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Cannes 2015 - Bumper Issue and Line Up Announcements

Ice and the Sky by Luc Jacquet will be the first documentary to close Cannes

A hymn to save the planet as the Closing Film of the Festival de Cannes:    Luc Jacquet, director of the Oscar-winning March of the Penguins (La Marche de l’empereur), will present his fourth feature film, Ice and the Sky, as Closing Film of the 68th Festival de Cannes, Sunday, May 24 in the Grand Théâtre Lumière of the Palais...

Trey Edward Shults' KRISHA top screen at La Semaine de la Critique

Trey Edward Shults' KRISHA  USA  2015  83min   Krisha (Krisha Fairchild, the director's real-life aunt) is a free-spirited woman who, after an extended period of absence, is reuniting with her close and extended family for a holiday dinner at her sister Robyn's (Robyn Fairchild) house in Texas. Robyn, her husband and her children are all eager to greet Krisha, but from the start a palpable unease permeates the air - an unease that only grows in ...

 

La Semaine de la Critique Screening Schedule in Cannes 2015

 

Ice and the Sky by Luc Jacquet will be The first Documentary to close Cannes

A hymn to save the planet as the Closing Film of the Festival de Cannes:    Luc Jacquet, director of the Oscar-winning March of the Penguins (La Marche de l’empereur), will present his fourth feature film, Ice and the Sky, as Closing Film of the 68th Festival de Cannes, Sunday, May 24 in the Grand Théâtre Lumière of the Palais...

 

“Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans” Selected for Cannes Classics

Content Media will arrive in Cannes with one of the hottest (and by its nature, the coolest) documentaries, as it was revealed today that ‘Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans’ has been officially selected by Cannes – World Premiering in the Festival’s popular Cannes Classics section.   ‘Senna’ meets ‘Bullitt’ in ‘Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans’ - an extraordinary, moving, white-knuckle drive with one of the great...

 

Costa-Gavras as guest of honor of Cannes Classics 2015

Costa Gavras © AFP / A.C. Poujoulat   Costa-Gavras as guest of honor, a double celebration of Ingrid Bergman and Orson Welles, Ousmane Sembène the « father of African cinema, » Gaumont with a place of honor, Argentinians, Hitchcock, Truffaut, Russians, Hungarians, open-air screenings, Marcel Pagnol, Julien Duvivier, documentaries about cinema, restorations from all around the world, The Golden Palm's Legend and the 120 years of the Cinéma...

 

Michel Adam Presents Exodus to Shangai by Anthony Hickox, an Action Adventure Love Story of West Loves East

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2015  SCREENING EXODUS TO SHANGHAI F -  FILMS F LOUNGE AT LOBBY MAJESTIC HOTEL.
A love story of West loves East, Jews and Chinese united with violins, interrupted by the Nazi invasion of Austria in 1938. Even Hitler is not powerful enough to break the love; with many adventures and action, they make the Exodus from Vienna to reach the Next year in Shanghai. http://www.micheladam.tv/

 

 

 

Cannes Market Premiere for Howard J Ford's Child Abduction Thriller ‘NEVER LET GO’

Howard J Ford's Child Abduction Thriller ‘NEVER LET GO’ has its market Premiere in Cannes Howard J Ford's (Director/Producer Co-Writer of 'The Dead 1 & 2') latest epic NEVER LET GO. Shot in Morocco, Spain and the US, the film tells the story of Lisa, a single mother (played by Angela Dixon) who takes the law into her own hands to get back her abducted child. The completed film will have its Market Debut Monday 18th May, 5.30 PM at Olympia cinema, ...

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Horror Screenplay Contest

The grand prize is $2,000 + personal introductions to top producers, managers and agents. 

The 2015 jury includes Hollywood’s top representatives and producers of the horror genre: 

• Ryan Turek, VP of Development at Blumhouse Productions (company credits include PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, INSIDIOUS, SINISTER, OCULUS, THE PURGE, Academy-award nominee WHIPLASH and the upcoming UNFRIENDED). Turek is also the founder of popular horror website ShockTillYouDrop.com

• Scott Henderson, Agent at Paradigm Talent Agency, represents renowned horror filmmakers James Wan and Leigh Wannell (SAW, DEAD SILENCE, INSIDIOUS, FURIOUS 7) 

• Andrew Wilson, Literary Manager at Zero Gravity, represents award-winning horror writer Clive Barker (HELLRAISER, NIGHT BREED, THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN) 

• Miles Fineburg, Development Executive at Terror Films (TRACE, THE CHOSEN)

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Portland Film Festival   September 1–7, 2015 

Late Deadline – May 6, 2015

The Storytellers' Festival & Conference
Festival: September 1–7, 2015  
Film & Screenplay Competitions

The 7-day event (September 1–7, 2015) will include film screenings, Q&As, filmmaker workshops, classes, panels and parties in locations throughout Portland, Oregon, as well as online.

The festival was named as one of the “Coolest Film Festivals in the World” by MovieMaker Magazine, as well as one of the "50 Festivals Worth its Submission Fee." The fest has over 20k in cash and prizes split across most genres and film lengths.

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Early Deadline – May 5, 2015

UNAFF celebrates the power of international documentary films dealing with human rights, the environment, protection of refugees, famine, homelessness, racism, disease control, women's issues, children, universal education, war and peace.

The 18th UNAFF will be held in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. This year's theme RUNNING OUT OF TIME continues the ongoing celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and focuses on time-sensitive aspects of the Millennium Development Goals.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
• Documentaries only
• No runtime limit - UNAFF accepts both shorts and longs

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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

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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.  

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For festival consideration: 

Pseudonym, for festival consideration

First feature by french actor director Thierry Sebban. 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

Rooted in Peace by Greg Reitman

ROOTED in PEACE, 97 minutes - 2015

Documentary by SUNDANCE alum GREG REITMAN (Sundance Audience Award Winner for fhis first documentary 'Fuel')

Starring: Deepak Chopra, Donovan, Mike Love, David Lynch, Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire, Pete Seeger, Ted Turner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu

"ROOTED in PEACE challenges viewers to examine their values as Americans and human beings. Today we are at war within ourselves, with our environment, and with the world. Director and award-winning filmmaker Greg Reitman invites viewers on a film journey to take notice of the world we live in, proactively seek ways to find personal and ecological peace, and stop the cycle of violence".

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April Selection of Films for your consideration

Gabbar is Back, review: No, he’s not

Gabbar is Back, review: No, he’s not In his first incarnation, he was called Ramana. When the Tamil film was remade in Telugu, they called it Tagore. Then came the Kannada version, called Vishnu Sena (deriving its title from the lead actor, the late VishnuVardhan). Now, 13 years after the first film, we have a fourth version, called Gabbar is Back, starring Akshay Kumar, and hitting cinemas 40 years after Sholay, which starred late Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh, the ultimate villain. Gabba...

 

While We’re Young, Review: Means and ends

While We’re Young, Review: Means and ends Documentary film-maker and lecturer Josh (Ben Stiller) and his wife Cornelia (Naomi Watts) are a middle-aged New York couple who befriend a free-spirited, liberal younger couple, Jamie (Adam Driver) and Darby (Amanda Seyfried). The young couple claim to be fans of his, and Jamie is an aspiring documentary-maker himself. Josh is struggling on the post-production of his new documentary film about leftist intellectual Ira Mandelstam (Peter Yarrow) ...

 

Pseudonym receives Special Jury Award at Houston Worldfest 2015

Pseudonym receives Special Jury Award at Houston Worldfest 2015 ...

 

“In Transit” Directed by Albert Maysles- Tribeca Winner Best Documentary Feature, Special Jury Mention

 “In Transit,” directed by Albert Maysles won the Best Documentary Feature, Special Jury Mention at the Tribeca Film Festival 2015. Much like a Frederick Wiseman documentary, “In Transit” observes and delves into the stories of passengers on one outbound and one inbound train journey on the United States’ longest cross country route from Chicago to Seattle. Observe the interactions of the passengers as they describe the reasons why they ar...

 

> THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT      

4° Hong Kong Salento International Film Festival 2015

 

The Salento International Film Festival has become an International event thanks to our “touring” concept, which started with film screenings in London at the Prince Charles Cinema (the only independent cinema in Central London) back in 2010. Since then SIFF Tour has presented many independent films around the world in cities like Zurich, Moscow, St Petersburg, Hong Kong, Santiago del Chile and more. Our tour offe...

 

Panorama Europe Film Festival returns this May/June for the 7th edition

Panorama Europe Film Festival Returns for its Seventh Year, with a Slate of Sixteen Outstanding New Movies FESTIVAL to Run from May 29 – June 14, 2015 at Museum of the Moving Image and Bohemian National Hall   "Xenia" Strand Releasing   Panorama Europe 2015, the seventh edition of this vital festival of new European cinema (formerly known as Disappearing Act), presented by Museum of the Moving Image and the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC), ...

 

Maryland Film Festival (May 6-10 in downtown Baltimore) proudly announces its complete 2015 lineup today

 

Maryland Film Festival (May 6-10 in downtown Baltimore) proudly announces its complete 2015 lineup today, unveiling its Closing Night film, the titles for its annual Opening Night Shorts Program, and a few late-breaking features.   Maryland Film Festival’s Closing Night film will be Crystal Moselle’s The Wolfpack, the mind-blowing buzz documentary that took home the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. MFF also announced 5...

> AWARDS WATCH      

THE INVISIBLE BOY Wins Young Audience Award 2015

Screenwriter Stefano Sardo with the EFA Young Audience Award 2015 for THE INVISIBLE BOY (picture: Carlo Bansini) Having watched the three nominated films on today’s Young Audience Film Day, the young cinema-lovers across Europe had the opportunity to discuss the films before electing their favourite. The results were then reported live via video conference to Erfurt (Germany) where German TV host, author and director Thomas Hermanns moderated the awards ceremony transmitted online as a ...

 

USA Film Festival announced the Winners of the 37th Annual International Short Film & Video Competition

On Sunday, April 26, 2015, the USA Film Festival announced the Winners of the 37th Annual International Short Film & Video Competition.  The awards program took place on Closing Night of the 45th Annual USA Film Festival in Dallas.   Chosen from more than 500 international entries, the winners included: FIRST PLACE / NARRATIVE The Way o...

 

Udine Far East Film Festival 2015: The audience crowned 3 Korean movies

FEFF 17:  The audience crowned 3 Korean movies Ode to My Father di JK Youn The Royal Tailor di Lee Won-suk My Brilliant Life di E J-yong.     The seventeenth edition wraps up with 60.000 viewers and, compared with the 2014 edition, with an increase in revenue of more than 20%. Joe Hisaishi and Jackie Chan: it is impossible not to start from there, if we want talk about the Far East Film Festival, because talking about the Far East Film Festival means talking about its inter...

 

2015 Universe Multicultural Film Festival's Winners

The 2015 edition of the Universe Multicultural Film Festival complete its 3 full day film screening and programs.  This year, the UMFF screening 75 films from 28 countries, 12 screenplay finalists and two screenplay showcases;  hosted  5 industry panels and  2 film maker mixers and  one red carpet award ceremony with high standard performance art.    There were film maker delegations from China, Mexico, Japan, Russia and Hollywood.  The part of VIPs  ...

 

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Future Frames: a new initiative by EFP and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

A new initiative by EFP and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival FUTURE FRAMES: Ten new filmmakers to follow  A new initiative by EFP and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 23.04.2015 THE OFFER by Moïra Pitteloud   EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY by Patr...

 

Geena Davis’s Bentonville Film Festival (BFF), which debuts May 5-9, today unveiled a robust panel series that covers over a dozen topics addressing women, diversity and their intersections within the entertainment industry, featuring many well-known and highly regarded participants from various sectors of the industry. The Festival also revealed details of several special events including a softball game headlined by “A League of Their Own” stars Geena Davis and Rosie O&rsq...

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La Glace et le ciel de Luc Jacquet en Clôture du Festival de Cannes : Un hymne à la sauvegarde de la planète

Major Buzz Factory : Expérience du marketing Digital pour les films

Fort d'une expérience acquise dans la distribution de films pour 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.eting et le digital.

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