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>  SUNDANCE January 23 - February 2 

 

VIDEO Interview with MAX RICHTER'S SLEEP director Natalie Johns

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Interview with SLEEP director NATALIE JOHNS by reporter James Nelson moments before the curtain goes up at Sundance Film Festival 2020. "My personal lullaby for a frenetic world. A manifesto for a slower pace of existence” -Max Richter Check the Trailer This film follows Max Richter as he consolidates the most ambitious performance of his critically acclaimed 8-hour opus, Sleep. Centring around the open-air concert in Los Angeles, as well as footage from Ber...
 

Conversations at the Sundance Film Festival The Joy of Making Movies and Meeting People

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By James Nelson Independent Reporter   PARK CITY, UTAH – I bumped into a lady at the Sundance Film Festival (SFF) and learned about the meaning of the word truffle, the strength of a good movie, and the value of a wonderful conversation all before my bus arrived. Say hello to Jamie Wolf of Foothill Productions. “The surroundings before it got so incredibly crowded were conducive to hanging out with peers. It’s not quite as conducive anymore but still I think that is ...
 

VIDEO recap Day 8 in Sundance

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Yesterday, we invited the Festival community to take part in something extra special—a ritual as old as storytelling itself. Just after dusk, led by drummers from the Ute tribe, we gathered around a bonfire to welcome the start of a new decade and dream of our imagined futures. Elsewhere, Falling writer/director/actor Viggo Mortensen joined us for another enriching Power of Story panel, ZZ Ward performed at the ASCAP Music Café, and Festivalgoers experienced the groundbreaking An...
 

Life on the Red Carpet at the Sundance Film Festival: One Photographers Story of Images and Movie Stars

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By James Nelson Independent Reporter   PARK CITY, UTAH – The electricity and buzz that makes the Sundance Film Festival (SFF) one of the best in the world wouldn’t be the same without the imagery all those photographers bring to the outside world. The work and talent that goes into each and every photo is all part of the Sundance landscape of movies, and storytelling. “I do entertainment and I also do journalism where I want to tell a story. So, we will focus on some...
 

VIDEO recap Day 7 in Sundance

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On the seventh day of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, we caught a conversation between Radha Blank (THE 40-YEAR-OLD VERSION) and Winston Duke (NINE DAYS) at Cinema Cafe. At the ASCAP Music Cafe, we caught a live performance by The Bird and the Bee, and at the Filmmaker Lodge, we heard from creatives speak on the topic “How Can Artists Reshape Politics?” ...
 

VIDEO recap Day 6 in Sundance

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On Day Six of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, we stopped by Cinema Café for a conversation with actresses Zazie Beetz, Elle Lorraine, and Taylour Paige, and convened a panel full of Festival programmers and special guests to discuss an all-important topic: “the movie that blew my mind. ...
 

Bad Hair Movie Makes Good Impression at Sundance

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Robin Thede, Amazing Host of Black Women Star in Horror Film   By James Nelson Independent Reporter PARK CITY, UTAH – Bad Hair is a movie set in 1989 about a killer weave that infiltrates the lives of women in the Los Angeles music industry and features a cast including Vanessa Williams, Laverne Cox, Lena Waithe and Michelle Hurd. The importance of getting a film into the Sundance Film Festival and affording opportunity for filmmakers and actors was evident at one o...
 

Shorts Awards Announced at 2020 Sundance Film Festival

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So What If The Goats Die Wins Grand Jury Prize Park City, Utah — Winners of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival jury prizes in short filmmaking were announced tonight by Sundance Institute at a ceremony in Park City, Utah. The Short Film Grand Jury Prize, awarded to one film in the program of 74 shorts selected from a record high 10,397 submissions, went to So What If The Goats Die, directed and written by Sofia Alaoui. The Short Film program is presented by Southwest Airl...
 
 

Sundance Institute Awards Michael Almereyda’s Tesla + Announces New Grants to Artists at 2020 Sundance

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Director-Screenwriter Michael Almereyda Honored Park City, Utah — At a reception at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival today, the beneficiaries of $70,000 in grants from Sundance Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation were revealed. Doron Weber, Vice President and Program Director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation presented the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize to Tesla and announced the new winners: Tim Delaney for The Plutonians (Sundance Inst...
 
 

VIDEO recap Day 5 in Sundance

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On Day Five of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, we may have reached the halfway point, but the big premieres just kept on coming. Among them, Ethan Hawke plays Nikola Tesla in Michael Almereyda’s unconventional biopic, TESLA, and Tessa Thompson stars in Eugene Ashe’s winning period romance, SYLVIE'S LOVE. We also heard from former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and DOWNHILL star Will Ferrell. ...
 
 

‘Has Recent Industry Emphasis on D&I Influenced Storytelling’ Panel

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Easterseals Disability Services Presents   Jan. 25th at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival   Actors & Decision Makers Will Spotlight Need to Include Disability in Diversity Conversations; Organization Serves as Member of Sundance Institute’s Accessibility & Inclusion Alliance   An Allied Organization of Sundance Institute and member of its newly announced Accessibility & Inclusion Alliance, Easterseals Disability Services will host a panel...
 
 

Sundance Institute Announces Leya Hale as 2020 Merata Mita Fellow

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Now in its Fifth Consecutive Year, Fellowship Honors Artistic Contributions of Late Māori Filmmaker Sundance Institute today announced director and producer Leya Hale as the 2020 recipient of the Sundance Institute Merata Mita Fellowship, an annual fellowship named in honor of the late Māori filmmaker Merata Mita (1942-2010). The announcement was delivered today at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival by N. Bird Runningwater, Director of the Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program.  ...
 
 

Interview from Abhijit Das filmmaker from Mumbai India

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Filmmaking representative from Mumbai India: Abhijit Das   You won’t find any movies from India at this years’ Sundance Film Festival (SFF) but next year might be another story. A special delegation of filmmakers from India journeyed to Utah to find out about the inner workings of cinema in America through the Sundance Film Festival experience. “Meeting them face to face makes a huge amount of difference for us rather just sending emails which usually get ig...
 

VIDEO Nicholas Braun Receives the IMDb “Breakout” STARmeter Award in Sundance

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Nicholas Braun Received the IMDb “Breakout” STARmeter Award as Determined by IMDbPro Data on the Page Views of More Than 200 Million Monthly Visitors to IMDb Previous IMDb STARmeter Award recipients at the Sundance Film Festival include Rachel Brosnahan, Mindy Kaling, Bill Skarsgård, Bryce Dallas Howard and Peter Dinklage. IMDb is kicking off a year-long celebration of its 30th anniversary at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.   https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3...
 

Sundance Institute and Luminate Champion Impactful Storytelling With Multifaceted Global Support

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Eight Independent Projects Aim to Spark Change  The non-profit Sundance Institute, in collaboration with Luminate, the global philanthropic organization, today announced six new projects, joining two which had been previously announced, which are being supported by the Sundance Institute | Luminate Fund. The fund provides non-recoupable grants to independent artists working across documentary, narrative, episodic and emerging media whose work display a stro...
 

VIDEO recap Day 4 in Sundance

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On Day Four of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, things heated up in Park City with a trip to PALM SPRINGS, not to mention a live taping of the THIRST AID KIT podcast with actors Daniel Dae Kim (BLAST BEAT) and Kendrick Sampson (MISS JUNETEENTH). Plus, legendary women’s rights activist Gloria Steinem arrived for the premiere of Julie Taymor’s The Glorias and Hillary Rodham Clinton joined us at the Cinema Café     ...
 
 

VIDEO Cinema Cafe with Hillary Clinton and Nanette Burstein at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival

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Hillary Rodham Clinton and filmmaker Nanette Burstein stopped by Cinema Cafe to chat with John Horn about HILLARY, the four-part docu-series about the former secretary of state. Presented by Variety. Nanette Burstein Nanette Burstein is a prolific and award-winning film director. She began her career directing the documentary On The Ropes, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary. Her other films include Robert Evans's biography, The Kid Stays in the P...
 
 

VIDEO recap Day 3 in Sundance

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Day Three was heralded by the arrival of Hillary Clinton, who was in town for the first screening of Nanette Burstein’s four-part docuseries on the secretary of state and U.S. senator. Across town, Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s much-anticipated documentary ON THE RECORD had its world premiere, and musicians Carrie Brownstein and Annie Clark (St. Vincent) stopped by Cinema Cafe to talk about THE NOWHERE INN, the absurdist meta-film they co-wrote. ...
 

Sundance Film Festival is never sold out on things to do

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SFF 2020 outside one of the theaters in Park City, Utah   Activists on main street in Park City, Utah By James Nelson Sold out is the common refrain at the Sundance Film Festival but there are still ways to secure a ticket once the movies start rolling. Savvy organizers keep schedules online and out in the open in many places so the public can stay informed. Veteran movie goers place their names on wait lists and use social media as a way to find an open seat. Though the festival is...
 

Disability Rights Movement Showcased at Sundance Film Festival 2020

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Actor Nic Novicki interviewed in Park City, Utah January 26, 2020 By James Nelson   PARK CITY, Utah-A 1970s summer camp story titled, “Crip Camp” is a showcase movie at Sundance 2020 further cementing the festival’s commitment to important but little known stories. The movie is co-directed by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht.  Film footage of the camp for disabled youth offers powerful imagery of kids playing and simply enjoying life. Crip Camp is being screened i...
 

VIDEO Ron Howard in conversation at Cinema Café about his doc Rebuilding Paradise

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Director Ron Howard discoverin,g Sunadance for the first time stopped by Cinema Cafe for a thought-provoking conversation with Variety's Matt Donnelly about REBUILDING PARADISE, his documentary premiering at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in Park City.    "I am thrilled to be in Park City He wanted to pay atribute to what Sundance has made for the medium, it s remakable he quoted, Robert Redford expanding what american film can be...THE MOST POWERFUL POSITIVE FORCE IN M...
 

VIDEO recap Sudance Day2

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On Day Two of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, the big premieres just kept on coming! We went road-tripping with ZOLA, saw democracy in action in BOYS STATE, and stayed up late with THE NIGHT HOUSE. Director Ron Howard kicked off our Cinema Cafe series, presented by Variety, in a chat about his harrowing but ultimately uplifting documentary REBUILDING PARADISE     ...
 

VIDEO recap day one where Robert Redford puts the spotlight on John Cooper on his opening speech

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And we’re off with Sundance kicking in in snowy Prk City! Opening night at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival was a big one, complete with the world premiere of Crip Camp (preceded by Robert Redford’s toast to John Cooper), Sundance Institute’s An Artist at the Table benefit presented by IMDbPro, and Taylor Swift’s much-anticipated arrival in Park City (hello, Miss Americana!). “There’s not enough praise or admiration we can give Cooper,” stated Robe...
 

VIDEO: Sundance opened with strong buzz on Miss Americana

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By James Nelson PARK CITY, Utah-The 2020 edition of the Sundance Film Festival (SFF) opened with glitz, glamour, loads of anticipation and a light dusting of snow for the annual winter wonderland home of movies and movie makers. Celebrity Taylor Swift quickly fired up the buzz saws with her appearance on the red carpet for Miss Americana which offers a fascinating introspective on life as a superstar. The movie premiered to a packed theater and ended with thunderous applause. ...
 

 

Cloud 21 & Kultura PR To Present Third Annual “Indie Entertainment Showcase 2020” in Park City, Utah on January 25, 2020

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Indie Entertainment Showcase - a house full of creatives and industry executives. — with Ali M. Aksu, Tracy Vicory-Rosenquest, Vincent De Paul and Renee Meriste. Event Panel to Feature Top Industry Names ‘Tesla’ Star Vincent De Paul, Ali M. Aksu, Renee Meriste and Tracy Vicory-Rosenquest; Moderated by Sue Vicory Cloud21 International and Kultura PR International are pleased to present the third annual "Indie&nb...
 

 

Last program from John Cooper as a director of Sundance Festival reveals 118 features, 44 first-time feature filmmakers

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The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the showcase of new independent feature films selected across all categories for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort, from January 23–February 2, 2020. The Sundance Film Festival is Sundance Institute’s flagship public program, widely regarded as the largest American independent film festival and attended by more than 120,000 people and 1,300 ac...

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>   ROTTERDAM January 22 - February 2 
 

The Cloud in Her Room by Zheng Lu Xinyuan wins Tiger Award IFFR 2020

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From left to right: Yuhao Su, Cuishan Liang, Wang Zijian, Liu Xinzhu, Jinjing en Zheng Lu Xinyuan     Special Jury Award goes to Beasts Clawing at Straws by Kim Yonghoon     International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced the award winners of its 49th edition. Chinese filmmaker Zheng Lu Xinyuan won the Tiger Award for her film The Cloud in Her Room. South Korean filmmaker Kim Yonghoon won the Special Jury Award for Beasts Clawing at Straws. South Kore...
 

Bong Joon Ho Masterclass in Rotterdam: Parasites, Oscar and his career in focus

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Bong Joon Ho flew over the oceans to return from LA where he is busy campaining for the Oscar to attend the Rotterdam Festival, Here is the video capture of the masterclass he gave to a fascinated audience. With films like Mother, The Host, Snowpiercer and Parasite (Golden Palm winner and tipped for an Oscar), Bong Joon Ho combines sensational commercial success with glowing reviews and major awards. How does he do it? In this masterclass, he will reveal his secrets. He's also bringing a...
 

IFFR announces winners Ammodo Tiger Short Competition 2020

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From left to right: Dorian Jespers, Maïder Fortuné, Ismaïl Bahri On Sunday 26 January 2020, the jury announced the winners of this year’s Ammodo Tiger Short Competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). The winning films are Apparition by Ismaïl Bahri, Communicating Vessels by Maïder Fortuné and Annie MacDonell, and Sun Dog by Dorian Jespers. They won three equal Ammodo Tiger Short Awards. The jury consisted of recently appointed di...
 

These are the winners of the IFFR Pro Awards 2020

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49th International Film Festival Rotterdam 22 January – 2 February 2020   Rotterdam, 29 January 2020  ...
 

 

VIDEO: Opening Night IFFR 2020

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On 22 January at de Doelen the festival began with our opening ceremony and the opening film: Mosquito by João Nuno Pinto. Rewatch Bero Beyer’s opening speech, the introduction with our new festival director Vanja Kaludjercic, and some words on the film.        ...

 

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>  Santa Barbara recap January 15 - 25 
 

Interview with the filmmakers of THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE at Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2020

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Darroch Greer and Paul Glenshaw (THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE documentary) selected at Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2020 Interview with Emmanuel Iitier The 35th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (www.SBIFF.org) just completed another splendid year with an amazing programming of mesmerizing features and inspiring documentaries. One of these documentaries that caught my interest was the American project written, produced and directed by two maverick men: Darroch Greer and...
 

"Jennifer Anniston picked my award by mistake; I have her's lets have a date to swap"

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Richard Hobert's The Birdcatcher’s Son (Fågelfångarens son) won the audience award at SBIFF 2020 he revealed in an exclusive interview to filmfestivals.com a personal story we cannot resist sharing (with his approval) Interview by Guy Kennedy ...
 

 

VIDEO Interview with Santa Barbara Festival audience award winner Richard Hobert

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SBIFF Audience Choice Award from The Santa Barbara Independent: Richard Hobert's The Birdcatcher’s Son (Fågelfångarens son) Exclusive interview for filmfestivals.com       It´s the late 1800s and birdcatcher Esmar and his wife Johanna are trying to survive on the harsh cliffs of the Faroe Islands. Local law dictates that unless they have a son, an heir to the hold of the land, they will be evicted. When Johanna gives birth to their...
 
 

VIDEO: Brad Pitt Honored with Maltin Modern Master Award at 35th SBIFF 2020

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Picture Mark Bennett   SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (January 23, 2020) - Day 8 of the 35th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) presented by UGG featured a sold-out tribute to Brad Pitt, who received the Maltin Modern Master Award for his long standing contributions to the film industry, most recently gracing the silver screen in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood from Columbia Pictures and Ad Astra for New Regency.  &nbs...
 

VIDEO: Congratulations to ALL the Winners at the 35th Santa Barbara with our interview of Richard Hobert

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"It’s been a wonderful 35 years celebrating international cinema as well as our local roots.  We are grateful for all of the staff, volunteers, audiences and filmmakers that were able to join us at SBIFF to come together as a community to celebrate over 200 films - forge a sense of community and love that defies boundary,” SBIFF Executive Director Roger Durling. Also announced today were the award winning films for the 35th Festival at a breakfast held in their ho...
 
 

VIDEO SBIFF Closing Night moments and speeches

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Roger Durling thanks the audience for their support as Los Angeles Times named SBIFF as one of the TOP TEN Festivals in the USA   ...
 
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VIDEO: follow us on the star studded Red Carpet at Santa Barbara Film Fest

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Impressive line up of stars on the red carpet in Santa Barbara, Filmfestivals.com was there to capture the moment. Check the amazing photo gallery featuring Adam Driver, Laura Dern, Renee Zellwegger, Brad Pitt, christopher Lyod, Bong Joon Ho, Taron Egerton...Mark Bennnett Photography and video interviews with Bradd Pitt...           Interview by Stuart McNaught and photography by Mark Bennett        
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Brad Pitt Admits Turning Down THE MATRIX, But Maltin Master’s Life Has Been Surreal

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent SANTA BARBARA, CA (1/23/2020): Brad Pitt continued his victory lap around the Awards Circuit with the Maltin Modern Master Award from 35th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) presented by UGG last night. The festival pulled out the big guns with Leonard Maltin conducting the sold-out tribute to Brad Pitt like the maestro of media that he is with this eponymous award. The Hollywood Leading Man admitted up front, “I did...
 

Brad Pitt Honored with Maltin Modern Master Award at 35th SBIFF 2020

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Picture Mark Bennett   SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (January 23, 2020) - Day 8 of the 35th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) presented by UGG featured a sold-out tribute to Brad Pitt, who received the Maltin Modern Master Award for his long standing contributions to the film industry, most recently gracing the silver screen in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood from Columbia Pictures and Ad Astra for New Regency.  &nbs...
 
 

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>  FANTASPORTO PREVIEWS February 28 March 7 
 

Fantasporto opening featured in Variety

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Full article on Variety   ...
 
 

Fantasporto 40 Program Complete

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68 COUNTRIES WHICH SUBMITTED FILMS FOR  THE 2020 SELECTION    South Africa , Germany, Argentina, Austria , Australia , Bangladesh, Belgium, Belarus , Bolivia, Bulgaria , Brazil , Canada , Kazakhstan, Chile, China , Cyprus , Colombia, South Korea , Croatia , Cuba, Kurdistan , Denmark, Slovenia , Spain, Uni...
 
 

The official competitions to begin February 28th, Adverse to open the festival

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40 YEARS OF FANTASPORTO IN PORTUGAL’S CAPITAL OF CINEMA WILL BEGAN WITH THE WORLD OPENING OF ADVERSE WITH MICKEY ROURKE   The city of Porto, overlooking the River Douro and close to the Atlantic Ocean, and a World Heritage City, welcomes once again one of the most prestigious film festivals in Europe and in the World.  Fantasporto, Porto International Film Festival celebrates its 40th Anniversary in 2020 and it will be held in 25th February- 8th March at the Rivoli Theatre, ...
 

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>  BERLIN PREVIEWS

70 years anniversary edition with, new posters, new look, no bears?

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Berlinale Goes Kiez 2020 Highlights

 
      Since 2010, Berlinale Goes Kiez has honoured the vibrant diversity of cinemas throughout the capital and surrounding regions by featuring one local cinema as an additional Berlinale venue on each of seven consecutive evenings. Daily, from February 22 to 28, 2020, when the Red Carpet is rolled out in a different neighbourhood, not only the film teams will be in the limelight, but also the cinemas the...
 

Numerous events focused on Diversity at the Berlinale

 
    The advent of a more inclusive film industry constitutes one of this sector’s greatest structural challenges. Promoting the plurality of voices and a more inclusive society has been a crucial part of the Berlinale’s legacy since its founding in 1951. This is reflected annually in the film programmes of the various sections and special series as well as in the initiatives and special events of the Berlinale. Indeed, incl...
 

The Berlinale is very serious about Sustainability

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With the 70th Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival is reaffirming its commitment to the 2030 Agenda set out by the United Nations, including its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This will be communicated to the general public and industry professionals alike by means of a public exhibition. Over the course of several years, the festival has been gradually implementing an ever increasing number of sustainable projects in a variety of fields. With...
 

Facebook Live stream from the Berlinale Press Conference wed 29th

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The press conference of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2020 at 10.30 am in the “Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung” (admission with invitation only).  The Executive Director Mariette Rissenbeek and the Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian will give an insight into the anniversary edition and will also announce the programme of the Competition and further Berlinale Special Galas. After announcing the Comp...
 

Berlinale Camera 2020: Tribute to Ulrike Ottinger

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Ulrike Ottinger © Jelka von Langen Since 1986, the Berlinale has awarded the Berlinale Camera to honour personalities and institutions who have made a special contribution to filmmaking and with whom the festival feels closely connected. In this manner, the Berlinale expresses its appreciation towards those who have become friends and supporters of the festival. At the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, the director and artist Ulrike Ottinger will be honoured with the Berlinale C...
 
 

Berlinale 2020: the new heads at the selection committee installed by Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek

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Selection committee appointed / New heads for Panorama and Berlinale Shorts / Outlook onto 70th anniversary Carlo Chatrian as Artistic Director and Mariette Rissenbeek as Executive Director will officially take office on June 1, 2019. The future director duo have already been in contact with festival sections, initiatives and departments for some time now, learning about workflows and structures, and had the opportunity to gain further insights on location at the festival in February. Th...
 
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FESTIVALS IN FOCUS   

2nd edition of Your Script Produced competition opened its call for entries

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“YOUR SCRIPT PRODUCED!” INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING COMPETITION   Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00. We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Win...  

The 19th Malibu Film Festival returns to Malibu on Saturday February 15th

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The 19th Malibu Film Festival returns to Malibu on Saturday February 15th with a curated selection of thirteen well crafted, visually profound new and award winning films premiering and screening at Malibu Civic Theater followed by the Awards Cocktail Reception hosted by Casa Escobar Malibu.   The 2020 Malibu Film Festival opens with the festival premiere of “Johnny Strange: Born to Fly” a feature documentary from Malibu local award-winning filmmakers John Watkins and Eamon ...
 
 

Göteborg Film Festival presents the 2020 Nostradamus report

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Göteborg Film Festival's 7th Nostradamus Report – "A Creative Explosion"– was presented today at a seminar at Nordic Film Market. The annual report looks into the future of the screen industries 3-5 years from now through research and interviews with industry experts. The report holds forth a near future where high quality, creativity and scripted content is king. A new wave of artistically outstanding feature filmmakers will offer opportunities for...
 
 

Oscar Nominees, Films with "Star Power" Highlight 26th Sedona Internationall Film Festival

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  OSCAR NOMINEES, FILMS WITH “STAR POWER” HIGHLIGHT 26TH ANNUAL SEDONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Three feature documentaries nominated for Academy Awards, five films shortlisted for Oscar consideration and an impressive list of films with significant “star power” highlight the more than 170 films accepted into the 26th annual Sedona International Film Festival, Feb. 22 through March 1.           &n...
 
 
 

Los Angeles, Italia 2020 - Film, Fashion and Art Fest

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The 15th Annual Italian Festival, chaired by Oscar-winning director Gabriele Salvatores (MEDITERRANEO) and writer and producer Nick Vallelonga (GREEN BOOK) is back in Hollywood on the eve of the Oscars with an array of Italian films - many World and U.S. premieres - as well as Italian, Italian-American and International artists including director and screenwriter Francesca Archibugi, directors Elisa Amoruso, Ginevra Elkann,&nb...
 

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Approved for $30,000 National Endowment for the Arts Grant

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  Durham, N.C. – January 28, 2020 – The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, a program of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, has been approved for a $30,000 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support filmmaker travel and venue costs.   “Full Frames strives to produce a world-class festival experience that ignites important conversations among audiences and filmmakers,” states Full Frame director Deirdre Ha...
 

FICCI FRAMES 2020, Asia's largest convention on Media & Entertainment will be held from 18th March - 20th March

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FICCI FRAMES 2020, Asia's largest convention on the business of Media & Entertainment will be held from 18th March - 20th March 2020 at Hotel Grand Hyatt, Mumbai, India and it will, as always, be an unparalleled platform for the exchange of ideas and knowledge between individuals, countries and conglomerates.   The 21st edition of FICCI FRAMES will be held from March 18th -20th March 2020 for three days in Mumbai, and it will, as always, be an unparallel...

New York Social Justice Film Festival, 2020

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  Cinematters: NY Social Justice Film Festival is a new film festival with the objective of having its audience reflect about inequality, injustice, advocacy and social responsibility. More importantly, the festival program includes films, discussions and other events serves to get audiences involved in actions to promote equality and justice.  From January 16-20, 2020 the festival screened ten feature length documentaries, Q&A discussions with film makers for each production, t...

 

AOF 2020 Leads Off With A New Edition of the AOF Megafest Magazine

 
After wrapping a fantastic 15th Season, the AOF returns for 2020 with a brand new Megafest, brand new year and amazing new edition of the AOF Megafest Magazine. This new issue, which features the beautiful and talented Saye Yabandeh on the cover is pack...
 
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                     Season 2
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Early bird Deadline: March 22, 2020

Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

WE DON’T SET YOU UP WITH MEETING AFTER MEETING. WE DON’T SELL YOU DREAMS. WE DON’T SELL YOU HOPE.

WE PRODUCE YOUR SCRIPT!

PERIOD.

 

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New York Festivals Television & Films Awards 
April 9th, 2020

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Deadline extended

New York Festivals World's Best TV & Films competition honors programming in all lengths and forms from over 50 countries.  

All Entries in the 2020 competition will be judged online and screened by New York Festivals Television & Film Awards Grand Jury of 200 plus producers, directors, writers, and other creative media professionals from around the globe. Nominated Finalists are judged by a selected panel at the United Nations for the UNDPI Awards. Award-winning entries will be showcased on the NYF Television & Film Awards website. To View the 2019 TV & Film Awards winning entries please visit: 

https://tvfilm.newyorkfestivals.com/Winners/index

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French Riviera Film Festival 

May 11-12, 2020
 

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March 14, 2020 late deadline

The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers.  https://filmfreeway.com/FrenchRivieraFilmFestival

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
May 30 – June 4, 2020

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February 25, 2020 Regular Deadline
April 10, 2020 Late Deadline

Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival returns in June 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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Julien Dubuque International Film Festival 
April 22 – 26, 2020

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February 16, 2020  Extended Deadline

Known for it's quaint location, friendly staff/volunteers, inquisitive audience, consistent communication, multiple screening opportunities, workshops, panels and other amazing networking opportunities and parties; it's no wonder JDIFF was voted one of the coolest film festivals and one of the top 50 worth the submission fee by MovieMaker Magazine . JDIFF also ranks as one of the top 100 reviewed festivals by FilmFreeway. JDIFF is ALL about the independent filmmaker!

Dubuque, Iowa is a quaint city on the Mississippi and a perfect place to host the festival. As quoted in Filmmaker Magazine "The festival is smartly situated downtown, with an assortment of handsome venues all within walking distance" from the Festival Headquarters, located in the grand HOTEL JULIEN, the same hotel where Al Capone used to hide out from the Chicago Feds.

Our final nominees are judged by our Jury members of Film professionals, such as Directors, Producers, Critics, Director of Photography, etc and choose the final winner of each category.

 

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Worlfest Houston 53

April 17 - 26, 2019

Final deadline January 31

WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival offers international competition in Ten Major Competition Categories! Features, Shorts, Docs/Business Films, Student, Experimental, Screenplays, New Media, TV Production, TV Commercials, & Music Videos! More than 200 sub-categories for fair competition. Only at WorldFest-Houston are you selected as a Remi Award Winner on the basis of your numerical score from the juries, which greatly increases your chance to win a Remi, unlike other festivals that only give out one Gold, one Silver and one Bronze! Only 10%-15% of entries actually win the coveted Remi Award!

 

You may enter Online via our entry platform - www.worldfest.org, or via FilmFreeway.com - we now accept entries via Vimeo & YouTube, in addition to DVD/BR Entries, & USB/Jump Drives. Screenplay entries must be bound. We will confirm when we receive your entry and we provide personal Jury Results, and festival details when you are selected for screening at the 53rd WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival!

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NEW YORK CITY Independent Film Festival

May 10 – 17, 2020

 February 5, 2020 Extended Deadline  

NYC Indie Film Fest is a celebration of the Independent Filmmaker, documentaries, short and feature-length films, music videos, and animation.

All NYC Indie screenings take place in the historic center of NYC, Time Square which is the perfect home for an event geared toward creating incredible opportunities for independent voices.

NYC Indie Film Festival honors the Best in Category which includes Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Narrative, Best Super Short, Best Music Video, as well as Best Director and Best Screenplay.

With panels, parties and a week-long gathering of fellow indie filmmakers May 10 - May 17, 2020.

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YSP is thrilled to announce the jury for Season 2 and proud to announce Filmmaker Emir Kusturica joining the fun

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Doval Bacall is thrilled and honoured that the award winning multi talented filmmaker Emir Kusturica accepted to join the jury for season 2. Emir french and serbian nationality, he won two golden palms in Cannes (like Coppola) top prizes in Berlin and Venice Emir is a musician, an actor, a writer,  a festival director (film : Kustendorf, music and theatre) he built and owns historical villages in Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovin, Drvengrad, was built for his film life is a mir...
 
 

Peter Lilienthal Presents DAVID, the Berlinale 1979 winner, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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(Joachim von Vietinghoff, Gisela Kayser, and Peter Lilienthal, © Lindsay Bellinger)   by LINDSAY R. BELLINGER   On the evening of the 27th of January, Peter Lilenthal presented his 1979 Berlinale Golden Bear winning film David to a full house at Willy Brandt Haus in Berlin. The line stretched around the corner, comprised mostly of an older audience, in order to secure a spot to watch Lilenthal's extraordinary film that explores the origin of prejudice and ...
 
 

Anna Karina, iconic star of french new wave, honored on the poster of the Cesar

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Anna Karina, mythical figure of the New Wave, is gone at the end of 2020 ... It is in this tribute to the muse of Jean-Luc Godard that the Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques dedicates the poster for the 45th César Ceremony to her.   Anna Karina was the magnificent incarnation of women, both libertarian and ingenuous. This tasty mixture, this incandescent beauty, the evidence of an immense talent for actress, have fueled a number of films by the great directors of ...
 
 

Founder Rachel Caplan to Step Down from SF Green Film Festival and looks for her replacement

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SF Green Film Festival Seeks Executive Director to Lead the Organization into its Second Decade SF Green Film Festival, the West Coast’s leading event for films and conversations about people and the planet, is seeking its first Executive Director. This decision follows the announcement of the departure of Founder Rachel Caplan who will be leaving the organization this year after 10 years in the job. “Launching and leading San Francisco Green Film Festival over the pas...
 

Meet the 2020 Nordic Film Lab participants in Göteborg

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This year's 17 Nordic Film Lab participants! Nordic Film Lab is Göteborg Film Festival's exclusive networking forum for up-and-coming Scandinavian filmmakers.  Nordic Film Lab participants 2020 DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER Christian BENGTSON DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER Ernst DE GEER ...
 

My featured interview at Indie Entertainment Magazine – AFM 2019

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Indie Entertainment Magazine unveiled its 2019 AFM edition an exclusive interview with Bruno Chatelin, founder of filmfestivals.com.     Catching Up With Bruno Chatelin, co-Founder/COO, filmfestivals.com   By Nicole Muj   1.Bruno, you are a champion of global film and filmmakers. How did you first start on this journey?   I have a marketing background (HEC business school) and was working at JWT, an international advertising agency for the LUX toilet...
 

A film Festival Odyssey by Alex Deleon:  festival bliss reading

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by Filmfestivals.com Veteran festival Correspondent, Alex Deleon The highly Entertaining autobiography of a film critic. Few people are as outspoken (in print or in real life) as the author, Alex Deleon. This is reflected in the book at hand, which constitutes Alex Deleon's adventures as a film critic on the film festival circuit. It is far from politically correct and avoids the usual film critic's jargon meandering in plain talk between societal criticism and sophisticated... 
 
 
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VIDEO: 3 Lumiere Awards for Les Miserables, tributes to Costa Gavras and Roberto Benigni

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The 25th Ceremony of the Lumier Awards, which was broadcasted in clear and exclusively for the first time on Canal +, was an opportunity to bring together winners of previous editions, including actress Isabelle Huppert, president of the ceremony, but also Oumaya Amamra, Fanny Ardant, Jeanne Balibar, Elodie Bouchez, JR, Ibrahim Maalouf, Déborah Lukumuena and Félix Maritaud.     Les Misérables won three awards - film, screenplay for Ladj Ly, Gior...

"Matrix" composer Don Davis receives Lifetime Achievement Award at SoundTrack_Cologne 17

 
  SoundTrack_Cologne (04.22.20 - 04.25.20) is awarding its Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 to American composer Don Davis, who is known for composing music for the "Matrix" film series, among others. Davis will receive the Life Achievement Award for his exceptional achievements in film composing on Saturday, April 25th at the SoundTrack_Cologne grand closing gala. On Friday, April 24th he will share insights into his work in a workshop discussion and comment live on his music in...
 
 

Lift-Off Season Awards 2019 Winners

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Filmmakers, nominees and Network Members from all over the world joined the Lift-Off team at our home Pinewood Studios, UK, for a celebration full of awards, drinking and dancing.   Networking is something that Lift-Off are proud to support and encourage at any chance we get - the Lift-Off Season Awards is no exception. This is an exclusive evening for Network Members and some of the best filmmakers from the indie film scene to meet and form professional collaborations which could la...
 

Singaporean American Filmmaker Kirsten Tan to Receive Grant and Residency in Support of Her Narrative Feature Project Higher

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  SFFILM ANNOUNCES WINNER OF 2020 NEW AMERICAN FELLOWSHIP San Francisco, CA – SFFILM announced today that Singaporean American filmmaker Kirsten Tan is the winner of the 2020 SFFILM New American Fellowship, supporting her current narrative feature Higher, which is in the development and screenwriting stage. The first of its kind in the US film industry, the New American Fellowship is made possible thanks to SFFILM’s collaboration with the Flora Family Foundation and provi...
 
 

Writer Sara Johnsen wins the 2020 Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize for 22 July

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Sara Johnsen, writer of 22 July (22. juli), is the recipient of the 2020 Nordic TV Drama Screenplay Award – this was announced at a ceremony during TV Drama Vision at the Göteborg Film Festival. For the fourth consecutive year, the award for outstanding writing of a Nordic Drama series, was handed out at Göteborg Film Festival’s TV Drama Vision. The NOK 200 000 award, funded by Nordisk Film & TV Fond goes to the main writer(s) of the series. 22 July examines the af...
 
 
 

THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA by Elena Demidova (Russia) awarded at the Impact Docs Awards

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Award of Merit Special Mention: Documentary Feature to Elena Demidova (Russia) for her documentary: THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA Facebook.com/pg/impactdocsawards/posts/  ImpactDOCSAwards.com https://twitter.com/impactdocsaward                                                     Congratulations once again and thank you for your part...
 
 

4 films lead the Cesar nominations

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France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominations for this year’s Cesar Awards with Roman Polanski's An Officer and a Spy in the lead with 12nominations with 12, (best director and best film...). It was closely followed by Ladj Ly's Les Misérables, (11 honors) Nicolas Bedos' La Belle Époque, (11 nominations) and Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire, (10 nominations)  The 45th edition of the...
 
 

Billie Eilish sweeps top 4 awards at Grammy Awards

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Record of the Year WINNER: "Bad Guy," Billie Eilish "Hey, Ma," Bon Iver "7 Rings," Ariana Grande "Hard Place," H.E.R. "Talk," Khalid "Old Town Road," Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus "Truth Hurts," Lizzo "Sunflower," Post Malone & Swae Lee Album of the Year  I,I, Bon Iver Norman F---ing Rockwell!, Lana Del Rey WINNER: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Bil...
 

Sharkwater Extinction wins The INDIEFEST Humanitarian Award 2019 Outstanding Achievement

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  2019 HUMANITARIAN AWARD WINNER    "Congratulations!   We have received the judges’ results for the IndieFEST Film Awards 2019 Humanitarian Awards and we are excited to inform you that you have won: Outstanding Achievement FOR  Sharkwater Extinction     Your production was hand selected by our judges and staff, from the entire pool of entries to the competition throughout 2019, as a film that represents both the spirit o... 
 
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RIFF 2020, VIII: Ratings of films seen at the 6th Rajasthan International Film Festival, Jaipur, 18-23 January

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RIFF 2020, VIII: Ratings of films seen at the 6th Rajasthan International Film Festival, Jaipur, 18-23 January Film Country Category Director Rating Midnight Delhi, India, Short, Rakesh Rawat: ** ½ Mooso, India, Feature, Deepankar Prakash: *** ½ Lihaaf, India, Feature, Rahat Kazmi: *** Oxygen, India, Feature,Shoib Nikash Shah: ** ½ Six-6 (Chhe), India, Short, DilipV. Sood: ** Mai Ghat: Crime No. 103/2005, India, Feature, Ananth Naraya...
 
 

RIFF, 7: Films, Knowledge Series and Open Forum

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RIFF, 7: Films, Knowledge Series and Open Forum At the inaugural function of the Sixth Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF), on 18th January, 2020, at the Open-Air Jawahar Kala Kendra, the following films were screened: My Turn (Korea), Kalamkhush, #Jaipuractivists and Dhanak (all from India). Regular screenings and other sessions commenced at Cinépolis, Jaipur, on the second day, the 19th of January, 2020. Films screened during the morning session were Chitthiyan, Pearl-A Girl..
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US Box Office: analysis for the week end of January 24-26

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Analysis for the week of January 27th.  The 2020 Sundance Film Festival opened last Thursday and we have included a list of the early screenings and reactions in our report this weekend. Sony's Bad Boys for Life continued its reign at the top of the box office. The R-Rated action comedy starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence took in $34M in its second weekend, a cume of $120.6M after 10 days in theaters. This film proves the right sequel, well-made and released at the righ...

Interview with Laura Nix for her Oscar nominated documentary "Walk Run Cha-Cha"

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Laura Nix and producer Colette Sandstedt at the Oscars Luncheon.  “Walk Run Cha Cha” tells the story of Paul and Millie Cao who were separated in the aftermath of the Vietnam war, and reunited years later in Southern California.  Bringing their passion to life on the dance floor, director Laura Nix offers an invaluable insight into the lives of refugees who pursued their dreams against all odds.  The short documentary was recently nominated for an Academy Awar...
 
 

Paramount Teases TOP GUN: MAVERICK New Faces, Miles Teller, Sneak Peek

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent The wait is over; today Paramount released the new faces to accompany original franchise frontier Tom Cruise. The notables in the air include: Miles Teller (WHIPLASH), and more with the following Top Gun handles. Miles Teller, Lt. Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw, TGM from Paramount Pictures, Skydance & Jerry Bruckheimer Films. Teller is Lt. Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw; Glen Powell is “Hangman.” Lewis Pullman (...
 
 

Sharkwater Extinction screened for Association Longitude 181 in Paris

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Patrice Bureau (president of Association Longitude 181) and Sabrina Menguy (Animatrice Antenne Ile de France) before the Paris Premiere at Club de l' Etoile ...
 

 

 
 

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Adverse written and directed by Brian Metcalf

USA Thriller December 2020, 92 minutes

Starring Mickey Rourke, Penelope Ann Miller,  Sean Astin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Thomas Ian Nicholas,  Matt Ryan, Jake T. Austin,  Kelly Arjen…

After discovering his younger sister has become addicted to drugs and caught in the seedy underworld, a taxi driver suffering from mental illness must find a way to save her by infiltrating a dangerous crime syndicate, regardless of the costs. 
 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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With contributions from Abbé Jean-Luc Maroy, Alex Deleon, Bruno Chatelin

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

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Impact des bandes annonces diffusées dans les cinémas au 28 Janvier 2020

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Enquête hebdomadaire réalisée auprès d’un échantillon de 35 000 individus représentatifs de la population française. Parmi ces individus, 2 000 spectateurs étant allés au cinéma au cours de la semaine cinéma concernée sont interrogés sur les bandes annonces vues au cinéma.     ...
 
 

Triplé pour Les Misérables et doublé pour La Jeune fille en feu aux 25e Lumières de la presse internationale

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La 25e Cérémonie, diffusée en clair et en exclusivité pour la première fois sur Canal+, a été l’occasion de réunir des lauréats des précédentes éditions, notamment l’actrice Isabelle Huppert, présidente de la cérémonie, mais aussi Oumaya Amamra, Fanny Ardant, Jeanne Balibar, Elodie Bouchez, JR, Ibrahim Maalouf, Déborah Lukumuena et Félix Maritaud. Les Mis&eacu...
 

L'ARGENT FAIT SON CINÉMA dans Les nocturnes de la Cité de l'Économie

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Les nocturnes de la Cité de l'Économie L'ARGENT FAIT SON CINÉMA  Rencontres, projections, ateliers, apéro-ciné En présence d'Arnaud Viard, acteur et réalisateur 6 février 2020 – 19h-22h – gratuit pour les moins de 26 ans et les étudiants         Pour sa première nocturne 2020, Citéco met en lumiè...
 

Les lauréats du 4e festival PLEIN(S) ÉCRAN(S) !

 
  Montréal le 25 janvier 2020 – C’est aujourd’hui que les lauréats de cette 4e édition du festival Plein(s) Écran(s) ont été dévoilés. La cérémonie avait lieu au Centre Phi, en compagnie des équipes des films, des partenaires, des amis et de l’équipe du festival! Une remise de prix bonifiée cette année avec un nouveau Prix des Pairs et une bourse en plus de 1000 $ ...
 

Sharkwater Extinction en première à Paris au Club de l'Etoile

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Sharkwater Extinction a été présenté ce dimanche au CLUB DE L'ÉTOILE 14, rue Troyon. C'est un triple bonheur pour moi de présenter le film sur scène: bonheur de cotoyer à nouveau l'écran du 14 rue d l étoile, mes anciens bureux de Sony (12 rue troyon)  et ma célèbre cantine (Guy Savoy) Que du bonheur et de beaux souvenirs que celui des 7 anné...
 

J'apprends avec tristesse que la Twentieth Century Fox que j'ai dirigée va changer de nom sous le régime Disney

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Selon la presse professionelle américaine Walt Disney abandonne la marque «Fox» des actifs de la 21st Century Fox acquise en mars dernier. Le studio de cinéma 20th Century Fox deviendra les studios 20th Century et Fox Searchlight Pictures deviendra simplement Searchlight Pictures.

C'est un mouvement à la fois peu surprenant et hautement symbolique, mais qui me peine un peu, ayant dirigé la Fox en France en 1995 - 1997, société que j avais mariée avec UGC, mariage très surprenant et symbolique d'ambitions de faire aussi bien que la concurrence (Gaumont Buenavista).
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La quatrième édition du Festival International du Film sur les Handicaps se déroulera à Lyon, du 7 au 12 février 2020

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La quatrième édition du Festival International du Film sur les Handicaps se déroulera à Lyon, du 7 au 12 février 2020, à l’Université Lumière Lyon 2, en partenariat avec l’Académie de Lyon, à l’Hôtel Mercure Lyon Centre Château Perrache, au Cinéma Lumière Terreaux et à l’Institut Lumière. Parmi les membres des jurys : Pour la sélection Fictio...

LES INATTENDUS : 12ème édition Bande-annonce et programme révélés

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Ô joie, Les Inattendus cru 2020 approchent ! Et nous avons de quoi vous donner un avant-goût de la programmation de cette 12ème édition !  De belles images en mouvement valant mieux qu'un long discours, nous avons le plaisir de vous présenter la bande-a...
 
 

Impact des bandes annonces diffusées dans les cinémas au 21 Janvier 2020

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Enquête hebdomadaire réalisée auprès d’un échantillon de 35 000 individus représentatifs de la population française. Parmi ces individus, 2 000 spectateurs étant allés au cinéma au cours de la semaine cinéma concernée sont interrogés sur les bandes annonces vues au cinéma.     ...
 

Lever de rideau sur la bande-annonce de Clermont Ferrand

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Clermont-Ferrand 2020 Le Festival International du Court Métrage dévoile ses jurys

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Le 42e Festival International du Court Métrage se déroulera à Clermont-Ferrand du 31 janvier au 8 février 2020. Voici la composition des jurys qui découvriront avec le public 161 films sélectionnés parmi plus de 9000 inscrits, répartis dans 3 compétitions : internationale, nationale et labo. Voir la bande-annonce Le jury de la compétition internationale sera composé de la réalisatrice Marta Prus, des r&eacut...
 

Annonce des participants de l’Atelier Grand Nord 2020

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Palmarès des Prix SFCC de la Critique 2019

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Les Prix du Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma et des films de Télévision récompensent le meilleur des ouvrages littéraires et DVDs de cinéma ainsi que les meilleures productions télévisuelles et cinématographiques de l’année. PRIX CINÉMA ...
 
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>  SUNDANCE January 23 - February 2  
 

Giving Voice Wins Audience Vote at Sundance

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Festival Favorite Award From 2020 Sundance Film Festival Announced   Park City, UT — Sundance Institute announced Giving Voice as the winner of the Festival Favorite Award, selected by audience votes from the 128 features screened at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, which took place in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Sundance, Utah, from January 23–February 2, 2020.   The Festival Favorite Award is the 29th and final recognition bestowed on this year&rsq...
 

Finding happiness & Joy at Sundance: a balancing act for the two filmmakers behind Happy Happy Joy Joy-The Ren & Stimpy Story

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Kimo Easterwood and Ron Cicero are the co-directors of Happy Happy Joy Joy-The Ren & Stimpy Show (Sundance Film Festival 2020)   By James Nelson Independent reporter PARK CITY, Utah-The curtain lifted on the documentary ‘Happy Happy Joy Joy-The Ren & Stimpy Story’ at the Sundance Film Festival (SFF) with applause and questions for the filmmakers who worked to show all sides to creator John Kricfalusi’s television animation cartoon. “We wanted to achieve ...
 

The Sundance 2020 awards

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Top Prizes Go To Minari, Boys State, Epicentro, and Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness Minari, Crip Camp, The Reason I Jump, and Identifying Features (Sin Señas Particulares) Win Audience Awards Park City, UT — After 10 days and 128 feature films, the 2020 Sundance Film Festival’s Awards Ceremony took place tonight, with jurors presenting 28 prizes for feature filmmaking. Honorees, named in total below, represent new achievements in global indep...
 

VIDEO Interview with Maïmouna Doucouré winning director of Cuties

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Reporter James Nelson interviews the director of Cuties  Maimouna Doucoure at the Sundance Film Festival 2020. Amy, 11 years old, meets a group of dancers called "Cuties". Fascinated, she initiates herself to a sensual dance, hoping to join their band and escape family dysfunction... ...
 

VIDEO Follow The 2020 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony

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Tonight's the night: At the Basin Recreation Center in Park City, Utah, we announced the award winners for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Watch the full video of the ceremony now!     ...
 

VIDEO recap Day 9 in Sundance

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We’re in the final days of the 2020 Festival, but things have not slowed down here in Park City. After the world premiere of Max Richter’s Sleep, influential composer Max Richter performed a live 90-minute version of his eight-hour opus. At the Filmmaker Lodge, Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht, and Michelle Miles joined us for “The New Aesthetics of Disability” panel, and Steven Dayvid McKellar of Civil Twilight performed at the ASCAP Music Café.   ...

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>   ROTTERDAM January 22 - February 2 

Soaring numbers at 49th IFFR

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With the screening of Marielle Heller’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood on 1 February 2020, the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR: 22 January – 2 February 2020) closed off its 49th edition welcoming 2,691 film professionals from 89 different countries, including 346 filmmakers. The festival’s 574 films, including 145 world premieres, were curated within four sections: Bright Future, Voices, Deep Focus and Perspectives. The Art Direc...
 
 

The Cloud in Her Room by Zheng Lu Xinyuan wins Tiger Award IFFR 2020

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From left to right: Yuhao Su, Cuishan Liang, Wang Zijian, Liu Xinzhu, Jinjing en Zheng Lu Xinyuan     Special Jury Award goes to Beasts Clawing at Straws by Kim Yonghoon     International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced the award winners of its 49th edition. Chinese filmmaker Zheng Lu Xinyuan won the Tiger Award for her film The Cloud in Her Room. South Korean filmmaker Kim Yonghoon won the Special Jury Award for Beasts Clawing at Straws. South Kore...
 

Bong Joon Ho Masterclass in Rotterdam: Parasites, Oscar and his career in focus

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Bong Joon Ho flew over the oceans to return from LA where he is busy campaining for the Oscar to attend the Rotterdam Festival, Here is the video capture of the masterclass he gave to a fascinated audience. With films like Mother, The Host, Snowpiercer and Parasite (Golden Palm winner and tipped for an Oscar), Bong Joon Ho combines sensational commercial success with glowing reviews and major awards. How does he do it? In this masterclass, he will reveal his secrets. He's also bringing a...
 
 

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Fantasporto opening featured in Variety

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Fantasporto 40 Program Complete

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68 COUNTRIES WHICH SUBMITTED FILMS FOR  THE 2020 SELECTION    South Africa , Germany, Argentina, Austria , Australia , Bangladesh, Belgium, Belarus , Bolivia, Bulgaria , Brazil , Canada , Kazakhstan, Chile, China , Cyprus , Colombia, South Korea , Croatia , Cuba, Kurdistan , Denmark, Slovenia , Spain, Uni...
 
 

The official competitions to begin February 28th, Adverse to open the festival

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40 YEARS OF FANTASPORTO IN PORTUGAL’S CAPITAL OF CINEMA WILL BEGAN WITH THE WORLD OPENING OF ADVERSE WITH MICKEY ROURKE   The city of Porto, overlooking the River Douro and close to the Atlantic Ocean, and a World Heritage City, welcomes once again one of the most prestigious film festivals in Europe and in the World.  Fantasporto, Porto International Film Festival celebrates its 40th Anniversary in 2020 and it will be held in 25th February- 8th March at the Rivoli Theatre, ...
 

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The Bears are waiting: first perspectives on EFM and Berlinale 70

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Juries of the 70th Berlinale

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Jeremy Irons, President of the International Jury 2020 © Photo: Antonello&Montesi I Bérénice Bejo © Michel Hazanavicius I Bettina Brokemper © Martin Menke I Annemarie Jacir © Ammar Abd Rabbo I Kenneth Lonergan, kein Copyright (Privatfoto) I Luca Marinelli © Riccardo Ghilardi / Contour by Getty Images I Kleber Mendonça Filho © Ph. Lebruman   The International Jury   The members of the International Jury, which...
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2nd edition of Your Script Produced competition opened its call for entries

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“YOUR SCRIPT PRODUCED!” INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING COMPETITION   Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00. We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Win...   

The 3rd Annual Mammoth Film Festival returns this month

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  Mammoth Film Festival™ aims to lead the charge for an ever-changing landscape of film and media. This festival premiered in 2018 and specialized as an all media platform in celebrating varieties of filmmakers, actors, directors, writers, producers and their work. Regal with the wonderful town of Mammoth Lakes, CA as its beautiful backdrop, MammothFF is held in February at the Minaret Cinemas as well as various venues throughout town. This 5-day festival includes Special Screening...
 

XR:WA returns in 2020

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Welcome to XR:WA 2020! After an enormously successful and ambitious year in 2019, the 2020 program moves to a new location with a wingspan that embraces enterprise and business, art and entertainment, architecture, engineering and design, education and training, science and innovation and everything in between. XR:WA returns to Perth in 2020 XR:WA represents WA’s major annual screen industry event and embraces those working in the traditional screen sector, immersive technology an...
 

2020 Meetings on the Bridge Film Development Workshop Projects are Announced

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  Meetings on the Bridge (MoB) is the international co-production, training and networking platform organised within the scope of the İstanbul Film Festival, which will take place on 13-17 April with the support of Anadolu Efes.   MoB brings filmmakers from Turkey and its neighbouring countries together with the film professionals from Europe with the aim to initiate the first steps for future artistic and financial co-production at the Film Development, ...
 
 

We are open for submissions

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Jury Team: DYTIATKO Festival is an absolute miracle

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The jury members of the XI DYTIATKO International Children’s Media Festival and honored guests during the closing ceremony expressed their impressions of the festival.   Miomir Rajcevic, director, screenwriter, president of the Media Education Center, Serbian Coordinator of the UNESCO-EU project “Building trust in media in South-Eastern Europe and Turkey”, Coordinator of the EU All Digital: “It is a great pleasure for me to be here and see how young p...
 
 

Showcase to the world: INDEPENDENT DAYS | 20. International Film Festival Karlsruhe

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INDEPENDENT DAYS | 20. International Film Festival Karlsruhe    The international film festival INDEPENDENT DAYS celebrates a big anniversary this year from April 1st to 5th, 2020 in Karlsruhe. For the 20th edition, the festival makers around festival director Dr. Oliver Langewitz can come up with some ideas. 162 films from 40 countries on all five continents make Karlsruhe a showcase for independent filmmaking worldwide. Both feature films and short films are shown, th...
 

Sixth edition of FEFF Campus seeks 5 applicants from Europe and 5 from Asia.

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  April 24 / May 2, 2020 – Udine – Teatro Nuovo & Visionario FEFF CAMPUS 2020 Far East Film Festival launches its callout to young journalists.  Selection of 10 candidates now open!   UDINE – The Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy, continues to expand the reach of the global cinematic community as it launches the callout for applicants to attend the sixth edition of its unique FEFF Campus programme for young journalists. The 22nd&nbs...
 

Cinema Made in Italy 2020 - Full Programme Announced

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CINEMA MADE IN ITALY 2020 10TH EDITION PLACES FEMALE DIRECTORS IN THE SPOTLIGHT 4 - 9 March - Ciné Lumière - London IF ONLY (Magari), directed by Ginevra Elkann   Line-up includes new features by Ginevra Elkann, Michela Occhipinti and Chiara Malta plus cult classic THE NIGHT PORTER by L...
 
 

Cultural Icon Launches Inaugural Mexican Focus at Worldfest Houston

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ANNOUNCING PANORAMA MEXICO Photo Credit: Duyên Nguyen (Pete Garcia of the US-Mexican Chamber of Commerce; Kathleen Haney, Festival Program Director; Hunter Todd, Festival Founder and President; The Honorable Alicia Kerber, Mexican Consul; Fernando Fernandez Ramos of AeroMexico; Nuria Zuñiga Alaniz, Mexican Cultural Attaché; Adrian Flores, Aeromexico)     The 53rd Annual WorldFest-Houston international Film Festival held a launch party for their inaugural ...
 

VIDEO Wrap up of the 22nd Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris

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The 22nd Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris took place from January 16 through 20. Apart from the launch of the 10th edition of MyFrenchFilmFestival at the Ministry of Culture and professional meetings (film market), 120 artists came to meet the international press, and Olivier Assayas received a French Cinema Award for his involvement in enhancing the reach of his films internationally. Discover in video the best moments of these five fine days during which French films glittered and glo...
 

LA Femme International Film Festival-Call for Entries 2020

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Next AFM Set for a one day shorter run November 3-8 in Santa Monica

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AMERICAN FILM MARKET · INTRODUCES NEW SIX-DAY SCHEDULE AND TUESDAY START FOR 2020       The American Film Market· (AFM·) has adopted a new six-day schedule beginning with its 2020 edition set to run Tuesday, November 3 – Sunday, November 8 in Santa Monica, the Independent Film & Television Alliance· (IFTA·) announced today.  This marks a major moment in the AFM’s 40 years as it pivots to a shorter timeline in recognit...

Your Script Produced competition
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Early bird Deadline: March 22, 2020

Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

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New York Festivals Television & Films Awards 
April 9th, 2020

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Deadline extended

New York Festivals World's Best TV & Films competition honors programming in all lengths and forms from over 50 countries.  

All Entries in the 2020 competition will be judged online and screened by New York Festivals Television & Film Awards Grand Jury of 200 plus producers, directors, writers, and other creative media professionals from around the globe. Nominated Finalists are judged by a selected panel at the United Nations for the UNDPI Awards. Award-winning entries will be showcased on the NYF Television & Film Awards website. To View the 2019 TV & Film Awards winning entries please visit: 

https://tvfilm.newyorkfestivals.com/Winners/index

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French Riviera Film Festival 

May 11-12, 2020
 

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The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers.  https://filmfreeway.com/FrenchRivieraFilmFestival

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
May 30 – June 4, 2020

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February 25, 2020 Regular Deadline
April 10, 2020 Late Deadline

Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival returns in June 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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Julien Dubuque International Film Festival 
April 22 – 26, 2020

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February 16, 2020  Extended Deadline

Known for it's quaint location, friendly staff/volunteers, inquisitive audience, consistent communication, multiple screening opportunities, workshops, panels and other amazing networking opportunities and parties; it's no wonder JDIFF was voted one of the coolest film festivals and one of the top 50 worth the submission fee by MovieMaker Magazine . JDIFF also ranks as one of the top 100 reviewed festivals by FilmFreeway. JDIFF is ALL about the independent filmmaker!

Dubuque, Iowa is a quaint city on the Mississippi and a perfect place to host the festival. As quoted in Filmmaker Magazine "The festival is smartly situated downtown, with an assortment of handsome venues all within walking distance" from the Festival Headquarters, located in the grand HOTEL JULIEN, the same hotel where Al Capone used to hide out from the Chicago Feds.

Our final nominees are judged by our Jury members of Film professionals, such as Directors, Producers, Critics, Director of Photography, etc and choose the final winner of each category.

 

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NEW YORK CITY Independent Film Festival

May 10 – 17, 2020

 February 5, 2020 Extended Deadline  

NYC Indie Film Fest is a celebration of the Independent Filmmaker, documentaries, short and feature-length films, music videos, and animation.

All NYC Indie screenings take place in the historic center of NYC, Time Square which is the perfect home for an event geared toward creating incredible opportunities for independent voices.

NYC Indie Film Festival honors the Best in Category which includes Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Narrative, Best Super Short, Best Music Video, as well as Best Director and Best Screenplay.

With panels, parties and a week-long gathering of fellow indie filmmakers May 10 - May 17, 2020.

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PEOPLE ON OUR RADAR

YSP is thrilled to announce the jury for Season 2 and proud to announce Filmmaker Emir Kusturica joining the fun

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Doval Bacall is thrilled and honoured that the award winning multi talented filmmaker Emir Kusturica accepted to join the jury for season 2. Emir french and serbian nationality, he won two golden palms in Cannes (like Coppola) top prizes in Berlin and Venice Emir is a musician, an actor, a writer,  a festival director (film : Kustendorf, music and theatre) he built and owns historical villages in Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovin, Drvengrad, was built for his film life is a mir...
 

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Hollywood icon and legend Kirk Douglas dies aged 103

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Douglas died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on February 5, 2020, at age 103 from natural causes.   A look at his wikipedia list of awards speaks for itself!  Amazing, a GIANT he was! I was personally very happy to work with his son Michael who produced Flatliners and joined us and Julia Roberts Joel Schumacher and Keither Sutherland in Deauville to present the film, he few years later that is where he met his wifeCatherine Zeta Jones on Zorro. ...
 
 

5 International Artists confirmed for Middle East Film & Comic Con

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  A PRESTIGIOUS LINEUP OF INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS Sam De La Rosa Batman, Venom, Green Lantern   Mostafa Moussa Spider-Man, Fantastic 4, X-men ...
 
 

VIDEO Actors Talk: masterclass with Stellan Skarsgård at Göteborg Film Festival 2020

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Recipient of the Nordic Honorary Dragon Award in Göteborg In conversation with Stellan Skarsgård about his prolific career and work. For decades Stellan Skarsgård has been one of the leading actors in Scandinavia and last Sunday he won a Golden Globe for his role in the television series Chernobyl. Few Swedish actors can compete with Skarsgård’s international career in which he successfully mixes roles in some of Hollywood’s biggest productions...
 
 

Eight Bentonville Film Festival Alumni Selected for the Prestigious Year-Long Program “See It, Be It Filmmaker Fellowship"

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Top left to right: Jenna Laurenzo, Dawn Valadez, Amber McGinnis, Diane Paragas, Emily Ting, Fanny Veliz, McKenzie Chinn, Ursula Taherian. All images courtesy of the Bentonville Film Festival Foundation         New York, February 5, 2020—The Bentonville Film Festival Foundation and The Coca-Cola Foundation have today announced the “See It, Be It Filmmaker Fellowship,” an annual fell...
 

BAFTA award-winning screenwriter and director Amma Asante MBE to become new Chancellor of Norwich University of the Arts

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BAFTA-award-winning director and screenwriter Amma Asante’s screen work spans the hit TV show The Handmaid’s Tale, and the acclaimed films Belle and A United Kingdom, starring Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo. Amma will take up the role of Chancellor at a ceremony in Norwich on March 26. Photo credit Joseph Sinclair.   BAFTA award-winning screenwriter and director Amma Asante is to become the new Chancellor of Norwich University of the Arts (NUA). Amma will be ...
 
 

Javier Martín and Natalia Marín join the San Sebastian Festival selection committee

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Martín will also be a delegate in Latin America and Roberto Cueto will assume representation of the Festival in Eastern Europe   The San Sebastian Festival has incorporated two professionals to its selection committee, the programmers Javier Martín and Natalia Marín. Javier Martín's career has been connected to festivals including Berlin, Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), Cinéma du Réel and San Sebastian. Natalia Marín is a ...
 
 

Interview with the team of James vs his future self

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JAMES VS HIS FUTURE SELF SANTA BARBARA FILM FESTIVAL 2020   By Emmanuel Itier and Roxanna Bina     What if, one day, as you seat in a taxi minding your own business a version of yourself from the Future is about to confront you!? Well, this is the beginning of the new time travel mind explosive journey directed by Jeremy LaLonde. In the lead is actor Jonas Chernick who wrote and produced with Jeremy this fantastic independent feature to be released soon all over the USA an...
 
 

It s been three years since Rob Stewart passed: RIP Rob

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In Memory of Rob Stewart December 28, 1979 – January 31, 2017 January 31st marks the day three years ago when the world lost celebrated filmmaker and biologist Rob Stewart during a tragic scuba diving accident. Rob was a Hero; an activist for the sharks and an advocate for the oceans; a friend to many, brother, son, uncle, yogi. Rob Stewart dreamed of seeing a #finfree world and he has been credited for saving one-third of the world’s sharks since the release of his 2006 awar...
 

Interview with director and puppet master Kevin McTurk for The Haunted Swordsman screening at SBIFF

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    THE HAUNTED SWORDSMAN   By Emmanuel Itier Santa Barbara Film Festival 2020.     When a passionate puppet animator meets Lisa Henson, daughter of legendary Jim Henson (The Muppets, Dark Crystal, Sesame Streets) you get a fantastic visionary endeavor: the short film ‘The Haunted Swordsman’ which just played at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. We sat down with director and puppet master Kevin McTurk (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm057464...
 

A film Festival Odyssey by Alex Deleon:  festival bliss reading

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by Filmfestivals.com Veteran festival Correspondent, Alex Deleon The highly Entertaining autobiography of a film critic. Few people are as outspoken (in print or in real life) as the author, Alex Deleon. This is reflected in the book at hand, which constitutes Alex Deleon's adventures as a film critic on the film festival circuit. It is far from politically correct and avoids the usual film critic's jargon meandering in plain talk between societal criticism and sophisticated... 
 
 
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VIDEO: The Dragon Awards revealed (one of the world largest cash awards)

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As by tradition, Göteborg Film Festival will close with the Dragon Awards gala, where the winners are announced. Among the annual awards are; the world's largest film prize with the amount of one million Swedish Kronor, (95 000€) Dragon Award Best Nordic Film and The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award, which was established by the director himself. The 43rd festival ran 24 Jan -3 Feb, 2020 Watch the ceremony and the full list of awards &nbs...
 

'1917' Dominates the BAFTA Awards with 7 out of 9 wins including Best Film, Best Director

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    Sam Mendes' WWI epic received seven awards, when 'Joker' only received three (including best actor)       See the list of winners below Best Film '1917'  François Duhamel/Universal Pictures 1917 (WINNER) The Irishman Joker Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Parasite Leading Actress Renée Zellweger in 'Judy'  Jessie Buckley, Wild Rose Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story...
 

'Beware of Children' wins Dragon Award Best Nordic Film at Göteborg Film Festival 2020

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Beware of Children, directed by Dag Johan Haugerud, is the recipient of the 2020 Dragon Award Best Nordic Film. Dragon Award Best Nordic Film consists of one million Swedish crowns, making it the world's largest film award. Presenting partner for the competition is Volvo Car Group who together with Region Västra Götaland and the City Council of Gothenburg. The Jury's motivation: A film where the characters find a way to talk to each other and where language is b...
 

Rob Reiner will receive the Sedona festival’s “Lifetime Achievement Award”

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SEDONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OPENS NEXT QUARTER CENTURY OF GREAT FILMS, GREAT FILMMAKERS, SPECIAL GUESTS, FEB. 22-MARCH 1 Tribute to Leslie Uggams Opens Festival; Rob Reiner to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award; Game of Thrones Writer Bryan Cogman Headlines Workshops   Coming off a record-breaking 25th anniversary celebration, the Sedona International Film Festival launches its next quarter century with nine days of compelling films, workshops, events and special gu...
 
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Malang, Review: Why knot when you cannot unknot?

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Malang, Review: Why knot when you cannot unknot? Six cops, a serial cop killer, a wandering maiden, a Swedish female drug peddler and a sexually starved wife form the core dramatis personae of Malang, a crime-vendetta-whodunit tale that comes with a misleading title. Malang can mean many things, all of them associated with detached, saintly, carefree, Sufi and seer type individuals, often seen as wandering minstrels. You will have to test the elasticity of your imagination in order to co-rela...
 

RIFF 2020: Winners all

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RIFF 2020: Winners all Below is the complete list of award-winners at the 6th Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF), Jaipur, January 18-22, 2020. The distribution ceremony was held at the Jawahar Kala Kendra. It was announced at the end of the awards function that the 7th RIFF will be not be held in Jaipur, but in another city of Rajasthan. Sources confirm that this was being done to avoid clashing with the other film festival, which is held parallel to RIFF, the Jaipur International F...
 

MIFF 2020: A lost homeland land and a new home

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MIFF 2020: A lost homeland land and a new home Eight years and eighty lakhs is what it took USA-based music-video maker Sapna Bhavnani to make Sindhustan, 64-minute a labour of love, about the largest migration in history, that of Hindu Sindhis from Sind, now in Pakistan, to present day India. By contrast, Atanu Mukherjee’s 26-minute tale of a migrant single woman from Jabalpur who wants to settle in Mumbai, and her encounters with a transgender person, titled Wig, took just three days ...
 

MIFF 2020, Open Forum 2: “Viewers are willing to pay for docu content”

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MIFF 2020, Open Forum 2: “Viewers are willing to pay for docu content” Documentaries rarely provide investment returns, let alone earning profits. But that is about to change, or has it changed already? This was discussed on Day 2 of the Open Forum, organised by the Indian Documentary Producers’ Association (IDPA), under the topic, ‘Generating Avenues and Creating Revenues.’ Moderated by Ravi Iyer (Executive Committee Member, IDPA), the panel consisted of Manika ...
 

MIFF 2020, Twin Press Conferences: Son Rise and Shevanti

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MIFF 2020, Twin Press Conferences: Son Rise and Shevanti Two film units held a joint press conference at MIFF on the 29th of January, representing the films Son Rise and Shevanti. Both films were the first two to be screened earlier in the National Competition Section. Vibha Bakshi, director of Son Rise, described her film as dealing with social empowerment and about ordinary men doing extraordinary things. It is dedicated to the incredible people of Haryana and is not about men v/s women. R...
 

Kaanchli—Life in a Slough, Review: Slough and unsteady loses the race

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Kaanchli—Life in a Slough, Review: Slough and unsteady loses the race Probably the only thing going for Kaanchli is the fact that it is based on a Vijaydan ‘Bijji’ Detha story. Detha inspired the films Duvidha (directed by Mani Kaul), which was remade as Paheli (Amol Palekar), Charandas Chor (Habeeb Tanveer), Lajwanti (Pushpendra Singh) and Parinati (Prakash Jha). The much decorated author died in 2013, after writing some 800 short stories, all in Rajasthani, often translate...
 

MIFF 2020, Open Forum, Day 1: Single window clearance needed

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MIFF 2020, Open Forum, Day 1: Single window clearance needed On the first day of the Open Forum, conducted by the Indian Documentary Producers’ Association (IDPA), at MIFF 2020, the topic was ‘Problems Faced by Film-makers While Shooting in India: What are the solutions?’ IDPA was represented by President Usha Deshpande, Vice-President Aditya Seth (moderator), Suresh Sharma (Executive Committee Member and panelist) and Sanskar Desai (Secretary). Others on the panel were US-...
 

MIFF 2020: Meet V. Shantaram Lifetime awardee Dr. S. Krishnaswamy

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MIFF 2020: Meet V. Shantaram Lifetime awardee Dr. S. Krishnaswamy Honoured with the Dr. V. Shantaram Award for Lifetime Achievement, during the inaugural ceremony of MIFF 2020, at Nehru Centre, on January 28, S. Krishnaswamy spoke to filmfestivals.com, shortly afterwards, at the Films Division Complex. It was a nostalgic moment for Dr. S. Krishnaswamy. Had fate willed otherwise, he would have joined Films Division (FD) during the tenure of Chief Producer K.L. Khandpur (1962-68) and served in...
 

16th MIFF: A doc, a short and an animation film set the ball rolling Three films were screened at the inaugural ceremony of the 16th Mumbai International Film Festival, MIFF 2020, on 28th January, 2020, at the Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai. Since the festival screens documentaries, short fiction films and animation films, it was quite apt that one representative film from each genre was showcased last evening. Regular screenings began on 29th January. Rhyme and Rhythm of Loom (from the Special...Digital Gym

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Analysis of the week of February 3rd.  It's Super Bowl Sunday and we root for success for all the athletes competing on the field and the fans and advertisers betting on the game. The results from the weekend box office were somewhat chilled, driven down by early February weather and the inevitable distractions of the focus on the Super Bowl. Two bright spots were the continued success of Sony's Bad Boys for Life (now in its 3rd week) and Universal's 1917 (now in its 6th ...

“EFM Horizon” Presents Social, Artistic and Technological Developments in the Future of Film

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Raise Your Eyes: “EFM Horizon” Presents Social, Artistic and Technological Developments in the Film and Creative Industries of the Coming Years   Sustainability, well-being, diversity, storytelling, artificial intelligence and immersive media are the focus of this year’s edition of “EFM Horizon” (February 21-25) at Berliner Freiheit (Berliner Freiheit 2, 10785 Ber...
 
 

MRS. NOISY by female director AMANO Chihiro will open CinemAsia Film Festival in Amsterdam

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CinemAsia Film Festival is proud to announce its long awaited opening- and closing films. On Wednesday the 4th of March the festival will officially open with the European premiere of MRS. NOISY by female director AMANO Chihiro, followed by the Dutch premiere of Joko ANWAR’s Indonesian superhero epic GUNDALA. The festival closes on the 8th of March with the Dutch premiere of the critically acclaimed Taiwanese film ‘Heavy Craving’ by female first feature d...
 
 

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SUBMIT TO THE 2020 ISTANBUL FILM AWARDS A BRAND NEW FILM FESTIVAL IN ANCIENT CITY ISTANBUL, TURKEY Festival Description IFA Istanbul Film Awards is a monthly based film competition with annual screenings open to film makers and film lovers, recognising and awarding the work of independent filmmakers worldwide.  Our aim is to honour, celebrate and award the best talent in the global filmmaking community. Our mission is to promote films, helping filmmakers to improve their careers. Each ...
 

Moving homage to Rob Stewart in India, during Mumbai Festival

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Siraj Syed is a film critic and filmfestivals.com correspondent in India; he publishes his regular chronicles from the fest circuit on his profile. ...

 

Interview with Laura Nix for her Oscar nominated documentary "Walk Run Cha-Cha"

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Laura Nix and producer Colette Sandstedt at the Oscars Luncheon.  “Walk Run Cha Cha” tells the story of Paul and Millie Cao who were separated in the aftermath of the Vietnam war, and reunited years later in Southern California.  Bringing their passion to life on the dance floor, director Laura Nix offers an invaluable insight into the lives of refugees who pursued their dreams against all odds.  The short documentary was recently nominated for an Academy Awar...
 
 

Paramount Teases TOP GUN: MAVERICK New Faces, Miles Teller, Sneak Peek

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent The wait is over; today Paramount released the new faces to accompany original franchise frontier Tom Cruise. The notables in the air include: Miles Teller (WHIPLASH), and more with the following Top Gun handles. Miles Teller, Lt. Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw, TGM from Paramount Pictures, Skydance & Jerry Bruckheimer Films. Teller is Lt. Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw; Glen Powell is “Hangman.” Lewis Pullman (...
 
 

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Adverse written and directed by Brian Metcalf

USA Thriller December 2020, 92 minutes

Starring Mickey Rourke, Penelope Ann Miller,  Sean Astin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Thomas Ian Nicholas,  Matt Ryan, Jake T. Austin,  Kelly Arjen…

After discovering his younger sister has become addicted to drugs and caught in the seedy underworld, a taxi driver suffering from mental illness must find a way to save her by infiltrating a dangerous crime syndicate, regardless of the costs. 
 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

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Les finalistes pour le PRIX DANIEL TOSCAN DU PLANTIER 2020

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  L'Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma présente les productrices et producteurs finalistes pour le PRIX DANIEL TOSCAN DU PLANTIER 2020     Producteur emblématique du cinéma français, Daniel Toscan du Plantier fut Président de l’Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma de 1992 à 2003. C’est en sa mémoire que depuis 2008 le Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier vient réco...
 

 

Sundance 2020 récompense la réalisatrice française de Mignonnes (Cuties)

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Interview de Maimouna Doucoure par James Nelson  -  Sundance Film Festival 2020.   Fiction cinéma du monde Mignonnes de Maïmouna Doucouré - sortie le 1er avril (photo et interview ci dessus  ) Cinéma américain Grand Prix ​​du jury documentaire Boys State de Jesse Moss et Amanda McBaine Grand Prix ​​du jury fiction Minari de Lee Isaac Chung Cinéma du ...
 

Programmation du 4e Festival cinéma Télérama Enfant

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  ????  Le cinéma, ça n'est pas que pour les grands !    "Un seigneur recueilli par un jeune singe (Le voyage du Prince), un écolier japonais détective (Le mystère des pingouins)… Ces formidables personnages, et bien d’autres, nous vous invitons à les découvrir, en famille, dans plus de 190 cinémas de l’Hexagone, du 12 février au 3 mars, avec le soutien de notre pa...
 

13e Festival Nuits MED di u Filmu Cortu du 25 mars au 16 avril : Lume in Mediterraniu

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13ème EDITION – 2020 LES NUITS MED  LUME IN MEDITERRANIU Lumière en Méditerranée   À FURIANI – AJACCIO – BASTIA – CORTE – ÎLE ROUSSE – PORTO VECCHIO   Courts-métrages – rencontres professionnelles – ateliers – masterclass – animations – spectacle vivant   L' Edito d' ALIX FE...
 

VIDEO: Masterclass de Costa-Gavras au Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) 2019

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Le réalisateur Costa Gavras revient en détail pendant 90 minutes sur sa vie de cinéma et ses débuts avec Claude Pinoteau en France... La france un des rares pays où, en 1954, il pouvait trouver des facilités pour démarer dans le cinéma et suivre des études (gratuites) tout en fuyant la Grèce qui lui bloquait l'accès aux études (son père, anti royaliste était assimilé à un communi...
 

Dominique Green nommée directrice artistique du Dinard Film Festival

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Dominique Green est une ressortissante britannique ayant des liens familiaux avec la France. Elle a consacré sa carrière professionnelle au cinéma des deux côtés de la Manche.   En France, elle a travaillé pendant 12 ans en tant que consultante artistique et responsable du développement chez TF1 et StudioCanal respectivement, période durant laquelle elle a été directrice de production et produc...
 

Si Pile Poil remportait son Cesar?

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Allez Lauriane Escaffre, Yvonnick Muller !  : Filmfestivals.com soutient et recommande PILE POIL de Laurianne Escaffre et Yvonnick Muller qui en compétition pour le César du meilleur court métrage. Le film a été remarqué sur le circuit des festivals il y a été récompensé en particulier à 24 reprises par un Prix du Public   PILE POIL de Laurianne Escaff...

  

MyFrenchFilmFestival, les premiers prix de cette 10e édition !

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La 10e édition du premier festival de cinéma francophone en ligne est sur le point de s'achever. Voici les prix remis par les jurys. Le Jury International présidé par Ira Sachs et composé de Agathe Bonitzer, Brady Corbet, Jayro Bustamante, Judith Davis et Michaela Pavlátová ont choisi de distinguer   L'Heure de la sortie, de Sébastien Marnier, long-métrage français produit par 2L Productions et Avenue B Produc...
 

Le palmarès de la 27e édition du Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer

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Le Jury des longs métrages de la 27e édition du Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer, présidé par Asia Argento et composé de Flavien Berger, Arielle Dombasle, Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Christophe Gans, Jean-François Rauger, Niels Schneider et Alice Winocour, a remis les prix suivants :       ...
 
 

Triplé pour Les Misérables et doublé pour La Jeune fille en feu aux 25e Lumières de la presse internationale

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La 25e Cérémonie, diffusée en clair et en exclusivité pour la première fois sur Canal+, a été l’occasion de réunir des lauréats des précédentes éditions, notamment l’actrice Isabelle Huppert, présidente de la cérémonie, mais aussi Oumaya Amamra, Fanny Ardant, Jeanne Balibar, Elodie Bouchez, JR, Ibrahim Maalouf, Déborah Lukumuena et Félix Maritaud. Les Mis&eacu...
 
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2nd edition of Your Script Produced competition opened its call for entries

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“YOUR SCRIPT PRODUCED!” INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING COMPETITION   Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00. We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Win...    

The 23rd UNAFF is calling for entries

Early Deadline – May 2, 2020* Regular Deadline – May 12, 2020* Late deadline – May 20, 2020 CONTACTS: Email I 650 724-5544 I CAW/UNAFF Stanford Arts Littlefield Center, room 241 365 Lasuen Street Stanford, CA 94305-2250 United States I Website I Facebook I Twitter I filmfestivals.com I SUBMIT We are delighted to announce the 23rd UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival),...
 
 

Documentary Film Competition for Young People CALLING

  You can handle the camera and have experienced something? Then tell us a story from your life! What is important to you? What is happening with you, what is happening with your friends? Do you have the courage and the openness to look closely? Grab your camera, your smartphone or the iPad, show us your view of LIFE! and submit your documentary film to us! All pupils from Bavaria - from primary school to vocational high school - can take part in the competition. Your film should be 3 to ...
 

Far East Film Festival of Udine opens Focus Asia for Works in Progress

  24 April / 2 May 2020 – Udine – Teatro Nuovo & Visionario FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL 22 THE FEFF'S INDUSTRY SECTION, FOCUS ASIA, OPENS ITS DOORS TO WIPs (works in progress)! The FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL becomes the only European Platform dedicated to Asian films in post-production.   UDINE - With Far East in Progress - the brand new section which will open its doors in April 2020 - the Far East Film Festival of Udine will become the first and only European pl...
 

Secrets of Inner Space, a short film festival dedicated to examining the Self through cinema

A Film Festival Looks Inside Us   Secrets of Inner Space, a short film festival dedicated to examining the Self through cinema will be screened on February 27th at 7:30 Film Noir Cinema in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.  Each of the selected films feature mind, body, blood, and/or spirit.  The premiere screening sold out on Februrary 1st and the encore is your second (and possibly final) opportunity to see these films in New York City.  Engraved above the main portico to visit the ...
 

Highlights of Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2020

The 2020 edition   Rencontres Internationales invites you to discover its new programme in Paris, with free admission, from 25 February to 1 March 2020, at the Louvre auditorium, the Grand Palais auditorium, and in several associated venues, including the Goethe-Institut, the Institut Suédois and the Cité internationale des arts. Conceived as a laboratory for discovery and reflection dedicated to contemporary practices of the movin...
 
 

2020 SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL KIDS’ FILM FESTIVAL CALL FOR Film/TV/Screenplay/Song ENTRIES

The 2020 San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival (SDIKFF) will take place this in August on 21st-23rd, 2020 at the Schulman Auditorium in Carlsbad, California. On behalf of the San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival committee we are pleased to invite you to submit your Film, TV, Screenplays, or songs to the 2020 San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival.  The 2020 San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival films and screenplay selection will have a dis...
 

 

The 2020 Univere Mulitultural Film Festival will be postponed to a later date

The 2020 Universe Multicultural Film Festival’s producer Lynn Tang and her production team would like to publicly announce that the 2020 Multicultural Film Festival will be postponed to a later date. It is necessary for us to delay the festival in order to best equip our global members and to give our audience the best presentation of all the international participants in the festival this year. The 2020 Universe Multicultural Film Festival will still be held at the same venues with th...
 

FICCI's Best Animated Frames [BAF] Awards 2020

We invite you to send in your works [across Animation | VFX | Gaming] for the FICCI Best Animated Frames [BAF] Awards 2020. Work completed or released in 2019 is eligible for submission.   BAF Awards Since 2004, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry [FICCI] has recognized and honored students and professionals in the field of Animation, Gaming & VFX during the annual FICCI-Frames Festival - Asia's largest convention...
 

Preview of FMX 2020 Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media

FMX 2020 Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media May 5-8, 2020, Stuttgart/Germany, Haus der Wirtschaft Ludwigsburg/Germany, January 30, 2020. Only 100 days are left until FMX 2020. A perfect time to release some more great speaker confirmations – among them Sergio Pablos, Jenn Taylor, Phil Davies, and Joe van den Heuvel. All FMX 2020 speaker confirmations up to now can be found on the FMX website, a full description of the FMX 2020 tracks & curators will be o...
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Next AFM Set for a one day shorter run November 3-8 in Santa Monica

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Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

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May 11-12, 2020
 

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The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers.  https://filmfreeway.com/FrenchRivieraFilmFestival

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
May 30 – June 4, 2020

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February 25, 2020 Regular Deadline
April 10, 2020 Late Deadline

Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival returns in June 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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Julien Dubuque International Film Festival 
April 22 – 26, 2020

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February 16, 2020  Extended Deadline

Known for it's quaint location, friendly staff/volunteers, inquisitive audience, consistent communication, multiple screening opportunities, workshops, panels and other amazing networking opportunities and parties; it's no wonder JDIFF was voted one of the coolest film festivals and one of the top 50 worth the submission fee by MovieMaker Magazine . JDIFF also ranks as one of the top 100 reviewed festivals by FilmFreeway. JDIFF is ALL about the independent filmmaker!

Dubuque, Iowa is a quaint city on the Mississippi and a perfect place to host the festival. As quoted in Filmmaker Magazine "The festival is smartly situated downtown, with an assortment of handsome venues all within walking distance" from the Festival Headquarters, located in the grand HOTEL JULIEN, the same hotel where Al Capone used to hide out from the Chicago Feds.

Our final nominees are judged by our Jury members of Film professionals, such as Directors, Producers, Critics, Director of Photography, etc and choose the final winner of each category.

 

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NEW YORK CITY Independent Film Festival

May 10 – 17, 2020

Extended Deadline  

NYC Indie Film Fest is a celebration of the Independent Filmmaker, documentaries, short and feature-length films, music videos, and animation.

All NYC Indie screenings take place in the historic center of NYC, Time Square which is the perfect home for an event geared toward creating incredible opportunities for independent voices.

NYC Indie Film Festival honors the Best in Category which includes Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Narrative, Best Super Short, Best Music Video, as well as Best Director and Best Screenplay.

With panels, parties and a week-long gathering of fellow indie filmmakers May 10 - May 17, 2020.

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Laura Dern interviewed at SBIFF - 2020 Oscar Winner

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Hirokazu Kore-eda Celebration at Chicago Fest

Retrospective and Tribute to the Japanese master. Director in person! The Chicago International Film Festival is honored to bring illustrious director Hirokazu Kore-eda to Chicago for a special tribute and retrospective of key films from his career.   On March 14 and 15, we will present new 2k digital restorations of Kore-eda's beloved masterworks Nobody Knows, Still Walking, and Like Father, Like Son.   The weekend will culminate with an in-person tribute and presentation o...
 
 

Retrospective of the 35th DOK.fest München is dedicated to Helena Třeštíková

Helena Třeštíková Little dramas and big moments - we live and live and all of the sudden we are over sixty. Helena Třeštíková has filmed the phenomenon of life like no other. The Retrospective of the 35th DOK.fest München is dedicated to the Czech master director, who will present her work personally in Munich. Our documentary film competition for young people also revolves around the great theme of LIFE! – we warmly...
 
 

Here's Shia LaBeouf's HONEY BOY Script Which Will Inspire You

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Although Awards Season 2020 overlooked the gut-wrenching movie HONEY BOY from Amazon Studios, Shia LaBeouf's script for his film is a unicorn piece of unforgettable writing. Here's a chance to read his work, in the spirit of openness and creativity, provided by Shia and his team. First find info and tickets on Amazon Studio's official destination for HONEY BOY. There's also a clip below to put the words in context. And the...
 
 

Agathe Daskalides joins Sunscreen Film Festival as New Chairwoman of the Board of Directors

  15th Annual April 30th - May 3rd St. Petersburg, Florida Film Selections Announced Around March 4th Born-and-raised in Belgium, an entrepreneur, marketeer, philanthropist & unshakable optimist, Agathe Daskalides is dedicated to dreaming big and backing it up with meaningful action to create results.   Holding a Master’s Degree in Public Relations, awarded with honors and “Best Communicator” decoration from the European Communication School, she spent mo...
 

 

YSP is thrilled to announce the jury for Season 2 and proud to announce Filmmaker Emir Kusturica joining the fun

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Doval Bacall is thrilled and honoured that the award winning multi talented filmmaker Emir Kusturica accepted to join the jury for season 2. Emir french and serbian nationality, he won two golden palms in Cannes (like Coppola) top prizes in Berlin and Venice Emir is a musician, an actor, a writer,  a festival director (film : Kustendorf, music and theatre) he built and owns historical villages in Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovin, Drvengrad, was built for his film life is a mir...
 

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A film Festival Odyssey by Alex Deleon:  festival bliss reading

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CINEQUEST Maverick Spirit Award, to Jesse Eisenberg

Cinequest will bestow its highest honor, the Maverick Spirit Award, to Jesse Eisenberg preceding a screening of the highly anticipated Resistance , a portrait of WWII hero Marcel Marceau. The event will culminate the 2020 Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival on March 15th at 6:00pm at the California Theatre in San Jose - Silicon Valley. Admission via individual event tickets or qualifying passes.  Previous Maverick Spirit A...
 

 

ICYMI: Tom Hanks Tipped You Oscar Night About Academy Museum Opening

By Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent We're taking a day off here after the Oscars to let The Academy share some great news for film fans and pros... Curated by Screenmancer Staff from The Academy LOS ANGELES, CA: At the 92nd Academy Awards® ceremony, Tom Hanks announced to the audience in the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and to millions of broadcast viewers around the world, that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open to the public on Monday, December 14, 20...
 

 

Oscars2020 Take Flack, But Hey It’s Once Upon A Hollywood, Get Over It

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent LOS ANGELES, CA: So JOKER’s Joaquin Phoenix, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor Brad Pitt from ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD took some serious incoming Social Media ire after Sunday’s 92nd Academy Awards telecast, for what? Being less political than many other past Oscar broadcasts. Remember DEAD MAN WALKING’s helmer speeches, the days of Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins? C’mon, truth be told, JOKER is a Camus...
 

 

The Annie Awards Winners

Here are the winners at the 47th Annie Awards which proved to be a marquee year for Netflix (with Klaus winning 7) : Best Animated Feature Klaus Netflix Presents A Production of The Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine Best Animated Feature-Independent I Lost My Body Xilam for Netflix Best Animated Special Production How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming DreamWorks Animation Best Animated Short Subject Uncle Thomas: Acco...
 

 

Parasite, and other predictable awards winners win at the Oscar Joaquin Phoenix, Brad Pitt, Laura Dern, Toy Story 4, 1917

Parasite (4 awards), and the other predictable awards winners came home with the coveted Oscar trophy:Joaquin Phoenix, Reznee Zellweger,  Brad Pitt, Laura Dern, Toy Story 4, 1917... The only surprise was the number of Oscar given to Parasite! An historical win for South Korea, and also first award given for a (best) film which was not shot in english. The lineup of presenters included Utkarsh Ambudkar, Salma Hayek, Brie Larson, Spike Lee, Ray Romano, and Rebel Wilson, Mahershala Ali, Zazi...
 

 

Indie Spirit’s Best Adam Sandler Zings Oscar Snub, Feather-weight Leads, But Rocks Win List

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Yes, this 35th Independent Spirit Awards show had a star speech that will last through the ages - or at least be talked about at the Oscars tonight. It was comedy's mostly respectable curmudgeon Adam Sandler that lit up the gala with his own uncut acceptance for Best Lead Actor for UNCUT GEMS that blew away the boring cloud over this year’s heavily predicted and perhaps predictable Awards Season. And you have to see it to appreciate...
 
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MIFF 2020: “There is no wishing the digital revolution away”

MIFF 2020: “There is no wishing the digital revolution away” IDPA held its sixth and final Open Forum, a regular fixture at every MIFF, on the lawns of the FD Complex, on Sunday, 02 February. An eminent panel of speakers put forth their thoughts and ideas on the subject, ‘Digital Revolution: Is it helping film-makers?’ They comprised Amit Tyagi, Associate Director, MIT-ADT University, Pune, and former Dean of FTII, Balkrishna Diwakar, Former Professor, Jamia Millia, Cy...
 

MIFF 2020: The torch-bearers of Indian animation

MIFF 2020: The torch-bearers of Indian animation A protégé of the legendary animator Ram Mohan, who passed away recently, Chetan Sharma has curated an exhibition as an homage to his Guru, and two other of his Guru’s contemporary masters, who also left for their heavenly within short spans of each other. The exhibition, titled The Torch-bearers of Indian Animation, which is dedicated to V.G. Samant and BhimSain too, is located in the basement of the NMIC building. &ldquo...
 

MIFF 2020, Open Forum 4: “Films that don’t obey trends are experimental”—Michael Dudok de Wit

MIFF 2020, Open Forum 4: “Films that don’t obey trends are experimental”—Michael Dudok de Wit On Saturday, 01 February, IDPA’s Open Forum moved on to Animation, dealing with Experimental Animation and its Impact on Mainstream. A cross-section of animation talent formed the panel, local and international, professional and student, beginners and Oscar winners. The session was moderated by IDPA member Ms. Dhvani Desai, a science+management double graduate and an awa...
 

MIFF 2020: “Why can’t we appreciate off-camera sounds?”—B. Lenin

MIFF 2020: “Why can’t we appreciate off-camera sounds?”—B. Lenin Son of legendary director-editor A. Bhimsingh, B. Lenin started his editing career at the age of 18, in 1965. But guess what he wanted to become as a young boy? A projectionist! Why? Read on. “I am one of eight siblings and saw very little of my father as a child, because he used to work around twenty hours a day. When he came home, sometimes at 4 am, I would ask my mother who this man was. We ch...
 

MIFF 2020, Open Forum 3: “Crowd-funding comes from your own sources”

MIFF 2020, Open Forum 3: “Crowd-funding comes from your own sources” For its third Open Forum, Indian Documentary Producers’ Association (IDPA) chose a topic that captured the fancy of several veteran and newbie documentary-makers, ‘Crowd Funding’. A four-member panel presented their thoughts, views and experiences, while Aditya Seth (Vice-President, IDPA) moderated. Panelists comprised cinematographer-director Priyanka Singh, Wishberry partner Anshulika Dubey, d...
 

Shikara-- The Untold Story of Kashmiri Pandits, Review: Paradise lost

Shikara-- The Untold Story of Kashmiri Pandits, Review: Paradise lost A hot potato by any yard-stick, the plight of Kashmir Pandits, who were forced to leave the strife-torn land of Kashmir to live in Jammu or other parts of India, was always going to pose a challenge to film. Vidhu Vinod Chopra, a Kashmiri himself, is among the Hindi film industry’s most renowned film-makers. He bases the narrative of Shikara on true stories, but fictionalises it enough to meet the demands of the mediu...
 

 

Malang, Review: Why knot when you cannot unknot?

Malang, Review: Why knot when you cannot unknot? Six cops, a serial cop killer, a wandering maiden, a Swedish female drug peddler and a sexually starved wife form the core dramatis personae of Malang, a crime-vendetta-whodunit tale that comes with a misleading title. Malang can mean many things, all of them associated with detached, saintly, carefree, Sufi and seer type individuals, often seen as wandering minstrels. You will have to test the elasticity of your imagination in order to co-rela...

 

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Your Fast Track to Documentary Financing - The EDN Financing Guide 2020

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  The EDN Financing Guide, now also available as a digital edition, provides filmmakers with all the industry contacts they need to finance their projects and films. No matter whether you are looking for slots on international TV stations or contact details of commissioners and buyers who could help finance your documentary project — with the new digital edition of the EDN Financing Guide, you will quickly find what you are looking for when it comes to selling documentaries or findin...
 

DEFC new Animation and Docs from Iran

  DEFC (Documentary and Experimental Film Center) is the main center for production, distribution and promotion of documentary, animation and experimental films in which provides film festivals, film markets, TV Channels, theaters, universities, institutes and other organizations, which are interested in Iranian fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and feature films. All of our films are available on Vimeo for viewing; our films have been selected at many international film fes...
 

US Box Office: analysis for the week end of Feb 7-9

the week of February 10th. It's Oscar Night - we hope everyone delights in the red carpet arrivals outside the Dobly Theatre in Los Angeles and agrees (mostly) with the winners chosen by The Academy and announced inside. For Oscar weekend, one new wide release opened in theatres - Warner Bros.' Birds of Prey starring Margot Robbie. The storyline for this superhero film comes out of the DC Comics Extended Universe, and is both a follow up to and spin-off from the successful Suicide...
 

By Alex Deleon

I just thought it was mostly boring with a  tacked on violent ending to relieve  the preceding two hours of tedium.  With crashingly Uninteresting characters all around in an achingly Uninteresting picture. 

But maybe I was being too critical because I was basing my lack of interest  on my direct experience with Koreans having spent a good portion of seven years in Seoul where the picture was filmed.

Among far far far far far Better foreign language pictures were at least  2:

 -- that weren't even nominated! ....READ MORE

 
 

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Adverse written and directed by Brian Metcalf

USA Thriller December 2020, 92 minutes

Starring Mickey Rourke, Penelope Ann Miller,  Sean Astin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Thomas Ian Nicholas,  Matt Ryan, Jake T. Austin,  Kelly Arjen…

After discovering his younger sister has become addicted to drugs and caught in the seedy underworld, a taxi driver suffering from mental illness must find a way to save her by infiltrating a dangerous crime syndicate, regardless of the costs. 
 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

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Les 27èmes Trophées du Film français ont été décernés ce soir à 21h au Palais Brongniart.

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    Ces trophées récompensent notamment les champions du box office et des audiences, ainsi que l'exploitant de l'année, trois duos "producteur/réalisateur" cinéma et télévision, et la personnalité de l'année, désignée par les lecteurs du magazine.   Sont également décernés : Le trophée d'honneur Accuracy  Le trophée Unifrance, qui di...
 

Belle année pour le Québec à la 70e Berlinale

Neuf films du Québec et une série télé seront présentés lors de la 70e édition de la Berlinale, du 20 février au 1er mars. Du nombre, mentionnons la première mondiale des films La déesse des mouches à feu d’Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette et My Salinger Year de Philippe Falardeau qui ouvrira la Berlinale, une première pour un film québécois. Les production...
 

Clermont 2020 : Olivier Smolders à l'honneur

L'équipe du Festival International du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand remettra un Vercingétorix d'honneur au franc-tireur surdoué Olivier Smolders, le 31 janvier 2020, en ouverture de sa 42e édition. Deux programmes de films (voir infra), une exposition photo, une rencontre avec le public : le cinéaste et écrivain belge, également membre du jury international, sera au cœur de la manifestation. Pas moins de 10 courts m&ea...
 

Célébrations début mars de la 22ème édition du Cartoon Movie avec un programme dense

 RETROUVEZ M. HULOT, CALAMITY JANE, VERTE, L’INSPECTEUR CROQUETTES ET BIEN D’AUTRES AU CARTOON MOVIE 2020   La ville de Bordeaux sera le point de rendez-vous de l’industrie de l’animation pour la quatrième année consécutive avec la célébration de la 22ème édition du Cartoon Movie, le forum européen de co-production pour les films d’animation. Du 3 au 5 mars, près de 900 professionnels du se...
 

Clermont-Ferrand, le palmarès 2020

Le 42e Festival International du Court Métrage s'est achevé samedi 8 février à Clermont-Ferrand. Cette édition a été notamment marquée par un hommage à deux cinéastes — le Belge Olivier Smolders et le Néerlandais Rosto —, un focus sur le jeune cinéma polonais et une rétrospective consacrée aux mondes paysans.   Dominique Boutonnat, directeur du CNC, est venu à Clermon...
 

CESAR La démission complète du Conseil !

Pour honorer celles et ceux qui ont fait le cinéma en 2019, pour retrouver la sérénité et faire que la fête du cinéma reste une fête, le Conseil d’Administration de l’Association pour la Promotion du Cinéma (Académie des Arts et Technique du Cinéma) a pris la décision à l’unanimité de démissionner. Cette démission collective permettra de procéd...
 

Le Conseil d'Administration de l'Académie ds César demande une médiation au CNC

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Les mesures à venir pour la modernisation des César en lien avec le CNC

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Le FESTIVAL CINE-NOTES, invite « MONSTRES ET CREATURES » à sa 3e édition

 
  BORDEAUX du 18 au 29 mars 2020 - Musiques de films et orchestre symphonique La bande-originale d'un film est une signature qui contribue à son succès. Elle amplifie les émotions, accompagne l'action et marque les mémoires. Qui pense à Psychose a immédiatement en tête les célèbres crissements des violons, et les terrifiantes Dents de la Mer de Steven Spielberg sont indissociables de la musique lan...
 

LES INATTENDUS | 12ème édition et hop c'est parti !

  Au moiment où s'ouvre la 12ème édition des Inattendus, nous vous donnons les clés de ce cru 2020.  Que voir aux Inattendus ? Le festival a à coeur de mettre en valeur l'audace et l'originalité du contenu, l'indépendance et la liberté artistiques. D'où la dénomination de "festival de films hors normes", à prendre au sens littéral.  Cette an...
 

Menu très complet mais sans les invités chinois au 26e Festival International des Cinémas d’Asie de Vesoul

Jay Jeon, Directeur du prestigieux Festival international du Film de Busan, avec Jean-Marc Thérouanne, Délégué Général du Festival International des Cinémas d’Asie de Vesoul : 24 ans d’amitié.   Tibet, Israël et Japon à l’honneur.  Jury et compétition paritaires Jay Jeon (Corée), Président du Jury et Cyclo d’or d’honneur  au ...
 

6e édition du Festival PLAY IT AGAIN !

 
  Seul événement national annuel consacré aux films du patrimoine, le Festival   PLAY IT AGAIN ! est de retour en 2020 pour une nouvelle édition célébrant le cinéma classique à travers une sélection de films restaurés.                             ...
 

Programmation du 4e Festival cinéma Télérama Enfant

Le cinéma, ça n'est pas que pour les grands !    "Un seigneur recueilli par un jeune singe (Le voyage du Prince), un écolier japonais détective (Le mystère des pingouins)… Ces formidables personnages, et bien d’autres, nous vous invitons à les découvrir, en famille, dans plus de 190 cinémas de l’Hexagone, du 12 février au 3 mars, avec le soutien de notre pa...
 

Le palmarès de la 27e édition du Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer

Le Jury des longs métrages de la 27e édition du Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer, présidé par Asia Argento et composé de Flavien Berger, Arielle Dombasle, Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Christophe Gans, Jean-François Rauger, Niels Schneider et Alice Winocour, a remis les prix suivants :       ...
 
 

Triplé pour Les Misérables et doublé pour La Jeune fille en feu aux 25e Lumières de la presse internationale

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La 25e Cérémonie, diffusée en clair et en exclusivité pour la première fois sur Canal+, a été l’occasion de réunir des lauréats des précédentes éditions, notamment l’actrice Isabelle Huppert, présidente de la cérémonie, mais aussi Oumaya Amamra, Fanny Ardant, Jeanne Balibar, Elodie Bouchez, JR, Ibrahim Maalouf, Déborah Lukumuena et Félix Maritaud. Les Mis&eacu...
 
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Laura Dern interviewed at SBIFF - 2020 Oscar Winner

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Honey for the bears  6 servings so far Berlinale Newsletters 1 I 2 I 3 I 4 I 5 I 6 

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Life is change, but as the Dalai Lama says, the Lightbulb has to want to change. New dates, new directors, new directions, and what changing temperatures during this 70th edition of one of the most celebrated international film rendezvous in the calendar, created by a former (in dispute), charming (not in dispute as I remember him well on my first-footing, fresh from Oxford University, to what was to become the last summer edition of the Cold War celluloid showcase in the metropolitan oasis of West Berlin, firmly tucked in behind the Iron Curtain).

With Gina Lollobrigida, one of Woody Allen's  funniest earlier features, and boat trips on the Spree, it was a memorable debut for my reportages on air (on the famed Radio 4 nightly arts programme Kaleidoscope and an 850-word article in the historic weeky The Spectator) and I was clearly willkommen to return to subsequent editions, having paid my own way in its last summer, as the first Festleiter enjoyed reading my review and ensured that not only were my hotel costs covered, for 12 days, but even daily gutscheine were provided for sustenance between press screenings, galas, and Forum premieres.

Colleagues from the East quickly realised these meal vouchers were worth  their weight in Deutschmarks, and soon began ordering a mere coffee, and then the waiter would tip them, in any Festival bar, and in bar. No wonder the Bears really used to dance at night. The Festival has now come full circle, as it provides the press with free cappuccino, provided they bring their own cups.

Or as Marlene might say, waist not, vont not.

The best is yet  to come...fasten your seat-belts!

Martin Scorsese Reteams with Schrader as Executive Producer for the Card Counter

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Academy Award® and Golden Globe nominee Paul Schrader (First Reformed, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver) has cast Emmy Award winner Tiffany Haddish (Like a Boss, Girls Trip), Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One, Mud) and four-time Academy Award® nominee Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse, At Eternity’s Gate, The Florida Project) to star with Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis, Ex Machina, Show Me a Hero) in revenge thriller The Card Counter. Based on the origin...
 

Coproduction Office handled worldwide sales on DAU. Natasha

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Coproduction Office have announced they will sell Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and Jekaterina Oertel’s DAU. Natasha worldwide. The first feature film in a series of five DAU features, DAU. Natasha will have its world premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival at 10.00pm CET on Wednesday 26 February. Its companion DAU. Degeneration, a work in nine chapters, will screen in Berlin as a Berlinale Special at Haus der Berliner Festspiele on Friday 28 February. D...
 

 

See-Saw Films’ next production The Unknown Man with Anonymous Content.

 
Golden Globe nominated actor Joel Edgerton (Loving, Boy Erased) and Sean Harris (Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, The King) are set to star in thriller The Unknown Man, the sophomore feature from writer/director Thomas M Wright (Acute Misfortune). A See-Saw Films and Anonymous Content production, the original feature film is produced by Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Rachel Gardner, Kerry Roberts, Kim Hodgert and Joel Edgerton. Rocket Science alongside See-Saw’s in-house sales arm, Cross C...
 

 

Film Mode Entertainment’s ANTI-LIFE, aka BREACH starring BRUCE WILLIS Secures Worldwide Sales in Berlin at EFM

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  The action packed sci-fi/feature sends shockwaves through Berlin at EFM, resulting in numerous confirmed sales across the globe     BERLIN (February 25, 2020) – Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment is pleased to announce multiple sales on ANTI-LIFE aka BREACH during EFM in Berlin.    “Anti-Life delivers on VFX, action and most importantly Bruce Willis.  Audiences are in for a fun ride and we’re overwhelm...
 

Berlinale World Cinema Fund With Two New Funding Activities

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Welcome speech to the Berlinale World Cinema Fund Day 2020 with Vincenzo Bugno (Head of the WCF) und Mariette Rissenbeek (Executive Director of the Berlin International Film Festival). © Jürgen Bremer   World Cinema Fund In cooperation with the ACP Secretariat (African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States) and the European Commission, the WCF launches the new funding programme WCF ACP / In cooperation with TorinoFilmLab (TFL), the Audience Design Award - by WCF Europe &...

 

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2nd edition of Your Script Produced competition opened its call for entries

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“YOUR SCRIPT PRODUCED!” INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING COMPETITION   Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00. We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Win...    

 

The 2020 edition of the Lucca Film Festival e Europa Cinema has been postponed to the end of May

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The festival will take place from the 28th of May to the 8th of June in Lucca and Viareggio   The 2020 edition of the Lucca Film Festival e Europa Cinema will take place in various venues between Lucca and Viareggio but, more importantly, it has been postponed to the 28th of May - 8th of June (and not from the 18th to the 26th of April as previously stated). This is due to organizational reasons and because of the national and international character ...
 

Official Slate Announcement ANNAPOLIS FILM FESTIVAL 2020

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      We would like to congratulate all of the accepted filmmakers for the 2020 Film Festival. We are excited to share these amazing films with you! The titles listed below have officially been accepted and invited to screen at the festival this year. Look for the final film schedule and print program to be available to you later in March.   Narrative Features   ...
 

Kick-off into the anniversary year – FilmFestival Cottbus celebrates 30th edition

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    The FilmFestival Cottbus (FFC) celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2020. The official start of this significant festival year was the international industry meeting "East European Brunch" during the 70th Berlinale on 26 February 2020. Together with the Representation of the State of Brandenburg to the Federal Government, the FFC and the ...
 

IFFLA 2020 unveils program lineup!

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    In its 18th year bringing you the finest cinema from India and the Indian diaspora, IFFLA is thrilled to announce yet another stellar lineup of nearly two dozen films, consisting of 5 World Premieres, spanning 12 languages, and 50% helmed by women directors! The festival will tak...
 

Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF)

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  I AM WOMAN directed by Unjoo Moon, starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey DAFFODILS_directed by David Stubbs_Kimbra as Masie_SIFF SUZIQ SIFF Meets its 2018 Commitment to 50/50 Gender Parity Lasse Halstrom, Lena Olin, Karen Allen and Louis Gossett Jr. to Receive SIFF’s Award for Cinema Excellence The 23rd edition of the Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF), offering the best in independent cinema from around the world, announces a robust lineup of 131 features, documentar...
 

The Hollywood International Talent Festival [HITFest] to launch first edition in LA this fall

 
HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL TALENT FESTIVAL SETS 2020 DATES AND LAUNCHES PAVILLION AFRIQUES PARTNERSHIP   The Hollywood International Talent Festival [HITFest] announced today that its inaugural edition will be held from October 25-30, 2020 across Hollywood, aiming to unite filmmakers from all over the world to celebrate international filmmaking in the birthplace of cinema. Headed by CEO Marco Gomez and under the Directorship of Holger Carlsson and Kate Maberly, HITFest will be an inclusive,...
 

5th Anniversary of Chicago’s Asian Pop Up Cinema (Season 10 coming March 10-April 9).

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      ASIAN POP-UP CINEMA ANNOUNCES FULL LINE UP FOR SEASON TEN  12 GUESTS AND 16 NEW FILMS FROM HONG KONG, CHINA, TAIWAN,  SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN WILL SCREEN FOR CHICAGO AUDIENCES  MARCH 10 – APRIL 9, 2020  Asian Pop-Up Cinema is thrilled to announce the full line-up for its 10th Season by celebrating with 16 new films from Asia.  Many of these will feature the top actors and directors who are scheduled to visit our city as guests of...
 

Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema retrospective, The Romanians: 30 Years of Cinema Revolution.

 
Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema retrospective, The Romanians: 30 Years of Cinema Revolution. This landmark cinema event spans the 30 years following the revolution and fall of communism, and is the largest series dedicated to Romanian film ever to be presented in the U.S. to date. The exhibition includes 30 groundbreaking cinematic classics such as Un Certain Regard winner The Death of Mr Lăzărescu by Cristi Puiu, Lucian Pintilie’s...
 

2nd Oslo Salento Int'l Film Festival wrapped

 
THE DOCU-FILM"MICHELANGELO ENDLESS"  OPENED THE 2° EDITION OF SIFF OSLO WITH THE LEAD ACTOR ENRICO LO VERSO  From Monday February 24th to Wednesday February 26th the 2nd Edition of the Oslo Salento International Film Festival will take place at the Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo. A project that confirms its international prestige and it is characterized by its high-quality contents and an accurate research on contemporary cultural expres...
 

FEFF 22 reveals its superb poster!

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24 April / 2 May 2020 – Udine – Teatro Nuovo & Visionario FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL, a story of continual rebirth Graphic designer Roberto Rosolin creates the official image for FEFF 22    Press release for the 18th of February 2020 For immediate publication/release UDINE – Being reborn. Each year. Resurfacing, making a mark, and then diving back in again and working silently until the following edition. Until the next rebirth. That, in a nutshell, is ...
 

 

BFM 38. Europe, Now! Film Industry Meetings: The complete schedule

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Europe, Now! Film Industry Meetings Meet the European Decision Makers BFM38 Industry Days March 13 - 14 2020 Bergamo (Italy), ELAV Circus - Via Madonna della Neve, n° 3 The Complete Schedule The 38th edition of Bergamo Film Meeting will take place from March 7 to 15 2020, and will be officially opened on Friday March 6, 9.00 pm at the Teatro Sociale in Bergamo, with the film THX 1138 by George Lucas live-scored by the Asian Dub Foundation, in first European showing. The Festiva...
 

 

 

Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2020 Now Open For Entries! International Tours & Awards

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Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2020: Awards & International Showcases!   Our 10th anniversary special edition! Featuring the best short films of 2020 at international film festivals,  AND Presenting awards and trophies for the best films selected by our juries Regular Deadline: May 22nd 2020   This year, we're  also excited to be programming films and film partnerships  with our 2020 partners:      ...
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The 23rd UNAFF is calling for entries

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Early Deadline – May 2, 2020*

Regular Deadline – May 12, 2020*

Late deadline – May 20, 2020

The 23rd UNAFF will be held from October 15-25, 2020 in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. This year’s theme THE POWER OF EMPATHY continues our two decades long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasizing our readiness to care about other people’s emotional experiences.

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Your Script Produced competition
                     Season 2
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Early bird Deadline: March 22, 2020

Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

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French Riviera Film Festival 

May 11-12, 2020
 

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PARTNER FESTIVAL WITH FILMFESTIVALS.COM

March 14, 2020 late deadline

The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers.  https://filmfreeway.com/FrenchRivieraFilmFestival

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
May 30 – June 4, 2020

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February 25, 2020 Regular Deadline
April 10, 2020 Late Deadline

Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival returns in June 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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Interview with Atom Egoyan - Director of "Guest Honour"

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Mehrva Arvin speaks with Atom Egoyan about his latest film "Guest of Honour" Atom Egoyan is a Canadian Egyptian director whose brilliant film career started in 1980’s and early 90’s during the glorious time of north American independent cinema. His first feature film Next of Kin (1984) won him a prize at Mannheim-Heidelberg international film festival. He has been involved in filmmaking and theater and art production since then and has been training the next generatio...
 

Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho director of Parasite discusses his NEXT projects at SBIFF 2020

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Parasite Director Award winner of the year Interview by Stuart Macnaught & Guy Kennedy      Bong has joined HBO’s adaptation of “Parasite” as executive producer along with Adam McKay. “It will be a five to six-episode limited series; no season 2 or 3. We are developing it as a dense black comedy/crime series that thoroughly explores the rich-poor gap of our time,” said Bong. "Thank you for watching filmfestivals.com" Bo...

 

Netflix's Ted Sarandos to Keynote BANFF's Summit Series

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TED SARANDOS TO KEYNOTE AS PART OF THE BANFF WORLD MEDIA FESTIVAL’S SUMMIT SERIES Ted Sarandos Chief Content Officer Netflix ...
 

Emmy Winning Thandie Newton to headline GOD's COUNTRY

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THANDIE NEWTON TO STAR IN ‘GOD’S COUNTRY’ Cold Iron Pictures and The Film Arcade to finance and produce the neo-Western thriller   Credit: DAVID FISHER/SHUTTERSTOCK       Emmy® winning actress Thandie Newton, soon to be seen in the third season of HBO’s “Westworld,” will star in director Julian Higgins’ debut...
 
 

Strategic meeting in Berlin to discuss Sekuritas protége film by SWISS FILM

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SWISS FILMS Andreas Bühlmann Industry & Film Consultant with Bruno Chatelin discussing the festival circuit for first time director Carmen Stadler and her film SEKURITAS   ...
 
 
 
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Berwyn Rowlands Iris Prize Festival Director nominated for British LGBT Award

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Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival Director Berwyn Rowlands has been selected in the Top 10 at the British LGBT Awards in the category “Outstanding Contribution to LGBT Life.”   The British LGBT Awards have been running since 2015 and aim to highlight and celebrate role models and organisations who work to better the lives of LGBT+ people in the UK. The Outstanding Contribution to LGBT Life award celebrates individuals whose work has made a significant impact to the LGBT+ commun...
 

 

VIDEO: Eurimages Co-production Development Awards in Berlin 2020

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The Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund has joined forces with ten co-production markets all over the world in order to award the Eurimages Co-production Development Award. A cash-prize of €20,000 for feature and animation films and €15,000 for documentaries (CPH:DOX, Copenhagen), this award has been created to promote the Fund’s role in encouraging international co-production from the initial stages of a project.   The winners are... There Are Two Kin...
 

VIDEO: Promising Projects: Three Prizes and 1,500 Meetings at the Berlinale Co-Production Market

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Eurimages Co-Production Development Award 2020 – from left to right: Martina Bleis (Head of Berlinale Co-Production Market), Roberto Olla (Eurimages), Onur Saylak (b.i.t arts), Nadir Öperli (Liman Film), Giorgos Karnavas (Eurimages Award Jury), Elena Kotová (Eurimages Award Jury), Hakan Günday (Writer), Marie-Pierre Vallé (Eurimages Award Jury), Alessia Sonaglioni (Eurimages) © Lydia Hesse   Berlinale Co-Production Market At the Berlinale Co-Producti...
 

VIDEO: Award Ceremony for the European Shooting Stars 2020

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  European Shootings Stars 2020 ­ Andreas Renz / Getty Images for EFP The image shows from left to right: Carlo Chatrian (Festival Director), Ella Rumpf (Switzerland), Jonas Dassler (Germany), Victoria Carmen Sonne (Denmark), Mariette Rissenbeek (Festival Director), Levan Gelbakhiani (Georgia), Joana Ribeiro (Portugal), Bartosz Bielenia (Poland), Zita Hanrot (France), Pääru Oja (Estonia), Martina Apostolova (Bulgaria), Bilal Wahib (The Netherlands) Tonight (Feb 24th) the E...
 

VIDEO: Berlinale Camera to Ulrike Ottinger to a packed house Berlinale 2020

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  Since 1986, the Berlinale has awarded the Berlinale Camera to honour personalities and institutions who have made a special contribution to filmmaking and with whom the festival feels closely connected. In this manner, the Berlinale expresses its appreciation towards those who have become friends and supporters of the festival.     At the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, the director and artist Ulrike Ottinger will be honoured with the Berlinale Camera. In th...
 

 

PACIFICADO / PACIFIED by PAXTON WINTERS (BRAZIL) wins the Golden Shell for Best Film in San Sebastian

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            Official awards - FIAPF Golden Shell for Best Film       PACIFICADO / PACIFIED PAXTON WINTERS (BRAZIL)   Special Jury Prize © Carole Bethuel   PROXIMA   ALICE WINOCOUR (FRANCE - GERMANY)     ...
 

CINEQUEST Maverick Spirit Award, to Jesse Eisenberg

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Cinequest will bestow its highest honor, the Maverick Spirit Award, to Jesse Eisenberg preceding a screening of the highly anticipated Resistance , a portrait of WWII hero Marcel Marceau. The event will culminate the 2020 Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival on March 15th at 6:00pm at the California Theatre in San Jose - Silicon Valley. Admission via individual event tickets or qualifying passes.  Previous Maverick Spirit A...
 
 
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Guns of Banaras, Review: Where are the bullets?

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Guns of Banaras, Review: Where are the bullets? When Nathalia Kaur, who was born Nathalia Pinheiro Felipe Martins, in Brazil, appears in the credit titles as the lead actress in probably her first Hindi heroine assignment, and Karann Nathh, son of producer and star-secretary ‘Rikku’ Rakeshnath, 37, who had worked in Yeh Dil Aashiqana, Ssshhh... and Tera Kya Hoga Johnny, makes a come-back after 12 years, your curiosity is aroused. It is further fuelled by the belief that this must ...
 

Thappad, Review: This slap is going to cost you dear

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Thappad, Review: This slap is going to cost you dear A simple, significant, timely and relevant story line might be too thin to stretch into a full-length movie. Having settled for such a plot, the options would include spreading the narrative thinly across the pages of a tight screenplay, or padding it up with sub-plots and characters that might not be vital to the theme. Thappad (Slap) opts for the latter choice, and, in the process, dilutes its impact. What emerges is a well-made film that...
 

Bhoot, the Haunted Ship-Part I, Review: Scares are scarce

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Bhoot, the Haunted Ship-Part I, Review: Scares are scarce Considering the negligible number of ghost stories being made in India, Bhoot, the Haunted Ship-Part I, made by names Dharma and ZEE, would have been a film to look forward to. It turns-up with a mixed bag, offering more mix than bag. Firstly, the title is a giveaway, for we already know that there is going to be a ship and that it will be haunted. Secondly, the film plays totally safe, in catering to both kinds of audiences—thos...
 

Brahms the Boy II, Review: Let sleeping dolls lie

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Brahms the Boy II, Review: Let sleeping dolls lie A potentially scary movie that does not scare you loses all meaning. Avoiding tropes should not mean doing away with horrible goings on almost altogether. Brahms the Boy II is about a living doll (with apologies to Cliff Richard) that performs all its super-natural feats off camera, barring one or two, and that takes away the fear factor. Most of the film has a logically progressing narrative, but one that holds little interest to audiences wh...

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Five continents represented in the Début Feature Film Competition for women directors

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The Festival presents its shortlist for 2020 The films by the female directors in the Début Feature Film Competition are veritable seismographs when it comes to analysing our social contexts. They show where we are situated, both privately and politically. They are début creations that have an inherent courage to try things out, to play around, while at the same time displaying great visual power and narrative strength; many of the films have premièred at the major fe...
 
 

My Fresh Reel of New York of the 19th Century

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Now my poetic reel of New York of the 19th century (based at my drafts of the city) is accessible through Youtube.com. You can follow its poetic structure, basing at the contours of the formerly built city, with a cascade of its embankments and dwellings stylized over old Europe but magnified in sizes and extended in shapes... By Anna Polibina-Polansky, a poetic filmmaker, Moscow. The versified script was also created by myself; the film is self-illustrated (the plot is accompanied wit...
 
 

Adverse at Berlinale

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"Parasite" - Film Review

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By Emilia Ippolito Hollywood has awarded the South Korean film Parasite several Oscars this year : best feature film, best director and best international film of the year. It’s not a coincidence that the film had already deservedly won the Palme d’Or in Cannes After much controversy about the lack of diversity of this year shortlist, Hollywood has selected for the first time in its history a foreign, very diverse narrative in a foreign language The awards are certainly wel...
 
 

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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson

Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 84 minutes

What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.

Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches. As Davies meets and becomes friends with the some of his Russian photo subjects, he finds himself getting emotionally involved with their struggle. He decides to put down his camera and get involved with church restoration.

 

            Early on in our story Davies befriends the famed Russian architect Alexander Popov who is deeply involved in working to preserve and share with the world the beauty and value of these ancient structures. Popov has uniquely discovered and reinvigorated both the tools and processes that restore life back to the North. But it’s an uphill battle against strong and powerful forces.

 

            Together, Davies and Popov uncover the circumstances that led to the demise of the churches, and then join a small but growing group of passionate Russian citizens and outsiders from all walks of life who join the cause of Saving North.

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Adverse written and directed by Brian Metcalf

USA Thriller December 2020, 92 minutes

Starring Mickey Rourke, Penelope Ann Miller,  Sean Astin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Thomas Ian Nicholas,  Matt Ryan, Jake T. Austin,  Kelly Arjen…

After discovering his younger sister has become addicted to drugs and caught in the seedy underworld, a taxi driver suffering from mental illness must find a way to save her by infiltrating a dangerous crime syndicate, regardless of the costs. 
 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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Promoting Movies that Matter / des films qui font grandir...

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

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Impact des bandes-annonces diffusées dans les cinémas au 25 février

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Enquête hebdomadaire réalisée auprès d’un échantillon de 35 000 individus représentatifs de la population française. Parmi ces individus, 2 000 spectateurs étant allés au cinéma au cours de la semaine cinéma concernée sont interrogés sur les bandes annonces vues au cinéma.   ...
 

 

Découvrez la sélection officielle de la Compétition Création de la 23ème édition du Festival international de Valence !

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              Découvrez la sélection officielle de la Compétition Création 2020 ! La Compétition Création (œuvres en développement) a pour objectif de révéler les nouveaux talents en récompensant les meilleurs projets de scénarios dans les catégories cinéma court et long métrage, musique pour l'i...
 

 

Découvrez la bande annonce du PRINTEMPS DU CINEMA (29-31 mars)

 
Le Printemps du Cinéma 2020 from FNCF on Vimeo. FNCF (Fédération Nationale des Cinémas Français) Réalisation : Grand Corps Malade et Mehdi Idir Comédiens : Frédérique Bel, Noom Diawara, Roman Frayssinet, Lyna Khoudri, Benjamin Lesieur, Al Hassan Ly, Liam Pierron Production : Kallouche Cinéma Directeur de la photographie : Clément Arenou ...
 

 

La Caravane du court: du ciné pour les enfants, les cinéphiles et les curieux !

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      La Caravane du court 2 semaines, 2 circuits, 10 films, 1 parrain : Mustii ...
 

Itinérances dévoile ses premiers invités...

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Le 38e Festival Cinéma d’Alès – Itinérances se déroulera du 20 au 29 mars 2020.   Au programme, plus de 200 films, dont une large sélection internationale de longs métrages inédits, en avant-première ou réédités, avec notamment un focus sur trois films, rares et récemment restaurés, de Moshe Mizrahi (1931 - 2018) : Le Client de la morte saison, Le...
 
 
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VIDEO Beatriz Pacheco Pereira a creative eye to discovering new talents, memoirs of 40 years of running Fantasporto

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March 7 in Fantasporto Features in Competition

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Grande Auditório   15:30 • Welcome to the Circle- David Fowler -98’ (Can) – fantástico horror- CF- v.o. falad ingl e leg. port. A man and his daughter have a car accident. They are rescued by two woman and a man who seem to have a language fitting a sect- The Circle. Some strange mannequins are scattered in the woods. This Canadian horror film is the director’s first feature.     17:30 • 40 Anos de Fantasporto – Isabel Pina-...
 
 

VIDEO : Weston Terray interviewed on PRECARIOUS his debut feature film at Fantasporto 202

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Interviewed by Bruno Chatelin at the Festival hotspot : Porto Royal Bridges Hotel     March 1st 16:30 • Precarious- Weston Terray- 106’ (EUA) – fantástico- CF- v.o. leg. port. Henry travels to a small town   to run an errand for his rock collector father. The task quickly grows into a sprawling adventure that catches the attention of the wealthy heiress Ruby and the ambitious newspaper reporter Clark.  A fable set in th...
 
 

 

 
 

March 6 in Fantasporto Features in Competition

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Grande Auditório   17:00 • Guitarist – Jason Orfalas - 142’ (Filipinas) – ANTESTREIA MUNDIAL- ficção- científica/ acção - CF - v.o. leg.  Ingl e port. In the future, a repressive society of one party only, that only offers poverty and pills to its population, that forbids music and burns books, the difference between life and death is small. Marcelo is a young boy who challenges the militarized system that exploits h...
 

 

VIDEO : Valan was a hit with Fantasporto's audience

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Valan-Valley of the Angels directed by Béla Bagota and produced by Laszlo Kantor, both in town to attend the premiere March 3rd to a fantastic reception from the audience. The film was nominated in 10 categories at the recent Hungarian Film Awards, (Final awards in just a few days...during Fantasporto! Someone else will have to make a speech on stage back home! They both laughed when i said that!   113’ (Hun) – thriller- Directors Week selection ...
 

 

March 5 in Fantasporto Features in Competition

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Grande Auditório   17:00 • In the Name of the Mother – Joel Lamangan- 99’ (Filipinas) – SR – drama - ANTESTREIA MUNDIAL- v.o. leg. ingl e port. After her husband’s suicide, it is the widow’s turn to rearrange everybody’s lives. The woman struggles to keep the family united and her business running. Her family cannot escape contacting the violent gangs of Manila. But things don’t go as she hopes for. Lamangan visited the festiv...
 
 

March 4 in Fantasporto Features in Competition

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Grande Auditório   17:00 • I Am Toxic Pablo Pares– 83’ (Arg) CF- v.o. leg. port. In the year 2101, the chemical war in the northern hemisphere has caused hunger in the south. A man awakes in the middle of hundreds of corpses. In the sky, the planes drop more dead bodies. The Argentinian cinema has a long tradition in terror. Selected for the Brussels, Roterdam IFF, Mar del Plata and Fantaspoa festivals, among others. 19:00 • Omar and Us – ...
 
 

Improvised after hour drinks party in Porto

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Born in Cork, Ireland Cashell Horgan is a an award-winning filmmaker and artist. His recent fantasy/art-house short film The Clockmaker's Dream has won 22 awards internationally. I have been over ten times to Fantasporto and had never seen that irish pub he found for us, neither did Helena who has lived in Porto for 25 years, and works for the festival. Happy to share film moments with friends from Ireland, South Korea, Hungary and Portugal.   ...
 
 

VIDEO: Vassilis Mazomenos Director Exile - Premieres in Fantasporto 2020 40 th anniversary

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Vassilis Mazomenos Director Exile - Premiere Fantasporto 2020 40 th anniversary edition in partnership with filmfestivals.com   ...
 
 

Anton Bitel's reviews of Fantasporto titles

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Anton Bitel is a regular attendee at Fantasporto we both served in the jury last year. He, this year, juries the film from the Directors week. He writes a lot about fantasy and horror and has a spectacular platform https://projectedfigures.com/ where he publishes his reviews, here below a few excerpts on those gathered at Fantasporto.   Entangled (2019) Entangled sets out its stall early, with a voiceover from Loretta (Paloma Kwiatkowski) about the multiverse wh...
 

VIDEO: Meet the producer of Valan - Laszlo Kantor

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Laszlo Kantor is a prolific producer from Hungary, he and I served in the board of the European Film Academy which delivers each year the European Film Awards (tagged the oscars for Europe). He is presenting in Fantasporto his latest film after its world premiere in Warsaw and the 10 nominations it received at the Hungarian Film Awards. Valan-Valley of the Angels - directed by Béla Bagota- 113’ (Hun) – thriller- SR - v.o. leg. Ingl e port. ...
 

March 3 in Fantasporto Features in Competition

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17.00 • Dead Dicks- Chris Bavota, Lee Paula Springer - 83’ (Can)- -fantástico- CF- v.o. leg. port. After Rebecca receives a distressing call from her suicidal brother Richie, she rushed to his apartment and finds him alive and well- surrounded by copies of his own dead bodies. One of the most original stories where fantasy crosses with a tender relationship between brother and sister, not very far from the influence of David Lynch. Selected by Fantasia festival (Montreal) &...
 
 

March 2 in Fantasporto Features in Competition

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  19:00 • Exile – Vassilis Mazomenos – 110’ (Grécia)- drama- SR- v.o. leg. Ingl e port. A man is rescued from a boat adrift in the sea. From then on, he knows the fate of those who do not exist. Without documents he lives in a house where he is used and frequently abused. Between the truth and the lies, the imaginary and the real, the man without identity remains a puppet at the mercy of others. The director has already been honoured in Fantasporto. ...
 

March 2 in Fantasporto SHORTS Competition

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Selection of shorts to open the afternoon  I Have No Home- Volodymyr Vlasenko – 3’ (Ucrânia) A little boy walks in the forest with fantastic creatures.   Facelift – Jan Riesenbeck, Dennis Stein-Schomburg- 6’ 46’’ (Alem) Who are we? Our face constantly changing or something deeper?   Lady Isobel and the Elf Knight – Cashell Horgan- 8’ (Irlanda) A story of magic in the Irish forests. From the director of multi-awarded &...
 
 

Filmfestivals.com returns as a partner to celebrate Mario and Beatriz' 40th edition of Fantasporto

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I brought the sun from nowhere, NOT from Paris anyway looking forward to a treat of films starting afternoon and ending late in the night at Teatro Municipal Rivoli, the festival hotspot. There is now a new Hotel hotspot Porto Royal Bridges, 200m from the screening, how better can it be Met for drinks old friends from the festival and enjoyed the first glass of port!... More to come on all ends. ...
 

 

A salute to Fantasporto achievement : 40 years of fantastic productions

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40 Years of Fantasporto in Portugal’s capital of cinema   The city of Porto, overlooking the River Douro and close to the Atlantic Ocean, and a World Heritage City, welcomes once again one of the most prestigious film festivals in Europe and in the World.  Fantasporto, Porto International Film Festival celebrates its 40th Anniversary in 2020 and it will be held in 25th February- 8th March at the Rivoli Theatre, with the support of the Town City Hall.  ...
 
 

FANTASPORTO opening film ADVERSE 

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40 YEARS OF FANTASPORTO IN PORTUGAL’S CAPITAL OF CINEMA WILL BEGAN WITH THE WORLD OPENING OF ADVERSE WITH MICKEY ROURKE   The city of Porto, overlooking the River Douro and close to the Atlantic Ocean, and a World Heritage City, welcomes once again one of the most prestigious film festivals in Europe and in the World.  Fantasporto, Porto International Film Festival celebrates its 40th Anniversary in 2020 and it will be held in 25th February- 8th March at the Rivoli Theatre.
 

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Berlinale 70th Golden Bears and Helen Mirren

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By Mark Tchelistcheff The 70th Berlinale film festival is over.  The Golden Bear went to dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof for THERE IS NO EVIL, an unblinking depiction of freedom and the death penalty in Iran.  Bravo to the jury for awarding this exceptional film the Golden Bear award to Rasoulof.  Rasoulof’s daughter, actress Baran Rasoulof, accepted on his behalf as the director was banned from traveling for defying Iran’s authorities...
 

Film review: Todos os mortos /All The Dead Ones

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(Mawusi Tulani, Agyei Augusto, © Hélène Louvart/Dezenove Som e Imagens) Written by Victor Santana  In the act of telling a story, the process of narrative can influence and change how one relates and deals with the happenings in time. A great narrative has the power to overcome the circumstances of time and bridge the gap of space between the moment when someone is listening or telling a story and the timeless realm where a story is taking place.   ...
 

70th Berlinale: Successful Anniversary Edition for Audience and Industry

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  Golden Bear for Best Film 2020: Sheytan vojud nadarad (There Is No Evil) by Mohammad Rasoulof - the film team © Erik Weiss / Berlinale 2020    The 70th Berlin International Film Festival ended successfully with the “Berlinale Publikumstag” on March 1. Following the Award Ceremony on Saturday evening, at which Sheytan vojud nadarad (There Is No Evil) by the Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof received the Golden Bear, numerous fans flocked again to the cinema...
 
 

Berlinale Shorts: Award Winners of the International Short Film Competition of Berlinale 2020

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  Left: Adrien Mérigeau - winner Audi Short Film Award In the middle: Rafael Manuel - winner Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film) Right: Keisha Rae Witherspoon - winner Golden Bear for Best Short Film In the course of the International Short Film Competition of the 70th International Film Festival Berlin on Saturday, February 29 2020 four prizes were awarded: the Golden Bear for Best Short Film, the Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film), the Audi Short Film Award and the Berlin Sh...
 
 

Quebec Feature Film THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by Matthew Rankin Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlinale!

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Maison 4:3 and Voyelles Films are proud to announce that the Quebec feature film The Twentieth Century by Matthew Rankin won the FIPRESCI prize of the International Federation of Film Critics for a film in the Forum section of the Berlin International Film Festival. The prize was awarded on Friday night during the closing ceremony of the 70th edition, in the presence of producers Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette and Ménaïc Raoul, who accepted this prestigious honour.   After ...
 

Russian films go to 35 countries after EFM

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At the European Film Market 25 Russian companies presented over 50 titles at the Created in Moscow x Roskino stands, organized by Moscow Export Center and by Roskino accordingly. Content from Russia will travel to USA, China, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Brazil, as well as get co-production partners.   “Russia was on the spotlight in Berlin this year. The 70th Berlinale and the EFM saw unprecedented representation of Russian content. Russian projects feature in almo...
 

Berlin 70. Made the Right Choice Iranian protest film, "There is No Evil", awarded Golden Bear.

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By Alex Deleon    Iranian Dissident Director, Mohammad Rasoulof, 47.   Yes, of course, it was a political decision, Highly political, and it was far from the best Itanian film ever and maybe not the best film of the festival, but it was doubtlessly the Right Thing to do, declaring "There is no Evil" the best film at Berlinale 70.  Dissident Iranian director, Mohammad Rasoulof, whose film "A Man of Integrity" was awarded best film ...
 

 

Extended Interview : Georgis Grigorakis & Argyris Pandazaras discuss Digger

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(Argyris Pandazaras, Georgis Grigorakis © Lindsay R. Bellinger) by Lindsay R. Bellinger "I saw a poster in the train station here (Berlin) about the environmental crisis being the next Berlin Wall. And I think that this is what the film is about."  ~ Georgis Grigorakis The Greek film Digger from director Georgis Grigorakis won the Art Cinema Award on Saturday, the 29th of February, which was awarded by the International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas (CICAE) j...
 

Sweet Thing: bittersweet childhood in gorgeous gray

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(Lana Rockwell © Mélanie Akoka) Premiered in Berlin, shaped like Sundance. The first paces of ‘Sweet Thing’ feel as they are taken from Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Kid’. By iris-in, iris-out, long shot cuts into close- ups, the director Alexander Rockwell conveys a really fresh and intimate nostalgia beyond what you’d see in the usual Black & White indie flick. Van Morrison and Billie Holiday lyrics provey emotional LP magic to this soothing...
 

Report from the TEDDY Awards 2020 at Volksbühne

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(Annie Heger, Eidin Jalali, Edson Cordeiro, Banafshe Hourmazdi, Faraz Shariat, TEDDY winners © Lindsay R. Bellinger)   by LINDSAY R. BELLINGER  German singer/actress/moderator Annie Heger as host of the TEDDY Awards was an inspired choice! On the evening of February 28, 2020 she brought the right amount of energy to the Volksbühne, maybe even more than some members of the audience. I was a little surprised that the older male German couple...
 

A pleasure to the eyes: Sweet Thing world premiere

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(Nico Rockwell & Lana Rockwell, © Lasse Tolbøll) Antonio Castello: Sweet Thing was a pleasure to the eyes; the genius mix of black and white and color 16mm films was very well done and goes according with our times. A story is only a good story when is well told and this movie finds a visual unique way to narrate the story using basic techniques, a low budget, and the love of his family and friends.    (Director/writer Alexandre Rockwell, © Ant...
 
 

Impressions on Todos os Mortos (All The Dead Ones) at Berlinale

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(Thaia Perez, Agyei Augusto, Mawusi Tulani, © Hélène Louvart/Dezenove Som e Imagens) By Lindsay R. Bellinger   Two Brazilians living in Berlin praised Competition film Todos os mortos (All The Dead Ones/All die Toten), a Brazilian-French co-production, at Berlinale 2020. Dimas Souza, living here for the past 17 years, and classically trained guitarist Victor Santana shared their impressions of Marco Dutra and Caetano Gotardo's film after its final scre...
 

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Life is change, but as the Dalai Lama says, the Lightbulb has to want to change. New dates, new directors, new directions, and what changing temperatures during this 70th edition of one of the most celebrated international film rendezvous in the calendar, created by a former (in dispute), charming (not in dispute as I remember him well on my first-footing, fresh from Oxford University, to what was to become the last summer edition of the Cold War celluloid showcase in the metropolitan oasis of West Berlin, firmly tucked in behind the Iron Curtain).

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2nd edition of Your Script Produced competition opened its call for entries

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“YOUR SCRIPT PRODUCED!” INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING COMPETITION   Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00. We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Win...    

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73rd Festival de Cannes dates maintained

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  The Official Selection will be unveiled by Thierry Frémaux, Festival de Cannes General Delegate, in attendance of its President Pierre Lescure, on Thursday, April 16th 2020 11 am CET, at the UGC Normandie during a press conference.   Accreditations continue at an intensive pace as we count so far an increa...
 

City of Austin Cancels SXSW March Events

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The City of Austin has cancelled the March dates for SXSW and SXSW EDU. SXSW will faithfully follow the City’s directions. We are devastated to share this news with you. “The show must go on” is in our DNA, and this is the first time in 34 years that the March event will not take place. We are now working through the ramifications of this unprecedented situation. As recently as Wednesday, Austin Public Health stated that “there’s no evidence that closing SXSW or...
 

Saudi Arabia’s Inaugural Red Sea International Film Festival Cancelled

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Another unfortunate news – given the current global health emergency, our primary consideration being the safety and wellbeing of our guests, staff and audiences, the difficult decision has been taken to postpone the first edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival. The new dates for the 2020 edition will be announced as soon as feasible. ...
 

MIPTV 2020 has been cancelled

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  "We are writing to inform you that MIPTV 2020, scheduled to take place March 30-April 2 in Cannes, has been cancelled due to concerns related to the coronavirus (Covid-19). MIPDoc and MIPFormats, programmed for March 28-29, have also been cancelled.   Season 3 of CANNESERIES, the Cannes International Series Festival, originally scheduled to run parallel to MIPTV, will now take place October 9-14, alongside MIPCOM.   The next edition of MIPTV will...
 

63rd San Francisco International Festival is a go, despite COVID-19

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  Dear Friends,   As we put the finishing touches on our exciting 63rd San Francisco International Festival program, we want to reach out to inform you of the steps we are taking in light of the evolving status of COVID-19. SFFILM staff continue to monitor on a daily basis the developments and latest guidelines provided by local, national, and international authorities and at this time we are confident and comfortable in moving forward with the Festival, which will run April 8&nda...
 
 

Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film Festival postpones the festival

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Another festival takes the precautious move to postpone to summer. "We would like to personally reach out and inform you that out of an abundance of caution, travel restrictions, and public health concerns regarding COVID-19, the Bentonville Film Festival has made the decision to move the festival’s dates from April 29-May 2 to August 5-8, 2020. This decision comes after careful consideration with our partners. Our number one concern is the safety of our content creators and our co...
 

Children’s Film Festival Seattle events March 6 to March 8 Postponed

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COVID-19 UPDATE     At Northwest Film Forum, we hold the safety and health of our community and patrons as our highest value, and keeping this in mind, we have made the very hard decision to postpone all screenings of the festival, starting from March 6 through March 8. This will include all Closing Day festivities at Rainier Arts Center. We will also, as a further precautionary measure, suspend field trip screenings for school groups until March 18, and reassess after tha...
 

FMX 2020 cancelled, not postponed

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"It is with great regret that we have to inform you that this year’s FMX, scheduled for May 5 to 8, 2020, cannot take place due to the continuing global spreading of the Corona virus. Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg is acting upon the current guidelines of the Robert Koch-Institut for the risk assessment of large-scale events. After consultation, the Office for Public Order of Stuttgart considers the decision to cancel FMX as being plausible in the light of infection prevention. Tak...
 

Updated Dates for 2020 UMFF (5.29-5.31)

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According to the recent status of the global coronavirus crisis, the committee of Universe Multicultural Film Festival has to make this tough decision to announce that the 2020 Universe Multicultural Film Festival has to postpone the series of events dates for a better consideration for filmmakers worldwide. Due to the latest event schedule, the submission deadline of 2020 UMFF would be extended to April 30th (https://filmfreeway.com/UniverseMulticulturalFilmFestival), and the n...
 

The Bergamo festival cancels and postpones its 38th edition

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  We've been hoping it wouldn't come to this but, sadly, the developments of this past days leave us with no other choice but to postpone the 38th edition of Bergamo Film Meeting. We do so with a feeling of deep sadness but we are truly convinced of the importance of respecting the measures taken to face the current health emergency and to protect everyone. The festival is a highly anticipated event and the support that our audience has shown us in these days of uncertainty - made...
 

Russian-British Gala Movie Awards, London, 19 March 2020

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A STAR-STUDDED movie awards Gala night is brought from the glamorous Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi to The City of London on 19 March 2020, to mark the 4th annual Sochi International Film Festival and Awards (SIFFA) in the UK. The Gala Awards, at the HQ of global law firm Pinsent Masons, are the highlight of SIFFA UK’s 10 days of Russian screenings, master classes, a children’s film, and animated shorts, in London, Cambridge, and Sochi’s UK twin town, Cheltenham,...
 
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The 23rd UNAFF is calling for entries

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Early Deadline – May 2, 2020*

Regular Deadline – May 12, 2020*

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The 23rd UNAFF will be held from October 15-25, 2020 in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. This year’s theme THE POWER OF EMPATHY continues our two decades long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasizing our readiness to care about other people’s emotional experiences.

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Early bird Deadline: March 22, 2020

Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

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May 11-12, 2020
 

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March 14, 2020 late deadline

The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers.  https://filmfreeway.com/FrenchRivieraFilmFestival

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
May 30 – June 4, 2020

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival returns in June 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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Interview with Atom Egoyan - Director of "Guest Honour"

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Mehrva Arvin speaks with Atom Egoyan about his latest film "Guest of Honour" Atom Egoyan is a Canadian Egyptian director whose brilliant film career started in 1980’s and early 90’s during the glorious time of north American independent cinema. His first feature film Next of Kin (1984) won him a prize at Mannheim-Heidelberg international film festival. He has been involved in filmmaking and theater and art production since then and has been training the next generatio...
 

Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho director of Parasite discusses his NEXT projects at SBIFF 2020

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Parasite Director Award winner of the year Interview by Stuart Macnaught & Guy Kennedy      Bong has joined HBO’s adaptation of “Parasite” as executive producer along with Adam McKay. “It will be a five to six-episode limited series; no season 2 or 3. We are developing it as a dense black comedy/crime series that thoroughly explores the rich-poor gap of our time,” said Bong. "Thank you for watching filmfestivals.com" Bo...

 

Netflix's Ted Sarandos to Keynote BANFF's Summit Series

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TED SARANDOS TO KEYNOTE AS PART OF THE BANFF WORLD MEDIA FESTIVAL’S SUMMIT SERIES Ted Sarandos Chief Content Officer Netflix ... 
 
 
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Berlinale Shorts: Award Winners of the International Short Film Competition of Berlinale 2020

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  Left: Adrien Mérigeau - winner Audi Short Film Award In the middle: Rafael Manuel - winner Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film) Right: Keisha Rae Witherspoon - winner Golden Bear for Best Short Film In the course of the International Short Film Competition of the 70th International Film Festival Berlin on Saturday, February 29 2020 four prizes were awarded: the Golden Bear for Best Short Film, the Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film), the Audi Short Film Award and the Berlin Sh...
 
 

Berlinale 2020: Crystal Bears and The Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk (The Children’s Charity of Germany) Awards in Generation Kplus

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The winning films of the Cildren's Jury Generation Kplus (from left to right) Crystal Bear Best Film: Sweet Thing © Lasse Tolbøll | Special Mention: H Is for Happiness © David Dare Parker | Crystal Bear Best Short Film: El nombre del hijo © Constanza Sandoval | Special Mention: El sghayra © Eva Sehet  Generation Crystal Bears The members of the Children’s Jury in Generation Kplus – Jan-Nicl...
 

Berlinale 2020: The Panorama Audience Awards go to Otac (Father) and Welcome to Chechnya

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The audience has voted: The 22nd Panorama Audience Award for the best feature film goes to Otac (Father) by Srdan Golubović. Welcome to Chechnya by David France wins in the category Panorama Dokumente. The prizes are awarded by the Berlinale section Panorama together with radioeins and rbb television (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg). Goran Bogdan in Otac (Father) by Srdan Golubović © Maja Medic/Film House Baš Čelik Otac (Father) shows Nikola fighting for his children. After ...
 

Prize Winners in the Section Perspektive Deutsches Kino

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Perspektive Deutsches Kino The prize winners of the section Perspektive Deutsches Kino are: • Compass-Perspektive-Award: Janna Ji Wonders for Walchensee Forever • Kompagnon-Fellowships: Hristiana Raykova (Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2019) and Ian Purnell (Berlinale Talents 2020) • Heiner-Carow-Prize: Natalija Yefimkina for Garagenvolk Award winner Janna Ji Wonders © Daniel Seiffert The Compass-Perspektive-Award for the best film of ...
 

Berlinale 2020: Crystal Bears Awards in Generation 14plus

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The winning films of the Youth Jury Generation 14plus (from left to right) Crystal Bear Best Film Notre-Dame du Nil © Sophie Davin / Les Films du Tambour, Chapter 2 | Special Mention White Riot © Syd Shelton | Crystal Bear Best Short Film Clebs © Anna Cooley | Special Mention Goodbye Golovin © Ariel Methot   Generation Crystal Bears The members of the Youth Jury in Generation 14plus – Julina Jung, Ion Kebernik, Shahida Kitzov, Lucia Maluga, Rocco Mehlhose...
 

“Digger” by Georgis Grigorakis and “The Calming” by Song Fang win the Art Cinema Awards at the Berlinale

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Here's a video message from Georgis Grigorakis and actor Argyris Pandazaras.      ****UPDATE: An extended interview with Grigorakis and Pandazaras will be published in the coming days.  On Saturday 29th of February, the juries of the International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas (CICAE) at the 70th Berlinale announced the winning films of the Art Cinema Award: “Digger” by Georgis Grigorakis of the Panorama sectio...
 

Winners of The Teddy Award - The Queer Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival

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THE WINNERS The six members of the international jury view films of queer interest within all sections of the Berlinale. Three or four films are nominated and one wins in each of the following categories: best feature film, best documentary/essay film and the best short film. The jury furthermore presents its Jury Award and the TEDDY Readers’ Award powered by queer.de.   (Agustina Comedi, Luciano Villareal, David France, Faraz Shariat, Tsai Ming-Liang, David ...
 

Berlinale's Tagesspiegel Readers' Award goes to Alex Piperno's Window Boy Would also Like to Have a Submarine

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  Alex Piperno's debut feature WINDOW BOY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A SUBMARINE ('Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino') won the Tagesspiegel Readers' Award 2020 at the Berlinale. Since 2007, the Berlin-based national daily newspaper has awarded a Readers' Prize. The jury consists of nine members and the prize is given to the best film in the Forum. Members of the jury were Peter Apel, Heike Bottke, Chris Feustel, Lui...
 
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Baaghi 3, Review: Rebel without a pause

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Baaghi 3, Review: Rebel without a pause Meaning ‘rebel’ in Urdu, Baaghi 3 showcases the muscular machismo, kicking quotient and airborne acrobatics of the loose cannon called Tiger Shroff. He first takes on petty thugs and eve-teasers, then murderers and people smugglers and finally the most dreaded terrorist organisation in Syria, nay, it is claimed, the whole world! His own voice-over at the end credits these escapades as the outcome of being a rebel. And does this rebel have a ...
 
 

19th Annual Transmedia Gujarati Screen & Stage Awards

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19th Annual Transmedia Gujarati Screen & Stage Awards Started in 2002, the Annual Transmedia Gujarati Screen (film and television) & Stage Awards held its 19th edition on 29th February 2020 at the V Hotel, Juhu, Mumbai. On the occasion, the best of Gujarati film and drama talent on display in the calendar year 2019 was awarded. Special awards and lifetime achievement awards were also distributed to a host of luminaries present at the open air venue. The event was sponsored by Gujarat ...
 

Onward, Review: Upward, downward, northward, southward, eastward, westward, and afterward

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Onward, Review: Upward, downward, northward, southward, eastward, westward, and afterward A potpourri of various elements found across several genres, animation giants Disney and Pixar’s Onward is good fun while it lasts. The film uses motivational and familial themes to string together a tale of an era wherein everything modern co-exists with almost everything mythical and magical. It stretches your imagination to some limits, but once you set your disbelief to the required frequency o...
 

Har Kisse Ke Hisse Kaamyaab, Review: Many parts, many holes, no whole, no soul

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Har Kisse Ke Hisse Kaamyaab, Review: Many parts, many holes, no whole, no soul In one scene of Har Kisse Ke Hisse Kaamyaab, the protagonist, an actor who goes under the screen name of Sudheer, cannot get his lines right, because he has not had a swig of his favourite brew, and gives retake after retake. We see him do seven/eight retakes, after which, mercifully, the film-maker goes into a montage, with only music, after which it is revealed that he had given as many as 32 retakes. Mercifully,...

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"Dark Waters" - Film Review

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by Emilia Ippolito If you are interested in whistle blowers and investigative journalism, this is a fine film on the efforts of a brilliant corporate lawyer, Rob Bilott, to bring down one of the largest and most powerful corporate name in biochemicals on the planet : DuPont. The American company is the original producer of Teflon, main component of about 90% of anything we use : ranging from clothing to the now infamous Teflon cooking pans, Teflon is a highly poisonous chemical construct,...
 

Georgis Grigorakis & Argyris Pandazaras dig into Digger at Berlinale

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(Georgis Grigorakis, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Vangelis Mourikis, Argyris Pandazaras © Berlinale 2020)   by Lindsay R. Bellinger "I saw a poster in the train station here (Berlin) about the environmental crisis being the next Berlin Wall. And I think that this is what the film is about."  ~ Georgis Grigorakis The Greek film Digger from director Georgis Grigorakis won the Art Cinema Award on Saturday, the 29th of February, which was awarded by the Int...

 

 

 

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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson

Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 84 minutes

What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.

Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches. As Davies meets and becomes friends with the some of his Russian photo subjects, he finds himself getting emotionally involved with their struggle. He decides to put down his camera and get involved with church restoration.

 

            Early on in our story Davies befriends the famed Russian architect Alexander Popov who is deeply involved in working to preserve and share with the world the beauty and value of these ancient structures. Popov has uniquely discovered and reinvigorated both the tools and processes that restore life back to the North. But it’s an uphill battle against strong and powerful forces.

 

            Together, Davies and Popov uncover the circumstances that led to the demise of the churches, and then join a small but growing group of passionate Russian citizens and outsiders from all walks of life who join the cause of Saving North.

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Adverse written and directed by Brian Metcalf

USA Thriller December 2020, 92 minutes

Starring Mickey Rourke, Penelope Ann Miller,  Sean Astin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Thomas Ian Nicholas,  Matt Ryan, Jake T. Austin,  Kelly Arjen…

After discovering his younger sister has become addicted to drugs and caught in the seedy underworld, a taxi driver suffering from mental illness must find a way to save her by infiltrating a dangerous crime syndicate, regardless of the costs. 
 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

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Le Palmarès des Cesar et un grand absent pour J' accuse trois fois primé mais qui divise la profession

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Palmarès  Les nominations ont été annoncées le 29 janvier 2020 au cours d'une conférence de presse . Meilleur film  Les Misérables de Ladj Ly, produit par Toufik Ayadi et Christophe Barral La Belle Époque de Nicolas Bedos, produit par François Kraus et Denis Pineau-Valencienne Grâce à Dieu de François Ozon,&n...
 

Top 10 des entrées hebdo France du 26/02/2020 au 03/03/2020

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Impact des bandes-annonces diffusées dans les cinémas au 3 mars

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Le FIFF 2020 se redéploie et annule ses dates de mars

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      La 34e édition du FIFF, Festival International de Films de Fribourg, prévue du 20 au 28 mars 2020, est annulée. L’équipe prépare un redéploiement partiel sur l’ensemble de l’année, aussitôt que les conditions sanitaires le permettront. L’évolution de l’épi...
 

Covid-19 : l’édition 2020 du FIFDH est annulée.

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  Toutes les projections publiques du FIFDH sont annulées. Le Festival maintient sa mission sous une forme repensée.   Le Festival maintient sa mission sous une forme ...
 
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VIDEO Beatriz Pacheco Pereira a creative eye to discovering new talents, memoirs of 40 years of running Fantasporto

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Asian Cinema dominates the Fantasporto Awards

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FANTASPORTO 40 YEARS  THE AWARDS ASIAN CINEMA DOMINATES  FANTASPORTO OPENS TO THE BIG ISSUES OF TODAY  PORTUGUESE FILM AWARDS GO TO BUNKER, ETIC FILM SCHOOL AND BEHIND THE COIN “Ghostmaster” by Paul Young, a fantasy comedy with heavy touches of gore, won the Fantasy Section in the 40th Porto Film Festival- Fantasporto. A film crew in action. The assistant director, called Akira Kurosawa, is frequently humiliated by all. But what nobody knows is that in a scri...
 

VIDEO: Meet Julian Richards the man with 18 films at Fantasporto

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We met again Julian Richards in Porto, the founder of Jinga Films, who received a Fantasporto career tribute award and a full retrospective of his films, and some of the films he has distributed.       JINGA FILMS IN OFFICIAL SELECTION  Infection – Flavio Pedota -   97’ (Mex) -Jinga I Am Toxic – Daniel de la Vega – 83’ (Arg) Deathcember – Dominic Saxl, Isaac Ezban, Sonia Escolano, Mich...
 

VIDEO: Interview with Milcho Manchevski for his film Willow: Fantasporto winner

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OFFICIAL DIRECTORS WEEK AWARDS Willow has been awarded with the Manoel de Oliveira Award in the Directors Week  / Directors Week Best Film  Award Willow- Milcho Manchevski – 91’ (República da Macedonia/Hung/Belg) ...
 
 

Fantasporto 40th gave its awards

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    FANTASPORTO  2020 / 40th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL   AWARDS   FANTASY INTERNATIONAL JURY The International Jury of the Fantasy Section of the 40 th Oporto International Film Festival - Fantasporto  has decided to grant the following awards: Best Film Award Fantasporto Ghostmaster - Paul Young- 91’ (Jap)   Jury’s Special Award Dancing Mary- Sabu – 106’ (Jap)   Best Direction Clarita &...
 

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Top 25 photos from Berlinale: Antonio and his golden camera

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(Sigourney Weaver, © Antonio Castello) By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER The man with the golden camera strikes again. I first noticed photographer Antonio Castello during a press conference last year. His camera with a golden vintage lens really made me look twice. He captured more than a thousand photos over the course of this year's 70th anniversary edition of the Berlin International Film Festival, known by most just as the Berlinale. Looking through his "best of" p...
 

Jury Grid for Berlinale: 5 continents weigh in

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(The amazing cast of Nomera /Numbers © Berlinale 2020) by Lindsay R. Bellinger Numbers is the name of the game when referring to ⭐⭐⭐⭐ awarded by film journalists, whether it's at international film festivals or for reviews of films coming to a movie theater near you. Here you can find our international jury grid composed of twelve film journalists from five different continents, male and female critics represented equally. Below you can also read more about each jo...

Berlinale 70th Golden Bears and Helen Mirren

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By Mark Tchelistcheff The 70th Berlinale film festival is over.  The Golden Bear went to dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof for THERE IS NO EVIL, an unblinking depiction of freedom and the death penalty in Iran.  Bravo to the jury for awarding this exceptional film the Golden Bear award to Rasoulof.  Rasoulof’s daughter, actress Baran Rasoulof, accepted on his behalf as the director was banned from traveling for defying Iran’s authorities...
 

70th Berlinale: Successful Anniversary Edition for Audience and Industry

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  Golden Bear for Best Film 2020: Sheytan vojud nadarad (There Is No Evil) by Mohammad Rasoulof - the film team © Erik Weiss / Berlinale 2020    The 70th Berlin International Film Festival ended successfully with the “Berlinale Publikumstag” on March 1. Following the Award Ceremony on Saturday evening, at which Sheytan vojud nadarad (There Is No Evil) by the Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof received the Golden Bear, numerous fans flocked again to the cinema...
 
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2nd edition of Your Script Produced competition opened its call for entries

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“YOUR SCRIPT PRODUCED!” INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING COMPETITION   Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00. We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Win... 

  

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73rd Festival de Cannes dates maintained

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The Official Selection will be unveiled by Thierry Frémaux, Festival de Cannes General Delegate, in attendance of its President Pierre Lescure, on Thursday, April 16th 2020 11 am CET, at the UGC Normandie during a press conference.   Accreditations continue at an intensive pace as we count so far an increa... 
 

COVID-19 update: Tribeca will be postponed

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The cancellation of the april edition of Tribeca Film Fest 2020 has been announced yesterday as follows. "We founded the Tribeca Film Festival as a way to heal our community after the devastation of the 9/11 attacks in 2001. We were determined to overcome our fear and anxiety by joining together. It is in our DNA to march forward while caring about our community We have made the difficult decision to postpone the 19th Tribeca Film Festival (April 15-26) based on the announcement by Gov...
 

COVID-19 update: The Annapolis Film Festival 2020 march edition will change its format

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   AFF ANNOUNCEMENT MESSAGE FROM THE AFF CO-FOUNDERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS    In accordance with the governor’s order today canceling all large events in the State of Maryland, amid growing health concerns as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread, we will not be presenting the Annapolis Film Festiva...
 

COVID-19 update: Festivals cancelled, Cannes stays confident

 
FICCI Frames postponed Tribeca Film Festival postponed AFCI Week in LA postponed to June 22-26 CinemaCon cancelled Denmark’s CPH:DOX goes digital Series Mania cancelled  Austria’s Diagonale film festival cancelled  Korea’s Jeonju International Film Festival postponed Lithuania’s Meeting Point Vilnius, Croatia’s Zagrebdox cancelled Malaga Film Festival postponed  Bulgaria’s Sofia Film Festival and Sofia ...
 
 

COVID-19 update: 2020 CPH:DOX 2020 is set to roll out in a digital version

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In the light of the global crisis related to COVID19, and following the latest announcement from the Danish Government on March 11, 8.30PM further restricting public gatherings, CPH:DOX has decided to roll out its 2020 edition in a digital version.   Sadly, this means that the planned +700 screenings of 220 films will not take place. However, the festival has already taken necessary steps to launch parts of the festival digitally.  To this end, CPH:DOX has partnered wit...
 
 

COVID-19 update: the 39th Istanbul Film Festival is postponed

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39TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL IS POSTPONED  In line with the measures taken in Turkey to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, which is described as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, the 39th Istanbul Film Festival, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and scheduled to take place on 10-21 April, is postponed to a later date. New dates will be announced in the coming days. The presentations of the projects and films from Turkey and i...
 

COVID-19 update: SR Socially Relevant Film Festival NY has been postponed

 
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION: Coronavirus (COVID-19) This ammends our previous communication on the program announcement. It is with a sad and heavy heart that we announce that SR Socially Relevant Film Festival NY has been postponed to a future date in the fall. We will inform concerned parties as such future date becomes possible and available with our venues. As a Festival we are at the forefront of social issues and how they affect us, and here is one in the middle of which we find ourselves. T...
 

The Sochi International Film Festival and Awards (SIFFA) UK 2020 Awards Gala reduces scope: the show goes on without a gala

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    The Sochi International Film Festival and Awards (SIFFA) organisers announced today (12 March 2020) that they have had to postpone their showcase SIFFA UK 2020 Awards Gala, which was set for next Thursday (19 March 2020). The majority of their 10-day programme (17 –27 March) showing some of the best contemporary Russian films goes ahead in London, Cambridge and Cheltenham. SIFFA President and Founder Luba Balagova said: “As fears have spread ...
 

COVID-19 update: The Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) march edition will be postponed

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The Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF), offering the best in independent cinema from around the world, announces that it is postponing its 23rd edition of the festival due to the coronavirus.  The festival was due to take place from March 25 – 29, 2020 in Sonoma, Northern California, the prestigious, world-renowned wine growing capital of the US, presented by United Mileageplus® Cards From Chase*. SIFF Executive Director Kevin McNeely states: “The health, we...
 

53rd Houston International Festival is a go, despite COVID-19, the WUHAN VIRUS!

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  Dear Friends, As we put the finishing touches on our exciting 53rd Houston International Festival program, we want to reach out to inform you of the steps we are taking in light of the evolving status of COVID-19. HIFF staff continue to monitor on a daily basis the developments and latest guidelines provided by local, national, and international authorities and at this time we are confident and comfortable in moving forward with the Festival, which will run April 17–26.  W...
 

67th Sydney Film Festival returns in June

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    From Wednesday 3 June to Sunday 14 June 2020, the 67th Sydney Film Festival brings the world’s best new films to Sydney for 12 days and nights of spectacular premieres, talks, parties, international director and actor guests and more. “In 2020, Sydney Film Festival returns to immerse audiences in a kaleidoscopic selection of world-class cinema, including spellbinding features that capture the cultural zeitgeist and poignant documentaries that impart resonant messag...
 

Dortmund | Cologne International Women’s Film Festival will take place starting March 24th to 29th 2020 in Cologne

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The Dortmund | Cologne International Women’s Film Festival will take place according to the current state of information! The size of the festival and its partner cinemas is such that it allows for great flexibility. We therefore will apply the safety measures recommended by the German Robert Koch Institute and the city of Cologne. The festival will turn into a ‚camp fire festival’; we will offer our film programm as planned, however, the audience number will be reduced....
 
 

Innsbruck Nature Film Festival calling till june 1st

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INNSBRUCK NATURE FILM FESTIVAL 2020 Amidst the richness and magnificence of nature, the INNSBRUCK NATURE FILM FESTIVAL will take place for the 19th time between the 6-9th October 2020. The film programme will be decided in the next few weeks.           ...
 

Submit to the Green Screen 2020 fim competition

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Only a few days left to enter your films in the GREEN SCREEN competition! Submit now: www.greenscreen-festival.de/en/professional/filmsubmission/ Noch nicht eingereicht? In ein paar Tagen endet die Einreichfrist! Filmanmeldung und Infos unter: ...
 
 

COVID 19 update: Planning Officially Begins Today for Cinequest's Summer Edition

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Cinequest is bullish on the future and today has officially begun planning for the Summer Edition of the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival. I will return to you in the upcoming weeks with updates on what we have in store. I will explain more at that time about how we are handling Summer Edition access for passes purchased for the March Edition. Here's a few happy thoughts for now...   If possible, we are planning to reschedule and repeat m...
 
 

The Sunscreen Film Festival today announced its official program selections for its 2020 showcase

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    Festival Will Screen 25 Features & 100 Shorts at 15th Annual Event Presented by the St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Commission on Thursday, April 30 – Sunday, May 3, 2020 at AMC Sundial Theaters   The Sunscreen Film Festival today announced its official program selections for its 2020 showcase taking place at AMC Theaters Sundial and other venues in the St. Petersburg area, from Thursday, April 30 through Sunday, May 3, 2020. The festival, now i...
 
 

Over The Fence opens this THURSDAY!

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      It's almost your last chance to get tickets for the upcoming screenings! OTF is screening on Thurs 12 and Fri 13 March @7pm, and Sat 14 March (2 screenings!) @5pm & 7.30pm! Get your tickets quick!! (The T...
 
 
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The 23rd UNAFF is calling for entries

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Early Deadline – May 2, 2020*

Regular Deadline – May 12, 2020*

Late deadline – May 20, 2020

The 23rd UNAFF will be held from October 15-25, 2020 in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. This year’s theme THE POWER OF EMPATHY continues our two decades long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasizing our readiness to care about other people’s emotional experiences.

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Early bird Deadline: March 22, 2020

Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

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French Riviera Film Festival 

May 11-12, 2020
 

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The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers.  https://filmfreeway.com/FrenchRivieraFilmFestival

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
May 30 – June 4, 2020

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April 10, 2020 Late Deadline

Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival returns in June 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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The CEO of EbonyLife Mo Abudu announced as a keynote speaker for BANFF Summit Series

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  Mo Abudu CEO EbonyLife The Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) is proud to announce CEO of EbonyLife Mo Abudu as a keynote speaker for its BANFF Summit Series, a premium lineup featuring the boldest voices and the world’s most influential media leaders. The Festival will take place June 14-17, 2020 at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta, Canada.   “The festival is honoured to host Mo Abudu,” said Jenn Kuzmyk, Executive Director of the...
 

 

Max Von Sydow RIP

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Alan Schoenauer, our photographer friend sent us these pictures he took von the legendary Max von Sydow who passed this week. Here below with with Thierry Fremaux (at Lumière festival) Legion D'Honneur Festival Lumiere 2012 Below with french director Bertrand TavernierALOHA PICTURES ©  Winner First Price Photographer's Award Cannes Film Festival   Images Collection by  Alan Schoenauer Carlotti © & Patrick Mas...
 
 

Max Von Sydow Dies March 9, Honored in Rare Archival Interview

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent With the passing of Swedish actor Max Von Sydow on March 9, 2020, a rare exclusive interview... THIS INTERVIEW FIRST APPEARED IN "VENICE" MAGAZINE AS A COVER STORY BY QUENDRITH JOHNSON. "He's in Room 652," the Concierge at The Beverly Regent whispers, "go right on up,." This unnecessary whispering highlights the fact that Max von Sydow carries with him a certain stately presence... He is, after all, p...
 
 
 
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Angrezi Medium, Review: Crazy Tedium

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Angrezi Medium, Review: Crazy Tedium Three years ago, Maddock Films gave us a slice-of-life entertainer called Hindi Medium. ‘Medium’ here referred to the language, the medium of instruction in school education. It was just passably humorous yet proved more popular than expected, garnering a few awards as well. A follow-up went into development soon afterwards, repeating its lead actor Irrfan Khan. Though still to recover completely, Irrfan is back in Maddock’s Angrezi (Engl...
 
 

18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, III

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18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, III Iran bagged two of the four prizes in the best short fiction films category at the 18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival (TEAFF), including the most coveted First Prize. The second prize went to an Indian entry, while the third prize was shared between an Iranian and an Indian film. Over the years, Iranian films have regularly made their mark at TEAFF, and there is always a strong presence of films from Iran, whether features or shorts. Here are the winne...
 

18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, II

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18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, II Six films were short-listed for the Best Asian Woman Film-maker Award at the 18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival (TEAFF): An Unfairy Tale/Maadathi, 2019, Tamil, 90 min, Director: Leena Manimekalai; Mystic Memoir, 2019, Bengali, 77 minutes, Director: Aparajita Ghosh; The Taste from Happy Island, 2019, China, 90 min, Director: Lai Xueyi; Stories@8/Kathaah@8, 2019, multilingual, Singapore, 90 mins, Director: Shilpa Krishnan Shukla; Dithee, 2019, Marathi, 86 ...
 
 

18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, I

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18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, I Organised by the Asian Film Foundation and P.L. Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy, the 18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival (TEAFF) has just concluded. Held during March 1-6, at the Mini-Theatre, located on the third floor of the Ravindra Natya Mandir Complex, Prabhadevi, Mumbai, the festival screened films in six slots each day. Paani, in Marathi language, directed by Adinath Kothare, was the inaugural film while Mai Ghaat, also in Marathi, directed by An...
 
 

Baaghi 3, Review: Rebel without a pause

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Baaghi 3, Review: Rebel without a pause Meaning ‘rebel’ in Urdu, Baaghi 3 showcases the muscular machismo, kicking quotient and airborne acrobatics of the loose cannon called Tiger Shroff. He first takes on petty thugs and eve-teasers, then murderers and people smugglers and finally the most dreaded terrorist organisation in Syria, nay, it is claimed, the whole world! His own voice-over at the end credits these escapades as the outcome of being a rebel. And does this rebel have a ...

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6th Annual Irish Film Festival in Australia Announces A Bump Along the Way as Opening Night Film

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The Irish Film Festival today announced the Australian premiere of critically acclaimed debut feature A Bump Along the Way. The comedy will open the Festival at the Chauvel Cinema in Paddington on 14 May and The Kino in Melbourne on 21 May. The film comes to Sydney fresh off a resoundingly positive 2019 tour of the international film festival circuit. A Bump Along the Way opened the Santa Barbara International Film Festival; won Best Irish First Feature at the Galway Film Festival; recei...
 
 

"terroir" accepted to Filmets 2020!

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"terroir" has been accepted to the prestigious Filmets Film Festival in Badalona, a suburb of Barcelona, Spain for October 16-25, 2020. Written/helmed and sung by Dawn Westlake, "terroir" was shot in Wheaton & Peru, IL, USA, Vilafranca del Penedes, Spain and Font Romeu, France by Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona. An original score was composed and Westlake's voice coached by GC Johnson of Acoustic Labs. "terroir" marks the professional acting debut ...
 

US Box Office: analysis for the week end of March 6 - 8

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Disney earned top spot at the weekend box office with its opening of Onward.  The PG-rated animated family film from Pixar Studios brought in $40M on 4300+ screens in North America. Universal and Blumhouse Productions' The Invisible Man continued to perform well in its second week in theatres, earning $15.2M for the weekend and a $52.7M cume after 10 days. Warner Bros. opened The Way Back, an R-rated drama starring Ben Affleck in a story of the destructive power of addition and the...
 

French films at the international box office: Top 20 January 2020

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International box office results International box office for French films (outside France) - From December 30th, 2019 to January 26th, 2020 # Title Admissions BO revenues (€) No. of prints No. of countries Total admissions 1 Portrait of a Lady on Fire 231 364 1 545 508 ...
 

UniFrance and AMPAS join forces for two days in Paris dedicated to French cinema

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© Giancarlo Gorassini  On March 3 and 4, a two-day event was organized for the second year running by UniFrance and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to celebrate the achievements of women in the French movie industry and the ongoing collaboration between professionals on both sides of the Atlantic. After honoring Mounia Meddour who was awarded the 2020 Academy Gold Fellowship Award for Women, presented by AMPAS.   The first day of...

 

 

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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson

Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 84 minutes

What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.

Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches. As Davies meets and becomes friends with the some of his Russian photo subjects, he finds himself getting emotionally involved with their struggle. He decides to put down his camera and get involved with church restoration.

 

            Early on in our story Davies befriends the famed Russian architect Alexander Popov who is deeply involved in working to preserve and share with the world the beauty and value of these ancient structures. Popov has uniquely discovered and reinvigorated both the tools and processes that restore life back to the North. But it’s an uphill battle against strong and powerful forces.

 

            Together, Davies and Popov uncover the circumstances that led to the demise of the churches, and then join a small but growing group of passionate Russian citizens and outsiders from all walks of life who join the cause of Saving North.

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

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COVID-19 update: 2020 Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur: la CARAVANE DU COURT est annulée

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Finalement, pas de cinéma en mars     Nous sommes au regret de vous annoncer qu'à partir de ce jour les pr...
 

COVID-19 update: Cinélatino continue et s'adapte en modifiant le programme et limitant les contacts potentiels

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La pandémie actuelle de Covid-19 nous contraint à modifier la 32e édition de Cinélatino. Le Conseil d’Administration de l’ARCALT-Cinélatino a décidé : - dans une démarche de soutien mutuel avec les salles de cinéma, de maintenir, autant que faire se peut, les projections telles que prévues dans le programme pour vous montrer l’actualité des cinématographies d’Amérique lat...
 

8e festival de cinéma ADAPTATIONS /// CHOLET en version mini festival de 4 jours fin de ce mois

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8e festival de cinéma ADAPTATIONS /// CHOLET du jeudi 26 au dimanche 29 mars 2020 Une édition réduite à 4 jours Au vu de circonstances exceptionnelles liées à la fois à un souci d’organisation et à la situation de prévention sanitaire actuelle, l’équipe du Festival Adaptations a pris la décision de resserrer le festival cette année, le réduisant ainsi de dix à quatre jours. Le Fes...
 

Top 10 des entrées hebdo France du 04/03/2020 au 10/03/2020

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L'édition 2020 de SÉRIES MANIA prévue pour la fin du mois vient d être annulée

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Nous venons d 'apprendre l'annulation de l ’ensemble des manifestations du festival (festival public, Series Mania Forum et Dialogues de Lille) qui devait se dérouler du 20 au 28 mars à Lille et dans la région Hauts-de-France .   ...
 

Que signifie être un indépendant aujourd'hui et travailler la diversité du cinéma au quotidien

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Mardi 17 mars I Forum des images (Salle 500)    Que signifie être un indépendant aujourd'hui et travailler la diversité du cinéma ...
 

Pour sa 20ème édition, le NIFFF s’abandonne à son instinct sauvage

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  À quelques mois de l’ouverture de sa 20ème édition*, le Festival International du Film Fantastique de Neuchâtel (NIFFF) a le plaisir d’annoncer qu’il célébrera ses deux décennies d’existence en compagnie du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Neuchâtel (MHNN), avec qui il signe une toute nouvelle collaboration. Façade sud Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle © MHNN Le Musée ouvrira ses portes ...
 

Les femmes à l honneur de Créteil

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FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE FILMS DE FEMMES LE SAMEDI 14 MARS 2020 À LA MAISON DES ARTS DE CRÉTEIL NICOLE STÉPHANE (actrice, réalisatrice, productrice). " Nous sommes les instruments du Destin...Je veux la revoir, enregistrer encore. Filmer. Cela durera quatre ans. 2003-2007. Je pensais que nous ne parlerions que de cinéma. J’étais loin de me douter qu’à 22 ans NICOLE STÉPHANE avait d&ea...
 

21 projets en création émergente retenus par la SODEC

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Dans le cadre de son nouveau Programme d’aide à la création émergente, la direction générale du cinéma et de la production télévisuelle de la Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) apportera son soutien à 21 projets. « La SODEC est très fière d’annoncer la composition des projets formant la première cohorte du programme d’aide &...
 
 

Festival du Film Russe de Paris / Ile-de-France

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La 6e édition du Festival du Film Russe de Paris : Ile-de-France aura lieu cette année dans 5 lieux parisiens : le Balzac, le Max Linder, le Studio 29, le Christine 21 et le Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe. Elle se décentralisera également en région parisienne et en province. « Quand les Russes nous étonnent » – thème retenu pour cette nouvelle édition – vous permettra de découvrir plus de 3...
 

 

Cinélatino, toute la programmation est là !

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Our thoughts go to the families of the victims of the COVID-19 in their flesh or their business; and we express our loud gratitude and solidarity with all of those who are fighting that disease. Our consideration and sympathy go to all the teams behind the festivals which had to cancel or postpone their edition. We understand all the frustration. We understand the work involved, we respect the tough decision and feel sorry for all the lost opportunities for our filmmaker friends in their quest to reach an audience.

We are here to help if we can. MOST IMPORTANT AT THIS STAGE STAY SAFE: SOCIAL DISTANCING...

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COVID-19 update: Cannes postpones the may edition of the Festival to a later date (tentatively end june...)

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We were very sorry to receive this message from the Cannes Film Festival management (which, alas, we were expecting). We hear the Market might take another virtual form, but are still waiting for confirmations.   At this time of global health crisis, our thoughts go to the victims of the COVID-19 and we express our solidarity with all of those who are fighting the disease. Today, we have made the following decision : The Festival de Cannes cannot be held on the scheduled dates, from M...
 

WAR AGAINST CORONAVIRUS : WHAT CAN BE SEEN ON THE POSITIVE

 

COVID-19 positive update: Reed MIDEM launches MIPTV ONLINE+

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Reed MIDEM today announces the launch of MIPTV ONLINE+, a premium online experience available for free to all registered MIPTV, MIPDoc and MIPFormats 2020 clients.   MIPTV ONLINE+ will launch on March 30. The new service offers connected access to exclusive content originally programmed for the 57th edition of MIPTV which, together with MIPDoc and MIPFormats, was scheduled to run March 28-April 2 in Cannes before being cancelled due to the coronavirus (Covid-19). &nbs...
 
 

Kino Lorber Combats Coronavirus: "Kino Marquee" to Stream During Shutdowns

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent  Here's a bright spot during all the COVID-19 closures and shuttering of art house cinemas... read on. Curated by Screenmancer Staff New York, NY (03/19/2020): Kino Lorber announces today that it is launching a virtual theatrical exhibition initiative called Kino Marquee to enable movie theaters shuttered by the coronavirus outbreak to continue to serve their audiences and generate revenue in this difficult time. The initiative also ...
 

Selection of Neighbours Platform is complete for the online version of Meetings on the Bridge

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MEETINGS ON THE BRIDGE IS GOING ONLINE ON THE 15TH YEAR Following the declaration of World Health Organisation about COVID-19 as pandemic and taking into consideration of the pressure on the filmmakers necessary measures were taken to perform the activities of MoB online. Film Development Workshop will hold one to one and jury meetings with international industry guests at online platforms. NEIGHBOURS PLATFORM SELECTION IS COMPLETE! Meetings on the Bridge has launched Neighbours Pl...
 

COVID-19 positive update: SIGNIANT Unlimited Media Shuttle During Coronaro virus Outbreak

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We salute this positive initiative from Signiant, COVID-19 threats offers us an opportunity to show the better side of human nature in hard times.  To support the media industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, Signiant is taking the unprecedented step of offering unlimited users to Media Shuttle customers. As the virus changes work patterns across the industry, it is more vital than ever for media professionals to have the ability to work remotely and collaborate globally ⎯ the very work...
 

COVID-19 positive update: International solidarity reactions to Cartoon Italia

 
Immediate solidarity reaction from France, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Belgium, Finland, Poland, UK “The Italian animation industry and community are compact in facing this difficult moment”, says Anne Sophie Vanhollebeke, president of Cartoon Italia, the National Association of animation producers, to the European colleagues of the animation industry. The email was sent Thursday to reassure all foreign partners and raise awareness of the measures to be taken also in the rest of Europe...
 

My Darling Quarantine: launch of an online festival designed to raise money in light of Coronavirus

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Festival programmers join forces to launch My Darling Quarantine, an online festival designed to raise money in light of Coronavirus Tallinn Black Nights programmer Laurence Boyce has joined colleagues from festivals like Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno and many others to support the launch of MY DARLING QUARANTINE, an online short film festival designed to raise money in light of Coronavirus. In light of the current COVID-19 situation that is unfolding acros...
 

COVID-19 update:Social distancing doesn't have to mean social isolation: Check the virtual film festival for #WomensHistoryMonth

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Dear Friends of Women Make Movies, As we watched the film event cancellations and postponements, especially the major festivals, this week, we were both stunned and deeply saddened. With people losing lives, public school children at risk of missing meals, and minimum wage workers losing jobs overnight, it can be easy to feel like our sadness about the loss of a film premiere is trivial. And yet, at Women Make Movies, we are keenly aware of how pivotal these events are for filmmakers -- a...
 

COVID-19 positive update: 9th Annual ReelAbilities Film Festival Boston offers online free screenings

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Online only workshop of the 4th Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality

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For the first time anywhere in the world a workshop was held entirely in virtual mode / Participating were the three projects selected for the 4th edition of the Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality   The workshop of the 4th Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality, which ended on Friday March 6th, was held entirely in virtual mode, on a specialized platform and consistent with the language of the projects involved.   This is the first time anywhere...
 

COVID-19 positive update: DOK.fest München goes onbline coming to your home

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Dear friends of DOK.fest München, unusual times require unusual steps. Due to the current corona crisis and all official requirements, the 35th edition of DOK.fest München (May 6th to 17th) will not be able to take place in the usual form. Unfortunately, a postponement of the festival is also not possible. However, we are pleased to announce a very special event this year: DOK.fest München@home 2020, the first online DOK.fest München. For the first time we are coming to yo...
 

COVID 19 update: TIDF cancellation announcement, same may date next year

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Due to the latest development of COVID-19 pandemic, we regret to announce that the 12th TIDF due to take place on May 1-10, 2020, will be postponed to Spring 2021.  Under the influence of COVID-19 pandemic, the festival won’t be able to proceed as we planned it. Filmmakers and professionals, audience, our staff and volunteers together made the TIDF as it is today and it would be irresponsible to put everyone under this unnecessary risk.  All participants’ welfare is of ...
 

COVID-19 update: The 15th Annual Sunscreen Film Fest Postponed Until Fall 2020

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Dear Filmmakers and Festival Supporters:   We are all aware that organizations and businesses around the world have been dramatically impacted by the Covid-19 virus and may continue throughout the foreseeable ...
 
 

COVID-19 update: The ECU sticks to its end of april dates (so far...so good)

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Here at ÉCU we are very aware of the development of covid-19 within France, and understand that a lot of filmmakers and festival attendees have concern over this. We are planning to host ÉCU 2020 as scheduled: on the 24th, 25th, and 26th April in Paris. We are in touch with the local Paris authorities about their plans, and are monitoring the situation closely. As far as we are concerned, the festival will go ahead as planned unless the local authorities decide ...
 

COVID-19 update: The SoundTrack_Cologne 17 moved from April to August

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SoundTrack_Cologne 17 moved from April to August (August 19th – 22th, 2020), film festival SEE THE SOUND takes place in April (April 22nd – 26th, 2020) Due to the current situation regarding the corona virus, the congress SoundTrack_Cologne 17 will be moved from April to August (August 19th – 22th 2020). MATRIX composer Don Davis, guest of honor and receiver of the Lifetime Achievement Award, has confirmed the new date and will accept the prize at the Award Ceremony on...
 

COVID-19 update: Postponing the Women+Film Festival

 
To our Denver Film and Women+Film guests:   As you may know, in response to the ongoing health concerns and state of Colorado mandates related to COVID-19 (coronavirus) and public gatherings, we temporarily closed the Sie FilmCenter earlier this week. The required 30-day closure from Gov. Polis will keep our theaters closed through April 15 at which time the situation will be evaluated. In addition, we are also postponing our 2020 Women+Film Festival scheduled for April 14-19 in Denver.&...
 

COVID-19 update: The Hawaii Internationational Film Festival postponed to end of August 2020

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Aloha HIFF Partners, Sponsors, Supporters, Members, and Audiences,   Since news broke about the coronavirus (COVID-19), we have been closely monitoring the situation and taking the necessary precautions to ensure the health and safety of our team members, our patrons, and our community. We want to be part of the solution to the current challenges we are facing. Our thoughts go out to anyone who has been directly affected. We hope that you, your family, friends and colleagues are safe an...
 

COVID-19 update: ‘Languages & the Media’ Postponed

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  As the events sector begins to feel the impact of the COVID-19 virus, the organisers of Europe’s most renowned conference on audiovisual localisation have announced the postponement of ‘Languages & the Media.’ The conference, which was scheduled to take place in June, will now be held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Berlin from December 14 - 16 2020. A statement by the organisers, ICWE GmbH, announcing the new date, said: “In the light of the r...
 
 

COVID-19 update: Visions du Réel rethinks its next edition

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Following the decisions taken by the Swiss Government and Vaud Canton on March 13th – to ban public gatherings and simultaneously to close all movie theatres until April 30th – Visions du Réel has decided to rethink the form of its 51st edition (April 24th - May 2nd 2020). As the safety of all is a top priority in the current health situation, our team is preparing an alternative and novel formula, solely on the internet. It will enable us to share with the public films fr...
 
 

EFA Young Audience Award Cancels Theatre Screenings & Goes Online

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  Due to the Coronavirus crisis the European Film Academy and its partner network sadly have to cancel all theatre jury screenings planned for 26 April in 40 countries across Europe and beyond. While nothing compares to the experience of watching a film in a theatre in a group of other film-lovers, in times like these the most important thing is to stop the virus from continuing to spread at high speed. That doesn’t mean that you cannot watch great films and this year&rsquo...
 

COVID-19 update: The Sydney Film Festival cancels the 2020 edition initially planned June 3rd to 14th

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Filmfestivals.com is sad again to report another cancellation: one of the first festivals planned for june which cancels.   A message from Sydney Film Festival Chair Deanne Weir, CEO Leigh Small, and Festival Director Nashen Moodley It is with deep regret that, for the first time in its history, the Sydney Film Festival board and management must announce the cancellation of this year’s Festival, planned for June 3rd to 14th.   The decis...
 
 

COVID-19 update: The 53rd edition of WorldFest Houston will be postponed

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  Don't worry, friends... as long as humans have been around there has been a need for story telling. The show will go on and we will be back with more "good stories, well told." Now, y'all stay safe, ya hear!   Dear film creators and lovers, Friends, we really didn't want it to come to this. We kept quietly pressing on, putting the finishing touches on our program, watching amazing films and assembling the best 53rd WorldFest...
 

SoundTrack_Cologne 17 moves from April to August

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SoundTrack_Cologne 17 moved from April to August (August 19th – 22th, 2020), film festival SEE THE SOUND takes place in April (April 22nd – 26th, 2020) Due to the current situation regarding the corona virus, the congress SoundTrack_Cologne 17 will be moved from April to August (August 19th – 22th 2020). MATRIX composer Don Davis, guest of honor and receiver of the Lifetime Achievement Award, has confirmed the new date and will accept the prize at the Award Ceremony on Satu...
 

BIFED 2020

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                    BIFED 2020 – Open for Submissions! Good news! It seems like we all have to be vegan now. It is not because we care about animals. It is because we always and only care about ourselves and because the animals have caught up with us. They store as much poison as possible in their bodies so that whoever eats them should be poisoned as well. That’s what the pigs, chicken, ...
 

COVID-19 update: Cancellation of BFI Flare 2020

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It’s with heavy hearts we announce that due to the scale and complexity of running a large international film festival, with filmmakers due to travel from across the world, the BFI has taken the very difficult decision to cancel the 2020 edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival, owing to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic.   BFI Flare is a very special and long standing festival with a loyal and dedicated following and we realise that this is a very disappointing sit...
 

AND Festival 2020 Postponed from its may dates

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It is with great sadness that we are postponing AND Festival 2020, which was due to take place 14th to 17th May.   We are extremely disappointed to have reached this decision but with the ongoing concerns about the spread of COVID-19/coronavirus and the impact this will have nationally and globally in the coming months, we believe that this is necessary to protect the wellbeing of our staff, artists, our festival community and the public.   Abandon Normal Devices is a unique ...
 

COVID-19 update: The NYC Independent Film Festival may edition will be postponed to June

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We understand that the recent news and uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 situation may have caused you to rethink your travel plans and your attendance to the New York City Independent Film Festival. We will do whatever we can to support you by providing you with as much information as we have. We are continually monitoring the situation, including travel restrictions and updates to travel policies that may impact you. Our top priority is everyone’s health and wellbeing. We high...
 

COVID-19 update: The Kalasha International TV & Film Market april edition will be postponed

 
KENYA FILM COMMISSION POSTPONES KALASHA INTERNATIONAL TV & FILM MARKET   Kenya Film Commission hereby pushes forward this years’ Kalasha International TV & Film Market to a date that will be announced upon the expiry of the 30 days embargo on events attracting international participants. This is part of measures taken to deter the spread of the global pandemic - Corona Virus. The directive by the government is a precautionary measure and a strategy aimed at building surv...
 

COVID-19 update: Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival ic changing dates or moving online

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  Resulting in the state emergency declared by the Estonian government, the 15th Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival is currently postponed or may take place online.   The festival organisers have been closely following the chain of events and public announcements from the  Estonian Health Board and are acting accordingly. Should the emergency end on the 1st of May as is currently planned, the festival can take place from the 1st until the 3rd of May.   ...
 

COVID-19 update: 18th Annual IFFLA Postponed to Later in 2020

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Dear IFFLA Guest,  Given the recent developments around coronavirus, IFFLA has made the difficult but necessary decision to postpone this year’s Festival from April 1st-5th to a later, to-be-determined date in 2020. Please note, we are NOT canceling the festival; we are postponing it. In doing so, we stand in solidarity with leading cultural institutions and festivals as well as the recommendations of the CDC and the Los Angeles County Department of Publi...
 

COVID-19 update: The 63rd San Francisco International Film Festival is canceled

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Dear colleagues, We are deeply saddened and disappointed to announce that we are canceling the 63rd San Francisco International Film Festival. As the situation with COVID-19 evolves and concerns around public safety grow, SFFILM is committed to being a part of the solution to keep our community of audiences and artists safe and is abiding by the current recommendations from state and city health officials.   The Festival press conference originally scheduled for March 18 has als...
 

 

2020 Epic ACG Fest Now is Calling for Entries~!

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As one of the most exciting international ACG events based in California, 2020 Epic ACG Fest (EACG) is just around the corner!  EACG is an international event that included animation, comic art, gaming and cosplay in one place. To promote the Geek culture in a Hollywood style, EACG screened animation films from worldwide; host panels for the audience with the international artists face to face; with professionals from the industry to direct different workshops and unforgettable ...
 

AmDocs 2020 reschedules the docs celebration in Palm Springs to September

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We were sorry to receive the news from our friends in Palm Springs Dear Film-Lover As you know, there has been a sea-change of activity these last few weeks and, in particular, the last few hours. At AmDocs we strive to make the festival experience the best in the world, for both our filmmakers and audience. Some of you have been keeping close tabs on our position on having AmDocs 2020 in spite of the Covid 19 scare. Our City does not have a case as of yet- the public schools are still ...
 

COVID-19 update: The SLO FILM FESTIVAL 2020 Has Been Cancelled

 
San Luis Obispo Public Health agency, in accordance with State health guidelines surrounding the impacts of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 has asked that the SLO Film Fest be cancelled. We are incredibly sad to have to now convey this news but the March 17-22 will not be happening as scheduled. We will begin the process of working with filmmakers to find new ways to share variations of the festival’s program in the future, when it is safe to do so. On behalf of our staff, volunteers, spo...
 

COVID-19 update: The Second Annual French Riviera Film Festival rescheduled in June and relocated in Santa Monica

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Second Annual French Riviera Film Festival Celebrating Short Film and Short-Form Content Rescheduled to June 2020 in Santa Monica, California   Our partner festival will feature the World Premiere of  “Characters” by director Kevin Asch and starring Danny A. Abeckaser (The Irishman),  Lukas Haas (The Revenant) & Sara Foster (90210)   Submission Deadline Extended on FilmFreeway.com   In response to the growing concern worldwide about the covid-19 pa...
 

COVID-19 update: Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) scheduled for May 5 to 10 with online only version

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It is with great regret and due to the spreading of the coronavirus that we, Film- und Medienfestival gGmbH, announce the cancellation of the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) scheduled for May 5 to 10, 2020. This is based on the immediately effective and indefinite decree of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration Baden-Württemberg of Wednesday, March 11, 2020 to the Public Health Departments, according to which large-scale events involving more than 1,000 p...
 

COVID-19 update: Animation Production Days 2020 cancels (6 – 8 May, Stuttgart)

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We regret to announce today that Animation Production Days (6 – 8 May 2020) cannot take place this year due to the Corona pandemic. According to today's decision of the state capital Stuttgart, events in culture, education, sports and leisure as well as meetings, even with less than 1,000 participants, are prohibited with immediate effect. The partner events FMX – Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media and the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated...
 

COVID-19 update: Garden State Festival moves to digital

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Offers Online Antidote to Coronavirus Concerns with +240 Feature Films! In light of the global COVID-19 crisis, and the announcement from the Governor of the State of New Jersey further restricting public gatherings, GSFF 2020 will be presented virtually through parallel and dynamic digital streaming. Physical festival events such as industry activities, workshops, and panels have been canceled. Films will now be showcased online out of concern for the health and safety of our ...
 

COVID-19 update: Palm Springs ShortFest confirmed for June

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Like so many of you, we have spent the last several days and weeks learning about the coronavirus (COVID-19) and how it is impacting our world. For the Palm Springs Film Society, that means understanding how it affects our employees, customers and communities, and then making the necessary adjustments to our work and operations.   We have one simple objective that guides us: keeping you, our community and our employees safe. This has been at the center of our conversations every step of...
 

COVID-19 update: The Wisconsin Film Festival Canceled

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  The 2020 Wisconsin Film Festival is canceled as a result of the threat posed by COVID-19. The University of Wisconsin–Madison recently suspended Spring Semester classroom instruction and canceled events with more than 50 people through at least April 10. At this time, we are in the process of notifying filmmakers, sponsors, donors, volunteers, and all of our stakeholders. Tickets for the 2020 Wisconsin Film Festival will be refunded. We humbly ask for patience as we work t...

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Top 25 photos from Berlinale: Antonio and his golden camera

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(Sigourney Weaver, © Antonio Castello) By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER The man with the golden camera strikes again. I first noticed photographer Antonio Castello during a press conference last year. His camera with a golden vintage lens really made me look twice. He captured more than a thousand photos over the course of this year's 70th anniversary edition of the Berlin International Film Festival, known by most just as the Berlinale. Looking through his "best of" p...
 

Jury Grid for Berlinale: 5 continents weigh in

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(The amazing cast of Nomera /Numbers © Berlinale 2020) by Lindsay R. Bellinger Numbers is the name of the game when referring to ⭐⭐⭐⭐ awarded by film journalists, whether it's at international film festivals or for reviews of films coming to a movie theater near you. Here you can find our international jury grid composed of twelve film journalists from five different continents, male and female critics represented equally. Below you can also read more about each jo... 
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Your Script Produced Season 2 with March 22 deadline

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Get your script into production in 2021!   Deadline: March 22, 2020.    Feature: $60.00    Tv: $50.00   Shorts: $40   Production Funding for 3 UItimate Grand Prize Winners: Feature: $250,000.00 TV Pilot: $10,000.00 Short: $10,000.00   Launched by founder/financier Doval Bacall FiIms, Your Script Produced is an international screenplay competition that provides an unparalleled platform and opportu...

"The Keeper" Wins Audience Choice Best of Fest at 26th Sedona International Film Festival

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THE KEEPER WINS AUDIENCE CHOICE “BEST OF FEST,” BEST FEATURE DRAMA AT 26TH SEDONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL             SEDONA, Ariz. (March 1, 2020): The Keeper, a British-German biographical drama that tells the extraordinary love story between a young English woman and Bert Trautmann, German footballer and prisoner of war, who together overcome prejudice, public hostility and personal tragedy duri...
 
 
 
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 BEYOND BORDERS
July 23-30,  2020

Late deadline April 20, 2020

The 5th International Documentary Festival “Beyond Borders”, Castellorizo island, has the pleasure to invite documentary film-makers to submit their films until 20th of April, 2020. The Festival’s objective is to promote the most important documentary productions worldwide that focus on history, culture, politics and other social subjects. «Beyond Borders» takes place every year during the last week of August, is co-organized with the Region of South Aegean, Les Ecrans des Mondes and the Society for the Restoration of Castellorizo, is held under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad, the Australian Embassy in Athens, the U.S. Embassy in Athens, the Embassy of Israel in Athens and the Municipality of Megisti (Castellorizo), with the kind support of ERT and EKOME. It is produced by the Hellenic History Foundation (www.idisme.gr). “Beyond Borders” includes a selection of Greek, European and worldwide productions of the last five years, workshops, parallel events and master classes. Prizes for Best History Documentary, Best Socio-political Documentary, Best Greek History Documentary, Best Greek Socio-political Documentary,     Best Short Length Documentary will be awarded by the Hellenic Parliament.  EKOME & SteFilm Post Production will also provide awards.

 

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The 23rd UNAFF is calling for entries

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Early Deadline – May 2, 2020*

Regular Deadline – May 12, 2020*

Late deadline – May 20, 2020

The 23rd UNAFF will be held from October 15-25, 2020 in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. This year’s theme THE POWER OF EMPATHY continues our two decades long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasizing our readiness to care about other people’s emotional experiences.

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Your Script Produced competition
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Early bird Deadline: March 22, 2020

Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

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WE PRODUCE YOUR SCRIPT!

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French Riviera Film Festival 

May 11-12, 2020
 

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PARTNER FESTIVAL WITH FILMFESTIVALS.COM

May 9, 2020 extended deadline

The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers.  https://filmfreeway.com/FrenchRivieraFilmFestival

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
May 30 – June 4, 2020

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April 10, 2020 Late Deadline

Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival returns in June 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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La Biennale di Venezia_The New Board of Directors of La Biennale has taken Office

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The new Board of Directors of La Biennale di Venezia took office today, chaired by Roberto Cicutto with members Luigi Brugnaro (Vice-President, Mayor of Venice and President of the Metropolitan City), Luca Zaia (President of the Regione Veneto), Claudia Ferrazzi (designated by the Minister for the Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism). The Board will remain in office for the four-year term 2020 – 2023.   After greeting the members of the Board – the meeting was also at...
 

This Other Bacall Will Make Your Movie, Seriously, No Kidding

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles filmfestivals.com Correspondent She publishes SCREENMANCER TV. Okay so Friday night, and yes, now it’s Tuesday, the Other Bacall, Doval Bacall threw such a party for the winners of Your Script Produced, that everybody is just getting their bearings now. Alright, that’s an exaggeration, but let’s put it this way, Award Winner Iris May just emailed a party photo from Bavaria as her flight just arrived back in her home country.   May, wit...
 
 
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INDIA in focus with Siraj Syed  

Robibaar, Review: Sad, sombre, somnolent, sepulchral Sunday

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Robibaar, Review: Sad, sombre, somnolent, sepulchral Sunday It is a Sunday. Not an ordinary Sunday, an eventful Sunday. For the female protagonist, it begins like any ordinary Sunday, a deceptively ordinary Sunday. Except for a strange dream that wakes her up, everything else seems like every Sunday. Till she goes to the neighbourhood café, for her routine breakfast. For the male protagonist, this Sunday could be the most important day in fifteen years, and it all begins when he walks ...

Angrezi Medium, Review: Crazy Tedium

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Angrezi Medium, Review: Crazy Tedium Three years ago, Maddock Films gave us a slice-of-life entertainer called Hindi Medium. ‘Medium’ here referred to the language, the medium of instruction in school education. It was just passably humorous yet proved more popular than expected, garnering a few awards as well. A follow-up went into development soon afterwards, repeating its lead actor Irrfan Khan. Though still to recover completely, Irrfan is back in Maddock’s Angrezi (Engl...
 
 

18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, III

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18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, III Iran bagged two of the four prizes in the best short fiction films category at the 18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival (TEAFF), including the most coveted First Prize. The second prize went to an Indian entry, while the third prize was shared between an Iranian and an Indian film. Over the years, Iranian films have regularly made their mark at TEAFF, and there is always a strong presence of films from Iran, whether features or shorts. Here are the winne...
 

18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, II

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18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, II Six films were short-listed for the Best Asian Woman Film-maker Award at the 18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival (TEAFF): An Unfairy Tale/Maadathi, 2019, Tamil, 90 min, Director: Leena Manimekalai; Mystic Memoir, 2019, Bengali, 77 minutes, Director: Aparajita Ghosh; The Taste from Happy Island, 2019, China, 90 min, Director: Lai Xueyi; Stories@8/Kathaah@8, 2019, multilingual, Singapore, 90 mins, Director: Shilpa Krishnan Shukla; Dithee, 2019, Marathi, 86 ...
 
 

18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, I

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18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, I Organised by the Asian Film Foundation and P.L. Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy, the 18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival (TEAFF) has just concluded. Held during March 1-6, at the Mini-Theatre, located on the third floor of the Ravindra Natya Mandir Complex, Prabhadevi, Mumbai, the festival screened films in six slots each day. Paani, in Marathi language, directed by Adinath Kothare, was the inaugural film while Mai Ghaat, also in Marathi, directed by An...
 

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The world smallest stop motion hero is less than one millimeter high

 
STARDUST ODYSSEY - A David Bowie tribute - Guinness World Record   GUINNESS WORLD RECORD Smallest 3D stop-motion animation character. The character is 300 microns (0.3 mm) tall. Directed by Tibo Pinsard. Co-produced by Darrowan Prod, the Université de Franche-Comté represented by the FEMTO-ST Institute and the Université Libre de Bruxelles represented by the TIPS laboratory. With the support of the Région Bourgogne Franche-Comté.   ...
 
 

That time when we had fun at festivals... Jeff at Mammoth to be continued (soon enough)

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Filmmaker Jeffrey got lucky in one of the very few festivals which could physically take place before COVID-19 industry shutdown. Here is what he had to say about his own experience, when showing his film "POOR GREG DROWNING" at the Mammoth Film Festival "I had such a blast at the Mammoth Film Festival! It was such an inspiring community and collection of artists and filmmakers, and what an incredible backdrop to host it in. It was a real honor to screen my feature, "Poor ...
 
 

Melanie Waelde's Naked Animals: Brutal honesty

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(Marie Tragousti © Czar Film) by LINDSAY R. BELLINGER You shouldn't be fooled by the film's title Nackte Tiere (Naked Animals), as Melanie Waelde's debut feature has little to do with nudity although there is one bathroom scene that reveals a little skin. The naked refers more to the raw and wild yet delicate look into the life of five German teenagers, all of them attending school somewhere in the Brandenburg countryside. The energy, ...
 
 
 

Social Realism in the German countryside: Nackte Tiere (Naked Animals) at Berlinale

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(Michelangelo Fortuzzi, Marie Tragousti © Czar Film) by LINDSAY R. BELLINGER You shouldn't be fooled by the film's title Nackte Tiere (Naked Animals), as Melanie Waelde's debut feature has little to do with nudity although there is one bathroom scene that reveals a little skin. The naked refers more to the raw and wild yet delicate look into the life of five German teenagers, all of them attending school somewhere in the Brandenburg c...
 

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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson

Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 84 minutes

What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.

Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches. As Davies meets and becomes friends with the some of his Russian photo subjects, he finds himself getting emotionally involved with their struggle. He decides to put down his camera and get involved with church restoration.

 

            Early on in our story Davies befriends the famed Russian architect Alexander Popov who is deeply involved in working to preserve and share with the world the beauty and value of these ancient structures. Popov has uniquely discovered and reinvigorated both the tools and processes that restore life back to the North. But it’s an uphill battle against strong and powerful forces.

 

            Together, Davies and Popov uncover the circumstances that led to the demise of the churches, and then join a small but growing group of passionate Russian citizens and outsiders from all walks of life who join the cause of Saving North.

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

La Source (Jungfrukällan) d’Ingmar Bergman (Suède, 1960)

Adieu Tonie Marshall

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L'ACADÉMIE DES ARTS ET TECHNIQUES DU CINÉMA REND HOMMAGE À TONIE MARSHALL J'avais pu admirer la gentillesse, le talent et le professionalisme de Tonie Marshall lorqu'à la tête d UGC FOX j'avais diffusé son film "Enfants de salaud" Adieu Tonie Bruno Chatelin Née en 1951 de l’union du réalisateur américain William Marshall, et de la merveilleuse actrice française Micheline Presle, Toni...
 

COVID-19 update: Cannes repousse les dates du 73 ème festival

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En cette période de crise sanitaire planétaire, nous avons une pensée pour les victimes du COVID-19, et nous exprimons notre solidarité avec tous ceux qui luttent contre la maladie.    Aujourd’hui, nous avons pris la décision suivante: le Festival de Cannes ne pourra se tenir aux dates prévues, du 12 au 23 mai prochains. Plusieurs hypothèses sont à l’étude afin d’en préserver le d&ea...
 

Remise du César des Lycéens 2020 à l'équipe du film HORS NORMES

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LES LYCÉENS ONT REMIS  LE CÉSAR DES LYCÉENS À L'ÉQUIPE DU FILM "HORS NORMES"    Ce mercredi 11 mars, au sein du Ministère de l’Éducation nationale et de la Jeunesse, le César des Lycéens 2020 a été remis à l’équipe du film "HORS NORMES" et ses réalisateurs Eric Toledano et Olivier Nakache, accompagnés de l&rsquo...
 

COVID-19 update: Les incertitudes du Festival La Rochelle Cinéma (26 juin-5 juillet)

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Avec tous les reports de festivals aux quatre coinds du monde c'est un jeu de domino qui s installe et pose un véritable casse tête (chinois) aux organisateurs. La Rochelle se découvre ainsi menacé par le report de Cannes et ce n est que le début...Chères amies, chers amis, Depuis plus d’une semaine, nous apprenons, avec tristesse, l’annulation ou le report de festivals que nous aimons : Cinéma du Réel, Itin&eacut...
 

 

Top 10 des entrées hebdo France du 11/03/2020 au 14/03/2020

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Cette semaine, le box-office s’arrête au samedi 14 mars suite à la décision gouvernementale de fermer tous les lieux culturels dans l’Hexagone, incluant les cinémas.     Source : CBO ...
 

COVID-19 positive update: la Fête du court aura lieu… chez nous, chez vous !

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La Fête du court aura lieu… chez vous ! ???? Parce que s’émerveiller et s’instruire est crucial dans cette période particulière, nous vous proposons une nouvelle version de l'événement : une Fête du court à la maison ! Entre le 25 et le 31 mars, vous pourrez télécharger un lecteur sécurisé, qui vous permettra de voir et revoir une sélection spéciale de grands films ...
 

COVID-19 update: Annulation de la 38e édition du BIFFF confirmée

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1720, la Peste de Marseille. 1820, le Choléra. 1920, la Grippe Espagnole. 2020, le Coronavirus, et annulation de la 38e édition du BIFFF…. Par mesure de précaution, le BIFFF annule déjà l’édition de 2120. Soyez prudents, on vous aime, bisous (de loin), et à l’année prochaine… Car, oui, grâce au soutien indéfectible de nos sponsors et des institutions fédérales, r&eacu...
 

Le Festival International de Valence est annulé

 
Compte tenu des événements actuels, nous avons le regret de vous annoncer que le Festival International de Valence, initialement prévu du 1er au 4 avril 2020, ne se tiendra pas cette année.    Nous vous remercions par avance pour votre compréhension.     L’équipe du Festival International de Valence – Scénaristes et Compositeurs   ...
 

COVID-19 update: la 13ème édition des Hallucinations Collectives n’aura pas lieu du 7 au 13 avril prochain

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  Comme vous vous en doutiez, la 13ème édition des Hallucinations Collectives n’aura pas lieu du 7 au 13 avril prochain. En concertation avec le Cinéma Comoedia, nous avons décidé de reporter le festival de 4 mois et nous pouvons vous annoncer dès maintenant qu’il aura lieu du 7 au 13 juillet.   Merci de votre confiance et prenez soin de vous. L’équipe des Hallucinations Collectives. &nbs...
 

COVID-19 positive update: Mediakwest # 36, Moovee #3 et Sonovision #19 gratuits en ligne

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Solidaire vis-à-vis des annulations de Laval Virtual, MIPTV, Séries Mania, NAB Show, FMX… Des événements majeurs pour les communautés professionnelles de ses magazines, Génération Numérique a décidé de distribuer gratuitement le prochain numéro de chacun de ses trois titres – Mediakwest # 36, Moovee #3, Sonovision #19. Les visiteurs des événements annu...
 

COVID-19 update: Annulation du festival Cinélatino, 32es Rencontres de Toulouse

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Cher·es festivalier·ères, ami·e·s et partenaires du festival, Contrairement au communiqué que nous venions de vous envoyer concernant l'adaptation et le maintien du festival Cinélatino, et suite à l'annonce du Premier Ministre Edouard Philippe ce vendredi 13 mars annonçant l'interdiction de rassemblements de plus de 100 personnes, il nous est devenu impossible de préserver la qualité du festival...
 

COVID-19 update: Pause sur toutes les activités du Arras Film Festival

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Chers spectateurs, chers adhérents, chers partenaires,   En raison de la situation sanitaire liée au Covid-19, à la suite des différentes allocutions du président et du premier ministre, et...
 

Le festival de Créteil à l'arret

 
LE 42e FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE FILMS DE FEMMES DE CRÉTEIL EST ANNULÉ.  Cette décision est liée et fait suite aux obligations et précautions sanitaires qui ont été fixées et prises par le gouvernement le 13 mars à 13h, lors de l’intervention du premier Ministre Edouard Philippe. En effet la jauge d’accueil des manifestations est passée à 100 personnes. La Maison de...
 

Le festival “L’Europe Autour de l’Europe” est annulé

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  Chers auteurs, chers amis, chers collègues, Nous sommes navrés de devoir vous annoncer la suspension du festival. En effet, suite aux déclarations du président de la république et tenant compte des recommandations des pouvoirs publics, nous avons décidé de reporter les activités du festival au mois de novembre 2020. Nous vous tiendrons informés via notre newsletter. Amicalement, Irena Bilic e...
 

L’édition « 34 et demi » du FIFF, réponse à une édition rêvée

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Le Festival International de Films de Fribourg présente son édition « 34 et demi », suite à l’annulation de la 34e édition, qui devait se tenir du 20 au 28 mars. Le public pourra découvrir au fil de l’année une partie du programme : dans d’autres festivals, en ligne, à la télévision et lors d’événements ponctuels. Ce redéploiement est possible grâ...
 

COVID-19 update: 2020 Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur: la CARAVANE DU COURT est annulée

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Finalement, pas de cinéma en mars     Nous sommes au regret de vous annoncer qu'à partir de ce jour les pr...
 

COVID-19 update: Cinélatino continue et s'adapte en modifiant le programme et limitant les contacts potentiels

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La pandémie actuelle de Covid-19 nous contraint à modifier la 32e édition de Cinélatino. Le Conseil d’Administration de l’ARCALT-Cinélatino a décidé : - dans une démarche de soutien mutuel avec les salles de cinéma, de maintenir, autant que faire se peut, les projections telles que prévues dans le programme pour vous montrer l’actualité des cinématographies d’Amérique lat...

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Our thoughts go to the families of the victims of the COVID-19 in their flesh or their business; and we express our loud gratitude and solidarity with all of those who are fighting that disease. Our consideration and sympathy go to all the teams behind the festivals which had to cancel or postpone their edition. We understand all the frustration. We understand the work involved, we respect the tough decision and feel sorry for all the lost opportunities for our filmmaker friends in their quest to reach an audience.

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COVID-19 update: Cannes postponed to a later date (tentatively end june early july...)

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We were very sorry to receive this message from the Cannes Film Festival management (which, alas, we were expecting). We hear the Market might take another virtual form, but are still waiting for confirmations.  
Registration of professionals and films is postponed by a month and a half.
 
"At this time of global health crisis, our thoughts go to the victims of the COVID-19 and we express our solidarity with all of those who are fighting the disease. Today, we have made the following decision : The Festival de Cannes cannot be held on the scheduled dates, from M...
 
 

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COVID-19 positive update: The Movies that Matter Festival 2020 goes Online

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  In connection with the Corona crisis, the Movies that Matter Festival 2020 will not take place this year in The Hague, but online! Seventeen of the selected festival films will be available online at Picl.nl in the near  future . On the  website of Movies that Matter we publish interviews with filmmakers from around the world. Thi...
 

Self-Isolation Antidote to Coronavrus w/ +240 Films Starts This Thursday at Garden State Online Festival!

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COVID 19 positive update: first-ever Virtual Greenwich International Film Festival, May 1st to 3rd

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May 1 - May 3, 2020 Due to the rapidly escalating health crisis around COVID-19 and Governor Lamont’s recent State of Emergency Declaration, as well as his recommendation to limit the number of people at social gatherings, GIFF has made the decision to postpone all physical events for the foreseeable future. However, GIFF 2020 will still go on...online that is!        It is our plea...
 

COVID 19 positive update: Foscari Short Film Festival starts online for free

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CA’ FOSCARI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 10 CA’ FOSCARI “WIRELESS” SHORT FILM FESTIVAL STARTS TODAY   WAITING FOR TENTH EDITION, FROM TODAY UNTIL MARCH 28TH, A SELECTION OF THE FINEST SHORT FILMS FROM PAST EDITIONS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE ON THE WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA.  ORIGINAL VIDEOMESSAGES FROM FAMOUS GUESTS OF PAST EDITIONS:  BARRY PURVES, LUCA MINIERO, PATRICE LECONTE AND ROBERTA TORRE AMONG OTHERS.  http://cafoscarishort.unive.it/category/cfsff...
 

COVID-19 positive update: Gabès Cinéma Fen confirms its digital form starting April 3rd to 11th

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The second edition of Gabès Cinéma Fen confirms its digital form starting April 3rd to 11th 2020, under the slogan « Chouf Online ». This decision reflects the team’s desire to ensure the continuity of the festival and, at the same time, to ensure that the state of confinement encourages them to thrive in the Arts and Culture.  The public of Gabès and the whole of Tunisia will have access during 9 days to cinematic and video art films (Fen). When ...
 

COVID-19 positive update: The Dortmund | Cologne International Women’s Film Festival IFFF @ Home

 
In a healthy world the 37th edition of the Dortmund | Cologne International Women's Film Festival would have taken place this week. This year's programme of films, talks and events has been carefully put together by the festival team for months - and it has turned out great! But the red carpet lies rolled up in the corner and our international guests remain at home, all over the world. Our audience, too, stays put inside their four walls. And this is where we would like to bring our ...
 

CORONAVIRUS MORE FESTIVALS POSTPONED!

 

23rd Annual Sonoma Film Festival (SIFF), Presented by United Mileage Plus Cards, Postpones Due to Coronavirus

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23RD ANNUAL SONOMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SIFF) PRESENTED BY  UNITED MILEAGEPLUS® CARDS FROM CHASE POSTPONES DUE TO CORONAVIRIS   SONOMA, CA - The Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF), offering the best in independent cinema from around the world, is postponing its 23rd edition of the festival due to the coronavirus. The festival was due to take place from March 25 – 29, 2020 in Sonoma, Northern California, the prestigious, world-renowned wine growing capital o...

COVID-19 update: The International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő is postponed to 11-13 September 2020

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Dear Filmmakers, NEW DATE: 11-13 September 2020. International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő   Besause of the global health emergency the Festival has been cancelled to        11-13. September 2020. All of the Festival's programs will be held on this new date. However, every projects and processes of the Festival are still going on like the rating of the submitted films. We will notify every submitters with the selection results until 15 of...
 

COVID-19 update: Moscow Fest postpones the dates of the festival

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  Due to an order of the government of the Russian Federation restricting the entry of foreign citizens to Russia until may 1, 2020, the Moscow International film festival, which was scheduled to take place from April 22 to April 29, is postponed. The new dates of the festival will be announced later. We hope that the festival will take place in the near future, when it will be absolutely safe for our numerous spectators, as well as foreign guests and participants...
 
 

COVID-19 update: Interfilm presents: CoronaKino online!

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  Dear short film friends and interfilm fans, how can you satisfy your cinematic appetite while all the movie theatres are closed and you have to stay home? Here are 4 entertaining programs for these challenging weeks of cultural deprivation, 2 for (so-called) adults, one for teenagers aged 12 and over & one for children aged 6 and over. Renting or buying one (or more) of these cool short film collections will not only help us navigate these confronting times for us an...
 

COVID-19 update: The 22nd Annual Provincetown International Film Festival is canceled

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  Dear Provincetown Film Society supporters, We are deeply saddened to announce that we are not able to produce The 22nd Annual Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF), originally scheduled for June 17-21. The health and safety of our staff, patrons, audience and everyone involved in bringing the festival to life is our highest priority.   We are working on reimagining some of the exciting programs we had planned. We hope to present programming later this year that not on...
 

COVID-19 update: The June edition of the Banff World Media Festival is cancelled

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The Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) regrets to announce that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and heeding public direction given by the World Health Organization, the Canadian government and the Alberta government, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 edition of the festival, scheduled for June 14-17, 2020. We are working closely with all of our sponsors, partners, vendors and speakers who continue to be incredibly supportive. All currently registered delegates will have the...
 
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It is with regret that as the Government has advised the temporary closure of cinemas across the UK until further notice, we have to postpone SERET UK 2020, which we had originally scheduled for this May. At present, we are unable to let you know when the SERET UK 2020 – The Israeli Film & TV Festival - likely to take place, the extent of the cinema closures, as for everything affected by COVID-19 is so uncertain, but as soon as we can, we’ll be in touch with new dates.&nb...
 

RECENT UPDATES FESTIVALS CANCELLED AND POSTPONED

The 2020 edition of the Lucca Film Festival e Europa Cinema has been postponed to the end of May

COVID-19 positive update: Reed MIDEM launches MIPTV ONLINE+

COVID-19 positive update: 9th Annual ReelAbilities Film Festival Boston offers online free screenings

 
 
 

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Review in Two Languages: Sally Potter's The Roads Not Taken

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(Salma Hayek with Javier Bardem © Bleecker Street) by LINDSAY R. BELLINGER & ZEP ARMENTANO

"Working with Sally Potter means a surprise every day," said Christopher Sheppard at the end of the animated press conference for her newest film The Roads Not Taken, which premiered in competition at Berlinale on February 26, 2020. Sheppard has produced eight of Sally Potter's feature films since their first collaboration on Orlando in 1992. For those of us familiar with Potter's films, Sheppard's statement shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. Her work is never boring, rarely mainstream or geared towards the masses, always fearless and often a big departure from her previous project(s) and sometimes misunderstood by English-language critics.

Unfortunately, I can't speak all the languages so it's hard for me to say how critics not writing in English or German interpret or review her work. I'd be curious to see what a film critic like CA Lejeune (Caroline Alice), whose film criticisms graced the pages of The Guardian from 1922 to 1928 and then the pages of The Observer until she retired in 1960, would write about Potter's films. If more top female critics were reviewing her work would her films have higher ratings on some of the most visited film review sites? Positive film reviews can make a film, helping it get a wide release and international distribution. Negative reviews can break a film, relegating it in the past to a direct-to-DVD (or VHS) release. Who exactly has been writing the majority of the most-read reviews of Sally Potter's films? I'm curious....
 

Top 25 photos from Berlinale: Antonio and his golden camera

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(Sigourney Weaver, © Antonio Castello) By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER The man with the golden camera strikes again. I first noticed photographer Antonio Castello during a press conference last year. His camera with a golden vintage lens really made me look twice. He captured more than a thousand photos over the course of this year's 70th anniversary edition of the Berlin International Film Festival, known by most just as the Berlinale. Looking through his "best of" p...
 

Jury Grid for Berlinale: 5 continents weigh in

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(The amazing cast of Nomera /Numbers © Berlinale 2020) by Lindsay R. Bellinger Numbers is the name of the game when referring to ⭐⭐⭐⭐ awarded by film journalists, whether it's at international film festivals or for reviews of films coming to a movie theater near you. Here you can find our international jury grid composed of twelve film journalists from five different continents, male and female critics represented equally. Below you can also read more about each jo... 
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Your Script Produced Season 2 with March 22 deadline

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Get your script into production in 2021!   Deadline: March 22, 2020.    Feature: $60.00    Tv: $50.00   Shorts: $40   Production Funding for 3 UItimate Grand Prize Winners: Feature: $250,000.00 TV Pilot: $10,000.00 Short: $10,000.00   Launched by founder/financier Doval Bacall FiIms, Your Script Produced is an international screenplay competition that provides an unparalleled platform and opportu...

Meet the Entrance of Multicultural Film World.

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    With more than 15 years of history, the Universe Multicultural Film Festival (https://umfilms.org/) has reached a height that could not be ignored by the film industry. It created a unique style of a film festival that will benefit all the attendees the most. In early April every year, UMFF would be hosted in the beautiful Los Angeles, Southern California, the heart of the film industry. Filmmakers from all over the world in different languages with different ethnic backgrou...

Taiwan Academy in LA with most recent updates on Taiwanese arts and culture

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Dear Friends, After several months of hard work and dedication, we are pleased to officially announce that our new website is now Live! We invite you to visit us at http://la.us.taiwan.culture.tw/. We also invite you to subscribe our newsletter for the most recent updates on Taiwanese arts and culture. You can connect with us on Facebook as well to stay engaged in our forthcoming events and activities. During the global COVID-19 pandemic, we hope you all stay healthy and safe. Ple...
 

"The Keeper" Wins Audience Choice Best of Fest at 26th Sedona International Film Festival

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THE KEEPER WINS AUDIENCE CHOICE “BEST OF FEST,” BEST FEATURE DRAMA AT 26TH SEDONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL             SEDONA, Ariz. (March 1, 2020): The Keeper, a British-German biographical drama that tells the extraordinary love story between a young English woman and Bert Trautmann, German footballer and prisoner of war, who together overcome prejudice, public hostility and personal tragedy duri...
 
 
 
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 BEYOND BORDERS
July 23-30,  2020

Late deadline April 20, 2020

The 5th International Documentary Festival “Beyond Borders”, Castellorizo island, has the pleasure to invite documentary film-makers to submit their films until 20th of April, 2020. The Festival’s objective is to promote the most important documentary productions worldwide that focus on history, culture, politics and other social subjects. «Beyond Borders» takes place every year during the last week of August, is co-organized with the Region of South Aegean, Les Ecrans des Mondes and the Society for the Restoration of Castellorizo, is held under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad, the Australian Embassy in Athens, the U.S. Embassy in Athens, the Embassy of Israel in Athens and the Municipality of Megisti (Castellorizo), with the kind support of ERT and EKOME. It is produced by the Hellenic History Foundation (www.idisme.gr). “Beyond Borders” includes a selection of Greek, European and worldwide productions of the last five years, workshops, parallel events and master classes. Prizes for Best History Documentary, Best Socio-political Documentary, Best Greek History Documentary, Best Greek Socio-political Documentary,     Best Short Length Documentary will be awarded by the Hellenic Parliament.  EKOME & SteFilm Post Production will also provide awards.

 

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The 23rd UNAFF is calling for entries

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Early Deadline – May 2, 2020*

Regular Deadline – May 12, 2020*

Late deadline – May 20, 2020

The 23rd UNAFF will be held from October 15-25, 2020 in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. This year’s theme THE POWER OF EMPATHY continues our two decades long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasizing our readiness to care about other people’s emotional experiences.

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Your Script Produced competition
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Early bird Deadline: May 24, 2020

Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

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French Riviera Film Festival 

May 11-12, 2020
 

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PARTNER FESTIVAL WITH FILMFESTIVALS.COM

May 9, 2020 extended deadline

The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers.  https://filmfreeway.com/FrenchRivieraFilmFestival

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
May 30 – June 4, 2020

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April 10, 2020 Late Deadline

Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival returns in June 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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PEOPLE ON OUR RADAR

The Woody Allen Memoir... We Need the Dregs?

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent

Who writes a memoir in defense of marrying their step-daughter? You guessed it: Woody Allen. And with his new memoir - that was axed by Hachette and brought back to life elsewhere - we all get to wrestle with this Shakespearean dilemma…

To buy, or not to buy? Whether ’tis nobler to read the slings and arrows pointed at Mia, or to take up arms against “Apropos of Nothing” and fling it against the wall.

Yes, that is bad Shakespeare from Hamlet Act 3, Scene 1, often dubbed “the nunnery scene” which, of course, Hachette employees were likely not thinking about during the standing ovation when Allen’s galleys were tossed in the trash, but hey.

Arcade published it, so what can you do except decide for yourself whether to purchase the bête noire of books? Arcade, a division of Skyhorse,  lists the following three lead-off books on its website - just follow along here for Allenseque irony: “Raphael: Painter in Rome,” “Love Behind Bars: The Memoir of An American Prisoner’s Wife,” and the topper “Hitler: The Memoir of a Nazi Insider Who Turned Against The Führer.”

Can you script something better than that?

On Woody Allen’s website, he leads with this quote: “If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.”

 

Sir Richard Branson joins Sharkwater Expedition in the British Virgin Islands

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SHARKWATER EXPEDITION SUCCESS IN BVI Team Sharkwater completed filming and baseline research through the expedition in the British Virgin Islands. A Special thank you to Sir Richard Branson who joined us diving from his beautiful island, Necker, and amazing organizer Lauren Keil from Unite BVI, who helped coordinate all the government ministries and film commission. Our hope for the trip is to provide research to add further shark protections and more protected marine areas in the Caribbea...
 

Frontières Executive Director Lindsay Peters Exits After Six Years of Leadership

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  Lindsay Peters, the executive director of the distinguished genre industry Platform Frontières, announces her decision to depart following six years at the helm effective as of April 2020.  “After six years leading Frontières, and much consideration I have come to the difficult decision to depart the organization as of April 2,” Lindsay Peters says in statement. “My decision has been made particularly difficult by the many wonderful r...
 
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The artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, translator and film critic Eva Zaoralová, was recently awarded the Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana for helping to spread and promote Italian culture and the Italian language abroad. She received the award from Italy’s president Sergio Matarella on the basis of a nomination submitted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation...
 

RIDM welcomes Sofia Laroussi the new Executive Director

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Despite the most exceptional circumstances, the board of directors of the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) and the RIDM Forum is pleased to announce the appointment of Sofia Laroussi as the new executive director of the two organizations. Sofia Laroussi and outgoing General Manager Mara Gourd-Mercado have started the virtual handover this week and will continue until April 3, 2020, when Mara leaves. Thus, the stability of the RIDM and the memory of the...
 
 
 
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Robibaar, Review: Sad, sombre, somnolent, sepulchral Sunday

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Robibaar, Review: Sad, sombre, somnolent, sepulchral Sunday It is a Sunday. Not an ordinary Sunday, an eventful Sunday. For the female protagonist, it begins like any ordinary Sunday, a deceptively ordinary Sunday. Except for a strange dream that wakes her up, everything else seems like every Sunday. Till she goes to the neighbourhood café, for her routine breakfast. For the male protagonist, this Sunday could be the most important day in fifteen years, and it all begins when he walks ...

Angrezi Medium, Review: Crazy Tedium

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Angrezi Medium, Review: Crazy Tedium Three years ago, Maddock Films gave us a slice-of-life entertainer called Hindi Medium. ‘Medium’ here referred to the language, the medium of instruction in school education. It was just passably humorous yet proved more popular than expected, garnering a few awards as well. A follow-up went into development soon afterwards, repeating its lead actor Irrfan Khan. Though still to recover completely, Irrfan is back in Maddock’s Angrezi (Engl... 
 

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NEON Goes Worldwide With Amy Seimetz’s SXSW Fave SHE DIES TOMORROW

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent 
While the coronavirus, or COVID-19, updates rage from crowned heads of EU to uncrowned rank and file New Yorkers, here's an apocalytpic "existential thriller" to live for...
Curated by Screenmancer Staff NEW YORK, NY(3/25/20): NEON announced today that they have acquired worldwide rights to Amy Seimetz’s apocalyptic existential thriller SHE DIES TOMORROW, an official selection of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. Inadvertently prescient and blazingly original, the film was one of the most buzzed-about titles coming out of this year’s festival-that-never-was. SHE DIES TOMORROW stars Seimetz’s frequent collaborator Kate Lyn Sheil (SUN DON’T SHINE) as Amy, a woman ravaged by the notion that she is going to die tomorrow which sends her down a dizzying emotional spiral. When Amy’s skeptical friend Jane (Jane Adams, HAPPINESS) discovers Amy’s feeling of imminent death to be contagious, they both begin bizarre journeys through what might be the last day of their lives. In equal measures a genre film, a dark comedy, and surrealist mind trip, SHE DIES TOMORROW defies definition and is the unique vision of Seimetz (SUN DON’T SHINE, “The Girlfriend Experience”)....
 

COVID-19 positive update: Stage 32 helped screen SXSW films online

 
With the cancellation of the 2020 SXSW festival due to concerns of the health and safety of attendees and the Coronavirus, Stage 32 the world's largest online platform connecting and educating film, TV and digital creatives and professionals announced today it will give officially selected SXSW filmmakers the opportunity to showcase their projects on the Stage 32 platform beginning in April.    All filmmakers and content creators accepted into SXSW 2020 are welcome to submit thei...
 

Rai Kids and Sergio Bonelli announce the first Bonelli cartoon production based on the highly successful comic Dragonero

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    While the coronavirus emergency is putting new focus on kids’ content offerings, the production of animation in Italy is going on, even in this difficult period, with a stronger commitment.  Rai Ragazzi, the kids division of the Italian public broadcaster, and Sergio Bonelli Editore, the leading comic publishing house in Italy, announce the first Bonelli cartoon production based on the highly successful comic Dragonero, created by Luca Enoch and Stefano Vietti. ...
 

A Window to the Oriental - Movie Series by Maeya Films

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As one of the top film distribution companies between the US and China, Maeya Film was not only a film production company but also representing and distributing lots of Chinese films in the North America. During this very special time period, we will share this news with you proudly for introducing our films on the Amazon home video platform. Most of our selections are award-winning and family friendly, it’s perfect for people who want to know more about the real China besides the fancy me...
 
 

TOP 10 series most popular on IMDB

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TV Series (Sorted by Popularity Ascending) 1. Westworld (2016– ) 62 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, explore a world in which every human appetite can be indulged without consequence. Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Ed Harris, Thandie Newton   2. The Walking Dead (2010– ) 44 min | ...
 

COVID-19 update: spectacular traffic increase in online streaming

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Watching TV shows or movies on Netflix uses about 1 GB of data per hour for each stream of standard definition video, and up to 3 GB per hour for each stream of HD video. Downloading and streaming consume a similar amount of data. Netflix has been reported to account for 25% of internet traffic in France.   Netflix, Facebook, YouTube and Amazon said they would temporarily lower bit rates in Europe, following the call from EU industry official Thierry B...
 

Sci-Fi/action feature COSMIC SIN assembles cast around Bruce Willis

 
The Exchange and Saban Films announced today that Frank Grillo (THE PURGE franchise, CAPTAIN AMERICA franchise), Luke Wilson (OLD SCHOOL, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS) and Adelaide Kane (THE PURGE) have joined Golden Globe® Award winner Bruce Willis (DIE HARD franchise, UNBREAKABLE, ARMAGEDDON) in the sci-if/action feature COSMIC SIN. As production just wrapped, COSMIC SIN is written and directed by Corey Large and Edward Drake (ANTI-LIFE) and produced by Corey Large (IT FOLLOWS, THE NOVEMBER MAN, ...
 

MAGIC PILLS vs Science Doc Streams & This is COVID-19 Timely for Debate

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent  If you’ve been listening to the coverage of the “pandemic” AKA Coronavirus AKA COVID-19, the novel superbug sweeping the world, you’ve probably heard a lot of science and speculation or both. From heads of nations to heads of research teams, talking heads are in triage mode over this RNA cell-unlocking hybrid CRISPR virus that just won’t go away quietly. So, here’s a documentary entitled MAGIC PILLS from O...
 

An open letter from a group of Iranian artists to the artists of the world

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‏All of us, no matter what our nationality is or what country we are from, are citizens of a borderless utopia called “ART” which exists in a world called “CULTURE”. No superpower can prohibit us from being members of our ART nation. In our collective fantasy world, whether we are Asian, European, American or African, we all have a unique gene for understanding culture, an influential talent to make the people understand,as well as abilities for analyzing current t...
 

The world smallest stop motion hero is less than one millimeter high

 
STARDUST ODYSSEY - A David Bowie tribute - Guinness World Record   GUINNESS WORLD RECORD Smallest 3D stop-motion animation character. The character is 300 microns (0.3 mm) tall. Directed by Tibo Pinsard. Co-produced by Darrowan Prod, the Université de Franche-Comté represented by the FEMTO-ST Institute and the Université Libre de Bruxelles represented by the TIPS laboratory. With the support of the Région Bourgogne Franche-Comté.   ...
 

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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson

Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 84 minutes

What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.

Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches. As Davies meets and becomes friends with the some of his Russian photo subjects, he finds himself getting emotionally involved with their struggle. He decides to put down his camera and get involved with church restoration.

 

            Early on in our story Davies befriends the famed Russian architect Alexander Popov who is deeply involved in working to preserve and share with the world the beauty and value of these ancient structures. Popov has uniquely discovered and reinvigorated both the tools and processes that restore life back to the North. But it’s an uphill battle against strong and powerful forces.

 

            Together, Davies and Popov uncover the circumstances that led to the demise of the churches, and then join a small but growing group of passionate Russian citizens and outsiders from all walks of life who join the cause of Saving North.

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

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COVID-19 positive update: Racky Diack et Frantz Voltaire parrainent le Festival Vues d'Afrique de Montréal, version online

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Programmation dévoilée le lundi 6 avril Vues d’Afrique a le plaisir d’annoncer que son 36e Festival international de cinéma présenté par Québecor, se déroulera sous le parrainage de Racky Diack et Frantz Voltaire, deux personnalités de grande renommée.  Racky Diack est née et a grandi à Paris, passionnée par l’univers de la mode depuis toujours, elle y fait ses premiers pas en tant que ...
 
 

COVID 19 positive update: Le festival Gabès Cinéma Fen se déclinera online

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Après avoir consulté les différents acteurs et parties impliqués dans le projet, l’équipe du festival de Gabès Cinéma Fen confirme la transformation de sa deuxième édition en une édition numérique organisée du 3 au 11 avril 2020 sous le slogan "Chouf Online". La décision découle de l’envie de l’équipe d'assurer la continuité du festival tout en c...
 

La Directrice Exécutive de Frontières, Lindsay Peters, quitte son poste après six ans à la tête de l’organisation

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  Lindsay Peters, directrice exécutive de la très estimée plateforme de l'industrie du cinéma de genre, Frontières, annonce sa décision de quitter ses fonctions après six ans à la barre à compter d'avril 2020. «Après six ans à la tête de Frontières et avec beaucoup de considération, j'ai pris la décision difficile de quitter l'organisation et ce, dè...
 

Les RIDM accueillent une nouvelle directrice générale

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Malgré les circonstances pour le moins exceptionnelles, le conseil d’administration des Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) et du Forum RIDM est heureux d’annoncer la nomination de Sofia Laroussi à titre de nouvelle directrice générale des deux organismes. Sofia Laroussi et la directrice générale sortante Mara Gourd-Mercado ont débuté la passation cette semaine des dossiers de man...
 

COVID-19 update: Le GrecDoc, festival européen de documentaire grecs à Paris, sera reporté si necessaire

 
Suite à l'épidémie de Coronavirus, et pour la sécurité de chacun, nous sommes contraints de reporter le GrecDoc, festival européen de documentaire grecs à Paris. Toutefois, notez que nous revenons très vite, les 12, 13 et 14 juin, toujours au cinéma Le Grand Action ! Les nouveaux horaires seront communiqués prochainement. Cependant, si la situation sanitaire devait s'avérer encore trop risquée, nous repo...
 

France Télévisions soutient les TALENTS DU COURT et en particulier les femmes

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  VENDREDI 27 MARS 2020 VERS 00H25 Fête du court métrage : les femmes font le cinéma replay gratuit 30 jours sur france.tv   Du fait du Covid-19, la fête du court métrage ne peut pas avoir lieu en public, mais elle se fait sur nos antennes et sur internet. Comme chaque année, France 3 est partenaire de cet événement et dans ce cadre nous avons prévu de f&eci...

COVID-19 update: La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs dans l incertitude

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Une seule certitude pour la Quinzaine: l édition 2020 NE POURRA PAS se tenir aux dates prévues en Mai. La situation actuelle ne permettant pas d'être plus précis sur la tenue, le report ou la forme que pourra prendre la manifestation. Rappellons que les disponibilités d'hébergement locales en période d'été sont plutôt limitées compte tenu des taux de réservation longtemps en avance très ...
 

COVID-19 update: Les incertitudes du Festival La Rochelle Cinéma (26 juin-5 juillet)

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Avec tous les reports de festivals aux quatre coinds du monde c'est un jeu de domino qui s installe et pose un véritable casse tête (chinois) aux organisateurs. La Rochelle se découvre ainsi menacé par le report de Cannes et ce n est que le début...Chères amies, chers amis, Depuis plus d’une semaine, nous apprenons, avec tristesse, l’annulation ou le report de festivals que nous aimons : Cinéma du Réel, Itin&eacut...

Adieu Tonie Marshall

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L'ACADÉMIE DES ARTS ET TECHNIQUES DU CINÉMA REND HOMMAGE À TONIE MARSHALL J'avais pu admirer la gentillesse, le talent et le professionalisme de Tonie Marshall lorqu'à la tête d UGC FOX j'avais diffusé son film "Enfants de salaud" Adieu Tonie Bruno Chatelin Née en 1951 de l’union du réalisateur américain William Marshall, et de la merveilleuse actrice française Micheline Presle, Toni...
 

COVID-19 update: Cannes repousse les dates du 73 ème festival

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En cette période de crise sanitaire planétaire, nous avons une pensée pour les victimes du COVID-19, et nous exprimons notre solidarité avec tous ceux qui luttent contre la maladie.    Aujourd’hui, nous avons pris la décision suivante: le Festival de Cannes ne pourra se tenir aux dates prévues, du 12 au 23 mai prochains. Plusieurs hypothèses sont à l’étude afin d’en préserver le d&ea...
 

Remise du César des Lycéens 2020 à l'équipe du film HORS NORMES

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LES LYCÉENS ONT REMIS  LE CÉSAR DES LYCÉENS À L'ÉQUIPE DU FILM "HORS NORMES"    Ce mercredi 11 mars, au sein du Ministère de l’Éducation nationale et de la Jeunesse, le César des Lycéens 2020 a été remis à l’équipe du film "HORS NORMES" et ses réalisateurs Eric Toledano et Olivier Nakache, accompagnés de l&rsquo...
 

COVID-19 update: Les incertitudes du Festival La Rochelle Cinéma (26 juin-5 juillet)

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Avec tous les reports de festivals aux quatre coinds du monde c'est un jeu de domino qui s installe et pose un véritable casse tête (chinois) aux organisateurs. La Rochelle se découvre ainsi menacé par le report de Cannes et ce n est que le début...Chères amies, chers amis, Depuis plus d’une semaine, nous apprenons, avec tristesse, l’annulation ou le report de festivals que nous aimons : Cinéma du Réel, Itin&eacut...
 

 

Top 10 des entrées hebdo France du 11/03/2020 au 14/03/2020

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Cette semaine, le box-office s’arrête au samedi 14 mars suite à la décision gouvernementale de fermer tous les lieux culturels dans l’Hexagone, incluant les cinémas.     Source : CBO ...
 

COVID-19 positive update: la Fête du court aura lieu… chez nous, chez vous !

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La Fête du court aura lieu… chez vous ! ???? Parce que s’émerveiller et s’instruire est crucial dans cette période particulière, nous vous proposons une nouvelle version de l'événement : une Fête du court à la maison ! Entre le 25 et le 31 mars, vous pourrez télécharger un lecteur sécurisé, qui vous permettra de voir et revoir une sélection spéciale de grands films ...
 

COVID-19 update: Annulation de la 38e édition du BIFFF confirmée

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1720, la Peste de Marseille. 1820, le Choléra. 1920, la Grippe Espagnole. 2020, le Coronavirus, et annulation de la 38e édition du BIFFF…. Par mesure de précaution, le BIFFF annule déjà l’édition de 2120. Soyez prudents, on vous aime, bisous (de loin), et à l’année prochaine… Car, oui, grâce au soutien indéfectible de nos sponsors et des institutions fédérales, r&eacu...
 

Le Festival International de Valence est annulé

 
Compte tenu des événements actuels, nous avons le regret de vous annoncer que le Festival International de Valence, initialement prévu du 1er au 4 avril 2020, ne se tiendra pas cette année.    Nous vous remercions par avance pour votre compréhension.     L’équipe du Festival International de Valence – Scénaristes et Compositeurs   ...
 

COVID-19 update: la 13ème édition des Hallucinations Collectives n’aura pas lieu du 7 au 13 avril prochain

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  Comme vous vous en doutiez, la 13ème édition des Hallucinations Collectives n’aura pas lieu du 7 au 13 avril prochain. En concertation avec le Cinéma Comoedia, nous avons décidé de reporter le festival de 4 mois et nous pouvons vous annoncer dès maintenant qu’il aura lieu du 7 au 13 juillet.   Merci de votre confiance et prenez soin de vous. L’équipe des Hallucinations Collectives. &nbs...
 

COVID-19 positive update: Mediakwest # 36, Moovee #3 et Sonovision #19 gratuits en ligne

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Solidaire vis-à-vis des annulations de Laval Virtual, MIPTV, Séries Mania, NAB Show, FMX… Des événements majeurs pour les communautés professionnelles de ses magazines, Génération Numérique a décidé de distribuer gratuitement le prochain numéro de chacun de ses trois titres – Mediakwest # 36, Moovee #3, Sonovision #19. Les visiteurs des événements annu...
 

COVID-19 update: Annulation du festival Cinélatino, 32es Rencontres de Toulouse

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Cher·es festivalier·ères, ami·e·s et partenaires du festival, Contrairement au communiqué que nous venions de vous envoyer concernant l'adaptation et le maintien du festival Cinélatino, et suite à l'annonce du Premier Ministre Edouard Philippe ce vendredi 13 mars annonçant l'interdiction de rassemblements de plus de 100 personnes, il nous est devenu impossible de préserver la qualité du festival...
 

COVID-19 update: Pause sur toutes les activités du Arras Film Festival

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Chers spectateurs, chers adhérents, chers partenaires,   En raison de la situation sanitaire liée au Covid-19, à la suite des différentes allocutions du président et du premier ministre, et...
 

Le festival de Créteil à l'arret

 
LE 42e FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE FILMS DE FEMMES DE CRÉTEIL EST ANNULÉ.  Cette décision est liée et fait suite aux obligations et précautions sanitaires qui ont été fixées et prises par le gouvernement le 13 mars à 13h, lors de l’intervention du premier Ministre Edouard Philippe. En effet la jauge d’accueil des manifestations est passée à 100 personnes. La Maison de...
 

Le festival “L’Europe Autour de l’Europe” est annulé

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  Chers auteurs, chers amis, chers collègues, Nous sommes navrés de devoir vous annoncer la suspension du festival. En effet, suite aux déclarations du président de la république et tenant compte des recommandations des pouvoirs publics, nous avons décidé de reporter les activités du festival au mois de novembre 2020. Nous vous tiendrons informés via notre newsletter. Amicalement, Irena Bilic e...
 

L’édition « 34 et demi » du FIFF, réponse à une édition rêvée

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Le Festival International de Films de Fribourg présente son édition « 34 et demi », suite à l’annulation de la 34e édition, qui devait se tenir du 20 au 28 mars. Le public pourra découvrir au fil de l’année une partie du programme : dans d’autres festivals, en ligne, à la télévision et lors d’événements ponctuels. Ce redéploiement est possible grâ...
 

COVID-19 update: 2020 Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur: la CARAVANE DU COURT est annulée

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Finalement, pas de cinéma en mars     Nous sommes au regret de vous annoncer qu'à partir de ce jour les pr...
 

COVID-19 update: Cinélatino continue et s'adapte en modifiant le programme et limitant les contacts potentiels

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La pandémie actuelle de Covid-19 nous contraint à modifier la 32e édition de Cinélatino. Le Conseil d’Administration de l’ARCALT-Cinélatino a décidé : - dans une démarche de soutien mutuel avec les salles de cinéma, de maintenir, autant que faire se peut, les projections telles que prévues dans le programme pour vous montrer l’actualité des cinématographies d’Amérique lat...

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COVID-19 update: The International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő is postponed to 11-13 September 2020

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Dear Filmmakers, NEW DATE: 11-13 September 2020. International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő   Besause of the global health emergency the Festival has been cancelled to        11-13. September 2020. All of the Festival's programs will be held on this new date. However, every projects and processes of the Festival are still going on like the rating of the submitted films. We will notify every submitters with the selection results until 15 of...

COVID-19 Positive update: Online version of Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival was a success

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Waiting for finding out the new dates of the postponed edition, Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival kept its promises without stopping despite all the obstacles. From Wednesday 25th until Saturday 28th – the originally scheduled days for this edition - an alternative, digital, wireless, free version of the festival available on social media and website  http://cafoscarishort.unive.it/en/category/cfsff-wireless-eng/ more than twenty of the finest short movies that took part in the past editions of the International Competition.

 
Some guests from past editions actively supported this initiative. They were enthusiast to do something in this difficult moment for the whole film industry, sending us original video messages that were released each day before the short movies’ programme. Audience was pleased to see again, among others, directors such as Fusako Yusaki, Luca Miniero, Hiroki Hayashi, Barry Purves, Robb Pratt, Giannalberto Bendazzi, Małgorzata Zajaçzkowska, Marcin Bortkiewicz, Teresa Cavina, Ülo Pikkov, Roberta Torre, Leonardo Carrano, Patrice Leconte, Anamaria Marinca, Keiko Kusakabe, Maaria Sayed, Ayat Najafi, Gitanjali Rao, Takashi Shimizu, and Makoto Shinkai.
 

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Our thoughts go to the families of the victims of the COVID-19 in their flesh or their business; and we express our loud gratitude and solidarity with all of those who are fighting that disease. Our consideration and sympathy go to all the teams behind the festivals which had to cancel or postpone their edition. We understand all the frustration. We understand the work involved, we respect the tough decision and feel sorry for all the lost opportunities for our filmmaker friends in their quest to reach an audience.

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Possible postponement of the Cannes 73rd edition: your questions answered

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On March 19, 2020, the Festival de Cannes had announced that it could not go ahead as planned from May 12th to 23rd this year. That statement, made two months before the planned date of the Festival, was a consequence of the global crisis linked to the Covid-19 epidemic.

After having canvassed the views of its Administration Committee and consulted many professionals, from France and abroad, the Festival has announced that it will consider the possibility of a postponement of its 73rd edition to the end of June or the beginning of July, a plan devised in agreement with the Centre National du Cinéma, with the support of the Cannes City Council and thanks to the commitment of the Palais des Festivals and the Cannes hotel owners.

This decision has, of course, prompted a number of questions. We will try to respond to the most important of those and we will monitor the situation carefully as it changes over time.... READ MORE
 

Virtual Market update: The San Sebastián and Zurich Film Festivals unite to strengthen Industry Activities

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We had heard a few weeks ago about the international talent agency CAA moving into the marketplace platform business for its clients (a new challenge to Cannes) creating a streaming platform with networking tools adapted to meet the needs of buyers and sales agents. The Goal was initially announced as alternate solutions to Cannes Market.

With all uncertainities pending around the Cannes dates and the questionned feasability of a market and festival taking place in Cannes end june / early july, CAA took a definitive advantage from the new shifts in global festivals and markets and hit another strike with the announcement of the joint initiatives by San Sebastian and Zurich. 

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TIFF looking at onsite and online options for the September 10–20 2020 edition

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TIFF is planned for September 10–20, 2020 These past few weeks have been unlike anything we’ve all experienced before. To help limit the spread of COVID-19, we made the necessary decision to close our Toronto cinemas and offices at TIFF Bell Lightbox. During these times, we are acutely aware of the challenges of staying connected as creators, audiences, friends, and family. TIFF is an organization that believes in bringing together communities by creating transformational fi...

Your Script Produced Season 2 with March 22 deadline

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Get your script into production in 2021!   Deadline: March 22, 2020.    Feature: $60.00    Tv: $50.00   Shorts: $40   Production Funding for 3 UItimate Grand Prize Winners: Feature: $250,000.00 TV Pilot: $10,000.00 Short: $10,000.00   Launched by founder/financier Doval Bacall FiIms, Your Script Produced is an international screenplay competition that provides an unparalleled platform and opportu... 

Visions du Réel – International Film Festival Nyon: the complete programme of the Online Edition

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  The 51st edition of Visions du Réel now unveils a programme of 130 films, including 89 world premieres, coming from 53 countries. A first part of the films will be available online for free on the Festival's website from 17 April! > Programme 2020 Visions du Réel 2020 will not take place physically in cinemas in Nyon, but it will resolutely be held on the internet, thus opening to a wider pu...
 

Annapolis Film Festival winners announced...virtually

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And the Winners are...         Annapolis Film Festival is proud to announce our short film jury award winners for 2020!     Best Narrative Short award goes to ...
 

A Letter from the Directors of the Annapolis Film Festival

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  Dear AFF Film Festival Friends,   A grand Opening Night for the 8th Annual Annapolis Film Festival was to have International glam (Actress Kristin Scott Thomas and Director, Peter Cattaneo) as well as talented filmmakers filling the red carpet. It didn’t happen. Nor did the screening of Military Wives, something we were so excited to have for our military town. In fact, Annapolis based L’Attitude 38 PR & Marketing was prepped to handle the clamoring press...
 

The 60th Krakow Film Festival will take place online free for all in Poland!

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The full film programme, KFF Industry events and a lot of special offers will be available online for the audiences all over Poland!   Exactly in two months’ time, on May 31, the 60th Krakow Film Festival will begin. Similarly to two other prestigious European festivals – CPH:DOX in Copenhagen and Visions du Réel in Nyon – the programme of the Krakow Film Festival will be moved entirely online! The most recent documentary, animated and short films from all aroun...
 

CineSpace Short Film Competition Calling for shorts using NASA's free digital archives

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Hi there,    We just wanted to say that our hearts go out to all of those who have lost vital work at this time. Having worked in the film festival industry for 6 years, it's difficult to see so many festivals shutting their doors. Although, I've been hearted to see many shifting over into the digital space so people audiences can continue to watch their programming.    Currently, I'm managing the CineSpace Short Film Competition, an annual competition sp...
 

SBIFF Staff Memories – Episode 2

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  Watch SBIFF 2012 Virtuoso Award honoring Andy Serkis – CLICK HERE SBIFF Staff Memories Episode 2: This is Gonna be Great By Benjamin Goedert, Development Director I first started working with SBIFF in 2012 as an intern of the development department. During the film festival I was one of the lucky interns assigned to escort talent from their seats to the stage during the Virtuosos Award tribute. This particular year’s ...
 

L'ALTRA ITALIA - ICFF 2020 postponing the Monthly Screening and the Festival

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This photo was photoshopped on March 8, 2020   Important Announcement: L'ALTRA ITALIA - ICFF 2020 Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, we have taken the necessary steps of postponing the Monthly Screening Program for April and May to a later date in the year, like so many cultural associations and event venue...
 

The Film and Video Poetry Society extends call for entry

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FVPSociety’s Outlook Regarding COVID-19 and our 2020 Programming Dear family and friends, As the COVID-19 crisis continues to force public events to cancel or postpone, The Film and Video Poetry Society encourages our peer organizations to stand with us and take to the difficult responsibility to prioritize public health. Let us make our stand publicly for not only those who participate with our platforms, but for those within the total of our communities.  The Film and Video Po...
 
 

15 th International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City calling

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Call for Entries 2020   DocsMX, a permanent platform of exhibition, training and creation will host it’s 15th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City. DocsMX will screen the best of Mexican and international production from different competitive categories. The films will compete for a variety of awards chosen by audiences and jury members. We accept all themes and documentary subgenres. Therefore, DocsMX opens the Call for Entries for its 2020 Of...
 

21st Annual Real to Reel International Film Festival vcalling for entries

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Call for Entries Accepting films in all categories! The Cleveland County Arts Council in Shelby, NC is proud to announce that entries for the 21st Annual Real to Reel International Film Festival are now being accepted. Earlybird Deadline: February 7th Regular Deadline: March 6th Late Deadline: April 17th Extended Deadline: May 15th Event Date: July 22 – 25, 2020 The Real to Reel International Film Festival, held at the Joy Performance Center in Kings Mountain, NC, sho...
 
 

Call for entry SAHFF 2020, deadline April 23rd

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The Coronavirus Covid–19 emergency is bringing Italy, Europe and the world to its knees. In this situation of home constraint, cinema may become not only an opportunity for commitment and distraction but the opportunity to bring everyone closer to each other, creating new opportunities for discussion and opinion, even if from the home sofa. With this spirit was born the Stay at Home (coronavirus + emergency) Film Festival, offering a large audience the opportunity to view and reward the b...
 
 
 

Silly Teaser for 2020 Maine Outdoor Film Festival isn't quite as funny now...

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So we got this TV commercial... That we made a few weeks ago, B.C. (Before Coronavirus), and we think all you Mainers will get a kick out of it. And boy, we could use a good laugh.  Did you get a chuckle? Why not share with your friends! While our team is practicing responsible social distancing and monitoring the outbreak as we work from home, we are also getting ready to launch a project that we think you'll really enjoy. We've been brainstorming ways to support our...
 

NIFFF - Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival plans new forms for the 20th edition

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  Dear partners & friends of the NIFFF, The team at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) hopes this message finds you all safe and well. As a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, the NIFFF adopted new health and safety measures to prevent further spread of the virus. While our staff has been working remotely, we keep our spirit high regarding the 20th edition of NIFFF, set to take place July 3-11th. The Swiss cultural landscape and the film in...
 

Chicago Film Festival celebrates 56th and starts streaming 56 films

 
The Festival Connection/ A weekly update from ChiFilmFest at home.         56 Films for 56 Years   We are showcasing visionary films for you to enjoy while staying safely home and are excited to introduce 56 Films for 56 Years, a recurring fea...
 

Nippon Connection Film Festival Goes Online!

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Virtual Edition of the 20th Japanese Film Festival from June 9 to 14, 2020 Pictures for download Due to the currently developing spread of the novel coronavirus, the team of the Nippon Connection association has made the unusual, but necessary decision to not hold the 20th Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection in Frankfurt am Main in its usual form. The safety of the visitors, guests, personnel and volunteers of the Nippon Connection Film Fe...
 
 
 

YAA: European Films for Young Cinema Lovers

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    Great Films And Where to Watch Them If you, too, have kids who are stuck at home with nowhere to go and nothing to do once home schooling is done, you might be glad to find out where to watch the best European films for young cinema lovers at yaa.europeanfilmawards.eu Nominated and awarded films from the EFA Young Audience Award are introduced and linked directly to the VOD Platform(s) where the respective film is available in your country.   And no...
 
 

Hollywood Just4Shorts Short Film Awards and Screenplay Competition

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Hollywood Just4Shorts provides industry exposure for independent short films and short screenplays, with awards that qualify for IMDb award listings. Submissions of independently produced short films and unproduced short scripts are now accepted for the current round. Submit now at: https://filmfreeway.com/Just4ShortsFilmScreenplayCompetition ...
 
 

The 2020 Brainwash Movie Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Festival Call for Entries.

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Brainwash Movies / 1675 7th Street, #23302 / Oakland, CA 94623-6009 / 510 836-3210 shelbytoland@yahoo.com http://www.brainwashm.com / https://www.facebook.com/brainwash.movies              2020 Call for Entries   And now offering a one year FREE subscription to VideoMaker Magazine for all entrants! (See below). FULLY JURIED.     “On Time” Entries: Shorts $35, Features $80 by May 1st, 2020 (postmarked or en...
 

COVID-19 update: Calcutta International Short Film Festival 2020 postponed

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Calcutta International Short Film Festival 2020 Postponed in light of COVID- 19 Pandemic   Event Originally Scheduled on June 19 – 21, 2020 at Basushree Cinema, Kolkata (India) PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   31st March, 2020 - Kolkata, India:  This is an unprecedented time in our history. The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the health of our loved one, the businesses we rely upon, and the way we live our daily lives. As we all continue to navigate thro...
 

COVID-19 update: The 46th Seattle International Film Festival is cancelled

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Happy to support our friends from Seatle who sent us this message.   Dear SIFF Community,   We announced just over a week ago that due to the coronavirus crisis, we closed the cinemas and canceled the 46th Seattle International Film Festival(planned May 14 - June 7, 2020). There is no way to sugarcoat the fact that we also had to lay off all employees, with the exception of a small cadre who will be working reduced hours. We thank our employees for their excellent service ...
 

COVID-19 update: The june 2020 Sheffield Doc/Fest edition will take a new form

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Due to the current COVID-19 crisis, we announce that this year’s edition will not take place in its original form. Our pitching forums, the MeetMarket and Alternate Realities Talent Market, will both proceed in June via virtual means. As part of a series of weekends throughout the Autumn, we aim to present film screenings, talks, panels, artists’ events and community engagement activities. We will announce a full programme in due course. Doc/Fest is an essential moment for the ...
 
 

COVID-19 update: Sundance Postpones London, Hong Kong Festivals

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Reimagining the future together   In these tumultuous times, artists have been on our minds, along with all of our friends and colleagues in arts, entertainment, and media whose jobs and organizations have been hard hit by the pandemic and accompanying economic instability.  We are inspired by everyone who is using this time of fear and uncertainty to find meaning in the form of poems, stories, essays, images, and ideas. The scale and urgency of this challenge are extraordin...
 

Venice TV Award Calling - Awarding Best Work On TV

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  Deadline 30 July 2020 The TV Industry is a cornerstone of peoples live and democracy. Luckily, tech allows all of us to be miles away, but still together. The VTVA honors a medium that holds central place in the lives of millions of people. The award highlights the fact that television is a $260 billion industry worldwide, has around 38,500 TV channels in operation, and reaches 1.6 Billion households worldwide. We believe that the best work of the last twelve months deser...
 

Visions du Réel announces Selected Projects, Awards & Juries!

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Children of Huaqiangbei, Lei Qinyuan Docs in Progress Alongside the Festival programme, Visions du Réel’s Industry goes online and will maintain all its main activities (25 – 30 April). The team is excited to share the 2020 projects selection of Pitching du Réel, Docs in Progress and Rough Cut Lab, as well as the list of awards and juries! > Projects 2020   > Awards & Juries   > Online Indu...
 
 

COVID-19 update: The 2020 Overlook Film Festival is potsponed to a date later this year

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The 2020 festival edition will take place later this year POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE It is with a heavy heart that as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must postpone the 2020 Overlook Film Festival to a date later this year.  While we were hoping to celebrate and share our love for all things horror together this May, we all need to do our part of slowing down community spread of the virus. We’ve been working nonstop to create a variety of memorable events an...
 

COVID-19 update: The 74th Edinburgh International Film Festival postponed

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In line with the UK Government and Scottish Government’s public health advice we are sad to announce that we are postponing the 74th EIFF due to take place in June. We are looking at which elements of the Festival can be delivered later in the year and hope to share news on that in due course. Our first priority is the health and wellbeing of our staff, filmmaker guests and audiences, and we wish you all health and strength through this difficult time. We look forward to a brighter tim...
 
 

COVID-19 Positive update: French Riviera Film Festival streaming Winning and Finalist Shorts Online of the 2019 edition

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In celebration of  short film and short-form content from around the globe, French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF) will present select winning and finalist shorts from its 2019 competition, online at www.frenchrivierafilmfestival.com, beginning March 27 through April 30, 2020. Each day a new film will be uploaded throughout the online festival.   “During this trying time in all of our lives, we wanted to share these quality, artistic works by the winners and finalists of the inaug...
 

COVID-19 Positive update:The online version of Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival was a success

 
Waiting for finding out the new dates of the postponed edition, Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival kept its promises without stopping despite all the obstacles. From Wednesday 25th until Saturday 28th – the originally scheduled days for this edition - an alternative, digital, wireless, free version of the festival available on social media and website  http://cafoscarishort.unive.it/en/category/cfsff-wireless-eng/ more than twen...
 
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BEYOND BORDERS
July 23-30,  2020

Late deadline April 20, 2020

The 5th International Documentary Festival “Beyond Borders”, Castellorizo island, has the pleasure to invite documentary film-makers to submit their films until 20th of April, 2020. The Festival’s objective is to promote the most important documentary productions worldwide that focus on history, culture, politics and other social subjects. «Beyond Borders» takes place every year during the last week of August, is co-organized with the Region of South Aegean, Les Ecrans des Mondes and the Society for the Restoration of Castellorizo, is held under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad, the Australian Embassy in Athens, the U.S. Embassy in Athens, the Embassy of Israel in Athens and the Municipality of Megisti (Castellorizo), with the kind support of ERT and EKOME. It is produced by the Hellenic History Foundation (www.idisme.gr). “Beyond Borders” includes a selection of Greek, European and worldwide productions of the last five years, workshops, parallel events and master classes. Prizes for Best History Documentary, Best Socio-political Documentary, Best Greek History Documentary, Best Greek Socio-political Documentary,     Best Short Length Documentary will be awarded by the Hellenic Parliament.  EKOME & SteFilm Post Production will also provide awards.

 

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The 23rd UNAFF is calling for entries

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Early Deadline – May 2, 2020*

Regular Deadline – May 12, 2020*

Late deadline – May 20, 2020

The 23rd UNAFF will be held from October 15-25, 2020 in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. This year’s theme THE POWER OF EMPATHY continues our two decades long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasizing our readiness to care about other people’s emotional experiences.

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Your Script Produced competition
                     Season 2
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Early bird Deadline: May 24, 2020

Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

WE DON’T SET YOU UP WITH MEETING AFTER MEETING. WE DON’T SELL YOU DREAMS. WE DON’T SELL YOU HOPE.

WE PRODUCE YOUR SCRIPT!

PERIOD.

 

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French Riviera Film Festival 

May 11-12, 2020
 

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PARTNER FESTIVAL WITH FILMFESTIVALS.COM

May 9, 2020 extended deadline

The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers.  https://filmfreeway.com/FrenchRivieraFilmFestival

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
May 30 – June 4, 2020

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April 10, 2020 Late Deadline

Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival returns in June 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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SBIFF Staff Memories – Episode 2

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Watch SBIFF 2012 Virtuoso Award honoring Andy Serkis – CLICK HERE
SBIFF Staff Memories Episode 2: This is Gonna be Great By Benjamin Goedert, Development Director I first started working with SBIFF in 2012 as an intern of the development department. During the film festival I was one of the lucky interns assigned to escort talent from their seats to the stage during the Virtuosos Award tribute. This particular year’s ...
 

SBIFF Staff Memories – First Impressions

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Dear friends, "I've asked the staff to come up with memories and anecdotes about events during their tenure at SBIFF and put them in writing to share with you. Twice weekly you will be receiving candid and introspective recollections from them - including a link to panels, tributes and events they're recalling."– Roger Durling Watch 2011 SBIFF Directors Panel – CLICK HERE SBIFF Staff Memories Episode 1: First Impressions By Audrey Arn, Programme...
 

Director Peter Bogdanovich’s Own Plot Thickens on TCM’s Podcast in April

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Apparently the late Robert Evans isn’t the only kid who stays in the picture business, as storied director Peter Bogdanovich, 80, gives him a run for the money on TCM’s “The Plot Thickens” podcast bowing on April 28. Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, grandson of Herman J. Mankiewicz AKA writer of CITIZEN KANE, they share not only Welles as a common denominator, but the unconditional love of cinema. Structured serial episodes...
 
 

Social Distancing creativity

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The Woody Allen Memoir... We Need the Dregs?

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent

Who writes a memoir in defense of marrying their step-daughter? You guessed it: Woody Allen. And with his new memoir - that was axed by Hachette and brought back to life elsewhere - we all get to wrestle with this Shakespearean dilemma…

To buy, or not to buy? Whether ’tis nobler to read the slings and arrows pointed at Mia, or to take up arms against “Apropos of Nothing” and fling it against the wall.

Yes, that is bad Shakespeare from Hamlet Act 3, Scene 1, often dubbed “the nunnery scene” which, of course, Hachette employees were likely not thinking about during the standing ovation when Allen’s galleys were tossed in the trash, but hey.

Arcade published it, so what can you do except decide for yourself whether to purchase the bête noire of books? Arcade, a division of Skyhorse,  lists the following three lead-off books on its website - just follow along here for Allenseque irony: “Raphael: Painter in Rome,” “Love Behind Bars: The Memoir of An American Prisoner’s Wife,” and the topper “Hitler: The Memoir of a Nazi Insider Who Turned Against The Führer.”

Can you script something better than that?

On Woody Allen’s website, he leads with this quote: “If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.”

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Or You Could Just Watch Scorsese in ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent So Martin Scorsese appears as “Self” in this documentary film, ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND.

So Martin Scorsese appears as “Self” in this documentary film, ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND. Producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are also behind this coming-to-life of The Band's homespun journey from backing Bob Dylan and touring with Ronnie Hawkins, to alternative fame in the 1970's.

A knotted-bedsheet musical escape from the slick pop music hell-o of today, directed by Daniel Roher and based on Robertson’s 2014 book “Testimony,” it speaks to a different temperature in the American soul. A time when music was protest just by singing along...

 
 

Musicals with Hundreds of Years History - Award-winning Musicals for You!!

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The award-winning musical "Cheng Ying Rescues the Orphan" was one of the most successful musicals presented by Maeya Musical. To build up a bridge across the pacific ocean, Maeya Musical has been producing Chinese Yu Opera from Broadway to Hollywood. During this special time period, it's perfect timing to discover more styles of beauty in stage art by checking the Maeya Musical productions on Amazon. As simple as shopping on Amazon like always, not you can order the most popular mu...
 

Naked Animals: A Callback to Karyn Kusama's Girlfight

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(Carlo Chatrian, Melanie Waelde  © Berlinale 2020) by LINDSAY R. BELLINGER Only in the last few weeks, thinking and rethinking about Nackte Tiere (Naked Animals) did I remember the 2000 Sundance Film Festival and Cannes wonder Girlfight, US filmmaker Karyn Kusama's directorial debut which introduced the world to the force that is Michelle Rodriguez. It's funny to think how long it took me to remember Girlfight because now I can't stop thinking about ...
 
 

Mirren & Hackford for SOME LIKE IT HOT on AFIMovieClub

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent 
They’re beloved and lovable, married and not so harried during the Coronavirus lockdown? That’s right, you guessed it: Dame Helen Mirren and Mr. Taylor Hackford. Now they're here to give you the download on the downlow for AFIMovieClub’s film, SOME LIKE IT HOT. Everything you already know about SOME LIKE IT HOT will be made even better by the (possibly, arguably, sincerely, greatest living) actress and her producer husband, who is not so shabby either. In fact, he kind of won an Oscar and nominated makes two. Watch now as you get Billy Wilder’s tour de force (of nature) explained as never before by the Elder Babe and Taylor Hackford for AFI’s quarantine gift for the duration of your WFH (work from home) and personal house arrest…
 

Hollywood Just4Shorts Short Film Awards and Screenplay Competition

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Hollywood Just4Shorts provides industry exposure for independent short films and short screenplays, with awards that qualify for IMDb award listings. Submissions of independently produced short films and unproduced short scripts are now accepted for the current round. Submit now at: https://filmfreeway.com/Just4ShortsFilmScreenplayCompetition ...
 

Kino Marquee initiative has now expanded to 150 arthouse theaters

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  Alamo Drafthouse & Laemmle Theaters sign on to screen Cannes-prize winning Brazilian thriller Bacurau Film Forum virtually screens Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You Future virtual theatrical releases will include new and repertory titles   Kino Lorber’s virtual theatrical exhibition initiative called Kino Marquee has now expanded to  150 arthouse theaters to screen Cannes-prize winning Brazilian thriller Bacurau. Alamo Drafthouse and Laemmle Theaters...
 

Steven Spielberg Kicks Off AFI MOVIE CLUB for COVID-19 Shuts-Ins, Sheltered, Everybody

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Here's something fun for your WFH (work from home) and hunkered-down Coronavirus Life from Uncle Spielberg and AFI...
Curated by Screenmancer Staff from AFI - Los Angeles, CA (03/31/2020): The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the launch of AFI Movie Club – a daily virtual gathering to leverage our collective love of film on behalf of optimism in this time of global uncertainty. AFI Trustee Steven Spielberg introduced the inaugural film, THE WIZARD OF OZ, in a video that reminds in a timely manner, “There’s no place like home.”...
 
 

Newer EU Platform SPAMFLIX Streams MIMICRY FREAKS Before Theatrical

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent If you've never heard of SPAMFLIX, it's a streaming platform founded a couple years ago that is making a bold move into alternative (read: arthouse) distribution via the interwebs, but also in select theaters. Their hashtag is fairly blunt in this Coronavrus crisis, lol. Read on... EU (03/30/20): SPAMFLIX, a TVOD platform for arthouse and cult films, will stream MIMICRY FREAKS on April 2, ahead of theatrical release. It’...
 
 

A note from Sundance on COVID-19

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Dear Sundance Institute family and friends, As the coronavirus crisis forces festivals including SXSW, Tribeca, and many others to cancel or postpone, we at Sundance Institute stand with our peer organizations, and commend them for making the difficult but responsible choice to prioritize public health and well-being. As always, we remain dedicated to the safety of our audiences, artists, and staff, and are committed to doing our part to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. With that...
 
 

Battle of a Soldier A confinement review

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By Alex Deleon Just watched one of the greatest of all Russian films -- On Russian TV, One of the very best. Ballad of a Soldier.  World War II. Black and white masterpiece. I saw it only when it first came out in 1959 But it made such a tremendous impression on me that still remembered many scenes all these years later.     Years later in Manila  I was at the same dinner table with director Grigori Bondarchuk and we  had a fine conversation -- that was 1983,...
 

Writer/Director Tayarisha Poe's Debut SELAH & THE SPADES From Amazon Checks In

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Amazon Originals offers something new on April 17, and here's what they say about SELAH & THE SPADES. Written and Directed by first-timer Tayarisha Poe, SELAH is produced by Lauren McBride, Drew Houpt and Lucas Joaquin. The film headlines Lovie Simone, Celeste O’Connor, Jharrel Jerome with Jesse Williams and Gina Torres...  TAKE THESE GIRLS SERIOUSLY In her feature debut, writer/director Tayarisha Poe immerses us i..
 

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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson

Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 84 minutes

What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.

Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches. As Davies meets and becomes friends with the some of his Russian photo subjects, he finds himself getting emotionally involved with their struggle. He decides to put down his camera and get involved with church restoration.

 

            Early on in our story Davies befriends the famed Russian architect Alexander Popov who is deeply involved in working to preserve and share with the world the beauty and value of these ancient structures. Popov has uniquely discovered and reinvigorated both the tools and processes that restore life back to the North. But it’s an uphill battle against strong and powerful forces.

 

            Together, Davies and Popov uncover the circumstances that led to the demise of the churches, and then join a small but growing group of passionate Russian citizens and outsiders from all walks of life who join the cause of Saving North.

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

La Source (Jungfrukällan) d’Ingmar Bergman (Suède, 1960)

Vos questions à propos d’un éventuel report de la 73e édition

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Le 19 mars dernier, le Festival a annoncé qu’il ne pourrait avoir lieu comme prévu du 12 au 23 mai prochains. Cette annonce, faite deux mois avant son déroulement, est la conséquence de la crise mondiale liée à l’épidémie du Covid-19. De fait, après avoir recueilli les avis de son Conseil d’Administration et consulté de nombreux professionnels français et étrangers, le Festival a annonc...
 

 

Le 48e Festival La Rochelle Cinéma se prépare et dévoile son affiche

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Dans un contexte d’incertitude grandissante, que nul ne peut ignorer, le 48e Festival La Rochelle Cinéma se prépare. Notre programmation vous a été partiellement dévoilée ces dernières semaines avec trois rétrospectives consacrées à Roberto Rossellini, René Clément et Ida Lupino, trois créations ciné-concerts, ainsi qu’une programmation autour du stop motion (...
 

VIDEO : Les temps forts du récent Paris Images Digital Summit

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PIDS 2020 REVIVEZ LES TEMPS FORTS DU FESTIVAL : Merci aux 50 intervenants, aux studios d’effets visuels et d’animation pour leur participation et aux 3000 visiteurs qui ont contribué au succès de cette 6ème édition. Rendez-vous du 27 au 30 janvier 2021 !   TOUT NOTRE SOUTIEN A L'INDUSTRIE DES VFX ET DU CINEMA EN CETTE PERIODE EXCEPTIONNELLE ET DIFFICILE.  PRENEZ ...
 

Valérie Bourgoin succède à Vincent Leclercq comme directrice adjointe de l'audiovisuel et de la création numérique du CNC

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Valérie Bourgoin a intégré le CNC en 1986, en septembre 2014 elle rejoint Vincent Leclercq comme directrice adjointe de l'audiovisuel et de la création numérique.  Celui ci ayant rejoint la direction générale du CNC pour assurer la mission de directeur de la transformation  1er mars 2020, elle assurait la DIrection par Interim depuis cette date. "La nomination de Valérie vient consacrer un parcours exempl...
 
 

Vers l’été indien, Présence autochtone présentera un 30e festival international

 
  Terres en vues, société pour la diffusion de la culture autochtone, maître d’œuvre depuis trente ans du Festival international Présence autochtone, travaille pour la prochaine édition prévue au mois d’août.   Compte tenu des circonstances et des récentes recommandations gouvernementales, l’équipe fait à distance toutes les démarches pour mettre sur pied une manifestation qui ...
 
 

COVID-19 update: Le Festival International du Film d'Environnement est reporté

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  REPORT - #10 Festival International du Film d'Environnement FReDD "URGENCE" 28 Septembre - 04 Octobre 2020 Face à la situation exceptionnelle que traversent notre pays et l'Humanité toute entière, nous ne pourrons malheureusement pas maintenir le Festival #10 du 20 au 30 Avril 2020.  Nous travaillons à son report avant la fin de l'année. La thématique de l'Urgence est on ne peut plus d'actualité, l&#...
 
 

COVID-19 positive update: Des courts métrages tous publics en ligne pour une séance à la maison

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© Sauve qui peut le court métrage, Camille Dampierre L'équipe du festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand se mobilise pendant le confinement. Afin d'aider les cinéphiles de tous &acir...
 
 

COVID-19 positive update: Le Festival International du Film d’Aubagne - Music & Cinema se déroule en ligne

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Festival International du Film d’Aubagne - Music & Cinema (30 mars - 4 avril 2020).   Suite aux directives du gouvernement nous avons été contraint d’annuler physiquement notre manifestation. Mais convaincus que nous devions trouver des solutions pour défendre les valeurs culturelles que nous portons, nous avons mis en place les mesures nécessaires afin d’organiser un festival dématérialisé et digital.   ...
 

 

COVID-19 positive update: Cinéma en construction La 37ème édition aura lieu en ligne

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  Jeudi 26 et vendredi 27 mars devait se tenir la 37ème session de Cinéma en Construction à Toulouse dans le cadre du festival Cinelatino, Rencontres de Toulouse, en présence des professionnel·le·s du cinéma invités à ce rendez-vous et des partenaires des trois prix à décerner.   Nous avons décidé de proposer une version dématérialisée de Cinéma en Construction afin...

Les gagnants de Cours écrire ton court

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Circonstances obligeant, c’est par l’entremise d’une vidéo que la directrice générale du cinéma et de la production télévisuelle de la SODEC, Johanne Larue, a annoncé les noms des trois gagnants du concours Cours écrire ton court. Le gagnant du Grand prix Cours écrire ton court, est Frank Tremblay pour son scénario Les monstres. Le Grand prix est d’une valeur appro...

Nouvelles dates pour le Paris Shark Fest, un hommage pour ROB STEWART

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PARIS SHARK FEST LE CLUB DE L'ÉTOILE ACCUEILLERA DU 18 AU 20 SEPTEMBRE 2020 LE PREMIER FESTIVAL DE CINÉMA INTERNATIONAL DÉDIÉ AUX REQUINS Le Paris Shark Fest lève le voile sur sa programmation documentaire qsui comptera plusieurs longs et moyens métrages dans sa compétition documentaire internationale. Il était évident de rendre hommage à Rob Stewart pour son film SHARKWATER EXCTINCTION. Ce documentaire, ...

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Our thoughts go to the families of the victims of the COVID-19 in their flesh or their business; and we express our loud gratitude and solidarity with all of those who are fighting that disease. Our consideration and sympathy go to all the teams behind the festivals which had to cancel or postpone their edition. We understand all the frustration. We understand the work involved, we respect the tough decision and feel sorry for all the lost opportunities for our filmmaker friends in their quest to reach an audience.

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Possible postponement of the Cannes 73rd edition: your questions answered

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On March 19, 2020, the Festival de Cannes had announced that it could not go ahead as planned from May 12th to 23rd this year. That statement, made two months before the planned date of the Festival, was a consequence of the global crisis linked to the Covid-19 epidemic.

After having canvassed the views of its Administration Committee and consulted many professionals, from France and abroad, the Festival has announced that it will consider the possibility of a postponement of its 73rd edition to the end of June or the beginning of July, a plan devised in agreement with the Centre National du Cinéma, with the support of the Cannes City Council and thanks to the commitment of the Palais des Festivals and the Cannes hotel owners.

This decision has, of course, prompted a number of questions. We will try to respond to the most important of those and we will monitor the situation carefully as it changes over time.... READ MORE
 

The Annecy 2020 edition is cancelled

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" It is with tremendous disappointment that we are resigned to cancelling the Annecy 2020 edition." Over the past few weeks, driven by our passion and our enthusiasm, despite the confinement constraints we were nevertheless hoping to maintain the exceptional edition that we had in store for you. We were so looking forward to greeting you as we do every year in June, in Annecy, the animation film capital of the world. But today, the rationale and the international situation ...
 

Virtual Greenwich International Film Festival program

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May 1 - May 3, 2020       Virtual Festival FAQ   What is the Virtual Greenwich International Film Festival?   The Virtual GIFF is a new way for our audience to enjoy films they can’t see anywh...
 

If you're sheltering at home, Maine Outdoor Film Festival just launched a $2,500 online short film contest

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  EXTRA CREDIT ADVENTURE EDIT First off today, a tip of the hat to those of you on the frontlines. We're guessing you're probably too busy to be reading this email, but it is still worth saying: the MOFF family appreciates your service and the risks you are taking. Thank you for what you're doing for the greater good. We truly appreciete it.   For the rest of us: we're looking at a minimum of a month at home. (pro tip: face masks in public turn out to be pretty smar...
 

Revelation Perth International Film Festival Program Update

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“We are living in exceptional times and as you will be aware, this year’s festival has been delayed, however, we are working towards something special. In the meantime, for anyone looking to watch something online, our on demand site is growing each week with new additions. It’s also worth noting that many titles are available globally, so you don’t have to be in Australia to watch them.  Many people working in film, and the arts in general, are suffering from the ...
 
 

ADAF Live | ADAF Kids Live : digital art broadcasts for adults and kids

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The International Festival for Digital Arts in Greece, Athens Digital Arts Festival, acting according to the circumstances and in full convergence with #DigitalSolidarityGR, is offering, from this Saturday 11th of April and during the Greek quarantine, a series of live digital art broadcasts for adults and kids. International audience can enjoy live video art and animations of exceptional aesthetics dedicated to adults and kids, as well as video documentations of performances and installat...
 
 

The San Sebastian and Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse festivals will no longer jointly organise Films in Progress

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The San Sebastian Festival and Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse created, in 2002, Films in Progress, a pioneer industry activity which has inspired similar formats at numerous international markets and festivals. It was born with the intention to back the production of Latin American cinema and to achieve the completion of films at the post-production stage. This activity was held twice-yearly: the first coinciding with the dates of the Toulouse festival in March and the second...
 

Meetings on the Bridge will be held online next week

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Following the declaration of World Health Organisation about COVID-19 as pandemic, the international co-production, training and networking platform organised within the scope of the İstanbul Film Festival, Meetings on the Bridge (MoB) took the necessary precautions and will perform its programme online on 14-17 April with the support of Anadolu Efes, taking into consideration the urgent timeline of the filmmakers attending the MoB workshops with their films and proje...
 

Visions du Réel – International Film Festival Nyon: Focus on the International Feature Film and Burning Lights Competitions

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The International Feature Film Competition presents 14 films from 15 countries, including 13 world premieres, singular and audacious works that freely inter...
 

The May 2020 Vail Film Festival will be an Online Event

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   May 15-17, 2020   Due to the current situation, and the uncertainty ahead, we have decided to stage the Vail Film Festival online instead of having a physical event. We will return to the physical festival in 2021. We have an incredible program of films, panel discussions, and filmmaker Q&As that will all be available to watch online. This is a time for building community and staying connected, even when we can't physically be together. We hope that...
 

Bushwick Film Festival Launches Netflix Watch Party with Director+Cast Q&A

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This Thursday, April 9, The Bushwick Film Festival will launch its Netflix Watch Party Series and Q&A featuring films and TV Shows on Netflix that were created by the festival’s incredible network of alumni. Guests can request an invite to free online screenings and Q&As featuring Cathy Curtin and Daniella De Jesús (OITNB), Stefon Bristol (See You Yesterday), Miles Orion Feldsott, Khalil Everage, Ashley Jackson (BEATS), Joshua Weinstein (Menashe) and more. To req...
 

ÉCU 2020 to be an online festival

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ÉCU organizers have now moved ÉCU 2020 to be an online festival. For this year only. Same programme as the 'physical' screening. Opening night 24th of April, Day 1 screenings 25th April, Day 2 screenings and awards screening 26th April.  ÉCU organizers have now moved ÉCU 2020 to be an online festival. For this year only. Same programme as the 'physical' screening. Opening night 24th of April, Day 1 screenings 25th...
 

Submit to Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival

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March 8, 2020  Earlybird Deadline   May 10, 2020  Regular Deadline   July 12, 2020  Late Deadline   August 9, 2020  Extended Deadline   SUBMIT NOW See you at the Evolution,  Your Festival Team  ...
 

Film festival SEE THE SOUND cancelled

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SEE THE SOUND (April 22nd – April 26th), the film festival of SoundTrack_Cologne, is cancelled due to the current situation regarding the corona virus. At least parts of the film programme will - as far as possible - be postponed to summer and then shown parallel to the congress SoundTrack_Cologne from August 19th – 23rd, 2020. "The statements made by the politicians in recent days, as well as the letters from the City of Cologne which led to the cancellation of the parall...
 
 

Venice Film Festival_Final Cut in Venice 8th Edition

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La Biennale di Venezia / 77th Venice International Film Festival / Venice Production Bridge Final Cut in Venice: call for projects now open for the 8th edition / Announcing the workshop to support films from Africa and the Middle East a hotbed for talents and awards at international festivals   The call for projects opens today for the eighth edition of the Final Cut in Venice workshop, which will take place from September 5th to 7th 2020 as part of the Venice Production Bridge o...
 

Directors from 94 countries have already announced participation in DYTIATKO International Children's Media Festival this year

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The preparation to XII DYTIATKO International Children’s Media Festival founded by Kharkiv Regional Council is going on under the conditions of quarantine. The organization committee accepts applications for participation in 25 nominations and special nominations of the festival - personal, group, thematic ones – with the deadline no later than May 31, 2020. At the present moment 743 competitive projects have been submitted by 683 pa...
 

2020 Matsalu Nature Film Festival calling

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  REMINDER!   If uou haven´t submitted yet: there are only a few weeks left to submit your films to the 18th edition of MAFF | Matsalu Nature Film Festival! Read more and submit here: filmfreeway.com/matsalufilm  SUBMISSION ENDS MAY 1  We are looking forward to seeing your films at MAFF 2020! Thank you for your interest and collaboration! Thank you if you already submitted! Stay safe! ????     Heli Tetlov Head of Programming   MAFF ...
 
 

EarthxFilm Festival goes online and the Good Pitch Local Texas ist postponed to the fall

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Our friends in Texas just made the following announcement postponing their event to the fall   Dear Friends,  First, we miss you, and hope that you are safe and well! We were looking forward to seeing you all later this month at EarthxFilm Festival and the Good Pitch Local Texas live event.  Now, we will connect with you virtually for EarthxFilm, and see you in real life later this year.  Save The Dates EarthxFilm will host an online festival April 22-27, 2020 and roll ...
 

Virtual Market update: The San Sebastián and Zurich Film Festivals unite to strengthen Industry Activities

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We had heard a few weeks ago about the international talent agency CAA moving into the marketplace platform business for its clients (a new challenge to Cannes) creating a streaming platform with networking tools adapted to meet the needs of buyers and sales agents. The Goal was initially announced as alternate solutions to Cannes Market.

With all uncertainities pending around the Cannes dates and the questionned feasability of a market and festival taking place in Cannes end june / early july, CAA took a definitive advantage from the new shifts in global festivals and markets and hit another strike with the announcement of the joint initiatives by San Sebastian and Zurich. 

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TIFF looking at onsite and online options for the September 10–20 2020 edition

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TIFF is planned for September 10–20, 2020 These past few weeks have been unlike anything we’ve all experienced before. To help limit the spread of COVID-19, we made the necessary decision to close our Toronto cinemas and offices at TIFF Bell Lightbox. During these times, we are acutely aware of the challenges of staying connected as creators, audiences, friends, and family. TIFF is an organization that believes in bringing together communities by creating transformational fi...

Your Script Produced Season 2 with March 22 deadline

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Get your script into production in 2021!   Deadline: March 22, 2020.    Feature: $60.00    Tv: $50.00   Shorts: $40   Production Funding for 3 UItimate Grand Prize Winners: Feature: $250,000.00 TV Pilot: $10,000.00 Short: $10,000.00   Launched by founder/financier Doval Bacall FiIms, Your Script Produced is an international screenplay competition that provides an unparalleled platform and opportu...  

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The Accolade Announces Latest Winners!

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Waging Change – Abby Ginzberg Abby Ginzberg (USA), Waging Change, Doc Feature – A hard-hitting look at the challenges faced by sub-minimum wage restaurant “tip” workers and the advocates who are fighting to change the system. Featuring two-time Oscar-winner Jane Fonda, Oscar-nominee Lily Tomlin, Saru Jayaraman (President of One Fair Wage, Author of Forked) and Congressional Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – who are all wor...
 

 

Palmares Films in progress 37

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In the healthcare and confinement emergency that we all share, CC had to adapt and has been going online in order to support the 6 films in progress, currently looking for additional funding and partners that could help them circulate and reach their audience After watching the 6 selected films, the juries of the different awards got together on Thursday the 2nd and Friday the 3rd of April in order to deliberate. They acknowledged the quality of this new selection and had long discussions abo..
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BEYOND BORDERS
July 23-30,  2020

Late deadline April 20, 2020

The 5th International Documentary Festival “Beyond Borders”, Castellorizo island, has the pleasure to invite documentary film-makers to submit their films until 20th of April, 2020. The Festival’s objective is to promote the most important documentary productions worldwide that focus on history, culture, politics and other social subjects. «Beyond Borders» takes place every year during the last week of August, is co-organized with the Region of South Aegean, Les Ecrans des Mondes and the Society for the Restoration of Castellorizo, is held under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad, the Australian Embassy in Athens, the U.S. Embassy in Athens, the Embassy of Israel in Athens and the Municipality of Megisti (Castellorizo), with the kind support of ERT and EKOME. It is produced by the Hellenic History Foundation (www.idisme.gr). “Beyond Borders” includes a selection of Greek, European and worldwide productions of the last five years, workshops, parallel events and master classes. Prizes for Best History Documentary, Best Socio-political Documentary, Best Greek History Documentary, Best Greek Socio-political Documentary,     Best Short Length Documentary will be awarded by the Hellenic Parliament.  EKOME & SteFilm Post Production will also provide awards.

 

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The 23rd UNAFF is calling for entries

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Early Deadline – May 2, 2020*

Regular Deadline – May 12, 2020*

Late deadline – May 20, 2020

The 23rd UNAFF will be held from October 15-25, 2020 in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. This year’s theme THE POWER OF EMPATHY continues our two decades long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasizing our readiness to care about other people’s emotional experiences.

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Your Script Produced competition
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Early bird Deadline: May 24, 2020

Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

WE DON’T SET YOU UP WITH MEETING AFTER MEETING. WE DON’T SELL YOU DREAMS. WE DON’T SELL YOU HOPE.

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PERIOD.

 

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French Riviera Film Festival 

May 11-12, 2020
 

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PARTNER FESTIVAL WITH FILMFESTIVALS.COM

May 9, 2020 extended deadline

The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers.  https://filmfreeway.com/FrenchRivieraFilmFestival

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
May 30 – June 4, 2020

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April 10, 2020 Late Deadline

Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival returns in June 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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Vilnius online conference reports on the challenges of realising a digital festival during the pandemic

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Meeting Point – Vilnius takes on the Challenge of Realising a Digital Festival During the Coronavirus Pandemic during an online conference   As the pandemic rages on, Meeting Point – Vilnius, international audiovisual industry event of the Vilnius International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris, cancelled due to coronavirus yet vowing to return next year, decided to address some of the challenges film festivals need to face nowadays – along with Creative Europe Des...
 

SBIFF Staff Memories – Will Smith: "Wake Up Every Day and Do Good"

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  Watch SBIFF 2006 Modern Master Award honoring Will Smith – CLICK HERE SBIFF Staff Memories Episode 3: Wake Up Every Day and Do Good By Mickey Duzdevich, Senior Programmer Now, this is a memory all about how, I ended up staying in this here town, And I’d like to take a minute, just sit right there, I’ll tell you about the night we honored the prince of Bel Air. I started working for SBIFF back in 2006. I planned on it being a short-term jo...
 

Even If You’re in the Pink COVID19-wise, PINK Schools You About It

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent There’s a time for infighting among the Redbull and BlueMoon States, or states of mind, but right now we’re all trying to be in the pink, health-wise. #COVID19 and the Coronavirus health-quake is on now. EllenTube, from Ellen Degeneres, shows us in her interview with musical artist PINK that we all can do something to help the fight against Coronavirus. Even if we’re seemingly healthy right now. Thanks to Clap for Carers &...
 

The 50th USA Film Festival Announces Short Film Jurors, rescheduled dates to be announced

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The USA Film Festival announces JURORS for its annual International Short Film Competition, part of the 50th Annual USA Film Festival program to be presented in 2020.   The USA Film Festival welcomes new and returning Jurors:   Actor, director and teacher Karen Allen Actor, producer, director and teacher Diane Baker Actor, playwright, screenwriter, author and film historian Jim Beaver Cinematographer Bill Butl...
 

Matt Wolf of SPACESHIP EARTH Knows You're Going Stir Crazy, So...

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent If you're fighting with children and considering Joe Exotic Tiger Revenge strategies against your partner or spouse, just think... You could be locked up in the Biosphere, that wild human Tang experiment of the old New Age. That should make you feel less shambolic, but better for your reframe? We borrowed Matt Wolf's director statement for you. by Matt Wolf, Director Spaceship Earth, From Screenmancer.tv Spaceship Earth is the true, st...
 

Vilnius Invites to Online Conference about online festivals challenges

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Virtual Online Conference   The Challenge of Realising a Digital Festival During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Experiences and an Exchange of Best Practices. Meeting Point - Vilnius & Creative Europe Desk Lithuania, in cooperation with CPH:DOX, Independent Cinema Office and European Film Forum are pleased to invite you to their Virtual Online Conference and discussion     APRIL 9, h 11am-12:30pm CET   Programme: Welcom...
 

Special Interview with Evolution! festival founder Sandra Lipski

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Here is a special interview with EMIFF founder & director Sandra Lipski about her new consulting business The Festival Key.           ...
 

Odesa International Film Festival launches Instagram Live series featuring the world film industry representatives

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  A series of live broadcasts featuring top international festivals heads and other representatives of the world film industry will be streamed on the instagram page of the Odesa International Film Festival. The guest of the first Live, which is to be held April 7 at 7 pm, is Karel Och, a member of the European Film Academy, art director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and 10th OIFF International Competition Jury member. Julia Sinkevych, general producer of the Odesa Inte...
 

Social Distancing creativity

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The Woody Allen Memoir... We Need the Dregs?

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent

Who writes a memoir in defense of marrying their step-daughter? You guessed it: Woody Allen. And with his new memoir - that was axed by Hachette and brought back to life elsewhere - we all get to wrestle with this Shakespearean dilemma…

To buy, or not to buy? Whether ’tis nobler to read the slings and arrows pointed at Mia, or to take up arms against “Apropos of Nothing” and fling it against the wall.

Yes, that is bad Shakespeare from Hamlet Act 3, Scene 1, often dubbed “the nunnery scene” which, of course, Hachette employees were likely not thinking about during the standing ovation when Allen’s galleys were tossed in the trash, but hey.

Arcade published it, so what can you do except decide for yourself whether to purchase the bête noire of books? Arcade, a division of Skyhorse,  lists the following three lead-off books on its website - just follow along here for Allenseque irony: “Raphael: Painter in Rome,” “Love Behind Bars: The Memoir of An American Prisoner’s Wife,” and the topper “Hitler: The Memoir of a Nazi Insider Who Turned Against The Führer.”

Can you script something better than that?

On Woody Allen’s website, he leads with this quote: “If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.”

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Elizabeth Moss: This Is Why We Love WHEN HARRY MET SALLY

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Anybody who loves the Amazing Nora Ephron is aces, and Elizabeth Moss (“Handmaid’s Tale”) doffs her Margaret Atwood bonnet to honor the deeply missed Ephron sister in her #AFIMOVIECLUB opener to WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. Moss hits all the high notes here, as she reads from the screenwriter’s diary from way back when, on the set with Director Rob Reiner, who - as the lore goes - threw this idea out to Nora, and she ping-ponged...
 
 

Moviebill CEO & Regal Hand Moviegoers AR Games for COVID19 Lockdown Fun

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent How much do you know about AR? First of all, "AR" is the acronymn for "augmented reality," which is related to VR (virtual reality), but more of a hybrid tech experience for the novice. Think of it this way: AR is a CGI-overlay for the real world; whereas VR is the immersive CGI world you enter. Does that make sense? AR you stare at (and interact with) from your world, but in (VR) you disappear into a pixelated envinroment vi...
 

HARRIET's Cynthia Erivo Says Watch DEVIL WEARS PRADA for #AFIMOVIECLUB

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent While most viewers are familiar with Cynthia Erivo from HARRIET, just about everyone in the Known Watching World heard her ballad at the 92nd Oscars, in that rounded fairy-tale golden cape-dress with the haute couture swagger. And while you can enjoy her singing performance here, first Cynthia hips us to the fancy-fingered realm known as Fashion Vogue ways. This film is the near-real story of victorious, glorious, Dame Anna Wintour's handlin...
 
 

Dutch platform ‘Picl’ secures revenues for cinemas and festivals despite cancelled theatrical screenings

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Over the course of the last two weeks, the number of participating cinemas grew from 23 to 31, with a few more currently on the waiting list. The initiative now covers almost 90% of Dutch independent cinemas and has sold ten times more tickets than last month.   Picl has been organizing day and date releases since it was founded in 2017, releasing films simultaneously in cinemas and on its platform. As one of the first and few solidary release systems in Europe, viewer...
 

A salute to The Film Festival Day Initiative!

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More than 175 film festivals across North America have been cancelled or postponed as a result of COVID-19. Movies unite us in a way that no other art form can and film festivals play an essential role in connecting our community to support the works of independent storytellers. Please join us in a celebration of our communities, our audiences, independent filmmakers and what makes the film festival experience so unique.   In partnership with the independent streaming plat...
 
 

"terroir" selected to Newlyn PZ International Film Festival!

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"terroir" has been accepted to the 2020 Newlyn PZ International Film Festival, based in Penzance, Cornwall, England. Originally scheduled for the end of April 2020, the festival may now move online, due to the global COVID19 pandemic. Written/helmed and produced by Dawn Westlake, under her Ron de Cana Productions, Inc. banner, "terroir" is about how the mother-child relationship may unfortunately cloud our perceptions of very capable female leaders in all sectors of society....
 

The First Rule of AFI Movie Club, Oh Okay, You Get It: Brad Pitt Does BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Not only does the man look and sound like Hollywood forefather Robert Redford, now Brad Pitt will actually tell you things you didn’t know about the wild robber-romp from The Greatest Screenwriter William Goldman, that launched Redford when Paul Newman laid down the law about casting.  BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID has so many mind-imprinting moments, from the gorgeous Katharine Ross on the bicycle scene to Paul using his brains t...
 
 

The Creepy Line selected to APOX film festival in Croatia

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  The APOX Film Festival wants to become a film festival, which, unlike others, will be separated by the way of presentation of films, a different program, and orientation on the promotion of the culture of the island of Losinj and everything else that the island offers. Attract as many external directors as you like, and become a synonym of quality documentaries in this area. The concept itself is to promote the museum gallery spaces of the island of Lošinj and therefore c...
 
 

Marcel Duchamp the Art of the Possible selected to APOX film festival in Croatia

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The APOX Film Festival wants to become a film festival, which, unlike others, will be separated by the way of presentation of films, a different program, and orientation on the promotion of the culture of the island of Losinj and everything else that the island offers. Attract as many external directors as you like, and become a synonym of quality documentaries in this area. The concept itself is to promote the museum gallery spaces of the island of Lošinj and therefore contribute not o...
 

Marcel Duchamp the Art of the Possible selected to The Fine Arts Film Festival

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The Fine Arts Film Festival (FAFF) is dedicated to showing the finest films in the world about art, the art world, and films that are art in and of themselves. Painting, photography, sculpture, performance art of all mediums, artists in and out of their studios, collectors, galleries, museums, public art, and alternative art spaces are all part of FAFF. This includes video art, curated as a Film or a Virtual Reality medium. We also have a Screenplay Competition! The 7th Annual Fine Arts Film ...
 
 

Marcel Duchamp the Art of the Possible selected to MASTER OF ART FILM FESTIVAL

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Master of Art Film Festival is unique cultural event and the only in Eastern Europe international film festival for Documentaries on Art. It takes place in Bulgaria – Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna. The festival focuses on different artistic approaches on Art. Its program is dedicated to Documentary cinema that represents the artistic vision both on history of Art, Contemporary Art forms and to celebrate the multicultural diversity in our time. Our goal is to show documentaries that manif...
 

Marcel Duchamp the Art of the Possible selected to FilmArte Festival

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FilmArte Festival is the new film festival coming to Madrid. And in an Autumn Edition, visiting the creative Berlin. In our second year, we will celebrate one edition in each city. Now we are open for submissions for Berlin Autumn 2020 All films and screenplays are about arts or artists, both fiction and documentary Works that show talents and the creative process. The program will be dedicated to cinema that represents artistic visions and celebrate multicultural diversity. An experienced...
 

Backstage Shouts Disney Video Call for GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY & Gig Updates

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Straight from the virtual pages of “Backstage” magazine, the best-known brand for actor casting calls, there are some fun things you can do during your Pandemic Party lockdown. One of which is sending Disney Casting a video entry for Disney World’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Attraction. Backstage invites you to "wish upon a star for the great Disney-related gigs casting around the world! Disney Parks i...
 

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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson

Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 84 minutes

What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.

Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches. As Davies meets and becomes friends with the some of his Russian photo subjects, he finds himself getting emotionally involved with their struggle. He decides to put down his camera and get involved with church restoration.

 

            Early on in our story Davies befriends the famed Russian architect Alexander Popov who is deeply involved in working to preserve and share with the world the beauty and value of these ancient structures. Popov has uniquely discovered and reinvigorated both the tools and processes that restore life back to the North. But it’s an uphill battle against strong and powerful forces.

 

            Together, Davies and Popov uncover the circumstances that led to the demise of the churches, and then join a small but growing group of passionate Russian citizens and outsiders from all walks of life who join the cause of Saving North.

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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With contributions from Abbé Jean-Luc Maroy, Alex Deleon, Bruno Chatelin

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

La Source (Jungfrukällan) d’Ingmar Bergman (Suède, 1960)

Vos questions à propos d’un éventuel report de la 73e édition

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Le 19 mars dernier, le Festival a annoncé qu’il ne pourrait avoir lieu comme prévu du 12 au 23 mai prochains. Cette annonce, faite deux mois avant son déroulement, est la conséquence de la crise mondiale liée à l’épidémie du Covid-19. De fait, après avoir recueilli les avis de son Conseil d’Administration et consulté de nombreux professionnels français et étrangers, le Festival a annonc...
 

 

En attendant Disney+ Netflix gagne la guerre des plateformes de VOD...

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Entre le confinement et l'arrivée de Disney+ dans le secteur, la VOD est en plein chamboulement. SEMrush, spécialiste du marketing digital, a mené l'enquête : quelles sont les plateformes de VOD les plus populaires sur Google ? Et quels sont les films Disney les plus populaires ?   Méthodologie : pour chaque mot-clé, SEMrush comptabilise les recherches effectuées sur Google.fr sur une période donné...

 

Sélection Annuelle 2020 | Pour les auteur.e.s !

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  Au cœur du confinement, l'actualité déborde de festivals annulés, de cinémas fermés et de tournages emportés par le tsunami du virus. Comme si le cinéma et son avenir devaient succomber à l'enfermement. Au bout du Finistère, à Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages, un village de résistants, conscient de la gravité du problème et soli...
 

 

Les membres des jurys du Festival Vues d’Afrique remettront leurs prix le 26 avril

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CHEZ VOUS ? LE FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE CINÉMA VUES D’AFRIQUE ARRIVE EN NUMÉRIQUE! Plusieurs films en sélection en accès gratuit sur TV5-UNIS pour vos soirées Festival. Du 17 au 26 Avril 2020! C’est avec enthousiasme que les membres des différents jurys du 36e Festival international de cinéma Vues d’Afrique propuls&e...
 

 

Création filmique en mode confinement: l' appel à films du Mashup Film Festival

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Bonjour à vous,   nous espérons que vous allez bien en ces temps qui nous chamboulent. Au-delà de la maladie et de l'angoisse qui s'en dégagent, il y aura un après à construire.   Cet "après", nous le souhaitons créatif et partageur. Nous ne connaissons pas encore les nouvelles dates du festival mais nous sommes sûrs qu'il aura lieu en 2020 : nous avons toujours les 3 000 euros du CNC Tal...
 

 

Henri on t'aime déjà! découvrez la nouvelle salle VIRTUELLE de la cinémathèque qui ouvre ses portes aujourd'hui

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Des films rares de la Cinémathèque française à voir en ligne #Culturecheznous   La Cinémathèque française est fermée depuis le 13 mars. Depuis un peu plus de trois semaines, vous êtes encore plus nombreux que d'habitude à vous rendre sur cinematheque.fr pour y découvrir des leçons de cinéma et des conférences, des sites et des articles consacr&eacut...
 

 

San Sebastián et Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse cesseront d'organiser conjointement Cinéma en Construction

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Le Festival de San Sebastián (Espagne) et Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse ont créé en 2002 Cinéma en Construction, une activité d'industrie pionnière qui a inspiré des formats similaires dans de nombreux marchés et festivals internationaux. Cinéma en Construction est né dans l'intention de soutenir la production de cinéma latino-américain pour la finalisation de films en phase de post-...
 

 

Plein(s) Écran(s) donne carte blanche aux festivals annulés!

 
À partir du mois d’avril, Plein(s) Écran(s) est de retour avec une offre cinématographique en collaboration avec des festivals de courts métrages québécois. Le festival Plein(s) Écran(s), qui se terminait en janvier dernier, a enregistré une année record lors de sa dernière édition avec près de 3,7 millions de visionnements, une augmentation des interactions du public de plus de 47 % et plus de 33 300 abonn...
 

 

Vues d’Afrique se réinvente en ligne du 17 au 26 avril

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  36e Festival international de cinéma Vues d’Afrique Propulsé par TV5 Vues d’Afrique se réinvente du 17 au 26 avril Rendez-vous incontournable du cinéma africain et créole en Amérique du Nord, l’édition 2020 de Vues d’Afrique se veut novatrice, moderne et riche en découvertes. Pour renouveler son organisation, la direction du festival a renforcé tout le secteur numérique ...
 

 

Palmarès du Cinéma en Construction 37 de Toulouse

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Dans la situation d’urgence sanitaire et de confinement partagée par tous, Cinéma en Construction Toulouse s’est adapté et s'est déroulée en version dématérialisée afin d’accompagner, dans les conditions actuelles, les 6 films en chantier, à la recherche de financements complémentaires et de partenaires capables d’assurer leur circulation et leur diffusion jusqu’au salles de cin&eacu...

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Cannes' Marché du Film 2020 Online from Monday 22 to Friday 26 June

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The Festival de Cannes will launch the Marché du Film online on Monday 22 June to support film industry professionals In these trying times for the whole world, and in view of the fragile prospects for the world of cinema, the Festival has announced that it does not wish to abandon the field. "No one knows what the second half of the year may bring and whether it will be possible to organize major film events again in 2020, including the Festival de Cannes" said Th... 

Croisette and Rue d'Antibes like you have never seen them

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Photos Michka Verkhovskoy Cannes as you never saw it: empty till may 15, with large gatherings officially forbidden till mid july President Macron officially announced yesterday evening that any festival or large gathering would be forbidden till mid july ... at least . Cannes festival officials had hinted that the festival would not take the form of an online only version, that seems to announce a possible flat cancellation of the 2020 edition. We should be hearing ve...
 

Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival moves online

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In the light of the on-going emergency situation in Estonia caused by COVID-19, the Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (HÕFF) organisers have announced that the 15th edition of the festival will take place online, running from the 8th until the 10th of May.    The virtual edition of HÕFF will be screening around 20 films, roughly around two-thirds of the initially planned programme. The platform will be provided by the telecommunication company Elis...
 

Virtual opening ceremony at Visions du Réel 2020 this Friday 17 April : Official ceremony for a virtual edition

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This Friday, April 17th, the 51st edition of Visions du Réel is kicking off with the virtual opening ceremony at 7.00 pm. Forced to reinvent itself because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the event is moving to a fully digital version. The opening ceremony will begin with speeches by several personalities before giving way to Reunited by Mira Jargil, chosen as this year’s opening film. Initially reserved for an audience of guests, this feature film from the Grand Angle section will be p...
 
 

20th New Horizons IFF | change of date

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Another summer festival moving dates to the fall due to corona virus. Happy to share their message! "Dear Friends,  We hoped for as long as possible. We hoped every day to be able to see everyone in Wroclaw in late July and early August 2020. However, on April 14, the president of Wrocław, Mr. Jacek Sutryk, announced the cancellation of all cultural events in Wroclaw through the end of August 2020. It is certain that the 20th New Horizons International Film Festival will not t...
 

Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2020 edition plans for fall

 
The ESFF still plans to proceed and hold our 10th anniversary as normal October 22 – November 8th 2020. Should circumstances change, our intention is to hold the screenings over the first available dates around that period.  We're open for entries to Our 10th anniversary special edition, with extra screenings & presenting awards and trophies for the best films selected by our juries This year, we're also excited to be programming films and film...
 

The Frontières International Co-Production Market will take place online, as planned from July 23rd to the 26th of 2020

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  With COVID-19 shaking our certainties and the habits of the industry, the security and wellbeing of individuals is an absolute priority during this crisis. As such, anticipating the impossibility and difficulty for participants to undertake international travel over the next several months, Frontières has taken initiative and redesigned their upcoming event. The Frontières International Co-Production Market will take place as planned from July 23rd to the 26th of 202...
 

The San Sebastian Festival opens its call for submissions for the ninth edition of the Forum

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The deadline for submitting projects from Europe and Latin America is June 15 The ninth edition of the San Sebastian Festival Forum opens its call for audiovisual projects from Europe and Latin America with a minimum runtime of 60 minutes and 20% of their financing guaranteed. European projects must have an express connection with Latin America. The Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum will consist of one day, September 20, for pitchings by the selected projects, followed b...
 
 

Partner Festivals Calling April 2020

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Dear filmmakers friends do not miss these Festivals in Focus.     Bruno Chatelin and the Filmfestivals.com Team wish you much success on the festival circuit  Read this online         FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIAL NETWORKS:                  ...
 

Call For Entries - Moonwhite Films International Film Fest - MWFIFF 2020

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Anup Jalota Presents 3rd - MOONWHITE FILMS INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST - MWFIFF 2020 Regular Deadline ENDS ON - 15th JUNE 2020!!! Event Date 7th & 8th of November 2020 Head on over to submit your Project NOW !!! www.mwfiff.com www.filmfreeway.com/MWFIFF www.festhome.com/f/4015   ...
 
 

Moonwhite Films International Film Fest - MWFIFF

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Thanks for showing your Interest in our Film Festival -  'Moonwhite Films International Film Fest' - MWFIFF, which is running for the 3rd year, Presented by Shri Anup Jalota and Founder & Director is Mr. Devashish Sargam ( Raj ) Event Dates : 7th & 8th November 2020   Regular Deadline Ending : 15th June 2020   Late Deadline Ending On 2nd August 2020   Notificati...
 
 

Welcome to Go Short Online!

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  Go Short Online offers a wide range of the original program of its 12th festival edition. The online festival takes place from 15 April – 13 May. In order to see the program, you have to pay a one-off contribution of €10,- that gives you access to all the films until the end of this period! Fill in your e-mailaddress below to access the online festival. If you haven't registered yet you will be redirected automatically to the registration form. ...
 
 

CALL FOR ENTRY!! The 2020 Film and Video Poetry Symposium

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Submissions Are Being Accepted For The 3rd Annual Film and Video Poetry Symposium! Deadline: Monday August 3, 2020 Poets, Experimental Filmmakers, Video Artists, Media and Performance Artists are called to submit creative works to The 3rd Annual Film and Video Poetry Symposium. The symposium celebrates and will screen a large scope of film and video projects developed through the medium of poetry.  This event will also host a series of panels, guest speakers, workshops,...
 
 

The 2020 Film and Video Poetry Symposium Deadline Extended

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FVPS Deadline Extended and The Symposium Postponed until Fall 2020 As the COVID-19 crisis continues to force public events to cancel or postpone, The Film and Video Poetry Society encourages our peer organizations to stand with us and take to the difficult responsibility to prioritize public health. Let us make our stand publicly for not only those who participate with our platforms, but for those within the total of our communities.  The Film and Video Poetry Society commends the programm...
 

La Rochelle Festival Cancels the 2020 edition

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La Rochelle informed us on their decision to cancel the 2020 EDITION     Dear friends, For several days now, we’ve been expecting the news yet keeping a glimmer of hope alive that the Festival La Rochelle Cinéma would be maintained. Stanislas Bouvier, our poster painter for the past thirty years, had just presented the second part of his diptych, opening up a promising horizon that helped us to believe in a happier outcome. As of last evening, the date of the offici...

Cannes as you never saw it: empty till may 11, with large gatherings officially forbidden till mid july

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President Macron officially announced yesterday evening that any festival or large gathering would be forbidden till mid july ... at least . Cannes festival officials had hinted that the festival would not take the form of an online only version, that seems to announce a possible flat cancellation of the 2020 edition. We should be hearing very soon about that . Photos Michka Verkhovskoy ...
 

Difficult to say the least to assume that the Festival de Cannes could be held this year in its original form

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Following the French President’ statement, on Monday, April 13th, we acknowledged that the postponement of the 73rd International Cannes Film Festival, initially considered for the end of June to the beginning of July, is no longer an option.   It is clearly difficult to assume that the Festival de Cannes could be held this year in its original form.   Nevertheless, since yesterday evening we have started many discussions with professionals, in France and abroad. They agr...
 
 

The IndieFEST Film Awards closes with final deadline for entry on April 19, 2020

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SUBMIT NOW Email I 858-454-9787 I 8861 Villa La Jolla Drive #13131 La Jolla, CA 92039 United States I Website I Facebook I Twitter Rick Prickett COMPETITION DIRECTOR Promoting independent filmmakers of cinematic gems and unique voices to a worldwide audience. IndieFEST, currently in its 11th year, discovers and honors the achievements of filmmakers who produce high quality films and new media. Attracting b...
 

Film Fest 919 launches a special Social Distancing Film, Song, & Photo Festival

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Let s keep those around us busy and engaged. Here’s to whatever the new normal is and hoping for our theaters to open one day soon. Film Fest 919, founded by industry veterans Randi Emerman and Carol Marshall, along with Program Director Claudia Puig Film Fest 919 has kicked off a special Social Distancing Film, Song, & Photo Festival as well as a Virtual Film Series with live Q&As featuring filmmakers and friends. Stuck at home and craving a creative outlet?  Film...
 

SiciliAmbiente film festival Calling for your green films

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  April 30, 2020 Final Deadline SUBMIT NOW   The 12th annual SiciliAmbiente Film Festival will take place in July 2020: July 3 – 10, 2020. The aim of SiciliAmbiente Festival is to promote independent documentary cinema and to encourage creative exchange and networking among the directors. This Festival is organized and sponsored by Demetra Produzioni SAS and CANTIERE 7 Cultural Association, with the support of the City of San Vito Lo Capo and many other sponso...
 
 

About the Red Rock Film Festival

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Red Rock Film Festival offers a serene environment for incredible film. The festival accepts entries of all genres from shorts to full-length features, and is held in Southern Utah in Cedr City (a.k.a. 'Festival City') by the majestic red mountains of Zion Canyon and Cedar Breaks. To encourage the independent spirit, Red Rock strives to find a home for all films that qualify for competition. This gives the filmmaker a chance to give their work exposure even if they may n...
 

BIFED2020 Open for entries!

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Submissions are opened for the Competition Section of Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary! #BIFED2020  www.bifed.org We started the preparations for the Bozcaada International Ecological Documentary Festival, which will be held for the seventh time in Bozcaada between October 7-11. BIFED, born in Bozcaada in order to create an independent space f...
 

Visions du Réel – International Film Festival Nyon Focus on the National Competition and the Latitudes section

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The National Competition will present 13 films including 11 world premieres, feature and medium-length films (co)produced by Switzerland. The selection will be available online for free from 17 to 29 April, each film for 24h > Films of the National Competition   ...
 

Virtual Fest: check, The BZN Film Rodeo goes virtual!

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The BZN Film Rodeo cannot be on the road this spring so instead, in partnership with BozemanArts-Live, we're sharing some incredible films and valuable conversations for you to view from the comfort of your home! Scroll down for info on TWO live-stream film nights this month -- join us! Award-winning, MT short film "Willow Creek Road" + Discussion A collaboration of five Montana females. Thursday, April 16 | 7:30-8:30 ...
 

Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival rescheduled to September 23 -27, 2020!

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The PhilaEnviroFilmFest, at the Academy of Natural Sciences on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, showcases powerful new films from around the world including illuminating and compelling documentaires, features, shorts and experimental films highlighting epic adventures, critical conservation issues, groundbreaking wildlife behavior, inspiring heroes, and more! ...
 

HIFF@HOME Collection #2 & DKII Student Shorts to be released online next week starting April 17

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    HIFF@HOME ​​​is an online film festival where HIFF brings you the best short films that have played in previous festival editions. The first collection is already online at HIFF's official website, www.hiff.org. Mark your calendars for Collection #2, presenting more short films, which will go live online starting next Friday, April 17.   In addition to the Best of Shorts collections, HIFF@HOME will also present locally made student short films from middle ...
 

Women Make Movies has extended the Virtual Film Festival until May 31

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You're Invited to the Virtual Film Festival   Women Make Movies has extended our Virtual Film Festival until May 31! Will you join us?    We are currently running the Films, Interrupted series, which showcases WMM films that had their film festival and public screenings cancelled due to COVID-19.  Additional titles from the Women Make Movies collection are being added on a rolling basis. Check out the selections below and sign up!   ...
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The Best Shorts Competition Announces Latest Winners!

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The Best Shorts Competition is proud to announce the latest winners. The Best Shorts Competition puts filmmakers first and provides a direct opportunity for recognition and publicity for high quality productions. It is international in scope and has granted awards to producers in Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paragu...
 

SoundTrack_Cologne 17 Announces Nominees for the EUROPEAN TALENT COMPETITION and PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD

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Sixteen composers and sound designers are nominated for the EUROPEAN TALENT AWARD.  Seven film composers enter the race for the PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD. The winners will be announced at the grand award ceremony on August 22nd, 2020, moderated by Ill-Yong Kim. The EUROPEAN TALENT COMPETITION offers a platform especially for young talent. The participants‘ tasks was to compose a new musical interpretation (score and/or sound design) to the short film DANS LES BOIS. The nomi...
 

Vilnius IFF Went Fully Digital – Here Are the Results

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  After spending the entire year preparing its anniversary edition, organizers of the 25th Vilnius International Film Festival had just 168 hours to move their event from cinemas to streaming platforms. With all mass gatherings banned by the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus, festival organizers quickly adapted and accomplished what seemed like an impossible task – to go fully digital. The story of their success has captivated the interest of many other festivals. ...
 

 

The Accolade Announces Latest Winners!

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Waging Change – Abby Ginzberg Abby Ginzberg (USA), Waging Change, Doc Feature – A hard-hitting look at the challenges faced by sub-minimum wage restaurant “tip” workers and the advocates who are fighting to change the system. Featuring two-time Oscar-winner Jane Fonda, Oscar-nominee Lily Tomlin, Saru Jayaraman (President of One Fair Wage, Author of Forked) and Congressional Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – who are all wor... 
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April 19, 2020 Extended Deadline

IndieFEST, currently in its 11th year, discovers and honors the achievements of filmmakers who produce high quality films and new media. Attracting both powerhouse industry veterans as well as talented new filmmakers, the IndieFEST is an exceptional, truly international awards competition, not a traditional film festival. The goal of traditional film festivals is to bring entertainment to local audiences making the filmmaker of secondary importance. IndieFEST is about helping independent filmmakers gain the credibility and publicity they justly deserve. Our talented IndieFEST award winners have gone on to win Emmy, Telly and other awards.

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BEYOND BORDERS
July 23-30,  2020

Late deadline April 20, 2020

The 5th International Documentary Festival “Beyond Borders”, Castellorizo island, has the pleasure to invite documentary film-makers to submit their films until 20th of April, 2020. The Festival’s objective is to promote the most important documentary productions worldwide that focus on history, culture, politics and other social subjects. «Beyond Borders» takes place every year during the last week of August, is co-organized with the Region of South Aegean, Les Ecrans des Mondes and the Society for the Restoration of Castellorizo, is held under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad, the Australian Embassy in Athens, the U.S. Embassy in Athens, the Embassy of Israel in Athens and the Municipality of Megisti (Castellorizo), with the kind support of ERT and EKOME. It is produced by the Hellenic History Foundation (www.idisme.gr). “Beyond Borders” includes a selection of Greek, European and worldwide productions of the last five years, workshops, parallel events and master classes. Prizes for Best History Documentary, Best Socio-political Documentary, Best Greek History Documentary, Best Greek Socio-political Documentary,     Best Short Length Documentary will be awarded by the Hellenic Parliament.  EKOME & SteFilm Post Production will also provide awards.

 

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The 23rd UNAFF is calling for entries

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Early Deadline – May 2, 2020*

Regular Deadline – May 12, 2020*

Late deadline – May 20, 2020

The 23rd UNAFF will be held from October 15-25, 2020 in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. This year’s theme THE POWER OF EMPATHY continues our two decades long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasizing our readiness to care about other people’s emotional experiences.

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Your Script Produced competition
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Early bird Deadline: May 24, 2020

Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

WE DON’T SET YOU UP WITH MEETING AFTER MEETING. WE DON’T SELL YOU DREAMS. WE DON’T SELL YOU HOPE.

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French Riviera Film Festival 

May 11-12, 2020
 

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May 9, 2020 extended deadline

The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers.  https://filmfreeway.com/FrenchRivieraFilmFestival

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
May 30 – June 4, 2020

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August 20th, 2020 

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival returns in June 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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Akhtem Seitablaiev was live streamed at OIFF Instagram profile

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Odesa International Film Festival continues a series of live streams with representatives of the world film industry.    The Ukrainian director and actor Akhtem Seitablaiev will become the third guest of the OIFF Live. The live stream will take place April 16, 8 pm Kyiv time (7 pm CET) on the OIFF Instagram page. The host of the OIFF live is Julia Sinkevich, general producer of the Odesa International Film Festival.   Akhtem Seitablaiev is a well-known Ukrainian actor and di...
 

Decoding the Secret Appeal of “Tiger King” Joe Exotic

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent By now if you haven’t heard proverbial ‘Everybody’ talking about the Netflix special “Tiger King Murder, Mayhem and Madness” and its titular jailhouse-made “star” Joe Exotic, then you’re not paying attention to the COVID19 lockdown zeitgeist. In just seven episodes, dating from March 20 and nearly coinciding with Coronavirus pandemic that caged America at home, Tiger King has blown up so much in v...
 

Director Lynn Roth Plus 919 Film Fest: Q & A Zoom Event April 16

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By Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Director Lynn Roth, who is among Showtime's first female TV showrunners for “The Paper Chase,” will join a 919 Film Festival Q & A for her film THE LITTLE TRAITOR on April 16 via Zoom. This streaming event is open to the public, and is hosted by the Chapel Hill, NC, based 919 Film Fest. 919 was founded by Randi Emerman and Carol Marshall, with Los Angeles Film Critics Association President, Claudia Puig, as Program ...

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Enchained Will Debut As First Film To Stream On New Channel From habeshaviewTV

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Synergy Habesha Films And Communications In Collaboration With habeshaview And The International Emerging Film Talent Association Presents   Enchained (Quragnaye) A Historical Drama Written & Directed By Moges Tafesse   Following Successful International Festival & Theatrical Engagements Enchained Will Debut As First Film To Stream On New Channel From habeshaviewTV Introducing Emerging Ethiopian And International Filmmakers To A World-Wide Audience April 18, 2020 ...  

SXSW 2020 Pilot Showcase Just Launched on Vimeo

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Okay, Lockdown Folks, here's a fun thing to do with your endless free time - watch SXSW 2020 Pilot Showcase on Vimeo! Los Angeles, CA: In the wake of the cancelled 2020 SXSW Film Festival, a fascinating group of nominated filmmakers from the Episodic Pilot Competition are launching a ‘SXSW 2020 Pilot Showcase’ on Vimeo, a streaming event to preview a diversity led (more than half LGBT content and creators) se...
 

"Touch" - a new film by my 91-yr-old father while in self-isolation

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"Touch" is a film made in self-isolation by a 91-year-old father and his daughter, 2001 miles apart. Written by Donald G. Westlake in late March 2020, "Touch" was *filmed* using the Zoom meeting app between Donald in a Chicago suburb and his daughter, director/writer/producer/actress Dawn Westlake, in Los Angeles, CA USA. To see "Touch" with English subtitles: https://filmfreeway.com/projects/1919700"Touch" has already been accepted to the RATMA Self-I...
 

"terroir" selected to Cortos en Corto in Mexico!

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"terroir" has been selected to the 7th annual Cortos en Corto Film Festival in Anahuac, Xalapa, Mexico for August 20-21, 2020. Written, helmed and produced by Dawn Westlake under her Ron de Cana Prods, Inc shingle, "terroir" is about the mother-child relationship and how it can sometimes cloud our perceptions of very capable female leaders in all sectors of society. The film was shot in Wheaton & Peru, IL, USA, Font Romeu, France and Vilafranca del Penedes, Spain by Pol C...
 
 

Sekuritas Proud Finalist at Deep Focus Film Festival Brooklyn

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Deep Focus Film Festival has been postponed from it s original may dates, new dates tbc. The Deep Focus Film Festival aims to foster an environment in which independent filmmakers can better understand the audience’s reactions to their work. Our goal is to give each film selected a thoughtful response from a professional filmmaker and peer. We understand that each of you have invested your time and creative efforts turning your ideas into reality, and w...
 

Flying Pictures and Amis Productions join forces

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Copyright: Press Association - Flying Pictures filming Mission Impossible 6 - Fallout at Blackfriars bridge, London Flying Pictures is pleased to announce a new management team, drawing on the experience and talents of Amis Productions. This combination creates one of the world’s largest gyrostabilised film and broadcast camera groups with an expanded, passionate and creative team bringing greater innovation, capability and resources to the game. Flying Pictures is a world leader in t...
 
 

The American Film Institute (AFI) is proud of the online success of its new program AFI Movie Club

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Film Fans Flock to Online Program   Willem Dafoe Announces AFI Member Top Pick CASABLANCA Accompanied by Member Videos     The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today that its new program AFI Movie Club has expanded the organization’s social reach, uniting more film lovers than ever before. Since the launch on March 31, AFI has garnered over 2.5 million impressions on social media and visits to the AFI website have increased by 124% with users spending 72% more t...
 

The Changing Face of Europe 2020 features 10 european documentaries in the doc shop - hot docs streaming platform

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The changing face of europe 2020 features 10 outstanding european documentaries in the doc shop - hot docs streaming platform for accreditated industry EFP is committed to presenting the third edition of THE CHANGING FACE OF EUROPE in collaboration with Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival despite these difficult times. All 10 of the films selected for the programme will take part in Hot Docs Industry All-Access Online program, which will run during the original dates ...
 

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival announces the official feature and short film selections

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The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival announces the official feature and short film selections for the festival’s 23rd edition. The NEW DOCS program and Invited Program includes 44 features and 12 shorts from 26 countries, and include 4 world premieres, 6 North American premieres, and 2 U.S. premieres. The films were selected from nearly 2,000 submissions to the 2020 annual event. Originally scheduled to take place April 2-5 in downtown Durham, the four-day event was recently ca...
 

How About “You Need Work to Feel Like You’re Worth Something,” Watch WORKING MAN

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Peter Gerety and Talia Shire? Yes, they’ve been in your film and TV memory for years, maybe growing up, maybe now in your streaming awareness. Think Shire of ROCKY franchise fame and Gerety (“The Wire”) of almost every procedural TV show of note since the 90’s.  These are real-people type actors who’ve have teamed up with Billy Brown (“Sons of Anarchy”), as well as a perfectly tuned cast, to deliv...
 

 

Screendollars April 13th Newsletter reports on Disney+ launch

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Our weekly news summary begins with discussion about Universal's release of its animated family film Trolls World Tour to Premium VOD, prompting many to wonder if this straight-to-streaming release by a major studio is an anomaly due to the current closure of movie theaters or a sign of times to come. For the moment, streaming is the only game in town, as evidenced by an explosion in subscriber numbers and downloads. Disney reported last week that Disney+ had passed 50M paid subscribers, les...
 

 

"TO beta VANVERDEN AND BACK" FREE e-COPY PROMOTION

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I’m doing a FREE COPY promotion for one of my short stories , TO beta VANVERDEN AND BACK on Amazon. You can get a free copy per the schedule listed below. There is no obligation, but I would appreciate a review. Thank you.   Clyde Phillips, the producer and writer of the award winning T.V. series DEXTER has given my work the highest rating which is 5 stars.   This story is soft science fiction and there are no super heroes nor laser...
 

Eva Longoria Drops a Dime on Rita Hayworth’s Nuclear Charm in GILDA for #AFIMOVIECLUB

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent She was born in the Year of the Other Pandemic, 1918, The Spanish Flu, and Margarita Carmen Cansino turned out to be fever-inducing herself for servicemen around the planet with her WWII status as a pin-up. But not until they dyed her locks, anglicized her name, and tried to steal her very Latin soul. While that is hyperbolic, by the 1946 film GILDA, when she sashays onto a ballroom floor in a five-alarm, form-fitting dress, Margarita becom...

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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson

Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 Director's cut: 79 minutes

What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.

Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches. As Davies meets and becomes friends with the some of his Russian photo subjects, he finds himself getting emotionally involved with their struggle. He decides to put down his camera and get involved with church restoration.

Early on in our story Davies befriends the famed Russian architect Alexander Popov who is deeply involved in working to preserve and share with the world the beauty and value of these ancient structures. Popov has uniquely discovered and reinvigorated both the tools and processes that restore life back to the North. But it’s an uphill battle against strong and powerful forces.

Together, Davies and Popov uncover the circumstances that led to the demise of the churches, and then join a small but growing group of passionate Russian citizens and outsiders from all walks of life who join the cause of Saving North.

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

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Le Marché du Film de Cannes 2020 : première version online du 22 au 26 juin

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    Le Festival de Cannes lancera son marché du film online le lundi 22 juin afin de soutenir les professionnels de l'industrie du cinéma ...La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, la Semaine de la Critique et l'ACID annulent leur édition 2020

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À la suite de l'annonce du Président de la République du lundi 13 avril 2020 interdisant tout festival jusqu'à mi-juillet, les sections parallèles du Festival de Cannes prennent acte que le report envisagé fin juin début juillet n’est plus possible. Par conséquent, la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, la Semaine de la Critique et l'ACID ont le regret d’annoncer l’annulation de leurs éditions cannoises...
 

La FNCF et AlloCiné partenaires d’une nouvelle initiative pour la promotion des salles de cinéma

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  La Fédération Nationale des Cinémas Français (FNCF) et The Boxoffice Company (Webedia), société éditrice du site AlloCiné, ont mis en commun leurs efforts pour produire et promouvoir une série de vignettes vidéo de 2 minutes dans le cadre de la campagne #oniratousaucinema. Olivier Nakache et Éric Toledano, duo de réalisateurs emblématiques du cinéma français (Intouchables...), so...
 

Masterclasses virtuelles au 36e Festival international de cinéma Vues d’Afrique

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Le 36e Festival international de cinéma Vues d’Afrique, propulsé par TV5, consolide sa version numérique. Hormis la diffusion gratuite des films sur la plateforme tv5unis.ca, le festival propose des classes de maîtres sur son site Face book afin de favoriser l’échange entre les professionnels d’ici et du continent africain. Ces interventions sont accessibles sur la page Facebook du festival : https://www.facebook.com/vuesdafrique/ Le 2...
 

Report des Prix Jean Vigo 2020 au vendredi 9 octobre

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Frontières prend un virage numérique sous la direction de Annick Mahnert

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    La COVID-19 bouleversant les certitudes et les habitudes de notre industrie, c’est la sécurité et le bien-être de tous qui reste une priorité absolue durant cette crise. Anticipant l’impossibilité dans laquelle les participants se trouveront d'entreprendre des déplacements à l’international avant plusieurs mois, la direction de Frontières a pris les devants et repensé ses événe...
 

 

Annulation de l'édition 2020 du Festival La Rochelle Cinéma

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Chères amies, Chers amis, Depuis plusieurs jours déjà, nous nous y attendions mais nous gardions encore une lueur d’espoir pour que le Festival La Rochelle Cinéma soit maintenu. Stanislas Bouvier, peintre de l’affiche depuis 30 ans, venait de proposer le second volet de son diptyque, pour cette édition particulière, ouvrant sur un horizon prometteur qui nous laissait croire à une issue plus heureuse. Depuis hier soir, date de l&rsq...
 

 

Sélection Annuelle 2020 | Pour les auteur.e.s !

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  Au cœur du confinement, l'actualité déborde de festivals annulés, de cinémas fermés et de tournages emportés par le tsunami du virus. Comme si le cinéma et son avenir devaient succomber à l'enfermement. Au bout du Finistère, à Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages, un village de résistants, conscient de la gravité du problème et soli...

Cannes dans une incertitude et face une impossibilité liée au social distancing

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Suite à la déclaration du Président de la République du lundi 13 avril, nous avons pris acte que le report envisagé à fin juin début juillet pour la 73e édition du Festival International du Film de Cannes n’est plus possible à cette date.   Il apparaît désormais difficile de penser que le Festival de Cannes puisse être organisé cette année sous sa forme initiale.   N&eacut..
 

Le Festival Les Percéides lance un Concours de courts métrages gaspésiens ; spécial confinement

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Le Festival international de cinéma et d’art de Percé, Les Percéides, est très heureux d’annoncer la tenue d’un Concours de courts métrages gaspésiens ; spécial confinement. Ce concours vise à stimuler la créativité en temps de confinement sur toute la péninsule par le biais du cinéma et est ouvert à toute la population ; artisans, cinéastes, vidéastes et a...

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Our thoughts go to the families of the victims of the COVID-19 in their flesh or their business; and we express our loud gratitude and solidarity with all of those who are fighting that disease. Our consideration and sympathy go to all the teams behind the festivals which had to cancel or postpone their edition. We understand all the frustration. We understand the work involved, we respect the tough decision and feel sorry for all the lost opportunities for our filmmaker friends in their quest to reach an audience.

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The Seattle Film Summit (@SeattleFilmSummit) and Albuquerque Film & Music Experience (@ABQFilmX) are collaborating on Filling the Void, a free weekly livestream for hundreds and thousands of filmmakers, actors, musicians and art industry professionals. Every Thursday on Filling the Void, A-list industry insiders and funding experts provide educational resources, tools, advice and needed entertainment in this uncertain time. The goal of the livestream is to help creatives build relevant...MORE
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Cannes' Marché du Film 2020 Online from Monday 22 to Friday 26 June

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The Festival de Cannes will launch the Marché du Film online on Monday 22 June to support film industry professionals In these trying times for the whole world, and in view of the fragile prospects for the world of cinema, the Festival has announced that it does not wish to abandon the field. "No one knows what the second half of the year may bring and whether it will be possible to organize major film events again in 2020, including the Festival de Cannes" said Th... 

Kevin Smith is Calling YOU To Submit to the Monmouth Film Festival

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Bergamo Film Meeting 2020 : Postponed with updates

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The COVID-19 emergency has not yet been overcome; in fact, the measures taken by the government and the expected time for recovery suggest that the present phase will last quite a while. It is a matter of fact that movie theatres and places of public entertainment will be the last to reopen and to return to full normalcy. Acknowledging the gravity of the situation, which has affected everyone's life, and the uncertainty that derives from it, Bergamo Film Meeting must postpone the 38th ed...
 

Preview of the 21st poesiefestival berlin

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The online programme for Planet P is coming along nicely             Preparations for the poesiefestival berlin (5–11 June) are in full swing. For the first time in its 21-year history, it is taking place as a purely online festival. The festival site will be going live from the end of May. The festival is presenting around 150 writers from 29 countries, who will be appearing in more than 100 online events including talks, ...
 
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What a dreamy start for a maiden film festival, solely dedicated to short films, animation films, and documentaries! A debutant in the region of western Maharashtra, an enigmatic initiative. The host did a complete task which other film festivals could only dream about. In its first-ever affair, it served a complete vintage of world-class short-films to Movie Lovers. In the ethical consideration, the organizers kept themselves away from the nomination or award process- there was indeed n...
 

 

Tryon International Film Festival Stays on Schedule for Fall

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Because of COVID-19, Organizers Look at Options, including a Possible Digital Event   Tryon International Film Festival 2020, presented by New View Realty, is scheduled for Friday-Sunday, Oct. 9-11, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused film festivals around the world to be postponed or cancelled altogether.             “While we have been making great progress towards hosting our 2020 festival, we are mindful of th...
 

Queens NY Film Festival gone online with Discovered.TV

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The Show Must Go On! 10th Annual Queens World Film Festival to Stream LIVE March 19-29   In light of the global health pandemic, the 10th Annual Queens World Film Festival will open Thursday, March 19, on DISCOVERED.TV, screening 220 films from 32 nations.   Opening Night, presented by Investors Bank, began at 7pm (EST) on Thursday, March 19, at discovered.tv/QWFF. The Opening Night Block is called “Tales of Connectedness” and features six shorts f...
 

Exclusive: 35% Off Submissions to LA Crime & Horror Film Festival

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The final deadline for the 4th Los Angeles Crime & Horror Film Festival is coming up. If you've completed a feature film, short film, or screenplay in any horror or crime subgenre, from zombies and vampires to mobsters and heists, this is the event to showcase your content in the heart of Hollywood, California. The festival's award winners are given official recognition with verified awards listings on IMDb. The top films and short films are considered by reps and production compani...
 

Écu Film Festival 2020 - 15th Edition

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The 15th edition of ÉCU has arrived! We are proud to introduce you to 81 amazing films from 28 countries, that will be screened online on April 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th, 2020. We had the honour of announcing the Official Selection with many thought-provoking and brave films, to be screened at ÉCU 2020. Time has flown since then and we are excited to share these films with you! Click here to have a look at our 4 day programme and check out some trailers too, to get the tast...
 

 

Submit to Russian International Horror Film Festival and Awards "Drop" and or Online Isolation Short Videos Festival

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You are welcome to submit for any of our 2 film festivals:   https://www.filmfestivals.com/festival/russian_international_horror_film_festival_and_awards_drop / October 21 – 25, 2020 SUBMIT   November 30, 2019  Earlybird Deadline Live Entertainment, LLC, Russia in co-operation with EVENT FILM, Canada proudly present an annual Russian event – Russian International Horror Film Festival & Awards "DROP" (Российский межд...
 

Croisette and Rue d'Antibes like you have never seen them

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Photos Michka Verkhovskoy Cannes as you never saw it: empty till may 15, with large gatherings officially forbidden till mid july President Macron officially announced yesterday evening that any festival or large gathering would be forbidden till mid july ... at least . Cannes festival officials had hinted that the festival would not take the form of an online only version, that seems to announce a possible flat cancellation of the 2020 edition. We should be hearing ve...
 
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New York Festivals TV & Film Awards Announces 2020 Winners

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                                                                                    Al Jazeera English Earns Broadcaster of the Year, The Edge Picture Company is Production Company of the Year; Grands go to: Fleabag - Series 2, Very Ralph, Okavango - River of Dreams and Apollo: Mis...
 

 

Nominees announced for the 2020 Rockie Awards International Program Competition

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  128 nominees from 35 countries across 26 categories The Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) is pleased to announce the full list of nominees for the 2020 Rockie Awards International Program Competition, recognizing excellence in television and digital media from around the world. The Rockies Program Competition ceremony will stream live on Monday, June 15th.  The Rockie Awards International Program Competition is one of the largest awards programs of its kind, juried by ...
 

 

Exclusive: 35% Off Submissions to LA Crime & Horror Film Festival

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The Best Shorts Competition Announces Latest Winners!

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The Best Shorts Competition is proud to announce the latest winners. The Best Shorts Competition puts filmmakers first and provides a direct opportunity for recognition and publicity for high quality productions. It is international in scope and has granted awards to producers in Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paragu...
 

SoundTrack_Cologne 17 Announces Nominees for the EUROPEAN TALENT COMPETITION and PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD

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Sixteen composers and sound designers are nominated for the EUROPEAN TALENT AWARD.  Seven film composers enter the race for the PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD. The winners will be announced at the grand award ceremony on August 22nd, 2020, moderated by Ill-Yong Kim. The EUROPEAN TALENT COMPETITION offers a platform especially for young talent. The participants‘ tasks was to compose a new musical interpretation (score and/or sound design) to the short film DANS LES BOIS. The nomi...
 

Vilnius IFF Went Fully Digital – Here Are the Results

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  After spending the entire year preparing its anniversary edition, organizers of the 25th Vilnius International Film Festival had just 168 hours to move their event from cinemas to streaming platforms. With all mass gatherings banned by the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus, festival organizers quickly adapted and accomplished what seemed like an impossible task – to go fully digital. The story of their success has captivated the interest of many other festivals. ...
 

The Accolade Announces Latest Winners!

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Waging Change – Abby Ginzberg Abby Ginzberg (USA), Waging Change, Doc Feature – A hard-hitting look at the challenges faced by sub-minimum wage restaurant “tip” workers and the advocates who are fighting to change the system. Featuring two-time Oscar-winner Jane Fonda, Oscar-nominee Lily Tomlin, Saru Jayaraman (President of One Fair Wage, Author of Forked) and Congressional Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – who are all wor... 
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April 19, 2020 Extended Deadline

IndieFEST, currently in its 11th year, discovers and honors the achievements of filmmakers who produce high quality films and new media. Attracting both powerhouse industry veterans as well as talented new filmmakers, the IndieFEST is an exceptional, truly international awards competition, not a traditional film festival. The goal of traditional film festivals is to bring entertainment to local audiences making the filmmaker of secondary importance. IndieFEST is about helping independent filmmakers gain the credibility and publicity they justly deserve. Our talented IndieFEST award winners have gone on to win Emmy, Telly and other awards.

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BEYOND BORDERS
July 23-30,  2020

Late deadline April 20, 2020

The 5th International Documentary Festival “Beyond Borders”, Castellorizo island, has the pleasure to invite documentary film-makers to submit their films until 20th of April, 2020. The Festival’s objective is to promote the most important documentary productions worldwide that focus on history, culture, politics and other social subjects. «Beyond Borders» takes place every year during the last week of August, is co-organized with the Region of South Aegean, Les Ecrans des Mondes and the Society for the Restoration of Castellorizo, is held under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad, the Australian Embassy in Athens, the U.S. Embassy in Athens, the Embassy of Israel in Athens and the Municipality of Megisti (Castellorizo), with the kind support of ERT and EKOME. It is produced by the Hellenic History Foundation (www.idisme.gr). “Beyond Borders” includes a selection of Greek, European and worldwide productions of the last five years, workshops, parallel events and master classes. Prizes for Best History Documentary, Best Socio-political Documentary, Best Greek History Documentary, Best Greek Socio-political Documentary,     Best Short Length Documentary will be awarded by the Hellenic Parliament.  EKOME & SteFilm Post Production will also provide awards.

 

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The 23rd UNAFF is calling for entries

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Early Deadline – May 2, 2020*

Regular Deadline – May 12, 2020*

Late deadline – May 20, 2020

The 23rd UNAFF will be held from October 15-25, 2020 in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. This year’s theme THE POWER OF EMPATHY continues our two decades long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasizing our readiness to care about other people’s emotional experiences.

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Your Script Produced competition
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Early bird Deadline: May 24, 2020

Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

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WE PRODUCE YOUR SCRIPT!

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French Riviera Film Festival 

May 11-12, 2020
 

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May 9, 2020 extended deadline

The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers.  https://filmfreeway.com/FrenchRivieraFilmFestival

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
May 30 – June 4, 2020

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival returns in June 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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CINEFANTASY 10: SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR 2020

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CINEFANTASY 10: SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR 2020 EDITION THIS SEPTEMBER   ** The festival will take place from September 8 to 13, in São Paulo. ** Registration is open until 5/13 Registration is open for the tenth edition of CINEFANTASY - International Fantastic Film Festival. Those interested can send the material until May 13, as long as the theme is fantastic, horror, science fiction and / or fantasy, the novelty of this edition is the expansion of the fantastic universe with west...
 

Brad Bird Hand-Picks Your Classic Films for TCM The Essentials

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent He gave us pint-sized costume genius Edna Mode, a mash-up of Hollywood's sartorial icon Edith Head and Oscar-winner Linda Hunt, remember? Now Mr. Brad Bird will pick a designer slate of classic films for TCM’s series “The Essentials” with Ben Mankiewicz, zooming to your device May 2. Who doesn’t love Mr. INCREDIBLES?     Mr. Bird’s Maltese-calibre film slate, listed here, is aces too...
 

VIDEO: SBIFF Staff Memories – on Bohemian Rhapsody

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  Watch SBIFF Cinema Society Clip 1 of "Bohemian Rhapsody" Q&A with Rami Malek CLICK HERE SBIFF Staff Memories Episode 7: I Need to be a Part of This By Luca Schoch, SBIFF Riviera Theatre Manager I remember the day when I first visited the remodeled Riviera Theatre as if it were yesterday. As I walked up to the edge of the balcony I was just astounded by the passion that had been put into creating this gem of a theatre for the S...
 

Video Event: McGill University Webcast Does a COVID-19 Teach-in

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent If you're ready to take Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime break, McGill University in Montreal is conducting a live event via the web on April 23, whereby their brilliant minds will school you on the emerging picture of this current Coronavirus pandemic in context of global health scares that have shaped our society. You can join the discussion via video, read on. MONTREAL, QC (04/22/20): How have past generations managed global pandemics? What r...
 
 

VIDEO: On earth Day Pope Francis honored the planet Bono and Zuchhero sang

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Earth Day Live Starts at 9am ET TODAY @EARTHDAY.ORG In honor of Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, Earth Day Network  and Earth Day Italia announce today in Rome, His Holiness Pope Francis celebrated Earth Day with a message to the global community. His message was one of hope for the planet. A few hours earlier, in honor of today being the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, world-renowned musical artists Zucchero “Sugar” Fornaciari and Bono sang “CANTA LA VI...
 

Bruno Chatelin Interviewed on filmfestivals for The Expert Process Podcast

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Deronte Smith interviewed the editor and co founder of filmfestivals.com for The Expert Process Podcast! ...
 

Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs Digs JURASSIC PARK, Yeah, #AFIMOVIECLUB

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent You’ve heard of the Broadway smash “Hamilton” from showbiz reframer Lin-Manuel Miranda? Did you know the original cast once included the extremely talented Daveed Diggs as the titular character? #AFIMOVIECLUB just drafted this Broadway-star-turned-feature-phenom to pull back the curtain on the Spielberg box-office crusher JURASSIC PARK. This is the film that ran under Variety headlines back in the day as “Liza...

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WIR ELTERN from Pluto Film Sums Up Coronavirus Captivity Without a Mask

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent “Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there.” Oops, sorry that's a line cribbed from The Big Lebowski’s narrator Sam Elliott, that has nothing to do with Pluto Film’s release WIR ELTERN, retitled in English as PARENTS, except for the hipster factor. This is a German, with other languages included, film by Eric Bergkraut, Ruth Schweikert “and family.&rdquo...
 
 

CINEFANTASY 10: SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR 2020

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CINEFANTASY 10: SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR 2020 EDITION THIS SEPTEMBER   ** The festival will take place from September 8 to 13, in São Paulo. ** Registration is open until 5/13 Registration is open for the tenth edition of CINEFANTASY - International Fantastic Film Festival. Those interested can send the material until May 13, as long as the theme is fantastic, horror, science fiction and / or fantasy, the novelty of this edition is the expansion of the fantastic universe with west...
 
 

Lawrence Herbert Alumni Center on the AFI Campus funded with 3M$ donation

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THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES $3 MILLION GIFT FROM AFI TRUSTEE EMERITUS LAWRENCE HERBERT   Grant Establishes the Lawrence Herbert Alumni Center to Support Alumni Career Development     The American Film Institute announced it has received a $3 million gift from AFI Trustee Emeritus Lawrence Herbert, which will establish the Lawrence Herbert Alumni Center on the AFI Campus located in Los Angeles, CA, as well as a digital portal, AFI Backlot, to magnify the c...
 

Overview of trhe business for the week of April 20th.

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We begin our industry news summary by highlighting a new video series from the US Chamber of Commerce entitled, "Path Forward: Navigating the Return to Work". This twice-per-week series kicked off last week, focused on topics to "help business and community leaders find the answers they need to develop a responsible reopening strategy."  We discuss a report published recently by Ernst & Young (with the support of NATO) that measures the impact that a film's sch...
 
 

Claude Chamberlan prépare la diffusion en salle de films cubains, québécois et canadiens à Cuba et au Canada dès 2021

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Du cinéma à Cuba et au Québec/Canada en 2021 BARACOA (Guantánamo/Cuba) MONTRÉAL (Québec/Canada)   À la suite de récents pourparlers à Cuba, une première entente a eu lieu entre les dirigeants du Cine-Teatro Encanto de Baracoa et du Cinéma Parallèle de Montréal pour la diffusion en salle de films cubains, québécois et canadiens à Cuba et au Canada dès 2021...
 
 

Sharkwater Extinction selected at EKOTOPFILM – ENVIROFILM 2020

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IFF Ekotopfilm - Envirofilm with its 46-year tradition seeks to inspire and alter people's attitude and relationship towards the environment, provide space for open discussion on sustainability of life on our planet. The 46th annual Ekotopfilm - Envirofilm will be held in Bratislava and Banská Bystrica May 11-15, 2020. We welcome documentary films on topics related to the natural world and sustainability. ...
 

Exclusive: 35% Off Submissions to LA Crime & Horror Film Festival

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The final deadline for the 4th Los Angeles Crime & Horror Film Festival is coming up. If you've completed a feature film, short film, or screenplay in any horror or crime subgenre, from zombies and vampires to mobsters and heists, this is the event to showcase your content in the heart of Hollywood, California. The festival's award winners are given official recognition with verified awards listings on IMDb. The top films and short films are considered by reps and production compani...
 

The MOVE online event will support Thailand's digital content industry in time of COVID-19

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  DITP to launch MOVE online trade show in response to COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected global economic industry. Thailand’s digital content industry, which has generated annual revenue of 3.3 billion US dollars, is one of many industries that has been disturbed. Several major digital content related events such as Hong Kong International Film & TV Market and MIPTV, have been postponed or cancelled. It is estimated that the industry will face as high a...
 

La Fabrique Cinéma 2020 projects

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  © Catherine Vinay – La Fabrique Cinéma 2019   In order to deal with the global health crisis, the Institut français and its partners [France Médias Monde, the SACEM (French society of authors, composers and publishers of music), the International Organisation of La Francophonie and with the support of Orange Studio] are unveiling exceptional measures to support artists and all culture industry professionals in France and elsewhere. That is why, by ...
 
 

Announcing the 1M$ Sundance Institute COVID-19 Respond and Reimagine Plan

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  Announcing the Sundance Institute COVID-19 Respond and Reimagine Plan with $1Million in Emergency Relief for Independent Artists and Organizations Being an independent artist means daring to tell bold, authentic stories with no strings attached and no compromises. It means taking risks, centering new perspectives, searching for meaning, and deepening our connection to the world around us.    The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a bright light on the importance of art, remin...
 

SXSW 2020 Pilot Showcase Just Launched on Vimeo

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Okay, Lockdown Folks, here's a fun thing to do with your endless free time - watch SXSW 2020 Pilot Showcase on Vimeo! Los Angeles, CA: In the wake of the cancelled 2020 SXSW Film Festival, a fascinating group of nominated filmmakers from the Episodic Pilot Competition are launching a ‘SXSW 2020 Pilot Showcase’ on Vimeo, a streaming event to preview a diversity led (more than half LGBT content and creators) se...

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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson

Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 Director's cut: 79 minutes

What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.

Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches. As Davies meets and becomes friends with the some of his Russian photo subjects, he finds himself getting emotionally involved with their struggle. He decides to put down his camera and get involved with church restoration.

Early on in our story Davies befriends the famed Russian architect Alexander Popov who is deeply involved in working to preserve and share with the world the beauty and value of these ancient structures. Popov has uniquely discovered and reinvigorated both the tools and processes that restore life back to the North. But it’s an uphill battle against strong and powerful forces.

Together, Davies and Popov uncover the circumstances that led to the demise of the churches, and then join a small but growing group of passionate Russian citizens and outsiders from all walks of life who join the cause of Saving North.

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

La Source (Jungfrukällan) d’Ingmar Bergman (Suède, 1960)

Succès du premier festival du monde arabe à avoir opté pour une version en ligne dans le contexte mondial de pandémie

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GABES CINEMA FEN ONLINE        3-11 avril 2020           Moins de 3 semaines avant le début du festival, et avec les annonces en cascade des confinements de populations, l’équipe du festival décide du passage au numérique pour sauver une partie de la manifestation (la projection des films et leurs débats), maintenir son engagement auprès de son public et de sa ville tout en préser...

Le Marché du Film de Cannes 2020 : première version online du 22 au 26 juin

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Le Festival de Cannes lancera son marché du film online le lundi 22 juin afin de soutenir les professionnels de l'industrie du cinéma ...La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, la Semaine de la Critique et l'ACID annulent leur édition 2020

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À la suite de l'annonce du Président de la République du lundi 13 avril 2020 interdisant tout festival jusqu'à mi-juillet, les sections parallèles du Festival de Cannes prennent acte que le report envisagé fin juin début juillet n’est plus possible. Par conséquent, la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, la Semaine de la Critique et l'ACID ont le regret d’annoncer l’annulation de leurs éditions cannoises...
 

L’Orchestre de l’Agora remet 138 000 $ à trois organismes environnementaux, dans le cadre du Gala de la terre 2020

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Les activités de l’Orchestre de l’Agora, comme celles de tous les organismes culturels au Québec, ont été grandement chamboulées en raison de la pandémie de coronavirus. Le projet le plus ambitieux de la saison 2019-2020 de l’Orchestre, le Gala de la terre, était prévu aujourd’hui le 22 avril et a malheureusement été annulé. Toutefois, grâce à l'initiative de la philanthrope Bi...
 

Palmarès confiné du Festival Films de Femmes de Créteil 2020

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Chèr.e.s ami.e.s du Festival,  Le 13 mars dernier, jour même de l’ouverture de notre 42è édition, nous avons été contraint.e.s d’annuler le festival suite à la crise sanitaire que traverse le pays. En ces temps où rester chez soi est un impératif de santé publique, nous avons choisi de reporter la manifestation pour vous proposer une version plus réduite du festival, à découvri...
 

Palmarès Cinélatino 2020

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Comme nous vous l'annoncions il y a quelques jours, les compétitions du Festival Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse 2020 ont pu avoir lieu grâce à la mobilisation et au soutien des cinéastes, jurys et partenaires. Les jurys ont visionné les films des différentes compétitions (longs et courts métrages de fiction et documentaires) et se sont réunis via des visioconférences pour décerner leurs prix. Nous somm...
 

Lancement d'un nouveau journal en ligne: Profession Audio|Visuel

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Tous nos voeux de succès au groupe de presse PRESSAC et à Pierre Monastier qui nous ont adressé le message suivant, que nous partageons bien volontiers.   "Chers amis, À l’heure où les médias vivent une crise sans précédent, qui ne permet la survie que de ceux gérés par les gros groupes, le groupe PRESSAC ose une nouvelle aventure : la création d’un nouveau journal en ligne...
 

 

Tout le cinéma français des années 30 aux années 60… dans le livre “Une histoire du cinéma français” (tome 1)

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    Après Un siècle de cinéma américain (2 tomes), les éditions LettMotif publient Une histoire du cinéma français (5 tomes). Le tome 1 en précommande exclusive sur Ulule, la préface sera de Jean-Pierre Jeunet ! Une histoire du cinéma français se présente comme une série d’ouvrages, classés par décennies succe...

 

La FNCF et AlloCiné partenaires d’une nouvelle initiative pour la promotion des salles de cinéma

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  La Fédération Nationale des Cinémas Français (FNCF) et The Boxoffice Company (Webedia), société éditrice du site AlloCiné, ont mis en commun leurs efforts pour produire et promouvoir une série de vignettes vidéo de 2 minutes dans le cadre de la campagne #oniratousaucinema. Olivier Nakache et Éric Toledano, duo de réalisateurs emblématiques du cinéma français (Intouchables...), so...
 

Masterclasses virtuelles au 36e Festival international de cinéma Vues d’Afrique

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Le 36e Festival international de cinéma Vues d’Afrique, propulsé par TV5, consolide sa version numérique. Hormis la diffusion gratuite des films sur la plateforme tv5unis.ca, le festival propose des classes de maîtres sur son site Face book afin de favoriser l’échange entre les professionnels d’ici et du continent africain. Ces interventions sont accessibles sur la page Facebook du festival : https://www.facebook.com/vuesdafrique/ Le 2...
 

Report des Prix Jean Vigo 2020 au vendredi 9 octobre

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Frontières prend un virage numérique sous la direction de Annick Mahnert

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    La COVID-19 bouleversant les certitudes et les habitudes de notre industrie, c’est la sécurité et le bien-être de tous qui reste une priorité absolue durant cette crise. Anticipant l’impossibilité dans laquelle les participants se trouveront d'entreprendre des déplacements à l’international avant plusieurs mois, la direction de Frontières a pris les devants et repensé ses événe...
 

 

Annulation de l'édition 2020 du Festival La Rochelle Cinéma

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Chères amies, Chers amis, Depuis plusieurs jours déjà, nous nous y attendions mais nous gardions encore une lueur d’espoir pour que le Festival La Rochelle Cinéma soit maintenu. Stanislas Bouvier, peintre de l’affiche depuis 30 ans, venait de proposer le second volet de son diptyque, pour cette édition particulière, ouvrant sur un horizon prometteur qui nous laissait croire à une issue plus heureuse. Depuis hier soir, date de l&rsq...
 

 

Sélection Annuelle 2020 | Pour les auteur.e.s !

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  Au cœur du confinement, l'actualité déborde de festivals annulés, de cinémas fermés et de tournages emportés par le tsunami du virus. Comme si le cinéma et son avenir devaient succomber à l'enfermement. Au bout du Finistère, à Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages, un village de résistants, conscient de la gravité du problème et soli...

Cannes dans une incertitude et face une impossibilité liée au social distancing

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Suite à la déclaration du Président de la République du lundi 13 avril, nous avons pris acte que le report envisagé à fin juin début juillet pour la 73e édition du Festival International du Film de Cannes n’est plus possible à cette date.   Il apparaît désormais difficile de penser que le Festival de Cannes puisse être organisé cette année sous sa forme initiale.   N&eacut..
 

Le Festival Les Percéides lance un Concours de courts métrages gaspésiens ; spécial confinement

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Le Festival international de cinéma et d’art de Percé, Les Percéides, est très heureux d’annoncer la tenue d’un Concours de courts métrages gaspésiens ; spécial confinement. Ce concours vise à stimuler la créativité en temps de confinement sur toute la péninsule par le biais du cinéma et est ouvert à toute la population ; artisans, cinéastes, vidéastes et a...

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BKK DOC - Bangkok International Documentary Awards

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BKK DOC, the Bangkok based International documentary festival is on th right path. Launch online with the support of FIlmFreeWay, DocFilmDepot and FilmFestivals, BKK DOC aims at bringing documentaries from all over the world to Thailand, and South East Asian documentaries to the attention of professionals from other part of the world. Stephane Lambert, BKK DOC founder and festival director explains: "All submitted films will be screened by a selection committee welcoming actors, director...
 

17th Annual Vail Film Festival will kick off online: May 15-17, 2020

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Vail Film Festival Online : May 15-17, 2020   Join us for the 17th annual Vail Film Festival, showcasing over 50 films, including narrative features, documentaries, shorts, and student films. The online festival will also include panel discussions and filmmaker Q&A sessions.       ...
 

Trail Running Film Festival Goes Virtual, If That’s Even Possible

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent With everyone inside worldwide, you wonder how a Trail Running Film Festival can cope? Wonder no more, Abram Dickerson tells you how in his co-director statement below. May 1, you can join them. Read on... From Abram Dickerson, Course Director Last year, I partnered up with James Varner to Co-Direct the Trail Running Film Festival. For those unfamiliar, the festival is traditionally a 3-day event in Seattle, WA followed by a highlight reel of th...
 
 

New Zealand Film Festival scheduled to Shift Online end July

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Bringing the Arthouse to your House  Under the Silver Lake, NZIFF19   Here at NZIFF, we’ve watched – and felt – the extraordinary blow to the cultural sector over the past two months due to the COVID-19 situation. Both the cascade of event cancellations and the wellbeing of artists and the industry has dominated our thoughts, alongside the health and safety of all New Zealanders. We’ve also been thinking seriously about what the Film Festival m...
 

A special digital issue while we wait for the 20th edition, postponed to 2021

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The Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) is sad to announce that its 20th edition must be postponed. It will take place from July 2nd to July 10th, 2021. Maintaining the original format of the festival has become impossible given the current health crisis and its impact on the film industry. The festival’s organizers cannot, however, give up on promoting fantastic films and the future of audiovisual productions. Therefore, a one-of-a-kin...
 

Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival Announces Full Programme

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  The 15th edition of the Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, that will be taking place 100% online, is screening 22 feature films and 16 short films. The festival launches a new programme – the Estonian Genre Competition.  The organisers of HÕFF are glad that they have managed to keep the screenings of a large majority of the films that were planned before the COVID-19 pandemic that forced most film ...
 

Locarno73 cancelled, the Festival is launching Locarno 2020 – For the Future of Films

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  The Locarno Leopard and the shape of cinema to come With Locarno73 cancelled, the Festival is temporarily reinventing itself by launching Locarno 2020 – For the Future of Films Having acknowledged that it is impossible to hold the physical event in its usual form, because of the ongoing health crisis and today’s decisions by federal authorities regarding major events in Switzerland, the Executive Board and Board of Governors of the Locarno Film Festival, unde...
 

KARLOVY VARY IFF cancels the 2020 edition... see you in 2021

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KARLOVY VARY IFF cancels this year’s edition - but will still offer a taste of the festival at selected movie theaters nationwide and the online KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days. In view of the Czech government’s ongoing coronavirus measures and the complicated worldwide situation today, the KVIFF organizers have come to the extremely difficult decision not to hold the 55thannual Karlovy Vary International Film Festival this year. Instead, the 55th Karlovy Vary International Fil...
 
 

Special Events During the First-Ever Virtual GIFF

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May 1 - May 3, 2020 Spotlight On Matt Heineman Enjoy this exclusive interview event anytime during the Virtual Festival with filmmaker Matt Heineman and moderator, Sandy Kenyon from WABC-TV.       A Tribute to the Heroes of Greenwich Hospital     ...
 

The Kenya Film Commission (KFC) opens the call for cycle 1 funding applications

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The Kenya Film Commission (KFC) would like to commend the industry for the good quality of productions that they have continued to produce and invite applicants to submit for Production and Development as well as Marketing and Distribution. Individuals, companies and organizations may submit funding applications to the KFC for any of the above funding categories. Specific conditions are applicable for each funding category, and it is important for applicants to take careful note of these...
 

IPRHFF Turns 10 and We Need Your Support During These Difficult Times!

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  Dear IPRHFF Family, Over the past decade, the International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival has gone through several progressions. We went from a 1-day Festival to a 3-day Festival to a 5-day Festival. We added award ceremonies, workshops, conferences, movies in the park, and fundraisers throughout. And recently we became a 501-C-3 (non-profit) organization. However, our purpose has always been the same: to represent Puerto Rican cinema and Puerto Rican heritage in the most positiv...
 

HollyShorts Film Festival Regular Deadline + Kodak Super 8 Competition announced

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New at HollyShorts 2020! We are excited to announce our Kodak SUPER 8 category. Submit your short films captured on the unmistakable, user-friendly and beloved Super 8mm film format. Prizes in this category include Kodak sponsored products and/or product grants.   And   The SHOT ON FILM category is also back! Your project is eligible if you have chosen 16mm, 35mm or 65mm analog film as your capture medium. Real film makes a difference, and...
 

Tribeca and YouTube joined by 20 festivals launch We Are One: A Global online Film Festival benefiting World Health Org this may

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The 10-day digital festival, produced and organized by Tribeca Enterprises, will feature programming from 20 festivals including Berlin International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and many more, enabling audiences to experience films from around the world Festival to benefit World Health Organization Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund Tribeca Enterprises and YouTube jointly announced today We Are One: A Global Film Festival, an unprecedented 10-day digital film fes...
 

The Festival de Cannes launches MarcheduFilm.Online

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Marché du Film 22-26 June 2020 As you may already know, we have made the unprecedented decision to transport the Marché du Film 2020 to the digital sphere. We are aware of the challenges at stake and we are doing our utmost to offer film industry professionals from all over the world creative alternatives to facilitate business and networking. The Marché du Film Online will therefore recreate the market experience in Cannes, with live and real-time screenings...
 
 

Visions du Réel continues its online Festival

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Saturday 25 April, the second part of the programme began with works provided by the following sections: International Feature Film Competition, Burning Lights International Competition, Grand Angle and Latitudes. The films in the National Competition will remain visible, with one film being made available per day until 30 April. This digital edition has been enthusiastically embraced by the public, and some films are already ‘sold out’. Among the highlights of the coming days ar...
 

Children’s Film Festival Seattle Concludes 2020 Edition with an Online Presentation of the Best in Global Children’s Cinema

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Enjoy from home seven short film programs and the award-winning feature film, SUPA MODO, available online May 13-17.  60 films from 27 countries, tailored for families to enjoy while safe at home Online May 13-17 via Northwest Film Forum’s Vimeo Festival passes for short film programs are available; otherwise, shorts programs are pay-what-you-can, $0-$25 sliding scale.  Festival feature film,  “Supa Modo,” has a set price of $10 to access the fi...
 

Arpa International Film Festival lated for October 24 – 26, 2020 will be streamed online only

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Dear Friends of AFFMA, Arpa Filmmakers and Supporters This year marks the 23rd anniversary of Arpa International Film Festival, the signature event of the Arpa Foundation for Film, Music and Art (AFFMA), which was slated for October 24 – 26, 2020. In consideration of the continuing challenges and uncertainty stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic, and per the extended federal and state guidelines, the organizers have decided to stream the festival online, instead of theatrical sc...
 

YSP featured in Hollywood Reporter special Sundance Festival worldwide issue 2020!

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Promoting our Season 1 Grand Prize and Genre Category winners through out 2020! ULTIMATE ADVANTAGE!! AND Announcing Our Elite Roster of Hollywood veterans for Season 2! AND, Our Season 1 Quarter Million Feature Grand Prize winner Ted Campbell invited by our sponsor Doval Bacall to join our Season 2 Judging panel! Congratulations ???????????????? to ALL the winners! #yourscriptproduced2019 #yourscriptproduced2020 #dovalbacallfilms #sundancefilmfestival2020 #...
 

The 20th International Festival of Creative Documentary - the Escales Documentaires Association calling

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  RULES AND SUBMISSIONS The 20th International Festival of Creative Documentary, organized by the Escales Documentaires Association will be hold from the 6th to the 11th of November 2020 in La Rochelle, France. The Festival is open to creative documentary films from all over the world, without any conditions of running time or theme. To participate and submit your film, the date of production of your documentary must be after the 1st&n...
 
 

 

RANG 2020- Digital Theatre Festival

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Cannes' Marché du Film 2020 Online from Monday 22 to Friday 26 June

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The Festival de Cannes will launch the Marché du Film online on Monday 22 June to support film industry professionals In these trying times for the whole world, and in view of the fragile prospects for the world of cinema, the Festival has announced that it does not wish to abandon the field. "No one knows what the second half of the year may bring and whether it will be possible to organize major film events again in 2020, including the Festival de Cannes" said Th...  

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AFI 2020 Writers’ Room Ready Awards

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Program Pairs Winners with Industry Mentors   The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the recipients of the 2020 Writers’ Room Ready Awards, which recognizes outstanding work by AFI Conservatory Screenwriting Fellows. The 2020 winners are: Haley Bartels, Christina Kingsleigh Licud, Kenda Greenwood Moran and Alessandro Pederzoli.   The selected recipients will be paired with mentors, giving them an opportunity to work directly with established artists. The mentors ...
 
 

MY BROTHER CHASES DINOSAURS Wins EFA Young Audience Award 2020

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  2,000 Young Jurors From 32 Countries Elect MY BROTHER CHASES DINOSAURS by Stefano Cipani   YAA 2020 - online: Winning director Stefano Cipani, EFA Director Marion Döring and host Ivana Noa Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the originally planned theatre screenings had to be cancelled. The 12-14-year-old jury members watched the three nominated films online on Festival Scope, had the opportunity to discuss the films in various video groups and then cast their votes online. M...
 

VIDEO Tribeca winners online show hosted by Robert de Niro, Jane Rosenthal and jurors

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See who won big Wednesday night. Our annual Juried Awards, presented by AT&T, are finally here! For the first time ever, we’re bringing the celebrations to you at home. Wherever you’re sitting right now is officially the best seat in the house! Chris Pine, Gretchen Mol, Josh Hutcherson, Joel McHale, Lukas Haas, and more of our talented jurors called up our winning filmmakers to surprise them with the big news. Don’t miss a single second of the action — watch the f...
 

 

Tribeca annual award show airs tonight: join us!

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Our annual award show, presented by AT&T, airs tonight on Instagram. Our festival may be on pause, but there are still plenty of reasons to celebrate. We’re honoring fearless storytellers tonight at our annual Juried Awards, presented by AT&T. Notable jurors — including Danny Boyle, Aparna Nancherla, Regina Hall, Yance Ford, Lucas Hedges, Pamela Adlon, Marti Noxon, Asia Kate Dillon and Sheila Nevins — put their heads together to select this year’s winners, whos...
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April 19, 2020 Extended Deadline

IndieFEST, currently in its 11th year, discovers and honors the achievements of filmmakers who produce high quality films and new media. Attracting both powerhouse industry veterans as well as talented new filmmakers, the IndieFEST is an exceptional, truly international awards competition, not a traditional film festival. The goal of traditional film festivals is to bring entertainment to local audiences making the filmmaker of secondary importance. IndieFEST is about helping independent filmmakers gain the credibility and publicity they justly deserve. Our talented IndieFEST award winners have gone on to win Emmy, Telly and other awards.

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July 23-30,  2020

Late deadline April 20, 2020

The 5th International Documentary Festival “Beyond Borders”, Castellorizo island, has the pleasure to invite documentary film-makers to submit their films until 20th of April, 2020. The Festival’s objective is to promote the most important documentary productions worldwide that focus on history, culture, politics and other social subjects. «Beyond Borders» takes place every year during the last week of August, is co-organized with the Region of South Aegean, Les Ecrans des Mondes and the Society for the Restoration of Castellorizo, is held under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad, the Australian Embassy in Athens, the U.S. Embassy in Athens, the Embassy of Israel in Athens and the Municipality of Megisti (Castellorizo), with the kind support of ERT and EKOME. It is produced by the Hellenic History Foundation (www.idisme.gr). “Beyond Borders” includes a selection of Greek, European and worldwide productions of the last five years, workshops, parallel events and master classes. Prizes for Best History Documentary, Best Socio-political Documentary, Best Greek History Documentary, Best Greek Socio-political Documentary,     Best Short Length Documentary will be awarded by the Hellenic Parliament.  EKOME & SteFilm Post Production will also provide awards.

 

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The 23rd UNAFF is calling for entries

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Early Deadline – May 2, 2020*

Regular Deadline – May 12, 2020*

Late deadline – May 20, 2020

The 23rd UNAFF will be held from October 15-25, 2020 in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. This year’s theme THE POWER OF EMPATHY continues our two decades long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasizing our readiness to care about other people’s emotional experiences.

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Your Script Produced competition
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Early bird Deadline: May 24, 2020

Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

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French Riviera Film Festival 

May 11-12, 2020
 

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May 9, 2020 extended deadline

The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers.  https://filmfreeway.com/FrenchRivieraFilmFestival

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
May 30 – June 4, 2020

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival returns in June 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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From 29 April to 1 May, Online Masterclasses with Claire Denis, Petra Costa & Peter Mettler at Visions du Réel

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  The guests of the 51st Edition will each give an Online Masterclass, sharing their practices in a dialogue with the audience. The Masterclasses will be available for free on the Festival's website and Facebook page. > Programme of the Masterclasses Filmmaker Claire Denis, Maître du Réel of this edition, will give an Online Masterclass on Wednesday 29 April at 15:00. Moderated by Lionel Baier (ECAL) and Émilie Bujès (Visions du Réel).&...
 

2020 Tribeca Jurors

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2020 INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION JURORS   Demian Bichir     Demian Bichir is a renowned actor who was nominated for an Academy Award in A Better Life and is known for his work in television with roles in Showtime’s Weeds and FX’s The Bridge as well as his work in films like Che, Savages and The Hateful Eight.   Danny Boyle Danny Boyle is an Academy Award winning director, who&...
 

After PARASITE Score, NEON Elevates Elissa Federoff and Christina Zisa to Prexy Roles

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent With Award Season comes the impact of all Oscar winners on real people, or executives in the industry, that is. PARASITE from Bong Joon-ho exploded onto the scene during the run-up to the 2020 Academy Awards. This film even secured a place in history as the first of its kind to win Best Picture. Behind the scenes, here was the result at NEON, read on... Curated by Screenmancer Staff NEW YORK, NY: NEON announced today that Elissa Federoff ...
 

Produce for Drew Barrymore, Direct a Film with Jonah Hill - Hey, It's ALL IN CHALLENGE from Home

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent With everyone under house arrest, whether in a castle, casa, maison, or yurt, there is literally a way you can direct a film with Jonah Hill, get a walk-on part in a Leo DiCaprio movie, or even learn the correct swing to hit homer baseballs with A-Rod, just all kinds of crazy hook-up experience from the ALL IN CHALLENGE universe. We're stealing a page from Screenmancer here. by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES, CA (4/27/20): Screenman...
 

CineFAM SHOP TALK online discussion series with Women of Colour Creators April 29

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Featuring Firecrackers director Jasmin Mozaffari and BlackAF editor Christine Armstrong           CineFAM loves you! We're starting a monthly online panel discussion series with ALL women of colour filmmakers just for you. Join us on April 29 for:   IN THE CUTTING ROOM: THE DIRECTOR-EDITOR RELATIONSHIP   with sp...
 

Nina Mehta’s 6th Death Anniversary (12th April 1942-26th April 2014)

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Nina Mehta’s 6th Death Anniversary (12th April 1942-26th April 2014) They were the earliest ghazal-singing couple I knew, Nina and Rajendra Mehta. Ladies come first, was the rule back in the late 60s. Born into a Baroda-rooted Gujarati business family, Nina Shah studied at Wilson College, Mumbai, where the family had settled. Winning the Inter-Collegiate Singing Competition four times in a row, she made her radio debut in Ovaltine Phulwari, which was a singing talent weekly show anchore...
 

Can You Guess Natalie Portman's Favorite Movie, Or Just Watch Her Tell You

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent One of the most successful actors to transition from child-to-adult star is Oscar-winner Natalie Portman. #AFIMOVIECLUB just got her to reveal Portman's personally most watched film of all time. Now you’ll get to see her in a home-setting, complete with Swiss Coffee wall backdrop and dark beige curtains in the background. We can’t tell you if it’s her actual primary residence, but Portman, who has literally re...
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Docfilmdepot is a platform that allows directors, producers and distributors of documentary films to manage their call for entries at several festivals. It allows you to create an account, to register one or more films whatever the genre to which they belong, to download the corresponding files, then to submit them to the festivals of your choice, partners of the platform.

Submission is made by sending an uploaded digital file. This shipment is payable by a simple online stamp system. For some festivals, submission can also be done by sending a dvd or blu-ray.

Docfilmdepot is also aimed at festivals and programmers who broadcast documentary films during their events. It is a complete and easy-to-use tool that allows you to manage the call for entries, the selection process by integrating the characteristics specific to each edition, and to facilitate the selection and the programming of the films via a dedicated space of streaming online.
 

Dark Comedy Short Open House 1-4 Spotlighting The Cutthroat Real Estate Industry Launches On AMAZON PRIME

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 Dark comedy short Open House 1-4  is now available on Amazon Prime, the announcement was made by filmmaker/screenwriter Brad Holloway.   Holloway’s film, which recently received the Gold Award from the International Independent Awards, Winter 2020 edition, takes a dark yet humorous look at the intensely competitive and sometimes dangerous real estate industry, marking his directorial debut.  The film also launched recently on It’s A Short (www.itsashort....
 
 

ROSKINO will organize the Russian Virtual Content Market - Key Buyers Digital Edition from 8 June

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  ROSKINO, the Russian film body dedicated to promoting Russia’s motion picture art around the world, today announced they will be hosting the first national digital market to connect buyers, producers and distributors from around the world to showcase the diverse range of Russian content both completed and in post-production. The Key Buyers Event: Digital Edition will run from 8 June and aims to bring together the film industry and build relationships, facilitate business and share ...
 

TROLLS STORY CONTINUED: Cineworld Universal Statement - CINEWORLD WILL KEEP THE WINDOW AS IS

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Universal revealed This week that “Trolls World Tour” took in $100 million in premium VOD rentals in its first three weeks of play in North America: the Biggest Digital Debut Ever. “The results for ‘Trolls World Tour’ have exceeded our expectations and demonstrated the viability of PVOD,” NBC Universal CEO Jeff Shell told the Wall Street Journal. “As soon as theaters reopen, we expect to release movies on both formats...
 

The Online Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film presents its free live stream from May 5 - 10, 2020

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  True to the motto "Stay Animated - Go Online with ITFS", the free live stream will be running at OnlineFestival.ITFS.de from May 5 to 10, 2020. More than 100 guests will be with us during the six days of the festival in the OnlineFestival Studio in the foyer of the cinema "Cinema" or join us virtually. Strict adherence to the hygiene regulations will be in place on site. Every day we offer a various entertainment programme for young and old, for film...
 
 

Join us for a virtual panel... The Future of Distribution: Streaming, Virtual Cinemas and Beyond

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  Register (15$) to join the virtual panel... The Future of Distribution: Streaming, Virtual Cinemas and Beyond  Thursday, May 14th 7 PM EST   Join us for a conversation with content distributors who will provide insight on how they are selecting projects, the impact the recent pandemic has had on their strategy in acquiring new content, how they’ve had to pivot their strategy in the wake of recent events and more. Panelists include: Livia Bloom Ingram, Ic...
 

Tribeca N.O.W. Creators Market : video pitch meetings between Creators and Industry

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The N.O.W. (New Online Work) section, sponsored by HBO, will host its fifth annual private industry market that brings together leading online, episodic and immersive storytellers (2020 N.O.W. Showcase creators, 2020 TribecaTV Pilot Season creators and an additional curated group of online, indie episodic and VR writers/performers/influencers) to pitch new projects to a wide-range of industry, including distributors, production companies, streamers, and online platforms. The N.O.W. Creators...
 

Boston International Kids Film Festival launches online filmmaking classes for kids starting in May

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  Online Classes Begin May 4   (Boston) Looking for new ways to keep kids busy while under quarantine? Filmmakers Collaborative, the organization behind the Boston International Kids Film Festival, has opened registration for three online programs designed to teach kids about filmmaking. The two-week courses will focus on stop-motion animation, documentary filmmaking, or visual storytelling and are all taught by professional filmmakers via Zoom.    “With schools cl...
 

UMFF Keeps up with the Whole World's Pace

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Dear filmmakers and friends of the Universe Multicultural Film Festival, we hope these words will find you safe and sound during this global uncertainty. In the past few months, we've experienced something we never had in most of our lives. It's terrifying, it's horrible, but the most important is we are facing this challenge altogether, no matter which corner you live on earth. For the past 16 years, UMFF has been working on providing the best film festival quality to filmma...
 

SNL’s Pete Davidson Has a Movie in June, Judd Apatow Writes, Directs, Wait for It

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Hey, did you notice Pete Davidson took a swipe at ex Kaia Gerber’s bro Presley Gerber on the last SNL from-home NBC outing? Okay, maybe it’s a reach, but he did say “I didn’t get a face tattoo.” Presley, much to the dismay of long-married parents Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, got a face inking recently. (Smiley face.) With that allegation out of the way, THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND is the name of new...
 
 

VIDEO: Online panels from FEST about the Current and Future State of the Film Industry

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  We at FEST have been in isolation for a over a month now, in a climate of constant uncertainty, that we know to be general for all people.  As a place of discussion between film industry professionals, FEST will try to shed some light on some of the questions that have been haunting film professionals, by asking a series of renowned professionals what is their take on the subject.  FEST - Interviews will revolve around the subject: "The New Reality of the Fi...
 

Overview of the business for the week of April 27th ... happy Birthday Barbara Streisand

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This week's Industry News Summary focuses on stories about planning for the eventual re-opening of the film and exhibition industry after the coronavirus pandemic has relented.  One article discusses planning at the Circle Cinema in Tulsa, OK to re-open their doors "sometime in May", after completing significant changes in their operations. It's interesting to consider what changes they are making to their producedures for ticketing, concessions and seating and will...
 

dok.incubator introduces 8 teams for the 2020 workshop

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  From 104 applications from 50 countries the dok.incubator selection committee chose eight talented filmmakers' teams who will have the opportunity to work intensively on their documentary films with the support of more than 20 internationally established producers, editors and sales agents for more than 6 months.   CLOUDS /FI/ Director: Tuija Halttunen, Producer: Niina Virtanen, Editor: Jussi Sandhu   Clouds by Tuija Halt...
 

 

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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson

Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 Director's cut: 79 minutes

What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.

Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches. As Davies meets and becomes friends with the some of his Russian photo subjects, he finds himself getting emotionally involved with their struggle. He decides to put down his camera and get involved with church restoration.

Early on in our story Davies befriends the famed Russian architect Alexander Popov who is deeply involved in working to preserve and share with the world the beauty and value of these ancient structures. Popov has uniquely discovered and reinvigorated both the tools and processes that restore life back to the North. But it’s an uphill battle against strong and powerful forces.

Together, Davies and Popov uncover the circumstances that led to the demise of the churches, and then join a small but growing group of passionate Russian citizens and outsiders from all walks of life who join the cause of Saving North.

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

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Palmarès du 36e Festival International de Cinéma Vues d’Afrique

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Le 36e Festival Vues d’Afrique a dévoilé les lauréats et mentions de sa compétition lors d’une cérémonie de clôture virtuelle accessible en direct le lundi 27 avril via sa page Facebook. Ce support a permis à tous les festivaliers et au large public d’assister à cette remise de prix et aux réactions des gagnants à travers le monde entier sur la plateforme de Vues d’Afrique. Animé...

La 30ème édition du Festival International du Film d’Animation "Les Nuits Magiques" aura lieu du 2 au 13 décembre 2020

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La 30ème édition du Festival International du Film d’Animation "Les Nuits Magiques" (2 au 13 décembre 2020)lance son  appel à films  pour participer à la compétition internationale du film d'animation organisée par le festival. Vous trouverez ci-dessous l'ensemble des éléments nécessaires pour que vous puissiez relayer cette information. Cordialement Fabrice de la ROSA &nb..
 
 

Locarno annule sa 73e édition et lance Locarno 2020 – For the Future of Films

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Étant donné l’impossibilité de réaliser la manifestation sous sa forme physique habituelle en raison de l’urgence sanitaire et des directives données aujourd’hui par les autorités fédérales concernant les événements de grande ampleur, le Conseil de direction et le Conseil d’administration du Locarno Film Festival, sous la présidence de Marco Solari, annoncent que, puisqu’une éditio...

 

Escales Doc : appel à films

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L' appel à films « Avoir 20 ans » est toujours en cours. Cet appel à film est ouvert à tous. L’occasion de mettre à profit le confinement afin de laisser libre court à son imagination et à sa créativité.   Chaque semaine, les Escales Documentaires continuent leur Replay en vous proposant un film primé au Festival.  Cette semaine, c’est le Prix des Jeunes 2017 que nous vous faisons (re)dé...
 

Cinéma en Développement : rendez-vous dans la sphère digitale

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    Maria Augusta Ramos, Melina León, Franco Lolli, Affonso Uchôa, Fernanda Valadez, Théo Court, Felipe Bragança, Joshua Gil, Juliana Antunes, Pablo Agüero... et d'autres cinéastes latino-américain·e·s incontournables   donnent rendez-vous aux professionnel·le·s  le 6 mai 2020 dans la sphère digitale   english |  español     ...
 

 

Un événement hors-série préfigurera la 20e édition, reportée en 2021

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  UN ÉVÉNEMENT HORS-SÉRIE PRÉFIGURERA LA 20e ÉDITION, REPORTÉE EN 2021 Le Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) annonce avec tristesse le report de sa 20e édition du 2 au 10 juillet 2021. Le maintien du festival dans son format initial est devenu inenvisageable au vu de la situation sanitaire actuelle et de l’impact de celle-ci sur l’industrie cinématographique. Les organisateur·...
 

 

ROSKINO va organiser le premier marché virtuel pour les contenus russes le “Key Buyers Event: Digital edition” démarre en juin

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ROSKINO DÉVOILE SON PROJET DU MARCHÉ VIRTUEL DU CONTENU RUSSE ROSKINO va organiser le premier marché virtuel national “Key Buyers Event: Digital edition” qui se déroulera dès le 8 Juin pour présenter les films et les séries  nationaux et faciliter les relations avec l’industrie mondiale du film. L’initiative a été soutenue par le Ministère de la Culture Russe et par le gouvernement de Moscou en...
 

 

Découvrez le meilleur du cinéma chilien avec l'opération "Cinéma chilien à la maison "

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L'INDUSTRIE DU CINEMA CHILIEN PUBLIE GRATUITEMENT SES MEILLEURS FILMS   Face à l'annulation des principaux festivals internationaux de cinéma, l'industrie audiovisuelle chilienne s'organise pour continuer à diffuser ses films partout dans le monde, dans le but de participer au divertissement et à la culture des millions des personnes qui se trouvent en confinement. Par le biais de l'opération « Cinéma chilien à...
 

 

Bilan positif du 36e Festival International de Cinéma Vues d’Afrique (online, confinement oblige)

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Le 36e Festival Vues d’Afrique a connu un véritable engouement pour sa version numérique que ce soit pour le trafic sur le site officiel ou la page Facebook du festival ou bien le visionnement de la sélection diffusée sur tv5unis.ca, la transition vers le monde virtuel a été fort populaire et manifeste que les internautes ont véritablement été aux rendez-vous. Plus de 50 000 visiteurs uniques au Québec e...
 
 

 

La 20e édition du Festival International du Film Insulaire de l’Île de Groix est reportée.

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FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM INSULAIRE DE L'ILE DE GROIX.    C’est avec une profonde tristesse mais la certitude de faire le bon choix que l’équipe du Fifig a décidé de reporter l’édition Regards d’îliennes à l’été 2021. Cette 20e édition devait se tenir initialement du 19 au 24 août 2020 et la décision de reporter l’intégralité de l’&e...
 

Le Marché du Film de Cannes 2020 : première version online du 22 au 26 juin

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Le Festival de Cannes lancera son marché du film online le lundi 22 juin afin de soutenir les professionnels de l'industrie du cinéma ...La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, la Semaine de la Critique et l'ACID annulent leur édition 2020

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À la suite de l'annonce du Président de la République du lundi 13 avril 2020 interdisant tout festival jusqu'à mi-juillet, les sections parallèles du Festival de Cannes prennent acte que le report envisagé fin juin début juillet n’est plus possible. Par conséquent, la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, la Semaine de la Critique et l'ACID ont le regret d’annoncer l’annulation de leurs éditions cannoises...
 

L’Orchestre de l’Agora remet 138 000 $ à trois organismes environnementaux, dans le cadre du Gala de la terre 2020

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Les activités de l’Orchestre de l’Agora, comme celles de tous les organismes culturels au Québec, ont été grandement chamboulées en raison de la pandémie de coronavirus. Le projet le plus ambitieux de la saison 2019-2020 de l’Orchestre, le Gala de la terre, était prévu aujourd’hui le 22 avril et a malheureusement été annulé. Toutefois, grâce à l'initiative de la philanthrope Bi...
 

Palmarès confiné du Festival Films de Femmes de Créteil 2020

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Chèr.e.s ami.e.s du Festival,  Le 13 mars dernier, jour même de l’ouverture de notre 42è édition, nous avons été contraint.e.s d’annuler le festival suite à la crise sanitaire que traverse le pays. En ces temps où rester chez soi est un impératif de santé publique, nous avons choisi de reporter la manifestation pour vous proposer une version plus réduite du festival, à découvri...
 

Palmarès Cinélatino 2020

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Comme nous vous l'annoncions il y a quelques jours, les compétitions du Festival Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse 2020 ont pu avoir lieu grâce à la mobilisation et au soutien des cinéastes, jurys et partenaires. Les jurys ont visionné les films des différentes compétitions (longs et courts métrages de fiction et documentaires) et se sont réunis via des visioconférences pour décerner leurs prix. Nous somm...
 

Lancement d'un nouveau journal en ligne: Profession Audio|Visuel

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Tous nos voeux de succès au groupe de presse PRESSAC et à Pierre Monastier qui nous ont adressé le message suivant, que nous partageons bien volontiers.   "Chers amis, À l’heure où les médias vivent une crise sans précédent, qui ne permet la survie que de ceux gérés par les gros groupes, le groupe PRESSAC ose une nouvelle aventure : la création d’un nouveau journal en ligne...
 

 

Tout le cinéma français des années 30 aux années 60… dans le livre “Une histoire du cinéma français” (tome 1)

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    Après Un siècle de cinéma américain (2 tomes), les éditions LettMotif publient Une histoire du cinéma français (5 tomes). Le tome 1 en précommande exclusive sur Ulule, la préface sera de Jean-Pierre Jeunet ! Une histoire du cinéma français se présente comme une série d’ouvrages, classés par décennies succe...

 

La FNCF et AlloCiné partenaires d’une nouvelle initiative pour la promotion des salles de cinéma

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  La Fédération Nationale des Cinémas Français (FNCF) et The Boxoffice Company (Webedia), société éditrice du site AlloCiné, ont mis en commun leurs efforts pour produire et promouvoir une série de vignettes vidéo de 2 minutes dans le cadre de la campagne #oniratousaucinema. Olivier Nakache et Éric Toledano, duo de réalisateurs emblématiques du cinéma français (Intouchables...), so...
 

Masterclasses virtuelles au 36e Festival international de cinéma Vues d’Afrique

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Le 36e Festival international de cinéma Vues d’Afrique, propulsé par TV5, consolide sa version numérique. Hormis la diffusion gratuite des films sur la plateforme tv5unis.ca, le festival propose des classes de maîtres sur son site Face book afin de favoriser l’échange entre les professionnels d’ici et du continent africain. Ces interventions sont accessibles sur la page Facebook du festival : https://www.facebook.com/vuesdafrique/ Le 2...
 

Report des Prix Jean Vigo 2020 au vendredi 9 octobre

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Report des Prix Jean Vigo 2020 au vendredi 9 octobre       ...
 

Frontières prend un virage numérique sous la direction de Annick Mahnert

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    La COVID-19 bouleversant les certitudes et les habitudes de notre industrie, c’est la sécurité et le bien-être de tous qui reste une priorité absolue durant cette crise. Anticipant l’impossibilité dans laquelle les participants se trouveront d'entreprendre des déplacements à l’international avant plusieurs mois, la direction de Frontières a pris les devants et repensé ses événe...
 

 

Annulation de l'édition 2020 du Festival La Rochelle Cinéma

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Chères amies, Chers amis, Depuis plusieurs jours déjà, nous nous y attendions mais nous gardions encore une lueur d’espoir pour que le Festival La Rochelle Cinéma soit maintenu. Stanislas Bouvier, peintre de l’affiche depuis 30 ans, venait de proposer le second volet de son diptyque, pour cette édition particulière, ouvrant sur un horizon prometteur qui nous laissait croire à une issue plus heureuse. Depuis hier soir, date de l&rsq...
 

 

Sélection Annuelle 2020 | Pour les auteur.e.s !

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  Au cœur du confinement, l'actualité déborde de festivals annulés, de cinémas fermés et de tournages emportés par le tsunami du virus. Comme si le cinéma et son avenir devaient succomber à l'enfermement. Au bout du Finistère, à Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages, un village de résistants, conscient de la gravité du problème et soli...

Cannes dans une incertitude et face une impossibilité liée au social distancing

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Suite à la déclaration du Président de la République du lundi 13 avril, nous avons pris acte que le report envisagé à fin juin début juillet pour la 73e édition du Festival International du Film de Cannes n’est plus possible à cette date.   Il apparaît désormais difficile de penser que le Festival de Cannes puisse être organisé cette année sous sa forme initiale.   N&eacut..
 

Le Festival Les Percéides lance un Concours de courts métrages gaspésiens ; spécial confinement

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Le Festival international de cinéma et d’art de Percé, Les Percéides, est très heureux d’annoncer la tenue d’un Concours de courts métrages gaspésiens ; spécial confinement. Ce concours vise à stimuler la créativité en temps de confinement sur toute la péninsule par le biais du cinéma et est ouvert à toute la population ; artisans, cinéastes, vidéastes et a...

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FESTIVALS IN FOCUS     

A Call to Action for the Mediterranean during Venice Festival

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8th edition of the Better World Endowment Fund run by Manuel Collas de la Roche will take place during the Venice Film Festival.
 

Venice Film Festival­_Biennale College Cinema 9th edition_Call Opens Friday May 8th

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La Biennale di Venezia / Biennale College – Cinema International for the production of micro-budget feature films / The Call for the 9th edition is open  on the website www.labiennale.org   The feature-length film The Fits (2015) by Anna Rose Holmer (3rd edition) to be shown on the Criterion Channel / Since 2012 Biennale College Cinema has produced 26 feature-length films The new Call of the Biennale College – Cinema International for the production of micro-...
 

Visions du Réel 2020: a generous and accomplished online edition

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The 51st edition of Visions du Réel came to an end last Sunday, followed online with enthusiasm by a large audience. The 134 films of the programme, including 89 world premieres, have been watched 60,500 times on the platform tailor-made for this one-of-a-kind edition. We would like to thank the public, our institutional, private and technical partners, the filmmakers, producers and film professionals for supporting us in this exceptional adventure! It is thanks to the precious ...
 

Eurimages launches today a new call for proposals for the presentation of its Co-Production Development Awards.

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Festivals and co-production markets interested in hosting an award are invited to submit a proposal covering a three-year period from 1 January 2021. The call for proposals is available on the Eurimages website as of today - potential applicants should read the terms and conditions carefully before submitting a proposal.  Proposals should be sent to the Eurimages team at eurimages.tender@coe.int by 15 June 2020 at the latest. Since it was set up in 1988, EURIMAGES has supported 2 063...
 

Maryland International Film Festival Hagerstown rescheduled to August 28-30

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MARYLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL-HAGERSTOWN  RESCHEDULE DATES  AUGUST 28-30TH, 2020      ...
 
 

This year, Sydney Film Festival will be virtual and national for the first time!

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  67TH SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: VIRTUAL EDITION AND AWARDS 10-21 JUNE PROGRAM LAUNCHES AND SALES OPEN 27 MAY   The special 67th Sydney Film Festival: Virtual Edition and Awards is all about bringing audiences across the nation together at a particularly challenging time in celebration of filmmakers and the Australian film industry.   From 10 to 21 June, SFF will present important elements of its 2020 lineup: world premieres of compelling true stories from...
 
 

35th Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival : FLIFF calling

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June 1, 2020 Earlybird Deadline / July 1, 2020 Regular Deadline / August 1, 2020 Late Deadline SUBMIT I Website I Profile on filmfestivals.com I  Email contact   Celebrating its 35th annual festival in 2020, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) presents American indies and studio films, international films, student films, special tributes, seminars and introduces filmmakers to South Florida audiences. The festival runs Nov...
 
 

Tribeca and YouTube joined by 20 festivals launch We Are One: A Global online Film Festival benefiting World Health Org this may

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The 10-day digital festival, produced and organized by Tribeca Enterprises, will feature programming from 20 festivals including Berlin International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and many more, enabling audiences to experience films from around the world Festival to benefit World Health Organization Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund Tribeca Enterprises and YouTube jointly announced today We Are One: A Global Film Festival, an unprecedented 10-day digital film fes...
 

New Vision International Short Film Festival

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Innovative international festival of short-length cinema. Imagination, genre variety, shocking plots, unexpected upshots, brevity, brilliant actor game, visual sophistication, authorial style – all these are the distinguishing features of the New Vision International Film Festival program. Festival presents a competition. The audience chooses the winners of different nominations by means of an independent voting. New Vision International Film Festival is a festival of films that r...
 

The 23rd UNAFF is calling for entries

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Early Deadline – May 2, 2020* Regular Deadline – May 12, 2020* Late deadline – May 20, 2020 CONTACTS: Email I 650 724-5544 I CAW/UNAFF Stanford Arts Littlefield Center, room 241 365 Lasuen Street Stanford, CA 94305-2250 United States I Website I Facebook I Twitter I filmfestivals.com I SUBMIT We are delighted to announce the 23rd UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival),...
 
 

Mountainfilm Unveils the 2020 Lineup

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  As for most organizations — and most people — the pandemic has put Mountainfilm in uncharted waters. But as you’d expect from a film festival with a penchant for adventure, Mountainfilm rose to the challenge, pivoting to a virtual festival in a matter of weeks. The result is an extended, 10-day festival with over 100 on-demand films and presentations that viewers can watch at their leisure from the comfort of home.  The virtual fo...
 

 

YOU CANNOT KILL DAVID ARQUETTE is First Doc Snagged at 2020 SXSW During Pandemic

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Somehow, even though SXSW 2020 was canceled, David Arquette managed to score a win for his documentary YOU CANNOT KILL DAVID ARQUETTE. It's about? Wrestling... And not with his conscience, lol. Executive Producer and star David Arquette said, "I set out to make this film to stand up for myself, to rewrite the ending to my story, and find a place where I could be proud of my time in the ring. We couldn't wish for a better company ...
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Announcing the 2020 GIFF Award Winning Films...

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   A Peloton of One follows a Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Dave Ohlmuller, as he conducts a solo bicycle ride from Chicago to New York to raise awareness of this scourge. Along this 700-mile journey, Dave meets other Survivors abused by coaches, teachers, family members, and like Dave himself, Catholic priests. Through these interactions and common stories, Dave tries to find a way to connect and heal, mile by mile, as he heads east towards his hometown. Dave also meets ...
 
 

Visions du Réel – International Film Festival Nyon: The Awards of the 51st edition are unveiled!

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The closing ceremony of the Festival took place online on Sunday night, unveiling the awardees of this one-of-a-kind edition, a first for the whole team, guests and the various audiences. Launched a little over a month ago, the ambitious challenge proved to be a success with a number of 60,500 online viewings. Discover the awardees! The Sesterce d’or la Mobilière was awarded this year to the film Punta Sacra by Francesca Mazzoleni to celebrate an emblematic wo...
 

VIDEO: Lawrence Kasdan Accepts The 2020 SLO Film Festival King Vidor Award

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  The King Vidor Award presentation has been a tradition ever since the first SLO Film Fest began in 1994, when director George Sidney was presented with the first award for Excellence in Filmmaking from Mary Harris. And so began the annual tradition of awarding a successful motion picture industry personality with the prestigious award on the stage of the beautiful Fremont Theatre in downtown San Luis Obispo.  This year, our Festival was stopped before it could start, a...
 
 

The 53rd WorldFest-Houston Announces the BEST Actress/Actor FINAL JURY RESULTS...!

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As we begin to move beyond the shadows of the dreadful virus, and although the 53rd WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival has been postponed ... we have carried on with the essential business of the film festival and overseen the adjudication of the Remi Awards from a wonderful slate of amazing films, scripts and excellent performances...! We "Salute and Congratulate" all of the contenders and we are now delighted to Announce the Final Results re...
 
 

A success for the Online Industry programme of Visions du Réel 2020, discover the awardees!

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Image: still from Reas, Lola Arias   The Online Industry of Visions du Réel 2020 closed last Thursday on its traditional awards ceremony which was too, held online. All activities took place as planned and provided tailor-made platforms to 1,300 accredited professionals, host to fruitful exchanges and encounters. A series of online talks centered on the uncertainties the film industry faces in the current time was also held, gathering prestigious speakers on the Festiva...
 
 

 

AFI 2020 Writers’ Room Ready Awards

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Program Pairs Winners with Industry Mentors   The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the recipients of the 2020 Writers’ Room Ready Awards, which recognizes outstanding work by AFI Conservatory Screenwriting Fellows. The 2020 winners are: Haley Bartels, Christina Kingsleigh Licud, Kenda Greenwood Moran and Alessandro Pederzoli.   The selected recipients will be paired with mentors, giving them an opportunity to work directly with established artists. The mentors ...
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23rd UNAFF
October 15 – 25, 2020

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Regular Deadline – May 12, 2020*

Late deadline – May 20, 2020

The 23rd UNAFF will be held from October 15-25, 2020 in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. This year’s theme THE POWER OF EMPATHY continues our two decades long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasizing our readiness to care about other people’s emotional experiences.

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Your Script Produced competition
                     Season 2
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Early bird Deadline: May 24, 2020

Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

WE DON’T SET YOU UP WITH MEETING AFTER MEETING. WE DON’T SELL YOU DREAMS. WE DON’T SELL YOU HOPE.

WE PRODUCE YOUR SCRIPT!

PERIOD.

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French Riviera Film Festival 
May 11-12, 2020

 

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PARTNER FESTIVAL WITH FILMFESTIVALS.COM

May 9, 2020 EXTENDED deadline

The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers. 

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
October 3 - 8, 2020

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August 20th, 2020 Extended Deadline

Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival returns in October 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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BEYOND BORDERS
July 23-30,  2020

Late deadline May 20, 2020

The 5th International Documentary Festival “Beyond Borders”, Castellorizo island, has the pleasure to invite documentary film-makers to submit their films until 20th of April, 2020. The Festival’s objective is to promote the most important documentary productions worldwide that focus on history, culture, politics and other social subjects. «Beyond Borders» takes place every year during the last week of August, is co-organized with the Region of South Aegean, Les Ecrans des Mondes and the Society for the Restoration of Castellorizo, is held under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad, the Australian Embassy in Athens, the U.S. Embassy in Athens, the Embassy of Israel in Athens and the Municipality of Megisti (Castellorizo), with the kind support of ERT and EKOME. It is produced by the Hellenic History Foundation (www.idisme.gr). “Beyond Borders” includes a selection of Greek, European and worldwide productions of the last five years, workshops, parallel events and master classes. Prizes for Best History Documentary, Best Socio-political Documentary, Best Greek History Documentary, Best Greek Socio-political Documentary,     Best Short Length Documentary will be awarded by the Hellenic Parliament.  EKOME & SteFilm Post Production will also provide awards.

 

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The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
November 6 – 22, 2020

June 1, 2020 Earlybird Deadline 
July 1, 2020 Regular Deadline
August 1, 2020 Late Deadline

Celebrating its 35th annual festival in 2020, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) presents American indies and studio films, international films, student films, special tributes, seminars and introduces filmmakers to South Florida audiences. The festival runs November 6 – 22, 2020, and screens 200 films in Fort Lauderdale, Sunrise, Hollywood, St Augustine, and The Bahamas. Considered one of the most important regional film festivals in the U.S., the Festival's commitment to first-time filmmakers and innovative programming make it the perfect test market for your film.

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SiciliAmbiente Film Festival
July 3 – 10, 2020

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May 10, 2020 Extended Deadline

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The 12th annual SiciliAmbiente Film Festival will take place in July 2020.

The aim of SiciliAmbiente Festival is to promote independent documentary cinema and to encourage creative exchange and networking among the directors.
This Festival is organized and sponsored by Demetra Produzioni SAS and CANTIERE 7 Cultural Association, with the support of the City of San Vito Lo Capo and many other sponsors who share the same principles of the Festival.
Films dealing with the following themes may participate: Environment, Anthropology, Human Rights, Biodiversity, War, Integration, Civil Rights, Sustainable Development and the Relationship between Man and the Environment.

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ALEXANDRE TRAUNER ART/FILM FESTIVAL
13-18. OCTOBER, 2020., SZOLNOK


Entry deadline: 20. May 2020.
 

With its more than 50-year long tradition, the film festival of Szolnok has been named after the world-famous Hungarian-born artist and Oscar-winning production designer, Alexandre Trauner in 2018 to salute to the work of production designers. Our festival advertises submission in three categories. In the European Feature Film Section, the jury remunerates the production design of the films and production designers. Every other year we provide international competition for fine art films and films of university students. Between 13-18 October 2020 we are looking forward to welcome production and costume designers, fine artists, filmmakers, film professionals and university students majoring in film studies, media and communication, fine art or production design. The festival welcomes its participants with a wide range of programs: film screenings, masterclasses held by international film masters, fine art exhibitions, round table discussions and concerts in the evening

 

 

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Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn in conversation at Sydney Festival

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    In 2017, Ben Mendelsohn starred in two films at Sydney Film Festival: the emotionally intense drama Una (Official Competition) and a restored version of the Australian coming-of-age classic, The Year My Voice Broke. While at the Festiva...
 

Post Berlinale 2020 Dieter Kosslick

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After close to two decades as the director of the Berlin Film Festival, the Berlinale, Dieter Kosslick, who had expressed some desire to extend his contract, was replaced by Carlo Chatrian, former artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival.  Chatrian will have the same position at the Berlinale and Mariette Risssenbeek, former managing director of German Films. will be the new executive director.  Kosslick combined both positions during his service but expressed already...
 

Seattle Gets Creative #artdisplays4homestays

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City residents encouraged to display homemade works of art   Seattle, WA (May 1, 2020)- The quarantine and Covid-19 cannot squash the creative community in Seattle.  Let's make some art! Seattle's cultural community in association with the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture encourages residents to participate in a city-wide art project to spread some joy and creativity during the COVID-19 pandemic response. Put some art up in a window, your front yard, or wherev...
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Elizabeth Moss Inhabits Writer Shirley Jackson in SHIRLEY, So Apropos of Now

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We interrupt this Pandemic to bring you Elizabeth Moss in SHIRLEY from NEON, about “The Lottery” writer Shirley Jackson. On June 19, 1948, The New Yorker published Jackson’s odd story about a town that gets stoned, but not how you think.

And with this enigmatic introduction to SHIRLEY, from Director Josephine Decker and Writer Sarah Gubbins, let’s make a small parallel to our Coronavirus-driven times where ending a lockdown means, in effect, a human lottery with a survival threshold. But this is a biopic, not a polemic.

Michael Stuhlbarg, a phenomenal stage actor who flirts with Hollywood roles occasionally, is part of the Moss-topped cast. Note Martin Scorsese is a producer on this film, which had its Sundance run back in January (during the dreaded "Sundance Plague," pre-COVID-19 official, a mini-epidemic in Utah)...
 

Blue Motel: winner of YSP Season 1 goes on winning Platinum Remi Award - best script at WorldFest Houston

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Ted Campbell, our Season 1 Ultimate Grand Prize Winner with the thriller Blue Motel, did it again:  he just won the prerstigious top category Platinum REMI AWARD for his script at Houston Worldfest 53rd edition.
Doval Bacall YSP founder mentionned "We have started developping the script into a great feature film, the team is proud to see Ted Campbell's recognised by another established festival! We will come back to Houston next year with the finished film and look forward to adding our names on the great list which Worldfest founder prides himself for discovering : the likes of Spielberg, Lucas, Ang Lee..."

Bruno Chatelin a partner of both festivals mentionned: "What a meaningful accolade from the festival run by a leader who can boasts the largest number of festivals held under same leadership: with 53 editions Hunter Todd is a true festival legend."

Submit through our partner DocFilmDepot

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Docfilmdepot is a platform that allows directors, producers and distributors of documentary films to manage their call for entries at several festivals. It allows you to create an account, to register one or more films whatever the genre to which they belong, to download the corresponding files, then to submit them to the festivals of your choice, partners of the platform.

Submission is made by sending an uploaded digital file. This shipment is payable by a simple online stamp system. For some festivals, submission can also be done by sending a dvd or blu-ray.

Docfilmdepot is also aimed at festivals and programmers who broadcast documentary films during their events. It is a complete and easy-to-use tool that allows you to manage the call for entries, the selection process by integrating the characteristics specific to each edition, and to facilitate the selection and the programming of the films via a dedicated space of streaming online.
 
 

I Spy THE COURIER: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan and Jessie Buckley Coming Aug. 28

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent If you wonder what Benedict Cumberbatch has been up to, here's the latest. He stars in a true-life spy story, and it looks exciting. Plus Rachel Brosnahan is in this with more great actors in the MI-6 thriller... Curated by Screenmancer Staff from Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions LOS ANGELES: Lionsgate and sister company Roadside Attractions will deliver the Cold War espionage drama THE COURIER, starring Academy Aw...
 
 

Ruptly launches global documentary division and offers free licences

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Ruptly, the award-winning international news and media agency, has today announced the launch of a global documentary division with a debut catalogue of over 170 documentaries featuring captivating human interest stories centred around global themes. To mark the launch, Ruptly Documentary Collection will also be granting one free documentary licence per client in recognition of the difficulties faced by the broadcast industry as more and more productions shut down due to the current pandemic....
 

Boxoffice Pro LIVE Sessions: Overview of current moviegoers engagement campaigns around the world

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The webinar "Boxoffice Pro LIVE Sessions: Overview of current moviegoers engagement campaigns around the world" was live today   ...
 

Overview of the US business for the week of May 4

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This week Screendollars is publishing the 2020 Film Industry Survey, available here:  https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/film2020survey.  Our survey was created in collaboration with Stephen Follows, the UK-based Film Research analyst.  We encourage all our readers and film industry professionals to take five minutes to share your current experience working in the industry and opinions about the future of film and entertainment.  Results will be published in two weeks. ...
 
 

"terroir" on Short List for Best Music Video Award in Estonia!

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"terroir" has made the short list of Best Music Video nominees for the 2020 Unprecedented Cinema International Festival of Short Films in Tallinn, Estonia. Originally scheduled for April, the festival has now been postponed to September 4-6, 2020 due to the COVID19 pandemic. Written/helmed and sung by Dawn Westlake, "terroir" explores the mother-child relationship and how it can sometimes cloud our perceptions of very capable female leaders in all sectors of society. The fil...
 
 

 

FREE PROMOTION COPY OF "FAILURE"

 
Free copy promotion for the second of my short stories that is available on Amazon. This is a different story from the one thatI was promoted last month. You can get a free copy today and tomorrow. There is no obligation for it, but I would appreciate a review. Thank you. Clyde Phillips, the producer and writer of the award winning T.V. series DEXTER has given my work the highest rating which is 5 stars. This promotion is for “FAILURE.” It is the story of Nate Ragere who seems to b...

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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson

Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 Director's cut: 79 minutes

What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.

Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches. As Davies meets and becomes friends with the some of his Russian photo subjects, he finds himself getting emotionally involved with their struggle. He decides to put down his camera and get involved with church restoration.

Early on in our story Davies befriends the famed Russian architect Alexander Popov who is deeply involved in working to preserve and share with the world the beauty and value of these ancient structures. Popov has uniquely discovered and reinvigorated both the tools and processes that restore life back to the North. But it’s an uphill battle against strong and powerful forces.

Together, Davies and Popov uncover the circumstances that led to the demise of the churches, and then join a small but growing group of passionate Russian citizens and outsiders from all walks of life who join the cause of Saving North.

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

Sharkwater Extinction first peek

Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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MOVIES THAT MATTER

Promoting Movies that Matter / des films qui font grandir...

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

La Source (Jungfrukällan) d’Ingmar Bergman (Suède, 1960)

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Haute-Corse Le Festival du Film de Lama annule son édition 2020 Rendez-vous le 31 juillet 2021

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Festival du Film de Lama Président : Jean-Louis Devèze Délégué Général : Laurent Hérin www.festilama.org C’est avec une immense tristesse que l’Association du Festival et la Municipalité de Lama ont décidé d’annuler la 27ème édition du Festival du Film de Lama qui devait se dérouler du 1er au 7 août 2020. Depuis le mois de mars, au gré de l’é...
 
 

Mobilisons-nous pour que vive le 7ème ART en Corse et en Méditerranée

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  Dispositif TeC in CORSICA & MEDITERRANIU  SE SOUTENIR LES UNS LES AUTRES RESTER SOLIDAIRES   Alix Ferraris, directeur du festival Les Nuits MED et responsable de TALENTS EN COURT* pour le territoire corse, appelle à la mobilisation les acteurs du 7e art, les autodidactes porteurs d’un projet et les enseignants insulaires des collèges et lycées suite à la situation sanitaire. Vu la situation sanitaire, impossible aujou...
 

Un FIFF en 2020 ?

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La situation est inédite, le prochain FIFF le sera aussi ! Avant toute autre chose, nous espérons que vous - qui nous suivez depuis de nombreuses années, quelques mois ou quelques semaines ! - vous vous portez bien ? Ca nous ferait plaisir d'avoir de vos nouvelles (nous aussi, nous sommes confiné.e.s et vous nous manquez !). Si vous lisez cette lettre d'info, c'est que vous vous demandez quelle est l'actuali...
 

Le Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) annonce le départ de sa directrice générale Anaïs Emery

 
  Le Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) annonce le départ de sa directrice générale Anaïs Emery à l’automne prochain, après son événement hors-série 2020 qui se tiendra du 3 au 11 juillet 2020. Co-fondatrice de la manifestation et directrice artistique de celle-ci depuis 2006, Anaïs Emery a accompagné le NIFFF dans les moments clés de son évolution. Figure importan...
 

EURIMAGES Appel à propositions pour la remise des Prix au Développement de la coproduction

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      APPEL A PROPOSITIONS POUR LA REMISE DES PRIX EURIMAGES AU DEVELOPPEMENT DE LA COPRODUCTION Eurimages lance aujourd’hui un nouvel appel à propositions pour la remise de ses Prix au Développement de la Coproduction. Les festivals et marchés de coproduction intéressés peuvent soumettre une proposition pour une période de trois ans à compter du 1er janvier 2021. L’appel à propositions es...
 
 

3 livres consacrés à Sylvester Stallone

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  3 livres consacrés à Sylvester Stallone Après notre best-seller “Sylvester Stallone, héros de la classe ouvrière” (mis à jour), 2 nouveaux titres !! 3 livres sur Sylvester Stallone à précommander sur le site participatif Ulule :toutes les infos sur le site Ulule : https://fr.ulule.com/sylvester-stallone/Retourà Philadelphie, promenade analytique ...    Retour à Philadelphie, promenade anal...
 

    Maria Augusta Ramos, Melina León, Franco Lolli, Affonso Uchôa, Fernanda Valadez, Théo Court, Felipe Bragança, Joshua Gil, Juliana Antunes, Pablo Agüero... et d'autres cinéastes latino-américain·e·s incontournables   donnent rendez-vous aux professionnel·le·s  le 6 mai 2020 dans la sphère digitale   english |  español     ...Digital Gym

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2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival - 2020 at a glance

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International & Greek Short Films in SW Crete At a Glance - 6 Day Event FULL PROGRAMME WILL BE PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER                   FREE ENTRY - ALL WELCOME                         LIVE MUSIC with JAN OLESEN - (J.O.) - every evening PRE-SCREENING (By Invitation Only) This indicates events exclusively for our Filmmaker & Film Industry Guests Saturday October 3...
 

2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival, 2020 postponed to sunny October Crete

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International & Greek Short Films in SW Crete, October 3rd – 8th   EXTENDED DEADLINE: This year we’ve moved our usual Springtime Event forward to Autumn dates. With an extended submission period until late August, we look forward to an even more dynamic programme, filmmaker attendance & Festival fun! The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival takes place October 3 - 8 in SW Crete; a six-day event which is jam packed with the very best in International & G...
 

Submissions Open for the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival

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The COVID pandemic has forced people around the world into one of the most stressful, challenging periods in history. The film industry is no exception: production has been mostly halted, movie theaters have been closed, new film releases continue to be postponed, many film festivals have been postponed or canceled, and the oppressive uncertainty of the situation is disheartening. We at the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) have grappled with the decision to begin acc...
 

Tokyo International Film Festival has joined major film festivals to present We Are One: A Global Film Festival

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Major Film Festivals Across the World Join with YouTube to Announce We Are One: A Global Film Festival  Starting May 29   The 10-day digital festival, produced and organized by Tribeca Enterprises, will feature programming from 20 festivals including Berlin International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and many more, enabling audiences to experience films from around the world Festival to benefit World Health Organization Covid-19 So...
 

The deadline to register Virtual Reality projects for submission to the Venice Virtual Reality extended till end may

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La Biennale di Venezia / 77th Venice International Film Festival   The deadline for submissions to the Virtual Reality 2020 section is extended to May 31st     The deadline to register Virtual Reality projects for submission to the Venice Virtual Reality section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival 2020 (Lido di Venezia, 2 – 12 September) has been extended to May 31st 2020, from the initial date of May 15th.   The Virtual Reality section will ...
 

SanSebastian Film Fest joins YouTube to Announce 'We Are One: A Global Film Festival' Starting May 29

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The 10-day digital festival, produced and organized by Tribeca Enterprises, will feature programming from 20 festivals including Berlin Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival and many more, enabling audiences to experience films from around the world Festival to benefit World Health Organization Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund Tribeca Enterprises and YouTube jointly announced today We Are One: A Global Film Festival, an unprecedented 10-d...
 

The San Sebastian Festival opens the call for submissions for the second edition of the Zinemaldia Startup Challenge

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The competition is open to entrepreneurs and startups proposing new business projects based on introducing new technologies to the audiovisual field The deadline for submissions is June 1 Today the San Sebastian Festival opens its second call for submissions for the Zinemaldia Startup Challenge, a competition for technology projects in the audiovisual field. The initiative will run in th...
 

Films for the XVI Documentary Co-Production forum Lau Haizetara can now be submitted

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The deadline for the registration of projects is 10 July The XVI Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-production Forum will take place on 22, 23 and 24 September 2020 within the framework of the 68th San Sebastian International Film Festival. This forum is organised by IBAIA (Association of Independent Audiovisual Producers of the Basque Country) and the San Sebastian Film Festival. From among the total number of registered projects, fourteen will be selected to be presented bef...
 

Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival donates most of its revenue for Corona relief

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Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival announces statistics of the virtual edition and donates most of its ticket revenue for Corona relief   The virtual edition of the 15th Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival recorded a virtual attendance of around 10 000. The festival donates most of its ticket sale revenue – around 5000 euros – to Läänemaa Food Bank.   The Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival that took place from the 8th until the 10th of ...
 

Meet the Streamers: Marché du Film event dedicated to streaming platforms to feature online keynotes from HBO Max and Quibi

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The Marché du Film Online will run from the 22nd to the 26th of June. The Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes is thrilled to announce the second edition of its event dedicated to streaming platforms, Meet the Streamers. The event will be reimagined as a digital only event to be held on the Marché du Film Online. The program will welcome HBO Max and Quibi for two exclusive keynotes, but also host VOD-focused panels and conversations.    Jérôme ...
 

Call For Entries Festival Film Dokumenter 2020 - Yogyakarta Documentary Film Festival

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Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) is an annual event held by Forum Film Dokumenter, a non-profit organization based in Yogyakarta, focusing on documentary film research and archiving, as well as film appreciation for educational purposes. In 2020, Festival Film Dokumenter’s Call For Entries opens for Competition Program. There are four categories open for the Competition Program. First, Feature-Length Documentary, which opens for Indonesian and foreign filmmak...
 

aS iT'S: Call for exhibitors and attendees

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Bridge Fest 2020 online monthly competitions open for entries

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www.bridge-fest.com In its 15th edition Bridge Fest has moved online! Monthly competitions in all categories and genres Monthly winners in all categories and genres Annual winners in all categories and genres. All films and scripts will be accepted and everyone will receive official participation certificate PDF file. No restrictions on the completion date/year, no restrictions on the country of origin or genre, no restrictions if the film and/or script were screened/ submitted elsewhere/...
 
 

SOFA - School of Film Advancement calling for Proposals – SOFA 2020/21

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Cultural Entrepreneurs Watch Out!   For its 8th edition, SOFA – School of Film Advancement is looking for up to eight film initiators, cultural managers, entrepreneurs, facilitators and catalysts with unique project ideas in the audiovisual world. Selected participants will be trained in various creative ways to reach local and international cinema-goers and they will be given the opportunity to make connections beyond borders. With the help of experienced lecturers, SOFA p...
 

Los Angeles Greek Film Festival postponed this fall

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LAGFF 2020 POSTPONED FOR OCTOBER, SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE END OF MAY LAGFF is here to stay! In light of the uncertainties caused by the pandemic, our 14th edition has been postponed to the early fall, as announced earlier via our social media. The LAGFF team is now considering all online and onsite options, so stay tuned for more exciting updates     Submissions will remain open until May 30th. Understanding the economic hardship that most o...
 
 
 

ÉCU 2021 is now open for submissions!

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Submissions for the 16th edition of ÉCU- The European Independent Film Festival, are now open! The festival will take place on the 9th, 10th, and 11th April 2021. Every year we screen thought-provoking, unique, and exciting independent films, and your film could be part of our 2021 programme. ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival is dedicated to the discovery and advancement of the very best independent filmmakers from around the world. The festival pro...
 

2020 Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase Official Selections

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  CANNES FILM FESTIVAL POSTPONED BUT DIVERSE FILMMAKERS FIND SILVER LINING On the day the world was scheduled to witness the opening ceremonies of the 73rd Festival de Cannes, Yolonda Brinkley, creator of Diversity in Cannes, the independent movement promoting inclusion at the Cannes Film Festival, is pleased to announce the official selections of the 2020 Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase and its Cannes Conversations, a twelve day virtual series highlighting Cannes F...
 

WORLD FEST FEST 2020

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WORLD FEST FEST 2020   BANDO DI PARTECIPAZIONE / CALL FOR APPLICATIONS WORLD FEST FEST 2020 - SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 12^ Edizione / 12th edition FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DELLE FESTE / INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CELEBRATIONS     The Fest Fest and its 2020 edition called WORLD FEST FEST (Festival internazionale delle feste) is a “CASA DELFINO” onlus Foundation production. WORLD FEST FEST 2020 will take place in Cuneo, ...
 

Online Vail Film Festival Kicks Off Friday!

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17th Annual Vail Film Festival Streaming online: May 15-17 2020 Film Program The online festival will feature 54 films, including features, documentaries, shorts, student films, and Filmmaker Q&As. Get a 25% Discount on VFF Online Passes Use this discount code at time of purchase: Vail25     See Program & Buy Online Pass   ...
 

20th Nippon Connection Film Festival Online Program Highlights of the Virtual Anniversary Edition

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NipponConnection.com  From June 9 to 14, 2020, a special edition of the Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection will be held in honor of its 20th anniversary. In the course of six days, Nippon Connection Online will present a selection of current and classic films from Japan and bring them into your home. The program will contain over 70 short and feature-length films from all kinds of different genres and will offer a unique and exciting insight into...
 

The 22nd Far East Film Festival becomes an online cinematographic event expecting to see you in june!

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  26 June / 4 July 2020 - Udine, Italy, Everywhere FACE TO FACE, HEART TO HEART   From the 26th of June to the 4th of July, the whole Fareaster community will be able to actively share viewings and content.     UDINE – Face to face, Heart to Heart: it’s the title of a huge hit record from the ‘80s, and no one who remembers it will be able to see those words without singing the melody. But now it’s also the slogan for the Far East Film Fes...
 

European Film Awards 2020 opens to submissions

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  Due to the Coronavirus crisis, the eligibility rules for the European Film Awards 2020 are extended to include films that would have premiered until 31 May 2020 – be it at a festival or at a regular cinema – but could not due to the pandemic. This is linked to the condition that these films will premiere theatrically or online before the end of November 2020 and the rights-holders agree to provide them for the EFA VOD Platform. FEATURE FILMS participating in the ...
 

Fajr International Film Festival Postponed Until 2021

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Amid ongoing coronavirus concerns worldwide, Iran’s Fajr International Film Festival is the latest event to reschedule its dates to next year. The annual festival has been deferred in consideration of the safety and health of all the guests, participants and the public, as well as to coordinate with the overall epidemic prevention work in the country. According to the press headquarters of the annual cinematic event, Festival Director Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour said on Thursd...
 

The 11th edition of the Odesa International Film Festival to be held online in autumn

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    The festival has been postponed until 25 September  -  3 October 2020   Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related quarantine restrictions worldwide this year’s edition of the Odesa International Film Festival will be held online for the first time. Moreover, the dates of the 11th OIFF have been changed: traditionally held in July, the festival will take place in autumn - from September 25 to October 3.   In addition to the online format the festival...
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AWARDS WATCH    

Recipients of The 2020 FilmCraft and FilmWatch grants announced by The Academy

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The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the 96 recipients of its 2020 FilmCraft and FilmWatch grants, including recipients of the emergency grant funds announced last month in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. All of the grants, which total a combined $2.5 million in funds, are awarded based on current need to organizations that support filmmakers and reach audiences from underserved communities. “The Academy’s first priority rema...
 
 

The 53rd 2020 WorldFest-Houston Major Remi Awards!

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Sarah Felberbaum as Betty Bottone, "None Like Us", (Nessuno Come Noi )       Best Actress WorldFest 2020   Grand Remi Winner “None Like Us” (Nessuno Come Noi) directed by Volfgango de Biasi, Italy In what would have been The 15th Annual Panorama Italia at this year’s WorldFest 53rd edition, None Like Us (Nessuno Come Noi) directed by Volfango de Biasi (who had been expected to attend) was awarded...
 

Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival crowns winners

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The 15th edition of the Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival crowns Even Husby Grødahl’s Downs of the Dead as the Méliés Short Film Competition winner and Mart Sander’s Eerie Fairy Tales as the best Estonian genre film. The Silver Méliés went to Downs of the Dead by director Even Husby Grødahl (Norway), that tells a humorous tale of zombies attacking a nursery for the intellectually disabled. The jury lauded the film: „We we...
 

The 17th International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Docudays UA has announced the winners.

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THE DOCU/WORLD COMPETITION   DOCU/WORLD JURY: Claire Simon Daria Badior Xose-Ramon Mon Rivas MAIN PRIZE   THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE /  IRYNA TSILYK / UKRAINE, LITHUANIA / 2020   We have decided to give the DOCU/WORLD Competition Jury award to a film that strikes with its creativity in the filmmaking choices and the positivity of the characters and shows us that making a film under harsh circumstances can also be an act of resilience tha...
 

 

 

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23rd UNAFF
October 15 – 25, 2020

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Late deadline – May 20, 2020

The 23rd UNAFF will be held from October 15-25, 2020 in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. This year’s theme THE POWER OF EMPATHY continues our two decades long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasizing our readiness to care about other people’s emotional experiences.

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Your Script Produced competition
                     Season 2
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Early bird Deadline: May 24, 2020

Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

WE DON’T SET YOU UP WITH MEETING AFTER MEETING. WE DON’T SELL YOU DREAMS. WE DON’T SELL YOU HOPE.

WE PRODUCE YOUR SCRIPT!

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French Riviera Film Festival 
May 11-12, 2020

 

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June 15, 2020 EXTENDED deadline

The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers. 

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
October 3 - 8, 2020

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August 20th, 2020 Extended Deadline

Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival returns in October 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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BEYOND BORDERS
July 23-30,  2020

Late deadline May 20, 2020

The 5th International Documentary Festival “Beyond Borders”, Castellorizo island, has the pleasure to invite documentary film-makers to submit their films until 20th of April, 2020. The Festival’s objective is to promote the most important documentary productions worldwide that focus on history, culture, politics and other social subjects. «Beyond Borders» takes place every year during the last week of August, is co-organized with the Region of South Aegean, Les Ecrans des Mondes and the Society for the Restoration of Castellorizo, is held under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad, the Australian Embassy in Athens, the U.S. Embassy in Athens, the Embassy of Israel in Athens and the Municipality of Megisti (Castellorizo), with the kind support of ERT and EKOME. It is produced by the Hellenic History Foundation (www.idisme.gr). “Beyond Borders” includes a selection of Greek, European and worldwide productions of the last five years, workshops, parallel events and master classes. Prizes for Best History Documentary, Best Socio-political Documentary, Best Greek History Documentary, Best Greek Socio-political Documentary,     Best Short Length Documentary will be awarded by the Hellenic Parliament.  EKOME & SteFilm Post Production will also provide awards.

 

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The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
November 6 – 22, 2020

June 1, 2020 Earlybird Deadline 
July 1, 2020 Regular Deadline
August 1, 2020 Late Deadline

Celebrating its 35th annual festival in 2020, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) presents American indies and studio films, international films, student films, special tributes, seminars and introduces filmmakers to South Florida audiences. The festival runs November 6 – 22, 2020, and screens 200 films in Fort Lauderdale, Sunrise, Hollywood, St Augustine, and The Bahamas. Considered one of the most important regional film festivals in the U.S., the Festival's commitment to first-time filmmakers and innovative programming make it the perfect test market for your film.

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With its more than 50-year long tradition, the film festival of Szolnok has been named after the world-famous Hungarian-born artist and Oscar-winning production designer, Alexandre Trauner in 2018 to salute to the work of production designers. Our festival advertises submission in three categories. In the European Feature Film Section, the jury remunerates the production design of the films and production designers. Every other year we provide international competition for fine art films and films of university students. Between 13-18 October 2020 we are looking forward to welcome production and costume designers, fine artists, filmmakers, film professionals and university students majoring in film studies, media and communication, fine art or production design. The festival welcomes its participants with a wide range of programs: film screenings, masterclasses held by international film masters, fine art exhibitions, round table discussions and concerts in the evening

 

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Sundance Institute Announces 2020 New Frontier Story Lab Fellows

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Groundbreaking Group of Emerging Media Creatives Convene to  Push the Boundaries of Storytelling and Technology Six projects and artist teams have been selected for the 2020 Sundance Institute New Frontier Story Lab, which supports independent artists working at the cutting-edge convergence of film, art, media, live performance, and technology.   Reimagined for this year as a digital experience on Sundance Co//ab, the New Frontier Story Lab empowers independent creativ...
 

Cannes Conversations, a 12 day digital speaker series highlighting Cannes Film Festival alums and festival experts

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INTRODUCING CANNES CONVERSATIONS! IN RESPONSE TO THE CANCELLATION OF THE 73RD FESTIVAL DE CANNES Yolonda Brinkley has launched Cannes Conversations, a 12 day digital speaker series highlighting Cannes Film Festival alums as well as other festival connoiseurs. Now through May 23, 2020, we will go live via Zoom or Diversity in Cannes' Instagram page, 3PM EST daily, to chat with filmmakers about their Cannes experience, the impact Festival attendance has h...
 
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Isabel Coixet will be awarded the Luis Buñuel Prize at the 48th Huesca International Film Festival

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  Director, scriptwriter and producer Isabel Coixet will be awarded the Luis Buñuel Prize in this edition of 48th Huesca International Film Festival. A filmmaker with an undeniable talent that led her to become the woman with the most Goya Awards in history (a total of eight) and a regular name at great film gatherings in Berlin, Cannes and Venice. Author of great works such as Things I Never Told You, My Life Without Me, The Secre...
 
 

International Film and Marketing Executives Ali M. Aksu and Aya Kikimova Launch Next Generation Content Production Platform Film

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  filmcapital.io’s First Project is Feature COVID-2021, co-produced with BC Entertainment Group, by Director Bob Cook, and Starring Robert Carradine (Lizzie McGuire, Revenge of the Nerds), Diane Delano, Barry Godin, Darby Hilton, Rudy Ramos (Yellowstone, Resurrection Blvd.) and Felissa Rose Created to address a pressing need within the independent film finance space, the co-production platform FilmCapital (filmcapital.io) has officially opened its doors, the announc...
 
 

SiciliAmbiente Film Festival 12th edition: a message from the artistic director

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  The complex and difficult situation we are living in during these months brings about inevitable reflections, and the need to reformulate our festival. We strongly believe in the opportunity to carry out the event, and we want to do this for many reasons: we want to give a sign of hope and encouragement to the directors, producers, actors who have worked so hard in the realization of their works. We want to give a sign to the public that has followed us for 12 years with passion an...
 

OIFF Live to host Nicki Nikitin, the Artistic Director of the International Film Festival Prague/Febiofest

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Odesa International Film Festival continues a series of live streams with representatives of the world film industry This Wednesday OIFF live will host the Artistic Director of the International Film Festival Prague/Febiofest and the Member of FIPRESCI and European Film Academy Nicki Nikitin. The live stream will take place May 13, 6:00 pm Kyiv time (5 pm CET) on the OIFF Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/odesa_film_festival/. The host of the OIFF live is Julia Sinkevych, general pro...
 

MAN/KIND Project Gives 1000th #COVIDKINDNESS Personal Care Pack, Bright Spot in Dark Times

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent What do Elliot Gould, filmmaker Billy Ray, and Jethro Tull have in common? The greater good of mankind it seems. The Man/Kind Project, whose funder is Richard Stellar (see bio below), is supported by this unusual grouping, as well as many others. And they are doing good things in COVID-19 times. Curated by Screenmancer Staff from The Man/Kind Project LOS ANGELES, CA: The Man/Kind Project, Inc. announced today that they are distributing thei...
 

WorldFest grants a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Remi Award to Brian Dennehy

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WorldFest is honored to grant a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Remi Award to Brian Dennehy for his long and talented career in motion pictures. In one of his final roles as Del, an aging Korean War Vet in Driveways (USA) directed by Andrew Ahn, he warmly depicts his unexpected friendship (at times gruff but still caring) with a lonely 8 year old boy, Cody, (Lucas Jaye, our own Rising Star Actor 2020), who moves in next door with his single Mom (Hong Chau).&nbs...
 
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KATE NASH: UNDERESTIMATE THE GIRL Doc Won’t Be MPAA Rated But Jumps Off May 22

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Who doesn’t love a little riot grrrl to kick off this hellish Pandemic Spring of 2020? That raised a smile, hopefully, and once-popstar Kate Nash’s own true(ish) film story will do the same. Because right now, this musician’s gritty comeback from near-homelessness to doc star through the freedom she reclaimed with her art is one narrative everyone in lockdown can use as a personal pick-me-up. Kate Nash at 18 was a wunderkind turned into a musical ATM “worked like a donkey” by TPTB (the powers that be) in the recording industry… until she wouldn’t play their tune anymore. ALAMO ON DEMAND has you dialed in for KATE NASH: UNDERESTIMATE THE GIRL on their streaming platform this May, read on
 

Russell Crowe Brings Ultimate Road Rage to UNHINGED for July 1, Yes, to Open Wide

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So there’s a poll, source may have some bias, that has determined that “80 percent of Americans want to go out to the movies in July.” We thank our friends at DDAPR for that stat, and with it comes the first movie out of the Pandemic box. UNHINGED starring Russell Crowe from Solstice Studios is set for July 1.

“We made this decision after extensive consultation with the National Association of Theater Owners and leading theater chains,” said Mark Gill, President and CEO of Solstice Studios, which produced and will release the film in the U.S. “Those conversations have convinced us there is a way to meet pent up demand for the theatrical experience safely.”
 

AMC acquisition will make little sense for Amazon, says GlobalData

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Udine's (Italy) Visionario is the first cinema in the world to adopt the brand-new butterfly-shaped safety device!

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BUTTERFLY: WHEN CINEMA GROWS WINGS   We've all heard people using the verb "to fly" plenty of times to make some rhetorical point, right? Okay, we might not know exactly how many times, but we do know that it's sometimes possible to speak about flying without sounding pretentious: just come into the Astra Screen of the Visionario Cinema in Udine (Italy). A quick look around you before you sit down and you'll feel like you're in business class of a Jumbo Je...
 

13 genre projects selected by Frontieres Platform in Cannes

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MARCHÉ DU FILM ANNOUNCES 13 GENRE PROJECTS SELECTED FOR FRONTIÈRES PLATFORM   The Frontières Platform in Cannes will return for a fourth year to the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes, presenting 13 genre projects to the industry on June 25th, 2020. A co-presentation between the Fantasia International Film Festival and the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes, the Frontières Platform activities will inclu...
 

15 Films from the 39th Istanbul Film Festival Programme will make their Turkey premieres online

 
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Lucia lives alone with her 17 year old son. Her husband left her eight years earlier after the death of her first child Anna a victim to leukemia. Lucia works in a hospice where she befriends retired professor Redetti (Paolo Bonacelli) who is unaware of her personal tragedy and over time becomes her "teacher" sharing with her his own experiences, how to deal with angst and leaves her with the message "Grasp the Meaning of Life". Now streaming on CHILI in Germany, Austria, It...
 

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Hey :) We're working to debut a makeshift space/store and membership-based digital platform to allow creatives to present work the way they want. One month from our launch, on September (if the current situation gets better, that is), the company will be hosting full day touring events related to film, music and fashion for the public, our members, and industry members.  We're building up our own roster alongside a list of exhibitors and attendees for the event. We license work o...
 

Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCF) launches new themed program named “Corona Narrative: Recording Eternal Moments”

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Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation to support film projects on COVID-19 Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCF) announced that it will support projects on COVID-19 in a program named “Corona Narrative: Recording Eternal Moments”. Farabi has asked doctors, nurses and other health workers to send their videos on the coronavirus pandemic in Iran to the foundation. Based on the programs, a selection of submissions will be converted into feature films. The program was introduc...
 
 
 

Goldfinch launch UK streaming platform BirdBox.Film

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Goldfinch today are delighted to announce the official unveiling of their UK streaming platform BirdBox.Film.   The platform begins its life with three channels of curated content for TVOD – Documentaries, Drama and Festival Favourites - with more channels to be launched in the subsequent months. This begins with ‘Horror’ in June. This will be closely followed by ‘Shorts’ in July and ‘Sci-Fi’ in August and will be supported by a premiere ...
 
 

Cannes XR Virtual will be introduced in its new shapes, in different formats on several platforms around the world

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THE MARCHÉ DU FILM – FESTIVAL DE CANNES WILL OFFER NEW WAYS TO EXPLORE EXTENDED REALITY WITH CANNES XR VIRTUAL AS IT PARTNERS WITH TRIBECA, KALEIDOSCOPE, MUSEUM OF OTHER REALITIES AND VEER   CANNES XR VIRTUAL TO RUN FROM 24-26 JUNE ; THE MARCHE DU FILM ONLINE AND MUSEUM OF OTHER REALITIES TO HOST CANNES XR VIRTUAL ; CANNES XR VIRTUAL TO EXPAND ITS PROGRAMMING THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH TRIBECA, KALEIDOSCOPE AND VEER     After unveiling the Marché du Film On...
 

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Documentary Feature  | USA | 79 MINUTES Absolutely LOVED this film!  "Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof."  Pharrell Williams, singer of hits, "Happy," and "Frontin'" is from Virginia Beach, Virginia.  Virginia Beach has a negative past as riots broke out at the Greekfest event held back on Labor Day weekend in 1989.  Pharrell was determined to change that negative history by giving back to his community and ...
 

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A movie so delicious, you'll want to taste it!  "Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles" follows famous chef, Yotam Ottolenghi, around New York's, "Metropolitan Museum of Art," the "Palace of Versailles," London, and NY's famous restaurant, "Daniel," on a journey which takes artistic and panoramic influences from Versailles, for example, its famous gardens and fountains, and transforms them into edible cake formations, jello molds and drin...
 

Overview of the US business for the week of May 11 Honoring Katherine Hepburn's career

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This week's newsletter focuses on the ins and outs of re-opening theatres. Governments and communities are working together to lay out plans for safely re-opening business, including venues that provide public entertainment such as movie theatres. We highlight a new product called Cielo QR, a straight forward - and FREE - service to help exhibitors implement policies for enhanced cleaning and sanitization while informing and reassuring the public. In our roundup of Industry News, T...
 
 

Elizabeth Moss Inhabits Writer Shirley Jackson in SHIRLEY, So Apropos of Now

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent We interrupt this Pandemic to bring you Elizabeth Moss in SHIRLEY from NEON, about “The Lottery” writer Shirley Jackson. On June 19, 1948, The New Yorker published Jackson’s odd story about a town that gets stoned, but not how you think. And with this enigmatic introduction to SHIRLEY, from Director Josephine Decker and Writer Sarah Gubbins, let’s make a small parallel to our Coronavirus-driven times where ending a ...
 

Blue Motel: winner of YSP Season 1 wins Platinum Remi Award - best script at WorldFest Houston

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Ted Campbell, our Season 1 Ultimate Grand Prize Winner with the thriller Blue Motel, did it again:  he just won the prerstigious top category Platinum REMI AWARD for his script at Houston Worldfest 53rd edition. Doval Bacall mentionned "We have started developping the script into a great feature film, the team is proud to see Ted Campbell's recognised by another established festival! We will come back to Houston next year with the finished film and look forward to adding ...

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BLUE MOTEL Award winning script by Ted Campbell
Feature film in production by Doval Bacall Films

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Grand Winner Your Script Produced season 1  Platinum Remi Award WorldFest Houston

When his bank robber father injured in a recent heist seeks refuge at the desolate motel where he works, a motel clerk is forced to confront the truth behind a botched heist from his past.

Originally from Boston, Mass, Ted Campbell is a screenwriter and director who specializes in thoughtful, character driven thrillers. Ted will direct his heist thriller "Underground" with producer Ellen Wander of Film Bridge International. His contained, crime thriller “Blue Motel” won the Grand Prize in Your Script Produced screenplay competition. Ted will direct “Blue Motel” with Doval Bacall Films producing. Ted is a member of ISA’s Development Program. And was named to ISA’s Top 25 Screenwriters To Watch list.

Ted finds inspiration in the works of the great noir writers Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald as well as his screenwriting idols Scott Frank, Shane Black, Tony Gilroy and Richard Wenk.

 

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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson

Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 Director's cut: 79 minutes

What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.

Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches. As Davies meets and becomes friends with the some of his Russian photo subjects, he finds himself getting emotionally involved with their struggle. He decides to put down his camera and get involved with church restoration.

Early on in our story Davies befriends the famed Russian architect Alexander Popov who is deeply involved in working to preserve and share with the world the beauty and value of these ancient structures. Popov has uniquely discovered and reinvigorated both the tools and processes that restore life back to the North. But it’s an uphill battle against strong and powerful forces.

Together, Davies and Popov uncover the circumstances that led to the demise of the churches, and then join a small but growing group of passionate Russian citizens and outsiders from all walks of life who join the cause of Saving North.

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

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La Plateforme Frontières à Cannes dévoile les 13 films de genre sélectionnés

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LE MARCHÉ DU FILM ANNONCE 13 PROJETS DE GENRE SÉLECTIONNÉS POUR LA PLATEFORME FRONTIÈRES   La Plateforme Frontières à Cannes sera de retour pour une quatrième année au Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes. Cette section axée sur les films de genre présentera 13 projets le 25 juin 2020. Une coprésentation entre le Festival international de films Fantasia et le Ma..

Le 29e Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur : Une solitude partagée,

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20 artistes, 20 créations, une voix  Cette année, le Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur (FASS) a tout mis en œuvre pour offrir une édition exceptionnelle, axée sur la résilience, la solidarité et la créativité québécoises. C’est avec beaucoup de fierté que Guillaume Côté, le directeur artistique du Festival, annonce ce projet grandiose : Une solitude partagée. Le 29e éditi...
 

La SODEC soutiendra quinze longs métrages de fiction, dont trois films d’animation

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La Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) soutiendra 15 longs métrages de fiction dans le cadre de son programme d’aide à la production (volet 1 – aide sélective à la production de longs métrages de fiction), à la suite du dépôt du 15 janvier dernier. Les projets qui recevront un soutien financier de la SODEC sont : Projets de plus de 2,5 millions de dollars FILMS D’ANIMATI...
 

Le Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) dévoile son projet itinérant FANTASTIQUE 20 20 20

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  FANTASTIQUE 20 20 20 : LES FESTIVITÉS DURERONT UN AN Le Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) dévoile son projet itinérant FANTASTIQUE 20 20 20 qui débute dès demain dans le mythique Film de Minuit de la Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) et qui se déploiera à l’automne dans toute la Suisse. Véritable célébration de l’évolution du genre, ce projet rétros...
 

Plein(s) Écran(s) dévoile sa programmation jeunesse

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Pour apprendre et s’amuser à la maison ! Montréal, 13 mai 2020 –  C’est avec grand plaisir que Plein(s) Écran(s) reçoit le Carrousel international du film de Rimouski et dévoile sa sélection spécialement conçue pour les familles de 8 courts métrages internationaux s’adressant à tous ceux qui ont conservé leur coeur d’enfant! Du 21 au 24 mai 2020, Le Carrousel en ligne offrira ...
 

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Early bird registration for the Marché du Film Online is still open until May 29

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Marché du Film 22-26 June 2020 Registration for the Marché du Film Online is now open! REGISTER NOW DON'T DELAY AND ENJOY OUR  EARLY BIRD RATE - UNTIL 29 MAY A standalone market with live and real-time screenings, events and meetings The Marché du Film Online will recreate the market experience in Cannes offering creative alternatives to facilitate business and networking for film industry professionals from all over the world. The online market will take...
 

First LIVE Q&A: UniFrance Discussion Series focusing on the new challenges of sales and distribution

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New Realities for film: 7 weekly workshops to discuss challenges and opportunities that could shape the future of film  Discussion #1: THE NEW CHALLENGE OF SALES AND DISTRIBUTION What is the short-term and long-term impact of the current crisis on acquisitions and distribution strategies? Sales and distribution companies had already been through a few years of digital disruption and many were exploring new models when the virus struck. And they were among the most impacted w...
 

Norwegian Film Institute - Sørfond Support for Six New Project

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 From Daughter of Rage (Nicaragua). Photo: Timothy Bouldry   Sørfond has this week granted 3 million NOK in support for six international co-productions with Norwegian minority producers. This year the funding goes to projects from Lebanon, Turkey, Vietnam, Myanmar, Nicaragua and Tunisia. Sørfond is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sørfond is administered by the Norwegian Film Institute in co-operation with the Films from the Sout...
 

Scoundrel Media, the genre label of Myriad Pictures, picked up the thriller-horror feature film THE UNFAMILIAR

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“THE UNFAMILIAR” STARRING JEMIMA WEST AND CHRISTOPHER DANE   Scoundrel Media, the genre label of Myriad Pictures, is pleased to announce the acquisition of THE UNFAMILIAR, a thriller-horror feature film directed by Henk Pretorius (Leading Lady), co-written with Jennifer Nicole Stang, starring Jemima West (The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc) and Christopher Dane (Born of Hope).    Scoundrel...
 

Join the webinar on 'The Future of Content Distribution & Acquisition'

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Join our Webinar on 4 June The Future of Content Distribution & Acquisition Webinar by Vuulr With cancelled markets and people staying home, traditional business handshakes have given way to socially-safe digital dealings. Join Vuulr’s CEO, Ian McKee, in this webinar - The Future of Content Acquisition and Distribution, as he shares how digital marketplaces are fast becoming the new normal for the film & TV industry in the age of social dist...
 
 

The Yellow Affair @ Marche du Film Online

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      Karoliina Dwyer and Steven Bestwick will be participating in the Marché du Film Online 22-26 June and would be pleased to set up a meeting with you to discuss our new titles.  We will be arranging meetings via Zoom, Skype, FaceTime or WhatsApp.  Our aim is to be as flexible as we can to meet your time zone requirements. For reference our time zones are as follows:  Karoliina Dwyer - New York (Eastern Daylight Time)...
 

 

Octane Entertainment has officially partnered with Tubi, the US Free Streaming App

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THE #1 FREE STREAMING APP   Octane will curate content with a sharp eye, focusing on great stories within the proven genres of Action, Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Urban, Faith Based and more. The emphasis will be on delivering high quality original content and third party acquisitions to the AVOD leader.     Octane Entertainment, LLC 5805 White Oak Ave. Ste. 16607 Encino, CA 91316 Phone: +1-818-508-6601 www.octaneent...
 
 

War Films from Russian World Vision

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Russian World Vision presents a WWII films selection.   2020 | 96 min. | Russia WWII, Action Release in Russia: 2020 The events in the film unfold rapidly within a single day. On 8 March 1942, a small detachment of Soviet soldiers on its way back from the mission was destined to enter into an unequal battle... This is a film about hope. Hope that dies a second after the last heartbeat of every soldier...
 

Virtual Premiere of the 1st episode of Wine Masters SPAIN: Penedès - Recuperating Ancient Varieties

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  Save the Date:Thursday 28th of May 2020 Unique Virtual Premiere Event! 1st episode of Wine Masters SPAIN: Penedès - Recuperating Ancient Varieties     ...
 

CHRISTMAS ON ICE (starring Abigail Klein and Ryan Cooper) special market screening by invitation

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CHRISTMAS ON ICE Available in select territories WATCH PROMO Dear Friends,   ...
 
 

Bruno Chatelin joins as jury to Karl Bardosh Cell Phone Cinema Humanitarian Award, second AFI World Peace edition in the Cannes market

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Humanitarian smart phone films and smart phone films highlighting "COVID - 19"  will have a voice during Marché du Film through a United Nations supported organization for the second year    New Generation In Action’s AFI World Peace Initiative, a not for profit 501c3 Non Government Organization which holds ECOSOC status at the United Nations, is scheduled to host the second annual “Karl Bardosh Cell Phone Cinema Humanitarian Award,"&n...
 
 

David Barron's BeaglePug Ltd and Enriched Media Group acquire TV and screen rights to 'A Treachery of Spies'

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UK Production Outfits Beaglepug LTD and Enriched Media Group Nabs TV & Screen Rights To Mcilvanney Winning UK Thriller ‘A Treachery of Spies’ a unique high stakes game of cat and mouse spanning decades. London-based production outfits BeaglePug Ltd. and Enriched Media Group have secured all TV, film and ancillary rights to the critically acclaimed A TREACHERY OF SPIES, by author Manda Scott from Emily Hayward Whitlock at The Artists Partnership working in associa...
 
 
 

Arclight Films Announces Warmhearted Comedy BUTTER with Mira Sorvino, Annabeth Gish, and McKaley Miller

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Leading entertainment company Arclight Films, led by Chairman Gary Hamilton, announced today the company will handle worldwide distribution rights for the completed feature film BUTTER. The warmhearted teen comedy is written and directed by Emmy Award-winning director and producer Paul A. Kaufman (“Run the Wild Fields,” NCIS: Los Angeles”) based on award winning writer Erin Jade Lange’s wildly acclaimed book of the same name. The film boasts a star-driven cast headlined...
 

No Thai Night, no Thailand Happy Hour, but...

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We all grumble about the markets, don't we? The films aren't what they used to be. The sales aren't what they used to be. And the cost of going is just too expensive... But... Don't you miss a glass of rosé as the sun sets over the Croisette, or some of the great Hong Kong food at Filmart? Sadly, we can't do much about that. Right now, we can't even offer you the Thai food and Singha beer at Thai Night.   But we will be back as soon as is safely po...
 

Supernatural thriller 'Monstrous' and hair-raising horror 'A Nun's Curse' from Uncork'd Entertainment

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Exciting new content, completed and ready for delivery    Monstrous and A Nun's Curse We are pleased to present our sinister supernatural thriller 'Monstrous' and our hair-raising horror 'A Nun's Curse' to our international buyers before their upcoming US releases later in the year. We hope you are well and staying safe! ...
 
 

Willem Dafoe in Abel Ferrara's TOMMASO opening virtually June 5 in NY, LA & more

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Official selection: Cannes Film Festival http://kinomarquee.com/"Tommaso feels alive as a movie." -- Owen Gleiberman, Variety   TOMMASO Directed by ABEL FERRARA Starring WILLEM DAFOE   Opening in Virtual Cinemas starting Fri. June 5 New York at Film at Lincoln Center LA at Laemmle, Acropolis Cinema & Lumiere Cinema   Additional cities include Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Seattle & more!   Nationally simulcast live Q&As w...
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FESTIVALS IN FOCUS   

The rise of the rapid distribution and exhibition changes driven by the challenge of global screening services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu and their deep pocketed impact provided the background for the 2020 Berlinale.  Their role in the funding of film productions and national as well as global distribution had already been passionately discussed during the last two Berlinales before the 70th edition took place from February 20 to March 1, 2020 under the new management of director Carlo Chatrion and executive director Mariette Rissenbeek. Former director Dieter Kosslick handled both positions during his festival reign.  As I noted two weeks ago in my  filmfestivals.com  farewell to Kosslick,  this year’s  Berlinale edition continued to expand, though fewer films were in the festival program. Both the film festival and the European Film Market programs seemed to have met the expectations of the public and the professional audience.

However, the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic though leading only to few Berlinale cancellations have had a fundamental impact on film productions, channels of film distribution, viewing habits and the staging of film festivals.  Barely two months have passed and virtually all film festivals have been cancelled for summer 2020 and early fall fest have been canceled, postponed, or adapted to digital streaming selections from their programs. Most also face serious financial problems.  It may very well be that the 2020 Berlinale and its market component was the last major public film festival. Though dates have been set for the 2021 Berlinale, like most other film festivals there is a general uncertainty about what kind of programs will be offered next year and to which extent digital streaming versions will be incorporated or replace the festivals. In the United States there are various suggested scenarios; in a widely discussed proposal a new major film festival has been suggested with the best selections from existing ones like Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto and others. This new festival is supposed to be funded by Netflix. With its deep pockets and flexibility vis a vis the film industry Netflix could afford to do so but has not responded to date.  Already firmly established is the WE ARE ONE project. This new global film festival is organized and produced by Tribeca Enterprises and will be streamed on YouTube for ten days from May 29-June 7.  The digital festival program is free and covers the spectrum of films, documentaries, shorts and material from other media. Programs are selected by the more than 20 participating film festivals including Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Sundance, Toronto The New York Film Festival, and Tribeca.... 

Highlights from the Salento International Film Festival 2020

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The new SIFF website lists and documents all Siff selected films to be screened from September 1st through September 6th. Visit the website to check the line up and stay up to date on news and events of the Salento International Film Festival, considered to be one of the most important and significant film festivals exclusively dedicated to the International independent cinema. www.salentofilmfestival.com      ...
 

Final Deadline for IFP Week Project Forum Submissions EXTENDED until May 23rd!

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Saturday, May 23rd is now the final deadline for submissions for the 42nd annual IFP Week's Project Forum (September 20-25, 2020), the only international co-production market for narrative fiction and non-fiction features and series in the U.S. The program supports both emerging and established artists by providing creative and business opportunities to groundbreaking storytellers working in a wide variety of formats. A primary outcome for all artists participat...
 

“So What Now?!” Revealing 2020 Programming of the 4th Annual Taiwanese American Film Festival

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4th Annual Taiwanese American Film Festival Launches Its First Outreach Event That Presents Virtual Talk Show “So What Now?!” for Revealing 2020 Programming With the support from the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan and Taiwan Academy in Los Angeles, the 4th Annual Taiwanese American Film Festival (TAFF) is held by Taiwanese American Professionals - Los Angeles (TAP-LA) in October. Besides, two outreach events and two workshops will be featured prior to the Film Festival. For the fir...
 

Life In Synchro will screen @ FILM FESTIVAL DAY : Second edition of the online alliance of 38 film festivals across the US

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  Join Us From Home: Film Festival Day 2!  Tallgrass Film Association is participating in the second FILM FESTIVAL DAY, with 38 other film festivals across the US, an initiative of the Film Festival Alliance, a collaborative community of mission-driven film festivals, and Theatrical At Home. Join us this Saturday, May 23 from the comfort of your home for a screening of Life In Synchro! Start the film at 5:00 pm CT (or watch it anytime over the weekend) and then ...
 

Iran to Host “One-Minute” Quarantine International Short Film Festival

 
Organized by Social and Cultural Affairs Department of the Municipality of Tehran, the “One-Minute” Quarantine International Short Film Festival will be held in collaboration of several artists and cinema people.   In modern history, humanity has never experienced shared fears in their houses. We decided to arrange an international short film festival named “One-Minute” Quarantine to examine the general creativity of society in limitation and lack of facilities, fr...
 

The International Uranium Film Festival has selected 14 films to screen in Berlin in October

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GOOD NEWS FROM BERLIN   The International Uranium Film Festival has selected 14 amazing documentaries and movies from 10 countries for its next edition in October in Berlin. The films show a broad spectrum of the atomic age and focus on nuclear tests in the Pacific and Algeria, the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters, uranium mining in the Navajo territory, a planned nuclear waste dump in Australia, Austria's anti-nuclear movement and the use of nuclear resear...
 

Uranium Film Festival in Berlin 2020

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The International Uranium Film Festival has selected 14 amazing documentaries and movies from 10 countries for its next edition in October in Berlin. The films show a broad spectrum of the atomic age and focus on nuclear tests in the Pacific and Algeria, the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters, uranium mining in the Navajo territory, a planned nuclear waste dump in Australia, Austria's anti-nuclear movement and the use of nuclear research to transform the agriculture in Moldova.  ...
 

SERET UK 2020 Virtual Israeli Film Festival ready to kick off

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A wonderful line-up of feature films, documentaries and TV series will be available for viewing at home any time between May 21 – 30.  SERET UK 2020 is going to be a virtual festival, brought to you through our website, and you can enjoy everything we have to offer with our Whole Festival Pass. Here’s the full list of options: Single ticket £7.50 feature / £6.50 documentary   Five films pass £29.99  Whole Festival pass &pou...
 
 
 

SXSW has started a new series of programming called SXSW Sessions Online.

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Please join speakers Lawrence Wright with Lila Shapiro and Rohit Bhargava   The SXSW Community at large is invited to join this programming, which includes a live Q&A with our speakers. Lawrence Wright discussing his eerily prescient novel The End of October with journalist Lila Shapiro and on Thursday, trend curator and SX favorite Rohit Bhargava will be on hand to discuss four non obvious megatrends you should know about;  Rachael Ray on June 2. If you can't make...
 

Hola Mexico Film Festival launches the first-ever: HOLA MEXICO VIRTUAL THEATER

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  Providing cinephiles the opportunity to watch the best in Mexican cinema while staying safe at home. 12th edition of Hola Mexico Film Festival to be postponed to September 2020. Los Angeles, CA. May 2020 – Hola Mexico Film Festival proudly presents the Hola Mexico Virtual Theater online film series starting May 21. The festival, which has been postponed until September 2020, wants to help give viewers a chance to see some of the best films that have come out of Mexi...
 
 

The IFF Panama Foundation reinvents itself and relies on digital platform technology

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  The IFF Panama Foundation reinvents itself and relies on digital platform technology to carry out the ninth edition of the Panama International Film Festival: CINE ES VIDA en Casa. “We have selected a group of films from the programming of our ninth edition that we consider relevant to share with you during this historic moment of humanity. The selected films address characteristics of our species as only cinema can achieve ; our clumsiness, our cynicism, our resilience...
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Actress Anna Castillo will be awarded the Carlos Saura City of Huesca Award at the 48th Huesca International Film Fest

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  Actress Anna Castillo will be awarded the Carlos Saura City of Huesca Award at the 48th edition of the Huesca International Film Festival. A recognition that highlights her outstanding career and projection, being one of the most talented performers on the current scene; "It has an innate capacity that has been demonstrated and developed in all kinds of genres and formats," says Rubén Moreno, director of the event in Huesca. Winner of a Goya award, Anna ...
 

Sundance Institute Announces Latest Documentary Fund Grantees

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22 Projects from 19 Countries Receive Unrestricted Support Sundance Institute today named the global cohort of 22 independent nonfiction filmmakers and their projects that comprise the latest Grantees of the Institute’s Documentary Fund.   Grant support, unrestricted and totaling $520,000, will be extended to projects in all stages of development, production, post-production and audience engagement; grants are made possible by Open Society Foundations and MacArthur Foundati...
 

Recipients of The 2020 FilmCraft and FilmWatch grants announced by The Academy

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The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the 96 recipients of its 2020 FilmCraft and FilmWatch grants, including recipients of the emergency grant funds announced last month in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. All of the grants, which total a combined $2.5 million in funds, are awarded based on current need to organizations that support filmmakers and reach audiences from underserved communities. “The Academy’s first priority rema...

 

 

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Your Script Produced competition
                     Season 2
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Early bird Deadline: May 24, 2020

Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

WE DON’T SET YOU UP WITH MEETING AFTER MEETING. WE DON’T SELL YOU DREAMS. WE DON’T SELL YOU HOPE.

WE PRODUCE YOUR SCRIPT!

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French Riviera Film Festival relocated in Santa Monica
August 15-16, 2020

 

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PARTNER FESTIVAL WITH FILMFESTIVALS.COM

June 15, 2020 EXTENDED deadline

The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. Relocated to Santa Monica Laemmle Monica Theatre Center due to pandemics, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers. 

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
October 3 - 8, 2020

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August 20th, 2020 Extended Deadline

Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd edition of the festival returns in October 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
November 6 – 22, 2020

June 1, 2020 Earlybird Deadline 
July 1, 2020 Regular Deadline
August 1, 2020 Late Deadline

Celebrating its 35th annual festival in 2020, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) presents American indies and studio films, international films, student films, special tributes, seminars and introduces filmmakers to South Florida audiences. The festival runs November 6 – 22, 2020, and screens 200 films in Fort Lauderdale, Sunrise, Hollywood, St Augustine, and The Bahamas. Considered one of the most important regional film festivals in the U.S., the Festival's commitment to first-time filmmakers and innovative programming make it the perfect test market for your film.

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ALEXANDRE TRAUNER ART/FILM FESTIVAL
13-18. OCTOBER, 2020., SZOLNOK


Entry deadline: 20. May 2020.
 

With its more than 50-year long tradition, the film festival of Szolnok has been named after the world-famous Hungarian-born artist and Oscar-winning production designer, Alexandre Trauner in 2018 to salute to the work of production designers. Our festival advertises submission in three categories. In the European Feature Film Section, the jury remunerates the production design of the films and production designers. Every other year we provide international competition for fine art films and films of university students. Between 13-18 October 2020 we are looking forward to welcome production and costume designers, fine artists, filmmakers, film professionals and university students majoring in film studies, media and communication, fine art or production design. The festival welcomes its participants with a wide range of programs: film screenings, masterclasses held by international film masters, fine art exhibitions, round table discussions and concerts in the evening

 

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PEOPLE ON OUR RADAR

Matthijs Wouter Knol Confirmed as New EFA Director from 2021

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Having studied Contemporary History at Leiden University (Netherlands) and at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (Italy), Dutch-born Matthijs Wouter Knol worked as a freelance journalist and in film production, specializing in documentary films. He then worked for the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), was programme manager of Berlinale Talents for six years and, since 2014, has been Director of the European Film Market. He will remain in this position at the Berlinale with all responsibilities until he will join the EFA team in November 2020 to prepare his taking on full responsibility as EFA Director from Marion Döring in January 2021.

Marion Döring, who will retire from her current position as EFA Director, has been connected to the history of the European Film Academy since its very beginnings in 1988: first as PR manager of the European Film Awards, later as project manager for the Academy’s activities and publications, and since 1996 as the Academy’s director. She says: “I’ve known Matthijs and followed his work closely for many years from his time at the Berlinale Talents until his achievements as Director of the European Film Market. His profound professional expertise, his personality and his energy are the ideal combination to lead EFA into a new era. Leaving the Academy in his hands feels like a perfect accomplishment of my work for EFA.”...MORE
 

First LIVE Q&A: UniFrance Discussion Series focusing on the new challenges of sales and distribution

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New Realities for film: 7 weekly workshops to discuss challenges and opportunities that could shape the future of film  Discussion #1: THE NEW CHALLENGE OF SALES AND DISTRIBUTION What is the short-term and long-term impact of the current crisis on acquisitions and distribution strategies? Sales and distribution companies had already been through a few years of digital disruption and many were exploring new models when the virus struck. And they were among the most impacted w...
 
 

"Filmmakers of Colour" Networking Event with Award-winning director Frances-Anne Solomon

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  Inviting all filmmakers of colour to network online and share your story!   Academy member and award-winning director, Frances-Anne Solomon cordially invites you to a networking event celebrating filmmakers of colour. With the aim to lift up and amplify more of our voices, the event encourages the exchange of ideas, sharing of knowledge and advice.    The event is open to writers, directors designers, cinematographers and other creatives. Whatever your ...
 

Join the cast of The Lovebirds this Friday evening for a special edition of SXSW Sessions Online!

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  Hi y'all, How cool is this... we've got the stars of the upcoming Netflix film The Lovebirds on hand this Friday, May 22 at 8pm CT for a very special chat with SXSW Director of Film Janet Pierson. Please join Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae for a most excellent discussion followed by an audience Slido Q&A.  Catch the film first and come prepared with your q's for Kumail and Issa. If you can't make it to the live session, it will be available the next day on dem...
 

BANFF online Master Class + Q&A featuring the cast and creators behind Snowpiercer: Jennifer Connelly...

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Mark your calendars for next week's Master Class + Q&A featuring the cast and creators behind Snowpiercer LIVE: Tuesday May 26th 1 p.m. Eastern (10 a.m. Pacific)     Jennifer Connelly Oscar® winner A Beautiful Mind Daveed Diggs Tony Award® winner Hamilton ...
 

Robert McKee Tonight at 9am LIVE inside LondonSWF365, the online festival

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Final call for the outstanding Tuesday night we have planned, starting with our Screenwriters Legal Session at Eight, followed by the screenwriting legend that is Robert McKee at nine – online and live! YES! ROBERT MCKEE! This is just one day of the Month Long Online Screenwriters Festival, and you can still join and catch up on all the session so far, as well as join in live and on-demand for the ones that follow. Check it out here… https://www.screenwritersfest...
 
 

Post Berlinale 2020 Dieter Kosslick

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After close to two decades as the director of the Berlin Film Festival, the Berlinale, Dieter Kosslick, who had expressed some desire to extend his contract, was replaced by Carlo Chatrian, former artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival.  Chatrian will have the same position at the Berlinale and Mariette Risssenbeek, former managing director of German Films. will be the new executive director.  Kosslick combined both positions during his service but expressed a...
 
 

Overview of the US business for the week of May 18 Honoring George Lucas

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The industry news roundup begins with an encouraging announcement by indie distributor Solstice Studios that it will open its Russell Crowe psychological thriller Unhinged in theatres on July 1.  Solstice is betting that enough theatres will have re-opened by the July 4th weekend to make this mid-summer release date successful.  We report positive returns from a cautious re-opening of theatres in Norway last week, while observing new rules to maintain social distancing among thea...
 
 

A Letter from Stefan Laudyn, Director of WFF

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Ladies and Gentlemen,   It’s already two months of restrictions. I vividly remember my last visit to my favorite place in Srodmiescie called “Pardon, To Tu”. As I was leaving, I could hear the sounds of R.E.M.’s song „It’s the end of the world as we know it” from the speakers. I realized that it’s difficult to find more adequate words to summarize the situation we all found ourselves in. Then there was the last visit to the gym, on Friday...
 

Cannes Conversations, a 12 day digital speaker series highlighting Cannes Film Festival alums and festival experts

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INTRODUCING CANNES CONVERSATIONS! IN RESPONSE TO THE CANCELLATION OF THE 73RD FESTIVAL DE CANNES Yolonda Brinkley has launched Cannes Conversations, a 12 day digital speaker series highlighting Cannes Film Festival alums as well as other festival connoiseurs. Now through May 23, 2020, we will go live via Zoom or Diversity in Cannes' Instagram page, 3PM EST daily, to chat with filmmakers about their Cannes experience, the impact Festival attendance has h...
 
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China: Issue Oriented Films

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By Claus Mueller New York Correspondent
Access to films and documentaries covering health and other issues has been problematic for the Chinese audience. The introduction of digital platforms outside of theaters and film festivals offer a viewing medium that is not subject to uniform political censorship. As changes in the management of principal state organizations covering radio, film, television and print media have shown, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has taken a stronger and more directive role. In some cases, if the message of an issue-oriented production syncs with policies which are being adopted there is no censorship problem. In other cases, initial approval may be withheld on short notice if there is a powerful supportive response by the audience that challenges apparent policy failures. Filmmakers can circumvent the authorities by producing a film without prior permission. They do so by using direct contact with their target audience and share their productions through digital streaming platforms....MORE
 
 

MGM Loses Its Mind, Lets Sly Stallone Live-Host ROCKY & FREE Watch Party for You

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Suddenly everyone is Robert Osborne online - if you don’t remember him, he was a Turner Classic Movies Host who literally brought back “old movies” to a new generation - but now there are so many liner-note commenters. You've got a cinema ga-lazy of Blogstars and Podcast heroes,  so it's unremarkable when all-comers comment on films
However, tonight MGM is casting Sylvester Stallone as a Live Studio Host to stream his signature Academy-Award Winning picture on MGM’s Studio’s Facebook page. “The free screening event invites fans nationwide to chat and watch the film live with Stallone as he joins on camera for a special livestream of MGM’s classic hit movie,” the Studio says. This live event will benefit communities impacted by COVID-19, which is an added plus...
 

Norwegian Film Institute - Sørfond Support for Six New Project

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 From Daughter of Rage (Nicaragua). Photo: Timothy Bouldry   Sørfond has this week granted 3 million NOK in support for six international co-productions with Norwegian minority producers. This year the funding goes to projects from Lebanon, Turkey, Vietnam, Myanmar, Nicaragua and Tunisia. Sørfond is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sørfond is administered by the Norwegian Film Institute in co-operation with the Films from the Sout...
 

Join the webinar on 'The Future of Content Distribution & Acquisition'

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Join our Webinar on 4 June The Future of Content Distribution & Acquisition Webinar by Vuulr With cancelled markets and people staying home, traditional business handshakes have given way to socially-safe digital dealings. Join Vuulr’s CEO, Ian McKee, in this webinar - The Future of Content Acquisition and Distribution, as he shares how digital marketplaces are fast becoming the new normal for the film & TV industry in the age of social dist...
 
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IFP ANNOUNCES 26 PROJECTS AND FELLOWS SELECTED FOR 2020 LABS IFP has announced twenty-six feature projects and series selected to participate across our three labs over the next month: The IFP Filmmaker Labs’ Documentary Lab (currently running through May 22) and Narrative Lab (running June 15 – 19) for feature films by directors currently in post-production on their debut features; and the IFP Episodic Lab (running June 1 – 5), f...
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SNEAK PREVIEW of the  2020 Annapolis Film Festival's Opening Night selection MILITARY WIVES available to AFF fans May 21st at 7pm! “Hugely engaging, enormously moving.” (@DailyMail) Finding our voice together, apart. The Annapolis Film Festival is happy to partner with Bleecker Street and their Community Cinema program in bringing you their latest release, #MilitaryWives.    This was the film that AFF ha...
 

"terroir" selected for the Fem Tour Truck!

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"terroir" has been selected by Fem Tour Truck out of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain to tour that country, as well as Portugal, France, the UK, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Mexico from June 2020 onward. Written/helmed and sung by Dawn Westlake, and produced under her Ron de Cana Productions, Inc. shingle, "terroir" explores the mother-child relationship and how it can influence our perceptions of very capable female leaders in all sectors of society. The film was made in Wheaton &...
 
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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Tribeca thriller DON'T TELL A SOUL was just bought buy Saban, and is described by producer Chris Mangano as "a special film that will surprise a lot of people, and Saban Films genuinely understands its appeal to both commercial and critical audiences.  We could not be in better hands.” Read on... LOS ANGELES: Saban Films announced today that they have acquired North American rights to Alex McAulay’s (Flower) directo...
 
 

Virtual Premiere of the 1st episode of Wine Masters SPAIN: Penedès - Recuperating Ancient Varieties

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  Save the Date:Thursday 28th of May 2020 Unique Virtual Premiere Event! 1st episode of Wine Masters SPAIN: Penedès - Recuperating Ancient Varieties     ...
 
 

Steven Berkoff’s Tell Tale Heart Directed by Stephen Cookson releases digitally

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In association with Red Rock Entertainment Present STEVEN BERKOFF’S TELL TALE HEART Directed by Stephen Cookson Adapted by Steven Berkoff and Stephen Cookson from a short story by Edgar Allan Poe Starring Steven Berkoff, Henry Goodman, Dudley Sutton       
                                
 

Willem Dafoe in Abel Ferrara's TOMMASO opening virtually June 5 in NY, LA & more

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Official selection: Cannes Film Festival http://kinomarquee.com/"Tommaso feels alive as a movie." -- Owen Gleiberman, Variety   TOMMASO Directed by ABEL FERRARA Starring WILLEM DAFOE   Opening in Virtual Cinemas starting Fri. June 5 New York at Film at Lincoln Center LA at Laemmle, Acropolis Cinema & Lumiere Cinema   Additional cities include Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Seattle & more!   Nationally simulcast live Q&As w...
 
 

Sharkwater Extinction selected to compete at Wild Oceans FilmFest

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Wild Oceans FilmFest is an international documentary festival that tries to show the beauty of the ocean to awaken the love for nature in society. To achieve it we involve it in the conservation of the seas. The festival will be held in Gijón (Spain), between November 4th and 7th 2020. Wild Oceans FilmFest is an initiative of the Bioparc Foundation. The purpose of this institution is to promote the conservation of ecosystems by supporting sustainable conservation projects in situ, prom...
 
 

"terroir" on the Filmin Channel with Mostra de Films de Dones

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"terroir" has been selected to the Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones in Barcelona, Spain for June 1-14, 2020. Due to the global COVID19 pandemic, the festival has had to move online to the prestigious Filmin Channel, available in Spain. You can access the viewing window, starting June 1st, through either of these links: https://www.mostrafilmsdones.cat/project/terroir/https://www.filmin.es/corto/terroir  For more info on "terroir", including the synopsis, cas...
 

A Titanic Movie Life Sets Off in SEBERG, Or Kristen Stewart’s Career Sails Again on Prime

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Perhaps the racial fault lines of another era resulted in America’s once-sweetheart Jean Seberg (1938-1979) suicided in the back of a sedan at age 40, nevertheless Kristen Stewart shines a meaningful klieg light on her short life in SEBERG, debuting on Prime Video today as an Amazon Original. Jean-Luc Godard plucked this waif from America, framed her look and iconic status in his French New Wave classic BREATHLESS. But she also made (arguabl...
 
 

Udine's (Italy) Visionario is the first cinema in the world to adopt the brand-new butterfly-shaped safety device!

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BUTTERFLY: WHEN CINEMA GROWS WINGS   We've all heard people using the verb "to fly" plenty of times to make some rhetorical point, right? Okay, we might not know exactly how many times, but we do know that it's sometimes possible to speak about flying without sounding pretentious: just come into the Astra Screen of the Visionario Cinema in Udine (Italy). A quick look around you before you sit down and you'll feel like you're in business class of a Jumbo Je...
 

610FILM films announces two completed features

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610FILM is proud to announce two completed projects: Father Arsenie, a medium lenght documentary- official selection BelDocks 2020 Recently transferred from Monastary Dečani, after 28 years living as a monk, Father Arsenie, Belgradian, a cult figure from the ’80-is, is now engaged in restoring and creating a spiritual and cultural center in the Monastery of Ribnica, near Mionica, central Serbia, which had been destroyed by the Turks in the 19th century. By reminiscing about his co...

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BLUE MOTEL Award winning script by Ted Campbell
Feature film in production by Doval Bacall Films

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Grand Winner Your Script Produced season 1  Platinum Remi Award WorldFest Houston

When his bank robber father injured in a recent heist seeks refuge at the desolate motel where he works, a motel clerk is forced to confront the truth behind a botched heist from his past.

Originally from Boston, Mass, Ted Campbell is a screenwriter and director who specializes in thoughtful, character driven thrillers. Ted will direct his heist thriller "Underground" with producer Ellen Wander of Film Bridge International. His contained, crime thriller “Blue Motel” won the Grand Prize in Your Script Produced screenplay competition. Ted will direct “Blue Motel” with Doval Bacall Films producing. Ted is a member of ISA’s Development Program. And was named to ISA’s Top 25 Screenwriters To Watch list.

Ted finds inspiration in the works of the great noir writers Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald as well as his screenwriting idols Scott Frank, Shane Black, Tony Gilroy and Richard Wenk.

 

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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson

Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 Director's cut: 79 minutes

What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.

Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches. As Davies meets and becomes friends with the some of his Russian photo subjects, he finds himself getting emotionally involved with their struggle. He decides to put down his camera and get involved with church restoration.

Early on in our story Davies befriends the famed Russian architect Alexander Popov who is deeply involved in working to preserve and share with the world the beauty and value of these ancient structures. Popov has uniquely discovered and reinvigorated both the tools and processes that restore life back to the North. But it’s an uphill battle against strong and powerful forces.

Together, Davies and Popov uncover the circumstances that led to the demise of the churches, and then join a small but growing group of passionate Russian citizens and outsiders from all walks of life who join the cause of Saving North.

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

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Hommage des Cesar à Michel Piccoli

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C’est un monument du cinéma et du théâtre dont nous avons tristement appris la disparition. Son don pour l’interprétation s’est révélé dès sa plus jeune enfance : au sein d’un pensionnat, alors qu’il joue une pièce de théâtre, la vocation de Michel Piccoli se voit alors toute tracée. À l’aise aussi bien devant une caméra que sur les planches, sa c...

 

Matthijs Wouter Knol confirmé comme nouveau Directeur de la European Film Academy à partir de 2021

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Photo: Berlinale/Angela Regenbrecht La European Film Academy est heureuse d’annoncer la nomination de Matthijs Wouter Knol comme nouveau Directeur de l’EFA à partir de Janvier 2021.    v:shapes="Image_x0020_2"> Picture: Berlinale/Angela Regenbrecht Après avoir étudié l'histoire contemporaine à l'Université de Leiden (Pays-Bas) et à l'Institut Royal des Pays-Bas à Rome (Italie), né...

DRIVE IN FESTIVAL Un festival itinérant pour patienter un peu en attendant la réouverture des salles

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Saluons l initiative de Mathieu Robinet, fondateur du DRIVE-IN FESTIVAL est né d’une volonté : conserver le lien précieux entre les français·e·s et leurs salles de cinéma. Afin d’aider les salles à surmonter cette crise et recommencer à rêver, nous proposons une alternative solidaire sans risque sanitaire pour les spectateur·trice·s et organisateur·trice·s : partager un film ...
 

La Palm Dog Wamiz revient cette année pour récompenser le chien le plus talentueux du cinéma pour son rôle dans The Artist

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Qui recevra cette année la prestigieuse Palm Dog by Wamiz ? Devenue une institution depuis sa création en 2001, la Palm Dog Wamiz revient cette année pour récompenser la meilleure prestation canine dans un film durant la semaine du Festival de Cannes.   Cette année, nous n'aurons pas la chance de nous retrouver sur la croisette à l'occasion du Festival de Cannes... Ce dernier n'ayant pas lieu dans les conditions habituelles.  P...
 

Le programme du festival des Champs Elysées (online et gratuit) présenté par sa fondatrice Sophie Dulac

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 Au programme deux Masterclass celle de Stephen Frears  le 10 juin à 18h et Edgar Wright le 13 Juin à 18h   Sophie Dulac, fondatrice du festival, présente la 9e édition de Champs-Elysées Film Festival qui se déroulera en ligne et gratuitement du 9 au 16 juin  En compétition 6 longs métrages français et cinq longs métrages américains indépendants. Comp...
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Post Berlinale 2020 Wrap Report

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The rise of the rapid distribution and exhibition changes driven by the challenge of global screening services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu and their deep pocketed impact provided the background for the 2020 Berlinale.  Their role in the funding of film productions and national as well as global distribution had already been passionately discussed during the last two Berlinales before the 70th edition took place from February 20 to March 1, 2020 under...

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Official Selection 2020 to be revealed online June, 3 at 06.00pm

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Pierre Lescure, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, the Festival's General Delegate, will announce the line-up of the 73rd edition of the Festival de Cannes live on Canal + on Wednesday 3 June at 6:00pm, as well as on the Festival's website and across its social media. As every year, the event will take place at the UGC Normandie in Paris. For the occasion, the Festival's General Delegate will reveal 2020's Official Selection, the films to...
 

VIDEO: Christine Vachon - The New Reality of the Film Industry after the COVID-19

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Check FEST last interview with producer Christine Vachon, one of the independent film's most respected voices. Born in New York City, USA, Christine is a producer active in the independent film sector with more than 120 producing credits to her name. Some of her major works include Boys Don't Cry, Far From Heaven, I'm Not There, and Carol. In 1996, alongside fellow producer Pamela Koffeler, Christine established Killer Films.  With more than 120 producing credits currently...

La Fabrique Cinéma 2020 will open a virtual Cinémas du Monde Pavilion from 22 to 26 June 2020

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LA FABRIQUE CINEMA 2020 ONLINE UNTIL 26 JUNE PROGRAMME AND HIGHLIGHTS   Confronted with the global health crisis, the Institut français and its partners (France Médias Monde, the SACEM (French society of authors, composers and publishers of music), the International Organisation of La Francophonie and with the support of Orange Studio) have rolled out exceptional measures to support artists and all culture industry professionals in France and elsewhere...
 

L'Atelier de la Cinéfondation will organize its online meetings from June 23 to 25.

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L'Atelier de la Cinéfondation welcomes filmmakers and their producers to help them gain access to international financing and speed up the co-production process of their ongoing project. Due to the sanitary context, the Cinefondation decided to organize its online meetings from June 23 to 25. You can find our Livre des Projets and our platform here: https://register.latelier.festicine.fr/en If you’ve already participated in the Atelier in recent years, you just ne...
 

The exhaustive Marché du Film 2019 coverage

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Cannes 2019 Marché du Film Coverage   Dailies during Cannes about the festival / Dailies about the market PHOTOS FROM CANNES VIDEOS FROM CANNES 12 newsletters THE DAILIES Interview with 'DUKE' (2019) Actor Robert Solomon Robert Solomon is an award-winning actor and pianist from Atlanta, GA. He started acting in high school theater before attending the Georgia Institute of Technology to study...
 

Cannes 2019 Festival Coverage

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Dailies during Cannes about the festival / Dailies about the market PHOTOS FROM CANNES VIDEOS FROM CANNES 12 newsletters THE DAILIES   Cannes Film Week : From December 2 to 8, Cannes films came to Buenos Aires! Cannes films' world tour continues with the Buenos Aires Cannes Film Week from December 2 to 8 2019! The "Semana de Cine" has been held by the Festival de Cannes and the INCAA to ...
 

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Blue Fox Entertainment Line up @ Virtual Cannes

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We will be taking meetings for VIRTUAL CANNES from June 22nd to 26th.  Attending Executives: Lisa Gutberlet, Stacy Glassgold, Edrianne Wenger    Though we will miss the personal interactions with you, we look forward to presenting you with NEW titles as well as our current slate of films and would like to thank you for your continued business and friendship.  Sending love and good wishes to everyone.  Additio...
 
 

Pluto Film @ Virtual Marché du Film & new film

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The Cannes virtual market is only in a few weeks and we would love to catch up with you between the 22nd and the 26th of June. Our new line- up with the market-screenings will be sent soon, but feel free to write us an email to set up a meeting. Furthermore, we are happy to announce the completion of All the Pretty Little Horses Drama/psychological thriller, Greece/Belgium/Germany/France Director: Michalis Konstantatos  Prod...
 

 

 

Archstone Entertainment will be part of The International Virtual Market

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Archstone Entertainment is proud and excited to be part of the first (and, we hope, last) Virtual Cannes Market In an unprecedented show of cooperation, all of the major talent agencies and sales companies have agreed to share dates, calendars and common technologies in an effort to make this Virtual Market as smooth and easy as possible for you, our international distribution partners.   The Virtual Market will take place June 22-28, 2020. The first two days (Monday June 22 and...
 

Riki Group's most famous series, Kikoriki, is back

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  Riki Group's most famous series, Kikoriki, is back - the new season premiered on May 18 in Russia, exclusively on the Kinopoisk HD SVOD platform. The company also held its first licensing online conference with the support of Yandex, Russia’s leading digital and tech company, and launched an overall rebranding that will influence both visual design and brand philosophy.   The organizers emphasize that the event itself in its online format is not on...
 

Cannes has always been at the heart of mk2 films

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Missing Cannes! We will have to wait another year before we can weigh in on the Palme d’or and other prizes, but in the mean time we would love to invite you to revisit some of our previous Cannes entries and winners. With more than 50 films screened in Competition and 100 across the sections over the last 40 years, Cannes has always been at the heart of mk2 films.   ...
 

Instrum Virtual Cannes Lineup

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House of Film Marche du Cannes 2020 documentary film highlights

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High quality movies available for immediate delivery in every genre:  OSCAR qualified motion pictures Movies with and by Oscar winners War Western Family films and animation Thrillers Genre films Spanish language titles Big name documentary films Art house, auteur Documentary films Audience favorites         HENRI DAUMAN: LOOKING UP Witness to History   ...
 
 

Announcing: 1st Wave of Projects for Frontières@Fantasia

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  After February’s Frontières Finance & Packaging Forum in Amsterdam, and the upcoming Frontières Platform in Cannes on Thursday June 25, Frontières returns to the Fantasia International Film Festival for the 12th edition of its co-production market. The market will take place in a digital form between July 23-26. Frontières is pleased to announce a first wave of projects for this year’s official market sele...
 

Italian Cultural Institute Webinar Series: Federico Fellini 100: Master of Imaginative Synthesis / conversation

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May 28, 2020 at 6pm PT Italian Cultural Institute Webinar Series: Master of Imaginative Synthesis: Federico Fellini at 100 The Italian Cultural Institute Los Angeles IIC LA is presenting on May 28, 2020 at 6pm PT an online conversation about five-time Academy-Award winning director, “Maestro of Italian Cinema”, Federico Fellini, in conjunction with the 2020 publication of Wiley Blackwell's A Companion to Federico Fellini: “Master of Imaginative Synthesis: Fede...
 

Bruno Chatelin joins as jury to Karl Bardosh Cell Phone Cinema Humanitarian Award, second AFI World Peace edition in the Cannes market

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Humanitarian smart phone films and smart phone films highlighting "COVID - 19"  will have a voice during Marché du Film through a United Nations supported organization for the second year    New Generation In Action’s AFI World Peace Initiative, a not for profit 501c3 Non Government Organization which holds ECOSOC status at the United Nations, is scheduled to host the second annual “Karl Bardosh Cell Phone Cinema Humanitarian Award,"&n... 
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2020 Brooklyn Film Festival – 149 films online for free

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May 29 – June 7, 2020 #1 Register on the website: Registering a free account with the festival is easy, but required. Go to REGISTER and follow instructions. Don’t forget to activate your email account. #2 Login in at brooklynfilmfestival.org and click Go to THEATER LOBBY » #3 On May 29, the programs will populate the THEATER LOBBY in 4 groups at different times from 6am to 6pm EST: The 1st group of programs will be available from 6am (EST) on. Th...
 

The 21st poesiefestival berlin is now showing ONLINE

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More than 30 events featuring 150 artists, tutorials, live chats, Poetry Market, interviews and everything in the media library After a record preparation time of two-and-a-half months, here we are with the first ever online edition of the poesiefestival berlin about to go live. On 29 May the opening readings and performances Poets’ Home (Corners) get under way, then on 5 June the 7-day festival kicks off with 150 artists from all over the world who have – with a huge amount of ...
 

The 19th edition of the Sacramento French Film Festival will be virtual

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  "THE REGION'S PREMIER FILM EVENT" Carla Meyer - Sacramento Bee 19th SACRAMENTO FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL VIRTUAL EDITION: 10 DAYS, 10 FILMS JUNE 19-28, 2020 Dear Amis du Festival, It is official! Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 19th edition of the Sacramento French Film Festival will be virtual. Held over 10 days, June 19-28, 2020, the SFFF will present a collection of about 10 new feature films, otherwise unavailable in the U.S. that you will be able to watch ...
 
 

The 48th Huesca International Film Festival presents its entire ONLINE program

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  The 48th Huesca International Film Festival presents its entire program in an edition that despite the current situation will feature world premieres, exclusive project presentations and more than a hundred short films distributed in its three official competitions and various parallel sections. The central axis will be its 80 short films from 30 different countries that can be seen both online around the world and in person (with limited capacity and relevant sanitary measures...
 

The Lumière festival 2020 confirmed for October 10-18

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The Lumière festival 2020 will take place from Saturday the 10th to Sunday the 18th of October in the movie theatres of Lyon and its metropolis.   The festival’s International Classic Film Market (MIFC), which brings together cinema professionals every year, will welcome participants to its 8th edition from Tuesday the 13th to Friday the 16th of October. This year’s festival will be an opportunity for the Lumière Institute to cel...
 

1.3 million eyeballs for MyFrenchFilmFestival STAY HOME edition!

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  With nearly 100 films available from March 27 to May 25, 2020, MyFrenchFilmFestival - STAY HOME Edition has recorded more than 1.3 million views worldwide.   During the confinement period following the health crisis, MyFrenchFilmFestival, UniFrance's online festival, offered to discover or rediscover more than 80 short films and 20 feature films from the last 10 editions.   Available for free for two months on MyFrenchFilmFestival.com but also on ...
 

IFP Week will be a virtual experience September 20th - September 25th

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   The 2020 edition of IFP Week will take place virtually.  Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic we will adapt this year’s event, utilizing digital platforms to facilitate the Project Forum, conference, panels and workshops, as well as community experiences for creators, industry members and audiences. IFP Week will take place Sunday, September 20th – Friday, September 25th, 2020. Additionally, we are launching the inaugural audio hub at IFP Week t...
 
 

33rd Federal Festival Film. Germany's first drive-in film festival takes place in Wuppertal

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Wuppertal media project: 33rd Federal Festival Film. Digital film festival with real film premiere at the Autokino Wuppertal The best young short films from Germany 2020   13.06.2020 │ 9 p.m. in the Autokino Wuppertal (Carnaper Platz, Wuppertal) Free entry! With livestream on YouTube   Welcome and live music by Horst Wegener Award ceremony Opening film: "Corona Diaries - Young Films Against Doom" Best-of-Screening of the Bundes.Festiva...
 

Women's International Film Festival Q&A How to Become A Hollywood Director with veteran filmmaker Mary Lou Belli

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  WIFF have begun the process of restructuring the organization, services, and  programs and services to the community. How to Become A Hollywood Director This is an amazing opportunity to learn from a tv veteran and ask questions directly to Mary Lou Belli during our Q&A.    Join us for our first monthly online webinar program entitled #WIFFTalks.  Our first #WIFFTalks event is on June ...
 

Highlights from The Mifa 2020 Online edition

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The Mifa has prepared a 2020 edition rich in content and meetings. Let’s keep our good habits and meet up on 15th June 2020! From 6th May you can get your accreditations and start filling your diary with numerous screenings and meetings set up for you: Virtual Stands Build your profile and meet professionals from other countries, either individually or reunited delegations such as Japan, China, Malaysia, Belgium, Chile, Russia, Argentina, Mexico,...
 

We Are One: the first-ever co-curated programming lineup from 21 festivals including San Sebastian

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We Are One: A Global Film Festival announces the first-ever co-curated programming lineup featuring 21 of the most prolific film festivals in the world 10-Day Digital Festival, Produced and Organized by Tribeca Enterprises and YouTube, will Feature Programming from Festivals including Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and San Sebastian International Film Festival Highlights Include Online Premiere of ‘Ricky Powell’ featuring Natash...
 

University of the Basque Country Summer Course ‘Critical approaches to film festivals’

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The course  The San Sebastian Festival, the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola and Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa organise the University of the Basque Country Summer Course ‘Critical approaches to film festivals’ which will run from September 1-3 : registration on www.uik.eus   The San Sebastian Festival and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE), created and financed by Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, will participate in the University of the Basque ...
 
 

Inaugural Film Festival to Bring the Magic of Cinema to South Sudan

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South Sudan does not have a movie theatre. Yes, imagine that. The simple relief of going to theatre and escaping, does not exist. There was a cinema district in the capital city of Juba with a movie palace but it has since been renovated into a church after years of being inoperable due to conflicts. Streaming services, as the internet is hit or miss, are largely unavailable in the nation. Entertainment in South Sudan which includes the entire community- especially the youth-barely exists. ...
 

FESTIVAL NITS Asian Summer Film Festival

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Festival Nits de cinema oriental de Vic Asian Summer Film Festival 23 - 26 july This year’s edition of the Festival Nits de cinema oriental represents a challenge due to the circumstances we are experiencing. However, we bet on a festival with a format as similar as possible to the original because we believe it is part of our identity. The popular and participatory spirit of the Festival Nits is very much alive, although we will probably have to do some juggling. Thus, the ...
 

2020 Brooklyn Film Festival online edition to feature 40 countries in competition

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The 23rd BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL is scheduled to run online from May 29 through June 7, around the clock. Watch 140 film premieres free of charge right on our website: www.brooklynfilmfestival.org. Vote for your favorite films to help us select the best of the year. BFF will also organize parallel live events such as filmmaker intros and Q&A sessions on both the website, Facebook and other social media. Registering a free account with the festival is easy, but required. Go to RE...
 

KVIFF at Your Cinema will present 16 films in 96 theatres across the Czech Republic

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The Karlovy Vary IFF programmers’ exclusive selection for KVIFF at Your Cinema includes strong movies that earned high praise at film festivals held from last autumn to this year’s Berlinale. Movie screens at nearly one hundred Czech theaters will host the European premieres of three acclaimed titles: Zeina Durra’s engaging, atmospheric drama LUXOR, Fernanda Valadez’ compelling feature debut IDENTIFYING FEATURES , and THE MOLE AGENT, Maite Alberdi’s original cross b...
 

 

VIDEO: Closing Karlovy Vary Kviff2019

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VIDEO: Opening Karlovy Vary Festival 2019

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  Julian Moore and her director  Bart Freundlichn guest stars of the festival graced the opening ceremony. The festival can brag about massive following and industry representatives in attendance: 300 international directors, filmmakers, and actors personally presenting their latest films 150 selected feature films seen by audiences every year 14 festival venues 70 films shown as world, international or European premieres 800 attending distributors, sales agents, producers, and festi...
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Panama International Film Festival Audience Award goes to The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão by Karim Aïnouz

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Yesterday, after the successful closure of the first and historic virtual edition of the Panama International Film Festival, the film winning the public award was unveiled.   The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, by the Brazilian Karim Aïnouz.   The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, by the Brazilian Karim Aïnouz, won the Mastercard Audience Award, earning US $ 5,000 in digital cards. The film tells the story of tw...
 

2020’s Short Film Fund Finalists announced

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TWO Short Films Will Be Commissioned This year we have expanded our film fund to award two production grants. One short will receive the maximum cash grant of $15,000; the second will receive a grant of $5,000. 2020 saw the highest number of submissions since we started our Fund in 2016. The quality increases year on year, making the task of narrowing it down to our Finalists an extremely difficult one. Our team and industry readers have evaluated submissions in every genre, from writers al...
 
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Discover the DOK.fest München winning film of the kinokino Audience Award and the top ten of the kinokino Audience Award!   want to support  all year round and benefit from many advantages, join our circle of friends now. Winning film kinokino Audience Award: THE EUPHORIA OF BEING Hungary 2019, Réka Szabó, 83 min. A dance performance tells the life story of the 90 year-old holocaust survivor Éva Fahidi. The director and choreograp...
 

 

Winners of the IFF Panama Film Match Virtual

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  After four days of intense work and many meetings, the First Cinematographic Co-Production Forum of Central America and the Caribbean concluded:  IFF Panama Film Match Virtual. The international producers and members of the jury, Diana Bustamante, Thierry Lenouvel and Inti Cordea, unanimously agreed to grant the following awards and recognitions to the participating projects of the IFF Panama Film Match co-production forum. "By presenting in your project a sto...

 

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Your Script Produced competition
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Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

WE DON’T SET YOU UP WITH MEETING AFTER MEETING. WE DON’T SELL YOU DREAMS. WE DON’T SELL YOU HOPE.

WE PRODUCE YOUR SCRIPT!

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French Riviera Film Festival relocated in Santa Monica
August 15-16, 2020

 

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PARTNER FESTIVAL WITH FILMFESTIVALS.COM

June 15, 2020 EXTENDED deadline

The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. Relocated to Santa Monica Laemmle Monica Theatre Center due to pandemics, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers. 

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
October 3 - 8, 2020

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August 20th, 2020 Extended Deadline

Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd edition of the festival returns in October 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
November 6 – 22, 2020

June 1, 2020 Earlybird Deadline 
July 1, 2020 Regular Deadline
August 1, 2020 Late Deadline

Celebrating its 35th annual festival in 2020, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) presents American indies and studio films, international films, student films, special tributes, seminars and introduces filmmakers to South Florida audiences. The festival runs November 6 – 22, 2020, and screens 200 films in Fort Lauderdale, Sunrise, Hollywood, St Augustine, and The Bahamas. Considered one of the most important regional film festivals in the U.S., the Festival's commitment to first-time filmmakers and innovative programming make it the perfect test market for your film.

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10 women on top at sydney Fest

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Nashen Moodley with the Europe! Voices of Women in Film directors at SFF 2020.   YOUR GUIDE TO EUROPE! VOICES OF WOMEN IN FILM FROM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR NASHEN MOODLEY We received a number of brilliant submissions from all over Europe for this year’s Europe! Voices of Women in Film program, and while it was a difficult choice to settle on the final 10, Sydney Film Festival is delighted with this outstanding showcase of the works of extremely talented filmmakers.   Th...
 

Sundance Institute’s 2020 Directors & Screenwriters Lab Fellows

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  11 independent filmmakers developing 10 projects have been selected for the 2020 Sundance Institute Directors and Screenwriters Labs, reimagined and expressed digitally this year on Sundance Co//ab. These Labs are at the heart of the nonprofit Institute’s long-standing support for artists, and will connect curated selections of Fellows with Creative Advisors and Industry mentors across multiple disciplines. At the Directors Lab (June 1-19th), filmmakers will...

Climate Chat with Jeff Bridges, Living in the Future's Past producer

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  Join award-winning actor Jeff Bridges and former U.S. Congressman Bob Inglis for a conversation about climate change. During this interactive virtual event, we will discuss the documentary Living in the Future’s Past (produced by Bridges and featuring Inglis), the challenge of addressing our changing climate, and how conservatives have immense power to make a difference. Please join us!   SPEAKERS: Jeff Bridges is an actor, artist, an...
 

Let s meet at Unifrance Webinar on Innovative strategies and business models for films releases

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The fragility of traditional film industry business models was a focus for debate long before the coronavirus struck. That discussion was sometimes defensive but a part of the film industry was increasingly bullish about new opportunities, notably in the online, mobile and on-demand fields. Some of the most interesting models are not about displacing the ‘traditional’ industry but about uniting the strengths of the Digital Economy with the Experience Economy of cinemas and festival...
 

Meet Dorothy Arzner a woman who changed how movies are made

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Dorothy Arzner wasn’t the first woman to direct films in Hollywood, but she was one of the few who endured. In today’s episode of Fierce — a podcast from iHeartRadio and Tribeca Studios, which highlights the extraordinary women who never made it into our history books — host Jo Piazza takes you through Dorothy’s prolific career. Dorothy worked her way through the studio system, first as a typist, then an editor, until she was trusted as a director. Between the si...
 

Annecy 2020 Juries

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Feature Films Corinne DESTOMBES Head of Development Folimage France Benoit PAVAN Journalist Agence France-Presse France Dominique SEUTIN Director Anima Festival Belgium Short Films Matt KASZANEK Director Animation Is Film Festiv...
 

Adam Driver & Fellows in Arms Want You to #HonorAndRemember Today, Always at AITAF

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Sometimes the people who say things best are the ones who lived the experience, which means veteran Adam Driver and his AITAF non-profit want your full attention now and forever... For everyone, man, woman, child (at 19) and service dog who gave their lives for our freedom. Worldwide this message applies in the West. #HonorAndRemember AITAF on Memorial Day At Arts in the Armed Forces (AITAF), we believe deeply in the power of st...
 

 

 

Jamie Kennedy’s STOOPID SMART Bowls You Over May 25, Also His Bday, FYI

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Where has Jamie Kennedy been? In lockdown like the rest of us. But Monday, May 25 (also his milestone birthday), his one-hour comedy special JAMIE KENNEDY: STOOPID SMART breaks out on Tubi TV. Tubi is the self-title “#1 free streaming app” thinly disguised as a start-up. Kennedy puts it this way: “I have starred in movies. I have had my own television shows. But tonight I am playing the back of a bowling alley in Huntington Be...
 

Matthijs Wouter Knol Confirmed as New EFA Director from 2021

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Having studied Contemporary History at Leiden University (Netherlands) and at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (Italy), Dutch-born Matthijs Wouter Knol worked as a freelance journalist and in film production, specializing in documentary films. He then worked for the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), was programme manager of Berlinale Talents for six years and, since 2014, has been Director of the European Film Market. He will remain in this position at the Berlinale with all responsibilities until he will join the EFA team in November 2020 to prepare his taking on full responsibility as EFA Director from Marion Döring in January 2021.

Marion Döring, who will retire from her current position as EFA Director, has been connected to the history of the European Film Academy since its very beginnings in 1988: first as PR manager of the European Film Awards, later as project manager for the Academy’s activities and publications, and since 1996 as the Academy’s director. She says: “I’ve known Matthijs and followed his work closely for many years from his time at the Berlinale Talents until his achievements as Director of the European Film Market. His profound professional expertise, his personality and his energy are the ideal combination to lead EFA into a new era. Leaving the Academy in his hands feels like a perfect accomplishment of my work for EFA.”...MORE
 
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The Official Annecy Selection’s Feature Films revealed

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76 films were submitted to our selection committees and to the Artistic Director, Marcel Jean. 20 films are competing in our two competitive sections. Among them, and apart from the usual producer countries (France Japan, South Korea, Russia, etc.), you will notice there is a film from Chile, Mauritius and Egypt. The two French films are by Joann Sfar (Cristal for a Feature Film in 2011 for The Rabbi’s Cat) and Rémi Chayé (Audience Award in...
 

24 docs competing at “Beyond Borders” Documentary Festival, Castellorizo

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A total of 24 documentaries will be competing at the 5th "Beyond the Borders”  International Documentary Festival, which will be held between August 23rd -30th, 2020 in Castellorizo island, Greece. Once again, the competitive program includes a collection of compelling films dealing with historical, cross-cultural events, trends and personalities that have shaped our countries, peoples and civilizations. The jury of the Festival will award the followin...
 
 

Planet of the Humans

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Directed by Jeff Gibbs and Ozzie Zehner with Michael Moore as the executive producer   the documentary PLANET OF THE HUMANS was screened on the eve of Earth Day April 20, 2020 and subsequently shown free of charge on YouTube and viewed by early May by 5 million people. The documentary received a fresh Rotten Tomatoes rating of 68 out of 100. The film premiered at the Traverse City Film Festival on July 2019 but gained notoriety after its screening on You T...
 
 

WIP Latam and WIP Europa, the San Sebastian Festival’s new works in progress, are born

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Films in Progress and Glocal in Progress give way to two new programmes for films in post-production from Latin America and Europe respectively WIP Latam will have an award of 30,000 euros sponsored by EGEDA The San Sebastian Festival creates WIP Latam and WIP Europa, two new works in progress (WIP) for Latin American and European productions at the post-production stage. WI...
 
 

Massive participation in our partner fest “Beyond Borders” Festival, Castellorizo

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More than 300 documentaries by Greek and foreign directors - a record number for the time, after the recent pandemic - were submitted for review at the 5th "Beyond the Borders”  International Documentary Festival, which will be held in the idyllic island of  Castellorizo, Greece from  on August 23rd -30th, 2020. The Preselection Committee will examine the participations and select the documentary films that will be screened in the Festival's Competition Program, ...
 
 

 

 

Films in Progress : a bridge between Toulouse and Lima

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  A pioneering support system for Latin American films at the post-production stage will now take place in two different continents: after Toulouse, now also as part of the Lima Film Festival’s industry section «Cinema of Tomorrow», thus reaffirming the importance of cooperation between Europe and Latin America. Considering the fast evolution of the audiovisual industry, the interests of Latin American makers and producers, the possibilities of professional cooperation...
 

Overview of the US business for the week of May 25 Honoring 40 year anniversary of the Star Wars release

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This week's newsletter begins with the results of our 2020 Film Industry Survey. More than 350 of our readers provided their perspective on the current state of affairs in the industry and on what future may hold, particularly in the area of theatrical releasing. It's the perfect time to gather this feedback, while in the midst of theatre shutdowns and everyone is considering its impact on the movie business. Our industry news roundup begins with analysis of the release strategy a...

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BLUE MOTEL Award winning script by Ted Campbell
Feature film in production by Doval Bacall Films

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Grand Winner Your Script Produced season 1  Platinum Remi Award WorldFest Houston

When his bank robber father injured in a recent heist seeks refuge at the desolate motel where he works, a motel clerk is forced to confront the truth behind a botched heist from his past.

Originally from Boston, Mass, Ted Campbell is a screenwriter and director who specializes in thoughtful, character driven thrillers. Ted will direct his heist thriller "Underground" with producer Ellen Wander of Film Bridge International. His contained, crime thriller “Blue Motel” won the Grand Prize in Your Script Produced screenplay competition. Ted will direct “Blue Motel” with Doval Bacall Films producing. Ted is a member of ISA’s Development Program. And was named to ISA’s Top 25 Screenwriters To Watch list.

Ted finds inspiration in the works of the great noir writers Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald as well as his screenwriting idols Scott Frank, Shane Black, Tony Gilroy and Richard Wenk.

 

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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson

Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 Director's cut: 79 minutes

What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.

Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches. As Davies meets and becomes friends with the some of his Russian photo subjects, he finds himself getting emotionally involved with their struggle. He decides to put down his camera and get involved with church restoration.

Early on in our story Davies befriends the famed Russian architect Alexander Popov who is deeply involved in working to preserve and share with the world the beauty and value of these ancient structures. Popov has uniquely discovered and reinvigorated both the tools and processes that restore life back to the North. But it’s an uphill battle against strong and powerful forces.

Together, Davies and Popov uncover the circumstances that led to the demise of the churches, and then join a small but growing group of passionate Russian citizens and outsiders from all walks of life who join the cause of Saving North.

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

La Source (Jungfrukällan) d’Ingmar Bergman (Suède, 1960)

Sentiments, signes, passions – à propos du livre d'image, une exposition inédite imaginée avec Jean-Luc Godard

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SENTIMENTS, SIGNES, PASSIONS. UNE EXPOSITION DE JEAN-LUC GODARD Dès le 12 juin, Visions du Réel présentera, au Château de Nyon, sentiments, signes, passions – à propos du livre d'image, une exposition inédite imaginée avec Jean-Luc Godard. sentiments, signes, passions – à propos du livre d'image, est une exposition inédite imaginée avec Jean-Luc Godard et Fabrice Aragno. Une carte bl...
 

Le 12e festival Lumière confirme ses dates du 10 au 18 octobre 2020

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Le festival Lumière 2020 aura lieu du samedi 10 au dimanche 18 octobre 2020 dans les salles de Lyon et de sa Métropole.     Son Marché International du Film Classique réunira les professionnels du mardi 13 au vendredi 16 octobre. Ce sera sa 8e édition.   Cette nouvelle édition sera l’occasion pour l’Institut Lumière de célébrer, avec Jacques et Sté...
 

La 31è édition du Dinard Film Festival se déroulera comme prévu du 30 septembre au 4 octobre 2020

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La Ville de Dinard, la directrice artistique Dominique Green et l’équipe du festival sont en mesure de confirmer ces dates aujourd’hui. La situation sanitaire du Covid-19, particulièrement en France et au Royaume-Uni, a bouleversé les vies, les habitudes et les calendriers. Elle nous oblige à la sobriété et la simplicité et elle nous pousse à reconsidérer la forme de cet évènement phare de l’ann&eac...
 

1,3 million de vues pour MyFrenchFilmFestival STAY HOME edition !

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Avec près de 100 films disponibles du 27 mars au 25 mai 2020, MyFrenchFilmFestival - STAY HOME Edition a enregistré plus de 1,3 million de vues à travers le monde. Pendant la période de confinement consécutive à la crise sanitaire, MyFrenchFilmFestival, le festival en ligne d'UniFrance, a proposé de découvrir ou de redécouvrir plus de 80 courts-métrages et 20 longs-métrages issus des 10 derni&egrav...
 

RDV dans le Webinar Produire avec Netflix le 29mai à 14h

 
Ecran total, SetKeeper et le cabinet d'avocats Spring Legal vous proposent un webinar exceptionnel avec Netflix! Damien Couvreur, Directeur des séries originales françaises - Netflix François Kraus & Denis Pineau-Valencienne, Producteurs – Les Films Du Kiosque Michel Abouchahla, Ecran Total Octave Bory, SetKeeper Karine Riahi et Julien Brunet, Avocats chez Spring Legal ...
 

Cinéma en Construction : un pont entre Toulouse et Lima

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Le dispositif pionnier d’accompagnement de films latino-américains au stade de la post-production se déroulera, à partir de cette année, sur deux continents, en s’intégrant à « Cine del mañana », section industrie du Festival de Cinéma de Lima PUCP (Pérou), et en réaffirmant ainsi l’importance de la coopération entre l’Europe et l’Amérique latine.  En t...
 

La Sélection officielle de Cannes 2020 sera révélée le 3 juin à 18h00

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Pierre Lescure, Président du Festival de Cannes, et Thierry Frémaux, Délégué Général, présenteront les contours de la 73e édition du Festival de Cannes le mercredi 3 juin à 18h sur Canal + en clair ainsi que sur le site du Festival et l’ensemble de ses réseaux sociaux. L’événement aura lieu comme chaque année depuis l’UGC Normandie, à Paris. À cette occasi...

Inscrivez vos documentaires via notre partenaire DocFilmDepot

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https://www.docfilmdepot.com/ UN OUTIL Docfilmdepot est un outil puissant, efficace, facile d’utilisation. La plateforme permet aux réalisateurs, producteurs, distributeurs de films documentaires de gérer de manière simple les inscriptions de leurs films dans plusieurs festivals. Une fois le compte créé, la fiche film correctement complétée, et le film téléchargé, l’inscription en festival prend à ... 
 

Ciclic Centre-Val de Loire renforce sa politique en faveur du développement à l'international

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Depuis plusieurs années, Ciclic Centre-Val de Loire pose le développement à l’international comme l’un des piliers de sa politique en faveur de la création cinématographique et audiovisuel. Dans le contexte actuel, accompagner le développement international des professionnels de l’image, c’est leur permettre l’accès à de nouvelles ressources, de nouveaux talents, en les inscrivant dans un écosyst&...
 
 

Le projet 'Safir' de l'Institut français lance ses deux premiers appels à candidatures

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Programme ambitieux en faveur de la réalisation des objectifs de développement durable (ODD) et de l'inclusion économique de la jeunesse dans 9 pays d'Afrique du Nord et du Moyen-Orient, le projet Safir entre dans sa phase opérationnelle, avec le lancement de deux premiers appels à candidatures à destination d'incubateurs et d'organisations de la société civile. Plus de 1000 jeunes bénéficieront de ce...
 

Première vague de projets Frontières@Fantasia

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Suite à son Forum de Financement & développement à Amsterdam et la Plateforme Frontières à Cannes, qui se déroulera le jeudi 25 juin, la 12e édition du Marché de coproduction internationale Frontières aura lieu de manière digital entre les 23 et 26 juillet 2020. Le Marché Frontières est donc très heureux d'annoncer une première vague de projets ; Low Sky Productions (PSY...
 
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The exhaustive Marché du Film 2019 coverage

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Cannes 2019 Marché du Film Coverage   Dailies during Cannes about the festival / Dailies about the market PHOTOS FROM CANNES VIDEOS FROM CANNES 12 newsletters THE DAILIES Interview with 'DUKE' (2019) Actor Robert Solomon Robert Solomon is an award-winning actor and pianist from Atlanta, GA. He started acting in high school theater before attending the Georgia Institute of Technology to study...

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JUNE 24 Independent Filmmaker Day (during Virtual Cannes) Via Zoom Our audience will be offered a 15% discount by our partner, The offer is limited in time, act soon!  REGISTER & GET YOUR TICKET FOR THE CONFERENCE PANELS AND PITCHFEST USING THE FOLLOWING CODE FOR THE 15% DISCOUNT:  FILMFESTIVAL15 Schedule of Events: June 24, 2020 from 12 noon CST to 6 pm CST - Conference-style Panels on a variety of topics in film, including Distributi...

 

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Cannes Official Selection 2020 announced

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On Wednesday 3 June at 6:00pm, Pierre Lescure and Thierry Frémaux have announced the line-up of the 73rd edition of the Festival de Cannes, live from the UGC Normandie in Paris. For the occasion, Thierry Frémaux, the Festival's General Delegate, has unveiled the 2020's Official Selection, comprising fifty-six films to be accompanied by the Festival for their release in cinemas and screenings at certain festivals. THE FAITHFUL (or at least selected once befo...
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By Thierry Frémaux "Due to the global pandemic, the Cannes Film Festival will not take place this year under its usual conditions, nor on the dates it was scheduled: May 12th to 23rd, 2020. On March 19, the Festival was postponed to the beginning of July. With Pierre Lescure, the Président of Cannes, we had until April 15 to make a decision. But on April 13, French public authorities announced that no major cultural event could take place ...
 

Rémi Bonhomme leaves Cannes Critic's Week for Marrakech Fest

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Dear colleagues and friends,   I wanted to announce that today I am leaving my position as general coordinator of Critics' Week and director of Next Step after 12 exciting years.   This departure follows my appointment as artistic director of the Marrakech International Film Festival announced last February. I look forward to continuing our discussions in these new roles   ...
 

5 features and 10 shorts will receive the 2020 Semaine de la Critique label

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The 59th edition of La Semaine de la Critique 2020 could not be held as scheduled in Cannes. Honouring its commitment, the parallel section of the Cannes festival nevertheless continues to shine a light on emerging talents in order to support filmmakers and the film industry. To address this unprecedented situation, La Semaine de la Critique kicks off a tailored-made support programme for the films that Charles Tesson - artistic director - and his selection committees...
 

Marché du Film - Online Panels and Keynotes - Day by Day - June 22 - 26

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June 22, 2020  Market Panel - ​'Independent Streamers reply to a crisis'⁠June 22, 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 GMT+2 The COVID Pandemic has impacted all aspects of the film and media industry. However, independent digital initiatives have rapidly bloomed across the world not only to deliver precious films to a stranded audience, but also to support local cinemas, distributors and producers through a range of innovative ideas. With Filmin (Spain), Kino Now / Kino Mar...

Market panel - 'A conversation on the near future of film distribution across all streams' June 26, 2020, 18:00 - 19:00 GMT+2

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New films from Summer Hill Entertainment

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Attachments Starring Academy Award Nominee, Katharine Ross.  One millennial I.T. nerd plus one computer illiterate senior citizen, equals one unlikely attachment. Eileen Roth is a widow who needs to learn how to use a computer in order to communicate with her beloved grand-daughter in this funny love story.  Pit Stop Starring Bruce Payne. A rave in a deserted warehouse, the perfect place to introduce a NEW designer drug - right? 
SEE YOU IN CANNES Sincerely... Ted Chalmers Jon Bonnell Angelica Skarstad...
 
 

CALLUMNY FILMS in Cannes with "where YOU were"

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CALLUMNY FILMS produced'where YOU were' will enter the market. TAGLINE: Death can't kill memories. PITCH: A ghost story about the memories that haunt us. And the meaning we try to attach to them. o Starring Andrew Bongiorno (USA-based, Melbourne ex-pat actor) --- cast as FASANI - 5 week's shooting on Ben Affleck's LIVE BY NIGHT (2016) --- Lead role ‘THE BOY FROM OZ’ (LA premiere 2016 – sold out, season extended 5 times) ...
 
 

Japanese Horror VIOLATOR signs with TheMovieAgency.com

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TheMovieAgency.com has signed a Worldwide deal to represent new Horror Gore feature film VIOLATOR from Japan. From the director of the original Meatball Machine, Violator tells the story of a group of teenagers who decides to use the service of an organization helping the young & desperate to take their lives. Ultimately violent, bloody and with quirky characters, Violator will please fans of Asian extreme cinema. Violator will be sold at this year Le marché du fil...
 

Cannes online with Devil Works

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  LET'S CANNES TOGETHER!       BEAST MODE SUPERNATURAL HORROR USA After accidentally killing his lead star, a has-been hollywood producer turns to an ancient herbal elixir, in the hope that it will save his career. He makes a dark deal that unleashes a band of bloodthirsty, shape-shifting, ferocious beasts on LA.   STARRING   Leslie Easterbrook (Devil's Rejects) Ray Wise (Jeepers Creepers 2, Robocop) James Hong (Blade Run...
 
 

Uncork'd Entertainment presents 'RANGE RUNNERS' ~ Survival Thriller ~ Cannes 2020

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 RANGE RUNNERS We are pleased to present our suspenseful, survival thriller 'Range Runners' to you before its upcoming US release later in the year. Please see below for more information regarding the title. We will be at the Cannes 2020 virtual film market and will be presenting our full line up in the coming weeks. ...
 

Pleasure in Cannes from Versatile

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PLEASURE by Ninja Thyberg as part of the Cannes Official Selection PLEASURE (aka JESSICA) by Ninja Thyberg SWEDEN, BENELUX | 2020 | DRAMA | ENGLISH  A 20-year-old ambitious girl moves from her small town in Sweden to Los Angeles for a shot at a career in the adult industry. With the help of her three porn actresses roommates, she discovers a world dominated by males in which she has to push her personal and sexual limits to become the next big porn star. She bo...
 

Dandy will be part of the Marché Du Film 2020

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Dandy is a tribute to the classic horror films from the 60s and 70s. Sales Dossier + Story board + Scrips in English and Spanish will be presented at the French Market in Cannes to potential financiers and co producers. www.cineclubcine.com See you in Cannes! ...
 
 

YEON Sangho returns to Cannes with Peninsula following his Train to Busan success

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  2020 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTION [PENINSULA]       CONTENTS PANDA is proud to announce that PENINSULA, is the 2020 Official Selection of Cannes Film Festival. It is a great honor that PENINSULA, which shares the same universe with TRAIN TO BUSAN, can also share the honor of being selected by Cannes Film Festival like TRAIN TO BUSAN.   Director YEON Sangho commented "Following TRAIN TO BUSAN, I'm very happy that PENINSULA has been select...
 
 

SC Films International - Cannes 2020

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  SC Films will be participating in the online Marché du Film from June 22 - 26 with CURRENT SLATE     ...
 
 

The Middle East Region’s First-of-its-kind Online Gaming Experience​

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  Bringing you the region's first-of-its-kind online gaming experience in the region. This year our annual gaming festival will be free for all and we’ll be streaming live straight to your homes.   Watch Esports, special guests, exclusive reveals, gaming awards and more online from 29 – 31st October. Stay tuned for more updates! ...
 

Arclight Films acquires THE KING'S DAUGHTER starring Pierce Brosnan with Julie Andrews narrating

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Arclight Films continues their drive to bring new stand out feature films to Cannes 2020 virtual marketplace with the fantasy-adventure film The King’s Daughter starring Pierce Brosnan (The 90’s James Bond franchise, Mamma Mia!), Kaya Scodelario (Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, The Maze Runner franchise, “Skins”), and now introducing the iconic Academy Award® winner Julie Andrews (The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins) providing the film’s pivotal role of narra...
 

Cardinal XD Cannes Virtual Market Lineup

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NEWEST highly marketable VOD / Broadcast gems:  www.cardinalxd.com/new A full list of films is here:  www.cardinalxd.com/allfilms Among the new titles :   Family Film HORSE CAMP - A LOVE TAIL www.cardinalxd.com/horsecamp  Thriller CUCK www.cardinalxd.com/cuckhttps://youtu.be/lliRTSvRz-E  Action Thriller A GHOST WHO WALKS www.cardinalxd.com/ghostwhowalks  Medical Thriller CARETAKERS www.cardinalxd.com/caretakers  ...
 

Screen International’s Market+ platform goes live with new product guide.

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Market+ is a new section of screendaily.com supporting the virtual markets and offering our readers a dedicated and informative market platform. Market+ will provide Screen’s usual daily market news and product information, a screening schedule and a number of featured company and product spotlights.   VIEW THE PRODUCT GUIDE HERE>> The Product Guide offers buyers t...
 

Join ROSKINO's First Digital edition of Russian content Market

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Over 120 Russian companies set to present over 300 exciting projects at Key Buyers Event: Digital Edition from 8 to 15 June 2020    Moscow, 26 May 2020: The Key Buyers Event: Digital Edition hosted by ROSKINO, the Russian film body today announced its programme, presenting over 300 projects, including exclusive world premiere screenings of films, drama series, animation, and non-scripted formats from the country’s greatest filmmakers and emerging talent. Rising Ru...
 
 

 

 
 

Blue Fox Entertainment Line up @ Virtual Cannes

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We will be taking meetings for VIRTUAL CANNES from June 22nd to 26th.  Attending Executives: Lisa Gutberlet, Stacy Glassgold, Edrianne Wenger    Though we will miss the personal interactions with you, we look forward to presenting you with NEW titles as well as our current slate of films and would like to thank you for your continued business and friendship.  Sending love and good wishes to everyone.  Additio...
 

Bruno Chatelin joins as jury to Karl Bardosh Cell Phone Cinema Humanitarian Award, second AFI World Peace edition in the Cannes market

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Humanitarian smart phone films and smart phone films highlighting "COVID - 19"  will have a voice during Marché du Film through a United Nations supported organization for the second year    New Generation In Action’s AFI World Peace Initiative, a not for profit 501c3 Non Government Organization which holds ECOSOC status at the United Nations, is scheduled to host the second annual “Karl Bardosh Cell Phone Cinema Humanitarian Award,"&n... 
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Ramsgate 2020 Festival ready for the online experience with free screenings of a spectacular line-up

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The best in independent cinema to audiences’ homes as movie theatres remain closed or struggle to draw crowds in most parts of the world  THE 2020 LINE UP HAS BEEN REVEALED The tragedies of the Coronavirus pandemic have led to public events being cancelled or postponed worldwide. And it is vital to abide by the recommendations from governments and the scientific community. So stay at home if your country still demands it and respect social distancing if lockdown mea...
 

Udine Far East Film Festival will kick off online on MYmovies.it from June 26 to July 4

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UDINE FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL 22 The 22nd edition of the Udine Far East Film Festival has been officially announced today. A revolutionary edition that will take place entirely online on MYmovies.it from June 26 to July 4! A line-up of 46 films (including 4 world premieres) and a ton of other content. Things kick off on June 26 with Korean action movie Ashfall. ...
 
 

International Thai Film Festival 2020

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International Thai Film Festival 2020 (ITFF2020) is open for submissions! (short film, feature film, animation and music video) Submit your production via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/thaifilmfest or via FestHome: https://festhome.com/en/festival/international-thai-film-festival Website: https://www.thaifilmfestival.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thaifilmfest 
 
 

Call for entry

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Submitting films to RIFF 2020 From February 2020 to June 2020 RIFF’s call for entries will be open for submissions. Find more information about the call and its conditions on www.filmfreeway.com.   ...

 

 

Holly Weird Film Festival Announces Lineup

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The other side of Hollywood is becoming fearless to the entertainment capital of the world.   The second annual Holly Weird Film Festival has announced the lineup for the 2020 season. Celebrating true original underground filmmaking, Holly Weird celebrates and showcases independent films of all genres that feature a distinct vision, a unique voice, or an avant-garde challenge to what is expected or accepted. The festival is making it's mission to showcase the work of filmmakers who ...
 

FICCI FRAMES goes online : Block your dates for e-FRAMES

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FICCI FRAMES is Asia’s largest annual global convention on the business of Media & Entertainment, organized every year. The 21st edition of FRAMES 2020 was scheduled to be organized on 18-20 March, 2020. However, due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, we had to postpone the same.   We are pleased to inform you that we are bringing to you the world's largest online conference on the business of entertainment - FICCI FRAMES in a new avatar on 7th - 11th July, 2020. The e-...
 

42 MIFF postponed to October

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  42nd Moscow International Film Festival will be postponed to October 1-8, 2020. The date was validated by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF), which provides accreditations to film festivals worldwide.   The festival was initially supposed to be held on April 2020, but the date change has been made due to the current severe coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. New date has been chosen to provide safety. ...
 

Message from our friends at Doclisboa : new edition, new format, October 2020-March 2021

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We are living through complex and uncertain times that pose a series of challenges to those who make, who show and who watch cinema. We have been working so that the 18th edition of Doclisboa responds to these challenges with new ways of being together and taking care of each other. Doclisboa is a place of meeting around cinema, and it is in the theaters that we want to continue to collectively investigate the world. We propose to build a festival that responds to the times but that preserves ...
 

Wrap and Review DOK.fest München @home 2020

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Together in front of the screens. Festival impression by Janne Sebening The festival at home: At DOK.fest München @home 121 films from 42 countries were shown for 18 days, 90 of which were world or German premieres. A total of 14 prizes amounting to 55,000 euros were awarded. More than 75,000 spectators watched the films of DOK.fest Munich @home and the events of DOK.forum and DOK.education. The number of actual viewers of the online edition is likely to be even significantly higher...
 

5 Italian premieres, including 3 world premie, will compete for the Campania Scenarios section of the Ischia Film Festival

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  "The section", explains the artistic director of the festival Michelangelo Messina, "includes   various cinematographic languages ​​for which it will range from fiction to the cinema of reality, narrated in works of less than 52 minutes duration, unpublished in Italy and shot in recognizable territories (not Studios or internal) of the Campania region or which have Campania's territories as their main location ". "The Campania Region"...
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Tribeca Winners : Zoom chat video

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The Winners Are In See who won big Tribeca founder announce the winners of our annual Juried Awards, presented by AT&T. For the first time ever, we brought the show into your home. Please join us in congratulating everyone who impressed our jurors with their incredible storytelling. Jurors Chris Pine, Gretchen Mol, Josh Hutcherson, Joel McHale, Lukas Haas, and more called up our nominees to ask them red-carpet questions — and to surprise winners with the big news. ...
 

SXSW 2020 awards, with video from SHITHOUSE Award Winner

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The 2020 SXSW Film program (which was scheduled to happen March 13–22, 2020 Austin) comprised 135 Features, including 99 World Premieres, 9 North American Premieres, 5 U.S. Premieres, and 75 films from first-time filmmakers; 119 Shorts including 22 Music Videos; 12 Episodic Premieres; 7 Special Events; 14 Episodic Pilots in two curated programs; 30 Title Design Entries; and 27 Virtual Cinema Projects. “When we curated and announced our slate for the 20...
 

VIDEO Tribeca winners online show hosted by Robert de Niro, Jane Rosenthal and jurors

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See who won big at the Online Awards Show.     Our annual Juried Awards, presented by AT&T, are finally here! For the first time ever, we’re bringing the celebrations to you at home. Wherever you’re sitting right now is officially the best seat in the house! Chris Pine, Gretchen Mol, Josh Hutcherson, Joel McHale, Lukas Haas, and more of our talented jurors called up our winning filmmakers to surprise them with the big news. Don’t miss a single second of...
 
 

Panama International Film Festival Audience Award goes to The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão by Karim Aïnouz

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Yesterday, after the successful closure of the first and historic virtual edition of the Panama International Film Festival, the film winning the public award was unveiled.   The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, by the Brazilian Karim Aïnouz.   The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, by the Brazilian Karim Aïnouz, won the Mastercard Audience Award, earning US $ 5,000 in digital cards. The film tells the story of tw...
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Your Script Produced competition
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Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

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French Riviera Film Festival relocated in Santa Monica
August 15-16, 2020

 

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June 15, 2020 EXTENDED deadline

The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. Relocated to Santa Monica Laemmle Monica Theatre Center due to pandemics, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers. 

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
October 3 - 8, 2020

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August 20th, 2020 Extended Deadline

Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd edition of the festival returns in October 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
November 6 – 22, 2020

July 1, 2020 Regular Deadline
August 1, 2020 Late Deadline

Celebrating its 35th annual festival in 2020, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) presents American indies and studio films, international films, student films, special tributes, seminars and introduces filmmakers to South Florida audiences. The festival runs November 6 – 22, 2020, and screens 200 films in Fort Lauderdale, Sunrise, Hollywood, St Augustine, and The Bahamas. Considered one of the most important regional film festivals in the U.S., the Festival's commitment to first-time filmmakers and innovative programming make it the perfect test market for your film.

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Bruno Chatelin Interviewed here and there

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Not exhaustive at all, I know i should have filed them somehow, somewhere, or even HERE :-)... for the future generations of festival goers (joking of course) Festival experts Filling the Void and sharing tips with Bruno Chatelin, Sandra Lipski, Ivan Wiener Daniel Sol... Bruno Chatelin Interviewed on filmfestivals for The Expert Process Podcast Bruno Chatelin interviewed in Izvestia on Golden Globes http://dlvr.it/RMc2W2 Bruno Chatelin interviewed on festivals for Cine@art ...
 

Best For Fests Sekuritas: The cast and crew

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  CAST GUARD Kathrin Veith CLEANING MAN Duraid Abbas Ghaieb SECRETARY Jeanne Devos COOK Daniel Kasztura BOSS Vilmar Bieri HR MANAGER This Maag OFFICE COMPLEX STUDER REVOX Regensdorf, 1976, Architecture Hans Weideli + Ernst Kuster CREW WRITER + DIRECTOR Carmen Stadler DRAMATURGY Stephan Teuwissen PRODUCER Claudia Wick D.O.P Anina Gmuer S.C.S. EDITORS Carmen Stadler, Claudio Cea PRODUCTION DESIGN Karin Giezendanner COSTUME DESI...
 
 

Gaia Furrer takes the helm as Venice Days Artistic Director

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Photo Gaia Furrer Courtesy Venice Days The President of the Associazione Giornate degli Autori, Andrea Purgatori, and its General Delegate, Giorgio Gosetti, are delighted to announce that starting this year, as decided by the Board of Directors, the role of Artistic Director of the showcase (set to run September 2-12, during the Venice Film Festival) will be assumed by Gaia Furrer, who will be working closely with the General Delegate, the selection committee, and Giornate&rsq...
 

Best for Fests 'Finding Manny': Cast and Crew

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Kacey Cox Director Anastasia Lin: The Crown, The Unclaimed: Habeas Corpus Jan Jekielek Producer   Cindy Drukier Producer   Kacey Oliver Cox Producer   Joe Wang Producer   Manny Drukier Key Cast “Manny”   Freda Drukier Key Cast “Freda”   Cindy...
 

Best for Fests 'Finding Manny': Kacey Cox Director's statement and bio

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Director Statement by Kacey Cox “Finding Manny” is a story of optimism—one of the many unexpected discoveries that inspired me to tell this story. It started by accident, in the spring of 2017. I received a phone call from the wife of a friend looking for a favour. Cindy was travelling to Toronto to visit her father, Manny Drukier, who planned to open a 70-year-old box of photos from his time during WWII—photos the family had never seen before. Cin...
 
 

Never-before-released Tribeca Talks are here!

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We Are One — a global film festival we produced with YouTube to support COVID-19 relief efforts — is in full swing, and if you haven’t tuned in yet, don’t wait a second longer. Right now we’re pulling back the curtain on two never-before-released Tribeca Talks that any film lover will appreciate. First up, there’s a 2017 conversation between groundbreaking performance artist Marina Abramović and Oscar-winning fil...
 
 

SXSW bringing this week sessions with the experts

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This week we're bringing you the inimitable Rachael Ray on Tuesday and the insightful Jerry Saltz on Thursday. These don't miss sessions will be available the next day on demand on YouTube. But try to catch them live so you can take part in a special Q&A.  Don’t forget to sign up for our reminders and we’ll provide you with an email and easy access link 30 minutes before each session. We hope to see you this week! THIS WEEK'S SESSIONS JUNE ...
 
 

Overview of the US business for the week of June 1 Honoring Clint Eastwood's 90th birthday

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Our industry news roundup covers various articles on the re-opening of cinemas in the US and around the world. We point to two profiles of New York drive-ins that began their 2020 season shortly after the state gave the green light for drive-ins - but not yet indoor theatres - to re-open to the public. Cineworld/Regal announced plans to open up their theatres in early July, timed so they are fully operational with updated ticketing and sanitization procedures before the major Hollywood releases ...
 
 

Sundance Institute’s 2020 Directors & Screenwriters Lab Fellows

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  11 independent filmmakers developing 10 projects have been selected for the 2020 Sundance Institute Directors and Screenwriters Labs, reimagined and expressed digitally this year on Sundance Co//ab. These Labs are at the heart of the nonprofit Institute’s long-standing support for artists, and will connect curated selections of Fellows with Creative Advisors and Industry mentors across multiple disciplines. At the Directors Lab (June 1-19th), filmmakers will...
 
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Sign up with 'friday discount' to Film Festival Mastery

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HEADS UP! PRE-ENROLLMENT IS OPEN FOR WITH A SPECIAL DISCOUNT A LIMITED TIME! REGISTER About a month ago, 200 of your fellow filmmakers joined the Fiklm Festival Mastery Founders for the beta launch of our new course & coaching program called Film Festival Mastery - and it was a SMASHING success!  Clients are already getting results and leveraging the training to advance their careers! As we polish up the course for its official public premiere in lat...
 
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Thanks to a generous sponsor, we’re able to bring you Rob Stewart’s original film, Sharkwater, the film that started it all in celebration of World Oceans Day on June 8, 2020. Sharkwater brought the devastating issue of shark finning for shark fin soup to the world stage. Demonstrating that sharks are misunderstood as dangerous creatures, biologist Rob Stewart travels to the Galapagos Islands, Costa Rica and across four continents. With 90 percent of the shark population d...
 
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We’re proud to present Sharkwater Extinction to the United Nations and European Commission. Ask for the private link the special screening for World Environment Day (June 5, 2020).   You can also join the Sharkwater Extinction panel discussion on 5th June at 5P...
 
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International Thai Film Festival 2020 (ITFF2020) is open for submissions! (short film, feature film, animation and music video) Submit your production via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/thaifilmfest or via FestHome: https://festhome.com/en/festival/international-thai-film-festival Website: https://www.thaifilmfestival.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thaifilmfest 
 
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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent “Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon” is the innocuous language used in the 1948 iconic New Yorker short story by writer Shirley Jackson, whereby a wife and mother named ‘Tessie’ is stoned to death in her typical American small town by the friendly village folk, a longstanding tradition. ‘Old Man Warner’ insists doing away with the lottery proves the young generation are “damn fools,” and on that n...
 
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My workplace was in a small house in the industrial quarter. I worked there for many years. The demolition date was postponed again and again; then - one day - it was fixed. At night, when the house creaked and cracked, and the light switch didn't work, I took it as a sign: The house was sending me home. Sometimes I stayed, went to the roof terrace, looked over the empty industrial quarter. The fewer lights that burn, the more connected you feel to them. It's a no-man's-land, which ...
 
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Providing cinephiles the opportunity to watch the best in Mexican cinema while staying safe at home   12th edition of Hola Mexico Film Festival to be postponed to September 2020.   The Hola Mexico Virtual Theatre presented by the Hola Mexico Film Festival series has been extended due to the online series’ popularity. The festival wants to continue giving viewers the chance to see some of the best films that have come out of Mexico in recent years and serve as ...
 

 

Best for Fests 'Finding Manny': Teaser

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Finding Manny Best from fests curated by Bruno Chatelin   The chance discovery of an online article sends a Holocaust survivor on an unexpected trip to visit the orphanage where he was rescued to after the war.   Manny Drukier narrowly escaped the war by jumping from a “death train” at age 16, finding refuge at a unique home for orphans and displaced children. 71 years later, Manny—who lives in Toronto—is tracked down by a German researcher wh...
 

The Official Annecy Selection’s Feature Films revealed

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76 films were submitted to our selection committees and to the Artistic Director, Marcel Jean. 20 films are competing in our two competitive sections. Among them, and apart from the usual producer countries (France Japan, South Korea, Russia, etc.), you will notice there is a film from Chile, Mauritius and Egypt. The two French films are by Joann Sfar (Cristal for a Feature Film in 2011 for The Rabbi’s Cat) and Rémi Chayé (Audience Award in...
 

24 docs competing at “Beyond Borders” Documentary Festival, Castellorizo

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A total of 24 documentaries will be competing at the 5th "Beyond the Borders”  International Documentary Festival, which will be held between August 23rd -30th, 2020 in Castellorizo island, Greece. Once again, the competitive program includes a collection of compelling films dealing with historical, cross-cultural events, trends and personalities that have shaped our countries, peoples and civilizations. The jury of the Festival will award the followin...
 
 

Planet of the Humans

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Directed by Jeff Gibbs and Ozzie Zehner with Michael Moore as the executive producer   the documentary PLANET OF THE HUMANS was screened on the eve of Earth Day April 20, 2020 and subsequently shown free of charge on YouTube and viewed by early May by 5 million people. The documentary received a fresh Rotten Tomatoes rating of 68 out of 100. The film premiered at the Traverse City Film Festival on July 2019 but gained notoriety after its screening on You T...
 
 

WIP Latam and WIP Europa, the San Sebastian Festival’s new works in progress, are born

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Films in Progress and Glocal in Progress give way to two new programmes for films in post-production from Latin America and Europe respectively WIP Latam will have an award of 30,000 euros sponsored by EGEDA The San Sebastian Festival creates WIP Latam and WIP Europa, two new works in progress (WIP) for Latin American and European productions at the post-production stage. WI...
 
 

Massive participation in our partner fest “Beyond Borders” Festival, Castellorizo

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More than 300 documentaries by Greek and foreign directors - a record number for the time, after the recent pandemic - were submitted for review at the 5th "Beyond the Borders”  International Documentary Festival, which will be held in the idyllic island of  Castellorizo, Greece from  on August 23rd -30th, 2020. The Preselection Committee will examine the participations and select the documentary films that will be screened in the Festival's Competition Program, ...
 
 

 

 

Films in Progress : a bridge between Toulouse and Lima

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  A pioneering support system for Latin American films at the post-production stage will now take place in two different continents: after Toulouse, now also as part of the Lima Film Festival’s industry section «Cinema of Tomorrow», thus reaffirming the importance of cooperation between Europe and Latin America. Considering the fast evolution of the audiovisual industry, the interests of Latin American makers and producers, the possibilities of professional cooperation...
 

Overview of the US business for the week of May 25 Honoring 40 year anniversary of the Star Wars release

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This week's newsletter begins with the results of our 2020 Film Industry Survey. More than 350 of our readers provided their perspective on the current state of affairs in the industry and on what future may hold, particularly in the area of theatrical releasing. It's the perfect time to gather this feedback, while in the midst of theatre shutdowns and everyone is considering its impact on the movie business. Our industry news roundup begins with analysis of the release strategy a...

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BLUE MOTEL Award winning script by Ted Campbell
Feature film in production by Doval Bacall Films

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Grand Winner Your Script Produced season 1  Platinum Remi Award WorldFest Houston

When his bank robber father injured in a recent heist seeks refuge at the desolate motel where he works, a motel clerk is forced to confront the truth behind a botched heist from his past.

Originally from Boston, Mass, Ted Campbell is a screenwriter and director who specializes in thoughtful, character driven thrillers. Ted will direct his heist thriller "Underground" with producer Ellen Wander of Film Bridge International. His contained, crime thriller “Blue Motel” won the Grand Prize in Your Script Produced screenplay competition. Ted will direct “Blue Motel” with Doval Bacall Films producing. Ted is a member of ISA’s Development Program. And was named to ISA’s Top 25 Screenwriters To Watch list.

Ted finds inspiration in the works of the great noir writers Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald as well as his screenwriting idols Scott Frank, Shane Black, Tony Gilroy and Richard Wenk.

 

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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson

Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 Director's cut: 79 minutes

What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.

Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches. As Davies meets and becomes friends with the some of his Russian photo subjects, he finds himself getting emotionally involved with their struggle. He decides to put down his camera and get involved with church restoration.

Early on in our story Davies befriends the famed Russian architect Alexander Popov who is deeply involved in working to preserve and share with the world the beauty and value of these ancient structures. Popov has uniquely discovered and reinvigorated both the tools and processes that restore life back to the North. But it’s an uphill battle against strong and powerful forces.

Together, Davies and Popov uncover the circumstances that led to the demise of the churches, and then join a small but growing group of passionate Russian citizens and outsiders from all walks of life who join the cause of Saving North.

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

La Source (Jungfrukällan) d’Ingmar Bergman (Suède, 1960)

"We Are One" le festival online soutenu par Cannes et Annecy se termine ce week end

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"We Are One" est un festival de cinéma en ligne qui se déroule sur 10 jours, pendant lesquels seront diffusés des films du monde entier. L'objectif de l'événement est de récolter des fonds pour le Fonds de riposte à la COVID-19 de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Santé. Le programme a été lançé le 29 mai en exclusivité sur YouTube. Le festival propose des courts et longs métr...
 

Ridha BEHI nommé à la tête des JCC de Carthage

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Me retrouver à la tête de la 31ème session des JCC m’honore et m’émeut. Comment ne pas penser à mes prédécesseurs et à leur apport considérable. Les pionniers, bien sûr, tels que Tahar Chériaa et Ahmed Bahaeddine Attia ou encore le regretté Nejib Ayed qui, il y a deux ans seulement, était encore parmi nous, préparant pour la 3ème année consécutive les JC...
 

Rémi Bonhomme quitte la Semaine de la Critique

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Chers collègues et amis,   Je voulais vous annoncer que je quitte aujourd’hui mon poste de coordinateur général de la Semaine de la Critique et de directeur de Next Step après 12 années passionnantes.   Ce départ fait suite à ma nomination en tant que directeur artistique du Festival International du Film de Marrakech annoncé en février dernier. Je me réjouis de poursuivre nos discussions dans le cadre ...
 
 

Acid Cannes 2020 La sélection dévoilée

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Le comité de sélection composé d’Anne Alix, Stéphane Batut, Caroline Capelle, Aude Chevalier-Beaumel, Michaël Dacheux, Philippe Fernandez, Jean-Louis Gonnet, Ombline Ley, Hélène Milano, Alice Odiot, Alain Raoust, Idir Serghine et Laure Vermeersch - a finalisé et annoncé la sélection 2020 Ils ont tenu à ajouter "Malgré les circonstances, nous avons choisi de conserver les critères habituels d...
 

La Semaine de la Critique 2020 Hors les murs

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  La 59e édition de la Semaine de la Critique 2020 n’a pu se tenir physiquement à Cannes. Fidèle à ses engagements, la section parallèle cannoise poursuit cependant son travail de mise en lumière des talents émergents afin de soutenir les cinéastes et l’industrie du cinéma dans le monde. En réponse à cette situation inédite, la Semaine de la Critique initie un programme d&r...
 

La Sélection officielle 2020 de Cannes est révélée

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Mercredi 3 juin à 18h, Pierre Lescure et Thierry Frémaux ont présenté les contours de la 73e édition du Festival de Cannes depuis l'UGC Normandie à Paris. À cette occasion, Thierry Frémaux, Délégué général du Festival, a révélé la Sélection officielle 2020 composée de 56 films qui seront accompagnés par le Festival lors de leur sortie en salles et de leur p...
 

Le délégué général du festival, Thierry Frémaux, dévoile quelques informations sur cette édition tellement spéciale du Festival

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Ca c'était l année dernière, 2020 aura un tout autre profil! "En raison de la pandémie mondiale, le Festival de Cannes ne se déroulera pas cette année dans les conditions qui sont d’habitude les siennes, ni aux dates prévues : du 12 au 23 mai 2020. Le 19 mars, il a été reporté à début juillet. Avec Pierre Lescure, le Président du Festival, nous avions jusqu’au 15 avril pour pre...

 

La SODEC soutiendra sept projets de courts métrages et deux projets numériques narratifs de format court

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  La direction générale du cinéma et de la production télévisuelle de la Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) soutiendra sept projets de courts métrages et deux projets numériques narratifs de format court dans le cadre de son programme d’aide à la production (volet 2 – aide sélective à la production de courts métrages et de projets numér...

 

Spamflix, la plateforme de streaming pour les films cultes et rares est maintenant disponible

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SPAMFLIX, la plateforme de Vidéo à la Demande pour films cultes et rares est maintenant disponible sur mobile et TV. À partir d’aujourd’hui, le catalogue de +60 films peux être loué et streamé avec l’app Spamflix (iOS, Android, AirPlay et Chromecast).  Spamflix a été fondé en 2018 par Markus Duffner, chef de projet First Look et Match Me au Festival international du film de Locarno, et Julia Duarte, ancienne ...
 

13 Reasons Why en net recul n'est plus que la 6ème série Netflix la plus recherchée sur google par les internautes Français

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13 Reasons Why en perte de vitesse  s interroige SEMRUSH   13 Reasons Why n' est que la 6ème série Netflix la plus googlisé par les internautes Français En amont de la sortie de la saison 4 de 13 Reasons Why, SEMrush, spécialiste du Marketing digital, a analysé les recherches en ligne effectuées par les français sur les séries les plus populaires sur Netflix. Méthodologie : pour chaque mot-clé, SEMrush...
 

155,2 M$ additionnels pour la relance des entreprises culturelles québécoises

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La Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) annonce qu’elle mobilisera l’entièreté de son budget historique de 2020-2021 (bonifié de 52 M$ en mars 2020), ainsi que les sommes supplémentaires (103,2 M$) octroyées par le gouvernement du Québec le 1er juin 2020 pour contribuer à la relance économique des entreprises culturelles québécoises par l’intermé...
 

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JUNE 24 Independent Filmmaker Day (during Virtual Cannes) Via Zoom Our audience will be offered a 15% discount by our partner, The offer is limited in time, act soon!  REGISTER & GET YOUR TICKET FOR THE CONFERENCE PANELS AND PITCHFEST USING THE FOLLOWING CODE FOR THE 15% DISCOUNT:  FILMFESTIVAL15 Schedule of Events: June 24, 2020 from 12 noon CST to 6 pm CST - Conference-style Panels on a variety of topics in film, including Distributi...

 

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CANNES / MARCHE DU FILM ONLINE PREVIEWS  

Marché du Film Executive Director Jérôme Paillard details the 2020 edition

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Jérôme Paillard in conversation with Bruno Chatelin    

Facts and figures on the 2020 marchédu Film online, the first edition of its kind. Quite a challenge on many fronts

A few figures about attendance  trends this year?

when is the marchedufilm.online opening,

why 5 days only?

How many of the Cannes official selection  titles will be screening in the virtual Marché do you see a trend ?

I see 16 conferences and panels announced : is this final ?, will they be open to badge holders only ? and will they be recorded and available online after the event?

Will palais des festivals be having transformations in the near future?

 

Your views from the crystal ball

Will there be permanent changes to the Cannes structure from now on based on 2020 situation? 

Do you see digital festivals /markets here to stay? Or are old fashion one on one meetings still a crucial part of the film business? 

How do you think current events will affect the genre and type of content people will want to see? 

Hollywood has become very polarized and political do you see this affecting the future of Hollywood presence in international cinema?

TV series have really become better than cinema today what change this curve? ...

Further details on Cannes 2020 selections

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The Festival de Cannes revealed its 2020 Official Selection on 3 June. We are delighted to now showcase the films that the Selection Committee loved and selected. The Festival de Cannes revealed its 2020 Official Selection on 3 June. We are delighted to now showcase the films that the Selection Committee loved and selected.

This year's Selection marks a shift away from the Festival de Cannes' traditional structure, and is divided into six categories:
 

  • The “faithful”, directors who have been included in an Official Selection before,
  • The newcomers, included in the Official Selection for their very first time,
  • The first features, in an extension of the Festival de Cannes' trademark passion for unearthing new talent,
  • Three documentary films, a genre that has been represented in Official Selection for two decades now,
  • Five comedy films, a genre that remains under-represented at Cannes,
  • Four animated films: from France, Japan, Denmark and the United States.
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VIDEO: Cannes Official Selection 2020 

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By Thierry Frémaux "Due to the global pandemic, the Cannes Film Festival will not take place this year under its usual conditions, nor on the dates it was scheduled: May 12th to 23rd, 2020. On March 19, the Festival was postponed to the beginning of July. With Pierre Lescure, the Président of Cannes, we had until April 15 to make a decision. But on April 13, French public authorities announced that no major cultural event could take place ... 
 

Marché du Film - Online Panels and Keynotes - Day by Day - June 22 - 26

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June 22, 2020  Market Panel - ​'Independent Streamers reply to a crisis'⁠June 22, 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 GMT+2 The COVID Pandemic has impacted all aspects of the film and media industry. However, independent digital initiatives have rapidly bloomed across the world not only to deliver precious films to a stranded audience, but also to support local cinemas, distributors and producers through a range of innovative ideas. With Filmin (Spain), Kino Now / Kino Mar... 

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CANNES MARKET DAILIES  

New films from Summer Hill Entertainment

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Attachments Starring Academy Award Nominee, Katharine Ross.  One millennial I.T. nerd plus one computer illiterate senior citizen, equals one unlikely attachment. Eileen Roth is a widow who needs to learn how to use a computer in order to communicate with her beloved grand-daughter in this funny love story.  Pit Stop Starring Bruce Payne. A rave in a deserted warehouse, the perfect place to introduce a NEW designer drug - right? 
SEE YOU IN CANNES Sincerely... Ted Chalmers Jon Bonnell Angelica Skarstad...
 

TomCat Films brings the Horror to Cannes 2020

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We are happy to participate in the virtual Cannes Market 2020 from June 22nd to June 26th and would like to present to you our slate of fantastic films ready for delivery.   All of our films are available to screen via Vimeo at any time.  You may request an availability sheet for your territory and will include screeners and passwords for your convenience. To schedule meeting with either our North America based staff or European based staff  by Zoom, Sk...

Powerful, entertaining and insightful documentaries from Summer Hill Entertainment

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NFDC Film Bazaar Goes to Cannes 2020

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GOES TO CANNES TUESDAY 23 JUNE 2020 12:00 2h - Marché du Film Online TWO FRIENDS Category: Film Bazaar Goes to Cannes Directed by: Prasun Chatterjee Produced by: Prasun Chatterjee, Prosenjit Ranjan Nath, Soumya Mukhopadhyay, Ivy Yu-Hua Shen (Kathak Talkies) Country of production: India   GOES TO CANNES TUESDAY 23 JUNE 2020 12:00 2h - Marché du Film Online...
 

Cannes'20: Olivia Munn boards Replay for Dark Castle and The Exchange

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 Photo credit: Courtesy of A+E Networks Los Angeles, CA, June 12 2020: Brian O'Shea, The Exchange CEO, and Dark Castle Entertainment announced today that award-winning actress Olivia Munn (X-MEN: APOCALYPSE, The Newsroom) is attached to lead the action feature REPLAY. REPLAY will be introduced to international buyers at the upcoming virtual Cannes Film Market, June 22-26, 2020 by The Exchange. CAA Media Finance is representing the domestic sales rights. In pre-production, REPLAY is ...
 

Bridging the Dragon & Marché du Film - CHINA NEXT

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Sino-European producers' association Bridging the Dragon together with Marché du Film will host for the fifth consecutive year a two-day intensive program focusing on China. This year's program "China Next" will be shaped for the new virtual space comprising a platform dedicated to Sino-International one-to-one meetings on Tuesday, 23 June and panel discussions on Wednesday, 24 June. The event is open fo...
 

California No: Comedy Available from Adler & Associates Entertainment

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Winner of 6 Awards Nominated for an Additional 7 Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance Director: Ned Ehrbar Language: English Running Time: 8...
 

The Reel Suspects Team announces new films & Screening Schedule @ Virtual Cannes Film Market

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The show must go on :) It's not this year that we will be able to offer you coffees and free hugs. That said, we would love to virtually meet you during the Marché du Film Online from the 22nd to the 26th of June, to present you our lineup of finished features and upcoming projects that will surely give you In Real Life cinematic sensations.   Virtual hugs, The Reel Suspects Team   ...
 

AMBI Cannes 2020 line up

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 AMBI Distribution takes part to Cannes online market           MARKET FOCUS           ...
 

TALK Global Media presents the Cannes 2020 lineup

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    TALK Global Media is pleased to present its Cannes Lineup and invites you to meet online from the 22nd to the 26th of June. TALK is available via a Zoom meeting or the Cinando Match&Meet.     ...
 

Cyber Group Studios and Soyuzmultfilm announce their new partnership for a pre school animation studio

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CYBER GROUP STUDIOS AND RUSSIAN FEDERATION SOYUZMULTFILM PROUDLY ANNOUNCE “CYBER SOYUZ JUNIOR”,A NEW JOINT PRESCHOOL ANIMATION LABEL   Cyber Group Studios, the leading European animated entertainment company, and the historical Russian State animation studio Soyuzmultfilm are thrilled to announce their new partnership to create the first ever French and Russian joint label of animated programs “CYBER SOYUZ JUNIOR”, targeting the preschool au...
 

The audiovisual sector in the time of COVID-19 : New documentary and live expert chat during Cannes Marché du Film online

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           Tuesday 23 June, 17.00 - 18.00 (CET) Join us for this free online panel!   You're invited to join us for a new documentary short on the effects of the pandemic on the film, television and VOD industries in Europe. We've interviewed major players in these industries and there'll be a live chat with them after the film. An hour well spent to understand the 'new normal'! Register here for free Well the European Audiovis...
 

NEW | YA Romance YOUNG HEARTS, from the Duplass Brothers by Blue Fox Entertainment

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    YOUNG HEARTS Available worldwide CANNES VIRTUAL SCREENING:  June 24 | 15:00 | Arcades #3 ...
 

Attraction brings films to Cannes (digitally)

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Attraction Distribution | 5455 De Gaspe Ave., Suite 200, Montreal, QC H2T 3B3 Canada     ...
 

Gale Anne Hurd will speak at CARLA 2020 A Global Digital Conference For Diversity & Inclusion in Film and TV

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  CARLA 2020  Hosted by Women in Film & TV International will run August 21 – 23, 2020 Speakers include: Amma Asante, Julie Taymor, Paul Feig and Gale Anne Hurd.   CARLA 2020 is an online conference bringing together creatives, researchers, executives, financiers, and activists for a powerful conference focusing on creating lasting structural change in the film and television ecosystem. Virtual and interactive keynotes, panels, roun...
 
 

Magnolia Pictures International Cannes 2020 Lineup & Virtual Market Screenings

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  We are looking forward to discuss our new projects with you!  You will find our Cannes 2020 line-up and Market Screenings schedule below.  Attending Cannes Marché du Film Online Lorna Lee Torres - Head of International Sales Marie Zeniter - International Sales Manager Jun 22-26, 2020 *Online Booth coming up* For meetings please contact us at international@magpictures.com   ...
 

Pluto Film @ CANNES VIRTUAL MARCHÉ

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Come and "meet" us at our virtual booth, we will be online from the 22nd to the 26th of June and look forward to sharing with you the new and the upcoming titles and announce the festivals premieres. Please feel free to contact us directly to schedule a Zoom meeting or to ask for a link: Manola Novelli – Sales –  Daniela Cölle – Festivals –  ...
 

55 XR works presented at Cannes XR VIRTUAL 2020

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  For its 2020 edition, the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes' XR program dedicated to virtual and augmented reality becomes CANNES XR VIRTUAL from June 24 to 26. This 3-day event will be entirely dedicated to players from the creative industries who use virtual and augmented reality technologies.   This unique edition will take place within the framework of the Marché du Film Online, an online market to be held from June 22 to 26.   For this occasion, the...
 
 

VMI Worldwide – Cannes 2020 Line up

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Wochit boosts content library in Ruptly global archive deal

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Ruptly, the global news and media agency, today announced a strategic partnership with Wochit, the video library and creation platform used by over 350 media brands worldwide. Under the deal, Wochit clients will be able to draw on material from Ruptly’s extensive archive catalogue and immediately edit and create their own videos within the Wochit platform. The new partnership enhances the Wochit user experience by bringing Ruptly’s news and general interest videos to its clients. ...
 

Cannes 2020 - Line Up from FIVE STAR PRODUCTION (THAILAND)

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PEENAK 2  20 FEBRUARY  2020 Peace has returned to ThammaNakanimitr Temple after Monk Nong, Monk First and Monk Balloon completed the mission to fulfill their pledges and won the battle with the ghost of NakNont. The three monks hope to spend a peaceful life in the saffron robe. But not so fast. Something happens, so Monk Balloon and Monk First secretly pack their bags and leave the monkhood in the middle of the night. Monk Nong remains at...
 

The Blackout sells to the US and China

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  Russian post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller the Blackout produced by PREMIER Studios will be released on one of the largest national VOD services iQIYI in China. Meanwhile, Shout! Studios will be distributing the film in the US and Canada. The deals were negotiated by Central Partnership (a part of Gazprom-Media Holding) that is handling international distribution rights for the film.   Currently the rights for the BLACKOUT have been sold to o...
 
 

CICAE launches international action campaign #BackToCinema

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The International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas (CICAE), in collaboration with the German initiative, #ZurückInsKino, has started an international social media campaign under the name #BackToCinema. The action consists of some motifs created specifically to be used on Facebook profile images and other social media, containing the phrase "Back to Cinema", not only in English but also in several other languages. The idea behind this campaign started from ...
 

Billionaire Alki David Launches New Film Production and Sales company Etv Studios

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ETV STUDIOS is a new Film Production and Sales company which recently launched by greek Hollywood billionaire with a $100 million development fund. The Company already has a massive film and television library of over forty seven thousand titles with some of the top notable Directors and A list Stars.     Including Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stallone, Gene Hackman, Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Helen Hunt, William Defoe, Dennis Quaid, Roger Moore, F...
 

Arclight Films locks US distribution for TOMIRIS

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Leading entertainment company Arclight Films, led by chairman Gary Hamilton, announced today the company has locked all US distribution rights with Well Go USA for the action-adventure Tomiris, a powerful portrayal of the legendary Queen Tomiris directed by multi-award-winning director Akan Satayev (The Liquidator). Starring Kazakhstan superstars Almira Tursyn (as Tomiris), Adil Akhmetov (as Argun), and Aizhan Lighg (as Sardana)––who perform all of their own action-packed stunts&n...
 

Virtual Cannes World Premieres, Festival Favorites, Theatrical Hits from Princ Films

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  We are excited to bring our new fragrant, family-friendly film THE SNEAK OVER to the virtual Marché du Film this year. A movie that you can enjoy with your kids and only have to endure about a "hundred" silly jokes. Their laughter will brighten your days! "It’s the summer before fifth grade and Henry Hudson hasn’t found his place in the world. Then he meets a group of immature film geeks who give him the courage to stand up to the neighborh...
 

VIDEO: Q&A with Willem Dafoe, Abel Ferrara & Sean Baker for Abel Ferrara's Tommaso

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Directed by ABEL FERRARA Starring WILLEM DAFOE   "Critic's Pick! Crackle[s] with ideas and empathy, as Ferrara’s best work always does."– Glenn Kenny, The New York Times   "...blending humility and go-for-broke nerve meticulously conceived and executed...one of the great Dafoe performances...If this film were a person, I would risk my life to save it." -- Matt Zoeller Seitz, RogerEbert.com Currently playing nationwide in virtual cinemas...
 

Instrum Virtual Cannes Lineup 2020

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VIRTUAL CANNES 2020   PROXIMITY Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller Year: 2020 Synopsis: A young scientist working for NASA is abducted by extra terrestrials and captures it all on video. When no one believes him or the authenticity of the footage he becomes obsessed with finding proof. Digging too far leads him on a journey of discovery far bigger than he and a trailing government ag...
 
 

Bruno Chatelin joins as jury to Karl Bardosh Cell Phone Cinema Humanitarian Award, second AFI World Peace edition in the Cannes market

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Humanitarian smart phone films and smart phone films highlighting "COVID - 19"  will have a voice during Marché du Film through a United Nations supported organization for the second year    New Generation In Action’s AFI World Peace Initiative, a not for profit 501c3 Non Government Organization which holds ECOSOC status at the United Nations, is scheduled to host the second annual “Karl Bardosh Cell Phone Cinema Humanitarian Award,"&n... 
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FESTIVALS IN FOCUS    

Focus on Heritage Online the new Locarno Film Festival initiative

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Heritage Online is a new Locarno Film Festival initiative: a digitally based service dedicated to extending the outreach and distribution of Heritage Films through Video on Demand, expanding the range of titles offered by such services.   What is Heritage Online?  1. A year-round database of international film heritage, where VOD broadcasters will be able to watch available titles, see detailed technical information including availability of films in the various territor...
 

Evolution48hr Film Competition will take place in Palma de Mallorca from October 23rd-29th, 2020

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  Hi Filmmakers,    The 9th EMIFF will take place in Palma de Mallorca from October 23rd-29th, 2020.   We are thrilled to announce that 2020 brings with it the launch of our very own international 48 hour film competition EMIFF48HR taking place on October 9th -11th 2020. The famous format gives participants 48 hours to wri...
 

CUFF Announces 2020 Online Festival Lineup

 
This year’s festival includes three world premieres and 22 feature films     The Calgary Underground Film Festival has announced its lineup for the 17th edition of the festival. Originally scheduled to take place in April, like many other festivals around the world, CUFF has shifted to an online model for the 2020 edition. From June 22-28 CUFF fans will have the opportunity to get their eyes on the newest genre-defying independent films not streaming anywhere else, and ensure...
 
 

Dates announced for FID Marseille 22-26 July! / FIDLab 6-10 July 2020

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With all our heart to the events that have been forced to cancel or go entirely online, we are in solidarity with their forced decisions and salute their work and their formidable reactivity.   After many hypotheses, after implementation in various forms already under way - and all this will only have been possible thanks to the unconditional support of all our public partners, whom we would like to thank warmly and whose constancy and complicity we would like to salute - allow us to ...
 

Palm Springs 2020 ShortFest Official Selection

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You don't want to miss this. During these life-changing times of social and political unrest, it is exceedingly difficult to feel celebratory. Through these feelings, however, we remain firm believers that "movies are the most powerful empathy machines," as Roger Ebert once called them. Watching and sharing cinema from different parts of the world, from different, diverse perspectives is especially necessary today, and that's something we must continue to do.   We are...
 

AFI Unveils 59 Films from 11 Countries & 61 Percent by Women, Plus Lee Grant as Honoree 

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Everything you thought you knew about Lee Grant is not everything there is to know about this longstanding player, and the stats from AFI Docs are interesting this year... Read on. The American Film Institute has revealed its full slate of films being presented online for the AFI DOCS 2020 festival. The lineup features 59 films from 11 countries and 12 virtual World Premieres, with 61% of the films directed by women, 25% by POC directors and 14...
 
 

Sheffield Doc/Fest announces its Official Selection for 2020

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Sheffield Doc/Fest reveals its line-up – 115 films of all lengths, spanning 50 countries around the world and representing 49 spoken languages. 22 UK productions included.   The official selection for 2020 includes 31 World Premieres, 15 International Premieres, 5 European Premieres and 40 UK Premieres.   Festival Director Cíntia Gil said: “This year’s programme brings together various cinematic          &nb...
 

Festival La Rochelle Cinéma (FEMA) highlights

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Festival La Rochelle Cinéma (FEMA) is unable to be held in the cinemas of La Rochelle on the scheduled dates, but we are doing all we can for this 48th edition to exist in various forms. First of all, on line, in partnership with LaCinetek, whose first cine-club we hosted last July with Suspiria presented by Dario Argento. From next 26 June to 5 July, nine films from the Roberto Rossellini and René Clément retrospectives in the 2020 programme...
 

2020 Brooklyn Film Festival – 149 films online for free, foinal day for your, votes

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23rd BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL ran May 29 – June 7, 2020   VOTE FOR AUDIENCE AWARDS | FILM LINEUP   *Voting Closes Today (JUNE 7) at 12PM (EST)   2020 WINNERS:   BEST IN CATEGORY, SPIRIT, AND OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS   Through the resources of industry-related sponsors, the Brooklyn Film Festival awards the winners with cash, products, and services.   PRIZES SPONSORED BY: ABELCINE, XENO LIGHTS, BE ELECTRIC, SOBRE VISTA RESORT, WNET, ...
 

Lucca Film Festival and Europa Cinema postponed in autumn

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The dates to enter the Feature Film and Short Film Competitions are postponed to 31 August Lucca Film Festival and Europa Cinema postponed in autumn Revealed the poster dedicated to Federico Fellini on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of his birth Lucca Film Festival and Europa Cinema, one of the core events of the Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca Foundation, has been postponed in autumn due to the international health emergency, in a Festival scattered across virtual and ...
 
 

Revelation announces Couched Online Film Festival

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  Revelation Film Festival hasn't spent the COVID lockdown twiddling its thumbs and eating Tim Tams and instead is planning both an online event in July and a physical festival later this year. Couched will run online via Eventive from 9-19 July and will present a selection of features and documentaries from across the world, including a number of premieres. “We exist to show films, and that’s something we will continue to do. Mo...
 

 

Fifth annual IFFAM to take place with theme of “A Celebration Of Life & The Big Screen”, online submissions open on June 15

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FIFTH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL & AWARDS ∙ MACAO (IFFAM) SETS 2020 DATES AS DEC 3-8   Fast-rising film festival International Film Festival & Awards. Macao (IFFAM) today announced that the dates for its fifth annual event have been set as Dec 3-8 in the city of Macao, China. Online submissions will open for film makers starting June 15 at iffamacao.com/submissions.   The festival will present a full programme of features and shorts and, in a year which has seen the ...
 

Ramsgate 2020 Festival ready for the online experience with free screenings of a spectacular line-up

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The best in independent cinema to audiences’ homes as movie theatres remain closed or struggle to draw crowds in most parts of the world  THE 2020 LINE UP HAS BEEN REVEALED The tragedies of the Coronavirus pandemic have led to public events being cancelled or postponed worldwide. And it is vital to abide by the recommendations from governments and the scientific community. So stay at home if your country still demands it and respect social distancing if lockdown mea... 
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INTO THE STORM wins The Grand Chameleon Award from the 23rd Brooklyn Film Festival

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23rd BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL (May 29 – June 7, 2020) WINNERS: INTO THE STORM Wins The Grand Chameleon Award and Best Documentary Feature   Best Narrative Feature – OUR OWN   Brooklyn Film Festival’s 23rd edition: TURNING POINT (aka Relearn How to be Human), which in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic began showing films for free online on Friday, May 29th and wrapped up Sunday, June 7th, announced the winners of the festival’s awards over the...
 

Dave Grusin Not Enough Time wins Gold Remi Award at 53rd Worldfest Houston

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WorldFest was founded over 53 years ago as Cinema Arts, an International Film Society in August, 1961. WorldFest became the third competitive international film festival in North America, following San Francisco and New York. WorldFest is the oldest Independent Film & Video Festival in the Whole Wide World. It evolved into a competitive International Film Festival in April, 1968. WorldFest was founded by award-winning producer/director Hunter Todd to present a quality film festival for th...
 

Adverse by Brian Metcalf wins Platinum Remi Award from the 53rd Annual WorldFest Houston

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WorldFest was founded over 53 years ago as Cinema Arts, an International Film Society in August, 1961. WorldFest became the third competitive international film festival in North America, following San Francisco and New York. WorldFest is the oldest Independent Film & Video Festival in the Whole Wide World. It evolved into a competitive International Film Festival in April, 1968. WorldFest was founded by award-winning producer/director Hunter Todd to present a quality film festival for th...
 

Brooklyn Film Festival Announces its Awards, after an online session

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2020 WINNERS Through the resources of industry-related sponsors, the Brooklyn Film Festival awards the winners with products, services, and cash. PRIZES SPONSORED BY: ABELCINE, XENO LIGHTS, BE ELECTRIC, SOBRE VISTA RESORT, WNET, REEL 13, MPE, FINAL DRAFT, LENTINI COMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA SERVICES, NOBLE JEWELRY, THE POD, PAPAPIETRO PERRY WINERY, BROOKLYN FILM SOCIETY Grand Chameleon Award INTO THE STORM [EN LA TORMENTA] by ADAM BROWN Best Narrative Feature OUR OW...
 

You are invited to The New York City Independent Film Festival Awards Ceremony

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  Please join us for the all the excitement June 7, 2020 6PM NYC Time! The New York City Independent Film Festival Presents The 11th Annual NYC Indie Awards Do to the COVID-19 Pandemic New York City has shut down all theaters which means we will not be able to hold the physical Awards Ceremony this year.  With that in mind we have moved the Ceremony online!    To join us follow the link below or press The Red Button! https://www.bingewave.com/s/awards-ceremo...
 
 

Short Film Fund Grand Prize Winners

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We are proud to announce this year's Short Film Fund Grand Prize Winners. Two Production Grants of $15K & $5K to be awarded this year.   OUR JUDGES HAVE SPOKEN!   GRAND PRIZE WINNER   ...
 

FICCI 60 announces the winners of the Documentary Film Workshop

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In its 60th edition, the Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival maintains support for Colombian cinematography.   The Documentary Film Workshop is an autonomous project of the FICCI in alliance with the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, the Centro Ático of the Universidad Javeriana and Señal Colombia. For 11 continuous years we have supported the best of Latin American documentary cinema and this year we managed to articulate with ALADOS, the most impor...
 

The PRIMERA MIRADA Fund award Winners at IFFF Panama

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The IFF Panama Foundation thanks all the filmmakers from Central American and Caribbean countries who applied with their projects for the PRIMERA MIRADA award, a fund dedicated to supporting post-production work exclusively, and SU MIRADA award, a fund that seeks to strengthen the participation of women in the film industry in Central America and the Caribbean. Both granted by our ally, the Inter-American Development Bank IDB. PRIMERA MIRADA FUND Last April,  the IFF Panama Foundation i...
 

Winners of the IFF Panama Film Match co-production forum.

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  After four days of intense work and many meetings, the First Cinematographic Co-Production Forum of Central America and the Caribbean concluded:  IFF Panama Film Match Virtual. The international producers and members of the jury, Diana Bustamante, Thierry Lenouvel and Inti Cordea, unanimously agreed to grant the following awards and recognitions to the participating projects of the IFF Panama Film Match co-production forum. "By presenting in your project a sto...
 

The Maine Outdoor Film Festival congratulates The Extra Credit Adventure Edit video contest winners

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We have our Extra Credit Adventure Edit winners! We received so many amazing submissions from filmmakers across the country and the world! Our jury had a challenging deliberation choosing the finalist films and the Jury award was no different. The Audience Award winners were up to the voters, and with each contest decided by at least 10% of the vote, the voice of the people was clear!   Without further ado, MOFF presents the Extra Credit Adventure Edit video contest winners: ...
 

Winners of the first ever Virtual Vail Film Festival

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Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's festival! We hope you enjoyed the first ever Virtual Vail Film Festival. Here are a few stats from this year's inaugural online festival: We screened 54 films in four categories; narrative features, documentaries, short films, and student films. Thousands of viewers participated in the online festival, from 47 U.S. states and 10 countries. We hosted virtual Q&A sessions with our filmmakers, presented our ann...
 

 

A Salute to the Winners of the 60th Krakow Film Festival

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On Saturday, June 6, the first Polish online film festival ended with an awards gala, during which we met the winners of all festival competitions. The event was broadcast live on the Internet, hosted by Maciej Stuhr, and the large audience gathered in front of computer screens proved that a pandemic does not prevent true love of cinema and the festival!   The ceremony was launched by Tomasz Raczek, the editor-in-chief of the Film Magazine of the Polish Filmmakers Associ...
 

Tribeca Winners : Zoom chat video

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The Winners Are In See who won big Tribeca founder announce the winners of our annual Juried Awards, presented by AT&T. For the first time ever, we brought the show into your home. Please join us in congratulating everyone who impressed our jurors with their incredible storytelling. Jurors Chris Pine, Gretchen Mol, Josh Hutcherson, Joel McHale, Lukas Haas, and more called up our nominees to ask them red-carpet questions — and to surprise winners with the big news. ...
 

SXSW 2020 awards, with video from SHITHOUSE Award Winner

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The 2020 SXSW Film program (which was scheduled to happen March 13–22, 2020 Austin) comprised 135 Features, including 99 World Premieres, 9 North American Premieres, 5 U.S. Premieres, and 75 films from first-time filmmakers; 119 Shorts including 22 Music Videos; 12 Episodic Premieres; 7 Special Events; 14 Episodic Pilots in two curated programs; 30 Title Design Entries; and 27 Virtual Cinema Projects. “When we curated and announced our slate for the 20...
 

VIDEO Tribeca winners online show hosted by Robert de Niro, Jane Rosenthal and jurors

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See who won big at the Online Awards Show.     Our annual Juried Awards, presented by AT&T, are finally here! For the first time ever, we’re bringing the celebrations to you at home. Wherever you’re sitting right now is officially the best seat in the house! Chris Pine, Gretchen Mol, Josh Hutcherson, Joel McHale, Lukas Haas, and more of our talented jurors called up our winning filmmakers to surprise them with the big news. Don’t miss a single second of... 
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Your Script Produced competition
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Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.

We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!

Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

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French Riviera Film Festival relocated in Santa Monica
August 15-16, 2020

 

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June 15, 2020 EXTENDED deadline

The second annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. Relocated to Santa Monica Laemmle Monica Theatre Center due to pandemics, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers. 

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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
October 3 - 8, 2020

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August 20th, 2020 Extended Deadline

Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd edition of the festival returns in October 2020  in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.

Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.

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The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
November 6 – 22, 2020

July 1, 2020 Regular Deadline
August 1, 2020 Late Deadline

Celebrating its 35th annual festival in 2020, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) presents American indies and studio films, international films, student films, special tributes, seminars and introduces filmmakers to South Florida audiences. The festival runs November 6 – 22, 2020, and screens 200 films in Fort Lauderdale, Sunrise, Hollywood, St Augustine, and The Bahamas. Considered one of the most important regional film festivals in the U.S., the Festival's commitment to first-time filmmakers and innovative programming make it the perfect test market for your film.

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Interview with Marché du Film Executive Director Jérôme Paillard

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Jérôme Paillard in conversation with Bruno Chatelin     Facts and figures on the 2020 marchédu Film online, the first edition of its kind. Quite a challenge on many fronts   A few figures about attendance  trends this year? when is the marchedufilm.online opening, why 5 days only? How many of the Cannes official selection  titles will be screening in the virtual Marché do you see a trend ? I see 16 conferences and panels a...

Bruno Chatelin Interviewed here and there

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Not exhaustive at all, I know i should have filed them somehow, somewhere, or even HERE :-)... for the future generations of festival goers (joking of course) Festival experts Filling the Void and sharing tips with Bruno Chatelin, Sandra Lipski, Ivan Wiener Daniel Sol... Bruno Chatelin Interviewed on filmfestivals for The Expert Process Podcast Bruno Chatelin interviewed in Izvestia on Golden Globes http://dlvr.it/RMc2W2 Bruno Chatelin interviewed on festivals for Cine@art ...
 

Gale Anne Hurd will speak at CARLA 2020 A Global Digital Conference For Diversity & Inclusion in Film and TV

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  CARLA 2020  Hosted by Women in Film & TV International will run August 21 – 23, 2020 Speakers include: Amma Asante, Julie Taymor, Paul Feig and Gale Anne Hurd.   CARLA 2020 is an online conference bringing together creatives, researchers, executives, financiers, and activists for a powerful conference focusing on creating lasting structural change in the film and television ecosystem. Virtual and interactive keynotes, panels, roun...
 
 

Interview with Smriti Kiran,the Artistic Director of Mumbai Film Festival

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In a new interview with C.M. Rubin, Founder of CMRubinWorld, Artistic Director of the Mumbai Film Festival, Smriti Kiran, talks about the future of film and filmmaking in her country. The Festival and the Indian Film Industry were significantly hit not only by the Coronavirus pandemic but additionally by Cyclone Amphan. “Everything has come to a grinding halt,” Kiran tells C.M. Rubin, and adds that India is “in the midst of the biggest humanitarian crisis the country ha...
 
 

Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian interviewed by C.M. Rubin,

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In a new interview with C.M. Rubin, Founder of CMRubinWorld, Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian say cinemas are still closed while film producers look for the right way to respect COVID-19 restrictions. The experience of making or watching a film in a cinema is all about groups of people coming together to collaborate on art. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic and physical distancing. “The German film industry came to a halt in March, says Mariette Rissenbeek, Executive Director ...
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Opening today: the Key Buyers Event: Digital Edition hosted by ROSKINO

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The Key Buyers Event: Digital Edition hosted by ROSKINO, the Russian film promotion body, with the support of Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation and Moscow government announces additional leading industry executives from around the world who will bring their wealth of expertise from across the spectrum of the film industry to Russia’s First Virtual Content Market which goes live on Monday, 8 June and runs until the 15 June.   Jay Roewe, SVP of Production for HBO, Erik Barmac...
 

Chinese Documentaries Festival 'Les Ecrans de Chine' will open in Paris end september

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It will be the tenth edition of The China Screen Festival which runs from October 2 to November 10. As before, we will not only be present in Europe’s cultural capital Paris, but also in many other European cities to preview and celebrate the latest creative documentaries coming out of China. With the current political leadership, independent filmmakers are having a very tough time, so it is more important than ever to look at their films, and to support their take on free expressio...
 
 

Overview of the US business for the week of June 8 Honoring Kathleen Kennedy for her birthday

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Screendollars Newsletter for the week of June 8th. Our Notable Industry News continues to explore the many aspects of how the film industry is planning for its re-opening. Last week, NATO announced that it expects 90% of US cinemas to be open and operating on July 17th, when Warner Bros.' Tenet hits theatres. A story from BoxofficePro reports on the renewed emphasis by theatres to rent their auditoriums to private parties, as a way for small groups to enjoy the movies and celebra...
 

Sign up with 'friday discount' to Film Festival Mastery

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HEADS UP! PRE-ENROLLMENT IS OPEN FOR WITH A SPECIAL DISCOUNT A LIMITED TIME! REGISTER About a month ago, 200 of your fellow filmmakers joined the Fiklm Festival Mastery Founders for the beta launch of our new course & coaching program called Film Festival Mastery - and it was a SMASHING success!  Clients are already getting results and leveraging the training to advance their careers! As we polish up the course for its official public premiere in lat...
 

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BLUE MOTEL Award winning script by Ted Campbell
Feature film in production by Doval Bacall Films

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Grand Winner Your Script Produced season 1  Platinum Remi Award WorldFest Houston

When his bank robber father injured in a recent heist seeks refuge at the desolate motel where he works, a motel clerk is forced to confront the truth behind a botched heist from his past.

Originally from Boston, Mass, Ted Campbell is a screenwriter and director who specializes in thoughtful, character driven thrillers. Ted will direct his heist thriller "Underground" with producer Ellen Wander of Film Bridge International. His contained, crime thriller “Blue Motel” won the Grand Prize in Your Script Produced screenplay competition. Ted will direct “Blue Motel” with Doval Bacall Films producing. Ted is a member of ISA’s Development Program. And was named to ISA’s Top 25 Screenwriters To Watch list.

Ted finds inspiration in the works of the great noir writers Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald as well as his screenwriting idols Scott Frank, Shane Black, Tony Gilroy and Richard Wenk.

 

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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson

Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 Director's cut: 79 minutes

What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.

Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches. As Davies meets and becomes friends with the some of his Russian photo subjects, he finds himself getting emotionally involved with their struggle. He decides to put down his camera and get involved with church restoration.

Early on in our story Davies befriends the famed Russian architect Alexander Popov who is deeply involved in working to preserve and share with the world the beauty and value of these ancient structures. Popov has uniquely discovered and reinvigorated both the tools and processes that restore life back to the North. But it’s an uphill battle against strong and powerful forces.

Together, Davies and Popov uncover the circumstances that led to the demise of the churches, and then join a small but growing group of passionate Russian citizens and outsiders from all walks of life who join the cause of Saving North.

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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler

Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland

Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag

First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG

An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.

 

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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written  and directed by Matthew Taylor

USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes

Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself.
 

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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova

The documentary film «THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova, tells a story of one of the most famous lamas, Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov. His body is recognized as one of the sacred Buddhist objects of Russia and is being kept in the Ivolginsky Datsan. The Buddhist monks approach him as a living person.
 
Itigelov was born in 1852 and began his religious education at the age of sixteen years. In 1911, he was appointed the twelfth Pandido Khambo Lama as the Head of Russian Buryat Buddhists. Between 1913 and 1917, Itigelov was prominent in the spiritual life of Russian Empire. He took part in the Tercentenary celebrations of the House Romanov and opened first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. During First World War Itigelov presided over the society of "Buryat brothers", an organization helping the Russian army. After October Revolution, Itigelov resigned as head of the Buddhists. In 1927, aged seventy-five years, he asked other lamas to begin meditation ceremonies and funeral rites, since he said he was about to die. Itigelov left a testament asking to be buried as he was at the time of his death, sitting in lotus posture. On September 11, 2002, Itigelov's body was eventually exhumed in the presence of the leaders of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan.

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THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

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Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.

Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...
 

La Source (Jungfrukällan) d’Ingmar Bergman (Suède, 1960)

La 34e édition du Festival de Cabourg, Journées Romantiques aura bien lieu à partir du 10 juin

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Nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer que la 34e édition du Festival de Cabourg, Journées Romantiques aura bien lieu à partir du 10 juin, mais compte tenu de la situation sanitaire actuelle, nous avons dû nous adapter... UN NOUVEAU FORMAT DU FESTIVAL, POUR UNE ÉDITION PARTICULIERE ! > La Compétition Officielle :  • 8 longs-métrages de différentes nationalités (Chine, Espagne, France, Grande-Bretagne, Mongolie, USA/P...
 
 

La prochaine et 24e édition du Festival de l'Alpe d'Huez aura lieu du 19 au 24 janvier 2021 !

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Le #FAH est heureux d’annoncer les dates de son édition 2021, après de nombreuses semaines de silence à observer avec inquiétude les effets de cette catastrophe, qui a bouleversé tous les secteurs… Comme tous les professionnels culturels, événementiels et touristiques, le FAH, ses organisateurs ATG & la station de l’Alpe d’Huez ont été impactés par cette crise . Après cette pér...
 

Ateliers et Académie d'été 2020 du Festival Les Riches Heures de La Réole

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Rendez-vous en juin et en août 2020 !   19 - 21 JUIN : dernier WE des ateliers ! Ouvert à tous et aux débutants ! Nous continuerons l'exploration de la Missa Jubilate Deo à 4 voix d'Huges de Fontenay (1622) à partir d'un facsimilé de l'imprimé original. Venez nombreux ! On a besoin de votre soutien !   INSCRIPTIONS ET RENSEIGNEMENTS Et en août ...   INFORMATIONS IMPORTANTES : ...
 
 

Le Festival La Rochelle Cinéma (FEMA) se tiendra sous diverses formes aux dates prévues du 26 juin au 5 juillet prochains

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Le Festival La Rochelle Cinéma (FEMA) ne pourra pas se dérouler dans les salles de cinéma de La Rochelle aux dates prévues mais nous faisons Tout notre possible pour que cette 48e édition existe sous diverses formes. Tout d'abord en ligne, en partenariat avec LaCinetek, dont nous avions accueilli le 1er ciné-club en juillet dernier avec Suspiria présenté par Dario Argento. Du 26 juin a...
 
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email bruno@filmfestivals.com

 

 

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