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Evolution of media and professionnal attendance in Cannes for the last decades

Evolution of the number of films screened in the Cannes selections

The official poster of the 70th Festival de Cannes sets the tone!

For L’Atelier’s 13th edition, 15 projects from 14 countries have been selected

The 56th edition of La Semaine de la Critique selected Kleber Mendonça Filho to be the President of the jury

Monica Bellucci selected as Mistress of Ceremonies in Cannes 2017

Cristian Mungiu will preside the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury

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Pedro Almodóvar, President of the Jury of the 70th Festival de Cannes

 

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Annapolis Film Festival Announces Best of the Fest

The Annapolis Film Festival announces the winners of its 2017 audience and juried shorts awards. In the juried shorts competition, the Best Documentary Short is Snails from Poland directed by Grzegorz Szczepaniak and the Best Narrative Short is DeKalb Elementary directed by Reed Van Dyk.   In the audience competition, the Best Documentary Short is Snails (our first repeat award); the Best Narrative Short is Rated directed by John Fortson; the Best Documentary Feature is Breaking...

 

The Accolade Global Film Competition Announces Latest Winners ~

The awards go to those filmmakers, television producers and videographers who produce fresh, standout entertainment and compelling documentaries. The Accolade is an international awards competition that honors those who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity. ~ Best of Show ~ Kavi Raz  –  The Black Prince – Feature Film Kavi Raz (India), The Black Prince, Film Feature – A tragic yet fascinating true story about the last King of o...

 

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Horror Calling

Animation Day in Cannes set for May 23 Submit your film and register

Golden Trailer Awards 2017

REGULAR ENTRY DEADLINE April 14th, 2017

Submit your: Trailers, Teasers, Posters, Video Games, TV Spots, Radio Spots, Innovative Theatrical Advertising & More
Final Deadline is April 14th, 2017.  

Seventeen New Categories this year/ BEST TRAILER FOR TV Show or Mini-series, Best Trailer or TV Spot FOR TV SERIES, STREAMING SERIES, LIMITED SERIES, WEB SERIES & MINI-SERIES....

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New Media Film Festival
June 6-8, 2017

April 25, 2017 Final Deadline

The Best in New Media....Honoring Stories Worth Telling 

Judges from HBO, Marvel, Emmys, Grammys, Oscars and other Industry Leaders
Each entry is considered for Screening, Competition ($45k in awards) and Distribution Opportunities. 
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“If the TED Conference is where technology, entertainment and design meet in a broad forum, then the New Media Film Festival is its cinematic counterpart.” – VG

"I thank the New Media film festival for what they've done for young filmmakers."– Legendary Director Roger Corman

"Top 25 Festivals Worth The Entry Fee" - Movie Maker Magazine

"Makes the cutting edge accessible" - Huffington Post

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The World of Film Festival Glasgow
September 28 – October 1, 2017

April 11, 2017 Regular Deadline

The submissions for the 4th edition of the World of Film International Festival in Glasgow, Scotland are now open. The very earlybird submitters can send their short and feature films across the three main sections of the festival - First Features & Shorts Competition, Female Perspective & Focus on Balkan Cinema. 

Films can be exclusively submitted via Film Freeway by clicking on the link below. 

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Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Calling

April 16, 2017 Extended deadline 

Montreal International Animation Film Festival - ANIMAZE August 17 – 20, 2017

Extended Deadline May 5, 2017

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Montreal International Animation Film Festival is a people's film festival an dindutry conference dedicated to the art of animation for film and technology. 
All genres and forms are welcome.
Software an award prize. Visibility in out travelling show in Berlin, Cannes Annecy, Glasgow and more.

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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 extended

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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Animation Day in Cannes 

Animaze Daze in Cannes Screenings May 18

Extended Deadline is May2 2017

Submit your best short animated films for a screening May18th at Cannes Film Festival.
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Big Night for the Unwilling with two screening: opening two events on April 7

The Unwilling will play April 7 at Toronto Spring of Horror and Fantasy Monsterpalooza April 7 – 9, 2017 Email I 800 Lansdowne Avenue  Unit 604 Toronto, ON M6H 4K3 Canada I Website I Facebook I Twitter Organizers Lari Teras FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Jon Lewis FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Toronto Spring of Horror and Fantasy was created to give people of Toronto access to quality genre films ...

 

The Unwilling selected in competition at White Nights Film Festival Russia

Contacts: Email I 7(905)387.33.05 I Str. Leo Tolstoy 9 Оffice 15 St. Petersburg, Leningrad region 197101 Russian Federation i Website I Facebook I Twitter I Organizers Natalya Lyubodeeva DIRECTOR   "White Nights Film Festival" in St. Petersburg is designed to give the opportunity to filmmakers from around the world to show their work at our festival. Special attention will be paid to students'...

 

"Fog in August" Film Conversation with Producer Ulrich Limmer @ Kino!2017

"Fog in August" is the first feature film to address one of the greatest taboos of German history – the Nazis' euthanasia program during the Third Reich. Based on Robert Domes' 2008 historical novel, the film centers on the fate of 13-year-old Ernst Lossa who is committed to a mental hospital in 1942 because of his origins in a family of travelers. He soon discovers the truth behind the hospital's façade and sabotages its euthanasia program to help his new-fo...

 

WESTWIND - EFP's showcase and online festival of European cinema in Russia

WESTWIND, EFP's special showcase to promote European films on the Russian market, is putting a spotlight on European Oscar submissions for Best Foreign Language Film to continue and intensify the cultural exchange with the Russian audience. The large interest in European films is reflected in sold out cinema screenings at the Angleterre Cinema Lounge - one of St. Petersburg's few independent arthouse cinemas - and a great deal of attention has been gener...

 

 

YOU WILL DIE Neil Stryker and the Tyrant of Time @ Fantasporto 2017

Neil Stryker and the Tyrant of Time / USA /  a film by Rob Taylor / written by Nic Costa, Rob Taylor : 2017 / Montagem: Nic Costa, Rob Taylor / Fotografia: Brett Roberts / starring David Ogden Stiers, Rob Taylor, Nic Costa / Música: Nic Costa, Rob Taylor / Produção: Travis Becker, Nic Costa, Rob Taylor /   90’ / In a madcap future era, the world's greatest secret agent struggles to rescue his young son from the clutches of his infamous former ...

 

Avant Premiere Music and Media Market in Berlin 2017

Avant Première is the largest international trade fair for cultural TV and presents latest film productions for worldwide transmission.  Avant Première: before the TV premiere. 2017 included a Virtual Reality Focus for the arts, NHK's presentation of 8K Technology, Pitching Sessions to international broadcasters, Special Screenings, business networking formats and over 500 delegates from all over the world made this year's Avant Première another highlig...

 

Trends in Cinema attendance in the European Union 2007-2016

Cinema attendance in the European Union 2007-2016 provisional In millions; estimated; calculated on a pro-forma basis for the 28 EU member states On the occasion of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival the European Audiovisual Observatory releases its first estimates for European cinema attendance in 2016. Building on a strong 2015, the Observatory estimates that total admissions in the European Union continued to grow, increasing by 1.6% to 994 million tickets sold in 2016....

 

Media Literacy in Europe

  The European Audiovisual Observatory publishes major new study – free to download here. Media literacy – our capacity to access, have a critical understanding of and interact with the media - has never been as important as today. It seems that every day, some “fake news” sets the internet alight, only to be revealed later as a hoax. In the era of #badbuzz we are literally swimming in a sea of information, advertising and just plain fiction. So what is Europe...

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THE EVIL WITHIN by late Andrew Getty

OFFENSIVE, Jon Ford's powerful thriller.

“Holy shit! This flick is something else !” “Stands out as a roaring success!” - Dreadcentral, 4 stars. ****

"A well crafted thriller! Offensive will make your blood boil!” - Hollywood news 4 stars ****

"A bloody brutal spin on the home invasion story!” - Kat Hughes 4 stars ****

"Director Jonathan Ford expertly crafts the tension levels.” - Gareth Jones 4 stars ****

"They were forced beyond breaking point; they have no regrets, does that make them bad people?
The first part of this film will enrage you ! The second part will sate you !". Bruno Chatelin - Filmfestivals.com

A retired couple, Bernard and Helen Martin, inherit a remote house in rural France, the very same village Bernard’s war hero father liberated during the Second World War, over 70 years earlier. This peaceful couple quickly become the target of a crual gang of street kids, who terrorise the village.

An e-generation permanently plugged into their devices, devoid of empathy, a new breed of technological psychopath…Pushed beyond breaking point, can Bernard live up to his father’s legend, as the situation explodes into a brutal war of generations ?

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Revolution by Rob Stewart (following the success of 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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New Directors / New Films 2017

Since 1972 the New Directors / New Films festival has been organized each year  by the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The festival has introduced to a discerning audience the most innovative new directors and new films, frequently showing the first or second feature of an emerging director. Held from March 15-26 its 46th edition  the festival presented in 63 screenings 29 feature and 9 short films from 30 countries including the USA, France, Braz...    

The 64th Sydney Film Festival today announced 28 prominent new films to be featured in this year’s 7-18 June event,

The 64th Sydney Film Festival today announced 28 prominent new films to be featured in this year’s 7-18 June event, and the first of over 150 Festival guests: award-winning British filmmaker Nick Broomfield, director of the hotly anticipated Whitney Houston documentary Whitney ‘Can I Be Me’.    Also revealed in advance of the full program launch of 200+ films on Wednesday 10 May is a new Festival location:  Randwick’s iconic Ritz Cinema. &ldqu...

 

 

Oscar®-qualifying Aspen Shortsfest starts today

Starts Tonight!       6 Days    |    64 Films    |    34 Filmmakers    |     Panels, Parties, Awards, and More!   ...

 

Evolution of media and professionnal attendance in Cannes for the last decades

This chart shows the amount of media coverage the Festival has received since 1966. Note how the number of journalists has been multiplied by 5 in 40 years.     This table charts the amount of professionals attending the event since 2003, where they’ve come from and a breakdown of their roles. You’ll see that producers continue to be the highest number of attendees. ...

 

Mentionning Some of our Festival partnerships...

We have partnered with hundreds of festivals and film Market (Cannes, AFM, MIfed, TIFF) here are afew. Fantasporto Film Festival 2010 -2017 Bruno Chatelin (left) with Fantasporto Festival Director Mario Dorminsky and Vassilis Mazomenos    New York Jewish Sephardic Film Festival March 30th - April 6th, 2017 ...

 

 

Transilvania Pitch Stop goes international

The 16th edition of Transilvania International Film Festival (June 2-11, 2017) announces increased joined activities related to film industry, as part of the continuous work to promote cinema and establish a platform for international co-production. The 4th edition of Transilvania Pitch Stop (TPS), the successful initiative focused, until recently, only on development and pitching of local feature film projects, extends internationally as of this year. The program was included by Eurimages Fu...

 

The 31st FIFF underlines the need for festivals

  The 31st Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) opened on Friday evening to a full house. The audience had the chance to see the Swiss Premiere of The Eagle Huntress, a documentary by the British filmmaker Otto Bell about the unusual life of Aisholpan Nurgaiv, Mongolia's first female eagle trainer. The young woman travelled to ...

 

 

17th Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Los Angeles is HERE!

4 nights of amazing indie films await you as FirstGlance Film Festivals celebrates its 17th year in Los Angeles in a brand new venue in the amazing North Hollywood Arts District at the Laemmle Theatre. Get ready for more screenings, more films and more nights as FirstGlance expands due to popular demand! Over 40 award winning films from features to shorts, to webseries and more! One of the most diverse array of filmmakers in our history and amazing films from all corners of the planet! And ...

 

 

Line up of the 20th New York Sephardic Film Festival

2017 Anniversary Edition March 30th - April 6th, 2017 Get tickets!LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD DOCUMENTARY FEATURE DIRECTOR Sabine KrayenbühlZeva Oelbaum Read more > Get tickets!THE NIGHT OF FOOLS DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR Rami Kimchi Read more > Get tickets!VICTOR YOUNG PEREZ NARRATIVE DIRECTOR Jacques Ouaniche Read more > Get tickets!CLOUDY SUNDAY DRAMA&n...

 

 

New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival opened with celebrating Morocco’s culture of co-existence between Muslims and Jews

OMEGRANATE AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT OPENING NIGHT Morocco’s culture of co-existence between Muslims and Jews will be celebrated on Opening Night of the NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival’s 20th Anniversary Edition on 30 March. The evening is dedicated to Mr. André Azoulay, who serves as Counsellor to His Majesty Mohammed VI, King of Morocco. US government officials, foreign diplomats, and leaders within the cultural, academic, philanthropic, and business communiti...

 

 

BroadcastAsia 2017, I

BroadcastAsia 2017, I At BroadcastAsia 2017, May 23-25, Singapore, major brands and solution providers will be showcasing their latest products in the fields of cinematography and film production.  Among the products to be showcased are: G-TECHNOLOGY A transportable, hardware RAID, 8-Bay Thunderbolt™ 2 solution, offering content creators colossal capacity and high definition performance. Designed to support multi-stream 4K workflows and beyond, the G-SPEED Shuttle XL can be confi...

 

IFFLA 2017 kicks off next week!

The 15th annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles opens next week on Wednesday, April 5, and runs through Sunday, April 9. Passes and tickets are now on sale! Our incredible lineup to celebrate this landmark year is filled with exciting in-person appearances, and has something for every taste. Adil Hussain joins us for the Closing Night Gala of Shubhashish Bhutiani's debut feature HOTEL SALVATION. The film tells a wry but heartfelt story...

 

 

6th edition Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam

5 – 9 April 2017     Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam celebrates its sixth edition from 5 through 9 April 2017 in Willemstad   From 5 through 9 April, Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam (CIFFR) will unspool for the sixth time in Willemstad. CIFFR presents an interesting mix of local and regional talent and highlights from IFFR 2017. Added to the mix are some fresh new titles that have kicked ...

 

FIFOG 2017 celebrates Living Together

“True dialogue implies the recognition of the other for both his identity and his otherness!” African Proverb   The 12th edition of the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva (FIFOG) opens on April 1, with the projection of Chaâba, du Bled au Bidonville by Wahid Chaïb and Laurent Benitah, preceded by Make Art, Not War by Yannis Ben Jelloun. Azouz Begag, honorary president of FIFOG 2017 and two of the&nb...

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Who’s Your MUMMY: Tom Cruise & Russell Crowe Bring Mummy Back

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Oh, admit it, the team of OG Box Office Ballers Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe in Universal’s new take on THE MUMMY slated for June 9 has definite possibilities, even if Russell Crowe is a wry scale-tipper these days, mostly divining water in indie films. Plus it’s an IMAX® hair-raiser. Tom Cruise, or TC to friends, is such a hot-button actor for his off-screen activities that it’s almost like a Kevin Bacon game of interconn...

 

 

Aamir, Nasir, Tahir, Tariq, Mansoor, Amjad: Movies, Masti, Modernity, Flashback 8

Aamir, Nasir, Tahir, Tariq, Mansoor, Amjad: Movies, Masti, Modernity, Flashback 8 To remind you, Aamir is indeed Aamir Khan, Amjad is definitely Gabbar Singh, and the triple M above is to acknowledge that it was Akshay Manwani’s biographical book on the cinema of Nasir Hussain that got me delving into the period of about 15 years, when I interacted with the Hussain Khans (first five) and the bare Khan (last, but the most imposing personality). Actually, Mansoor did not use his middle na...

 

FEFF Campus 2017 Welcome to the Future, meet the 10 new candidates

  participants from the 2016 edition of FEFF Campus. Successful Candidates Announced: 10 young writers from Europe and Asia to gather for 19th edition of FEFF!      UDINE – Education. Inspiration. Two words that might act as a mission statement for the Far East Film Festival over the 19 years of its existence. They are also the best words to describe the motivation behind the FEFF Campus, which this year returns for its third edition and will welcome 10 aspi...

 

The 41st Hong Kong International Film Festival Announces Jury Members for Three Film Competitions

Berlinale Award-winning Director Agnieszka HOLLAND to Head Young Cinema Jury      The 41st Hong Kong International Film Festival announced the international jury member lineup for its Firebird Awards in three competition sections: Young Cinema, Documentary and Short Film. The results will be announced in the Awards Gala Night, to be held on 23 April at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. The Young Cinema Competition jury will be led by distinguished...

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Major Buzz Factory : Expérience de Bruno Chatelin du marketing Digital pour les films

Fort d'une expérience acquise dans la distribution de films pour deux Majors (Sony et Fox mariée sous a direction avec UGC) Bruno Chatelin propose une expérience pointue au service de votre stratégie digitale à Travers sa structure de Conseil MAJOR BUZZ FACTORY Le fondateur Bruno Chatelin : un Professionnel de la communication entouré de spécialistes, son expérience est ancrée sur trois univers La publicité, Le mark.eting et le digital.

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Les vendanges du 7ème art" se dérouleront du mardi 11 juillet au dimanche 16 juillet à Pauillac/Médoc

Ce festival dédié à l’art cinématographique et littéraire prend tout son sens dans les prestigieuses terres médocaines. Petits et grands, amateurs et avertis, tous les cinéphiles sont les bienvenus au festival « Les Vendanges du 7ème Art ». La 3ème édition se déroulera du Mardi 11 au Dimanche 16 Juillet 2017 au cinéma l’Eden de Pauillac (salle classée Art & Essa...

 

Festival européen du film court de Brest

DES COURTS QUI EN DISENT LONG... Mardi 4 avril / 18h / Cinéma Les Baladins, Lannion / Durée 85 minutes Séance gratuite et ouverte à tous, organisée par les élèves du lycée Joseph Savina (Tréguier)   Les élèves de la section Cinéma & Audiovisuel du lycée Joseph Savina de Tréguier ont le plaisir de vous présenter leur sélection des meilleurs courts m&ea...

 

La 31e édition du FIFF réaffirme la nécessité des festivals

La 31e édition du Festival International de Films de Fribourg (FIFF) s’est ouverte vendredi soir dans une salle comble. Le public a pu découvrir en Première Suisse, The Eagle Huntress, documentaire de l’anglais Otto Bell, sur le destin atypique d’Aisholpan Nurgaiv, première dresseuse d’aigle de Mongolie. La jeune fille a fait le déplacement jusqu’à Fribourg pour rencontrer le public. Le film sortira dans le...

 

PRIX UCMF De la Musique à l Image

L’Union des Compositeurs de Musiques de Films (UCMF) Présente   LA REMISE DES PRIX UCMF 2016 DE LA MUSIQUE À L’IMAGE Jeudi 20 avril 2017 à 19h00 Auditorium Debussy-Ravel à la SACEM 225 avenue du général de Gaulle, Neuilly sur Seine     Les compositeurs de musique pour le cinéma, la télévision et les nouveaux médias à l’honneur.   L’Union des Compositeurs de Musi...

 

Le FIFOG 2017 célèbre le Vivre Ensemble

          

 

 

L'éducation aux médias en Europe Nouveau rapport à télécharger !

Comment survivre dans un monde de "fake news" et #badbuzz? Que fait l'Europe pour améliorer l'éducation aux médias en Europe ? Cliquez sur notre film et téléchargez notre nouveau rapport gratuit !   ...

 

Cin'Hebdo, TOP 3 des films sortant le 12 avril 2017

Classement des trois premiers films par notoriété à trois semaines de leurs sorties. Films Ranking FAST & FURIOUS 8 1 BOULE & BILL 2 2 C'EST BEAU LA VIE QUAND ON Y PENS...

 

Top 10 des entrées hebdo France du 22/03/2017 au 28/03/2017

 

1.     Conversation with Eduardo Noriega & Juan Carlos Arciniegas 

2.     Audience at Kinepolis

3.     World Premier La Matamoros

4.     Workshop: Film Making for Teenagers with Marcel Beltrán

5.     Free outdoor screening. Cinta Costera II

6.     Projection Q&A Play the Devil

7.     Industry boat party

Lecture: “Toca Jugar con Vídeo Arte” Jonathan Harker & Donna Conlon

October 20 – 22, 2017
May 1, 2017 Late Deadline June 30, 2017 Extended Deadline

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September 21 – 24, 2017

The NOLA Horror Film Fest is a festival created by horror filmmakers for horror fans. It’s no small wonder - and no great surprise - that so many of today’s top directors got their start in “low budget horror”. With determination and imagination, these artists have created some truly memorable work that has encouraged and inspired a new generation of filmmakers. Our goal is the promotion of Genre Filmmaking in Louisiana, as well as nationally and internationally. The NOLAHFF is committed to celebrating the craft and advancing the art form of Genre Films.

April 15, 2017 Regular Deadline I May 15, 2017 Late Deadline I June 15, 2017 Extended Deadline I July 1, 2017 Last Chance Deadline I August 4, 2017 Notification Date

The NOLA Horror Film Fest takes place in one of the most famous - and most haunted - cities in the world. From the Thursday night festivities (Opening Night Screening, Opening Night Party w/ Live Band), through three days of the best horror & sci-fi programs (Features & Shorts Screenings, Filmmaker Q&A’s, Panel Discussions, Filmmaker Lunch, Special Guests), to the Sunday night events (Awards Ceremony), the NOLAHFF is going to be a weekend to remember. We encourage filmmakers, casts & crews, friends & family, and horror fans alike to experience New Orleans (from the food to the music to the history).

Even though the festival is called NOLA Horror Film Fest, the NOLAHFF accepts ALL SUB-GENRES: Horror / Science Fiction / Fantasy / Thriller / Suspense / Psychological / Action / Gothic / Dark Drama / Dark Comedy / Horror Comedy / B-Movie / Campy / Experimental / Documenatry

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Come to the Producers Club Lounge for a free live performance by L*A*W and his band Planet 12! Reserve your seat today for the first musical performance at the 2017 NYC Independent Film Festival!

Most fans know L*A*W as the singer/rapper/dancer/producer & multi-instrumentalist In Funk Legend George Clinton's 420 Funk Mob in the legendary P-Funk camp but Millions have seen him on national television at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards & David Letterman in his white kangol hat glory singing & dancing behind the late legendary Amy Winehouse as well as being her opening act for her sold-out shows in New York City with his own red-hot 7-piece musically diverse, high energy band, The Planet 12 Movement. After lending his many talents & over 40 licensed songs to various VH-1, NBA, TV-1, Oxygen, Bravo, A&E, Lifetime & popular MTV shows like "The Real World: Brooklyn & Hollywood", his Critically Acclaimed, 7-Time Grammy Nominated first album "Tha Planet 12 Syndrome" gained acclaim from Lionel Richie, Diane Warren, EPMD, Ledisi, Rosanna Arquette, Dru Hill, Chico Debarge, Megan Mullally (Will And Grace), Janelle Monae, Ice-T & The Late Teena Marie. L*A*W was #1 in the New & Now section of the Winter Edition of SESAC's Publishing magazine of 2013 & also co-wrote the theme song as well as made a guest appearance for the 2012 independent movie "We Are The Hartmans".

Being the grandson of Blues/Soul legend The Late Sam "Bluzman" Taylor & Coming from one of the most famous families in music history. This Brooklyn hood boy from the Crown Heights section has been known to make Hip-Hop (Underground & Commercial styles) work in his favor fusing Funk, Rock N Roll & R&B/Soul elements while making his love for Country, Pop, Jazz & even EDM exist under one roof while at the same time balancing the commercial element but still staying true to his underground roots which has been attracting many music licensing companies to his musically diverse style that can fit in any occasion.

Not to mention his precise playing of 7 instruments & the perfect balance of killer vocal prowess in addition to serious rhyme & dance skill is winning new fans by the day at Twitter, Facebook & helped him reached over a million views & plays around the social media world. L*A*W also made history by becoming the first Hip-Hop based artist to play the legendary Bitter End club in NYC which usually only showcased Rock/Pop/Folk & very few Soul acts but never ever had a Hip-Hop act. L*A*W is also the very first Hip-Hop based artist to play the Songwriter's Hall Of Fame Showcase 3 times. 

With a platinum roster of artists he's either opened up for or worked with like Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Bruno Mars, Black Eyed Peas, Ne-Yo, Lionel Richie, Eric Burdon, Rick James, Chaka Khan, Harry Connick Jr, Fishbone, Morris Day and The Time, James Ingram & Deniece Williams, L*A*W is a major force that's causing the industry to rewrite their terms and be open minded to musically diverse artistry.

Come to the Producers Club Lounge for a free live performance by Billy Conahan! Reserve your seat today!

Billy Conahan is an all-around artist from NYC. Singer-songwriter, MC-producer, actor-director, Billy lives his dreams daily. Writing and producing his debut album, "Leaping With Intent To Fly", he is already working on the follow-up album while also preparing the debut EP of his band, "All Types of Kinds".

His music video for his single "My O My" will be screening on Thursday, May 4 at 11PM. 

Come to the Producers Club Lounge for a free live performance by OTIS CLAPP! Reserve your seat today!

Hailing from Queens, New York, Otis buried himself in music from a young age as a means of escaping an unstable and abusive home life. His passion for hip hop drove him from lunchroom cyphers to sharing stages with heavyweights such as Action Bronson, Diplo, J.Cole, Mac Miller, Ab Soul and more. While Otis always scribbled rhymes in the back of the classroom, it wasn't until he heard Common and Sadat-X on “1999” that he realized he wanted a career in hip hop.

By 1999 Otis began writing, producing, mixing and mastering his own music. His diligence paid off in 2011, when Otis was afforded the opportunity to mix and executive produce three projects for YC The Cynic (now known as Kemba), including his 2013 GNK album. This led to a performance opportunity at the four year anniversary of “Comedy at the Knitting Factory,” hosted by Hannibal Buress. Here, Otis performed before Chris Rock's surprise performance and comedian Amy Schumer later co-signed Otis's song "Fiona." In 2014, following his second straight appearance at CMJ week and a special guest performance at the NY Loves Dilla event, Otis performed alongside YC at the Heineken Green Room with Ghostface Killah, and performed at the 2015 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. One of AllHipHop.com's top 50 underground artists in 2011 and 2012, Otis is set to rekindle flames with his forthcoming Helen Keller EP as well as two other projects in 2017. 

Single Day Passes for the 2017 NYC Independent Film Festival are now available! Get your Single Day Pass for access to all the films and events happening each day at the Festival, including the Awards Ceremony! http://bit.ly/2oy7WgD

6TH SOUQ FILM FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES!

Dear all, our festival season has just started. The festival will be held  at Chiostro Nina Vinchi of the Piccolo Teatro di Milano in Milan on November 10-12, 2017. Early Bird submissions end on April 22!

The festival promotes films that tackle prisoner’s justice, mental health, immigration and equality issues as a means to celebrate richness and diversity, to dispel negative stereotypes and to promote a culture of inclusion and understanding.

Submission Guidelines

The competition is open to short films from any country to a maximum length of 30 minutes in 2 different categories: documentary and fiction. 

There is no restriction for the entry of films which have participated in previous competitions, festivals or similar events, or which have previously received an award. There is no restriction in the number of entries one can submit to this contest, but each one must be accompanied by its own completed submission form and entry fee.

Awards and Prizes

The festival awards include the Jury Award (coming with a cash prize of 1500 Euro) and the Audience Award (comprising a money prize of 1000 Euro). Special Mention Plaques may be awarded at the discretion of the Jury.

You can submit your film through the Withoutabox platform. Please click here!

For further information, please visit our website: https://souqfilmfestival.org

Puya - In the Circle of Time

Puya, a German-Iranian who has lived in Germany for nearly thirty years, is trying with difficulty to make it as a filmmaker - so far to no avail. The way to a feature length film is far. So he makes his way as a wedding videographer and occasional actor. One day he encounters Nimrod, a protagonist of the script on which he is working feverishly. The figure, a German Jewish doctor fleeing from the Nazi regime, now finds a home in Puya. First, Nimrod urges Puya to terminate the script and thus his suffering. But when Nimrod comes into contact with the current refugee crisis in Europe, he starts to become more and more interested in the presence…

It’s a wrap on Day Two of the Middle East Film and Comic Con 2017and boy what a day it has been! From meeting with Liam Cunningham and Kane to listening to an inspiring talk by the Falcon himself, we really did pull out all the stops!

The huge announcement of a partnership of Dubai Clusters Authority with Youtube to support VIDXB 2017 in collaboration with The Alliance took place at the press conference this afternoon.

The press conference saw celebrity guests Anthony Mackie, Greg Grunberg, Cas Anvar on the panel alongside Kane and Liam Cunningham. There was also an exclusive Meet the Stars Signing session with Pooja Batra, Tarek and Mohammed Al Aribi.

The cosplay competition was a great way to end the evening! Crowds witnessed massive comic con fans dressed up as their favorite cosplayers in various categories and genres including ‘Best play-station cosplay’ and ‘Best Manga/Anime character’ to name a few.

Other highlights from Day 2 included:

• This was the day the Falcon (Anthony Mackie) landed and gave an inspiring talk. With a highly successful and versatile career, Mackie has a huge following in the Middle East and with good reason too.
• Kane otherwise known as The Big Red Monster and best known for his wrestling antics mingled with the audience
• A master at his craft, Cas Anvar, the voice of Altair in the best-selling video game Assasin’s Creed shared tips on how to become a voice actor at ‘Throwing Your Voice’.
• Known to have won and judged several cosplay competitions, professional cosplayer Nicole Marie Jean hosted a fun and insightful workshop giving advice to the young and aspiring.
• Award-winning independent filmmaker Faisal Hashmi interacted with up and coming talents in the field of cinematography at his workshop

Tomorrow look forward to the following:

• Visitors will have the opportunity to spot the cast of upcoming movie including Pooja Batra, ‘One under the sun’! Don’t miss out on ‘The Onion Knight’ with Liam Cunningham and a chance to catch Josh McDermott of ‘The Walking Dead’
• Cas Anvar will be sharing experiences from his varied career while fans can also revive childhood memories and have their questions answered from Arabic singer and song writer Tarek AlAribi and Mohammad AlAribi
• Several workshops are lined up for the last day including ‘Homegrown Comics’ with Sajeed Arjumand, ‘ Creating Cosplay Armour’ with Linda Le aka Vampy Bit that you do not want to miss out on!

November 15, 2017

13Horror.com is back with THE go-to contest for horror screenwriters and film-makers!

Early Bird Deadline April 30, 2017 I  The RIP Final Deadline is November 10, 2017 

The categories for the contest are: 

1) Feature-length screenplays 
2) Short screenplays 
3) Feature-length movies 
4) Short movies

Winning entrants will receive some truly awesome prizes, including:

- Cash 
- Publishing deals 
- Movie distribution offer 
- Film-making classes 
- Contacts with horror movie industry insiders 
- Horror merchandise 
- And much more

Each screenplay and movie entrant receives a comprehensive feedback form from one of our Hollywood judges, explaining how their screenplay or film did against the judging criteria. This is included as part of your entry fee and is extremely popular with submitters.

Screenplays and movies selected as finalists will be announced on 13 November 2017. The overall winners will be announced on 15 November 2017.

Our Hollywood judges include Andrew Hannon, editor of the international best-selling 'Thirteen' horror anthologies.

Awards & Prizes

Rules & Terms

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After closing of last year’s archiving, registration opens for next year’s 13th BuSho Festival. According to modern time challenges you can enter on our online submission platform which went again through some minor changes that can be red in our terms&conditions. Basically we expect shorts of fiction, animation and experimental that are made after 1-January-2016 and with length of maximum of 30 minutes. Beside the refreshed own platform we reduced alternatives of submissions, only reelport and filmfreeway will remain. The most important deadlines are listed on our website! We’d like to ask all subscribers to regularly check their spam folder of mailing system and if you made your entry please remember the date 15th June. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your submission, please take a look on our website where all results will also be displayed.

Siraj Syed covers CommunicAsia 2017, Singapore: Pre-event, 03: Rohit Talwar and FastFuture

Rohit Talwar, Owner and CEO, Fast Future Research, since 1999, will be delivering this year’s CommunicAsia2017 Summit Visionary Address titled “Artificial Intelligence vs. Genuine Stupidity – Navigating Exponential Technologies to Create a Very Human Future”. The event will he held this year from the 23rd to the 25th of May, and will host key speakers and exhibitors featuring the latest trending technologies such as SatComm, Connect Everywhere, IoT, Security & Cyber-Security.

Rohit Talwar is an award winning global futurist, entrepreneur and specialist advisor on business transformation, disruptive strategies and radical innovation. Fast Future Research provides critical insights to help clients make sense of a rapidly evolving and hyper-connected world. His lecture is scheduled for 24^th May, at Marina Bay Sands Exhibition Centre. It will come on the heels of Business 2025 - Pathways to Transformation - An experience in aid of Street Kids International, May 19^th, London, where he will be the keynote speaker.

Artificial intelligence, together with big data and IoT, is seen as an enabler that will allow businesses to overcome the hurdles presented by large amounts of generated data and successfully make sense of these for insight and business direction. According to Forrester, AI will drive the insights revolution and by 2020, insights-driven businesses will steal $1.2 trillion per annum from their less informed peers.

 “AI coupled with the other rapidly accelerating fields of science and technology will drive large-scale change and transformation of existing businesses and industries while also enabling the creation of entirely new sectors”, says Talwar.

He also predicts that the pace of development and potential of AI means that it is perhaps the most important area of decision making that business leaders will face over the next few years, and the effective implementation of AI will be a crucial differentiator between success and failure of firms in a fast changing world.

Artificial intelligence coupled with other key science and technology developments will help transform the US$78 trillion global economy. Fast Future estimates that by 2025, the economy could grow to US$120 Trillion – with over half coming from AI-enabled industries that either do not exist today or are in their infancy, such as autonomous vehicles, self-replicating machines, and adaptive, personal health management systems.

“The core challenge is to help organisations embrace and adapt to accelerating change and prepare for a world that we can’t yet see but is just around the corner,” adds Talwar. “We will see AI being used for product design, pricing decisions, marketing strategies, training and recruitment. We are already witnessing the emergence of entirely automated ‘employee-less’ AI-based decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs).”

Offering a preview to the highly anticipated session, Talwar explores the key questions CEOs should be asking as they assess and invest in AI's transformative potential:

1.  What's the fuss about?

AI may well drive the most important changes in the philosophy, practice and management of business. AI draws on and is combining with exponential developments in technologies such as computer hardware, big data management, IoT and the fields of machine learning, neural networks, and robotics. As a result, AI is beginning to fulfil its true potential of transforming businesses and even replacing senior management and leadership roles. CEOs have to make sure they are investing the time and attention to understand what AI is, why so much is being invested, and where the opportunities are.

2.  What is its potential?

The place to start is to undertake internal analysis of where it could be deployed and what competitors are doing. Medium to large enterprises in particular are bringing in AI experts and creative future thinkers to take a broader perspective of the potential roles AI could play, from smarter production management, to customer targeting and broad-based decision making.

3.  Who should lead?

The temptation is to see this as just another IT project and hand responsibility to the CIO (Chief Information Officer. However, some see it having a much broader role and are making it the responsibility of the CEO, COO or business transformation head to drive the identification, piloting and application of AI solutions across all aspects of the business.

4.  What would success look like?

With AI, there are likely to be unsuccessful experiments – up to 90 per cent might go under as promising ideas fail to yield viable solutions. The mantra should be to "fail fast and cheap"– bringing in suppliers, customers and other value chain partners early on to see if there is commercial merit in an idea. There can be as much learning from a failed project as a successful one.

5.  How do we address social impact?

There is a growing concern that if every firm replaces a large part of its human workforce with smart software and robots, unemployment levels could rise on a permanent basis. Estimates vary from 30 to 80 per cent of all current jobs that could be automated out of existence in the next five to 20 years. As a CEO, how should we address this and the potential criticism that we are creating a two-tier society? Should we support the idea of a guaranteed basic income for all, as is being explored by Canada, Finland and the Netherlands?

Oldest among the parallel sections in Cannes and driven by its mission to reveal new Talents by selecting first and second films, La Semaine de la Critique chose to spotlight for its 56th edition the magical and emotional moment when a film crew meets the very first audiences.
On this poster designed by the Parisian agency les bons faiseurs and the photographer Alice Khol, the young actress Garance Marillier embraces director Julia Ducournau after the screening of her debut feature, Raw, selected in the competition of the 55th Semaine de la Criti que.

“A particle accelerator” according to Jeff Nichols, La Semaine de la Critique is proud to have partaken over the years in the first steps on the international scene of such directors as Andrea Arnold, Jacques Audiard, Leos Carax, Arnaud Desplechin, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Wong Kar-Wai, Ken Loach, David Robert Mitchell, Guillermo del Toro or Justine Triet.

La Semaine de la Critique will be held in Cannes between the 18th and the 26th of May. The Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho, as jury President, will give the Nespresso Grand Prize, the France 4 Visionary Award for features and the Leica Cine Discovery Prize for short films to the winners among the 7 feature films and 10 short films in competition.

The selection will be announced, online, on April 24th.

Immediate Release

Atlanta GA — Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Diamond in the Rough Films LLC to have exclusive streaming channel and movie reviews on new online streaming platform iNDYREELS.

President and Managing Partner Mark Schwab of Diamond in the Rough Films announced they will be debuting their exclusive channel on iNDYREELS showcasing their award-winning work as well as identifying and making available truly original independent feature and short films.

“It will now be easier than ever to access our content which challenges and entertains.” says Schwab. “We couldn’t be more excited to be part of the innovative new iNDYREELS platform which has been designed with the indie filmmaker in mind. This partnership will help us serve the independent filmmaking community as a resource for their films to find their audiences and launch their careers.”

Schwab and his team will be providing detailed movie reviews exclusively for iNDYREELS content as well. As we get ready for our soft launch and our major Premier Launch October 1^st. Eddie Brown (CEO) We are expecting big things from this relationship and opportunities to help extend independent films expansion to international markets.

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