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2021 Lighthouse International Film Festival Preview (LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ) -- After paving the way last year as the first full drive-in film festival in the world (screening 28 new films in five days during COVID times), the 2021 Lighthouse International Film Festival strives to recapture a sense of normalcy as a cultural event that offers in-person screenings of the best new indie films as well as industry panels, master classes, and parties — all during one long summer weekend (June 3-6) in the special atmosphere of Long Beach Island, New Jersey. The LIFF 2021 lineup includes screenings...

€29.90 An elite-level scandal Although chess might have more in common in terms of gameplay with draughts or go, there is a salient similarity it shares with the game of bridge: they are the only ‘mind sports’ recognized by the International Olympic Committee — albeit neither of them has been found eligible for the main Olympic program. Chess and bridge also share that cheating has become a growing preoccupation for fans and organizers of the sport. In the case of bridge, a game in which partners need to convey information in a restricted manner, notable incidents...

05/05/2021 - The 23rd edition of Israel's biggest documentary film festival will take place 1-10 July and feature nine world premieres in the national competition

NOW Magazine Hot Docs review: Dirty Tricks Slick documentary about a cheating scandal in the world of competitive bridge collapses like a house of cards By Norman Wilner NN Is the high-stakes world of competitive bridge just a cesspool of malfeasance, with teams cheating left and right to come out on top? That’s the impression you might get from producer/director Sivan’s slickly packaged true-crime doc about the cheating scandal that derailed Lotan Fisher, an Israeli prodigy whose incredible memory for numbers gave him an edge in any game… unless he was cheating the whole time,...

Director Daniel Sivan examines a cheating scandal that rocked the world of elite competitive bridge, exposing that the world of elite competitive bridge exists in the documentary 'Dirty Tricks.'