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The excitement of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival happens both on-screen and off, with a robust slate of panels and music performances, many of which are free and live streamed so independent film and music fans can tune in from anywhere. John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, “The conversations that start at the Festival and spread well beyond the mountain can now do so in realtime. Thanks to our live streams, fans of independent film and the latest in sto...
Cate Blanchett in MANIFESTO represented by The Match Factory European Film Promotion dedicates Film Sales Support (FSS) to the promotion and marketing of six European films at this year's Sundance Film Festival (January 19 – 29, 2017). The flagship festival for the discovery of new independent cinema from around the world puts a special spotlight onto European films, making it one of the important gateways to the North American market. E...
(Acquisition Title/WME and Forager Films) Starring Emily Browning, Adam Horovitz, Mary-Louise Parker, Lily Rabe, Jason Schwartzman, Chloë Sevigny and Analeigh Tipton Synopsis: Nick has settled into a safe existence in a small pocket of Brooklyn, where he currently toils on an archival project for his father-in-law. Soon, 20-something Naomi arrives from Australia to assist Nick for the semester. She has no acquaintances in the city beyond a loose family connectio...
A Film by: Alicia Scherson & Cristián Jiménez Starring Jorge Becker, Gabriela Arancibia, Cristián Carvajal, and Blanca Lewin When a married couple decides to move to France with their young daughter for a few months, they ask a distant cousin, Martín, to housesit and take care of their cat. At 40 years old, Martín has no kids, no wife, and no job. Despite Martín’s brooding and st...
A selection of 15 films, a docu-series and a VR work highlights the creativity and diversity of some of Canada’s brightest voices. Une sélection de 15 films, une série documentaire et une œuvre de réalité virtuelle qui rend compte de la créativité et la diversité de nos talents canadiens. ...
Eight films will compete for the two awards during the upcoming festival. The following films have been selected for the Hivos Tiger Competition: Arábia, Brazil, 2017, Affonso Uchoa, João Dumans The Burglar, Israel, 2017, Hagar Ben Asher Columbus, USA, 2017, kogonada Demonios tus ojos, Spain, 2017, Pedro Aguilera Light Thereafter, Bulgaria/Belgium, 2017, Konstantin Bojanov Quality Time, Netherlands/Norway, 2017, D...
Altered Spirits Scifi, action
Four young people are pulled into an alternate dimension through a portal in a sweat lodge. On the other side four murderous spirits of centuries-old gold hunters await to steal the young peoples’ bodies and return to the living world. Watch the trailer for "Altered Spirits"
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Horror/thriller "All I Need" (a.k.a. "Wake in Fear") has been released in UK and the US release will follow in February, as the deal with Gravitas Ventures and Girls and Corpses has been successfully closed. Several territories are still available. All I Need (2016) Horror, thriller
A young woman, Chloe, wakes bound and gagged in a dirty motel room. Disoriented, it only takes a moment to realize the horrifying situation she finds herself in. The room is filled with other young women, not unlike her: beautiful, undressed, and bound. However, she’s the only one that wakes up – and the only one that can hide when the Killer who’s set it all in motion comes to make his withdrawal from the room....
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Avant Première is the coproduction market for film production, distribution, broadcasting, the creative industries and the international TV industry in the cultural sector. www.avantpremiere.at VIRTUAL REALITY FOCUS in c...
The 31st Teddy Award is presented within the framework of the Berlin International Film Festival (9 Feb. – 19 Feb. 2017) on February 17th, 2017 in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele. The TEDDY AWARD honours films and filmmakers who contribute tolerance, acceptance and equality to society through queer topics and cinematographic commitment. Films will be awarded in following three categories: best short, best documentary and best feature film. For 31 years the TEDDY ...
The French production Belinda by Marie Dumora is slated to open Panorama Dokumente with a contribution to the previously announced thematic focus “Europa Europa” (see press release from December 20, 2016). The Yenish people have occupied a difficult position in the national fabric of Europe since time immemorial: like the Sinti and Roma, they typically have trouble aligning themselves as they are legally and socially excluded by majority populations. The...
Martin Gropius Bau 151 NERDLAND 2016 - Comedy Director: Chris Prynoski Cast: Paul Rudd, Patton Oswalt, Hannibal Buress, 'Aspiring actor John (Paul Rudd) and would-be screenwriter Elliot (Patton Oswalt) are two LA dudes approaching their 30th birthdays without yet becoming the megawatt superstars they know they were meant to be. In a town...
“Passion Food” is the motto of the eleventh Culinary Cinema, which will be held from February 12 to 17, 2017. This year eleven recent full-length films focusing on the relationship between food, culture and politics will be presented. “Undoubtedly, passion – and its mastery – is a driving force behind the work of cooks and filmmakers, and simultaneously one of its themes,” Festival Director Dieter Kosslick says in explaining the motto....
NATIVe – A Journey into Indigenous Cinema will focus in 2017 on Indigenous cinema from the Arctic. The film programme for the special series, which is comprised of nine short and ten feature-length films, will also be complemented by a number of events featuring discussion and other spoken word formats. NATIVe 2017 will open with a film from the cultural sphere of the Sámi, Europe’s only Indigenous people: 2016’s Kuun metsän Kaisa (Kaisa’s Enchanted F...
84 min, Finland, B&W + color, 2016, Sámi + French spoken, English subtitles Screenings: Fri, Feb 10, 21.00 at IMAX, NATIVe opening ceremony, screening, Q+A Sat, Feb 11, time TBC, CUBIX at Alexanderplatz. Variety: "[...] like a Guy Maddin movie as an anthropological dig" The Hollywood Reporter: "A fascinating historical chapter, inventively told.” Following a sold-out world premiere at Hot Docs and rave reviews in the trades, KAISA&#...
Forty years ago, the Berlinale launched the festival programme for the young cineastes. From the beginning the concept was embraced and celebrated by its target audiences and consequently expanded through the establishment of a further competition programme catering to adolescents. Since 2007, the Generation section has united the Kplus and 14plus competitions together under one roof and provided an opportunity not only for young people to participate in the greater conversation on cinema and cu...
At the 14th edition of the Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 12 to 15, 2017) a selection of 36 promising feature-film projects from 29 countries will come together with a wide range of potential co-production and funding partners from around the world. In addition, the market will be presenting several respected production companies in the scope of their exclusive “Company Matching Programme”. To aid the producers of the selected projects and companies, the Berlinale ...
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FINAL LINE -UP OF THE 37Th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - FANTASPORTO 2017 Opening Film: The Age of Shadows- Jee-woon Kim- 140’- Coreia do Sul Closing Film: Through the Shadow - Walter Lima Jr (Brasil), 1h 43' 44''- Bras Official Sections FANTASY FILMS IN COMPETITION FEATURES Neil Stryker and the Tyrant of Time- Rob Taylor- 93’ – EUA – International Opening O...
Watch the mash up video with excerpts from films from the selection. Coming next February, the 37th edition of the renowned film festival, considered in the Top 10 of the independent film festivals of the world, is coming, once again, to celebrate the most recent film production. With two main competitions, Director’s Week (for all kinds of films) and Fantasy (for fantasy genre shorts and features) , the festival has received offers from 60 countries, of which only 35 w...
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> AWARDS WATCH
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Octavia Spencer stars as Dorothy Vaughan in HIDDEN FIGURES. Photo Credit: Hopper Stone. Who knew NASA and IBM would be the corporate darlings of this year’s Oscar race? Or, translated into Award Season trivia for 2017, who knew HIDDEN FIGURES from 20th Century Fox, about three NASA human “Computers,” would run up unexpected numbers at the box office and put stars Kevin Costner, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Mon...
SAG Awards® will be simulcast on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017 The Actor® statuettes — which this year’s 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® honorees will receive for outstanding performances in 2016 — have been cast in solid bronze at the American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank, California. SAG Award® nominated actor Mykelti Williamson (Fences, Forrest Gump) was there to watch the dramatic process in person, as were SAG Awards Committee ...
Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton to Present Lily Tomlin with the 53rd SAG Life Achievement Award at the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®; The trio will reunite Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017 on TNT and TBS’s live SAG Awards® telecast Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton will present the SAG Life Achievement Award to actor, comedian, writer, producer and all-round entertainment maverick Lily Tomlin during the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, Executive Producer Kathy...
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent During Award Season when Hollywood has the limelight, and this includes every major guild and member-based award show up until the 89th Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, there is a shopworn practice of splitting the Nominations announcements in the news, setting up anticipation for several different dates for the same organization. For example, today Jan. 11, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) announced its TV, Commercial and Documentary Nominees, wi...
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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
"I thank the New Media film festival for what they've done for young filmmakers." – Legendary Director Roger Corman
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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.
February 28, 2017 Regular 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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February 10, 2017
Extended Deadline
For 6 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 6th year anniversary!
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Regular Deadline February 24, 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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The 50th 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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Gemas, the competitive section of FICCI 57, will screen a selection of the best of world cinema from the past year. The following are some of the films that will shine in Cartagena Latin America's longest running film festival is preparing to celebrate its 57th edition and will now unveil the selection of films to participate in the Gemas Competition. These films will dazzle the audience with their exceptional artistic merit and the clarity with which they examine history, tradition...
Lost in London Live(Fathom Events)Release: 01/19/2017Expires: 04/20/2017 11:59 PM Academy Award® nominated actor Woody Harrelson will direct and star in an unprecedented live feature film event, “Lost in London LIVE,” on January 19, 2017. Harrelson, who wrote the feature film “Lost in London,” will also co-star with Owen Wilson and Willie Nelson. Ken Kao of Waypoint Entertainment will produce alongside Harrelson. This first-of-its-kind film event wil...
Based on Capcom’s hugely popular video game series comes the final installment in the most successful video game film franchise ever, which has grossed over $1 billion worldwide to date. Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began – The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporatio...
The Frontières International Co-Production Market will debut next year with its new Frontières Finance & Packaging Forum, initiated by the Fantasia International Film Festival and the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes. The genre-focused Forum is an invitational event for projects at the packaging stage to work with a select group of industry experts in finance, marketing & distribution, from February 16-18 in Amsterdam. 12 genre projects from across Eu...
Kárhozat (Damnation) (1987), Béla Tarr, courtesy Béla Tarr From 21 January to 7 May, 2017, EYE is presenting the exhibition Béla Tarr – Till the End of the World. Béla Tarr is widely regarded as one of the most influential film authors of the past thirty years. He is a master of the magnificent...
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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 (30 June - 8 July 2017) unveils the visual concept for its 17th edition, which is all about genre cinema. The multidisciplinary NIFFF EXTENDED programme, always in sync with an industry that endeavours to abolish the barriers between the arts, will work as a space for reflection and networking dedicated to what is at stake with the fantastic culture in domains like digital creation, audio-visual storytelling and contemporary literat...
Mirror Mountain Film Festival
One of our 2016 award winners giving his acceptance speech!
Q&A's with visiting filmmakers are a regular staple of Mirror Mountain screenings!
Every year at Mirror Mountain we put on an epic live show that combines music and film. In 2016 we presented City Fragments, a spectacular live performance by indie rock group Scary Bear Soundtrack with visuals by media artist Timothy I. Smith. Watch it on our Vimeo channel: vimeo.com/195902070
As part of our 2016 festival, we hosted the panel discussion Crowd Pleaser: A Filmmaker's Guide to Fundraising. Watch it on Vimeo here: vimeo.com/196527665
Panel discussion about the future of the Scottish film industry to include speakers from BBC Films, BFI, Film4 and Creative Scotland. In Conversation event with independent film producer Christine Vachon (Carol, Boys Don't Cry) Glasgow Film Festival is pleased to announce the return of its specialist Industry Focus strand, following its successful debut in 2016. Taking place during the Glasgow Film Festival, from Tuesday 21 to Friday 24 February, the fou...
When and Where? The event will take place between the 20th and 25th of June 2017 in Espinho, a tourism orientated city and one of the summer hotspots of Portugal, 15 minutes south of Porto along the sea coastline. All activities will be held in Centro Multimeios de Espinho, a modern infrastructure with high quality projection, a planetarium with an IMAX screen and free wireless Internet. Why go? FEST Training Ground is an excellent and unique opportunity on many levels. First, the a...
The Montclair Film Festival (MFF) today announced that it has received funding to support urgently needed capacity building projects for the organization’s expansion into its new, year-round home at the Investors Bank Film & Media Center. Additionally, the MFF has been awarded expanded funding from multiple foundations for its ongoing mission to provide the best in film and media arts education. The New Jersey Cultural Trust awarded funding in the amount of $40,000, to the MFF...
For the third year, La Semaine de la Critique renews Next Step to support its talented filmmakers transiting from short to feature films. The workshop, organised in collaboration with the TorinoFilmLab, is exclusively dedicated to the 10 directors whose short films have been selected at La Semaine de la Critique. These directors were first of all invited to Cannes in May to present their short films, then to Paris in December, to take part in the Next Step progra...
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As Cannes gears up for its 70th Festival, Pierre Lescure has just been unanimously re-elected President of the organising association. In December 2016, the Board of Directors of the Association Française du Festival International du Film, which brings together public authorities and film industry professionals, renewed its trust in Pierre Lescure and re-elected him President of the Festival – a post he has o...
Aamir, Nasir, Tahir, Tariq, Mansoor, Amjad: Movies, Masti, Modernity, Flashback 2 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...
The 57th Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival will pay tribute to the Asian director who won the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Festival, among many other awards. His work, usually based on non-linear narratives and a strong sense of dislocation, deals with the memory of his country and approaches political and social issues in a lyrical way. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the filmmaker of the impossible whose films are intimately connected to visual arts, will be in Cartagena betwee...
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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.
L'Académie des Lumières rendra un hommage spécial à la grande comédienne Marion Cotillard et à Thierry Frémaux, délégué général du Festival de Cannes, les deux invités d'honneur de la 22ème édition des Lumières de la presse internationale, qui aura lieu l...
Le Festival International du Film Fantastique de Neuchâtel (30 juin - 8 juillet 2017) dévoile le concept visuel de sa 17e édition qui met en lumière le cinéma de genre. En phase avec une production qui abolit toujours plus les frontières entre les canaux d’expression, le programme pluridisciplinaire NIFFF EXTENDED ouvrira des espaces de réflexion et de réseautage sur les enjeux de la culture fantastique dans des domaines tels que...
FESTIVAL HORS PISTES 12ème édition TRAVERSÉES 25 janvier - 12 février 2017 Du 25 janvier au 12 février 2017, le festival pluridisciplinaire Hors Pistes revient au Centre Pompidou pour sa 12e édition et po...
Le 16 février prochain paraîtra Journal 1970-1986 d'André Tarkovski (avec la collaboration de Charles H. de Brantes) aux éditions Philippe Rey. Cet ouvrage autobiographique nous invite à revivre les seize dernières années passionnantes de la vie du cinéaste russe. Quand Andreï Tarkovski commence, en avril 1970, à tenir le journal qui accompagnera les seize dernières années de sa vie, il a tout juste 38...
Le Bureau de Liaison des Organisations du Cinéma (BLOC) réunit 14 organisations représentant réalisateurs, scénaristes, artistes-interprètes, agents artistiques, techniciens, producteurs, distributeurs, éditeurs vidéo et exploitants indépendants, qui participent activement à la création cinématographique et à sa diffusion. Le BLOC s’attache à défendre et valoriser les notions cen...
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