On a recent wintry night, the 13th snow storm of the season froze the Film Society of Lincoln Center's plans to host Alfonso Cuarón in a conversation about his new film Gravity. The acclaimed Mexican director, whose lift-off to New York was aborted, was instead astral-projected by video Skype.
Cuarón is perhaps best known to American audiences for his screen adaptation of the children's book A Little Princess; his Mexican road comedy Y Tu Mamá También; ...
Filmfestivals.com publishes The Berlinale Dailies and blasts them to Berlinale attendees.
More will follow with many video interviews shot in Berlin.
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Loic Magneron, relaxed, after his formal Eye on Films formal presentation on screen at MBG Restaurant.
A NEW BUSINESS MODEL FOR THE PROMOTION, CIRCULATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FIRST FEATURE FILMS
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Gina Dellabarca Festival Director Show Me Shorts
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At the 64th Berlin International Film Festival (Germany, Berlinale, February 6-16, 2014) the FIPRESCI Prize has been presented to a film each in the international competition and in the Panorama and the Forum sections.
Prize, competition:
"Life of Riley" (Aimer, boire et chanter) by Alain Resnais (France, 2013).
Prize, Panorama:
"The Way He Looks" (Hoje eu quero voltar sozinho) by Daniel Ribeiro (Brazil, 2014).
Prize, Forum:
"Forma...
BAFTAs 2014: the winners in full
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Steve McQueen’s slavery drama 12 Years a Slave took best film and best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor at this year’s British Academy Film Awards. With a total of six prizes, Gravity was the night’s most-awarded film, sweeping up in four technical categories as well as the gongs for outstanding British film and best director for Alfons...
For the fourth year in a row, the City of The Hague embraces the Arab Women’s Film Festival, starting on Friday 7 March 2014 for the duration of three days. The film festival will take place at Filmhuis Den Haag and The American Book Center, and this year’s programme will include 14 films and the presence of 14 guests: filmmakers, journalists and critics from abroad.
The activities of the fourth edition under the theme of ‘change makers’ will begin on Friday 7 Ma...
Top African-American film star Danny Glover will attend the opening of the 3rd African Film Festival (18-24 March, 2014) to present his latest film “The Children’s Republic” that will open the festival. Also attending, among top African and international guests, Flora Gomes, the Guinea-Bissau director of the acclaimed film. Both Glover and Gomes will be given special tribute for their rich career at the opening night along with Egyptian star Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz.
Glover has conf...
Journalists and community members are invited to attend the 14th Annual ReelWorld Film Festival press conference on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at Famous Players Canada Square Cinemas. The full slate of dramas, documentaries, shorts, music videos and professional development activities will be announced.
Actress and Founder Tonya Williams along with ReelWorld programmers, filmmakers, and artists are expected to be in attendance. Many will be available for interviews directly following the sneak pe...
The 24th Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival, presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS, finished its ten days of screenings. The Festival showcased over 60 of the best contemporary Jewish themed films from around the world celebrating life, human rights, and freedom of expression. The mission of the Film Festival is to offer outstanding world cinema that promotes awareness, appreciation and pride in the dive...
Entries Open
Short Films | Animations | Documentaries | Music Videos
Short Films Forum-14 follows 100% online submission
Submit your under 30 min movie online via private Vimeo or YouTube link.
Regular Submission Deadline: 02 March 2014
Email: onlinefest@miniboxoffice.com
Visit: http://miniboxoffice.com/onlinefilmfestival/index.php
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4th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-2014
To mark the birth anniversary of 'Father of Indian Cinema'
Call for Entries:
Feature Films | Shorts Films | Animation | Documentary | Music Videos | Ad Films
Submission deadlines:
Regular deadline: 15 March 2014
Late deadline: 30 March 2014
Festival date: 30 April 2014
Visit: http://educationexpo.tv/dadasahebphalkefilmfestival
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Les membres du jury 2014 :
Lucie Brux, 26 ans, F-75013 Paris
Mathilde Saraux, 23 ans, F-29290 Saint-Renan (Brest)
Clément Konopnicki, 23 ans, F-34200 Sète
Manon Cavagna, 20 ans, D-61191 Rosbach vor der Höhe (Frankfurt)
Rebecca Raab, 25 ans, D-76316 Malsh (Karlsruhe)
Tom Ullrich, 25 ans, D-4779 Wermsdorf (Weimar)
Itamar Gov, 24 ans, Jérusalem
Conversation with the participants of L'OFAJ A...
The Awards ceremony
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Constitué de trois Français, trois Allemands et un Israélien, âgés de 20 à 26 ans, et présidé par le réalisateur français Denis Dercourt, le jury a visionné les 14 films de la section Perspective Deutsches Kino mettant en avant les premières œuvres de jeunes réalisateurs allemands.
Il a choisi de récompenser Anderswo de Ester...
February 15th
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From October 15th to 19th, this year's festival is the place to be. During the event, filmmakers have the opportunity to meet several movie professionals and exchange experiences. In addition to screening the best indie films, the festival hosts parties, ceremonies and panel discussions with filmmakers, actors, directors, producers, musicians and crew members. The most important ceremony is the Best of Festival Awards that recognizes the best in 9 categories: director, actress, actor...
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After a short introduction on the mission at Berlinale by Jury President Deni Dercourt, each member of the jury had to give FILMFESTIVALS.COM one word, their favorite word to describe cinema...
Their (dialog in perspective) output was right on target: Cinema is.. a fascinating experience where laugthers, passion, motions, images and creativity....wawwwwwwww are the key words.
OFAJ is an international organisation created in 1963 to serve...
"The Martini Effect" by Dawn Westlake has received an early acceptance from FerFilm Festival in Ferizaj, Kosovo for July 2014. Shot & edited by Brandon Bondehagen on Canon's C300, the film was scored by Alvarez-sponsored guitarist Gregory Johnson of Acoustic Labs. "The Martini Effect" stars Emanuele Secci, Dawn Westlake, David Razowsky & Susan Messing. It was shot on location in Los Angeles, Malibu, Puerto Rico and Barbados in 2013.
For more info and to see a tra...
Dennis Dercourt
OFAJ (Office Franco Allemand pour la Jeunesse)is an international organisation created in 1963 to serve cooperation between France and Germany. Since 2004, OFAJ gathers a jury, young french and german film fans, to deliver the Ofaj Award Perspektive Deutsches Kino at the Berlinale. The Website for OFAJ
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By Maria Esteves – February 17, 2014
The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York REEM ACRA Ready to Wear Fall 2014 Midnight In Paris Runway show commenced Monday, February 10, 2014 in Lincoln Center. This season Acra’s elegant and luxurious collection inspired by the diversity of today’s women included embroidered gowns and dresses (short, long sleeves) in gold lace, silver, platinum, black, and winter white; belted wool coat and velvet bomber jacket.
MBFW REEM ACRA Fall...
By Maria Esteves – February 16, 2014
New York Fashion Week TIMO WEILAND RTW Women’s Fall/Winter 2014 Runway show was held during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Tuesday, February 11, 2014. This season’s ready-to-wear feminine urban style collection included classic evening and daywear dresses; sweaters, pleated and pencil knit skirts in polka dot, plaid, and stripe prints; metallic t-shirts and leather skirts.
NYFW TIMO WEILAND Women’s RTW Fall/Winter
2014 Show, creat...
11 world and european openings from all over the world…33 country´s, 200 films
FANTASPORTO 2014 PRESENTS THE MOST RECENT FANTASY FILMS IN OPORTO, THE “BEST TOURISTIC DESTINATION OF 2014”
Going now to its 34th edition, the Oporto International Film Festival- Fantasporto is a film forum of the arts, with nearly 200 films, book presentations and art and photography exhibitions at the main theatre. It begins on the 28th February till the 9th March, introducing this ye...
After winning the screenwriting award at Sundance, Blind by Eskil Vogt has won the EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL as best European film at the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama section!
Norway | 2014 | Drama | Norwegian
Having recently lost her sight, Ingrid retreats to the safety of her home. Her deepest fears and repressed fantasies soon take over.
Eskil Vogt
Cast:
Ellen Dorrit Petersen
Henrik Rafaelsen
Vera Vitali
Marius Kollbenstvedt
Production:
Motlys
Lemming Film
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64th Berlin International Film Festival (6 - 16 February 2014)
It was a successful 64th Berlinale for German films. German cinema already had a high profile in this year's Competition with four titles, and it also featured prominently among the prize-winners: a total of ten awards went to German films and co-productions at the weekend. Anna and Dietrich Brüggemann received the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay for STATIONS OF THE CROSS (KREUZWEG, UFA Fiction, cine plus F...
OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FANTASPORTO 2014 Oporto Film Festival promotes films that seek new forms and methods of film making.
34th edition of the Festival to be celebrated from February 28 to March 8, 2014.
Fantasporto and Porto Pictures Gallery and the recent ones here
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