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The 16th Golden Trailer Awards
May 6th, 2015

Submit by march 16th
Movie trailers play an increasingly important role in entertaining us and helping us determine where to spend our leisure time. The best trailers are works of art in their own right, expertly blending elements of cinema and advertising.

Each year through an open competition judged by film industry notables, the Golden Trailer Awards recognize the creative people who make movie trailers, and the best examples of their unique art, in a gala award show.

Trailers must be under 4 minutes and 30 seconds long (no exceptions). Trailers/Teasers/TV spots/Video Game Trailers must be created between April 11th, 2014 through March 16th, 2015. For SUMMER 2015 BLOCKBUSTER (Film RELEASE date between May 7th, 2015 until September 7th, 2015)... Rules for Entry GTA2015

Entry FAQs GTA2015 I Entry Prices GTA2015 I Category List GTA2015 I SUBMIT

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Manchester International Film Festival
July 10 - 12, 2015

Submit by March 5, 2015

The Manchester International Film Festival has been founded to become an annual event to showcase strong and inventive film-making from around the globe. Running alongside the established and world renowned Manchester International Festival, which brings over 200,000 people to the city, the inaugural Manchester International Film Festival will take place across 2 screens at the AMC Cinema in the Great Northern Warehouse and various original and cool venues in and around the vibrant and creative city of Manchester.

The organisations quest is to champion great story telling that translates brilliantly onto screen through works from Up-and-coming writers, directors and producers, along with established industry professionals.

Shortlisted films will compete for awards in the following categories:

Best British Independent Feature
Best International Feature
Best Documentary
Best Experimental Film
Best Short
Best Music Video
Best Animation
Best Student Film
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Director
Film of the Festival

Entries for the inaugural festival are now open via filmfreeway and withoutabox

Manchester International Film Festival's blog I Website: http://www.maniff.com/

The Montreal World Film Festival
August 27, September 7

The regulations and entry forms to submit a film to the 2015 edition of the MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL are available for download. Please follow the links to get a copy.
- 2015 REGULATIONS
- ENTRY FORM FOR THE 2015 MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
- ENTRY FORM FOR THE 2015 CANADIAN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL

Click to submit your film

The Montreal World Film Festival's blog I Website http://www.ffm-montreal.org/

Oaxaca FilmFest 6
October 9-17, 2015

We are passionately committed to providing audiences around The Globe with an excellent entertainment experience simply by introducing them to Great Film.

SUBMIT NOW

Oaxaca Film Fest's blog I Website http://www.oaxacafilmfest.com/

NYC Indie Film Festival 2014
October 12 - 18, 2015

Join the celebration of the true independent filmmaker. SUBMIT your feature-length, documentary, short, super-short, music video, art video or animation. The festival takes place in iconic Times Square’s Theater District in New York City, every October.

We seek untold stories and unspoken voices – from horrors to documentaries to adventures to comedies, from great acting to anime. We are looking for films from around the globe that the world must see.
First set of prizes Best Director and Best Cinematographer to receive 7,500USD rental package provided for Panavision.
We are also starting a short screenplay contest with a fabulous first prize of a 7,500 USD rental package provided by Panavision.

Submit NOW!

NYC Indie Film Fest's blog I Website https://www.nycindieff.com/

Hollyshorts
August 13-22, 2015

The 11th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Conference/Film Market, scheduled for August 13-22, 2015 at the world famous TCL Chinese Theatre and Roosevelt Hotel, is now accepting submissions. (www.withoutabox.com/login/4655) 2014 HSFF, 3 times named to MovieMaker Magazine “Top 25 Fests Worth the Entry Fee” lists, featured over 400 projects showcasing stars and filmmakers including Sofia Loren, Bill Plympton, Anthony and Joe Russo, and Felicia Day. HSFF awarded over $150,000 in prizes, including $50,000 in post services courtesy of COMPANY 3 and METHOD STUDIOS for Best Short, Director, Music Video, Cinematography, VFX, and Commercial. Shorts HD distribution deals for winners and Final Draft prizes for Screenplay Contest winners.

HollyShorts.com/submissions: www.withoutabox.com/login/4655

Screenplays: www.withoutabox.com/login/12900

Hollyshorts's blog I Website http://hollyshorts.com/

Le MIAFF ANIMAZE Montreal International Animation Film Festival
April 16 – 19, 2015

Le MIAFF (April 16 – 19, 2015) is a Montreal-based international animation film festival providing a showcase for animators and animation producers to showcase and market their works.

Le MIAFF provides an animation industry conference, workshops for animators, producers network, cocktail networking and ANIMAZE DAYS international co-production incentive. For independent filmmakers festival strategy workshops.
Taking place during The City of Montreal Printemps Numerique (Digital Spring) Le MIAFF will also facilitate and curate works and subjects pertaining to digital arts.
Expect news to unfold, great guest and films to be screened. Motivational guest speakers, teachers and master classes. Taking place on site at Concordia state of the art Hall Theatre which just completed a 3.5 million dollar state of the art screening room.
The festival will screen animation features, shorts and experimental film. Industry conferences, panels and international co-productions will be facilitated. Workshops on the state of the art(s). Public film festival screening, panels and educational platform for children. A student film contest challenge from all graduate level animation film schools across the province of Quebec and Canada.
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Animaze - Montreal International Animation Film Festival's blog I Website: http://animazefestival.com/

Colortape International Film Festival
June 2015

February 28, 2015. Early bird deadline.

"Guaranteed acceptance & entry of your films in our festival, one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere! http://www.colortapeinternational.com! Discounted early bird"

Aiming to be the most prestigious and recognized film festival whilst Australia's largest "online" multicultural event endeavors to connect cultural backgrounds from every corner of the world!!!! The Colortape International Film Festival is a platform for international and local professionals and developing animators/filmmakers/script writers/digital content creators/musicians to showcase their creative skills and help them expand their careers. Colortape International Film Festival is a festival created by industry professionals to support filmmakers world wide. We plan a Red Carpet premier for films on Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Perth WA, Brisbane QLD, Sydney NSW, Melbourne VIC, Adelaide SA, Hobart TAS, Darwin & Alice Springs in NT, and capital cities throughout Asia, Africa, South & North America, Europe, Middle East.

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Colortape International Film Festival's blog I Website: http://www.colortapeinternational.com/

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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... Email us for a screener

January Selection of Films for your consideration

Treasures of European Film Culture

First places listed are in memory of Bergman, Eisenstein, Guerra and the Lumière brothers We proudly present a new initiative: TREASURES OF EUROPEAN FILM CULTURE, a list of places of a symbolic nature for European cinema, places of historical value that need to be maintained and protected not just now but also for generations to come. The initiative was inspired by an idea of EFA Members Naum Kleiman and Ulrich & Erika Gregor. Film historian and former director of t...

Locarno Carte Blanche 2015: spotlight on Israel

The fifth edition of Carte Blanche, the Festival del film Locarno’s initiative dedicated to films in post-production, this year turns the spotlight on Israel. The films that will be selected will have the chance to be presented to the professionals attending Locarno during the Industry Days. Thanks to a partnership with the Israel Film Fund, which coordinates the Israeli works in progress of the initiative, Carte Blanche will select 5 to 7 fi...

New York: Wild Film Festival 2015

Celebrating wilderness and adventure, the festival was staged for a packed audience in the New York’s Explorers Club from January 29 – 31, selecting 21 award winning productions and finalists originating in 27 countries from more than 200 submissions. As the Polar Film Festival held in the same venue last November, the films chosen were characterized by outstanding cinematography and had a clear tendency towards action oriented advocacy documentaries. Introductions to the film...

Human Rights Watch Film Festival Delivers Empowering Works from Global Voices to Toronto Audiences

Lineup includes films from established and emerging directors including Joshua Oppenheimer, Wim Wenders, Patricio Henriquez and Hajooj Kuka TORONTO — TIFF and Human Rights Watch co-present the 12th annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival in Toronto, with a powerful lineup of eight films that recount extraordinary stories of struggle, survival and hope. Showcasing cinema at the forefront of the human rights movement, the festival aims to draw attention to human rights violations...

EIFF announces the retrospective films

EIFF today announced that the main 2015 retrospective is "LITTLE BIG SCREEN", which will offer a rare opportunity to see some of the finest American TV movies from the 1960's and 70's. The retrospective will include screenings of films by some of Hollywood’s biggest directors including Steven Spielberg (DUEL), Michael Mann (THE JERICHO MILE), Tobe Hooper (SALEMS LOT), and Sam Peckinpah (NOON WINE). Niall Greig Fulton, EIFF Senior Programmer said "Wi...

The Bagri Foundation will host its first World Cinema Club of 2015

The Bagri Foundation will host its first World Cinema Club of 2015 at Asia House on Tuesday 17th March 2015 from 6.45-8pm, which you may be interested in attending. The aim of the club is to promote a deeper engagement with films from around the planet at meetings that are engaging, informative and enjoyable. This session turns its attention to Indian Cinema with a talk by the respected film expert, Sangeeta Datta. Accompanied ...

CITIZENFOUR by Oscar® nominee Laura Poitras debuts feb 23 on HBO

The acclaimed documentary CITIZENFOUR, one of the most talked-about films of 2014, will debut MONDAY, FEB. 23 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. Other HBO playdates: Feb. 23 (5:00 a.m.) and 27 (6:00 p.m.), and March 1 (4:10 p.m., 3:15 a.m.), 3 (11:30 p.m.) and 12 (7:00 p.m., 4:05 a.m.) HBO2 playdates: Feb. 25 (4:25 p.m.) and 28 (7:15 a.m., 10:15 p.m.), and March 6 (11:25 a.m., 8:00 p.m.), 9 (2:00 p.m., 12:45 a.m.), 18 (3:2...

Le MIAFF! @ Berlin 2015 line up premiere animation & Cinderella! Disney animation adaptation to live film

Our programmers spent a while week in Berlin seeking original animation films from all around the world to grace the screens at le MIAFF! Montreal April 16-19th 2015. Programming details to be announced on our website http://www.lemiaff.com At Berlin this year 2D to 3D were well represented at the market. Interactive, Graphic novels and experimental to children's programming - the palette of animation on display at EFM was colorful and inspiring. Rep...

Free Women in Horror Month Screening of 'Dys-'!

Ottawa's Cellar Door Film Festival celebrates Women in Horror Month with a special Friday the 13th screening of Dys-. Dys-, directed by Montreal's Maude Michaud, is the first Audience Award winner for Best Feature Film at the Cellar Door Film Festival and CDFF can't wait to hit audiences with a second shot of Michaud's bold, raw vision. The film screened to an engaged audience back when Michaud joined the festival for its inaugural edition in 2014. The feature ...

Diversity? How About Breakout Disney Hit 'McFarland, USA’ & Kevin Costner, Carlos Pratts Gleam

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent ‘Diversity’ is a buzzword that says a lot by saying very little, so it is with McFarland, USA, from Disney, starring Kevin Costner leading a remarkable cast. When this movie opens wide on Feb. 20, nobody will need to know anything about the buzzwords, other than it is a “huge hit” from Niki Caro (Whale Rider) that will put America’s small San Joaquin Valley farming town on the map of our hearts. Costner, who showe...

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Liza Minnelli to receive the 2015 JACK VALENTI – Los Angeles Italia Legend Award

The 2015 L.A., Italia Fest, which launches at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres here February 15th will feature an unprecedented 50 films including five world and 14 American premieres it was announced today. The 10th annual L.A., Italia Fest begins February 15th at the TLC Chinese 6 Theatres in the famed Hollywood & Highland complex, with a star-studded array of Italian, Italian-American and international artists scheduled to participate in the weeklong celebration showcasing the best of Italian...

The Berlinale Jury Announces the Winners of the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung

On Sunday, February 8th, 2015, Robert Bosch Stiftung announced the three Film Prize winners at the award ceremony held in the frame of Berlinale Talents. The Film Prize for the documentary film project went to the Egyptian-German documentary Amal by Mohamed Siam; the Film Prize for the short fiction film project (Jordan-Germany) went to The Parrot by Amjad Al Rasheed and Darin Salam, whereas the Film Prize for the Lebanese-German animation film project went to Cl...

The BAFTA Winners 2015

Best film Winner: Boyhood Birdman – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole Boyhood – Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson The Imitation Game – Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman The Theory of Everything – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony Mccarten Outstanding Briti...

The diploma film Wrapped scores at the VES Awards

Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg The diploma film Wrapped, produced at the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg and directed by Roman Kaelin, Falko Paeper and Florian Wittmann has been honored with a VES Award at yesterday evening's ceremony in Los Angeles. Wrapped succeeded over three other nominated student productions in the category "...

The International Press Academy’ s Satellite Award, 2015, By Adrienne Papp

SPOTLIGHT MEDIA PRODUCTIONS The International Press Academy’ s Satellite Award, 2015 The International Press Academy honors Israeli Filmmaker Shlomi Elkabetz as Independent Producer. By Adrienne Papp Producer, director and writer Shlomi Elkabetz turned a spotlight on the oppressive world of divorces in Israel and will be honored by the International Press Academy on Feb. 15, at their awards ceremony. ...

'La Isla Minima' best Spanish Film at the 29th Goyas

The 29th Goya Awards ceremony took place last night in Madrid, The Spanish Academy Awards members awarded the film 'La Isla Minima' ten times, winning the most imortant Goyas such as Best Flm, Director, Actor, Original sript, Photography and music amos¡ng them. A never ending ceremony, hosted by Dani Rovira who also won Best New Actor, had in Antonio Banderas one of the momentum of the night when the Spanish actor received his Honorary Goya from his mentor Pedro Almodóvar. ...

Foxcatcher Magic of Steve Carell Is No Trick & Performer of the Year Award for 2015

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Steve Carell tells a story about working with Vanessa Redgrave in Foxcatcher, the movie for which he is Oscar nominated, and in this one scene he reveals a lot about actors. It also reveals why the Academy tapped Carell, and he has been named Performer of the Year at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. To set the mood, Steve Carell’s bad son, heir John E. Du Pont, tries to hand his matriarch, Mrs. Du Pont (Redgrave) a wrestling...

15th PIF Festival Awards!

Check out our 2014 Planet In Focus winners! Planet In Focus, Canada's largest and longest running environmental film festival, presents differents awards including: - Best Canadian Feature: Just Eat It by Jen Rustemeyer and Grant Baldwin - Best international Feature: Resistance by Michael Graziano - Best Short Film: Once Upon A Tree by Marleen Van der Werf - Green Screen Award: Tomorrowland and All The Time in the World by Suzane Crocker - Green Pitch award: The Fungus Among Us by Karen...

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Sundance 2015 - WESTERN wins Special Jury Award for Verite Filmmaking (VIDEO)

WESTERN A film by Bill & Turner Ross WINS U.S. DOCUMENTARY SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR VÉRITÉ FILMMAKING! Check out the snow-filled award acceptance video here! ABOUT THE FILM With a singular cinematic perspective, directors Bill and Turner Ross (TCHOUPITOULAS, 45365) are known for capturing dreamy vérité images to create rich portraits of life in American landscapes. They open their latest tale before...

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17th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Press Release: Tributes

17th THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL – Images of the 21st Century March 13 – 22, 2015 The main tributes of the 17th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Images of the 21st Century honour the work of two filmmakers: that of Austrian filmmaker Hubert Sauper and of Romanian director Alexandru Solomon. Both will attend the festival to present and discuss their work with the Thessaloniki audiences and guests. Hubert Sauper Tribute “My reflex...

The 10h Annual European Independent Film Festival will screen 84 films from 32 countries in Paris on the 10th, 11th and 12th Apr

The European Independent Film Festival announces its' Official Selection for the tenth edition of the festival which will take place on the 10th, 11th and 12th of April 2015 in Paris, France. ÉCU 2015 will showcase 84 films from 32 countries ranging from features, shorts, documentaries, animated and student films to experimental works. ÉCU's Official Selection represents the very best independent filmmaking talents from the world. Fi...

FEFF CAMPUS 2015 - Announcing Far East Film Festival's brand new journalism project!

FEFF CAMPUS 2015 A brand new project dedicated to young Asian and European journalists, conceived and coordinated by Mathew Scott. Selected candidates will experience the Festival first hand, through seminars and workshops. UDINE – The highly anticipated 17th edition of the Far East Film Festival will for the first time host a campus for young journalists that will combine education and on-site experience with cultural exchanges between writers from...

SFFF 8th annual WINTER FRENCH SHORT FILM SCREENING

8th WINTER FRENCH SHORT FILM SCREENING Saturday, February 21, 2015 – Doors at 6pm / Films at 7pm VERGE CENTER FOR THE ARTS part of the COUCHBLEACHERS ART INSTALLATION JOIN US for an ORIGINAL & ARTSY EVENING of FABULOUS SHORTS, DELICIOUS WINE, BEER & PASTIS, TASTY FOOD TRUCK, and UPLIFTING FRENCH POP MUSIC! PROGRAM § 2015 CÉSAR NOMINATED SHORTS! It is Awards season in France too. Our 8th Winter Short Film Screening will...

Rising stars and veterans attend Glasgow Film Festival

Glasgow Film Festival is delighted to make a first announcement about guests attending the festival this year. Respected veteran actors Gemma Jones (Bridget Jones’ Diary, Sense And Sensibility, the Harry Potter films) and Richard Johnson (The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, The Haunting, Julius Caesar, Antony & Cleopatra) will attend the festival in support of Radiator, the beautiful debut of director Tom Browne, nominated for the GFF’s inaugural Audience Award. At the other en...

Oxford Human Rights Festival - Film and arts - Raising awareness of human rights through the arts

Oxford Brookes University will be raising awareness of human rights this month as a popular and thought-provoking festival returns to the city for its 13th year. The Oxford Human Rights Festival (Wednesday 18 - Saturday 21 February) will see a four day programme of films, talks and workshops, along with a special exhibition on display in the Glass Tank at the university’s Headington Campus. The films, talks and workshops will tackle three themes refugees, women’s ri...

21st Sedona Film Festival: 9 Days, 160 Films, John Waters, Richard Dreyfuss, Ed Asner, Much More

Special Guests John Waters, Richard Dreyfuss, Ed Asner, Chris Lemmon; Films about Sophie Tucker, Dean Kamen, George Takei, Food, Water, Immigration, More From Citizen Kane, considered by some to be the greatest film of all time, to classic films starring Richard Dreyfuss (who will be on hand) to films about food and food waste and from Sophie Tucker to Dean Kamen and George Takei, the 21st annual Sedona International Film Festival will feature 160 documentaries, features, shorts, Academ...

Cinema Made In Italy : make way for Italian cinema: 5 – 9 March 2015

Cinema Made in Italy will be back from 5 – 9 March, as Ciné Lumière celebrates the fifth edition of London’s favourite Italian film festival. Italian cinema aficionados can look forward to another bumper crop, as this five day annual event showcases the best recent Italian productions. Once again, this year’s rich and diverse programme promises to delight and engage viewers, with films by established and new directors alike. As in previous years, screenings will b...

Short Film Takes Center Stage at 24th Annual Aspen Shorts Fest, April 7-12, 2015

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We started this film festival with nothing- and were honestly proud with what we created. Last year at this time, two filmmakers threatened to sue us if we didn't screen their film. In this day and age, all people have to do is threaten to sue, and they are likely to get whatever they want. We think that's wrong. The filmmakers came to our home on a Sa...

San Diego Latino Film Festival (March 12-22 Simon Fashion Valley) announces spotlight films

The 22nd San Diego Latino Film Festival presented by Lexus, set to take place March 12-22 at the AMC Fashion Valley 18 at Simon Fashion Valley, is thrilled to announce several of its 2015 Spotlight Films, starring Kate del Castillo, Demián Bichir, Sandra Echeverría, Marimar Vega, and Sebastián Zurita, as well as an unforgettable profile of one of soccer’s greatest players from world renowned filmmaker Álex de la Iglesia. "We are truly excit...

New York: Ruben Oestlund Retrospective

The film society of the Lincoln Society organized the first retrospective of Ruben Oestlund’s films. His films and innovative approaches were largely unknown in the United States until his most recent production FORCE MAJEURE prompted attention because of its nomination as the Swedish entry for the foreign language Oscar. Oestlund’s depiction of Swedish society mirrors a dark and satirical perception with absurd overtones. He avoids linear story lines, not permitting ...

6TH ANNUAL CINEMA VERDE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL FILM AND ARTS FESTIVAL

6th Annual Cinema Verde <<>> February 12-15, 2015 For the past five years Cinema Verde, Gainesville’s Environmental Film and Arts Festival, has educated and engaged the community through the art of documentary filmmaking. Our festival has sparked awareness and inspired action toward a sustainable future for all. We are putting the final touches on what will prove to be our most successful festival yet. We will screen 40+ films telling the stories of comm...

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Abderrahmane Sissako (Timbuktu), President of the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury

In 2014, the internationally acclaimed Timbuktu caused the greatest emotion among the films in Competition at the Festival de Cannes. This year, Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako returns for the 68th Festival (13-24 May), where he will serve as President of the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury. This great poet of contemporary Africa will follow in the footsteps of illustrious directors such as Abbas Kiaros...

Walter Murch: sound and vision in Hollywood

Walter Murch, the triple Oscar winning editor and sound designer, will be the recipient of the Vision Award - Nescens at the 68th Festival del film Locarno. Continuing the Festival’s policy of recognizing those individuals whose intuitions and skills have left their mark on film history, the 68th edition will see the Vision Award - Nescens awarded to Walter Murch, the editor and sound designer (a term he coined himself). This award follows those previously att...

Valeria Golino The Italian actress and director will be a guest at the Festival di Locarno's spring event

The Italian actress and director will be a guest at the Festival di Locarno's spring event in Locarno and Ascona 19 – 22 March. Valeria Golino, alongside Emmanuel Carrère, will perform in a staged reading from the French writer's latest novel, “Le Royaume”. Additionally, she will also introduce the film she directed, “Miele”, along with co-screenwriters Francesca Marciano and Valia Santella. The program of the film of L’immagine e ...

The Fantasporto Jury

FESTIVAL JURY MEMBERS INTERNATIONAL JURY FANTASY SECTION Olivier Beguin- director (Switzerland) Louis Diogo- director (Eng) Christian James - director (GB) Lucas Figueroa- director (Esp) Laurie Gordon- Montreal International Animation Film Festival Director and filmmaker (Can) INTERNATIONAL JURY ORIENT EXPRESS & Director's WEEK - MANUEL DE OLIVEIRA & ORIENT EXPR...

Industry Guests attending Fantasporto 2015 - 16 world Premieres

A PORTA 21 (World Premiere) João Marco- Director “A Porta 21” (Port) ALEKTO (world premiere) Thomas Kaufmann – Director de “Alekto” BE MY CAT (World Premiere) Adrian Tofei - Director “Be My Cat” (Roménia) AWAITING (World Premiere) Mark Murphy -Director “Awaiting” (UK) Alan Latham - Producer “Awaiting” (UK) Michael Cowan- Distributor “Awaiting”, CEO Phoen...

Sedona Film Festival Dedicated to Orson Wells for 100th Birthday; "Citizen Kane," Other Classics, Q&As with Daughter Beatrice

The 21st annual Sedona International Film Festival will celebrate the 100th birthday of film icon and former Sedona resident Orson Welles with screenings of Citizen Kane, Othello, Touch of Evil, Falstaff - Chimes at Midnight, several documentaries about his life and career – with post-film Q&As hosted by his daughter, Beatrice – and a discussion about his final, unfinished film, The Other Side of the Wind, from Feb. 21-March 1 at screening venues throughout Sedona. Documentari...

Liam Neeson & Aidan Quinn @ Craic Fest 17 (March 5-7) NYC

The Craic Festival is the premier Irish film and music festival in the U.S. since 1999. The film series (Best of New Irish Cinema) is booked for Tribeca Cinemas and the music for the Mercury Lounge. Stella Artois will be presenting the festival. Bands to perform live at this year’s Festival include: Julie Feeney, Pat McGuire, The Shackles (Colin Smith) and The Narrowbacks. Julie Feeney, who has taken NYC by storm this past year, will headline March 7th. One show only this year wil...

150 Oscar nominees, along with 87th Oscars® host Neil Patrick Harris, united at the annual Nominees Luncheon.

More than 150 Oscar nominees, along with 87th Oscars® host Neil Patrick Harris, will come together at noon on Monday, February 2, at the Beverly Hilton when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honors this year’s Oscar contenders at its annual Nominees Luncheon. Among the Lead Actor and Actress nominees, Steve Carell, Bradley Cooper, Marion Cotillard, Felicity Jones, Michael Keaton, Julianne Moore, Rosamund Pike, Eddie Redmayne and Reese Witherspoon are expected to at...

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Ikusmira Berriak is born, an interinstitutional programme of support to new audiovisual projects

IKUSMIRA BERRIAK is a new programme of support to audiovisual projects committed to innovation and experimentation in areas of both cinematic language and means of production. The initiative is the result of collaboration between Tabakalera – International Contemporary Culture Centre, Donostia Zinemaldia / San Sebastian Festival, San Sebastian European Capital of Culture 2016, Donostia Kultura and the Filmoteca Vasca Foundation. Its main objective is to promote audiovisual creation. ...

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Major Buzz Factory : Expérience du marketing Digital pour les films

Fort du expérience acquise dans la distribution de film spour 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...

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Hippocrate, Une place sur la terre et Respire sont les lauréats de la 5e édition de MyFrenchFilmFestival.com, une édition réussie malgré la censure en Chine. La 5e édition du festival de cinéma f ...

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