About the Competition

FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival is a unique celebration of new cinema and new filmmakers. The festival will host its 12th edition in 2016, between the 20th  and 27th of June, in Espinho, Portugal. For its upcoming edition, FEST will bring to its audience over 170 shorts and features by some of the most promising directors from around the world.

The festival kicks off on June 20 with the Portuguese premiere of “Tangerine”, Sean Baker’s film where gut laughs are plentiful and whose electric energy and contagious eccentricity will leave nobody indifferent. Sean Baker's most recent work has won a total of 19 awards worldwide, with the fabulous Mya Taylor earning, deservingly so, the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress.

The programme of FEST- New Directors | New Films includes a competitive section for first and second features, with subsections for fiction and documentary.

The Golden Lynx Competitions for Fiction Feature includes 7 films spanning 3 continents. The selection includes the Portuguese premieres of several films that have already been acclaimed in major film festivals. It is the case of “Flocking” by Beata Gardeler, which already counts in its palmares a Crystal Bear at the 2015 Berlinale, or “The Fits” by Anna Rose Holmer which has been praised by critics and public alike in festivals such as the San Francisco International Film Festival and Sundance.

The complete list of titles is:

"Aloys" by Tobias Nolle (Switzerland/France)

“Granny's Dancing on the Table” by Hanna Skold (Sweden)

“The Fits” by Anna Rose Holmer (USA)

“Baby Bump” by Kuba Czkaj (Poland)

“Treppe Aufwaerts” by Mia Meyer (Germany)

“Flocking” by Beata Gardeler” (Sweden)

“Easy Ball” by Juan Fernandez Gebauer & Nicolas Suarez (Argentina)

Three films will compete for the Golden Lynx for Best Documentary Feature. Female figures are at the forefront of two of the titles in this section. “Alisa in Warland” by Alisa Kovalenko & Liubov Durakova (Poland/Ukraine) is a truly unique first person experience of a young woman's search for truth in times of war, while “Starless Dreams” by Mehrdad Oskouei (Iran) offers a rare glimpse inside a locked-up world and a respectful portrait of young women struggling to recapture some sense of personal dignity. The selection is completed by the only Portuguese title in the features competitions, “Brothers” by Pedro Magano (Portugal). The film, set in the São Miguel island, in the Azores, is an impressive voyage through a tradition without equal, featuring breathtaking photography work. “Brothers” offers a portrait of an island not just lost in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, but also lost in time.

FEST- New Directors | New Films also includes a competitive section for shorts- with four subsections, each with a dedicated Silver Lynx Award: fiction, documentary, animation, and experimental.

With 24 films in the lineup and 4 sessions in total, the Fiction Short section includes titles such as “Operator” by Caroline Bartleet (UK)- winner of the BAFTA for Best British Short this year- or “Black Friday” by Roxana Stroe (Romania), whose film “A Night in Tokoriki” received the Special Jury Prize in the Generation 14plus at the 2016 Berlinale.

The Silver Lynx competition for Documentary Short includes 11 titles. Among them is “9 days – From my window in Aleppo” by Floor van der Meulen (Netherlands), a document of the start of the Syrian uprising in Aleppo as seen through the eyes- and window- of Syrian photographer Issa Touma.

Seven films are competing for the Silver Lynx for Best Experimental Short. The work of directors from Taiwan, Germany, Argentina, Egypt, France, and Greece, these films challenge the norms and explore new ground in filmmaking.

The Animation Short section proposes, through its 9 selected films, an exploration of the power of animation techniques to tell compelling and engaging stories on screen.

The panorama of competitive sections is completed by NEXXT, a section dedicated exclusively to student films, which is co-programmed in partnership with over 15 film schools.

FEST New Directors | New Films also features a series of non-competitive screenings. These include Flavours of the World, which focuses each year on certain countries or regions where the FEST selection team has identified encouraging signs of the emergence of a new and unique generation of filmmakers. This year Ireland, Iceland and Portugal have been selected as the countries in focus.

For its 12th edition, FEST also takes a look back at new works by filmmakers that have had films shown in past editions of the festival in its retrospective section, Be Kind Rewind.

Last, but not least, FEST- New Directors | New Films includes this year a selection of films dedicated to young viewers (in the section called Festinha) and to the elderly in the local community (through FEST Social). These screenings are part of a series of social responsibility activities through which FEST contributes to audience development at a local level.

The festival concludes with the Award Ceremony on June 26th, followed by the screening of “New World”, collectively directed by Elżbieta Benkowska, Michał Wawrzecki and Łukasz Ostalski. The three Polish directors follow three different story-lines, three different films, three different characters, but all with one common path: building a new life in a new world.

In addition to the screenings, FEST includes a Pitching Forum, in which participants have the chance to present their projects for shorts, features, television series or documentaries to a panel of experts, producers and investors who are looking for new ventures to support and invest in. A total of 31 projects have been selected this year, presented by 29 filmmakers coming from 22 countries on 3 continents (Europe, Asia and South America).

FEST New Directors | New Films is unique in that it also includes FEST - Training Ground, a 6 day educational forum that proposes a series of workshops and master classes lead by top experts with years of experience in the film industry. This year we count among the guests of the festival professionals such as: Gemma Jackson, Emmy winning production designer of “Game of Thrones”, Bela Tarr, Hungarian director of “Satantango” and “A Turin Horse”, whose films have been awarded in Cannes and Berlin, as well as Mark Sanger, Oscar winning editor of “Gravity”.

Through the festival and its parallel events, FEST brings together the highest established film professionals and young filmmakers who are starting to carve their path in the industry, providing them with an ideal context for exchanging ideas and sparking collaborations. For more details, visit www.fest.pt

Revelation Perth International Film Festival has announced its expanded 2016 program.

Curated once again by Jack Sargeant, the Revelation Perth International Film Festival sees a diverse selection of films drawn from across the world.
 
Boasting Revelation's commitment to signature works, independent cinema, genre film, world cinema, and unique breathtaking movies, this year is no exception with a program drawn from Australia, Iceland, Canada, France, Paraguay, Ukraine, Japan and all points in between.
 
Featuring award-winning movies, world, international and local premieres, new Australian works and live performances, Revelation is a celebration of the strength of all aspects of film culture.
 
Festival Director Richard Sowada said the 2016 program has surprises at every turn.
 
“Through the expanded range of films, events and exhibitions we’ve tried our best to explore as many corners of the world as we can,” said Richard.
 
“I think the event is our best ever showcase of the transformative power of the big screen and in so doing brings to WA new cinematic ideas and vital and energetic new perspectives.
 
“It’s impressive and is filled with depth, texture, strength and challenge.”
 
Expanding across the city and wider community, Revelation plays a central role not just in the Perth calendar but also nationally and internationally.
 
Featuring dedicated programs from the Iranian Film Festival, Cine Vivo Latina Film Festival, the Revel-8 Super-8 short film festival and ScreenWest, once again Revelation will entertain and inspire audiences, while RevCon will feature some of the festival's guests exploring key aspects of the industry at dedicated panels and workshops.
 
Revelation Academic meanwhile sees scholars - from academic institutions and independent researchers - delivering papers and exploring cinema and visual culture, in the fifth instalment of this critical platform that remains utterly unique to any Australian film festival.

2016 sees the biggest Revelation program to date with Program Director Jack Sargeant calling it a mammoth task.
 
“It truly encompasses everything from children's movies to video art, poignant dramas to gore horror movies, contemplative documentaries and laugh out loud films. There's a sense, from looking over the programme, of the true potential for cinema, an ability to communicate to audiences, to engage viewers and to inspire something in all. I hope people find something special in the event.”
  
Revelation is acclaimed as Western Australia’s leading international film festival and annual screen culture event and is firmly established as Australia’s filmmakers’ festival. It is dedicated to presenting independent cinema from around the globe in a context that explores film’s great traditions, its contemporary movements and its future directions.

Highlights of Revelation 2016 will also include:

• Muppets, Music & Magic: The Jim Henson Legacy – a retrospective of the works of Jim Henson;
• debut of Mini Rev with free children’s screenings at the State Library of WA;
• Mike Kelley Mobile Homestead– a three part video work at PICA;
• Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures– the life and groundbreaking work of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe;
• Swiss Army Man– the highly anticipated film featuring Daniel Radcliffe as a corpse;
• ScreenWest’s annual showcase of emerging WA filmmaking talent in Get Your Shorts On!
• WA Screen Awards.

 
As well as industry guests and speakers, seminars and masterclasses.
 
Attracting audiences of over 11,000 people annually, Revelation continues to grow and has become the ‘go-to’ event for independent filmmakers, distributors and discerning audiences.
 
2016 will feature 143 films, 14 world premieres and 42 Australian premieres.
 
Revelation is proudly supported by the Australian and Western Australian governments through ScreenWest and Screen Australia.
 
The complete program is now online and tickets are on sale now from the Revelation website at revelationfilmfest.org and from Luna Palace Cinemas at lunapalace.com.au. A copy of the media guide is downable here.
 

During the Industrial Revolution this south Yorkshire city’s claim to fame was it’s steel and crucible production, today it’s celebrated Doc/Fest has put Sheffield back on the map and made it an epicenter of documentary film and factual.

Beginning in 1994 with only a handful of delegates and hundreds of participants, Sheffield Doc/Fest has grown to be UK’s largest documentary festival and the 3^rd largest documentary festival in the world. This 23^rd edition from June 10-15^th, packed in almost 33,000 filmmakers, activists, curators, journalists, Commissioning Editors, creative Directors, heads of foundations, religious leaders, lawyers, educators, and of course the local populace. There were over 3,500 industry delegates from 60 countries. Out of the 160 international and UK documentaries that were screened, 29 were world premieres, 52 were UK premiers, 14 were international premiers, and 19 were European premiers.

Spirits did not dampen even for those shivering under umbrellas at the outdoor cinema watching films on LCD screens in the punishing rain, or for others waiting in long queues hoping to buy tickets that were already sold out. People remained upbeat, enthusiastic, friendly and engaged, it was inspiring, uplifting, and because Sheffield is known for its music and parties late into the night… fun.

Advance preparation is required to navigate your way successfully through these 6 intense days where 340 events- films/sessions/panels and talks compete for your attention and attendance. Each panel was important and thought provoking, but sometimes scheduled simultaneously caused frustration and disappointment. There was a Marketplace for business activities, funding, sales, and distribution and this year’s flagship Meet Market offered a private pitching opportunity for filmmakers to meet with international funders, broadcasters, distributors, sales agents and exhibitors and discuss creative and financial matters.

In addition, the pilot program called the On-Screen Factual Talent Market connected individuals with expert knowledge in different disciplines with producers and commissioners looking for new talent. From 70 applications, 18 chosen candidates had 5 minutes to pitch their project to a decision maker in a “speed-date” like format. The shortlisted participants received pitch training leading up to the event, and met one-on-one with TV professionals during the festival. Instead of feeling satisfied after 4 days of leap frogging between venues, I discovered I had missed so many of the  80+ talks.

Some fest highlights included the Channel 4 Interview with Michael Moore who opened the festival with “Where to Invade Next”, a talk with 90 year old Sir David Attenborough, broadcaster-naturalist, the voice of British Natural History Programs for over 65 years, a panel entitled “Our BBC, Our Channel 4: A Future for Public Service TV?” with Lord David Puttnam, distinguished Film Producer and educator, with Ralph Lee-Head of Factual and Deputy Chief Creative Officer, Channel 4, Patrick Holland- Head of Documentaries, BBC, and Hugh Harris- Director - Media, International, Gambling & Creative Economy, DCMS, a discussion with (also 90 year old) documentary legend and one of America’s pioneers of Direct Cinema, D.A. Pennebaker, and Chris Hegedus who presented their film “Unlocking the Cage”, an interview with political filmmaker and Cannes Palme d’Or winner Ken Loach who accompanied “Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach”, a talk with writer-filmmaker Louis Theroux about his Scientology movie, a panel with award winning Director-Cinematographer Kristen Johnson called Female Trailblazers: New Ways of Working in Media, a discussion with Joanna Lumley OBE, actor, producer, doc maker, an “In Conversation” session with Sheila Nevins, President of HBO Documentary films who received the Creative Leadership Award, interviewed by Nick Fraser of BBC Storyville, and  Tilda Swinton and co-director Bartek Dziadosz who closed the festival with their documentary “ The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger”.

Talks included: “There’s Something About Muslims”, “Surviving Danger Zone Docs”,  “Viva la Revolucion: Video Activism and Citizen Journalism”, “Honest Truths: The Ethical Challengers of Filmmaking”, “Documentary and Trauma: A Survival Guide”,“Does it Matter Who Funds my Film?”, “What Happens when Doc Makers Join Non Profits”,“Between Activism and Extremism: Storytelling for Change”, “Roadmap to Film Funding: Unlocking the Mysteries of Grant Proposals”, “Notes on Blindness: A Film and VR Autopsy”, “Docs in the Newsroom”, “Telling Deceptively Big Stories in Tiny Online Spaces”, “War of the Worlds” How DADA-Data Webdoc Virus Defends the World”, “Into the Land of VOD: How I Tried to Contact Netflix”, “Vlogs Vs Docs: Tales of Our Time”, “Is Documentary Relevant in a World with Information Available at Your Fingertips?”,

“Alternate Realities Summit: Androids, Robots”, “Avatars Live, The Hype about 4K”, “Minority Report: Diversity in Documentary”,  “How to Document the World’s Biggest News Stories: Telling the Refugee Crisis”  moderated by award winning Roger Graef, “How to Get Your Theatrical Doc Funded and Distributed”,  “How to Put Kids on TV: A Channel 4 Masterclass” , “How to Pitch your Climate Change Idea”,  “How to Pitch your Academic Idea”       and the list goes on…

Sheffield’s Doc/Fest Alternate Realities summit and exhibitions platform has an ever-growing (virtual) footprint and showcased virtual and augmented reality, interactive media and VR talks and exhibitions that includes 360 degree videos, photos and animation described as a film-maker’s “new innovative ways of immersive story-telling”. Featuring 14 immersive media experiences and 12 Virtual Reality documentaries in galleries around town that were filled to capacity, the events ranged from a virtual experience of solitary confinement in prison, an immersive Spacewalk experience, a journey to Mars, to the 1916 Easter Rising, (the armed insurrection by Irish republicans during Easter).

The winner of the first ever VR Award, “Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness” will be sent to selected nationwide venues alongside previews of the documentary feature film “Notes on Blindness” in partnership with Curzon Artificial Eye and Sheffield Doc/Fest and for the first time this year, a 5,000 pound VR commission was awarded to Darren Emerson’s VR installation project ‘Invisible’ that deals with the dehumanization of migrants held in UK jails.

At Sheffield's Millennium Gallery you could find the New Dimensions in Testimony exhibition and experience a "virtual encounter" with Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter in a 360 degree video. It was the first time in Europe that this ground breaking technology was presented. Executive Director of the Shoah Foundation, Dr. Stephen Smith and his team, compiled the audio and visual data for the project using natural language software.

Audiences can interact with this recorded image and ask Mr. Gutter questions about his life, his childhood, his survival in the concentration camps. Powered by complex algorithms, Pinchas responds in real time, and can carry on a realistic conversation. Having been filmed over 25 hours Pinchas can reply to 1,000 different questions. This revolutionary natural language technology developed by the USC Shoah Foundation and The Institute for Visual History and Education presented an exhibition that won the 2016 Doc/Fest New Alternate Realities Interactive Award.

“I think documentaries are the greatest things in the whole world, It’s the way strangers meet strangers and learn to love each other” says HBO Documentary Films President Sheila Nevins who received the festival’s inaugural Creative Leadership Award. As an executive producer, Nevins won 31 Primetime Emmy Awards, 34 News and Documentary Emmys and 40 Peabody Awards, under her management, HBO docs have won 26 Oscars.  “The main reason the docu brand of HBO today is famous is  because nobody was doing documentaries- maybe the Brits were, but in America, ‘documentary’ meant ‘politics,’ it meant, ‘What’s wrong with the government, is the CIA doing its job?’ They were not storytelling documentaries when I came in. I think the legitimacy of telling a story is… the longer you can hold on to that truth, the better it is” Nevins says.

Arte, the superb European channel devoted to culture and the arts that began as a collaboration between  France and Germany announced that its programs will available online in English and Spanish. ARTE takes part in the promotion of multilingualism and the circulation of cultural works in Europe. ARTE programs, 85% produced in Europe, are now available in four languages. In addition to French and German, 600 hours of documentaries, magazines and live performing arts are to be seen with English and Spanish subtitles by the end of 2016.

And finally, among the remarkable  new films screened, many followed by Q & A’s were :   “StoryboardP, a Stranger in Sweden”, “Bobby Sands: 66 Days”, “City40”, “Cameraperson”, “Jim: The James Foley Story”, “Notes on Blindness”, “Presenting Princess Shaw”, “The Settlers”, “Tempestad”, “Born to be Free”, “Miss Sharon Jones”, “The Age of Consequences”, “Snow Monkey”, “Sonita”, “My Aleppo”, “Unlocking the Cage”, “After Spring”, “#MyEscape”, “Ambulance”, “My Scientology Movie”, “Burma’s Secret Jungle War with Joe Simpson”, “Exodus”: “Breaking into Europe”, “Kiki”, “India in a Day”, “Monster in the Mind The Convenient UN-truth about Alzeimer’s”, “Rwanda & Juliet”, “In Pursuit of Silence”…. to name a few

There were many awards:

The Grand Jury Award went to :Cameraperson by Kirsten Johnson

Special Mention went to : The Settlers 

The Sheffield Environmental Award went to SEED: The Untold Story .

Special Mention went to : Death By Design 

The Youth Jury Award
 went to: Sonita 

The Student Doc Award 
Winner was: My Aleppo

The Short Doc Award went to:  I'm Not From Here 

Alternate Realities Interactive Award went to: New Dimensions in Testimony 

Special Mention went to: Walden, a Game

A new Alternate Realities VR Award
 for the 2016 Sheffield Doc/Fest was: Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness 

Special Mention went to: Home – An Immersive Spacewalk Experience

The Dr. Clifford Shaw Feature Doc Audience Award went to: Presenting Princess Shaw

The Audience Award for Short Doc went to : Tarikat

The Audience Award for Alternate Realities Interactive Project

Winner went to: New Dimensions in Testimony 

The Audience Award for Alternate Realities Interactive Project went to: Home – An Immersive Spacewalk Experience

The Sheffield Doc/Fest Creative Leadership Award went to: Sheila Nevins

The Tim Hetherington Award  went to: Tempestad

Special Mention went to: Hooligan Sparrow

The new Award for Unsung Hero in Factual TV went to : Jan Tomalin

The new Storytelling and Innovation Award went to Notes on Blindness 

The Whicker's World Funding Award went to : Burma's Lost Royals 

The Runner Up: Americaville

Whicker's World Vet Award went to: Fluechtlinge

The Whicker's World Audio Award went to : Little Volcanoes

The Runner Up is: The Dhamazzedi Bell 

A very special festival, special people, special place

Madelyn Most                  June 21, 2016

Celebrating world-class horror films and the filmmakers who terrify, disgust, and disturb us. 

Submission: June 1st - August 31st, 2016 (Submission Fee - $25)
Official selections will be announced September 13th, 2016
Official competition dates: October 1st - 23rd, 2016
Winners Week: October 24th - 31st, 2016

Festival Home Page: http://filmfestivalflix.com/festival/halloween-horror-fest/#.V2MeeOYrKi5

Submission: http://filmfestivalflix.com/hhf-pages/film-submission/

Categories, Prizes & Benefits: http://filmfestivalflix.com/hhf-pages/prize-categories/ (under construction)

Submission Period: June 1st - August 31st

We encourage you to submit all your films, both current and past. Great films don't go out of style.

Watch the 2015 Audience-Awarded “Best Films” with the purchase of a Winners Showcase Pass. Your pass gives you 24 hours a day, streaming access, for 30 days, to all 9 award-winning films.

General Submission: June 1st - August 31, 2016 
Late Submission: September 1st, 2016+ 
(acceptance at the Festival's sole discretion)

Official Line Up Announced: December 1st, 2016

Official Festival Viewing Dates: February 16th - March 19th, 2017

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Submission Period: June 1st - November 30th

We encourage you to submit all your great films, both current and past. Great mountain and adventure films don't go out of style. Film Festival Flix is the intersection between filmmakers and film lovers, working to build the most complete Mountain & Adventure film library, so audiences can find and purchase every film they've heard about in the past 50+ years.

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Register to Fest Forums Santa Barbara with a filmfestivals.com discount

Register Now  using Bruno2016SB and receive a 20% discount on your pass

FestForums Santa Barbara 2016 November 19-21, 2016   Overview: FestForums is an interactive conference and networking event for Music, Film, and Food + Beverage Festival organizers. Addressing cutting-edge technology, talent, ticketing, scheduling, merchandising, operations, sustainability, charitable work, innovation and safety, FestForums brings together festivals and events of all sizes for collaboration and professional development. The conference culminates with "Best of the Fests," an annual festival award ceremony recognizing North America’s leading festivals, which is immediately followed by a James Beard Celebrity Chef Tour Dinner Resort, Santa Barbara, CA   What: The Who’s Who of Festival Industry Leaders in one place! 800+ Festival Producers | 100+ Speakers | 100+ Sponsors | 40+ Exhibitors   Who’s There: Vans Warped Tour, LA Food & Wine, SXSW, Live Nation, Glastonbury, Toronto Int’l Film Festival, South Beach Wine & Food, San Francisco International Film Festival, Life Is Beautiful, Austin City Limits, Lollapalooza, Coachella, AC Entertainment, New York City Food & Wine, Austin Food & Wine, Tribeca Int’l Film Festival, Global Citizen Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Summerfest, Insomniac, SFX, and hundreds of North American Festivals plus celebs, chefs, actors, musicians, media & lots of top notch industry influencers.   Onsite Events: Winetasting, experiential marketing, sponsorship seminars, mentoring, cocktail receptions, parties, brunches, trade show floor and structured networking, private concert, festival industry awards event, James Beard Celebrity Chef Tour Dinner   Sponsor Benefits: High exposure and intimate access to event decision makers, special event sponsorship, speaking opportunities, panel thought leadership positions, naming opportunities, branded conference pieces, signage, digital and social media features.   Contact FestForums Producers: Laurie Kirby 310-993-4114 or Stuart MacNaught 401-835-8813 | FestForums.com   “With so many great minds and event organizers in one place [at FestForums], ideas and opportunities will be abundant.” – Forbes Sept 17, 2015 Register Now & Show Off Your Festival From now until August 31st, festivals that register for FestForums will be featured (free of charge) on our Focus on Festivals page with a hyperlink to your site. Give your festival the visibility it deserves and take advantage of our website traffic, as well as our affordable conference registration rates. Register and then email your logo and hyperlink to info@festforums.com. Rules: Only festivals and nonprofit 501(c) 3’s are eligible. *Festivals already registered will be added provided we receive your logo and hyperlink. Register Now FestForums℠ NYC & Santa Barbara are interactive conferences and networking events for music, film, food + beverage festival organizers. Addressing cutting-edge technology, talent, ticketing, scheduling, merchandising, operations, sustainability, charitable work, innovation and safety, FestForums℠ brings together festivals and events of all sizes for collaboration and professional development. FestForums℠ Santa Barbara culminates with "Best of the Fests," an annual festival award ceremony recognizing North America’s leading festivals.

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FestForums is happy to announce the return of Best of the Fests! We will be awarding one winner from each festival type (music, film, and food & beverage) in 3 different categories: Sustainability, Innovation, and Charity for a total of 9 winners.

Is your festival green? Does your festival have the wow factor? Or does it give back to the community? Let us know!

How to Enter:

Send an email to info@festforums.com with the following:

• Subject: Best of the Fests

• In the body please copy and paste the following and fill it out:

• No purchase necessary
• All music, film, wine, beer, & food festivals are eligible to enter. Everyone is eligible to nominate a festival. The decision is not based on the number of entries.
• The contest opens May 11, 2016 and ends October 1, 2016
• Please provide your complete name, email and phone number
• We will announce the festival winners at The Best of the Fests, Tuesday November 24, 2016. Winner does not need to be present.
• Please submit the award you are submitting for and what qualifies you as the “Best of the Fests” winner.
• If chosen, we would like a one minute sizzle reel for use at awards and ceremony and to post on our website.
• No one under 18 is eligible to enter
• A list of winners will be available on www.FestForums.com November 30, 2016
• Void where prohibited
• Criteria for Winning: In the sole discretion of the judges. Decisions are final.

FESTFORUMS BEST OF THE FESTS 2015 WINNERS

Sustainability:
Music: Vans Warped Tour
Food & Beverage: Tales of the Cocktail

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Kevin & Fran Lyman – Vans Warped Tour

Innovation:
Film: San Francisco International Film Festival
Music: Wayhome Festival, Canada
Food & Beverage: Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival

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Noah Cowan – San Francisco International Film Festival

Charitable:
Film: Washington West Film Festival
Music: California Roots Festival
Food & Beverage: Hawaii Food & Wine

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Roy & Denise Yamaguchi – Hawaii Food & Wine

Best Sponsor Partner to a Festival:

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Michelle Lee – Delta Air Lines

SPECIAL AWARDS

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Left to right: Shep Gordon – Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Alice Cooper

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Dave Mason – Champion of Music Award

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Scott Mirkin – Convergence Award

4th Indian Cine Film Festival-2016

Entries Open: Feature Films, Shorts films, Animation, Documentaries & Music Videos.

Submission deadline: 25 Aug 2016

To submit entry visit: http://miniboxoffice.com/indiancinefilmfestival

For Participation Email: ICFF@miniboxoffice.com

CALL FOR ENTRIES 37th FANTASPORTO 2017

EARLY ENTRY DEADLINE: OCTOBER 30TH, 2016!  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 SHORT FILM ELIGIBILITY (FANTASY ONLY):

Completed after January 1st, 2016

Only Completed Films

Running time of between 1 and 15 minutes

Never screened in Portugal

Films in a language other than English must be subtitled in English

FEATURE FILM ELIGIBILITY:

Completed after January 1st, 2016

Only Completed Films

Running time of 61 minutes or longer

Screening at the festival should be the film’s first in Portugal

Films in a language other than English must be subtitled in English

Site: www.fantasporto.com

Attention Filmmakers!

We're 2 weeks away from the Submissions Deadline for the 2016 Chicago South Asian Film Festival!

Does your film have South Asian content? Are you a South Asian Director, Producer, Actor or Composer?

Share your work with ‪#‎CSAFFestival‬ 2016! 
Submit your film to www.filmfreeway.com/festival/CSAFFestival by August 15th!

ANIMAZE ANNOUNCES FULL PROGRAMMING

ANIMAZE: The Montreal International Animation Film Festival is set to announce its full lineup in advance of the festival on August 18-21. Now in its third year, ANIMAZE is bringing a world of animation to Montreal. With a selection of over 170 short and feature-length animated films at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, an outdoor 360º Dome with planetarium-style projection and a Virtual Reality Cinema, Animaze has an inspiring and dynamic range of content across platforms and mediums.

“Montreal plays a key role in animation history, and we want to capitalize on its bright future by unifying and connecting creative people in animation, video games and new media. The possibilities have never been greater,” said Laurie Gordon, Animaze festival director.

ANIMAZE will also feature an industry conference with appearances from leaders in animation, cinema and technology, among them Nelvana cofounder Clive Smith, Carpe Diem’s Marie-Claude Beauchamp (La Guerre des Tuques), and TELETOON director of content Athena Georgaklis. It will highlight the many Québec innovations in virtual reality, immersive content and storytelling.

In addition to many other Quebec premieres, ANIMAZE will host new episodes of Au pays de têtes à claques, and its new English version Blockheads, airing on Adult Swim Canada in the fall.

The outdoor 360º dome in collaboration is a first in Quebec and offers immersive end-to-end projections with surround sound. Making its Canadian premiere at the Dome is Android Jones’ Samskara. OSM 360º sets visuals to the music of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra directed by Kent Nagano.

The film festival lineup includes films from over 45 countries in a wide range of genres and styles. The International Student Film Contest features entries from students at over nine Quebec animation schools including the Centre NAD, Cégep du Vieux Montréal and UQAM.

In collaboration with Boulevard St-Laurent,ANIMAZE will host two free public outdoor screenings on Friday and Saturday night, featuring a showcase on international student films, a horror section, and a female directors’ focus.

Media contacts:

Tom Llewellin 514 797 6192  tom@animazefestival.com

Ken Fernandez 438 878 1699 kmfernandez69@gmail.com

Piazza Grande Events, 3 August

The opening ceremony will take place Wednesday 3 August on the Piazza Grande at 21.30. 

Presentation of the official juries of the three competitions 
Excellence Award Moët & Chandon to Bill Pullman
Screening of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS by Colm McCarthy 

Press Screenings (Teatro Kursaal)

3, August, 12.00 Cinema Ex*Rex, Fuori Concorso
UN JUIF POUR L’EXEMPLE by Jacob Berger

3 August, 13.30, Piazza Grande
THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS by Colm McCarthy 

3 August, 15.30, Concorso internazionale
SLAVA (Glory) by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov

3 August, 17.30, Concorso Cineasti del presente
I HAD NOWHERE TO GO by Douglas Gordon

3 August, 19.30, Concorso Cineasti del presente
DONALD CRIED by Kris Avedisian

3 August, 21.00, Piazza Grande
MOKA by Frédéric Mermoud

Press Conferences (Press Center, Largo Zorzi)

3 August, 16.00, Piazza Grande
THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS by Colm McCarthy 

Parallel Event

LO SCATTO DEL PARDO - CONCORSO FOTOGRAFICO 

Saturday, August 6, 11.30-12.30, Hotel Belvedere
Public financing for film and TV content - the state of soft money in Europe
Presented by Locarno Industry Days and The European Audiovisual Observatory

Piazza Grande Events, 4 August

MOKA by Frédéric Mermoud
Premio Raimondo Rezzonico to David Linde 

Special Events/Conversations with guests

4 August, 12.00, Spazio RSI (La Magnolia)
Conversation with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Yann Coridian
Hosted by Marco Zucchi and Daniele Rauseo

4 August, 13.30, Spazio Cinema (FORUM)
Conversation with Bill Pullman (Excellence Award Moët & Chandon)
Hosted by Eric Kohn

Press Screenings (Teatro Kursaal)

4 August, 08.30, Concorso internazionale
CORRESPONDÊNCIAS by Rita Azevedo Gomes

4 August, 14.30, Concorso internazionale
OSTATNIA RODZINA (The Last Family) by Jan P. Matuszyński

4 August, 16.45, Concorso Cineasti del presente
MAÑANA A ESTA HORA by Lina Rodríguez

4 August, 18.30, Concorso Cineasti del presente
PESCATORI DI CORPI by Michele Pennetta

4 August, 20.30, Piazza Grande
JASON BOURNE by Paul Greengrass

4 August, 23.00, Piazza Grande
INTERCHANGE by Dain Iskandar Said

Press Conferences (Press Center, Largo Zorzi)

Fondazione Ghisla, 11.00
Press meeting Federal Office of Culture, Fondazione Ghisla, Locarno. By invitation only 

4 August, 11.30, Concorso internazionale
SLAVA (Glory) by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov 

4 August, 12.00, Concorso internazionale
CORRESPONDÊNCIAS by Rita Azevedo Gomes 

4 August, 12.30, Piazza Grande
MOKA by Frédéric Mermoud 

Parallel Events

Award ceremony for 7th Migros-Culture-Percentage CH-Documentary-Competition 

The San Diego Latino Film Festival is proud to announce the

2016 Exitos Del Cine Latino Film Festival (Aug 26 - Sep 1, 2016)

Presented by Westfield Plaza Bonita

Over the course of an exciting week, 15 must-see Latino films will premiere, accompanied by special celebrity appearances, dynamic musical performances, Lowrider Car Show, and exhibits by local artists. 

Film selection features:

• Spanish-Argentine thriller Cien Años de Perdón, starring Rodrigo de la Serna, Raúl Arévalo, and Luis Tosar
• The award-winning dramedy Truman, featuring Ricardo Darín and Javier Camara; 
• Diego Luna’s emotional Mr. Pig, starring Danny Glover and Maya Rudolph; 
• El Tamaño Si Importa, starring Vhadir Derbez, Ximena Ayala, and Eugenio Derbez! Y más!

Complete film schedule & list of movies to be announced soon!

Get Your Movie Tickets & Passes Today!

Individual Movie Tickets: $8.50-$11.50

$45 5-Movie Ticket Pack

$80 Film Pass 

$135 All-Access Pass

Festival Location:

All movies and activities will take place at AMC Plaza Bonita, 3050 Plaza Bonita Rd., National City, CA 91950

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Join us for the Opening Night Fiesta on Friday, Aug. 26 from 5:30-7:30pm!
US Premiere of El Tamaño Si Importa. Filmmaker Rafa Lara and Stars IN PERSON!

Food & Drinks provided by:
Mariscos Beyer & Tequila Fortaleza

Location:
On the second level of Westfield Plaza Bonita, outside of AMC Plaza Bonita cinemas

Click Here to Purchase Your Tickets:
Party tickets starting at $18!

This fundraising event will include live music, special guests, drinks, food and more! Tickets are available on our website.

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All proceeds from EXITOS DEL CINE LATINO film festival benefit Media Arts Center San Diego’s year-round education and outreach programs and services; such as the award-winning Teen Producers Project.

A special thank you to the 3rd annual Exitos Del Cine Sponsors:

Westfield Plaza Bonita, AMC Independent, El Latino Newspaper, National City Tourism Marketing District, The Star News, National City Chamber of Commerce, County of San Diego, La Prensa San Diego, CW6, Giving Back Magazine, Televisa XEWT 12, Telemundo, El Mexicano Newspaper, Univision KBNT 17, Uniradio Group, Frontera Newspaper, Grupo Cadena / More FM 89.9, Fiesta Hall,Tequila Fortaleza, Mariscos Beyer.

About Westfield
Westfield Corporation (ASX: WFD) is a global leader in the design, development, and operation of premier retail destinations with interests in 40 shopping centers in the United States and United Kingdom, along with a major development site in Milan, Italy. In the U.S., Westfield’s portfolio of 38 shopping centers includes more than 6,700 retail shops across 46 million square feet of space in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Washington.

About Media Arts Center San Diego
Media Art Center San Diego (MACSD) grew out of the expansion of the San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF), which originated in 1993. Incorporated in 1999, Founder and Executive Director Ethan van Thillo has grown the organization from a festival to a mid-size organization with diverse state-wide programs and services for residents, visitors, and independent and amateur filmmakers. MACSD's founding vision is to challenge the historical exclusion of under-represented communities from the media arts field, and distorted images of these communities by mainstream media.

For more information on the films being screened & tickets, please visit www.sdlatinofilm.com/exitos or call 619-230-1938

36th FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH, November 13 - 19, 2016

As part of the FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH we have two special competitions:

The CLIMATE CLIPS film competition is sponsored by the Nagelschneider Stiftung - Foundation for Renewable Energy, a German non-profit foundation. The CLIMATE CLIPS Award with a purse of 5,000 Euros goes to the best clip on climate change. Moreover, there are second and third prizes: 3,000 Euros go to the runner-up, 1,000 Euros to the third-place film. The best three films will be presented at FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH 2016.

For the fifth time, the special competition for the Hofbräu Trophy will be held as part of this year's festival. We invite you to participate in the run for the most original commercial on the topic "Hofbräu - a different point of view", sponsored by the brewery Staatliches Hofbräuhaus in München. The winner will take home 5,000 Euro! Moreover, there are second and third prizes. The second best rated clip will get 3,000 Euro and the short film on the third place2,000 Euro. Simply be creative! The call for entries for this special competition is open now! Submit your film and get the trophy (in the best case)!

All films have to be submitted via reelport.com.

For the latest news and info see our website http://www.filmschoolfest-munich.de/en/

The 15th International Film Students Meeting will take place on 20th-23rd September during the 64th edition of the San Sebastian Festival and will be held in Tabakalera

Yet another year the San Sebastian Festival and Tabakalera - International Centre for Contemporary Culture present the International Film Students Meeting, an event seeking to shed light on the work of students from film schools across the world. The pre-selection of works for this fifteenth, Meeting saw the participation of 229 short films from 112 schools in 38 countries: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA and Venezuela. Figures experienced a notable rise in comparison to previous years: the number of participating schools rose by 25% (from 89 in 2015 to 112 in 2016) and the number of short films presented by 18% (from 193 to 229).

The Meeting will take place at Tabakalera, from the 20th to the 23rd of September. The selected short films will be presented at sessions open to the general public and Festival guests.

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Le MIAFF - Montreal International Animation Film Festival

August 18th - 21st, 2016.

Montreal International Animation Film Festival screen animation features, shorts and experimental film. Industry conferences, panels and international co-productions will be facilitated. Workshops on the state of the art(s). Public film festival screening, panels and educational platform for children. A student film contest challenge from all graduate level animation film schools across the province of Quebec and Canada.

We are happy to announce a brand new edition festival and industry conference August 18th - 21st 2016.

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Animaze reveals full program

ANIMAZE ANNOUNCES FULL PROGRAMMING ANIMAZE: The Montreal International Animation Film Festival is set to announce its full lineup in advance of the festival on August 18-21. Now in its third year, ANIMAZE is bringing a world of animation to Montreal. With a selection of over 170 short and feature-length animated films at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, an outdoor 360º Dome with planetarium-style projection and a Virtual Reality Cinema, Animaze has an inspiring and dynamic range of con...

 

 

Animaze Industry Conference Schedule Announced

Animaze has announced its industry conference schedule for the upcoming edition on August 18-21. The Animaze industry conference is a four-day gathering bringing together animation studios, distributors, vendors, tech startups and developers. Our roster of speakers includes industry leaders such as Clive Smith, Athena Georgaklis, Marie-Claude Beauchamp, Pascal Pelletier and more. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of hit PBS series Arthur, key figures from the show will talk ...

 

ARTHUR cast and crew celebrating 20 years of the series at Animaze August 21

The adventures of Arthur Read the aardvark from Elmwood City, have delighted viewers and inspired millions of devoted fans. This hour long panel discussion will explore the development and production of Arthur, the classic PBS animated series developed and animated in Montreal. A discussion with directors, designers, writers and voice talent who have played key role in the direction of the show over its 20 year existence. Panelists will explore the creative process behind Arthur, key p...

 

Animaze screens at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Selection of trailers from upcoming films sccreening at Animaze 2016      Programming blocks at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Maxwell Cummings Auditorium   Opening Ceremonies on August 18, 2016 7:00 pm Brave New World on August 19, 2016 1:00 pm Human Nature on August 19, 2016 3:00 pm Student Film Contest on August 19, 2016 5:00 pm Animaze Kids on August 20, 2016 1:...

 

 

Press conference photos new Animaze partners for festival 2016

Yona Pelovska filmmaker and VR jury and Animaze director Laurie Gordon   Animaze press conference produced a great turn at Hotel le Meridien in Montreal Canada August 2. In attendenace were new partners for Animaze 2016 and 2017 including  McCord Museum, Valtech, SAT - Societe des arts et technologies, Hotel 10 where th eindustry conference will be held, le Meridien Hotel, Fig55- All 2D screenings at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Spec...

 

 

 

 

 

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Locarno 2016 events August 5

Locarno 2016 events August 4

Locarno opens tonight

Harvey Keitel to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award

AFTERLOV receives Locarno World Premiere

Public lecture with Gaspar Noé in Locarno

Roger Corman, guest of honor at the Filmmakers Academy

Pardo d’onore Swisscom to Alejandro Jodorowsky

The new film by Douglas Gordon with Jonas Mekas will open the section Cineasti del presente 2016

European Casting Director Award in Locarno

 

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The San Sebastian Festival’s Official Selection selects works of Bertrand Bonello, Fernando Guzzoni, Arnaud des Pallières...

''American Pastoral'', the directorial debut by Ewan McGregor, to compete in the Official Selection at the San Sebastian Festiva

Gael García Bernal to receive the first Jaeger-LeCoultre Latin Cinema Award

The 15th International Film Students Meeting will take place on 20th-23rd September during the 64th edition of the San Sebastian

Alberto Rodríguez, Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Jonás Trueba to compete in the Official Selection of the San Sebastian Festival

Fourteen moviemakers will compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award

Sigourney Weaver, star of ''A Monster Calls to receive The Donostia Award

Fourteen moviemakers will compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award

Oliver Stone’s "Snowden", to be presented in the San Sebastian Festival’s Official Selection, out of competition

Bertrand Tavernier’s latest film will open the first competitive Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

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The Myrtle Beach International Film Festival April 19 – 22, 2017

The Myrtle Beach International Film Festival has been awarded several prestigious awards including one of the "Top 25 film festivals worth the entry fee" by Movie Maker Magazine. The MBIFF screens projects in a multi-million dollar theater, housing state of the art technology. 
Being billed as the East Coast's answer to Sundance, the MBIFF has a reputation for outstanding films including writings and blogs making the statement that the MBIFF has the best film line up in the World. We continue to be a venue for up and coming film makers as well as seasoned professionals. Many of the filmmakers will be in attendance with their films, and will be available for Q&A sessions.

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New York Film & Television Festival December 3 – 4, 2016

Late deadline july 30

 

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Now accepting submissions:

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Mountain and Adventure Film Festival  February 16th - March 19th, 2017

Submit by November 30th

We encourage you to submit all your great films, both current and past. Great mountain and adventure films don't go out of style. Film Festival Flix is the intersection between filmmakers and film lovers, working to build the most complete Mountain & Adventure film library, so audiences can find and purchase every film they've heard about in the past 50+ years.

General Submission: June 1st - August 31, 2016 
Late Submission: September 1st, 2016+ (acceptance at the Festival's sole discretion)

 

Official Line Up Announced: December 1st, 2016

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HALLOWEEN HORROR FEST  October 1 - 31, 2016

Deadline August 31

Celebrating world-class horror films and the filmmakers who terrify, disgust, and disturb us. 

Submission: June 1st - August 31st, 2016 (Submission Fee - $25)
Official selections will be announced September 13th, 2016
Official competition dates: October 1st - 23rd, 2016
Winners Week: October 24th - 31st, 2016

Festival Home Page: http://filmfestivalflix.com/festival/halloween-horror-fest/#.V2MeeOYrKi5

Submission: http://filmfestivalflix.com/hhf-pages/film-submission/

Categories, Prizes & Benefits: http://filmfestivalflix.com/hhf-pages/prize-categories/ (under construction)

Submission Period: June 1st - August 31st

We encourage you to submit all your films, both current and past. Great films don't go out of style.

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Manhattan Short September 23 to October 2, 2016

Deadline July 31

Join us September 23 to October 2, 2016 when over 100,000 film lovers in over 250 cities gather in Cinemas, Museums and Universities for one purpose...to view and vote on the Finalist's Films in the 19th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival.

MANHATTAN SHORT is not a touring Festival; rather, it is an instantaneous celebration that occurs simultaneously across the globe, bringing great films to great venues and allowing the audiences to select their favorites. If the Film Festival experience truly is about getting great works in front of as many eyes as possible, MANHATTAN SHORT offers the ultimate platform -- one that sees its films screened in Sydney, Mumbai, Moscow, Kathmandu, Vienna, Cape Town to all fifty states of the United States and beyond -- 
Deadlines: Regular Deadline July 31, 2016

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Hunting Day official poster

 

 

The San Sebastian Festival’s Official Selection selects works of Bertrand Bonello, Fernando Guzzoni, Arnaud des Pallières...

  Three debutants: North America’s Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, Sweden’s Johannes Nyholm and Britain’s William Oldroyd will also compete for the Golden Shell   The competition for the Golden Shell at the latest edition of the San Sebastian Festival, running from September 16th to 24th, will have as its protagonists some of the most eye-catching moviemakers on the international panorama. Bertrand Bonello (Nocturama), Fernando Guzzoni (Jesus), Johannes Nyholm (Jätt...

 

''American Pastoral'', the directorial debut by Ewan McGregor, to compete in the Official Selection at the San Sebastian Festiva

The San Sebastian Festival will host the European premier of American Pastoral, directed by and starring Ewan McGregor. The Scottish actor, Donostia Award Winner in 2012, will compete in the Official Selection with his directorial debut. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning Philip Roth novel, American Pastoral follows an all American family across several decades, as their idyll...

 

Fourteen moviemakers will compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award

Share on Facebook   Share on Twitter Images in high resolution Today saw presentation of the selection of films making up New Directors, the se...

 

Locarno 2016 events August 5

Highlight The conversation with Jane Birkin tomorrow at 10.30 (Spazio Cinema Forum) has been canceled. The conversation will take place at 16.15 at Palavideo and it will be followed by the screening of LA FILLE PRODIGUE by Jacques Doillon   Piazza Grande Events, 5 August JASON BOURNE by Paul Greengrass INTERCHANGE by Dain Iskandar Said  Leopard Club Award to Stefania Sandrelli   Special Events/Conversations with guests 5 August, 11.00,...

 

 

Turn off your phone during Snowden or more, says Oliver Stone

 

 

 

And the TWIST opening night film is...

Three Dollar Bill Cinema is thrilled to announce the world premiere of Clyde Petersen's feature film debut, TORREY PINES, as the Opening Night film of the 2016 TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival. The film will screen ...

 

Free Fire to close this year’s LFF

 

Free Fire to close this year’s LFF   The BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® is delighted to announce that this year’s Closing Night gala will be Ben Wheatley’s high-octane action thriller Free Fire.   Massachusetts late ‘70s. Justine (Brie Larson) has brokered a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two Iri...

 

A Brief Chat with Expulsion’s Kenneth Andrew Williams

We had a quick phone call with up and coming writer/director Kenneth Andrew Williams and here’s what we learned about race, MTV and his upcoming horror film Expulsion. What inspired you to become a writer/director? I was enamored with movies at a very, very early age. In fact, I wanted to be an actor when I was 8 years old because, at that age, all I could see were the people in front of the camera. And I thought they were making up everything as they fucking went. A short whi...

 

The Shoe Box

 

Dalia is stranded on planet Earth being left behind by a visiting scout ship from another planet. Dr Jones discovers her and gets help from Milly a spaceship navigator to try get her back home. Written by Warren Philp and co-written by Joyce Cocchi. ...

 

AFTERLOV receives Locarno World Premiere

  AFTERLOV, the debut feature from Greek director Stergios Paschos, will receive its world premiere in the Locarno International Film Festival’s "Concorso Cineasti del Presente" on 8 August, 2016.  Greek sales company Heretic Outreach have come on board to handle worldwide sales, with all territories available. It’s summertime - a time when Athens feels hotter than the desert.  Nikos, a broke 30-year-old musician, is chilling poolside and drinking cocktails...

 

Mabel Cheung: AAWMM Talk Back

By Maria Esteves – July 31, 2016 The Asian American Women Media Makers (AAWMM) Talk Back with multi-award winning Hong Kong director and screenwriter Mabel Cheung, moderated by co-founder S. Casper Wong, AAWMM, was held at the Museum of Chinese in New York (MOCA), Saturday, July 23, 12PM. Presented by AAIFF16, director Cheung discussed her early film career from Hong Kong to England to New York, her first trilogy works (The Illegal Immigrant, An Autumn's Tale, Eight Tales of Gold)...

 

Collegiate Church of Sant Vicenç in Cardona is “Treasure of European Film Culture”

The European Film Academy awards the Collegiate Church of Sant Vicenç in Cardona the title “Treasure of European Film Culture”. picture: Departament de Cultura. Generalitat de Catalunya. AVIOTEC. In October 1964, Orson Welles used the Collegiate Church of Sant Vicenç in Cardona as the location for CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT, his personal Shakespeare adaptation, with himself in the leading role. Although shooting lasted nine months, o...

 

Spa Night Q&A with Andrew Ahn and Joe Seo

By Maria Esteves – July 29, 2016 The 39th Asian American International Film Festival 2016 (AAIFF16) Opening Night Premiere of SPA NIGHT, directed by Andrew Ahn was held at Asia Society, New York, Thursday, July 21, 2016. A special Q&A session with director Ahn and lead actor Joe Seo moderated by festival programs manager Haisong Li, AAIFF, immediately followed. Questions posed to Ahn and Seo by Li and the audience included: "What message did you wanted to deliver by makin...

 

39th Asian American International Film Festival Opening Press Conference

By Maria Esteves – July 29, 2016 The 39th Asian American International Film Festival 2016 (AAIFF16) Opening Press Conference was held at the Museum of Chinese in New York (MOCA), Wednesday, July 20, 1PM. Presented by Asian CineVision (ACV), executive director John C. Woo, the event highlighted this year’s ten day (July 21-30) celebration of diversity in cast and themes by emerging and established Asian and Asian American filmmakers from 18 countries includes TOTO, directed ...

 

 

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BILAL screening at Moscow

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

Directed By: Khurram Alavi and Ayman Jamal 

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

 

Release Date: Fall 2016

 

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Enoc The Resplendent Stargate by Martha Marin Premiering in Cannes

World premiere in Cannes

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

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Paranoid Girls 

Paranoid Girls Comedy by Pedro del Santo was qualified for Oscar selection running for best film, best original song...

Ana, Paula and Veronica become fascinated by modeling and the life that it offers. Yet, they gradually begin to discover the dark side of fashion hidden behind the fame and glamour of the spotlights. The women experience downfall as they engage with an antagonistic photographer who drags models into a high stakes abyss of danger. The women learn to value friendship over the lures of fashion pitfalls and enjoy life's simplicities in the end.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart (Sharkwater) 

over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Get Happy by Manoj Annadurai 

Feature - Feel Good Movie  - World premiered in Montreal World Film Festival Winner best romantic comedy in Manhattan Fest

Charlie Kane can’t catch a break. He grew into a man who expects the worse out of life and gets it. But that changes when, by chance, he meets a bright, sunny sprite of a woman named Holly who turns him from a dour drip into someone finally allowing himself to be happy.Then a bus flattens her before Charlie eyes. Charlie opts for suicide but can’t even successfully give up on life. Left with no other choice, he adopts Holly’s ethos of positivity and just decides to be happy... by ignoring all the bad things in life. But his cynical best friend isn’t buying Charlie’s new-found happiness and sets out to save Charlie by making him miserable again. 

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The 15th International Film Students Meeting will take place on 20th-23rd September during the 64th edition of the San Sebastian

The 15th International Film Students Meeting will take place on 20th-23rd September during the 64th edition of the San Sebastian Festival and will be held in Tabakalera       Yet another year the San Sebastian Festival and Tabakalera - International Centre for Contemporary Culture present the International Film Students Meeting, an event seeking to shed light on the work of students from film schools across the world. The pre-selection of works for this fifteenth, Meeting sa...

 

 

2016 Exitos Del Cine Latino Film Festival launches

    The San Diego Latino Film Festival is proud to announce the 2016 Exitos Del Cine Latino Film Festival (Aug 26 - Sep 1, 2016) Presented by Westfield Plaza Bonita   Over the course of an exciting week, 15 must-see Latino films will premiere, accompanied by special celebrity appearances, dynamic musical performances, Lowrider Car Show, and exhibits by local artists.  Film selection features: Spanish-Argentine thriller Cien Años de Perd&oac...

 

Locarno 2016 events August 4

  Piazza Grande Events, 4 August MOKA by Frédéric Mermoud Premio Raimondo Rezzonico to David Linde    Special Events/Conversations with guests 4 August, 12.00, Spazio RSI (La Magnolia) Conversation with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Yann Coridian Hosted by Marco Zucchi and Daniele Rauseo 4 August, 13.30, Spazio Cinema (FORUM) Conversation with Bill Pullman (Excellence Award Moët & Chandon) Hosted by Eric Kohn   Press Screening...

 

 

Locarno opens tonight

  Piazza Grande Events, 3 August The opening ceremony will take place Wednesday 3 August on the Piazza Grande at 21.30.  Presentation of the official juries of the three competitions  Excellence Award Moët & Chandon to Bill Pullman Screening of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS by Colm McCarthy    Press Screenings (Teatro Kursaal) 3, August, 12.00 Cinema Ex*Rex, Fuori Concorso UN JUIF POUR L’EXEMPLE by Jacob Berger 3 August, 13.30,...

 

 

 

Happy to see 4th Duhok International Film Festival resuming

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Fest Forums Santa Barbara 2016 Agenda

check latest updates http://festforums.com/schedule/ NOVEMBER 19, 2016   10:30 am - 12:00 pm The Fess Parker Opening Reception & Registration Welcome cocktails & snacks More info  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CF1: Room 4 Converge...

 

Best of the Fests returns to Santa Barbara this fall: register now!

  FestForums is happy to announce the return of Best of the Fests! We will be awarding one winner from each festival type (music, film, and food & beverage) in 3 different categories: Sustainability, Innovation, and Charity for a total of 9 winners. Is your festival green? Does your festival have the wow factor? Or does it give back to the community? Let us know!   How to Enter: Send an email to info@festforums.com with the following: Subject: Best of the Fests ...

 

 

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Innovation in the spotlight at CineFest UK 2016

 

  The Bristol International Festival of Cinematography CMIR | Bristol | United Kingdom | 20-24 September 2016 Western Europe’s only major festival of cinematography returns to Bristol, UK, with a programme of workshops, master-classes, screenings, talks, demos and Q&As led by some of the film industry’s best-respected off-screen talent and the latest insights on how new imaging technologies promise to revolutionise filmmaking.        &n...

 

 

Mabel Cheung: AAWMM Talk Back

By Maria Esteves – July 31, 2016 The Asian American Women Media Makers (AAWMM) Talk Back with multi-award winning Hong Kong director and screenwriter Mabel Cheung, moderated by co-founder S. Casper Wong, AAWMM, was held at the Museum of Chinese in New York (MOCA), Saturday, July 23, 12PM. Presented by AAIFF16, director Cheung discussed her early film career from Hong Kong to England to New York, her first trilogy works (The Illegal Immigrant, An Autumn's Tale, Eight Tales of Gold)...

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Alberto Rodríguez, Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Jonás Trueba to compete in the Official Selection of the San Sebastian Festival

J.A. Bayona will present “A Monster Calls”, out of competition, and the latest works by Diego Galán and Jo Sol will enjoy special screenings in the framework of the Official Selection   Share on Facebook   Share on Twitter Images in high resolution Nine titles with Spanish production will form part of the New Directors, Horizonte...

 

Sigourney Weaver, star of ''A Monster Calls to receive The Donostia Award

  Sigourney Weaver, star of ''A Monster Calls (Un monstruo viene a verme)'', Donostia Award at the 64th edition of the San Sebastian Festival The European premiere of J.A. Bayona’s ''A Monster Calls (Un monstruo viene a verme)'' will be presented in the Official Selection out of competition     The Official Selection of the 64th San Sebastian Festival will include the European premiere of the latest movie by J.A. Bayona, A Monster Calls...

 

Sunscreen Film Fest appoints Ryan Tarrant as New Co-Executive Director

Local community leader brings experience and leadership to new position.    Community and business leader Ryan Tarrant has been named the Co-Executive Director of the Sunscreen Film Festival. Tarrant will share duties with current Exec. Director Dwight Cenac II.  Tarrant has been a part of the Film Festival’s Board of Directors for the past two years.   “It&rsqu...

 

Harvey Keitel to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award

Locarno69 celebrates and pays tribute to the multi-faceted talents of a major actor: Harvey Keitel. In addition to the awards ceremony on the Piazza Grande on August 6, the tribute will also include a screening of Smoke by Wayne Wang, winner of the Prix du Public UBS at Locarno in 1995.   He is the face of Sport, The Wolf, Hal, Charlie, Auggie, Rocco or simply the “lieutenant”. Locarno is awarding one of the greatest of H...

 

Public lecture with Gaspar Noé in Locarno

To mark the second year of the collaboration with Red Bull Music Academy, the Festival del film Locarno is pleased to announce a public lecture with Argentinian auteur Gaspar Noé, taking place on Saturday, August 6.    Gaspar Noé is one of the m...

 

 

Clemency for Keywan Karimi

  Keywan Karimi is a 30-year-old Iranian filmmaker who has been sentenced by Iranian authorities to six years in jail and 223 lashes. His crime: practicing his profession as a filmmaker and showing the unofficial face of Iranian society. A graduate from the University of Tehran, Keywan Karimi has studied communication and social sciences and participated in film directing workshops in Germany, Thailand and Russia. His short film Broken Border has received awards at vario...

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Gael García Bernal to receive the first Jaeger-LeCoultre Latin Cinema Award

The San Sebastian Festival and Jaeger-LeCoultre promote a new award to acknowledge the career of prominent figures in the world of Latin cinema     Jaeger-LeCoultre is proud to sponsor the San Sebastian Festival for the fifth year running. This year, La Grande Maison consolidates its presence at the event by giving the “Jaeger-LeCoultre Latin Cinema Award” to a prominent figure in the Latin cinema world. In this first edition the award will go to the film actor, d...

 

Winners of the pitching competition at the 7th New Horizons Studio

 

  Organized in the frame of the 16th T-Mobile New Horizons International FF in Wrocław, the 7th New Horizons Studio's aimed to raise awareness of the importance of pitch in a film pre-production process and offers training in pitching to 24 participants from 10 countries all over Europe. Two-day intense teaching is composed of lectures on production, promotion and distribution of a film and a team-to-expert sessions about the pitch itself. The following professionals shared ...

 

Polish Days 2016 Recap and Awards

 

Polish Days are the most important industry event of the 16.T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, where industry representatives including programmers, sales agents, producers, film funds and distributors from all over the world meet to watch the latest Polish films at closed screenings. This year's edition of Polish Days took place on 27-29 July. Six completed Polish films and nine works-in-progress were shown at closed screenings during the event. Another nine projects in d...

 

Science Media Awards Finalists Announced!

Premier Science Media Competition Honors Finalists Record submissions top 500+ Awards Gala to be held at Harvard Art Museum Jackson, WY (August 1, 2016) – Today the Jackson Hole Science Media Awards (JHSMA) announced finalists in 22 categories spanning content, program and craft in the science media field. JHSMA celebrates the world’s most effective science storytellers and stories. This&...

 

The Winners of the 16th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival Have Been Announced

 

The winners of the 16th T-Mobile New Horizons International Festivals received their awards at a gala event at the New Horizons Cinema. Films competed in five different competitions this year: the New Horizons International Competition, the Films on Art International Competition, the Polish Short Films Competition, the European Short Films Competition, and the Zoom Competition. From among the 10 films in the New Horizons International Competition, the jury, consisting of Mania Akbari, Gust Va...

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Special Discount for Script to Screen Summit | September 9, 2016 • Toronto, Canada |

Script to Screen Summit | September 9, 2016 • Toronto, Canada |  You have the Script We have a way to get it to the Screen. Learn how it’s done from the Script to Screen Summit Crew: Miranda Bailey, Producer, Cold Iron Pictures: Actor, writer, director, and ...

 

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Carole Laure sera l’invitée d’honneur cette année du festival gaspésien

 

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27e Festival du court métrage d’humour de Meudon du mercredi 5 au dimanche 9 octobre 2016

Centre d’art et de culture 15 bd des Nations-Unies - 92190 Meudon Renseignements  01 49 66 68 94 www.festivalmeudon.org     Présentation Depuis plus de 25 ans, notre manifestation a pour vocation de découvrir les réalisateurs de demain, de valoriser le patrimoine et enfin de sensibiliser le jeune public et les scolaires au cinéma, à travers cet espace de liberté qu’est l...

 

La Nuit de la Glisse revient encore plus fort, plus haut et toujours plus beau pour le film

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