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VIDEO: Interview with Jon Gosier and Mickey Vetter of FilmHedge

Jon Gosier Founder and CEO of FilmHedge and Mickey Vetter co founder of FilmHedge sat down with Frank Loveland to explain how and why they launched (successfully) the company at last year's Cannes.   ...

VIDEO: Interview at Marché du Film with Armenia Film Commissioner

filmfestivals.com Alice Kanterian and Aldo Nadal met at Marché du Film 2023 with Melikset KARAPETYAN Armenia Film Commissioner.   ...

VIDEO: Interview with director Tona Enache

Toma Enache (born 1 November 1970) is a Romanian film director and actor. Being of Aromanian ethnicity, he directed "I'm Not Famous but I'm Aromanian!" The Aromanians are an ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. Alice Kanterian took the interview in Cannes at FilmHedge's terrace on la Croisette       ...

Yes She Cannes returned to celebrate & champion women's achievements at Cannes Film festival

Yes She Cannes is a woman empowerment project created to celebrate & champion women's achievements at Cannes Film festival.   ...

Pictures by Brice Anxionnaz captured Day By Day on the red carpet

Brice Anxionnaz is an independent French Press Photographer, and a filmfestivals.com regular correspondant in key festivals (Berlin, Cannes etc). He runs Objectif Festival - +33 6 35 18 19 30 - contact@objectiffestival.fr May25th photo collection   Eric Judor :   Andie MacDowell   Alice Taglioni May 23rd photo collection from the Asteroid City red carpet   Asteroid city red carpet on may 23rd was one of the...

Interview with Pablo Berger for Robot Dreams which screened in Cannes

ROBOT DREAMS is the first animation film by the award-winnin and speak in his native languageg director Pablo Berger (Blancanieves). A story about friendship, its importance, and its fragility. It screened at Cinéma de la Plage to 1500 people. Frank Loveland had a chance to sit down with the director and speak in his native language. DOG lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until th...

VIDEO: Michelle Yeoh Woman in Motion Award by Kering press conference

  Sound from the 2023 Cannes Film Festival honored Michelle Yeoh with the “Women in Motion” award, sponsored by Kering. The actor is known for her recent Oscar win for her performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”   ...

French Riviera Film Festival Announces 2023 Winning Shorts and Specialty Awards

The fifth annual French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF), held on May 19 and 20, 2023 in Cannes, France,  has revealed the winning shorts of the 2023 competition, the announcement was made today by festival co-founders Gotham Chandna and Nicole Goesseringer Muj. Official 2023 FRFF Festival Trailer:  https://youtu.be/AtK-7Y0zYMI     First launched in 2019, FRFF recognizes and celebrates...

VIDEO: Interview with Stephane Sperry on King of Kings by Harriet Marin which he produced

Bruno Chatelin, festival agent for "King of Kings : Chasing Edward Jones" met in Cannes with Stéphane Sperry who produced the film. Stephane produced among many other films "Tintin" with Spielberg and works on the next one with Peter Jackson. KING OF KINGS takes an in-depth look at the life and legacy of Edward Jones, an African American who rose to the heights of financial and political prominence in post-Depression-era Chicago. In shaping the destiny of a city, h...

VIDEO: FilmHedge CEO Jon Gosier Panel at Afro Cannes during Cannes Marché du Film

  The CEO of FilmHedge, Jon Gosier, participated in a panel for AfroCannes 2023 at the Hotel Gray D'Albion in conjunction with the CEO of Hitlab, Michel Zgarka, Entertainment lawyer, Vinca Jarrett, and with the founder of Urbnworx, Keni Desai, where they discussed the future of film financing. In this panel they shared important insight on why they created their companies, what they were hoping to improve within the financial aspect of film making by getting funding and investments f...

VIDEO: Finance Strategies and Methods at FilmUSA pavilion at Pantiero with FilmHedge Josh Harris

Atlanta’s own Josh Harris (FilmHedge  CFO/COO)  takes the stage at the FilmUSA Pavillion Welcome to the Future of Film Finance with FilmHedge FILMHEDGE: A MODERN ALTERNATIVE TO MEDIA FINANCE BANKS FilmHedge simplifies the application and funding process to secure up to $10M for qualified film and television products. Media finance is just one click away. APPLY HERE   Official sponsor of the Producers Network The Producers Network is the go-to ...

AMPAV special guests included Marion Cotillard, Todd Haynes, Tye Sheridan, & more!

Marion Cotillard by John Bernstein AmPav is back on the Croisette and thrilled to announce an exciting 2023 lineup of industry talks, panels, and special presentations! This year's special guests include Marion Cotillard (Inception, Midnight in Paris), Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One, X-Men: Apocalypse), Todd Haynes (May December, Carol), and more! “As we celebrate our 35st year in Cannes, The American Pavilion is thrilled to continue our mission of bringing togethe...

VIDEO: Meeting with French Riviera Fest founder Nicole Goesseringer Muj

Bruno Chatelin Filmfestivals.com and Nicole have partnered very regularlyon the festival circuit.They are now discussing bringing a replay of FRIFF to Atlanta (Georgia) where FilmHedge is based. Pictured Vincent de Paul, Nicole Goesseringer Muj (French Riviera International Film Festival) and Bruno Chatelin (filmfestivals.com) Photo: Erick Seban-Meyer   Pictured Jon Gosier (FilmHedge CEO), Bruno Chatelin (filmfestivals.com and Nicole Goe...

VIDEO: Aly Yeganeh came to Cannes with his succesfull film Sibel's Silence

Aly Yeganeh came to Cannes with his succesfull film Sibel's Silence Filmfestivals.com captured the emotion at the screening in the Palais. This film tells the story of 13-year-old Sibel, one of the many thousands of girls kidnapped by ISIS fighters. After her entire family was murdered, Sibel was taken as a prisoner and forced into sexual slavery – all in the name of religion.Hana, 40, is an ophthalmologist living in a small town in central France. Of Kurdish origin, she cannot bear...

VIDEO: Eileen Muriel Tasca interviewed on her Oscar nominated EO film

Eileen Muriel Tasca  and Bruno Chatelin at Riviera International Film Festival! Eilenn si the Managing Director at Alien Films, she co produced EO which had a sensational festival run, starting in Cannes (Cannes Jury Prize Winner 2022) and leading to Oscar nomination for best foreign film. EO (Polish: IO) is a 2022 drama road movie directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. Inspired by Robert Bresson's 1966 film Au Hasard Balthazar, it follows the life of a donkey introduced to us while feature...

VIDEO: Interview with Ali Aksu in Cannes for his short film Singularity

Singularity: his short doc will release this fall and questions us on how we should approach Artificial Intelligence, with the support of many experts testimonials. They met during the Riviera International Film Festival in Cannes held at Eden Hotel.     ...

CICAE Grows and Sets Course for the Future with Newly-Elected Board and General Delegate

CICAE Board of Directors gathered in Cannes (from left to right) First row: Domenico Dinoia (FICE, Italy), Marlena Gabryszewska (Stowarzyszenie Kin Studyjnych, Poland) Detlef Rossmann (Casablanca-Kino, Germany), Christian Bräuer (AG Kino – Gilde, Germany), Guillaume Bachy (AFCAE, France), Tibor Bíró (CineFest Miskolc, Hungary). Second row: Marcin Pieńkowski (Stowarzyszenie Nowe Horyzonty, Poland), Hannele Marjavaara (Kino Tapiola, Finland), Peggy Johnson (Loft Fil...

Surprise visit from Martin Scorsese for new Agnès Varda archive of footage from 'The Gleaners' for film students

More than 60 hours of rushes of Agnes Varda’s 2000 documentary feature The Gleaners and I will now be available for the next generation of international filmmakers thanks to a new educational initiative from France’s National Audiovisual Institute (INA) and Ciné-Tamaris (Agnès Varda's company run by her daughter Rosalie Varda). The five-year project offers students a bilingual platform available 24/7 where they can view and download the complete collecti...

BFI partners with Diversity in Cannes to celebrate Black women filmmakers during t

  A delegation of UK filmmakers will be attending the festival to focus on growing international networks and building new creative and financial partnerships. Yvonne Ibazebo, Nadine Marsh-Edwards, Kelley Robins Hicks and Shantelle Rochester     BFI partnered partnering with Diversity in Cannes to present Celebrating Black Women in International Film, a curated programme of events and networking opportunities to build meaningf...

'We Were Laughing A Lot' - Press Conference for 'Firebrand' featuring Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Karim Aïnouz, Gabrielle Tana

Director Karim Aïnouz, producer Gabrielle Tana, along with Alicia Vikander and Jude Law, stars of the in competition film Firebrand were featured at a morning press conference on May 22. The film takes a realistic look at King Henry VII's final marriage to Queen Catherine Parr, in where the roi is characterized as a monster. The lively press conference lightened the mood and theme of the film, with the actors saying they were often joking throughout the shoot, despite the film's ...

Better World Fund in Cannes Panels on Monday 22nd 2023 at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes

 Better World Fund in Cannes Monday 22nd 2023 at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes.     Monday, May 22, a series of conferences in English will be held at the Carlton Hotel,   ...

Marché du Film & Bridging the Dragon Sino-International Film Panel - Tuesday, 23 May

  The Sino-European producers association Bridging the Dragon together with Marché du Film will host on 23 May two panels on China. In collaboration with The One International Women's Film Festival, this year’s program will include a panel on the contribution of women in recent Chinese cinema.     PANEL I...

Do not miss the Film Finance Forum May 20: 2-5 pm in partnership with Filmfestivals.com

Full Program and Speaker Announcements! We look forward to seeing you today ...

VIDEO Thierry Fremaux introduces the team of Indiana Jones

“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” screening out of competition is the fifth (and perhaps final) instalment of the epic stories of Indiana Jones   Cinema’s most famous archaeologist returns for a new adventure in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, presented Out of Competition. The American filmmaker James Mangolddirects this feature film in which Harrison Ford as “Indy” faces a new Nazi threat, against the backdrop o...

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