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Myrtle Beach International Film Festival April 20th - 23rd 2016. 

Submissions close january 1st, 2016
 

Myrtle Beach International Film Festival. Ranked one of the top 25 film festivals in the World worth the submission by Movie Maker Magazine. Ranked one of the best by Film International. MBIFF billed as "The East Coast's answer to the Sundance Film Festival" is in the call for entry stage which will end January 1st 2016. 

Myrtle Beach International Film Festival is open to all projects, with a special "Anything Goes" catagory. We are a truely independent film festival. MBIFF also has a budget category, so a film with a 10 thousand dollar budget does not compete against a project with a 10 million dollar budget (with the exception of the overall winner). 

The 11th annual MBIFF will take place April 20th - 23rd 2016.   

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New York Festival's World's Best Television & Films April 16, 2016

Deadline October 15, 2015

New York Festival's World's Best TV & Films competition honors programming in all lengths and forms from over 50 countries. Dedicated to both the Television and Film industries, categories mirror today's global trends and encourage the next generation of story-tellers and talent: Animation, Comedy, Corporate, Drama, Documentary, Feature Films, Movie Trailers, Music Videos, News, Promos, Reality TV Drama, Sports, Telenovelas, Webisodes, Best Performance by an Actor/Actress, Special Event, Innovation, Technical Production Team, CSR, Best Screenplay, Video Art, and Best Host.

Submit by October 15

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Animaze 2016 Montreal International Animation Film Festival June 2 -5, 2016

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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Fantasporto 2016 36th edition February 26th - March 5th

Submissions close December 5th 

The selection for shorts is only for fantasy ones, like always. Submissions are open and we are accepting online submissions.

Since we are making a new site that will be ready only later in October we propose you to send us the screener(s) for the selection commitee to see and, if the film(s) is(are) chosen, we will ask you all the materials needed. SUBMIIT

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Maryland International Film Festival - Hagerstown April 1 - 3, 2016


Submit by February 5, 2015

For 5 years, we've been bringing in the finest films from around the world. The film festival became a 501(c)3 and launched in 2009 and now screens more then 70 films each year! Hollywood Director Joe Carnahan is our creative director. He has brought us such films as "The Grey" and "The A-Team" with Liam Neeson and now has Bad Boys 3 in pre-production. Most of our previous winners of Best Feature have obtained distribution. Last year's winner BEREAVE just signed a distribution deal and said, " I wish to take a moment to tell you that your hospitality and your wonderful festival helped our film stand out for distribution. Thank you for that and we'll be sending you more of our work in the future.” So join us!

We look forward to having you screen at our 5th year anniversary!

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GEFF L’Europe autour de l’Europe / Grande Europe Film Festival Paris  March 16th to April 17th

Film submission deadline: December 15, 2015

The Compétition presents long features and documentaries (60’ and longer) (co)produced in Europe, never released in France. The films compete for the following prizes awarded to the author of the best film:
Prix Sauvage – Loup Dansant: bronze wolf statuette and a monetary prize;
Prix Luna: Luna statuette awarded by the jury of cinema students and young professionals.

The section Present is dedicated to the recent documentary films (50’ and longer) (co)produced in Europe during the last three years 
Subscription fee : free  -  Participation rules    SUBMIT

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The Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) March 30 - April 3, 2016

 

Final deadline is February 2 2016.  Please submit via "Withoutabox"

The Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) is presented by the Sonoma Film Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, as a welcoming, entertaining and inspiring cinematic experience that supports and promotes independent films, celebrates the cultural diversity in the Sonoma Valley through film, and funds visual arts in education.

Named one of America's "Top Ten Destination Film Festivals," Sonoma prides itself on giving every filmmaker the royal treatment. Celebrated as one of the friendliest and most uplifting festivals on the circuit. SUBMIT

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Scriptapalooza Fellowship


Deadline is Oct 31st 

The fellowship program was developed to honor dedicated writers and to help further their creative process and skills. Writing in itself is a journey and we would like to facilitate the process by giving the fellows the opportunity to be surrounded by like-minded professionals.

The Fellowship recipient will receive a Writer’s Retreat in Costa Rica for 5 days (all expenses paid) and a 6 month mentorship.

5 additional writers will receive an online writing course, $1000 and 3 month mentorship.

Everyone that applies to the Fellowship gets feedback on their script. (4-5 pages of notes)

 

http://www.scriptapalooza.com/fellowship/

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The 49th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival  April 8 to 17, 2016


Next Deadline: November 16, 2015 

In partnership with filmfestivals.com

Enter the Festival that discovered Spielberg, Lucas, Coppola, Ang Lee, the Coen Brothers, David Lynch, and John Lee Hancock with their first awards!

Competition in 10 major categories! More than 200 specialized sub-categories offer fair competition and a chance for a Remi Award!

The 49th Annual WorldFest-Houston offers Screening Shorts, Docs, Features, Music Videos, Experimental & Student Films on Big 60' AMC Theater screens, with over 600 Intl filmmakers attending the ten-day International Film Festival.. SUBMIT.

 

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> FILMS FOR FESTIVAL CONSIDERATION

 

Revolution by Rob Stewart (Sharkwater) 
over 40 festival wins so far)

 

 

Eco Documentary feature film by (Sharkwater) Rob Stewart

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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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). winner in Fantasporto, ECU Houston WorldFest

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... 

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Rooted in Peace by Greg Reitman

 

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".

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Get Happy by Manoj Annadurai 

Feature Feel Good Movie  - World premiered in Montreal World Film Festival Winner best romantic comedy in Manhattan Fest

Charlie Kane can’t catch a break. He grew into a man who expects the worse out of life and gets it. But that changes when, by chance, he meets a bright, sunny sprite of a woman named Holly who turns him from a dour drip into someone finally allowing himself to be happy.Then a bus flattens her before Charlie eyes. Charlie opts for suicide but can’t even successfully give up on life. Left with no other choice, he adopts Holly’s ethos of positivity and just decides to be happy... by ignoring all the bad things in life. But his cynical best friend isn’t buying Charlie’s new-found happiness and sets out to save Charlie by making him miserable again. 

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Mediterranea is the opening film at Stockholm Film Festival

The opening film of this year’s Stockholm Film Festival is Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano. The film participates in the prestigious Stockholm XXVI Competition, competing for the 7,3 kilo (15 lbs) Bronze Horse. Mediterranea is the story of two young men leaving their home country Burkina Faso to make the dangerous trip over the Mediterranean to Italy. Carpignano’s feature film debut is a touching portrayal of African migrants in Italy, building upon his previous short fil...
 

"The Martian" or Matt Damon stranded on Mars

by Alex Deleon, stranded in Hungary      Viewed October 09, in 3D at Cineplex, Györ, in dubbed Hungarian version. Director, Ridley Scott, RT 141 minutes. A Twentieth Century Fox release. SITUATION: The not too distant future where planet Mars has not only been reached from Earth but where NASA has already set up a more or less permanent Space Station from which the surface of the red planet is being explored for potential colonization by refugees from Earth. A gigantic s...
 

The 64th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg opens with “Une histoire américaine” by Armel Hostiou

 
The French newcomer-director Armel Hostiou will be present when the 64th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg opens on Friday, October 9, 2015 with the German premiere of “Une histoire américaine” (“Stubborn”). The film is being screened in the International Competition of the official program. “Une histoire américaine” (“Stubborn”) tells the story of Vincent, an...
 

Szumowska’s Body to open the 8th CinEast today

 
The 8th edition of CinEast (www.cineast.lu), the Central and Eastern European Film Festival in Luxembourg, starts today, Thursday 8 October, at 7 pm at the Neimënster cultural centre in Luxembourg with the screening of Malgorzata Szumowska’s Body (Silver Bear at Berlin IFF). The festival will present 57 features and over 40 short films from 18 post-communist countries as well as a variety of complementary events. The festival runs until 25 October.   The opening film is in...
 

Get Happy Poster revealed

 
Get Happy premiered in Montreal and follows its path on the festival circuit with the help of filmfestivals.com which selected the film as part of filmfestivals.com' "Ones to Watch" Check the EPK  ...
 

Get Happy Reviews

 
Ones to Watch on the Circuit - Label by filmfestivals.com  ...
 
 
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West Hollywood and SEEfest Team Up for WeHo@30

The City of West Hollywood celebrates 30th anniversary and SEEfest is proud to serve as one of the partners for the WeHo@30 Film Festival: A Digital Time Capsule. Please join us on October 23 & 24 for two days of screenings and conversations at the Council Chambers in the beautiful Library building across from the Pacific Design Center. All screenings are FREE for the public, but be there early as seats are limited. Free parking on site. Now take a virtual tour of West Hollywood...
 
 

LAMVF 2015 IS November 6-8 @ CINEFAMILY!

THE TIME HAS COME...   We're sure you're thinking, ITS ABOUT DANG TIME!  Tickets for the 2015 LA Music Video Festival are on sale NOW!  Please join us November 6th - 8th at Cinefamily for the usual awesomeness of music videos, speakers, and fun party times.   CHECK OUT THE FULL SCHEDULE & GET TICKETS!   We're taking this opportunity to look back at the evolution of the music video...
 

Denver Film Society announces titles in Focus on National Cinema: Poland, CinemaQ, CineLatino, Late Night & Women+Film side bars

      The Denver Film Festival (DFF), produced by Denver Film Society (DFS), announced its first wave of programming. Recognized as the Rocky Mountain Region's premier film event, the festival will feature a focus on Polish Cinema, sidebars for CinemaQ, CineLatino, Late Night and Women+Film, as well as robust Shorts Packages and Music Spotlight programming.    "In keeping with our long and rich tradition of presenting the best i...
 

SIFF and TV5MONDE present French Cinema Now

 
SIFF and TV5MONDE present French Cinema Now, a celebration spotlighting the state of contemporary Francophone cinema, with 20 extraordinary features.   The Opening Night film is Dheepan, Winner of the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival. This powerful drama from director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Rust & Bone) follows a former Tamil Tiger soldier as he flees from the aftermath of the Sri Lankan civil war to begin a new life in a Parisian su...
 

Ones to watch: Viva Mexico Film Festival a new festival in Australia in Perth & Melbourne

Viva Mexico Film Festival will take place for the first time in Perth and Melbourne. The Festival will provide a showcase of the very best of contemporary Mexican cinema. The line-up will include an exciting mix of genres, including comedy and drama, all providing a glimpse into the life and issues that Mexico and Mexicans are facing today. The timing will coincide around the famous Day of the Dead Festival, a Mexican tradition celebrated each year at the beginning of November. According ...
 

35th FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH, November 15 - 21, 2015 - Call for entries - EXTENDED DEADLINE

 
As part of the FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH we have two special competitions: The CLIMATE CLIPS Award with € 5,000 prize money goes to the best clip on climate change. Moreover, there are second and third prizes: The second best rated clip will get € 3.000 and the short film on the third place a € 1.000 award. These clips can be documentaries, fiction, comedies or dramas – all forms of artistic expression are allowed. They just have to be one thing – convincing! The prize is...
 

Ones to watch: Sunrise Film Festival kicked off first edition

 
Nova Scotia will be playing host to the brand new Sunrise Film Festival.  It will open with a gala launch party featuring a concert by Christine Martin, Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 7pm., at the Lobster Factory in Pugwash.  The festival further kicks off with a Hawaiian party, Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 6pm., featuring the full feature comedy GET A JOB.  The director, Brian Kohne and one of the producer's, Raymond Rolak will be on hand for a Q & A.  At the...
 

Warsaw, Moscow, Sarajevo - Urban Spheres of Eastern Europe in the >Focus< of the 25th FilmFestival Cottbus

 
The city. For many a place of potentialities and liberties - others associate life in the city foremost with location-specific challenges: One the one side, migration from the land and escape from the pressure to conform, on the other, the emergence of social trouble spots, gentrification and the dominance of historical and modern, representational architecture. The urban living environment, both a free space and a symbol of growing competitive pressure, is as multifaceted and complex as its inh...
 

Stockholm Film Festival presents Stockholm XXVI Short Film Competition

  Stockholm International Film Festival releases the list of short films that are selected for this year's edition of Short Film Competition, competing for the Aluminium Horse award. The line up of this year’s Short Film Competition includes 18 short films from 14 countries, of which four have their world premiere at Stockholm Film Festival. The short films are competing for the Aluminium Horse. In 2014 the Aluminium Horse went to Una Gunjak for The Chicken (2014). -We are...
 

Middleburg Film Festival reveals lineup

Twenty-three Narrative, Foreign and Documentary films to screen in Virginia's historic wine country; SPOTLIGHT to open the festival on October 22   Middleburg Film Festival's Executive Director Susan Koch announced today the twenty-three films that comprise the main slate for the festival.  The festival opens Thursday, October 22 with Tom McCarthy's critically acclaimed SPOTLIGHT starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schre...
 

Participants thrilled with the 4th Finnish Film Affair

     Works In Progress Showcase   Finnish Film Affair is a showcase of Finnish films and a networking platform for attending industry professionals. Finland's main film industry event takes place yearly in a welcoming and laid-back yet professional setting. The fourth edition of the industry event of the Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy proved once again successfull amongst its participants. The event attracted an attendance of ov...
 

The Chicago International Children's Film Festival Unvailes Their Full 2015 Schedule of Films and Workshops

 
The 2015 Chicago International Children's Film Festival, one of the world's premier festivals of films for kids and youth ages 2-18, announced their complete schedule for its 32nd year at a special Kickoff Event last night held at WestEnd (1326 W. Madison St.) in Chicago's West Loop Neighborhood. This year, the Festival schedule features over 245 films from 44 countries to be screened from October 23 to November 1 at venues across Chicago.   Along wit...
 

13th International Festival Signes de Nuit at Paris, November 26 - December 6, 2015

  The Next Festival International Signes de Nuit, 13th Edition: étrangeté / strangeness November 26 - December 6, 2015 at Paris 11 DAYS OF PROJECTION WORLD CINEMA 3 NIGHTS OF PROJECTION UNTIL DAWN at Cité Universitaire de Paris Maison du Portugal André de Gouveia, Maison du Japon, Maison du Brésil, Maison de l'Argentine, Maison de Norvège, Maison des étudiants Suèdois, and Institut Finlandais, Goethe Institut, M...
 

RECENT SPANISH CINEMA in Los Angeles

 
                         The 21st edition of RECENT SPANISH CINEMA will be hold in LA from 15-18 OCT. A showcase of the best of Spain's rich, vibrant and vital films - seen first on the big screen at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. https://youtu.be/-7TDBBYUz-4 Over twenty years ago, the American Cinematheque, in association with the Spanish Ministry of Culture, began importing the best and brightest of Spanish cinema to H...
 

63rd San Sebastian Film Festival Highlights

 
Watch now this video : 63SSIFF HIGHLITS - https://youtu.be/xVn0thMl9Kc Enjoy and see you at the 64th SAN SEBASTIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in September 2016   ...
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Sitges 2015: Oliver Stone homaged with the Grand Honorary Award

 
Sitges 2015 pays homage to Oliver Stone with the Grand Honorary Award The renowned North American director Oliver Stone received the Grand Honorary Award from the 48th Sitges Film Festival. Sitges paid homage to one of the international film industry greats: Oliver Stone. The Festival put out its read carpet to welcome the famous North American director and producer who received, at a multitudinous event at the Auditori, the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia’s Gra...
 

Iris Prize Winners for 2015 are announced by Amy Lame

 
Vessels by US filmmaker Arkasha Stevenson (pictured above) about Diamond, a young transgender woman working at a garment factory for little pay, has been announced winner of the 2015 Iris Prize – Cardiff’s International LGBT Short Film Prize supported by The Michael Bishop Foundation. The £30,000 prize will allow Arkasha to make a new short film in the UK. At the sold out Iris Awards presented by Amy Lamé at Cardiff’s Cineworld and Park ...
 

CurtoCircuito 2015 Santiago de Compostela Awards

Below the Skin Blood and Insects Sound of a Million win prizes in the official section     The Spanish film Without God or Santa Maria, best Galician film, and preferred by the public; he leaves Santiago de Compostela with two awards     Curtocircuíto International Film Festival today announced their awards at the closing ceremony. The official section is divided into two categories, one for experimental films (Explore) and ...
 

Awards from Shriekfest, the Los Angeles International Film Festival & Screenplay Competiton

 
Shriekfest, the Los Angeles International Film Festival & Screenplay Competiton was a huge success! Denise Gossett, festival director, once again hosted Shriekfest Oct 1-4th at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. Shriekfest screened 45 films and had 30 screenplay finalists.   "Interior" directed by Zachary Beckler took the Grand Jury prize for Best Horror Feature Film, "Clinger" directed by Michael Steves took the Best Horror Comedy Feature Film Award, "The Answer&q...
 

The RIFF Golden Puffin to Iran for Wednesday May 9th" in Reykjavik

 
  It was the Iranian film “Wednesday May 9th.” (IRA) that won Discovery of the Year and received the Golden Puffin in tonight in RIFF’s Award Ceremony 2015 at Iðnó Theater in Reykjavík. The director of the movie, Vahid Jalilvand, gave an acceptance speech via internet-video.  Twelve films competed in the category New Visions, all debut or sophomore efforts from directors.   The distinguished Fipresci award, from the International federation o...
 

The Awards of the 11th Zurich Film Festival

The three juries of the 11th Zurich Film Festival’s main competition categories give their Golden Eyes to HRÚTAR by Grimur Hakonarson from Iceland (International Feature Film), LOS REYES DEL PUEBLO QUE NO EXISTE by Betzabé García from Mexico (International Documentary Film) and THANK YOU FOR BOMBING by Barbara Eder from Austria (Focus: Switzerland, Germany, Austria). The two international competition awards are each endowed with a CHF 25’000 cash prize; the Foc...
 

Winner best romantic-comedy film at the 2015 Manhattan Film Festival

 
The Manhattan Film Festival is dedicated to developing and discovering new ways to help filmmakers pursue a career out of filmmaking. In the process we introduce filmmakers and their work to new and expanding audiences. The festival was founded by independent filmmakers who learned first hand how hard it is to find an independent film an audience. MFF was recently named among “The Coolest Film Festivals in the World″ as well as “25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry&rdquo...
 

Winners at Reykjavik International Film Festival

 
RIFF 2015 Comes to an End, the biggest festival to date.   Reykjavik International Film Festival opened for the 12th. time on Sept. 24th. and closed on Sunday Oct. 4th. The festival was a big success and never before has have more people attended the festival’s events and screenings.  From the opnening film, Tale of Tales, through the concerts, swim-in cinema, cave-in cinema, 300 screenings of about 100 films, numerous panel discussions, about 50 Q&As, Masterclasses...
 

EFA Honours Charlotte Rampling and Christoph Waltz

The European Film Academy takes great pleasure in presenting Charlotte Rampling with the honorary LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for her outstanding body of work. Born in...
 

World of Film International Film Festival 2015 – AWARDS

 
World of Film International Film Festival 2015 – AWARDS  WoFF: World of Film International Film Festival has just wrapped up this year’s edition at Glasgow’s CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts. The 2015 members of the jury Lizelle Bisschoff, Basharat Khan and Laurie Gordon, who unanimously confirmed their excitement about this year’s official selection of the festival are announcing the following awards: Best Short Film: Tom in America by ...
 

“The Great Dames,” Elizabeth Banks & Diane Lane Fete Jane Fonda Big Time

 
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent What a gift when three of your favorite on-screen presences turn out to be three of your favorite off-screen presences; that’s what happened last night in Santa Barbara as the stunning Jane Fonda received the Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film from The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF). To set the scene, and this rarely happens, Jane Fonda and one of her star presenters Elizabeth Banks (“Pitch Perfect 2,”...
 

Yellow Oscar to Seven Years of Winter

 
Berlin/Rio de Janeiro, October 03, 2015: The International Uranium Film Festival Berlin ended with glamour and stars from the German cinema. Film director Marcus Schwenzel received in Berlin the Uranium Film Festival’s Yellow Oscar 2015 for his movie "Seven Years of Winter". Together on the stage were Casting Director Uwe Bünker from Berlin and famous German actor Roman Knizhka who is one of the leading actors of Marcus Schwenzel´s Chernobyl movie.    ...
 

Award Winners of Filmfestival Münster 2015

 
After five festival days and nights at Cineplex Münster, more than one hundred films, numerous premiers in thedifferent sections, as well as exciting conversations and encounters, the award winners of the 16th Filmfestival Münster are finally certain.   The award for Best Directing in the European Feature Film Competition (endowed with €5,000) is granted to the filmmaker Micah Magee for her feature film debut „Petting Zoo“. The portrait of a young woman who is s...
 

Manaki Brothers presents the "Golden Camera 300" for Mátyás Erdély, the cinematographer of "Son of Saul"

  ICFF “Manaki Brothers” and the official partner Vip operator announced the awards of the 36th edition of the festival tonight. The “Golden Camera 300” went to the cinematographer Mátyás Erdély for the film “Son of Saul”. “This film offers a new way of storytelling; on one hand we are facing the main character’s psychology, while on the other hand we were witnessing the dreads of the holocaust” – with t...
 

Aspen Film Announces 37th Aspen Filmfest Audience Award Winners

 
  - Audience Award for Best Feature Film: Room - Audience Award for Best Documentary Film: Romeo Is Bleeding   Aspen Film announced today its balloted Audience Award winners for the 37th Aspen Filmfest, which ran Sept. 25-30 at Paepcke Auditorium and the Isis Theater in Aspen and the Crystal Theatre in Carbondale. Two awards - one for narrative and one for documentary - were named as the best films by Aspen Filmfest audience. Room, directed by Lenny Abrahamson, was chosen to r...
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Super List of Goodies with this Kickstarter campaign on the documentary made around Gerald Potterton, collectors...

 

The Flying Animator - Documentary - 3x Oscar nominee Gerald Potterton! On Kickstarter!   Musivision Films has launched its Kickstarter campaign for the The Flying Animator documentary on 3x Oscar nominated animator Gerald Potterton. Director Laurie Gordon has been filming Gerald for nearly five years at his home in Quebec and in London, Toronto. Still scheduled for more shooting days Laurie is really excited about editing the film into shape. Oh so many surprises and gems to b...    

Josh Mond on his debut feature James White

 
Josh Mond is a New York based director and producer. In 2003 he established Borderline Films with fellow filmmakers Antonio Campos and Sean Durkin which brought to light the film festival success Martha Marcy May Marlene, which Mond produced. James White is his debut feature film, starring Cynthia Nixon (Sex & the City) and Christopher Abbott. The film portrays the relationship of Gail with her son James. Diagnosed with final stage cancer Gail is making an attempt to maintain a healthy rel...
 

Guests from around the world in Mannheim-Heidelberg

Award-winner Olivier Assayas will be in attendance and numerous guests from the international film and serial drama industry are expected.   When the 64th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg opens on Friday, October 9, 2015, the Festival Director Dr. Michael Kötz and Program Manager Daniela Kötz will have once again invited an exquisite selection of directors, actors and producers to the festival.   With the Master of Cinema Award for Olivier Assayas, the ...
 

Alan Parker will be presiding over the international jury during the 42nd edition of Film Fest Gent (13 - 24 October)

  British director Alan Parker will be presiding over the international jury during the 42nd edition of Film Fest Gent (13 - 24 October). Joining him on the jury will be Marjane Satrapi, Caroline Strubbe, Boyd van Hoeij and Franco Lolli. Besides announcing the jury, Film Fest Gent also unveils the festival’s official poster featuring British style icon Twiggy in honour of this year’s British focus.  With regard to the choice of Alan Parker to chair the jury, Artistic Dire...
 

Niels Lind Larsen returns to CPH PIX as Head of Programme

    This month film critic Niels Lind Larsen returns to Copenhagen's biggest film festival for feature films, CPH PIX, as Head of Programme. 'We are thrilled that Niels is coming back to us', says Festival Director Jacob Neiiendam, who worked with Larsen on the first edition of CPH PIX in 2009. 'Even though a...
 

Betsey Johnson 50th Anniversary Runway Show

 
By Maria Esteves – October 7, 2015 BETSEY JOHNSON Spring 2016 The Curios Case of Betsey Button celebrated 50 years in the fashion industry at the Arc on Friday, September 11, 2015. Johnson’s extraordinary and memorable themed runway show dedicated to Ann K. Pimm (Johnson’s childhood dance instructor) and dance venues such as Limelight, Palladium, Mud Club, Electric Circus, and Max’s Kansas City displayed five decades of vintage designs from present day to 1950s. Models...
 

Get Happy Production Team

 
Director : Manoj Annadurai Screenwriter : Tom Shipley Cinematographer : Eric Giovon Editor : Matt O’Brien Cast : Chris Riggi, Adam LaVorgna, Rebecca Blumhagen, Jordan Lane Price, Lauren Sweetser Music : Allison Tartalia Film production and Sales : Prod.: Sania Jhankar, Monomyth Enchantment Inc., 300 EAST 42ND STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10017 (États-Unis), tél.: (646) 246-2549, sania@ilaughicryfilms.com. Synopsis Charlie Kane is a perpetually miserable...
 

The team behind Get Happy

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY   Chezhian who was the protégé of P C Sriram, has handled the camera for the films Kalloori, Rettai Suzhi, Thenmerku Paruvakaatru and now Bala’s Paradesi. Cameraman Chezhiyan deserves accolades for bringing the serene villages and paddy fields from Kerala-Tamil Nadu border on screen. His camera intensely follows the life of the youngsters, recording the subtle and touching moments in their lives. You can watch his work at...
 

Video Interview with Manoj Annadurai and Sania Jhankar for Get Happy showing in Montreal World Fest

 
  Manoj Annadurai and Sania Jhankar Director - Producer ...
 

The Annapolis Film Festival names new Board Members and Officers

 
The Annapolis Film Festival (AFF), which returns for a fourth year March 31 – April 3, 2016, has announced four new Board members and a new slate of Board officers for 2015-2016. The officers are: Lucy Spiegel, President; Lynn McReynolds, Vice-President; Emil Gallina, Treasurer; and Mandisa Henry, Secretary.   The four new members of the Annapolis Film Festival’s Board of Directors are Chip DiPaula, Ellen Weber Libby, Cheryl Miller and Susan Walker.   Chip DiPaula is co...
 

 

Filmfestivals.com Bruno Chatelin to speak at inaugural Fest Forward Festivals Conference in Santa Barbara on Future of Festivals

 
The Future of Festivals   The last frontier of the “tribal gathering” according to Seth Godin is the festival. With expansion in every festival vertical under the sun, the death of the festival is greatly exaggerated. Let’s hear from our team of experts in food, wine, music & film about where we are heading in the industry The panel will be hosted by Laurie Kirby, AboutFest / FestForward co founder. Speakers     ...
 
 
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