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An entire programme of films to watch online! MyHomeFestival is a selection of films, accessible online and free of charge, for anyone and everyone, with or without accreditation and present at the Festival or not! Annecy hopes this will promote animation with a wider audience, letting as many people as possible take a look at the films broadcasted. Check out the MyHomeFestival 2015 programme: All the commissioned films in competition at Annecy 2015; A selection...
Due to unforeseen circumtances Salma Hakek cannot attend her widely anticipated appearance at Annecy Animation Festival in Annecy France this year to promote The Prophet. Salma Hayek is sorry that she can’t join the team of Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet, for which she is the producer. The screening of the feature film Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet will still be held with Director Roger Allers (The Lion King, etc.) and Filmmakers Mohammed Harib (one of the most po...
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Today Film Independent announced the 10 projects selected for the 13th annual Fast Track film financing market. Held during the Los Angeles Film Festival, Fast Track is designed to help producer-director teams “fast track” their projects forward through sixty meetings with top industry executives--financiers, agents, managers, distributors, granting organizations, and production companies. During three days of intensive meetings, participants gain valuable exposure and build vital re...
Fan Girl: Members-only Screening Writer Gina O'Brien, actress Kiernan Shipka and director Paul Jarett attend a Film Independent Members-only screening of Fan Girl I Am Thalente World Premiere The world premiere of I Am Thalente brings out professional skateboarders Kenny Anderson and Tony...
Master Class in Editing Editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey give an inside look at their craft in a Master Class on Editing ...
(L-R) SHFT Executive Producer Peter Glatzer, DIrector Shalini, Producer Aarti Tandon at the world premiere of CATCHING THE SUN. Photo credit CATCHING THE SUN MOVIE. "I am thrilled to be part of Catching the Sun and the conversation it will undoubtedly cultivate. Adrian [Grenier] and I founded SHFT to bring the intersections of culture and sustainability to a wide audience, and work with other writers and directors to fold the conscious consumer marketplace into the ...
Documentary Competition Ukrainian, English (2015 , 72 min.) Directed by: Holly Morris, Anne Bogart Screenwriter: Producers: Holly Morris, Anne Bogart Cinematographer: Japhet Weeks Editor: Richard Howard, Mary Manhardt, Michael Taylor Music: Rob Teehan Cast: Valentyna Sochenok, Hanna Zavorotnya, Maria Shovkuta For nearly 30 years a community of unlikely heroines have lived in Chernobyl’s post-nuclear disaster “dead zone.&rdq...
FRANK AND CINDY, an LA Film Festival premiere starring Rene Russo and Oliver Platt. Directed by G.J. Echternkamp, the film costars Jane Levy, Jonny Simmons and Marc Maron. See the link for clip below: Frank and Cindy Dropbox Link In the film, Russo and Platt star in a fictionalized account of the life of 80’s one-hit wonder Frank Garcia and his eccentric wife Cindy Brown. Their real-life story was also documented by their son G.J. Echterncamp, who dire...
A GIRL LIKE GRACE is a story of a 17-year-old female growing up in a small, Southern community where notions of femininity, sexual identity and survival are starkly at odds. Grace (Ryan Destiny), high school senior, is mourning the suicide of her best friend, Andrea (Paige Hurd). Grace’s single mom, Lisa (Garcelle Beauvais), is too preoccupied with her own troubles to be the support her daughter needs. So when the bullies (led by Raven-Symone') make Grace the focus of their attacks, ...
LA Muse / English (2014 , 90 min.) Directed by: Stephen Pierce Ringer Screenwriter: Stephen Pierce Ringer Producers: Aly Michalka, AJ Michalka, Stephen Pierce Ringer, Kerry Barden Cinematographer: Stephen Pierce Ringer Editor: Stephen Pierce Ringer Music: Michael Einziger Cast: Aly Michalka, AJ Michalka, Mimi Rogers, Dan Byrd, Amanda Crew, Madeline Zima, Liam Aiken, Jon Heder, Tyler Labine, Gil Bellows, Ryan Donowho, Gale Harold,...
(WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER Daniela Amavia PRODUCERS Keith Kjarval, Lynn Kressel) – A group of five friends reunite for one night to save the woman, Romy (Abigail Spencer), at the center of their former circle. As the night progresses they struggle with their past relationships and finally truths are revealed as Romy, who has barricaded herself in the bathroom, tries to put the pieces of her life back together. This thrilling journey into the mind of a woman teetering on the edge of ...
CRAFTED is a new documentary short film directed and produced by Academy Award®-nominated Morgan Spurlock. CRAFTED travels the world and explores the lives of three modern artisans: the Chefs behind Bar Tartine (San Francisco, Calif.), Bloodroot Blades (Georgia), and Nagatani-en (Iga, Japan). CRAFTED captures remarkable artisans who have mastered their trades. Through these documentary subjects, Spurlock explores how modern cultural influences and technology have allow...
Directed by: Takeshi Fukunaga Screenwriter: Takeshi Fukunaga, Donari Braxton Cinematographer: Ryo Murakami, Owen Donovan Editor: Eugene Yi, Takeshi Fukunaga Music: Tyondai Braxton Cast: Bishop Blay, Zenobia Taylor, Duke Murphy Dennis, David Roberts, Shelley Molad Working as tree tapper on a rubber plantation in Liberia, West Africa, Cisco struggles to make a decent life for himself and his family. D...
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Check us and submit your short to Animaze Daze so your Film can screen during Annecy 2015 at our partner hotspot on the Lake for Annecy Off.
Animaze presents the Best of Le MIAFF in Annecy France, a panel on state of animation and the nominees of Animaze Daze, at the fantastic event (N°1 worldwide Animation festival): The Annecy International Animation Film Festival in the French Alps.
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June 20, 2015 Regular Deadline
The World of Film Festival, formerly known as Commonwealth Film & Theatre Festival Glasgow is coming back for its second edition October 1-4 2015. In four days full of film screenings, theatre performances, live events, panel discussions and networking receptions WoFF will bring new, more vibrant and youthful vibe to the city’s emerging film and theatre scene.
WoFF’s errand is to bring together audiences from Glasgow’s multi-stranded art scene, while at the same time engaging people with powerful background in film and theatre that will bring fresh ideas, filling the gaps in Glasgow’s film and theatre events’ agenda.
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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
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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
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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
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ROOTED in PEACE, 97 minutes - 2015
Documentary by SUNDANCE alum GREG REITMAN (Sundance Audience Award Winner for fhis first documentary 'Fuel')
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/
“Canadian Pakistani Music Videos (Pakistani Movie Edit)” A New Addition to Pakistani Film, Music and Television Industry, now released in the USA followed by new American-Canadian Movie and Music Album Releases. OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: http://www.wiredprnews.com/2015/06/15/canadian-pakistani-music-videos-pakistani-movie-edit-now-released_20150615312907.html Official IMDB LISTING: www.imdb.com/title/tt4713...
© Festival del film Locarno The Festival del film Locarno’s Co-production Lab Open Doors is dedicated this year to four countries from the Maghreb: Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. 12 projects will be brought to Locarno by their directors and producers to present them to potential partners. With the support of the Swiss Foreign Ministry’s Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Open Doors aims to support and highlight filmmakers from a region in...
The 8th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) 2014 UNESCO Award winning film, Memories on Stone (Bîranînên Li Ser Kevirî) from Iraqi Kurdistan/Germany was screened before an international audience in the main auditorium at the world headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in Paris on June 10. This unprecedented cinematic event further strengthens the longstanding relationship between APSA and UNESCO and their shar...
Ukrainian Movies Box Office In 2014-2015 Disregarding all the political and military events Ukrainian cinema slowly approaches the point of breaking even. There were several releases in both 2014 and 2015 made with Ukrainian co-finance which paid off and generated some profit. In the last year that was Love in a big city 3 (Кохання у великому місті 3), co-produced with Russia, and a feature documentary Maidan (Майдан), co-produced with the Netherlands. The former g...
The 69th Edinburgh International Film Festival opens this Wednesday with Robert Carlyle's The legend of Barney Thomson. Based on the book “The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson” by Douglas Lindsay, the film is a dark comedy that tells the story of Barney (Carlyle), an awkward barber who inadvertently stumbles into serial murder, with both absurd and macabre consequences. The opening ceremony of the 69th Edinburgh Film Festival will be held in attendance of names fro...
I wanted to tell you about my new upcoming film, Bernard and Huey, written by legendary Pulitzer/Oscar/Obie winning cartoonist and screenwriter, Jules Feiffer. The Kickstarter campaign JUST LAUNCHED, so make sure to check it out here for more information. The film was also announced in The Hollywood Reporter so feel free to check it out there as well. Also, please watch the fun video below to see Jules and I explain our epic search for this lost classic....
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> THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT
Organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Instituto Luce Cinecitta the 15th edition of Open Roads was held from June 4-11 and presented 16 contemporary Italian feature films from emerging and established film makers ranging from commercial to independent productions. They covered a broad thematic range including several outstanding productions. Most of the films selected were U.S. premieres. GREENERY WILL BLOOM AGAIN by Ermanno Olmi (2014) ranks among the best and mos...
This 2015 edition of the Locarno Summer Academy launches a new section: the Industry Academy, a new training program dedicated to young industry professionals in distribution, sales, marketing, exhibition and programming. This initiative, designed and moderated by Marion Klotz, will be held between 5 and 12 August in close relation with the Industry Days. Marion Klotz: “We received a large number of appl...
This silver screen festival organised by Thailand’s Ministry of Culture will allow guests and cinemagoers to enjoy 7 fascinating Thai films at one of the UK’s biggest showcases for films—BAFTA. The films will be very convincing proofs that Thailand has truly become a hotspot of film creativity in Asia. As the national organisation responsible for all kinds of arts and creativity, we honour those artists who, through their creative work, actively increase awareness, provide mu...
The Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival (BOFA), now in its sixth year, has become an annual fixture on the calendar of Tasmanian film makers, actors and technicians, who gather in Launceston for the master classes and BOFA Devil Awards. Now in its sixth year, this year’s BOFA Festival will run from November 5 to 8 with the industry master classes and Award presentations on Saturday, November 7. Present and future film makers will once again gather at BOFA to learn...
MOFF launches the BROKE AND STOKED Video Contest, a new initiative aimed at encouraging the creation of high energy outdoor films by amateur Maine filmmakers. The maine outdoor film festival presents The Broke And Stoked Video Contest ...
2014 Annual Report. SIFF 40th anniversary has shown great progress and outstanding opportunities in each area of SIFF: Festival, Cinema, and Education. In this report, you will see a quick snapshot of the festival's accomplishments this past year, and hear from people just like you who make a difference to SIFF. SIFF's 2014 annual report can be viewed at www.siff.net/annualreport ...
> AWARDS WATCH
Laurence Green acts as Chairman with other members including Amma Asante, Claire Jones, Zygi Kamasa. Moët & Chandon will return as the headline sponsor of the Awards for the sixth consecutive year. The 2015 ceremony will be held at Old Billingsgate on Sunday 6 December and is referred to as The Moët British Independent Film Awards in recognition of Moët & Chandon’s generous contribution. The makeup of the current Board will be the model for future years: filmmakers...
The Italian director will be honored with the Pardo d’onore Swisscom during the 68th Festival del film Locarno. To mark the occasion there will be a Piazza Grande screening of I pugni in tasca (Fists in the Pocket), some 50 years after its first screening at Locarno. The 68th edition of the Festival del film Locarno will award the Pardo d’onore Swisscom to Marco Bellocchio. With this award the Festival pays tribute to an extraordinarily rich career, and affi...
AWARDS > LONG FEATURE FILMS – OFFICIAL COMPETITION Official Jury Christian Carion (director) Olivier Masset-Depasse (director) Erika Sainte (actress) Antonella Salvucci (actress) Wim Willaert (actor) Official Competition BODY by Malgorzata Szumowska (Poland) BRIDGEND by Jeppe Rønde (Denmark/UK/USA) DORA or the Sexual Neuroses of our Parents by Stina Werenfels (Switzerland/Germany ) FLOCKING by Beata Gårdeler (Sweden) GLUCKAUF by Remy van Heug...
Short Films, High Art, and Plenty of Children in the Cinema The winners of the 31st Hamburg International ShortFilmFestival (ISFF) and of the 17. Mo&Friese Children’s ShortFilmFestival A solemn award ceremony crowned the end of 31. International ShortFilmFestival Hamburg (IKFF) on Sunday evening. The top prize – the Hamburg Short Film Award in the International Competition – went to the Canadian filmmaker Alexandre Larose for his film ›Brouillard &ndas...
GRAND PRIZE WINNER - What Lives Inside Web Series a World Premiere Director: Academy Award-winning VFX artist/AD/director Robert Stromberg (Maleficent) An emotional tale of creative self-discovery is set in a richly surreal world inhabited by fantastical creatures The web series is directed by and stars Colin Hanks, Catherine O'Hara and Oscar winner JK Simmons ("Whiplash") in a tale about a lost son played by Mr. Hanks, Taylor, and his departed father...![Digital Gym]()
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Laurence Green acts as Chairman with other members including Amma Asante, Claire Jones, Zygi Kamasa. Moët & Chandon will return as the headline sponsor of the Awards for the sixth consecutive year. The 2015 ceremony will be held at Old Billingsgate on Sunday 6 December and is referred to as The Moët British Independent Film Awards in recognition of Moët & Chandon’s generous contribution. The makeup of the current Board will be the model for future years: filmmakers...
The Italian director will be honored with the Pardo d’onore Swisscom during the 68th Festival del film Locarno. To mark the occasion there will be a Piazza Grande screening of I pugni in tasca (Fists in the Pocket), some 50 years after its first screening at Locarno. The 68th edition of the Festival del film Locarno will award the Pardo d’onore Swisscom to Marco Bellocchio. With this award the Festival pays tribute to an extraordinarily rich career, and affi...
AWARDS > LONG FEATURE FILMS – OFFICIAL COMPETITION Official Jury Christian Carion (director) Olivier Masset-Depasse (director) Erika Sainte (actress) Antonella Salvucci (actress) Wim Willaert (actor) Official Competition BODY by Malgorzata Szumowska (Poland) BRIDGEND by Jeppe Rønde (Denmark/UK/USA) DORA or the Sexual Neuroses of our Parents by Stina Werenfels (Switzerland/Germany ) FLOCKING by Beata Gårdeler (Sweden) GLUCKAUF by Remy van Heug...
Short Films, High Art, and Plenty of Children in the Cinema The winners of the 31st Hamburg International ShortFilmFestival (ISFF) and of the 17. Mo&Friese Children’s ShortFilmFestival A solemn award ceremony crowned the end of 31. International ShortFilmFestival Hamburg (IKFF) on Sunday evening. The top prize – the Hamburg Short Film Award in the International Competition – went to the Canadian filmmaker Alexandre Larose for his film ›Brouillard &ndas...
GRAND PRIZE WINNER - What Lives Inside Web Series a World Premiere Director: Academy Award-winning VFX artist/AD/director Robert Stromberg (Maleficent) An emotional tale of creative self-discovery is set in a richly surreal world inhabited by fantastical creatures The web series is directed by and stars Colin Hanks, Catherine O'Hara and Oscar winner JK Simmons ("Whiplash") in a tale about a lost son played by Mr. Hanks, Taylor, and his departed father...
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> UNE SEMAINE SUR LE CIRCUIT DES FESTIVALS FRANCOPHONES
Le CNC fait paraître son étude annuelle sur le marché de l’animation en 2014
Le Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée a réalisé, pour la septième année consécutive, une étude sur le marché de l’animation en France. Cette étude analyse l’évolution de la production audiovisuelle et de la production cinématographique d’œuvres d’animation. Elle met en lumière les caractéristiques spécifiques de la diffusion de ces œuvres sur le territoire national dans les salles de cinéma, à la télévision, en vidéo, en vidéo à la demande et à l’exportation. Elle fait un état des lieux de l’emploi du secteur de l’animation en France. Elle dresse également un bilan de l’ensemble des aides du CNC au secteur de l’animation.
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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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