Actorfest – 2010

Every year, Back Stage takes the performing arts community to new levels and provides career opportunities with its 5-star event Actorfest that takes place annually in New York and Los Angeles. Now in its 18th year, Actorfest 2010 NY & LA will be the most spectacular and exciting event to date as Back Stage adds [...]

Producer Avi Lerner honored at Israel Film Fest in Beverly Hills

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Avi Lerner, co-chairman and CEO of Nu Image/Millennium Films, will be honored with the 2010 IFF Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th anniversary Gala Awards Dinner of the Israel Film Festival. The ceremony is scheduled to happen on Oct. 20 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. I had [...]

ROCKY´S BOXING GLOVES AUTOGRAPHED BY SYLVESTER STALLONE AND DOLPH LUNDGREN!!!

Yes! AVAILABLE 25 YEARS AFTER THE CLASSIC ROCKY IV! Last year, while working on the filming of “The Expendables” I came up with an original fundraiser idea for the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF RIO DE JANEIRO. I had ordered online some boxing gloves and wanted to make good use of them on the set. No, I [...]

Bertorelli’s World @ StalloneZone.com

If you are a Sylvester Stallone fan you undoubtedly know Craig Zablo’s STALLONEZONE.COM, Sly’s #1 fan site in the world. Zablo’s website has been up and running since 1996 and it is updated weekly! This week BERTORELLI’S WORLD is featured on his page HERE, showing “The Expendables” coverage in the UK. Thanks for the mention, [...]

AT THE BRAZILIAN FILM FESTIVAL IN LONDON with FERNANDO MEIRELLES and SIR BEN KINGSLEY, SEPTEMBER 2010

At a panel discussion led by Isabel Davis (UK Film Council), with Producer Gail Egan (Potboiler Productions) and Christine Langan (Creative Director, BBC Films), Director Fernando Meirelles (City of God, The Faithful Gardener, Blindness) talked about his early career. Smiling and upbeat, he was humble enough to say that his movies had international appeal often [...]

BAFTA – The British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the 2nd Brazilian Film Festival of London

As a Brazilian actor and writer married to a German citizen living in London involved in film making on a variety of levels in Brazil and the USA, these are my impressions about the event. Especially relevant, I thought, were the presentations on the MARKETPLACE: Exploring Co-Production and Collaboration between Brazil and the UK. Producer [...]

Live from BAFTA and the 2nd Brazilian Film Festival

MARKETPLACE: Exploring Co-Production and Collaboration between Brazil and the UK. Great afternoon with lots of information!!! Will post some pictures later.