With 15 films at the Short Film Corner in the Marché du Film at this year's Cannes film festival, Argentina is well-represented. Two films, in particular, are worth mention for their driving feminine leads.Golanzo Tobal's Cynthia todavia tiene las llaves, part of the Semaine de la Critique, tells the story of a woman living her life as a ghost in her ex-boyfriend's empty apartment while he is at work. It is easy to sympathize with her as she offers frank conversation to her audience about all...
This year's selection of short films in competition hails from the world over: from Israel to Brazil, Latvia to Australia, there is a little bit of everything in these intelligent, poignant short films.Edward Housden's Australian short Muscles tells the oft-recounted story of the "other" sibling--Richard's older sister Millie dreams of being a body-builder. With the rest of the boys in her neighborhood, she amuses herself with typically "male" activities: smashing the winds...
The Campus Moviefest collection in the Short Film Corner here at Cannes is filled with color. Chroma, a short film from Meghan Foehl and John Merizalde, is a black-and-white film about the plight of a painter seeking inspiration--inspiration he briefly finds in the one element of color in his otherwise drab and lifeless world: a mysterious woman in a long blue dress. However, as his muse's color fades, so too does his motivation. While this film is visually beautiful--illustrated not only by t...
So, after a few years, I've finally shot something I think should be seen by film festival fans. Look for LUMIÈRE D'ESPOIR at a festival near you....
Join us at System Productions for The Summer Film Challenge on June 25th, 2010 at 8PM Five intrepid filmmakers have stepped forward to compete for a bounty of fantastic prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Filmmakers were assigned a Title, a Genre and Three (3) Random Product Placements.Whose films will win?Corey Horton ASHES TO ANTHRAX SUSPENSEJohn Jones THE HOMECOMING MYSTERYTom Thompson IN THE SHADOW COMEDYDonald E Reynolds JASPER MAN ACTIONJoe Raditch PONYTAIL SPORTFREE ADMISSIONWH...
The 7th annual Poppy Jasper Film Festival (PJFF) for short films (30 minutes or less) will be held November 12-14, 2010. The final deadline for film submissions is May 31, 2010.
The Poppy Jasper Film Festival celebrates the short filmmaking craft and conveys its passion for filmmaking to the community, and has been acclaimed by MovieMaker Magazine as “one of the top 25” in the country for its focus on filmmaker experience. This expresses itself in the continual ways that festival...
Got a piece from a friend who writes "experimental" music that I want to use in a vid this summer. Now, when we hear the word "experimental" applied to music, it usually means bad things, particularly in the realm of the budget-free: "Hey, did you hear Bill's experimental music CD? He dressed in bearskin slippers and a Renaissance-faire codpiece, climbed up onto the oak table that his grandma used to give birth on, and pounded the jawbone of a mule on a lump of ...
What to do on a rainy day?
New York is abuzz with news about the arrival of a more famous festival, Tribeca, but this past Sunday night, the film-goers of Park Slope were instead asking, "What about Wallabout?"
This festival now in its second year is sponsored by the Pratt Institute, and on Sunday night in a very "Brooklyn" bar complete with two bars--one loungey one downstairs and another with folding chairs set up in rows--16 student films selected from over 75 submissions captivated the audie...
Florian Wyss, a swiss Filmmaker, received for his first short Film "Border Stories", an Award for BEST SCREENPLAY at the "Film Festival Cine de
Granada" on 31. March 2010 in Spain. It is a story about two Latinos crossing the US Border from Mexico illegally through
the Desert. After running out of food and water they discover a seemingly abandoned Trailer, but also something enexpected. More Info and Links on http://www.asvefilms.ch/
Andy Svensson, Producer, Filmm...
Attention all lovers of wild and cult cinema, divine wine and bloody beautiful music! The 6th Grossmann Film and Wine festival is approaching, so make time for vacation, sharpen your film tastes, and prepare your dancing shoes, zombie masks and taste buds! Slovenia’s biggest film-wine event will strike like thunder from a stormy sky on the last week of July, precisely from 26th to 31st of July, of course in the town of Ljutomer, the birthplace of Slovenian cinema.
Once again you will be subj...
It was a pending decision for almost 5 year. I was striving to make my first short film from last so many years obstacle by finance & a great team. In the summer of 2009, I finally decided, finalized my screenplay & quit my ad agency job. Now I proudly say that all the efforts where worth it. While making SMS, I have actually come nearer to myself as the journey is far greater than the destination.
Starting the idea of SMS was from the scratch. It was the winter of 2008, when I ...
SMS - Short Film's 30 secs Promo
In collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Heritage
Preservation and the Municipality of the City of Kelibia
The Tunisian Federation of Amateur Filmmakers - FTCA
organizing the 25th International Amateur Film Festival of Kelibia (TUNISIA)
from 10 to 17 July 2010.
The opening ceremony will take place at Open Air Theatre of the House of Culture of Kelibia July 10, 2010 from 21:30
Dear Filmmaker
We have the honor to inform you that the 25th session of the ...
Based on a true story, the film shows the tragic death of Sudanese refugee Aamir Ageeb who was
killed in 1999 while being flown from the Frankfurt Airport as a deportee.
Visit the Trailer of Journey of No Return - Last Stop Frankfurt Airport
Visit the official website of Journey of No Return - Last Stop Frankfurt Airport
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I am filmmaker from Spain, currently living in Los Angeles. I will update the blog with some of my works and, hopefully, we will meet somewhere around the world, in any of many festivals.See you soon. Roberto F. CanutoFilmmaker ...
The Phoenix Comicon launches its first
annual Film Challenge for local film creators: develop a short film using a
character offered up by a local comic artist. The film can be of any
genre and anywhere between "super short" and 15 minutes long.
"We want to
see what this town has got!" says Stacy Layton, the Arizona Creators
Film Challenge Manager.
Film makers have 11 characters to choose
from. Teams must register and submit their fi...
CALL FOR ENTRY GUIDELINES, PROCEDURES
& APPLICATION
Festival Dates: Sept. 15-19, 2010
MusicFest Showcase: Sept. 17-18, 2010
ENTRY
DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2010
ABSOLUTE
FINAL, EXTENDED DEADLINE: JULY 16, 2010
This significant world class music
showcase component of the 2010 Temecula Valley International Film & Music
Festival is designed to showcase original music vision and artistic wizardry of
talented individuals and groups from acro...
In Tibet a single mother decides to send her 12 year old daughter to India. The girl is brought to a Tibetan Children's Village by Buddhist monks. A young man in Switzerland takes the sponsorship for the girl and visits her 12 years later in India. Short Documentary written, directed and produced by Andy Svensson. Filmed in India, produced in California and Switzerland. 22 Min. 2012
On Friday the 26th of February, Strawberry Shorts Film Festival presented Strawberry Shorts @ The Cambridge Arts Picturehouse, an evening of short films about Strawberry Fair.
The Strawberry Shorts Film Festival runs as part of Strawberry Fair, Europe's largest free festivals of music and arts. Strawberry Fair is held annually on Midsummer Common in Cambridge UK, on the first Saturday in June. The fair is run by a voluntary committee of local people and accepts no commercial sponsorship...
Trailer of shortfilm Siemiany
The story of one man's immigration experience and
the many piles of paperwork along the way. An adventure spanning three
continents and countless generations. A step-by-step quest for a home
and a country to build it in. The story of a fitted tuxedo for a groom
without a groom and his lost Canadian prince. It's also the story of
the many legal victories in the GLBT movement and all the tiresome work
that still has to ...
What’s unusual about Malagasy Gospel? Directors Carlos
Esbert, Virginia Camino, Alvaro Lagos, and Graciela de Pablos give us
the details on their inspiring and recent ÉCU 2010 selected documentary
feature about a blind, orphaned children’s choir.
By Nick Forrester
Q: It seemed to me that
everyone making the film genuinely enjoyed spending time with these
unique kids, but what initially inspired you to make the film?
The starting point of the project was in fa...
