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Berlinale Panorama 2017: The Wound Selected to Open Panorama’s Main Programme

Focus on “Black Worlds” and “Europa Europa” I am not your Negro...   In the Panorama section, the first eleven films from a programme featuring a total of approximately 50 productions have been invited to be screened at the Berlinale, around a third of them for Panorama Dokumente. Two prominent themes have already emerged among the films selected to date: a fresh historically reflective approach to the history of black people in North America, South America and A...

 

In the Starting Blocks – The 2017 European Film Market is Already Fully Booked, Despite Considerable Expansion.

The European Film Market (EFM) at the Berlin International Film Festival is considered one of the most important trade platforms for film rights and audiovisual content. As the first industry gathering of the year, the EFM will open its doors on February 9, 2017, setting the trends for the upcoming year in film. The entire exhibition spaces, in the Martin-Gropius-Bau and the Marriott Hotel, are already fully reserved. More than 9,000 exhibitors, license traders, producers, buyers and investor...

 

 

Berlinale Talents and Perspektive Deutsches Kino Award “Kompagnon” Fellowship

Berlinale Talents and Perspektive Deutsches Kino have joined forces to award the inaugural “Kompagnon” fellowship. The fellowship will be awarded annually to two directors or screenwriters residing in Germany to support their artistic and professional development. “Berlinale Talents and Perspektive Deutsches Kino are important promoters and springboards for filmmakers and screenwriters living in Germany. We're now providing them with a companion to accompa...

 

First Films for the Competition of the Berlinale 2017 from Aki Kaurismäki, Oren Moverman, Agnieszka Holland, Sally Potter...

Sally Potter...  Aki Kaurismäki, Oren Moverman, Agnieszka Holland  and Andres Veiel/  - First Films for the Competition of the Berlinale 2017 The first 14 films have been selected for the Competition and Berlinale Special section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. So far ten productions and co-productions have been invited to the Competition from Belgium, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Leba...

 

Berlinale Shorts - The 2017 International Short Film Jury: Christian Jankowski, Kimberly Drew and Carlos Núñez

Christian Jankowski Artist and professor at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design Christian Jankowski; curator and social media manager at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art Kimberly Drew; and the artistic director of SANFIC (Santiago International Film Festival) Carlos Núñez make up the 2017 International Short Film Jury. They will award the Golden and the Silver Bear, as well as the Audi Short Film Award. In addition, the Jury will nominate one film for Best Short...

 

First Films for the Berlinale Classics 2017 Are Announced

First Films for the Berlinale Classics 2017 Are Announced – Schwarzer Kies from Germany plus International Selections Avanti Popolo and Canoa In addition to the German production Schwarzer Kies (Black Gravel) directed by Helmut Käutner, Rafi Bukaee’s Avanti Popolo from Israel and the Mexican film Canoa by Felipe Cazals will be shown in digitally restored versions as part of the Berlinale Classics section. Since 2013, that segment of the Retrospective has attracted enthusiasti...

 

“EFM Horizon presented by Audi”: New Platform for Innovation at EFM

Under the new umbrella “EFM Horizon presented by Audi”, the European Film Market (EFM) will be offering a variety of initiatives in 2017 focusing on the film industry of the future, made possible with the support of Audi. “EFM Horizon” provides opportunities for discovering the newest relevant technological developments and forward-looking trends and for taking advantage of networks in sectors bordering on those of the audio-visual industry.   “The Berlina...

 

Berlinale Talents turns 15 and shows “Courage: Against All Odds”

  With its focus on “Courage: Against All Odds”, the 15th edition of Berlinale Talents takes on the significance of everyday bravery and fearlessness for today’s film professionals. 250 exceptional Talents and over 100 international experts and mentors will be invited to the six-day programme, held once again at the three venues of HAU Hebbel am Ufer from February 11 to 16, 2017.   Talents and experts will jointly explore moments of courage in the filmmaking proc...

 

Berlinale Retrospective 2017: “Future Imperfect. Science · Fiction · Film”

The Retrospective of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival is dedicated to science fiction films, one of the most visual stunning and spectacular genres in the history of film. This year’s Retrospective will showcase imaginary worlds in an imperfect future, the way the science fiction genre has conceived of them since its beginnings, with a focus on two themes - the society of the future, and the strange and Other. A total of 27 international features, including classics, cult film...

 

Paul Verhoeven Jury President at Berlinale 2017

The Dutch director and screenwriter Paul Verhoeven will serve as jury president of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, held February 9 - 19 2017. The rest of the jury will be announced soon.  “With Paul Verhoeven as jury president, we have a filmmaker who has worked in a variety of genres in Europe and Hollywood. His creative, multifaceted boldness and his willingness to experiment are reflected in the spectrum of his works,” says Dieter Kosslick, director of the Ber...

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Golden Globes Nominations setting the tone...

The full list of nominations: FILM NOMINATIONS: Best Motion Picture - Drama Hacksaw Ridge Hell or High Water Lion Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy 20th Century Women Deadpool Florence Foster Jenkins La La Land Sing Street Best Director - Motion Picture Damien Chazelle, La La Land Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge Barry Jenkins, ...

 

Annie Awards Nominations 2016

44th Ceremony Set for Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 at UCLA’s Royce Hall The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations for its 44th Annual Annie Awards™ recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation.  This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include: Finding Dory (Pixar Animation Studios), Kubo and the Two Strings (Laika), Kung Fu Panda 3 (DreamWorks Animation), Moana (Walt Disney Animation Studios) and Zootopia (Walt Disne...

 

"20th Century Women" Added to Aspen Academy Screenings Line-up!

  Annette Bening in 20th Century Women.     The film will screen on Wednesday, Dec. 28th at 5:30 p.m. at Paepcke Auditorium.  With 20th Century Women, acclaimed filmmaker Mike Mills brings a richly multilayered, funny, heart-stirring celebration of the complexities of women, family, time, and the connections...

 

New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2016

2016 Awards Best Picture La La Land   Best Director Barry Jenkins MOONLIGHT Best Screenplay Kenneth Lonergan MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Best Actress Isabelle Huppert ELLE & THE THINGS TO COME Best Actor Casey Affleck MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Best Supporting Actress Michelle Williams MANCHESTER BY THE SEA & CERTAIN WOMEN Best Sup...

 

 

Los Angeles Film Critics Awards 2016

42ND ANNUAL LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS       BEST PICTURE "MOONLIGHT" RUNNER-UP: " LA LA LAND" BEST DIRECTOR BARRY JENKINS  "MOONLIGHT" RUNNER-UP: DAMIEN CHAZELLE (" LA LA LAND") BEST ACTOR ...

 

The Gotham Awards

Best Feature Moonlight Barry Jenkins, director; Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, producers (A24) Best Documentary O.J.: Made in America Ezra Edelman, director; Caroline Waterlow, Ezra Edelman, Tamara Rosenberg, Nina Krstic, Deirdre Fenton, Erin Leyden, producers (ESPN Films) Breakthrough Series – Long Form Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Rachel Bloom & Aline Brosh McKenna, creators; Marc Webb, Rachel Bloom, Aline Brosh McKenna, Erin Ehrlich, executive producers (The CW) ...

 

Awards Watch alerts

Advertise with us email us for a quote   Oscar Whiplash Likely for Damien Chazelle’s LALALand & Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent for filmfestivals.com Oh, to ruin Award Season… but isn’t that what we&rsqu...

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Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Calling

Maryland International Film Festival March 31 – April 2, 2017

Submit by January 13, 2017

For 6 years, we've been bringing in the finest films from around the world. The film festival became a 501(c)3 and launched in 2009 and now screens more then 70 films each year! Hollywood Director Joe Carnahan is our creative director. He has brought us such films as "The Grey" and "The A-Team" with Liam Neeson and now has Bad Boys 3 in pre-production. Most of our previous winners of Best Feature have obtained distribution. Last year's winner BEREAVE just signed a distribution deal and said, " I wish to take a moment to tell you that your hospitality and your wonderful festival helped our film stand out for distribution. Thank you for that and we'll be sending you more of our work in the future.” So join us!

We look forward to having you screen at our 6th year anniversary!

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NYC Indie Film Festival 
May 2 – 7, 2017

Late Deadline December 31, 2016 

NYC Indie Film Festival honors the Best in Category which includes Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Narrative, Best Super Short, Best Music Video, as well as Best Director and Best Screenplay.

Be part of the New York City Independent Film Festival! The 8th Annual NYC Indie Film Festival will take place May 2 - 7, 2017 and will present indie films from around the world, panels, live shows, parties, and more! NYCIndieFF celebrates the power of independent filmmaker and offers awards valued at over $12,000 USD. Submit your film today for your chance to win and join us in New York next spring! .

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Montreal International Animation Film Festival - ANIMAZE August 17 – 20, 2017

Regular Deadline February 24, 2017

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

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New York Festivals  
The 2017 Television & Film Awards gala will take place at the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 25th, 2017

Deadline extended

The New York Festivals International TV & Film Awards honors the World’s Best TV and Films at its annual gala at NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 25th. Founded in 1957, NYF TV & Film Awards offers a powerhouse of categories including: 30 categories for documentaries and dozens of categories for news, drama and performers. New York Festivals welcomes network, studio, independent, and student productions of all lengths across all platforms. Late entries accepted until January 5th, 2017. For more information visit: http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/tvfilm/

NYF TV & Film Awards New Categories for 2017: Heroes, Ecotourism, and Best Use of Technology

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The 50th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival  April 21 to 30, 2017

Next Deadline: December 30, 2016 

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

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

The 50th Annual WorldFest-Houston offers Screening Shorts, Docs, Features, Music Videos, Experimental & Student Films on Big 60' AMC Theater screens, with over 600 Intl filmmakers attending the ten-day International Film Festival.. SUBMIT.

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Fantasporto 2017 February 24 - March 4, 2017

ENTRY DEADLINE: December, 2016!   In partnership with filmfestivals.com

Fantasporto’2017 | Oporto International Film Festival announces our Call for Film Entries for the 37th annual festival, running February 24th till March 4th.

This Call is for Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi features and shorts in the Fantasy competition. The Director’s Week is for features only, in all genres except fantasy.

Deadlines for Entries for 2017 edition are October 30th (Early Call) and December 5th (Final Call).

Films can be submitted now using the film submission website www.fantasporto.com

Fantasporto enjoys incredible loyalty and support from the large film-appreciating community all over the World. In the last edition, Fantasporto was attended by over 20,000 enthusiastic genre film fans and over 200 members of the film press and industry.

Considered in 2015 as the first of the independent film festivals in the world by TRIPPER, Fantasporto is among the top film festivals  for the discovery of new talent, having revealed countless of now famous directors, producers and actors.

The World Heritage City by UNESCO of Porto, twice considered Europe’s Best Touristic Destination,  is another factor adding interest . Founded in 1981, the 37th edition has the support of the Portuguese State.

Check the  Regulations on the site www.fantasporto.com.

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THE WINTER wins inaugural Best Film Award @ 1st International Film Festival & Awards‧Macao

Budapest Israeli Film Week "A Matter of Size" Another off-the-wall subject handled with care

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Enoc The Resplendent Stargate by Martha Marin Premiering in Cannes

World premiere 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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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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Michèle Morgan died today RIP

Grand french Dame and icon actress passed today. She will be remembered in french people hearts for the dialog with Jean Gabin "t'as de beaux yeux tu sais" And Wonderful blue eyes indeed! I only met her once in Deauville at Jack Valenti's 80th exclusive birthday party with Mayor of Deauville Anne d'Ornano. She died at age of 96.   Year Title Role Director Notes 1935 Mademoiselle Moza...

 

Emilie Bujès will be the next Artistic Director of Visions du Réel, Festival international de cinéma Nyon

  Emilie Bujès, 36 years old, will be the next Artistic Director of Visions du Réel, Festival international de cinéma Nyon. At its meeting on 12 December, the Board of the Festival Foundation chose youth and opening up new avenues, by appointing Emilie Bujès out of 37 candidates from all over the world considered by a selection committee. With substantial international experience and strong national roots, the future Artistic Direc...

 

The Year Nobody Was a Pundit: Hollywood’s Shock, All Governments Lie, But Zero Days & Hooligan Sparrow Short-listed

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Cui Bono? That’s the famous Latin line that means “who benefits,” and in the realm of conspiracy theories, this blunt tool ranks right up there with “Historian’s Fallacy” as a go-to. The term historian’s fallacy was minted by Brandeis Professor David Hackett Fischer in 1970, who pointed out the bright idea that even when someone is going through a historic event, or having experienced a historic event, s... 

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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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Pablo Trapero, président du Jury de MyFrenchFilmFestival!

Après le réalisateur danois Nicolas Winding Refn, c'est au réalisateur argentin UniFrance a le plaisir de dévoiler le nom du cinéaste qui présidera la prochaine édition du premier festival de cinéma français en ligne. Pablo Trapero est aujourd’hui considéré comme l’un des réalisateurs les plus créatifs et renommés d’Argentine natale. Il passe rapidement à l...

 

 

Emilie Bujès sera la prochaine Directrice artistique de Visions du Réel

Emilie Bujès, 36 ans, sera la prochaine Directrice artistique de Visions du Réel, Festival international de cinéma Nyon. Lors de sa séance du 12 décembre dernier, le conseil de Fondation du Festival a choisi la jeunesse et l’ouverture, en désignant Emilie Bujès parmi 37 candidatures du monde entier soumises à l’examen d’une commission de sélection. Forte d’une solide expérience internationale tout en ...

 

Jean Paul Rouve à la tête du Jury de Gerardmer 2017

 LE JURY LONGS MÉTRAGES 2017 La 24e édition du FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM FANTASTIQUE DE GÉRARDMER se tiendra du 25 au 29 janvier 2017. Le Jury Longs Métrages sera présidé par le comédien et réalisateur français : JEAN-PAUL ROUVE © Gérard Giaume Né en 1967 à Dunkerque, Jean-Paul Rouve se passionne très tôt pour la comédie. Il rejoint le cours Florent, où il fonde la tr...

 

Carte blanche à Ibrahim Letaïef pouur la 17ème édition du Festival du Film Court Francophone de Vaulx-en-Velin

le Festival du Film Court Francophone de Vaulx-en-Velin aura lieu du  13 au 21 janvier 2017​.   Pour sa 17ème édition, le festival laisse carte blanche à Ibrahim Letaïef, réalisateur, scénariste et chroniqueur Tunisien , propose 2 pays à l'honneur : Mauritanie et Mali​, une Soirée de la Francophonie. ​"entre deux cultures, entre deux langues : les langues, des murs et des ponts​", une Soiré...