Having just attended the most historic event of a lifetime, the 56th Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, I can think of no better way to segue back into community than by attending The 24th Santa Barbara International Film Festival.My personal love affair with this festival started nine years ago and each year is no less exciting than the previous year or will be as exciting as the next.  With no shortage of global representation in film offered, my first inte...

Entre les murs by Laurent Cantet has won the Distribution Aid Award aimed at supporting the release of a French film in Germany. Coming with a check of €20,000, this award jointly offered by Unifrance and the MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg, was presented Wednesday evening to the film’s distributor Concorde Filmverleih in the presence of the actress Anne Langlois, the French Consul in Stuttgart, Christian Dumont, and Gabriele Röthemeyer, director of MFG Filmförderung....

Antoine de Clermont Tonnerre was elected as Unifrance President this morning by absolute majority by Board of Directors members present. The Unifrance Board of Directors is composed of 48 members: 23 members from the four Committees elected by the association’s Councils (the Feature Film Producers’, Directors’, Actors’, Writers, and Artists’ Agents’, Film Exporters’, and Short Film Producers’ and Distributors’ Councils), 10 ex officio members, 12 statuary member...

French films attracted close to 78 million spectators abroad in 2008 (provisional figures). According to Unifrance estimates...   French films attracted close to 78 million spectators abroad in 2008 (provisional figures). According to Unifrance estimates, the final figure is expected to cross the 80 million admissions mark. French film production reached an all-time high in 2008, outshining the exceptional year of 2005 (76 million admissions). Moreover, movie attendance ...

If you are a filmmaker and would like to enter your film for consideration, please visit our submissions page http://costaricafilmfest.com   ...

Keep posted as we embark on the 3rd Annual Gatlinburg Screenfest!!!!   www.gatlinburgscreenfest.com ...

    "CamboFest brings the magic of movies to the land of Angkor" Julie and Roger Corman   ~ Early submissions for CAMBOFEST 2009 starting now! Cambodia's only internationally recognized independent movie festival, heading into its 3rd year ~   ((( Submit at: WWW.CAMBOFEST.COM )))     ...

The Call for Entries is now open for the 3rd annual Taos Shortz Film Fest.... …The hottest shorts film fest in Northern New Mexico… We are dedicated to featuring quality,  juried  short films from around the globe. We would like to bring your adventure of creativity to our film fest... So here's another opportunity to strut your stuff amidst the mountains and mesas of Taos, New Mexico. Have a tale to tell?  A secret to reveal?  A truth that ...

Future of cinema, few know, few share, we dare do both! Let us embark for a trip a few decades ahead of us. Our first stop this year was Cannes where the series has been held for the past 3 years. The next stops on the festival circuit was Locarno with a panel held in partnership with the Festival, next stops will be Rome, Stockholm and many more. Video from the Locarno panel: Locarno conference future of cinema envoyé par filmfestivals-com ...

PRESS RELEASE The 15th of december 2010 is deadline for submitting works to participate to the 10th Edition of the RIFF (Roma Independent Film Festival) that will take place in Rome at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila from the 17th to the 25th of March 2011 All the informations to apply and the official Call for Entry are available on the website: "http://www.riff.it   Also this year Filmmakers will have the possibility to propose their original works as a first-e...

Omer Pasha born in Pakistan of Turkish descend developed a passion for film making and moved to Canada in his adolescent years. Omer Pasha's debut short film “The Curse” filmed in parts of Pakistan and Canada made its debut on SHAW TV on “Vancouver Masala,” in 2006. Omer Pasha became a regular performer at the Dufferin Nightclub in Vancouver, BC where he would perform his singles “The Curse” and “Who Are You” for a HIV/AIDS benefit charity “House Of Just Cuz.” Scor...

The early bird deadline for the next SILVER CITY FILM FESTIVAL will be posted by December. Entry information and necessary forms are available on the SCFF website.   Please direct any questions to the festival at info@silvercityfilmfest.org   Details coming soon. ...

4 competitions were held in Cannes at the Short Film Corner, and the winners are...   Results of the Short Film Corner 2008 contests The Mini Movie Channel contest The Mini Movie Channel 10 000 € award was granted to Thomas M. Bausenwein, director of the short film "Armer Schwarzer Kater". These awards were given out during the 'Fête du Court', on Friday May 23rd. National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada organized an online sh...

By Maria Esteves - May 18, 2008 The Seventh Annual 2008 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) New York Premiere documentary film THE UNIVERSE OF KEITH HARING, directed by Christina Clausen final screening was held at AMC Village VII, Sunday, May 4, 11:30 am. A special Q&A immediately followed. The PARTY OF LIFE benefit in celebration of Keith Haring's 50th Birthday featuring Junior Vasquez and Louie Vega was held at PACHA venue, 9:00 pm - 4:00 am. Aviva Press interviewed director Christina Claus...

PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL & FILM MARKET June 23 - 29, 2009 Call for Entries Regular Deadline: March 27, 2009 Late Deadline: April 24, 2009 Online entry form Contact Info For more information contact: Palm Springs International Short Film Festival 1700 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite 3 Palm Springs, California 92262 USA Tel: (760) 322-...

When: June 29th - September 04th 2012 (Annual) Where: Naples / Napoli, Na Italy Event Description:  accordi @ DISACCORDI  Open-air Cinema Festival, held yearly for at least two months, showcases the best of European and International Cinema. This outdoor film festival counts this year its twelfth, will take place from June 29th until  September 4th  2012, and with the attendance of over 40000 viewers screens features, documentaries, shorts, pocket movies and music videos. The pro...

John More speaks to the Actress Silvia Colloca “Van Helsing” a US May 7 release written and directed by Stephen Sommers, (“The Mummy” and “The Return of the Mummy”) starring Hugh Jackman (Van Helsing, Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale), Richard Roxburgh (Dracula) and his 3 wives: Silvia Colloca... “ABOUT THE FILM VAN HELSING” John More: Hi Silvia, you have an important role in the Hollywood film “Van Helsing”, can you tell us about the synopsis? Silvia Colloca: Set...