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THE OSCAR NOMINATIONS
By Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Today the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences announced this year's Oscar(r) nominations. With few surprises, Colin Firth's festival run in THE KING'S SPEECH, written by David Seidler, is poised to take most of the honors with a record-vying 12 nominations. Fourteen (14) is the record for Oscar noms (i.e.; TITANIC), but if this picture wins in every nominated category, cinema history will be made. Oscar 2011: Expect Natalie Portman &a...
By Maria Esteves – The 83rd Academy Award Nominations were announced by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) President Tom Sherak and 2009 Academy Award winner for supporting actress Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," on Tuesday, January 25, 2011. The King's Speech, directed by Tom Hooper received twelve Oscar nominations including best picture, best director, best actor, and best supporting actor. True Grit, directed...
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AWARDS
The Goya Awards: 25 years of history!
Nominees reception - 25th Goya Awards
This reception was hold today in Madrid. Most of nominees attended this party alghough big names like Javier Bardem or Ryan Reynolds among others, did not show up. Next date schedule : February 13th - The Goya Awards Ceremony ...
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The 26th Annual Santa Barbara Film Festival will honor the cast of THE KING'S SPEECH as the best motion picture ensemble of the year, it was announced today by SBIFF Executive Director Roger Durling. The film, which features performances by an award-winning collection of actors including Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Derek Jacobi and Claire Bloom, has garnered critical and industry-wide acclaim, recently winning the Producer's Guild of America's Best Pictur...
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FESTIVAL NEWS FROM THE CIRCUIT
Imagine: 27th Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
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The Berlin edition of the IFFS Festival Summit 2011
Bruno Chatelin, your editor, will be co chair of the Berlin edition 2011. Herewith the full detailed program.
Tuesday February 8, 2011 8:30 am opening remarks by Bruno Chatelin...
We are more than happy toannounce that we co-hosted a special Polish Filmmakers party, that was held atSundance on Monday night. The co-organizers of the event were Polish FilmInstitute and OFF PLUS CAMERA festival.Our festival, signed up a partnership agreement withSundance. Monday party was “a Sundance sanctioned event”, meaning it wasofficially included in the program of Sundance ’11. More than 700 people showedup at the party, among whom were: Lech Majewski, Rutger Hauer and SundancePr...
NYCIFF Bazaar for the Film industryA major meeting place for professionals, the "NYCIFF Bazaar" congregate buyers, distributors and producers for 4 days dedicated to meetings and negotiations.This international event allows all professionals to develop their projects, present their latest news, establish partnerships and co-productions.NYC Media part of the mayor’s office of media and entertainment will talk about the advantage and possibilities New York City offer to filmmakers...
As the Sundance Film Festival enters its mid-way point and there is an obvious thinning in the ranks of both celebrities and professionals, here is a rundown of some of the buzz, information and deals that are making noise in Park City this week. FILMMAKER MAGAZINE OFFERS NO GLITZ SUNDANCE COVERAGE If you believed what you read in most newspapers and see on television entertainment magazines, Sundance seems to exist merely as a playground for fabulous celebrities where they...
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FILM NEWS FROM THE CIRCUIT
Sundance: It's Not Just American Indies
While the name Sundance immediately is linked with the American Independent film movement, in the past number of years, international titles have found a home base in the ski resort of Park City. By creating competition sections for both narrative and documentary films from around the world, the Festival has not only expanded its scope but has forged a link between international producers, di...
Sundance Documentaries: An Eye For Quality
Savvy filmgoers at the Sundance Film Festival know that the roster of documentaries on tap are generally of more consistent quality and interest than their narrative cousins. For that reason, and the increased boxoffice potential of reality-based films at the theatrical box office, attention is being paid to the American films competing for Best Documentary honors at the event. They include: ...
Hello! How are you???
DONT MISS the Romanian hit everyone is talking about, Romania's first comedy film, 'Hello! How Are You?' (2010). This witty smart comedy held its North American premier at the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival to packed theaters and all around positive praise. Some might recall the film, 'You've Got Mail' (1998) by Nora Ephron while watching this one but there is a much deeper unde...
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NEWS FROM THE KEY CIRCUIT PLAYERS
Berlinale keeps a jury seat for Jafar Panahi
Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards presenters
Bruno Chatelin runs for President of UniFrance
Antoine de Clermont Tonnerre two year mandate as President of uniFrance run by Regine Hatchondo (General Manager) will be open for renewal next Friday, January 28th . Antoine de Clermont Tonnerre declared only recently that he would apply for a second mandate from his ...
Spotlight Initiative Awards At Sundance
The stars were out in force earlier this week at the Sundance Film Festival when The Creative Coalition, a national advocacy organization for the arts and entertainment, gave out their 2011 Spotlight Initiative Awards at a gala ceremony in Park City. Academy-Award winning actor Alan Arkin recei...
Sign Petition To Support Jafar Panahi
Amnesty International, the human rights organization, is building a petition campaign to protest the sentence of Jafar Panahi, a leading Iranian filmmaker and human rights activist. Panahi, an internationally celebrated film director who won the coveted Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film ...
Actress Vera Farmiga Returns To Sundance As Debut Director
Actress Vera Farmiga, who was nominated last year for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as George Clooney's love interest in the zeitgeist comedy UP IN THE AIR, has returned to the Sundance Film Festival with her feature directorial debut HIGHER GROUND, which is competing in the Amer...
The judges arrived in Sundance
Sundance Institute announced members of five juries awarding prizes at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival which runs January 20-30, 2011. The juries are comprised of 23 individuals spanning the global arts community. Juror photos and extended biographies, in addition to the complete Festival lineup...
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Organized by The Society for Independent and Other Arts OFF CAMERA and Krakow Festival Officesince 2008. OFF PLUS CAMERA is a major event devoted to Polish and international independent cinema showcasing approximately 100 film . The most important element of the festival is the international competition, in which 12 independent directors from all over the world compete for the Krakow Film Award of $100,000. The winner is selected by an international jury and the award is given by the President of Krakow.
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The LACFH will take place on January 19th 2010 at the Award Winning Whitefire Theater in Los Angeles California. The LACFH is here to provide independent filmmakers with the opportunity to have their work recognized, judged and awarded. Operating as a quarterly festival, we pride ourselves on being able to showcase entertaining domestic and international materials from talented independent filmmakers 4 times a year. 21 awards will be up for grabs between the 9 categories.
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Les nominés aux Cesar 2011 La 36ème cérémonie des César aura lieu le vendredi 25 février 2011 au Théâtre du Châtelet avec pour maître de Cérémonie Antoine de Caunes.
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Bruno Chatelin déclare sa candidature à la Présidence d'uniFrance Puisqu’il s’agit de promouvoir le cinéma et la France j’ai pensé que cette mission imposante et enthousiasmante pourrait être confiée à un expert de la communication et du numérique?
L’édifice uniFrance est solide et reconnu, et les équipes extrêmement bien rodées, néanmoins en matière de communication et de promotion tout est perfectible et il n’y a d’autre limite que l’énergie (et le budget), j’ai envie d’apporter la mienne avec toute la créativité dont on me fait le crédit.
Ce qui m’a toujours motivé pourrait une fois de plus être un atout au service des ventes et de la promotion du film : la recherche de l’innovation, de l’optimisation, des synergies… du beau geste, et du résultat.
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