The Short Short Story Film Festival is a competitive international festival of films that tell a story in under six minutes in its 10th year. 

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The 8th Annual MiFo LGBT Film Festival (www.mifofilm.com) kicks off its Fort Lauderdale edition on October 7, 2016, spanning two weekends, with seven days of film and events through October 16.  MiFo is proud to present more than 50 films from throughout the world, guest appearances by actors, directors and producers, and a lineup of spectacular parties and events. The array of films includes features, documentaries, narratives and shorts.
 

Rebranded in 2015 as “MiFo,” the festival’s motto “UNITED WE FILM,” not only signifies the melding of Miami and Fort Lauderdale under one brand, but is also reflective of the diversity of the films, the market and the MiFo audience.
 
As one of the most highly regarded LGBT film festivals in the nation, MiFo is presented by Celebrity Cruises, Gilead, Showtime and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Office of Film, Music & Entertainment.  Screenings and events will be held at the Classic Gateway Theatre, 1820 East Sunrise Boulevard; Cinema Paradiso, 503 SE 6th   Street; C & I Studios, 541 NW 1st Avenue; Gallery of Amazing Things, 481 S. Federal Highway. Dania Beach; and an elegant Opening Night at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale.
 
For those who want to enjoy a fun-filled getaway while enjoying the films, parties and events, MiFo has partnered with the W Fort Lauderdale, Royal Palms Resort & Spa, Tranquilo and Beach Gardens Hotel to offer discounted rates during the festival. Simply visit www.mifofilm.com/travel and you’re on your way to a “Fort Fabulous” getaway!
 
Following are a few of the highlights of the festival, with the entire list of films and events, as well as information on tickets and membership at www.mifofilm.com.
 
OPENING NIGHT – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7
 
FILM: STRIKE A POSE
In 1990, seven young male dancers joined Madonna on her most controversial world tour. Their journey was captured in the 1991 documentary, Truth or Dare. As a self-proclaimed ‘mother’ to her dancers, 6 gay and 1 straight, Madonna used the film to make a stand on gay rights and freedom of expression. The dancers became paragons of pride, inspiring people all over the world to dare to be who you are. Twenty five years later, the dancers share their own stories about life during and after the tour. View trailer:  www.mifofilm.com/films/info/823
 
PARTY:  Presented by Greater Fort Lauderdale CVB’s Office of Film, Music, Entertainment & Creative Industries, the lavish Opening Night Grand Event takes place in the NSU Art Museum following the film. With champagne flowing, hors d’oeuvres and entertainment including an operatic performance and surprise performances, all amidst the splendor of the museum’s works of art.
 
A TASTE OF FILM – MONDAY, OCTOBER 10 – Gallery of Amazing Things
A combined experience of Cinema and Culinary Delights!  Celebrity Cruises is bringing their onboard Taste of Film experience to MiFo, where guests will enjoy a cocktail reception followed by comfortable seating while viewing The Happys. Delicious bites and drinks, inspired by the film, will be served throughout the movie. 
 
FILM:  THE HAPPYS
Tracy walks in on her newly minted 'movie star' boyfriend having sex with a man. After assessing her limited options, she returns to Mark with a deal-if he agrees to marry her, she'll forget the whole thing ever happened. Mark accepts her terms, but neither fully understands the sacrifices they have to make. Their relationship quickly deteriorates, but Tracy's world blossoms when she befriends the quirky residents in her Los Feliz neighborhood. As she discovers her sense of self and true passion for cooking, Tracy is a catalyst that forces everyone around her to grow and connect in unforeseen ways. The cast includes Janeane Garofalo and The Walking Dead's Melissa McBride. View trailer: www.mifofilm.com/films/info/839

CENTERPIECE - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 – Cinema Paradiso
 
FILM:  KING COBRA
This ripped-from-the-headlines drama covers the early rise of gay porn headliner Sean Paul Lockhart a.k.a. Brent Corrigan, before his falling out with the producer who made him famous. When Sean decides he'd be better off a free agent, a cash-strapped pair of rival producers aim to cash in by any means possible and an all-out porn turf war ensues. With an all-star ensemble cast including James Franco, Christian Slater, Keegan Allen, Molly Ringwald and Alicia Silverstone, King Cobra is a powerful based-on-a–true-story drama exploring real-life greed and obsession. View trailer: www.mifofilm.com/films/info/840
 
CENTERPIECE PARTY follows the film, with music by DJ Barry Huffine.
 
CLOSING NIGHT – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16
 
FILM:  PUSHING DEAD - Cinema Paradiso
The words AIDS and comedy are rarely used together, but Pushing Dead is a film in which it is appropriate. HIV-positive writer and bouncer Dan Schauble struggles to refill his drug prescriptions after a bureaucratic snafu drops him from his health plan. Schauble quietly panics that any disruption to his pharmaceutical regimen can have disastrous consequences for his health, but while he navigates the labyrinthine world of modern healthcare, the other people in his life suffer from their own personal trials and tribulations. View trailer: www.mifofilm.com/films/info/856
 
PARTY AND AWARDS CEREMONY - C & I Studios
Mix and mingle with filmmakers and actors as the Jury and Audience award winners are announced. Open bar, with music by DJ Barry Huffine.
 
For further information, including a complete schedule of screenings, special events, tickets, membership and sponsorship opportunities, go www.MiFofilm.com or call (305) 751-6305.
 
The MiFo LGBT Film Festival is committed to its mission: To inspire, entertain and educate the public, encourage a sense of community through international and culturally diverse film, video, and other media that offer historical and contemporary perspectives on the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experience.

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World of Film International Festival has announced full line-up and Schedule for the third edition of the festival, coming up September 29th to October 2 in Glasgow, Scotland. 

This year’s selection of feature and short films includes a variety of international entries across all three main festival sections - First Features and Short Film Competition, the Female Perspective Competition and the newly introduced Focus on Balkan Cinema. 

Highlights include Get Happy by Manoj Annadurai, Sin + Illy Still Alive by Maria Hengge, Capsule by Andrew Martin, Four Passports by Mihajlo Jevtic and The Gift by Damian O’Callaghan in First Feature Competition. 

In Shorts Competition, festival veteran Niels Putman returns to screen his first short film, produced in Belgium, titled Je Vois Des Gens, focusing on a day of a young boy’s life and his encounter with an ageing drag queen. The film will open the festival on September 29 at the famous Britannia Panopticon Music Hall in Glasgow City. 

Full Schedule and programme details are available on the Festival’s Website. 

Call for entry MBIFF 12 now open

MBIFF Direct Submission: Download PDF Form

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. 
What sets the MBIFF apart from other festivals is our commitment to Independent film. Many of the attendees has stated that this was their favorite film festival to submit, and attend. Once you are here, you are family. 
We house they most diverse judging panel anywhere. From Liberal to Conservative, Professional to Blue Collar. Your film gets a fair shake unlike no other festival. Many film judging panels only house film makers which can grade on a different curve than a film enthusiast that may be a Waitress, Doctor, or someone outside the film industry. We believe that your project receives a more overall perspective grading as to whether it entertains or informs a wider viewing audience rather than that of only an entire panel of film makers. Not to worry, we do have a film maker on board as a judge! 
The goal of the founder and director Jerry Dalton, was to create a venue for the independent film makers that was not corrupted by the politics of many events. We do not care who is associated with the film, only whether it entertains and, or informs. 
The MBIFF screens projects in a multi-million dollar theater, housing state of the art technology. 
We look forward to viewing your film /project!

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The 54th New York Film Festival (NYFF54) presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center will be held at Lincoln Center September 30 - October 16, 2016. This year’s festival will showcase 25 feature films from around the world.

2016 NYFF Official Lineup of films. For information or to purchase tickets, visit NYFF.

NYFF54 Opening, Centerpiece and Closing Night World Premieres to be held at Alice Tully Hall are,

* THE 13TH, directed by Ava DuVernay, Friday, September 30, 2016 (in theaters and Netflix October 7).

*20TH CENTURY WOMEN, directed by Mike Mills, starring Annette Bening, Saturday, October 8, 2016 (in select theaters December 21).

*THE LOST CITY OF Z, directed by James Gray, Saturday, October 15. 

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Montreal FFM Grand Prix of the Americas went to Rajko Grlic’s Constitution (FFM 2016)

Review by Dejan Nikolaj Kraljacic  The Constitution (Ustav Republike Hrvatske), Croatia, Czech Republic, UK, Slovenia, Macedonia Directed by Rajko Grlic; written by Ante Tomic & Rajko Grlic; cast: Nebojsa Glogovac, Dejan Acimovic, Ksenija Marinkovic, Bozidar Smiljanic... The Story: Four characters (or rather three and a half, since the father of the protagonist is tied up to a deathbed with amputated legs, hardly able to speak) live in the same building, yet separate...

 

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73rd Venice Film Festival - Awards Ceremony highlights and full Video

VENEZIA 73 The Venezia 73 Jury, chaired by Sam Mendes and comprised of Laurie Anderson, Gemma Arterton, Giancarlo De Cataldo, Nina Hoss, Chiara Mastroianni, Joshua Oppenheimer, Lorenzo Vigas and Zhao Wei having viewed all 20 films in competition, has decided as follows:   GOLDEN LION for Best Film to: ANG BABAENG HUMAYO (THE WOMAN WHO LEFT) by Lav Diaz  (Philippines)   SILVER LION - GRAND JURY PRIZE to: N...

 

Old French Lion Belmondo Honored with Career Lion at Venice 73

by ALEX DELEON Unquestionably the most expectantly awaited arrival of the 73rd festival week was that of living french screen legend Jean-Paul Belmondo, now 83 and not in the best of health. The  erstwhile Gallic superstar and French Nouvelle Vague idol was here to receive a richly deserved life-time career Golden Lion and his arrival was reserved for the tail end of the festival allowing for anticipation to build up. In the hot afternoon sun of Thursday, festival day nine, t...

 

 

Natalie Portman Astonishing as the Grieving First Lady --

Thursday morning Venice Day 8 -- JACKIE. at massive Aerdrome hangar-like Sala Biennale. Incredible Natalie Portman as Newly widowed wife of JFK. shoo-in for Best Actress Oscar in Feb. 2017 She had the accent (fey debuttantish speech style during White House tour) absolutely down pat to the point where it was eerie -- but also the supreme dignity after the shooting. All nails hit squarely on the head by Chilean director backed up by American Producer Aronofsky. incredible fil...

 

The Graduate - Le Concours by Claire Simon awarded best documentary on Cinema at Mostra 73

Find more at: www.widehouse.org     VENICE CLASSICS AWARD BEST DOCUMENTARY ON CINEMA   THE GRADUATION           DCP - HD - 2016 – France – 119 min   Dire...

 

A Woman's Life by Stéphane Brizé wins FIPRESCI Prize in Venise 2016

 "A deeply moving tale" Variety     “Judith Chemla is a revelation in the title role and utterly mesmerizing and credible” ...

 

 

Silver Lion and good reviews for Andrei Konchalovski's Paradise, what else?

Russian director Andrey Konchalovskiy was awarded the title of best Director (Silver Lion) for the film “Paradise” at the Venice film festival 2016 Trailer Paradise from Antipode Sales on Vimeo. “Paradise”, drama, 2016, Russia-Germany, B/W,  131 min., Russian-German-French budget: euro  4 500 000   CAST Julia Vysotskaya (The Lion in Winter, House of Fools, Gloss) Christian Clauss (Reckless) Philippe Duquesne (Babysitting) ...

 

MALICK at Venice, An underwhelming "VOYAGE of Time~ Life's Journey"

by Alex Deleon, < Filmfestivals.com> Terrence Malick's first documentary has been described by the director himself as "one of my greatest dreams". It is a collage film (like Koyaanisqatsi by Godfrey Reggio) that intends to illustrate the birth and death of an undiscovered universe. A film that promises to be highly experimental and perhaps Malick's most ambitious film. The story of the universe itself, with powerful images, from the Big Bang to the Mesozoic era and ...

 

The Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement to Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jerzy Skolimowski

French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo and Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski are the recipients of the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement of the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.   The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, upon recommendation of the Director of the Venice Film FestivalAlberto Barbera.   ...

 

Best Director Award goes to HOME by Fien Troch at the 73rd Venice Film Festival - Orizzonti

Fien Troch won Best Director Award for her film HOME @ Venice Film Festival tonight. HOME portrays the struggle between two generations. Teenagers who explore a thin line between trust, friendship and loyalty and adults who seem alienated from their past younger selves. The clash can be more brutal than expected.   17-year-old Kevin, sentenced for violent behavior, is just let out of prison. To start anew, he moves in with his aunt and her family and begins an apprentice...

 

 

Three awards for ORECCHIE (Ears) - Biennale College Cinema - @ Venice Film Festival 2016

After winning the Premio Nuovo Imaie yesterday, ORECCHIE (Ears) wins two other awards: the Arca CinemaGiovani award (Young Cinema award) and the FEDIC Award with an honorable mention.   Arci CinemaGiovani Award (Young Cinema award) is an award given by a jury of young European aged from 18 to 25 year old to the best Italian film at the Venice Film Festival.   ORECCHIE won a special mention from the FEDIC award for proposing  the most significative scene in relation with f...

 

 

Los Nadie (The Nobodies) wins the Audience Award of the 31. Venice Critics' Week!

Juan Sebastián Mesa, the 27 year old director, wins the Circolo del Cinema di Verona Audience Award for LOS NADIE (The Nobodies) at the 73rd Venice Film Festival. Seventeen years after the victory of Mondo Grúa, the film that revealed the talent of Argentinean Pablo Trapero, Latin America triumphs again in the Venice International Film Critics’ Week thanks to the Colombian film Los Nadie, winner of the Circolo del Cinema di Verona Audience Award of this 31st ...

 

Andrej Konchalovskij with Philippe Duquesne and Julia Vysotskaya at the Venice Movie Stars Lounge for Paradise

Day 9: Official selection of the 73 International Film Festival of Venice, press activities at the Venice Movie Stars Lounge     On September 8th the Venice Movie Stars Lounge hosted the silver lion director of the in competition film Rai (Paradise) Andrej Konchalovskij with Philippe Duquesne and Julia Vysotskaya. The three talent, arrived aboard of two Jaguar F – PACE, answered the questions of journalists in the garden of lounge and inside the greenhouse, hobnobbing in ...

 

Unesco award for HOTEL SALVATION (Mukti Bhawan) @ Venice Film Festival 2016!

  UNESCO jury has awarded the XXIIIrd Prix "Enrico Fulchignoni" to Shubhashish Bhutiani for his movie HOTEL SALVATION (Mukti Bhawan).   Jury's motivation : "For the values finely expressed on the importance of family, time passed together in respect and with love, and those valuesof human rights which we all share.   The maturity and depth of emotions and cinematic vocabulary used to display these belie the young age of the director, and ...

 

Activities at the Venice Movie Stars Lounge

Day 8: Official selection of the 73 International Film Festival of Venice, press activities at the Venice Movie Stars Lounge     On September 7th the Venice Movie Stars Lounge hosted the actress Natalie Portman and the director of the in competition film Jackie, Pablo Larrain. The two talent, arrived aboard of two Jaguar F – PACE, answered the questions of the journalists in the garden and inside the lounge, hobnobbing in television and print...

 

Best actor award for ORECCHIE - Biennale College Cinema

  Daniele Parisi the main actor of ORECCHIE was awarded the Premio Nuovo Imaie as best debuting actor. The Premio Nuova Imaie is awarded to two Italian debutant and already talented actors who moved the Lido's audience with their interpretation. It is organized in collaboration with the Union of Cinema Critics.   ORECCHIE, directed by Alessandro Aronadio, is a fresh Italian comedy from this year's Biennale College Cinema section.    Haven't seen it yet? ...

 

VIDEOS FROM VENISE

Golden Lion for Jean Paul Belmondo, tribute to 50 years in the business

He loves Italian cinema and worked with the most beautiful actresses, and remembers them well Claudia Cardinale Sophia Loren...     Year Title Role Director Notes 1956 Moliere Le Merluche Norbert Tildian short film 1957 On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels (À pied, à cheval et en voiture) Venin Maurice ...

 

73rd Venice Film Festival - The Magnificent Seven Closing Film Press conference with Denzel Washington and director Fuqua

 

73rd Venice Film Festival - In Dubious Battle Q&A session with James Franco

73rd Venice Film Festival - Paradise by Andrei Konchalovsky Press conference and photocall

73rd Venice Film Festival - Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey

 

73rd Venice Film Festival - Natalie Portman on the Jackie press conference - film by Pablo Larraín

73rd Venice Film Festival - Press conference and photocall of the film “La región salvaje” (The Untamed) by Amat Escalante

73rd Venice Film Festival - Presentation of the film “Dawn of the Dead” by George Romero

 

 

73rd Venice Film Festival - Red carpet of Nocturnal Animals by Tom Ford

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GUILLERMO DEL TORO Pan's Labyrinth | TIFF 2016

 

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FELICITY JONES "It is always windy in Toronto" Interview for Monster Calls at TIFF 2016

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IKO UWAIS & SUNNY PANG Fight!!! | TIFF 2016

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MICHAEL FASSBENDER One Last Selfie | TIFF 2016

 

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LEONARDO DICAPRIO Giving the scientific community a voice | TIFF 2016

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Cast of Magnificent 7, opening film, Studio shoot and press conference at TIFF

An all-star cast — including Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun and Peter Sarsgaard — saddles up for this blazing remake of the 1960 western classic from director Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer), about seven gunslinging mercenaries protecting a small community from a rapacious robber baron. ...

 

DENZEL WASHINGTON Shows Toronto love | TIFF 2016

 

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PIERS' Pick La La Land | Festival 2016

 

An ambitious jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling) and an aspiring actress (Emma Stone) fall in love while pursuing their dreams of stardom, in this dazzlingly stylized homage to the classic Hollywood musical from Whiplash director Damien Chazelle. ...

 

THE VESSEL / Starring Martin Sheen / From Executive Producer Terrence Malick  / In Theaters September 16th 

From Executive Producer, Terrence Malick & Sarah Green :  THE VESSEL A Film by Julio Quintana   In Theaters September 16, 2016 Starring: Martin Sheen (TV's “The West Wing,” Apocalypse Now) Lucas Quintana (Wing it, Death of an Ally) Jacqueline Duprey (Under Suspicion, Entre Nos) Aris Mejias (Gabi, “Incógnita”)   Director Julio Quintana Music, Dancing, Fireworks, Childbirth. In an unnamed coastal town somewhere i...

 

TIFF Cynthia Nixon A Quiet Passion

 

 DDI (New UK Distributor replacing Metrodome) sells A QUIET PASSION at TIFF    Jason Moring, Double Dutch International CEO, announced today a series of sales on Terence Davies' A QUIET PASSION.    A QUIET PASSION, which is having its North American premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12 in the Masters section, has been sold to Paname Distribution for France, Mimosa Films for Japan and Soda Pictures for United King...

 

TIFF16: The Exchange acquires James Franco's King Cobra

 

    Brian O'Shea, The Exchange CEO, announced today that the company acquired Justin Kelly's KING COBRA international sales rights, the porn industry picture starring James Franco, Christian Slater, Molly Ringwald, Alicia Silverstone, Garrett Clayton and Keegan Allen.   KING COBRA joins new titles like IRREPLACEABLE YOU by Stephanie Laing in The Exchange's lineup to be presented to the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival buyers. The Exchange represented Kelly&...

 

 

XX director Jovanka Vuckovic will be at the helm for the feature film RIOT GIRLS Ffrom Clique Pictures

Clique Pictures producer Lauren Grant announced today that XX director Jovanka Vuckovic will be at the helm for the feature film RIOT GIRLS.   Vuckovic won the 2012 Fantasia Film Festival Best Short award for The Captured Bird, which was executive produced by Guillermo del Toro. She also wrote and directed a segment for XX, the groundbreaking all-female horror anthology produced by XYZ Films to be released by Magnet Releasing in 2017. She's scheduled to direct t...

 

 

Arclight Films – TIFF 2016 Screening Schedule and Lineup

 

Chilean Cinema at Toronto International Film Festival

JESUS by FERNANDO GUZZONI France/Chile/Germany/Greece/Colombia | 86 minutes | International Premiere | 2016 ...

 

Scandinavian Films at TIFF 2016

 

15 titles at TIFF, check the full list and the contacts in TIFF DANISH FILM INSTITUTE Lizette Gram Mygind Cell: +45 248 23 758 Christian Juhl Lemche Cell: +45 214 88 522 FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION Jaana Puskala Cell: +358 50 593 2068 Jenni Domingo Cell: +358 40 841 2849 ICELANDIC FILM CENTRE Christof Wehmeier Cell: +354 662 6066 NORWEGIAN FILM INSTITUTE Stine Oppegaard Cell: +47 908 59 638 SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE Pia Lundberg ...

 

Dutch cinema is strongly represented at the Toronto International Film Festival

FROM THE NETHERLANDS @ TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2016 Dutch cinema is strongly represented at the Toronto International Film Festival (8-18 September 2016), with no fewer than ten productions and co-productions in various sections. The Dutch selection includes Layla M. by Mijke de Jong which will world premiere in the Platform competition and Martin Koolhoven's Brimstone, which is screened as a Special Presentation. For a complete overview of the Dutch titles and screening...

 

 

Four Powerful South African films to be showcased at the Toronto International Film Festival

 

South Africa's AAA Entertainment is embarking on a trip to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Canada to represent, promote and showcase the best of South African films. The team will be at TIFF from the 12th until the 15th of September 2015.   Under the solid leadership of Mayenzeke Baza and Pascal Schmitz, AAA Entertainment offers a unique service which includes packaging of content, marketing services, sales, access to co-production incentives and funds eligible for p...

 

Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis has been selected at the tiff in Contemporary World Cinema

 

After being screened successfully at the 73rd Venice Film Festival / Venice Days, we're happy to announce you that Indivisibili (Indivisible) by Edoardo De Angelis has been selected at the tiff – Toronto International Film Festival in Contemporary World Cinema section.   INDIVISIBILI (INDIVISIBLE) ​by Edoardo De Angelis   PEREZ., 2014       Original Title: INDIVISIBILI  Cast: Angela Fontana, Marianna Fontana, Antonia Truppo (They Call Me Je...

 

TIFF 2016: Werner Herzog's INTO THE INFERNO Launches on Netflix October 28

INTO THE INFERNO   A film by Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer Directed, Written and Narrated by Werner Herzog    Werner Herzog's Decades-in-the-Making, Astonishing Look at Volcanoes and the People Who Surround them,  Plays at the Toronto International Film Festival, Launches on Netflix on October 28        "AWE INSPIRING. Every Werner Herzog documentary is ultimately about the same two self-contradictory th...

 

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"CHAMPIONS": Inspiring, Empowering and available in several territories

Amadeus Entertainment is Introducing at TIFF a wonderful, inspiring and empowering film from Director Artem Akseninko - THE CHAMPIONS. Based on the true story of 3 Russian Olympic athletes, it proves that when you set your mind nothing can stop you!     CHAMPIONS: FASTER.HIGHER.STRONGER  Year: Released in Russia by 20th Century Fox, February 2016 Genre: Drama/Action  ...

 

Pyramide Films in Toronto

 

Gravitas Inks Deal for Fest Winner FRIENDS EFFING FRIENDS EFFING FRIENDS

 

Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the festival award winning comedy film FRIENDS EFFING FRIENDS EFFING FRIENDS starring  BELLFLOWER’s Tyler Dawson, indie darling, Jillian Leigh (CITY BABY, A BIG LOVE STORY) and acclaimed horror actor Graham Skipper (ALMOST HUMAN, THE MIND’S EYE).  The film will be released on VOD October 11, 2016.  With a legendary lineage, filmmaker Quincy Rose’s shares his hysterically fresh, insightfully voice on ...

 

 

Film Sales Support for Europeans at TIFF 2016

 

  Film Sales Support for Europeans at TIFF 2016 01.09.2016 SAFARI by Ulrich Seidl The upcoming Toronto International Film Festival® (TIFF), one of the most important gateways to the North American market for films from Europe, has again generated strong interest by 29 different European sales companies for EFP’s Film Sales Support (FSS) which is financially supported by the Creative Euro...

 

Jim Harvey joins Covert Media as Senior Vice President of International Sales

 

HARVEY WILL TAKE THE LEAD ON LEXICA FILMS LABEL;  NEW TITLE ‘THE NIGHT WATCHMEN’ ANNOUNCED     Independent feature production, financing, and distribution company Covert Media today announced the hire of the veteran executive Jim Harvey as Senior Vice President of International Sales. Reporting to President of International Liz Kim Schwan, Harvey will handle sales for Covert’s current and upcoming production slate as well as titles being championed through Cov...

 

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Ramsgate International Film and TV Festival March 23 -26, 2017

September 30, 2016 Regular Deadline

The first Ramsgate International Film and TV Festival will be held in Ramsgate with its stunning Royal Harbour, unique in England. It is run by the Ramsgate Film & TV Institute, which will also run a variety of screenings throughout the year to bring international independent cinema to local audiences.

President of the Festival is Brenda Blethyn (Secret & Lies, Vera,...), BAFTA, Globe and Cannes Best Actress Winner and Oscar Nominated. Brenda will also pick the winner of the First Feature Film Category.

The Festival focus is to show new works and help promote film makers. Screenings are complemented by a strong programme of quality events and seminars, with industry professionals of high reputation, who have already confirmed their attendance. Do check the website for more all news as they come. 
www.ramsgateiftvfest.org

 

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NYC Indie Film Festival May 2 – 7, 2017

Regular deadline November 30, 2016

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

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

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

Deadline October 15

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

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

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The 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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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

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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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Fantasporto 2017
February 24 - March 4, 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.

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The producers Nadia Turincev and Corinne Castel make up the Official Jury and the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera’s jury, respectively

Share on Facebook   Share on Twitter Two outstanding professionals from the film scene will join the juries of the 64th San Sebastian Film Festival. The producers Nadia Turincev and Corinne Castel will make up the Official Jury and the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera’s jury, respectively. The Official Selection Jury is chaired by the Danish moviemaker Bille August. The author of Pelle erob...

 

 

Savage Cinema has lined up a selection of mind-blowing surf and snowboard titles

Travis Rice, Peter Hamblin, Takuji Masuda, Craig Stecyk, Patrick Trefz and Art Brewer will join various others in San Sebastian to present the titles in the Savage Cinema section The 2016 edition of Savage Cinema has lined up a selection of mind-blowing surf and snowboard titles, which will bring both fresh and iconic personalities and filmmakers to the city   ...

 

 

Fifteen Ibero-American films compete for the Cooperación Española Award

Share on Facebook   Share on Twitter Images in high resolution The San Sebastian Festival and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation Development (AECID), the latter under the aegis of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation will, for the second year running, give the Cooperación Española Award to the producer of the...

 

Ten films selected for Zabaltegi-Tabakalera will be screened in October as part of the Tabakalera programme

The 64th edition of the San Sebastian Festival will continue until October 28th in five double showings including the combined screening of one short and one feature film From September 15th, the installation by Andrés Di Tella will be open for visit in Tabakalera Share on Facebook   Share on Twitter The Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section will not end on 24th September. From September 30t...

 

A long list of actors have confirmed their presence in San Sebastian

In addition to Donostia Award-winners Sigourney Weaver and Ethan Hawke and winner of the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Latin Cinema Award, Gael García Bernal, a long list of actors have confirmed their presence in San Sebastian: Monica Bellucci, Fan Bingbing, Jennifer Connelly, Javier Bardem, Richard Gere, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hugh Grant, Isabelle Huppert, Ewan McGregor, Cynthia Nixon, Ken Watanabe, Lambert Wilson, Shailene Woodley and Lee Yoo-young Others who will attend the event to accompan...

 

San Sebastian Festival 2016: Industry Agenda

Share on Facebook   Share on Twitter Numerous industry activities are scheduled for the 64th San Sebastian Festival. Said activities are detailed in the Professional Agenda and it will be updated on the Festival website. Updates will also be included in the daily Newsflash sent out to registered industry members.   Throughout the Festival, and particularly on the 19th, 20th and 21st, t...

 

The XV International Film Students Meeting will include masterclasses by Bonello, Périot and Tverdovsky

  Filmmakers Bertrand Bonello, Jean-Gabriel Périot and Ivan I. Tverdovsky will give masterclasses as part of the XV International Film Students Meeting at the San Sebastian Festival. Bonello (Nice, France, 1968), who will compete in this year’s Official Section with Nocturama and in Zabaltegi-Tabakalera with the short film Sarah Winchester, opéra fantôme, will present a free-spirited dissertation at the Meeting to students from film schools in Argentina, Be...

 

The Velodrome will house the world premiere of the collective film ''Kalebegiak'' in addition to the European premieres of the a

The ''biggest film theatre in the world'' as it was dubbed by Oliver Stone, will turn thirty in 2016       Kalebegiak Koldo Almandoz, Asier Altuna, Luiso Berdejo, Daniel Calparsoro...

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Wah Taj, Trailer and Preview: Heritage fight

Wah Taj, Trailer and Preview: Heritage fight ‘Wah’ is an Indian expression, roughly equivalent to the English ‘wow’ or ‘great’. The Taj in the title refers to Taj Mahal, India’s biggest tourist attraction, among the Official New 7 Wonders of the World. It was elected by more than 100 million votes, to represent global heritage, and announced at the Declaration Ceremony, on 07.07.07. Among the many brands the monument has spawned are the Taj group of i...

 

 

How the movie distribution model is changing

 

How the movie distribution model is changing   Watching a movie is not like it used to be. The big screen, the glamor, the chattering from the back row, the usherettes, the popcorn - all these things are still out there, but today there are many alternative and complementary options. Why is this happening? Is it an inevitable result of the appearance of new forms of media? Does it represent a new way of thinking about movies? One thing is for sure, it’s giving movie lovers a lot mor...

 

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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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WoFF 2016: Line-up and Schedule announced

World of Film International Festival has announced full line-up and Schedule for the third edition of the festival, coming up September 29th to October 2 in Glasgow, Scotland.  This year’s selection of feature and short films includes a variety of international entries across all three main festival sections - First Features and Short Film Competition, the Female Perspective Competition and the newly introduced Focus on Balkan Cinema.  Highlights include Get Happy by Manoj An... 

Ottawa International Animation Festival ready to Celebrate its 40th Anniversary with the world

The 40th Anniversary of the Ottawa International Animation Festival is almost upon us! This September 21 - 25, 2016, the city of Ottawa will transform into the center of the animation universe. http://www.animationfestival.ca/       ...

 

 

IFFR presents reinforced team at TIFF

  Gearing up for the 46th edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) with an ongoing focus on championing auteur films, celebrating innovative cinematic art and bringing this to a broad audience, festival director Bero Beyer presented the festival's renewed and reinforced team tonight at the Toronto International Film Festival. To optimize the support and services the festival offers to extraordinary film talent from around the world, IFFR is taking ...

 

Thelma & Louise are back. The rebellion of women is the leading topic of the 14th edition of Tofifest IFF

The 14th edition of the Tofifest IFF will take place from 15th to 23rd October, in Torun             ...

 

Battle of Ideas event: The festival slogan is FREE SPEECH ALLOWED, an antidote to today’s climate of offence taking

BATTLE OF IDEAS FESTIVAL Thought provoking debate This year's Battle of Ideas, at the Barbican in London on 22 & 23 October, is our 12th annual festival. Organised by The Institute of Ideas, the Battle has always managed to be wide-ranging, thought-provoking and wonderfully argumentative, but the festival has never seemed more important and urgent as this year's. From the Brexit vote to the rise of Trump across the pond, politics - and the future direction of soc...

 

PSSST! is a unique film festival celebrating the art of silent film

Rather unusual, rather trapped on the border between dream and reality, silent film has for several years found affirmation at the PSSST! Silent Film Festival organised by the Trešnjevka Cultural Centre. PSSST! is a unique film festival presenting the art of silent film in a new, exciting and entertaining way. This Festival is a rare gem on the cultural scene which lacks initiatives offering artists the opportunity to try out their skills in this specific (and demanding!) art...

 

 

 

The 8th Annual MiFo LGBT Film Festival (www.mifofilm.com) kicks off its Fort Lauderdale edition on October 7, 2016

   The 8th Annual MiFo LGBT Film Festival (www.mifofilm.com) kicks off its Fort Lauderdale edition on October 7, 2016, spanning two weekends, with seven days of film and events through October 16.  MiFo is proud to present more than 50 films from throughout the world, guest appearances by actors, directors and producers, and a lineup of spectacular parties and events. The array of films includes features, documentaries, narratives and shorts.   Rebranded in 2015 as &ld...

 

 

Don't Stop Milano Film Festival

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Revealed Poster and Trailer for Tokyao Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections

The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) and the Japan Foundation Asia Center today unveiled the official poster and trailer of Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections, the first of the omnibus film series co-produced by the two organizations. The poster and trailer designs were created to evoke the title, signifying new points of light reflected from the mirrors of history and culture. The trailer is available at www.image.net/tiff2016_reflections_en Asian Three-Fold Mirror ...

 

 

WILLiFEST Returns to Williamsburg this Saturday

WILLiFEST is back for its eighth season this Saturday with screenings all day. The Williamsburg International Film Festival's three day event launches with an invite-only Opening Night party on Friday, September 9th.     Saturday brings a full day and night of screenings at returning partner Knitting Factory starting at 1:00pm with our famed Animation Program. An Industry Panel on the fascinating technology of Virtual Reality takes place at Videology Bar &...

 

Encounters 22nd Short Film and Animation Festival opens 20-25 September in Bristol)

    Festival runs 20-25 September in Watershed, Bristo Catch the best new short and animated films from across the globe in Bristol. Encounters is the UK’s leading short film festival combining film screenings, special events, industry masterclasses and workshops in a jam packed programme of activity. The Encounters programme is bursting at the seams with a glorious selection of things to do, see, watch and experience. This year’s highlights include an Aardman Re...

 

 

Ottawa International Animation Festival Celebrates its 40th Anniversary with a Night of Interactive Fun.

 

The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), North America’s leading animation film festival, is excited to present NIGHTOWL, an interactive, multi-level rager in celebration of the Festival’s 40th Anniversary. On Saturday, September 24, 2016 the OIAF will take over 50 Sussex Drive for a night of music, food, sci-fi, art, animation, cosplay, robots and more!   The party begins at 8PM with a free outdoor screening of Space Madness: DYI Sci-Fi.  Presented by the NCC, ...

 

Britflicks review on the festival

Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival Launched in Cannes   Reproduced from Britflicks.com  Fri, 03 Jun 2016 The 1st Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival, which will take place from 23 to 26 March 2017, officially launched at the Cannes Film Festival, supported by the Ramsgate Town Team.  The fabulous Royal Harbour was featured on promotional material and the reception was amazing.  Many people had never heard of Ramsgate and the prospect of a vaca...

 

 

Real Film Festival 2016

Real Film Festival is back! The Real Film Festival is a three-day community, arts and Industry event showcasing documentaries, independent short and feature films based on true stories. The Program comprises of film screenings, Industry development workshops, panel discussions, networking events and film competitions for filmmakers of all ages and experience.
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EFA Honours french author Jean-Claude Carrière

In recognition of a unique and dedicated contribution to the world of film, the European Film Academy takes great pleasure in presenting Jean-Claude Carrière with the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for his outstanding body of work.   (picture: Roman Bonnefoy) The French novelist, screenwriter, and actor started out writing short novels based on the films of Jacques Tati. Through Tati he met Pierre Étaix with whom he made several films,...

 

CINEFEMME launches diner with dames networking events that pairs show business veterans with emerging females in film

CINEFEMME LAUNCHES DINNER WITH DAMES TO SPARK DIALOGUE ABOUT GENDER DISPARITY IN HOLLYWOOD Female-focused non-profit invites industry leaders to tackle diversity issues during meals with up and coming women filmmakers.  Cinefemme today announced that Simon Barrett (Blair Witch, The Guest) will host its premiere Dinner with Dames on September 22, 2016. Dinner with Dames is a unique series of networking events that pairs show business veterans with emerging female filmmakers and...

 

Jonás Cuarón (Gravity) to present his feature film, Desierto, on September 25 as the Closing Night feature of CineLatino

  CO-WRITER OF ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED FILM GRAVITY WILL PRESENT DESIERTO IN-PERSON AT CLOSING NIGHT OF CINELATINO   DENVER FILM SOCIETY ANNOUNCES JONÁS CUARÓN WILL ATTEND CLOSING NIGHT OF CINELATINO   The Denver Film Society announced today that Jonás Cuarón, who co-wrote Gravity, with his father, Oscar winning Director, Alfonso Cuarón, will appear in-person to present his feature film, Desierto, on September 25 as the...

 

 

Chris Hemsworth says Byron Bay Film Festival is the best in the World

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FACE TO FACE WITH GERMAN FILMS - will spotlight six of the most influential German actresses

 

National advisory body German Films launches major new initiative to showcase German cinema success   German Films Service + Marketing, the national advisory centre for the promotion of German films worldwide, has launched a campaign to promote a new wave of German cinema achievements to international audiences and to showcase exceptional German talent worldwide.   The initiative – entitled FACE TO FACE WITH GERMAN FILMS - will spotlight six of the most influential German act...

 

 

 

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Le palmarès de Deauville 42ème édition 2016

Le Jury de la 42e édition du Festival du Cinéma Américain de Deauville, présidé par Frédéric Mitterrand, entouré de Françoise Arnoul, Eric Elmosnino, Ana Girardot, Douglas Kennedy, Emmanuel Mouret, Radu Mihaileanu et Marjane Satrapi a décerné les prix suivants : GRAND PRIX BROOKLYN VILLAGE DE IRA SACHS   PRIX DU JURY CAPTAIN FANTASTIC DE MATT RO...

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SIFF and TV5MONDE present French Cinema Now, a celebration spotlighting the state of contemporary Francophone cinema. The week-long event runs September 29 through October 6 at SIFF Cinema Uptown, and features seventeen extraordinary French language features and documentaries from around the world.

The week kicks off on Thursday with the Opening Night film, Lost in Paris, which marks the return of filmmaking duo Fiona Gordon and Dominique Abel (The Fairy). In this whimsical adventure, a small town librarian heads to Paris to help her elderly aunt (Oscar® nominee Emmanuelle Riva), but after a slew of wild catastrophes finds herself relying on a a seductive but annoying bum who refuses to leave her alone. An after-party will take place at Bastille Café + Bar in Ballard. 

Other French Cinema Now films were created by seasoned directors like Robert Guédiguian, Joachim Lafosse, and Danielle Arbid, playing alongside relative newcomers like Mélanie Laurent, Louis Garrel, Guy Édoin, and Jihane Chouaib. Highlights include the winner of the VPRO Big Screen Award at the 2016 Rotterdam Film Festival, Ogres, about a close-knit group of actors from the traveling theatrical company Chekhov Cabaret who share everything, family, work, friendship and even their bodies; Made In France, a riveting thriller ripped from the headlines about a group of young men who are drawn into following Hassan, a psychopathic French Islamic convert; Reset (with introduction by Peter Boal, Artistic Director of the Pacific Northwest Ballet), a documentary taking viewers on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Opéra National de Paris, to witness artistic director Benjamin Millepied (the man behind the ballet for the film Black Swan) craft his first gala production for the company; and France's biggest documentary of the past year, Tomorrow, a film by Mélanie Laurent and Cyril Dion, about affecting positive change in a world faced with seemingly insurmountable environmental challenges.

As a bonus, Virginie Paradis, founder of French Truly, will be presenting two films, Parisienne and Eva & Leon, with entertaining and informative 30 minute visual introductions of the cultural context of the respective films.

SIFF Director of Programming, Beth Barrett is particularly enthusiastic about this year's program, "The 2016 French Cinema Now lineup is one of the most exciting in years - with four US premiere screenings, and award winning films from master filmmakers to first time directors - the world of Francophone Cinema is better than ever!"

Carl Spence, Chief Curator and SIFF Director, says "We're very excited about this year's lineup, being able to bring such a diverse group of films to the Francophile Seattle audience. Our continued partnership with TV5 Monde has allowed French Cinema Now to reach not only the Seattle viewers, but nationally through the TV5 Monde channel."

See the Full Lineup Here

A total of 280 films that we have received from 58 countries this year all indicate the existence of vast knowledge regarding the ecological realities of the planet that we live in. The selection process with regard to the documentaries that you have produced with extraordinary efforts posed quite a challenge for us.

Some of the major themes of #BIFED 2016 include ‘coal mines and plants’, ‘return to village’, ‘global warming’, ‘disappearance of indigenous people’, and particularly the issue of ‘garbage.’ Migrations that are triggered by ecological problems, wars, and human rights violations also constitute one of the significant issues for our festival.
 

We are happy to announce the finalists of #BIFED 2016 International Competition and the candidates of Gaia Student Award. The programme regarding the special screenings has not been finalized yet; we will provide further information once this process is completed. You can follow our festival and us from our social media account and website, www.bifed.org. We hope that the film makers that we were not able to include in our programme this year will see this as a result of the limitation that our resources enforce on us in terms of time and space. The selection process that we have had to go through among all these documentaries has really proven to be highly challenging due to the quality of the films that we have received.

International Competition
 

1. Sigh - Soluk, Metin Kaya, Türkiye, 2015,47’                      
2. Dark Atlas - Kara Atlas, Umut Vedat, Türkiye, 2016, 70’
3. Rendala, the Mikea - Rendalalı Mikea, Alain Rakotoarisoa, Madagaskar/ Fransa, 2016, 62’
4. Doughter of the Lake - Gölün Kızı, Ernesto Cabellos, Peru, 2015, 88’
5. No Word for Worry - Endişe için Kelime Yok, Runar Jarle Wiik, Norveç/Myanmar/Tayland, 2015, 89’
6. All of Me - Herşeyim, Arturo Gonzalez Villasenor, Meksika, 2014, 86’
7. The Day Sun Fell - Güneşin Düştüğü Gün, Aya Domenig, İsviçre/Finlandiya, 2015, 78’
8. The Good Life - Güzel Hayat, Jens Schanze, İsviçre/Almanya/Kolombiya, 2015, 97’
9. Waste Mandala - Çöp Mandala, Alessandro Bernard, İtalya, 2015, 52’
10. Sugar Blues - Şeker Blues, Andrea Culkova, Çek Cumhuriyet, 2014, 78’
11. Lampedusa in Winter - Kışın Lampedusa, Jakob Brossmann, Avusturya/İtalya/İsviçre, 2015, 93’
12. Coal Sea - Kömür Denizi, Gian Luca Rossi, İtalya, 2015, 78’
13. If This Village Wasn't Mine - Eğer Bu Kasaba Benim Değilse, Felipe Pena, Brezilya, 2014, 52’
14. Good Thing Await - İyi Şeyler Bekler, Phie Ambo, Danimarka, 2014, 95’ 
15. Dreaming of Life - Hayatı Düşlemek, Morteza Jafari, Yunanistan, 2016, 66’
    Racing to Zero - Sıfıra Doğru, Christopher Beaver, ABD, 2014, 57’

Gaia Student Awards
 

1. Fidelity - Vefa, Baran Vardar, Türkiye, 2016, 13’16’’
2. Up and Down Galata - Aşağı Yukarı Galata, Çağan Duran, Ali Uluç Kutal, 2015, Türkiye, 2015, 80’
3. Qillit - Kıllıt, Zeynep Altay, Türkiye, 2016, 18’
4. Katık, Yahya Ercan, Türkiye, 2015, 17’
5. The Burden 'Lives Made of Paper' - YÜK 'Kağıttan Yaşamlar', Eren Akman, Türkiye, 2016, 18’
6. When the Boat Comes In - Tekneler Dönerken, Khin Maung Kyaw, Myanmar/Almanya, 2014, 30’
7. Motel Hasankeyf, Valeria Mazzucchi, Türkiye/İsviçre, 2015, 28’
8. Djado Ivan, Silke Meya, Almanya, 2015, 20’
9. Arlette. Courage is a Muscle - Arlette. Cesaret bir Kasdır, Florian Hoffmann, İsviçre/Almanya, 2015, 84’
10. Women of Imetsen - Imetsen’in Kadınları, Kawtar Hilali, İsviçre, 2015, 31’
    The Tree - Ağac, Roya Eshraghi, Küba/İran/Kosta Rika, 2015, 13’

Call For Entries

24th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival

Festival Dates: May 31 – June 4 2017

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Now in our 24th year, The Chicago Underground Film Festival, the longest running “underground” film festival in the world, is an internationally recognized program providing a venue for documentary, experimental and avant-garde narrative film and video. The festival’s mission is to select and screen film, video and related works presenting a diverse line up of moving image programming focusing on filmmakers working to reinvent and explore new approaches to established practices, to foster new forms of media art and to build an audience for such work. Our goal is to achieve these aims by presenting a fun, user-friendly and accessible event..if you suspect your film is “underground,” it probably is.

PLEASE read our entry GUIDELINES before submitting your work.

Submit using one of our online submission partners:

Or using our ONLINE ENTRY FORM. Pay entry fee with a check or paypal (following directions on the entry form).

DEADLINES & ENTRY FEES:

Early Deadline: Oct 1, 2016 – Entry Fee: Features $35 (Students $25); Shorts $30 (Students $20)
Regular Deadline: Dec 1, 2016 – Entry Fee: Features $45 (Students $35); Shorts $35 (Student $20)
Late Deadline: Jan 6, 2017 – Entry Fee: Features $55 (Students $45); Shorts $40 (Student $25)

Best of Fest winners

by ALEX DELEON

Just back from closing night on the Lido. Saturday, September 11 --
In terms of number of outstanding flms seen and personalities such as J.P. Belmondo, Sophie Marceau, and John Landis encountered up close, it was the best film festival I've winged thru in years.
The closing awards watched on big screen in the Press Room was a noteworthy event in itself and I then caught a double header of prize winning flicks after that to close out the festival week.

 "La Region Salvaje",  misdirected by Amat Escalante (Mexico) which shared the Best Director award, ex aqueo, was a stomach turning pornographic abortion,  but the very last closer was a thinking man's thriller called NOCTURNAL ANIMALS -- (Special Jury Prize) with Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal ~~ and I even managed to snare two festival posters to enrich my wall collage in Budapest.

LIST of Best films will follow but My Absolute most memorable one was a Japanese musical and theatrical doc about the incredible Taiko Drummers of Sado Island. Title ONDEKOZA -- a Shochiku restoration from 1981 ~~ Totally blew me away. The drumming enters your bones!

Surprising Art film made by a Gangster (Yakuza) film specialist, Kato Tai.
 

Another main event was Natalie Portman's JACKIE and a disappointing main event was Malick's latest orgy of self indulgence "Voyage to blablablahh --
OKAY:
Here are the best ten films I saw selected from an incredibly rich  array of possibilities:
1. Hjertasteinn (Heart of Stone)-- Beautiful Icelandic film about four teenagers, two boys and two girls, discovering sex and growing up in rough familial conditions in a fishing village far from the capital.
2. Mil Jeong  (밀정 ~ The Age of Shadows) -- Historical drama about resistance to the Japanese occupation of Korea around 1920. This mix of shootout action, psychological drama, and historical detail was so powerful I felt like I was like watching a Beethoven symphony. Tremendous lead actor Song Gang-ho, 49, has the charisma and presence of a Korean John Wayne.
3. Gukoroku, Japanese psycho thriller Whodunnit and study of elite college cliques is the background for a young investigative Journalist conducting a one man investigation of an unsolved triple murder. Guess what -- he finds out that his own sister diddit. Slick style and highly appealing young actors got a long standing ovation. Young director Kei Ishikawa may be the next big thing in Japanese cinema helming.

4. Another Japanese winner was the dazzling restored print of
ONDEKOZA, (鬼太鼓座) "demon drum group"),
the 1979 theatrical documentary on the Taiko drummers of Sado Island with some hypnotic Japanese dances performed by women in dazzling Kimonos. One of a kind film done as a succession of fantastic drumming and highly stylized dance performances executed by Tai Katô, one of the ace directors of Yakuza eiga (Japanese gangster films).
This stands out as the most thrilling slambang screen experience of the entire week. Immediate inclusion in my BestTen of 2016. A truly unique and truly artistic film.
5. Piuma -- Searching social drama about irresponsible teenage pregnancy and the oroblems it causes. Erroneously called a "Light comedy" by the Italian press, which it is anything but --
6. Jackie -- Portman outdoes herself! Full review elsewhere.
7.  THE BRAT (La Trovatella) Ford, 1931 --an early non-western by the king of Hollywood westerns. --very good. Typical twenties slang works to set the period in place. Fashion plate writer takes in homeless young woman  he discovers at a kindly judges court -- But all he wants to do is study her as material for his new novel. A charming shot from the early days of sound and a perfect restoration job.
8.  "Opfergang" (Veit Harlan, color, 1945)-- the usual love triangle in early German color process --plush straightforward social drama directed by talented Third Reich director Harlan  who was a favorite of Propaganda Minister Goebbels. Noted for the ultimate Nazi anti-Semitic tirade picture. "Jud Suess".
9.   "Réparer les Vivants" --Dir.. Katell Quilévéré, with Emanuelle Seignier (Mrs. Roman Polanski) and popular French Algerian actor Tahar Rahim (The Cut). The subject is Heart transplanting -- most vividly, indeed gorily, presented -- and the morality issues surrounding the organ donation in question. Gripping and thoughtful.

10. "Nocturnal Animals", Tom Ford (Silver Lion jury award) with Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal
  The story within the story was better than the framing real story set in the wealthy upper strata of today's Los Angeles. Basically a glossy psycho thriller using the device of a fiction novel used by the writer to recapture the heart of his lost love twenty years later. Slick savvy entertainment. Texan Tom Ford won the hearts and minds of the awards night audience by delivering his acceptance speech in near perfect Italian! 

DUTCH MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL IS CALLING FOR FILM ENTRY

Submit your mountainfilm: https://filmfreeway.com/festival/DMFF

Festival website: http://dmff.eu

ENTRY DEADLINE: December 12th, 2016

The 7th edition of the Dutch Mountain Film Festival will take place from 10 till 12 February, 2017 in Parkstad Limburg, the crossborder regio in the very south of Netherlands where the mountains begin.

The Dutch Mountain Film Festival has been a member of the International Alliance for Mountain Film (IAMF) since 2014.

MOUNTAINFILM: 

The mountain film is one of the oldest genres and uses its own imagery. We are all familiar with its clichéd images:  death-defying panoramas of mountain ridges, glaciers and rock faces alternating with heart-stopping shots of fingers clawing for hand-holds, boots losing their footing and rocks breaking free. But the harsh mountain world is also portrayed for its symbolic and mythical significance. In this vertical wilderness, human resolve is confronted with all its deepest fears and vulnerabilities. The mountain film tells the story of man’s struggle with nature and records the stunning beauty of the untamed mountain world. The mountain film uses this world as its backdrop or metaphor for narrating the story of man’s confrontation with the unadulterated wilds.

Rules & Terms

Sundance Institute and Adobe’s Project 1324 have teamed up for a short film challenge to find the next generation’s boldest new voices. If you’re an aspiring filmmaker between the ages of 18 and 24, show us: “What’s Next?”

Fifteen eligible winners will become Sundance Ignite Fellows, receiving a trip to the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, a year-long mentorship, and more!

Submission are open! Submit before September 26, 2016 and visit sundanceignite2016.com to learn more.

Project 1324
Sundance Ignite Fellowship

Be part of San Francisco's leading event for films & discussions about people and the planet. Submit your film now to Green Film Fest 2017, April 20 - 26.

DEADLINES
Earlybird: October 10, 2016
Regular: November 11, 2016
Late: November 21, 2016

We are seeking compelling and relevant new films on the environment & sustainability. As well as the opportunity to screen your film in the San Francisco Bay Area, being a part of the Festival will connect you with local partners to support the ongoing success of your film.

The festival is open to new or established filmmakers from anywhere in the world and there are no restrictions on length or genre. 

Awards at Green Film Fest 2017

• We are pleased to announce the inaugural Green Fire Award, a juried award for Best Bay Area Environmental Documentary Feature with $5,000 cash prize.   
• We are also accepting entries for the second annual Climate Action Shorts Awards for films that bring us positive solutions to meet the challenges of climate change.
• All entries are eligible for the returning Green Film Fest Awards.

For full guidelines & to submit online visit filmfreeway.com/festival/greenfilmfest, or download an entry form at greenfilmfest.org/submit.

THE 11th ANNUAL SPOOKY MOVIE INTERNATIONAL HORROR FILM FESTIVAL

October 5-9, 2016

For ten years, October has belonged to the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival.

The festival that brought the DC area such films as THE BABADOOK, EXISTS, TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL, A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, HE NEVER DIED, HOUSEBOUND, and THE FINAL GIRLS–-holds its 11th annual event in Washington, D.C. from October 5-9 at the AFI Silver Theatre.  The Opening Night film is the Sundance hit, TRASH FIRE, the latest from Festival favorite, who grew up in Northern Virginia, Richard Bates Jr, (EXCISION, SUBURBAN GOTHIC). Bates will be present for a post-screening Q&A.

As in past years, the Spooky Movie Festival showcases the best in new horror cinema from around the world, and again, the entire festival unspools at AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Also featured in this year’s festival is the East Coast Premiere of highly anticipated J-Horror demonic battle, SADAKO VS. KAYAKO; the North American Premiere of the horrifying new mini-series, BEYOND THE WALLS; the evocative and terrifying, THE EYES OF MY MOTHER; horror maestro Kiyoshi Kurosawa's latest film, CREEPY; and the long awaited sequel PHANTASM: RAVAGER.

Additional highlights of the festival include the dark and gritty MY MOTHER DIE; a contemporary ghost story set in wartorn Afghanistan, NEITHER HEAVEN NOR EARTH; and three horror comedies, PEELERS, ANOTHER EVIL, and the first award winning "werefrog" film we can think of, the Fantasia Film Festival hit, BAD BLOOD: THE MOVIE.

Tickets are sold exclusively by the AFI Silver Theatre at the box office and online at AFI.com/Silver or through www.spookyfest.com

Founded in 2006, the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival is Washington, D.C's original genre-based film festival. Recognized as one of D.C.'s premiere festival events, as well as "the world's premiere horror film festival" (BadLit.com; Fangoria Magazine), Spooky Fest works closely with our partners to offer year round screenings of feature and short films, in addition to our signature festival event every October.

All Fest Pass

The Spooky Movie All Fest Pass grants the bearer access to all screenings in the 2016 Spooky Movie Film Festival.  All Fest Passes can be purchased at AFI Silver online for just $80. After purchase, passes can be picked up at AFI Silver Theatre beginning Oct.5.

Additional information on the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival can be found at www.spookyfest.com.

Spooky Movie 2016 – Full Schedule

Thursday, October 5 - Opening Night

7:15 p.m.
Trash Fire
Introduction and post screening Q&A with filmmaker Richard Bates, Jr.
“TRASH FIRE starts in a dark, desperate place and only gets darker and more desperate. It will leave you shaken, but the visceral experience of it is exhilarating. Four out of five skulls” – BloodyDisgusting Richard Bates Jr.(EXCISION, SUBURBAN GOTHIC, Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival favorites) returns with another brilliantly twisted and dark story of familial love. At a relationship crossroads, Isabelle (Angela Trimbur, THE FINAL GIRLS) insists she and her boyfriend, Owen (Adrian Grenier, ENTOURAGE), go on a road trip to meet his family—his unbearably burned sister Pearl (AnnaLynne McCord, EXCISION) and nasty grandmother Violet (Fionnula Flanagan, THE GUARD, THE OTHERS). As a tangled web of secrets, lies, and murder unfolds, Bates masterfully pulls off a genre-subverting gut-punching final act that will leave you astonished. DIR/SCR Richard Bates, Jr.; PROD David Lawson Jr., Lawrence Mattis, Matt Smith. U.S., 2016, color, 91 min. NOT RATED
Preceded by
Born Again - Worst. Satanists. Ever. DIR/SCR Jason Tostevin. U.S., 2016, color, 6 min. NOT RATED

Thursday, October 6

7:15 p.m.
Peelers
“Plenty of blood, guts, bodily fluids, humor, and nuditorious actions to go around… I’ve got to admit, I was entertained from start to finish” – Dread Central Former baseball player Blue Jean Douglas is closing down her small-town strip club and leaving for good. But on the clubs closing night, what starts out as a fun-filled last hurrah, quickly turns into a bloodbath when a crew of coal miners arrive, bringing a deadly and contagious contaminant to the party. With the victims piling up, Blue Jean must step up to the plate to protect her family, her friends, her strippers, and her bar before it’s too late. PEELERS is the follow-up to Schelenz's cult favorite SKEW, which screened at the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival in 2011. DIR/SCR/PROD Sevé Schelenz; SCR Lisa DeVita. Canada, 2016, color, 95 min. NOT RATED
Preceded by:
Hada - Hada comes to visit Daniel because his last baby tooth has fallen out. What Daniel doesn’t expect is that his worst enemy is the light. More fun with teeth! DIR/SCR Tony Morales. Spain, 2015, color, 9 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

9:30 p.m.
East Coast Premiere
Sadako Vs. Kayako
"The film pays off with a horrifying, jaw-dropping climax that filled the crowded movie theatre with audible delight." - Bloody Disgusting Japanese horror fans rejoice! Director Kôji Shiraishi (NOROI: THE CURSE; A SLIT-MOUTHED WOMAN - which had its US premiere at the 2007 SpookyMovie Film Festival) finally pits two of cinema's most iconic demons against one another in a spectacular mash-up of the beloved RINGU (THE RING) and JU-ON (THE GRUDGE) franchises. Natsumi (Aimi Satsukawa) is a young woman with just two days to live after watching a cursed videotape. Of course, THE RING's Sadako is now out to get her. Meanwhile, high school student Suzuka (Tina Tamashiro) stumbles into the abandoned house possessed by THE GRUDGE's Kayako, and she too realizes she doesn't have much time. The only way to break the curse? Natsumi and Suzuka must engineer an epic showdown between the two ghastly ghosts. The fourteenth film in THE RING series, and the twelfth film in THE GRUDGE series, SADAKO VS. KAYAKO is a love letter to J-horror, and a chance for fans worldwide to witness the ultimate cinematic clash of the titans. Special thanks to Shudder for assisting with this premiere. "The J-horror to end all J-horrors." - Variety DIR/SCR Kôji Shiraishi; SCR Takashi Shimizu, Kôji Suzuki. Japan, 2016, color, 98 min, DCP. In Japanese with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Preceded by:
Teeth - Winner of Jury awards at AFI FEST presented by Audi and SXSW, and featuring voice talent by Richard E. Grant, TEETH chronicles one man’s life through the loss of his most neglected possessions: his teeth. DIR/SCR/PROD Daniel Gray, Tom Brown. UK/Hungary/U.S., 2015, color, 6 min. NOT RATED

Friday, October 7

7:15 p.m.
Neither Heaven Nor Earth
“It’s effective, spooky and moves beyond the clichés of combat into troubling political and metaphysical territory.” – A.O. Scott, New York Times Afghanistan 2014. As the withdrawal of French troops approaches, Captain Antares Bonassieu (Jérémie Renier, BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF, L’ENFANT, SAINT LAURENT) and his squad have been assigned a surveillance mission in a remote valley of Wakhan, on the border of Pakistan. Despite the troops’ determination, control of the secluded valley slowly falls out of their hands. One dark night, soldiers begin to mysteriously disappear. In his first feature, director Clément Cogitore transforms the dusty Afghan landscape into a setting for a breathtaking metaphysical thriller, recalling the eerie mystery of PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK and the paranoid horror of John Carpenter’s THE THING. A critical success at Cannes, NEITHER HEAVEN NOR HELL is a contemporary ghost story that conveys the madness of war with seething pressure and unrelenting terror. DIR Clément Cogitore; PROD Jean-Christophe Reymond. France/Belgium, 2015, color, 100 min. In French and Farsi with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Preceded by:
Edmond - In this delightful stop-motion short, which won the Short Film Jury Award at Sundance for Animation, an oddball felted character slips through floors into the past and the deepest parts of his psyche. DIR/SCR Nina Gantz; PROD Emilie Jouffroy. UK. 2015, color, 9 min. NOT RATED
 
9:30 p.m.
Phantasm: Ravager
The fifth, and seemingly final entry in Don Coscarelli’s revolutionary film series, PHANTASM: RAVAGER completes the forty-year saga of a courageous ice-cream vendor named Reggie (Reggie Bannister) and his lifelong pursuit of the sinister Tall Man (Angus Scrimm, in his final on-screen performance). In a quest across dark dimensions, Reggie is reunited with brothers Mike (A. Michael Baldwin) and Jody (Bill Thornbury) for one last time. Coscarelli, a true independent maverick, who co-wrote the script, promised Entertainment Weekly earlier this year that PHANTASM: RAVAGER “ties up a lot of the storylines and answers some questions that fans have had.” DIR/SCR David Hartman; PROD/SCR Don Coscarelli. U.S., 2016, color, 87min. NOT RATED
Preceded by:
Killer - When Dusty masturbates for the first time, something bad happens. DIR/SCR Matt Kazman; PROD Ben Altarescu. U.S., 2015, color, 20 min. NOT RATED

Saturday, October 8

2:00 p.m.
Creepy
“The title says it all in the latest psychological thriller from Japanese horror maestro Kiyoshi Kurosawa.” – Variety. After a traumatic incident, criminal psychologist and former police detective Koichi Takakura (Hidetoshi Nishijima) moves to a new neighborhood with his wife Yasuko (Yuko Takeuchi), to make a fresh start. Upon meeting their new neighbors, the Nishinos, Takakura senses something odd about them. Then, he is approached by the Nishinos' daughter, whose shocking whispered confession shatters the serenity of his new life: "That man in my house is not my father... He's a total stranger." Kiyoshi Kurosawa (CURE) returns with brilliance to the genre that made him a cult name. DIR/SCR Kiyoshi Kurosawa; SCR Chihiro Ikeda, from the novel by Yutaka Maekawa; PROD Tadashi Osumi, Kota Kurota. Japan, 2016, color, 130 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Preceded by:
The Stylist - Claire is a lonely hairstylist with an unnerving desire to escape her disappointing reality. When her final client of the evening arrives requesting a perfect look, Claire has plans of her own. DIR/SCR Jill Gevargizian. U.S., 2016, color, 15 min. NOT RATED

5:45 p.m.
The Eyes of My Mother
“A Sundance Next standout, Nicolas Pesce's impressive, highly original horror fable is the stuff of very beautiful nightmares.” – Variety In their secluded farmhouse, a former surgeon teaches her daughter, Francisca, to understand anatomy and be unfazed by death. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor shatters the idyll of Francisca's family life, deeply traumatizing the young girl, but also awakening some unique curiosities. Though she clings to her increasingly reticent father, Francisca's loneliness and scarred nature converge years later when her longing to connect with the world around her takes on a distinctly dark form. Shot in crisp black and white, the haunting, and at times disturbing, visual compositions of THE EYES OF MY MOTHER evoke its protagonist's isolation and illuminate her deeply unbalanced worldview. Genre-inflected, but so strikingly unique as to defy categorization. DIR/SCR Nicolas Pesce; PROD Max Born, Jacob Wasserman, Schuyler Weiss. U.S., 2016, b&w, 77 min. In English and Portuguese with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Preceded by:
The Sunken Convent [Det Sjunkne Kloster] - Told without words and inspired by Hans Christian Andersen, this a grotesque and slightly surreal story of bad habits. DIR/SCR Michael Panduro. Netherlands, 2016, color, 15 min. In Dutch with English subtitles. NOT RATED

7:45 p.m.
My Father Die
“The swamp-thing progeny of BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD and THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (with a little CAPE FEAR thrown in), MY FATHER DIE offers blood-and-thunder Southern-gothic excess both tempered and heightened by vivid directorial texturing.” –Variety In this confident feature debut from Sean Brosnan (son of Pierce Brosnan, who produces), Joe Anderson (ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, HANNIBAL) stars as Asher, a boy left deaf and dumb at the age of 12 after an attack by his father, Ivan (Gary Stretch) leaves his brother dead. Ten years later, Asher is still training to avenge his brother's murder, and his father is rotting behind bars. But when Ivan is unexpectedly released, Asher's plans for revenge kick in. What starts as a simple revenge tale quickly turns into a horrific exploitation odyssey that channels Jeremy Saulnier's BLUE RUIN by way of Ted Kotcheff's Australian classic WAKE IN FRIGHT. “An experience you won’t forget in a hurry, MY FATHER DIE is a beautiful-looking slice of brutality and wanton destruction.” – Dread Central DIR/SCR Sean Brosnan; PROD Daniel J. Hahn, Sean Brosnan, Sanja Banic, Orian Williams, Alma Bogdan-Turner, Pierce Brosnan. U.S., 2016, color, 94 min. NOT RATED
Preceded by:
Dawn of the Deaf- When a sonic pulse infects the hearing population, a small group of deaf people must band together to survive.
DIR/SCR Rob Savage; SCR Jed Shepherd. UK, 2016, color, 11 min. In British Sign Language with English subtitles. NOT RATED

10:00 p.m.
Bad Blood: The Movie
Winner: Audience Award and Best Feature, Chattanooga Film Festival After an amphibian attack leaves college student Victoria Miller infected with a mutational disease, she returns home only to have the antidote to her affliction confiscated by evil stepfather. Locked in her room without her medicine, she transforms into a hideous monster, while an obsessive private investigator uncovers the dark truth about her condition. A love letter to the Stuart Gordon/Frank Henenlotter mad science opuses of the '80's, BAD BLOOD: THE MOVIE is an amphibious twist on classic werewolf mythology. Equal parts X-FILES and TALES FROM THE CRYPT, this debut from filmmaker Tim Reis blends humor, horror and practical creature effects (handled by James Sizemore) to finally give us the “werefrog” film we have always wanted. DIR/SCR Tim Reis; PROD Tim Reis, James Sizemore, Michael Bremer, Mike Malloy. U.S., 2016, color, 81 min. NOT RATED
Preceded by:
Death Metal - A metalhead inherits a satanic guitar that will riff him to shreds. DIR/SCR Chris McInroy. U.S., 2016, color, 5 min. NOT RATED

Sunday, October 9

3:00 p.m.
Another Evil
"Supernatural pests prove less problematic than the plain old human kind.” – Variety After encountering a ghost in his family's vacation home painter Dan, (Steve Zissis, BAGHEAD, CYRUS, TOGETHERNESS) secretly hires an "industrial-grade exorcist" named Os (Mark Proksch, THE OFFICE, PORTLANDIA) to chase off the unwelcome spirits. With his wife Mary (Jennifer Irwin, EASTBOUND & DOWN) in the dark about this unconventional solution, Dan soon realizes that ridding the home of evil won't be as simple as it seems. In a haunted house tale for the 21st century, writer/director Carson D. Mell (EASTBOUND & DOWN, SILICON VALLEY) effortlessly glides between truly frightening beats and laugh-out-loud dialogue, keeping the audience guessing until the very end. DIR/SCR Carson D. Mell. PROD Sebastian Pardo, Riel Roch Decter. U.S., 2016, color, 91 min. NOT RATED
Preceded by:
Time to Eat - Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival alum Luke Asa Guidici (CERTIFIED) returns with a troubling tale about a mischievous boy’s trip to the basement. DIR/SCR Luke Asa Guidici. U.S., 2016, color, 4 min. NOT RATED

5:00 p.m.
North American Premiere
Beyond the Walls
When a young speech therapist (Veerle Baetens, THE ARDENNES) unexpectedly inherits her neighbor’s house, she begins to discover shifting hallways and rooms that fill her with terror. As she attempts to explore, she learns that her ever-changing house is also manipulating other occupants, interweaving space-time continuums that lead Lisa on a journey into the deepest recesses of her psyche. This new three-part mini-series, from the creators of THE WITNESS, transports the audience into a frightening and beautiful universe. Special thanks to Shudder for assisting with this premiere. DIR/SCR Hervé Hadmar; SCR Marc Herpoux, Sylvie Chanteux; PROD Christine de Bourbon Busset. France, 2016, color, 150 min. In French with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Real Film Festival Friday 28th October – Sunday 30th October

The Real Film Festival is a three-day community, arts and Industry event showcasing documentaries, independent short and feature films based on true stories. The program comprises of film screenings, film and photography workshops, panel discussions, networking events and film competitions for filmmakers of all ages and experience.

Film Industry Development workshops

Film and Media School Newcastle – 590 – 608 Hunter Street, Newcastle

Friday 28 October | 9am to 4pm

Learn how to make and market short films, music clips, documentaries and game development from some of the industry’s best practitioners

General admission: $16 per workshop/$40 full day pass | Student admission: $12 per workshop/$30 full day pass

Info & Tickets: www.realfilmfestival.com.au/workshops

Opening Night Gala

Tower Cinemas – 183 - 185 King Street, Newcastle | Honeysuckle Hotel – Lee Wharf C Honeysuckle Drive, Newcastle

Friday 28 October | 5.30pm for a 6pm start. 

Enjoy a pre event drink before the Real Film Festival’s official opening and film premiere followed by the after party at the Honeysuckle Hotel.

General admission: $40 film and party / $20 film screening only | Concession: $30 film and party/ $15 film screening only

Info & Tickets: www.realfilmfestival.com.au/tickets

Film Screenings

Tower Cinemas – 183 - 185 King Street, Newcastle

Friday 28 October to Sunday 30 October

Check out this year’s amazing collection of entertaining, controversial and engaging films all based on true events. 

General admission: $12/ concession: $10

Info & Tickets: www.realfilmfestival.com.au/films

Free Open Air Cinema

Civic Park – King Street, Newcastle

Saturday 29 October | 5.30pm to 9pm

Grab your family, friends and a picnic blanket and head to Civic Park for an open air family film and entertainment.

Food, drinks and sweets available.

Admission: FREE

Info & Tickets: www.realfilmfestival.com.au/events

Closing Night and Short Film Competition Winners Event

Tower Cinemas – 183 - 185 King Street, Newcastle

Sunday 30 October | 5pm to 8pm

Join us for the closing night feature film premiere where we will also announce the winners of the short film competitions and screen the winning short films.

Help us celebrate another successful festival by joining us for a closing night drink after the film.

General admission: $20/ concession: $15

Info & Tickets: www.realfilmfestival.com.au/tickets

For more details, visit our website at www.realfilmfestival.com.au

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Oaxaca FilmFest announced the details of its Seventh Edition that will take place in Oaxaca, Mexico, from the 8th to the 15th of October 2016.

Oaxaca FilmFest just announced the 2016 Official Selection at its annual press conference in Mexico City at the Centro Culturalde España.

The Official Competition includes most awaited films like Elvis and Nixon (Liza Johnson, USA), Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas, France), To Steal from a Thief (Daniel Calparsoro, Argentina-Spain) and By way of Helena a.k.a. The Duel (Kieran Darcy-Smith, USA).

Other highlights to the selection include the Mexican Premiere of the Rolling Stones Documentary : Olé, Olé, Olé: A Trip Across Latin America (Paul Dugdale, UK) and the Mexican Film 7:19 (Jorge Michel Grau, Mexico).

The Festival also announced the agenda for its activities and events which include New Industry, an intense 3-day Program for professionals of the industry that will expand this year with Young Industry a program open to future filmmakers. Both academic programs include alliances with protagonists of the international industry like The Redford Center, Sundance Institute with #Ignite Program, Vimeo, Adobe Project #1324, Fondeadora and WhatsCine among others.

Festival C.E.O. Ramiz Adeeb Azar speaking during the event was very enthusiastic about the Festival's Community Outreach Program:  "The Festival Community Outreach Programs this year keep evolving thanks to the support of both local and international cinematographic communities and audiences. Foundation Nights , Academic Exchange and especially Accessible Cinema which we extended the collaboration to an international level in order to bring Accessible Film Premieres for people with visual or hearing impairments."

The eight day International Cinema Event  which has been labeled by the media "Sundance South of The Border" and "Simply the best Festival experience on the planet" focuses on being a truly authentic door between the Latin American Cinema Community and the rest of the world. 

Selection Process for Feature Film Programme at Halfway Mark

In the two competitions Kplus and 14plus, 15 feature films have already been selected for the 40th edition of Generation. Exhibiting an impressive range of cinematic approaches, these productions tell the stories of young people on inner and outer journeys and capture a sense of longing for new and altered horizons. The complete programme for Generation will be made public in mid-January.

Opening Film 14plus

Michael Winterbottom is slated to open the programme of Generation 14plus in the newly renovated Haus der Kulturen der Welt with a special screening of his vibrant music documentary On the Road. Shot in the characteristic hybrid style that has become the English director’s trademark, his newest outing follows the members of the band Wolf Alice on tour as they travel back and forth across their native Great Britain, where they have caused quite a stir in recent years. The film intimately portrays life on the road, in all its ecstasy and exhaustion. The connection between the musicians and their fans is palpable and there is a fine interplay between watching and listening amongst concert and film audiences.

Generation14plus

Almost Heaven

United Kingdom

By Carol Salter

World premiere

Far from home, 17-year-old Ying Ling practices for her examination to become a mortician at one of China’s largest funeral homes. In addition to frequent qualms and farewell ceremonies, the everyday routine of this unusual occupation also serves up both humorous and life affirming moments. Carol Salter’s debut outing is an empathetic documentary portrait touching on fears, friendship and coming of age amidst ghosts and the dearly departed.

Butterfly Kisses

United Kingdom

By Rafael Kapelinski

World premiere

Jake and his friends pass their time hanging out in the courtyards of their high-rise development or in pool halls, talking about girls, watching pornos and getting drunk. Jake is burdened by a dark secret that distances him more and more from the others and drives him into dangerous isolation. Rafael Kapelinski stages his debut film in contrasting black and white, moving in respectful proximity to his characters, brought to life vividly here by an ensemble cast of new discoveries and young talents (including Thomas Turgoose - This Is England, Generation 2007).

Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau (Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves)

Canada

By Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie

European premiere

With epic scope and stunning polymorphism, the film follows a group of young people in Québec who resolve to form a revolutionary cell together in the aftermath of student protests. This unflinching work from Mathieu Denis (Corbo, Generation 2015) and Simon Lavoie employs its protagonists to play through what it might mean to instigate a revolution and devote one’s life to a cause in today’s world.

Emo the Musical

Australia

By Neil Triffett

International premiere

The forbidden high school love between Ethan, the shy Emo kid with suicidal tendencies, and chipper Christian activist Trinity previously delighted Generation audiences as a short film in 2014. Director Neil Triffett is back with his heartbreakingly funny musical grotesque, now in feature-film length, and chock full of even more colourful characters to light up the big screen.

Mulher do pai(A Woman and the Father)

Brazil / Uruguay

By Cristiane Oliveira

International premiere

After the death of her grandmother, 16-year-old Nalu is left to care for her father alone. Any hope of leaving her dismal village now seems to have receded far off into the distance. Cristiane Oliveira’s coming-of-age drama, a work of slowly paced cinema characterised by respectful intimacy and subtle physicality, paints the complex portrait of a relationship between an adolescent daughter and her blind father.

My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea

USA

By Dash Shaw

European premiere

He’s not exactly popular, he’s got friend problems, he wants to make it big with the school paper and he goes by the name of his inventor, Dash. In the school basement, he discovers a secret that rocks the very foundations of his world. Graphic novelist Shaw hopes that his film will reach 15-year-old nerds who are just as crazy about drawings and paintings as he himself was at their age. This work of animation virtually spilling over with ingenuity (and featuring the voice-over talents of Jason Schwartzman, Maya Rudolph, Lena Dunham and Susan Sarandon) is sure to delight young viewers outside of this particular demographic as well.

Krolewicz Olch (The Erlprince)

Poland

By Kuba Czekaj

European premiere

The action in The Erlprince builds and surges as dramatically as the ballad by Goethe from which it borrows its title. The boundaries between reality, desire and appearance are blurred in this futuristically tinged film about an extraordinarily gifted young man and his ambitious and wondrous mother. Expressed in a form as unconventional as the characters it portrays, the film oscillates between the poles of both science and nature and love and violence.

Weirdos

Canada

By Bruce McDonald

European premiere

Just after the end of the Vietnam War and in the midst of the American bicentennial celebrations of 1976, runaway Kit and his girlfriend Alice hitchhike their way along the east coast of Canada. Bruce McDonald (The Tracey Fragments, Panorama 2007) has managed to create a coming-of-age film that shines equally as a road movie, one driven by a fantastic soundtrack composed of deep cuts from the era in question. A rebellious trip in black and white, in which all sense of certainty gets left by the wayside.

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As duas Irenes (Two Irenes)

Brazil

By Fabio Meira

World premiere

In the shimmering heat of Brazil, 13-year-old Irene discovers a dark secret her father’s been hiding: he has another family and even another daughter with the same name. Irene embarks on a risky game that could blow up in her face at any moment. The languid summer atmosphere of Fabio Meira’s feature film debut can’t hide the fact that something is simmering right under the surface.

Die Häschenschule - Jagd nach dem Goldenen Ei (Rabbit School - Guardians of the Golden Egg)

Germany

By Ute von Münchow-Pohl

World premiere

Scrappy city rabbit Max finds shelter in a hidden Easter bunny school after a misadventure with a model plane leaves him stranded far beyond the city limits. Here he encounters the keepers of the legendary Golden Egg, itself the coveted prize of scheming foxes. After an initial bout with boredom, the secret techniques of the Easter bunnies finally arouse Max’s curiosity. This lovingly drawn German animation film, based on the 1924 classic, is a pure delight buoyed by imagination and brisk pacing and graced with the voices of Senta Berger, Friedrich von Thun, Jule Böwe and Noah Levi.

Primero enero (January)

Argentina

By Darío Mascambroni

European premiere

Primero enero is the directorial debut of Argentinian filmmaker Darío Mascambroni. 11-year-old Valentino’s life goes off the rails when his parents get divorced, challenging him to see the world from a different angle. In a tender and moving father-son story, the director takes his protagonists and his viewers out to the countryside, into a world of heightened sensitivity.

Red Dog: True Blue

Australia

By Kriv Stenders

European premiere

Australian director Stenders delighted Generation audiences in 2011 with a legendary story about a very special dog. Now, at the centre of this sequel - which is also a prequel-  the red canine is joined by 11-year-old Mick, who treasures his bond with his four-legged friend above all else. Destiny has brought the duo together on a farm in the Australian outback, where the two partake in mystical adventures and Mick encounters his first true love. With great humour and sensitivity, the film is a tale of growing up in a time of transformation.

Richard the Stork

Germany / Belgium / Luxemburg / Norway

By Toby Genkel, Reza Memari

World premiere

Even though everybody else thinks he’s a sparrow – Richard himself holds tight to the conviction that he is in fact a stork. In this fast-paced adventure, Toby Genkel and Reza Memari tell the story of a bird who sets off self-confidently on a winter trip to Africa in a literal rite of passage that simultaneously serves as an empathetic tale about otherness and self-discovery. This German-international co-production provides spellbinding entertainment with its fantastic and fanciful fable showcasing top-shelf animation.

Tesoros

Mexico

By María Novaro

World premiere

Siblings Dylan and Andrea set off with their new friends on a marvellous journey of discovery in search of long lost pirate loot. In refreshingly sunny images, María Novaro gets up close to her characters to tell a story of children confidently indulging their lust for life and curiosity. In a commune on Mexico’s Pacific coast, they are given space to go their own ways and together find something much more valuable than buried treasure.

Shi Tou (Stonehead)

People’s Republic of China

By Xiang Zhao

World premiere

10-year-old Shi Tou, the son of a migrant labourer, grows up alone with his grandmother. It’s so hard to tell right from wrong! Sharing a reward with a classmate or waiting until his father returns, obeying his teacher of protecting his friend – which one should he choose? With documental authenticity, Xiang Zhao paints a portrait of life in rural China and a society in which an entire generation has too often been left to grow up in the absence of their parents.

From February 8 to 16 the German Film Critics Association will present the third edition of the ‘Berlin Critics’ Week’. The annual film and debate series will be launched with a conference on the political dimensions of contemporary cinema and the question, whether its political messages seem to prevail over artistic forms. Amongst others, we will welcome Greek director and producer Athina Rachel Tsangari (“Attenberg”, “Chevalier”), film critic Joachim Lepastier (Cahiers du Cinéma), philosopher Alexander Garcìa Düttmann and Carlos Gerstenhauer, chief producer for cinema and first features at Bayerischer Rundfunk.

After the considerable attention our first conference on the state of German cinema drew in February 2016 an opening conference will become a recurring part of the Berlin Critics’ Week.

Lost in Politics

Do films have to be political?

Or: On contemporary cinema, how it risks being taken over by content and why it is afraid of art

Films defending the weak and presenting moral heroes are ubiquitous. Maybe today there is a real demand for this kind of filmmaking, as it is being celebrated and awarded with countless prizes. Take for example Jacques Audiard’s dramatic refugee thriller “Dheepan”, that won Cannes in 2015, the essay film on Lampedusa, Gianfranco Rosi’s “Fuocoammare”, that triumphed in Berlin 2016 or this year‘s Golden Palm winner in Cannes, Ken Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake”, about a carpenter marginalized by the welfare bureaucracy.

Among the films with a political message we find boring and exciting, outstanding and exasperating ones. Yet all of them have one thing in common: they are being marketed as relevant and important. That also poses a challenge to film critics who far too often take up the political argument handed to them by the film and its defenders instead of actually talking about cinema: the political headline takes the place of aesthetic discourse.

On the eve of the film event that is routinely referred to as the most political of the big festivals, we will inquire the value of the political in cinema and ask how it is possible to make films politically instead of turning cinema into politics.

How seriously do films and their creators take their political engagement? Is a film only important if its topic is political? Or is that only a condition for it to be financed in the first place in a system of subsidies awarded by committees? And especially: what effect does it have on the art of filmmaking if cinema defines itself by thematic content? What does that mean for its most elementary means of expression: the artistic form?

Berlin Critics’ Week

The opening conference will be followed by the third Berlin Critics’ Week, a selection of seven screenings and debates. Contemporary films presented at Hackesche Höfe cinema will spark interdisciplinary discussions on cultural politics and aesthetics. Amongst the guests of the past editions were Richard Brody, film critic for the “New Yorker”, artist Heba Amin, festival directors Charles Tesson (Semaine de la Critique) and Hans Hurch (Viennale), producer Paulo Branco, filmmakers Philippe Grandrieux and Denis Côté, as well as actress Ariane Labed.

The Berlin Critics’ Week is organized by the German Film Critics Association.