Pro Tools
• Register a festival or a film
Submit film to festivals with free service FestivalExpress

Filmfestivals.com + fest21.com merger

 

 

Your twin community sites have now merged into one single url.

Enjoy here the best of both worlds: Portal and Social network for the festival community.  

Our mission since 1995 connecting films to festivals and documenting the world of festivals worldwide.
We offer the most comprehensive festival directory of 6 000 festivals, browse festival blogs, film blogs...and promote yourself for free.

User login

Who's online

There are currently 0 users and 98 guests online.

FILM

Let us talk if you need to connect with our community of festivals and filmmaker

                                  Do not heistate to contact me with questions, I will be happy to brainstorm with you. We are the leading network for film and festivals, established in 1995, with 380 000 unique visitors every month, a subscribers base of 129 000 registered users. Furthermore my experience in marketing film (200 film launched wordwide) can be of some assistance. Check the o...

Guillaume Canet's "Blood Ties" premieres May 20th Outside of Competition

Out of Competition Directed by : Guillaume CANET Country: FRANCE Year: 2012 Duration: 144.00 minutes Synopsis New York, 1974. Fifty year-old Chris has just been released on good behavior after several years in prison following a gangland murder. Waiting for him reluctantly outside the prison gates is his younger brother, Frank, a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, and their father, Leon, who’d raised them al...

James Franco's "As I Lay Dying" premieres May 20th in Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard Directed by : James FRANCO Country: USA Year: 2012 Duration: 110.00 minutes   Synopsis Based on the acclaimed novel by William Faulkner, AS I LAY DYING follows a family through their turmoil-filled journey to bring their mother to her gravesite. Credits James FRANCO - Director James FRANCO - Screenplay M...

Hany Abu-Assad's "Omar" premieres May 20 in Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard Directed by : Hany ABU-ASSAD Country: PALESTINIAN TERRITORY Year: 2013 Duration: 97.00 minutes   Synopsis Omar is accustomed to dodging surveillance bullets to cross the separation wall to visit his secret love Nadia. But occupied Palestine knows neither simple love nor clear-cut war. On the other side of the wall, the sensitive young baker Omar becomes a freedom fighter who must fa...

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's "Un Chateau en Italie (A Castle In Italy)" premieres May 20 In Competition

In Competition Directed by : Valeria BRUNI TEDESCHI Country: FRANCE Year: 2012 Duration: 104.00 minutes   Synopsis Louise meets Nathan, her dreams resurface. It's also the story of her ailing brother, their mother, and the destiny of a leading family of wealthy Italian industrialists. The story of a family falling apart, a world coming to an end and love beginning. Credits ...

Takashi Miike's "Wara No Tate (Shield of Straw)" premieres May 20th In Competition

In Competition Directed by : Takashi MIIKE Country: JAPAN Year: 2013 Duration: 125.00 minutes Synopsis "Kill Kunihide Kiyomaru, and I will pay you 1 billion Yen". This is the ad placed in all the main newspapers in Japan. In placing the ad, the powerful multi-billionnaire Ninagawa puts an irresistible price on the head of the man he believes to be his granddaughter's killer. Realising he has become a target for millions of ...

MARC FORSTER'S 'WORLD WAR Z' WITH BRAD PITT ANNOUNCED TO OPEN 35TH MOSCOW FILM INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL WITH FIRST FILMS IN COMPE

  Press Release     MARC FORSTER’S “WORLD WAR Z” WITH BRAD PITT ANNOUNCED TO OPEN 35TH MOSCOW FILM INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL WITH FIRST FILMS IN COMPETITION LINE-UP   Cannes - Saturday 18 May.  Leonid Vereshchagin, Producer General of the 35th Moscow International Film Festival (20-29 June) announced today at the Russian Film Pavilion, the first 10 films in competition at the 35th Moscow International Film ...

NEW RUSSIAN FILM STUDIO GLAVKINO ANNOUNCES EXPANSION PLANS AND FIRST FEATURE FILM INVESTMENTS

  Russia’s new studio GLAVKINO announces its investment four new feature films The largest studio in Eastern Europe set for further investment and expansion   CANNES – Sunday 19 May 2013.   Russia’s new largest purpose-built film and TV studio, GLAVKINO, set up by filmmaker Feodor Bondarchuk and Ilya Bachurin, has announced its first feature film production investments and the intention to expand its studio...

"Death March" from Adolfo Alix Jr. premieres in Un Certain Regard May 19

Un Certain Regard Directed by : Adolfo ALIX JR. Country: PHILIPPINES, JAPAN Year: 2013 Duration: 110.00 minutes Synopsis Bataan. 1942. Thousands of Filipino and American soldiers were forced to march in the blistering heat amidst disease, starvation and maltreatment by the displeasured and disgusted Japanese guards. Miguel is horrified by the dead soldiers talking to him. Alex starts to hallucinate and question his ...

Rithy Panh's "L'image Manquante" (The Missing PIcture) premieres in Un Certain Regard May 19

Un Certain Regard Directed by : Rithy PANH Country: CAMBODIA, FRANCE Year: 2013 Duration: 95.00 minutes   Synopsis For many years, I have been looking for the missing picture: a photograph taken between 1975 and 1979 by the Khmer Rouge when they ruled over Cambodia...On its own, of course, an image cannot prove mass murder, but it gives us cause for thought, prompts us to meditate, to record History. I searched f...

ROSKINO INTRODUCES NINE NEW RUSSIAN FILMS AND DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS AND FESTIVAL SELECTORS AT THE 66TH CANNES

    NEW RUSSIAN CINEMA ROSKINO INTRODUCES NINE NEW RUSSIAN FILMS AND DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS AND FESTIVAL SELECTORS AT THE 66TH CANNES FILM FESTIVAL   CANNES  -  Friday 17 May 2013.   The Russian Film Pavilion, which is supported by the Russian Federations‘ Ministry of Culture and ROSKINO, presented nine new Russian films and filmmakers for the first time to international distributors, festival selectors and the inter...

Canine junket on Majestic 66 Beach "PUDSEY: THE MOVIE" with superstar PUDSEY (winner of "Britain's Got Talent")

      Cannes, Thursday 16th May   Making his Cannes Film Festival debut, as he embarks on his new career as a film star, is PUDSEY, the lovable quadruped who, with his human partner and trainer, ASHLEIGH, won a nation's hearts in 2012 as the winners of ITV's hit show, "Britain's Got Talent".   Directed by Nick Moore ("Horrid Henry: The Movie") from a screenplay by Paul Rose, the live-action talking-dog adventure PUDSEY: THE MOVIE ...

Rebecca Zlotowski's "Grand Central" premieres in Un Certain Regard May 18

Un Certain Regard Directed by : Rebecca ZLOTOWSKI Country: FRANCE, AUSTRIA Year: 2013 Duration: 94.00 minutes   Synopsis Gary is young, agile, a quick learner. He's one of those who's never been promised anything. After a succession of odd jobs, he's taken on at a nuclear power plant. There, amongst the reactors and their high doses of radioactivity, he finally finds what he's been looking for: money, a ...

Flora Lau's "Bends" premieres in Un Certain Regard May 18

Un Certain Regard Directed by : Flora LAU Country: HONG KONG Year: 2013 Duration: 95.00 minutes   Synopsis BENDS straddles the Hong Kong-­-Shenzhen border and tells the story of ANNA, an affluent housewife and FAI, her chauffeur, and their unexpected friendship as they each negotiate the pressures of Hong Kong life and the city’s increasingly complex relationship to mainland China. ...

Interview with Michael B. Jordan - Cannes Festival Diaries with Nadine Vinzens

Nadine Vinzens gets the chance to talk to Michael B. Jordan, star of the new film, Fruitvale Station, directed by Ryan Coogler. The film, a competitor in the Un Certain Regard section at the 66th Cannes Fillm Festival, is based on a true story of a man shot to death by a police officer in Oakland, California in 2009. The two talk about Jordan's approach to the difficult role, and they practice a little French along the way. by: Caroline Meintzer ...

CALL FOR ENTRIES for the 4th Annual Love Your Shorts Film Festival

The Love Your Shorts Film Festival celebrates short films in Sanford, Florida. The Festival screens only short films under 30 minutes in length. Films are divided into different blocks for screening and the audience votes for their favorites. The winning films from each block advance to a final block for a panel of judges to pick the overall festival winner. Winners of each block earn the festival’s award, the “Monroe,” an original piece of metal artwork named after S...

Alain Guiraudie's L'Inconnu du lac (Stranger by the Lake) to premiere May 17 in Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard Directed by : Alain GUIRAUDIE Country: FRANCE Year: 2013 Duration: 97.00 minutes Synopsis Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel. An attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this, but wants to live out his passion anyway. Credits Alain GUIRAUDIE - Director Alain GUIRAUDIE - Screenplay Claire M...

Valeria Golino's Miele to premiere May 17 in Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard Directed by : Valeria GOLINO Country: ITALY, FRANCE Year: 2013 Duration: 96.00 minutes Synopsis Miele is the story of Irene a 30 years old girl who helps suffering people.Terminal patients who want to make shorter the struggle with death, people whose suffering injure the dignity of an human being. One day a 70 years old man in good health, who simply thinks to have lived enough, asks her to help him. The meeting will put to the test Irene’s convicti...

Haiti Untold doc. announces Cannes premiere on 1st day of film market

  Documentary investigates role of  media and politics in post-quake reconstruction efforts   (Cannes, France) – ID Communications announces the World market premiere of “Haiti Untold” a feature-length documentary taking us behind the scenes of the aftermath of  Haiti's 2010 Earthquake. The film presents an overview of progress in the country in the last 3 years and features Joey Adler, CEO of OnexOne Foundation, Donna Karan (...

Exclusive: Voltage Adds Chris Pine Starrer, Taliban-Themed 'Drones Project' to Cannes Slate

  By Liza Foreman   Voltage Pictures has added the Taliban-themed Untitled Drones Project to its Cannes line up. The package, as it is being presented here, includes Chris Pine (Star Trek Into Darkness) in the lead role, with Andrew Niccol (Lord of War, Gattaca) directing and writing. Voltage’s Nicolas Chartier is producing. The story follows a fighter pilot turned drone pilot.  Based in Las Vegas, he fights the Taliban by remote control all day befor...

James O'Brien’s HYPERFUTURA, the controversial cult sci-fi feature film with Eric Kopatz gets cable VOD premiere

    From acclaimed indie director James O'Brien comes the new controversial cult sci-fi feature film HYPERFUTURA, starring break out talent Eric Kopatz- available now on iTunes and cable VOD and coming soon to Amazon Prime. Utilizing experimental multi-media techniques, HYPERFUTURA challenges the Hollywood mainstream with an extreme alternative cinema that makes use of archival footage and special effects married to a live action narrative. Like Terrenc...

New York No Limits Early Deadline Open for short film event on August 29th

New York No Limits Film Series early deadline for our August 29th Short Film Breakthrough program is now open. The Aug. 29 event will be presented at THE WILD PROJECT in New York City.  The early deadline is June 7th. All genres and styles of short films are accepted. Foreign language films are accepted and strongly encouraged to submit. Short films must be no longer than 29 minutes in length.  Lineup will be annc. Aug. 7th.  NYNL hosts an ongoing series of short film programs t...

Exclusive: Voltage Adds Chris Pine Starrer, Taliban-Themed 'Drones Project' to Cannes Slate

  By Liza Foreman   Voltage Pictures has added the Taliban-themed Untitled Drones Project to its Cannes line up. The package, as it is being presented here, includes Chris Pine (Star Trek Into Darkness) in the lead role, with Andrew Niccol (Lord of War, Gattaca) directing and writing. Voltage’s Nicolas Chartier is producing. The story follows a fighter pilot turned drone pilot.  Based in Las Vegas, he fights the Taliban by remote control all day before going home to the...

Amat Escalante's "HELI" premiering May 16th In Competition

      In Competition     Directed by: Amat ESCALANTE Country: MEXICO, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, FRANCE Year:2013 Duration: 105.00 minutes SYNOPSIS Estela is a 12 year old girl who has just fallen crazy in love with a young police cadet who wants to run away with her and get married. Trying to achieve this dream, her family will have to live the violence that is devastating the region. CREDITS Amat ESCALANTE&nb...

François Ozon's "JEUNE & JOLIE (YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL)" to premiere May 16 In Competition

  IN competition Directed by: François OZON Country: FRANCE Year: 2013 Duration: 95.00 minutes SYNOPSIS A coming-of-age portrait of a 17-year-old French girl over four seasons and four songs. François OZON - Director François OZON - Screenplay Pascal MARTI - Cinematography Katia WYSZKOP - Set Designer Philippe ROMBI - Music Laure GARDETTE - Film Editor ...
gersbach.net