NEWSLETTER N° 504: April 9, 2011

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NEWSLETTER N° 504: April 9, 2011

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 AWARDS

ECU Ends With Awards Ceremony
ÉCU 2011 concluded on April 3rd 2011 at cinema Sept Parnassiens and the Cinema Action Christine in Paris.
Twenty awards were given out at the ceremony. “The Best Director” 2011 was shared by Susanne Kellermann, Florian Hirschmann, Katja Benrath the directors of Puppenspiel (Austria). Antoinette Beumer’s The Happy Housewife (Netherlands) won “Best European Independent Dramatic Feature”, and Tornike Bziava’s April Chill (Georgia) scored “Best European Independent Dramatic Short”. The prestigious title of “Europe’s Best Independent Film 2011” went to Fabien Lartigue and Gabriella Cserhati for the feature film 27m2 (France). 

Magmart | video under volcano awards
The VI edition of Magmart | video under volcano is over. And the winners (33 not 30, due some æxequo, and strictly in alphabetical order) are: ...niland 2 / Marius and Rocio / Leneweit and Rodriguez - Germany Again (bloody painting) / Fabio Sanna - Italy Android / Hicham Lasri - Morocco ...

European Spiritual Film Festival (ESFF) winners 2011
The European Spiritual Film Festival showcases films (feature films and short films : fictions, documentaries and animation films) and screenplays that explore spiritual traditions from around the world and their different practices. By spirituality, we m...

Diagonale Prize Winners 2011
Grand Diagonale Prize for Best Austrian Feature Film (? 21.000) Marie Kreutzer for Die Vaterlosen Grand Diagonale Prize for Best Austrian Documentary Film (? 21.000) Ivette Löcker for Nachtschichten Best Innovative Cinema Award (? 10.500) Billy Roisz for Chiles en Nogada Best Short Feature Fi...

Magmart | video under volcano is over. And the winners are...
The VI edition of Magmart | video under volcano is over. And the winners (33 not 30, due some æxequo, and strictly in alphabetical order) are: ...niland 2 / Marius and Rocio / Leneweit and Rodriguez - Germany Again (bloody painting) / Fabio Sanna - Italy Android / Hicham Lasri - Morocco ...

Winners of the European Independent Film Festival
We are delighted to announce this year?s winners at the prestigious ÉCU 2011 awards. The jury had a very tough decision choosing from the huge number of incredible films submitted to the festival, but after much debate the winners were announced at our awards ceremony this evening, marking the end...

 ECU Ends With Awards Ceremony
 Watch the Video of the Vilnius Film festival 2011 Closing Ceremony

 

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 FILM NEWS FROM THE CIRCUIT

There is a new Hot Short on the fest circus: ENSEMBLE the movie 
Paris, 1942, Isaac a Jewish child, escapes the Nazis, he found refuge in the mosque of Paris. Ahmed, the Imam, took under his protection. Ahmed decided to save as many children as possible from certain death...

Click to view the trailer for ENSEMBLE

 Tribeca will close with a local: Edward Burns’ Newlyweds

The best in mountain cinema will be on show at the TrentoFilmfestival 2011
A RANGE OF 128 MOUNTAIN FILMS This year, the world's oldest mountain film festival features highly anticipated debuts from across Europe and Italy. Werner Herzog is involved in two films, directing "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" and writing "Happy People, a Year in the Taiga". The latter will be competing for the honours with "180° South" by director Chris Mallo...

Discover the trailer for Lars von Trier's MELANCHOLIA
Melancholia from Zentropa on Vimeo. The trailer for Lars von Trier's MELANCHOLIA is launched online today and available to view at www.melancholiathemovie.com. A beautiful movie about the end of the world. MELANCHOLIA is written and directed by von Trier and produced by Meta Louise Foldager and Louise Vesth for Zentropa Entertainments27. Artificial Eye will release in the UK ...

New York's Newest Art Film Palace
The specialty theatrical scene in New York City is about to get a new jolt with the highly anticipated expansion by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, among the city's most prestigious film institutions. The long-awaited Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center is a gloriously modern 17,500 square-foot venue, will house two theaters, an amphitheater and a café, adding a potential for 4 different scre...

CineFest will kick-off on tomorrow night inPhiladelphia with 2 films
For the very first time, CineFest will kick-off on tomorrow night (Thursday, April 7) with TWO opening night films: Exporting Raymond, and for the late-night crowd, The Catechism Cataclysm. Exporting Raymond is a hilarious documentary about Phillip Rosenthal, creator of the hit TV show "Everybody Loves Raymond" and his calamitous adventures when he goes to Russia to work on their versio...

 

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 NEWS FROM THE KEY CIRCUIT PLAYERS

Lee Chang-dong and Jerzy Skolimowski Presidents of the juries at Critic's week
50th Semaine de la Critique: Since its creation in 1990, the Grand Prize for La Semaine de la Critique has been awarded to one of the seven feature films in Competition and has been selected by journalists who were invited to vote following each screening. For its anniversary, La Semaine has dec...

Oliver Stone to receive Honor at San Francisco Film Society Awards Night
Director Will Receive Honor at Film Society Awards Night at Bimbo's 365 Club and Onstage Tribute at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas San Francisco, CA -- The San Francisco Film Society announced today that Oliver Stone will be the recipient of the Founder's Directing Award at the 54th San Fran...

The Suspensful Career of Brian De Palma
While Alfred Hitchcock will forever be known as the "master of suspense", one of his true admirers, the director Brian De Palma, also shares the master's abiding interest and superb execution of the thriller genre. If anything, De Palma was able to be much more explicit in the depicti...

Winners of ÉCU 2011
Meet ÉCU 2011 Winners: Film of the Festival 2011: "27m2". Directors Gabrielle Cserhati and Fabien Lartigue. (Photo taken by G-Technology). ...

The Gregory Peck Commemorative Stamp
Actors Laura Dern, Morgan Freeman and singer Natalie Maines will join host Sharon Stone in honoring Oscar®-winner Gregory Peck (1916 - 2003) at the First Day of Issue ceremony for the Gregory Peck Commemorative Stamp. Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in conjunction with...

Tribute to Nanouk Leopold and Stienette Bosklopper at Crossing Europe
Crossing Europe Filmfestival will dedicate a tribute to two prominent film personalities from the Netherlands: director Nanouk Leopold and producer Stienette Bosklopper (Circe Films), who have collaborated frequently during the past ten years. The festival takes place in Linz, Austria, April 12 -17....

Vikas Kohli of FatLabs to receive special recognition at the ReelWorld Film Festival
Vikas Kohli of FatLabs will be the first to receive the coveted Trailblazer Award from the ReelWorld Film Festival for his work solely as a film composer and music producer. It's been an adventure over the past year, with several of the films Kohli has composed for receiving ...

 Dawn Hudson and Ric Robertson Named to New Academy Posts
 APSA Appoints Artistic Director and Announces Upcoming Events in the Region
 "Rid of Me" - Interview with the Director at Tribeca Film Festival

 

 

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 The 3rd Iñigo Film Festival calling for shorts August 16-19,2011
 
“The cinema enjoys a wealth of languages, a multiplicity of styles and a variety of narrative forms that are truly great: from realism to fable, from history to science fiction, from adventure to tragedy, from comedy to news, from animated cartoon to documentary...(John Paul II.)

The Jesuits are pleased again to announce the 3rd “Iñigo Film Festival” for short films at the World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, Spain. 
Entries are accepted in the following categories: narrative fiction, animated and documentary on the general theme of ‘City of God’. A wide variety of interpretations of this topic is expected and encouraged. Submit till April 15th

 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival Fall Edition in los angeles:
The NYIIFVF is a competitive event and is dedicated to making things happen for emerging filmmakers and screenwriters. The festival has cultivated excellent relationships with thousands of companies in both cities.
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 The Ruby Mountain Film Festival August 11-14, 2011 

The Ruby Mountain Film Festival is dedicated to the exhibition and nurturing of film and video as an art. The RMFF presents a full range of storytelling through visual arts from independent and student filmmakers to big budget major motion pictures with a particular emphasis on low budget featurefilms, student films and westerns.

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 Raindance Film Festival 2011 28 September - 9 October, 2011
 
Raindance showcases features and shorts made by independent filmmakers from all around the world to an audience of film fans, journalists, acquisition executives, actors, producers and directors. Each year we receive thousands of film submissions of just about every genre you can imagine from very talented filmmakers so it’s safe to assume that the competition is fierce. If you think your film has what it takes to make Raindance ’11 then submit your film before the 17th June 2011. 
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 Dimension 3 2011 May 24- 26, 2011
 
Dimension 3 reaffirms its ambition to offer a networking platform, by gathering together professionals who offer new tools, products or services and those who are looking for solutions or new practices in the field of images, from creation to visualization. Efforts should be made to avoid trivialization and give creation a prestigious image, be itstereoscopic 3D, mixed reality, haptic technologies, ultra-high resolution, etc.
Technology should make images smarter, but also continue to be a vector for emotions: creators must hold a prominent position at the center of this issue. In this perspective, Dimension 3 new edition also provides a place for young creators to showcase their talents, offering opportunities and creating vocations. This year’s event is spread out across two venues, one of which is dedicated to the ecosystem of images from filming to visualization, the other to new uses and talents.
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 HollyShorts Film Festival August 11-18, 2011
The 7th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival, scheduled for August 11-18, 2011, is now accepting submissions and commercials (www.withoutabox.com/login/4655). 2010 HSFF featured over 200 projects showcasing stars and filmmakers including David Arquette, James Caan, John Dahl, James Franco, and Kirsten Dunst. HSFF awards over $40,000 in prizes, including $20,000 in services courtesy of Company 3.  www.hollyshorts.com
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 The Los Angeles Film Festival - june 16-26, 2011
Now in its 17th year, the Los Angeles Film Fetival showcases the best of American and international cinema.  Drawing an enthusiastic audience of more than 90,000, the Festival provides films with the opportunity to be embraced by the public and discovered by the industry. More than 100 feature films - narrative and documentary are featured...
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