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Live and Recent Dailies
> Molodist Kiev October 19 - 27 |Kiev |Ukraine
> Regiofun October 22-27 | Katowice | Poland
VIDEO COVERAGE
Awards Ceremony Regiofun 2013 Extended
Cinema my love – Lumière brothers in focus...an amazing meeting with Thierry Fremaux
> AFM Dailies November 6 - 13 | Santa Monica - USA
Meet the Film Commissioner of the Dominican Republic at AFM

Dear Film Producer: As the Film Commissioner of the Dominican Republic, it will be my great pleasure to say hello at some point during the American Film Market; our Dominican Republic stand will be located on the 5th floor at location no. #6. This year, we have new things to offer...a magnificent new studio with three current sound stage facilities and a state-of-the-art water tank managed by Pinewood Indomina Studios, and the Quitasueño studio facility, which is wes...
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> Amazonas Film Festival November 1 - 7 Manaus Brazil
> Thessaloniki international Film Festival November 1-10 Greece
54th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. November 1 - 10, 2013. OPEN HORIZONS.
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> THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT
Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) announces Senegal as guest of honor of its 2014 edition
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) includes a German Focus
EIFF 2014 ANNOUNCE NEW STRANDS AND GERMAN FOCUS AS SUBMISSIONS OPEN Friday 1 November – The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is pleased to announce that a number of new strands will be added to the 2014 programme, including a German Focus celebrating the best in German cinema, as submissions open today. The new strands will include a ‘Gala’ strand which will present major UK premieres of both British and international films and a strand of family...
Ohio Independent Film Festival opening night!
AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY “BLOOD BROTHER” OPENS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OHIO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 AT 6:00 PM AT ATLAS CINEMAS LAKESHORE 7 THEATRE IN EUCLID From Sundance to Hot Docs to Big Sky and onward to the Ohio Independent Film Festival in downtown Euclid, Blood Brother is, in simplest terms, about a man. In more detail, it’s about Rocky Braat, a man from Pittsburgh who never really liked kids or hot weather, yet found him...
Welcome Croatian Cinema
The latest entrant to the EU has a Showcase of its cinema in London 31 October-2 November 2013 Although the country of Croatia, which acceded to the European Union on July Ist this year,is not large it has a seemingly infinite number of islands,and although its current production of feature films does nor exceed a couple of dozen annually, there seem to be almost as many film festivals held regularly within its borders. The exquisite capital, Zagreb,a compact and seductive Hapsburg metropolis, (its so called,if misnamed 'animation school' was famed in the late 1950s winning awards at Cannes and internationally)
The Busan International Film Festival: Asia's Numero Uno Film Festival

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> THE PARTNER FESTIVALS
CINEMAD Independent and Cult Film Festival 2013 22 - 30 November, 2013
Since 1994, Cinemad schedules the most recent and risky films, anticipating the blockbusters trends, discovering new talents and creating trends. At the same time that rescues of the past authentic masterpieces, that because of the lack of promotion went unnoticed by commercial cinemas in our country.
During all these editions, Cinemad has premiered films from directors such as Martin Scorsese, Kim Ki-Duk and Jim Jarmusch, reaching one of its main goals: Become a space where novice filmmakers ,from different countries, can display and spread new proposals, next to other filmmakers more consecrated.
In 2000, the festival became International with it's Shortfilm contest. Now we move on step forward with our first “Work in Progress Contest (WIPP)” for Feature Films, where we carry on searching for risky and newfangled audiovisual proposals, from all over the world.
WIPP is a initiative that's looks for novice directors whose first director's film is currently in postproduction phase, with the aim to discover new cinematographic talents. A jury composed by personalities of the audiovisual and culture field, will grant to the winner an award composed by different postproduction services valued in 500.000€, with the objective of finding the required financing in other for them to finish their project, facilitating the access to a distribution that will allow them to reach the widest audience. Click here to submit
12th Annual Garden State Film Festival calling for entries : Film, Screenplay and Movie Music competitions
The Garden State Film Festival was founded to promote the art of filmmaking on all levels by showcasing a wide variety of film, video and animated works as well as provide educational programs in the creative arts to the public by industry leaders. We have started accepting film entries for our next festival. FINAL Deadline is December 1st, 2013
Announcing the GSFF Movie Music Competition.This is the first competition of this kind in Film Festival History. Submit any original movie music from an independent film and it will be judged by music professionals with awards in multiple categories. Click here to submit
2014 Taiwan International Children’s Film Festival (TICFF) video calling for entries
A biennial film festival, TICFF brings young children and adults to enjoy the works in this international exhibition, which will take place in April 2014. Public Television Service (PTS), the festival organizer of this event, is now signing up entries to attract some of the finest filmmakers around the world with the lure of USD 28,000 in prize money. Except for showing outstanding dramas, documentaries, animations, and television programs, the festival also includes a new feature: a special Taiwan prize which will be awarded to the best work which represents Taiwan and exemplified the highest standards in the industry... Submit
YOUPIX.ORG - Not Another Screenplay Competition!
Years ago, PROJECT GREEN LIGHT offered new talents a platform to compete but it was short lived for obvious reasons, the business model didn’t work. The movies lost money. Unlike all of these different platforms that had good intentions in helping discover new talent, at YOUPIX.ORG, we have eliminated many mistakes to dramatically increase the odds of success for this new indie platform.
The Internet is full of articles/posts/blogs written by Industry Professionals with endorsement for the top ten or top five screenplay competitions – and it doesn’t take long before you start seeing the same Contests repeated again and again… That makes you feel good about those certain competitions, right? So, you submit your screenplay to some (or all) of those competitions with your fingers crossed… And you mig... Submit Now
Make YOUR Movie Contest on youpix.org!
Project Greenlight Reincarnated! Our winners make a MOVIE. "In Hollywood a script has a One in a Million chance at being produced. That sucks! At YouPix.org your script has a REAL chance at being made into a MOVIE! That does NOT suck!" Dear Screenwriters and Filmmakers, Let's face it. We all just want to make movies. Ever since we could remember. We were kids with movie cameras making goofy projects wi... Submit Now
Open call for submissions The European Philip K Dick Film Festival at Lille, France
The Philip K. Dick European Science Fiction Film Festival to Come to France : call for submissions This fall, French Sci-fi fans are in for a treat: three days of events in honor of Philip K Dick are planned in Lille, France from October 25-27, 2013 at the famous L'Hybride Cinema venue. Festival organizers are issuing a call for submissions in science fiction and horror features and shorts. Writers and panelists will be invited to participate. www.philipkdickfilmfestival-europe.com ... Submit Now
Houston Worldfest April 4-13, 2014 calling all filmmakers
The MAIN ENTRY DEADLINE is December 15th, 2013 THE FINAL "BRICK-WALL" DEADLINE is: JANUARY 31st, 2013 - ENTRIES MUST REACH US BY THEN! We now accept PayPal for even greater payment security. The secure PayPal payment address is - entry@worldfest.org The 47th Annual WorldFest-Houston - April 4-13, 2014 Ten Great Days in April! Download the entry form “Before there was Sundance or SXSW, Before there was Toronto or Tribeca, there was WorldFest...Submit now
Submit your projects to the 3D Stereo Media Market, free registration
3D Film Mart (3DFM) 3-6 December 2013., now in its 3rd edition, is the first European co-production market for stereoscopic-3D (S-3D) movies.
The 3D Film Mart was developed by 3D Stereo MEDIA in association with TWIST and peacefulfish. 3DFM is partially funded by the MEDIA Program of the European Commission (EC), and is thus an official project of the EC. This gives it a wide visibility and a significant notoriety in Europe and beyond.
Producers of 3D contents (for cinema, TV, ...) who have projects for S-3D contents (feature, documentary, animation, alternative content, ...) at an early stage of development, and are looking for financing, are invited to submit their projects to the market.... Submit Now
International Television & Film Awards calling
New York Festival's World's Best Television & Films competition honors programming in all lengths and forms from over 50 countries. Dedicated to both the Television and Film industries, categories mirror today's global trends and encourage the next generation of story-tellers and talent: Animation, Comedy, Corporate, Drama, Documentary, Feature Films, Music Videos, News, Promos, Reality Shows, Sports, Telenovelas, Webisodes, Best Performance by an Actor/Actress, Special Event, Innovation, and Technical Production Team...Submit Now
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> THE AWARDS WATCH
FIKE 2013: Awards
We give you the winners of the fourth REGIOFUN
The moment has finally come. During the closing ceremony of REGIOFUN we met the winning producers. Congratulations to them! The jury of the feature film competition composed of Angela Bosch, Juliusz Machulski and Bruno Chatelin decided to give the main award to EUROPOLIS FILM, the producer of the movie “Matei Child Miner”. The jury also gave a distinction to the producers of the movie “Horses ...
Red Dirt International Film Festival Award Winners
Best Comedy Sky Blue Collar · Best Feature Documentary Antarctica – A Year on Ice · Best Short Documentary Lost · Best Feature Drama Southern Baptist Sissies · &...
Sun Belt Express and Lake Los Angeles win main prizes at the 3rd US in Progress Wrocław
US in Progress Wrocław is a works-in-progress event targeted at American independent filmmakers and European buyers. It presents independent US films in final production stages to European buyers, post-production houses and festivals in order to help them achieve completion and to foster the circulation and distribution of American indie films in Europe. This year, 6 films, selected from around 40 submissions competed for prizes consisting of post-production and promotional services worth ...
APSA 2013 Competition Finalised
COMPETITION FINALISED for 7th Asia PaciFIC Screen awardS - NOMINATIONS COUNCIL DELIBERATE IN BRISBANE The 2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) has finalised competition entries for the 7th annual Awards. The International Nominations Council are currently deliberating in Brisbane ahead of the 2013 nominations announcement in November. With an incredibly strong line-up of over 230 films from 41 countries and areas, including Academy Award® Best Foreign Language Fil...
AWARDS PALMARES 2013 SHORT FILM FEST GRANADA
•Premio Mejor Cortometraje INTERNACIONAL DE ACCIÓN REAL (Val del Omar)-(dotado con 3.000 euros) Mención Especial del Certamen de Acción Real a “MORITZ UND DER WALDSCHRAT”, Bryn Chainey, Alemania, 2013, 20' Premio Val del Omar al Mejor Cortometraje de Acción Real (dotado con 3.000€), a “LA MASSA DE LOS HOMBRES (THE MASS OF MEN)”, Gabriel Gauchet, Reino Unido, 2012, 16'55'' •Premio Mejor Cor...
The Golden Angel of Tofifest goes to "The Girl from the Wardrobe"
Tofifest awards have been given. Angels stay in Poland. The awards of the Tofifest International Film Festival were given on Sunday, during the Closing Ceremony. Grand Prix - the Golden Angel in the On Air competition has been awarded to director Bodo Kox and producer Wlodzimierz Niderhaus for their excellent "The Girl from the Wardrobe". All other awards were divided among filmmakers from Poland, Cuba, and the USA. The decision made by an international jury to award "The...
Starz Denver Film Festival to honor renowned Italian film director Paolo Sorrentino
Noted Italian Director to Receive Maria & Tommaso Maglione Italian Filmmaker Award Presented by the Anna & John J. Sie Foundation DENVER (October 28, 2013) - The 36th annual Starz Denver Film Festival has selected the renowned Italian film director Paolo Sorrentino as the recipient of the fifth Maria and Tommaso Maglione Italian Filmmaker Award. The award, sponsored by the Anna & John J. Sie Foundation, includes an honorarium of $10,000. A sp...
Jury Unveils First Six EFA Winners
Awards for Cinematography, Editing, Design, Costumes, Music & Sound The European Film Academy announces the first winners who will be honoured at this year’s 26th European Film Awards. A special seven-member jury convened in Berlin and, based on the EFA Selection list, decided on the winners in the categories cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, composer and sound design. This new addition to the awards procedures follows a decision of the EF...
Awards Ceremony Regiofun 2013
Winners of the 4th REGIOFUN 1ST PRIZE – FEATURE FILM COMPETITON to EUROPOLIS FILM the producer of MATTEI CHILD MINER by ALEXANDRA GULEA. Special Mention for HORSES OF GOD – by NABIL AYOUCH, PIERRE - ANGE LE POGAM, PATRICK QUINET, ERIC VAN BEUREN 1ST PRIZE – FEATURETTE AND SHORT FILM COMPETITON to SOLITA FILMS the producer of INERTIAL LOVE ...
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> PEOPLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Meet Amazonas 2013 Jury members


Ritesh Batra director of The LunchBox

Indian star and activist Shabana Azmi will be the guest of honour of the 13th River to River Florence Indian Film Festival
The best of contemporary Indian cinema at Cinema Odeon, Florence, from 22nd to 28th November 2013 Indian star and activist Shabana Azmi will be the guest of honour of the 13th River to River Florence Indian Film Festival with the first Italian tribute to her work After Florence, the Festival will bring its ‘best of’ to Nuovo Cinema Aquila in Rome (29th November - 1st December), and to Spazio Oberdan in Milan (February 2014) &...
Paco Delgado wins the European Costume Designer Award 2013
The European Film Academy rewarded Paco Delgado´s work in Blancanieves (directed by Pablo Berger) “for a costume design combining meticulous research of Spanish tradition and craft with the freedom of a gothic fairy tale.” EFA members of the jury were: Tuomas Kantelinen, Francesco Ranieri Martinotti, Karel Och, Simón de Santiago, Hervé Schneid, Marek Septimus Wieser and Jasmila Zbanic Paco Delgado won the Goya for Best Wardro...
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> STRICTLY BUSINESS
€20m boost to Dutch film industry to attract international productions
AFM will welcome more than one hundred distributors, producers and executives from more than fifty companies from Mainland China
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> LES NOUVELLES DU CIRCUIT
Importante sélection québécoise et canadienne aux RIDM 2013
Les Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) commenceront le 13 novembre prochain. Comme chaque année, le seul festival québécois entièrement consacré au cinéma documentaire présentera de nombreux films canadiens et québécois, répartis dans ses différentes sections. Compétition nationale En compétition pour le Grand p...
Un jury révèle les premiers six lauréats EFA,

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