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Submit animation to ANIMAZE - April 16 – 19, 2015
Earlybird Deadline December 19, 2014 Regular Deadline January 16, 2015 Late Deadline February 6, 2015 Extended Deadline February 13, 2015 Notification Date March 13, 2015 ANIMAZE (April 16 – 19, 2015) is a Montreal-based international animation film festival providing a showcase for animators and animation producers to showcase and market their works. ANIMAZE is registered non-profit organization with feature animation films, documentaries and shorts animated. SUBMIT
Animaze - Montreal International Animation Film Festival's blog I Website:http://animazefestival.com/
The 48th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival is now open for entries!
THE WORLDFEST REMI AWARDS The 48th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival (April 10th-19th, 2015) is now open for entries! All Winners are submitted to Seoul, Korea, Concorto, Italy & the USAFilmFestival, Dallas at no extra cost! WorldFest does not get down with Without-A-Box. We remain fiercely independent! One WorldFest Entry Form per entry please. Complete the form below, then double-check it before submitting to WorldFest. SUBMIT.
WorldFest Houston's blog I Website: http://www.worldfest.org
Submit to the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival APRIL 23 - 26, 2014
October 31, 2014 Earlybird Deadline
Cash prizes are awarded to winning filmmakers; as well as a PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT for those that are Officially Selected into the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival. Filmmakers from around the world are invited to submit films.
The coveted JDIFF "Feather" award, as well as CASH PRIZES are given in the following categories:
Submit in one of the Following Categories Grand Jury, Best Documentary Feature, Best of Iowa, Best Short, Best Feature. Submit
Julien Dubuque IFF's blog I Website http://www.julienfilmfest.com/
Fantasporto 2015 35th edition February 27th - March 7th
Submissions close December 5th
This year's edition will pay tribute to Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers and Orson Welles celebrating his 100th anniversary and screening new restored prints of Citizen Kane and Top Hat which opened 75 years ago. Both are in the Fantas Classics area.
The selection for shorts is only for fantasy ones, like always. Submissions are open and we are accepting online submissions.
Since we are making a new site that will be ready only later in October we propose you to send us the screener(s) for the selection commitee to see and, if the film(s) is(are) chosen, we will ask you all the materials needed. SUBMIIT
Fantasporto's blog I Website www.fantasporto.com
The Nashville Film Festival 46th Annual April 16 - 25, 2015
The Nashville Film Festival is proud to bring the world to Nashville through a celebration of the diversity of the human spirit expressed through the art of film. In year-round programs, NaFF helps build a more informed, collaborative and alive community.
The call for entries for the 2015 Nashville Film Festival is now open. Make sure to enter your film today. We offer cash and prizes valued at over $54,000 and qualify Live Action, Animated and Documentary Short Films for Academy Award™ consideration. SUBMIT VIA WAB or use the Call for Entry 2015 .
Nashville Film Festival's blog I Website: www.nashvillefilmfestival.org
The Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) March 25 - 29, 2015
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Final deadline is January 30th 2015. Please submit via "Withoutabox"
The Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) is presented by the Sonoma Film Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, as a welcoming, entertaining and inspiring cinematic experience that supports and promotes independent films, celebrates the cultural diversity in the Sonoma Valley through film, and funds visual arts in education.
"2014" - 220 Filmmakers - 14 countries - 114 films
Named one of America's "Top Ten Destination Film Festivals," Sonoma prides itself on giving every filmmaker the royal treatment. Celebrated as one of the friendliest and most uplifting festivals on the circuit. SUBMIT
Sonoma International Film Festival's blog I Website www.sonomafilmfest.org
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival April 23 - May 3, 2015
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EARLY-BIRD DEADLINE – November 19, 2014
Hot Docs (www.hotdocs.ca), North America’s largest documentary festival, conference and market, will present its 22nd annual edition from April 23 – May 3, 2015. An outstanding selection of approximately 200 documentaries from Canada and around the world will be presented to Toronto audiences and international delegates. Hot Docs will also mount a full roster of conference sessions and market events and services for documentary practitioners, including the renowned Hot Docs Forum, Hot Docs Deal Maker and The Doc Shop. In partnership with Blue Ice Group, Hot Docs operates the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, a century-old landmark located in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood.
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival's blog I Website http://www.hotdocs.ca/
New York Int'l Children's Film Festival February 27 - March 22, 2015
Final Deadline for Shorts Oct 14, 2014 - Final Deadline for Feature Films Nov 10, 2014
New York Int'l Children's Film Festival is North America's film festival for children and teens. Each year the Festival presents 100 animated, live action and experimental shorts and features from around the world plus retrospectives, filmmaker Q&As, workshops, audience voting, and an annual Awards Ceremony.
We are looking for creative, original, non-formulaic short and feature films that support our mission to create a more dynamic film culture for children and teens. We often program films that were not created with a young audience in mind, but are received passionately and enthusiastically by attendees ages 3-18 nonetheless. We are not shy about showing films with mature themes, subject matter, language or sensibilities.
Members of the Festival jury include Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Bill Plympton, Christine Vachon, James Schamus, Henry Selick and Gus van Sant, among others. The Festival is an Academy®-qualifying festival. SUBMIT
NYICFF's blog I Website www.gkids.com
The Myrtle Beach International Film Festival April 22 -25, 2015
This will mark the 10th year anniversary of the festival ranked one of the top 25 film festivals in the World by Movie Maker Magazine.
We are open to all genres. MBIFF also has a budget category, so a film with a 10 thousand dollar budget does not compete against a project with a 10 million dollar budget (with the exception of the overall winner).
We have been quoted as the best or one of the best festivals ever attended by films makers around the globe.
We are passionate about film and it shows! Submit by January 10th 2015
Myrtle Beach International Film Festival's blog I Website http://www.myrtlebeachfilmfestival.com/
The Garden State Film Festival
2015 Call for Entries is OPEN NOW!!!
The Garden State Film Festival was founded to promote the art of filmmaking on all levels by showcasing a wide variety of film, video and animated works as well as provide educational programs in the creative arts to the public by industry leaders. The artistic philosophy of the Garden State Film Festival is rooted in the celebration of the independent film genre and the creation of a forum where local and other independent filmmakers can exhibit their work. Film, Screenplay and Movie Music competitions all open now!!
Film EntriesScreenplay Competition
Movie Music Competition
The Garden State Film Festival's blog I Website http://www.gsff.org
L Europe autour de l' Europe Festival calling for entry for 2015
Film submission deadline: December 15, 2014 Subscription fee : free Participation rules: 1) Production: 47 countries of the Council of Europe 2) Screening formats : 35mm, 16mm, DCP, Quicktime, BluRay, Beta SP, Digibeta, DVD 3) Screeners : DVD, BluRay or link with French or English subtitles Address : Evropa Film Akt / Festival L’Europe autour de l’Europe 22 rue Deparcieux 75014 Paris, France E-mail : leuropeautourdeleurope@gmail.com...
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For festival consideration
The Rule of Lead - La Regola del Piombo
Following otherworldly plans which he finds very annoying, Humphrey, the ghost of a murderer, is forced to team up with Lara, a lonely teenage girl ignored by parents and society. Unable to touch things and assume a human form that would lead to the ultimate demise of his soul, Humphrey must lead the girl to save two kidnapped children as a way to redeem himself and finally abandon Earth. The two make an unpredictable rough pair and explore the old mansion where some criminals are holding the ...
Pseudonym, for festival consideration
Synopsis: Alex is a divorced father, a stressed executive. His daily routine is work, work, work. Tonight he's in a hurry, he's due to meet a beautiful young stranger... who contacted him via the internet. But this blind date will flip him into a downward spiral and disrupt forever the course of his life. Thriller, 75 min., Scope, Dolby 5.1 Directed by Thierry Sebban Starring: Simon Abkarian, Igor Skreblin, Perrine Tourneux...
International premiere of “La Famille Bélier” closes the Black Nights on Friday
The red carpet award ceremony of the 18th Black Nights Film Festival will close with the international premiere of “La Famille Bélier” by Eric Lartigau, a warmhearted comedy, on 28th November at the Nordea Concert Hall. The awards for the best films, directors and actors will be announced at the gala with an exclusive film music concert by Lenna Kuurmaa, Tanel Padar and Mart Sander's Bel Etage swing orchestra. “La Famille Bélier” wi...
Ana Lily Amirpour: A Powerful New Voice in Cinema
A vampire tale by first-time feature director Ana Lily Amirpour works great as a horror genre piece...but it’s more: an allegory of Iran. By Jeff Shank Sheila Vand in 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night' In the years leading up to The Prague Spring of 1968, Czech filmmakers proved extremely inventive in making artful, often idiosyncratic low-budget films that made it through the Communist Film Censor Board. The censors didn’t realize many of these mo...
Big in Japan BIFF closing film
BIG IN JAPAN USA / 2014 / 100 mins Things are looking bleak for the members of rock band Tennis Pro. They’ve been struggling to connect to an audience in the Seattle music scene, with a recent run of shows drawing sparse crowds and uninspiring day jobs that are quickly eclipsing their dreams. So when an opportunity arises to take their act on the
VAFI 6 goes koala! Submissions are open until January 20, 2015 :)
Festival date: 21 - 26 April 2015 Submission deadline: 20 January 2015 Partner: Australia www.vafi.hr/en VAFI is a film festival for animated films made by children or youth under 18 years, but also from 5th edition - film festival for animated films made for children and youth. So, VAFI has two competative sections: section for animated films MADE BY children or youth - VAFI JUNIOR, and section for animated films made for children and youth - VAFI SENIOR. VAFI JUNIOR ha...
Do you want to be swallowed by a Dinosaur in a movie? Kickstart Iron Sky 2
Iron Sky The Coming Race filmmakers have launched today a new perk to the fans and fan funders – to get eaten on the big screen by a dinosaur. Pioneering a new level of fan involvement, the director Timo Vuorensola and Iron Sky team offers fans a possibility to support the film and choose a way a dinosaur consumes them in the film. Three different levels are introduced – on the lowest level, fans get to be a part of a mass scene of fleeing humans being killed by a bewilde...
BIFF Unveils Official Film Line up
“Like Sunday Like Rain” Directed by Actor Frank Whaley and Comedy “BIG IN JAPAN” Directed by John Jeffcoat To Bookend Festival as Opening And Closing Night Films, Respectively Festival Founder and Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool today announced the final program details for the 11th edition of the Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), which takes place December 4-9, 2014 in Nassau and December 10-14, in Harbour Island, Eleuthera. BIFF wi...
New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards 2015 Competition Shines the Spotlight on Movie Trailers
New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards 2015 Competition Shines the Spotlight on Movie Trailers As award season kicks off New York Festivals® International Television & Film Awards honoring the World’s Best TV & Films℠ has added the new category Movie Trailer to recognize creativity from development and production professionals around the globe. This year, New York Festivals Television & Film Awards will shine the spotlight on the art of the Movie Trailer. The award-winners of this newly launched category honoring this creative genre that combines cinematic storytelling with advertising/marketing to increase consumer appeal will be presented with trophies at the TV & Film Awards ceremony at the 2015 NAB Show.
Winners Announced for Fall 2014 SFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grants - $300,000 Awarded to Six Projects
$300,000 Awarded to Six Narrative Feature Projects in Various Stages of Production The San Francisco Film Society (SFFS), in partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation (KRF), announced today the projects that will receive a total of $300,000 in funding in the latest round of SFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grants. Six filmmaking teams were granted funding to help with their next stage of their creative process, f...
Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, BEST ONE YET! Warning: Spoilers.
“You can torture us, bomb us, and burn our district down, but fire is catching, and if we burn, you burn with us!” Can our beloved friend and family-oriented warrior princess, Miss Katniss Everdeen overthrow the Capitol, in this third deep, dark, and powerful installment based on the novels by Suzanne Collins, ‘Mockingjay’: Part 1? War on! Game off! The games are finished forever, however, the threat of oppression, and the fight to survive is...
Melbourne, dir. Nima Javidi / Review
Numerous plastic bags filled with clothes and personal objects are drained until the very last airdrop is lost and their entire content appears withered, even more soulless than in its actual state. As the opening credits roll down, this stylistic symbol unpacks an array of thoughts and interpretations. We are transferred to a simple, but modern apartment in Tehran. A couple is packing. Amir (Payman Maadi) and Sara’s (Negar Javaherian) belongings, their lives and future are about ...
Revolution will close the Voices from the Water Sweden Film festival
Rob's film Revolution will be shown during the 2nd Voices from the Waters in Sweden. Revolution will close the festival on Saturday the 29th at 9pm. For the full program check out http://voicesfromthewaters.se/hagabion.html (in Swedish though) or like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/voicesfromthewaters.se ...
MISS JULIE by Liv Ullmann starring Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell
Miss Julie depicts a fierce battle between a man and a woman, a struggle for power and dominance enacted through a cruel and compulsive game of seduction and repulsion. A country estate in Ireland in 1880s. Over the course of one midsummer night, in an atmosphere of wild revelry and loosened social constraints, Miss Julie and John, her father's valet, dance and drink, charm and manipulate each other. She, all hauteur longing for abasement; he, polished but coarse - both united in mu...
The Rule of Lead wins in Miami
The Rule of Lead - La Regola del Piombo wins a Best Feature Film Award at the Bright Minds Film Festival in Miami Beach!
“The Imitiation Game” Oscar Contender
The 92nd Street Y’s signature movie series, ‘Reel Pieces’ held a screening of the Oscar Contender, “The Imitation Game’ based on the biography of Alan Turing: The Enigma, written by Andrew Hodges. The screening was followed by a Q & A with the ‘Sherlock’ heartthrob, Benedict Cumberbatch. Yes, SHERLOCK was LIVE and IN person this past Sunday evening at the Kaufmann Concert Hall located at 92nd Street and Lexington Avenue! Photo c...
‘Banksy Does New York’ at DOC NYC!
However, it is also premiering this Monday, Nov. 17 on HBO, 9pm EST ‘Banksy Does New York’ chronicles the month-long residence that the pseudonymous British street artist, political activist, painter and film director, from Bristol, England, known as ‘Banksy’ (Exit Through the Gift Shop), displayed throughout the city of New York last October, 2013. For those who don’t know Banksy, no one has ever seen him before. His fans want to be th...
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Revolution receives Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature AND Best of Festival Award in Guam
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature AND Best of Festival http://www.guamfilmfestival.org/ Here’s a look at the 2014 GIFF Grand Jury panel: TOM BRILSIN, Ph.D Head Juror Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at University of Hawai’i, Professor Brislin’s broad media career began on Guam. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree and Ph.D in Mass Communications and film at Ohio State University. His specialty areas include indigenous Film, Media ...
Antonio Morabito's The Medicine Seller Wins the NICE City of Florence Award
Antonio Morabito - photo by Cat Sullivan New Italian Cinema, presented by the San Francisco Film Society; New Italian Cinema Events of Florence, Italy; the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco; and the Consulate General of Italy, San Francisco wrapped up a five-day run dedicated to celebrating the rich cinematic tradition of Italy and bringing the country's newest directors and films to audiences in San Francisco. At a special Closing Night presentation, Antonio Morabito'...
SoundTrack_Cologne awards EUROPEAN TALENT
An Evening Full of “Contrast”: AWARD, PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD and SEE THE SOUND music documentary award. SoundTrack_Cologne 11 · 19. – 23.11.20114 | SEE THE SOUND · 19. – 26.11.2014 The juries of SoundTrack_Cologne have chosen their favorites. Winners are Marianna Liik (WDR FILMSCORE AWARD), Friso Hoekstra (E...
What We Do in the Shadows wins the Leeds 2014 Audience Award
The 28th Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF28) ended yesterday after 16 days packed with 277 screenings across 15 venues, and an audience of 40,000. What We Do in the Shadows was voted by Leeds 2014 audiences as overall favourite in a year in which Leeds International Film Festival’s programme has received its highest ever overall rating from audiences. X+Y, starring Asa Butterfield and Sally Hawkins, came second and lead the festival’s largest ever programme of films produced...
2015 Newport Beach Film Festival Thanksgiving Special
The 2015 Newport Beach Film Festival will spotlight over 350 films from over 50 different countries, including short and feature length narrative, documentary, animated and student films. In addition to film screenings, the Festival hosts premiere galas, question and answer sessions with filmmakers, and an industry seminar series whose past participants have included Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network), Linda Woolverton (Beauty and the Beast), John Lee Hancock (Saving Mr. Banks), and Joe Walker (1...
Revolution wins Presenter Lead Blue at Ocean Film Festival and Conservatory Summit
ANIMATION This category recognizes achievement in the use of animation to convey engaging ocean stories and marine conservation information. WINNER 2 Min on the Oceans: Nutrient Runoff Jim Toomey USA FINALISTS Ain’t No Fish Tom Gasek/ Miki Cash USA Maly Cousteau (The Little Cousteau) Jakub Kouril/Bara Prikaska Czech Republic ...
2014 Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) Festival Award Winners!
Sold-Out Shows, Celebrity Tributes, and Inspired Films Paired with Incredible Food and Wine. Capping off a successful week of culinary, wine and film excellence the 4th Annual Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) announced this year’s juried and audience award winners at City Winery on Sunday, November 16, 2014. The Festival, held from November 12-16 screened 125 films showcasing the year’s best new independent films in 14 unique screening venues in the four postcard-perfect...
Nominations for and first Winners at the EFA 2014
At the Seville European Film Festival the European Film Academy and EFA Productions proudly announced the nominations for the 27th European Film Awards. The more than 3,000 EFA Members will now vote for the winners who will be presented during the awards ceremony on 13 December in Riga, European Capital of Culture 2014. EUROPEAN FILM 2014 FORCE MAJEURE TURIST Sweden/Denmark/France/Norway WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY...
The 2014 Silver Audience Award goes to Xavier Dolan’s Mommy
The Stockholm International Film Festival’s audience has spoken. Together the festival’s audience has voted Mommy, by Xavier Dolan, to win best film. In collaboration with the film channel Silver, the Stockholm Film Festival lets the audience choose their favorite film. This year’s Silver Audience Award goes to Xavier Dolan’s Mommy. Dolan visited the festival during its first week, and met the audience in an exclusive Face2Face. The Silver Audience Award wa...
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RIDM 2014 Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montreal (RIDM) Part 1 Report
Festival Report Part 1 RIDM (2014) : And as their motto rightfully states, “La Ou Toutes les Histoires Se Rencontrent” (Where All Stories Meet), the Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM), has boasted a very comprehensive program of contemporary life - where memory, the body, ethics, truth, reconciliation, story, and fabulation can be put on the big screen as documents to be examined discussed, dissected. The Festival has open...
focu on the 11th SF IndieFest presents Another Hole In The Head Annual Horror Film Festival
Celebrating Independent Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Festival Dates – December 5th to December 15th, 2014 New People Cinema Returning for its 11th year, SF IndieFest presents Another Hole In The Head Annual Horror Film Festival. Celebrating three weeks of Independent Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy films, the festival will include more than 20 feature films, 60 short films, and two new live events- a live rock and roll zombie show and a live reading of scary stories. For more informat...
VAFI 6 goes koala! Submissions are open until January 20, 2015 :)
Festival date: 21 - 26 April 2015 Submission deadline: 20 January 2015 Partner: Australia www.vafi.hr/en VAFI is a film festival for animated films made by children or youth under 18 years, but also from 5th edition - film festival for animated films made for children and youth. So, VAFI has two competative sections: section for animated films MADE BY children or youth - VAFI JUNIOR, and section for animated films made for children and youth - VAFI SENIOR. VAFI JUNIOR ha...
IFFS 2014 Conference Agenda
Here is the agenda for the conference running December 7 - 9, 2014 in Austin Texas. A few adjustments will be made. Meanwhile you can ask for the Filmfestivals.com DISCOUNT CODE FOR A PREFERED 300€ RATE. Sunday, December 7, 2014 Sunday, December 7, 2014 Conference Chair: Benjamin Oberman, President/CEO, Film Festival Flix 11:00am–12:00pm Registration & Solution Center (Exhibit Floor) Opens Visit every boo...
2014 Nihilist Film Fest Comes to Echo Park Film Center
For the fifteenth year, the Nihilist Cultural Foundation presents the Nihilist International Film Festival. This year’s evening of films will be presented at the Echo Park Film Center. The show will start at 8:30 pm on Friday, December 12. The festival includes two hours of short films from around the country and around the world. The films range from troubling to hilarious, from profound to completely silly. Pretty much, something for everyone (except children an...
Exground filmfest 27: closing of a successful festival edition
On Sunday, November 23, exground filmfest 27 closed a successful festival edition with the award ceremony followed by a party at Caligari FilmBühne. In the past ten days the festival presented highlights of international independent film Wiesbaden. Numerous guests from all over the world came to the Hessian state capital to present their works at the festival to the audience in packed cinemas. Following the second screening the winners of all exground filmfest’s competitions were...
IFFS Panel: Marketing Your Film Festival
Banner ads, street teams, experiential marketing, word of mouth, traditional advertising, digital branding, social media, tweeting, FB liking, radio, tv, publicists….. exhausted yet? Can you measure what’s working or are you throwing it all up against the wall in hopes that something sticks? Let’s break down the tools and figure out how to optimize each one to benefit your organization. Moderator: Dave Margolis, Executive Director, Ashland Independent Film Festival ...
Kendal Mountain Festival, Film Festival for Outdoor Enthusiasts, Nov 20-23, 2014, The Lakes District, UK
Kendal Mountain Film Festival for Outdoor Enthusiasts is in it’s 15th straight year and is held in the Lakes District in Cumbria County, UK, Thursday- Sunday, November 20-23, 2014. http://www.golakes.co.uk/ Covering all aspects of mountain and adventure sports culture, the film genres shown at ‘KMF’ include wildlife, outdoor sports, and environmental documentaries. Their vision is to encourage more people to explore the great outdoors. Every single film being sh...
Marrakech International Film Festival unveils line-up and Juries (2014)
The 14th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival (5 - 13 December 2014) just unveiled its line-up and juries, surpassing even last year’s galore of big names in the industry that attended the Moroccan Film Festival. After making known that this year’s tributes will honour Japanese Cinema, Egyptian actor Adel Imam, British actor Jeremy Irons and the American actor Viggo Mortensen. The festival stated: “For this year’s ed...
Record breaking year for Stockholm International Film Festival 201 films, 60 countries, and a grand total of 141 000 visitors
The 25th Stockholm International Film Festival has come to an end. This year’s festival set several records, including the number of films in the program, countries represented, and visitors. 2014 is also the year for female award winners. It has been a record breaking year for the Stockholm Film Festival - 201 films, 60 countries, and a grand total of 141 000 visitors throughout the year. The number of female directors and actors who won awards is also greater than ever before...
John Woo, actresses Zhang Ziyi, Juliette Binoche, Cheng Pei Pei and many moreto attend the Singapore International Film Festival
International and regional celebrities to grace the 25th edition of the filmfestival from December 4 to 14 20 November 2014, SINGAPORE – Stars who will be walking the red carpet at this year’s Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) include world-renowned auteur John Woo, actresses Zhang Ziyi, Juliette Binoche and Cheng Pei Pei. John Woo and Zhang Ziyi will be in Singapore for Woo’s latest film, The Crossing, an epic love story spanning half...
IFFI, Festival Diary, Part II
A 40 minutes delayed flight on Jet Airways from Mumbai to Panaji, accreditation badge not ready on arrival, late first night due to checking into the hotel, unpacking, settling down, dinner with a friend, etc, missing the next morning's Indian film preview screening because it clashed head-on with the Curtain-Raiser Press Conference (PC), missing the next one while trying to get the badge made, going for the third film of the day, KUTTRAM KADITHAL-Tamil-director Bramma G-2014-122...
Glasgow Film Festival announces dates and new strands for 2015
The eleventh annual Glasgow Film Festival will run from 18 February – 1 March. Strewth! Australia, Ingrid Bergman, nerd culture, Glasgow’s cinema history and family cinema celebrated at Glasgow Film Festival as 2015 dates and new programming strands are announced. Glasgow Film Festival organisers today announced their 2015 dates, as well as a slew of new programme strands for the upcoming festival. This year the festival stretches out over a wid...
IFFI diary, Part I: Delhi's gain, IFFI's loss?
In mid October 2014, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, started calling for accreditations from media-persons. Soon after the International Film Festival of Mumbai (IFFM) got over, journalists started applying for the same. It would be 10 years since the travelling festival moved to Panaji, Goa, and took-up permanent residence there, and in power was Goa's Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who had been in office in 2004 t...
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Andy Siege to attend Bahamas BIFF with Beti and Amare Filmfestivals.com's Interview
Filmfestivals.com met with Andy a young filmmaker preiering his film on th efestival cicruit last septemebre at Montrreal World Film, a low budget Sci Film shot in Ethiopia. Beti, a young Ethiopian girl has escaped Mussolini's troops and found refuge in the peaceful south of the country. But the Italians are marching closer. Beti's only hope... will come from above! BETI AND AMARE 2014, Colour, Germany, Ethiopia, Focus on World Cinema ...
Debra Messing to be honored at BIFF
Debra Messing at BIFF, she will be honored as the 2014 BIFF Shining Star, Friday, December 5 following her Opening Night Film Friday, December 5 at 7:30pm LIKE SUNDAY LIKE RAIN !! at the Atlantis Theater Debra Messing Shining Star Tribute Messing landed her first television job in a recurring role on the hit dramaNYPD Blue in 1994. Her career advanced steadily from there, with guest spots on shows such as Seinfeld and a se...
Legend of Polish cinema Krzysztof Zanussi arrives at the Black Nights
One of the best-known Polish film directors Krzysztof Zanussi arrives in Tallinn today. Zanussi acclaimed international fame with his first full-length features “Struktura krysztalu” (1969) and “Family Life” (1971). Tonight he will present his latest “The Foreign Body” (2014) at a red carpet special screening at the Black Nights Film festival. “The Foreign Body” premiered at this year’s Toronto film festi...
IFFS panel : I'm every woman- Woman in Film and Music
We all know it can be lonely at the top, lonely at the bottom…and even in the middle. We’ll explore how women can support each other and bring unity, clarity & a complementary voice to the festival experience & workplace. In fact, our panel of experts have done it quite nicely, thank you. No grumbling allowed. And we play nice with boys too! Moderator: Christine Devine, news anchor
& reporter, KTTV FOX 11 Panelist: Nora Dunn, Comedian/ Actress/ Writer ...
Wonderful Women by Wordpress reception at the Summit
registered members of the Conference will gather in the Hyatt Regency for a party sponsored by Wordpress on Wonderful Women. Don’t miss out on libations and hors d’oeuvres courtesy of WordPress! There will also be a special mix from DJ Taz! When: Monday December 8th, 2014 Time: 5:00 PM Where: Tradeshow Floor, Hyatt Regency Austin For more information, visit us at: filmfestivalsummit.com or imfcon.com. ...
Interview with Najwa Najja for EYES OF A THIEF representing Palestine at the official Foreign Film Oscars
Based on true events, Eyes of a Thief directed by Najwa Najjar, follows the journey of a mysterious man at the height of the Palestinian Uprising, in 2002. After Tarek is being treated by local nuns, who help him escape, he's soon arrested by Israeli soldiers. Ten years later, he is released from prison and returns to his town, a place transformed by drastic changes. He sets off to find his daughter Nur. As secrets are uncovered, light is shed on the stifling nature of contemporary Palestini...
Nima Javidi, dir. of 'Melbourne' / Interview
INTERVIEW: Nima Javidi, director of Melbourne, Opening Film of Venice71 Critics Week Director Nima Javidi opened this year's Critics Week at the 71st Venice Film Festival with his debut feature Melbourne, telling the story of a couple in contemporary Iran whose planned migration to Melbourne is prevented by an unfortunate event few hours before departure. Javidi is the director of six short films and two documentaries. He is mainly known in Iran for his work on televisioncomm...
Meet the Executive Board od Cine Las Americas
Meet the Executive Board Hector Silva Hector has been a fan, volunteer and financial supporter of the festival for longer than he can remember. He began serving on the Board of Directors in 2012. He brings executive zeal and experience serving other non-profit boards to the team. He remains an community leader and avid Austinite focusing on sustaining the city's community, charm and appeal. Denise Garza Steusloff Denise's involvement with the festival b...
Ed Guiney to receive the European Co-production Award – Prix EURIMAGES
This year’s EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD – Prix EURIMAGES, an award acknowledging the decisive role of co-productions in the European film industry, goes to Irish producer Ed Guiney. Ed Guiney co-founded Element Pictures with Andrew Lowe in 2001. Today, Element has offices in Dublin and London, working across production, distribution, and exhibition. Element has been involved in the production and distribution of over 30 feature films. Current and upcoming Element pr...
Michel Gondry to be president of the 5th edition of MyFrenchFilmFestival
The French director will head the jury of the upcoming edition of MyFrenchFilmFestival, the world's first Online French Film Festival organized by UniFrance Films, which will take place from January 16 through February 16, 2015. Ten French feature films and ten French shorts will be presented in competition during the 5th MyFrenchFilmFestival.com. Web users around the world will be invited to view these films and to publish their comments on the website myfrenchfilmfestival.com. The websi...
Tai Burkholder Joins Annapolis Film Festival as Festival Producer
Tai Lavin Burkholder has joined the staff of the Annapolis Film Festival as Festival Producer. A feature film producer with over 15 years of experience, Tai Burkholder is the Producer of two separate films that premiered at The Sundance Film Festival, including That's What She Said starring Anne Heche. She has worked on dozens of films as Producer, Line Producer, or Production Supervisor and has worked with names such as Collin Firth, Emily Blunt, and Hilary Swank. Tai ju...
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent As Demi Moore is whisked outside the back of Bacara Resort & Spa with an entourage after the fete for Jessica Lange, who just received the Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the words of her “three daughters” still float on the crisp night air. During the ceremony, after 38 years of clips unspool starring the wildly talented Lange, Moore will break the dramatic tensi...
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Conference program @ Asia TV Forum & Market and ScreenSingapore 2014
All Conference and Market activities are held at Level 4 and 5, Sands Expo and Convention Centre (Marina Bay Sands). Media registration will be at the Protocol Welcome Desk on Level 4. (A) Pre-market Conference: Tuesday, 9 December 2014 Venue Level 4, Roselle Ballroom, Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) Programme schedule 8.45am – 9.20am ...
IFFS 2014 Panel confirmed: Anatomy of a Successful Collaboration
In a rapidly expanding festival market, where community members, audiences and sponsors are being pulled in multiple directions and oftentimes spread thin, this panel of experts will provide tools to help you stand out and succeed with your film distributors, sponsors, and community through successful collaborations. Moderator: Benjamin Oberman, President/CEO, Film Festival Flix Panelist: Stephanie Northen, Director of Publicity, Roadside Attractions Panel...
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Bruno Chatelin rejoint le jury du Bahamas Film Festival, Mentor au Film Residency Program
Le Bahamas Film Festival se tiendra du 7 au 14 décembre à Nassau et Eleuthera, Giovernor's Harbour Island... Joel Zito Araujo Juror | Spirit Of Freedom Narrative & Documentary Trent Berry Juror | Spirit Of Freedom Narrative & Documentary Lisa Chanoff Juror | New Visions / sponsored by JetBlue Airways ...
Le Prix de la Coproduction Européenne - Prix EURIMAGES pour Ed Guiney
Le PRIX DE LA COPRODUCTION EUROPÉENNE – Prix EURIMAGES, qui récompense le rôle décisif des coproductions de l'industrie du cinéma Européen, est décerné cette année au producteur Irlandais Ed Guiney. Ed Guiney a cofondé la société Element Pictures avec Andrew Lowe en 2001. Les bureaux d'Element se situent à Dublin et Londres, la société travaille dans les domaines de la...
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