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Korean Cinema Takes a Walk on the Croisette
Prior to the opening of this year’s 67th Cannes Film Festival, many voices in Korea lamented the exclusion of Korean films from the festival’s prestigious main competition for the second consecutive year. However, following the strong reception of Korean films invited to other sections of the world’s leading film festival, and a constant stream of news emanating from the Cannes Film Market, Korean cinema seems to have commanded as much attention on the Croisette in 2014 as...
Souvenir from Le Petit Paris Los Angeles at the Miramar Beach
Welcome home from the 67th Festival de Cannes. What a great success we created together with the introduction of the new Le Petit Paris Los Angeles at the Miramar Beach! Le Petit Paris / Los Angeles has became the place to be during the Film Festival and what an incredible list of patrons and personalities that were present....
The KwaZulu Natal Film Commission in Cannes
The KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission has become South Africa’s third fully-fledged film body in the year that the country celebrates 20 years of democracy. The film industry has had more than 10 years of growth and development in the new democracy with the passing of several acts and pieces of government legislation that have been developed to stimulate the growth of the industry. Great strides have been made in the growth of the industry in the country, with the NFVF at its helm ...
Dominican republic Film Commission in Cannes
As the leading economy in the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic offers an ideal environment for foreign producers to take advantage of a well established industry for productions. We boast a wide variety of landscapes within a short proximity to suit any type of audiovisual production. From towering mountain ranges and rivers, to valleys and deserts we also have impressive waterfalls, lush rainforests, and stunning beaches. Our cities also combine different archit...
After Sony, FilmSharks had the 2nd largest press coverage in Cannes according to the major trades:
Screen : FilmSharks snaps up Disney-backed duo EXCLUSIVE : Guido Rud’s Buenos Aires-based Film Sharks International has picked up sales on two Disney-backed Patagonik titles that the studio will release in Latin America. ... http://www.screendaily.com/news/filmsharks-snaps-up-disney-backed-duo/5071699.article Variety : FilmSharks Snags International Rights to Animated Feature 'El Americano 3D' Guido Rud's FilmSharks has inked international sales r...
Women Make Movies announces the acquisition of THE SUPREME PRICE for its 2014 New Release collection
Women Make Movies is proud to announce the acquisition of THE SUPREME PRICE for its 2014 New Release collection. The film will be playing at six film festivals nationwide including a special pre-festival press screening on May 29th at the IFC Center and will have its premiere at the Human Rights Watch Film Festivals in Chicago & New York. Shedding light on the recent history of Nigerian politics, THE SUPREME PRICE gives us a deeper understanding into the current human ...
Strategic Alliance between Los Cabos Film Fest, Tribeca Film Institute®, Halifax’s Strategic Partners and Moscow Fest
LOS CABOS FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCEMENTS THROUGH CANNES Strategic Alliance between Los Cabos Film Fest, Tribeca Film Institute®, Halifax’s Strategic Partners and Moscow Fest Los Cabos International Film Festival signed a strategic alliance with Tribeca Film Institute ® , Halifax’s Strategic Partners and Moscow Fest. On the 3rd edition of Los Cabos Film Festival, the first coproduction forum Mexico-USA-Canada will take place, 12...
Journey to Cannes with an Iphone through the eyes of Michele Ann Einert
Stephanie Slama and Michele Ann Einert Michele Ann Einert Jane Fonda, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and more at the Cannes Film Festival 2014 shot entirely with a Smartphone byMichele Ann Einert Freelance Artist, Model, Actress, TV Host. Shot entirely on a smartphone, our insider's view or backstage pass so to speak of our adventures... ...
Arclight Films Acquires International Rights for "LUCKY STIFF"
Clay Epstein- SVP Sales & Acquisitions for Arclight FIlms. Arclight Films Acquires International Rights for "LUCKY STIFF" Star-Studded Cinematic Musical Farce Makes International Market Debut in Cannes. Featuring: Jason Alexander, Dennis Farina, Dominic Marsh, Nikki M. James, Don Amendolia, Pamela Shaw & Kate Shindle. CANNES, 2014 – In a global marketplace where the onscreen musical (such as LES MISÉRABLES, MAMMA MIA, Glee) is increasingly gaining popularity a...
Music Box Takes North America on ‘Of Horses and Men’
Confirming the title as one of the big breakouts from Scandinavia in recent years, Music Box has acquired North American rights to Benedikt Erlingsson’s multi-prized debut feature “Of Horses and Men.” “Of Horses” is sold by Guido Rud’s Buenos Aires-based FimSharks Intl. Set in the horse-riding community in Iceland, and described by Erlingsson as a country romance linking the human streak in horses and the horse-like streak in humans, “Of H...
Morgan Spurlock & Paul Allen Partner to create film series to demistify the economy
Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Productions and Morgan Spurlock’s Cinelan today announce a new partnership to produce and distribute a series of 20 short films by award-winning directors to drive awareness and better understanding of the U.S. economy. Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight and Thirteen), Mary Harron (American Psycho and I Shot Andy Warhol), Akiva Goldsman (Winter’s Tale and A Beautiful Mind), Spurlock (Super Size Me and CNN’s Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man), and Jessica Yu (G...
The 1st International Fashion Film Festival @ CANNES 2014
Founded in 2008 by journalist Diane Pernet, ASVOFF involves a program of short films linking contemporary creation big names and emerging talent (Fashion houses, designers, photographers, filmmakers, artistic directors...) A jury panel of influencers from t...
I Spy My Father selected at CoPro 16 – The Israel Documentary Screen Market
Delegates attending on their way from Cannes: 24th May- 31th May, 2014, TLV Celebrating 16 years to CoPro Foundation in Tel Aviv. 60 International leading members of the Documentary World Industry from 15 countries, representatives from the leading broadcasting channels and film foundations, 3 International Producer Delegations from Canada, Germany and France, and hundreds of Israeli documentary filmmakers will meet during the CoPro Market for the sake of collaboration...
8th Krzysztof Kieslowski SCRIPTEAST Award goes for “MERICAN CHICK”
At the culmination of the eighth edition of the ScripTeast programme in Cannes today, the winner of the prestigious Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award for the Best Eastern and Central European Script was presented during a ceremony at the Producers Club. The selection was made by the Advisory Board members, comprising Sandy Lieberson, Manfred Schmidt, Simon Perry, Antonio Saura, Dariusz Jablonski, and Heads of Studies, Tom Abrams and Christian Routh. The winning screenplay is ‘...
CineMater casts Sam Neill alongside emerging stars in the film’s key roles
Melia Kreiling Red Bull Media House’s film production label CineMater announced today that Sam Neill (THE VOW, PEAKY BLINDERS) will star in the mind-bending thriller DxM alongside a young cast of emerging talent that includes: Tom Payne (THE PHYSICIAN); Melia Kreiling (GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY); Antonia Campbell-Hughes (3096); Dominique Tipper (VAMPIRE ACADEMY); Oliver Stark (MY HERO); and Ryan Doyle (world champion free-runner) in his first feature. DxM is now in pre-production, w...
Halle Berry to Star in KIDNAP -- Lotus Entertainment to Handle Sales
Lotus Entertainment announced today that Academy Award® winner Halle Berry (MONSTER'S BALL) will star in Luis Prieto's (PUSHER) upcoming high-octane thriller KIDNAP. The film is written by Knate Gwaltney, with Di Bonaventura Pictures' Lorenzo di Bonaventura (TRANSFORMERS franchise and SALT) and Erik Howsam producing. Lotus Entertainment is handling international sales beginning in Cannes at the Marché. CAA packaged the project and reps the domestic rights. KIDNAP ...
Second film from Stockholm Film Festival’s fund for female filmmakers now in production
Stockholm International Film Festival initiated the Feature Film Award for emerging Swedish female directors in 2011. »Young Sophie Bell« by Amanda Adolfsson is the second film to be funded and will world premiere at the festival in November 2014. Amanda Adolfssons feature film debut »Young Sophie Bell« is a coming of age drama about two young women set to move to Berlin after graduation. When Alice disappears Sophie has to make her first steps as an adult on ...
DOCUAPP Film meets Digital with beActive’s Road to Revolution documentary boosted to App
beActive Entertainment, the award winning TV, Film and Digital studio, is proud to launch its brand new multiplatform documentary Road to Revolution, along with an App that complements this Arab Spring themed film, the culmination of a long journey through the Middle East and Maghreb that can also be followed on the Internet through Blogs, WebDocs and hundreds of photographs. Besides a theatrically released film directed by Portuguese director Dânia Lucas, Road to Revolution’s full e...
New film studio and media complex announced along with the launch of a new major international film festival in Qingdao, China
Hawk Koch, President of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and Special Advisor to Dailan Wanda Group announced at a press conference during the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, Wanda's new initiative to build a film studio and media complex along with the launch of a new major international film festival in Qingdao, China. Stephen Mensch was announced as CEO of the Qingdao Oriental Movie Industrial Park with Rose Kuo named as the CEO of the Qingdao International Film Festival. &n...
Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou and rising star Alexis Knapp are attached to star in action adventure ONE
Oscar® nominated Djimon Hounsou (BLOOD DIAMOND) and rising star Alexis Knapp (PITCH PERFECT) are attached to star in Main Street Films, MK Create and the Kojo Group’s action adventure ONE, written and directed by Murali Thalluri (2.37). The announcement came today by Main Street Films’ Chairman Craig Chang and President Harrison Kordestani, who are executive producing the film. Main Street Films is co-producing and co-financing the film with Thalluri for MK Create and Ke...
Feature documentary on François Truffaut’s internationally acclaimed 1966 book “Cinema accordin to Hitchcock"
Cohen Media Group, Artline Films and Arte have partnered to produce HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT, a feature documentary based on the recordings that led to François Truffaut’s internationally acclaimed 1966 book “Cinema according to Hitchcock”. Directed by Kent Jones (A Letter to Elia, Director of the New York Film Festival) and co-written by Jones and Serge Toubiana (Director of Cinemathèque Française), the film will journey through the extensive series of ...
Did you really miss that party, cant believe you did.
Lloyd Kaufman, and Toxie hosted THE Cannes Party that everyone was talking about -- The Official Troma Cannes Party, TROMALUNIGHT! celebrating Troma's 40th Anniversary on a night honoring Independent Art at Bar Le Petit Majestic. Music provided by International Superstar DJ the Toxic Avenger! ...
Mark Damon - Foresight Unlimited's Sci-Fi Action - INVERSION got Market attention
Becoming one of the most talked about films at Cannes 2014, Foresight Unlimited invigorates a low key market with the big budget sci-fi action film INVERSION, it was announced today by Mark Damon, Chairman and CEO of Foresight Unlimited which is handling international sales. What would happen if Earth suddenly lost its gravity? The unique story revolves around the catastrophic results of such a phenomenon and what could be done, if anything, to restore gravity and save Earth and its 6...
Inaugural Illuminate Film Festival Lineup a Catalyst to Evolve, Enlighten, Entertain
The 22 films selected for the inaugural Illuminate Film Festival offer viewers a diversity of topics and subjects that range from themes of spirituality, visual art and faith to near-death and afterlife experiences, and from emotional clearing, meditation and self-discovery to yoga, sustainable living and even conscious eating. The Festival runs from May 29 to June 1 at venues throughout Sedona. “We are appealing to those who embrace film as a catalyst for their own evolutio...
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Wheeling Around the World (WAW) au Festival du Film de Cannes
Le 20 mai dernier, lors du Festival du Film de Cannes, la plage Moon située sur le célèbre boulevard de la Croisette offrait à Wheeling Around the World une soirée de cocktail afin de mettre ses activités en avant. Environ 200 personnes ont été conviées à l’événement durant...
Les femmes à Cannes...La place qu'on vous offre, celle que vous prenez, et celle à laquelle on vous assigne...
À Cannes cette année il a beaucoup été question de place. Céline Sciamma a d’ailleurs insisté sur ce point lors de l’ouverture de la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs: l'importance de "la place qu'on vous offre, celle que vous prenez, et celle à laquelle on vous assigne." La jeune génération a bien affirmé sa place au palmarès grâce à Xavier Dolan (25 ...
INTERVIEW de Sanja Ravlic - President DU Gender Equality Group - Eurimages
Sanja Ravlic President of the Gender Equality Group for Eurimages Quelle est votre vision de la place des femmes dans le cinéma au niveau européen ? Je crois à l'importance des données et des chiffres. Il est très important de dépasser ce que j’appelle la phase "impressionniste". Pour cela il est très important d'agréger les statistiques au nivea...
La Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma attribue une Aide à la Diffusion au film The Tribe de Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
« Le film qui reste de ce Festival » Le Monde. « Enfin un premier choc à Cannes » Le Figaro. « Le fond est passionnant, la forme, inventive. De toute évidence, ce jeune débutant est doué. » Télérama. Bande-annonce : The Tribe, de Myroslav... par Telerama_BA Dans le cadre de son partenariat avec la Semaine de la Critique, la Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma vient d’attrib...
BS2BO, plateforme web de recherche d’oeuvres littéraires pour l’adaptation audiovisuelle enrichit ses fonctionalités
BS2BO intègre le moteur de recherche sémantique de Proxem pour la nouvelle version de sa plateforme d’adaptation cinématographique Grâce aux technologies sémantiques de Proxem, la plateforme propose désormais un moteur de recherche multi-langue centré sur la visualisation de l’information. BS2BO (Best-Seller to Box-Office), la première plateforme web de recherche d’oeuvres littéraires pour l&rsq...
Mediafilm à Cannes : Un bilan positif La Palme d’or reçoit la cote 'Remarquable'
L’agence de presse Mediafilm dresse un bilan positif de la 67e édition du Festival de Cannes, qui s’achevait hier. Des dix-huit longs métrages qui composaient la compétition officielle, deux ont obtenu la cote (2) – Remarquable, dont Winter Sleep, de Nuri Bilge Ceylan, récipiendaire de la Palme d’or décernée par le jury présidé par la réalisatrice néo-zélandaise Jane Campion. Mediafilm é...
Ezekiel Film Production, un nouvel acteur de la production cinématographique internationale
Suite à sa rencontre avec la productrice et actrice Julie GAYET, le banquier et homme d’affaires Antoun SEHNAOUI a imaginé une structure innovante et active qui permettrait aux financiers et aux artistes de se rencontrer avec l’ambition de promouvoir une nouvelle façon de faire du cinéma. De ce désir nait Ezekiel Film Production en 2011. Avec le souhait de soutenir un cinéma d’auteurs prometteurs...
Les films sélectionnés aux Trophées Francophones du Cinéma 2014
À l’occasion du déjeuner des Trophées Francophones, Henry Welsh, président de l’ATFCiné a dévoilé la liste des films sélectionnés pour l’édition 2014 des Trophées Francophones du Cinéma, organisés par Trophées Francophones Organisation avec le soutien de l’OIF, de TV5Monde, du Ministère Français des Affaires Etrangères, de Wal...
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Vivid Memories from my days in Cannes launching Boyz'n The Hood
I had the immense privilege to run the marketing at Sony when i received a tape of Boyz'n The Hood with the idea to submit it to Cannes in 1991. To our great surprise, Gilles Jacob invited the film (first feature by young John Singleton into un Certain Regard) I started a marketing campaign which remains one of on my best prides in marketing several hundreds of films over the years. I asked Anne Lara our press attache to identify one journalist with an important knowledge of "...
Director's Fortnight Encore in Europe
From June 4th to June 10th Florence (Italy) From June 5th to June 11th Les cinémas du Grütli, Geneva (Switzerland) From June 11th t o June 16th Rome (Italy) From June 13th to June 19th Milan (Italy) From June 20th to June 26th Cinematek, Brussels (Belgium) ...
RADiUS Lands 'It Follows'
RADiUS SCARES UP CANNES HORROR HIT 'IT FOLLOWS'. COMPANY LANDS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER AMERICAN FILMS AT THE FESTIVAL New York, NY (June 3, 2014) - RADiUS announced today that it has acquired U.S. rights to the critical horror hit IT FOLLOWS written and directed by David Robert Mitchell (THE MYTH OF THE AMERICAN SLEEPOVER) that recently screened in Cannes as part of Critics' Week (RADiUS also bought WHEN ANIMALS DREAM out of Critics' Week). In IT FOLLOWS - after a strange...
Cannes 2014 Images Filmfestivals.com TEAM interns
The interns at filmfestivals.com get into full steam ahead. This years' team were fast and on the ball never stopping for a moment and ready to the Cannes call of duty! Congratulations! Hannah Powers, Margaret Platner, Thomas Freeman - super help along the beautiful Cote d'Azur from Estonia to Japan the team was rockin'! ...
Some very good reviews for Winter Sleep and a Palme d'Or
WINTER SLEEP wins the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Prize @ Cannes 2014 Aydin, a former actor, runs a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal with whom he has a stormy relationship and his sister Necla who is suffering from her recent divorce. In winter as the snow begins to fall, the hotel turns into a shelter but also an inescapable place that fuels their animosities… "Nuri Bilge Ceylan is at the peak of his powers with WINTER SLEEP, a r...
'One the Edge of the World' in the "Visions Sociales" section of Cannes '14.
'One the Edge of the World' screened in the "Visions Sociales" section on the 21st of May at the 2014 Cannes FIlm Festival. Ah, beautiful Paris! City of lights, city of love, city of des Beaux-Arts and grand history...city of great poverty and a rising homeless population. Meet Jeni, Wenceslas, Christine, Pascal and many others who live on the streets all year long in Paris during freezing winters, hot summers and wet shoulder seasons. While they struggle to subsist under th...
Dailan Wanda Group Announces Plans for First Qingdao, Film Festival (2017)
THE DAILAN WANDA GROUP ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR CREATION OF NEW STUDIO AND MEDIA COMPLEX, AND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN QINGDAO, CHINA Stephen Mensch announced as CEO of the Qingdao Oriental Movie Industrial Park with Rose Kuo named as the CEO of the Qingdao International Film Festival Cannes, France (May, 2014) – Hawk Koch, President of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and Special Advisor to Dailan Wanda Group announced at a press conference during the 67th edition of the Cannes F...
KONG (2016) Trailer Unleashed by Aquamen Entertainment
KONG TRAILER UNLEASHED BY AQUAMEN ENTERTAINMENT What: KONG trailer unleased during the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Who: Aquamen Entertainment - producers Jeongjung Kim and Gary Zhang. Producers JJ Kim and Gary Zhang introduced the teaser trailer of the 40 million dollar 3D animated movie: KONG. It is an US-Korean-Chinese co-production. Summary: Billions of years ago on primordial earth, born out of turbulent lava, Kong gets caught in the power struggle between two alien civilizations: One - a h...
London Film School graduation short LEIDI, directed by Simón Mesa Soto, wins Cannes Palme d'Or.
LEIDI, the London Film School graduation film of Simón Mesa Soto, was today awarded the highest honour at the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film in Competition. The jury was headed by Abbas Kiarostami, supported by directors Noémie Lvovsky, Daniela Thomas, Mahamat-Sal...
World Draught Masters 2014 Cannes 67th Film Festival
Stella Artois, official sponsor of the Cannes Film Festival for 13 years, hosted the 2014 World Draught Masters Global Finals, that took place at the Hotel Martinez on Saturday, May 17. Participants from around the world faced off a challenging competition to execute a perfect Belgian pouring ritual. Judge Laura Vallis and Paolo Firpo announced Marjolein Geuens of Belgium as the winner of the Stella Artois 2014 World Draught Masters Championship. Nick Kirman, A. J. Calloway, Jacqueline Wo...
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L’APC salue les palmarès du 67e Festival de Cannes et des sections parallèles
L’APC adresse ses plus vifs compliments aux producteurs membres de l’APC dont les films ont obtenu les distinctions suivantes dans le cadre des palmarès du 67e Festival de Cannes et des sections parallèles. Compétition officielle Prix du jury ADIEU AU LANGAGE de Jean-Luc GODARD produit par WILD BUNCH Quinzaine des réalisateurs Label Europa Cinema Prix SACD Art Media Award LES COMBATTANTS de ...
Les frères Dardenne honorés par le jury oecuménique, mais oubliés du palmarès
Signis et Interfilm, organisateurs du jury oecuménique, ont choisi de rendre hommage à Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne en leur remettant un prix spécial du 40e anniversaire du jury oecuménique pour l’ensemble de leur oeuvre. Ce prix leur a été remis le 22 mai au cours d'une réception au pavillon d’UniFrance au village international. “Toute l’oeuvre des frères Dardenne est empreinte ...
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Call for Submissions: Calgary International Film Festival (June 1st/15th)
The Calgary International Film Festival (15 Annual September 18 - September 28, 2014) is an 11-day showcase of over 200 multi-genre films from Canada and over 40 other countries. We program feature films, documentaries, and short films of all genres. In addition to our regular programming, we have a competitive award series (“DISCOVERY”) for emerging feature length fiction filmmakers. CIFF exists to transform the way visual stories are shared and experienced. We champion filmmakers, especially new voices, for the delight and benefit of the audience, to whom we are a guide and provider of the best stories, presented within a remarkable festival environment.
Regular deadline: June 1st, 2014 Extended deadline: June 15, 2014
Submit through Withoutabox - https://www.withoutabox.com/login/12611 or Filmfreeway - https://filmfreeway.com/festival/CalgaryInternationalFilmFestival
Website: www.calgaryfilm.com.
18th Arab Film Festival October 10- 23, 2014
The Arab Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the 18th Annual Arab Film Festival to be held in the San Francisco Bay Area in October 2014. AFF annually showcases works by independent filmmakers that provide insightful and innovative perspectives on Arab people, culture, art, history and politics.
The Arab Film Festival is the largest independent annual showcase of Arab films and filmmakers in the country. The festival has an international standing and is considered one of the most important Arab film festivals outside the Arab world. AFF strives to present the best contemporary films that provide insight into the beauty, complexity and diversity of the Arab world alongside realistic perspectives on Arab people, culture, art, history and politics. To submit please visit the Call for Entries page.
Late Deadline June 13
Arab Film Festival's blog I Website http://www.arabfilmfestival.org/
The Vancouver International Film Festival has long been one of the largest and most successful film festivals in North America. Last year, 341 films played on nine screens in seven venues. By the time our 16-day festival had wrapped, 130,000 attendees had been dazzled by the top films from more than 75 countries. Plus: VIFF offered $19,500 in cash prizes plus another $25,000 in services and prize packs to filmmakers as part of five adjudicated awards. The 2014 festival promises to be even more spectacular!
Click here to learn more: http://www.viff.org/viff-submissions-2014
Vancouver International Film Festival's blog I Website http://www.viff.org/
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Danny Boyle’s SHUFFLE festival announces new film competition July 31st – August 4th
Are you an up-and-coming filmmaker? Ever wanted to get your film in front of Danny Boyle? This is your chance… In a world first, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker will not only judge SHUFFLE’S new short film competition, but will also give the winner a unique, exclusive insight into how he works. There are three categories to SHUFFLE’s inaugural short film competition: 1. Science and Imagination 2. &n...
Line up of the 13th Sacramento French Film Festival June 20-29, 2014
The 13th Sacramento French Film Festival will present 12 of the most acclaimed, awarded, and talked about recent Premieres (including many 2014 César winners), three Classics, two Late Night Movies; and plenty of Short Films. Our 2014 film selection is one of our strongest ever. It includes every genre: romance, adventure, drama, comedy, musical comedy, dark comedy (yes it is a comedy year!), thriller, horror, biography, history, fantasy … But wha...
Berlinale exports: First Talents Beirut to take place in September 2014
The short film Berlin Beirut (directed by Lebanese filmmaker Myrna Maakaron) won the first ‘Berlin Today Award’ back in 2004, this year the connection between Berlinale and Beirut will be further strengthened through the inaugural edition of Talents Beirut. The programme will invite about 15 promising Arab cinematographers, editors and sound designers/score composers to take part in a four-day programme of master classes and workshops and will be held from September 18-21, 2014. Expa...
INNSBRUCK Film Festival, 2014 A Trove of Discoveries in The Austrian Alps
By Alex Deleon, <film festivals.com> INNSBRUCK in the Tyrolean Alps, a slice of Austria wedged in between southern Germany and northern Italy -- A stone's throw from the famous Brenner Pass where Hitler met Mussolini in the spring of 1940 -- is a city better known as a venue for the Winter Olympics than as the venue of a modest film festival. However, the Int'l Film Festival of Innsbruck established by Dr. HELMUT Groshut 23 years ago, dedicated largely to the cou...
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun to open 10th edition of Kino Otok – Isola Cinema
On 4 June, the opening ceremony of the 10th International Film Festival Kino Otok - Isola Cinema is launching a 5-day festival schedule of screenings, Q&A sessions, film industry panels, filmmaking and creative workshops, art exhibitions and much more. Set on the Slovenian coast, with screenings taking place outdoors under the stars in the old town of Izola, Kino Otok promotes genuine interaction between filmmakers and audiences, making the event an unforgettable experience for everyone invo...
61st Sydney Film Festival presents over 180 films and welcomes over 100 filmmaker guests from 16 countries
The 61st Sydney Film Festival presents over 180 films and welcomes over 100 filmmaker guests from 16 countries to walk the red carpet introduce their films and participate in talks, panels and Q&A sessions this 4-15 June. For the most up-to-date information on guests and film please visit sff.org.au Highlights include: Direct from its world-premiere screening at the Cannes Film Festival, SFF and Vivid Ideas are proud to present the Australian Premi...
Highlights on Rencontres Internationales in Berlin
At the opening event on June 3rd, Les Rencontres Internationales present a screening and two outstanding performances: "DOT, a video game with no winner" by Henrique Roscoe (10PM, German Premiere), an audiovisual performance played with a videogame console, constructed and reprogrammed, manipulated through joysticks. The audience becomes player-actor; their interactions with the artist produce a multimedia concert in real time. The performance "Novaya Zemlya" by Thomas K...
Human Rights Film Festival June 12-22, 2014
Held at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and IFC. The annual Human Rights Film Festival goes where so many fear to tread by devoting attention to people and issues that are so often ignored and neglected. Travel to distant countries, and observe how different cultures and societies are run. “Evaporating Borders: A Story in 5 Parts” directed by Iva Radivojevic, is a 73 minute film about migrants who travel from Syria to the island off the coast of Syria and Lebanon, Cyp...
Filmfest Hamburg on the move
This year, Filmfest Hamburg will take the festival on a journey to visit its neighbours. The project's name: "Stadt, Land, Filmfest" ("Town, Country, Filmfest"). For the first time ever, selected movie theatres in the German states of Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern will receive a visit from the Filmfest during the festival dates of 25 September to 4 October 2014. Each theatre visit will feature a specially select...
Inaugural Illuminate Film Festival Lineup a Catalyst to Evolve, Enlighten, Entertain
The 22 films selected for the inaugural Illuminate Film Festival offer viewers a diversity of topics and subjects that range from themes of spirituality, visual art and faith to near-death and afterlife experiences, and from emotional clearing, meditation and self-discovery to yoga, sustainable living and even conscious eating. The Festival runs from May 29 to June 1 at venues throughout Sedona. “We are appealing to those who embrace film as a catalyst for their own evolutio...
Knoxville Film & Music Festival Announces 2014 Schedule and Lineup
The Knoxville Film & Music Festival announced its 2014 schedule and lineup today and, as promised, this year's event is bigger and better than ever before. With world premier movies, the popular "Band-Eat-Band" competition, the fifth annual Knoxville 24 Hour Film Festival, and special guests including the producers of the hit show South Park, the Knoxville Film & Music Festival is now a national and international event with a focus on local East Tennessee talent. The 2014 ...
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Estelle Parsons and Sydney Lucas 2014 Obie Award Winners
By Maria Esteves - June 3, 2014 The 59th Annual 2014 Village Voice OBIE Awards (OBIES 2014) co-hosted by Award winning producer/actress Tamara Tunie, Spring Awakening, and Obie Award winner actor Hamish Linklater, The Crazy Ones, honoring theatrical excellence and achievements in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway commenced Monday, May 19, 8:00 pm at the historical Webster Hall ballroom, New York. A gala reception with live music by The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn preceded the awards. The 2014...
Jim Gianopulos and actress Tracey Spiridakos ("Revolution") to present the Orpheus Awards
8th Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival June 4-8, Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood Chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox, Jim Gianopulos and actress Tracey Spiridakos ("Revolution") have been added as Orpheus Awards presenters at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival Closing Night Gala on Sunday, June 8. The Awards will be hosted by Christos Vasilopoulos (“Banshee”) and newcomer Chrissa Loukas. As previously announced this year’s honorees will be ac...
The Locarno - Premio Raimondo Rezzonico 2014 goes to Hong Kong producer Nansun Shi
Photo Courtesy of Teo Keng Beng Hong Kong producer Nansun Shi will be the recipient of the Best Independent Producer Award. The 67th Festival del film Locarno will pay tribute to Hong Kong producer Nansun Shi, as the recipient of the Premio Raimondo Rezzonico for Best Independent Producer. A key player on the Asian film scene for over three decades, Nansun Shi has made a decisive contribution to the international ...
8th Krzysztof Kieslowski SCRIPTEAST Award goes for “MERICAN CHICK”
At the culmination of the eighth edition of the ScripTeast programme in Cannes today, the winner of the prestigious Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award for the Best Eastern and Central European Script was presented during a ceremony at the Producers Club. The selection was made by the Advisory Board members, comprising Sandy Lieberson, Manfred Schmidt, Simon Perry, Antonio Saura, Dariusz Jablonski, and Heads of Studies, Tom Abrams and Christian Routh. The winning screenplay is ‘...
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Highlights of the pedagogical team for the 5th edition of the EP2C workshop organised in Vienna
EP2C is a project-based workshop addressed to producers and post-production supervisors. This workshop is taking an in-depth look at post-production challenges as well as related production and co-production issues. Over the course of one week, we will be exploring technical, financial and artistic post-production aspects in lectures, group sessions and individual meetings. Dates & venue: October 23-28, 2014 in Austria, Vienna Application deadline: June 21 (midnight), 2014 ...
2014 Obie Awards Acceptance Speech Videos
By Maria Esteves - June 3, 2014 The 59th Annual 2014 Village Voice OBIE Awards (OBIES 2014) co-hosted by Award winning producer/actress Tamara Tunie, Spring Awakening, and Obie Award winner actor Hamish Linklater, The Crazy Ones, honoring theatrical excellence and achievements in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway commenced Monday, May 19, 8:00 pm at the historical Webster Hall ballroom, New York City. A gala reception with live music by The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn preceded the awards. The 201...
Revelation Perth International Film Festival announces new board members
Joining the Revelation Board is Perth based independent producer Liz Kearney. Fresh from the successful screening at Cannes of her first feature The Final Hours, Liz has previously produced short films and a chapter of the Tim Winton adapted book The Turning. Liz is currently in post production on her second feature Paper Planes – a children’s film starring Sam Worthington and Ed Oxenbould, produced with Robert Connolly and Maggie Miles. The board will also welcome director, w...
2014 Ischia Global @ Cannes : Sylvester Stallone to receive Ischia Legend Award
The entire set of actors from the film The Expandables 3 gave a huge power play on the red carpet in Cannes. Dolph Lundgren, Mel Gibson, director Patrick Hughes, actors Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, Kellan Lutz, Ronda Rousey, Kelsey Grammer, Glen Powell, Jason Statham, were in Cannes to promote their film. Expandables is also expected to play, following Cannes, at Ischia Global. Sylvester Stallone to receive the Ischia Legend Award. Today he joined Pascal...
A Cannes Interview with Darina Pavlova the Ischia Festival President...waiting for Stallone
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Pupi Avati President of the twelfth edition of the Ischia Film Festival
The bolognese director at the cinema festival of Ischia Pupi Avati will be the chairman of the next edition of the festival dedicated to the location, conceived and directed by Michelangelo Messina. Awarded on the island of Ischia in 2011 with the career coral Ciak , the Bolognese director will return, with his brother Antonio Avati, to preside over the green island the twelfth edition of the film festival, which this year is rich of works in competition and international gue...
Meet Filmmakers at LAGFF
MEET OUR FILMMAKERS AT BRUNCH WITH THE CONSUL GENERAL Gold Pass holders will have a chance to meet the visiting filmmakers over brunch at the home of Consul General Elisabeth Fotiadou on Friday, June 6, at 10 a.m. The attending filmmakers include: "I started shooting LOST IN BEWILDERNESS 30 years ago. There's something magical for me in capturing the whole arc of a character's life, as one would in a novel." Alexandra Anthon...
Berlinale Mourns the Loss of Helma Sanders-Brahms
On May 27, 2014, German director, screenwriter and producer Helma Sanders-Brahms died after a long illness. She was one of the most important representatives of German post-war film. Her cinematic oeuvre includes 16 fictional films and seven documentaries. Eight of her films were screened in the programme of the Berlin International Film Festival. In 1980 the fictional film Deutschland, bleiche Mutter (Germany, Pale Mother) celebrated its world premiere in the Competition of the Berlina...
Matthijs Wouter Knol to Be New Head of European Film Market
On June 1, 2014, Matthijs Wouter Knol from the Netherlands will become the new head of the Berlinale’s European Film Market (EFM). Since 2008, Knol has been the programme manager of Berlinale Talents (formerly known as the Berlinale Talent Campus), and is well acquainted with both the Festival and the EFM. Long-standing EFM head Beki Probst will become president of the EFM. In her new function, she will draw on her extensive experience and use her international network t...
Halle Berry to Star in KIDNAP -- Lotus Entertainment to Handle Sales
Lotus Entertainment announced today that Academy Award® winner Halle Berry (MONSTER'S BALL) will star in Luis Prieto's (PUSHER) upcoming high-octane thriller KIDNAP. The film is written by Knate Gwaltney, with Di Bonaventura Pictures' Lorenzo di Bonaventura (TRANSFORMERS franchise and SALT) and Erik Howsam producing. Lotus Entertainment is handling international sales beginning in Cannes at the Marché. CAA packaged the project and reps the domestic rights. KIDNAP ...
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Revolution enters the pre selection of The Nature Namur Festival (Belgium)
For its 20th edition, the Nature Namur Festival (Belgium) organizes once again his International Competition of Professional Films. The Festival will be held this year from October 10th to 19th, in the Complex Film Acinapolis, offering high quality projection on cinema screens during the whole Festival. Fifteen films will be selected by our Pre-Selection Committee to provide entertainment, discoveries and information to the audience. The deadline for submitting is the 1...
CineLink Selection 2014 Announced
CineLink 2014 call for entries attracted over 200 projects in development from 18 different countries in Southeastern Europe. Our selection committee selected 14 projects altogether for the CineLink and the CineLink Plus lineups, criteria being respective authors potential and strength of the story on one side and potential benefit for the project from our development workshops and the coproduction market on the other. CineLink project, the backbone of the festival's Industr...
The Importance of Being MALEFICENT: Angelina Jolie Schools Us
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent So, ignore the horns and watch for spoiler alerts here: MALEFICENT is the role of a lifetime for Angelina Jolie. Yes, a lot of the credit goes to screenwriter Linda Woolverton (Lion King, Beauty & The Beast), who gets Angelina and wrote a touching life lesson disguised as a Disney movie. "We tried to bring you what you love about this story," Jolie says in the behind the scenes featurette (see it on http://screenma...
Between Cannes and Tel Aviv - Followup Don't Give Up or When A Rejection is Not What is Seems
The buzz of a festival like Cannes or Berlin is electrically charged - a space where creatives and those solely into the business are ready to pitch, ditch or commit. Saying cheers to new deals and creating content. This years Cannes seemed to have a less people ( a taxi driver guesstimated by his fares about 15% less than last year) but the meetings were constant, the market was busy and solid exchanges were made. Besides the next film -the industry of conferences, film funds and...
FADING GIGOLO Turturro Allen Collaboration fails to Fizz
By Alex Deleon, <filmfestivals.com> On paper "Fading Gigolo" with a Dream Team lineup looks like a sure winner. An excellent New York actor, John Turturro stepping behind the cameras to direct both himself and Woody Allen in a Jewish tale seemingly tailor made for Woody's style of humor with backup support from actresses of no lesser stature than Susan Stone and French star Vanessa Paradis, plus Liev Schriver who seems to be in everything these days play...
Lorne Film 2014, an international screen event held over the weekend of November 13 – 16 in Lorne, Victoria, has announced the opening of the Lorne Film Screenwriter Award. The winner of the award can accept a cash prize of $10,000 – as well as having their screenplay feature at Lorne Film 2014 via a rehearsed live reading at the 350 seat Cumberland Resort Auditorium. Currently there is a significant short fall in available funding for writers for the Australian Film Industry a...
Music Box Takes North America on ‘Of Horses and Men’
Confirming the title as one of the big breakouts from Scandinavia in recent years, Music Box has acquired North American rights to Benedikt Erlingsson’s multi-prized debut feature “Of Horses and Men.” “Of Horses” is sold by Guido Rud’s Buenos Aires-based FimSharks Intl. Set in the horse-riding community in Iceland, and described by Erlingsson as a country romance linking the human streak in horses and the horse-like streak in humans, “Of H...
Morgan Spurlock & Paul Allen Partner to create film series to demistify the economy
Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Productions and Morgan Spurlock’s Cinelan today announce a new partnership to produce and distribute a series of 20 short films by award-winning directors to drive awareness and better understanding of the U.S. economy. Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight and Thirteen), Mary Harron (American Psycho and I Shot Andy Warhol), Akiva Goldsman (Winter’s Tale and A Beautiful Mind), Spurlock (Super Size Me and CNN’s Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man), and Jessica Yu (G...
12 finalist projects selected for Open Doors 2014 with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
The Festival del film Locarno’s Co-production Lab Open Doors is dedicated this year to Sub-Saharan Africa and especially to the English and Portuguese speaking countries. 12 projects will be brought to Locarno by their directors and producers to present them to potential partners. With the support of the Swiss Foreign Ministry’s Agency for Development and Cooperati...
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Invités de talent, projections inédites, lieu exceptionnel : un bel hommage au Vietnam à St Malo début Juillet
Le Comité d’Organisation et sa présidente, Régine Petit ont sélectionné neuf fictions et trois documentaires inédits, présentés en compétition, sept fictions et trois films d’animation, projetés hors compétition à l’occasion du premier Festival du Film Vietnamien qui se tiendra à Saint-Malo, du 1er au 6 juillet 2014. Régis Wargnier, réalisateur...
Un nouveau rendez-vous de la photographie à ne pas manquer sur les berges de Seine
La Mairie de Paris, la rédaction de Paris Match, les équipes des Berges de Seine représentées par lille3000 et Artevia, ont le plaisir de vous inviter au vernissage presse de l'exposition LES STARS ET LA SEINE du 25 juin au 21 septembre 2014 sur les BERGES DE SEINE. VERNISSAGE PRESSE Mercredi 25 juin 2014 à 18h00 Rendez-vous sur les Berges de Seine rive gauche - au niveau de la Passerel...
Le Festival Paris Cinéma mettra en avant la French Touch du nouveau cinéma français
LE CINÉMA FRANÇAIS À L'HONNEUR Cette année, venez vibrer au rythme de la « French Touch » du nouveau cinéma français ! Place aux créatrices et aux créateurs, hymne à la découverte et à l’humour avec une sélection vitaminée en présence de nombreux cinéastes et artistes qui t&...
Les Nuits en Or des Cesar 2014 : Le Panorama
Les 16, 17 et 18 juin à 19h et 21h, l'UNESCO ouvre les portes de sa grande salle à l'Académie des César, pour trois jours de projections gratuites et ouvertes au public, permettant de découvrir les 31 courts métrages ayant été distingués en 2014 par les plus grandes Académies de Cinéma du monde. Le programme LE PANORAMA, une occasion unique de découvrir les cinéastes qui feront le cin&eacut...
Vincent Leclercq sera le nouveau directeur de l'audiovisuel et de la création numérique au CNC
Frédérique Bredin nomme le nouveau directeur de l'audiovisuel et de la création numérique au CNC Vincent Leclercq, précédemment directeur général de Pictanovo à Lille prendra ses fonctions le 1er juillet prochain. ...
Les prix jean Vigo 2014
Les Prix Jean Vigo 2014 seront remis le 12 juin à 19h30* au Centre Pompidou (Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris - Métro Rambuteau) Les Prix Jean Vigo ont été cré&ea...
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