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Sandrine Kiberlain, to preside the Caméra d'or!

Sandrine Kiberlain © Neilson Barnard / Getty Images The Festival de Cannes – now in its 70th season (17-28 May) – is delighted to announce that Sandrine Kiberlain will preside the Jury for this year’s Caméra d’or! Accompanied by her jury of industry professionals, the French actress will award a prize to a director’s first work from the Official Selection, the Directors’ Fortnight or the Semaine de la Critique. In ...

 

La Semaine de la Critique unveils the poster of its 56th edition

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, sel...

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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2017 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles Announces Award Winners

Grand Jury Awards  Best Feature: THE GOLDEN WING  Feature Honorable Mention: LADY OF THE LAKE  Best Short Film: DEVI (GODDESS) Short Film Honorable Mention: GUDH (NEST) Audience Choice Awards Best Feature: A BILLION COLOUR STORY Best Documentary Feature: AN INS...

 

NYIFF 2017 National Award Winners

Congratulations to our National Award Winners!       Best Films - "Kaasav (Turtle)” May 6th @ 3 pm Best Director - Rajesh Mapuskar - “Ventilator” May 4th @ 6:15 pm Best Editing - “Ventilator" May 4th @ 6:15 pm Best Recordist For Final Mixed Track - “Ventilator" May 4th @ 6:15 pm Best Gu...

 

Winners at The International Women's Film Festival in Dortmund

VOIR DU PAYS (The Stopover) wins the International Feature Film Competition for Women Directors worth € 15,000  Delphine and Muriel Coulin's film about military returnees from Afghanistan received the prize at last night's award ceremony. Actors Ariane Labed and Ginger Romàn accepted the prize. Sally Potter wins the IWFF Dortmund | Cologne Audience Award for THE PARTY. At the end of the 30th anniversary of the International Women's Film Festival in Dortmund, ...

 

18th Havana Film Festival NY Announces Havana Star Prize Winners at Closing Night Ceremony

Best Feature: Last Days in Havana (Cuba-Spain) Best Director: Jose Maria Cabral (Woodpeckers) Best Screenplay: The Candidate (Uruguay-Argentina) Best Actor and Actress: Jorge Martinez and Isabel Santos   12 Films Competed for the coveted Havana Star Prize     New York, April 7, 2017-...

 

 

IFF Panamá 2017

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS IFF PANAMÁ 2017 People’s Choice Copa Airlines Award for best fiction film from Iberoamerica   Aquarius dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho    Premio del público Mastercard a la mejor película de Centroamérica y el Caribe | People's Choice Mastercard Award for best film from Central America and the Caribbean    La Matamoros dir. Delfina Vidal     Premio ...

 

 

2017 Montclair Film Emerging Filmmaker Competition (EFC)

Today, Montclair Film announced the winners of the 2017 Emerging Filmmaker Competition (EFC), a program co-presented by Partners For Health Foundation that screens work by students in grades 4-12 from the Tri-State Area and beyond. This year, over 90 films were submitted in three categories: Cinemaniacs (grades 4-6), Storytellers (grades 7-9), and Visionaries (grades 10-12). Winning films were selected by a group of educators and industry professionals, and all winning films will be screened a...

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

Golden Trailer Awards 2017

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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

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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 May 2 2017

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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iNDYREELS & Diamond in the Rough Film Festivals Announces Partnership

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...

 

CUT - Drama Short Film (2016)

A barber who recently retired from injure wants to rejoin, only finding his shop is taken over as a vintage salon by his son.     Muqing Li - Director Muqing Li - Writer Muqing Li - Producer Steve T. Bartlett - Key Cast Brandon Tyler Jones - Key Cast Tony Yan - Original Music   Genres: Drama Country of Origin: United States Completion Date: September 20, 2016 Film Language: English Camera: RED Epic   ...

 

Academy Goes 70mm INTERSTELLAR: Nolan’s Nod to Librarians, Yes, Film Librarians

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent When the Academy gets something wrong, well, over a billion people remember. Even if it really only happened once, during the live telecast for Oscars 2017. While we can’t erase the past, we can preserve Oscar 89 as a moment in time in so far as even this year marked an important once-in-a-lifetime snafu in Hollywood history. Next time, we may hear the phrase “The Other Envelope, Please.” The Academy Is Back, Folks Time to ge...

 

The Unwilling meets its fans at Monsterpalooza

After the screening of The Unwilling opening Monsterpalooza cast Q&A   what a great night!   Our cast signing swag at MONSTERPALOOZA for our movie! The Unwilling ...

 

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THE EVIL WITHIN by late Andrew Getty

OFFENSIVE, Jon Ford's powerful thriller.

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

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...

 

Final Day of IFFLA 2017!

Final day of IFFLA 2017! Join us tonight for the IFFLA 2017 Awards Ceremony and Closing Night Gala, presenting the Los Angeles premiere of HOTEL SALVATION, starring Adil Hussain and Lalit Behl. The film tells a wry but heartfelt story about a son accompanying his father to the holy city of Varanasi, where the father will await the end of his life. Hussain will be in attendance at the Gala!  ...

 

2017 Seattle International Film Festival to open with The Big Sick

  The Opening Night Gala of the 2017 Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) on Thursday, May 18 will feature the Seattle premiere of Amazon Studios’ The Big Sick. This festival favorite comes from a powerhouse team of beloved comedians including Kumail Nanjiani (best known for his acerbic and witty character in Silicon Valley), ind...

 

Day Two of the Middle East Film and Comic Con 2017

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 Mack...

 

Single Day Passes for the 2017 NYC Independent Film Festival Available Now!

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 ...

 

 

Free Live Performance: Otis Clapp

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 ...

 

Free Live Performance: Billy Conahan

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" wil...

 

 

Free Live Performance: L*A*W

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 sin...

 

 

Film Festivals: Positive Reviews & Deserved Boos: Pt. 1 - Cheyenne ZombieFest & Miami Int'l Sci-Fi Film Festival

There are so many scams in the world: fake insurance, fake computer virus protection, fake princes from Saudi Arabia who want to send you money, etc. It’s a wonder that any of us can make it through the week without getting jimmied. Well, here is one more for a very specific target audience: filmmakers. That’s right, I’m talking about the film festival scam. Just as technology has allowed more and more people to create movies, short and feature length, technology has also al...

 

IFF Panama: The Festival in Pictures April 2nd

  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: &ldq.

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Michael Douglas Got Booted & Suited Up for TCM 2017, Like You Were There

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent While he has nothing on the elder Douglas, Golden Era Legend Kirk Douglas at almost 101 years old, TCM celebrated the life and career of Hollywood youngster Michael Douglas during a taping of "Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival" on April 8 at the famous Montalban Theatre during the eighth annual festival. Host Ben Mankiewicz said beforehand, “Michael Douglas has been part of our collective Hollywood consciousness his enti...

 

 

Aamir, Nasir, Tahir, Tariq, Mansoor, Amjad: Movies, Masti, Modernity, Flashback 9

Aamir, Nasir, Tahir, Tariq, Mansoor, Amjad: Movies, Masti, Modernity, Flashback 9 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...

 

JimG, my former boss at Fox joins Paramount

CONGRATULATIONS JIM GIANOPULOS     JIM GIANOPULOS, LAGFF'S HONORARY AWARD RECIPIENT AT LAST YEAR'S ORPHEUS AWARDS   Viacom has announced that Jim Gianopulos has been appointed the new Chairman and CEO of its Paramount Pictures, effective April 3, 2017.  30 years ago or so Jimm Gianopoulos hired me to run UGC FOX Distribution, The joint Venture between french major and 20th Century Fox. I was offere the exciting challenge to build and run the new com...

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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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Sandrine Kiberlain, Présidente de la Caméra d'or !

   Sandrine Kiberlain © Neilson Barnard / Getty Images À l’occasion de sa 70e édition (17-28 mai), le Festival de Cannes se réjouit de la présidence de Sandrine Kiberlain pour le Jury de la Caméra d’or ! Entourée de professionnels, la comédienne française récompensera une première œuvre issue de la Sélection officiell...

 

La Semaine de la Critique dévoile l'affiche de sa 56e édition

  Plus ancienne section parallèle cannoise, la Semaine de la Critique dont la mission est de révéler des Talents en sélectionnant leurs premières œuvres met à l’honneur pour sa 56e édition ce moment magique où l’équipe d’un film rencontre avec émotion son tout premier public. Sur cette affiche réalisée avec la complicité de l’agence les bons faiseurs et de la photo...

 

 

Une affiche pour réver de la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

Rêver est l'un des attributs majeurs du cinéma. Même quand il suit pas à pas la réalité la plus crue, même quand il joue la tragédie, le drame, le cinéma fait rêver. Comme le fait cette affiche composée à partir d'une image superbe de la grande photographe mexicaine Graciela Iturbide, portraitiste du monde qui, depuis quelques décennies, nous entraîne entre enfer et paradis, dans notre mo...

 

8e édition du Gala des prix NUMIX |Dévoilement des finalistes

C’est avec beaucoup d’enthousiasme que le Regroupement des producteurs multimédia (RPM) dévoile les finalistes du Gala des PRIX NUMIX 2017 qui se déroulera le 18 mai prochain. Ce gala qui récompense l’excellence en médias numériques remettra 24 prix dans les 6 grandes catégories suivantes :  Communication et promotion         Production culturelle       ...

 

 

Palmarès Festival du cinéma de Brive / 14ème édition

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Palmarès #fiff17

Tous les jurys du 31e Festival International de Films de Fribourg célèbrent la montée en puissance des cinémas d’Asie du Sud. Trois films, respectivement de Singapour, du Bhoutan et du Népal se sont partagé l’essentiel des prix lors de la cérémonie de clôture Compétition internationale : Longs métrages Deuxième long métrage d’un cinéaste de 33 ans, Apprentice, du Si...

 

Les matinées ciné-jeunesse à Vues d'Afrique de Montréal

Fidèle à sa vocation de partager la culture et le cinéma africain et caribéen à un public sans cesse plus large et fier de sa mission de faire dialoguer les cultures africaine et québécoise, Vues d’Afrique organise, cette année encore, des activités dédiées aux jeunes du primaire et du secondaire. Organisées sous l’égide de l’UNESCO, ces matinées ciné-jeunesse permettront ...

 

Lisa Nesselson, nouvelle présidente de l’Académie des Lumières

  La journaliste américaine Lisa Nesselson (Screen International, UK) a été élue à l’unanimité présidente de l’Académie des Lumières de la presse internationale en France par le Conseil de cette association qui regroupe 110 correspondants représentant des médias d’une vingtaine de pays. Lisa Nesselson succède à Grazyna Arata (Kino, Pologne) à la tête du nouve...

 

Rétrospective Barbet Schroeder au Centre Pompidou

  BARBET SCHROEDER  RÉTROSPECTIVE  LES CINÉMAS DU CENTRE POMPIDOU  21 AVRIL-11 JUIN 2017 CINÉMAS 1 ET 2, PETITE SALLE Du 21 avril au 11 juin, le Centre Pompidou dédie une rétrospective intégrale à l’énigmatique Barbet Schroeder. Artisan de la Nouvelle Vague, producteur de chefs-d’oeuvre à travers les Films du Losange, Barbet Schroeder a filmé aux 4 coins du monde dès 1969 : d&rsq...

 

Top 10 des entrées hebdo France du 29/03/2017 au 04/04/2017

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L Institut Français célèbre le Centenaire de Jean-Pierre Melville (1917-1973)

La 20e édition du Festival du film français de Cuba (27 avril – 31 mai), le Festival Colcoa à Los Angeles (24 au 28 avril) ainsi que le Film Forum de New York (28 avril au 11 mai) accueillent les premiers rendez-vous de la Rétrospective Jean-Pierre Melville organisée par l’Institut français à l’occasion du Centenaire de sa naissance. Trois étapes, avant sa circulation internationale dans plus de vingt pays d’ici fi...