Traitors represents the restless generation in Tangiers, Morocco, inspired by the Clash hit Rock the Casbah, is transposed by lead singer, punk rocker, Malika (Chaimae Ben Acha), with the refrain– " I'm so bored with Morocco, but what can I do?" Sean Gullette, co writer with Darren Aronofsky's Pi, creates a world with empathy and admiration for the exotic mystery and cultural beauty of his adopted city. Interview with Sean Gullette and Audrey Rosenberg.

Joan's Day Out, a short film by Ellen Houlihan, is a very funny slice of life with a grandma's version of Ferris Bueller's Day Off  escaping from an assisted living home starring Sally Kellerman and Betsy Franco, making its New York premiere at the Gen Art Film Festival.

Quebec director, Philippe Falardeau was stunned at the announcement that Monsieur Lazhar was nominated for an Academy Award  (Best Foreign Film) during the screening at Sundance Film Festival.  At an interview during the Tribeca Film Festival, he talks about quiet control in character study and storytelling while garnering Six Genie Awards for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Director.

Seduced in n the Berkshires at Tanglewood, by a Steely Dan concert from their Shuffle Diplomacy Tour Twenty Eleven. The music sublime and musicians along with New Jersey's Donald Fagen (born in Passaic, NJ) and Walter Becker were in full groove. The sky's early deluge was long gone before the concert started. With new rain gear and warm clothes for the cool night sounds, Steely Dan's music rocked.

Speaking against human trafficking, renowned Academy Award winning actor, Emma Thompson narrates the documentary, Fatal Promises, directed by Kat Rohrer and produced by her mother, expose journalist, Anneliese Rohrer,  as told through stories of victims in Ukraine and other Eastern European nations.

Is the next step in technology Transhumanism? Geoethical use of nanotechnology for human life extension? Cryogenics, biotechnology and cyber consciousness? 2B: The Era of Flesh Is Over tests the waters along with a panel that included Ray Kurzweil's take on the future in the field of artificial intelligence.

In ten years, Woodstock Film Festival established as  a maverick, being fiercely independent, provides an outpouring of films from fiercely independent filmmakers.

Acclaimed jazz violinist Yuri Turchyn gets into the heart of the matter with the connections between artist and the aspects of music making.

It's all about the music with Yuri Turchyn+GRUPO YURI recent performance at the Red Bank Jazz and Blues Festival. Hear clips of an American original coming from roots in the Jersey music scene in the 1970s into experimental permutations integrating Latin Jazz into a World Beat sound.

More insights and POVs, BeFilm The Undergound Film Festival (BeTuff) showcases the best national and international films in animation, documentary, experimental, spec narrative and stereoscopic films.