The Filmmakers Corner will be a great chance for up and coming filmmakers to expose their work and open new opportunities for them, this section will be a part of FEST-Training Ground 2010.The Filmmakers Corner will consist on a special screening room, which will be open from the 22 to the 26th of June, and where any filmmaker registered on FEST-Training Ground can show their works, this way they can have an excellent opportunity for networking, finding new partners and opportunities for the fut...

New review for Camerado's 2nd feature, 'Lost in New Mexico' from Rogue cinema:  Film Reviews: Lost in New Mexico: The Strange Tale of Susan Hero (2010) – By Katie Wynne / Rogue Cinema Described as “a story of seekers,” Lost in New Mexico: the Strange Tale of Susan Hero is exactly that. A desperate young student stuck in a throwaway job seeks the help of an animal cloning expert, Dr. Morell, to bring her deceased daughter back to life. With a charming illegal immigra...

Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco©, is accepting submissions for its 4th  annual festival, set for September 10-11, 2011. To submit your film, please visit Submit Film section and send a DVD and a press kit [synopsis, your bio and photo & some stills from your film] to: Iranian Film Festival 1680 Tiburon Blvd. Tiburon, CA 94920 USA info@IranianFilmFestival.org www.IranianFilmFestival.org Deadline: August 1, 2011 ...

I just returned from Palm Beach International Film Festival last week. I had a great time. The host were very friendly and gratious. My film "Rage" received great reviews. Check out this review.  http://www.screenspotlight.com/content/view/557/1/ ...

TheBIG GUNS   Catching my eye on arrival was the “newest, largest and most powerful of the big guns” - not a producer - but a British 15” naval gun previously mounted on the HMS Ramillies and first seeing action in 1920 during The Greco-Turkish War before firing on the Italian landforces and warships… it could fire a 876kg shell a distance of 29kms… that’s like propelling an equivalent of 10 well proportioned men over The EnglishChannel. This gun ha...

If asked to name an American female photographer who committed suicide, you'd probably first think of Diane Arbus. Until now. Francesca Woodman may be about to give Ms. Arbus a posthumous run for her money. The doomed heroine lives on in The Woodmans, which won Best New York Documentary at the ninth Tribeca Film Festival.   Best known for her dreamy black-and-white stills and videos, Francesca often appeared in the raw. Ophelia herself couldn't have composed more intim...

Are films a good investment opportunity.  I think they are for the right kind of investor.  Here’s why.  I have written this in a Q&A style to answer the major questions that prospective investors ask about whether to invest or not.   1.   Why is film investment an attractive investment opportunity?  Is it because of the high return or because of the nature of business?               For many investors, the high return is a bi...

"Was it dangerous to make a documentary about the Russian mob?" Alexander Gentelev was asked after his Thieves by Law premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival (April 22 to May 2, 2010). "We will find out after the protagonists see the movie," he deadpanned. The heroes Gentelev was referring to are three retired godfathers of Russia’s underworld who muse about their colorful exploits on camera. As he explained, "A lot of criminal kingpins were willing to mout...

We proudly announce director, producer and writer Uwe Boll as the first of distinguished guests to grace the 6th edition of Grossmann Film and Wine Festival. Slovenia’s ultimate film-wine extravaganza will be taking place from 26th to 31st of July in Ljutomer. As a fellow wine connoisseur, German low-budget meister gladly responded to our kind invitation and has also promised a very special surprise! All further details will be timely published on the official festival site. We furthermore p...

  State Capitol Building, Hartford This newly established website will bring national and international readers information on all things visual in the state of Connecticut. But first a few basic facts......Connecticut is a state in the New England region of of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and New York to the west and south. Southwestern Connecticut is part of the New York metropolitan area, with ...

As a native Hawaiian, I find that it's difficult to get past clicheed Hawaiian images in film--surfing, luaus, hula.  What do you think of when you think of Hawaii/Hawaiians?  Are there any films you've seen or books you've read that break down the stereotypes for you?  Did they do it in a way that made you feel you had insight and shared emotions with the Hawaiian culture, or did you feel like an outsider?  I'd love to hear from anyone who'd like to share a thought or two.  ...

People love Ashland. Ashland, Oregon appears, at first glance, to be a quintessential small American town.  It has a population of about twenty thousand and a compact, walkable downtown where the closest thing to a skyscraper is the Ashland Springs Hotel - once the tallest building between, depending on who you ask, either Sacramento and Eugene or San Francisco and Portland - which towers over the Main Street “skyline” but never reaches double-digit storeys. Within a few blocks from...

New York is abuzz with news about the arrival of a more famous festival, Tribeca, but this past Sunday night, the film-goers of Park Slope were instead asking, "What about Wallabout?" This festival now in its second year is sponsored by the Pratt Institute, and on Sunday night in a very "Brooklyn" bar complete with two bars--one loungey one downstairs and another with folding chairs set up in rows--16 student films selected from over 75 submissions captivated the audie...

Hello Butterflies: I hope all of you are having a great weekend and working on some great YouTube videos :) We have three announcements for this week: 1) An article on Documentary Tech website profiles Butterflies and the film's journey all the way to distribution and launch on YouTube 2) New Butterflies network has been established where you can join for free, interact and post your videos. Member's work gets featured each week and we have forum's discussing y...

Hi, I´m Lars, and I´m new to this forum. Here´s my first entry: a link to my Vimeo Page. http://www.vimeo.com/user3258129   Here you can see two music videos I made for the norwegian band Grand Island. The one called "Love in Decay" won the award for best music video at Grimstad Short Film Festival 2009.  Hope you enjoy! ...

Filming to start in less than a month on a feature length documentary about making a 20+ year career out of what is typically a dead end job. The job, bicycle courier.  Some great films have covered what being a courier is like on a daily basis. But this film will be a new look at how two messengers have fought to find new ways to hold onto the job they love....