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KEYNOTE CONVERSATION WITH: Donna Gigliotti Academy Award-Winning Producer John Hadity Entertainment Partners AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS WITH: David Acosta City National Bank Alexis Alexanian New York Women in Film & Television Priya Dogra Time Warner Inc. Sachin Dosani ACF Investment Bank ...
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Tadanobu ASANO wins Best Actor Award and Tetsuo OHYA receives Best Visual Effects Award at the11th Asian Film Awards Organized by the Tokyo, Busan and Hong Kong International Film Festivals ...
FOCAL International is delighted to announce the shortlisted nominations for their 14th annual FOCAL International Awards. These nominations range from Oscar-winners and landmark restorations of cinematic masterpieces, to essential investigative journalism into world history and celebratory productions of cultural icons. Set to take place on 25th May, 2017 at the Royal Lancaster London Hotel, the FOCAL International Awards recognise producers, directors, researchers and other cre...
The winners of the 2016 48FILM Project International short film competition are from around the world, with UK’s CHOKE capturing three of the top awards including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Cinematography. The 48FILM Project (www.48filmproject.com), a leading online short film competition, has created one of the largest Grand Prizes in the genre’s history – a $100,000 production budget to film a feature film. The festival producers will b...
Celebrating Asian Cinema Excellence with Finest Filmmakers The 15th Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum concluded today with the Awards Presentation Ceremony at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Filmmakers, leading film financiers and industry professionals from across the world attended to celebrate this HAF milestone, and the presentation of 14 awards that recognise the promising and potential of remarkable film projects. Over th...
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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
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March 26, 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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April 16, 2017 Extended deadline
The Melbourne Doc Fest each year curates world class features direct from some of the hottest most prestigious documentary film festivals in the world like Sheffield Doc Fest, Traverse City Film Festival Doc NYC, SXSW, Doc Edge and IDFA. But what matters to us most is documentaries that are well-made, compelling, thought provoking, passionate and relevant to Australian audiences.
The Melbourne Doc Fest is one of the world newest documentary film festivals and one of the most fun and interesting stop overs on the international documentary film festival circuit. It is the only festival in Australasia to provide feedback on submissions. ...
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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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The 2017 Television & Film Awards gala will take place at the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 25th, 2017
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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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Regular Deadline is March 15
Submit your best short animated films for a screening May18th at Cannes Film Festival.
Enjoy industry visibility in front of the animation professionals attending Cannes during Animation Day in Cannes (second edition). take advantage of free promotion to buyers and media on our Animation Day in Cannes Newsletters, animation Day in Cannes website, filmfestivals.com pages dedicated to Animation Day in Cannes and our Youtube channel, which will be offered for buyers and Media.
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This film depicts he link between the food consumed in our societies and the major health problems plaguing most of the population. Guided by the maxim “Let food be the medicine and the medicine the food” the directors have produced an outstanding and comprehensive documentary which has few if any equals. Providing compelling data on cancer and heart diseases and elucidating the diabetes problem which is shared by 350 million persons worldwide and costs the United State...
Belinda as Carmen and Dwayne Johnson as Mitch Buchannon in the film BAYWATCH by Paramount Pictures, Montecito Picture Company, FlynnPicture Co., and Fremantle Productions Photo credit: Frank Masi Copyright: © 2017 PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ...
Theatrical Premiere at IFC CENTER in New York on April 14, 2017 Additional Cities to follow Abramorama will handle the North American theatrical distribution of John Scheinfeld’s documentary Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary. The film played to critical and audience acclaim in the fall of 2016 at its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival and also at the Toronto International Film Festival, IDFA and DOC NYC. Set against the s...
Statement of The Creative Coalition on the release of President Trump’s budget proposing the elimination the National Endowment for the Arts. This morning’s release of President Trump’s proposed budget confirmed earlier reports that he is calling for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Creative Coalition strongly opposes this extreme budget proposal and calls on the bipartisan supporters of the ...
Stills from Brother Jakob, Tales of the Singers and the Murderers and Dil Leyla Every year, the cinema of a selected country is the special guest at Krakow Film Festival. This time, a vast part of the festival programme will be dedicated to the artistic output of Poland's western neighbour. In the "Focus on Germany" section, the latest documentary and short films will be shown, as well as films for young audience and a selection of student films. The filmmakers from...
17 March 2017: The KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission (KZNFC) will on March 27 and 28 host industry stakeholders in a two-day film Industry Indaba at the Silver Room, Greyville Racecourse - Durban. In a first of its kind for KwaZulu-Natal, the Indaba seeks to bring together filmmakers, government agencies, the media and other voices under one roof as a way to create opportunities for the industry to engage, interact on a strategic level, and to find solutions to the challenges facing the ind...
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THE EVIL WITHIN by late Andrew Getty
The sadistic tale of a lonely, mentally handicapped boy who befriends his reflection in an antique mirror. This demonic creature orders him to go on a murderous rampage to kill the people he loves most.
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OFFENSIVE, Jon Ford's powerful thriller.
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“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)
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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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The Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival announces what is to come for its 17th edition’s NIFFF EXTENDED. Digital creation, audiovisual storytelling and contemporary literature are but some parts of this multidisciplinary brainstorming and networking forum dedicated to the fantasy genre. It will be composed of four main events: EPIC GAME JAM, IMAGING THE FUTURE, STORYWORLDS and NEW WORLDS OF FANTASY. In addition to being a free and complementary extension of the fe...
CROSSING THE SCREEN is a new international film festival taking place in the evocative Town of Eastbourne, East Sussex, meant to showcase innovative and independent forms of visual art from all over the world. A successful 1st year, in 2016, presented 81 International short films (34 UK premieres, 6 International premieres and 5 World premieres), including previous selections from Cannes IFF, Berlin IFF and Sundance IFF. The Festival also displayed a Virtual Reality Filmmaking wor...
21/29 April 2017 – Udine – Teatro Nuovo e Visionario MADE IN HONG KONG The 19th Far East Film Festival, Udine, Italy (April 21-29) will highlight 20 years of Hong Kong cinema in a specially curated programme “Creative Visions: Hong Kong Cinema 1997-2017” presented by Create Hong Kong in partnership with the Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche which organizes the annual Far East Film Festival. The programme will kick off a series of si...
THE 36TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL ON 5-15 APRIL Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), Turkey’s biggest international cinema event Istanbul Film Festival is getting ready to meet cinema lovers for the 36th time. The 36th Istanbul Film Festival, with a roster comprising highlights from Turkey and world cinema will take place between 5 and 15 April. The Istanbul Film Festival presents a rich programme in its 36th edition...
The 18th Havana Film Festival New York (www.HFFNY.com) comes to a close with the 8th Havana Star Prize Awards Ceremony followed by the NY premiere of the musical documentary The Forbidden Shore (dir. Ron Chapman) - a portrayal of over 40 exceptional Cuban musicians and artists. With his ambitious new film, Chapman captures the full gamut of what's happening now in Cuba, both the most exciting artists and the distinct musical scenes they move in, from classic son and salsa, to trova, reggae...
New York City Independent Film FestivalCrowdfunding for filmmakers - Christine Raia gives a step by step walkthrough of how she raised funds for her films and offers her help to the attendees. Christine Raia: The only proven path to independence as an artist is a direct connection to your audience. Crowdfunding has become a fundamental piece of most financing plans for independent film. But most filmmakers miss the opportunity to leverage the power of crowdfunding for one film into an audience-building opportunity that can las...
New York City Independent Film FestivalCome join us for a presentation on 3D Scanning and Mixed Reality with Pretend Labs. PRESENTER: Brandon Henriquez Get your tickets at
http://bit.ly/2nGAVyq! Sunday, May 7 4 PM - 5:30 PM Clinton Cameo Studios Studio B 307 West 43 Street New York, NY 10036 Brandon Henriquez is an IT infrastructure expert with more than 10 years experience across multiple industries and runs a NYC based consulting firm. Back in 2014, he had his first V...
New York City Independent Film FestivalCome join us for a VR Presentation followed by a discussion open to the audience. Presenter: Mark Sternberg, REVRIE Immersive Works Get your tickets at
http://bit.ly/2nGMVQo! Sunday, May 7 2 PM - 3:30 PM Clinton Cameo Studios Studio B 307 West 43 Street New York, NY 10036 Mark is a co-founder of REVRIE Immersive Works, a cinematic virtual reality production company dedicated to telling compelling narratives, and Cinematic VR NYC, a Meetup gro...
The Calgary Underground Film Festival announced the full lineup for the 2017 festival running April 17-23 at Globe Cinema. The lineup for the 14th edition of the festival includes 28 genre-busting features and two shorts packages. "We always get so excited pulling together the lineup each year, and each year we feel it’s our favourite, but this year we are really proud of it!,” said Festival Director and Programmer Brenda Lieberman. Highlights of th...
New York City Independent Film Festival Lights! Camera! Action! Bills.... How do you satisfy your overhead while feeding your passion as a filmmaker? We ask filmmakers just like you how they do it. PANELISTS: Kevin Frech, Logical Chaos/Filmmaker Jimmy Kelly, Writer "THE JOANS KILLERS" Reid Arnstein, Director, ROK Productions, "DEREK IS FUNNY" More panelists to be announced! Sunday, May 7 12 PM - 1:30 PM Get your tickets at
http://bit.ly/2mVmkdL. Clinton Cameo Studios Studio ...
New York City Independent Film Festival Join our female-driven, NYC Indie Film Festival panel with moderator Megan Boyle as she speaks to top professionals throughout the entertainment industry. Learn how these women use their voice to play a role in tackling various issues facing American society today and how they use their position to further these conversations. We’ll also hear about what they are doing to stand up against and/or change the current political climate. PANELISTS: Jessica Sobhraj, Women in Music/Cosynd...
New York City Independent Film Festival Join us as we investigate the newest alternative distribution strategies for your films and compare them to theses new avenues to the standard distribution models. PANELISTS: John Raisola, Sidewinder Films Roland Rojas, BidSlate Amy Shapiro, Vivicast Media Get your tickets at
http://bit.ly/2mR3FAs! Friday, May 5 4:30PM - 6PM Producers Club Theater S 358 West 44th Street New York, NY 10036 _____________________________ John R...
New York City Independent Film Festival Come meet the experts on Animation and hear what they have to say about the future of animation. PANELISTS: Andy London, London Squared/HOSTOS, CUNY/Harvard Signe Baumane, ROCKS IN MY POCKETS and MARRIAGE PROPOSAL Tucker Klein, Character Designer Yvonne Grzenkowicz, EyeSnare Productions Get your tickets at
http://bit.ly/1SMXB3V! Thursday, May 4 4:30PM - 6PM Producers Club Theater S 358 West 44th Street New York, NY 10036 ___________________...
The festival is organized by Bilbao City Council, and within the section “FANT shorts” the Audience and Jury Awards for the Best Short Film – endowed with 3.000 € each – and the Jury Award for the Best Basque Short Film – endowed with 2.000 € – stand out. One more year the Jury will bestow the Award for the Best Feature Film in the Official Selection. Besides, this Festival edition will retake the Fake Trailers Contest with two prizes of 1...
In its 20th Anniversary Edition, the American Sephardi Federation (ASF) today announced the programs for its weeklong celebration of diverse stories and rich histories portrayed in film at the New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival (NYSJFF). The Festival features a different themed program each day. Select nights are dedicated to the Moroccan, Iraqi, Greek, and Yemenite Jewish communities. For the first time at the Festival, the untold stories of how Sephardic Jews from Alge...
From film and TV screens straight to Visegrad Film Forum! The last week of April will belong to Visegrad Film Forum, which is going to be held at the Faculty of Film and Television of Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia. As a consequence of critically acclaimed and trending TV series along with growing demand for new media formats, the new names closely linked with television production were brought to the programme of this extraordinary educational ...
Thank you to the Annual Copenhagen Film Festival for selecting #TheUnwilling #Horror Feature in their international competition. Email I Rådhusstræde 13 København K 1466 Denmark I Website I Facebook Huset-KBH Organizers Henrik Friis FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Mathilde Friis FESTIVAL ASSISTANT Ajitesh Sharma ASSISTANT...
The European Genre Forum has selected seven projects to take part in its first training cycle, starting in April this year. With seven projects from six countries, the projects are well spread out geographically. The stories reflect the wide variety of fantastic cinema, from the folk legend of Striguni to the supernatural tragedy of Hum and from the search for dreams in The Wool...
The SF Film Society will present a special tribute to acclaimed actor, writer, and filmmaker Ethan Hawke at the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival. ...
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Monica Bellucci © Tiziana Fabi / AFP On the invitation of the Festival de Cannes, the Italian actress Monica Bellucci has agreed to play the role of Mistress of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 70th Festival de Cannes to be held from 17 to 28 May 2017, under the presidency of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar. Monica Bellucci's friendship with the Festival de Cannes goes back a long way: in 2000, she walked up the st...
Cristian Mungiu, President of the Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury © Dan Beleiu For the 70th Festival de Cannes (17-28 May), Cristian Mungiu will preside the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, having been a member of Steven Spielberg’s jury in 2013. The director, screenwriter and producer follows in the footsteps of Naomi Kawase, Abderrahmane Sissako, Abbas Kiarostami and Jane Campion. As an eminent representative of the Romanian...
In-Depth Conversation between Shah Rukh Khan and Brett Ratner Will Precede a Screening of My Name Is Khan at the Castro Theatre April 14 SFFILM announced today that global superstar Shah ...
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Corresponden t What is it with ‘ripped from the alt-news headlines’ movie plots lately? KONG: SKULL ISLAND has a hollow earth slash reptilian b-story, even a CIA mind control “Monarch” reference on a briefcase. Now LIFE, starring Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal, has a waterborne microbe from Mars mass-extinction horror twist. While scary stories about hostile life on Mars is a running theme since B-movies in the 50&r...
MAITE ALBERDI FROM CHILE, ONDI TIMONER FROM USA, JIMENA FRANCO AND JÜRGEN UREÑA FROM COSTA RICA, ROBER CALZADILLA FROM VENEZUELA, VERÓNICA PERROTTA FROM URUGUAY, AND ÁNGELES CRUZ AND LUCÍA CARRERAS FROM MEXICO AMONG THE SPECIAL GUESTS FOR THE SIXTH EDITIO Maite Alberdi Maite Alberdi returns to the International Film Festival of Panama Among the list of directors that will pa...
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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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Le Festival International du Film Fantastique de Neuchâtel annonce les prémices de son programme NIFFF EXTENDED dans le cadre de sa 17e édition. Création digitale, scénarisation audiovisuelle ou encore littérature contemporaine, la pluridisciplinarité de cet espace de réflexion et de réseautage autour de la culture fantastique s’inscrira à travers quatre événements phares&nb...
- Rencontres européennes du moyen métrage - 14ème édition (4 au 9 avril 2017) Dossier de presse & grille de la programmation ici
http://www.festivalcinemabrive.fr/home.php PANORAMA AMERICAIN CONTEMPORAIN USA, TOUR / DETOUR - 10 séances présentées par Frank Beauvais MOYENS METRAGES, CINEASTES A L’ŒUVRE HOMMAGE A ABBAS KIAROSTAMI (Expérience, Le Costum...
« Festival Panafricain d’Alger » de William Klein 26 mars 2017 - 11:00 Événement organisé dans le cadre du festival Magic Barbès (Algérie-France-Allemagne, documentaire, 1969, 112′) En 1969, en pleine guerre froide, le festival panafricain d’Alger contribue à affirmer le rôle central de l’Algérie dans le mouvement des non-alignés. Ce pr...
Le Festival International du Film de La Rochelle fêtera sa 45ème édition du 30 juin au 9 juillet prochains. Nous avons le plaisir de vous dévoiler l’affiche peinte par Stanislas Bouvier et inspirée par la rétrospective intégrale des films d’ANDREI TARKOVSKI. La restauration de tous ses courts et longs métrages permettra de (re)découvrir cette oeuvre unique et magistrale avec notamment "Andreï...
Une programmation riche, variée, pour tous les âges et pour tous les goûts ! Plongez au coeur de l'univers marin, venez enrichir vos réflexions sur les menaces qui pèsent sur les écosystèmes océanographiques et participez aux débats sur les enjeux de la protection de la biodiversité marine. Retrouvez l'intégralité de la programmation sur www.festival-fredd.fr ou ICI ! Au ...
FESTIVAL HANAMI Lumière sur le cinéma japonais Le 29 mars 2017 au Cinéma Chaplin Saint-Lambert, Paris (15e) Le 29 mars au Japon, le Hanami célèbre le début du printemps, la floraison des cerisiers. A cette date, à Paris, aura lieu un festival de cinéma japonais au cinéma Chaplin Saint-Lambert, établissement du XVe arrondissement. Le Festival Hana...
Retrouvez une nouvelle aventure de la mythique héroïne Ellen Ripley "Alien - La sortie des profondeurs " est une série audio inédite de 10 épisodes, officiellement intégrée à la saga Alien de 20th Century FOX. La série présente une nouvelle histoire qui se déroule entre les deux premiers volets de la saga ; Audible crée une nouvelle expérience immersive dans un format omniso...
