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A Call to Action for the Mediterranean during Venice Festival

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8th edition of the Better World Endowment Fund run by Manuel Collas de la Roche will take place during the Venice Film Festival.

 

Venice Film Festival­_Biennale College Cinema 9th edition_Call Opens Friday May 8th

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La Biennale di Venezia / Biennale College – Cinema International for the production of micro-budget feature films / The Call for the 9th edition is open  on the website www.labiennale.org   The feature-length film The Fits (2015) by Anna Rose Holmer (3rd edition) to be shown on the Criterion Channel / Since 2012 Biennale College Cinema has produced 26 feature-length films The new Call of the Biennale College – Cinema International for the production of micro-...

 

Visions du Réel 2020: a generous and accomplished online edition

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The 51st edition of Visions du Réel came to an end last Sunday, followed online with enthusiasm by a large audience. The 134 films of the programme, including 89 world premieres, have been watched 60,500 times on the platform tailor-made for this one-of-a-kind edition. We would like to thank the public, our institutional, private and technical partners, the filmmakers, producers and film professionals for supporting us in this exceptional adventure! It is thanks to the precious ...

 

Eurimages launches today a new call for proposals for the presentation of its Co-Production Development Awards.

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Festivals and co-production markets interested in hosting an award are invited to submit a proposal covering a three-year period from 1 January 2021. The call for proposals is available on the Eurimages website as of today - potential applicants should read the terms and conditions carefully before submitting a proposal.  Proposals should be sent to the Eurimages team at eurimages.tender@coe.int by 15 June 2020 at the latest. Since it was set up in 1988, EURIMAGES has supported 2 063...

 

Maryland International Film Festival Hagerstown rescheduled to August 28-30

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MARYLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL-HAGERSTOWN  RESCHEDULE DATES  AUGUST 28-30TH, 2020      ...

 

 

This year, Sydney Film Festival will be virtual and national for the first time!

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  67TH SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: VIRTUAL EDITION AND AWARDS 10-21 JUNE PROGRAM LAUNCHES AND SALES OPEN 27 MAY   The special 67th Sydney Film Festival: Virtual Edition and Awards is all about bringing audiences across the nation together at a particularly challenging time in celebration of filmmakers and the Australian film industry.   From 10 to 21 June, SFF will present important elements of its 2020 lineup: world premieres of compelling true stories from...

 

35th Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival : FLIFF calling

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June 1, 2020 Earlybird Deadline / July 1, 2020 Regular Deadline / August 1, 2020 Late Deadline SUBMIT I Website I Profile on filmfestivals.com I  Email contact   Celebrating its 35th annual festival in 2020, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) presents American indies and studio films, international films, student films, special tributes, seminars and introduces filmmakers to South Florida audiences. The festival runs Nov...

 

 

Tribeca and YouTube joined by 20 festivals launch We Are One: A Global online Film Festival benefiting World Health Org this may

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The 10-day digital festival, produced and organized by Tribeca Enterprises, will feature programming from 20 festivals including Berlin International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and many more, enabling audiences to experience films from around the world Festival to benefit World Health Organization Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund Tribeca Enterprises and YouTube jointly announced today We Are One: A Global Film Festival, an unprecedented 10-day digital film fes...

 

New Vision International Short Film Festival

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Innovative international festival of short-length cinema. Imagination, genre variety, shocking plots, unexpected upshots, brevity, brilliant actor game, visual sophistication, authorial style – all these are the distinguishing features of the New Vision International Film Festival program. Festival presents a competition. The audience chooses the winners of different nominations by means of an independent voting. New Vision International Film Festival is a festival of films that r...

 

The 23rd UNAFF is calling for entries

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Early Deadline – May 2, 2020* Regular Deadline – May 12, 2020* Late deadline – May 20, 2020 CONTACTS: Email I 650 724-5544 I CAW/UNAFF Stanford Arts Littlefield Center, room 241 365 Lasuen Street Stanford, CA 94305-2250 United States I Website I Facebook I Twitter I filmfestivals.com I SUBMIT We are delighted to announce the 23rd UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival),...

 

 

Mountainfilm Unveils the 2020 Lineup

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  As for most organizations — and most people — the pandemic has put Mountainfilm in uncharted waters. But as you’d expect from a film festival with a penchant for adventure, Mountainfilm rose to the challenge, pivoting to a virtual festival in a matter of weeks. The result is an extended, 10-day festival with over 100 on-demand films and presentations that viewers can watch at their leisure from the comfort of home.  The virtual fo...

 

YOU CANNOT KILL DAVID ARQUETTE is First Doc Snagged at 2020 SXSW During Pandemic

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Somehow, even though SXSW 2020 was canceled, David Arquette managed to score a win for his documentary YOU CANNOT KILL DAVID ARQUETTE. It's about? Wrestling... And not with his conscience, lol. Executive Producer and star David Arquette said, "I set out to make this film to stand up for myself, to rewrite the ending to my story, and find a place where I could be proud of my time in the ring. We couldn't wish for a better company ...

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Announcing the 2020 GIFF Award Winning Films...

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   A Peloton of One follows a Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Dave Ohlmuller, as he conducts a solo bicycle ride from Chicago to New York to raise awareness of this scourge. Along this 700-mile journey, Dave meets other Survivors abused by coaches, teachers, family members, and like Dave himself, Catholic priests. Through these interactions and common stories, Dave tries to find a way to connect and heal, mile by mile, as he heads east towards his hometown. Dave also meets ...

 

 

Visions du Réel – International Film Festival Nyon: The Awards of the 51st edition are unveiled!

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The closing ceremony of the Festival took place online on Sunday night, unveiling the awardees of this one-of-a-kind edition, a first for the whole team, guests and the various audiences. Launched a little over a month ago, the ambitious challenge proved to be a success with a number of 60,500 online viewings. Discover the awardees! The Sesterce d’or la Mobilière was awarded this year to the film Punta Sacra by Francesca Mazzoleni to celebrate an emblematic wo...

 

VIDEO: Lawrence Kasdan Accepts The 2020 SLO Film Festival King Vidor Award

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  The King Vidor Award presentation has been a tradition ever since the first SLO Film Fest began in 1994, when director George Sidney was presented with the first award for Excellence in Filmmaking from Mary Harris. And so began the annual tradition of awarding a successful motion picture industry personality with the prestigious award on the stage of the beautiful Fremont Theatre in downtown San Luis Obispo.  This year, our Festival was stopped before it could start, a...

 

 

The 53rd WorldFest-Houston Announces the BEST Actress/Actor FINAL JURY RESULTS...!

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As we begin to move beyond the shadows of the dreadful virus, and although the 53rd WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival has been postponed ... we have carried on with the essential business of the film festival and overseen the adjudication of the Remi Awards from a wonderful slate of amazing films, scripts and excellent performances...! We "Salute and Congratulate" all of the contenders and we are now delighted to Announce the Final Results re...

 

 

A success for the Online Industry programme of Visions du Réel 2020, discover the awardees!

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Image: still from Reas, Lola Arias   The Online Industry of Visions du Réel 2020 closed last Thursday on its traditional awards ceremony which was too, held online. All activities took place as planned and provided tailor-made platforms to 1,300 accredited professionals, host to fruitful exchanges and encounters. A series of online talks centered on the uncertainties the film industry faces in the current time was also held, gathering prestigious speakers on the Festiva...

 

 

 

AFI 2020 Writers’ Room Ready Awards

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Program Pairs Winners with Industry Mentors   The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the recipients of the 2020 Writers’ Room Ready Awards, which recognizes outstanding work by AFI Conservatory Screenwriting Fellows. The 2020 winners are: Haley Bartels, Christina Kingsleigh Licud, Kenda Greenwood Moran and Alessandro Pederzoli.   The selected recipients will be paired with mentors, giving them an opportunity to work directly with established artists. The mentors ...

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23rd UNAFF
October 15 – 25, 2020

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Regular Deadline – May 12, 2020*

Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival  
October 3 - 8, 2020

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August 20th, 2020 Extended 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 October 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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BEYOND BORDERS
July 23-30,  2020

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Late deadline May 20, 2020

The 5th International Documentary Festival “Beyond Borders”, Castellorizo island, has the pleasure to invite documentary film-makers to submit their films until 20th of April, 2020. The Festival’s objective is to promote the most important documentary productions worldwide that focus on history, culture, politics and other social subjects. «Beyond Borders» takes place every year during the last week of August, is co-organized with the Region of South Aegean, Les Ecrans des Mondes and the Society for the Restoration of Castellorizo, is held under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad, the Australian Embassy in Athens, the U.S. Embassy in Athens, the Embassy of Israel in Athens and the Municipality of Megisti (Castellorizo), with the kind support of ERT and EKOME. It is produced by the Hellenic History Foundation (www.idisme.gr). “Beyond Borders” includes a selection of Greek, European and worldwide productions of the last five years, workshops, parallel events and master classes. Prizes for Best History Documentary, Best Socio-political Documentary, Best Greek History Documentary, Best Greek Socio-political Documentary,     Best Short Length Documentary will be awarded by the Hellenic Parliament.  EKOME & SteFilm Post Production will also provide awards.

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The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
November 6 – 22, 2020

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June 1, 2020 Earlybird Deadline 
July 1, 2020 Regular Deadline
August 1, 2020 Late Deadline

Celebrating its 35th annual festival in 2020, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) presents American indies and studio films, international films, student films, special tributes, seminars and introduces filmmakers to South Florida audiences. The festival runs November 6 – 22, 2020, and screens 200 films in Fort Lauderdale, Sunrise, Hollywood, St Augustine, and The Bahamas. Considered one of the most important regional film festivals in the U.S., the Festival's commitment to first-time filmmakers and innovative programming make it the perfect test market for your film.

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SiciliAmbiente Film Festival
July 3 – 10, 2020

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May 10, 2020 Extended Deadline

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The 12th annual SiciliAmbiente Film Festival will take place in July 2020.

The aim of SiciliAmbiente Festival is to promote independent documentary cinema and to encourage creative exchange and networking among the directors.
This Festival is organized and sponsored by Demetra Produzioni SAS and CANTIERE 7 Cultural Association, with the support of the City of San Vito Lo Capo and many other sponsors who share the same principles of the Festival.
Films dealing with the following themes may participate: Environment, Anthropology, Human Rights, Biodiversity, War, Integration, Civil Rights, Sustainable Development and the Relationship between Man and the Environment.

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ALEXANDRE TRAUNER ART/FILM FESTIVAL
13-18. OCTOBER, 2020., SZOLNOK

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Entry deadline: 20. May 2020.
 

With its more than 50-year long tradition, the film festival of Szolnok has been named after the world-famous Hungarian-born artist and Oscar-winning production designer, Alexandre Trauner in 2018 to salute to the work of production designers. Our festival advertises submission in three categories. In the European Feature Film Section, the jury remunerates the production design of the films and production designers. Every other year we provide international competition for fine art films and films of university students. Between 13-18 October 2020 we are looking forward to welcome production and costume designers, fine artists, filmmakers, film professionals and university students majoring in film studies, media and communication, fine art or production design. The festival welcomes its participants with a wide range of programs: film screenings, masterclasses held by international film masters, fine art exhibitions, round table discussions and concerts in the evening

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Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn in conversation at Sydney Festival

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Post Berlinale 2020 Dieter Kosslick

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Seattle Gets Creative #artdisplays4homestays

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Elizabeth Moss Inhabits Writer Shirley Jackson in SHIRLEY, So Apropos of Now

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We interrupt this Pandemic to bring you Elizabeth Moss in SHIRLEY from NEON, about “The Lottery” writer Shirley Jackson. On June 19, 1948, The New Yorker published Jackson’s odd story about a town that gets stoned, but not how you think.

And with this enigmatic introduction to SHIRLEY, from Director Josephine Decker and Writer Sarah Gubbins, let’s make a small parallel to our Coronavirus-driven times where ending a lockdown means, in effect, a human lottery with a survival threshold. But this is a biopic, not a polemic.

Blue Motel: winner of YSP Season 1 goes on winning Platinum Remi Award - best script at WorldFest Houston

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I Spy THE COURIER: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan and Jessie Buckley Coming Aug. 28

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent If you wonder what Benedict Cumberbatch has been up to, here's the latest. He stars in a true-life spy story, and it looks exciting. Plus Rachel Brosnahan is in this with more great actors in the MI-6 thriller... Curated by Screenmancer Staff from Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions LOS ANGELES: Lionsgate and sister company Roadside Attractions will deliver the Cold War espionage drama THE COURIER, starring Academy Aw...

 

 

Ruptly launches global documentary division and offers free licences

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Ruptly, the award-winning international news and media agency, has today announced the launch of a global documentary division with a debut catalogue of over 170 documentaries featuring captivating human interest stories centred around global themes. To mark the launch, Ruptly Documentary Collection will also be granting one free documentary licence per client in recognition of the difficulties faced by the broadcast industry as more and more productions shut down due to the current pandemic....

 

Boxoffice Pro LIVE Sessions: Overview of current moviegoers engagement campaigns around the world

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The webinar "Boxoffice Pro LIVE Sessions: Overview of current moviegoers engagement campaigns around the world" was live today   ...

 

Overview of the US business for the week of May 4

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This week Screendollars is publishing the 2020 Film Industry Survey, available here:  https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/film2020survey.  Our survey was created in collaboration with Stephen Follows, the UK-based Film Research analyst.  We encourage all our readers and film industry professionals to take five minutes to share your current experience working in the industry and opinions about the future of film and entertainment.  Results will be published in two weeks. ...

 

 

"terroir" on Short List for Best Music Video Award in Estonia!

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"terroir" has made the short list of Best Music Video nominees for the 2020 Unprecedented Cinema International Festival of Short Films in Tallinn, Estonia. Originally scheduled for April, the festival has now been postponed to September 4-6, 2020 due to the COVID19 pandemic. Written/helmed and sung by Dawn Westlake, "terroir" explores the mother-child relationship and how it can sometimes cloud our perceptions of very capable female leaders in all sectors of society. The fil...

 

 

 

FREE PROMOTION COPY OF "FAILURE"

 

Free copy promotion for the second of my short stories that is available on Amazon. This is a different story from the one thatI was promoted last month. You can get a free copy today and tomorrow. There is no obligation for it, but I would appreciate a review. Thank you. Clyde Phillips, the producer and writer of the award winning T.V. series DEXTER has given my work the highest rating which is 5 stars. This promotion is for “FAILURE.” It is the story of Nate Ragere who seems to b...

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Rob Stewart wins the DCEFF Shared Earth Foundation Award for Advocacy with a 10.000$ cash prize

Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Promoting Movies that Matter / des films qui font grandir...

With contributions from Abbé Jean-Luc Maroy, Alex Deleon, Bruno Chatelin

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Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

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Les films qui ont une densité spirituelle évidente mettent souvent en scène le voyage, l’itinéraire initiatique, mais aussi la souffrance qu’implique de quitter sa terre, ses racines, son pays, son existence. On se rend compte, avec Les raisins de la colère que la modernité a constitué le terreau indispensable de la modernité liquide (Zygmunt Baumann). Le film est en effet réalisé en 1940, bien avant que la phi...

 

La fièvre dans le sang d’Elia Kazan (Splendor in the Grass, USA, 1961)

Le désert rouge de Michelangelo Antonioni (Il deserto rosso, Italie, 1964).

Le Cabinet du docteur Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Allemagne, 1919)

The Sunset Limited (Hbo films) de Tommy Lee Jones (USA, 2011).

Le procès du siècle (Denial) de Mick Jackson (UK, USA, 2017)

La Légende du saint buveur (La Leggenda del santo bevitore) d'Ermanno Olmi (Italie, 1988)

Le Désert des Tartares (Il deserto dei Tartari) de Valerio Zurlini (Italie, 1976)

Le Guépard (Il Gattopardo) de Luchino Visconti (Italie, 1963)

Les raisins de la colère (The Grapes of Wrath) de John Ford (USA, 1940)

La Source (Jungfrukällan) d’Ingmar Bergman (Suède, 1960)

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https://www.docfilmdepot.com/ UN OUTIL Docfilmdepot est un outil puissant, efficace, facile d’utilisation. La plateforme permet aux réalisateurs, producteurs, distributeurs de films documentaires de gérer de manière simple les inscriptions de leurs films dans plusieurs festivals. Une fois le compte créé, la fiche film correctement complétée, et le film téléchargé, l’inscription en festival prend à ...

 

Haute-Corse Le Festival du Film de Lama annule son édition 2020 Rendez-vous le 31 juillet 2021

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Festival du Film de Lama Président : Jean-Louis Devèze Délégué Général : Laurent Hérin www.festilama.org C’est avec une immense tristesse que l’Association du Festival et la Municipalité de Lama ont décidé d’annuler la 27ème édition du Festival du Film de Lama qui devait se dérouler du 1er au 7 août 2020. Depuis le mois de mars, au gré de l’é...

 

 

Mobilisons-nous pour que vive le 7ème ART en Corse et en Méditerranée

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  Dispositif TeC in CORSICA & MEDITERRANIU  SE SOUTENIR LES UNS LES AUTRES RESTER SOLIDAIRES   Alix Ferraris, directeur du festival Les Nuits MED et responsable de TALENTS EN COURT* pour le territoire corse, appelle à la mobilisation les acteurs du 7e art, les autodidactes porteurs d’un projet et les enseignants insulaires des collèges et lycées suite à la situation sanitaire. Vu la situation sanitaire, impossible aujou...

 

Un FIFF en 2020 ?

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La situation est inédite, le prochain FIFF le sera aussi ! Avant toute autre chose, nous espérons que vous - qui nous suivez depuis de nombreuses années, quelques mois ou quelques semaines ! - vous vous portez bien ? Ca nous ferait plaisir d'avoir de vos nouvelles (nous aussi, nous sommes confiné.e.s et vous nous manquez !). Si vous lisez cette lettre d'info, c'est que vous vous demandez quelle est l'actuali...

 

Le Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) annonce le départ de sa directrice générale Anaïs Emery

 

  Le Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) annonce le départ de sa directrice générale Anaïs Emery à l’automne prochain, après son événement hors-série 2020 qui se tiendra du 3 au 11 juillet 2020. Co-fondatrice de la manifestation et directrice artistique de celle-ci depuis 2006, Anaïs Emery a accompagné le NIFFF dans les moments clés de son évolution. Figure importan...

 

EURIMAGES Appel à propositions pour la remise des Prix au Développement de la coproduction

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      APPEL A PROPOSITIONS POUR LA REMISE DES PRIX EURIMAGES AU DEVELOPPEMENT DE LA COPRODUCTION Eurimages lance aujourd’hui un nouvel appel à propositions pour la remise de ses Prix au Développement de la Coproduction. Les festivals et marchés de coproduction intéressés peuvent soumettre une proposition pour une période de trois ans à compter du 1er janvier 2021. L’appel à propositions es...

 

 

3 livres consacrés à Sylvester Stallone

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  3 livres consacrés à Sylvester Stallone Après notre best-seller “Sylvester Stallone, héros de la classe ouvrière” (mis à jour), 2 nouveaux titres !! 3 livres sur Sylvester Stallone à précommander sur le site participatif Ulule :toutes les infos sur le site Ulule : https://fr.ulule.com/sylvester-stallone/Retourà Philadelphie, promenade analytique ...    Retour à Philadelphie, promenade anal...

 

Cinéma en Développement : rendez-vous dans la sphère digitale

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    Maria Augusta Ramos, Melina León, Franco Lolli, Affonso Uchôa, Fernanda Valadez, Théo Court, Felipe Bragança, Joshua Gil, Juliana Antunes, Pablo Agüero... et d'autres cinéastes latino-américain·e·s incontournables   donnent rendez-vous aux professionnel·le·s  le 6 mai 2020 dans la sphère digitale   english |  español     ...Image may be NSFW.
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