Pro Tools
•Register a festival or a film
Submit film to festivals Promote for free or with Promo Packages

FILMFESTIVALS | 24/7 world wide coverage

Welcome !

Enjoy the best of both worlds: Film & Festival News, exploring the best of the film festivals community.  

Launched in 1995, relentlessly connecting films to festivals, documenting and promoting festivals worldwide.

Working on an upgrade soon.

For collaboration, editorial contributions, or publicity, please send us an email here

User login

|FRENCH VERSION|

RSS Feeds 

Martin Scorsese Masterclass in Cannes

 

Filmfestivals.com services and offers

 

Vancouver

From Cannes to Sundance: Micro-movie omnibus BEAUTIFUL 2012 turns festival favorite

Touring the international film festival circuit since its world premiere at the 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), micro-movie omnibus Beautiful 2012 will have its humorous segment You Are More Than Beautiful screen at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.   Produced by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) in its inaugural collaboration with China’s reputed Internet TV company Youku, Beautiful 2012 is composed of four commissioned shorts directed ...

2012 VIFF Award Winners

IT'S A WRAP! The Vancouver International Film Festival is over for another year. 380 films from 75 countries were presented at 600+ screenings over 15 days. A BIG thanks goes out to all of our fantastic volunteers, sponsors, staff and most of all, our enthusiastic audiences & participating filmmakers. Juried Awards The Canadian Images jury announced two awards. The jury included popular Vancouver actor Jay Brazeau, Montreal filmmaker Anne Émond and Colombian–American med...

It's a wrap!

user
IT'S A WRAP! The 31st Vancouver International Film Festival is over for another year. A BIG thanks goes out to all of our fantastic volunteers, sponsors, staff and most of all, our  enthusiastic audiences.   As one of the largest film festivals in North America, VIFF brings Vancouver audiences some of the best films from around the globe. The 2012 VIFF presented over 380 films from 75 countries. There were innumerable successes at this year's festival. We’re particularly gr...

The Return of the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Indian, Asian & Arab Cinema

Resurrection of an Important Festival, after 3 years   Lekha Shankar, in N.Delhi The Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival of Indian, Asian and Arab Cinema, one of the pioneering festivals for Asian cinema, founded by the dynamic Aruna Vasudev, made  a come-back after three years, to New Delhi, India, pleasing the many film buffs  in the country. After all, this is the Indian capital city’s only film festival, at a time when nearly every city in the country, ...

AHAR BINIAZ (miss Canada) at Ambrosia film Premiere in Montreal

user
 Video Interview by Leopoldo Soto Huatulco Food and film Festival   Video Interview with the Director PRODUCTION TEAM   Filmmaking : Baharak Saeid Monir   Scriptwriter : Baharak Saeid Monir Photography : Farhad Saba   Montage : Baharak Saeid Monir interpreters : Sahar Biniaz, Camyar Chai, Heather Doerksen, John Emmet Tracy, Paulin Egan, Veenu Sandhu, Tina Milo Milvojevic Production House : Baharak Saied Monir, Ambrosia...

Awards for the Canadian Student Film Festival

user
AWARDS – 43rd CANADIAN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL   NORMAN MCLAREN AWARD FOR THE OVERALL WINNER:  8,75$ by Claudia Hébert (York University, Toronto)  BEST NEW CANADIAN DIRECTOR:  YOUTH AND TRADITION by John Palanca (York University, Toronto)  BEST ANIMATION FILM:  TENGRI by Alisi Telengut (Concordia University, Montréal)  BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM:  HOTEL CANADA by Aliaa Khachouk (UQAM, Montréal)  BEST E...

Video Interview with Baharak Saeid Monir for Ambrosia

user
PRODUCTION TEAM Filmmaking : Baharak Saeid Monir   Scriptwriter : Baharak Saeid Monir Photography : Farhad Saba   Montage : Baharak Saeid Monir interpreters : Sahar Biniaz, Camyar Chai, Heather Doerksen, John Emmet Tracy, Paulin Egan, Veenu Sandhu, Tina Milo Milvojevic Production House : Baharak Saied Monir, Ambrosia Film Inc., 3595 Princess Avenue, North Vancouver, BC V7N 2E4 (Canada), tél.: 604 980-4450, info@ambrosiafilm.com AMBROSIA Ali and Leil...

Montreal World Film Festival launched with Million Dollar Crocodile...and 212 feature films

user
  212 feature films (110 world or international premieres)  16 medium length films (12 world or international premieres)  144 short films (94 world or international premieres)  60 films in the Canadian Student Film Festival   A Chinese film “Million Dollar Crocodile” for the opening                              ...

The jury of Montreal World in action

user
Australian actress Greta Scacchi will preside over an international jury of film personalities from around the world. Her fellow jurists:  Véra Belmont, one of France's top producers, began her career as an actress but quickly sensed that her talent lay not in front of the camera but behind it. In 1966 she produced Paul Vecchiali's The Devil's Tricks and over four decades...

The MWFF to honour Mel Hoppenheim

user
The 36th Montreal World Film Festival announces that it will honour Mel Hoppenheim with its Grand Prize of the Americas. "There are few men in our cinema with the Mel Hoppenheim's stature," declared MWFF president Serge Losique. "He is among the men most responsible for the concrete development of Quebec and Canadian film industries. As a builder and entrepreneur but also as a generous philanthropist, Mel was a prime mover in the establishment of a true domestic film industry....

Hostway VP Aaron Hollobaugh Chats with Aviva Press

user
By Maria Esteves – July 3, 2012 The 10th International 2012 Cloud Computing Conference & Exposition commenced June 11-14, at Javits Convention Center, New York. Produced by SYS-CON Media, Cloud Computing annually showcase the latest technologies in IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), SaaS (Software as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), from migration to hosting to business applications to interoperations to enterprise architecture and security in the cloud. Hostway C...

The Female Eye Film Festival wrapped

user
Filmmakers and screenwriters from all over the globe including the United Kingdom, Australia, Turkey, Argentina, France, Sweden, Trinidad, Sierra Leone, Bahrain, Romania, Israel, the US, and Canada travelled to Toronto to participate in and celebrate in the 10th Anniversary Female Eye Film Festival (June 20th – 24th, 2012). In a shaky economy The Female Eye Film Festival held strong with unprecedented screenings, script readings, industry panel discussions and the FeFF 10th Anniversary Phot...

Christ Arriving [Damascus World Edition] {FULL LENGTH MUSICAL}

user
Christ Arriving [Damascus World Edition] 5 psychedelic music videos combined into 1 futuristic musical dedicated to the end of time, the 2nd coming of Christ and the confrontation with the Anti-Christ that will bring the end of time closer. The musical constantly refers to the landing of Jesus on the minarets of Damascus. Something we all look forward to happening, a world event. The musical also proclaims to the arrival of the Anti-Christ on this world, the worst chaos of al...

The National Screen Institute's Online Short Film Festival has announced their new lineup

user
The National Screen Institute's Online Short Film Festival has announced their new lineup of short films, selected from a record number of submissions. NSI programs the very best Canadian short films in their online festival that runs year round.  This new group of filmmakers is the first to be eligible for three cash awards: The Shaw Media Fearless Female Director Award ($2,500), A&E Short Filmmakers Award ($1,250), and The Bite Comedy Award ($750). The films selecte...

“Christ is Arriving” a string of music videos and musicals that give a direct message that Christ will be arriving to Damascus.

user
“Christ is Arriving” a string of music videos and upcoming musicals that give a direct message that Christ will be arriving to Damascus,shortly. Filmmaker Omer Pasha chooses a non-conventional way to enforce the prophecy that yes its true that Christ will be arriving in today's world in a short while in the flesh. This is not some fairy tale but actual truth , an event that will shake the world and resurrection will come closer, the end of this world. Omer Pasha as the mys...

Simon Davidson: “To shoot during the night is very difficult ...”

user
Mr. Davidson, how did the story of "The Odds" appear actually? Everything started from an article I read several years ago – about 17-year high school students in Singapore, infatuated with illegal betting (in their case: for the games of NBA) and about the problems one of the boys encountered thanks to his addicition... But the story is also connected with my own teenage years, when I was 17 or maybe even 16. I myself come from a small town in Western part of Canad...

Cannes Market Lineup 2012 (Musicals)

user
The following musical films are now in line up for Cannes Market 2012: 1. The Cal Crew (Caucasian Love Returned) 2. The Cursed Riddles Of California 3. Vancouver Midnight Movies     1.The Cal Crew (Caucasian Love Returned): http://youtu.be/3uY6-XmCa_I 2. The Cursed Riddles Of California http://youtu.be/0x7N-ppKzIU 3.Vancouver Midnight Movies http://youtu.be/V0_tMWpDYrA     The Cal Crew (Caucasian Love Return...

Omer Pasha Successfully Establishes Himself as a Director, Producer, Actor and Singer in Vancouver, BC

user
Omer Pasha, now a complete multimedia man has more than 1000 music videos/short movies and videos over the web. Omer Pasha produces all his work in Vancouver, BC Canada and is part of Cannes Market every year in Cannes. Omer Pasha movies cover major colossal themes of mystery, psychedelic animation, sex, erotica, women, fashion, religion, art, action, thriller, horror, funny and futuristic upbeat racy videos/short films.   Vancouver,BC , April 19, 2012 Omer Pas...

Official Trailer of TOOM TOOM TARA RARA "LIFE IS COOL" by K D Babukishan

B NETWORK & Babukishan Productions Presents: TOOM TOOM TARA RARA " Life is Cool" by Babukishan A Mystical Reality Family Drama show with a twist....Babukishan brings a unique and modern story that circles between the spiritual realm and earth. A series that will enthral the viewer as each episode seeks to capture the audience with suspense, drama and humour while Babukishan's profound story sends ...

9 ELEVEN will close The Peoples Film Festival (TPFF) in NY

user
9 ELEVEN selected as the CLOSING NIGHT Film for the prestigious The Peoples Film Festival (TPFF) -  New York City. Saturday, May 19th - 2012           April 21, 2012 : New York -   The Peoples Film Festival (TPFF) today announced the CLOSING NIGHT FILM for their 2012 Festival -  Award-Winning Film '9 ELEVEN' -  Written/Directed by Manan Singh Katohora; Produced by  ADF (Narain Kumar Kathur and Sadhna Mathur) in association with JMD Creations (Manan Singh Katohora);  CAST c...

TOOM TOOM TARA RARA " Life is Cool" by K D Babukishan

B NETWORK & Babukishan Productions Presents: TOOM TOOM TARA RARA " Life is Cool" by Babukishan A Mystical Reality Family Drama show with a twist....Babukishan brings a unique and modern story that circles between the spiritual realm and earth. A series that will enthral the viewer as each episode seeks to capture the audience with suspense, drama and humour while Babukishan's profound story sends ...

TOOM TOOM TARA RARA " Life is Cool" by K D Babukishan

user
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GORZiD9hbYE&list=UUAzBjpPyGud-ZF8JCITAqtA&index=1&feature=plcp B NETWORK & Babukishan Productions Presents: TOOM TOOM TARA RARA " Life is Cool" by Babukishan A Mystical Reality Family Drama show with a twist....Babukishan brings a unique and modern story that circles between the spiritual realm and earth. A series that will enthral the viewer as each episode seeks to capture the audience with suspense, drama and h...

Canadian films at the Annual Sonoma International

user
  Eleven Canadian films will be screened at the 15th annual Sonoma International Film Festival, a five-day feast of wine, food and more than 130 independent films from around the world, which runs from April 11 to 15, 2012. Included in the Festival program are two Oscar®-nominated animated shorts, two Québécois films featuring the same leading man, and two powerful documentaries about two very different global catastrophes.   Québécois superstar Patrick Huard is the lea...

The World Cinema at 23rd Ankara Film Festival

user
23rd Ankara International Film Festival, supported by Ministry of Culture and Tourism and organized by The World Mass Media Research Foundation announced today the films screening in this year’s World Cinema Categories. World Cinema showcases the most anticipated and prize-winning international films of the year. Jean-Marc Vallée’s (Director of the CRAYZ) latest film Café de Flore, visually breathtaking 'Three and a Half / Seh o nim’, 2011 San Sebastian Film Festival ‘Best Film...

Cold Water

Director: Pedro Neves.
Disillusionment helps the feet enter the cold water. It’s like a whisper indifferent to the distorted music that echoes round the beach. Disillusionment makes these people beg to heaven what they cannot achieve on earth. How many are the dreams they dare not dream?

Links

The Bulletin Board

> The Bulletin Board Blog
> Partner festivals calling now
> Call for Entry Channel
> Film Showcase
>
 The Best for Fests

Meet our Fest Partners 

Following News

Interview with EFM (Berlin) Director

 

 

Interview with IFTA Chairman (AFM)

 

 

Interview with Cannes Marche du Film Director

 

 

 

Filmfestivals.com dailies live coverage from

> Live from India 
> Live from LA
Beyond Borders
> Locarno
> Toronto
> Venice
> San Sebastian

> AFM
> Tallinn Black Nights 
> Red Sea International Film Festival

> Palm Springs Film Festival
> Kustendorf
> Rotterdam
> Sundance
Santa Barbara Film Festival SBIFF
> Berlin / EFM 
> Fantasporto
Amdocs
Houston WorldFest 
> Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
Cannes / Marche du Film 

 

 

Useful links for the indies:

Big files transfer
> Celebrities / Headlines / News / Gossip
> Clients References
> Crowd Funding
> Deals

> Festivals Trailers Park
> Film Commissions 
> Film Schools
> Financing
> Independent Filmmaking
> Motion Picture Companies and Studios
> Movie Sites
> Movie Theatre Programs
> Music/Soundtracks 
> Posters and Collectibles
> Professional Resources
> Screenwriting
> Search Engines
> Self Distribution
> Search sites – Entertainment
> Short film
> Streaming Solutions
> Submit to festivals
> Videos, DVDs
> Web Magazines and TV

 

> Other resources

+ SUBSCRIBE to the weekly Newsletter
+ Connecting film to fest: Marketing & Promotion
Special offers and discounts
Festival Waiver service
 

gersbach.net