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NewsletterTHE NEWSLETTER REACHES 200 000 FILM PROFESSIONALS EACH WEEK.Email us to be featured at special rates. SUBSCRIBE Highlights and Previews from the Festival Circuit Volume 756 - Filmfestivals.comWishing you all much success on the festival circuit! Read this online FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIAL NETWORKS: Advertise in our Sundance and Berlin Newsletters from 200€ email us for a quote > FOCUS ON SUNDANCESundance 2017 - World Premiere of LAST MEN IN ALEPPO
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO Section: World Cinema Documentary Competition Directed by Feras Fayyad & Steen Johannessen Media Opportunities: Feras Fayyad & Steen Johannessen will be available Sunday, January 22nd. Please reply to this email for any interview requests Festival Screenings: *P&I Screening* – Fri, January 20 at 5:30 PM – Holiday 1 *World Premiere* - Mon, January 23 at 2:45 PM – Yarrow Hotel Theatre Public Screening #1 – Tu...
Coming up panels at Sundance
FILMMAKER LODGE ARE WE ALL THE OTHER: TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES IN STORYTELLING Wed. January 25, 2:00 p.m., Filmmaker Lodge, Park City / 90 Min THIS IS NOT A PANEL Thurs. January 26, 2:00 p.m., Filmmaker Lodge, Park City / 90 Min PRODUCERS CONFIDENTIAL Fri. January 27, 2:00 p.m., Filmmake...
Shorts Awards Announced at 2017 Sundance Film Festival
And so we put goldfish in the pool. Wins Grand Jury Prize Winners of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival jury prizes in short filmmaking were announced today by Sundance Institute at a ceremony in Park City, Utah. The Short Film Grand Jury Prize, awarded to one film in the program of 68 shorts selected from 8,985 submissions, went to And so we put goldfish in the pool., written and directed by Makoto Nagahisa. Full video of the ceremony is at youtube.com/sff. The Short Film pr...
Marjorie Prime Wins Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at 2017 Sundance Film Festival
Actors Tim Robbins, Jon Hamm, Lois Smith, and Geena Davis attend the "Marjorie Prime" Premiere in Sundance Winners of Commissioning Grant, Episodic Storytelling Grant and Lab Fellowship Revealed At a reception during the 2017 Sundance Film Festival today, the beneficiaries of $60,000 in grants from Sundance Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation wer...
Sundance Film Festival 2017: Power of Story - The New Climate
Join Jeff Skoll (Founder and Chairman, The Skoll Foundation), Dr. David Suzuki (scientist and broadcaster), Amy Goodman (moderator), Mohamed Nasheed (Former President, Maldives), and Al Gore (Former Vice President, United States of America) for a discussion on The New Climate. ...
Sundance Institute Announces 2017 Recipient of Merata Mita Fellowship for Indigenous Artists
Fellowship Honors Artistic Contributions of Late Māori Filmmaker Amie Batalibasi (Australian Solomon Islander, Feralimae/Kosi) from Melbourne, Australia, is the 2017 recipient of the Sundance Institute Merata Mita Fellowship—an annual fellowship named in honor of the late Māori filmmaker Merata Mita (1942-2010). The announcement was delivered today at the 2017 Sundance Film Fe...
Sundance Institute and The Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation Collaborate to Support Diverse Independent Filmmakers
Foundation Backs Institute’s Annual Screenwriters Intensive, Year-Round Diversity Work Sundance Institute and The Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation will collaborate to support diverse independent artists, they announced today at a reception at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. As part of a two-year commitment, the Foundation will support the Institute’s Screenwriters...
GOLDEN EXITS (U.S. Dramatic Competition) Written and Directed by Alex Ross Perry
(Acquisition Title/WME and Forager Films) Starring Emily Browning, Adam Horovitz, Mary-Louise Parker, Lily Rabe, Jason Schwartzman, Chloë Sevigny and Analeigh Tipton Synopsis: Nick has settled into a safe existence in a small pocket of Brooklyn, where he currently toils on an archival project for his father-in-law. Soon, 20-something Naomi arrives from Australia to assist Nick for the semester. She has no acquaintances in the city beyond a loose family connect...
The low-down on how to get tickets for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival!
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Meet The Artists in Sundance
Get behind the scenes of the films from Sundance 2017 with the filmmakers themselves as they prepare to premiere at the Festival. Their stories will inspire you, artists and audiences alike. Meet the Artist '17: Joe Piscatella 1:45 ...
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO in World Cinema Documentary Competition
Directed by Feras Fayyad & Steen Johannessen Nowhere is the human toll of Syria’s ongoing civil war more brutally manifest than in the lives of Aleppo’s “White Helmets”—first responders to the devastating bombing and terrorist attacks that have pushed this city to the brink of collapse. Volunteers Khaled, Mahmoud, and Subhi rush toward bomb sites while others run away. They search through collapsed buildings for the living and dead. Contending with...
Digital Film Cloud Network in Sundance
Sundance is here! This year the acquisition race can't get any hotter, just take a look at these four amazing movies. ...
Netflix Debuts Trailers For Two Upcoming Films Ahead of Sundance Premieres
Netflix original films I don't feel at home in this world anymore. starring Melanie Lynskey and Elijah Wood, and Deidra & Laney Rob a Train featuring newcomers Ashleigh Murray and Rachel Crow, will make their world premieres at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival before launching on Netflix later this year. One of the most highly anticipated films at the festival, I don't feel at home in this world an...
Sundance Film Festival 2017: How To New Frontier
Find out where and how to immerse yourself in the multimedia art pieces of New Frontier. ...
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival kicks off today
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival kicks off today with the Day One Press Conference at 1 PM MT! If you're at #Sundance this year, take part in our Snapchat and Instagram Challenges: http://bit.ly/2iOGNPd ...
Sundance Film Festival 2017: Opening Day One Press Conference with Robert Redford
"Presidents come and go.. We support the storytellers and let them tell their stories." - Robert Redford ...
SUNDANCE: BENDING THE ARC Documentary Premiere on Doctors & Activists Who Turned Tide of History
BENDING THE ARC World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim will attend the world premiere of the stunning new documentary feature BENDING THE ARC at Sundance Film Festival and will be reunited with lifelong friends and co-founders of Partners In Health Dr. Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl (daughter of British novelist Roald Dahl) and patients from around the world whose lives were saved by their remarkable work. From directors Academy Award-Nominee Kief Davidson, Primetime Emmy Award Winner...
My Father’s Tools Premieres Native Documentary Short
2017 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Premieres Native Documentary Short My Father’s Tools *** A Wapikoni mobile Production *** My Father’s Tools, an observational Canadian documentary directed by first-time aboriginal filmmaker Heather C...
SUNDANCE 2017: Route One Entertainment and Roadmap Writers Select Winner of First Annual Script Initiative
Dorothy Pecoraro-Bertram has the winner of their first annual script initiative Leading production, development and financing company Route One Entertainment and screenwriters resource organization Roadmap Writers today announced the winner of their first annual film and television competition to select a script for Route One’s option and development. The winning project is Sabiya, written by Dorothy Bertram. The partnership with Roadmap Writers, championed by Vice Pr...
> FOCUS ON ROTTERDAMIFFR starts today in Rotterdam
Bero Beyer, the IFFR Festival Director, tells filmfestivals.com and the rest of the world that he is ready to welcome us all. "International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) offers a high quality line-up of carefully selected fiction and documentary feature films, short films and media art. The festival's focus is on recent work by talented new filmmakers. However, within the four sections the Festival presents, there is also room for retrospectives and themed programmes...
Full line up of panels at IFFR 2017
IFFR PRO PANELS During the first week of IFFR, the Filmmakers Hub organizes and hosts a series of panels and debates. Top industry professionals and experts attending the festival and CineMart will share their experiences with other professionals and dispense important advice to up-and-coming filmmakers. The panels are informal, yet highly instructive, and are a great forum for filmmakers to get their questions answered and for Industry pros to meet new talent...
The industry programme of the 46th edition. A wide range of interesting panels, discussions, masterclasses and off course many, many (PRO) screenings will make you feel right at home on Planet IFFR. Check the online line up of films and events at IFFR2017 ...
The American film Lemon by Janicza Bravo will open the 46th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on 25 January. Janicza Bravo’s impressive debut is a witty, no-holds-barred portrait of a likeable failure, with co-writer Brett Gelman (Dinner with Brett Gelman, Married), Judy Greer (Ant-Man, The Descendants), Nia Long (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Boiler Room) and Michael Cera (Juno, Arrested Development) in the leading roles. Lemon will have its ...
SUPER DARK TIMES, the feature debut by Kevin Phillips, will have its world premiere in Rotterdam's Bright Future
The only US fiction feature in Bright Future this year, the film comes to us from the producers behind BLUE RUIN by Jeremy Saulnier. Set in the mid 1990's, SUPER DARK TIMES is a suspenseful and intelligent film about youth and the loss of innocence - what happens when the darkness lurking beneath the surface of everyday life begins to emerge. A terrible accident transforms best friends from high school Zach and Josh into enemies. This ambitious thriller is set in the American subu...
IFFR and Océ kick-start innovation with Propellor | Kickstart partnership
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) invests both in talent and in technology in order to keep cinema relevant and vibrant. IFFR’s co-production market CineMart and film tech hub Propellor are entering into a cooperation with Océ – A Canon Company - a global leader in digital imaging & printing. During CineMart 2017 the Propellor | Kickstart event will take place, developing new models for the production, distribution and screening of films. Th...
Masterclasses by Olivier Assayas, Béla Tarr, Andrea Arnold and Barry Jenkins at IFFR 2017
Acclaimed filmmakers Olivier Assayas, Béla Tarr, Andrea Arnold and Barry Jenkins will be attending the 46th edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), where they will give masterclasses on their work and influences. These masterclasses are part of an extensive line-up of talks centred around IFFR’s themed programmes and unique, one-off film screenings. French filmmaker Olivier Assayas (Irma Vep, Clouds of Sils Maria) will talk about his previous works, his main infl...
IFFR welcomes 57 emerging producers to Rotterdam Lab
46th International Film Festival Rotterdam 25 January - 5 February 2017 New and returning partner organisations from Kosovo, Macedonia, Chile, Kenya and USA International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will welcome 57 promising emerging film producers from ...
world premiere in the Bright Future Award Competition of SELF-CRITICISM OF A BOURGEOIS DOG by Julian Radlmaier
The Rotterdam International Film Festival (25 January – 5 February 2017) has championed the presentation of works by talented up-and-coming filmmakers and also features them prominently in the competition sections. This year sees SELF-CRITICISM OF A BOURGEOIS DOG by Julian Radlmaier (faktura film, DFFB) having its world premiere in the Bright Future Award Competition. THE BURGLAR by Hagar Ben Asher (DE/IL/FR, Rohfilm) has the international premiere in the Hivos Tiger Competition. Four fi...
IFFR opens up the filmmaker’s laboratory in Nuts & Bolts with Special focus on Joost Rekveld
46th International Film Festival Rotterdam runs 25 January - 5 February 2017 In its Deep Focus: Nuts & Bolts programme section, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) presents a series of unique machines from the studios of independent filmmakers and artists. Through an exhibition, film screenings and live performances, Nuts & Bolts reveals just how wide-ranging the diversity of techniques used is: from digital and high-tech to analogue and deliberately anachronistic. Dee...
20th Century Women closes the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2017
46th International Film Festival Rotterdam will run 25 January - 5 February 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will close its 46th edition on Saturday, 4 February, with the European première of the American film 20th Century Women by Mike Mills. 20th Century Women is a poignant, heart-warming portrait of fifteen-year-old Jamie, who is being brought up by his eccentric mother and two younger women. The film is a love-letter to those who bring u...
> FOCUS ON BERLINALE AND EFMAdventure by Mississippi river starts here! - "Happy Log" released in USA on DVD!!
On the verge of depression following the murder of his father, Cory, a nervous, guilt-ridden 12-year-old “altar boy”, is coaxed by his adventurous best friend, Ben, to prove their manhood by embarking on their first overnight fishing trip out in the wild on the Mississippi Bayou’s Wolf River; but their trip goes awry when the hapless “altar boys” become targets of a mob hit in progress by a cold-blooded assassin who is determined to collect on a gambling debt.
Watch the trailer for "Happy Log" I Contact Ted Chalmers I www.tomcatfilmsllc.com I www.summerhillfilms.com/ Sci Films 2017 from Summer Hill Films presented at Berlin
Altered Spirits Scifi, action
Four young people are pulled into an alternate dimension through a portal in a sweat lodge. On the other side four murderous spirits of centuries-old gold hunters await to steal the young peoples’ bodies and return to the living world.More Horror/thriller "All I Need" starring the racy rising star Catlin Stacy terrifies in UK, and soon in US too!
Horror/thriller "All I Need" (a.k.a. "Wake in Fear") has been released in UK and the US release will follow in February, as the deal with Gravitas Ventures and Girls and Corpses has been successfully closed. Several territories are still available. All I Need (2016) Horror, thriller
A young woman, Chloe, wakes bound and gagged in a dirty motel room. Disoriented, it only takes a moment to realize the horrifying situation she finds herself in. The room is filled with other young women, not unlike her: beautiful, undressed, and bound. However, she’s the only one that wakes up – and the only one that can hide when the Killer who’s set it all in motion comes to make his withdrawal from the room.... I Contact Ted Chalmers I www.tomcatfilmsllc.com I www.summerhillfilms.com/ Roxane Mesquida, Richard Edson and Julie Delpy join cast of “Burning Shadow” from filmmaker Alex Nahon
The film will mark the feature directorial debut of Nahon, co-screenwriter of “2 Days in New York” (directed by Delpy). Nahon has also shot campaigns for Macy’s and music videos for artists such as Lykke Li and Adan Jodorowsky. Specifics of the plot are currently under wraps but it is dark noir with sci-fi undertones and has been likened to the works of David Lynch and David Cronenberg. Filming is set to start in late Spring. Roxane Mesquida Her credits include:...
Norwegian entries: From the Balcony and The King’s Choice selected for Berlin’s Panorama
Norwegian directors Ole Giæver and Erik Poppe return to the Berlin International Film Festivals Panorama sidebar. Norwegian writer-director-actor Ole Giæver has become a Berlinale favourite: for the third time will he participate in the Panorama sidebar of the Berlin International Film Festival (between 9-1...
Panorama 2017 Programme Complete: Powerful European Auteur Cinema
Three Surprising Indie Gems from China and Hong Kong / Brazil Well-Represented with Five Films With the invitation of 24 further feature films, the selection for the Panorama 2017 programme has been completed. 51 works from 43 countries have been chosen for screening in the section, including 21 in Panorama Dokumente and 29 feature films in the main programme and Panorama Special. 36 of these films will be celebrating their world premieres at the Berlinale, while the programme also feat...
EFM Horizon : Virtual Reality, Computer Games, Startups, New Technologies and Innovations @ EFM
The film industry of the future, with the newest technological developments, trends that provide a glimpse of things to come and evolving business models, is the focus of a total of five innovative events united under the newly created label “EFM Horizon” and made possible with the support of Audi. The platform, which encompasses the formats “Propellor | Speednic”, “EFM Startups”, “VR NOW Con Business Mixer”, “Game <3 Cinema” and &ld...
Self-criticism of a bourgeois dog premiers at EFM
(OT: Selbstkritik eines bürgerlichen Hundes) GERMAN PREMIERE Director: Julian Radlmaier, Germany, 2017, 99 Minutes, Aspect ratio: 1,37:1, Sound format: 5.1, original language & subtitles: German/ English Self-criticism of a bourgeois dog (Germany, 2017) is a political comedy with magical twists. The first full-length feature film by director Julian Radlmaier, who also plays the leading role, will celebrate its German premiere at the section Perspektive Deutsc...
Forum 2017: Special Screenings
The Forum now completes its programme with a series of Special Screenings which unearth cinematic gems and engage with film history. Moroccan director Ahmed Bouanani (1938-2011) faced difficulties of all kinds in trying to get his vision across. Although he himself was only able to complete one feature, he paved the way for the first generation of artistically ambitious filmmakers in his country, whether as a pioneer in working with archive material, as a trailblazer...
TriCoast @ EFM 2017
AMELIA 2.0 Futuristic female suspense. A desperate husband, offers up his wife's dying brain to be the first consciousness downloaded into a robotic replica. Amelia 2.0 fights political controversy, emotional turmoil, and her right to exist. &nbs...
“Books at Berlinale”: Twelve New International Novels Ripe for Screen Adaptation
On February 14, film producers attending “Books at Berlinale” will have the chance to discover twelve new literary works that lend themselves perfectly for adaptation to the screen. The selected novels will be presented at a pitching session in the framework of the Berlinale Co-Production Market. At a get-together following the session, the invited producers will be able to join in conversation with respected, internationally active literary agents and representatives of publishing h...
EFM Line up from ITN
MOONTRAP: TARGET EARTH 90 min. Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi. HD. 2016. Complete. Cast: Sarah Butler (I Spit on Your Grave), Charles Shaughnessy (The Nanny), Damon Dayoub (Stichers, NCIS), Cara AnnMarie (Containment), Chris Newman (Batman vs. Superman) Synopsis: A long forgotten ancient spacecraft discovered on Earth. Investigations carried out by Scout transport her to the ...
Groundbreaking film the bomb with live performance by The Acid to screen in Berlinale Special
Creators Smriti Keshari and Eric Schlosser will take the international premiere of their film on the paradoxes of nuclear deterrence to Berlin The bomb is a 55-minute experimental multimedia film that immerses the audience in the strange, compelling, and unsettling reality of nuclear weapons. The Berlin screening will feature a live performance of the score by electronica band The Acid. the bomb exists at the intersection of art, politics, and technology and places the viewer in the...
Berlinale 2017: Competition and Berlinale Special Are Complete – Master Directors, Newcomers, and Stars Galore
The Competition and Berlinale Special of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival are now complete. 18 of the 24 films selected for Competition will be competing for the Golden and the Silver Bears. 22 of the films will have their world premieres at the festival. The Berlinale Special will present recent works by contemporary filmmakers, documentaries, and extraordinary formats, as well as brand new series from around the world. Berlinale Special Galas will be held at the Fr...
EFM Line up OneEyedFilms
Inicuo: The Brotherhood / Dir Alex G Alegre / Mexico / 87’ / 2016 Horror Scream Fest / Morbido Film Fest / Oaxaca Film Fest Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre "Interisting... Inteligent... well worth it” Letterboxed After a voyage of self discovery Federico creates a new religious cult. Aided by his followers, he kidnaps Fernando, a ...
EFM: Harvey Keitel in "BROOKLYN GUNS" Teaser Premiere!
First promotional footage now available for this gritty New York crime thriller at EFM! NOW IN POST PRODUCTION LONGLINE A violent criminal, recently released for a murder he committed at just 17-years-old, travels overseas and moves to Brooklyn. Though his relatives try to keep him on the straight-and-narrow, he soon immerses himself in a dangerous gangster underworld and his love for neighborhood girl ...
DON'T SAY NO UNTIL I FINISHED TALKING: THE STORY OF RICHARD D. ZANUCK
An inspiring portrait of a cinema icon, Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking examines the different facets of Zanuck's life and career, from his family legacy to his successes and challenges. It features a wide range of interviews, including extensive conversations with Zanuck himself. Also featured are interviews with such Hollywood notables as: Steven Spielberg...
Abramorama has partnered with Sword Rowe Capital to establish a Filmed Content and P&A Fund.
The fund will target music driven films as well as other genres building on Abramorama’s experience in targeting niche markets. The initial fund will enable Abramorama to become involved in projects at an earlier stage, to help create, as well as market and distribute. With the flexible funding in place, Abramorama will partner with content owners, music focused digital entities, bands, management companies, and record labels, to mine the visual content they have assembled over...
EastWest-Filmdistribution premieres The Chronicles of Melanie by Viestur Kairish
The Chronicles of Melanie by Viestur Kairish Original Title: Melanijas hronika 2016, Latvia, Czech Republic, Finland; Biography, History; 120 minutes Original Language: Latvian Subtitles: English Cast & Credits Synopsis The 14th of June 1941, Soviet-occupied Latvia: Without warning, the authorities break into the house of Melanie and her husband Aleksandr and force them to leave everything be...
The Final Selections for the Berlinale Classics Section
The Final Selections for the Berlinale Classics Section – Classics by Woody Allen, James Cameron, James Ivory and George A. Romero on the Big Screen Five of the seven restored versions screening in Berlinale Classics will be celebrating their world premiere in Berlin. In addition to the films from Germany, Israel and Mexico (see press release from December 12, 2016), the section will include four additional restored versions of international classics, by Woody Allen, James Cameron...
“EFM Industry Debates” Line up
“EFM Industry Debates” 2017: Promises and Reality of Digital Distribution, Challenges and Opportunities in the Arab Film Industry and Innovations in Film Sales and Marketing In the tenth year of their existence, the “EFM Industry Debates” (February 10 to 12) will once again bring together high-calibre international ...
Forum Expanded – The Programme is Complete
The Forum Expanded curatorial team has now completed the 2017 selection. 44 artistic works from a total of 21 countries have been invited, including 28 films of various lengths, 15 installations and a performance. The opening of the group exhibition at the Akademie der Künste at the Hanseatenweg already takes place on February 8, one day before the start of the Berlinale. 13 video and sound installations are being shown there, once again supplemented by film screenings from February 10 onwa...
Virtual Reality, 8K and Asia focus at Avant Première Music + Media Market Berlin
Virtual Reality, 8K and Asia focus at the largest trade show for the performing arts TV industry: Avant Première Music + Media Market Berlin welcomes international experts and stars from 11 – 15 February 2017 in Berlin It is the largest annual coproduction market for the international performing arts TV and media industry: Avant Première Music + Media Market Berlin connects around 400 experts in film production, distribution and broadcasting, as well...
“Drama Series Days” 2017: New Venue, Expanded Programme
“Drama Series Days” 2017: New Venue, Expanded Programme / Series Events for Berlinale Market Attendees at Legendary Zoo Palast The “Drama Series Days”, a joint initiative for series content co-organised by the industry platforms European Film Market, Berlinale Co-Production Market and Berlinale Talents, are set to celebrate their third annual edition this year. Building on the great success of the previous years, a third day has been added to the programme for 20...
Forum 2017: Realistic and Surreal
The 47th Berlinale Forum is showing 43 films in its main programme, 29 of which as world premieres and 10 as international premieres. This year’s Special Screenings will be announced in a further press release. This year’s programme shines a light on the sheer wealth of forms employed by the documentary, including films from Southeast Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. The spectrum could hardly be broader here, encompassing institut...
> FIRST LOOK ON FANTASPORTOYou can't run from a Nightmare: The Evil Within will Scare Fantasporto with the World Premiere:
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.
Starring: Frederick Koehler (Death Race), Sean Patrick Flanery (The Boondock Saints), Michael Berryman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) Brianna Brown (General Hospital), Dina Meyer (Starship Troopers), Kim Darby (True Grit)
Written and directed by late Andrew Getty - Produced by Eric Berliner, Michael Luceri - Sales Vision Films Lise Romanoff
Horror, Thriller, 100 Min, 2016 Premiering at Fantasporto 2017
Synopsis I Trailer I Poster I Screener request I Sales I Festival placement Fantasporto 2017 reveals a big line up of features and shorts
FINAL LINE -UP OF THE 37Th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - FANTASPORTO 2017 Opening Film: The Age of Shadows- Jee-woon Kim- 140’- Coreia do Sul Closing Film: Through the Shadow - Walter Lima Jr (Brasil), 1h 43' 44''- Bras Official Sections FANTASY FILMS IN COMPETITION FEATURES Neil Stryker and the Tyrant of Time- Rob Taylor- 93’ – EUA – International Opening O...
Fantastic News From Oporto to the World
37th EDITION OF THE OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL STARTS THE 24 FEBRUARY TILL 4TH MARCH. Coming next February, the 37th edition of the renowned film festival, considered in the Top 10 of the independent film festivals of the world, is coming, once again, to celebrate the most recent film production. With two main competitions, Director’s Week (for all kinds of films) and Fantasy (for fantasy genre shorts and features) , the festival has received offers from 60 countries, o...
Kim Ki Duk Master Filmmaker returns to Fantasporto with The Net
Kim Ki-duk (Hangul: 김기덕 Korean pronunciation: [kimɡidʌk]; born December 20, 1960) is a South Korean filmmaker noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, making him one of the most important contemporary Asian film directors. Major festival awards include Golden Lion at 69th Venice International Film Festival for Pietà, Silver L...
Vassilis Mazomenos returns to Fantasporto with his latest feature film LINES
"Lines" a film by Vassilis Mazomenos : A call operator endeavors to help people keep on living and hoping. Storyline : Greece now days. Seven different stories about seven persons who have already reached their limits and finally fall apart. Despite their seemingly obvious connection they are simultaneously connected through a common desperate action: the last phone call to the psychological support center called "life line". It's t...
Fantasporto 2017 Trailer Channel
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> AWARDS WATCHWhen the Oscars streamed the announcements for the first time in their history this morning, anybody in the world got a glimpse at who AMPAS deemed Oscar-worthy for the 89th Academy Awards. The net result? The 8th Annual 20/20 Nominees: Honoring the Films of 1996 puts English Patient on top of nominations
THE ENGLISH PATIENT leads the pack with 12 nominations but was snubbed for Best Picture. The 20/20 Awards views films through the perspective of time and annually re-evaluates films from 20 years prior. Benefiting from hindsight, a voting body of fi...
Oscars 2017: the nominations announced in full
La La Land received 14 nominations, becoming one of the most nominated films ever;Moonlight and Arrival both take eight. La La Land (2016) Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, joined by Oscar®-winning and nominated Academy members Demian Bichir, Dustin Lance Black, Glenn Close, Guillermo del Toro, Marcia Gay Harden, Terrence Howard, Jennifer Hudson, Brie Larson, Jason Reitman, Gabourey Sidibe and Ken Watanabe, announced the 89th Academy...
Heartland Film Honors "Loving" with Truly Moving Picture Award
The newly released feature film "Loving," written and directed by Jeff Nichols, has been honored with the Truly Moving Picture Award from nonprofit arts organization Heartland Film. Select theatrically-released titles — entertaining films that do more than just entertain — receive the designation throughout the year. Submissions are received directly from studios and producers for consideration. “Timely and compelling, 'Loving' is a testament to the power of ...
The Actor® Statuettes Cast for 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
SAG Awards® will be simulcast on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017 The Actor® statuettes — which this year’s 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® honorees will receive for outstanding performances in 2016 — have been cast in solid bronze at the American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank, California. SAG Award® nominated actor Mykelti Williamson (Fences, Forrest Gump) was there to watch the dramatic process in person, as were SAG Awards Committee ...
Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton to Present Lily Tomlin with the 53rd SAG Life Achievement Award
Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton to Present Lily Tomlin with the 53rd SAG Life Achievement Award at the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®; The trio will reunite Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017 on TNT and TBS’s live SAG Awards® telecast Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton will present the SAG Life Achievement Award to actor, comedian, writer, producer and all-round entertainment maverick Lily Tomlin during the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, Executive Producer Kathy...
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