Filmfestivals.com Newsletter | ||||
| ||||
|
> Palm Springs January 3 -14
Thank god it s friday: the films showing today January 11 at Palm Springs Fest
Talking Pictures: Won't You Be My Neighbor? + Q&A with Director
Talking Pictures: Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse
Talking Pictures: The Wife + Conversation with Glenn Close
Talking Pictures: Can You Ever Forgive Me + Q&A with Richard Grant
VIDEO - 2019 Palm Springs International Film Festival Trailers
Talking Picture: Eighth Grade + Q&A with Director Bo Burnham
PSIFF honorees shined at the Golden Globes: Remi Malek, Regina King, Olivia Colman, Glenn Close
> Kustendorf Film and Music Festival Jan 11 -16
A GREAT CHEF / DIRECTOR IN (OWN) TOWN
Emir Kusturica celebrates his 12th edition at Kustendorf
Never lost in Cinema City Kustendorf, the streets are named after film icons...
Map of the Wooden village
Meet The Kustendorf 2019 Jury
Filmfestivals.com will attend and cover the Kustendorf Film and Music Festival
The Kustendorf Egg Prizes, freshly laid, will be awarded January 16
> Sundance previews Jan 24 - Feb 3
VIDEO Meet the Class of SUNDANCE 2019
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival Visual Identity
WELLHAUS presented by Charlotte's Web - First CBD House in Park City during Sundance Film Festival
> International Film Festival Rotterdam 23 January – 3 February 2019
IFFR Festival Director Bero Beyer introduces the Rotterdam festival programme sections
VIDEO: Get to know IFFR Deep Focus
VIDEO: Get to know IFFR Perspectives
VIDEO : Get to know IFFR - Voices
VIDEO: Get to know IFFR - Bright Future
Watch the IFFR Press conference livestream announcing main competitions
World premiere Dirty God by Sacha Polak to open 48th IFFR
48th IFFR reveals the full line-up for its features in Bright Future
> Berlinale and EFM Previews Feb 7 - 17
Agnès Varda, Agnieszka Holland, Hans Petter Moland, Isabel Coixe join Competition and Berlinale Special 2019
Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2019: Coming of Age
Berlinale Talents 2019 - Sustainably Good: The 250 Participants
Berlinale Shorts Introduces the 2019 International Short Film Jury:
The 14th Forum Expanded: New spaces, more time The Fine Thread of Deviation. Installation von/by: Evan Calder Williams, Anne Low. Foto/photo: © Evan Calder Williams, Anne Low The 14th Forum Expanded is moving to a new location: The silent green Kulturquartier will open a new Berlin exhibition venue and the Forum Expanded group exhibition, which has been taking place annually since 2006, will be the inaugural event. The 1600 square meter Betonhalle on the grounds of the former Weddi... .
> Fantasporto Previews February 22 to March 2, 2019
40th Anniversary Opening of Alien
"in Fantasporto no one can hear you scream"
Fantasporto will look into the changing face of feminity in 60's Taiwan Cinema
Hungarian Focus at Fantasporto 2019
Filmfestivals.com' Bruno Chatelin returns to Fantasporto Jury
> INDIA IN FOCUS by Siraj Syed
The Mensile and Biennale International Film Festival of Bengal
Manthan and the churning of good cinema: Master Class with Shyam Benegal
RIFF: Second list of films released
Tashi, made with a 5-member cast and a 5-member crew, for $25,000, proves auspicious
RIFF selections
Diorama encouraged by Rahul Rawail, Shaji Karun
15 years after its last IFFI, Delhi gets its Diorama
> PARTNERS FESTIVAL NEWS
Filmmaker Final Four
April 9 – 24, 2019
January 25, 2019 Regular Deadline
The Filmmaker Final Four is an innovative competitive festival program that will provide an an opportunity for filmmakers across the country to produce short films and have them presented to live audiences and industry professionals.
Filmmakers will assemble a team to conceive, cast, produce and edit a short film. They will have 16 days to complete the project, based on one of two application deadlines. The program will roll out across 4 separate regions (West, Midwest, Northeast, South)
All projects from each respective community, within one of the 4 regions, will have an opportunity to screen their film for audiences, friends and family. While some regions will have multiple screenings, there will ultimately be 4 winners from each region, as voted on by separate juries and online audience polling.
The 4 films from each respective region will be announced at the end of their quarterly competition. At the end of the year, the Sweet 16 will be announced and have additional screenings take place in Hollywood.
Check the rules and regulations and the awards
Email I 310-739-1446 I 6900 Santa Monica Blvd Los Angeles I Website I Facebook I Twitter I Profile on filmfestivals.com I SUBMIT
____________________________________________________
Artemis Women in Action Film Festival
EXTENDED Deadline - 01/15/19
DISCOUNTS FOR FINAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR ARTEMIS WOMEN IN ACTION FILM FESTIVAL.
AWIAFF is dedicated to honoring female action and empowerment heroes. Our fifth edition marks the expansion to include music created by women.
Submit all narrative, animated, documentary FILMS and SCRIPTS featuring women either starring or co-starring as a physical action character or agent of social change. We celebrate women in kick ass roles.
Submit all MUSIC in any genre that is a film score, composition, song, or theme song created by female composers, female led bands, and female solo artists.
FILMS - 40 minutes or longer I SHORTS - up to 40 minutes I SCRIPTS, Features (70-120 pgs) & Pilots (45-60 pgs)
MUSIC in all genres, up to 10 minutes.
Get a $10 discount on all film and screenplay submissions: FFcom10
Get a $5 discount on all music submissions: FFcom5
Discounts are only available when made directly through Artemis’ website. Artemis’ Submissions page: www.ArtemisFilmFestival.com/Submissions
filmfestivals.com profile I Website I Facebook I Twitter I Instagram I Awards I SUBMIT
Seattle International Film Festival
May 16 - June 9, 2019
February 1 - Extended (Withoutabox submissions only!)
SIFF creates experiences that bring people together to discover extraordinary films from around the world. It is through the art of cinema that we foster a community that is more informed, aware, and alive.
The Seattle International Film Festival is presented each year from mid-May to mid-June. It is the largest film festival in the United States, presenting more than 400 features, documentaries, and short films to an audience of 140,000 each year. SIFF is consistently ranked as one of the top festivals in North America, and is an Academy Award-qualifying festival for short films.
- To submit a regular feature film or short film (no episodics!) via the online entry form, please click here.
- To submit a FutureWave short film (age 18 and under filmmakers) via the online entry form, please click here.
filmfestivals.com profile I Website I Facebook I Twitter I Youtube I Awards I SUBMIT
Submit To Maryland International Film Festival 2019
March 29 – 31, 2019 December 1, 2018
Extended Deadline I January 31, 2018
Welcome, filmmakers, to the Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown. We are excited about our 8th year coming up on March 29th-31st, 2019.
We are Movie Magazine's top 50 festival worth their entry fee. For 8 years, we've been bringing in the finest films from around the world. The film festival became a 501(c)3 and launched in 2009 and now screens more than 90 films each year! Hollywood Director Joe Carnahan is our creative director, and has been a powerful partner with our festival! He has brought us such films as "The Grey" and "The A-Team" with Liam Neeson and just released Wheelman to Netflix which is getting RAVE reviews. He now has his own production company with Frank Grillo, and has recently signed a deal with Sony Entertainment to work on their Adaptation of 'UNCHARTED'. So join us! We look forward to having you screen at our 8th anniversary!
The festival is conveniently located downtown; we're in the middle of the arts and entertainment district. And after the films, we host some of the best after parties with live bands and fantastic food and drinks!
Here is a recent article about the festival!
SUBMIT I Website I Profile on filmfestivals.com I Email contact I Facebook I Twitter
____________________________________________________
London, Nice, Madrid, Milan calling
15 Years of celebration, 4 GREAT FESTIVALS
We are now accepting submissions for the 2019 festivals, You can submit your film via Withoutabox, or enter direct at our web site
www.filmfestinternational.com/submit
London International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema Feb 16th - 23rd 2019
Nice International Film Festival on the French Riviera just before the Cannes film festival. May 11th-18th 2019
Madrid International Film Festival
Email:info@filmfestinternational.com
____________________________________________________
Your Script Produced
winner gets the film produced for 250 000$
DEADLINE June 15th
Introducing the first annual inaugural debut for “Your Script Produced!” Worldwide Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films.
The sponsor will fully fund, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Film script. Also, Sponsor will purchase the Grand Prize Winning TV script to fund the development, package and potentially produce the Grand Prize Winning TV script. Open to anyone 18 years old or older. No cap on income earned as a writer. Open to all non-union members.
Sponsor plans to launch development / pre-production to the Grand Prize winning film script in September 2019. $250,000.00 USD Production budget fully financed by our sponsor(s).
WE DON’T SET YOU UP WITH MEETING AFTER MEETING. WE DON’T SELL YOU DREAMS. WE DON’T SELL YOU HOPE.
WE PRODUCE YOUR SCRIPT!
PERIOD.
SUBMIT: FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY I TV SCRIPT I WEBSITE I CONTACT BY EMAIL I SUBMIT
____________________________________________________
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
April 24 – 28, 2019
![]()
January 14, 2019 Regular Deadline / February 3, 2019 Late Deadline / February 23, 2019 Extended Deadline /
Known for it's quaint location, friendly staff/volunteers, inquisitive audience, consistent communication, multiple screening opportunities, workshops, panels and other amazing networking opportunities and parties; it's no wonder JDIFF was voted one of the coolest film festivals and one of the top 50 worth the submission fee by MovieMaker Magazine (2016 & 2017). JDIFF also ranks as one of the top 100 reviewed festivals by FilmFreeway. JDIFF is ALL about the independent filmmaker!
Dubuque, Iowa is a quaint city on the Mississippi and a perfect place to host the festival. As quoted in Filmmaker Magazine "The festival is smartly situated downtown, with an assortment of handsome venues all within walking distance" from the Festival Headquarters, located in the grand HOTEL JULIEN, the same hotel where Al Capone used to hide out from the Chicago Feds.
Our final nominees are judged by our Jury members of Film professionals, such as Directors, Producers, Critics, Director of Photography, etc and choose the final winner of each category.
Email I 467 Bluff Street Dubuque, IA 52001 United States I Website I Profile on filmfestivals.com I Facebook I Twitter I SUBMIT
____________________________________________________
French Riviera Film Festival
May 18 -19, 2018
PARTNER FESTIVAL WITH FILMFESTIVALS.COM
January 31, 2019 Regular Deadline
The first annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers. https://filmfreeway.com/FrenchRivieraFilmFestival
SUBMIT I Website I Profile on filmfestivals.com I Email contact
____________________________________________________
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
July 19 – 29, 2019
Regular Deadline February 25, 2019
Three times now, The Melbourne Doc Fest has been rated as a Top 100 Film Festival on FilmFreeway and has consistently been ranked in the top 2% of the over 6,000 film festival in the world over the last 3 years.
The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is currently rated as the Documentary Film Festival of the Year (2018) by FilmDaily.
Our mission is to discover and promote independent Australian documentaries, and to showcase the best international documentaries to Melbourne audiences. The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival provides a public forum and supportive platform to allow emerging filmmakers to showcase their work.
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival's blog I Website I Facebook I Twitter I SUBMIT I Email
____________________________________________________
2019 WORLDFEST-HOUSTON
April 5 - 14, 2019
PARTNER FESTIVAL WITH FILMFESTIVALS.COM
January 15, 2019, Late Entry Deadline
Entries Opened August 15th. If you enter Online by the January 15th Late/Final Deadline and we receive the physical entry by January 31st, your entry will still be reviewed by our judges. Due to popular demand, we have extended the Final Brick Wall Deadline to January 31st, online!
The 2019 Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival is now open for entries! Info on All Winners info is submitted to Seoul, Korea ~ Concorto, Italy & the USAFilmFestival, Dallas at no extra cost!
WorldFest Houston's blog I Website: http://www.worldfest.org I Submit I Facebook I Twitter I Contact Hunter Todd
____________________________________________________
New York Festivals Television & Films Awards
April 9th, 2019
Deadline extended
New York Festivals World's Best TV & Films competition honors programming in all lengths and forms from over 50 countries. New Categories for 2019 include Human Rights Documentary, Digital Short-Form Music Video, Telenovela Promotion, Brand Image, CSR Not-for-Profit, Branded Content, Attitudinal Training, Branded Content Documentary, Student Documentary, Public Relations & Social Engagement.
All Entries in the 2019 competition will be judged online and screened by New York Festivals Television & Film Awards Grand Jury of 200 plus producers, directors, writers, and other creative media professionals from around the globe. Nominated Finalists are judged by a selected panel at the United Nations for the UNDPI Awards. Award-winning entries will be showcased on the NYF Television & Film Awards website. To View the 2018 TV & Film Awards winning entries please visit: https://www.newyorkfestivals.com/winners/2018/
Profile on filmfestivals.com I Website I Facebook I Twitter I SUBMIT I Email
____________________________________________________
The NYC Independent Film Festival
May 5 – 12, 2019
January 31, 2019 Extended Deadline
The Festival is an annual event and will run May 5 - 12, 2019, taking place at Producers Club, The Caveat and Cameo Clnton Studios. We will screen 250 films, host panels and presentations, as well as after parties, a live script reading, and a live comedy sketch performance! All while hosting hundreds of filmamakers from around the world!
2019 submission categories include: Narrative Feature, Short Film (narrative), Super Short Film (narrative), Documentary Fearure, Documentary Short, Music Video, Art/Experimental (short film), Animation (short film), Short Script, Short Sketch Comedy Videos, Virtual Reality, Web Series, TV Pilots.
Join us in New York City May 5 to 12, 2019
Profile on filmfestivals.com I Website I Facebook I TwitterI SUBMIT I Email
____________________________________________________
The American Documentary Film Festival and Film Fund (AmDocs)
March 29 – April 4, 2019
January 12, 2019 Extended Deadline
Academy Award® Qualifying
The American Documentary Film Festival and Film Fund (AmDocs) is one of the largest Docs only festivals in the United States, located near the media capital of Hollywood in beautiful Palm Springs. This unique event focuses on international films in both the short and feature categories as well as showcasing animation. Recipients of the festival’s qualifying awards will be eligible for consideration in the Documentary Short Film category of the Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules. In conjunction with the festival is the American Documentary Film Fund where U.S. filmmakers compete for start-up or finishing funds in order to complete their film masterpieces. AmDocs, seeing the bigger picture.
Email I Palm Springs I Website I Facebook I Twitter I Instagram I profile on filmfestivals.com
> PEOPLE ON OUR RADAR
Wim De Witte named program director of Film Fest Gent
Welcome Aïda Belloulid new head of press in Cannes
Dispatches From NYWIFT 39th Annual Muse Awards Honoring Women In Film, Television & Media
90 years old Moore Stars as THE LADY IN BLACK in the Upcoming Rudolph Valentino Film 'Silent Life'
SushilKumar Agrawal elected as the Director of ‘The Indian Performing Right Society Ltd’
Manthan and the churning of good cinema: Master Class with Shyam Benegal
Jeff Bridges was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for career achievement at the 2019 Golden Awards Ceremony
> THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT
Filmfestivals.com' Bruno Chatelin returns to Fantasporto Jury
Find out the film selection and jury for the 9th edition of MyFrenchFilmFestival!
“Lucca Film Festival and Europa Cinema” ed. 2019: open competitions submission
Our Mission
Enter the Filmmaker Final Four Competition
Hollywood Casting and Film (HCF) launches the Filmmaker Final Four (think NCAA basketball tournament) !
2nd Annual NYC 2 Paris International Film Festival! Submit today!
> YOUTUBE CHANNEL OUR SELECTION OF TRAILERS IN FOCUS
> YOUTUBE FESTIVAL TRAILERS PARK
> FILM IN FOCUS
Cinéma Moderne begins the year with a rich and entertaining program!
Seeing Music a new film series which celebrates New Orleans’ hometown heroes
40th Anniversary Opening of Alien "in Fantasporto no one can hear you scream"
Fantasporto will look into the changing face of feminity in 60's Taiwan Cinema
Hungarian Focus at Fantasporto 2019
Sharkwater selected to screen at San Luis Obispo
Sharkwater Extinction played at Palm Springs, Rob's parents in attendance
VIDEO Trailer for "RAISED ON ROCK- The Burnette Family Legacy"
"RAISED ON ROCK- The Burnette Family Legacy"
Watch some key film clips from Sharkwater Extinction before it reaches a festival near your town.
Tom Hanks will present the SAG Life Achievement Award to renowned actor, writer, director, producer, and communicator Alan Alda
World premiere Dirty God by Sacha Polak to open 48th IFFR
DORI an international model for Film
The Creepy Line selected for the 25th anniversary of SLO Film Fest
Nice International film Festival call for entries open
Tashi, made with a 5-member cast and a 5-member crew, for $25,000, proves auspicious
4K Ultra HD When the tech-savvy experts from the Blu-ray Disc Association contacted Blare Media they posed two problems: The first, how best to demonstrate the superiority of 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc technology in a standard definition environment; the second challenge was how to authentically explain the wide range of benefits of this advanced technology in an engaging manner that would be understood and appreciated by consumers and techies alike. The first and more technical issue was resolv...
> AWARDS WATCH
Nominations Announced for the 13th Asian Film Awards
AWARDS ARTEKINO Festival : 24 weeks by Anne Zohra Berrached
Looking for The winners of Tropfest 2019
Bafta Film Awards 2019: The nominations have been revealed
Green Book honored with three Golden Globes Awards ahead of Bohemian Rhapsody and Roma (2 each)
Raised On Rock The Burnette Family Legacy
Coming April 2019 "RAISED ON ROCK - The Burnette Family Legacy" will be premiering at Film Festivals throughout 2018 before being released for worldwide distribution
Director - Sally Steele
Sally Steele is on a mission to reunite the legendary battling Burnette family- a family United by Blood-Divided by Fame. The filmmaker travels across the United States interviewing special guests while learning the amazing rock history of Johnny Burnette and Dorsey Burnette and The Rock and Roll Trio who influenced Elvis, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and many others, on her quest to bring Rocky and Billy Burnette and the members of the family together for one final dramatic and exciting performance at the end of the film, trying to heal the rift that rocked the world and tore a family apart echoing down a generation to the family “Raised On Rock“.
The film exists in two versions Long Short (60) and Short Documentary (40)
Website I Facebook I Twitter I IMDB I Profile on filmfestivals.com I Ask for a screener
THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018
"A film that Google does not want you to see - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"
An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.
The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”
However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”.
Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.
There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.
Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes
Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for” Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, Sharkwater: Extinction.
Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.
Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.
www.Sharkwater.com www.TheRevolutionMovie.com
LIVING IN THE FUTURES PAST by Susan Kucera, A documentary presented by Jeff Bridges.
USA October 2017 - 83 minutes
13 Festival wins so far for Living in the Future's Past
Revolution by Rob Stewart
![poster%20horizontal%20250.jpg]()
over 40 festival wins so far
Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (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.
Website I Epk on filmfestivals.com I Trailer I Email us for a screener
> NEWS IN FRENCH
Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés
Promoting Movies that Matter / des films qui font grandir...
With contributions from Abbé Jean-Luc Maroy, Alex Deleon, Bruno Chatelin
Le Cabinet du docteur Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Allemagne, 1919)
Découvrez la sélection et le Jury de la 9e édition de MyFrenchFilmFestival!
41 Rdv avec Le Festival International de Films de Femmes de Créteil du 22 au 30 mars 2019
La dynamique du cinéma des îles caraïbes a attiré la curiosité de Cinélatino
François Vila bientôt en tête du Trophée du Public des français d'Europe pour OUI Festival du théâtre en français de Barcelone
Impact des bandes annonces diffusées dans les cinémas au 8 janvier
Top 10 des entrées hebdo France du 02/01/2019 au 09/01/2019
In Memoria Jocelyne Saab, un hommage de Martine et Jean-Marc Thérouanne
Hommage à Jocelyne Saab (1948-2019), membre de La Cinémathèque française
La 3e édition du Festival International du Film sur le Handicap à Lyon s'annonce en force
Le Festival de Cannes réorganise son secteur presse et a nommé AÏDA BELLOULID directrice du service
L affiche des Cesar 2019 révèle le regard d Isabelle Huppert et son talent!
POLY SON POST PRODUCTION et TITRA FILMS Lauréats du Trophée César&Techniques et du Prix de l'Innovation César&Techniques 2019
J-7 pour le retour du Greenpeace Film Festival
For more details, visit filmfestivals.com,
email bruno@filmfestivals.com
> International Film Festival Rotterdam
IFFR Festival Director Bero Beyer introduces the Rotterdam festival programme sections
VIDEO: Get to know IFFR Deep Focus
VIDEO: Get to know IFFR Perspectives
VIDEO : Get to know IFFR - Voices
VIDEO: Get to know IFFR - Bright Future
Watch the IFFR Press conference livestream announcing main competitions
World premiere Dirty God by Sacha Polak to open 48th IFFR
48th IFFR reveals the full line-up for its features in Bright Future