Sin City of the Day: Amsterdam

Of course, everyone knows Amsterdam for it's beauty (great buildings and the canals). But besides that the city has a notorious Red Light district and the world famous Coffee Shops as well. Due to the Dutch law both is legalized. So can we actually call Amsterdam a legal Sin City?? Amsterdam has always been at the forefront of liberation which was and is very attractive to tourists from all over the world. Show us Amsterdam's sinful side and join the International SinCity Filmaward...

Sin City of the Day: Prague

Amazing history, beautiful monuments, fascinating streets and cool bars. All this can be found in Prague.
But Prague is also one of those cities that has this certain mystery. What makes Prague a Sin City?? Show us your Sin City and join the SinCity Filmaward: www.sincityfilmaward.com

Fashion Sins

Sins: Sins can be everywhere... we talked about decadence, partying, gambling, sex and drugs.
But what about the sins in fashion?? What are the worst fashion sins??

Sin City- hope you guys can do better and impress us with your Sin City!!!

Topic of the Day: Asian Sin Cities

Or indulging the devil on your shoulder in Asia.
Seven deadly sins- Seven Asian Sin Cities.
If you end up in hell due to a temptation, at least make sure it was worth it. These Sin Cities take a sin and turn it into a reason for living. During the next seven days we give you an overview about Asia's most sinful cities.
Gluttony: Tapei, Taiwan
Sloth: Seoul, South Korea
Pride: Manila, Phillipines
Greed: Shenzen, China
Envy: New Dehli, India
Wrath: Pyongyang, North Korea

Sin City Topic of the Day: Decadence

What connects Sin Cities around the world??
And what do they have in common?
One recurring factor is decadence, superfluity, luxury and greed!
Yes, greed! Which leads us again to the 7 deadly sins.
It is always about getting more. Take gambling for instance.
Get inspired to make your own Sin City film and enter the SinCity
Filmaward.

Ibiza update: one week in ibiza...

Ibiza is undeniably known for it's club scene, nightlife and beautiful beaches.
This is a guide how to spend one week in ibiza:

Monday: After having had dinner at the Pacha Sushi Lounge you should hit the dancefloor and
get crazy in one of the world's most famous clubs: Pacha!!! The programm: Swedish
House Mafia... Great!

Tuesday: After a long night you should start the day slowly and relax at Chiringuito which is
located directly on the beach. For dinner you should go to El Ayoun, a Moroccan style
restaurant which transforms into a nightclub.

Wednesday: It is the perfect day to get up early and check out the market. Here you can buy
fresh fish, meat and fruits for an Ibicencan BBQ. Around 11pm check out Km5 for
great cocktails before getting wild at Amnesia.

Thursday: After having had breakfast at the famous Croissant Show it is time to get active.
Go diving and check out the cargo ferry Don Pedro which sunk a couple of years ago.
For dinner you should go to La Masia and try their Ibicencan, Mediterranean cuisine.
Afterwards go to space for great music and dancing until dawn.

Friday: Weekend!!! Enjoy the day at Sa Trinxa, located at the beautiful beach of Las Salinas.
Here you get great music, beautiful people, good food and cocktails which will
definitely put you into party mood. So continiue and go to Bambuddha Grove for dinner.
They have the best sushi on the island. After a great dinner the next destination
Should be Privilege.

Saturday: Shopping Day! Las Dalias, the hippy market ist the best place to buy little presents
and unique clothes and jewlery. For lunch check out La Plage, located on the famous
beach: Playa den Bossa. Around 6pm continue your shopping in the beautiful old town
before you have dinner, drinks and a great cabaret show at Lios.

Sunday: Start out with a great breakfast at one of the bars in Santa Gertrudis. Then go to the
famous Beniras beach, where all the hippies and drummers gather to watch the sunset.
To continue this "hippie day" have dinner at the cute restaurant La Paloma.

Let's Party!!!

Sin City of the Day: Ibiza

Ibiza is world famous for it's exciting nightlife with it's legendary nightclubs of which many have reached a cult status. The locations differ according to their different motto parties and program. No wonder you always get the hottest DJs and the latest music.

But not only the nightlife is great, during the day the night is prepared on the beautiful beaches. 

Beautiful, dirty, rich is the order of the day! There is no other place in the world you can party for 24 hours like on Ibiza...

Ibiza is not only a Sin City... It's a Sin Island!!

Sin City of the Day: Istanbul

Contrast! You can have it all in Istanbul: European luxury boulevards, restaurants, shops, dyed blond hair, designer shoes. But 10 minutes away from that you get the other side: slums, drugs and violence.
There is no other place where the clash of cultures is as obvious as in Istanbul.
But what connects it all is a crazy art, party and music scene. Is Istanbul your Sin City?? 

Sin City of the Day: Shanghai

Shanghai on a busy evening: crowds of people, commercialism and fashion! It is easy to see that the city is tilting entirely towards the future and is blind to it's past. That makes Shanghai an exciting place. Not forgetting Shanghai's rich and rocky history. 

From a fishing village 160 years ago, Shanghai became a fabulous gangster city competing with the Chicago of Al Capone.

AC/DC- Sin City lyrics

Diamonds and dust 
Poor man last, rich man first 
Lamborginis, caviar 
Dry martini's, Shangrila 
I got a burnin' feeling, deep inside of me 
It's yearnin', but I'm gonna set it free 

I'm goin' in to sin city 
I'm gonna win in sin city 
Where the lights are bright 
Do the town tonight 
I'm gonna win in sin city, let me roll ya baby 

Ladders and snakes 
Ladders give, snakes take 
Rich man, poor man, beggar man thief 
You ain't got a hope in hell, that's my belief 
Fingers Freddy, Diamond Jim 
They're getting ready, look out I'm coming in 
So spin that wheel, cut that pack 
And roll them loaded dice 
Bring on the dancin' girls, and put the champaign on ice 

I'm goin' in to sin city 
I'm gonna win in sin city 
Where the lights are bright 
Do the town tonight 
I'm gonna win in sin city

Announcement: experimental filmscreening at the drive-in cinema

when? September 21st
where? drive-in cinema Groß Enzersdorf near Vienna
wanted? experimental and vanguard films...
              (not older than 2009)
URL: http://fullframe.ull.at/ullCms/show/autokino-2011


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Dance?!?!

It goes without saying that a very crucial facet in many films is dance. Since the beginning of film, dance has appeared as an apparent element and invaluable in igniting the interaction of characters in various respects.

Dance is the ultimate expressive gesture that could signal multiple ideas and moods relying exclusively on the movement and body language of the dancer.

Funny Face with Audrey Hepburn

Sin City of the Day: Las Vegas

Las Vegas:  It's a hell of a city. The City of Lights. The Capital of Second Chances. Sin City.

People come here from all over the world to dip their toes in the American Dream. Showgirls, circuses, strippers, and casinos all vy for the ever-flowing cash of the credulous masses. Anything you want is within your reach. Never forget life is a gamble.... 

Some Impressions

Sin City of the Day: New Orleans

New Orleans has always been a significant center for music and it can be considered the birthplace of jazz.
Later it New Orleans was a contribution to the development of Rock 'n' Roll, which was followed by Funk music in the 1960s and 1970s. Today Hip Hop is one of the most influential genres.
That's why many music festivals take place in New Orleans today...

7 Deathly Sins

Another suggestion for your videos... Why not use the 7 deathly sins?!?!

wrath

greed

sloth

pride

lust

envy

gluttony

Introducing: Schmidt

SCHMIDT, 21, is a young singer from Berlin, who was discovered by one of the big names in the music scene between London and LA: Guy Chambers. In SCHMIDT, he found the modern young woman who, as an artist and as a personality, embodies the new zeitgeist, which can today be felt between London and Berlin and the big metropolises of the world.

London 2011 – a cocktail, which would have done honour to Marlene Dietrich, is electrifying the club scene: The ecstatic feeling of freedom of Berlin in the 1920s merges with the eroticism of the New Burlesque and exciting new tunes. In London, the era of the Blue Angel is experiencing a revival in the style of young people, in the atmosphere of exclusive establishments and in champagne-fuelled, sinful nights. A trend originating directly from the current zeitgeist. And a young woman from today's Berlin is one of its protagonists - SCHMIDT.

With an understated "Hey, I'm SCHMIDT", the 21-year-old opened her stage debut in London at Guy Chamber`s "Orgasmatron", a music event providing a stage for 21st Century Cabaret. Since then, the young artist has moved around the London music scene like a fish in water, among others working with musicians at the legendary jazz club "Ronnie Scott's". Looking for a special sound: Jazz influenced pop, in its very own, authentic way. Inspired by the music of the 1920s and today's attitude to life. Through cabaret, jazz, freedom and joie de vivre.

Music relating to the hidden desires of young women. Vulnerable but self-assured and demanding.

In her provocative and profound texts, SCHMIDT talks about devotion and pleasurable excesses, sung in an apparently innocent but at the same time experienced and lasciviously-demanding voice. She lives the free spirit of the lost epoch, on and off stage. But at the same time, she fully absorbs the pulsating creativity of the two cities, in which her life is played out these days.

And she translates her inspirations and stories into a vesture of sound of the 21st century, together with Guy Chambers, her congenial "partner in crime". 

Her EP will be released on the 30 September, providing an interesting insight into her debut album, which is due for release in February 2012. 






check out:http://femmeschmidt.com/


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Sin City of the Day: Rio de Janeiro

This is the perfect Sin City inspiration if you are in to colours, samba dancing and crazy parties... Everyone knows about the crazy carneval that takes place every year. But what happens in between?? Feel inspired to present your favourite Sin City in the international SinCity filmaward and show us extraordinary places,dances or parties...Maybe it is Rio...

Sin City Berlin: Tipps of the Day

Berlin! Excessive parties, sequindresses, absinth and cigarette holders - That's the beginning of Berlin's reputation as a Sin City.
However, today many people still live in the nostalgy of the Roaring Twenties. If this appeals to you you should definitely visit one of the "boheme sauvage" parties http://www.boheme-sauvage.net/ ...
Next party: 29.11.11 in Kreuzberg.Get your outfits at "Charming Styles" in Prenzlauer Berg. (http://charmingstyles.de/).
If you are more into rave and up-to-date partying visit the legendary "Berghain",located in Berlin's hip district Friedrichshain. And don`t miss "Karter Holzig" for a couple of drinks to get ready for a crazy night in Berlin.

Sin City Berlin

Introducing the Jury

Florian Gallenberger, Film Director, Academy Award Winner, Berlin, Munich. Born 1972

Philipp Stölzl, Director of Films, Music Videos and Operas, Vienna, Berlin. Born 1967

Volker Schlöndorff, Film Director, Producer and Screenplay Writer, Academy Award Winner, Potsdam. Born  1939

Paul Verhoeven, Film Director, Producer and Screenplay Writer, Amsterdam. Born 1938

Rolf Zehetbauer, Art Director and Set Designer, Academy Award Winner, Munich. Born 1929

Thekla Reuten, actress, Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Los Angeles. Born 1975

Eike Wolf, Head of Corporate Communications & Publicity

Studio Babelsberg, Potsdam. Born 1972

Guy Chambers:  songwriter and record producer, London, Los Angeles. Born 1963

Rita Flügge-Timm: Director Artist Department Warner Music Entertainment, Hamburg