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Montreal Int Animation Film Fest August 18-21. Animaze Seeks Animation at Berlinale 2016 - Let's Meet!

Please note Animaze 2016 edition Montreal will be taking place August 18-21, 2016. Animaze is happy to attend Berlinale 2016 seeking feature length animation film, shorts, as well as interactive projects for our festival in August 18-21 in Montreal Quebec Canada. Films with more than 35% VFX (excluding credits) are also welcome to submit. Please contact us via email to set up a meeting: programming@animazefestival.com Submit your film here:  FILMFREEWAY  

 

 

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Full Video Capture of the Press Conference with Award Winners | Berlinale 2016

Video highlights from DFFB Reception honoring Ben Gibson its new director

Ben Gibson, Director of schools, Bodo Knapheide, Head of Studies and Edith Forster, Head of Administration   A wine reception was held on the top floor of DFFB in front of industry, students and staff of Berlin’s German Film & Television Academy (dffb) in honour of newly appointed Director Ben Gibson? former director of the London Film School (LFS), he was also the founder of Making Waves program . He is the first non german to hold this posit...

 

Watch Avant premiere Opening remarks and keynotes

The international trade fair for performing arts films While premières are shown on film festivals, Avant Première presents performing arts films even before: music and dance films, documentaries, portraits, concerts, live recordings - with a majority of classical music, complemented by contemporary or pop. 500 film productions are featured in the Avant Première Screenings as an exclusive preview to the major international public and private ...

 

Cynthia Nixon Interview "A Quiet Passion" 66. Berlinale

In “A Quiet Passion”, Cynthia Nixon portrays Emily Dickinson, one of America’s greatest and most original literary icons. A person that lived much of her life introverted and never saw recognition in her lifetime. Director Terence Davies explores how Emily Dickinson’s exceptional poems could come into being. The camera glides delicately into a life in which poetry takes up more and more space. Emily Dickinson communicates with the outside world via letters. In her corr...

 

337,000 tickets sold, a new record for Berlinale

On Saturday, the 66th Berlinale drew to a splendid close with the award ceremony. The event turned out to be a touching evening not least because of the Golden Bear awarded to Fuocoammare by Gianfranco Rosi. It reflected the political spirit that had been perceptible throughout the festival.   For eleven days the Berlinale demonstrated the creative power and diversity of cinema, as well as welcomed guests and the public at many panel discussions and talks on t...

 

Audi at Berlinale 2016 - Video Highlights

 

ILLEGITIMATE by Adrian Sitaru won the CICAE Art Cinema Award at Berlinale.

The producer, Anamaria Antoci, accepted the CICAE Art Cinema Award for Ilegitim (Illegitimate) I Prizes of the Independent Juries Forum     ROMANIA, POLAND, FRANCE|2016|DRAMA|ROMANIAN|88’   Director: Adrian Sitaru (Hooked, Best Intentions) Production: Domestic Film, Film Produkcja, Damned Films Cast: Alina Grigore, Adrian Titieni, Robi Urs, Bogdan Albulescu   &nb...

 

Charlize Theron attended the Cinema For Peace Gala 2016 during the 66th Berlinale

Hermann Buehlbecker (L) and Charlize Theron (C) attend the Cinema For Peace Gala 2016 during the 66th Berlinale International Film Festival on February 15, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Gisela Schober/Getty Images for Cinema For Peace) Charlize Theron attends the Cinema For Peace Gala 2016 during the 66th Berlinale International Film Festival on February 15, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Gisela Schober/Getty Images for Cinema For Peace) Shirin Ebadi attends the Cinema For Peac...

 

Prizes Awarded at Berlinale 2016

PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY Members of the Jury: Meryl Streep (Jury President), Lars Eidinger, Nick James, Brigitte Lacombe, Clive Owen, Alba Rohrwacher and Małgorzata Szumowska GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM (awarded to the film’s producer) Fuocoammare Fire at Sea by Gianfranco Rosi   SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE Smrt u Sarajevu / Mort à Sarajevo Death in Sarajevo by Danis Tanović SILVER BEAR ALFRED BAUER PRIZE for a feature film that opens new perspectives Hele...

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Southern Circuit September 1, 2016 – April 30, 2017

Regular deadline February 29, 2016

Southern Circuit is accepting film submissions from independent filmmakers living in the UNITED STATES for their 2016-2017 Season Tour! Starting in 1975 as the nation's first regional tour of independent filmmakers, Southern Circuit provides directors with the unique opportunity to screen their films to new, engaged audiences across the Southern United States. Selected as one of MovieMaker Magazine’s 50 Film Festivals worth the Entry Fee in 2015, Southern Circuit brings communities together by transforming film viewing into a shared experience!

Southern Circuit seeks the best films in genres including fiction, documentary, animation, and experimental. Interested filmmakers can find more information on submission guidelines and entering their film(s) by visiting the South Arts website!

You have until February 29 to apply with their regular deadline rate of $30, and the final deadline to submit your film(s) is March 10!

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 International Film Festival for Environment, Health & Culture (IFFEHC) May 20 – 27, 2016

IFFEHC main mission is to promote films pertaining to environment, health, and culture issues, carrying strong methods of storytelling, produced with excellent technique and crafted with passion and love for humanity. We accept all kind of films besides environment and health, because this festival is also about modern and traditional culture. Our past winners include many Hollywood stars. We conduct press conference, awards ceremony, workshop, and hundreds films are screened. Our awards ceremonies were attended by kings, sultans, queens, ministers, senators, international artists, and leading newspapers.

International Film Festival for Environment, Health, and Culture is one of the members of a big festivals group internationalfilmfestivals.org which aim is to help promote the goals of the United Nation in celebrating international days of peace, women, anti-discrimination, tolerance, youth, family, humanitarian, human rights, health, autism, disability, etc

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Animaze Daze in Cannes Screenings Part of Animation Day in Cannes May 18 

Regular Deadline is March 15

Submit your best short animated films  for a screening May18th at Cannes Film Festival.
Enjoy industry visibility in front of the animation professionals attending Cannes during Animation Day in Cannes (second edition). take advantage of free promotion to buyers and media on our Animation Day in Cannes Newsletters, animation Day in Cannes website, filmfestivals.com pages dedicated to Animation Day in Cannes  and our Youtube  channel, which will be offered for buyers and Media.

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Golden Trailer Awards May 4

Early Bird Deadline: Friday February 29th, 2016

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The Wiper Film Festival 
April 6 – 8, 2016

Regular deadline February 29 , 2016

NYC Indie Film Fest 
April 27 to May 1, 2016!

Late deadline February 29, 2016

NYC Independent Film Festival is a celebration of the true independent filmmaker, documentaries, short and feature-length films, music videos, and animation. During the 6th Annual Festival we gave away prizes with a total cash value of over 28,000 USD. All 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.

Hollyshorts Film Festival
August 11 – 20, 2016

Regular Deadline: April 8, 2016

WoFF: World of Film International Festival 
September 29 – October 2, 2016

Regular Deadline March 31, 2016

In 2016, WoFF returns for its third edition with great energy and ideas, generated from a wonderful 2015 festival.

Animaze 2016 Montreal International Animation Film Festival  August 18th - 21st, 2016.

Submit by April 30, 2016

Montreal  International Animation Film Festival FESTIVAL DATES June 2-5 2016 Montreal Canada Le MIAFF! is a people's film festival and industry conference dedicated to the art of animation for film and technology.  All genres and forms are welcome. Awards & Prizes Software and other award prizes. Visibility in our travelling shows in Berlin, Cannes, Annecy, Glasgow and more. Check 2015 fantastic programming on the website.

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Exodus to Shangai

Paranoid Girls For Oscar Consideration

Paranoid Girls Comedy by Pedro del Santo is qualified for Oscar selection running for best film, best original song...

Revolution by Rob Stewart (Sharkwater) 

over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart (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.

Get Happy by Manoj Annadurai 

Feature Feel Good Movie  - World premiered in Montreal World Film Festival Winner best romantic comedy in Manhattan Fest

Charlie Kane can’t catch a break. He grew into a man who expects the worse out of life and gets it. But that changes when, by chance, he meets a bright, sunny sprite of a woman named Holly who turns him from a dour drip into someone finally allowing himself to be happy.Then a bus flattens her before Charlie eyes. Charlie opts for suicide but can’t even successfully give up on life. Left with no other choice, he adopts Holly’s ethos of positivity and just decides to be happy... by ignoring all the bad things in life. But his cynical best friend isn’t buying Charlie’s new-found happiness and sets out to save Charlie by making him miserable again. 

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Los Angeles Premiere Of Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Zootopia" with executive producer John Lasseter

  Executive Producer John Lasseter attends the Los Angeles premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Zootopia" on February 17, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)  Actors Hudson Yang (L) and Forrest Wheeler (C) attend the Los Angeles premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Zootopia" on February 17, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Al...

 

Animation Day In Cannes set for May 18 for its second edition

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New York Wild Film Festival 2016 3rd edition wrapped

From January 28 -31 New York’s renowned Explorers Club presented the third edition of the New York Wild Film Festival. It was established by its executive director Nancy Rosenthal as the first documentary festival in the New York metropolitan area devoted exclusively to environmental and wildlife productions with the mission of exploring, discovering and protecting global nature and its wildlife.  Through effective storytelling and superb cinematography in most productions selected ...

 

243 participants from 58 countries have already registered to take part at VIII Festival “Dytiatko”

The participants from 58 countries have presented 270 works to take part at VIII International Children's Television Festival “Dytiatko”. The most popular are categories of the best short film and animated film for children. Nearly every fifth contest work is a directorial debut. Every tenth participant of the festival which takes place this year has already participated in the previous festivals, thereby, three film directors are members of at least two previous festivals. ...

 

FMX selects Blending Realities as theme of the next edition April 26-29, Stuttgart, Germany

FMX 2016 has coined its main theme for this year's edition: "Blending Realities." Following this headline, FMX creates a space to analyze, discuss and try out the realities of others in Art, Technology and Business. What are the mindsets and conceptualization methods of my own and neighboring industries, which pipelines and distribution models are available? In thinking outside the box, FMX brings together people from across different sectors so they may discover the opportunitie...

 

 

New York: Socially Relevant Film Festival: March 2016 Preview

The third edition of this relatively new and unknown festival will be held from  March 14-20  in Manhattan’s Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea. In the first two years 108 films from 33 countries  were shown in smaller venues  drawing an audience of more than 200. Established by filmmaker Nora Armani as a non-profit film festival SRFF occupies a unique niche with its focus on socially relevant films reelecting universal human interests contributing to positive change but foregoi...

 

New York Jewish Film Festival 2016

In the United States there are now more than 80 Jewish film festivals with The New York and San Francisco Jewish film festivals considered the best. Given its venue at the Lincoln Center, the large Jewish population of the New York metropolitan area and the upscale educated audience it attracts the NY Jewish film festival plays a special role. A large program with a balanced mix of features, documentaries, shorts as well as panels and master classes as offered this year by Amis Gitai and the i...

 

FICG31 announces its Official Competitive Selection for Premio Maguey Evolution

 

FICCI 56 Reveals the Films that Will Be competing for Trophies

  The Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI) has announced the films that will be competing in the official sections of this year's festival, which will take place on March 2-7. Eight fictional feature films, ten documentaries, ten Colombian productions and 20 short films will be battling it out for an India Catalina statue and over US$100,000 in prizes. This edition of FICCI—the most prestigious film festival in Colombia and the longest-running one in Latin Am...

 

31st Santa Barbara Film Fest Opens with THE LITTLE PRINCE starring local Jeff Bridges

Last night, the 31st annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival opened with the much awaited, THE LITTLE PRINCE! I love this festival not just because it's set in a paradise-like beach community, or just because my friend and fellow Reno native Mike Albright does a damn good job programming it. I like to think because of Santa Barbara's proximity to Los Angeles it has a lot of filmmakers, film professionals, and film fanatics who are either a bit more chill than their more south...

 

MIFF 2016: Open Forum, I--Balancing Act

 

MIFF 2016: Open Forum, I--Balancing Act Open Forum, a platform for discussing and debating ideas related to several aspects of documentary, short and animation films, is a permanent feature of Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF). It is organised by the Indian Documentary Producers’ Association (IDPA). The first of these forums was held on 29th January 2016, in the open space outside J.B. Hall, Films Division Complex, the main venue of the festival. ‘Ethical and moral dilemmas...

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MIFF 2016: Winners’ list

  MIFF 2016: Winners’ list Manipuri documentary film Phum Shang (Floating Life) won the Golden Conch Award for the Best Documentary Film (up to 60 minutes) at the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) for Documentary, Animation and Short Films, which ended on 03 February 2016.  Swiss film My Name is Salt, and Indian entry Placebo shared the Gold Conch award for the Best Feature length Documentary Film. In the picture are, l to r, Mukesh Sharma (Director,...

 

Winners of the 30th GOYA AWARDS

Last night Madrid held the 30th annual Goya Awards ceremony. Among guest the Spanish Academy members, politicians, four Academy Award winners, and even a Nobel Prize- Hosting the gala, Dani Rovira, who for the second time in a row, tried to make the gala long less than 3 hours. Not many surprises among winners. Spanish academics are quite predictable and the film Truman got five out of six, awards. The most nominated film, La Novia, an adaptation of Lorca´s Bodas de Sangre, only obtei...

 

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Interview with actor David Lipper who plays one the Nazi villains

Bruno Chatelin (filmfestivals.com co founder) spoke with David Lipper in Berlin at the World Market Pemiere during EFM 2016. David told us how he was casted by Anthony Hickox to play a Nazi in Vienna trying to recover Hitler's drawing sold to a famous art collector. The film is a 84 minutes chase after the vanished painting of Hitler's dog "prinz" with kick some stunning as action sequences, (lots of slow motion , jackson Pollock style; along love and romance during the exod...

 

Interview with Michel Adam, founder of FashionTV, writer producer of Exodus to Shanghai

Michel Adam sat down with filmfestivals.com to explain his motivations for this very personal story, what he heard from his family about theses events in Vienna, and how he wrote about it with Anthony Hickox, the director. ...

 

Winners with a smile and a bear

Gianfranco Rosi Fuocoammare (Fire at Sea) Tomasz Wasilewski for Zjednoczone stany miłości(United States of Love) Mark Lee Ping-Bing for the cinematography in Chang Jiang Tu (Crosscurrent) by Yang Chao Majd Mastour in Inhebbek Hedi (Hedi) by Mohamed Ben Attia Trine Dyrholm in Kollektivet (The Commune) by Thomas Vinterberg Mia Hansen-Løve for L‘avenir (Things to Come) Hel...

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La passation de pouvoirs au minitère de la Culture et de la communication entre Fleur Pellerin et Audrey Azoulay

La passation de pouvoirs entre Fleur Pellerin et Audrey Azoulay a lieu  vendredi 12 février à 13h30 au ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (Valois). Fleur Pellerin a transmis les rênes du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication à Audrey Azoulay qui la remplace rue de Valois. Il y a peu de pays au monde où un enfant trouvé dans les rues d'un bidonville et élevé par une famille modeste se retr...

 

le prix Toscan-du-Plantier 2016 a été décerné à Pascal Caucheteux et Grégoire Sorlat (Why Not) qui l' avaient déjà reçu 2 fois

  Remis cette année par Claude Lelouch, président de la 41e cérémonie des César, Frédérique Bredin, présidente du CNC, et Alain Terzian, président de l'Académie des César, le prix Toscan-du-Plantier 2016 a été décerné à Pascal Caucheteux et Grégoire Sorlat.  Le duo de Why Not avait déjà reçu ce prix en 2009 et 2010. Ils ont produit quatre...

 

Palmarès de Clermont Ferrand 2016

  > COMPÉTITION INTERNATIONALE :   • Grand Prix Las Cosas Simples (Les choses simples) Alvaro Anguita - Chili - 2015 - Fiction - 26' Penélope est fonctionnaire, elle vit avec sa mère atteinte de la maladie d'Alzheimer. Un jour, elle rencontre Ulises, un vieil homme indigent qui a perdu la mémoire et ses papiers. Elle arrive à le convaincre qu'il est son père et qu'il doit rentr...

 

Polanski s'attaque à l Affaire Dreyfuss

Gstaad - Avant première . Nathan, Roman Polansky et Pierre Dassas discutent du tournage l'été prochain de son prochain film, l'Affaire Dreyfuss !  ...

 

30e édition du Festival du Film de Cabourg, Journées romantiques,

  Le Festival du Film de Cabourg, Journées romantiques, a le plaisir de vous annoncer les dates de sa 30e édition et de vous dévoiler son affiche pour cette année anniversaire. Depuis ses débuts, le Festival du Film de Cabourg présente une cinématographie romantique mondiale exaltant les grands sentiments humains : le coup de foudre, la passion, la rêverie, et bien-sûr… l’Amour ! À partir du...

 

OMAR SHARIF AUX YEUX DU MONDE: Un nouveau livre publié par le festival de Louxor du film africain (LAFF)

Dans le cadre des derniers préparatifs de la cinquième édition du festival de Louxor du film africain (LAFF) qui aura lieu du 17 au 23 Mars, 2016, le directeur du festival Azza Elhusseiny, a révélé que le livre intitulé OMAR SHARIF DANS LES YEUX DU MONDE sera publié au cours des jours du festival comme hommage à la mémoire de l'acteur égyptien et le grand star international Omar Sharif. Le critique renomm&ea...

 

6ème Salon des lieux de tournage : près de 3 000 visiteurs - une participation en hausse de 30%

Le Salon des Lieux de Tournage a clôturé sa 6ème édition avec un record de participation. A noter, que le Salon des Lieux de Tournage accueillait le Paris Images Pro ce qui a contribué à enrichir l’offre et à dynamiser la fréquentation de cette édition 2016.   2951 visiteurs se sont ainsi rendus pendant ces deux journées au Carreau du Temple, qui accueillait l’événement, soit une progress...

 

Ouverture de la 32ème édition des Reflets du cinéma Ibérique et Latino-Américain

Les Reflets du cinéma ibérique et latino-américain se tiendront du 9 au 23 mars en Rhône Alpes. Soirée d'ouverture le 9 mars avec "Hablar" le dernier film de Joaqìn Oristrell. Au programme des quinze jours de cette édition 2016, 41 films dont 15 avant-premières, 17 films inédits, 7 courts métrages et une compétition de 10 films. Du Chili à Cuba, de l’Argentine au Portugal, en passant par l&rsqu...

 

Retour sur la 4e édition du Festival International du Film restauré du 3 au 7 février 2016

Pour sa 4e édition, le Festival International du film restauré Toute la mémoire du monde a poursuivi son extension dans Paris et en régions. À Paris et à Montreuil, plus de 12.000 spectateurs ont fréquenté les 3 salles de La Cinémathèque française et celles de nos partenaires : Les Fauvettes, la Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé, Le Christine 21, le Reflet Médicis, Le Méli&egr...

 

Nominations et récompenses pour les films sélectionnés au Poitiers Film Festival

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05.02.2016 | Editor's blog | 61 lectures

Le scénariste Paul HAGGIS rejoint la liste des invités prestigieux du MAGIC à Monaco

Shibuya Productions, société organisatrice du Monaco Anime Game International Conferences (MAGIC), est fière d’annoncer une nouvel invité en la personne de Paul Haggis, l'un des scénaristes les plus prolifiques d'Hollywood. Connu pour les scénarios de films cultes comme Million Dollar Baby, Collision ou encore Casino Royale, il est aussi le créateur de Walker Texas Ranger. Il rencontrera le public à ...

 

05.02.2016 | Editor's blog | 83 lectures

Exposition L'Art de Blue Sky Studios

    Du 25 mars au 18 septembre 2016, Art Ludique-Le Musée présente en première mondiale "L'Art de Blue Sky Studios". Les artistes du studio Blue Sky, à qui l'on doit notamment la célèbre saga "L'Age de Glace", dévoilent les dessins, peintures et sculptures issus de la création de leurs films au succès planétaire : plus de 800 œuvres exposées permettront notamment d...

 

04.02.2016 | Editor's blog | 90 lectures