previous year surprisingly the money flight is fueled by rising oil revenues. crush nicola basically

winners from the berkeley and venice film festival appearances by ray science andre cultural ski don't get dozens of forums discussions of workshops the circolo international film festival fine cinema for a demanding audience. hello and a very warm welcome to a business update in just over an hour so it's well stock trading in new york so all eyes are on the young that's what such markets are generally making has raised one point three billion dollars in its i.p.o. . it's the largest global internet company since google went public in two thousand and four and as you can see from these live pictures from times square and that stock is the passing of gradually search for the big moment the gates organize exodus. and they're not ok it's just the thought of an internet companies and the search google once took in two thousand and one and many analysts say the timing could talk to be better for the most popular search engine both of you who doesn't know what you're going to say this is a russian version of google and some people are saying but that's exactly russian google and state so everything is russian that. demonstrated by a russian interest in your link

winners from the burley chance venice film festival appearances by ray fines hundred parvin don't get dozens of forums discussions of workshops the circle of international film festival fine cinema for a demanding audience. alone a very warm welcome to our teas business but us and prime minister putin has arrived in balad rose as the country's economy faces its biggest crisis in decades its national currency is in freefall having lost over hof its value this week alone but it is there to meet the heads of former soviet states but it's also thought he will discuss a rescue package ferments alexy era shots he has all the details. there have been several reasons for this situation first of all of course the poor and accordingly which paid almost the same from the soviet era and the mistakes of the government in the previous several years have led to this crisis and is buying more than in excess and that's also one of the reasons for this currency crisis also many experts say that the fact that during the presidential campaign in the back half of last year that president raised state salaries by thirty percent this is also one of the reasons why the country

minutes from the burley in venice film festival appearances by ray fines hundred carville don't get dozens of forums discussions of workshops bizarre clothes international film festival fine cinema for a demanding audience. welcome to our. top story this hour b.p. and rosneft have reportedly made a new offer to buy the russian partner. of tank this would allow the two well majors to proceed with their arctic exploration and chance walk deal in facts news agencies cite sources close to the talks saying they are has rejected the latest offer for over according to the sources they are has put forward a list of demands that would be impossible for eva company to comply with they are as strong a captive to the tie up between b.p. and ross that saying it breaks its shareholder returns with a british or major has won several court injunctions to block the deal the deadline for shuswap agreement between b.p. and it's passed on monday night. at the other stories even if the parties fail to reach an agreement all is not lost according to christine's current up front. if they feel collapse this today. that's just one more pebble stone in the whole deal of negotiat

the burley in china and venice film festivals appearances by ray financed hundred carville don't get dozens of forums discussions of workshops the circle of international film festival find cinema for a demanding audience. how welcome to businesses here how is he thanks for trying p.p. and ross nafs arctic exploration deal has collapsed sources close to say it will be looking for a new partner to explore the arctic i think you have its agreement with b.p. comes off to be peace current partner in russia they are reportedly rejected a thirty two billion dollars offer to buy stay contain k d p a r has consistently objected to the nature of the deal saying it broke at shareholder agreement with the how this also suggests they are still prepared to negotiate several conditions can be met but yeah let me change from we're all supranational corporation believes there's little hope if you can be revived. they also have to not continue negotiations with both companies was a british company and would be a russian part of it because to my mind ross nafta has already got quite an awful problems and putting all of this project because of the unwillingness of russia

the city rolls of the red carpet to host the international film festival. the actors, directors, and others in among luminaries around the globe. we will get a sneak peek of this year's exciting program. >> welcome to "culture wire." in apri

zero to talk all the international film festival in the event of all russia from may twenty third to twenty ninth featuring two hundred films from forty eight countries thirty five russian premiers and fifteen tries winners from the fairly in china and venice film festival appearances by ray fines hundred pawel don't get dozens of forums discussions of workshops the circle of his or national film festival find cinema for a demanding audience. hello welcome top business thanks for joining russia is aiming to become the first broadest economy in the world within a decade promise to put in outlying one of the main object to move away from wrong serial dependency stressing this means adding value exporting refined products i don't think russia is any different than a lot of other countries that have an abundance of crude oil they didn't build refineries and now they find themselves in a position of saying do we want to go to invest billions of dollars to to billy's refineries because we want to be able to sell the crude this that we want to be able to put the crude into those refineries

festivals for fans of fine artz, crafts, music, cuisine or films. but in summer the festival seemed -- scene heats up and we are off and running with the eighth annual san francisco international arts festival which opened last wednesday and runs through june 56789 here with details we welcome back executive director and founder andrew wood. >> thank you for having me. thank you. >> eight years here. >> yes. >> all right. >> there are a lot of festivals out there. this is even though your eighth, you are around to stay. >> we are here. >> it's still a young festival compared to some the festival around 25 or 30 in some years what distinguishes this? >> what we do is bring performing artists from all over the world that don't usually perform in the united states. there is a circuit of performance companies that go to the different large presenting houses in other countries so you can see them every other year. what we try to do is bring artists whose work you wouldn't normally see. a lot of our audience working artists and they are more interested in seeing that type of work so they sort of try to figure out what would you do there? how did you do that? they look at each other'

persona non grata after talking audiences after cannes film festival with this comments i'll catch the whole interview r t darkhawk. and some more international stories for you this hour iceland has imposed a local flight plan and closed its main airport for the country's most active volcano erupted soon covered nearby villages and farms and even reached the capital however experts say it's unlikely to cause widespread disruption to air traffic like last year when the ruptured of another volcano led to the closure of a large section of european air space. in malaysia search teams have rescued nine children after a landslide hit an orphanage sixteen people were killed when the building near the capital kabul war was partly birdied all but one of the victims were children aged from seven to eighteen years police asked people to leave the area admit concerns of further sites. now in our modern age we're used to being in the driver's seat and a car is no longer a luxury it's something almost everyone can afford but a vintage automobile is something more that transport it's a way of life are. reports. classic of the country's hottest shopping stre

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non grata after shopping audiences of the cannes film festival this conference on our culture the whole interview r t v dot com. and some more international stories for you this hour government a wearing suicide vests stormed a government building in afghanistan east of the capital kabul on sunday three attackers armed with assault rifle shot their way into the traffic police headquarters security forces surrounded the compound and a shoot out started three officers were killed in the battle while some of the attackers also believed to be dead the assault comes a day after a suicide bombing killed six people at a military hospital in kabul. iceland has imposed a local flight plan and closed its main airport after the country's most active volcano erupted soon covered nearby villages and farms and even to reach the capital however experts say it's unlikely to cause widespread disruption to air traffic like last year when the eruption of another volcano led to the closure of a large section of european air space. in the whole asia search teams have rescued nine children after a landslide hit an orphanage sixteen people were killed when the

grata after shocking audiences at the cannes film festival with us comments on hitler capture the full interview of our dot com. and some more international stories for you this hour iceland has imposed a local flight ground and closed its main airport after the country's most active volcano erupted soon covered nearby villages and farms and even reached the capital however experts say it's unlikely to cause widespread disruption to air traffic like last year when the eruption of another volcano led to the closure of a large section of european air space. in the malaysia search teams have rescued nine children after a landslide of more french sixteen people were killed when the building near the capital kuala lumpur was partly beurre all but one of the victims were children aged from seven to eighteen years and police asked people to leave the area amid concerns of further landslides. and short really hear from president medvedev press secretary who talks about what's happening in russian politics now and the upcoming presidential elections that's after a recap of the wreaks top stories just a moment. the. commission free credit patient f

film festival to discuss the unique relationship between russian and italian filmmaking that's in our interview program spotlight coming up no one outside. hello yellow welcome to spotlight the international arts and i'm al green are better today my guest is mark. italian filmmakers are among those who many times revolutionized cinema they often brought innovations that became examples for their colleagues worldwide their names like the leading bertolucci and and are synonymous with creative acts so where is the tally in movies to now. well to answer this question is one of the biggest names in european cinematography director of the venice film festival marco. and italian cinema but much in common with a deeply psychological. filmmakers as well as russians have always been interested in dramatic events and tragedies. their creative approach always forms of self-expression but the reality is both russian and italian taking a scene that's at least or has it. sensibly privileged to have in the studio thanks so much for the thanks they have thank you for coming well first of all congratulations on this mini film festival the challenging parts of the tele near and it will we will be here is a

international space station. time now for the cause report here on oxy. mass kaiser welcome to the kaiser report lars montréal the danish filmmaker he's in the news razor lay down in cannes film festivalmaking some highly controversial remarks regarding. germans. but check this out let's look at some of these other stories that are circulating and tell me whether or not this seems a bit odd or tells i think you're referring to my first headline here munich re says prostitutes attended reward party and that that's not a shocking thing ok this is munich re the big re-insurance company they had a little division called ergo and they held a reward party to reward the insurers high performing agents and there were one hundred executives that attended and twenty prostitute but get this we mean war color coded bans with red for hostesses yellow for those available for sexual favors and white for women reserved for executives and top agents after each trip to beds set up near the thermal about a woman would receive a stamp on her four or so i got the strength munich re financial terrorists responsible for creating ghettos financially disadvantaged folks who are on the short end of the ghetto