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> The NYC Indie Film Festival
Oct 12 to 18, 2015
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The Festival is looking for the best independent films from all around the world. We seek untold stories and unspoken voices. SUBMIT your feature-length, documentary, short, super-short, music video or animation. Deadlines are quickly approaching! We proudly announce more prizes to the “2015 Best of Festival” in the following categories:
- Director, Cinematography and Short Screenplay win a 7,500 USD camera rental package provided by PANAVISION + a SONY VEGAS Pro 13 each
- Narrative Feature, Documentary, Animation, Short Documentary, Short Film, Super Short Film and Music Video win a SONY VEGAS Pro 13 each.
We’ll shortly announce the prizes for Best Actor and Best Actress. SUBMIT your film!
NYC Indie Film Fest's blog I Website: https://www.nycindieff.com/
The 16th Golden Trailer Awards
May 6th, 2015
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LATE DEADLINE March 16th, 2015
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
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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
The Montreal World Film Festival
August 27, September 7
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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
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.
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
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Submit by march 15
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

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
Rooted in Peace by Greg Reitman has its world premiere at Sedona International Film Festival
March Selection of Films for your consideration

Annapolis Film Festival’s Environmental Showcase to Highlight Plight of Coastal Towns and Cities Plagued by Rising Seas
Principal photography on Ellen Brown Furman’s adaptation of THE INFILTRATOR is underway in London
FIFOG 2015: Meeting with the Orient

Paddington Bear And His Filmmakers are greeted by HRH the Duke of Cambridge at Gala China Premiere

> THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT
Europe by Europe will kick off with Colour of the Pomegranate by Sergueï Parajanov

Viewster Launches Largest Online Animation Festival

13th Annual GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL Features 180 Films

Sofia International Film Festival will gather together in Sofia films, guests, stars, journalists and cinema fans from

MIAFF Montreal International Animation Film Festival will soon be unveil its lineup

The Program for L’immagine e la parola

34th Istanbul Film Festival announces its lineup
2015 Indian Film Festival Full Lineup

2nd edition of SR Socially Relevant Film Festival in NY
Full 2015 Cinedelphia Film Festival schedule
New York: Documentary Fortnight 2015

Serbian Brigitte Bardot

FIFOG 2015: Meeting with the Orient

Announcing Nominees for Yellow Robin Award 2015

> AWARDS WATCH
FIRST TIME FEST Awards Announcement
The 2015 Victoria Film Festival Winners Announced

Awards of the San Diego Jewish Film Festival announced
New York: Winter Film Awards Fest 2015


> PEOPLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
The Cinefondation’s Atelier hosts its eleventh edition this year and will invite to the Festival de Cannes 15 directors

Jos Stelling will preside over the Jury of Evropa Film Akt
Bif&st 2015 / FIPRESCI 90 Cinema Master Classes by Major Cinema Masters
The King Speaks: Dilip Kumar - The Substance and the Shadow - An Autobiography - As Narrated to Udayatara Nayar

“Still Alice” Academy Award Winning Performance-Julianne Moore confronts Alzheimer’s Disease

Digital Book World 2015


> STRICTLY BUSINESS
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L’Atelier de la Cinéfondation accueille cette année sa onzième édition et invitera au Festival de Cannes 15 réalisateurs

> PAST COVERAGE FROM CANNES
The exhaustive coverage of Cannes competitions as PDF
Your Cannes Market Dailies as PDF
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