02.2010
The February 2010 issue of Cine Source Magazine features an interview with George Csicsery by Doniphan Blair: Csicsery: Math Films, Yes - But So Much More. Read the interview at
http://bit.ly/dhmL24.
01.04.2010
George Csicsery interview by Michael Fox in SF360. George Csicsery aces "Hard Problems focuses on the making of Hard Problems, George Csicsery's career in math-related documentaries, and the difficulties faced by independents in the changing distribution environment. Read the interview at http://tinyurl.com/yfbql79.
11.5-8.2009
Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem has been selected to screen at the International Scientific Film Festival held in Szolnok, Hungary, November 5-8, 2009. Please visit this site for more information.
10.04.2009
Hard Problems going to television...
A one-hour version of Hard Problems will be distributed to U.S. public broadcasting stations on an exclusive basis by American Public Television (APT) starting October 4, 2009 through 2013. See aptonline.org. Underwriting for the broadcast was made possible with a grant from the National Science Foundation.
09.30.09
The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute presents the Northern California premiere of Hard Problems at a special screening at MSRI's Simons Auditorium in Berkeley, California. The event, combined with a reception before the screening and a panel discussion following the film, features students in the film, and participants in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) program. See this site for more information.
06.12.2009
Zala Films has completed On Mathematical Grounds, a 16-minute promotional video about the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute. Production on the video, which covers a range of MSRI programs, started in July 2007. It is being released by MSRI on a DVD that combines several extra features, and includes Invitation to Discover, a video George Csicsery made about the institute in 2002.
05.15.2009
Excerpts from Troop 214 will be shown as part of a talk by George Csicsery at American Hungarian Educators' Association 34th Annual Conference to be held at the Bechtel Engineering Center at UC Berkeley May 14-16, 2009. The theme of the 2009 conference is "Hungarians in the New World." 3:45-5:45 at the Bechtel Engineering Center, UC Berkeley.
04.16.2009
N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös will screen at Edinburgh's Filmhouse as part of Science Festival 2009. The screening will be followed by audience discussion about mathematicians in the movies. Organized by the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences.
02.22.2009
The San Francisco Bay Area premiere of Troop 214 will be presented by A Magyar Katolikus Misszió/Hungarian Catholic Mission as part of The Hungarian Cultural Year 2009.
Click here for more information.
01.09.2009
An interview with George Csicsery appears in the January 9, 2009 edition of Science Magazine.
01.06.2009
The Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) has recognized George Csicsery, an independent filmmaker, with the JPBM Communications Award, recognizing outstanding achievement in communicating about mathematics to nonmathematicians.
11.29.2008
The Hungarian Association, an international organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1951, with current membership around the world, has inducted George Paul Csicsery into the Arpad Academy and awarded him the Arpad Gold Medal.
11.28.2008
The world premiere of the English-subtitled version of Troop 214 will be presented by the Hungarian Association at the 48th Hungarian Congress in Cleveland, Ohio. The Congress program includes a sneak preview of Songs Along a Stony Road during an afternoon workshop featuring George Csicsery.
11.2008
Video Librarian gives Hard Problems a three-star review.
10.31.2008
Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem will screen in Bloomington, Indiana at the NKS Midwest Conference '08.
10.1.2008
Television: The Enchanted Mirror (1981), a 30-minute documentary made by Julene Bair and George Csicsery has been remastered and released on DVD by Whole Earth Films.
08.26.2008
Songs Along A Stony Road screens as part of the National Geographic
Society's Tuesdays at Noon series, a free series at National
Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C. screening films supported
by the society's All Roads Film initiative.
Click here for more information.
July/August 2008
Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem reviewed in Video Librarian.
05.19.2008
Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem screening in Athens, Greece.
05.06.2008
porridge pulleys and Pi screens at MathFilm Festival 2008.
04.18.2008
Now available: Deluxe edition of Hard Problems: The Road to the World's Toughest Math Contest.
04.18.2008
Notices of the American Mathematical Society features a review of Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem.
04.2008
Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem screening at UC Berkeley. Press release.
03.2008
The March 2008 issue of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society features a series of stills from Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem.
01.07.2008
The American Mathematical Society and Clay Mathematics Institute present the world premiere screening of Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem.
01.08.2008
World Premiere of Hard Problems: The Road to the World's Toughest Math Contest.
01.07.2008
The American Mathematical Society and Clay Mathematics Institute present the world premiere screening of Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem.
11.18.2007
Film Arts Foundation screens N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös as one of Three Benefit Events.
10.17.2007
Roxie Cinema in San Francisco screens The Thursday Club.
10.16.2007
Oakland Tribune Review of The Thursday Club.
10.05.2007
Screening of The Thursday Club at the Oakland Museum of California.
08.19.2007
N is a Number broadcast on Zomergasten.
05.22.2007
U.S.A. Mathematical Olympiad: Filming Hard Problems.
05.01.2007
VHS Liquidation Sale! A select group of titles from Zala Films are available on VHS cassettes at $6 each for a limited time. View details.
03.27.2007
Facets Multimedia, Inc. to release the DVD of N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös.
03.26.2007
A rough cut of Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem will be featured at a sneak preview at the Urania kino in Berlin, Germany, as part of the MathFilm Festival 2007. View trailer.
03.15.2007 - 03.16.2007
The Boston Museum of Science will screen scenes from Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem.
01.22.2007
Turner Classic Movies reviews DVD release of
Where the Heart Roams. Read review on FilmThreat.com.
11.28.2006
Facets Multimedia, Inc. releases a DVD of Where the Heart Roams.
10.31.2006
Facets Multimedia, Inc. releases new DVD edition of Hungry for Monsters.
10.5.2006
The
Laney Tower has published a review of The Thursday Club.
10.2006
Movie Habit has published
a review by John Adams of Hungry For Monsters.
09.26.2006
Facets Multimedia, Inc. releases The Thursday Club DVD edition.
09.15.2006
Documentary Channel of New Zealand has acquired a two-year license to broadcast
Hungry for Monsters in New Zealand.
09.1.2006
Facets Multimedia, Inc. begins distribution of three documentaries
by George Csicsery.
09.1.2006
A DVD edition of porridge
pulleys and Pi has been published and is available from the
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.
08.01.2006
George Csicsery addresses ScriptBiz at the Rhode Island
International Film Festival.
08.01.2006
George Csicsery has completed
principal cinematography on Hard Problems.
05.31.2006
Teachers' TV has acquired a
license to broadcast Hungry
for Monsters in the United Kingdom.
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