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Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival November 6 - 22, 2015

Final Deadline September 15th. Students only

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Celebrating its 30th annual festival in 2015, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) presents American indies and studio films, international films, special tributes and seminars and introduces industry leaders to South Florida audiences. The fall festival runs October-November, and annually screens foreign and independent films in Fort Lauderdale, Weston, Pompano Beach, Sunrise, Hollywood, St Augustine, Amelia Island, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Daytona Beach and The Bahamas. Considered one of the most important regional film festivals in the U.S., the Festival's commitment to first-time filmmakers and innovative programming make it the perfect test market for filmmakers. In partnership with filmfestivals.com

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For festival consideration: 

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).
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

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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Selection of Films for your consideration

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For festival consideration: 

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).
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

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".

www.filmfestivals.com/blog/greg_reitman/ 

Selection of Films for your consideration

5 french films pre selected for the Oscars

La Belle Saison de Catherine Corsini,  Dheepan by Jacques Audiard, La Loi du Marché by Stéphane Brizé, Marguerite by Xavier Giannoli, Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven.  The selection committee will gather a second time september 22 to announce the final choice for France.     ...

 

World Cinema at the 64th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg

At 60 km/h A selection of 17 films in this year's "World Cinema" at the 64th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg   Great cinema from all over the world. New top films by world famous directors are running in the category "World Cinema" of this year's official programme. A selection of the best movies from Cannes, Toronto, Locarno or Venice including seven German Premieres and two films of the European Film Award's shortlist.   &nb...

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OTHER WORLDS AUSTIN named of Best Visions of the future by the Austin Chronicle

  In their annual “Best of Austin” edition, the Austin Chronicle critics singled out our 15th month old festival for commendation, making it a critics pick in Entertainment and labelling it “Best Visions of the Future.” The Chronicle got right to the heart of what we are trying to do saying:    "Science fiction isn’t just about space ships and lasers. It’s about what it means to be a human in stra...

 

The newly named MiFo LGBT Film Festival kicks off its Fort Lauderdale edition October 9, 2015

HELLO MiFo! CURTAIN TO RISE ON MiFo LGBT FILM FESTIVAL WITH NEW NAME, NEW DIRECTOR AND UNBRIDLED MOMENTUM MiFo LGBT Film Festival: October 9 – 18, 2015 in Fort Lauderdale   The newly named MiFo LGBT Film Festival kicks off its Fort Lauderdale edition October 9, 2015 with two weekends of dramas, comedies and documentaries that touch upon various aspects of  lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) life. Now in it 7th year, MiFo includes 7 documentaries, 18 shorts ...

 

American Film Festival named one of the 25 coolest Festivals in the World

The sixth edition of the American Film Festival (AFF) will take place at the New Horizons Cinema in Wroclaw, Poland from October 20-25, 2015. AFF presents the latest American films by both internationally acclaimed and emerging filmmakers. The festival aims to introduce new names and phenomena from American cinema to Polish audiences and to dismantle stereotypes about the function and integration of American films in the European film industry. The films presented at AFF 2015 will contribute ...

 

“Masters of J-Horror” Special Feature in Tokyo Fest

  Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa             Director Hideo Nakata             Director Takashi Shimizu   ©Sayuri Suzuki The 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) will take place from October 22 to 31. This year, TIFF will have a special feature entitled “Masters of J-Horror” screening chilling works of the ...

 

Viennale-Trailer 2015: Xiao Kang (by Tsai Ming-Liang)

This year, the Viennale has once again succeeded in garnering a great director of world cinema for the creation of the traditional festival trailer. At the Viennale’s invitation, the Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang, known through works such as REBELS OF THE NEON GOD, THE RIVER, THE HOLE and WAYWARD CLOUD, created a short, approximately two-minute homage to Lee Kang-sheng – the actor who has appeared in almost all of Tsai Ming-liang’s films over the past thirty years and s...

 

Jalopnik Film Festival Announces Lineup, Move to Los Angeles

  The Jalopnik Film Festival is going on a road trip for 2015, motoring west to Los Angeles for its 3rd Annual edition, set to run the weekend of Friday, September 25th through Saturday, September 26th, complete with Mazda as its new presenting sponsor.   The fest will kick off on Friday at the Santa Monica Airport’s Barker Hangar with a gala screening of Adam Carolla’s new documentary Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman, followed by a Q&A with Carolla and an aft...

 

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Director Masato HARADA to be the focus of JAPAN NOW at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 (c)naonori kohira   Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is pleased to announce that Masato HARADA will be the first Director in Focus of TIFF’s new section JAPAN NOW. Masato HARADA is the award-winning director of such works as “Bounce Ko Gals,” “Climber’s High,” “Chronicle of My Mother” and “The Emperor i...

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Andrzej Zulawski to preside over CinEast’s international jury

The renowned Polish film director Andrzej Zulawski will be the president of the international jury of the 8th edition of CinEast, the Central and Eastern European Film Festival in Luxembourg, held from 8 to 25 October 2015.     The CinEast (pronounced “ciné-East”) festival showcases the latest cinematographic works by directors from the post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The 2015 edition will be held from 8 to 25 October 2015 in a dozen venu...

 

Liam Hemsworth will be awarded a special Golden Eye Award in Zurich

The Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) announced today that Liam Hemsworth will be awarded a special Golden Eye Award recognizing “The New A-Lister” at this year’s Festival, taking place September 24th – October 4th. The announcement was made by ZFF Directors Karl Spoerri and Nadja Schildknecht.   ZFF’s Golden Eye Award stands to recognize achievement on the highest levels and in his case distinguishes young talent who have made their mark on a global scale and are o...

 

Kiefer Sutherland to receive Zurich Film Festival's Golden Eye Award

Sutherland’s latest Film FORSAKEN selected for Gala Premiere   Golden Globe®, Emmy®, and Screen Actors Guild® winner, Kiefer Sutherland will be the recipient of the Zurich Film Festival’s prestigious ‘Golden Eye’ award. The Golden Eye tribute will take place on September 25, 2015 at the Corso Cinema with Sutherland in attendance. Kiefer Sutherland’s latest western-inspired film, FORSAKEN, in which he stars alongside his father Golden...

 

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The Girl King de Mika Kaurismäki est rajouté à la sélection des films en compétition à Montréal

  Le FFM annonce que le film The Girl King d’Aki Kaurismaki fera partie de la compétition mondiale du 39e FFM en première mondiale. Le film est coproduit par Galafilm et Triptych Media (Canada), Marianna Films (Finlande), Starhaus Filmproduktion (Allemagne) et Anagram (Suède). « J'ai été séduit par le scénario de Michel-Marc Bouchard, l’histoire unique d’une femme extraordinaire. Les perso...

 

La Brabançonne de Vincent Bal en clôture du Festival de Montréal

Le FFM annonce que le film de clôture du 39e FMM sera La Brabançonne de Vincent Bal. Produit par Peter Bouckaert pour Eyeworks (producteur entre autres de Ben X, Le verdict, Marina presentés et primés au FFM) cette comédie met en vedette Amaryllis Ouitterlinden, Arthur Dupont, Jos Verbist, Marc Weiss, Koen Van Impe, Philippe Résimont.   L’harmonie flamande Sainte-Cécile et l’harmonie w...

Forte progression du nombre d inscriptions grace au partenariat avec Filmfestivals.com

La date limite d’inscription des courts métrages était le 14 juin 2015 et plus de 1200 inscriptions ont été soumises cette année au Festival des films du monde incluant les quelque 400 films étudiants canadiens et étrangers . Ceci représente une croissance de 42,68 % par rapport à l’année 2014.  Sur 726 films déjà visionnés on a répertorié 64 pays d‘origine pour ces c...

 

Louis L. Roquet siègera au conseil d’administration du Festival des films du monde.

Le Festival des films du monde est heureux d’annoncer que Louis L. Roquet, Président du conseil d’administration d’Investissement Québec ait accepté de siéger sur le conseil d’administration du Festival des films du monde.  « Je suis très honoré que Louis L. Roquet ait accepté mon invitation » a déclaré Serge Losique président du FFM qui précise « l’expertise de Lou...

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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