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Animaze is an international film festival and conference exploring the world of animation in all its diversity. Filmmakers and professionals from over 65 countries will converge on Montreal from August 17-20. Filmfestivals.com has partnered with Animaze to offer our audience discount on the industry passes.
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Montreal film festival partners with Red Cross. Virtual reality to give viewers every stage of the Syrian refugee experience – from the destruction of home-town, dangerous travel with children, violent hostility, police abuse incited by media and right wing politicians in certain western countries. Viewing to generate funds for Syrian refugees.
In the face of increasing hostility and violence meted out to ever larger numbers of refugees fleeing violent conflict zones (especially Syria), the Montreal International Animation Film Festival (MIAFF) seeks to reach out to the broader society in a meaningful way.
“I think a film festival should not be about irrelevant snobbery, idle gossip, and cocktail parties, but about how we as artists, can contribute to the cause of humanity”, said MIAFF’s founder and CEO, Laurie Gordon.
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL & INDUSTRY August 30 - September 9, 2017
31 Aug – 5 Sept, 2017 The Venice Production Bridge comprises the Venice Gap Financing Market, the workshop Final Cut in Venice, the Book Adaptation Rights Market, the European Film Forum, Networking Sessions and Panels, as well as an Exhibition Area, and much more. The Venice Production Bridge will be held dur...
VENICE GAP-FINANCING MARKET September 1 to September 3 2017 The 4th edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market will offer selected European and International projects the opportunity to close their international financing, through one-to-one meetings with potential and pertinent international professionals. All the invited professionals are decision-makers. The Venice Gap-Financing Market event will present 47 projects from around the world...
BOOK RIGHTS ADAPTATION MARKET September 1 to September 3 2017 During the second edition of the Book Adaptation Rights Market, 19 International publishers will propose the adaptation rights of their works (novels, essays, graphic novels, children literature…) through one-to-one meetings with producers in a dedicate...
FINAL CUT IN VENICE September 3 to September 5 2017 The fifth edition of this workshop will present a selected number of quality rough cuts coming from all African countries, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon and will give them the opportunity of finding the post-production financing through our partners and the participants. The workshop Final Cut in Venice consists of three days of activities during which the working copies of six selected films coming ...
EUROPEAN FILM FORUM September 3 to September 4 2017 The European Film Forum is organized with the EU Media Program. It will propose two days of top level panels focusing on the financing of the Cultural and Creative sectors, the future of Cinema and the Training programs as a tool to foster skills and creativity. This unique rendez-vous is now on all professionals’ agendas. The two days will be dedicated to the topics “Virtual gets real exploring t...
The world premieres of three new films round out the program of the 74th Venice International Film Festival (August 30 – September 9), directed by Alberto Barbera and organized by the Biennale, chaired by Paolo Baratta. The three films completing the program of the 74th Venice Film Festival are: · Zhuibu (Manhunt), the much-awaited return of John Woo to the crime thriller movies which made him famous, The Killer and Hardboiled. A cont...
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One region, eight countries, twenty-two films.One section: Open Doors. Once again the Locarno Festival looked at a region where the light of cinema struggles to shine. The spotlight was on South Asia, with projects to develop, filmographies to support and ideas to share. Consider it done. At Locarno70 as well. The names of prizewinners for the Open Doors Hub coproduction platform and the Open Doors Lab producer-training workshop were announced today. The prizes, both cash and in the form...
The names of prizewinners for the Open Doors Hub coproduction platform and the Open Doors Lab producer-training workshop were announced today, 8 August. The 2017 session was the second in the three-year cycle dedicated by Open Doors to exploring eight countries in Southern Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The prizes, both cash and in the form of tangible assistance, have been awarded to projects and participants in the international pla...
1. Carlo Chatrian He is an icon of his country, who even when appearing in international productions is still able to embody the spirit of India. She is an actress who was banned by her country but who has never stopped representing its culture and speaking for the women of the world. The Song of Scorpions marks the meeting of Irrfan Khan and Golshifteh Farahani. 2. After the triptych of wonders that was Courgette–Elle–Toni Erdmann, what’s next for Michel M...
Carlo Chatrian Film after film, Wang Bing is creating a personal homage to his people, whether workers or prisoners in labour camps, the mentally ill in a house with circular balconies or women confined to bed, emigrants or resisters. Mrs. Fang is the latest touching volet of this particular human comedy. 2. The search for a gunshot fired many years ago. The search for the roots of a hate that continues unabated. Somewhere between detective and traveler, in Did You...
Chien by Samuel Benchetrit - Piazza Grande 07 | 08 | 2017 21 Pictures Todd Haynes - Pardo d'Onore Manor 07 | 08 | 2017 11 Pictures
Amori che non sanno stare al mondo by Francesca… 06 | 08 | 2017 30 Pictures What Happened to Monday? by Tommy Wirkola - Piazza… 06 | 08 | 2017 17 Pictures ...
VENUES 05 | 08 | 2017 6 Pictures Mathieu Kassovitz - Excellence Award Moet &… 05 | 08 | 2017 11 Pictures Sparrin...
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The seventh edition of First Look – the Locarno Festival initiative aiming to showcase films in post-production – has presented six works in progress from Baltic Countries. Each one was introduced by its producer to various world sales agents and festival programmers attending the Industry Days. The jury for First Look 2017, comprising Charles Tesson (Semaine de la Critique’s Artistic Director), Jenn Murphy (Afi Fest's Se...
Summary from Variety correspondent Nick Vivarelli A group of 50 prominent European independent film industry execs assembled Thursday for the Locarno Festival’s StepIn think tank to discuss the timely topic of “The Theatrical Experience and the Future of Auteur Cinema in the Age of Global Streaming Platforms and Social Networks.” Judging from the attendees reaction, it was a huge success: "We are extremely proud of the high...
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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Some good news Down South as Channing Tatum, who stars in LOGAN LUCKY directed by Steven Soderbergh, has gotten James Bond to dye his hair blonde — "Dye Another Day" would be a great 007 title -- wait, that's not real news. Even though Daniel Craig’s surprise Hillbilly-meets-Okie mega-cameo as Joe Bang in this movie is quite a towhead, the real news? Well, over a ways yonder in Tennessee the cast of LOGAN, which will b...
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent One hot week in August leading up to a full moon, from Aug. 1 to Aug. 7, there was a kind of ground zero for the D-word from Hollywood to Silicon Valley. We’re talking hot-button issues inclusion, fairness, and equity under the heading of Diversity. If you haven’t heard what happened, a recap is in order. Here’s a timeline: on July 31 “CBS This Morning” covers a new USC Annenberg study that cites “inclusion c...
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PriFest Awards 2017 On the 20th of July, Prishtina International Film Festival held its closing and award ceremony where around 13 foreign filmmakers went back home with a PriFest award. Mellow Mud by Renars Vimba won Best European Film Award and Media Jury Award while the Special Jury Prize in the Best European Film Category went to Chronicles of Melanie by Viestur Kairish. Amok by Vedran Tozija won the Fipresci Jury Award. All the winners are enlisted below accordin...
The inaugural Video Junkee 2017 Festival took place over the weekend (July 28 – 29) and saw hundreds of video hungry content creators and lovers flock to an array of events, talks and screenings across Sydney. Ahead of Yael Stone’s keynote address on the Friday evening, the inaugural Video Junkee Awards were held at Sydney’s Carriageworks. Awarded by the 2017 Creative Committee and presented by the duo Kristina Ross and Vanessa Buckley (from the J...
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2018 Call for Entries July 1- December 1, 2017!
The Garden State Film Festival is scheduled for March 22-25, 2018 in Asbury Park, NJ. Film, Screenplay and Movie Music competitions open July 1, 2017. Make sure all of the INFORMATION you are submitting into the submission system is CORRECT because THAT information GOES RIGHT INTO OUR SYSTEM.
Held once every two years, the festival brings young children and adults too, to enjoy the works in this international exhibition, which will take place March 29, 2018 to April 05, 2018. PTS, the organizers of this event, are now signing up entries for this tremendous series of showings, attracting some of the finest film makers from around the world with the lure of USD 25,000 in prize money.
A biennial film festival, TICFF brings young children and adults to enjoy the works in this international exhibition, which will take place in April 2018 for its eighth edition.
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The dates of the festival are Friday, November 3rd, 2017 – Sunday, November 12th. The first week will be held at the Dipson Theaters Eastern Hills Cinema, located in the Eastern Hills Mall in Williamsville, New York, outside Buffalo. The final three days will be held at the Screening Room Cinema Cafe, located in the Boulevard Mall in Amherst, New York, also outside Buffalo.
Buffalo Dreams is a filmmaker friendly event which celebrates the best independent films from around the world in the following categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction and Thriller. The festival separates content into three divisions: North American (U.S. and Canada), International, and Western New York. The Young Student Filmmaker Award is limited to Western New Yorkers and aims to introduce students under age 17 to the film festival experience. In addition, the Original Screenplay competition is always judged by a professional writer, and the five finalists receive notes from the judge. This year, the competition will be judged by acclaimed horror and humor author Jeff Strand.
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Filmmakers who would like to get their short film qualified for the 2018 Academy Awards are urged to enter this year’s MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival, which will not only screen to over a 100,000 film buffs in over 250 cinemas across six continents, but will do a full week's run in one cinema in the county of Los Angeles. This theater booking means every film selected as a Finalist in the 2017 MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival is eligible to enter the Oscar competition for 2018. MANHATTAN SHORT is now in compliance with the rules governing the Oscar Awards set forth by the Academy of Motion Pictures of Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
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Animaze is an international film festival and conference exploring the world of animation in all its diversity. Filmmakers and professionals from over 65 countries will converge on Montreal from August 17-20. Filmfestivals.com has partnered with Animaze to offer our audience discount on the industry passes.
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FEARnyc is New York's City's biggest horror film festival. Sponsored by Bloody Disgusting and Dread Central, FEARnyc features screenings of dozens of new horror films in the days leading up to Halloween. The 2017 festival will take place October 27 – 29, 2017 at The Sonnet Theater in Times Square, NYC. Click here to submit a film.
A genre-defying mixture of horror, sci-fi, myth, mystery and thrills told as four interlocking tales in one intelligent anthology. Ghosts, spirits, creatures, demons... The Bloody Dolls are Killin It at RIP Horror Hollywood! All filmmakers can submit direct to submissions@riphorrorfilmfest.com Not all submissions will be selected, only TOP 12 Features, TOP 18 Shorts and TOP 20 Micro Shorts will be accepted as official selections. In celebration of our 5th year Fees are FREE for stu...
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Thought-provoking, unforgettable and brilliant films from around the world await audiences at the August 8th Opening Night Celebration of FLICKERS -- and indeed throughout the week. The evening’s exhilarating line-up will showcase some of the finest examples of independent and international short films and World Premieres. We could not be more pleased to be back the the magnificent Providence Performing Arts Centerfor the Festival’s Opening Nig...
With an unprecedented string of hits and film phenomenon, Quebec gets slammed by a giant tsunami of world class directors: enter Denis Villeneuve, Xavier Dolan and content creators and technology visionaries enter Daniel Langlois. Quebec is a hotbed for homegrown filmmakers, cinema buffs, cinemaphiles and seasoned producers. From all over the world they are coming to Montreal setting up shop seeking the next international co-production and next availability of the hot director lineup. From Spi...
Horrorthon Film Festival will be co-organised by the Singapore Film Society and Golden Village Cinemas in late Oct 2017. ...
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Rory Fradella (prodducer) and Stephen Cyrus Sepher (writer, director) at the accreditation desk of the festival. DOA to screen this friday August 11 at 8.45 pm Full program Join us for our 21st annual Opening Night screening and celebration of the Rhode Island International Film Festival and the 35th Anniversary of its creator/producer, Flickers. Revel in the talent, artistry, and creative energy that make up the Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festiva...
Emmy nominated Billy Flynn stars in an ensemble cast as Sam Collins, a pharmaceutical sales rep who visits a small town in Louisiana to close the business deal of a lifetime. He finds himself in a dark world of sex, corruption and murder as he is poisoned with no antidote to save his life. Desperate for answers, with less than 24 hours to live, Sam turns to a local girl Jesse. Their path leads to a voodoo priestess who only confirms Sam's doomed fate. On the run, caught in a deadly vertigo...
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DEAD ON ARRIVAL D.O.A. by Stephen Sepher - Thriller - USA - June 2017 - 96 minutes
Emmy nominated Billy Flynn stars in an ensemble cast as Sam Collins, a pharmaceutical sales rep who visits a small town in Louisiana to close the business deal of a lifetime. He finds himself in a dark world of sex, corruption and murder as he is poisoned with no antidote to save his life. Desperate for answers, with less than 24 hours to live, Sam turns to a local girl Jesse. Their path leads to a voodoo priestess who only confirms Sam's doomed fate. On the run, caught in a deadly vertigo with no one to trust, Sam and Jesse find themselves running from police detectives, the Mob and a dirty sheriff who wants him dead.
Inspired by the 1950 classic noir thriller D.O.A.
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OFFENSIVE, Jon Ford's thriller.Winner in Houston Worldfest
THE EVIL WITHIN by late Andrew Getty
Winner in Houston WorldFest and Fantasporto
The sadistic tale of a lonely, mentally handicapped boy who befriends his reflection in an antique mirror. This demonic creature orders him to go on a murderous rampage to kill the people he loves most.
OFFENSIVE, Jon Ford's thriller.Winner in Houston Worldfest
"They were forced beyond breaking point; they have no regrets, does that make them bad people? The first part of this film will enrage you ! The second part will sate you !". Bruno Chatelin - Filmfestivals.com
A retired couple, Bernard and Helen Martin, inherit a remote house in rural France, the very same village Bernard’s war hero father liberated during the Second World War, over 70 years earlier. This peaceful couple quickly become the target of a crual gang of street kids, who terrorise the village.
An e-generation permanently plugged into their devices, devoid of empathy, a new breed of technological psychopath…Pushed beyond breaking point, can Bernard live up to his father’s legend, as the situation explodes into a brutal war of generations ?
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Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.
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Hungary's leading film event and biggest international film festival Jameson CineFest, 8 to 17 September, brings the freshest and most outstanding film selection to Hungary again: feature films, shorts, documentaries and animations that are domestic, some of them Central European premieres – for the 14th time. In the feature competition program we selected films that show all the happenings of the cinematic world of the year. Unconventional pieces like Bruno Dumont’s Jea...
The festival presents popular Asian cinema in North America and has been identified as “the best film festival in New York byThe Village Voice and as “one of the city’s most valuable events” by the New York Times. Because of its reputation the festival has been expanding its program and audience, approaching now more than 6000 people. NYAFF is growing even though two similar film festivals, Japan Cuts and the Asian American Internation...
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Fort d'une expérience acquise dans la distribution de films pour deux Majors (Sony et Fox mariée sous a direction avec UGC) Bruno Chatelin propose une expérience pointue au service de votre stratégie digitale à Travers sa structure de Conseil MAJOR BUZZ FACTORY Le fondateur Bruno Chatelin : un Professionnel de la communication entouré de spécialistes, son expérience est ancrée sur trois univers La publicité, Le mark.eting et le digital.
Le Festival international d’animation de Montréal (Le MIAFF), présenté par Animaze, va tenir une conférence de presse au musée McCord pour lancer la quatrième édition du festival. Le programme du festival, ses événements, et ses conférenciers invités, seront dévoilés. Des cinéastes Montréalais, la Croix-Rouge, des associations communautaires, ainsi que des entrepreneurs en r&...
Nouvelles stratégies pour le cinéma suisse: les professionnels se réunissent pour repenser la distribution, l'exploitation et la promotion des films suisses Plus de soixante personnes de la branche se sont rencontrées dans le cadre de Connect to Reality, une plateforme de discussion lancée par les festivals de Locarno, Zürich et Genève. Ce think tank entend développer l’analyse critique des défis qui s...
Le film de Villi Hermann CHoisir à vingt ans est présenté au Festival du film de Locarno 2017 dans la sélection officielle, hors concours. Il sera projeté Mardi 8 août à 16.30 au Kursaal ...
Jeanne Moreau est une actrice, chanteuse et réalisatrice française, née le 23 janvier 1928 dans le 10e arrondissement de Paris et morte le 31 juillet 2017 dans le 8e arrondissement de Paris1. Sa filmographie compte de grands noms du cinéma européen et américain, parmi lesquels Luis Buñuel, Theo Angelopoulos, Wim We...