MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA In late November 2014, the long-awaited summary of the US Senate report on its investigation of the of the use of torture by the CIA was released. This heavily censored summary confirmed the widespread and repeated use of torture, and its authorization by both elected and appointed government officials. This information shocked the nation. Yet, despite the evidence, no one has been investigated or prosecuted for these illegal actions. Ironically, the only person who has been prosecuted with any connection to our torture activities was a whistleblower imprisoned for exposing them (former CIA analyst John Kiriakou.

A video contest addressing the pressing issue of accountability is currently underway. The Second Annual Tackling Torture Video Contest is a project of Minnesota's Women Against Military Madness's (WAMM) committee on torture accountability. It is now accepting 30 second to 5 minute videos from amateurs and professionals worldwide with a submission deadline now extended to June 1, 2015. Four cash prizes will be awarded. For complete information go to http://tacklingtorturevideocontest.webs.com/.

The jury consists of international experts on film and on the torture issue, including Prof. Peter Kuznick, American University, co-writer of the 10 part TV series “The Untold History of the United States” (2012), Sebastian Doggart, director of the critically acclaimed documentary “American Faust:From Condi to Neo-Condi” (2009), longtime peace activist, Andy Worthington, and Joseph Jolton, Minneapolis filmmaker and instructor video arts at Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the Blake School. Winners will be fêted at Twin Cities events on June 26th, the UN-designated Torture Awareness Day and at other Twin Cities events TBA .

A new, even more worrisome recent development is that the new Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr is attempting to claw back all copies of the full, nearly 7000 page classified report that had been made available to Administration agencies such as the Department of Justice, FBI and State Department. If Burr gets his way, it would serve to shield the findings from ever being made available under the Freedom of Information Act and would also keep officials from learning lessons from this sad chapter in America’s history. Former Vice President Dick Cheney remains unrepentant, publicly stating he would do it all over again, meaning he would order that prisoners be tortured. This may very well happen given that any future Administration is free to overturn President Obama’s 2009 executive order. Our nation is built, by design and intention, entirely on laws written and enacted by citizen-politicians who were elected by fellow citizens. Its strength lies in upholding these laws, the greater the crime, the more important its prosecution.

The “Tackling Torture Video Contest,” was created to draw attention to the need for proper execution of our laws regarding torture regardless of fear, political preference, or rhetoric. Contest judge Joseph Jolton explains, “Artists have a unique opportunity to present perspectives on our culture and society that may not be evident in the media and our consciousness, or need other ways of being explored. Film offers immediacy, presence and emotion when it presents these perspectives and can have a far more effective impact than written descriptions or static images."

Thomas Dickinson, Co-Manager, Tackling Torture Video Contest Contact: 612-822-9520, tacklingtorturevideo@fastmail.fm Address: W.A.M.M. 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 5 5407

LEARN MORE TO SUBMIT YOUR FILM OR SCRIPT

SUBMIT YOUR SHORT FILM NOW  I  SUBMIT YOUR SHORT SCREENPLAY NOW

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2015   FESTIVAL: SEPTEMBER 10–20, 2015

RIL 30, 2015   FESTIVAL: SEPTEMBER 10–20, 2015

The festival has been named as the “Coolest Short Film Festival” by MovieMaker Magazine, and is a three-time winner of the Washington City Paper’s “Coolest Short Film Festival” contest/award.

The 11-day event (September 10–20, 2015) will include film screenings, Q&As, filmmaker workshops and parties in locations throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area, as well as online, through the DC Shorts Online Film Festival

Founded in 2003, the DC Shorts Film Festival was created by DC-based filmmaker, Jon Gann, in response to the dozens of festivals he attended the previous year with his award-winning film, Cyberslut. Frustrated that many festivals were focused on money and sponsors and not films and filmmakers, he decided to start his own event, focusing on the form he loves — shorts.

In 2006, the DC Film Alliance, a non-profit arts organization, was created to present the DC Shorts Film Festival, and offer other programs and resources for Washington, D.C.-based filmmakers. The Alliance helped to bridge the gap between other area film organizations, foster a community for regional film festival directors, and sponsored monthly Salons to educate filmmakers of all levels.

In response to the needs of the industry, DC Shorts has recently rebranded many DC Film Alliance activities, re-tooled others, and now hosts year-round programming, which includes:

• DC Shorts Film Festival & Screenwriting Competitions (September)
• Online resources for regional filmmakers
• Online films for audience development
• DC Shorts WINS: award-winning film (February)
• Regional Film Festival Conference (March)
• DC Shorts MENTORS: Weekend courses on all aspects of short filmmaking (March)
• DC Shorts LAUGHS: comedy films and live stand-up comics (January)
• Pasties & Popcorn: sexy films and live burlesque and sideshow acts (May)
• Internship opportunities for college-age students

12th Annual DC Shorts Film Festival
September 10-20, 2015

• Our main judging criteria is STORY. Do you have an interesting, original story about developed, well-written characters? If so, then you are a good fit for us.
• We screen all genres and styles of films.
• We screen films from :30 seconds to 20 minutes. Longer films may be considered, but are generally difficult to program. We will not consider any film over 30 minutes.
• All entrants receive written feedback from the selection panel. This information has been invaluable to thousands of past entrants – it is the reason we have been a top pick of Moviemaker Magazine year after year.
• Films that screened at past DC Shorts Film Festivals have gone on win countless other competitions, including the Academy Awards.
• Washington, DC has some of the most sophisticated audiences in the world. In a city with over 70 film festivals a year, DC Shorts continues to be a dominant force for film distribution in the region.
• The DC Shorts Film Festival is the largest short film event on the east coast of the United States.
• DC Shorts just topped the list as Moviemaker Magazine’s Coolest Short Film Festival – an honor we are thrilled about, and has been listed as a “Festival Worth the Submission Fee” — again. 
• MORE INFORMATION

http://festival.dcshorts.com

9th Annual DC Shorts Screenplay Competition
Friday, September 18, 2015
Six finalists are invited to attend DC Shorts and, with the assistance of local directors and agents, cast a live table reading of the script from a bank of actors. The readings are performed in front of an audience, who vote on their favorites. These votes, along with the scores of the readers, determine a competition winner.

• The DC Shorts Screenplay Competition awards up to $2,000 to a winning script, and guaranteed acceptance into the 2016 DC Shorts Film Festival.
• We consider screenplays in every genre and subject matter. However, because the finalists are read in front of a live audience, the judging committee looks for material that can be successfully conveyed to a general audience in a table reading.
• Scripts must be under 15 pages (not including a cover page).
• Scripts must not be in production. The purpose of the competition and award money is to foster the creation and successful completion of an independent short film. All film/video shooting must take place after the award presentation.
• DC Shorts has been named by MovieMaker Magazine year after year as one of 25 festivals worth the entry fee for our unique feedback system in which EVERY writer is able to review their scores and receive readers’ comments.
• The 2014 script winner, BREAKIN(G) by David Feehan, is currently in production, and will premiere at the 2015 DC Shorts Film Festival. We are very proud to be one of the project’s producers.
• MORE INFORMATION

http://festival.dcshorts.com

The Adelaide Film Festival was founded in 2003
 

Late deadline: Jun 02, 2015

Notification date: Aug 15, 2015

Fees range from 35.00 to 75.00 AUD (26.60 to 57.00 USD) .

See submission categories for details about fees.

Awards

Total prize money: 35,000.00 USD General rules Submissions for the 2015 festival program will open on Monday 2 February 2015 and close on Monday 2 June 2015.

AFF accepts feature films and shorts (drama, documentary, hybrid, experimental and animation) made in Australia and internationally. These can be any length or genre.

Submissions must be received at the AFF office by the official closing date, Monday 2 June at 5:00pm
  
Submissions close on Monday 2 June 2015.
Regular entry fees: Shorts AUD$35

Features AUD$75
We do not accept late submissions.

Notification date: Friday 15 August 2015

Submission regulations
All entries must be submitted via FilmFestivalLife. 

Entry fees are not refunded if the film is not selected or is ineligible to screen at the festival.

Films under 40 minutes are considered to be short films. 

Exhibition format
If your film is selected to be screened at AFF 2015 then it must be delivered in DCP format.

Any other digital formats will be subject to further discussion. 

We cannot theatrically screen from DVD or Blu-Ray.

Eligibility
Films must have been completed after July 2013.

We do not accept:
- works that are exclusively educational, scientific or for training or promotion 
- music videos
- films that have been exhibited in South Australia, in any form, prior to 25 October 
2015. Private cast and crew and graduation screenings are accepted but AFF must be notified about these screenings.
- films that have been broadcast on Australian television (cable or free-to-air) prior to 25 October 2015 or have been made available for sale or rent prior to 25 October 2015.
- films that have been broadcast on the internet or available for download in any capacity prior to 25 October 2015. However, films available online via secure password protected sites are eligible.

AFF reserves the right to program films that fall outside of the eligibility criteria under special circumstances.

Works-in-progress/rough cuts 
AFF may agree to preview films that are not yet finished during the submission period, but will be finished in time for the festival. The film must be at picture lock stage. Work-in-progress films should only be submitted if AFF has agreed to accept them. 
You must first send details of the status of the film to info@adelaidefilmfestival.org to then have your film approved for submission as a work-in-progress/rough cut.

Selection
Festival programmers select and invite all films presented at AFF. All entrants will be notified of the Festival’s programming decisions by email by mid-August 2015. Please notify AFF if you change the email you provide when submitting your film.

AFF’s selection decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into. We do not provide critical analysis or feedback.

If after submitting to AFF your film becomes ineligible (screened at another festival, broadcast on television, available online etc) it will be automatically removed from consideration for AFF and submission fees will not be refunded.

Insurance
AFF will only insure DCPs/tapes of films invited to the festival, for the duration of their stay in Australia and during transit to and from the entrant or to and from a following engagement.


Late Deadline April 30

The Burbank International Film Festival is now accepting Submissions for the 2015 Festival taking place September 9th-13th in Beautiful Downtown Burbank CA. The Media Capitol of the World.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
THE 7th ANNUAL BURBANK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

AN IMDB QUALIFYING FESTIVAL

The seventh annual Burbank International Film Festival (BIFF) presents five-days of film screenings from around the world in 20 categories and kicks-off with a special Opening Night Screening and Gala Reception. The Festival continues with Film Screenings, Celebrity Red Carpet Events, After Parties and Receptions and will culminate with a star-studded Closing Night Gala Dinner and Awards Show.

BIFF also honors Industry Icons in the world of film, music and art. These include, (IRON MAN 3) Writer/Director Shane Black, (JAWS) writer Carl Gottlieb, Award-winning Actor John Savage (DEER HUNTER), Lou Ferrigno (THE INCREDIBLE HULK), Academy Award-winning Make-up Artists Rick Baker (THE WOLFMAN) & Stan Winston (TERMINATOR Films), Creature and Concept Designer Neville Page (OBLIVION, AVATAR), Writer/Director Mick Garris  (THE SHINING & THE STAND) Academy Award-winning Animation Directors Brenda Chapman BRAVE), and (ALADDIN & THE  LITTLE MERMAID) writer/directors Ron Clements & Jon Musker to name a few.

It all started in Burbank. In the 1920's, Burbank began to flourish with both entertainment and aviation. Both industries came to Burbank because of its location and the available space. The motion picture business moved to Burbank starting with First National Pictures who bought a 78-acre piece of land. The company was soon taken over by another young company founded by four Brothers by the name of Warner.

Today Burbank is the preeminent Media and Entertainment Capitol of the World. The grandeur of its skyline is comprised of the world's best studios and production houses which include Warner Bros., Disney, Universal Studios, ABC, The Burbank Studios, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network to name just a few. The Burbank International Film Festival captures its home city's rich history and movie making magic by promoting fresh pieces of cinematic art by up and coming filmmakers from around the world.
 

Enter your film now and become  part of Burbanks' s rich cinematic History!

SUBMIT
 

The Burbank International Film Festival is a California non-profit organization operating as a 501C3 tax-exempt corporation

6th Annual International Film Finance Forum

Intercontinental Carlton Hotel | Cannes, France

Presented by Winston Baker

May 15, 2015

in partnership with filmfestivals.com

REGISTER using our PROMO CODE: FEST21 and save 30% off the standard rate thru May 2nd!

OVERVIEW:

Winston Baker will host its annual international program during the 68th Festival de Cannes at the prestigious Carlton Hotel located on the Boulevard de la Croisette. This particular forum will be a half-day program on the afternoon of May 15, 2015 geared towards global strategies for financing films, mitigating risk, aligning interests with partners worldwide, and identifying viable distribution in the age of “watch it when you want and where you want it.”

Key topics of discussion at the forum will include:

- View From the Director’s Chair: Banking on Content vs. Talent

- Is it Real Movie Money or Just Another Big Yacht Passing By?

- Staying Ahead of the Growing Co-Production Curve

- Breaking into the China Market: Power Players and Strategic Partnership Opportunities

- Distribution Re-Defined: Selling Films and Making Money in the On-Demand Age

At the end of the forum, a private reception will be hosted for speakers, sponsors, and registered attendees.

ATTENDEE PROFILE:

Each year, the Cannes forum hosts a targeted group of between 150 and 200 film financiers, producers, sales agents, buyers, and seasoned advisors. The Winston Baker forum is an effective way to stay connected with award winning producers and active industry deal-makers, as well as make new contacts at a film festival that hosts thousands of people each year.

In 2014, attendance at the Marché du Film reached a record 11,806 registered participants, including 1,927 buyers for 5,036 companies. 116 countries were represented that year, with 8 new countries making an appearance. In such a huge market, there is no better way to establish visibility with the right contacts than by attending a high-level film finance and distribution conference?

Winston Baker’s 2015 Cannes forum will be featuring outstanding speakers such as David Glasser, President and Chief Operating Officer of The Weinstein Company, Jim Berk, Chief Executive Officer of Participant Media, Micah Green, Co-Head, Film Finance and Sales Group, Creative Artists Agency and industry leaders from IM Global, Universal Pictures International, IFC Films, and so many others!

More information on programming is available on the International Film Finance Forum website.

REGISTRATION DETAILS:

PORTLAND, OR—Portland Film Festival (September 1st – 7th, 2015) is excited to announce its Call for Entries in all categories including student, transmedia, web, short and feature length films.

The largest and most highly attended film festival in Oregon in 2013, PDXFF presented over 145 features/documentary films and short films to an audience of more than 525,000 (23k in person and over 500k online). The festival had over 300 volunteers, 236 visiting and local cast and crew from showcased films and attracted over 1200 filmmakers to the city-wide event.

The Festival was named one of the “coolest festivals in the world,” by MovieMaker Magazine in 2014, and included in the “50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee” in 2015.

Portland's love for film (Portland has more independent movie theaters in the heart of its city per capita than any other city in the world besides Paris.) makes the city the most appropriate setting for new films to be seen, tested, and celebrated by everyone - fan and filmmaker alike.

Attendees and alumni of the film festival include Eli Roth, Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment, Abby Elliott, Chris Williams, Chuck Palahniuk, Jason Mamoa, Doug Benson, Wendy Froud, Brian Froud, Toby Froud, Penny Lane, Chelsea Cain, Daniel Wilson, Chelsey Reist, Isaac Feder, James Franco, Lorenza Izzo, Matt Walsh, Susan Sarandon, Michael Tully, Ryan Murdock, Kelly Reichardt, Kris Kaczor, Bryan Storkel, Leah Warshawski, Daryl Hannah, Vivian Norris, Karney Hatch, Jon Matthews, Dana Nachman, Mitchell Jackson, John Jeffcoat, Shawn Telford, Leah Meyerhoff, Mark Raso, David Zellner, Bradley King and more.

In 2015, we’ll be introducing our Golden Axe Award (Visiting filmmakers will get an opportunity to throw axes with professional supervision by a local Forestry Club.) PDXFF is proud to offer over $22,000 in prizes and awards.

Prizes and Awards

These juried awards are given for excellence in filmmaking, form and content. Additional prizes of goods and services will also be awarded:

• New Directors Competition (International 1st and 2nd time directors)

• $500 Narrative Competition

• $500 Documentary Competition

• $250 Short Film: Narrative

• $250 Short Film: Documentary

• $250 Music Video

• $400 Screenplay: Unproduced screenplay

• $20,000 Screenplay: Oregon Production Film Grant including crew and equipment to produce your project.

• $500 Midnight Screening – Best Film in the Universe Award
   

Submission Deadlines (may vary with category)

• Regular: April 14, 2015

• Late Deadline: May 6, 2015

• Withoutabox Final: May 15, 2015

• Final Deadline: May 22, 2015

Submission Categories
Professionals, amateur and student filmmakers working in all aesthetic disciplines, lengths and genres including but not limited to narrative, documentary, animation, web, transmedia, music video, experimental of varied lengths from feature, short to micro are welcome to submit.

• All genres

• All lengths and mediums (ie. feature, short, web, transmedia)
   

Submission Platforms

• Withoutabox

• Film Freeway

• Film Festival Life

• Direct Submission

Submit your film | Submit your screenplay

The Adelaide Film Festival was founded in 2003
 

Late deadline: Jun 02, 2015

Notification date: Aug 15, 2015

Fees range from 35.00 to 75.00 AUD (26.60 to 57.00 USD) .

See submission categories for details about fees.

Awards

Total prize money: 35,000.00 USD General rules Submissions for the 2015 festival program will open on Monday 2 February 2015 and close on Monday 2 June 2015.

AFF accepts feature films and shorts (drama, documentary, hybrid, experimental and animation) made in Australia and internationally. These can be any length or genre.

Submissions must be received at the AFF office by the official closing date, Monday 2 June at 5:00pm
  
Submissions close on Monday 2 June 2015.
Regular entry fees: Shorts AUD$35

Features AUD$75
We do not accept late submissions.

Notification date: Friday 15 August 2015

Submission regulations
All entries must be submitted via FilmFestivalLife. 

Entry fees are not refunded if the film is not selected or is ineligible to screen at the festival.

Films under 40 minutes are considered to be short films. 

Exhibition format
If your film is selected to be screened at AFF 2015 then it must be delivered in DCP format.

Any other digital formats will be subject to further discussion. 

We cannot theatrically screen from DVD or Blu-Ray.

Eligibility
Films must have been completed after July 2013.

We do not accept:
- works that are exclusively educational, scientific or for training or promotion 
- music videos
- films that have been exhibited in South Australia, in any form, prior to 25 October 
2015. Private cast and crew and graduation screenings are accepted but AFF must be notified about these screenings.
- films that have been broadcast on Australian television (cable or free-to-air) prior to 25 October 2015 or have been made available for sale or rent prior to 25 October 2015.
- films that have been broadcast on the internet or available for download in any capacity prior to 25 October 2015. However, films available online via secure password protected sites are eligible.

AFF reserves the right to program films that fall outside of the eligibility criteria under special circumstances.

Works-in-progress/rough cuts 
AFF may agree to preview films that are not yet finished during the submission period, but will be finished in time for the festival. The film must be at picture lock stage. Work-in-progress films should only be submitted if AFF has agreed to accept them. 
You must first send details of the status of the film to info@adelaidefilmfestival.org to then have your film approved for submission as a work-in-progress/rough cut.

Selection
Festival programmers select and invite all films presented at AFF. All entrants will be notified of the Festival’s programming decisions by email by mid-August 2015. Please notify AFF if you change the email you provide when submitting your film.

AFF’s selection decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into. We do not provide critical analysis or feedback.

If after submitting to AFF your film becomes ineligible (screened at another festival, broadcast on television, available online etc) it will be automatically removed from consideration for AFF and submission fees will not be refunded.

Insurance
AFF will only insure DCPs/tapes of films invited to the festival, for the duration of their stay in Australia and during transit to and from the entrant or to and from a following engagement.


Charles Tesson, the Artistic Director of La Semaine de la Critique, comments the 2015 selection. With thirteen countries represented and a majority of first films, La Semaine confirms its mission: to discover new talents and to explore the innovative expressions of the cinema worldwide. The upcoming edition will also cast light on the dy namism of the young French cinema, personified by a new generation of very promising actors.
La Semaine de la Critique supports emerging talents with a selection of 11 first and second feature films and 10 medium-length films.

Planet in Focus is Canada’s leading environmental film organization showcasing and promoting outstanding environmental films and videos in all genres by Canadian and international filmmakers. Submit your environmental film to the 16th annual festival taking place October 22-25, 2015!

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT A FILM

Early-bird deadline: April 1st, 2015

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The International Film Finance Forum 2015 in Cannes May 15, 2015

6th edition of The International Film Finance Forum 2015 will run Friday, May 15, 2015 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Central European Time)
Details online.

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HALLOWEEN HORROR FEST  October 1 -31, 2015

Submission Deadline: Early Bird Submission April 30th; General Submission June 15th.

Our mission is to celebrate great horror films and filmmakers from around the world and to provide greater opportunities for these films and their audiences to connect through the internet.

13 category prizes are determined by online popular vote.
All Entrants are eligible for the “Grand Prize”. The top three films by audience vote will be submitted to our Film Jury who will award the “Grand Prize”. Cash prize, distribution offer, and more... SUBMIT NOW

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Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival October 19 -25, 2015

Final deadline: May 15th, 2015

Planet in Focus, in its 16th year, is Canada’s largest environmental film festival. We showcase and promote outstanding environmental films and videos in all genres (documentaries, dramas, experimental, short films, animation, youth & educational) by Canadian and international filmmakers. We use a broad definition of environment which includes the social, natural, cultural, human and non-human, built, urban, rural and many more! We give out 7 film awards at the festival (some cash and some not).

Planet in Focus also operates a year-round Touring Program bringing environmental films to communities and schools across Canada (over 50 screenings last year). For these programs we draw on films that screened in the previous festival and also those that were submitted (especially for our school screenings). So, submit today for a chance to screen your film at our Annual Festival and/or Touring Program.

SUBMIT YOUR FILM NOW

Planet in Focus' Blog on filmfestivals.com I www.planetinfocus.org I Facebook I Twitter I Youtube I SUBMIT

 

Portland Film Festival   September 1–7, 2015 

Regular Deadline – April 14, 2015

The Storytellers' Festival & Conference
Festival: September 1–7, 2015  
Film & Screenplay Competitions

The 7-day event (September 1–7, 2015) will include film screenings, Q&As, filmmaker workshops, classes, panels and parties in locations throughout Portland, Oregon, as well as online.

The festival was named as one of the “Coolest Film Festivals in the World” by MovieMaker Magazine, as well as one of the "50 Festivals Worth its Submission Fee." The fest has over 20k in cash and prizes split across most genres and film lengths.

SUBMIT YOUR FILM NOW  I  SUBMIT YOUR SCREENPLAY NOW

Portland Film Festival's Blog on filmfestivals.com I Website:www.portlandfilmfestival.com I Facebook I Twitter I  Instagram 

Depth Of Field International Film Festival Fall 2015

April 30, 2015 Earlybird Deadline

Feedback: The one element most festivals ignore.      

Instead of paying submission fees and getting nothing in return, EVERYONE who submits to DOFIFF.COM will receive one of two benefits: Either 1): your film is already competition calibre, and gets accepted/nominated to compete, OR 2): you will receive a letter outlining exactly what is keeping it from being accepted.  If you can make corrections, you can resubmit for FREE.  Find us at https://filmfreeway.com/festival/DepthOfFieldInternationalFilmFestival and get your money’s worth.

Depth Of Field International Film Festival's blog on filmfestivals.com |Website:  www.dofiff.com I SUBMIT

UNAFF 2015  October 15-25, 2015

Early Deadline – May 5, 2015

UNAFF celebrates the power of international documentary films dealing with human rights, the environment, protection of refugees, famine, homelessness, racism, disease control, women's issues, children, universal education, war and peace.

The 18th UNAFF will be held in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. This year's theme RUNNING OUT OF TIME continues the ongoing celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and focuses on time-sensitive aspects of the Millennium Development Goals.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
• Documentaries only
• No runtime limit - UNAFF accepts both shorts and longs

United Nations Association Film Festival UNAFF's blog on filmfestivals.com I Website: www.unaff.org I SUBMIT 

Open Call for Entry into Gwinnett Center International Film Festival  

JUL. 31 – AUG. 2!

Submission Deadline: June 26 

Gwinnett Center International Film Festival celebrates the accomplishments of locally produced and funded independent films, while expanding the awareness of films from all over the globe. The goal is to allow film makers to network with other industry professionals and connect with their audience in an atmosphere that is open and accommodating.

This year’s categories, including short films, feature films, documentaries, foreign films, family & children's films, student films, music videos and animation short films. The 2015 GCI Film Festival is now accepting submissions thru multiple platforms. For more information, please visit:

Gwinnett Center International Film Festival's blog  on filmfestivals.com I Website: www.gcifilmfest.com I SUBMIT

Burbank International Film Festival Calling
September 9-13, 2015

Late Deadline April 30

The Film Freeway code for a $5.00 discount for www.FilmFestivals.com is: Festival

The Burbank International Film Festival is now accepting Submissions for the 2015 Festival taking place September 9th-13th in Beautiful Downtown Burbank CA. The Media Capitol of the World.

BIFF IS AN IMDB QUALIFYING FESTIVAL

The seventh annual Burbank International Film Festival (BIFF) presents five-days of film screenings from around the world in 20 categories and kicks-off with a special Opening Night Screening and Gala Reception. The Festival continues with Film Screenings, Celebrity Red Carpet Events, After Parties and Receptions and will culminate with a star-studded Closing Night Gala Dinner and Awards Show.

Burbank International Film Festival's blog on filmfestivals.com I Website: www.burbankfilmfest.org I SUBMIT 

Hollyshorts 
August 13-22, 2015

The 11th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Conference/Film Market, scheduled for August 13-22, 2015 at the world famous TCL Chinese Theatre and Roosevelt Hotel, is now accepting submissions. (www.withoutabox.com/login/4655)   2014 HSFF, 3 times named to MovieMaker Magazine “Top 25 Fests Worth the Entry Fee” lists, featured over 400 projects showcasing stars and filmmakers including Sofia Loren, Bill Plympton, Anthony and Joe Russo, and Felicia Day.  HSFF awarded over $150,000 in prizes, including $50,000 in post services courtesy of COMPANY 3 and METHOD STUDIOS for Best Short, Director, Music Video, Cinematography, VFX, and Commercial. Shorts HD distribution deals for winners and Final Draft prizes for Screenplay Contest winners.  

HollyShorts.com/submissions: www.withoutabox.com/login/4655

Screenplays:  www.withoutabox.com/login/12900

Hollyshorts's blog  on filmfestivals.com I Website http://hollyshorts.com/

The Montreal World Film Festival
August 27, September 7

The regulations and entry forms to submit a film to the 2015 edition of the MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL are available for download. Please follow the links to get a copy. 
- 2015 REGULATIONS
- ENTRY FORM FOR THE 2015 MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
- ENTRY FORM FOR THE 2015 CANADIAN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL

 

The Montreal World Film Festival's blog on filmfestivals.com I Website http://www.ffm-montreal.org I SUBMIT

 

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The Festival Fast Track service offers you a presence in the film showcase page with links and video streaming. The Film promotion Showcase is a combination of online services, (charged 500€ or about $690) that will bring recognition from our international audience who trust us as the only international media totally dedicated to the festival circuit. The Film promotion Showcase includes all those features: 

- Film directory Database listing of your film. Ready for a quick initial evaluation.

- Your film and logo featured on the Showcase Section (linked from all pages) to highlight the film blog itself (example here) including a dedicated page.

- Newsletter messages:  2 runs to our newsletter audience of 164 000 (4 lines) sample

- Editorial on filmfestivals.com about your film, 1 article guaranteed.

- One week long banner campaign on our sites. 728X90 pixels

- And we include your film in our monthly blast to festival programmers and other festival staffers 

 

-          The 350€ Film Showcase Booster

The package includes the previous packages benefits less the banner campaign.  

-           The 150€ Filmmakers Showcase Eblast to festival Programers 

The package and includes your ad in the eBlast with 4 lines promo : visual, title, link to trailer, synopsis 190$ 150€ 

 

We can also brainstorm with a range of packages include your film blog promotion with banners and newsletter ads  

We can also discuss a Cannes presence as we are a regular partner of Cannes Market.

We can work with you on a consulting basis around a viral campaign

We help some filmmakers and assist them in the Festival Circuit designing the strategy, handling festival submissions, waiving submission feees, negotiating screening fees...

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Look for publishing help here: http://www.filmfestivals.com/en/blog/filmfestivals/register_a_film

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Happy new year and good luck for your film...  

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The Early Bird Deadline to submit features and shorts to Leeds International Film Festival is May 1st

You can SUBMIT to the festival through Withoutabox or FilmFreeway

There are £4,500 cash prizes available across our short film competitions. LIFF is also a qualifying film festival for the Academy Awards and BAFTA.

The winning films in the Louis Le Prince International Short Film Competition and World Animation Award are eligible for the Academy’s Short Film Awards. The festival’s British and Yorkshire short film competitions are BAFTA qualifying.

Short Film Awards

·         Louis Le Prince International Short Film Competition- £1,000 Prize

·         World Animation Award- £1,000 Prize

·         Best British Short- £1000 Prize

·         Yorkshire Short Film Competition- £500 Prize

·         Dance Short Film Competition- £500 Prize

·         Fanomenon International Competition (Genre / Fantasy Short Films)- £500 Prize

·         Dead Short Competition (British horror shorts under 10 mins)

·         Music Video Award

In addition to the short films, feature-length fiction films and documentaries can also be submitted. The full line-up for LIFF28 can be viewed online at leedsfilm.com.

Key Dates 2015

·         Earlybird Deadline: May 1st 2015

·         Regular Deadline: July 31st 2015

·         Late Deadline: August 31st 2015

·         Filmmakers notified: September 30th 2015

·         Leeds International Film Festival: 4th-19th November 2015

The Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF) is the largest film festival in England outside London. Founded in 1987, it is held in November at various venues throughout Leeds. In 2014, the festival welcomed over 40,000 visitors and showed over 300 films from around the world, shorts and features, commercial and independent.

The bfmiff2015 12th Edition is to return to London after an absence of 4 years. The festival will take place from the 2ndtothe5thJuly2015 at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre (BGAC). 

On July 2nd the bfmiff2015 will open with the documentary “LookingforLove” by pioneer film director/producer and bfmiff2015 festival Founder Menelik Shabazz

The bfmiff2015 has been instrumental in establishing a platform for UK black filmmakers to present their work and for audiences to engage with this work alongside international films drawn from the USA, Europe, Africa, Caribbean, and South America.

bfmiff2015 will continue with this range with a strong line-up of films to include features, documentaries and animation alongside industry led workshops and seminars. The bfm festival, which started in 1999/98 is the longest running black independent film festival in the UK.

Menelik said

 “I am proud to present the 12th Edition of the bfm International Film Festival this year.  We continue to give audiences the best in black world cinema as well as being a platform for film & TV industry seminars and workshops. The black independent sector has long been starved of opportunities to engage with industry as well as to present their work. The festival will/has become the gateway for such engagement”

On 23rd May 2015 the BFI will host a screening of “LookingforLove”.

For more information on the bfmiff2015 schedule visit www.bfmmedia.com.  Festival updates will be on the website soon. Follow: #bfmiff or http:///www.facebook.com/bfmiff

bfmiff2015 is looking for sponsorship and partnerships. Previous support has come from Film London, the BBC, The Independent, BFI and The American Embassy.

Presscontact for print and broadcast media, interviews, reviews, press accreditation requests: Joy at Coco Orange email: bfmfest@coco-orange.com.

February 1st is the first day of submissions for the 2015 New Urbanism Film Festival.

The 2015 New Urbanism Film Festival will be held in Los Angeles during the month of October.  Submissions can be short or feature length films on the topics of urban planning, architecture, street art, public transit, economic development, walkability, tactical urbanism, urban farming or any emerging idea in your city.

Deadline for submissions is July 31st.  But enter early to take advantage of reduced fees. In fact, during the month of February, short films under 5 minutes can be submitted free of charge!

The 2014 festival received over 100 films from 17 different countries.  All of which presented ideas and concepts for how cities are changing, adapting, and growing, to be more human, friendly, dignifying, and catered to the human experience.

This is the third year of for the festival and found Josh Paget says that he is confident even more ideas will emerge. “We’ve found that movies can excite conversations among people better than a book, articles or a lecture.  I want to find the modern day movie version of Life and Death of Great American Cities. Don’t you want to see that?”

If such a movie is in the works, you’ll wind up seeing it at New Urbanism Film Festival in Los Angeles, October 2015.

If you are making that movie. You better submit it by July 31st!

Sonia @ Hyatt before the conference with Olivier Doyen, Marc Esposito, Guillaume Catala...

A superb "trailer of trailers" cut by Sonia Mariaulle (Sonia Tout Court)  for her panel at EFX Equator Film Expo 2015 on the ART OF TRAILER www.equatorfilmexpo.com with a special personal mention for Bruno Chatelin

NORTH HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES CALL FOR ENTRIES AND

FREE SUMMER 2015 MOVIE SERIES

FESTIVAL TO TAKE PLACE APRIL 28-MAY 1, 2016

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA - The inaugural North Hollywood International Film Festival (NHIFF) is now

accepting submissions, announced Festival Founder, Nicholas Goodman. The Festival will take place April 28 –

May 1, 2016 in the NoHo Arts District of North Hollywood, California.

We are interested in seeing cutting edge work that breaks boundaries, challenges conventions, entertains and

amazes, in all genres, from firt-timers to industry veterans. We are putting a focus on films about music, food,

and dance, reflecting the diversity of the people of North Hollywood.

The earlybird deadline for submissions is September 1, 2015, the regular deadline is January 1, 2016, the late 

deadline is February 1, 2016 and the extended deadline is March 1, 2016. 

Please visit FilmFreeway for submission guidelines.

NHIFF is designed to be a launch platform for International and North American premieres of important new

films, as well as an expertly programmed showcase in all genres with a focus on music, food, and dance.

Submit your film now at: FilmFreeway.com

Also announced, the festival will host a series of free outdoor movies this summer in public spaces in and

around North Hollywood. Kicking off with "A Hard Day’s Night" on May 16 in NoHo Plaza, located at 5225

Lankershim Blvd. The movie series is presented in association with City Councilman Paul Krekorian, the

Midtown, NoHo North East & NoHo West Neighborhood Councils.

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The deadline for submissions to 19th Jihlava IDFF is approaching.
You have the last chance to submit your films produced between September 2014 and December 2014. The deadline for films produced in 2014 is April 30.

You can find our submission form here: http://www.dokument-festival.com/program/film-submission

Competition sections of Jihlava IDFF:

• Opus Bonum / International Competition
• Between the Seas / Central and Eastern European Competition - EUR 7,500 prize
• Czech Joy / Czech Competition - EUR 5,000 prize
• Fascinations / International Competition for Experimental Documentary Films
• First Lights / Competition for Emerging Filmmakers
• Short Joy / Competition for European Short Documentary Films (up to 30 minutes of running time)

The Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival is a celebration of creative documentary film and the greatest event of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe. We approach documentary films primarily as unique artworks dealing with significant topics.


We are looking forward to receiving your film.

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TRIBECA APRIL 15 -26, 2015

The 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Audience Awards go to...

The 14th annual Tribeca Film Festival, co-founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff, and presented by AT&T, announced the winners of its two Audience Awards last night at a wrap party sponsored by Vice in New York City. Two awards – one for narrative and one for documentary – were given to the audience choices for the best films. King Jack, directed by Felix Thompson, was chosen to receive the Narrative award and TransFatty Lives, directed by Patrick O&rs...

 




2015 Tribeca Film Festival Review: Aloft A Film By Claudia Llosa

ALOFT is a journey through the power of the mind, a journey that forces us to confront the immensity of such concepts as love, order, chaos and faith.  A mother who abandons her child for the common good; a son who abandons himself and his own ability to feel in order to bear the weight of tragedy; and a woman who abandons her life to follow her one obsession of curing herself. Three characters – complicated, human, flawed – reveal themselves to us, reflecting on the di...

 




2015 Tribeca Film Festival Interview: David Oelhoffen (Director/Writer - “Far From Men”)

Algeria, 1954. While the rebellion rumbles in the valley, two very different men thrown together by a world in turmoil are forced to flee together across the Atlas Mountains. In the midst of an icy winter, Daru, the reclusive teacher, has to escort Mohamed, a villager accused of murder. Pursued by horsemen seeking summary justice and vengeful settlers, the two men decide to confront the unknown. Together they fight to gain their freedom.
 Grounded by Mortensen’s fiercely understated ...

 




2015 Tribeca Film Festival Interview: Burhan Qurbani (Director/Writer - We Are Young. We Are Strong)

1992—the former East German city of Rostock is still coming to terms with the aftermath of the recent fall of the Berlin Wall. Youth unemployment is high, and migrant workers are housed in Soviet-era high-rises on the outskirts of the city. The Roma and a sizeable Vietnamese minority have become targets of the locals’ discontent, which escalates into hostility and violence during the course of one day. Director Burhan Qurbani plunges us headfirst into this world and we watch e...

 

THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES premieres at 2015 Tribeca Film Festival

  U.S. Premiere in the Spotlight section of the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival   Featuring: Russell Brand Written & Directed by: Michael Winterbottom   World-famous British comedian and activist Russell Brand joins forces with acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom on a polemical documentary about the financial crisis and gross inequality we currently face. Using a mixture of documentary, interviews, archive footage and comedy, Russell Brand takes us from his home...

 

2015 Tribeca Film Festival Interview: Laura Bispuri (Director/Writer) and Alba Rohrwacher (Actress) - “Sworn Virgin”

Sworn Virgin is the story of a woman who sacrifices her femininity for her freedom, and years later must renounce her honor to become a woman again. Hana Doda, a young woman living within the confines of a Northern Albanian village, longs to escape the shackles of womanhood, and live her life as a man. To do so she must evoke an old law of the Kanun and take an oath to eternally remain a virgin. Years later, as Mark, she leaves home for the first time and travels to Italy to stay with her sist...

 

2015 Tribeca Film Festival Interview: Alexis Alexiou (Director/Writer - Wednesday 04:45)




 A life's work becomes a prison for jazz club owner Stelios when a shady Romanian gangster calls in his debts. This gripping, underworld drama is a parable on the perils of accumulated debt, and a depiction of the descent of a mostly decent man. Director Alexis Alexiou perfectly balances the complex emotions that drive a man to take the most drastic measures available. Stelios is the owner of a Jazz club in Athens. A few years ago, with the help of his former associate Vassos,...

 

Producers Reception - 2015 Tribeca Film Festival

Mustafa ÖNDER NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 21: Guests attend the producers reception during the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival at Company 3 on April 21, 2015 in New York City.    

 

                     

“King Jack” Tribeca Film Festival 2015 Audience Award Winner: Narrative

Fifteen year old Jack, who was perceived to be a delinquent, never had a lot of friends. In fact, growing up in a small rural town, he was relentlessly and viciously bullied and attacked by two older townies. They spray-painted on Jack’s house and face, and repeatedly hit his younger cousin, Ben, with paintballs. You might be thinking, if Jack was constantly bullied, how did he get his nickname, “King Jack”? When “King Jack” was younger, his father wou...

 

“In Transit” Directed by Albert Maysles- Tribeca Winner Best Documentary Feature, Special Jury Mention

  “In Transit,” directed by Albert Maysles won the Best Documentary Feature, Special Jury Mention at the Tribeca Film Festival 2015. Much like a Frederick Wiseman documentary, “In Transit” observes and delves into the stories of passengers on one outbound and one inbound train journey on the United States’ longest cross country route from Chicago to Seattle. Observe the interactions of the passengers as they describe the reasons why they ar...

 

“Uncertain” Tribeca Film Festival 2015 Winner: New Documentary Director Award

  Directors Anna Sandilands and Ewan McNicol were recognized with the Tribeca Film Festival’s Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award for their feature film UNCERTAIN. Caddo Lake lies on the border between Texas and Louisiana. On the Texan side of ‘Big Lake’/’Caddo Lake,’ lies a small fishing town named ‘Uncertain,’ with a population of 94. What is there to do in Uncertain, Texas? Well, you can hunt, fish, drin...

 

‘Body Team 12′ a short film about Ebola, Winner for Best Documentary Short at the Tribeca Film Festival 2015!

Winner for Best Documentary Short at the Tribeca Film Festival 2015! Out of 3100 submissions, only 60 short films were chosen to show at this years Tribeca Film Festival. As per the program director, all of the shorts revolved around the theme that “home is where the heart is”. Produced by Olivia Wilde, Bryn Mooser, and written and directed by, David Darg, “Body Team 12″ tells the story of the people who don hazmat suits and dispose of contaminated, recently d...

 

'Virgin Mountain’ Winner 3 Categories at Tribeca Film Festival 2015

Tribeca Film Festival 2015 Winner for:   1. The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature-Dagu Kari 2. Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film- Gunnar Jonsson 3. Best Screenplay for a Narrative Feature Film   Both men AND women will fall in love with the lead character in ‘Virgin Mountain.” A shy, quiet man, who believes that actions speak louder than words, is named Fusi! ‘Virgin Mountain’ (Iceland/Denmark), is a 94 mi...

> CANNES and CANNES MARKET DAILIES upcoming!

Cannes 2015 - Bumper Issue and Line Up Announcements

Final announcement and additions to the Cannes 2015 competition

As announced at the press conference held on 16th April, the Festival de Cannes has completed its Official Selection with the inclusion of the following films:     •IN COMPETITION Cronic by Michel Franco The Valley of love by Guillaume Nicloux   •UN CERTAIN REGARD Alias Maria  by José Luis Rugeles Gracia Taklub by Brillante Mendoza Lamb by Yared Zeleke – 1st film, first entry of Ethiopia in Official Selection...

 

« Pierre Angénieux Excellens in Cinematography » Tribute to ROGER A. DEAKINS

May 22nd 2015 - Palais des Festivals / Bunuel theater Thales Angénieux, as Cannes Film Festival Official Partner since 2013, makes a tribute every year to a prominent international director of photography. After Philippe Rousselot (AFC, ASC) in 2013, Vilmos Zsigmond (HSC, ASC) in 2014, Angénieux is honoring this year the English Director of Photography Roger A. Deakins, who has worked closely with the Coen brothers. Roger A. Deakins : a prolific DoP Deakins was born in Torquay, ...

Snapshots Pierre Lescure Thierry Fremaux - Press Conference Cannes 2015

Pierre Lescure et Thierry Fremaux présentent leurs choix et sélections pour la 68ème édition du festival de Cannes   ...

 

> PARTNERS FESTIVAL NEWS  

Horror Screenplay Contest

The grand prize is $2,000 + personal introductions to top producers, managers and agents. 

The 2015 jury includes Hollywood’s top representatives and producers of the horror genre: 

• Ryan Turek, VP of Development at Blumhouse Productions (company credits include PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, INSIDIOUS, SINISTER, OCULUS, THE PURGE, Academy-award nominee WHIPLASH and the upcoming UNFRIENDED). Turek is also the founder of popular horror website ShockTillYouDrop.com

• Scott Henderson, Agent at Paradigm Talent Agency, represents renowned horror filmmakers James Wan and Leigh Wannell (SAW, DEAD SILENCE, INSIDIOUS, FURIOUS 7) 

• Andrew Wilson, Literary Manager at Zero Gravity, represents award-winning horror writer Clive Barker (HELLRAISER, NIGHT BREED, THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN) 

• Miles Fineburg, Development Executive at Terror Films (TRACE, THE CHOSEN)

SUBMIT     http://screencraft.org/horror/

Depth Of Field International Film Festival Fall 2015

April 30, 2015 Earlybird Deadline

Feedback: The one element most festivals ignore.      

Instead of paying submission fees and getting nothing in return, EVERYONE who submits to DOFIFF.COM will receive one of two benefits: Either 1): your film is already competition calibre, and gets accepted/nominated to compete, OR 2): you will receive a letter outlining exactly what is keeping it from being accepted.  If you can make corrections, you can resubmit for FREE.  Find us at https://filmfreeway.com/festival/DepthOfFieldInternationalFilmFestival and get your money’s worth.

Depth Of Field International Film Festival's blog |Website:  www.dofiff.com I SUBMIT

UNAFF 2015  October 15-25, 2015

Early Deadline – May 5, 2015

UNAFF celebrates the power of international documentary films dealing with human rights, the environment, protection of refugees, famine, homelessness, racism, disease control, women's issues, children, universal education, war and peace.

The 18th UNAFF will be held in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. This year's theme RUNNING OUT OF TIME continues the ongoing celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and focuses on time-sensitive aspects of the Millennium Development Goals.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
• Documentaries only
• No runtime limit - UNAFF accepts both shorts and longs

United Nations Association Film Festival UNAFF's blog I Website: www.unaff.org I SUBMIT 

Open Call for Entry into Gwinnett Center International Film Festival, JUL. 31 – AUG. 2!

Submission Deadline: June 26 

Gwinnett Center International Film Festival celebrates the accomplishments of locally produced and funded independent films, while expanding the awareness of films from all over the globe.

This year’s categories range from feature films to music videos to animation shorts and more! The 2015 GCI Film Festival is now accepting submissions thru multiple platforms:

Gwinnett Center International Film Festival's blog I Website: www.gcifilmfest.com I SUBMIT

Burbank International Film Festival Calling
September 9-13, 2015

Late Deadline April 30

The Film Freeway code for a $5.00 discount for www.FilmFestivals.com is: Festival

The Burbank International Film Festival is now accepting Submissions for the 2015 Festival taking place September 9th-13th in Beautiful Downtown Burbank CA. The Media Capitol of the World.

BIFF IS AN IMDB QUALIFYING FESTIVAL

The seventh annual Burbank International Film Festival (BIFF) presents five-days of film screenings from around the world in 20 categories and kicks-off with a special Opening Night Screening and Gala Reception. The Festival continues with Film Screenings, Celebrity Red Carpet Events, After Parties and Receptions and will culminate with a star-studded Closing Night Gala Dinner and Awards Show.

Burbank International Film Festival's blog I Website: www.burbankfilmfest.org I SUBMIT

The Montreal World Film Festival 
August 27, September 7

The regulations and entry forms to submit a film to the 2015 edition of the MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL are available for download. Please follow the links to get a copy. 
- 2015 REGULATIONS
- ENTRY FORM FOR THE 2015 MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
- ENTRY FORM FOR THE 2015 CANADIAN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL

The Montreal World Film Festival's blog I Website http://www.ffm-montreal.org/  I SUBMIT

Hollyshorts 
August 13-22, 2015

The 11th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Conference/Film Market, scheduled for August 13-22, 2015 at the world famous TCL Chinese Theatre and Roosevelt Hotel, is now accepting submissions. (www.withoutabox.com/login/4655)   2014 HSFF, 3 times named to MovieMaker Magazine “Top 25 Fests Worth the Entry Fee” lists, featured over 400 projects showcasing stars and filmmakers including Sofia Loren, Bill Plympton, Anthony and Joe Russo, and Felicia Day.  HSFF awarded over $150,000 in prizes, including $50,000 in post services courtesy of COMPANY 3 and METHOD STUDIOS for Best Short, Director, Music Video, Cinematography, VFX, and Commercial. Shorts HD distribution deals for winners and Final Draft prizes for Screenplay Contest winners.  

Hollyshorts's blog  I Website http://hollyshorts.com/ I SUBMIT SHORTS I SUBMIT SCREENPLAYS

> FILMS IN FOCUS  

For festival consideration: 

Pseudonym, for festival consideration

First feature by french actor director Thierry Sebban. Produced by la Petite Reine (The Artist) and Diabolo Films (The Suicide Shop).
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... Email us for a screener

Rooted in Peace by Greg Reitman

ROOTED in PEACE, 97 minutes -2015

Documentary by SUNDANCE alum GREG REITMAN

Starring: Deepak Chopra, Donovan, Mike Love, David Lynch, Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire, Pete Seeger, Ted Turner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu

"ROOTED in PEACE challenges viewers to examine their values as Americans and human beings. Today we are at war within ourselves, with our environment, and with the world. Director and award-winning filmmaker Greg Reitman invites viewers on a film journey to take notice of the world we live in, proactively seek ways to find personal and ecological peace, and stop the cycle of violence".

www.filmfestivals.com/blog/greg_reitman/ 

April Selection of Films for your consideration

Cannes Market Premiere for Howard J Ford's Child Abduction Thriller ‘NEVER LET GO’

Howard J Ford's Child Abduction Thriller ‘NEVER LET GO’ has its market Premiere in Cannes Howard J Ford's (Director/Producer Co-Writer of 'The Dead 1 & 2') latest epic NEVER LET GO. Shot in Morocco, Spain and the US, the film tells the story of Lisa, a single mother (played by Angela Dixon) who takes the law into her own hands to get back her abducted child. The completed film will have its Market Debut Monday 18th May, 5.30 PM at Olympia cinema, ... 

TIFF Announced 4th Canada’s All-Time Top Ten List

TIFF today announces the results of its fourth Canada’s All-Time Top Ten List, an international poll of industry and academics‎ on the most memorable Canadian films. This is the fourth edition of TIFF’s All-Time Top Ten List; previous lists were released in 1984, 1993 and 2004.   “In our 40th year we are celebrating our national cinema by revisiting the list of top Canadian films, with help from our esteemed colleagues in the industry and academia,” sai...

 

A Girl

'A Girl' who stood up for human rights to an education. Inspired by True Events of Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize, 2014.    On the morning of Tuesday, 9 October 2012, Malala boarded her school bus in the northwest Pakistani district of Swat. A gunman asked for Malala by name, then pointed a Colt 45 at her &...   For Press Inquiries, kindly email us at idiosyncratic.motion.pictures@gmail.com ...

 

> THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT     

The 34th Istanbul Film Festival Review

The 34th Istanbul Film Festival is now over ending April 19th Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and supported for the 11th time by AKBANK, the Istanbul Film Festival ended on Sunday, 19 April.   The 171 short and feature length films in the festival reached to 130 thousand cinephiles in two weeks in a total of 455 sessions, across 8 movie halls. In more than 100 sessions, either the directors, actors, and/or producers of the film were present in th...

 

Silent Film Festival speaks and kicks off!

 One of the most anticipated off-screen activities at the Silent Film Festival takes place on the Castro's lovely mezzanine. Throughout the festival, Books Inc. sets up ...

 

Highlights bfm International Film Festival 2015 (bfmiff2015) 12th Edition

 

The bfmiff2015 12th Edition is to return to London after an absence of 4 years. The festival will take place from the 2nd to the 5th July 2015 at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre (BGAC).    On July 2nd the bfmiff2015 will open with the documentary “Looking for Love” by pioneer film director/producer and bfmiff2015 festival Founder Menelik Shabazz   The bfmiff2015 has been instrumental in establishing a platform for UK black filmmakers to present their work and for audi...

> AWARDS WATCH     

Awards by the 11th edition of International Health Film Festival

Prize of the Grand Jury The grand prize awarded to the movie Forget me not Prize of the public Prize awarded to the movie Le Cerveau d'Hugo Prize of Mutualities 1st prize awarded to the movie Le ventre, notre deuxième cerveau Special mention for the movie Un monde sans humains? Selection Mental Health 1st prize awarded to the movie Chez Lise 2nd prize awarded to the movie Le fils de la...

 

2014 Winners of New Urbanism Film Festival

Announcing the winners of the 2014 New Urbanism Film Festival.  Film receiving awards and honorable mentions will be screened in Dallas TX at the 23rd Annual Congress for the New Urbanism.   The Congress for the New Urbanism Award for Best of Fest Big Kids, Little City     “Big Kids, Little City” is a web series developed by Envision Utah.  The series examines urban design concepts through the eyes of children.  They ask kids to explain con...

 

‘Body Team 12′ a short film about Ebola, Winner for Best Documentary Short at the Tribeca Film Festival 2015!

Winner for Best Documentary Short at the Tribeca Film Festival 2015! Out of 3100 submissions, only 60 short films were chosen to show at this years Tribeca Film Festival. As per the program director, all of the shorts revolved around the theme that “home is where the heart is”. Produced by Olivia Wilde, Bryn Mooser, and written and directed by, David Darg, “Body Team 12″ tells the story of the people who don hazmat suits and dispose of contaminated, recently d...

 

Winners of the Tiburon 2015 Golden Reel Awards

The winners of the 2015 Golden Reel Awards were announced during a ceremony in Tiburon. ----- Best Film: Queen of the Mountains, directed by: Sadyk Sher Niyaz [Kyrgyzstan] Best Director: Vinko Möderndorfer, for: Inferno [Slovenia] Best Actor: Nolan Mecham, for Neon Sky [USA] Best Actress: Barbara Hershey, for: Sister [USA] Best Documentary: Once My Mother, directed by: Sophia Turkiewicz [Australia] Best Screenplay: Rudolf Havlík, for: All My Tomorrows...

> PEOPLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT       

The Boston Jewish Film Festival Names Ariana Cohen-Halberstam New Artistic Director

The Boston Jewish Film Festival is proud to announce Ariana Cohen-Halberstam as its new Artistic Director. Cohen-Halberstam comes to the Festival from the JCC Manhattan where she was Associate Director of Film Programming. She has been active in the New York film community for over ten years and now brings her comprehensive curatorial and festival production experience to Boston. Cohen-Halberstam’s background inclu...

 

Diane Raver Steps Down as Executive Director from Garden State

  Garden State Film Festival Founder and Diane Raver announced she is retiring from her role as Executive Director. She remains on the board of trustees and will retain some responsibilities, but not the full-time management position she has held for 14 years.   Margaret Fontana, a media professional with Meridian Health and GSFF board member, has been named the new Executive Director.  "When the late, great Bobby Pastorelli and I envisioned and planned the Garde...

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