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> PALM SPRINGS FILM FESTIVAL January 2- 13
Antonio Banderas receives International Star Award, Actor at the Palm Springs Film Festival Gala

Honoring Women at 31st Palm Springs International Film Festival

Jamie Foxx honored with the Spotlight Award, Actor for his role in Just Mercy

Laura Dern presents Adam Driver with the Desert Palm Achievement Award - Actor for Marriage Story

Director of the Year Award to Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

Cynthia Erivo receives the Breakthrough Performance Award
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> KUSTENDORF PREVIEWS January 13 - 18
Short Films competing at Kustendorf 2020
A bit of history with past Homages from the International Film and Music Festival Küstendorf

2020 Kustendorf Film and Music Film Festival announces its Jury Members

> SUNDANCE PREVIEWS January 23 - February 2
Latest Additions to 2020 Sundance Film Festival Announced
Last program from John Cooper as a director of Sundance Festival reveals 118 features, 44 first-time feature filmmakers

> BERLIN PREVIEWS
70 years anniversary edition with, new posters, new look, no bears?

Berlinale Welcomes Another Principal Partner: MagentaTV

Save the date_Feb 25 and attend the discussion on gender equity @ Berlinale 2020

The New Poster for the Queer Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival

Berlinale 2020: Chile will be “Country in Focus” at the EFM


> FESTIVALS IN FOCUS
JIFF opens and closes with 2 – 2 FILMS

Submit to the 4th LA Crime & Horror Film Festival

Final Deadline for the Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival

APOX film festival

Submit to the Calcutta International Short Film Festival 2020

Chandler Film Festival coming up: 5 reasons to attend


> PARTNERS FESTIVAL NEWS
Your Script Produced competition
Season 2
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PRE LAUNCH DEADLINE January 20, 2020
Introducing Season 2 / 2020 of “Your Script Produced!” International Film / Tv / Short Film Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully finance, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Feature Script for $250,000.00.
We've raised the stakes! Season 2 will accept Features, Tv Scripts, AND SHORT FILM SCRIPTS! Winners will be promoted in the Variety Magazine and THR!
Open to writers of all levels. 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.
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.
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New York Festivals Television & Films Awards
April 9th, 2020
Deadline extended
New York Festivals World's Best TV & Films competition honors programming in all lengths and forms from over 50 countries.
All Entries in the 2020 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 2019 TV & Film Awards winning entries please visit:
https://tvfilm.newyorkfestivals.com/Winners/index
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French Riviera Film Festival
May 11-12, 2020
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January 25, 2020 regular deadline
The second 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
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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival
May 30 – June 4, 2020
February 25, 2020 Regular Deadline
April 10, 2020 Late Deadline
Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival returns in June 2020 in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.
Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.
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Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
April 22 – 26, 2020
January 6, 2020 Regular Deadline
January 27, 2020 Late Deadline
February 16, 2020 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 . 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.
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Worlfest Houston 53
April 17 - 26, 2019
Final deadline January 15
WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival offers international competition in Ten Major Competition Categories! Features, Shorts, Docs/Business Films, Student, Experimental, Screenplays, New Media, TV Production, TV Commercials, & Music Videos! More than 200 sub-categories for fair competition. Only at WorldFest-Houston are you selected as a Remi Award Winner on the basis of your numerical score from the juries, which greatly increases your chance to win a Remi, unlike other festivals that only give out one Gold, one Silver and one Bronze! Only 10%-15% of entries actually win the coveted Remi Award!
You may enter Online via our entry platform - www.worldfest.org, or via FilmFreeway.com - we now accept entries via Vimeo & YouTube, in addition to DVD/BR Entries, & USB/Jump Drives. Screenplay entries must be bound. We will confirm when we receive your entry and we provide personal Jury Results, and festival details when you are selected for screening at the 53rd WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival!
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NEW YORK CITY Independent Film Festival
May 10 – 17, 2020
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February 5, 2020 Extended Deadline
NYC Indie Film Fest is a celebration of the Independent Filmmaker, documentaries, short and feature-length films, music videos, and animation.
All NYC Indie 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.
NYC Indie Film Festival honors the Best in Category which includes Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Narrative, Best Super Short, Best Music Video, as well as Best Director and Best Screenplay.
With panels, parties and a week-long gathering of fellow indie filmmakers May 10 - May 17, 2020.
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> PEOPLE ON OUR RADAR
A film Festival Odyssey by Alex Deleon: Enliven Your Holidays ~~ with some festival bliss reading

Brad Pitt is set to receive the prestigious Maltin Modern Master Award at the 35th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festi

SBIFF Cinema Vanguard Award honoring Laura Dern Tuesday, January 21st, 2020

Mike Downey Elected New EFA Chairman


> AWARDS WATCH ...
Jury and Nominees for Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize announced

Sharkwater Extinction wins best environment film at the 23rd International Underwater Film Festival in Belgrade

Rob Stewart's SHARKWATER EXTINCTION wins best film at inaugural Turks and Caicos TCIFF!

Lionel Richie received the Capri Person of the Year Award
344 films are competing for the 2019 Best Picture Oscar®


> INDIA in focus with Siraj Syed
Good Newwz, Review: Madame Ovary

Spies in Disguise, Review: Walter, Pigeon and These Guys

Dabangg 3, Review: A Bad Dab at Bangg 3 theory

Rangbaaz Phir Se on ZEE 5: Gangster saga shifts to Rajasthan

Three plays at Jairangam Jaipur Fringes Theatre’s Mumbai Fest


> FILMS IN FOCUS ...
The Gentlemen - Film Review

Preview of a new Armenian Film

US week-end Box Office analysis: December 27-29

"terroir"& "Pooling" win awards on last day of 2019!

"Stonewall Out Loud" recreates the 1989 riot that ignited the gay rights movement.

Walk Run Cha Cha advances in Documentary Short subject for the 92nd Academy Awards

Cats - Film Review

> "FILMFESTIVALS.COM BEST FOR FESTS : THE ONES TO WATCH ON THE CIRCUIT" FOR FESTIVAL CONSIDERATIONAdverse written and directed by Brian MetcalfUSA Thriller December 2020, 92 minutes Starring Mickey Rourke, Penelope Ann Miller, Sean Astin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Matt Ryan, Jake T. Austin, Kelly Arjen… After discovering his younger sister has become addicted to drugs and caught in the seedy underworld, a taxi driver suffering from mental illness must find a way to save her by infiltrating a dangerous crime syndicate, regardless of the costs. Website I Twitter I Facebook I Ask a screener I Instagram I Filmfreeway I filmfestivals.com FRANK, EARNEST WITH0 MERCY Short film by Jarrod Dean Australia 2019 - 14 minutesFrank, Earnest with Mercy is a stylish, sexually charged comedy set in beautiful Naples. Two friends have an important mission to complete when a Southern Italian girlfriend in a bedroom stands in the way. How far does one go for friendship, for business, for love ?
THE FILM IS ONE OF FILMFESTIVALS.COM BEST FOR FESTS CURATED BY THE EDITOR BRUNO CHATELIN FORMER DISTRIBUTOR (COO UGC FOX, SONY IN FRANCE)
Synopsis I Cast I Crew I Stills I Jarrod Dean on IMDB I Request a screener I Blog on filmfestivals.com I June 2019, Australia 14 minutes short film by Jarrod Dean Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written and directed by Matthew TaylorUSA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes
Duchamp: Art of the Possible is a feature documentary that explores the life, art, and philosophy of the 20th century’s most influential modernists, Marcel Duchamp, and how his work single-handedly changed the course of art, and over time, culture itself. Website I Trailer I Profile on filmfestivals.com Dave Grusin Not Enough Time Documentary feature by Barbara BentreeUSA, 84 min, 2019 I Trailer I Ask for a screenerMillions of people know the music of Dave Grusin (The Graduate, Three days of the Condor, Reds, Heaven can wait, The Champ, The fabulous Baker Boys, Havana, The Milagro Beanfield War, The Firm...) but may not know his name. Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time documents his journey from Colorado cowboy to Oscar and Grammy winning composer. The documentary, directed by Barbara Bentree and produced by John Rangelwill include interviews with many friends and collaborators such as Quincy Jones, Lee Ritenour, Marcus Miller, Nathan Barr and Michael Keaton, besides Dave Grusin himself, who is strongly involved in the development of the documentary. Website I Facebook I Twitter I IMDB I Profile on filmfestivals.com I Ask for a screener |
THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA», directed by Elena Demidova
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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.
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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
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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.
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> 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
Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

Erol Ok nommé directeur général délégué de l'Institut français

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