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The 13th Annual New York Korean Film Festival Announces Upcoming Program for November 6th to November 11th, 2015, at the Museum of the Moving Image.

The 13th Annual New York Korean Film Festival showcases Korea doing what it does best: the crime thriller, the romantic fantasy, and feverish erotica. The Peninsula’s filmmakers bend genre cinema to a uniquely Korean pulse and purpose, making the country’s national film industry the most vibrant in East Asia. The thrilling complications of love and crime steal the show in this year’s lineup, as partnerships go south and fickle passions lead to betrayal. Resistance fighters navigate the intrigue of colonial-era Korea, love affairs are smothered as quickly as they are kindled, and hard-boiled cops dig at the ugly truth in a collection of both massive blockbusters and favorites from the international festival circuit, with five New York premieres and one international premiere.

The 13th Annual New York Korean Festival will run from November 6-November 11, 2015, at the Museum of the Moving Image. This will be the first year Museum of the Moving Image will serve as a partner and the venue for the New York Korean Film Festival, building on past collaborations with the Korea Society and Subway Cinema.

The Korea Society has also invited an exceptional group of Korean guests, including star director Ryoo Seung-Wan and producers Kang Hye-jung and Park Jung (Veteran); directors Shin Suwon (Madonna), Lee Do-yun (Confession), Kang Hyo-jin (Wonderful Nightmare), Oh Seung-uk (The Shameless), and Hong Won-chan (Office); and actress Koh Ah-Sung.

The New York Korean Film Festival is a program of The Korea Society, the Museum of the Moving Image, and Subway Cinema.

Major support is provided by the Korea Foundation.

ALL SCREENINGS WILL BE HELD AT THE MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE

The Museum is located at 36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, Queens, NY, 11106.

Opening Night tickets: $20 ($12 for TKS members, MOMI Film Lover and Dual members / free for Silver Screen members and above).

All other NYKFF tickets are $12 ($7 for TKS members, MOMI Film Lover and Dual members / free for Silver Screen members and above).

Advance tickets will be available online at movingimage.us beginning October 21.

OPENING NIGHT

Office (오피스)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 6:30 P.M.

New York Premiere

With director Hong Won-chan and star Ko Ah-sung in person

Followed by a reception in the Museum lobby and cafe

Dir. Hong Won-chan. 2015, 111 mins. B.R. With: Ko Ah-sung, Park Seong-woong, Bae Seong-woo. After gruesomely murdering his family, a midlevel manager (Bae Seong-woo) dutifully returns to the office, haunting the building like a vengeful ghost and turning the otherwise bland workspace into a house of terror. Legitimately alarmed, his colleagues nonetheless sing his praises to the police—a hint that there’s more to the matter than a disgruntled employee suddenly snapping. Described as “hearty genre entertainment” by Variety, this Cannes “Midnight Madness” selection is a perfect outlet for young leading actress Ko Ah-sung.

“Workplace blues wrought large and crimson red.” — Clarence Tsui, The Hollywood Reporter

“Razor-sharp satire on petty politics in the corporate world [...] laced with wickedly bitchy dialogue” — Maggie Lee, Variety

Hong Won-chan was the screenwriter for Confession of Murder (2012), The Yellow Sea (2010), The Scam (2009), and The Chaser (2007—a selection at Cannes), before making his directorial debut with Office.

The youngest of three sisters, Ko Ah-sung started acting at an early age and played the memorable role of the daughter in Bong Joon-ho’s The Host (2006). Her film credits include The Beauty Inside (2015), Thread of Lies (2014), Snowpiercer (2013), Duet (2012), After the Banquet (2009), A Brand New Life (2009), Radio Dayz (2008), and The Happy Life (2007).

Trap (덫, 치명적인 유혹)

International Premiere

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1:00 P.M.

Dir. Bong Man-Dae. 2015, 107 mins. DCP. With Yoo Ha-joon, Han Je-in, Kang Yong-gyoo.

Maladjusted screenwriter Jeong-min (Yoo Ha-joon) travels to the countryside to rethink his life and concentrate on his career. But instead of working on his screenwriting, he finds transgressive distraction in the person of temptress Yumi (Han Je-in). The frontier between reality and fantasy blurs as Jeong-min’s mind and body are engulfed in a fatal attraction to the innocent-faced but dangerous Lolita, leading him to increasingly poor life decisions. A standout entry in the filmography of softcore erotic meister “Playboy” Bong Man-Dae.

Confession (좋은 친구들)

With director Lee Do-yun in person

New York Premiere

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 3:15 P.M.

Dir. Lee Do-yun. 2014, 114 mins. DCP. With Ji Sung, Ju Ji-hoon. Since a tragic mountain incident in high school, Min-soo (Lee Kwang-soo), Hyun-tae (Ji Sung) and In-chul (Ju Ji-hoon) have remained best friends through thick and thin. But when two of them agree to burn down an illegal gambling hall for the insurance payout, the spilt blood of loved ones unearths the bitter ghosts of a dark past. Soon, the group of childhood friends turn on each other in the bleakest of fallouts. Lee Do-yun’s debut feature has been compared with the slow-burning noir of Sidney Lumet’s final film, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.

“The film’s stupendous execution and the compelling characters successfully drive the film forward.” -Jason Bechervaise, Screen International

Lee Do-yun was born in South Korea. He directed the short films We. Trippers and Neighbor. Confession, his first feature, had its international premiere in Toronto last year.

The Shameless (무뢰한)

With director Oh Seung-uk in person

New York Premiere

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 6:00 P.M.

Dir. Oh Seung-uk. 118 mins. DCP. With Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Nam-gil, Park Sung-Woong. In Oh Seung-uk’s highly anticipated return to the director’s chair since his debut masterpiece Kilimanjaro in 2000, Cannes award-winning actress Jeon Do-yeon plays a bar hostess in love with a suspected murderer. Kim Nam-gil (The Pirates) is outstanding as a detective who plays a game of seduction with a dangerous woman. Selected for the Un Certain Regard program at the Cannes Film Festival, The Shameless is an unforgettably stylish noir.

“A mellow pleasure to be slowly savored, this polished work should be welcomed at festivals” — Maggie Lee, Variety

Oh Seung-uk (b.1963) began his career as an assistant director of Lee Chang-dong, co-writing his debut feature Green Fish. In the late '90s, he co-wrote the landmark romance Christmas in August and Park Kwang-su's ambitious historical drama The Uprising. Oh made his debut as a director with the crime thriller Killimanjaro in 2000. The Shameless is his long-awaited second feature.

Assassination (암살)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 8:55 P.M.

Dir. Choi Dong-hoon. 2015, 140 mins. B.R. With Jeon Ji-hyun, Lee Jung-hae, Ha Jung-woo. Choi Dong-hoon's follow-up to his 2012 hit The Thieves was Korea’s biggest box office hit of the year. Drawing inspiration from 1980s Hong Kong action comedies and South Korea's little-known 1960s Manchurian Westerns, Assassination follows the journey of three resistance fighters as their mission takes them to the Manchurian countryside, pre-war Shanghai, and Japanese-occupied Seoul to assassinate an evil Japanese governor and his Korean acolyte. Boasting an all-star cast led by screen-goddess Jeon Ji-hyun and superstar Lee Jung-jae, Assassination is “a sensationally entertaining mash-up of historical drama, Dirty Dozen style shoot-‘em-up, spaghetti Western-flavored flamboyance, and extended action set pieces that suggest a dream-team collaboration of Sergio Leone, John Woo and Steven Spielberg” according to Variety’s Joe Leydon.

Madonna (마돈나)

With director Shin Su-Won in person

New York Premiere

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2:00 P.M.

Dir. Shin Su-won. 2015, 121 mins. DCP. With Seo Young-hee, Kwon So-hyun, Kim Young-min.

After her festival hit Pluto (2012), a critically acclaimed high-school drama about bullying and murder which won a Special Mention at the 2013 Berlinale, director Shin Su-won delivers a shocking, noir-tinged tale of privilege and poverty: a nurse's aide uncovers and tries to prevent the horrific use of a brain dead pregnant street-walker for a heart transplant to a rich patient.

Director Shin Su-Won was a middle school teacher before she began a directing career. Her short, Circle Line, won the Canal+ Prize for Best Short Film at Cannes 2012, and her debut feature, Passerby #3 (2010), won awards at the Tokyo International Film Festival and Jeonju International Film Festival. Her films include Modern Family (2012) and Pluto (2013).

The Beauty Inside (뷰티 인사이드)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 5:00 P.M.

Dir. Baik (Baek Jong-yeol), 2015, 127 mins. B.R. With Han Hyo-joo, Park Seo-jun, Mun Suk, Lee Dong-hwi, Lee Mi-do. Since his 18th birthday, Woo-jin wakes up each morning as a different person in a new body. Sometimes he’s old, sometimes he’s young, sometimes he’s not Korean…or even a man. But inside, he remains the same down-to-earth, honest cabinet maker devoted to his craft. And each day he fights to connect with the woman he loves (Han Hyo-joo, in a luminous, standout performance). Beneath the slick romantic fantasy and the gorgeous cinematography, the film asks real questions about identity and true love.

“Blessed with a MLB roster’s worth of veteran character players (Kim Sang-ho, Kim Min-jae, Jo Dal-hwan), and buzzy young stars”—Elizabeth Kerr, The Hollywood Reporter

Veteran (베테랑)

With director Ryoo Seung-wan in person

U.S. Festival Premiere

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 7:45 P.M.

Dir. Ryoo Seung-wan. 2015, 123 mins. DCP. With Hwang Jung-min, Yoo Ah-in, Yoo Hae-jin. In this instant action/comedy classic—a massive theatrical hit earlier this summer—hardboiled detective Seo Do-cheol (top actor Hwang Jung-min can throw—and take—a punch) and his misfit team defend the powerless against the vicious scion of a prominent family (played with villainous delight by heartthrob Yoo Ah-in, in a widely acclaimed performance).

Ryoo Seung-wan was born in Onyang, South Korea. His films include The Berlin File (2013), The Unjust (2010), Dachimawa Lee (2008), The City of Violence (2006), Crying Fist (2005), Arahan (2004), No Blood No Tears (2002), and Die Bad (2000). He won “Best Director” at the Blue Dragon Film Awards in 2011.

Wonderful Nightmare (미쓰 와이프)

With director Kang Hyo-jin in person
New York Premiere

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 7:00 P.M.

Dir. Kang Hyo-jin. 2015, 125 mins. DCP. With Uhm Jung-hwa, Song Seung-heon, Seo Shin-Ae. Heaven makes a clerical error, so ambitious lawyer Yeon-woo (played by superstar Uhm Jung-hwa) returns to Earth to find herself married to a salaryman and mother to a rebellious teenager and know-it-all six-year-old. A sharp, hilarious satire about the shift in gender roles in contemporary Korean society that struck a deep chord with local audiences.

Director Kang Hyo-jin’s independent feature, Kill’em with Bare Hands (2004), won the audience award at the Seoul Independent Film Festival. His films include Dirty Blood (2012), Twilight Gangsters (2010), and Punch Lady (2007).

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ABOUT THE KOREA SOCIETY

The Korea Society is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding, and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea. For more information, please visit www.koreasociety.org.

ABOUT MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE

Museum of the Moving Image (movingimage.us) advances the understanding, enjoyment, and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media. In its stunning facilities—acclaimed for both its accessibility and bold design—the Museum presents exhibitions; screenings of significant works; discussion programs featuring actors, directors, craftspeople, and business leaders; and education programs which serve more than 50,000 students each year. The Museum also houses a significant collection of moving-image artifacts.

ABOUT SUBWAY CINEMA

Subway Cinema is America’s leading 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the exhibition and appreciation of Asian popular film culture in all forms, building bridges between Asia and the West. With year-round festivals and programs, the organization aims to bring wide audience and critical attention to contemporary and classic Asian cinema in the U.S. In 2002, Subway Cinema launched its flagship event, the annual New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which is North America’s leading festival of popular Asian cinema. Subway cinema’s other events and initiatives include Old School Kung Fu Fest (OSKFF), New York Korean Film Festival (NYKFF), and year-round special screenings and filmmaker tributes.

For more information, visit www.subwaycinema.com, www.facebook.com/NYAFF, and follow @subwaycinema on Twitter (#nyaff15).

Major support provided by the Korea Foundation.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council. 

AFI Fest announcing 20 more films in the lineup: those in the New Auteurs and American Independents sections.

Facts: - 12 competition entries from 14 coproduction countries

- prize money total of 77.750 EUR

- top-class international jury

This has become clear over the years: it can be difficult to identify a red thread in the feature film competition of the FilmFestival Cottbus and this is by no means a bad thing. For ultimately it is this multifacetedness that provides the common ground for all twelve competition entries. The films that emerge from the cultures in Eastern Europe and tell stories about them are just as diverse as these cultures themselves, no matter whether they are arthouse auteur films or colourful and whimsical comedies. This will be as much the case as always during the festival's anniversary issue from 3 to 8 November.

Fourteen different co-production countries ranging from Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and our neighbour Poland are entering the competition with their twelve feature films. A total of 77,750 euros will be awarded this year, with 42,500 euros alone going to the competitors in the feature film competition. The main award for Best Film, donated by the Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrechten (GWFF), will be endowed with the substantial sum of 25,000 euros in celebration of the festival's 25-year anniversary. A top-class international jury will decide who of the producers, directors and actors will be taking home one of the 'Lubina' glass sculptures in addition to the cash prizes. Five film makers from five different countries and generations will join forces in this anniversary year: Zelimir Zilnik from Serbia, Ineke Smits from the Netherlands, Andreas Kleinert from Germany, Aida Begic from Bosnia-Herzegowina and Visar Morina from Kosovo.

As usual, newcomers will be found amongst the competition participants, although every now and then well-known faces also happily find their way back to Cottbus. Amongst others, Branko Schmidt, who last attended the 22nd issue of the FilmFestival Cottbus, will present his latest film IMENA VISNJE (UNGIVEN (The Names of the Cherry) | Croatia 2015), which tells the story of an elderly couple returning to their home town. The rebuilding efforts subsequent to the war take a toll on their relationship, which is largely due to his irritability and her increasing forgetfulness. With ZVIZDAN (THE HIGH SUN | Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia 2015), a project returns to Lusatia that dates back to the East-West Coproduction Market connecting cottbus in 2011. Director Dalibor Matanic explores the relationship between Serbs and Croats in recent history in three different episodes focusing on three love stories between people of different ethnicities, always played by the same actors. The film is about the impossibility of love in wartime, cautious approaching each other caught between trauma and distrust during the post-war period and ultimately about continuing with one's life without being able to forget the past. Bartek Prokopiewicz likewise explores the story of a complex relationship in CHEMO (Poland 2015). Frequently employing colourfully playful and musical-style elements, he shows in a rather atypical manner how two people unexpectedly falling in love with each other have to come to terms with the difficulties of combating cancer.

The Polish competition entry DEMON (Poland, Israel 2015) brings to light an aspect of the past that had been swept under the carpet. The mysterious horror drama by the recently deceased director Marcin Wrona traces an unpleasant part of Polish history when the ghost of a Jewish girl takes hold of the bridegroom at a wedding.

In the Hungarian production LIZA THE FOX FAIRY (Károly Ujj Mészáros | Hungary 2014), the eponymous heroine finds herself likewise possessed by a ghost - that of a deceased Japanese pop singer from the 1950s who out of jealousy very angrily messes around with her solitary quest for great love and stops at nothing in the process. The Slovenian comedy SISKA DELUXE (Jan Cvitkovic | 2015) carries plenty of cult potential. The three losers Mile, Fedr and Zekir decide to open a pizzeria in their neighbourhood, at first with moderate success. Owing to their unconventional concept, however, the restaurant soon becomes a cult location in the neighbourhood. The Russian New Year story LAND OF OZ (Russia 2015) by Vasily Sigarev introduces some weird characters to the silver screen: Lenka Shabadinova encounters some really strange men during her odyssey to a new job at a Moscow kiosk.

By contrast, WEDNESDAY CHILD (Hungary, Germany 2015), the feature film début by Lili Horváth, strikes a serious chord as it follows 19-year old Maja in her battle for custody for her five-year old son, presenting a mature coming-of-age film and in-depth social background study at the same time. Family problems and complications are unearthed in FAMILY FILM (Czech Republic, Germany, Slovenia, France 2015) by Olmo Omerzu. The absence of their parents due to a South Sea vacation provides the youths at home with new freedom, yet soon also unexpected worries; this is a very different contemplation of social co-existence. HEAVENLY NOMADIC (Kyrgyzstan 2015) by Mirlan Abdykalykov provides insights into family life in the Kyrgyz steppe:

the film captures in atmospheric nature shots the everyday life of a traditional nomadic family, tells about the ancestral myths as well as the looming shadow of rural exodus - in only one generation nothing here will be the same any more.

And finally, FAIR PLAY (Andrea Sedlácková | Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Germany 2014) raises moral issues: How far may one go for success in sports? Set against the historical setting of Czechoslovakia during the 1980s, the film at the same time conveys the notion that an answer to this question is not always as easy as it may seem at first. The Macedonian- Kosovar production THREE DAYS IN SEPTEMBER (Darijan Pejovski | 2015) likewise raises questions that have no simple answers. Two women, who at first glance have nothing in common, meet on a train. Both harbour secrets that are gradually revealed over the course of this gripping thriller, turning them into allies.

The festival is decisively sponsored by the Federal State of Brandenburg, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, the City of Cottbus as well as by the European Union's MEDIA - Creative Europe Programme.

The 59th BFI London Film Festival closed tonight with the European Premiere of STEVE JOBS, and announced 157,000 attendances across film screenings and events, and an additional UK-Wide audience of over 10,000.

Festival Director, Clare Stewart said:“I’m very proud of what we achieved with this 59th edition of the Festival. We have had terrific filmmakers in attendance and generated significant profile for films in selection which have moved, challenged and inspired audiences. Importantly, the Festival has been rich and memorable in amplifying the focus on gender equality and diversity in the film industry at the same time as stimulating discussion about how film connects with broader creative industries. We approach the 60th edition in great shape and excited about what the future holds for filmmaking and the Festival.”

Red carpet attendees included: The Opening Night Gala of SUFFRAGETTE was attended by cast Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw, Romola Garai, Meryl Streep and Samuel West – the Closing Night Gala of STEVE JOBS was attended by cast Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Jeff Daniels, Michael Stuhlbarg and Katherine Waterson – other acting talent attending the Festival red carpets included for A BIGGER SPLASH Ralph Fiennes - for BLACK MASS Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch - for BROOKLYN Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen - for CAROL Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara - for HIGH-RISE Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Elizabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Peter Ferdinando, Enzo Cilenti, Augustus Prew, Stacy Martin - for THE IDOL Mohammed Assaf - for THE LADY IN THE VAN Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Alan Bennett - for THE LOBSTER Rachel Weisz, Colin Farrell, Ben Whishaw, Olivia Colman, Ariane Labed, Michael Smiley - for THE PROGRAM Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd - for ROOM Brie Larson - for SUNSET SONG Agness Deyn, Peter Mullan - for TRUMBO Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren, John Goodman, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje - for TRUTH Cate Blanchett, Topher Grace, and for YOUTH Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, Paloma Faith

Directors attending Galas, Special Presentations and films in Official Competition included: Lenny Abrahamson, Hany Abu-Assad, Sean Baker, Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya, Danny Boyle, Esther May Campbell, Scott Cooper, John Crowley, Jonás Cuarón, Terence Davies, Stephen Frears, Cary Fukanaga, Sarah Gavron, Luca Guadagnino, Davis Guggenheim, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Todd Haynes, Nicholas Hytner, Yorgos Lanthimos, Guy Maddin, Deepa Mehta, László Nemes, Jerzy Skolimowski, Simon Stone, Ondi Timoner, Johnnie To, Athina Rachel Tsangari, James Vanderbilt, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Ben Wheatley and S. Graig Zahler – they were among the 743 directors and filmmakers presenting their work across the LFF programme over half of which came from international territories.

At the annual BFI London Film Festival Award last night the LFF competition winners announced were:

CHEVALIER - Athina Rachel Tsangari, won Best Film Award

The Witch - Robert Eggers, won Sutherland Award (Best First Feature)

SHERPA - Jennifer Peedom, won Grierson Award (Best Documentary)

AN OLD DOG’S DIARY - Shai Heredia and Shumona Goel, won Best Short Film Award

In a year when the Festival focused attention on women in film, three of the 4 awards comprising the LFF competition sections were won by films directed by women.

This year the BFI Fellowship was received by Academy Award®-winning actress Cate Blanchett, and presented by Ian McKellen, the Fellowship is the highest accolade the BFI can bestow.

Declared as the year of the strong woman, LFF 2015 welcomed Academy Award®-winning actor and advocate Geena Davis who delivered the Keynote address at the Global Symposium on Gender in Media, hosted by the LFF in collaboration with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and Women in Film and Television (WFTV).

Insightful Screen Talks were given by international leading lights of film including celebrated directors, actors and industry professionals: Geena Davis, Walter Salles & Jia Zhangke, Saoirse Ronan, Laura Rosenthal, Todd Haynes and Paolo Sorrentino.

This year’s new LFF Connects series of thought-provoking high-impact talks exploring the future of film and how film engages with other creative industries featured the innovative iconoclasts: Christopher Nolan and Tacita Dean for LFF Connects: Film - Guy Maddin for LFF Connects: Art Louis Theroux with Simon Chinn for LFF Connects: TV - Chris Milk for LFF Connects: Creative Technologies - Alistair Hope for LFF Connects: Games and Laurie Anderson for LFF Connects: Performance/Music.

Over 10,000 people across the UK attended simultaneous screenings of Opening Night film SUFFRAGETTE and the Closing Night film STEVE JOBS, as part of the Festival’s ongoing commitment to put the UK audience at the heart of the Festival-going experience.  While the Opening Night red carpet action live streamed online, was viewed by over 6,000 fans.

The Surprise Film was the highly anticipated ANOMALISA from co-directors Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman who attended an audience Q+A with actor David Thewlis.

Denver Film Festival sets Anomalisa for Opening Night, Where to Invade Next for Centerpiece, Carol for the Red Carpet Matinee and 

Coming Through the Rye for Closing Night 

 The Denver Film Festival (DFF) announced today its full lineup, including Red Carpet and Special Presentations. The Festival attracts nearly 58,000 filmgoers and is widely recognized as the Rocky Mountain Region's premier film event. This year's program boasts more than 250 films, representing 39 countries. The complete lineup of films for the 38th edition, which runs November 4-15, is available at the newly redesigned denverfilm.org/festival.

23rd edition of French Film Festival UK unveils line-up

The UK’s only country-wide celebration of French and francophone cinema expands its horizons even further this year with more leading independent cinemas on board and a programme (from 5 November to 13 December) that embraces Cannes award-winners, classic masterpieces, a celebration of Gaumont (the world’s oldest film company), new talents, student exchanges, schools screenings and a panoply of guests.

Besides its main venues in London (Ciné Lumiere and Barbican), Edinburgh (Filmhouse and Dominion) and Glasgow (GFT) the French Film Festival UK with the support of Institut français and Creative Scotland will organise screenings in Newcastle, Warwick, Leeds, Hereford, and Belfast as well as Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Kirkcaldy and Hawick.

The 23rd edition opens at Ciné Lumière on 5 November with Jerôme Bonnell’s sixth feature All About Them (A trois on y va!), a fresh twist on a youthful menage à trois, in the presence of the director, and actor Félix Moati. The film, to be distributed through Swipe, will also show in Edinburgh (6), Glasgow (7) and Leeds (8) with the director in attendance as well as Hereford and Inverness.

Other headline titles include Vincent Lindon inciting passion in Léa Seydoux’s servant girl in Benoît Jacquot’s Diary of a Chambermaid (already brought to the screen by Luis Bunuel and Jean Renoir). Post-Nouvelle Vague director Philippe Garrel puts infidelity into sharp focus in In the Shadow of Women (opening film in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight) while Maiwenn looks at the tempestuous marriage between two Parisians played by Emmanuelle Bercot (Cannes shared best actress award) and Vincent Cassel in My King. Bercot goes behind the camera for Standing Tall (opening film at this year’s Cannes Film Festival) in which the redoubtable Catherine Deneuve plays a magistrate entangled with the troubles of a youngster (newcomer Rod Paradot who is scheduled to appear).

 A couple who renounce so-called civilisation (Céline Sallette and Matthieu Kassovitz) give another slant to conjugal living in Wild Life by Cédric Kahn. Besides his outing in Benoît Jacquot’s film Vincent Lindon also can be found in The Measure of a Man (a role which gained him a Cannes Best Actor accolade) for his portrayal of an ordinary man faced with impossible circumstances in a title due for release by New Wave. 

There are feel-good treats in Jean-Pierre Améris’s Family for Rent (the director will open the Festival in Aberdeen on 20 November), Memories from Jean-Paul Rouve, Microbe & Gasoline by Michel Gondry, Santa Claus by Alexandre Coffre, and Bruno Podalydès’s The Sweet Escape. Thrills and seat-edge tension can be sampled in The Clearstream Affair set in the world of high-finance and politics, and The Last Diamond by Eric Barbier, a sparkling thriller in true Gallic tradition and featuring Bérénice Béjo (from The Artist). 

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun by Gainsbourg director Joann Sfar oozes style and suspense in an adaptation of Sebastien Japrisot’s crime novel and featuring Skins star Freya Mavor. Both Sfar and Mavor will accompany the film in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Carmen Maura gives an impeccable performance in Lionel Baier’s Vanity from Switzerland (a lighter look at the serious subject of dying on demand). The Swiss director who is head of the Cinema Department at Lausanne Film School, will bring a group of students for an exchange visit with counterparts from Screen Academy Scotland (Edinburgh Napier University) and supported by the cultural department of the Swiss Embassy. Jean-Paul Civeyrac tackles race and class in My Friend Victoria and Isabelle Huppert stars in Samuel Benchetrit’s wacky Macadam Stories (Cannes Film Festival special screening) from a director who grew up in a tough housing scheme.

Tahar Rahim (who made his debut in A Prophet) tries to infiltrate the anarchist community in 1899 Paris in Elie Waterman’s second feature The Anarchists (in a different vein Rahim also appears in Santa Claus) while Pierre Niney (Best Actor César for Yves Saint Laurent) plays an aspiring writer in Yann Gozlan’s A Perfect Man. Louis Garrel makes his mark behind the camera and in front with Two Friends, his directorial debut which opened Cannes Critics’ Week.

Stefan Liberski tackles Amélie Nothomb’s semi-autobiographical novel Tokyo Fiancée for a charming romantic comedy while Belgian compatriot Savina Dellicour delves in to a father-daughter relationship in All Cats Are Grey with Bouli Lanners. With the support of Wallonie Bruxelles both Liberski and Dellicour will be on the guest rota.

In the year of its 120th anniversary the Festival celebrates the legendary studios Gaumont with new copies of Luc Besson’s The Big Blue, Henri-George Clouzot’s The Murderer Lives at 21 and Jean-Pierre Melville’s The Silence of the Sea. A milestone of silent cinema Abel Gance’s J’Accuse will receive a special screening at London’s Barbican Centre with live musical accompaniment by John Sweeney.

Many of the most hotly anticipated titles in the programme have been made available through STUDIOCANAL / French Film First.

Richard Mowe, Festival director and co-founder, said: “We are always pleasantly surprised by the sheer diversity of le cinéma français as reflected in our line-up. The industry remains buoyant with more ticket sales generated outside France than at home while new markets such as China give  a huge boost. French cinema is its own best ambassador. Bon festival!”

The full brochure will be available shortly when www.frenchfilmfestival.org.uk will become fully active

Press kits, Images and other press materials available online.

GUESTS

All About Them: Jerôme Bonnell (dir) and Félix Moati (act)

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun: Joann Sfar (dir) and Freya Mavor (act)

Tokyo Fiancée: Stefan Liberski (dir)

All Cats Are Grey: Savina Dellicour (dir)

Vanity: Lionel Baier (dir)

Family For Rent: Jean-Pierre Améris (dir)

Standing Tall: Rod Paradot (act)

Right Man for the Job (short): Wilfried Méance (dir), Philippe du Janerand (act)

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Today we announce the program of the 26th edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival. More than 190 films from over 70 countries will be screened during the festival November 11-22.

- We are proud to present this year’s program filled with quality films from all around the world. News of this year is the new filmsection Stockholm Impact Award, and the best documentary film will be awarded. It is also the first time we have a greater number of women than men competing for the Bronze Horse. We can also announce that the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will visit Stockholm for the first time, says Git Scheynius, festival director Stockholm Film Festival.

Stockholm Film Festival inaugurates with Jonas Carpignano’s film Mediterranea (2015). The middle film is Louder Than Bombs by Joachim Trier,  starring Isabelle Huppert as one of the main characters. Carol, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, closes the festival. Carol has also been chosen for the festival poster. 

Tickets are for sale starting today, Tuesday October 20, 12 pm exclusively for members.

The Festival Centre at Kulturhuset and Gallerian, Stockholm, opens respectively on October 21st and November 2nd.

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Ai Weiwei visits Stockholm Film Festival 
Stockholm Impact Award will be awarded for the first time during Stockholm International Film Festival in November, with Ai Weiwei as the jury’s chairman. 
files.stockholmfilmfestival.se/press/releaser/2015/eng/151020_Ai_Weiwei_Eng.pdf

Ellen Burstyn receives Stockholm Achievement Award 2015
files.stockholmfilmfestival.se/press/releaser/2015/eng/151020_ACHIEVEMENT_ENG.pdf

Yorgos Lanthimos receives Stockholm Visionary Award 2015
files.stockholmfilmfestival.se/press/releaser/2015/eng/151020_Visionary_Award_eng.pdf

Stephen Frears receives Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award 2015
http://files.stockholmfilmfestival.se/press/releaser/2015/eng/150916PM%20Lifetime%20Eng.pdf

Talented actors nominated for Stockholm Rising Star Award
Actors such as Alicia Vikander and Adam Lundgren have previously received Stockholm Rising Star Award. Read more about this year’s nominees.
files.stockholmfilmfestival.se/press/releaser/2015/eng/151020_Rising_Star_Eng.pdf

Attending Stockholm International Film Festival 2015
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The finalists of 1 km film
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World premiere of the Feature Film Award winner Fia Sandlund’s She’s Wild Again Tonight 
files.stockholmfilmfestival.se/press/releaser/2015/eng/151020_Langfilmsstipendiet_ENG.pdf

Stockholm Film Festival streams films in Telia’s digital TV-service and Play+
Read more about this year’s Festival on Demand films competing  for Telia Film Award 
files.stockholmfilmfestival.se/press/releaser/2015/eng/151020_Telia_Award_eng.pdf

Surnai Theatre presents IBSEN FESTIVAL - Season 2. The festival is dedicated to Henrik Ibsen's plays which will be staged in Marathi, Malayalam, Hindi and English. It will begin on 24th October and will run till 26th October 2015 at the NCPA Experimental and Tata theatres. All three well-known and experienced directors of these productions will also participate in a seminar on 26th October, which is open to all on a first come, first serve basis. 

An event not to be missed. 

Tasmania’s Breath of Fresh Air (BOFA) Film Festival will bring together an eclectic mix of special guests in Launceston this November 4th - 8th for a series of ticketed and free discussions.

Dayne Pratzky, the famous anti-fracking activist a.k.a the Frackman; Paul Barclay, the Radio National program host and Walkley Award winner; Robert Woolfe, the creative behind MadeOpen, a social network for social good; and Her Excellency Mrs Annemike Ruigok, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Australia, are just a few of the individuals attending the Festival.

“After searching the world’s best international film festivals, we’ve gathered a breathtaking selection of cinema,” said Festival director Owen Tilbury. “And this year we have an equally as exciting troupe of film industry professionals and cinephiles joining us for the adventure.”

“Whilst BOFA is first and foremost about relishing the pleasure of watching great cinema, it’s also about action,” said Tilbury. “Our guests will be actively participating in action sessions and panel discussions where we can all tackle big and important issues surrounding modern cinema.”

From the interactive master class, ‘Maximising Impact and Money for Indie Films’, which details the best practices for indie filmmakers, to ‘In Conversation with Paul Barclay’, where the potential for film to combat domestic violence and initiate social change will be discussed, the Festival will cover a vast array of topics.

A particular highlight this year will be the ‘Big Picture Discussion’, where industry professionals will discuss how we can ethically support developing countries in the light of reducing aid.

The ‘Creating Community Change’ and ‘Creating Innovative Regions’ action sessions will also encourage young innovators to start thinking about their creative pursuits as vehicles for change, and explain how to transform an idea into action.

Special guests include:

• Joana Hayter and Gina Olivieri, will be joining Mrs Annemike Ruigrokfor the ‘Big Picture Discussion.’ Hayter is the CEO of International Women’s Development Agency, and Olivieri is the Grassroots Engagement Manager of RESULTS Australia Inc.
• Karl Mattingly, will speak at BOFA’s Innovative Tasmania Awards. Mattingly is a partner at investment management company Slow Capital, and will discuss the importance of fostering growth and entrepreneurship in Tasmania.
• David Doepel, will present at the ‘Maximizing Impact and Money for Indie Films’ master class. Doepel is managing director of Leap Frog Films and TUGG Australia and NZ.
• Andrea Ulbrick, will present at the ‘Maximizing Impact and Money for Indie Films’ master class. Ulbrick is the Commissioning Editor of the ABC TV Factual and will discuss new forms of film distribution including cinema on demand, event screenings and direct fan distribution.
• Mike Hill, will be a joint presenter with Ulbrick. Hill is CEO of Moonshine Agency, a content creation company specializing in film and video production, photography, and digital communications.
• Richard Harris, will also be speaking at the ‘Maximizing Impact and Money for Indie Films’ master class. Harris is the Head of Business and Audience, Screen Australia and will be discussing new opportunities and challenges for contemporary filmmakers and why the old system is disintegrating.
• Rebecca Barry, will also be speaking at the ‘Maximizing Impact and Money for Indie Films’ master class. Barry is the director of Media Stockade and will be explaining how planning and strategy can maximize a filmmaker’s impact and ensure the best work is made despite money restraints. 
• Malinda Wink, will join Barry at the master class. Wink is the executive director of GoodPitch Australia, which brings together filmmakers with NGOs, foundations, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, potential corporate and brand partners, broadcasters and media with leading social issues — to forge powerful alliances around-ground breaking films.
• Bill Lark, will be the keynote speaker at the ‘Sharing the Bounty’ action session.  Lark is the owner of the world famous whiskey company, Lark distillery.  The ‘Sharing the Bounty’ session will consider how we can innovate and share our food system with those most in need of it locally and globally.
• Music icon Mick Thomas will be playing with his band The Roving Commission at the official Red Carpet After Party following the premiere of Death Or Liberty.Thomas wrote the soundtrack for Death Or Liberty.
• Steve Thomas and Craig Dow-Sainter will also attend the Red Carpet Premiere of Death or Liberty. Thomas directed the film and Dow-Sainter was the producer.
• Richard Todd will attend the Frackman opening night screening. Todd is co-director of the film.
• Natalie Henessey and Grant Henessey will attend the premiere of their film Sweet Running Machines. The pair are co-directors of the film and Tasmanian locals.
• Roger Scholes, will attend the screening of The Tale of Ruby Rose, the Tasmanian Retrospective Film for 2015. Scholes is the film’s director and also a local.

• Partho Sen-Gupta, will attend the screening of Sunrise. Sen-Gupta is the director.
• Danny Youd will attend the world premiere of The Grey Areas.Youd is the director.

With this array of respected guests in attendance – BOFA 2015 is an event that all film buffs, lovers of the arts, advocators of social change and emerging filmmakers should mark on their calendar. It’s sure to be more than a ‘breath of fresh air!’

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AFM announcing 70 new sellers for this year’s market

DCDC accelerates rollout of its network and will surpass 32,000 screens in more than 3000 theatre locations in 2018.

Union Bound by XVIII Entertainment

Blood Puch from Acort International Live the Same Day, Die a different way

AFM 2015 lineup for Devilworks

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TIGER & BUNNY to be produced by ALL NIPPON ENTERTAINMENT WORKS (ANEW), IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT and BANDAI NAMCO Pictures

"Adaline: The Conjured" could haunt your AFM!

Nicholas Hoult, Luke Evans and Henry Cavill set to star in SAND CASTLE

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Iron Sky the Coming Race will become the most expensive live action movie to the date in the history of Finnish film-making

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Pawparazzi Film Festival  January 23

Late Deadline January 5, 2016

Hosted by Pets in the City Magazine and Best Friends Animal Society, the PAWPARAZZI film festival coincides with the nearby Park City area Sundance film festival. PAWPARAZZI film festival is international and it is open to amateurs and professionals alike. The PAWPARAZZI Film Festival is for all species of animals large and small. The films are to provide a venue for People to protect and save animals as well as to celebrate the joy that animals bring to our lives. Submit your short films of ten minutes or less to the following categories:

• Drama 
• Comedy 
• Animation 
• Documentary/Advocacy 
• Youth/Student

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Myrtle Beach International Film Festival April 20th - 23rd 2016. 

Submissions close january 1st, 2016

 

Myrtle Beach International Film Festival. Ranked one of the top 25 film festivals in the World worth the submission by Movie Maker Magazine. Ranked one of the best by Film International. MBIFF billed as "The East Coast's answer to the Sundance Film Festival" is in the call for entry stage which will end January 1st 2016. 

Myrtle Beach International Film Festival is open to all projects, with a special "Anything Goes" catagory. We are a truely independent film festival. MBIFF also has a budget category, so a film with a 10 thousand dollar budget does not compete against a project with a 10 million dollar budget (with the exception of the overall winner). 

The 11th annual MBIFF will take place April 20th - 23rd 2016.   

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New York Festival's World's Best Television & Films April 16, 2016

Deadline October 15, 2015

New York Festival's World's Best TV & 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, Movie Trailers, Music Videos, News, Promos, Reality TV Drama, Sports, Telenovelas, Webisodes, Best Performance by an Actor/Actress, Special Event, Innovation, Technical Production Team, CSR, Best Screenplay, Video Art, and Best Host.

Submit by October 15

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Animaze 2016 Montreal International Animation Film Festival June 2 -5, 2016

Montreal International Animation Film Festival is a people's film festival an dindutry conference dedicated to the art of animation for film and technology. 
All genres and forms are welcome.
Software an award prize. Visibility in out travelling show in Berlin, Cannes Annecy, Glasgow and more.

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Fantasporto 2016 36th edition February 26th - March 5th

Submissions close December 5th 

The selection for shorts is only for fantasy ones, like always. Submissions are open and we are accepting online submissions.

Since we are making a new site that will be ready only later in October we propose you to send us the screener(s) for the selection commitee to see and, if the film(s) is(are) chosen, we will ask you all the materials needed. SUBMIIT

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Maryland International Film Festival - Hagerstown April 1 - 3, 2016

Submit by February 5, 2015

For 5 years, we've been bringing in the finest films from around the world. The film festival became a 501(c)3 and launched in 2009 and now screens more then 70 films each year! Hollywood Director Joe Carnahan is our creative director. He has brought us such films as "The Grey" and "The A-Team" with Liam Neeson and now has Bad Boys 3 in pre-production. Most of our previous winners of Best Feature have obtained distribution. Last year's winner BEREAVE just signed a distribution deal and said, " I wish to take a moment to tell you that your hospitality and your wonderful festival helped our film stand out for distribution. Thank you for that and we'll be sending you more of our work in the future.” So join us!

We look forward to having you screen at our 5th year anniversary!

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GEFF L’Europe autour de l’Europe / Grande Europe Film Festival Paris  March 16th to April 17th

Film submission deadline: December 15, 2015

The Compétition presents long features and documentaries (60’ and longer) (co)produced in Europe, never released in France. The films compete for the following prizes awarded to the author of the best film:
Prix Sauvage – Loup Dansant: bronze wolf statuette and a monetary prize;
Prix Luna: Luna statuette awarded by the jury of cinema students and young professionals.

The section Present is dedicated to the recent documentary films (50’ and longer) (co)produced in Europe during the last three years 
Subscription fee : free  -  Participation rules    SUBMIT

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The Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) March 30 - April 3, 2016

 

Final deadline is February 2 2016.  Please submit via "Withoutabox"

The Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) is presented by the Sonoma Film Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, as a welcoming, entertaining and inspiring cinematic experience that supports and promotes independent films, celebrates the cultural diversity in the Sonoma Valley through film, and funds visual arts in education.

Named one of America's "Top Ten Destination Film Festivals," Sonoma prides itself on giving every filmmaker the royal treatment. Celebrated as one of the friendliest and most uplifting festivals on the circuit. SUBMIT

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60 Second International Film Festival 

2015 -2016

 

Submit by November 15, 2015

60 Second Intl. Film Festival is back with a bang. The festival aims to promote young and enthusiastic filmmakers around the world. We are excited to announce that the submissions for 60 Second Intl. Film Festival 2015-16 are now open!  60 Second Intl. Film Festival is providing people with a platform where they can showcase their work at a global level and voice their thoughts in the form of a film.

Submissions for the following categories are open:-

. Abstract . Action . Comedy . Creative . Drama . Education . Environment . Interactive Art . Vision 2020 . Water.

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The 49th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival  April 8 to 17, 2016

Next Deadline: November 16, 2015 

In partnership with filmfestivals.com

Enter the Festival that discovered Spielberg, Lucas, Coppola, Ang Lee, the Coen Brothers, David Lynch, and John Lee Hancock with their first awards!

Competition in 10 major categories! More than 200 specialized sub-categories offer fair competition and a chance for a Remi Award!

The 49th Annual WorldFest-Houston offers Screening Shorts, Docs, Features, Music Videos, Experimental & Student Films on Big 60' AMC Theater screens, with over 600 Intl filmmakers attending the ten-day International Film Festival.. SUBMIT.

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> FILMS FOR FESTIVAL CONSIDERATION "FILMFESTIVALS.COM ONES TO WATCH ON THE CIRCUIT"

Revolution by Rob Stewart (Sharkwater) 
over 40 festival wins so far)

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart (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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Pseudonym, for festival consideration

First feature by french actor director Thierry Sebban. Produced by la Petite Reine (The Artist) and Diabolo Films (The Suicide Shop). winner in Fantasporto, ECU Houston WorldFest

Synopsis:  Alex is a divorced father, a stressed executive. His daily routine is work, work, work. Tonight he's in a hurry, he's due to meet a beautiful young stranger... who contacted him via the internet. But this blind date will flip him into a downward spiral and disrupt forever the course of his life.  Thriller, 75 min., Scope, Dolby 5.1  Directed by Thierry Sebban  Starring: Simon Abkarian, Igor Skreblin, Perrine Tourneux... 

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Rooted in Peace by Greg Reitman

ROOTED in PEACE, 97 minutes - 2015

Documentary by SUNDANCE alum GREG REITMAN (Sundance Audience Award Winner for fhis first documentary 'Fuel')

Starring: Deepak Chopra, Donovan, Mike Love, David Lynch, Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire, Pete Seeger, Ted Turner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu

"ROOTED in PEACE challenges viewers to examine their values as Americans and human beings. Today we are at war within ourselves, with our environment, and with the world. Director and award-winning filmmaker Greg Reitman invites viewers on a film journey to take notice of the world we live in, proactively seek ways to find personal and ecological peace, and stop the cycle of violence".

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Get Happy by Manoj Annadurai 

Feature Feel Good Movie  - World premiered in Montreal World Film Festival Winner best romantic comedy in Manhattan Fest

Charlie Kane can’t catch a break. He grew into a man who expects the worse out of life and gets it. But that changes when, by chance, he meets a bright, sunny sprite of a woman named Holly who turns him from a dour drip into someone finally allowing himself to be happy.Then a bus flattens her before Charlie eyes. Charlie opts for suicide but can’t even successfully give up on life. Left with no other choice, he adopts Holly’s ethos of positivity and just decides to be happy... by ignoring all the bad things in life. But his cynical best friend isn’t buying Charlie’s new-found happiness and sets out to save Charlie by making him miserable again. 

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A treat: New 2015 Trailer for Doctor Zhivago - Masterpiece

To mark the re-release of Doctor Zhivago on 27 November, the BFI has cut a brand new trailer. Recently restored and celebrating its 50th anniversary, the release is a centrepiece of the BFI LOVE season. ...

 

NEWS USA: Could The Movie Studio Be The Next Heavy Hitter?

Gordon Scott Venters thrives on challenges. As CEO of The Movie Studio (TMS) in Hollywood — that’s Florida, not Los Angeles — he’s been in the entertainment industry for more than 20 years. Venters’ resume reads like a who’s who of Hollywood (Cal- ifornia), where he was president and CEO of Destination Televi- sion, now TMS. While Venters has a soft spot for the West Coast, he is betting that, like California, South Florida will become the premier destination...

 

Everest A Towering achievement but a struggle to sit through -- Up mountain easy ~ Down mountain hard --

EVEREST  - VIewed At the Westend Cinemas, Budapest  Sunday, October 18, 2015,   by Alex Deleon                     Summary: In 1996 A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm.   Directed by Icelander Baltasar Kormákur (born Reykjavik 1966), a Universal release, RT 121 minutes. Big festivals usually have big films on opening night so it is easy to see why this p...

CAMERIMAGE reveas line up of films

  Summer Solstice   CAMERIMAGE, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, which takes place November 14th – 21st, today revealed the lineup of films screening in two of  the Festival’s competition sections – Cinematographers’ Debuts and Polish Films.   Both competitions boast an impressive slate of acclaimed films. The Cinematographers' Debuts Competition underlines the Festival's increasing openness to noteworthy artis...

Films and Projects Selected in Cabos In Progress

    Los Cabos International Film Festival announces the names of the films chosen to form part of the Cabos in Progress and Cabos Discovery platforms. The 2015 selection is wide-ranging in terms of themes, visions, styles and stories, but homogeneous and consistent with regard to the quality of the participating projects.       For the third year running, the Festival will present Cabos in Progress for films in the post-p...

 

Films and Projects Selected in Cabos In Cabos Discovery

For the second year running, the Festival presents a forum for projects in the development phase, made in or coproduced by Mexico, USA or Canada: the Cabos Discovery platform, where participants can increase their possibilities in one on one meetings with professional industry of the international cinematography. The competing projects are:   Sunbathing in Hell (Canada) Director: Sophie Deraspe Producer: Félize Frappier I'm not a bad person (Canada) Direc...

 

Equity, the first female-driven Wall Street movie, selected as a Creative Coalition 2015 Spotlight Initiative Film

 

Broad Street Pictures' new drama, Equity, the first female-driven Wall Street movie, is honored to be selected as a Creative Coalition 2015 Spotlight Initiative Film.   “It’s exciting to see a notable female-led film being released, especially with only 1.9 percent of recent Hollywood releases being directed by women.  Not only is this the first film that showcases the executive women of Wall Street, it’s also a film that artistically and deftly weaves a thril...

Berlinale Residency: Fellowship Holders 2015 Present Their Films from October 6 – 8 at Arsenal Cinema

    The Berlin International Film Festival will be presenting three films by this year’s participants of the Berlinale Residency at the Arsenal Cinema from October 6 to 8.   As Berlinale Residency fellowship holders, the three directors Fernando Eimbcke (Mexico), Daniel Borgman (New Zealand) and Ella Manzheeva (Russian Federation) have been in the capital since September 1. They will be spending three months in the city to work on their next feature film projects. All t...

 

> THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT   

 

Previews on Tasmania’s Breath of Fresh Air (BOFA)

 

Tasmania’s Breath of Fresh Air (BOFA) Film Festival will bring together an eclectic mix of special guests in Launceston this November 4th - 8th for a series of ticketed and free discussions.   Dayne Pratzky, the famous anti-fracking activist a.k.a the Frackman; Paul Barclay, the Radio National program host and Walkley Award winner; Robert Woolfe, the creative behind MadeOpen, a social network for social good; and Her Excellency Mrs Annemike Ruigok, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of t...

 

IBSEN FESTIVAL - Season 2: a festival is dedicated to Henrik Ibsen's plays

  Surnai Theatre presents IBSEN FESTIVAL - Season 2. The festival is dedicated to Henrik Ibsen's plays which will be staged in Marathi, Malayalam, Hindi and English. It will begin on 24th October and will run till 26th October 2015 at the NCPA Experimental and Tata theatres. All three well-known and experienced directors of these productions will also participate in a seminar on 26th October, which is open to all on a first come, first serve basis.  An event not t...

Stockholm Film Festival presents this year’s film program

  Today we announce the program of the 26th edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival. More than 190 films from over 70 countries will be screened during the festival November 11-22. - We are proud to present this year’s program filled with quality films from all around the world. News of this year is the new filmsection Stockholm Impact Award, and the best documentary film will be awarded. It is also the first time we have a greater number of women than men com...

Wiesbaden exground filmfest: programme complete!

 

61 premieres   More than 250 short and feature length films from 52 countries have been selected for the 28th edition of exground filmfest (13 – 22 November 2015). In addition to the traditional sections and competitions numerous special events complete the diverse programme. Please find the full programme here. By ...

Line up of the French Film Festival UK 2015 5 November – 13 December 2015

      23rd edition of French Film Festival UK unveils line-up   The UK’s only country-wide celebration of French and francophone cinema expands its horizons even further this year with more leading independent cinemas on board and a programme (from 5 November to 13 December) that embraces Cannes award-winners, classic masterpieces, a celebration of Gaumont (the world’s oldest film company), new talents, student exchanges, schools screenings and a panoply of...

Denver Film Festival sets Anomalisa for Opening Night

  Denver Film Festival sets Anomalisa for Opening Night, Where to Invade Next for Centerpiece, Carol for the Red Carpet Matinee and  Coming Through the Rye for Closing Night     The Denver Film Festival (DFF) announced today its full lineup, including Red Carpet and Special Presentations. The Festival attracts nearly 58,000 filmgoers and is widely recognized as the Rocky Mountain Region's premier film event. This year's program boasts more than 250 films, ...

 

 

Attendance of 157 000 at this year's London Film Festival.

The 59th BFI London Film Festival closed tonight with the European Premiere of STEVE JOBS, and announced 157,000 attendances across film screenings and events, and an additional UK-Wide audience of over 10,000.   Festival Director, Clare Stewart said: “I’m very proud of what we achieved with this 59th edition of the Festival. We have had terrific filmmakers in attendance and generated significant profile for films in selection which have moved, challenged and inspired audien...

 

 

A Wealth of Facets to Mark the 25th Anniversary - The FilmFestival Cottbus Feature Film Competition

 

Facts: - 12 competition entries from 14 coproduction countries - prize money total of 77.750 EUR - top-class international jury   This has become clear over the years: it can be difficult to identify a red thread in the feature film competition of the FilmFestival Cottbus and this is by no means a bad thing. For ultimately it is this multifacetedness that provides the common ground for all twelve competition entries. The films that emerge from the cultures in Eastern Europe and tell sto...

23rd edition of French Film Festival UK unveils line-up

French Film Festival UK 2015 5 November – 13 December 2015   The UK’s only country-wide celebration of French and francophone cinema expands its horizons even further this year with more leading independent cinemas on board and a programme (from 5 November...

AFI FEST 2015 announcing American Independents and New Auteurs Films

 

AFI Fest announcing 20 more films in the lineup: those in the New Auteurs and American Independents sections. The American Independents section represents the best of independent filmmaking this year. Pushing boundaries of form and content across both narrative and documentary cinema, this section boasts nine films from both new voices and talented directors returning to AFI FEST with their latest work. The New Auteurs section highlights 11 first and second-time narrative feature film...

IPRHFF Official Film Selections are in! Save The Date: Puerto Rico November 11-15, 2015

    Alfonso Rodriguez 10 Second Barrier Sonia Fritz 15 Faros de Puerto Rico (15 Lighthouses) Javier Ortiz 73 Dollars to Park Mauricio Zapata A Matter of Seconds Flora Garay Anatomy of a Dress Jac...

Seattle Shorts Film Festival Celebrates 5 Years by Doubling in Size & Presenting a Star-Studded Lineup

Festival will take place November 14-15, 2015 at the SIFF Film Center Full program now live at www.SeattleShort.org Highlights from local and international filmmakers now available to preview!  Request links now>> ...

New York Korean Film Festival Announces Upcoming Program

 

The 13th Annual New York Korean Film Festival Announces Upcoming Program for November 6th to November 11th, 2015, at the Museum of the Moving Image. The 13th Annual New York Korean Film Festival showcases Korea doing what it does best: the crime thriller, the romantic fantasy, and feverish erotica. The Peninsula’s filmmakers bend genre cinema to a uniquely Korean pulse and purpose, making the country’s national film industry the most vibrant in East Asia. The thrilling complications...

 

SXSW Eco 2015 Wrap Up + Highlights

  Written by Amanda Shaftel | October 13, 2015 MANY THANKS It is hard to believe that SXSW Eco 2015 has come and gone. We were honored to present such an amazing lineup of speakers and to host such an engaged audience. The unique mix of participants is what defines SXSW Eco, so thank you for coming out and making this our best event yet. A big than...

 

NYFF53 The Assassin Press Conference

By Maria Esteves - October 15, 2015 The 53rd New York Film Festival 2015 (NYFF53) U.S. Premiere of The Assassin, directed by Hou Hsian-hsien was held at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, Friday, October 9th. The press conference with director Hsian-hsien, moderated by director of programming Dennis Lim, Film Society of Lincoln Center, translated by Dr. Vincent Cheng, BMCC, preceded the U.S. Premiere at the Walter Reade Theater, Thursday, October 8th. Questions posed to director Hsian-hsi...

 

Thessaloniki IFF 2015: Open Horizons Programme

  The Section Open Horizons of the 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, which takes place November 6 - 15 November 2015 is for another year a first class selection of films that marked huge success in the film festival circuit and beyond. With titles including the Cannes' most discussed trilogy Arabian Nights, Michel Franco's (After Lucia) second feature Chronic, starring Tim Roth in a magnificent performance, Joachim Trier's (Oslo, August 31st) Louder Than Bombs, t...

 

17th EROS Film Festival Coming to Trinity College in November

 

Out Film CT, the organizer of Connecticut’s two annual LGBT film festivals, announces the lineup for the 17th EROS Film Festival, running November 4, 6 and 7 at Cinestudio, on the campus of Trinity College. The festival is sponsored by EROS (Encouraging Respect Of all Sexualities), Trinity’s LGBT student organization, and offers a selection of LGBT feature films that all film lovers can enjoy.   “Whether the story is set in India, France or the United States, these films...

 

NYFF53 Miles Ahead Press Conference

By Maria Esteves – October 14, 2015 The 53rd New York Film Festival 2015 (NYFF53) Closing Night Premiere of MILES AHEAD, press conference with actor/director Don Cheadle, cast members Emayatzy Corinealdi and Michael Stuhlbarg, moderated by festival director Kent Jones, NYFF, was held at the Walter Reade Theater Saturday, October 10, 2015. Questions posed to actor/director Cheadle, Corinealdi and Stuhlbarg by moderator Jones and members of the press included "Can you talk about findin...

Berlinale Co-Production Market: Call for Entries until October 21, 2015

 

 Until October 21, experienced producers from around the world may submit new feature film projects to the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2016.The projects should be suitable for international co-production, have either already secured 30% of the financing or at least the production funding from the home country, and be budgeted between one and twenty million euros.   As in the previous two years, the budget minimum has been waived for projects from Greece, Spain and Portugal, in ord...

Here we go again!...Vincent Lindon kicks Lumière

With this expression on the huge screen, the 7th edition of Lumière, dedicated to Chantal Akerman and Raymond Chirat, whom the cinema world lost recently, got officially underway. In the house: Jean-Paul Belmondo, John Lasseter, Louise Bourgoin, Nicolas Winding Refn, Jacques Audiard, Alex Lutz, Bernard Pivot, Dario Argento, Venantino Venantini accompanied by Laurent Gerra, Lolita Chammah, and many others took in an overview of this year's lineup, with its...

 

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13th Annual Combs Gates Award goes to filmmaker for “Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project”

Kim Furst to receive $20,000 prize from National Aviation Hall of Fame at NBAA Convention   The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) announced today that a documentary about one of its legendary enshrinees, Robert A. "Bob" Hoover, has earned its producer/writer/director, Kim Furst, of Kilo Foxtrot Productions, the 13th Annual Combs Gates Award.  “Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project,” tells the life story of the man many consider to...

Chelsea Film Festival announces 2015 Winners

  The Chelsea Film Festival announced the 2015 winners this past Sunday, October 18th at the SVA Theatre in the heart of Chelsea. The Closing Awards Ceremony was hosted by CFF Founder and Director Ingrid Jean-Baptiste, who reminded the importance of the Festival's mission: "The Festival's mission is to discover emerging directors from around the world and be an international platform for independent filmmaking. It has been a very successful year. The Chelsea Film Festiv...

 

Congratulations to all 2015 NYC Indie Award Winners

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The Festival du nouveau cinéma of Montréal announces winners of the 44th edition

    COMPÉTITION INTERNATIONALE – LONGS MÉTRAGES   Feature Films Jury, International competition : Félize Frappier, Maxime Giroux et Richard Peña. Louve d’Or presented by Québecor Best feature film in the International Competition ($15,000 cash from Québecor)   EL CLUB by Pablo Larraín   Daniel Langlois Innovation Award The work in the Internat...

 

Antenna Documentary Film Festival - Award Winners and Encore Screenings Announced

  Cinephiles don’t despair, the fifth Antenna Documentary Film Festival may be over, but the Festival have announced an encore of five of the ten sold out films.  Spartacus & Cassandra, Another Country, Nightfall on Gaia (Including a Q&A with Director Juan Francisco Salazar), Requiem for the American Dream, and B-Movie: Lust and Sound in West Berlin, will screen at the Verona cinema on Oxford St, from Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 Oct. Tickets can be purchased on Antenna&rs...

 

Inaugural Laguna Film Festival announces winners

It was a true celebration of cinema at the inaugural Laguna Film Festival while solidifying its place in the world of film festivals.  It was in the true spirit of camaraderie as filmmakers from around the world enjoyed welcoming audiences and sharing their films as well as discussing their filmmaking experiences.    “This weekend and this festival have blown me away,” commented Festival Founder Austin Fickman.  “To able to provide an environment for f...

 

Scorsese receives the Lumiere Award tonight

After Pedro Almodóvar in 2014, this year's Lumière Award of the Institut Lumière was presented to the great filmmaker Martin Scorsese! For the occasion, the Lyon Conference Center Amphitheater and its  "Salle 3000" took on a New Yorker accent, with energetic rock'n'roll blaring throughout the evening, punctuated by surprises and various screenings, each one more remarkable than the next. Select extracts from Lumière !   Photo : Je...

 

London Film Festival Awards

CHEVALIER - Athina Rachel Tsangari, wins Best Film Award   The 59th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® announced this year’s Festival Awards’ winners at its high profile Awards ceremony, at Banqueting House, Whitehall, this evening. Hosted by musician and broadcaster Jarvis Cocker, guests included Alex Cooke, Allen Leech, Brian Woods, Christine Vachon, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daisy Jacobs, Desiree Akhavan, Elizabeth Karlsen, Finola Dwyer, Harriet Wa...

 

New Creators Award Mannheim-Heidelberg

      Internationally reknowned as a forum for the discovery of new directorial talent in arthouse cinema, the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg established an additional competition for creative, intelligent serial dramas from talented newcomers since 2015. The Jury prizes a new Serial Drama with the &quo...

 

Suns sets on the 2015 ARUBA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

  The ARUBA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is Aruba’s largest film event of the year, with this edition highlighting over 60 feature and short films. Another Aruba International Film Festival (AIFF) has come to an end on the One Happy Island. The fifth annual festival was held from October 7-11 on the exotic Caribbean island of Aruba. Sponsored by the Aruba Tourism Authority, this world-class event was honored to host international and regional premieres of feature-length and s...

 

ToKyo Fest: New ARIGATŌ Award to go to five remarkable contributors to the film industry

 

Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) today announced that it has selected five recipients for its new ARIGATŌ (Thank You) Award, honoring their remarkable contributions to the Japanese film industry. We have launched this new award with the expectation that these five stalwarts of Japanese film will continue to be successful and make further contributions to the industry, as well as to increase their international recognition. We have called the award “ArigatŌ” because the word...

 

Three Animation Films Nominated for EFA Best animation

The European Film Academy proudly announces the three nominations in the category EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2015. Based on a list of films provided by CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film, as well as on individual film submissions, a committee decided on these nominations. The committee consisted of EFA Board Member Antonio Saura, producer (Spain), animation experts Marcel Jean (Annecy FF, Canada) ...

 

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The Flying Animator - Documentary - 3x Oscar nominee Gerald Potterton! On Kickstarter!   Musivision Films has launched its Kickstarter campaign for the The Flying Animator documentary on 3x Oscar nominated animator Gerald Potterton. Director Laurie Gordon has been filming Gerald for nearly five years at his home in Quebec and in London, Toronto. Still scheduled for more shooting days Laurie is really excited about editing the film into shape. Oh so many surprises and gems to b...   

 

Filmfestivals.com Bruno Chatelin to speak at inaugural Fest Forward Festivals Conference in Santa Barbara on Future of Festivals

 

The Future of Festivals   The last frontier of the “tribal gathering” according to Seth Godin is the festival. With expansion in every festival vertical under the sun, the death of the festival is greatly exaggerated. Let’s hear from our team of experts in food, wine, music & film about where we are heading in the industry The panel will be hosted by Laurie Kirby, AboutFest / FestForward co founder. Speakers     ...

 

 

BAFTA-LA Co-Founder and Producer Marion Rosenberg Receives Honor at 7th Annual Lady Filmmakers Festiva

BAFTA-LA Co-Founder and Producer Marion Rosenberg Receives Honor at 7th Annual Lady Filmmakers Festival October 25th, 2015 ​Beverly Hills   The 7th Annual Lady Filmmakers Festival takes place October 23rd-25th. Lady Filmmakers screens record number of films directed and filmed by women! The festival boasts 4 feature films and 42 short films with several World, US, West Coast, and LA Premieres in Beverly Hills, CA! ...

 

EFA Board Elections 2015

  Members of the European Film Academy can this year vote for the chair person and the two deputy chair persons, as well as for the candidates from the following countries and regions: Central & Eastern Europe France Italy Nordic Countries North-Eastern Mediterranean Spain / Portugal UK / Ireland The vote closes on Thursday, 19 November 2015, at 23:59 CET. This voting platform allows you to login repeatedly and change your choices. In each terr...

EFA Nominations vote ends tomorrow!

Information for EFA Members   Please remember that the vote for the EFA Nominations will end tomorrow! Only votes received by 23h59 CET on Wednesday, 21 October 2015 can be included in the overall count!  ...

 

BIFF 2015 will serve the Sir Sidney Poitier Tribute Award

Leslie Vanderpool, founder & executive director BIFF and Sir Sidney Poitier SIR SIDNEY POITIER TO BESTOW HIS NAME TO THE BAHAMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (BIFF) CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD   The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) announced today that Academy Award® winner and renowned global icon Sir Sidney Poitier has agreed to the naming of the prestigious Career Achievement Award at the Bahamas International Film Festival the “Sir Sidney Poitier Tribut...

 

Tofifest International Film Festival 2015: Joe Pantoliano, a.k.a 'Cypher' from Matrix joins the jury

Joe Pantoliano is a man, who cannot be easily classified into a single category. He is an actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He has more than 175 films, TV appearances, and theatre performances, under his belt. Pantoliano is going to be a member of the jury in the ON AIR main competition, alongside Anne Fontaine (Coco Chanel), writer Wojciech Kuczok, director Katarzyna Roslaniec, Romanian actress Ada Condeescu, Kurdish director Umut Dag and critic Piotr Czerkawski. Pantoliano has bee...

 

New York Film Critics Circle Adds Six New Members

Critics to Vote on December 2, 2015   The New York Film Critics Circle announced today that six new members will join the group.  Additions include Sara Stewart, NY Post; Alison Willmore, Buzzfeed.com; Nicolas Rapold, The L Magazine; Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian; Ed Gonzalez, Slant.com; Richard Brody, The New Yorker. The NYFCC will vote for the 2016 awards on December 2 and hold their annual Gala Awards dinner in January 4 at Tao Downtown.   “What keeps the NYFC...

 

Homage to MILCHO MANCHEVSKI (Before the Rain) in Fantasporto 2016

The 36th edition of Fantasporto- Oporto International Film Festival will be held between  the 26th February and the 5th March 2016., at the Teatro Municipal Rivoli. As always, trying to join innovation with the promotion of Cinema, both national and international ,  Fantasporto will celebrate Music as the theme of the year.  Competitions  for Fantasy Films (features and shorts), the Directors Week (features only) and Portuguese Cinema and  also the Non- com...

 

Kim Longinotto, Sundance winner of Best Director, receives The Grierson Trustees' Award

Kim Longinotto, winner of Best Director at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival for her newest film, DREAMCATCHER, has been named the 2015 recipient of the prestigious BBC Grierson Trustees' Award and DOC NYC's Robert and Anne Drew Award for Documentary Excellence, which comes with a $5,000 prize.    The Grierson Trustees' Award is the Grierson Tru...

 

Meryl Streep Appointed Jury President of the Berlinale 2016

66. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (11. - 21. Februar 2016) American actress and three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep will be Jury President of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. It will be the first time in her longstanding career that this world famous star takes on the role of a juror at a film festival.   “Meryl Streep is one of the most creative and multifaceted film artists. To mark our enthusiasm for her extraordinary talent we awarded her the Hon...

 

Meet the Lumière Ambassadors

The Ambassadors   This edition of the Lumière Festival is pleased to welcome the Lumière Ambassadors, a team of filmmakers and cinema critics, who will lend their expertise to present many films of the program lineup throughout the festival!   Regis Wargnier  Among other classics, he has directed, Indochine, a historical epic whose success reached beyond French borders. The film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1993 and received fi...

 

New Screenwriters Residency Program for BIFF 2015 : 6 Finalists Announced

Back by popular demand! The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) is proud to announce the return of its popular Screenwriters Residency Program (formerly known as the Filmmakers Residency Program), which provides screenplay writers from around the world to tell their stories with the opportunity to receive invaluable mentoring from industry professionals.   BIFF’s Screenwriters’ Residency Program seeks to nurture new filmmakers and screenwriters by providing them with an...

 

London FF 2015: Simon Stone on his debut feature The Daughter

Simon Stone is mostly known for his work in theatre. His adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck received great reviews, characterised as a ‘searing modern-day tragedy’ after its Barbican premier last year. In The daughter, Stone adapts the original script for the big screen, creating a tantalising family drama, set in rural Australian countryside. Geoffrey Rush stars as local factory owner Henry, whose son Christian (Paul Schneider) returns after years of absenc...

 

Josh Mond on his debut feature James White

Josh Mond is a New York based director and producer. In 2003 he established Borderline Films with fellow filmmakers Antonio Campos and Sean Durkin which brought to light the film festival success Martha Marcy May Marlene, which Mond produced. James White is his debut feature film, starring Cynthia Nixon (Sex & the City) and Christopher Abbott. The film portrays the relationship of Gail with her son James. Diagnosed with final stage cancer Gail is making an attempt to maintain a healthy rel...

 

Guests from around the world in Mannheim-Heidelberg

Award-winner Olivier Assayas will be in attendance and numerous guests from the international film and serial drama industry are expected.   When the 64th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg opens on Friday, October 9, 2015, the Festival Director Dr. Michael Kötz and Program Manager Daniela Kötz will have once again invited an exquisite selection of directors, actors and producers to the festival.   With the Master of Cinema Award for Olivier Assayas, the ...

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Major Buzz Factory : Expérience de Bruno Chatelin du marketing Digital pour les films

Fort d'une expérience acquise dans la distribution de films pour deux Majors (Sony et Fox mariée sous a direction avec UGC) Bruno Chatelin propose une expérience pointue au service de votre stratégie digitale à Travers sa structure de Conseil MAJOR BUZZ FACTORY Le fondateur Bruno Chatelin : un Professionnel de la communication entouré de spécialistes, son expérience est ancrée sur trois univers La publicité, Le mark.eting et le digital.

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Un nouveau directeur du cinéma chez Canal+

C'est Didier Lupfer qui succède à Nathalie Coste-Cerdan à la direction du Cinéma de Canal+, un poste qu il avait occupé de 2000 à 2005, à l'issue de la fusion TPS/CanalSat.  ...

Film screenings will be held at a selected venue(s) in Nairobi, Mombasa, Malindi, Machakos and Kisumu.

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MARKET  October 28 - 29

The market includes a 2-day trade fair showcasing the East African, Indian Ocean & Pan-African companies under regional pavilions, while the international TV & Film players will attend as participants.

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Focusing in particular on European cinema, this international event will screen over 100 feature films attended by a wealth of guests. Almost 38,000 spectators are expected over this ten-day period, there to discover a rich selection of new releases, sneak previews and classics, all screened in a convivial and celebratory atmosphere.

The spotlight will focus in particular on European cinema and its talents in the competition, reserved for non-national fiction features screened for the first time in France, and also in the Visions of the East and Discoveries section. In these sections, priority will be given to films from Northern and Eastern Europe. All the directors will be invited. 170 French and Belgian cinema operators will gather in Arras for three days, during which time they will have the opportunity to discover new films and meet the distributors.

The 2015 edition will also offer 40 sneak previews in the presence of the film-making teams, tributes to the great names in cinema and two thematic retrospectives (Ireland, from one conflict to the next, Heists of all kinds) in addition to a special programme for children