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Debut films competing for the Lion of the Future “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film

    Xavier LEGRAND,  Jusqu’à la garde (France) (Venezia 74)   Ali ASGARI, Napadid shodan (Disappearance) (Iran, Qatar) (Orizzonti) Sofia DJAMA, Les bienheureux (France, Belgium) (Orizzonti) Cosimo GOMEZ, Brutti e cattivi (Italy, France) (Orizzonti) Amichai GREENBERG, Ha Edut (The Testament) (Israel, Austria) (Orizzonti) Alireza KHATAMI, Los versos del olvido (France, Germany, Netherlands, Chile) (Orizzonti) Jason RAFTOPOULOS, West of Sunshine (Australi...

 

“Pillole” from the Istituto Luce archive

 

“Pillole” from the Istituto Luce archive (edited by Nathalie Giacobino – film editing by Patrizia Penzo)   In 2017, Cinecittà - its legendary Studios, “the dream factory,” the ideal home for Federico Fellini and Italy’s collective imaginary - turned 80. This is an important birthday and the Istituto Luce Cinecittà absolutely had to celebrate it. In Venice, too, where, for several years now, the Pillole d’Archivio (“Archive Ca...

 

Special screenings in Venice

 

SPECIAL SCREENINGS     LA LUNGA STRADA DEL RITORNO by ALESSANDRO BLASETTI    Italy (1962) / 130’   BARBIANA ’65 LA LEZIONE DI DON MILANI by ALESSANDRO G.A. D’ALESSANDRO Italy / 62’   LIEVITO MADRE – LE RAGAZZE DEL SECOLO SCORSO by CONCITA DE GREGORIO, ESMERALDA CALABRIA Italy / 60’                   ...

 

The restored films of Venezia Classici

        Italian director Giuseppe Piccioni (Not of This World, Light of My Eyes, These Days) will chair the Jury of Cinema History Students which – for the fifth time – will award the VENEZIA CLASSICI AWARD for the BEST RESTORED FILM and the BEST DOCUMENTARY ON CINEMA.   The list of the films selected for the Venezia Classici section of the 74th Festival:   VENEZIA CLASSICI   IL DESERTO ROSSO (RED DESERT) by MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI ...

 

Biennale College – Cinema The films of the fifth edition (2016/2017)

 

The 74th Venice Film Festival will screen the three feature films which have been selected, developed and produced as part of the fifth edition (2016/2017) of Biennale College - Cinema, an advanced training laboratory, open to young filmmakers from all over the world for the production of low-budget films. The Biennale launched the laboratory at the 2012 Venice Film Festival. The three movies are:   BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA   BEAUTIFUL THINGS by GIORGIO FERRERO, producer: FEDERICO ...

 

VR Line Up in Venice

VENICE VIRTUAL REALITY In Competition     MELITA by NICOLÁS ALCALÁ Animation film / USA / 24’ / Oculus Stand Up   LA CAMERA INSABBIATA by LAURIE ANDERSON, HUANG HSIN-CHIEN Animation film / USA / 20’ / Installation   THE LAST GOODBYE by GABO ARORA USA / 20’ / Installation   MY NAME IS PETER STILLMAN by LYSANDER ASHTON, LEO WARNER Animation film / Great Britain / 6’ / Oculus Stand Up   ALICE, THE VIRTUAL REAL...

 

 

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Bleiberg’s new production “The Cousin” will screen in Orrizzonti Competition at Venice International Film Festival

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Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event Works in Progress presents 24 projects in two showcases for international sales agents, distributors and festival programmers on November 29 and 30, 2017.
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Call for Entries for Script Pool Tallinn, Baltic Event Co-Production Market and POWR Baltic Stories Exchange

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event in partnership with Telepool, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, and Storytek Creative Hub, have launched the script competition Script Pool Tallinn to help new exciting stories reach the screen. Projects of a full-length fiction film (theatrical or TV), TV series, web series, new platforms (VR / AR / other) are eligible with the best film or series script awarded with 5000 Euros and script doctor support by Telepool, and the best transmedia / multiplatform / interactve project invited to pitch at Storytek spring 2018 incubator session.

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GoodBye Sam Sheppard RIP

Known professionally as Sam Shepard, was an American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director whose body of work spanned over half a century. He was the author of forty-four plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. Shepard received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in The Righ...

 

Vanessa Paradis and Jeanne Moreau duo in Cannes

Sad news of the loss of Singer Actress Jeanne Moreau who passed away aged 89 at her home in Paris 17th area.   Happy to share this unforgettable magic moment in Cannes where Jeanne Moreau sang a duo with Dame Moreau "Le Tourbillon de la vie", title song from Jules et Jim de by  François Truffaut. ...

 

French star Jeanne Moreau no more

French star Jeanne Moreau no more Jeanne Moreau has died at her Paris home today, aged 89. She leaves behind a legacy of memorable films, including classic vehicles of Louis Malle and François Truffaut. Born to a French restaurateur father (Anatole Moreau) and English cabaret dancer mother (Katherine Buckley) on 23 January 1928 at Paris, she studied at Collège Edgar-Quinet and Conservatoire National d’Art Dramatique. In 1948, she became an actress with Comédie Fran&...

Elizabeth Sheldon has launched a new film distribution and sales company, Juno Films

 

Licinio Azevedo’s Train of Salt and Sugar and Cahier Africain Are Lead Acquisitions   Elizabeth Sheldon has launched a new film distribution and sales company, Juno Films, to partner with agents, producers and filmmakers to execute bespoke investment, sponsorship and distribution strategies in North America. Sheldon brings two decades of experience in film distribution and international sales, with a specialty in distribution to the educational and non-profit market, to he...

 

Beth Barrett Named Seattle Fest Artistic Director

Beth Barrett, former Director of Programming, has been named SIFF’s new Artistic Director. With her advancement, Barrett becomes SIFF’s first female Artistic Director, one of only a select few women in the United States holding this position for a major film festival. Barrett assumed the mantle of Interim Artistic Director last October, leading the organization though a very successful 43rd Seattle International Film Festival.    Barrett began her career at SIFF i...

 

Directors statement on making DOA

why you decided to make DOA? We thought that it has been a while since a good Noir film has been made and we were very much attracted to the concept of a man being poisoned with less than 24 hours to live!  The idea of what you would do if you are caught in a small town where you cannot trust anyone and your clock is ticking was pretty intriguing.  This concept was very exciting for me as a director.    Our film is inspired by the 1950 DOA, but it is certainly not...

 

The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Gala

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Rory Fradella Producer of Dead on Arrival DOA

Tyson Sullivan and Rory Fradella in Dead on Arrival (2017) Rory Fradella is an actor and writer, known for Law of the Fish and Dead on Arrival(2017) ...

 

Stephen Sepher The Director of Dead on Arrival DOA

Stephen C. Sepher Stephen's passion is to tell stories that move the audience as a writer, actor, and director. In 2015, he starred alongside Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Dave Bautista in the action thriller Heist, which he also wrote and produced. His latest project is Dead on Arrival, which he wrote and directed. Stephen C. Sepher is an accomplished filmmaker/actor who has a passion for telling stories. He is the creative force behind the Lionsgate Thriller Heist, known in...

 

 

The Cast of Dead on Arrival - DOA

Billy Flynn Emmy nominated Billy Flynn got his big break in 2014, when he signed a contract with the NBC drama series, Days of Our Lives. Billy has a worldwide following with millions of fans for the role of Chad DiMera. Dead on Arrival marks his first starring role in a feature film. Christa B. Allen Christa B. Allen is an actress known for her role as Charlotte Clarke in over 70 episodes of ABC’s TV series Revenge, 13 Going on 30 (2004) and Youth in Revolt (2009). Chris Mulkey ...

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PriFest Awards 2017

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...

 

 

Video Junkee 2017 Festival Awards

  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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The 8th Taiwan International Children's Film Festival (TICFF)

March 29, 2018 to April 05, 2018
 
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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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Montreal International Animation Film Festival - ANIMAZE 
August 17 – 20, 2017

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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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Horror Calling

FEARnyc New York's premier horror film festival October 27 – 29, 2017 - Horror Calling

Morbido Festival Mexico October 26 – November 5, 2017 - Horror Calling

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RIP Horror Film Festival November 10 -13 - Horror Calling

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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Toronto After Dark Film Festival Oct 12-20, 20 - Horror Calling

Shriekfest Announces its Commercial Contest!

Monsters of Film Festival: The Stockholm based festival is calling with final deadline july 6th

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On 55th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death, new film to reveal unheard recordings about what really happened

Production launches this week on a new film, American Icon: Marilyn Monroe, as fan clubs and devotees from around the world converge on Los Angeles to mark the 55th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death on August 5.    Delving into the complexities of Monroe's life, the film will feature previously unheard interviews which were embargoed until after the passing of some interview subjects; finally disprove the major conspiracy theories; and become the catalyst for a movement t...

 

Film Financing in death spiral - Sony's co-financing lifeline LStar says soyanara

Filmtake.com reports Sony’s co-financing partner, LStar Capital, informed the studio at the last minute that they would no longer invest in their slate. LStar was scheduled to forward $50 million to Sony Pictures, but the company exercised an option to withdraw from the agreement on the day before funds were due on the studio’s latest animation feature, The Emoji Movie. Additional films avoided by LStar’s early exit include Flatliners, Hotel Transylvania 3, ...

 

Will you consider The Ones to watch By filmfestivals.com August 2017 Selection

Dear Festival programmers  I would like to share with you these amazing films which I have selected for festival consideration. They are part of our 'Ones To Watch' section.  And I believe each of them has a story that can change the way we see life.   "Ones to Watch' by filmfestivals.com"  DEAD ON ARRIVAL D.O.A. by Stephen Sepher - Thriller  - USA  - June  2017 -  96 minutes Emmy nomi...

 

Synopsis for Dead on Arrival by Stephen C. Sepher

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 verti...

 

Dead on Arrival Premiering at Rhode Island International Film Festival

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...

 

Que Cera, Cera? Michael Cera Resurfaces in PERSON TO PERSON Like Now

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent What do we know about 29 year-old Canadian actor Michael Cera? Well, he was 16 on hit TV show “Arrested Development” and brought that wise-old-young-man sensibility to alternative-feeling benchmark films like NICK & NORA’S INFINITE PLAYLIST and SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD. Add odd roles in JUNO with Oscar nominee Ellen Page, and the zeitgeist turn in SUPERBAD that same year, 2007, he seemed poised to be a coming-of-age fixture...

 

 

Call for Movies until 25th of August!

Encon­tram-se aber­tas as ins­cri­ções para a 23.ª Edi­ção do Fes­ti­val Cami­nhos do Cinema Por­tu­guês. Entre o dia 20 de Julho e o dia 27 de Agosto pode­rão ser sub­me­ti­das via Film­Fre­eway as obras para a Selec­ção Cami­nhos e Selec­ção Ensaios. O Fes­ti­val Cami&...

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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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THE EVIL WITHIN by late Andrew Getty 
Winner in Houston WorldFest and Fantasporto

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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Revolution by Rob Stewart  

over 40 festival wins so far

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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The Tartu Love Film Festival announces its full lineup

  The 12th Tartu Love Film Festival, aka TARTUFF, the biggest open air film festival in the Baltics has announced its full lineup. This year's programme is made up of 13 features and 5 documentaries. The feature programme includes Keep the Change directed by Rachel Israel, which won several awards at Karlovy Vary and Tribeca this year; another Tribeca award winner The Divine Order by director Petra Biondina Volpe; the winner of the Un Certain Regard Best Actress...

 

ВRIDGE of ARTS will sign an agreement with European Children's Film Association ECFA. Business program of the forum

International Motivational Film and Sport Festival BRIDGE of ARTS has announced the program of its business forum which would take place on August 24-25, 2017. The forum’s focus is «Cinema economics: new markets». The forum’s target goal is bringing investment into the industry in general, and into children’s and family films production sector in particular. The forum discussions will result in signing the agreement with European Children’s Fil...

 

MIAFF Student film goes VIRAL with 5 million views! New Pixar style movie In a Heart Beat at Animaze

  Student filmmakers Esteban Bravo (left) and Beth David Courtesy of Esteban Bravo and Beth David The Montreal International Animation Film Festival is one of the first festivals to confirm an exclusive screening of In a Heartbeat a short animation film in the student film competition taking the internet by storm going viral with over 5 million views in just a few days.   Two animation students at Ringling School of Art and Design in Florida were able to raise more...

 

 

Boulder Adventure Film Festival

Don't miss the world premiere of the 13th annual Adventure Film Festival & Street Fair at the Boulder Theater. Presented by Intrepid Travel and Patagonia, this three-day action-packed event showcases a diverse collection of the year’s most groundbreaking and insightful independent films from serious exploration to environmental heroism to gripping tales from the edge of the believable. Plus, Community Night Street Party, Family & Kid’s Show with Jeff &am...

 

Flickerfest 27th International Short Film Festival

FLiCKERFEST 27th International Short Film Festival 12-21 January 2018, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia Flickerfest is an Academy® Accredited and BAFTA-recognised festival. FLiCKERFEST, Australia’s premier international short film festival, will be held at the Bondi Pavilion on Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach in January 2018. The Festival in 2018 will celebrate 27 years of screening the best short films from Australia and around the world in competitions and special showc...

 

In Mexico GIFF wraps 20th edition

Leopoldo Soto, filmfestivals.com correspondent   Guanajuato Film Festival founded and directed by Sarah Hoch, - started as a festival dedicated to shorts - used to be one of the emerging festivals in Mexico; Then in America; And twenty years later, with International presence; Collapses due to an inappropriate censorship of the most respected press not only in Mexico, but abroad.    Excluding is a form of censorship. To Columba Vértiz, of the influential  Proceso M...

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Major Buzz Factory : Expérience de Bruno Chatelin du marketing Digital pour les films

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.

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Le Festival international d’animation de Montréal lance la quatrième édition de son festival

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&... 

 

Top 10 des entrées hebdo France du 26/07/2017 au 01/08/2017

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Jeanne Moreau : Une grande dame s'éteint à 89 ans

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...