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TRIBECA APRIL 15 -26, 2015

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

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

 




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

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

 




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

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

 




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

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

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

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




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

 

Producers Reception - 2015 Tribeca Film Festival

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

 

                     

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

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

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

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

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

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Cannes 2015 - Bumper Issue and Line Up Announcements

Final announcement and additions to the Cannes 2015 competition

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

 

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

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

Snapshots Pierre Lescure Thierry Fremaux - Press Conference Cannes 2015

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

 

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Horror Screenplay Contest

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Depth Of Field International Film Festival Fall 2015

April 30, 2015 Earlybird Deadline

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UNAFF 2015  October 15-25, 2015

Early Deadline – May 5, 2015

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

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

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

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

Submission Deadline: June 26 

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

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

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

Burbank International Film Festival Calling
September 9-13, 2015

Late Deadline April 30

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

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

BIFF IS AN IMDB QUALIFYING FESTIVAL

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

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

The Montreal World Film Festival 
August 27, September 7

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

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

Hollyshorts 
August 13-22, 2015

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

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> FILMS IN FOCUS  

For festival consideration: 

Pseudonym, for festival consideration

First feature by french actor director Thierry Sebban. Produced by la Petite Reine (The Artist) and Diabolo Films (The Suicide Shop).
Synopsis:  Alex is a divorced father, a stressed executive. His daily routine is work, work, work. Tonight he's in a hurry, he's due to meet a beautiful young stranger... who contacted him via the internet. But this blind date will flip him into a downward spiral and disrupt forever the course of his life.  Thriller, 75 min., Scope, Dolby 5.1  Directed by Thierry Sebban  Starring: Simon Abkarian, Igor Skreblin, Perrine Tourneux... Email us for a screener

Rooted in Peace by Greg Reitman

ROOTED in PEACE, 97 minutes -2015

Documentary by SUNDANCE alum GREG REITMAN

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

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

www.filmfestivals.com/blog/greg_reitman/ 

April Selection of Films for your consideration

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

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

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

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

 

A Girl

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

 

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The 34th Istanbul Film Festival Review

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

 

Silent Film Festival speaks and kicks off!

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

 

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

 

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

> AWARDS WATCH     

Awards by the 11th edition of International Health Film Festival

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

 

2014 Winners of New Urbanism Film Festival

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

 

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

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

 

Winners of the Tiburon 2015 Golden Reel Awards

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

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

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

 

Diane Raver Steps Down as Executive Director from Garden State

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

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