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Live and Recent Dailies
> Molodist Kiev October 19 - 27 |Kiev |Ukraine
Molodist 2013 The exhaustive wrap coverage
> Regiofun October 22-27 | Katowice | Poland
Regiofun 2013 : a Fun Festival for Producers - Wrap coverage
> AFM Dailies November 6 - 13 | Santa Monica - USA
Meet the Film Commissioner of the Dominican Republic at AFM
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> Amazonas Film Festival November 1 - 7 Manaus Brazil
Amazonas Opening Photos Slideshow
> Thessaloniki international Film Festival November 1-10 Greece
Thessaloniki Film Festival 2013 Interview with Jim Jarmusch
Thessaloniki International Film Festival - Interview with Director James Duff on Hand and Asha
New York based director producer and writer James E. Duff talk to filmfestivals.com about his premiere feature film Hand and Asha, a tale about long distance love in the digital age. A must see Interview by Laurie Gordon http://www.hankandasha.com/photos.html Trailer ...
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2013 - Director Barbara Sarasola-Day
54th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. November 1 - 10, 2013. OPEN HORIZONS.
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> THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT
The 17th Tallinn Black Nights announces full program, introduces Mexican “bronco cinema”
The New York African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) 2013's Launch Event tomorrow at TC!
The 36th Starz Denver Film Festival (SDFF) line up
Ljubljana Lives On (Only Lovers Left Alive)
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> THE PARTNER FESTIVALS
Silver Springs International Film Festival 2014 calling for entries April 3-6, 2014
The Silver Springs International Film Festival is an international cultural event created to elevate awareness of Ocala/Marion County, FL, Florida’s Silver Springs State Park and the area’s contributions to the cinema, as well as the cultural landscape of Florida. The springs have inspired generations of nature lovers and filmmakers alike; serving as a dramatic backdrop for countless film, television and commercial shoots and the “laboratory” where cinematography legend Bruce Mozert conceived, developed and perfected underwater photography.
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
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
Awards Ceremony at Amazonas
The 36th Starz Denver Film Festival (SDFF), which opens tomorrow will honor established stars
Three Spanish films among the selection to the EFA
SEFF SPECIAL X ANNIVERSARY AWARD to honor producer Antonio Pérez
Tribute to Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter Roberto Farias
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> PEOPLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Roberio Braga meets guests of honor at the Amazonas 2013 opening ceremony
Roberio Braga welcomes Charles Tesson, the Jury President at Amazonas Opening Ceremony
Jury announced for CAMERIMAGE, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography
GATTLIN GRIFFITH and AUTHOR JOYCE MAYNARD to walk the red carpet on Jason Reitman's Labor Day Opening The 36th Starz Denver Film Festival kicks off with the Opening Night Red Carpet Gala presentation of Labor Day, presented by KeyBank. Following the screening of the film, 14 year-old actor Gattlin Griffith will be presented with the Rising Star Award and author Joyce Maynard will be signing copies of her book Labor Day in the lobby of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Festival filmmakers, and Festival staff to walk the red carpet: Actor Gattlin G...
GARY LUCAS 'TOUCHED BY GRACE--MY TIME WITH JEFF BUCKLEY"--NYC AND PARIS INSTORE APPEARANCES FOR MY NEW BOOK
Just arrived now in wonderful lovely Paris and staying at my favorite Hotel Terrass in Montmartre! I am here to do an instore signing and a solo acoustic performance tomorrow in support of the English language version of my new book "TOUCHED BY GRACE--MY TIME WITH JEFF BUCKLEY" which was published on Oct 25th by Jawbone Press in the UK. Here's a photo from my NYC instore Monday night: You can read reviews and comments here: http://garylucas.com/www/tbg The response ha...
Good Morning-- Hope you are in the mood for some fun! Producers Maria Collis & Erik Lundmar, creators of the incredible new choose your own adventure app MovieMaze ™ (available throughout iTunes and google play for Mac & Android platforms) and one of the stars of their first FREE adventure "The Mechanic," Darcy Donovan, will be available for interviews onsite at this year's AFM. MovieMazeTM is already ahead of all the competing proje..
Industry veteran Jim Harvey joins Inception Film Partners as head of sales and distribution
Inception Film Partners, LLC, a global film sales and distribution company engaged in motion picture and television sales, finance and production has hired industry veteran Jim Harvey as its head of sales and distribution. The company’s growing slate of new films range from cast-driven tentpole projects to director focused smart features satisfying the diverse and changing demands of a global marketplace. Harvey was hired as executive vice president of sales and distribution and bring...
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The 2013 American Film Market will welcome more than one hundred distributors, producers and executives from more than fifty companies across all disciplines of the film industry from mainland China. Jonathan Wolf, Managing Director of the American Film Market and Executive Vice President of the Independent Film & Television Alliance, made the announcement today. Chinese companies attending the American Film Market include: Airmedia Group; Beijing Asian Union Cult...
LA FÉERIE DES EAUX Précédera le nouveau Disney de Noël LA REINE DES NEIGES au Grand Rex
ROMAN POLANSKI à l’honneur de la sixième édition de KINOPOLSKA – en sa présence
Importante sélection québécoise et canadienne aux RIDM 2013
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