Donald Sutherland receives an Honorary Award at the 2017 Governors Awards in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood, CA, Saturday, November 11, 2017.
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The Danish actress has appeared in more than 50 titles over the course of her career in cinema and television
The Danish actress Trine Dyrholm, one of the most popular faces in European cinema, will receive the City of Seville Award during the closing ceremony of the Seville Festival. The festival recognises in this way the career of an actress who has worked in cinema, television and theatre and has appeared in more than fifty titles.
Dyrholm began in cinema in 1990 wit...
Event’s New Position in the Fall Calendar and Focus on Top 2017 Titles and Artists to Better Support SFFILM’s Youth Education Programs
SFFILM has announced several honorees scheduled to attend the 2017 SFFILM Awards Night (formerly Film Society Awards Night), its annual fundraising celebration honoring achievement in filmmaking craft. The historic 60th anniversary edition of ...
This year’s Stockholms Lifetime Achievement Award goes to the Acadamy Award-winning actress and Hollywood legend Vanessa Redgrave. In connection to the screening of her debute as a director with the documentary Sea Sorrow, the actress will tonight visit Stockholm International Film Festival to receive the Bronze Horse.
Motivation: This year’s winner of the Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award has been one of the most prominent actors in the world for over five decades and has b...
A graduate of USC Business School, Jonathan Wolf has held an illustrious career in finance and business within the film industry. He joined IFTA in 1993 as Senior Vice President of Business and has been Managing Director of the AFM since 1998. I sat with Jonathan Wolf at the Fairmont Hotel during the 2017 AFM to get his opinion on the climate of the current marketplace. Here is what he had to say:
This is an interesting year in distribution, right? What's the general feeli...
Working with Sales Agents AFM Panel Quotes
DISTRIBUTION CONFERENCE WORKING WITH SALES AGENTS (9.15am) Clay Epstein, Moderator President, Film Mode Entertainment “Film models are not built on exceptions but rather built on norms and standards. The reason you’re reading about Netflix and multi-million dollar sales out of a festival is because it’s news, it’s not the norm.” “Sales agents have changed their responsibility...
WINNING FEATURE FILMS
Hostile - BEST FEATURE FILM
The Heretics - BEST DIRECTOR
The Glass Coffin - BEST ACTRESS: PAOLA BONTEMPI
The Evil Within - BEST ACTOR: FREDERICK KOEHLER
Sputnik! - BEST DOCUMENTARY
Galaxy Of Horrors - BEST ANTHOLOGY FEATURE FILM
Living Among Us - BEST FOUND FOOTAGE FILM
SHORT FILMS
I Love Eva Marsh - 2017 BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
Apocalypse Now Now - BEST SOUTH AFRICAN SHORT FILM
Fierce&n...
I’m writing to ask you if you would sign a petition we’ve launched last week.
You may have heard that Mohammad Rasoulof, whose last film A MAN OF INTEGRITY, won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes this year, is not allowed to travel anymore, as the Iranian authorities took his passport as he was coming back from Telluride.
He’s now facing 6 years in prison.
We are releasing the film in France early December.
This is why we wrote the at...
The hosts of the filmfestivals.com wine tasting for Festival Directors at AFM: from left to right: Laurie Kirby (Fest Forums), Bruno Chatelin (filmfestivals.com), Stuart MacNaught (Festforums) and Lise Romanoff (Vision Films). The party was held November 3rd at Vision Filmssuite gathering some 45 festival directors from around the world. Next wine tasting will be in Cannes.
Fine wines by Bernardus
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In 2012 Kyle was one of several College of The Bahamas students receiving advice and direction on entering the film festival from BIFF Founder Leslie Vanderpool. That same day he said "I'm going to host this thing one day." Fast forward to five years later and Kyle Walkine is a household name and Master of Ceremonies for the 2017 Bahamas International Film Festival. — with Kyle Walkine.
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THE FUTURE OF VIDEO ON DEMAND (11.15am)
Andy Bohn
Founder & Partner, The Film Arcade
“Some of the irony of VOD is that it was originally a promise of unlimited shelf space. However, when you are talking about the user interface on Netflix, iTunes, etc., I find that it’s actually less shelf space versus when you could walk into a Blockbuster 15 years ago and skim the aisles for 10 minutes and see a lot of box art really quickly. No...
WORKING WITH THE U.S. GUILDS (3pm)
Kay S. Wolf
Senior Representative/Member Organizing Department, Writers Guild of America West
“You want to get all the protection and benefits of joining the union […] We really are plugged into the industry standards.”
“Don’t guess, just call. Some producers, they fear calling. We’re here as a resource, we really do want to protect the talent.” &nb...
Born in Milford On-Sea, England, Frances Fisher’s itinerant childhood living in the UK, Columbia, Canada, France, Brazil, Turkey, Italy, Iowa and Texas undoubtedly provided fodder for her thespian career.
Ms. Fisher started her career at the Barter Theatre in Virginia and has starred in over 30 theatrical productions (experimental, touring, Regional, off-off Broadway, off-Broadway,) including Elia Kazan&r...
Los Cabos International Film Festival is proud to count on acknowledged and important film and television industry talents as the 18 members of the Jury who will chose the winners competing for awards consisting in more than $5,250,000 MXN. O...
LOOKING FOR A NEW VIENNALE DIRECTOR
The Viennale 2017 came to a successful close yesterday with the gala screening of the film LA VILLA by Robert Guédiguian. As announced at the press conferences before the start of the festival, as of today, we are calling for national and international applications for the position of director (artistic direction) of the Viennale. Please find details on the job opening below.
The VIENNALE – Vienna Inte...
November 6, 2017: Los Angeles: the AFM hosted:
Production Conference, featuring the following two sessions:
Producing for the Pre-Sales Marketplace
What They Want: Inside the Major Studios
How to Get the Best Music for Your Project and Save Time & Money
Distributing & Monetizing Feature Documentaries
Romania Welcomes Hollywood
HOW TO GET THE BEST MUSIC FOR YOUR PROJECT AND SAVE TIME & MONEY (3pm)
Dennis...
November 6, 2017: Los Angeles: the AFM hosted:
Production Conference, featuring the following two sessions:
Producing for the Pre-Sales Marketplace
What They Want: Inside the Major Studios
How to Get the Best Music for Your Project and Save Time & Money
Distributing & Monetizing Feature Documentaries
Romania Welcomes Hollywood
WHAT THEY WANT: INSIDE THE MAJOR STUDIOS (11.15am)
Sam Brown
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PRODUCTION CONFERENCE
PRODUCING FOR THE PRE-SALES MARKETPLACE (9.15am)
Mark Damon
CEO & Chairman, Foresight Unlimited
“The pre-sale market is not exactly a guarantee of getting a picture funded.”
“The problem today is that you need to get a deal with an American distributor that will guarantees you a wide release – without that, it’s difficult to make pre-sales.”
“There’s not an actor in the world today...
THE FUTURE IS FEMALE (5:00PM)
Jennifer Warren
Chairperson & Founder, Alliance of Women Directors
“This is the 20th anniversary of the Alliance of Women Directors, and only in the last two years have we had a response. It is new, and a nice change. People are now listening to the fact that there is no parity in the workplace for women, which is principally what we are after here. Women directors hold only about six percent of positions as feature film directors. We feel i...
THE FILM FINANCE MATRIX: FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN (11.15am)
Shirley Davis
Executive Vice President, Physical Production, Alcon Entertainment, LLC
“You have to build a solid foundation – build the skeleton of your budget first because that’s going to be your bible and that’s what’s going to determine whether you’ll profit or not from your film.”
“I always ask people what type of project they’re trying to make before building...
PRODUCING STUDIO FILMS WITH INDEPENDENT BUDGETS (9.15am)
Paul Hanson
CEO, Covert Media
“In today’s marketplace, there are lots of alternatives that will allow you to build an interesting distribution model across some of these up and coming streaming platforms.”
“There’s a dynamic nature to pre-sales. At any point in time, this dynamic can change.”
“10 years ago, you could have a B/B- grade film, but if you had the right st...
November 5, 2017: Los Angeles: Today the AFM hosted:
· Finance Conference II, featuring the following two sessions:
o Producing Studio Films with Independent Budgets
o The Film Finance Matrix: From Script to Screen
· The Passion of The Film: Reaching The Faith Community roundtable, which saw filmmakers revealing the essential elements of story, ministry and o...
