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> Fantasporto Feb 27 - March 7

THE HOERDER had its World Premiere in Fantasporto

FLASH INTERVIEW by Mario Dorminsky TIM DENNISON | THE HOERDER Why did you choose Fantasporto to screen your film? BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE PREMIER ‘GENRE’ FESTIVALS FOR OUR KIND OF FILM 2- Why do you think coming to the festival from so far away, is wortwhile? BECAUSE FROM AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, BEING SEEN AND SELECTED FOR FANTASPORTO IS A STAMP OF APPROVAL OVER A FILM 3- Did the city Oporto play a role in your decision? NO, NOT REALLY. 4- When did...

HUNGERFORD played at Fantasporto in the first features section

Hungerford is the first feature from up and coming British Director, 19 year old Drew Casson. The film tells the story of what happens when a group of friends discover that the small English town where they live has come under a malign influence... Shot for £20,000, but including some 100+ special effects shots, the film combines great heart with a scale more usual from a film 100 times as expensive. Equal parts zombie flick, sci fi shocker, black comedy, and apocalyptic disaste...

Kim Ki Duk returns to Fantasporto with One on One

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Retrospective to Fernando Vendrel

RETROSPECTIVA FERNANDO VENDRELL PELE de Fernando Vendrell, 102’ (Portugal) – VO Port Wednesday, 4 march - ( granny ) wednesday, march 4 Small auditorium - small auditorium 15.15 - prize cinema portuguese - best movie The door 21 of john mark, 93 ' ( portugal ) - i am going to port World antestreia / world premiere 17.15 - prize cinema portuguese - best movie: Short 1 - i am going to port Last seconds of stephane de oliveira and rui co...

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Foyer has buzzing conferences and Q&A

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Here Comes The Fuzz: WOLFCOP Trailer

It's not unusual for alcoholic cop Lou Garou to black out and wake up in unfamiliar surroundings, but lately things have taken a strange turn. Crime scenes seem oddly familiar. Lou's senses are heightened, and when the full moon is out, he's a rage-fueled werewolf. WOLFCOP is one cop's quest to become a better man...one transformation at a time. Check out our website and social channels. Get badass stuff including action collectibles, graphic novel, vinyl soundtrack and open...

Fantasporto March 3 Good Cops, Bad Cops and WOLF COP my favourite so far

image of the film to cry from within = 19.15 - WOLFCOP de Lowell Dean, 79’ (Canadá), CF Antecedido by... The last supper of vanessa quintanilla cobo, 10 ' (mexico), Cf 21.15 – LANDMINE GOES CLICK de Levan Bakhia, 108’ (Georgia), SR 23.00 - the channel of ivan kavanagh, 92 ' ( irlanda ), Cf Wednesday, 4 march - ( granny ) wednesday, march 4 Great auditorium - big auditorium 13.30 - pink zone of benjamin wa...

Dementia won the audience in Fantasporto

People asked for my autograph!!! It was a good first screening of DEMENTIA here at #Fantasporto! Some people went up to me to say how much they liked it and even asked me to sign their tickets! Congratulations Team Dementia! On Tuesday afternoon is an even bigger screening. Let's do this #DEMENTIAFantasporto! ...

Opening of Fantasporto: no blood, no ghosts....flowers Mario and Beatriz

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The 16th Golden Trailer Awards
May 6th, 2015

Submit by march 16th
Movie trailers play an increasingly important role in entertaining us and helping us determine where to spend our leisure time. The best trailers are works of art in their own right, expertly blending elements of cinema and advertising.

Each year through an open competition judged by film industry notables, the Golden Trailer Awards recognize the creative people who make movie trailers, and the best examples of their unique art, in a gala award show.

Trailers must be under 4 minutes and 30 seconds long (no exceptions). Trailers/Teasers/TV spots/Video Game Trailers must be created between April 11th, 2014 through March 16th, 2015. For SUMMER 2015 BLOCKBUSTER (Film RELEASE date between May 7th, 2015 until September 7th, 2015)... Rules for Entry GTA2015

Entry FAQs GTA2015 I Entry Prices GTA2015 I Category List GTA2015 I SUBMIT

Golden Trailer Awards's blog I Website: http://goldentrailer.com/

Manchester International Film Festival
July 10 - 12, 2015

Submit by March 5, 2015

The Manchester International Film Festival has been founded to become an annual event to showcase strong and inventive film-making from around the globe. Running alongside the established and world renowned Manchester International Festival, which brings over 200,000 people to the city, the inaugural Manchester International Film Festival will take place across 2 screens at the AMC Cinema in the Great Northern Warehouse and various original and cool venues in and around the vibrant and creative city of Manchester.

The organisations quest is to champion great story telling that translates brilliantly onto screen through works from Up-and-coming writers, directors and producers, along with established industry professionals. SUBMIT via filmfreeway and withoutabox

Manchester International Film Festival's blog I Website: http://www.maniff.com/

The Montreal World Film Festival
August 27, September 7

The regulations and entry forms to submit a film to the 2015 edition of the MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL are available for download. Please follow the links to get a copy.
- 2015 REGULATIONS
- ENTRY FORM FOR THE 2015 MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
- ENTRY FORM FOR THE 2015 CANADIAN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL

Click to submit your film

The Montreal World Film Festival's blog I Website http://www.ffm-montreal.org/

Oaxaca FilmFest 6
October 9-17, 2015

We are passionately committed to providing audiences around The Globe with an excellent entertainment experience simply by introducing them to Great Film.

SUBMIT NOW

Oaxaca Film Fest's blog I Website http://www.oaxacafilmfest.com/

Hollyshorts
August 13-22, 2015

The 11th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Conference/Film Market, scheduled for August 13-22, 2015 at the world famous TCL Chinese Theatre and Roosevelt Hotel, is now accepting submissions. (www.withoutabox.com/login/4655) 2014 HSFF, 3 times named to MovieMaker Magazine “Top 25 Fests Worth the Entry Fee” lists, featured over 400 projects showcasing stars and filmmakers including Sofia Loren, Bill Plympton, Anthony and Joe Russo, and Felicia Day. HSFF awarded over $150,000 in prizes, including $50,000 in post services courtesy of COMPANY 3 and METHOD STUDIOS for Best Short, Director, Music Video, Cinematography, VFX, and Commercial. Shorts HD distribution deals for winners and Final Draft prizes for Screenplay Contest winners.

HollyShorts.com/submissions: www.withoutabox.com/login/4655

Screenplays: www.withoutabox.com/login/12900

Hollyshorts's blog I Website http://hollyshorts.com/

Le MIAFF ANIMAZE Montreal International Animation Film Festival
April 16 – 19, 2015

Submit by march 6

Le MIAFF (April 16 – 19, 2015) is a Montreal-based international animation film festival providing a showcase for animators and animation producers to showcase and market their works.

Le MIAFF provides an animation industry conference, workshops for animators, producers network, cocktail networking and ANIMAZE DAYS international co-production incentive. For independent filmmakers festival strategy workshops.
Taking place during The City of Montreal Printemps Numerique (Digital Spring) Le MIAFF will also facilitate and curate works and subjects pertaining to digital arts.
Expect news to unfold, great guest and films to be screened. Motivational guest speakers, teachers and master classes. Taking place on site at Concordia state of the art Hall Theatre which just completed a 3.5 million dollar state of the art screening room.
The festival will screen animation features, shorts and experimental film. Industry conferences, panels and international co-productions will be facilitated. Workshops on the state of the art(s). Public film festival screening, panels and educational platform for children. A student film contest challenge from all graduate level animation film schools across the province of Quebec and Canada.
Submit

Animaze - Montreal International Animation Film Festival's blog I Website: http://animazefestival.com/

> FILMS IN FOCUS

For festival consideration

Pseudonym, for festival consideration

First feature by french actor director Thierry Seban. Produced by la Petite Reine (The Artist) and Diabolo Films (The Suicide Shop).
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... Email us for a screener

March Selection of Films for your consideration

$ 5,000 from Luxor African Film Festival to develop new African films

The ETISAL Fund Management has announced the details of STEP Program to support African feature films specially the first or second features by a director. Submitted to this competition were 14 different projects from 8 African countries: Namibia, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco and Nigeria. The jury has decided to support 5 projects in the development workshop with French expert Isabelle Fauvel for two weeks starting from March 1. These projects are: 1. "Nine...

Pseudonym selected as North America Premiere at Houston Worldfest

Coming this April... The 48th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. Its the 48th annual event of WorldFest-Houston, and this year is packed with 10 Great Days of 50 award-winning Indie Films, 111 great Short Films, and 550 Indie filmmakers from around the globe. Come see the rising stars of film from the festival that discovered Spielberg, George Lucas, Ang Lee, Francis Ford Coppola, Randal Kleiser, Oliver Stone, John Lee Hancock, The Coen Bros and hund...

Rooted in Peace by Greg Reitman has its world premiere at Sedona International Film Festival

Showing the BEST in independent film from around the world: February 21 - March 1, 2015. ROOTED IN PEACE SCREENINGS AT THE 2015 SEDONA FILM FESTIVAL Rooted in Peace will have its World Premiere: Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 9:10am - The Harkins Theatre, Sedona, AZ Friday, February 27th at 3:00pm – Mary D Fisher Theatre, Sedona, AZ From features to shorts, documentaries to animation and foreign films to student films, you will be treated to a cinephile’s dream ... NI...

> THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT

The Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA) Announces the Nominees for the 9th Asian Film Awards

At a press conference in Hong Kong on February 25, 2015, the Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA) announced the nominees for the 9th Asian Film Awards (AFA). Forty-two films from eight countries and regions received a total 74 nominations. This year, the AFA received over 1,000 eligible films from 34 countries across Asia. In a parallel announcement, the AFAA revealed that internationally acclaimed film director and producer Ms. Mabel CHEUNG...

The Cinedelphia Film Festival announces the first wave of programming for this year’s fest!

The Cinedelphia Film Festival is excited to announce the first wave of programming for this year’s fest! The CFF will run from April 9 - 25 at PhilaMOCA and is loosely based around the theme of the “outsider”: untrained filmmakers, special interest archivists, and those who simply refuse to play by Hollywood’s rules. As always, it’s an eclectic and highly entertaining lineup of film programming that you won’t find anywhere else in the Delawar...

FIRST TIME FEST: Third Time’s The Charm - March 5-9, 2015 with a tribute to Harvey Weinstein

CELEBRATING FIRST-TIME FILMMAKERS WITH A GRAND PRIZE OF THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION AND INTERNATIONAL SALES 6 NEW INTERNATIONAL FILMS IN COMPETITION Following last year’s acclaimed second edition, FIRST TIME FEST is back, and it shows that third time’s the charm. The 3rd FIRST TIME FEST is set for March 5-9, 2015, and it will be based at an exciting new array of venues. Screenings will take place at Core Club (55th St. and Park Avenue), the Wild Project (195...

New York Jewish Film Festival 2015

Held for the 24th time from January 14 to 27 at New York’s Walter Read theatre Center the Jewish Film Festival offered an expanded selection. Organized by the Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center the main program presented 22 features from 13 countries including several co-productions, 36 films in special programs and four seminars. Compared to last year’s edition the program has become more differentiated to reach its goal of proving a broad exploration of the...

Last weeks to submit your short films to Laity section

The rules to register your short-movies at the 14th edition of the Reggio Film Festival are online. The authors from every country of the world are invited to send their works related to the theme of this year: WAIT. As usual there is the OPEN CATEGORY section, for short-movies not related to the theme. Furthermore, in agreement with the association INIZIATIVA LAICA, a special section, Laity, is dedicated to Freedom of Choice. The deadline to submit your short movies is May th...

39HKIFF to open with Murmur of the Hearts and close with Port of Call

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The 1st Annual WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival

Be a part of History in the Making, this weekend. Kindly see below, the Schedule of Events. With over 29 countries participating, the 1st Annual WideScreen Festival is proud to showcase 100 Projects at it's Inaugural Festival. The Festival was a God-inspired idea, founded by Jarrod A Knowles on Oct 12, 2014. The mission of the Festival is, "To Inspire the Creation and Distribution of Art, while ultimately enhancing the Creative Mind. Actually, before you look at...

Macae Cine International Film Festival

https://filmfreeway.com/festival/MacaeCineInternationalFilmfestival Macaé Cine International Film Festival is in the 5nd annual edition realized at Macaé - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil and presents national and international screenings with competition and non competition categories. It shows the best in the world of film productions. Feature movies and short films are one of the most powerful and potential product to news midia and electronic devices. We’re seeki...

> PEOPLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT

AMPAS 26th Annual NY Oscar Night Viewing Party

By Maria Esteves – March 1, 2015 The 26th Annual New York Oscar Viewing Party celebrated the 87th Academy Awards at DANIEL, Sunday, February 22, 2015. Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), East Coast Academy members, prior Oscar winners, Oscar nominees, industry executives and special guests enjoyed the evening with an exclusive cocktail reception, French cuisine by award winning chef Daniel Boulud and watched live on big screens Oscars 2015 hosted by Neil ...

Birdman Top Winner at the 87th Academy Awards

By Maria Esteves – February 25, 2015 The 87th Academy Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.) for outstanding film achievements of 2014, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris was held at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre & Highland Center, televised live on ABC Network and in over 220 countries Sunday, February 22, 2015. Four Oscars went to Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) including Best Picture and Best Director ALEJANDRO G. IÑ&Aacut...

Danish documentary filmmaker Mads Brügger completes lineup at Visegrad Film Forum

4. Visegrad Film Forum (11th – 14th March 2015) The Danish documentary director Mads Brügger will come to Visegrad Film Forum Bratislava to talk about his trademark documentary filmmaking. In his films Mads Brügger plays different roles in order to gain access to environments controlled by dictators (North Korea) or corrupt politicians and businessmen (Central African Republic). His debut The Red Chapel,&n...

Sue Hollenberg Named Education Director Of The Montclair Film Festival

The Montclair Film Festival (MFF) in Montclair, NJ announced today the appointment of Sue Hollenberg as Education Director of MFF. This newly created position will serve to launch and manage the MFF’s year-round film and media education initiatives and community partnerships. “We are thrilled to welcome Sue to our team,” said MFF Executive Director Tom Hall. “As we look to launch our education department to reach throughout our community and beyond, Sue provides ...

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Ikusmira Berriak is born, an interinstitutional programme of support to new audiovisual projects

IKUSMIRA BERRIAK is a new programme of support to audiovisual projects committed to innovation and experimentation in areas of both cinematic language and means of production. The initiative is the result of collaboration between Tabakalera – International Contemporary Culture Centre, Donostia Zinemaldia / San Sebastian Festival, San Sebastian European Capital of Culture 2016, Donostia Kultura and the Filmoteca Vasca Foundation. Its main objective is to promote audiovisual creation. ...

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Fort du expérience acquise dans la distribution de film spour deux Majors (Sony et Fox mariée sous a direction avec UGC) Bruno Chatelin propose une expérience pointue au service de votre stratégie digitale à Travers sa structure de Conseil MAJOR BUZZ FACTORY Le fondateur Bruno Chatelin : un Professionnel de la communication entouré de spécialistes, son expérience est ancrée sur trois univers La publicité, Le mark...

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Hippocrate, Une place sur la terre et Respire sont les lauréats de la 5e édition de MyFrenchFilmFestival.com, une édition réussie malgré la censure en Chine. La 5e édition du festival de cinéma f ...

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