8th edition of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) – July 1-6Varied program, notorious guests and digital creation: the lineup of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival has revealed its outline to the public.Along with Gremlins director Joe Dante, president of the International Jury, the NIFFF will welcome Japanese director Hideo Nakata, who will present his latest movie, L Change the World. Designer Syd Mead (TRON, Aliens) will participate in the Imaging...

The retrospective for the 61st edition of the Locarno International Film Festival (6 -16 August 2008) will be devoted to the work of the Italian filmmaker, actor and producer Nanni Moretti. This retrospective follows the tradition of major and exhaustive retrospectives of the work of contemporary auteurs held at the Locarno Festival over recent years that alternate with substantial historical monographs and more thematic programmes.These keenly appreciated programmes aim to enable audiences to (...

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Après le succès remporté en 2006, Paris Cinéma poursuit sa campagne de terreur et présente Master of Horror 2 ! Thierry Lebas (Radio Campus Paris) et Guillaume Delbard (FIP) vous présentent un florilège de la deuxième saison de la série qui met à l’honneur l’hémoglobine. Dario Argento (Frissons d’angoisse, Suspiria…), John Landis (Les Blues Brothers), Joe Dante (Les Gremlins) et Norio Tsuruta (Ring 0) : voilà les « maîtres de l’horreur » qui nous font fr...

More than 80 fantastic films: what a programme!From July 3-8, 2007, the city of Neuchâtel will host its great Swiss meeting of fantastic cinema for the 7th time - a unique event presenting over 80 film premieres. This year, a new open air cinema will be inaugurated in town, near the lakeside, showing previews and unreleased films. In present two addition to four different competitions and the presence of renowned guests, the NIFFF will also special sections: a trip back to the golden age of 3D ...

Toronto Opens 2006 Festival with World Premiere of “The Journals of Knud Rasmussen”The largest and one of the most respected Film Festivals in the world will open its doors to the public with Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn's “The Journals of Knud Rasmussen". Their last film "Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner),” had won the Camera D'or in Cannes and then the prize for best Canadian film here in Toronto in 2001. Festival Co-Director Noah Cowan felt that this was one of the most important film...

Fantastic cinema in all states!From the 3rd to the 9th of July 2006, Neuchatel will turn into the capital of fantastic cinema. With four competitions, famous guests, a retrospective, an homage to the great George Romero, a symposium, public debates and an ephemeral location NIFFF will, for the 6th time, prove that fantastic cinema is far from being a one dimensional genre and that it comes in many different surprising forms ! For all those that are curious, informed movie lovers or fans of this...

Méliès d’Argent winner in FantasportoThe 26th edition of Fantasporto proved to be a successful one - A great program, fantastic guests, and a wonderful setting provided by Porto itself. And the winners were…Méliès d’ArgentANIMAL, Roselyne Bosch, (Portugal, UK, France), 2005Short Film Nomination for a Méliès d’OrTHE LEGEND OF THE SCARECROW, Marcos Besas, (Spain), 2005For a full list of all Fantasporto winners in all the different categories visit our press section at melies.org or v...

Cinequest Brands MavericksThroughout Cinequest 16, Executive Director and Co-founder Halfdan Hussey retold the tale of the maverick. The term originated in the mid-1800s, when any unbranded cow roaming the open range near San Antonio, Texas, was thought to belong to rancher Samuel A. Maverick. Hussey didn’t mention that the cattle had been neglected—hence never branded—and any strays were referred to as “one of Maverick’s” in a pejorative tone. Over the last 12 days, Cinequest rounde...

Vancouver International Film Centre, Vancity Theatre presents MASTERS OF HORRORJanuary 13-17,19"For people who are really scary movie fans, this is nirvana."-John LandisShot mostly in Vancouver throughout 2005, and only seen thus far on digital cable and at selected film festivals, the MASTERS OF HORROR series brings together a baker's dozen of the genre's greatest directors. Given free reign and a limited budget, they pieced together a mini-series of B-movie throwbacks, alternately terrifying, ...

The 20th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival has announced the winners of the 2005 festival competition, as well as next year’s festival dates, February 3-12, 2006.Winners were selected by the following jury members:American Independent Jury: Joe Dante (director, “The Howling” and “Gremlins”), Clark Peterson (producer, “Monster”) and actor Perry Lang (“The Big Red One” and “Eight Men Out”).Spanish and Latin American Film Jury: Cynthia Hargrave (former Music Ex...

The 2004 Los Angeles Film Festival includes:• New films from Jean-Jacques Annaud, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, Mike Hodges, Patrice Leconte, Richard Linklater, Guy Maddin, Tsai Ming-liang, and Zhang Yimou;• Coffee Talks with Anne V. Coates, Danny Elfman, Thomas Newman, Alexander Payne, and David O. Russell, among others;• A sing-along of the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine in the Festival Courtyard;• An under-the-stars presentation of Zhang Yimou’s Hero at the Ford Amphitheatre;• An...

TORINO FILM FESTIVAL took place between November 13-21, 2003 wrapped announcing awradsINTERNATIONAL FEATURE COMPETITION* jury members: director Alison Maclean (Canada), director Pappi Corsicato (Italy), director Goutam Ghose (India), director Michael Almereyda (USA) and director Manuel Mozos (Portugal).- BEST FEATURE FILM (20,500 euros): Joel Brisse's LA FIN DU REGNE ANIMAL (France)- SPECIAL JURY PRIZE: (tie) Parviz Shahbazi's DEEP BREATH (Iran) and Lukasz Barczyk's CHANGES / PRZEMIANY (Poland)-...