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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 757 - 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 SUNDANCE> FOCUS ON ROTTERDAMInterview with Prantik Basu winner with his short Sakhisona of one of the three Tiger Awards for Short Film.
At the Award Ceremony on Sunday 29 January, Prantik Basu's Sakhisona was awarded with one of the three Tiger Awards for Short Film. Can you tell us a bit about your background as an artist. I used to write and illustrate for a Bengali children’s magazine when I was in high school. While doing my graduation in English Literature at the Calcutta University, I started working at a local television channel as a script writer. In 2007, I wrote and directed a shor...
IFFR announces winners Tiger Awards for Short Films 2017
Jorge Cadena (El cuento de Antonia), one of the three Tiger Award for Short Film winners. 46th International Film Festival Rotterdam 25 January - 5 February 2017 The jury for the Tiger Competition for Short Films completed its deliberations and announced tonight El cuento de Antonia...
Hubert Bals Fund and Netherlands Film Fund extend partnership
New HBF guidelines and deadlines With a renewed and extended partnership with the Netherlands Film Fund, IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) is in full gear for its 2017 application rounds. The new HBF team also announced new guidelines and deadlines, plus commitment to Benelux distribution. IFFR is proud to announce the renewed partnership with the Netherlands Film Fund. The new NFF+HBF Co-Development scheme complements the existing successful NFF+HBF Co-production scheme,...
> FOCUS ON BERLINALE AND EFMAction films from Summer Hill Films @ EFM
ACTION FILMS FROM SUMMER HILL FILMS LoveJacked Action, comedy Welcome to the Age of Weaponized Love! College students risk it all to expose a sinister clandestine military project bent on chemically controlling and manipulating the emotion and effects of LOVE. Watch the trailer for "LoveJacked" ...
Smashing new artwork for "Genesis: Fall of the Crime Empire"!
Summer Hill Films (and TomCat Films) at Marriott Hotel Ballroom, stand #117 from February 9th to 16th. We are proud to present to you the new artwork for our a kick-ass, sci-fi, action feature Genesis: Fall of the Crime Empire! This fast paced crime movie with gangs, drugs and guns rockets to a totally new level as the story is set in a futuristic world and the enemy is messing with the past by ...
Best, edgiest horror around from TomCat Films teams up with SGL Entertainment
TomCat Films teams up with SGL Entertainment to bring you the best, edgiest horror around. Many territorries and rights are still available! Ask for avails in your territory. Meet with Summer Hill Films (and TomCat Films) at Marriott Hotel Ballroom, stand #117 from February 9th to 16th. In the meantime, take a look at the SGL catalog! 20 features full of horror and scifi - enjoy! Visit us at EFM, Marriott Ballroom, Stand...
Three kosovan films will be screened at EFM 2017
Kosova's Oscar contender HOME SWEET HOME by Faton Bajraktari will be screened on Feb. 11th Saturday - 11:00 - Marriott Studio 'Agron was long considered dead. His army buddies saw him die during the Kosovo conflict, and thus his return home is beyond surprising. Joy, however, soon shifts to a consideration of practical problems, and the man is forced by a variety of circumstances to remain dead – at least officially. His home thus becomes the backdrop for a portrayal ...
FOR AHKEEM: A story about a girl that never gives up
WORLD PREMIERE – SCREENINGS - INTERVIEWS Nomination for the Glashütte Original Documentary Award Directors: Jeremy S. Levine and Landon Van Soest, USA, 2017, 98 Minutes, Color, 5.1 FOR AHKEEM (USA, 2017) is the coming-of- age story of an extraordinary young girl who never gives up as she strives to balance school, family, and trauma within the challenging world of being a Black teenager in America. This feature documentary by Jeremy S. Levine and Landon Van Soest will celeb...
Berlinale Goes Kiez: The Festival in Neighbourhood Cinemas
Once again the Berlinale Goes Kiez special series is bringing the glamour of the festival to Berlin’s very diverse neighbourhoods and the city of Potsdam. The Berlinale will screen at seven select arthouse cinemas known for participating in and contributing to cultural life in their respective neighbourhoods. In Neukölln a new cinema - w o l f - will be opening its doors for the first time with the Berlinale. And in the Wrangelkiez, one of Kreuzberg&...
Berlinale Camera 2017 for Nansun Shi, Geoffrey Rush and Samir Farid
Since 1986 the Berlin International Film Festival has presented the Berlinale Camera to film personalities or institutions to which it feels particularly indebted and wishes to express its thanks. At the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, three personalities will be awarded the Berlinale Camera: film producer and distributor Nansun Shi (Hong Kong, China), actor Geoffrey Rush (Australia), and film critic and author Samir Farid (Egypt). Nansun Shi, Producer, Distributor (Ho...
Berlinale 2017: An Honorary Golden Bear and Homage for Oscar-winner Milena Canonero
The Homage of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival is dedicated to Italian costume designer Milena Canonero, who will also receive an Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement. Milena Canonero is one of the world’s most celebrated costume designers. She has worked with a long list of directors, including Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola, Sydney Pollack, Warren Beatty, Roman Polanski, Steven Soderbergh, Louis Malle, Tony Scott, Barbet Schroeder, Sofia Coppola, a...
Berlinale 2017: International Jury
Once again an illustrious International Jury will decide who will receive the Golden and Silver Bears at the Berlinale 2017. Eighteen films are vying in this year’s Competition for the Golden and the Silver Bears. The winners will be announced at the Berlinale Palast on February 18. Director and screenwriter Paul Verhoeven will serve as Jury President (see press release from December 9, 2016). The other members of the International Jury are producer Dora Bouchoucha Fourati (Tunisi...
Kuba Czekaj’s new film THE ERLPRINCE will be screened in Berlin
After the award-winning BABY BUMP (Venice), Kuba Czekaj’s new film THE ERLPRINCE will be screened at the Berlin Film Festival 2017 Following its award at the Gdynia Film Festival (Young Jury Award for Best Film) and its success at the Slamdance Film Festival, Kuba Czekaj’s new film, THE ERLPRINCE, will be screened in European Premiere at the BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL which takes place from 9 to 19 February 2017. After the award-winning BABY BUMP screened at ...
HILDEBRANDT FILM Berlinale EFM Line Up
108' / About: Arthouse-Drama, Friendship / Germany / Colour: colour / Languages: German / Subtitles: German, English / Aspect Ratio: 2:1 / Resolution: DCP, 4K ...
Berlin'17: Molly Parker/ Bruce McDonald: Weirdos @ Generation 14plus
Berlinale'17 Generation 14plus WEIRDOS By Bruce McDonald Public Screenings: (Q&A expected after each) 14.02.2017 15:30 Zoo Palast 1 (Premiere) 15.02.2017 15:30 Filmtheater am Friedrichshain 16.02.2017 14:00 CinemaxX 3 Synopsis: Nova Scotia. 1976. The weekend of the American Bicentennial. When 15-year-old Kit decides that living with his father is too repressive, he hits the road to move in with his mother. Accompanied by his...
World Premiere of DREAM BOAT by Tristan Ferland Milewski Panorama section
Official Selection - Section Panorama Dokumente Berlinale 2017 DREAM BOAT by Tristan Ferland Milewski will celebrate its World Premiere as part of this year's Berlinale Section Panorama Dokumente. The film has been produced by the award winning production company gebrueder beetz filmproduktion (Sundance, IDFA, SXSW). DREAM BOAT a documentary by Tristan Ferland Milewski Deutschland 2017 92 Min. / OmU &nbs...
Il Volo Notte Magica – A Tribute to the Three Tenors Special Screening @ Avant Première 2017
Il Volo Notte Magica – A Tribute to the Three Tenors With live performance of Il Volo! Monday, 13 February 2017 18:30 - 20:00 Market Screening Hall Scandic Hotel, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin 30 mins Highlights of Notte Magica and The Three Tenors: The Lost Concerts Il Volo - Live on Stage www.cmajor-entertainment.com Celebrating its 10-yea...
Freefly MoVI Pro gets Plug-and-Play Focus and Lens Control with new Torque Motor Bundles from Redrock Micro
Torque Motors share MoVI Pros design DNA of ultra-light weight, compact size to add focus, iris, and zoom control Redrock Micro, the recognized leader in affordable professional cinema accessories, today announced immediate availability of new Torque Motor bundles for the Freefly MoVI Pro gimbal. The new Motor bundles plug-and-play with the MoVI Pro and offer incredible performance and value for gimbal operators wanting to add remote focus, iris, and/or zoom control...
5th Discussion on the status of women in film business and gender equity during Berlinale
5th Discussion on the status of women in film business and gender equity on the occasion of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. February 16th, 11 a.m. We are experiencing a very powerful moment in the gender equity movement worldwide. Our work in the film and media industry is taking place during the last 40 years and in this 5th edition of our discussion we like to acknowledge the engagement of organisations and individuals who were active in this time fram...
Daniel Borgman returns to Berlin with a second feature film “Loving Pia”
“Loving Pia”follows his award-winning short “Berik” (Cannes) and first feature “The Weight of Elephants” (Berlin) Adomeit Film is proud to announce the selection of Daniel Borgman’s new film, LOVING PIA at the forthcoming BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL which takes place from 9 to 19 February 2017. This second feature film, about an intellectually disabled woman who finds love, will be screened in World Premiere in the Forum sectio...
Academy Award winner Tala Hadid will present her new film HOUSE IN THE FIELDS in world premiere in Berlin
Sales Agent Alpha Violet is proud to announce the selection of Tala Hadid’s new film, HOUSE IN THE FIELDS at the forthcoming BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL which takes place from 9 to 19 February 2017. The film will be screened in the Forum section and will compete for the Glashütte Original Documentary Award 2017. House in the Fields (Tigmi N Igren) is the first film of a trilogy set in Morocco that will take us on a journey from the Atlas Mountains, to Casablan...
My Cool Dad A new animation feature from Russia screening at EFM
Professor Salazar hates change. Many years ago, he shut himself away in his laboratory. He lives with his daughter Alisa, who grew up among the test tubes and lab devices. The formula he has finally invented is going to change the world! Without him noticing, Alisa has grown up and no longer wants to do things his way. To return everything back to normal – his body, his daughter and, finally, his good old familiar life – Salazar is forced to venture out into the place he has avoid...
Preview and Trailer from Avant Premiere
PREMIÈRE MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET BERLIN 2017. The largest trade fair for film professionals in the performing arts. More than 700 international participants come to network with other broadcasters, producers and artists, make co-production, broadcasting and distribution deals and find out about the new technologies that can change their industries. Become a part of this spectacular event now! www.avantpremiere.at ...
EFM 2017 Latest line-up from Amadeus Entertainment
http://amadeus-ent.com/EFM2017new/ Amadeus Entertainment would be delighted to meet you at European Film Market in Berlin and discuss our new slate of films. To schedule a meeting with us please choose a convenient time slot in our calendar: https://efm2016.youcanbook.me Attendance: 9th-15th February Location: Stand number 39, ground floor, Martin Gropius Bau ...
Meet the 10 discoveries of the 20th edition of EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS
Italy ALESSANDRO BORGHI Latvia ELINA VASKA Denmark ESBEN SMED Netherlands HANNAH HOEKSTRA Sweden KARIN FRANZ KÖRLOF Germany LOUIS HOFMANN Slovenia ...
Berlinale 2017 | MENASHE, Directed by Joshua Z Weinstein
MENASHE (Forum) Directed by Joshua Z Weinstein Written by Joshua Z Weinstein, Alex Lipschultz and Musa Syeed (Acquisition Title/Mongrel Media) Starring Menashe Lustig and Ruben Niborski Synopsis: Deep in the heart of New York's ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jewish community, Menashe, a kind, hapless grocery store clerk, struggles to make ends meet and responsibly parent his young son, Rieven, following his wife Leah's death. Tradition prohibits Menashe from raising his son al...
World Premiere of ANA, MON AMOUR by Romanian director Călin Peter Netzer (Golden Bear Winner 2013)
ANA, MON AMOUR by Romanian director Călin Peter Netzer (Golden Bear Winner 2013) in the Competition Line-up at the Berlinale 2017 ANA, MON AMOUR a film by Călin Peter Netzer starring Mircea Postelnicu, Diana Cavalioti, Adrian Titieni, Vasile Muraru Romania / France / Germany 2016 127 Min. Romanian with German and English subtitles Production: Parada Film (Romania) Co-Production: augenschein Filmproduktion ...
Generation: Juries, Cross-Sections, School Programme
Juries and Awards The International Jury for Generation 14plus presents the Grand Prix for Best Film (7,500 euros) and the Special Prize for Best Short Film (2,500 euros), endowed by the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (German Federal Agency for Civic Education). The three members of this year’s jury are: Benjamin Cantu The German-Hungarian director divides his time between Berlin and Budapest. His feature film debut Stadt Land Fluss (Harv...
Zlotowski, Yukisada, Koberidze, Fruhauf, Máté: complete film program of the 3rd Berlin Critics’ Week
In the spirit of its opening conference, Berlin Critics’ Week 2017 closes with a political film ostensibly about a myriad of other things. Fittingly also, an accompanying flicker film follows this inner logic of antithesis which by imposing structures seeks to subvert them. Screened as world premieres will be the longest and the shortest films of the program: a 202-minute-lasting exploration of love in the digital imaginarium (produced in Germany) and a look to analogue film &mda...
World Premiere of FOR AHKEEM: A story about a girl that never gives up
WORLD PREMIERE Nomination for the Glashütte Original Documentary Award Directors: Jeremy Levine and Landon Van Soest, USA, 2017, 98 Minutes, Color, 5.1 FOR AHKEEM (USA, 2017) is the coming-of- age story of an extraordinary young girl who never gives up as she strives to balance school, family, and trauma within the challenging world of being a Black teenager in America. This feature documentary by Jeremy Levine and Landon Van Soest will celebrate its world...
GWFF Best First Feature Award Jury
Since 2006, when it introduced the GWFF Best First Feature Award, the Berlinale has been even more committed to supporting the next generation of film makers. The award is endowed with 50,000 Euros, donated by the GWFF (Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrecht), a society dedicated to safeguarding film and television rights. The prize money is to be split between the producer and the director of the winning film. Additionally, the director will be awarded with a high-qua...
Manuel Abramovich's SOLDADO nominated for a Berlinale Glashütte Original Documentary Award.
Manuel Abramovich's second documentary feature SOLDADO is one of the 16 films to be nominated for a Glashütte Original Documentary Award. The film will have its world premiere in the Generation 14plus section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival (9 - 19 February 2017). TAKE A FIRST LOOK ...
Glashütte Original Documentary Award Jury
For many years now, the Berlin International Film Festival has been committed to documentary film and diverse documentary forms. This was evident not only in the programmes of the different sections, initiatives and special series but also in the European Film Market (EFM). Thanks to the support of Glashütte Original, watch manufacturer from Saxony, the Berlin International Film Festival is launching a new award, the Glashütte Original Documentary Award. The Glash&u...
Blood Road Screenings at EFM 2017
BLOOD ROAD follows the journey of ultra endurance mountain bike athlete Rebecca Rusch and her Vietnamese riding partner, Huyen Nguyen, as they pedal 1,200 arduous miles along the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail through the dense jungles of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Their Goal: to reach the newly discovered crash site and final resting place of Rebecca’s father, a U.S. Air Force pilot...
Market Premieres from Wide House
THE GERMAN NEIGHBOUR DCP - HD – Argentina - 2017 - 94 min Directed by: Rosario Cervio & Martin Liji Written by: Rosario Cervio Produced by: Nana Ciné Languages: Spanish, German, English Languages: “Long live Germany! Long live Austria! Long live Argentina! These are the countries with which I have been most connected and which I will not forget. I had to obey the rules of war and my flag. I am ready.” Last words of Adolf Eichmann,&nbs...
World Premiere in Panorama REQUIEM FOR MRS J. by BOJAN VULETIĆ
World Premiere in REQUIEM FOR MRS J. (Rekvijem za gospodju J.) 94 min, Serbia / Bulgaria / Macedonia / Russian Federation / France 2017, color, Serbian with English subtitles Director BOJAN VULETIĆ and Actors MIRJANA KARANOVIĆ, JOVANA GAVRILOVIĆ, VUČIĆ PEROVIĆ are available for interviews Press screening: Feb 13, tba Mrs. J., a former administrative clerk, decides to complete all her obligations: wash a sink full of dishes, go to the store,...
BERLINALE 2017: Panorama GHOST HUNTING by Raed Andoni
Above: Atef Al-Akhras and Amar Ouda by Camille Cottagnoud Original title:Istiyad Ashbah, 94 min, Palestine/France/Switzerland/Qatar, color, 2017, Arabic with English subtitles, world premiere Screenings: TBA Raed Andoni and Wadee Hanani (' assistant director') are available for interviews. Palestinian filmmaker Raed Andoni heads to Berlin with a haunting memory of his time as a political prisoner. For 25 years, the image of an 18-years- old boy, head ...
Sales and distribution deals for PACHAMAMA, from Ernest and Celestine producer.
SC Films has boarded international sales rights to animation feature PACHAMAMA from Oscar-nominated producer Didier Brunner, known for The Triplets of Belleville, The Secret of Kells and Ernest and Celestine. PACHAMAMA will be the first 3D CGI animation to be produced by Damien Brunner and Didier Brunner's new company Folivari. ...
BAC Films International EFM line-up
THE LEISURE SEEKER By Paolo Virzi Ella and John are fleeing the suffocating care of their doctors and grown children. He is distracted but strong; she is frail but sharp. Their journey aboard the faithful old camper they call The Leisure Seeker takes them fro...
Berlinale Talents 2017 - Courageous Encounters
Berlinale Talents 2017: Courageous Encounters With Agnieszka Holland, Ana Lily Amirpour, Andres Veiel, Christo, David OReilly, Gob Squad, Isabel Coixet, João Moreira Salles, Paul Verhoeven, Raoul Peck and Other Experts On its 15th anniversary, Berlinale Talents once again offers the public and its 250 Talents a diverse programme of events, and proves that it’s still young enough to keep reinventing itself. “This year’s theme, ‘Courage: Against All Odds,’ c...
> 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...
Fantasporto 2017 Trailer Channel
Check the trailers from films showing at Fantasporto 2017 ... Fantasporto Trailer I Trailers channel
> AWARDS WATCHReviews of Oscar contenders
by Alex Deleon HIDDEN FIGURES (A számolás joga) Hidden Figures is a very hard film to write an objective review about. You can't say anything disparaging about a film about colored people (Afro-Americans) overcoming racial prejudice and you cant say that this is really a Kevin Costner film with a few Afro-Americans supplying support in a thriller about getting a white guy (John Glenn) into space. Nor can you say that Kirsten Dunst is a lot easier on the eye t...
Outstanding Film and Television Performances Honored at the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
The Screen Actors Guild Awards® presented its coveted Actor® statuettes for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2016 at the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® held Sunday, Jan. 29 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. In a ceremony attended by film and television’s leading actors, the 23rd Annual SAG Awards® was simulcast live coast-to-coast by TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. (ET). A primetime encore pres...
4th Feroz awards winners
The 4th Feroz awards ceremony took place in Madrid. Members of AICE ( association of cinematographic informers of Spain) voted for their bests in differents categories, including for the first time also TV shows. Here´s the winner list: Mejor película dramática: Tarde para la ira Mejor comedia: Kiki el amor se hace Mejor dirección: Raúl Arévalo (Tarde ...
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