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Tokyo Metropolitan Government comes to MIFA with Fantastic show!

Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), the municipal government of one of the biggest animation center in the world comes to MIFA (June 15-17, during Annecy International Animation Film Festival) with some fantastic shows of Tokyo base 4 animation studios. ..

Millimages et CJ Entertainment signent un contrat de Co Production pour la série CHERRY COCO lors du MIFA 2016 !

Jeudi 16 Juin - 15 h 30 – Stand 4.D03 Cherry Coco (78x7’) est un voyage initiatique, au cours duquel l’héroïne vit des aventures fantastiques dans un monde extraordinaire ; celui de son imagination. Cherry Coco emmène ses amis à la rencontre de l’inconnu. Ensemble ils découvrent le monde en s'amusant et s'émerveillent de leurs expériences nouvelles. Cherry Coco leur apprend à affronter leurs peurs,...

A Buyers’ Insight Into French Animation - Panel at MIFA

Une table ronde présentée par le SPFA et TVFI : A Buyers’ Insight Into French Animation (vendredi 17 juin de 10h à 11h30 à l’Impérial Palace, Ravel A&B) Cette session permettra de comprendre les clés de la réussite de la France dans ce domaine et les défis auxquels elle devra faire face, à travers la présentation des grands enjeux des opérateurs présents, de leurs besoins, des &eacut...

GOBELINS souffle ses 40 bougies au festival d’Annecy !

Depuis plus de 30 ans, GOBELINS, consacrée 1ère école au monde en cinéma d’animation, participe au Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy qui a lieu cette année du lundi 13 au samedi 18 juin. Ce sera aussi l'occasion pour l’école de célébrer les 40 ans de son département Cinéma d’animation ! Durant tout le festival, plusieurs événements et pro...

Domnique Frot, une voix en hiver…à Annecy

Le mercredi 15 juin à 20h30, Louise en hiver de Jean-Francois Laguionie sera projeté en avant-première mondiale en présence de Dominique Frot, qui prête sa voix au personnage de la vieille dame. Au lendemain de cette projection, nous retrouverons Dominique Frot pour une conversation en public. Une conversation telle une improvisation sur les liens entre le sujet du film et le travail en studio, la naissance de la collection que ...

ANIMATION DAY IN CANNES MAY 18 was a public success

Animation Day in Cannes has ranked in top 2.5% of among more than 4,000 film festivals and creative contests around the world

Animation Day in Cannes has ranked as one of the Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals on FilmFreeway for the month of May! According to reviews from real FilmFreeway users, your festival ranks in the top 2.5% of among more than 4,000 film festivals and creative contests around the world. No doubt, this ranking is a testament to the countless hours of hard work and care that you and your staff have devoted to creating such a wonderful event. We’re especially proud to be partnered with amazin...

Animation Day in Cannes Video Channel: Ambiance and Trailers from Animation Day in Cannes

48 videos, panels, awards, networking and ambiance from a very successfull edition of Animation Day in Cannes. 102 Trailers from Animation Day in Cannes. "The whole Cannes Animation Day experience was first rate. I have to thank you for organising Animation Day in Cannes. Without your support my time in Cannes would have been totally wasted. I made several useful connections and was able to demonstrate the project to Mike Plante of the New Horizons section of the Sundance Film...

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Pictured: Bilal by Ayman Jamal Animation Day in Cannes opening film "Animation that Matters Accolade"
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KEN SAN, A towering documentary from Japan was thinly attended at Cannes

By Alex Deleon <Filmfestivals.com> Scanning the trade papers on day three I noticed an add for this film which I knew I had to see no matter what ...I had been a great Yakuza eiga fan in Japan in the seventies and Ken Takakura (Takakura Ken) was a top favorite of mine -- I saw at least forty or fifty of his major films and loved them all. (He made nearly 200 altogether) -- It soon became obvious to me that he was much more than a taciturn sword slinging movie star but a ...

TriCoast Worldwide has scooped up worldwide rights to Yvan Le Moine's Rosenn, starring Rupert Everett

TriCoast Worldwide Enjoys Most Successful Cannes To Date; Acquires Chelsea Festival Winner ‘Rosenn,’ and Tribeca Favorite ‘Shadow World,” Gripping Doc about Global Arms Trade. TriCoast Worldwide has scooped up worldwide rights to Yvan Le Moine's Rosenn, starring Rupert Everett and up-and-coming Belgium actress Hande Kodja. Le Moine's first feature, The Red Dwarf, was officially selected in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. Rosenn is a Thomas Har...

Interview with Spencer Pollard, CEO of Kaleidoscope Film Distribution, at 69th Cannes Film Festival

Spencer Pollard CEO Spencer Pollard started Kaleidoscope Film Distribution (KFD) in 2008, which today holds strong as one of UK's most successful international sales/distribution companies. KFD is an expanding and established International Sales outfit based in Soho, London and a one-stop-shop offering full UK and international distribution and sales capabilities. It is one of the fastest-growing independents in the market. KFD specializes in commercial features films and...

Interview With Actor Dougray Scott for LONDON TOWN (2016) @ 69th Cannes Film Festival

Actor Dougray Scott (TAKEN 3, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2) attended the 69th Cannes Film Festival to promote the market premiere of his latest film LONDON TOWN (2016), which Radiant Films International/Cargo Entertainment is handling for international sales. LONDON TOWN takes place in1970s London when British punk rock dominated the music scene and The Clash was at the height of their success. A 14-year-old boy discovers the music of the iconic band and experiences first love over the course of one ...

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The Amazing Thailand Film Challenge

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Over 60 film-makers from across the globe will be given the opportunity to come to Thailand and make a short film. They will be given return flights, hotel accommodation and a budget for their productions – as well as a chance to win totaling 570,000 Thai Baht (approx USD 16,500)

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The ultimate short film competition for student filmmakers!

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MANHATTAN SHORT 2016 Calling For Entries

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Over 250 Cinemas Across 6 Continents Unite for One Week for One Film Festival. MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival’s Official Call for entries. Deadline July 31, 2016.

Filmmakers have until the end of July to get their films in if they wish to be part of the 19th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival set to take place in over 250 cinemas spanning 6 continents between Sept 23-Oct 2, 2016. Over 100,000 film lovers will not only view the finalists but will judge them as well with votes being sent through to NYC where the winner will be announced on Oct 2, 2016. Films must be 20 minutes under in length. – Click here to enter:

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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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The Hubb will make Miami the new Silicon...Beach

Moustafa Elsehrawy, Co-founder and CEO of HUBB, is proud to announce, "We have chosen to make Miami the next destination for talent development, innovation and entrepreneurship. More than just co-working, we are a creative collaborative working space where you can come and grow because we are here to help you through business-to-business services." The main focus of the HUBB is to incubate startups and help existing businesses grow by mat...

Silicon Valley Developers Google licenced opened HUBB in Miami! Only one of its kind in Florida!

**MEDIA ALERT** WHO: The HUBB Senior personnel, Moustafa Elsehrawy / Co-Founder, and Abdellatif Bedier / Co-Founder of Miami's new Silicon Beach will be presenting at CAMACOL's, 37th Hemispheric Congress of Latin Chambers of Commerce and Industry, regarding their new and innovative co-working space and services with advanced technology facilities. Their presentations will includ...

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BILAL Premieres in Cannes and Annecy

Starring: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Ian McShane China Anne McClain Jacob Latimore Michael Gross Thomas Nicholas Mark Rolston Cynthia Kaye Fred Tatasciore

Directed By: Khurram Alavi and Ayman Jamal

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family - 105 minutes - United Arab Emirates, USA

Release Date: Fall 2016

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Enoc The Resplendent Stargate by Martha Marin Premiering in Cannes

World premiere of our film in Cannes

An artistic journey between fiction and documentary film at the same time, throughout space, time, dimensions, light and music, that are conducting through the full sequence to a live experience of Enoc the Resplendent Stargate Energy®

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The Shonku Diaries - A Unicorn Adventure by Kamal Bansal Written by Satyajit Ray
Animaze Daze in Cannes Winner

10 year old Mo & 13 year old Melody seek the help of their father’s dear friend, scientist & explorer Professor Shonku to find their missing father left earlier on a quest in search of the unicorn. En route they experience fantastical exploits & adventures that take them into opulent depths of the Himalayas, which are aided by a trail of clues.

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Paranoid Girls

Paranoid Girls Comedy by Pedro del Santo was 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 April 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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Sydney FF 2016 opened last night

The 63rd Sydney Film Festival opened last night, June 8th, at the State Theatre with the world premiere of Australian film Goldstone. Festival Director Nashen Moodley opened his fifth Festival along with Goldstone's director Ivan Sen, producers David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin, actors Aaron Pedersen, David Gulpilil, Michelle Lim Davidson and Tom E. Lewis. NSW Minister for the Arts, Troy Grant greeted the audience and underlined that &ldqu...

Winning script announced!!!

Mr. Bassi has chosen a winning script from the top 10: "Having read all the top ten screenplays I chose 'The Invention' as the winner. All the selected screenplays offered some beautiful moments. They also offered some challenges for a director to sink his/her teeth into. For me, 'The Invention' felt more well-rounded in its approach to storytelling. Though the narrative is dialogue heavy, I feel it has the potential to be leaner and allow for a visual short film. 'Th...

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Borealis to open Brooklyn Film Festival - June 3-12

OPENING NIGHT - 8:30 pm | Friday June 3 | Wythe Hotel BOREALIS Dir: Sean Garrity, Canada, 95 min, Narrative Feature JONAH, an unemployed gambler, takes his estranged pot-smoking teenaged daughter AURORA on a dangerous road trip to Churchill,... ...

NAMAC Announces Full Lineup for ALLIANCE 2016, June 9 - 12 in Oakland

-- The National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) announced today the full line-up for ALLIANCE, its bi-annual conference taking place June 9 - 12, 2016 at the Oakland Marriott Convention Center. ALLIANCE 2016 is a conference for media arts and culture practitioners, organizations, thinkers and doers. It creates a space where conversations about collaboration, innovation, creativity and impact bust out in the open; a conference of new ideas, and a celebration of community. Independent ...

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2016 Obie Awards Photos

By Maria Esteves – May 26, 2016 The 61st Annual 2016 OBIE Awards honoring Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway theater exceptional achievements of 2015-2016, hosted by two-time OBIE host and OBIE winning actress Lea Delaria (1998 OBIE recipient, On The Town) was held at the historic Webster Hall ballroom, New York, Monday, May 23, 7:00 pm. GUARDS AT THE TAJ received two OBIES including Best New American Play, TAMARA TUNIE received an OBIE for her Performance in Familiar; and Lifetime Achiev...

Oscar-nominated director Felix van Groeningen is the mentor for FUTURE FRAMES 2016

Oscar-nominated director Felix van Groeningen ("The Broken Circle Breakdown") is the mentor for FUTURE FRAMES 2016 Please click here to watch the new FUTURE FRAMES Trailer 2016 presenting the work of the ten young filmmakers European Film Promotion and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival are thrilled to announce that the acclaimed Belgian director Felix van Groeningen - fresh from receiving the Directing Award: World Ci...

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Cinemabiante Awards

CINEMABIENTE 2016 | PALMARES CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE DOCUMENTARI When Two Wolrds Collide, (Perù ,2016, 100 ‘) di Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel ...

Emotional address by Lord Glendonbrook during Iris Prize 10th anniversary reception

150 guests attended a reception in the House of Lords last night (24 May 2016) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Iris Prize, Cardiff’s International LGBT short film prize. The well attended reception including representatives from Pinewood Studios, Gorilla Group, BFI, Cardiff University, Cineworld and Ffilm Cymru Wales was hosted by Iris Prize patron and sponsor Lord Glendonbrook. Ed Vaisey, the Minister for Culture Communications and the Creative Industries joined Festival Chair An...

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Green-Go Short Film Competition

Green-Go 2016 Are you worried not to provide healthy food to your children anymore? Are you working on the development of circular economy as a designer or an entrepreneur? Do you want to act against that once blooming nature is on its way to become a distant memory? WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE - SHOOT A SHORT FILM AND MAKE A CHANGE! 1. Small is beautiful - Why should we change to small scale and forget about intensive agriculture? John was a farmer ...

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

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Rendez-vous à La Rochelle, du 1er au 10 juillet, avec Barbet Schroeder, Frederick Wiseman, Alain Guiraudie, Yesim Ustaoglu, Deniz Akçay, Anca Damian, Luce Vigo, Agnès Varda et Michel Legrand, Catherine Samie, Chantal Goya, Gianfranco Rosi, Cristi Puiu, Julie Bertuccelli, Hélène Nicolas et Véronique Truffert, Justine Triet, Thierry Knauff, Rachid Djaïdani, Sébastien Betbeder, Thomas Scimeca, François Chattot, Sébastien Marnier,...

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Mon ami Dino en soirée de clôture à Fantasia

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Folles de joie ouvrira le Brussels Film Festival le 17 juin prochain

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Lancement d'une nouvelle pPlateforme participative pour financer la restauration des films

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Les Prix Jean Vigo 2016 seront remis lundi 6 juin

Les Prix Jean Vigo 2016 seront remis lundi 6 juin à 19h30 précises* au Centre Pompidou (75004 Paris - Métro Rambuteau - Cinéma 1, Niveau 1) Créés en 1951, les Prix Jean Vigo distinguent l’indépendance d’esprit, la qualité et l'originalité des cinéastes de court et long métrages. Plutôt que saluer l’excellence d’un film, le Prix Jean Vigo tient à remarquer un auteur d'aven...

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