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Animation Day in Cannes May 18

If you are preparing for Cannes, with animation, enter your film and projects in the Animation in Cannes Catalog

Free listing in the Catalog of Animation in Cannes and Whos who and where Your entries will show on the website and will be shared with the trade publications in Cannes. We also have paid promotion packages to increase visibility. Email us for details. We will issue in PDF form with contact details. Available to media and buyers (film and TV). Animation Day in Cannes proudly accepts entries via FilmFreeway.com, the world's best online submission platform. FilmFreeway offers free H...

In Your Face is the first feature film in virtual reality in world’s first VR cinema!

Experts already named 2016 the year of virtual reality. The technique was first adopted by gaming fans but now many more industries are embracing virtual reality. Still VR is not accessible for everybody and a lot of people are new to this experience. The VR Cinema is here to change all that. The VR Cinema is a concept by &samhoud media that originated in the form of Europe’s first virtual reality pop-up cinema which toured through several big cities in The Netherlands, Germany, S...

States General of Italian Animation: the revival of the cartoon made in Italy

The commitment of the Italian Government and RAI. Silvia Costa, Chairman of the Culture Committee at the European Parliament: “It’s essential that all media operators guarantee the respect of production quotas” In March, in Rome, were held the States General of Italian Animation, promoted by Cartoon Italia (the Italian Association of Animation Producers) and ASIFA Italia (the Italian Association of Authors and Animation Professionals) in collabo...

Holland Animation Film Festival Line up

Competitions 2016 The Holland Animation Film Festival 2016 organizes the following competitions. The competitions for features, shorts, student films and Dutch films are open for films that had their premiere after January 1, 2015. Subscription for these competitions starts at the beginning of September. Deadline for application is 1 December 2015 (when the film is not yet completed on December 1, the deadline for the preview copy is 1 Ja...

Preliminary program for the Animation Day in Cannes 2016, May 18

A Musivision FILMS / ANIMAZE Filmfestivals.com Production The objective of the first edition of Animation Day May 2015 was to test and validate the interest in the concept. The objective of the second edition is gaining strength and going louder in celebrating the success and powerful rise of animation for short, long documentary and related technologies Our goal is to set up networking tools gradually and for the long ...

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Best of Fests Animation Day in Cannes Accolade May 18

Animation Winners only may submit by April 16

Celebrating recent winners (from October 2015 onwards) and festival directors attending the Animation Day in Cannes

If your animation (short of feature) won in a major festival: enter the Accolade channel and celebrations in Cannes.

Winners and festival directors attending will pick the honor and the visibility in front of the whole animation profession gathered on the occasion of The AnimationDay in Cannes..

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Fan Boy Festival July 15 - August 26, 2016

Regular deadline July 1st

2016 Fan Boy Film Festival Awarding 16K+ in Prizes

Submissions are NOW open at www.FanBoyFilmFestival.com

Over $16,000 in Cash Prizes to be awarded to filmmakers!

NO Submission fee to enter. SUBMISSION DEADLINE is July 1st. FESTIVAL DATES JULY 15th-AUGUST 26th.

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The Disability Film Challenge April 1 - 3, 2016

Late Entry Deadline March 30th

Register today for the Disability Film Challenge, an annual weekend short film race April 1st-3rd. Entrants are given 48 hours to make a three-to-five-minute film based on assigned genre. Participants don't need to be disabled to enter the challenge, however each film must have either an actor, writer, director, producer, or crew member with a disability on their team. Sign up today and join in on this opportunity to bring awareness of the disability community through filmmaking and storytelling.

Winners of the challenge will be mentored by top industry professionals like writer producer Shawn Ryan (creator of The Shield, The Unit, Lie to Me, Last Resort, Mad Dogs). Emmy winning writer producer David Isaacs (Mad Men, Frasier, Cheers, Mash), Famed casting director Pam Dixon (City Slickers, The Green Lantern), Roy Ashton, Head of the TV Literary & Packaging Dept. at The Gersh Agency.
Winning films will also screen at the TCL Chinese Theatre during the HollyShorts Film Festival and receive Dell Tablets and Dell Mobile Workstations.

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The International Black Film Festival (IBFF) October 5 – 9, 2016

Late Deadline – April 30, 2016

Through the art of film, we celebrate the richness, diversity and creativity of storytelling for the cultural enrichment, progression and education of communities worldwide.

Each year the International Black Film Festival (IBFF) invites filmmakers from all over the globe to submit their projects to be considered as an “official selection” during the festival. Judges select films to be screened to a energetic festival participants. Filmmakers take advantage of the opportunity to interact with the audience and share their personal journey about their film project via Q&A sessions and networking events.

Awards are given in the following categories: Best Documentary, Best Short, Best Feature, Best Animation, Best of the Festival, Audience Choice, Best International Film, Honorable Mention, Best Faith-Based Film, Best Student Film, Best Web Series, Best of Tennessee.

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Animaze Daze in Cannes Screenings @ Animation Day in Cannes May 18

Regular Deadline is March 15

Submit your best short animated films for a screening May18th at Cannes Film Festival.
Enjoy industry visibility in front of the animation professionals attending Cannes during Animation Day in Cannes (second edition). take advantage of free promotion to buyers and media on our Animation Day in Cannes Newsletters, animation Day in Cannes website, filmfestivals.com pages dedicated to Animation Day in Cannes and our Youtube channel, which will be offered for buyers and Media.

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Golden Trailer Awards May 4

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Important Dates: Late Deadline: March 18th, 2016

Show Date: May 4th, 2016 in Los Angeles, CA
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Hollyshorts Film Festival
August 11 – 20, 2016

Regular Deadline: April 8, 2016

The 12th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Conference/Film Market, scheduled for August 11-20, 2016 at the world famous TCL Chinese 6 Theatres, is now accepting submissions. HSFF, 4 times named to MovieMaker Magazine “Top 25 Fests Worth the Entry Fee” lists, has featured over 400 projects showcasing stars and filmmakers including Sofia Loren, Bill Plympton, Anthony and Joe Russo, and Felicia Day.

In 2015, HSFF awarded over $150,000 in prizes, including $60,000 in post services for Best Short, Director, Music Video, Cinematography, VFX, and Commercial, and $15,000 Grand Prize cash . www.hollyshorts.com

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WoFF: World of Film International Festival
September 29 – October 2, 2016

Regular Deadline March 31, 2016

In 2016, WoFF returns for its third edition with great energy and ideas, generated from a wonderful 2015 festival.

Our focus remains on independent cinema from all around the globe, by showcasing the work of first feature filmmakers and female directors in our two main sections, First Features and The Female Perspective, respectively.

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Animaze 2016 Montreal International Animation Film Festival August 18th - 21st, 2016.

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Montreal International Animation Film Festival FESTIVAL DATES June 2-5 2016 Montreal Canada Le MIAFF! is a people's film festival and industry conference dedicated to the art of animation for film and technology. All genres and forms are welcome. Awards & Prizes Software and other award prizes. Visibility in our travelling shows in Berlin, Cannes, Annecy, Glasgow and more. Check 2015 fantastic programming on the website.

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Exodus to Shangai

Exodus to Shanghai tells a story of two brave lovers, Fannia and Bruce, who stand up to the Nazis and fight against their evil. With the help of music, martial arts and wisdom, they make their escape to Shanghai on the Orient Express, saving many Jews along the journey. Together with Dr. Ho, the Chinese Consul in Vienna in 1938, who helped thousands of Jews to flee Vienna and escape to Shanghai with free Exit Visas, they make their Exodus to Shanghai. A Dead Nazi is a Good Nazi.

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Paranoid Girls For Oscar Consideration

Paranoid Girls Comedy by Pedro del Santo is qualified for Oscar selection running for best film, best original song...

Ana, Paula and Veronica become fascinated by modeling and the life that it offers. Yet, they gradually begin to discover the dark side of fashion hidden behind the fame and glamour of the spotlights. The women experience downfall as they engage with an antagonistic photographer who drags models into a high stakes abyss of danger. The women learn to value friendship over the lures of fashion pitfalls and enjoy life's simplicities in the end.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart (Sharkwater)

over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart 2015, 82 minutes (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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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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Imagine Film Festival announces opening and closing films

Opening and closing film announced! The 32nd Imagine Film Festival takes place at EYE Amsterdam from the 14th until the 24th of April. At the grand opening on Thursday, April 14, the American film Midnight Special by Jeff Nichols will be shown. The Korean action film Veteran will be the opening film for the general public that same night. The impressive Norwegian disaster film The Wave will c...

16.03.2016 | Editor's blog

“Focus on Korean Cinema” Series at The 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival

The 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival Presents “Focus on Korean Cinema” Series; South Korean Filmmaker PARK Ki-yong to Explore Challenges for Film Students at “Training for a Global Industry” Seminar The 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival will present “Focus on Korean Cinema”, a programme of new and classic films from one of the world’s most dynamic centres of popular and art-house films. The HKIFF also will ...

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World's first feature documentary about the taboo subject of masturbation is available to screen at Festivals around the World

Sticky: A (Self) Love Story is now available for festival screenings and Q&As with writer/director Nicholas Tana. ABOUT THIS GROUNDBREAKING DOCUMENTARY Sticky: A (Self) Love Story is the world’s first feature documentary about a subject that touches us all: masturbation. After being shamed as a child by fellow students for admitting that he masturbated, writer/director Nicholas Tana, interviewed over sixty sexologist, authors, religious figur...

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Main Cast and Details of Omnibus Film Production Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016 Revealed

The Japan Foundation Asia Center and the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) announced today the main cast for the omnibus film co-production project Asian Three-Fold Mirror, which was launched in 2014, as part of the collaboration between the Japan Foundation Asia Center and TIFF. The project aims to deepen interactions between neighboring countries within Asia, as well as enriching cultural u...

14.03.2016 | Editor's blog

Annapolis Film Festival’s Environmental Showcase Highlights Climate Change

The Annapolis Film Festival’s Environmental Showcase, scheduled for Friday, April 1 at 2:00 pm at St. Anne’s Parish House on Duke of Gloucester Street, highlights the increasing dangers of climate change. The Showcase, presented by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, features a distinguished panel of experts to discuss the issues raised by the famous American economist, Jeffrey Sachs, in Climate: A Few Degrees Less. The panel is moderated by the Alliance’s Executive ...

14.03.2016 | Editor's blog

Bergamo Meeting, Day Six

Four Jancsós today: two winners, two losers. And a rousing conference with his widow and long term editor, Zsuzsa Csákány. 1. 9:30AM Fényes Szélek (Venti Lucenti, or The Confrontation, 1968. Color, 78" Loser, with modern day setting. 1947. The Communist party has just come to power. Young people in shirtsleeves. Okay, kids -- lets all hold hands, line up, and recite the catechism. Lots of repetitious political declamation. Some horses. S...

11.03.2016 | ALEX FARBA's blog

BERGAMO Meetings, 2016, Day Four.

Alex Deleon, <filmfestivals.com> This is an all European film festival with no American junkfood and surprizes every day. Chantal Akerman, 1950 ~ 2015 Tuesday, day 4 was an unbroken streak of Six features. 1. "Sirokkó", Early Jancsó, 1961. His "French film" with Marina Vlady and Jacques Charrier. By no means the best of Jancsó, but has all of the usual suspects; naked woman, horses flashing by and people co...

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Highlights on the 32nd Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival April 21 - 28 in LA

THE LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 32 YEARS WITH OVER 130 OUTSTANDING FILMS FOR THE 2016 EDITION APRIL 21 – 28 World Premiere of Lena Khan’s Dramatic Comedy “THE TIGER HUNTER” Starring Danny Pudi, Rizwan Manji, Jon Heder, Karen David, Kevin Pollak, Sam Page and Iqbal Theba Kicks Off the Eight Day Fest Presenting the Best of Asian American and Asian International Films Dramatic Feature &ldqu...

16.03.2016 | Editor's blog

The Disability Film Challenge - The Mission!

The Disability Film Challenge is a 48 Hour short film competition that has been established in association with prestigious organizations such as the Media Access Awards and the HollyShorts Film Festival. It is a competition in which entrants are allotted two days to complete production of their entry into the competition.Among other prizes, winners will have their shorts screened at the Hollyshorts Film Festival in the famous TCL Chinese Theater. ...

15.03.2016 | Disability Film Challenge's blog

SR Film Festival opens today in NY

The third edition of SR Film Festival opens today with 49 films from 32 countries. Take a seat and be moved! Tickets & RSVP's FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: ...

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Far East meets Europe in Udine from the 27th to the 29th April

A new Business platform UDINE – The Udine Far East Film Festival, in partnership with MIA - The International Audiovisual Market in Rome and with the collaboration of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund and DG Cinema – MIBACT, presents FOCUS ASIA. It is a first step in the direction of strengthening relations between Europe and Asia in the movie-genres cinema market and offering European buyers the opportunity of getting in-depth knowledge on new western...

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Montreal 2015 Full Coverage Videos, images and Text

Montreal 2015 Video Channel on Youtube by filmfestivals.com : 24 videos 123 minutes 39th Montreal World Film Festival opening with Muhammad Interview with Azahar Iqbal sum of histories Interview with Cornelia Travnicek for Chucks competing in Montreal chucks chucks Interview with Cornelia Travnicek for Chucks competing in Montreal Interview with Jean Jacques Annaud Interview with Isen Robbins David Puttnam masterclas...

14.03.2016 | The Montreal World Film Festival's blog

FestForums Announces second conference for 2016: Get our discount code

FestForum, a festival industry conference occurring in Santa Barbara on November 19-22, 2016 has announced a second program in New York City that will be held April 27-28th. Ask filmfestivals.com to receive a unique promo discount code, exclusive to our readers! The conference is slated to begin Wednesday, April 27th at 5pm at The Cutting Room with an Opening Cocktail Reception, registration, networking session, and special musical performance. The Cutting Room is co-owned by famed a...

12.03.2016 | Fest Forums's blog

FestForums NYC Program April 27 - 28, 2016

The program is subject to final changes. Check regularly and Ask filmfestivals.com to receive a unique promo discount code, exclusive to our readers! FestForums NYC Wednesday, April 27th, 2016 The Cutting Room - 44 E 32nd St, New York, NY 10010 5pm Opening Night Reception Opening Cocktail Reception, registration, networking session, and special musical performance. Thursday, April 28th, 2016 Time Inc. / Henry R. Luce Auditorium - 225 Liberty Street, ...

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New York Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, 2016

Held at New York’s Metropolitan Pavilion from March 3-6 the eleventh edition of the art fair presented an international showcase of the contemporary art market. The fair is held annually in Miami and New York, featuring established and emerging art galleries. In New York, galleries from Europe, Africa, and the Americas presented more than 120 artists. Four parallel platform programs were held: ‘Perspectives’ offered a series of panel discussio...

12.03.2016 | Claus Mueller's blog

Havana Film Fest in NY Announces: 18 Films from Latin America and U.S.

17th HAVANA FILM FESTIVAL NEW YORK - APRIL 7-15, 2016 Celebrates the Many Voices of Cuban and Latin American Cinema Honors Cuban actors Isabel Santos & Enrique Molina 18 Films Compete for the Coveted Havana Star Prize New York, March 10, 2016-The 17th Havana Film Festival New York presents an exceptional program in celebration of the diversity of voices found today in Cuban and Latin American cinema and the inspirational stories they tell. Festival highlights include...

11.03.2016 | Editor's blog

Chelsea Film Festival® Celebrates WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

The Chelsea Film Festival KINO & VINO Series® in partnership with Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea celebrates Women's History Month on Monday, March 14th at 7PM. The upcoming event will present the feature film SOLITARY (NY Premiere at CFF 2015) written, produced and edited by 3 Women, one being ...

10.03.2016 | Editor's blog

3rd edition of SR – Socially Relevant Film Festival NY coming up next week

The third edition of SR Film Festival takes place next week, take a seat and be moved! FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: Tickets & RSVP's Monday, March 14 Opening Panel at 6:00 pm Albertine Books "Adapting the Novel for the Screen" with Robert Schenkkan, Marc Levy, Lila Azam Zanganeh & Brigitte Gauthier Monday, March 14 Opening Party at ...

10.03.2016 | Editor's blog

The 2nd annual Irish Film Festival returns Thursday 07 until Sunday 10 April, 2016 at the Chauvel Cinema, Paddington

The 2nd annual Irish Film Festival returns in 2016 boasting a melting pot of films to provide a window into Irish culture. The Festival will open in Sydney on Thursday 07 until Sunday 10 April, 2016. The Festival screens at the Chauvel Cinema, Paddington and will present eight feature films and three shorts. From action packed mob chases, to weekend love affairs, and films to commemorate the centenary of the Easter Rising, the Irish Film Festival presents audiences with the ve...

10.03.2016 | Editor's blog

Migration in all its aspects at AFRIKA FILMFESTIVAL 11 > 26 MARCH 2016

Tomorrow, Friday 11 March, the Afrika Filmfestival 2016 opens its doors with the Ethiopian film Lamb. More than 650 people signed up, we are fully booked. Thank you for your enthousiasm, sorry for those who weren't able to book a ticket. The film Lamb is part of the program Afrika Filmfestival goes Youth 2.0. We will try to screen the film ...

10.03.2016 | Editor's blog

Brussels Film Festival – Dedicated to European Cinema Highlights of 14th edition

14th edition of the Brussels Film Festival will take place from the 17th to 24th June 2016. Therefore, we would very much appreciate if you could make us visible on your website. The Festival takes place every year in the Flagey building and the Place Sainte Croix in Brussels. The Brussels Film Festival is getting ready for a new edition, the 14th since its establishment at Flagey. From the 17th to 24th of June, as usual, the team is willing to demonstrate you the richness of European...

10.03.2016 | Editor's blog

The 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival Presents “French Night”

And Face-to-Face Conversation with Sophie MARCEAU & Karena LAM The 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival will present “French Night” on 22 March 2016 with Paris-born filmmaker Audrey ESTROUGO’s Jailbirds (2015), co-presented by the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau and UniFrance. International star Sophie MARCEAU will introduce the screening on 22 March and conduct a Face-to-Face conversation the following night (23 March), with Golden Horse Be...

10.03.2016 | Editor's blog

Bergamo Film Meeting 34, March 2026

By Alex Deleon, Bergamo, Italy Beautiful small town. No frills festival. No red carpets, no hullabaloo. Just terrific films all day long at two xlnt venues. Everything centralized within short walking distance. Mainly a public festival for a town full of film buffs. In focus, retros of four film directors, Full retrospective, Jancsò. focus on Meadows, Zbanić, Zelenka, and Star festival guest, Anna Karina, princess of the French Nouvelle Vague. Seen so far on first three d...

10.03.2016 | ALEX FARBA's blog

20th Festival of Nordic Cinema in Rouen, 2007

The 20th edition of this specialized festival in north-western France (March 21-- April 01, 2007) was a bit of a disappointment this year in terms of competition films and visiting personalities, at least compared to the four previous times I have made it my business to be here. In the past there have always been unusual films in the competition section and visitations by major figures, actors and/or directors, from the countries covered here, which includes, incidentally, Belgium, Holland an...

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Laurent Lafitte, the new Master of ceremonies at the 69th Festival de Cannes

Laurent Lafitte © DR On the invitation of the Festival de Cannes, the actor Laurent Lafitte has agreed to be Master of Ceremonies throughout the 69th Festival, to be held from 11th to 22nd May under the presidency of Australian director George Miller. No doubt he will enjoy the huge international visibility. Anyone wants to cast a smart and funny actor inenglish speaking films? The actor and comedian will host the Opening Ceremony on We...

16.03.2016 | Cannes's blog

IFF Panama 2016 special guests

As with every edition of the International Film Festival of Panama, IFF Panama 2016 will host a select group of prominent representatives from the global film industry. Between April 7thand 13th, audiences will be able to interact with our guests through post-screening discussions, seminars, workshops, lectures and panels. Lucía Bosé Lucía Bos&...

14.03.2016 | Editor's blog

Hong Kong International Film Festival Announces Jury Members for Young Cinema, Documentary and Short Film Competitions

The 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival announced the international jury member lineup for its Firebird Awards in three competition sections: Young Cinema, Documentary and Short Film. The Young Cinema Competition jury includes Taiwan’s Sylvia CHANG (Jury President), one of Asia’s foremost women filmmakers, whose works include Passion (1986), 20 30 40 (2004), and 39th HKIFF opening film, Murmur of the Hearts (2015). CHANG, an award-winning director, producer and actress,...

ASFF 2016 Jury Announced

BAFTA Qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival is delighted to announce the new Jury for 2016, including film-world professionals whose expertise span film production, directing, editing, TV, music, branding, fashion and more. ASFF 2016 Jury includes: Mark Herman, Oscar Nominated Screenwriter & Director James Stevenson Bretton, Award-winning Stuido Blinkink Craig McNeil...

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2nd Mountain & Adventure Film Festival Awards

Following the conclusion of the 2nd Mountain & Adventure Film Festival, Film Festival Flix is pleased to announce the 2016 award-winning films. This past February, 70 finalists competed in 11 categories over 29 days. Viewers were able to watch and vote for their favorite films through their computer, tablet, smart phone, or Internet connected TV. "We couldn't be more pleased with the quality of this year's films, our audience's react...

16.03.2016 | Editor's blog

Golden Gate Award Feature Film Competitions Announced for SFIFF59

Juried Awards Champion Emerging Artists and Global Cinema with a Selection of Narrative and Documentary Features from 23 Countries Around the World The San Francisco Film Society today announced the films in competition for the Golden Gate Awards (GGA), which will distribute nearly $40,000 in total prizes this year in various narrative and documentary categories. Among the most significant a...

14.03.2016 | Editor's blog

Cinequest Film Festival Wraps: Award Winners, Highlights, 2017 Dates

Cinequest Film Festival wrapped Sunday with 720 world leading artists and innovators presenting 129 World and U.S. premieres and cutting-edge media technologies to record audiences topping 105,000 (in San Jose / Silicon Valley). Cinequest Film Festival 2017 will occur February 28 - March 12. This year's Cinequest Award Winners are: MAVERICK SPIRIT AWARD RECIPIENTS Please watch Cinequest's Maverick Spirit Award video. MEDIA LEGACY AWARD RECIPIENT Owen Gleiberm...

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2016 BlueCat Short Screenplay Finalists Announced!

2016 BlueCat Short Screenplay Finalists Announced! The Winner will receive $10,000, with the three Finalists receiving $2000 each. The Winner will be announced on March 28th. Apart by Elizabeth Capot Changelings by Nic Yulo I Sleep Easy by Tess Carrol When We Run by Nikki Tran See on Website 2016 BlueCat Screenplay Semi-Finalists ...

14.03.2016 | Editor's blog

The Peace on Earth Film Festival (POEFF) announces the winners of this years film awards

The Peace on Earth Film Festival (POEFF) announces the winners of this years film awards. Every film that played at the 8th Festival (March 3-6th) is eligible to win an award. The festival directors and review committee select entries into the festival and the award winners. POEFF celebrates and supports independent filmmakers and their work from around the world on the themes of peace, nonviolence, social justice and eco-balance. POEFF aims to contribute to a culture of peac...

10.03.2016 | Editor's blog

Hungary Celebrates Oscar Triumph of Son of Saul

Sándor Deleon, Budapest Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes with Oscar on Magyar TV The big news on Magyar TV all day long on Monday, February 29 -- leap year day -- was Endless repetitions every hour of young Hungarian director, Laszlo Nemes Jeles, accepting his Oscar in Hollywood for the Best Foreign Language film of the year. The other Oscar prizes were barely alluded to. Another Oscar for Hungary has been a long time coming. The one and only previous Hungarian...

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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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Premiers temps forts de Visions du Réel dévoilés!

Avant-Première, Grand Angle et projection spéciale : humour et révélations Animations, gastronomie, vitrines, célébration : ancrage local confirmé La délicieuse comédie documentaire JesusTown, USA ouvrira la 47e édition de Visions du Réel, Festival international de cinéma Nyon. Cette traditionnelle Avant-Première offerte au public aura lieu le jeudi 14 avril. La section Grand...

16.03.2016 | Editor's blog

La 30e édition du FIFF s’est ouverte sur une note féminine

30e Festival International de Films de Fribourg 11 - 19.03.2016 Le Festival International de Films de Fribourg (FIFF) a débuté vendredi soir au Théâtre Equilibre. Dans une salle comble, le public a pu redécouvrir Alice Guy, la première femme réalisatrice de l’histoire du cinéma et profiter de la projection du film de Charlie Chaplin The Kid, spécialement accompagné par l’Orchestre de c...

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Clément Bodeur-Crémieux est nommé Secrétaire général de l’Institut français.

Diplômé de l’Université Paris I Sorbonne et ancien enseignant d’histoire-géographie, Clément Bodeur-Crémieux a occupé les fonctions de Directeur des affaires culturelles de la Ville de Grenoble depuis janvier 2012. Il a auparavant servi à la Direction des affaires culturelles de la Ville de Paris, en tant que Chef du bureau de la musique de 2008 à 2011. Il a pu lors de cette expérience coordonner les projets d...

11.03.2016 | Editor's blog

Pierre-Yves Bournazel élu Président de la Commission du Film d’Ile-de-France

Le conseil d’administration de la Commission du Film d’Ile-de-France, qui s’est réuni le mardi 8 mars, a élu à l’unanimité (moins une abstention) son nouveau Président Pierre-Yves Bournazel et son vice-président Thierry Solère. Pierre-Yves Bournazel est conseiller de Paris et conseiller régional Les Républicains, délégué spécial de Valérie P...

10.03.2016 | Editor's blog

Top 10 des entrées hebdo France du 02/03/2016 au 08/03/2016

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10.03.2016 | Editor's blog

Le festival l'Europe autour del'Europe ouvre avec le Bal d' Ettore Scola

Cérémonie d’ouverture de la 11ème édition du festival de films « L’Europe autour de l’Europe » Hommage au cinéaste italien disparu Ettore Scola (1931-2016) avec la projection du film Le Bal en présence de Jean-Claude Penchenat et Geneviève Rey-Penchenat Mercredi 16 mars à 20h00 au cinéma l’Entrepôt 7 rue Francis de Pressens...

Ticket to Ride! Qu'est-ce qui fait circuler les films européens ? Conférence de l'observatoire à Cannes

Traversez la rue pour la conférence de l'Observatoire ! Samedi 14 mai 2016 9h30 - 11h30 ...

16.03.2016 | Cannes's blog

ACID 2016 Poster

C'est à Pierre La Police, célèbre dessinateur et auteur de BD issu de la scène graphique underground, que l'ACID (Association du Cinéma Indépendant pour sa Diffusion) a donné carte blanche pour réaliser cette année son visuel cannois. Du 12 au 21 mai, l'ACID présentera 9 longs métrages à Cannes, seule section du festival — rappelons-le — à être proposée ...

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