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For festival consideration
The Rule of Lead - La Regola del Piombo
Following otherworldly plans which he finds very annoying, Humphrey, the ghost of a murderer, is forced to team up with Lara, a lonely teenage girl ignored by parents and society. Unable to touch things and assume a human form that would lead to the ultimate demise of his soul, Humphrey must lead the girl to save two kidnapped children as a way to redeem himself and finally abandon Earth. The two make an unpredictable rough pair and explore the old mansion where some criminals are holding the ...
Trailer for Pseudonym, for festival consideration
Synopsis: Alex is a divorced father, a stressed executive. His daily routine is work, work, work. Tonight he's in a hurry, he's due to meet a beautiful young stranger... who contacted him via the internet. But this blind date will flip him into a downward spiral and disrupt forever the course of his life. Thriller, 75 min., Scope, Dolby 5.1 Directed by Thierry Sebban Starring: Simon Abkarian, Igor Skreblin, Perrine Tourneux...
October Selection of Films for your consideration
Dujardin teams with Clooney... in the next Nespresso commercial
Heaven Knows What wins Best Film in Tokyo
Report on Heaven Knows What TIFF 2014, press conference, Oct. 28 ©2014 TIFF “HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT“, directed by Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie won the Tokyo Grand Prix at 27th TIFF Director Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie Staff Director/Screenplay : Joshua Safdie Director/Editor : Benny Safdie Screenplay/Editor : Ronald Bronstein Cinematographer : Sean Price Williams Pr...
Three New Titles Selected For IFFR’s Inaugural IFFR Live
Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories, Speed Walking and Melody added to simultaneous live screening event International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has selected three new titles for IFFR Live, the documentary feature ERBARME DICH – MATTHÄUS PASSION STORIES, which will screen as a World Premiere, SPEED WALKING and MELODY, both of which will be European Premieres. The unique international film festival event, established ...
Lost In Bosnia to open Sleepwalkers International Short Film Festival in Tallinn, Estonia
New portmanteau film showcases films from Béla Tarr founded cinema collective film.factory The Sleepwalkers International Short Film Festival, held between 18th and 22nd November, will open its 15th edition with a screening of the portmanteau feature film Lost In Bosnia. This collection of shorts is an ode to films and filmmaking and highlights the works of the first batch of students from the Sarajevo based film.factory. The film school, founded by the lege...
World Cinema Fund Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary and Launches an Additional Funding Project: WCF Europe
On its 10th anniversary, the World Cinema Fund (WCF) looks back at a successful and productive decade. Since its establishment, it has backed a total of 119 projects from 41 countries: it has granted production funds 84 times and given distribution funds to 35 films for release in German cinemas. In 2015, the WCF will expand its funding programme to include a special project: WCF Europe. Founded in 2004, the WCF was initiated by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Ber...
Little Studio Films breathes new life into the serial killer thriller genre with Lazarus Rising
Little Studio Films has partnered up with Miami based Magic City Pictures and screenwriter A.J. Ferrara to introduce their latest thriller project, "Lazarus Rising", at AFM 2014. International actor Max Ryan has signed on for the lead role and both Little Studio Films and Magic City PIctures will be presenting to potential production partners and international distributors at the 2014 American Film Market. It will be directed by Jameson Hesse, a published autho...
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2014 NYC Gothams Audience Award Screening Schedule
Screenings are for IFP members only on a first-come, first-served basis. A printed copy of your membership card is required for admittance. Q&As to be confirmed for select screenings. Check back for updates! All Screenings Take Place at the Made in NY Media Center by IFP 30 John St. DUMBO, Brooklyn WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 6:00pm Love is Strange, dir. Ira Sachs 8:15pm Nightcrawler, dir. Dan Gilroy THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6 6:00pm ...
The Audience Award of the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival goes to Pale Moon
The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival the Audience Award “Pale Moon” ©2014 “Pale Moon” Film Partners Director : Daihachi Yoshida Original Novel : Mitsuyo Kakuta Cast : Rie Miyazawa, Sosuke Ikematsu, Satomi Kobayashi, Yuko Oshima, Seiichi Tanabe, Yoshimasa Kondo, Renji Ishibashi ©2014 TIFF BUYING HER WAY TO HAPPINESS ...
Awards of 27th Tokyo IFF
Tokyo Grand Prix “HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT“ Director:Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie Special Jury Prize “The Lesson“ Award for Best Director Joshua Safdie, Benny Safdie “HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT“ Award for Best Actress Rie Miyazawa “Pale Moon“ Award for Best Actor Robert Więckiewicz “The Mighty Angel“
The short film finalists for ParentesiCinema
The film contest has collected more than 270 films from around the world. The shorts finalists will be seen by the jury by the Artistic Director Luca Cavadini, actress Anne Bergamo Tucci, the researcher Marta Soligo, from writer-director Emanuele Sana and director Ruben Loera Antonio Perez. Together decreed the winners of the following categories: Best International Short Film, Best Internation...
The 23rd Philadelphia Film Festival ended its 11-day celebration of Film and presented a series of awards
The 23rd Philadelphia Film Festival ended its 11-day celebration of all things cinematic with a sold-out closing night screening of Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern. This year's festival, which ran from October 16-26, featured 113 films from 28 countries, as well as panel discussions, community events, filmmaker Q&As and a rapidly growing education series inclusionary of students from Philadelphia's public, private and charter schools. ...
Los cabos Fest - Rosario Dawson will hand The Tribute Award to Atom Egoyan
During the Third Edition of Los Cabos International Film Festival, American actress Rosario Dawson will present the Latin American Premier of Atom Egoyan’s The Captive (2014), and will have the honor to grant the Tribute Award to Mr. Egoyan on Saturday, November 15th. Dawson plays a detective in the film by the Canadian Director, investigating Cassandra’s case that was abruptly kidnapped; this begins a horrifying race against time where the detective herself must pla...
The Chelsea Film Festival announced the 2014 winners this past Sunday, October 19th at the SVA Theatre in the heart of Chelsea.
CFF Official Trophy, Charging Bull replica handmade by Arturo Di Modica ©Chelsea Film Festival, Inc The Closing Awards Ceremony was hosted by CFF Founder and Director Ingrid Jean-Baptiste, who reminded the importance of the Festival's mission: "The Festival's mission is to discover emerging directors from around the world and be an international platform for independent filmmaking. It has been a very successful year. The Chelsea Film Festival received over a t...
‘Il Capitale Umano’ wins the Canvas Public Choice Award at Gent Film Festival
The public chooses ‘Pride’ as their favourite film The Port of Ghent Public Choice Award goes to ‘Pride’ by Matthew Warchus and the Canvas Public Choice Award goes to ‘Il Capitale Umano’ by Paolo Virzì. Raphaël Crombez’ short film ‘Perdition County’ took home the ACE Image Factory Audience Award for Best Belgian Student Short Fil...
Best Super Short Film Winner-"Shift"
Congratulations again to Patrick Ryder and Del Mak, the directors of "Shift", for winning the award for Best Super Short Film! Along with this award, they have also received the Sony Vegas Pro Software as their prize for creating such an amazing dance film. If you didn't make it to the screening of "Shift" at our festival, you can check out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGn76ygoOrY Goosebumps guaranteed! ...
The winners of fourth edition of US in Progress Wrocław, part of American Film Festival Wrocław 2014
The fourth edition of the USinProgress co-production forum was held on October 22-25, 2014, during the 5th American Film Festival in Wrocław. The event, targeting Polish and European film professionals, aims to facilitate contacts and develop professional networking with independent filmmakers from the United States. It is the only event of its kind in Eastern Europe, co-organized with New York based Black Rabbit Films and Champs-Elysees Film Festival in Paris. Invite-only screenings featured s...
36 Nominees for the 8th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA)
Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk today announced nominees for the 8th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), with 36 films from 21 Asia Pacific countries and areas vying for the region’s highest accolade in film. Films in the running for the 2014 APSA for Best Feature Film are Winter Sleep (Turkey, France, Germany), Leviathan (Russian Federation), I’m Not Angry (Islamic Republic of Iran), The Owners (Kazakhstan), ...
Obvious Child and Life Itself win the 5th American Film Festival in Wroclaw
5th edition of the American Film Festival has come to an end. The first event in Eastern and Central Europe focused entirely on independent American cinema closed on October26th with the Polish premiere of Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher. In five days of the festival 70 pictures were presented in 137 screenings. The program included 54 titles screened for the first time in Poland and three international premieres. With some shows sold out completely, the attendance was 17 thousand admission...
Hearst Screenwriting Grant winners announced: A. Sayeeda Moreno and Micah Shaffer
The San Francisco Film Society today announced that A. Sayeeda Moreno and Micah Shaffer have been selected to receive this year's $15,000 SFFS / Hearst Screenwriting Grant for development of their script White. The SFFS / Hearst Screenwriting Grant is awarded in the fall of each year to writers residing in the United States who have been practicing for at least five years and who have previously written a minimum of one feature screenplay. The panelists who reviewed the finalists' submis...
Nominations Announced for the 24th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards by IFP
The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation’s premier member organization of independent storytellers, announced today the nominees for the 24th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards by IFP. The Gotham Awards is one of the leading awards for independent film and signals the kick-off to the film awards season. For 2014, the seven competitive awards include Best Feature, Best Documentary, Best Actor, Best Actress (presenting sponsor euphoria Calvin Klein), Breakthrough A...
The Way Out triumphs at CinEast film festival Luxembourg
The international jury of the 7th edition of CinEast (Central and Eastern European Film Festival Luxembourg, 9-26 October 2014, www.cineast.lu) presided by the Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa awarded the Grand Prix to the film The Way Out by the Czech director Petr Václav and the Special Jury Prize to the film Viktoria by the Bulgarian director Maya Vitkova. The Audience Award went to Life Feels Good by the Polish director Maciej Pieprzyca. The winners of the awards w...
Chelsea Film Festival Winners!
CHELSEA FILM FESTIVAL 2014 GRAND PRIX WINNER Noah Lang, Producer of SunBeltExpress won the Grand Prix of the Chelsea Film Festival! Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress Tate Donovan, India Ennega, Ana de la Reguera Tate Donovan in "Sun Belt Express." ©Sun Belt Express, LLC The Chelsea Film Festival announced the 2014 winners this pastSunday, October 19th at t...
Shriekfest announces it's 2014 Winners! Berkshire County gets Best Film
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Shriekfest, the Los Angeles International Film Festival & Screenplay Competiton was a huge success! Denise Gossett, festival director, once again hosted Shriekfest Oct 2-5th at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. Shriekfest screened 42 films and had 30 screenplay finalists & 8 original song finalists. "Berkshire County" directed by Audrey Cummings took the Grand Jury prize for Best Horror Feature Film, "Time Lapse" directed by Bradley King to...
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Submit to the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival APRIL 23 - 26, 2014
October 31, 2014 Earlybird Deadline
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Fantasporto 2015 35th edition February 27th - March 7th
Submissions close December 5th
This year's edition will pay tribute to Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers and Orson Welles celebrating his 100th anniversary and screening new restored prints of Citizen Kane and Top Hat which opened 75 years ago. Both are in the Fantas Classics area.
The selection for shorts is only for fantasy ones, like always. Submissions are open and we are accepting online submissions.
Since we are making a new site that will be ready only later in October we propose you to send us the screener(s) for the selection commitee to see and, if the film(s) is(are) chosen, we will ask you all the materials needed. SUBMIIT
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The Nashville Film Festival 46th Annual April 16 - 25, 2015
The Nashville Film Festival is proud to bring the world to Nashville through a celebration of the diversity of the human spirit expressed through the art of film. In year-round programs, NaFF helps build a more informed, collaborative and alive community.
The call for entries for the 2015 Nashville Film Festival is now open. Make sure to enter your film today. We offer cash and prizes valued at over $54,000 and qualify Live Action, Animated and Documentary Short Films for Academy Award™ consideration. SUBMIT VIA WAB or use the Call for Entry 2015 .
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The Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) March 25 - 29, 2015
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"2014" - 220 Filmmakers - 14 countries - 114 films
Named one of America's "Top Ten Destination Film Festivals," Sonoma prides itself on giving every filmmaker the royal treatment. Celebrated as one of the friendliest and most uplifting festivals on the circuit. SUBMIT
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Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival April 23 - May 3, 2015
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EARLY-BIRD DEADLINE – November 19, 2014
Hot Docs (www.hotdocs.ca), North America’s largest documentary festival, conference and market, will present its 22nd annual edition from April 23 – May 3, 2015. An outstanding selection of approximately 200 documentaries from Canada and around the world will be presented to Toronto audiences and international delegates. Hot Docs will also mount a full roster of conference sessions and market events and services for documentary practitioners, including the renowned Hot Docs Forum, Hot Docs Deal Maker and The Doc Shop. In partnership with Blue Ice Group, Hot Docs operates the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, a century-old landmark located in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood.
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New York Int'l Children's Film Festival February 27 - March 22, 2015
Final Deadline for Shorts Oct 14, 2014 - Final Deadline for Feature Films Nov 10, 2014
New York Int'l Children's Film Festival is North America's film festival for children and teens. Each year the Festival presents 100 animated, live action and experimental shorts and features from around the world plus retrospectives, filmmaker Q&As, workshops, audience voting, and an annual Awards Ceremony.
We are looking for creative, original, non-formulaic short and feature films that support our mission to create a more dynamic film culture for children and teens. We often program films that were not created with a young audience in mind, but are received passionately and enthusiastically by attendees ages 3-18 nonetheless. We are not shy about showing films with mature themes, subject matter, language or sensibilities.
Members of the Festival jury include Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Bill Plympton, Christine Vachon, James Schamus, Henry Selick and Gus van Sant, among others. The Festival is an Academy®-qualifying festival. SUBMIT
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The Myrtle Beach International Film Festival April 22 -25, 2015
This will mark the 10th year anniversary of the festival ranked one of the top 25 film festivals in the World by Movie Maker Magazine.
We are open to all genres. MBIFF also has a budget category, so a film with a 10 thousand dollar budget does not compete against a project with a 10 million dollar budget (with the exception of the overall winner).
We have been quoted as the best or one of the best festivals ever attended by films makers around the globe.
We are passionate about film and it shows! Submit by January 10th 2015
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The Garden State Film Festival
2015 Call for Entries is OPEN NOW!!!
The Garden State Film Festival was founded to promote the art of filmmaking on all levels by showcasing a wide variety of film, video and animated works as well as provide educational programs in the creative arts to the public by industry leaders. The artistic philosophy of the Garden State Film Festival is rooted in the celebration of the independent film genre and the creation of a forum where local and other independent filmmakers can exhibit their work. Film, Screenplay and Movie Music competitions all open now!!
Film EntriesScreenplay Competition
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L Europe autour de l' Europe Festival calling for entry for 2015
Film submission deadline: December 15, 2014 Subscription fee : free Participation rules: 1) Production: 47 countries of the Council of Europe 2) Screening formats : 35mm, 16mm, DCP, Quicktime, BluRay, Beta SP, Digibeta, DVD 3) Screeners : DVD, BluRay or link with French or English subtitles Address : Evropa Film Akt / Festival L’Europe autour de l’Europe 22 rue Deparcieux 75014 Paris, France E-mail : leuropeautourdeleurope@gmail.com...
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Check these Partner Film Festivals calling end October
The inaugral Udada Film Festival kicked off
The inaugral Udada Film Festival kicked off officially on Friday the 24th of October at the Micheal Joseph Center. The Udada Film Festival is the first film festival in Kenya to exclusively celebrate women in film. It has been organized by Wanjiru Kinyanjui, a film maker and lecturer at the Kenyatta University. Udada Film Festival will be running screenings at the Goethe Institute and Micheal Joseph Center everyday from 2pm till the 29th of October. There shall be workshops in the morning. C...
Today at the Vermont Festival!
Here's today's schedule: 10:15am - Film House Nothing Like Chocolate (Student Matinee) Director: Kum-Kum Bhavnani | USA | Doc | 2013 | 64 mins 12:00pm - Burlington City Arts Lunchtime S...
31st annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival in action
31st annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival October 24 - November 2, 2014 The best film for children, youth, and families from around the world, right nere in Chicago! 2014 Festival Schedule (PDF): FAMILY SCHEDULE (Weekend and Evening Screenings) FIELD TRIP SCHEDULE (Weekday Morning Screenings) Screening Details By Individual Film Title Checkout the OFFICIAL FESTIVAL WEBSITE &...
John Lasseter held a keynote at Tokyo Fest focusing on “Cool Japan”
“Thank you, Japan for making me who I am.” TIFF’s Special Event John Lasseter to Speak on “Cool Japan” – 10/24(Fri.) Special event with John Lasseter held and he spoke on the topic of “Cool Japan”. Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is having the world premiere of his latest film, “Big Hero 6” as the Opening Film. John shared his respect and fasc...
55th Thessaloniki International Film Festival opens today
The Cut, 2014, Fatih Akin OPEN HORIZONS The Open Horizons section of the 55th Thessaloniki International Film Festival comprises films that, although varied in their thematic concerns and aesthetic approaches, create a multi-faceted portrait of the most recent and noteworthy international film production. Running in parallel, the Special Screenings section presents the newest additions in the work of renowned auteurs. Some of this year’s most impressive films will be screened as part ...
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Los Angeles Music Video Festival returns to LA next week
It's that time of year again for the best in music and filmmaking to come together as one for the 4th Annual Los Angeles Music Video Festival, Nov 5th through ends Nov 8th! We've taken this year's event to another level with musical guest and keynote speaker, Reggie Watts, and a performance by Mystery Skulls. Don't miss two very...
Tyre International Short-films Festival in Lebanon
Tyre International Short-Films Festival will take place next November 8-11 at El Hamra Cinema, Tyre, Lebanon. An event that will bring to Sour of Lebanon the work of artists coming from more than 12 countries, Arabic and European, aiming to promote culture and creativity and to create a space for the people to meet and exchange experiences on cinema. Following the path, El Hamra Cinema activities continue with a new milestone, after the Internatio...
Bruno Chatelin joins the The jury at Bahamas Film Fest 2014
SPIRIT OF FREEDOM: NARRATIVE & DOCUMENTARY BIFF has held Spirit of Freedom as one of its themed categories since it's very first festival, eight years ago. Each film in this program explores the potential of the human spirit and how freedom affects - or is absent from - our lives. NEW VISIONS - SPONSORED BY JETBLUE AIRWAYS Our New Visions competition is a showcase for emerging artists, providing festival audiences with the opportunity to dis...
Duhok IFF postponed to September 9th, 2015 due to the political situation in Iraq
DUHOK 3rd INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ...
Revelation Perth International Film Festival has today announced the first of the titles in its Australian Revelations series.
Australian Revelations is a celebration of Australian film through a year-round, ongoing series of screenings and Geoffrey Wright’s 1992 classic Romper Stomper will headline the first screening on Monday 24 November. Romper Stomper was nominated for nine Australian Film Institute Awards. A younger Russell Crowe won Best Actor in a Lead Role for his portrayal of Hando and the film also picked up AFI Awards for Best Achievement in Sound and Best Original Music Score. The film will ...
Camerimage reveals Main Competition lineup
Alejandro G Ińárritu, Yimou Zhang, Tate Taylor, Mike Leigh, Stephen Daldry and Jean-Marc Vallée are Among Distinguished Filmmakers with Works Screening in Competition at the 22nd International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, now in its 22nd edition, today revealed the lineup of films selected for the festival’s Main Competition. This year’s main...
Video of the 62nd San Sebastian International Film Festival - Best Moments.
Here is a video showing the best of the 62nd San Sebastian International Film Festival. 30 minutes of what the best moments at the Festival celebrated last September. Video includes Donosti Award winners Denzel Washington and Benicio del Toro and great artists like Willem Dafoe, Jessica Chastain, John Malkovich, Pedro Almodóvar, Ricardo Darín, etc... Please have a look and enjoy ...
Black Nights announces three competitions
The Black Nights Film Festival opens its 18th edition on 14th November with ten films each competing for Tridens Baltic Sea and Nordic debut film award and North American film award and five films competing for the Estonian film award. The films in the Black Nights international competition will be announced in the beginning of November. Two years ago Black Nights expanded the Baltic debut competition to cover the whole Baltic Sea and N...
FSS for 38 European films at the AFM - 16th anniversary of EFP Umbrella Office
EFP strongly boosts marketing and sales of European films at the AFM MARSHLAND by Alberto Rodriguez European Film Promotion (EFP) is backing marketing measures of 38 films from 14 European countries at the American Film Market (AFM), which runs from November 5 - 12. 38 European sales companies are earmarked to receive Film Sales Support (FSS) totalling €120,000 for the marketing of each one film which has not yet been sold to North America. More...
Full Schedule announced for Starz Denver Film Festival
The Starz Denver Film Festival (SDFF), sponsored by Starz Entertainment and produced by the Denver Film Society, announced today its full Festival schedule. The complete lineup of films for the 37th edition, which runs November 12-23, is available at denverfilm.org/festival. Recognized as the Rocky Mountain Region's premier film event, SDFF attracts nearly 58,000 filmgoers and is widely recognized for presenting Academy Award® and Indepe...
The Starz Denver Film Festival (SDFF) Red Carpet Highlights announced
The Starz Denver Film Festival (SDFF), sponsored by Starz Entertainment and produced by the Denver Film Society, announced today its Red Carpet and Special Presentations for its 37th edition: November 12-23, 2014. Recognized as the Rocky Mountain Region's premier film event, SDFF attracts nearly 58,000 filmgoers and is widely recognized for presenting Academy Award® and Independent Spirit Award-winning films, such as The Artist, Blac...
Framed Film Festival returns to the Barbican
Framed Film Festival returns to the Barbican for its third year over the weekend of 22 & 23 November with a packed line-up
of fantastic films, events, workshops and activities for young cinema goers aged 4-11. The stories in this year’s festival capture
the world through childhood experiences: making friends, having adventures, looking after animals, being naughty and hoping not to get caught; as well as the desperate
desire to be grown up and the frustration of being a kid i...
Line Up of The 10th annual DOC CIRCUIT MONTREAL (November 15th to 19th, 2014)
Montréal, Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 – Doc Circuit Montreal, North America’s only bilingual market is pleased to announce the programming for its 10th anniversary, taking place from November 15th to the 19th. This edition will offer a slate of new creative and professional development initiatives, including the Eurodoc pitch session and grant, a 3-day Talent Lab, and a day-long Transmedia Think Tank. Talent Lab This edition begins with the pan-Canadian D...
"Birdman" and "The Imitation Game" to open 2014 Camerimage Film Festival
It is less than four weeks away to the beginning of the annual celebration of cinema - the 22nd edition of the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE! Everything will start on Saturday, November 15th, with the grand Opening Gala that will go down in the Festival's history, for among various other attractions we will screen two amazing motion pictures that has already been named major cinematic events of 2014 and generating huge awards buzz. It gives us...
AFI Line Up to be featured in the New Auteurs, Shorts and American Independents sections at this year’s festival.
AFI FEST 2014 presented by Audi, a program of the American Film Institute, announced today the films that will be featured in the New Auteurs, Shorts and American Independents sections at this year’s festival. The New Auteurs and Shorts sections both showcase filmmakers from around the world; the New Auteurs section highlights first and second-time feature film directors and the Shorts selections represent diverse and varied international perspectives. The Shorts program thi...
Supernatural Asian Drama, FREEDOM DEAL: Mobile Screenings in Cambodia
Camerado's original supernatural Asian historical dramatic movie, FREEDOM DEAL: The Story of Lucky, set along the Cambodia-Vietnam border in 1970 during the Vietnam conflict, continues to enjoy popular support and appreciation internationally - and on the ground in Cambodia in well. A series of October 2014 sidewalk and street screenings in Phnom Penh and in the rural Cambodian countryside, demonstrated conclusively a striking level of popular local support for this pion...
Humans in Space Art Video Challenge announced
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HollyShorts is teaming up with the Humans in Space Art Program and Waterstone Entertainment as an official Film Festival partner for the Humans in Space Art Video Challenge. The Humans in Space Art Program is working with NASA’s International Space Station Program to encourage the creation of videos focused on the future of space, science and technology, and its impact on Earth. The Challenge is currently accepting film submissions and inviting filmmakers and students aroun...
NYFF52 Time Out of Mind Press Conference
By Maria Esteves – October 25, 2014 The 52nd New York Film Festival 2014 (NYFF52) U.S. Premiere of TIME OUT OF MIND, press conference with writer/director Oren Moverman and actor/producer Richard Gere moderated by NYFF Selection Committee Amy Taubin, Film Society of Lincoln Center, was held at the Walter Reade Theater on Thursday, September 25, 2014. Questions posed to director Moverman and Gere by moderator Taubin and members of the press included "Did you have lots of different po...
NYFF52 Birdman Press Conference
By Maria Esteves – October 25, 2014 The 52nd New York Film Festival 2014 (NYFF52) Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), press conference with director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, cast members actor Michael Keaton, Academy Award nominated supporting actor Edward Norton, actor/stand-up comedian Zach Galifianakis, English actress Andrea Riseborough, Academy Award nominated actress Amy Ryan, actress/model Emma Stone and British actress Naomi Watts moderated by director of...
The Middleburg Film Festival announced today the schedule of panels
MIDDLEBURG FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE OF PANELS AND FILMMAKER CONVERSATIONS Filmmakers, actors, industry executives and journalists to gather in Virginia’s historic countryside for four days of film, wine and conversation The Middleburg Film Festival announced today the schedule of panels and filmmaker conversations that round out the festival program. Directors, producers, industry executives and special guests will be on hand throughout the festival to discuss filmmaking ...
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Fun report on The World Cosplay Summit in Tokyo: Global Cosplayers Strut Their Stuff
©2014 TIFF They call Japan the Holy Land of Manga, so that makes the city of Nagoya the sacred birthplace of the World Cosplay Summit. Launched in 2003 to bring together manga, animé and video-game fans — who are legion, as we now know —the WCS has been building bridges and vast social networks ever since. Beginning with just four countries and helping give rise to the Cool Japan initiative, the event now attracts thousands of p...
CAMERIMAGE invites Roland Joffe to head the Main Competition Jury and a total 62 jury members
CAMERIMAGE, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, has assembled a stellar roster of esteemed individuals from the world of cinema to serve as jurors in its competition categories. Below are the 2014 jury members announced today! The festival runs from November 15th – 22nd in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Main Competition Roland Joffé – Jury President (director, producer; The Killing Fields, The Mission, Vatel) Christian Berger (cinematograp...
Tributes of the 55th Thessaloniki International Film Festival. October 31 – November 9, 2014.
TRIBUTES: Three exceptional contemporary directors and one of cinema’s most distinguished actresses will be honored this year during the 55th Thessaloniki International Film Festival. German actress and singer Hanna Schygulla will attend the festival and will be given an award for her contribution to film, while tributes will be presented to the work of Swedish director Roy Andersson, Hungarian Kornél Mundruczó and American Ramin Bahrani – the latter two will a...
Over 300 Film Professionals Sign Appeal to Free Oleg Sentsov
European Film Academy and French Directors’ Guild support Ukrainian Filmmaker The filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was involved in supporting the Euro Maidan protests in Kiev and who has opposed the annexation of Crimea by Russia, was arrested by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) in his house in Simferopol on 10 May and brought to Moscow where he is still detained and awaiting trial. His trial was supposed to be on 11 October and has just b...
EFA Honours french filmmaker Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda photo by Julia_Fabry©cine-tamaris In recognition of a unique and dedicated contribution to the world of film, the European Film Academy takes great pleasure in presenting Agnès Varda with the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for her outstanding body of work. As a writer and director, Agnès Varda continues ...
Interview with Shreya...the comic highlight of 'Super Nani'
From sexy to fat, ugly, mad, bitchy, irritating and essentially, extremely funny! Shreya Narayan in a tete-a-tete on Super Nani, her first full-blown comedy role Q: Super Nani releases this Friday. A big release for you in a long while... A: I have knots in my stomach! I am returning to work after long with this film. It was shot over a period of one-and-a-half year, coinciding with the time I was busy with my mothers illness. She passed away while it wrapped up. She was excite...
Master Class In Acting with Rob Adler at Bahamas fest 2014
Saturday, December 6, 2014 10:00am - 1:00pm Find inspiration. Get unstuck creatively. Get out of your head and into the moment with Top Hollywood Acting coach Rob Adler in his (one day?) master class in acting and presence for the camera. Rob Adler is, an on-camera coach for Lionsgate, Disney, FOX, NBC, ABC, and a faculty member of the University of Southern California. He has also taught at CalArts, the Geffen Playhouse, American Music & Dra...
Supernatural Asian Drama, FREEDOM DEAL: Mobile Screenings in Cambodia
Camerado's original supernatural Asian historical dramatic movie, FREEDOM DEAL: The Story of Lucky, set along the Cambodia-Vietnam border in 1970 during the Vietnam conflict, continues to enjoy popular support and appreciation internationally - and on the ground in Cambodia in well. A series of October 2014 sidewalk and street screenings in Phnom Penh and in the rural Cambodian countryside, demonstrated conclusively a striking level of popular local support for this pion...
Spielberg to Shoot New Cold War Drama in Poland in November
What do you get when you take Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, a script by the Coen Brothers, a musical score by John Williams, and a plot based on one of the most pivotal events of the Cold War? You get St. James Place, the director's latest production, which just wrapped its first leg of principal photography in New York. St. James Place tells the story of what became the first spy prisoner exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, following the shoot-down on May 1, 1960, ...
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Filmfestivals.com renews partnership with IFFS for the 11th Annual International Film Festival Summit in Austin
The 11th Annual International Film Festival Summit in AUSTIN Texas: December 7-9, 2014 The 11th Annual International Film Festival Summit will be the most informative and fun filled conference to date. We are excited to announce new topics and speakers at the annual conference, insuring that attendees at all levels – first-timers and repeat attendees, new to the industry or seasoned professional – can all find the answers and creative new ideas that they are looking ...
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La European Film Academy Honore Agnès Varda
En hommage à sa présence unique et dévouée dans le monde du cinéma, la European Film Academy a l'immense plaisir de décerner le LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD à Agnès Varda pour récompenser l'ensemble de sa carrière. Réalisatrice et scénariste, Agnès Varda est une personnalité importante du cinéma français et européen, mais également du monde de l'art. Son prem...
15 Courts Métrages Nominés aux European Film Awards 2014
La European Film Academy et EFA Productions sont heureux de révéler la liste des courts métrages nominés. Dans chacun des 15 festivals de film, un jury indépendant a récompensé l’un des courts métrages européens en compétition qui a obtenu une nomination dans la catégorie court métrage pour les European Film Awards. Les nominés sont : Court Métrage Nominé Vila do Conde...
Plus de 300 professionnels du cinéma ont signé la pétition pour la libération d’Oleg Sentsov.
La European Film Academy et la Société des Réalisateurs de Films soutiennent le réalisateur ukrainien. Le cinéaste Oleg Sentsov, était impliqué dans le mouvement Euromaïdan à Kiev, s’opposant à l’annexion de la Crimée par la Russie. Il a été arrêté le 10 mai par le Service Fédéral de sécurité de la Fédération de Russie (FSB) ...
Amiens 2014 - Hommage à Jean-Pierre Marielle
ET AUSSI Rétrospectives Le parrain : Mahamat-Saleh Haroun- Réalisateur (Tchad) Jean-Pierre Marielle, le grand duc - Acteur (France) Volker Koepp - Réalisateur (Allemagne) Jean-Michel Kibushi - Réalisateur (Congo-Brazaville) Vittorio Storaro - Directeur de la photographie (Italie) Rétrospectives Les Aventures de Merian C. Cooper - Le créateur de King Kong Cinémas d’animation d’afrique L’oeuvre unique - Le...
Festival international du court-métrage de Tyr, au Liban
Le Festival international du court-métrage de Tyr, au Liban, aura lieu Novembre 8-11 prochaine à El Hamra Cinéma, Tyr. Un événement qui réunira le travail des artistes en provenance de plus de 12 pays, arabe et européenne, visant à promouvoir la culture et la créativité et de créer un e...
Le programme de Corsica Doc du 29 octobre à l'ESPACE DIAMANT d'Ajaccio
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Bruno Chatelin rejoint le jury du Bahamas Film Festival, mentor au Film Residency Program
Le Bahamas Film Festival se tiendra du 7 au 14 décembre à Nassau et Eleuthera, Giovernor's Harbour Island... Joel Zito Araujo Juror | Spirit Of Freedom Narrative & Documentary Trent Berry Juror | Spirit Of Freedom Narrative & Documentary Lisa Chanoff Juror | New Visions / sponsored by JetBlue Airways ...
La sixième édition du Maghreb des Films ouvrira avec Timbuktu
La sixième édition du Maghreb des Films aura lieu du 24 novembre au 11 décembre 2014 à L’Institut du Monde Arabe, au cinéma La Clef et pour la première fois cette année au Louxor, palais du cinema (Xeme), au Studio des Ursulines, au Club de l’Etoile puis dans une quarantaine de salles en province. Le Maghreb des Films c’est une plongée dans le meilleur du cinéma maghrébin d’aujourd&r...
Le Festival Le RAYON FANTASTIQUE à Angoulème
Festival LE RAYON FANTASTIQUE du 25 au 30 novembre 2014 à Angoulême à la Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image, à LA NEF et au LISA Coproduit par l'association Hidden Circle, la Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image et LA NEF, le festival Le Rayon Fantastique est porté notamment par sa « Nuit fantastique ...
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