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Hola Mexico Film Festival – kicks off a week-long celebration of film

 
HOLA MEXICO KICKS OFF THE FIESTA WITH A BANG   The sounds, tastes, stories and spirit of Mexico were in full force last night as more than 350 guests flocked to the historic Chauvel Cinema in Paddington for the opening night of the Hola Mexico Film Festival – kicking off a week-long celebration of film and a huge program of free nightly entertainment for the new Hola Sol Festival Cantina.   Transporting guests to the heart and soul of Mexico, the Cantina was decked out in bri...
 

Record Audience Numbers: 19,000 Guests at 29th International Short Film Festival Berlin

 
Guests attending from all over the world praised the fantastic film selection, the great atmosphere, locations, parties and events.    The 80 interfilm programmes (130 screenings) and 14 KUKI programmes (31 screenings) at seven cinema locations were well attended: a new interfilm record was achieved with 19,000 cinema-goers. All the work we poured into creating new event ideas truly paid off and many innovations are set to return in 2014, we're delighted with the overwhelming ...
 

KUKI - 6th International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth wrapped in Berlin

 
KUKI - Shorts for kids drew a record number of 5,400 young and not-so-young cineastes to the cinemas at Filmtheaters am Friedrichshain and Passage Kino Neukölln. The school programmes alone registered more than 4,000 guests, with the most popular being the Spanish Foreign Language Programme "Que Onda?", which was viewed by a total of 700 students and teachers. In addition to the Opening Matinee which burst with an audience of 350, the Competition Programme for ages ...
 

CAFF Mission Statement

 
The first ever Summit of Central American and Caribbean Film Festivals, held on Tuesday as part of the 7th annual Dominican Global Film Festival (FCGD), resulted in a proposal to create the Caribbean Association of Film Festivals (CAFF). The meeting was called and headed by Omar de la Cruz, Director of the Dominican Global Film Festival, who stressed the importance of this historic event, which, for the first time, brought togethe...
 

Festivals participating to the Caribbean Association of Film Festivals - CAFF

 
Cuba : International New Latin American Film Festival (Dec 5 - 15, 2013) Curaçao: Curacao International Film Festival Rotterdam (April 2 - 6, 2014) Dominican Republic : Dominican Global Film Festival (Nov 12-20, 2013) International Film Festival of Santo Domingo International Fine Arts Film Festival Guadalupe...
 

First list of films nominated for 6th Jaipur International Film Festival

 
First list of films nominated for 6th Jaipur International Film Festival JIFF-2014 Released today. 89 films from India and abroad finds place in the list.   Jaipur, November 30: The international recognition for JIFF is increasing day by day and the jump in the number of film makers displaying their faith in the Festival has once again proved this. While a total of 1317 films from 90 countries were submitted last year, this year the number of submitted films is 1523.    ...
 

A triumph of Italian Film on Ljubljana’s LIFFE

 
There is a slight triumph of Italian film on 24th Ljubljana International Film Festival LIFFE. A marvelous Miele directed by Valeria Golino got the the Kingfisher Award. A Visually stunning with great camera work, the angel of death Miele offers necessary drugs for the end, a smart and elegant suicide. The film directs toward very modern topic of today euthanasia.  The fellow Cannes Film Festival selection Miele, debut of Italian actress Valeria Golino screened in the Un Certain Regard...

> THE PARTNER FESTIVALS 

The Capital City Black Film Festival


The festival is gearing up for its second annual festival in August of 2014.  CCBFF’s inaugural festival was a resounding success drawing films, filmmakers and attendees from around the country.  The 2014 festival will expand to include films  with black content but not necessarily by a black writer/director/producer.  CCBFF thank all of the supporters of the inaugural year and welcomes those who will become a part of the 2014 festival. The website link is www.capcitybff.com.

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.

The first Festival is set to be held in Historic Downtown Ocala in the beautifully restored Marion Theatre. Visit our page and download the manual Entry Form.
 

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.

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
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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

3D Stereo Media Market

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

 

> THE AWARDS WATCH

exground filmfest - festive ending with award ceremony

 
A festive closing ceremony in the almost sold-out Caligari FilmBĂŒhne on Sunday, November 24, ended the 26th edition of exground filmfest. All in all nine prizes were awarded, endowed with altogether EUR 16,000. The audience voted VIRTUOS VIRTUELL by Thomas Stellmach and Maja Oschmann the winner of the prestigious German Short Film Competition. The prize is endowed with EUR 3,000. Second place, endowed with EUR 2,000 sponsored by the festival organizer Wiesbadener Kinofestival e. V...
 

Boston Jewish Film Festival announces Audience Award winners

The Audience Award winners for the 25th Boston Jewish Film Festival are “The Jewish Cardinal,” a French film based on the real-life story of a Jewish-born cardinal, for Best Feature Film, and “Life According to Sam,” an inspiring documentary about a pair of Jewish doctors searching for a cure for their son’s rare and fatal disease, for Best Documentary. "I’m very happy for this great audience prize, especially for this f...
 

The 13th River to River Florence Indian Film Festival is over and it has been a success.

 
The River to River Bitebay Audience Award 2013 has gone to: - The Coffing Maker by Veena Bakshi in the feature film section - Tamaash by Satyanshu and Devanshu Singh in the short film section - No Problem! Six Months with the Barefoot Grandmamas by Yasmin Kidwai in the documentary section Furthermore, the Piaggio Foundation Award has gone to Lessons in Forgetting by Unni Vijayan, who will receive the last model of Vespa during an award ceremony in India. The Festival will now m...
 

Spanish Cinematographic Press Association launches the Feroz Awards

 
The AsociaciĂłn de Informadores CinematogrĂĄficos de España (AICE) announced the creation of new awards for the Spanish films under the name of Feroz Awards. The Feroz Awards will be handed annually in a gala days before The Goya Awards. These awards would be considered like the Spanish Golden Globes
 Eleven categories will be available to vote. These new awards are created by the Spanish Cinematographic Press Association, a plural group of journalists and critics fro...
 

2014 Film Independent Spirit Award nominees announced

 
Watch Octavia Spencer and Paula Patton announce the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Award nominees or read the full list here.    The Awards will be given Saturday March 1st 335 film entries...open for votes by the members. and the nominees are: Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Film Independent at LACMA Film Series, announced nominations for the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awar...
 

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Interview with Percy Pinedo Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam

 
Curacao International Film Festival Rotterdam is an initiative of Fundashon Bon Intenshon and produced in cooperation with IFFR The Netherlands.  Curacao IFFR April 2 - April 6, 2014. Five days full of worldwide independent, innovative films.   ...

L.A.’S COMEDY NINJA FILM AND SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES CELEBRITY JURORS FOR IT’S 2014 FESTIVAL

For Immediate Release: Contact: Nico Todd, 323-388-3183, or e-mail comedyninjafest@gmail.com   L.A.’S COMEDY NINJA FILM AND SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES CELEBRITY JURO...

 

 

Interview with Havana Film Festival Marta Diaz

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I spy my father a feature documentary in development

 
I Spy My Father. Documentary.director. Laurie Gordon. Completion 2013 Suspecting he was a spy, a daughter follows the trail of the fathershe never knew. She is the last in the line of her father’s family, killed by the Nazi Einsatzgruppen, in one of the first massacres before the Final Solution was devised. The only audio in existence of his vo...
 

Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave to open 18th Capri Hollywod

 
Oscar¼ Nominee Michael Radford to Chair Year End Event With Marina Cicogna as President and Mark Canton as Chair of the Honorary Board Famed International Event to Take Place on The Celebrated Italian Isle December 27th though January 2nd   12 Years A Slave, Steve McQueen’s searing adaptation of the true-life account of a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the pre-American Civil War South, has been selected as the opening night film (December 27th) of t...
 

Like the Wind has been named the Best Picture at the 7th edition of the L’Aquila Film Festival in Italy

 
   It was announced today that AMBI Pictures’ “Come il Vento” (“Like the Wind”), has been named the Best Picture at the 7th edition of the L’Aquila Film Festival in Italy.   Director Marco Simon Puccioni was in attendance to accept the award.   Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi’s Ambi Pictures produced the film with Giampietro Precious and Mark S. Puccioni. AMBI Pictures is releasing the film theatrically in Italy. &n...
 

Estonia and South Korea signed a historic memorandum to boost film industry cooperation

 
Secretary General of Korean Film Council, Mr. Kim In Soo and Director of Estonian Film Institute, Ms Edith Sepp signed the Memorandum of Mutual Understanding between Estonia and South Korea at the Industry@Tallinn meeting within the 17th Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn. With the memorandum Estonia is the first country in Northern and Eastern Europe to have entered this high level cooperation with South Korean film industry. An extensive South Korean delegation including members o...
 

Gary Lucas & Laurie Gordon Connect in Paris...future gigs...? Verrrry Interesting!

 
Gary Lucas signs copies of his book Touched by Grace about his experience playing with singer Jeff Buckley. Filmed in store at Shakespeare & Company in Paris (and edited in Montreal :) )  for filmfestivals.com camera geek Laurie Gordon  a bit of a songstress herself. Laurie joins Gary for an instore photo shoot at  Monster Melodies in Paris the craziest record shop ever! Talk of a collaboration is brewing. YES! Oh and Monster Melodies ONLY sell vinyl thank you very much. Als...
 

The German-French Film Rendez-vous (26 - 27 November 2013)

 
Yesterday evening, the 11th German-French Film Rendez-vous came to a close in Nancy. Around 220 participants from the German and French film industries used the opportunity to gather information and have an intercultural exchange in the various panels. 15 producers introduced their projects in a co-production market. An innovation this year was the mentoring programme where experienced producers came together with new entrants to the industry to exchange ideas and to provide them with advice. Th...
 

ROSKINO expands its presence on HULU's platforms and enters collaboration with AMAZON and summarize results of AFM

The 34th American Film Market (AFM) took place in Santa Monica, California, November 6-13. Five days before the start of the main event in the film industry, ROSKINO took its Russian Cinema Week to Santa Monica, presenting the best new Russian titles to film lovers, students, film school staff and – first an...
 

Mexico will be the country Guest of Honor at the 8th Dominican Global Film Festival in 2014

 
EMBAJADOR MEXICANO-JOSE-IGNACIO-PIÑA   LEONEL-FERNANDEZ  ELLIS-PEREZ- Mexico will be the country Guest of Honor at the 8th Dominican Global Film Festival in 2014, announced Festival Director Omar de la Cruz, at an event prior to the screening ofAmor a Primera Visa (Love at First Visa) at the Blue Mall Cinema Palace on Wednesday night. Omar de la Cruz told the audience at the closing event of the FCGD, that during the 10 days of this year’s Festival, over 25 f...

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Palmarùs du Prix du film d’histoire 24e Festival International du Film d’Histoire

 
Prix du Film d’Histoire - CatĂ©gorie Fiction Prix du Jury : PARADJANOV Serge Avedikian, Olena Fetisova, Ukraine/France/GĂ©orgie/ArmĂ©nie, 2013, 95’ Sergei Paradjanov est le rĂ©alisateur de plusieurs films cultes d’une grande beautĂ© formelle (Les Chevaux de feu ; Sayat Nova). Son non-conformisme va lui coĂ»ter des annĂ©es d’emprisonnement dans les geĂŽles soviĂ©tiques. Rediffusion le...
 

Le 14e Festival européen de théùtre iranien en exil s'est déroulé le 17 novembre à l'Espace Quartier Latin

 
La journĂ©e de clĂŽture du 14e Festival europĂ©en de théùtre iranien en exil s'est dĂ©roulĂ©e le 17 novembre Ă  l'Espace Quartier Latin (Paris 5e), en prĂ©sence de Madame Claudine BOUYGUES, adjointe au maire de Paris, chargĂ©e des Droits de l’homme, de l’IntĂ©gration, de la Lutte contre les discriminations et des Citoyens extracommunautaires. Cette annĂ©e encore le festival Ă©ta...
 
 
Premier grand rendez-vous cinĂ©ma de l’annĂ©e & unique Festival dĂ©diĂ© aux films de ComĂ©die en France,le Festival International du Film de ComĂ©die de l’Alpe d’Huez, en IsĂšre, se dĂ©roulera du 15 au 19 janvier 2014. Pour dĂ©fendre les comĂ©dies qui feront l’évĂšnement en 2014, courts et longs mĂ©trages, le Jury de la 17°édition du Festival de l’Alpe ...
 

Le PalmarĂšs des Prix Sopadin, remis au CinĂ©ma L’Arlequin :

 
GRAND PRIX DU MEILLEUR SCÉNARISTE   LE GRAND PRIX DU MEILLEUR SCÉNARISTE A ETE ATTRIBUÉ Á: JULIA KOWALSKI  pour  LES DÉSEMPARÉS Le Grand Prix reçoit une dotation de la Fondation David Hadida. Il est Ă©galement dotĂ© par France Culture d’une prime d’inĂ©dit, par l’achat des droits du scĂ©nario pour une mise en onde.     LES DÉSEMPARÉS SYNOPSI...
 

Lancement du Festival DE ROME A PARIS qui se tiendra du 11 au 13 décembre prochain au Cinéma le Balzac.

 
Pour la 4e annĂ©e consĂ©cutive, le festival tĂ©moigne de la vitalitĂ© du jeune cinĂ©ma italien. Cette annĂ©e, 8 films italiens contemporains sont prĂ©sentĂ©s, vous les dĂ©couvrirez dans le communiquĂ© ci-joint. La plupart d’entre eux attendent des distributeurs en France. Créée Ă  l’initiative de l’UNEFA et de l’ANICA, la manifestation est soutenue par la Direction GĂ©nĂ©...
 

Inauguration du cinéma Louis Daquin

 
Alors que les multiplexes fleurissent un peu partout, la ville du Blanc-Mesnil (93) a fait le choix de dĂ©placer, agrandir et moderniser son cinĂ©ma municipal, classĂ© Art et essai.   INAUGURATION du nouveau cinĂ©ma Louis Daquin le Samedi 7 dĂ©cembre et  BaptĂȘme de la salle AgnĂšs Varda en sa prĂ©sence Dimanche 8 dĂ©cembre           ...
 

Le SATIS 2013 : premier sur son marché

 
Le SATIS, qui s'est tenu du 19 au 21 novembre à la Halle Freyssinet à Paris pour sa 31Úme édition, a su une nouvelle fois rassembler les professionnels de la télévision, de la communication audiovisuelle et du cinéma et conforter ainsi sa place de leader en accueillant plus de 150 exposants et 14 000 professionnels de l'industrie. Le programme de conférence du SATIS portant sur des thématiques au coeur de l'actuali...
 

Belinda van Valkenburg, directrice artistique chez Pixar interviendra Ă  ParisFX

 
ParisFX, le rendez-vous incontournable consacrĂ© aux effets visuels, aux images de synthĂšse, Ă  l’animation et Ă  la 3D propose pour sa 7Ăšme Ă©dition, les 4 et 5 dĂ©cembre, toujours plus d’images inĂ©dites et d’études de cas exclusives.   Belinda van Valkenburg, directrice artistique chez Pixar sera Ă  ParisFX le jeudi 5 dĂ©cembre Ă  15h30 pour nous dĂ©voiler les coulisses du studio ! ...
 

Chroniques du 21Úme festival du cinéma russe à Honfleur

 
29 novembre 2013   ArrivĂ©e Ă  Honfleur au matin du premier jour du festival, j'y ai remarquĂ© une certaine animation et mĂȘme une excitation certaine: les gens dans les rues sont souriants, malgrĂ© le froid, ils m'adressent quelques mots de salutation en russe, me prenant pour une Russe, ils me montrent, dans leurs cafĂ©s, leurs restaurants, leurs boutiques, les affiches mises en Ă©vidence sur leurs devanture, leurs vitrines, en honneur...
 

Jury & Programme du 1er Film Noir Festival

 
1°FILM NOIR FESTIVAL 5/8 dĂ©cembre Ă  Gisors (CinĂ©ma “Jour de FĂȘte”) www.filmnoirfestival.com     Film d’ouverture :   C’est le trĂšs attendu THE CANYONS de Paul Schrader (rĂ©alisateur  d’American Gigolo et scĂ©nariste de Taxi Driver et Raging Bull de Martin Scorcese), avec un scĂ©nario de Bret Easton Ellis (auteur d’American Psycho et des Lois de l’attraction) qui ouvrira en...
 

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