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2013 Big Apple Film Festival will take place in November at the world famous Tribeca Cinemas!
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10th Annual Big Apple Film Festival is now calling for entries. Check out www.bigapplefilmfestival.com for info.
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April 23-26, Stuttgart, Germany
February 27, 2013. Two months before FMX opens its doors, Europe's most influential Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia is pleased to announce that two Pixar films are part of the FMX Conference program. Firstly, the Director and Scriptwriter Saschka Unseld presents his latest work, the Pixar animated short The Blue Umbrella, in Stuttgart. Furthermore, newly-awarded Oscar winner Brave has been confirmed for a presentation. In ...
Twelve films are in competition in this year’s Fribourg International Film Festival edition (March
16 - 23, 2013) and are vying for the FIFF’s most prestigious award, the Regard d’Or, which carries
a prize of CHF 30,000. Once again this year, productions of notable current interest have been
selected from the regions in which the FIFF has traditionally been focussed. This year’s
competition draws in works from Latin America, th...
Parallel Section | Diaspora - Atom Egoyan and Armenia
«The point of view of exiled filmmakers is romantic by nature.»
Interview: Thierry Jobin with Atom Egoyan
What films do exiled communities and their children enjoy watching in order to reflect on where they come from? Following cartoonist Patrick Chappatte and his Lebanese roots, the Diaspora section is making a foray into Armenian territory accompanied by Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan....
As a service to their young filmmakers who submit films to the YoungCuts Film Festival, the festival is featuring weekly filmmaking tips fromYoungCuts Alumni, Partners and Friends.
Herewith my personal selection of best advices.
Become friends with actors and production crew
Go for Creative and Intelligent Over Flash and the Unnecessary
Silence is more powerful than any amount of witty banter or clever one-liners.
Focus on telling your story purely visually
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Athens Digital Short Film Festival is pleased to announce the start of the period that you can submit your participation for the 3d Athens Digital Short Film Festival. Our Festival, while progressing the idea of digital cinema, concludes fiction films, documentaries, animation, video art, experimental and student films that were created by using new digital media. The 3d Festival, that will last 8 days, is going to take place during September (the exact dates are going to be announced). Within t...
The International Film Festival Berlin continues as the largest public international film festivals with 303 000 tickets sold. It has a funding basis of 21 million Euros, about $28 million, of which 6.5 million Euros come from federal and other public agencies. The remainder is generated through corporate sponsors, ticket sales, licensing, berlinale merchandise and other sources, etc. Apart from, the European Film Market there were 14 components in the 2013 Berlin Film Festival program: Offici...
Dear Festival friends.
Since 1995 we have been successfully connecting films to festivals.
But from time to time we may forget a few things ...We're human too! So, we're asking YOU for your ideas, suggestions and feedback to help our international filmmakers onto continued success.
They are serious about festivals, not serial submitters and care for quality, I am sure you could guide them. ?
If you'd like to extend your advice to filmmakers and expand your outreac...
By Maria Esteves – February 26, 2013
AMPAS 24th Annual New York Oscar Viewing Party in celebration of the 85th Academy Awards was held at the iconic restaurant DANIEL, Sunday, February 24, 2013. Hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the private event for East Coast Academy members, prior Oscar winners, Oscar nominees, and industry executives included a creative cocktail reception, an award winning French cuisine dinner by chef Daniel Boulud, and live broadcas...
Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) is welcoming a stellar ensemble of film talent to its 30th edition not only lighting up the Festival’s screens, but also the red carpets and stages, this coming March 1 – 10.
Internationally acclaimed directors attending the 30th Miami International Film Festival include: Lasse Hallström, Fernando Trueba, Matteo Garrone, Pablo Trapero, Susan Seidelman, George Sluizer, Zhang Yan, Chris Sanders, Kirk de Micco,...
Trio to oversee editorial as Variety evolves digital, print offerings
By VARIETY STAFF
Eller
Wallenstein
Littleton
Jay Penske, chairman and CEO of Penske Media Corporation, and Michelle Sobrino, newly installed publisher of Variety, today named Claudia Eller, Cynthia Littleton and Andrew Wallenstein as the new editors-in-chief of Variety, in addition to overseeing coverage of film, television and digita...
Interview with screenwriter David Magee for his adaptation of ‘Life of Pi’.
At the 85th Academy Awards the film won 4 Oscars (more than any other film nominated) including- Best Achievement in Cinematography by Claudio Miranda; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures Original Score Mychael Danna; Best Achievement in Visual Effects by Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott; and Best Achievement in Directing by Ang Lee.
Interview wi...
Interview with screenwriter David Magee for his adaptation of ‘Life of Pi’.
At the 85th Academy Awards the film won 4 Oscars (more than any other film nominated) including- Best Achievement in Cinematography by Claudio Miranda; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures Original Score Mychael Danna; Best Achievement in Visual Effects by Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott; and Best Achievement in Directing by Ang Lee.
Interview wi...
By Maria Esteves - February 25, 2013
The 85th Oscar Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.) for outstanding film achievements of 2012 hosted by Seth MacFarlane commenced Sunday, February 24, 2013, 8:00pm ET at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood & Highland Center, California, and aired live with 40 million viewers worldwide. The Oscars celebrated James Bond 007 50th Anniversary with two James Bond theme performances by Dame Shirley Bassey (Goldfinger...
2ND ARGENTINE FILM FESTIVAL TO EXPAND TO 3 VENUES THIS APRIL
Following the sell-out success of its first edition last year, the 2nd Argentine Film Festival, London will take place this coming April 17th – 21st, and will expand to 3 venues: Ritzy Cinema, Hackney Picturehouse and Cineworld Haymarket.
The festival, which launches on Malbec World Day April 17th, will continue with the Ritzy as its flagship venue, where it will screen an expanded programme of 10 outstanding contempora...
Independent Pictures, the parent organization of the Ohio Independent Film Festival, announces the creation and implementation of a new top position in the organization. Long standing board member and local filmmaker Todd Kwait has been named to the position of Executive Director with unanimous support. Mr. Kwait has a distinguished record of success as a business executive, a lawyer, a documentary filmmaker and a record producer. A dynamic and creative leader, Todd personifies the business mana...
NEWSLETTER N° 588: February 25, 2013
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Argo wins best film at the Oscars
Ben Affleck's Iran rescue thriller "Argo" which premiered in Toronto has won best picture at the 85th Academy Awards over Spielberg's Lincoln, one of several surprises at the ceremony. Observers believed Affleck would also win the ...
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