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Julien Dubuque International Film Festival (April 24 – 28, 2024) is now accepting submissions

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  The festival will run April 24 – 28, 2024 We are now accepting submissions for the 2024 Julien Dubuque Film Festival and awarding over $35,000! You can submit your film via filmfreeway, or contact us for more information. Regular Deadline: January 8, 2024 January 22, 2024 Late Deadline February 1, 2024 Extended Deadline Watch the 2023 AWARDS CEREMONY Highlights Video by...
 

 

The 12th Greenpoint Film Festival indoors screenings in Brooklyn

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The Hamlet Syndrome, Joyland “Echoes of Ukraine” themed Opening Night features  Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Roslowski’s The Hamlet Syndrome    Saim Sadiq’s Cannes Film Festival award-winner Joyland is the Closing Night presentation           Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Film Festival announced the film lineup for its 12th edition, which will return to indoors screenings for the first time i...
 

 

The SCAD Savannah Film Festival will return Oct. 21 - 28, 2023, for its 26th edition

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The SCAD Savannah Film Festival will return Saturday, Oct. 21 through Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, for its 26th year of celebrating acclaimed films and prominent honorees.   Presented by the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), the SCAD Savannah Film Festival is filled with cinematic creativity from award-winning professionals and emerging student filmmakers. Each year, more than 63,000 people attend the eight-day festival. The annual festival kicks off with a gala opening night scree...
 

 

Submit to 15th New Media Film Festival

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  New: August Spotlight Are you in Vancouver BC? Creator Media Submit for our 15th  New Media Film Festival®           NewMediaFilmFestival.com        ...
 

 

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Calling

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New Deadline for Pitch Submissions CALL FOR FEATURE DOCUMENTARY WORKS-IN-PROGRESS New Deadline for Big Sky Pitch Submissions   The Big Sky Pitch is an exceptional opportunity for filmmaking teams to "pitch" their documentary feature work-in-progress to a panel of the top commissioning editors and funders for documentary film. The headline event of the DocShop filmmaker's forum, the Big Sky Pitch provides pathways for collaboration, funding, and production ...
 

 

Beyond Borders born to 8th edition, by Michel Noll

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The Four Pillars of Beyond Borders Within festival circles, it is admitted that a festival is only really born when it passes its 7th edition. If this wisdom is correct, we are now a proper young boutique festival. For this 8th edition of Beyond Borders, it therefore seems appropriate, not only to articulate but also to make transparent, our international development strategy for the years leading up to our 15th edition. This would be again a yard stick, and will turn the festival in...
 

 

Partner festivals calling this summer with early bird deadlines

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TIFF 2023 announces 60 films in first wave of Galas and Special Presentations

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Including Craig Gillespie’s Dumb Money, Anna Kendrick’s Woman of the Hour, Viggo Mortensen’s The Dead Don’t Hurt, Ning Hao’s The Movie Emperor, Maggie Betts’ The Burial, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, Ellen Kuras' Lee, Um Tae-Hwa’s Concrete Utopia, Thea Sharrock’s Wicked Little Letters, Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction, Richard Linklater’s Hit Man, Lukas Moodysson'...
 

 

What you need to know about the 2024 Sundance Film Festival by Sundance Eugene

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Hello from New York! I’ve just returned from Utah, our home state, where we celebrated some of the films from last year’s Festival with free screenings for our local community. Sharing these films with audiences has left me even more energized for next year’s Festival, which will take place January 18–28, 2024.  This is a busy time at Sundance, as we’re laying the foundation for the 2024 Festival — our 40th edition (and my fir...
 

 

First Supporter Short goes live this Friday

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  Don’t wait! This week, our first short film of the Supporter Shorts Series presented by Shutterstock goes live exclusively for our members and Sundance Institute supporters. We’ll be rolling out 12 shorts in total, specially selected for our supporter community by Sundance Film Festival Senior Programmer of Short Films Mike Plante. Become a member now to get the first short film delivered straight to your inbox starting this week! Indie Storyteller Th...
 

 

 

Sundance Film Festival 2024 Press Inclusion Initiative Application Now Open

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  The 2024 Sundance Film Festival Press Inclusion Initiative (PII) application for the 2024 Festival (January 18-28, 2024) opens today, August 2.   The Press Inclusion Initiative, our effort to cultivate a more representative press corps at the Sundance Film Festival, returns this year by providing multi-faceted support to a small cohort of journalists from underrepresented communities: specifically, critics and writers who identify as BIPOC, women, LGBTQ+, and/or people wit...
 

 

Call For Entries- The Impact DOCS Awards - January 2024 Season- Deadline December 31, 2023

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Impact DOCS Awards January 2024 Serving documentary filmmakers and spreading their messages around the globe. Our Mission is to Promote Filmmakers! Film - Television - New Media ***Call for Entries*** Deadline: December 31, 2023 Attention DOCUMENTARY Filmmakers! You’ve stood up because you’re ready to change the world. Now stand up and be recognized for it! Documentary filmmakers are a special breed. You like it straight. You thrive on impact. You’re not afraid to get...
 

 

Filmfestivals.com will cover next Ventana Sur with online dailies November 27 to December 1st

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Ventana Sur is the most important market for audiovisual content in Latin America, and it is a must in the schedule of distributors and buyers from the international industry. Organized by the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA) and the Marché du Film – Cannes Film Festival, Ventana Sur brings together all the different players from the...
 

 

Second edition of Punto Género calling for next VENTANA SUR

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DAC Género and ACCIÓN Mujeres del Cine in joint collaboration with Ventana Sur, open the call for the second edition of Punto Género, a space for Latin American fiction and non-fiction feature film projects in development, directed by women and non-binary. They should be looking for co-producers, sales agents and/or distributors. Open Call: July 31st. Close: August 25th. Terms and Conditions  Regarding the Call for Applications and Selection Th...
 

 

Ventana Sur FANTASMATICA: calling for Animated Short Film Projects of the Fantastic Genre

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  Welcome to FANTASMATICA! The new call for animated short films projects of the fantastic genre in Ventana Sur. This initiative aims to highlight talented filmmakers who fuse the creativity and magic of animation with the intensity of the fantasy and horror genre.   Bridging two worlds FANTASMATICA is an initiative promoted by the Animation! and Blood Window sections of the Ventana Sur Audiovisual Market. With this call, we want to encourage the collaboration and ex...
 

 

SAFILM goes LIVE today: Tuesday, August 1st for their 29th annual celebration.

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SAFILM - SAN ANTONIO FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES OPENING NIGHT TUESDAY, AUGUST 1ST KICKING OF 6-DAY FEST AT THREE CITY LOCATIONS Plus FREE opening night party & concert by Here's to Now Band   ...
 

 

Announcement of the first event of the 14th Odesa International Film Festival Film Industry Office

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On August 22, as part of the industry section of the 14th Odesa International Film Festival, a presentation of the opportunities of the European Union programme "Creative Europe" will take place. Event programme: 11:15 - 11:30 - Welcome speech by the festival's general director, Anna Machukh, presentation by the EU programme "Creative Europe" office in Ukraine, introduction to the initiative's content, and presentation of partners. Event introduction an...
 

 

Call for Entries - Hollywood Just4Shorts Competition

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Hollywood Just4Shorts is now accepting submissions of short films and short scripts to increase industry exposure and awards that qualify for IMDb award listings. (During the strike, all winning projects will be held until after the strike to prevent contributing material to struck companies at present time.) Submissions of independently produced short films and unproduced short scripts are now being accepted for the current round. Submit now at: https://filmfreeway.com/Just4ShortsFilmScree...
 
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Keep on rocking the Summer and head back to the most happening place on Earth: Universal Studios Hollywood.

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  ROCK THE SUMMER AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS: HOLLYWOOD!!!!!   There might be a strike giving you the appearance that Hollywood has shut down. But this is not the case at the full of life, full of fun Universal Studios Hollywood! To celebrate the summer and get ready for the fall, my sons and I headed back for the magic of Universal Studios Hollywood.   Of course, the usual iconic rides, such as Jurassic World and Transformers were the first stop of our boys. Nearby the lower lot...
 

 

A Long Night of Dreaming in Locarno about The Future of Intelligence

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    Locarno Film Festival:  Wednesday, August 9th, 20:44 CEST – Thursday, August 10th, 6:17 CEST (from sunset to sunrise)  BaseCamp PopUp, Istituto Sant’Eugenio. On Wednesday, August 9th, "A Long Night of Dreaming about The Future of Intelligence" takes place at the Locarno Film Festival. From sunset to sunrise, Festival guests and visitors are invited to learn and dream together about possible futures of intelligence. Guided by researcher...
 

 

TIFF unveils cinematic first looks with Discovery and Midnight Madness programmes

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World Premieres for Discovery include After the fire, Gonzo Girl, The Queen of My Dreams, and Widow Clicquot World Premieres for Midnight Madness include Dicks: The Musical, Hell of a Summer, Boy Kills World, and KILL   Dicks: The Musical (2023). Courtesy of TIFF   Download the full release   TORONTO — The Toront...
 

 

Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron to open TIFF 48th edition of the Festival

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Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron soars into Toronto to open the 48th edition of the Festival Japanese auteur’s latest film makes its International Premiere at TIFF Photo credit: © 2023 Studio Ghibli   TIFF is thrilled to announce that Studio Ghibli’s long-awaited fantastical epic feature film, The Boy and the Heron, from Academy Award–winning visionary director Hayao Miyazaki, will be the Opening Night Gala Presentation for the 48th Toronto I...
 

 

Dream Girl 2, Trailer launch: Meet Ayushwomann, the body behind the voice

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Dream Girl 2, Trailer launch: Meet Ayushwomann, the body behind the voice Meeting Dream Girl 2 was not easy. In fact, it was 3 times as difficult as one would have imagined. First hurdle was the location hunt, as the invitation just said Meta Office, BKC. BKC is a huge settlement, and it took us (me and my friend Prasad Sovani, who had come down from Pune) a while to locate the venue, though we still managed to arrive on time. Secondly, we had to wait about 45 minutes to get identity badges a...
 

 

Made in Heaven, Season 2: "Marriages are made in heaven, so are thunder and lightning"

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Made in Heaven, Season 2: "Marriages are made in heaven, so are thunder and lightning" Although the quote comes from Clint Eastwood, you can say it again, for this is Season 2. And unlike most marriages in real life, on OTT you get a second chance, to revisit heaven. After a successful Season 1 (2019), the team from Excel Media and Entertainment, and Tiger Baby Films, is back, with Season 2. Many characters are retained, and a few are added, to make these marriages work, I presume, ...
 

 

Dublin Film Fest presents the Short Film Festival Strategy webinar

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  Want to get your short film on the festival circuit but not sure where to start? Come along to our DIFF Circle online discussion ‘Short Film Festival Strategy’, where we’ll be asking our panellists their best advice on how to get the most out of your short film at festival season.     Hosted by festival director, Gráinne Humphreys, we welcome industry experts Kathleen McInnes and Wouter Jansen alongside the DIFF 2023 Discovery Winners; Laura O&rs...
 

 

San Diego International Jewish Film Festival Kicks off with 'The Way to Happyness'

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THE WAY TO HAPPINESS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2023 | 7:00 PM   It’s 1987, Brussels. Welcome to the New Manhattan deli, adorned with technicolor movie memorabilia, where patrons eat New York style pastrami and play movie trivia with the delightful MC and owner, Saul Birnbaum. Saul and an exiled Chilean filmmaker are working on a screenplay they hope will reach the big screen. When Saul falls for a lovely projectionist at the local cinematheque, romanc...
 

 

Exhibitors from all over Europe will meet at Seminci to work on the future of European movie theaters

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  The Europa Cinemas network, which brings together some 1,200 cinemas from 43 countries, will organize the Audience Innovation and Development Laboratory from October 25 to 28   Europa Cinemas, the network of theaters specializing in European and auteur cinema, which brings together some 1,221 cinemas in 38 countries, will bring together exhibitors from all over Europe for an innovation and audience development laboratory during the 68th Valladolid International Film Festival, wh...

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“Everything” Sweeps Holly Weird 2023 Awards

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The results are in. This year was a groundbreaking year for alternative cinema in the entertainment capital of the world. “Everything to Entertain You: The Story of Video Headquarters”, a feature documentary film directed by Brantley Palmer, swept honors at this year’s festival, capturing Best Film, Director and Documentary. The film, a story about a nostalgic look at a video store that closed in 2015, made a major statement at this year’s festival. It was the film&rsq...
 

 

AWARDS at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2023

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GERMAN CINEMA NEW TALENT AWARD AT 40th FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2023 On Friday, talented German newcomers were honored with the coveted German Cinema New Talent Award. The jury — consisting of actress Friedrich Mücke, director and actress Sheri Hagen, and director Sophie Linnenbaum — honored Sylvie Michel as best director for her film “More Than Strangers”. Uschi Feldges grabbed the award in the category of best producer for her drama “Empty Nets”. Merle Gr...
 

 

Maui Film Festival audience award winners

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2023 MAUI FILM FESTIVAL  STARDUST CINEMA  AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS!   2023 MAUI FILM FESTIVAL  SPEED-OF-LIGHT VIRTUAL CINEMA  AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED SOON       DON’T FORGET ONLY 9 DAYS LEFT  TO WATCH 15 IMPORTANT FEATURE FILMS AND 50 BEAUTIFULLY CURATED SHORT FILMS Visit: https://www.mauifilmfestival.com     ...
 

 

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Jury of the 8th Beyond Borders Doc Fest

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Jury of Official Competition Section   Peter Arens – Head of History and Science, ZDF German Television (President of the Jury) He was born in 1961 in Gerolstein , Germany. He studied German Language and Literature, French Language and Literature and Political Science in Mainz (Germany) and Toulouse (France). He entered ZDF German Television as writer, editor and producer of several documentaries. Since 1997, he is responsible for high end documentaries ser...
 

 

Maja Hoffmann named as new president of the Locarno Film Festival

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The Board of Directors of the Locarno Film Festival has unanimously approved the name put forward by the appointment committee tasked with finding a successor to Marco Solari. Maja Hoffmann, founder of the LUMA Foundation, is the proposed candidate who will stand for approval at the next Extraordinary General Meeting. Photo: © Annie Leibovitz   The Board of Directors of the Locarno Film Festival met to discuss the succession proposal of Marco Solari as president of the Festiv...
 

 

Deauville Festival Jury for the 2023 Edition

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The Jury Guil­laume Canet — Pres­i­dent (Actor, Direc­tor, Screen­writer & Producer) Anne Berest (Nov­el­ist, Screen­writer & Actress) Stéphane Bak (Actor) Lau­re de Cler­mont-Ton­nerre (Direc­tor & Screenwriter) Alexan­dre Aja (Direc­tor, Screen­writer & Producer) Mari­na Hands of the Comédie-Française (Actress) Rebec&sh...
 

 

Interview with Award-Winning South African Filmmaker Dian Weys at 29th Palm Springs Shortfest

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  Dian Weys is a South African filmmaker. He is the writer/director of three short films which have screened at over seventy film festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand, Tampere, ZINEBI Bilbao, Palm Springs ShortFest and the Carthage Film Festival, where he won the Silver Tanit for Best Short Film. Apart from working on his next short film, he is currently a joint-PhD student in film studies at the University of Groningen and Stellenbosch University. His short film “Bergie” sc...
 

 

Interview with Producer Dan Reardon at 76th Cannes Film Festival

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  Dan Reardon was raised with a camera documenting the incredible landscape and peoples of South Africa, Thailand and the Philippines. He attended the Syracuse University Visual Performing Art School majoring in Film and Acting. Dan currently lives in New York City and focus’s his time identifying genre agnostic stories to produce into films with three simple requirements - the stories must be very entertaining, the budgets have to make sense, and your potential partners should ...
 

 

Interview with Actor Darren Darnborough at 76th Annual Cannes Film Festival

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   DD. Photo by Laurent KOFFEL/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Darren Darnborough is a British actor, host & director based in Los Angeles. His TV work includes the hit shows “True Blood”, “2 Broke Girls” and “Roots” and film work includes “Abruptio”, “20Ft Below” and “Stefano Formaggio”. He was trained in London, UK where he worked as an actor on stage and television, before relocating to Hollywood.   ...
 

 

Interview with Lebanese French Producer Financier Carlos Bedran for ENTRE NOUS (2023) at the 76th Cannes Film Festival

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French Lebanese producer and financier began his professional career with a degree in engineering from Ecole Centrale de Paris in 1982 and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at MIT (Boston, USA) in 1983. After years working as a venture capitalist and founding multiple startup finance and investment consulting companies, Carlos moved into the arena of entertainment and film. Carlos acted as shareholder and Chairman of the board of Artemis Productions in Belgium since December ...
 

 

Interview with Award-Winning Composer & Concert Pianist Georges Tomb at the 76th Cannes Film Festival

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Georges Tomb is an award-winning composer and concert pianist of international fame. He studied composition & orchestration with Conrad Pope and Christopher Young in Vienna. His compositions were performed on many prestigious stages in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. Tomb is the commissioned composer of the Italian ballet "Pinocchio", to be launched in 2023-2024, with Balletto del Sud and Choreographer Freddy Franzutti. He was introduced in Italy as " the You...
 

 

Interview with Director Writer Producer (& Rocket Scientist!) Sharon Axcell at 76th Cannes Film Festival

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   With an MA Screenwriting (Film and TV), Sharon Axcell's short films received attention at the London Independent Film Festival; she was awarded Quarterfinalist in the ScreenCraft Fellowship and also Emerging Screenwriters (both Sci-Fi genre); and she was secured previously as director with other producers for three feature films – she is now taking closer control of projects alongside Dean M. Drinkel as co-producer at DrAx Productions. Also with an MBA gained in 2009...
 

 

Interview with Producer Dan Reardon at 76th Cannes Film Festival

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  Dan Reardon was raised with a camera documenting the incredible landscape and peoples of South Africa, Thailand and the Philippines. He attended the Syracuse University Visual Performing Art School majoring in Film and Acting. Dan currently lives in New York City and focus’s his time identifying genre agnostic stories to produce into films with three simple requirements - the stories must be very entertaining, the budgets have to make sense, and your potential partners should ...
 

 

TIFF announces legendary directors Pedro Almodóvar and Spike Lee as first 2023 TIFF Tribute Awards recipients

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Fifth annual TIFF Tribute Awards fundraising gala to take place on Sunday, September 10    Photo Credit:  Iglesias Mas/El Deseo D.A. S.L.U.                                                                  Photo Credit: Spike Lee       Cameron ...
 

 

TIFF unveils Platform programme and jury for 2023

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Dream Scenario (2023). Photo credit: Courtesy of TIFF.   TIFF unveiled the 10 World Premiere features that comprise the Platform programme for 2023, along with the 2023 Platform jury members: Academy Award–winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins, joined by Cannes Jury Prize–winning director, writer, and actor Nadine Labaki, and 2022 Platform Prize–winning filmmaker Anthony Shim. Since its introduction in 2015, Platform has celebrated and showcased films with unique directoria...

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Maya by Julia Verdin
USA 2023 1hour 44 minutes written and directed by Jukia Verdin

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Teenage Maya is raised in a household stricken by her father’s abandonment.
Maya makes the wrong encounter on social media: Ray encourages Maya to run away from home...and ends up being set up for appointments with Ray’s “clients” until Police finds her. Can Maya's mother help her  get back on her feet, or will Maya be forever lost to the dark world she has fallen prey to?

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Gender Transformation The Untold Realities 
Canada 2023 1hour 23 minutes written and directed by Tobias Elvhage and Liza Morberg

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Through the real-life experience of several transgender youth and expert interviews, this docudrama provides an uncensored look into the forces behind this movement and reveals untold stories you have never heard.

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Unseen Crisis Documentary by Cindy Drukier
Canada 2023

Some who took vaccine with the noblest of intentions experienced unexpected debilitating aftereffects. Instead of compassion, they were met with skepticism; instead of being helped they were shunned; instead of being heard, they were silenced. Join us as we bring their stories out of the shadows so they can be heard and seen and no longer alone.

And yet nobody's coming to the rescue of truth?

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Sibel's Silence by Aly Yeganeh

France 93 minutes

August 2014. ISIS invades the city of Sinjar, home to a religious minority called the Yazidis, in the north west of Irak.

Sibel, a 13-year-old girl, witnesses the slaughter of her entire family. 
Alongside thousands of other women and young girls from her community, she is then kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery.

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5 minutes 40 - USA July 2022

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An overly confident cop’s first day on the job gets interesting as he navigates unfamiliar territories and people.

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Demanded Supply written and directed by Sean Famoso

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A brother-sister assassin duo become part of a scheme much bigger than them, when a culture vulture-ing client calls an audible.  

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Rear View Cataclysm by Eric Frodsham

2023 USA 96 minutes

Rear View Cataclysm is the story of two brothers and an ex-girlfriend who try to recapture the love and passion and of their past. Edison is trapped in a toxic marriage and invites down-on-his-luck brother, Blake (Jason Liebrecht), to a popular local music festival. Broke and depressed, Blake agrees, not realizing that Edison has also invited Mazie (Caroline Ducey), his ex-girlfriend.  No one can predict the course of desire, reconciliation and regret that unfolds. Set against the barren landscapes of rural Texas and featuring the hypnotic sounds of Grouper and Govinda along with Punk Rock Bands Zounds and The Jesus LizardRear View Cataclysm is a feast for the heart and senses.

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Gotham: The Fall and Rise of New York - Feature Documentary by Matthew Taylor

December 2022, USA 2 hours 4 minutes

Gotham tells the true story of what happened in New York City during the twenty years from 1993 to 2013. How did a city with over 2200 murders, 93,000 violent robberies and 147,000 car thefts in 1990 become the capitol of the world a mere handful of years later? This feature documentary explores what happened during these decades, told by the people who did the hard work, some at great personal and professional cost.

From Fear City to the City of Dreams. Hear about the greatest American turnaround story from the people who made it happen.

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ABSOLUTION by Lauren Spohn

Short film by Lauren Spohn (UK: 6 minutes 24 seconds 2022)

Labelled BEST FOR FESTS by curator Bruno Chatelin former head of Fox and Sony in France, filmfestivals.com founder and editor

"I am in a dark forest and something is chasing after me,  some sort of creature that reeks fire or something: one part of me wants to run but I cannot move my legs? I am totally paralysed..." 

"One last thing"he said : "it's not your fault !"

A man sees his psychiatrist for help with a difficult hidden family secret. The conversation takes a sinister turn as the psychiatrist pushes deeper into the man’s past. All is not what it seems: 

Can he take the tension, will you?

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L'UNESCO décerne au Libanais Kassem Istanbouli le prix Sharjah 2023

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    L'acteur et réalisateur Kassem Istanbouli a reçu de l'UNESCO le prix Sharjah 2023 pour la culture et les arts arabes, reconnaissant sa contribution importante à la culture arabe.     Le comité international d'experts dans les domaines de la culture et des arts a choisi le travail de Kassem Istanbouli, fondateur du Théâtre National Libanais, parmi de nombreuses nominations pour sa contribution à ...
 

 

Lancement du Prix du court métrage politique de l’Assemblée nationale 2024

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                Après le succès du Week-end du film politique de l’Assemblée nationale, qui a eu lieu au printemps 2023 à l’initiative de la Présidente Yaël Braun-Pivet, l’Assemblée nationale organisera une seconde édition du Week-end du film politique fin avril 2024.   A cette occasion, la Présidente Yaël Braun-Pivet lance un Prix du court métrage politiqu...
 

 

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Natalie Portman recevra le Deauville Talent Award

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