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FestForums is pleased to announce that actor Bruce Dern, who has been nominated for numerous Oscars, Golden Globes® and an Emmy, will be this year's Conference Closing Keynote Speaker. He will also be receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the conference for his contribution to film.
Dern has also won Best Actor Awards at both the Cannes and Berlin Film Festivals. His acting credits are voluminous but he is bes...
Lorena Lourenco, whose film Pedagogy showed last year in Cannes at the Short Film Conrner, grew up in Rio de Janeiro and moved to Los Angeles to attend USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Today she works as a Directing Consultant for Thank You For Your Service, produced by Steven Spielberg, written and directed by Jason Hall (American Sniper) and edited by Oscar nominee Jay Cassidy (Into the Wild, Silver Linings Playbook). Lorena is destined for a bright fut...
Behind the scene with Antalya Film Festival’s VIP celebrity guests - Claude Duhamel, Esai Morales, John Savage, Tara Fitzgerald, Rutger Hauer at the Opening of Film TMR and a Jury lunch.
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CAROLINE VON KÜHN JOINS SAN FRANCISCO FILM SOCIETY AS DIRECTOR OF DOCUMENTARY AND NEW MEDIA PROGRAMS
Festival and Industry Leader to Enhance Organization's Filmmaker Support Programs with Special Concentration on Nonfiction and New Media
The San Francisco Film S...
Kabir Bedi will be the special guest of our 16th River to River Florence Indian Film Festival.
On the occasion of this homage, the Festival will screen the six episodes of Sergio Sollima's tv series Sandokan.
Kabir Bedi will attend the screening of the first two episodes, on Sunday December 4th, at 3 pm.
Furthermore, again on Sunday December 4th but at 8.30 pm, River to River will screen his new film, the epic and exciting Mohenjo Daro directed by Ashutosh Gowariker.
Both Kabir...
The French actor Vincent Lindon received the Honorary Giraldillo from the Seville European Film Festival during its opening gala, which will take place next Friday, 4th November, in the Lope de Vega Theater in Seville.
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Douglas Mankoff, Producer and CEO Echo Lake Entertainment, David Lancaster, Producer and CEO of Rumble Films, Clay Epstein, President of Film Mode Entertainment, and Kathy Morgan, President of KMI Films
The AFM hosted the Distribution Conference, with topics entitled: ‘Working with Sales Agents’, and ‘The Future of VOD’.
Clay Epstein
David Lancaster
Producer, Rumble Films
David Lancaster, Producer and CEO of Rumble Fil...
Bruce Eisen, President of Digital Advisors, Steve Nickerson, President of Home Entertainment, Erick Opeka, Executive Vice President of Digital Networks at Cinedigm Entertainment, Hanny Patel, Vice President of Video Marketing for AT&T Entertainment Group, and Meyer Shwarzstein, President of Brainstorm Media, speak at the American Film Market Distribution Conference: The Future of Video On Demand at the Fairmont Hotel on Tuesday
Bruce Eisen
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Kay S. Wolf, West's Independent Film Executive of the Writers Guild of America, and Darrien Michele Gipson, National Director of SAGindie, speak at the American Film Market Roundtable - Working with the U.S. Guilds
Darrien Michele Gipson, National Director of SAGindie, and Matthew Gamarra, Senior Manager of Special Events & Independent Organizing at DGA
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Leaders from Politics, Business, and Entertainment Come Together
The Creative Coalition will host an Inaugural Ball on Friday evening, January 20, 2017 at the Harman Center for the Arts (610 F Street NW, Washington, DC) to commemorate the Inauguration of the 45th President of the United States. The Inaugural Ball will be a benefit gala hosted by luminaries from the arts and entertainment industry, as well as Congressional officials and leaders from business, policy, and media. Click...
Insurgent Media announced today that Christian De Gallegos will be joining the Los Angeles team as Head of International Sales. De Gallegos will report to CEO Ezna Sands and will oversee international sales for Insurgent Media’s growing slate.
“I’m thrilled to start our International Sales Division with such an esteemed veteran in the sales world,” said Insurgent CEO Ezna Sands. “We share the same passion and drive. With our dynamic slate at Insurgent, it...
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Peter Corey, who has won several BAFTAs for Children's TV Programmes takes on the task of judging the films produced within the 48 hours Youth Challenge.
We are very pleased to announce that the multi-award winning children’s television writer, Peter Corey, will judge the Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival’s 48-Hour Youth Challenge.
Peter’s amusing children’s book series, Coping With…, was transformed for the television scr...
PRODUCING STUDIO FILMS WITH INDEPENDENT BUDGETS– QUOTES:
Paul Hanson
CEO, Covert Media
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Paul Hanson, CEO of Covert Media
“There’s a lot of doom and gloom but our experience has been that if we have something that’s real and its rational in terms of the pricing and budget, then yes, we’re still getting business done. There’s a great thirst at international distribution level for high q...
Joe Chianese, EVP of EP Financial Solutions, Brian O’Shea, CEO of The Exchange, Shirley Davis, Senior Vice President of Physical Production at Alcon Entertainment, Stefan Lutje, Partner at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, and Adrian Ward, SVP & Division Manager of Entertainment Industries Division at Pacific Mercantile Bank, arrive at the American Film Market Finance Conference II: The Film Finance Matrix: From Script to Screen at the Fairmont Hotel on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, in Santa M...
Mark Ankner, Partner of Global Finance & Distribution at WME, Jessica Lacy, Partner/Head of International & Independent at ICM, Kevin Iwashina, Founder & CEO of Preferred Content, Rena Ronson, Partner/Head of Independent Film Group at UTA, and Maren Olson, Agent at CAA, arrive at the American Film Market Production Conference: Working with Talent Agents at the Fairmont Hotel on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision for IFTA/AP Images)
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Lise Romanoff, Managing Director/CEO Worldwide Distribution of Vision Films, Mike Runagall, Managing Director of Altitude Film Sales, and Kevin Iwashina, Founder & CEO of Preferred Content, speak at the American Film Market Roundtable - Distributing and Monetizing Feature Documentaries at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision for IFTA/AP Images)
Lise Romanoff, Managing Director/CEO Worl...
First Feature Competition Jury
REZA MIRKARIMI
Director
Iran
Reza Mirkarimi graduated from the Tehran Fine Arts University in graphic arts. His cinema activities began in 1987 with a series of shorts followed by two TV series for young people. His first feature „The Child and The Soldier“ (1999) was released in France in 2001. His second feature „Under the Moonlight“ won the 40th Critics’ Week Bes...
UBERTO PASOLINI
Director, producer
Great Britain, Italy
Uberto Pasolini has worked in films since 1983 and became an independent producer in 1994 with „Palookaville“. He subsequently produced many other features, including „The Full Monty“. Uberto has directed two features, „Machan“ (PÖFF 2009) and „Still Life“, (closing film at PÖFF 2013) set in Sri Lanka and South London, respectively...
Photos by Inés Barreda de Biurrun
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Barbara Mudge, President & Founder of Worldwide Film Entertainment, Rich Peluso, Senior Vice President of AFFIRM Films, Cindy Bond, Founder & President of Mission Pictures, and Andrea Nasfell, Screenwriter of "Moms' Night Out", speak at the American Film Market Roundtable - The Passion of the Film: From Inspiration to Release at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision for IFTA/AP Images)
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Richard Botto, Founder & CEO of Stage 32, Zanne Devine, EVP of Film & Television at Miramax, Paul Hanson, CEO of Covert Media, Mitchell Peck, Producer at Peck Entertainment, and Michael Ryan, Partner at GFM Films and Chairman of IFTA, speak at the American Film Market Finance Conference II: Producing Studio Films with Independent Budgets at the Fairmont Hotel on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif.
Michael Ryan, Partne...
American Film Market Arbitrator Breakfast at the Fairmont Hotel on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision for IFTA/AP Images)
American Film Market Arbitrator Breakfast at the Fairmont Hotel on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision for IFTA/AP Images)
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Ambiance Roundtable: ‘Making an Impact: How Telling LGBT Stories Can Pay Off’ featuring J. Todd Harris, Executive Producer, The Kids Are All Right; Melissa Coghlan, Producer, Below Her Mouth; Tina Mabry, Writer/Director/Producer, Queen Sugar; Mississippi Damned; and Cassian Elwes, Independent Producer/Agent, Dallas Buyers Club.
Producer Melissa Coghlan, Producer J. Todd Harris, Lucy Mukerjee-Brown, Director of Programming of Outfest, Prod...
Jason Moring, President of DDI, has announced that Oscar nominated actor John Cleese joined Emmy nominee Samantha Bee (Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, The Daily Show) and award-winning actor Martin Short (Saturday Night Live, FRANKENWEENIE) and award-winning actor Martin Short (Saturday Night Live, FRANKENWEENIE) to the animated feature ELLIOT: THE LITTLEST REINDEER.
John Cleese is represented by Anonymous Content, CAA and Independent Talent Group.
DDI is selling ELLIOT: THE LITTLEST...
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