Bio: Anglais / Francais
Jean-François Morin : Réalisateur / DOP / Director / DOP
Né à Sorel au Québec en 1984, Jean-François étudie actuellement en production cinématographique à l’École de Cinéma Mel Hoppenheim de l’Université Concordia. Après sa graduation en étude cinématographique au cégep en 2003, il a étudié l’Histoire à l’UQAM pendant près d’un an avant de retourner définitivement à sa passion pour le cinéma, et c’est en tant que réalisateur &...
Tuesday, June 6----The Troia International Film Festival is presenting a celebration of the 100th anniverary of Norwegian cinema. The program, which is sponsored by the Norwegian Film Institute in cooperation with the
Norwegian Embassy
in Portugal, is showcasing 10 films, which range from an early silent gem to two films from the current Norwegian auteur Bent Hamer.
The Tribute program began on the Festival opening night, with the rare screening of the 1917 silent film TERJE VIGEN, directed b...
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Did you ever see Bill Murray do the salsa? Or the mambo, rumba or any of that other Latin stuff? Well, let me tell you something. The guy’s got rhythm. I couldn’t help myself watching him in awe as he steered his way around the dance floor with a couple of breathless women. So, thinking I should get a firsthand experience, I navigated through the crowd of undulating bodies in a hope of being next in line. But woe is me, the music suddenly ended and Bill slipped off the floor.I found him in a...
Hip Hop Ciné back on the screen, May 18th to 23nd, 2006.The rookie in the Film Fest block is back for a second edition next May 18th-21st.This year’s International du Cinéma Hip Hop de Montréal will hold its projections at Cinéma du Parc.With works from all over the globe, the Festival’s mission is to showcase various social views and cultural takes through elements of Hip Hop.Movies go from shining light on life in Brazilian favelas to the lucrative business behind sneaker making, a Pal...
Al Milgrom, founding father (along with Mpls. Businessman Tim Grady) of this most eclectic of hinterland festivals, has been waging a relentless battle for nearly two and a half decades to introduce off-beat celluloid Americana and quality foreign film Esotrica into this Land of Sky Blue Waters, Pillsbury flour silos and (ulp) Norveegin farmers. Says Dr. Milgom: "Sometimes it's a hard sell, but we feel it's our cultural duty to cinema-educate these plain(s) folk and show them that there's mor...
“The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!”By Cassendra Gavawas all I could think of on that week leading up to the 4th annual RUSSIAN NIGHTS FILM and CULTURAL FESTIVAL, stationed in LA’s royal blue architectural gem, the Pacific Design Center. Now I love attending film festivals, especially exotic ones, but helping to organize them is another can of beans entirely. As a creative consultant to my “mad Russians”, as I tenderly refer to them, I was quickly driven to slurp the vo...
“The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!” was all I could think of on that week leading up to the 4th annual RUSSIAN NIGHTS FILM and CULTURAL FESTIVAL, stationed in LA’s royal blue architectural gem, the Pacific Design Center. Now I love attending film festivals, especially exotic ones, but helping to organize them is another can of beans entirely. As a creative consultant to my “mad Russians”, as I tenderly refer to them, I was quickly driven to slurp the vodka and guzzle t...
The Festival du Nouveau Cinéma is turning 35New awards, new programmers and a joint celebrationFrom October 18 to 28, 2006, the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma will celebrate its 35th anniversary. The FNC, Canada’s oldest international film festival, has always been committed to constant renewal; in keeping with that tradition, it is today announcing the creation of new awards and the arrival of new programmers. From now to June 15, filmmakers and new media artists are invited to submit their wor...
PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALUNVEILS 2006 LINE-UP Over 125 Films Headline April 20 - 28 Event The Palm Beach International Film Festival Executive Director Randi Emerman announced today the film line-up for the 11th annual event to be held April 20 – 28. Over a 125 films will screen at this years event, including features, documentaries and shorts. The eight-day Fest will introduce 18 world premieres, 3 U.S. premieres and 59 Florida premieres, including 31 international films.Opening...
From the 7th to the 14th April 2006 at the Embassy Cinema, via Stoppani 7 - RomeThe RIFF (Roma Independent Film Festival), supported by Rome’s Municipal Department of Cultural Policies, is glad to invite you to its 5th edition. The festival will display a selection (among the over 1,000 works sent from 70 countries) of 75 FILMS including features, shorts and documentaries. Several Italian and foreign premieres are among the features: the world premiere Il Segreto di Rahil (Rahil’s Secret) ...
The RIFF (Roma Independent Film Festival), supported by Rome’s Municipal Department of Cultural Policies, will officially open its 5th edition on 7 April. The event will close on 14 April. RIFF is becoming more and more internationally oriented: the 2006 edition is especially focussed on independent film-making, characterised once again by its strong interest in ‘beyond borders’ cinema. Indeed, the programme features 5 film reviews dedicated to as many countries (Norway, Canada, Spain, F...
From February 16 to 26, the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois invites you to its 24th edition, the largest gathering of devotees of Quebec cinema, presented by the SAQ. This year, the Rendez-vous will show more than 190 films at the Cinémathèque québécoise, NFB theatre, Cinéma Beaubien and the Grande Bibliothèque du Québec. Raymond Bouchard, the event’s spokesman, accompanied by over 150 directors, actors and skilled professionals from our film industry, will gather for this 10-day eve...
V.SHANTARAM AWARD for life time achievement conferred to Mr. RAM MOHAN Mumbai International Film festival (MIFF-2006) for documentary, Animation & Short films was ingurated here on January 3, 2006, by Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chief Minister of Maharashtra. The Chief Minister conferred Dr.V.Shantaram Award for Life time Achievement to Mr. Ram Mohan, noted animation Film maker & `father of Indian animation' and a pioneer in the animation movement in India. Mr. Ram Mohan was honored with memento, an...
The traditional showcase of the Hungarian film production of the year, the 37th edition of the Hungarian Film Week will be held in Budapest between January 31 – February 7, 2005. This year nearly 120 foreign professionals accepted the invitation from Magyar Filmunió to the Hungarian Film Week that plays an outstanding part in the international promotion of Hungarian films. The foreign critics’ Gene Moskowitz Award will be handed over at the final ceremony on 7th February.The traditional sho...
The International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) has approved the dates and the regulations of the 2006 Montreal World Film Festival.Every year, FIAPF requests of each accredited festival, that they submit in advance their regulations which should be in accordance with FIAPF’s own regulations. Therefore, the dates and regulations of the 2006 Montreal World Film Festival have been approved by FIAPF. Most film producing countries are FIAPF members, including Canada.The next Mo...
The Festivalists is a new Sydney-based non-profit organisation dedicated to the production of film festivals and touring programs. Founded partly in reaction to the void left by the closure of truly independent cinemas such as the Chauvel and the Valhalla, the organisation is dedicated to providing new opportunities for audiences to access Australian and world cinema.Their first project is Young at Heart – Sydney Seniors Film Festival. The event will run from April 2nd to 9th 2006 to coincide ...
Hanan had the courage to take up the role as it reflected her personalityDunia (Kiss me not on the eyes) seeks to address and confront social issues in the Arab world. As a clear indication of the controversy surrounding the film, heated debate broke out during a press conference held at the 2nd Dubai International Film Festival to discuss the movie.Written in French and translated into Arabic, shot in Egypt by a Lebanese Director Jocelyne Saab, Dunia (Kiss me not on the eyes) proves the borderl...
RESFEST is thrilled with the success of its 1st edition in Montreal, which took place November 25-27 at Ex-Centris. More than 3500 people (over 90% of screenings were sold-out!) showed up for an exciting and diverse program of shorts, music videos, animation and features from around the world. The attendance of prestigious guests Stéphane Sednaoui and Michel Gondry to launch the festival was a very privileged moment, especially when the two film makers shared their visions of the cinema and the...
EUROPEAN FILM PROMOTION BI-COASTAL SCREENINGSEuropean Film Promotion (EFP), the trans-European organization that represents the interests of European film promotion agencies in 30 countries, concluded a bi-coast promotion effort to bring an exciting group of new European filmmakers to the attention of US distributors, programmers and the press.EFP began its efforts earlier this month with a special program entitled NEW FACES OF EUROPEAN CINEMA, presented in conjunction with the AFI Fest in Los A...
RESFEST The best shorts, animation, music videos, motion graphics and features.Coming to Montreal November 25 – 27 at Ex-Centris RESFEST is coming to Montreal! The global film & video extravaganza, RESFEST 2005 is traveling to 35 cities on six continents for its ninth annual international tour and, for the first time, will be presented in Montreal. The RESFEST Montreal team, which includes Victor Shiffman (Transform Media), Yanick Letourneau (Périphéria productions), programmer Danny Lennon ...
ANNOUNCING THE 2005 AWARD WINNERSMontreal, October 31, 2005 — The nine (9) 2005 ADVENTURA Prizes were awarded yesterday at the closing ceremony of the 4th Montreal International Adventure Film Festival (also know by its French acronym FIFAM). Over 170 films from the four corners of the world had been submitted in preselection and 38 of them were retained for the official selection presented to the Montreal public over 4 days, namely from October 27 to 30, 2005. This year, the prizes are reward...
Montreal image+nation, International gay and lesbian film festival is pleased to announce that the Canadian feature film Whole New Thing by Amnon Buchbinder will open its 18th edition on Thursday November 3 at Cinema Parisien (480 St-Catherine St. W.)A highly entertaining and poignant film, Whole New Thing brings us to Nova Scotia where Emerson (Aaron Webber) lives with his parents Kaya (the remarkable Rebecca Jenkins) and Rog (Robert Joy) in their eco-home in the wilds. When Emerson develops hi...
The City of Montreal reaffirms its support to the World Film Festival for its 30th Anniversary in 2006The City of Montreal through its Cultural Section has renewed its support of the Montreal World Film Festival to be held from August 24 to September 4, 2006. It would be impossible to organize an important international festival without the active cooperation of the City. We publish herewith the content of the letter dated October 13, 2005 and addressed to the President of the Festival:“The Ci...
It is non stop film festival in Montreal!A solo crossing of the Arctic Circle, an expedition in search of Inca mummies, meetings with the Sherpa people, crossing Alaska on bicycle, diving at the heart of Patagonia’s glaciers, climbing icebergs in Greenland, paragliding down the Khumbu, exploring chasms in the Pyrenees, free falling in the Dolomites… FIFAM--the only Canadian Festival dedicated to human and sports adventure--takes place from Thursday October 27 to Sunday October 30 200538 film...
