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Sandra Bernhard Recipient of 2013 Clearview Cinemas Pride Award
By Maria Esteves – July 11, 2013 Actress/comedian SANDRA BERNHARD is recipient of the 2013 Clearview Cinemas Pride Award for outstanding support of the LGBT community. Presented by Bow Tie and Clearview Cinemas, the award ceremony held at Clearview Chelsea Cinemas, New York, on Thursday, June 27, 8:00PM, preceded the 12th Anniversary Chelsea Classics interactive presentation of Frank Perry’s new digital print Mommie Dearest, hosted by Hedda Lettuce, with special guest actress Rutany...
11.07.2013 | Aviva Press's blog |
BONJOUR MR LEWIS receives DVD awards 2013 at Festival "il Cinema Ritrovato" de Bologne (Italy)
Back from Bologna (Italy), where I was invited to talk about my production in 1982 of a very special TV program entitled BONJOUR MR LEWIS (6x1h), screened during the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival, dedicated to valuable treasures of the past ( silent Hitchcock, Chris Marker, Allan Dwan, De Sica, more Chaplin, Olga Preobrazenskja e Ivan Pavrov (USSR) , Vera Chytilova (Tchekoslovakya ), Rene Clément's ( Purple Noon ), René Vautier, Jacques Tati , ...
10.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
First Locarno Vision Award - Electronic Studio to Douglas Trumbull
American director and special effects maestro Douglas Trumbull is to receive the Festival’s first Vision Award - Electronic Studio. This new prize both highlights and pays tribute to someone whose creative work behind the scenes, as well as in their own right, has contributed to opening up new perspectives in film. The 66th edition of the Festival del film Locarno (7-17 August 2013) will pay tribute to the special effects artist by screening Stanley Kubrick’s 20...
10.07.2013 | Locarno Dailies's blog |
VISIONFEST13: THE OTHER FESTIVAL Announces IVA Nominees
VISIONFEST 13: THE OTHER FESTIVAL, which kicked off last night with a ‘standing room only’ screening, announced its 2013 IVA (Independent Vision Award) nominees immediately following the ‘kick-off’ show, in the Tribeca Cinemas’ Varick Room. Festival co-director, Bruno Derlin, officially revealed the honor roll to enthusiastic applause and cheers, as participating filmmakers present kicked back with some cocktails and chatter during the festival’s after-party....
10.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
Pan African Film Festival Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award
Film Festival Recognized by the African “Oscars” for Its Global Impact on the International Cinema Industry Asantewa Olatunji, Ghanaian film star Lydia Forson and Ayuko Babu The kudos just keeps on coming for the Pan African Film Festival. After a month-long business trip to Africa visiting an international film festival and several film events, Ayuko Babu, executive direct...
09.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Awards the Crystal Globe to Le grand cahier - A nagy füzet
The 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with four competition categories, took place between June 28th and July 6th this year. It was organized by Film Servis Fesival Karlovy Vary, with Jiří Bartoška as president of the festival and Karel Och as artistic director. The 49th Karlovy Vary IFF will be held from July 4th to July 12th, 2014. On July 6th 2013, the festival’s juries presented awards for the best films at the closing ceremony ...
07.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
11th annual Ischia Film & Music Festival will celebrate women in the arts
Actress Emmanuelle Seigner, Creative Artist Amanda Eliasch and Oscar®-Nomimated Director Christina Comencini To Be Honored at the 11th Annual Ischia Global Film & Music Fest The 11th annual Ischia Film & Music Festival will celebrate women in the arts with three very special awards being presented to three very special women during the course of the weeklong festival, which runs from July 14th through the 21st on the picturesque isle off the coast of Naples. Th...
06.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
My Green Shorts Awards Ceremony
MY GREEN SHORTS FILMFESTIVAL AWARDS CEREMONY RIVERSIDE THEATRE, CHURCH ST PARRAMATTA FRIDAY 19TH JULY @ 7.30PM Tickets only $5 click here to buy tickets at Riverside Theatre Parramatta >> Finalist Rabriate (Brisbane) - Bike Curious The Magnificent (Sydney) The Marvellous adventure of the Silly Little Bus Cachet Pictures (ingleburn) - Travelling Echo...
06.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
Critics' Prizes in Karlovy Vary, Moscow, Annecy, Troia, Cluj-Napoca, Seattle
Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic, June 28 – July 6, 2013). Prize: "Shame" (Styd) by Yusup Razykov (Russia, 2013, Color, DCP, 90 mins). Jury: György Báron, Hungary, president ("Elet és Irodalom"), Mike Naafs, The Netherlands ("De Filmkrant"), Richard Mowe, UK ("The Herald"), Latika Padgaonkar, India (The Asian Age), Simon Safranek, Czech Republic ("Aktualne.cz"). Print source: Producer: Vladimir Malyshev, Andrey Malyshev; Prod...
06.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
Terracotta Festival 2013 Audience Awards Winners
This year's Terracotta Festival was the largest year, with 27 films shown over 10 days and the additional SPOTLIGHT ON: Indonesia, Hong Kong Focus and the IN MEMORY OF: Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui sections. This year's Audience Award winners (as chosen by you the audience) are: CURRENT ASIAN CINEMA SECTION: WEREWOLF BOY, dir. Jo Sung-hee TERROR COTTA HORROR ALL-NIGHTER: COUNTDOWN, dir. Nattawut Poonpiriya SPOTLIGHT ON: Indones...
06.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
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> THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT
36th Annual 2013 Asian American International Film Festival
The 36th Annual 2013 Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF13) commence July 24-August 3, at New York City venues. Presented by Asian Cinevision, this year’s festival will showcase 34 feature films (premieres, presentations, 3D), workshop session, music videos, shorts, and screenplay presentations, awards ceremony, opening and closing night gala receptions. AAIFF13 Opening, Centerpiece, and Closing Premieres are LINSANITY, directed Evan Jackson, Wednesday, July 24, 7:30PM at As...
11.07.2013 | Aviva Press's blog |
Shoot the Write Stuff! Victoria Film Festival
Another first for the Victoria Film Festival this year is the introduction of a new summer camp. Targeted at youth ages 11-14, Shoot the Write Stuff aims to take camp participants filmmaking skills to the next level with mentoring and feedback from professional filmmakers. Day one, students shoot a short film. Throughout the week, they receive mentoring and feedback on their work from real world professionals to hone their skills. By the end, students will reshoot their work implementing what th...
10.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
The Sebastiane Latino Award will applaud a film released in the previous year to best represent sexual and gender diversity This years San Sebastian International Film Festival will include the presentation of the first Sebastiane Latino Award, an award given by the association Gehitu to the Latin American feature film released in the previous year that best represents lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual vindications and values. This award emerges as a natural spin-off from the ...
10.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
13th Week of Czech Film in Munich
The 13th annual Tchechische Filmwoche – Week of Czech Film, which is organised by the Czech Center in Munich in cooperation with the Czech Film Center, the Finále Plzeň festival and AG Kurzfilm, begins today in Munich, Germany. The screenings, which will continue until 14 July, will introduce the German film public to a selection of recent Czech films that were successful in festivals at home and abroad and were not distributed in Germany. The guests of this year’s film week ...
10.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
CIFEJ Board member Maikki Kantola will hold a 5-day workshop on animation for youth in Kharkiv
In September, the CIFEJ Days in Ukraine will be held for the first time during the 5th International Children's Television Festival «Dytiatko» (Days of the International Centre of Films for Children and Youth). Among the activities a 5-day workshop on animation, documentary and short live action for youth in Kharkiv is planned to be hold. A workshop under the guidance of famous trainer, an expert in children's television and animation, a member of the CIFEJ Board, direc...
10.07.2013 | DytiatkoFest's blog |
Talent Campus Durban Participants at the 34th Durban International Film Festival (July 18-28, 2013)
34th Durban International Film Festival (July 18-28, 2013) The 34th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, with principal funding by the National Lottery Development Trust Fund, has finalized selection of participants for the 6thedition of the Talent Campus Durban which takes place from 19 to 23 July. Forty African filmmakers and film experts will come together in Durban to be inspired and enlightened...
09.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
Freshtakes Mission and Core Values
Mission Statement Fresh Takes empowers youth from diverse San Mateo County communities to express themselves through Media Arts Production with an emphasis on self awareness, media literacy, civic engagement, community involvement, social change, and artistic excellence. In addition we offer affordable high caliber classes for all ages that are taught by working professionals and masters of their craft as an alternative option to expensive and time consuming coll...
08.07.2013 | Fresh Takes Youth Film Festival's blog |
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Philip K Dick Film Festival New York CALLING December 5-8,2013 New York, NY -
The festival is the first in the five boroughs devoted to science and science fiction. Named for the iconic novelist and short story writer whose work inspired the films Blade Runner, Total Recall andMinority Report, the four-day event aims to start a tradition of honoring films inspired by authors who have explored the metaphysical and eerie in all its manifestations. Possible themes include cyberpunk, dystopian realities, paranoia, altered states, and singularities. Science/science fiction documentaries, features and shorts are accepted. Submit here Lorsque vous incrivez un film au festival français l'inscription est gratuite pour le Festival de New York (5-8 Decembre, 2013) www.philipkdickfilmfestival-europe.com
17th Annual Hollywood Film Festival calling for entries
The 17th Annual HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL(Oct 17-21, 2013) is now open for submissions in the follow genres: Features (all genres including animation, drama, comedy, horror), Docs, and Shorts (including animation). With film presentations taking place in the heart of Hollywood, the Festival presents a valuable screening platform for independent filmmakers, while providing for access to the studios and industry at large. The 2013 event will take this concept to the next level, presenting a unique networking program with “HOLLYWOOD NETWORK® INITIATIVE.” SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 30, 2013 – SUBMIT TODAY on WaB or on the site!
Hollyshorts calling for entries
The 9th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival, scheduled for August 15-25, 2013 at the world famous Chinese Theatre, is now accepting submissions. (www.withoutabox.com/login/4655). 2012 HSFF featured over 300 projects showcasing stars and filmmakers including Neil Labute, Zachary Quinto, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Joe Carnahan, awarded over $70,000 in prizes, including $30,000 in post services courtesy of Company 3 for Best Short, Director, Music Video, and Commercial. www.hollyshorts.com Submit now
NociCortinfestival | International Short Film Festival calling for shorts
8 Annual NociCortinfestival | International Short Film Festival runs August 01, 2013 to August 04, 2013 BARI Italy http://www.nocicinema.it Films of all subjects and styles will be considered for selection. All films entered into the competition must have been produced after January 1st, 2011, and must be no more than 30 minutes in length. We welcome films that have already been screened at other film festivals.
Above all, we are looking for films that are original, creative and that tell an engaging story. Submit
The Inigo Film Festival calling for shorts...
TIFF Regulations for the 4th Iñigo Film Festival 2013 1. The 4 th Iñigo Film Festival (TIFF) and the “Iñigo Awards” are sponsored by the Society of Jesus as represented by the Conference of European Provincials (CEP). 2. The prizes (“Iñigo Awards”) will be awarded to short films on the theme “City of God”.Submit online
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Luxury Meets Justice - Trailer starring Jean Claude Van Damme
Jean Claude Van Damme, FashionTV Luxury Films, Luxury Meets Justice - Trailer ...
10.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
CIFEJ Board member Maikki Kantola will hold a 5-day workshop on animation for youth in Kharkiv
In September, the CIFEJ Days in Ukraine will be held for the first time during the 5th International Children's Television Festival «Dytiatko» (Days of the International Centre of Films for Children and Youth). Among the activities a 5-day workshop on animation, documentary and short live action for youth in Kharkiv is planned to be hold. A workshop under the guidance of famous trainer, an expert in children's television and animation, a member of the CIFEJ Board, direc...
10.07.2013 | DytiatkoFest's blog |
IRON SKY SEQUEL SUCCEEDS IN CROWD FUNDING The sequel to the 2012 independent scifi hit Iron Sky, a comedy about Moon Nazis, has reached its’ first crowd funding phase, raising over $150000 for the script and promo development. The film, described to be a dark comedy making fun of epic mega-budget Hollywood scifi films added with loads of politically incorrect humour and a storyline that digs into the very beginnings of mankind, enters its’ development phase focusing to shoot...
09.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
Cannes /La Danza de la realidad
"On 17 May the film "La Danza de la realidad" of Alejandro Jodorowsky was presented on "premiére". 16 years old teenager I was already a fan of Jodorwosky and of course after many years of silence I could not miss one of my favourites. The films of Jodorowsky has accompanied our youthness and with "The Thief of Rainbow" with Peter Toole (Hollywood) it looked that the filmography autor works war finished, but no...at last a new one, a will? Th...
07.07.2013 | Cannes Market Dailies's blog |
My life after UCLA Grad School -- MFA in Film.
Grad student Midgia Chinea's film 'anonymous (street meat)' selected for Cannes Short Film festival Brittany Taylor / Daily Bruin Midgia Chinea's short film, "anonymous (street meat)," inspired by a mortgage scam Chinea experienced during her fall quarter at UCLA in 2009, was selected as an official entry into the Cannes Short Film festival. A still from the film is pictured above. Courtesy of Midgia Chinea In mid May 2011, I flew to Nice and stayed...
07.07.2013 | Petravalentine's blog |
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Meet Scottish producer Rebecca O’Brien EFA Board Member
OOH, AAH, CANTONA! Continuing our series introducing the members of the Board of the European Film Academy, Scottish producer Rebecca O’Brien remembers the beginnings and some of the highlights of her career in film and talks about the “cultural exception”… What made you want to work in film and how did you start? As a child I just loved going to the movies – especially musicals - and when I was a teenager in London I particularly e...
12.07.2013 | European Film Awards's blog |
Sandra Bernhard Recipient of 2013 Clearview Cinemas Pride Award
By Maria Esteves – July 11, 2013 Actress/comedian SANDRA BERNHARD is recipient of the 2013 Clearview Cinemas Pride Award for outstanding support of the LGBT community. Presented by Bow Tie and Clearview Cinemas, the award ceremony held at Clearview Chelsea Cinemas, New York, on Thursday, June 27, 8:00PM, preceded the 12th Anniversary Chelsea Classics interactive presentation of Frank Perry’s new digital print Mommie Dearest, hosted by Hedda Lettuce, with special guest actress Rutany...
11.07.2013 | Aviva Press's blog |
Watch Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michel Adam at Luxury Meets Justice launch Party in Dubai
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michel Adam at Luxury Meets Justice Party at F Studio Club,Dubai http://www.FashionTV.com/videos DUBAI - FashionTV highlights the Luxury Meets Justice Launch Party at the F Studio Club at the Emerald Towers in Dubai. Special guests include FashionTV President Michel Adam and action star Jean Claude Van Damme with a runway show by Kayli. Appearances: Natalia Kapchuk (FashionTV Host), Alex Ecker, Michel Adam, Jean Claude Van Damme CHANNEL ...
10.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
Retrospective: Jacqueline Bisset and Anna Karina guests
Rich and famous (1981) – George Cukor. Collection Cinémathèque suisse. Droits réservés. Several different guests and initiatives comprise the tribute paid to the big Retrospective for 2013, dedicated to the master of Hollywood comedy George Cukor. British actress Jacqueline Bisset will be a guest of honor, and will introduce the Piazza Grande screening of Rich and Famous (1981), the final film in the director’s long career. Anna Karina will a...
10.07.2013 | Locarno Dailies's blog |
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09.03.2009 | Pro Services's blog |
IndieFlix CEO, Scilla Andreen, "The future is now and It's time filmmakers start making real money!" Indieflix.com FilmFestivals.com and The Observatory bring you the video transcript of the panel and it's introduction FILM AND INTERNET - Best friends with benefits? The panel was held Saturday 18th of May, 2013 11:00 – 13:00 , Salon des Ambassadeurs, 4th floor, Palais des Festivals Moderator: Wolfgang Closs Executive D...
09.07.2013 | Cannes Market Dailies's blog |
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> LES NOUVELLES DU CIRCUIT Un petit résumé que ce que devrait être le CHIEN à PLUMES 2013
LE CHIEN A PLUMES: FESTIVAL EN TERRE HAUT MARNAISE 17ème EDITION - 9.10.11 AOUT - LANGRES - Lac de Villegusien Des fois, on trouve face book trop petit pour tout ce que l’on a à vous dire … Allez, voici, un petit résumé que ce que devrait être le CHIEN à PLUMES 2013 !! La prog , on en parle pas, tout est sur le Site Internet, avec des jolies photos et vidéos pour découvrir tous les artistes qui vous sont inc...
10.07.2013 | Editor's blog | 161 lectures
Larry Cohen, Renny Harlin et Cliff Martinez côtoient la relève du cinéma suisse au NIFFF 2013
J-8 avant le coup d'envoi du Festival International du Film Fantastique de Neuchâtel. La 13ème édition s’annonce riche en rencontres et découvertes. Après la présentation du programme complet et des premières qui ponctueront cette 13ème édition, survol des différentes personnalités qui feront vivre le festival et des conférences qui feront découvrir au public la face cachée des g&eacut...
10.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
Le 20e Festival du Film de Lama se déroulera du 27 juillet au 2 août 2013, en Haute-Corse.
Plus de 60 films, courts ou longs, documentaires et fiction, seront projetés sur les 4 sites du festival, dont 3 en plein air. Tous les longs métrages sont programmés en avant-première de leur sortie en salles. Lama est un village médiéval de Balagne, à mi-distance de Calvi et Bastia, dominant la vallée de l'Ostriconi jusqu'à la mer. Voici un aperçu de la programmation, dont le détail sera c...
10.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
Noob a levé 530 000 euros sur ulule.com pour produire son premier long-métrage
L'équipe de la web-série "Noob" a dépassé le record européen de financement participatif pour produire son premier long-métrage : 530 000 euros ont été donnés par les internautes sur le site ulule.com, alors que leur besoin de financement était de 35 000 euros. C'est un financement à 1515%. «Une belle aventure se dessine à l'horizon ! Plus belle que nous l'espérions...
09.07.2013 | Cannes Market Dailies's blog | 17 lectures
Elaboré par Zeynep Jouvenaux, programmatrice, ce cycle propose en une cinquantaine de films un focus sur les médias au cinéma. Avec en ouverture et en avant-première, La Bataille de Solférino de Justine Thriet (17 septembre à 20h). Un film très remarqué lors du dernier Festival de Cannes dans la programmation parallèle de l'ACID. ...
09.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
Palmarès de la Compétition internationale 2013 de Paris Cinéma
Palmarès de la Compétition internationale 2013 La Bataille de Solférino / Prix du Public Kid / Prix des Étudiants Prince Avalanche / Prix des Blogueurs du web Eka et Natia, chronique d'une jeunesse géorgienne / Prix du magazine Grazia La Bataille de Solférino Justine Triet 2013 / France ...
09.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
Le Palmarès de la 24ème édition du FIDMarseille
La 24ème édition du FIDMarseille a eu lieu du 2 au 8 juillet 2013 dans une dizaine de lieux de Marseille, cinémas, théâtres, galeries, bibliothèques, plein air et présentera 150 films, pour la plupart des premières mondiales et internationales, dans un programme dense comprenant sélection officielle (compétition internationale/compétition nationale/compétition premiers films), écrans parallèles, ta...
09.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
La 22ème édition du Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine 2013 aux couleurs du Chili !
Le cinema et la culture chilienne seront particulièrement à l’honneur cette année, avec : Focus sur le cinema Chilien actuel (Hors compétition) Le cinéma chilien est en plein essor. En témoigne depuis quelques années la présence importante de films chiliens dans les plus grands festivals internationaux ainsi que les récompenses accordées à ces œuvres. Le Fe...
08.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
Ciné Karaoké en clôture de Paris Cinéma
CLÔTURE : CINÉ-KARAOKÉ Berges de Seine (rive gauche) entre la passerelle L. S Senghor et le Pont de la Concorde | Entrée libre à partir de 21h Le Festival Paris Cinéma déploie son écran sur les bords de Seine pour une projection musicale à la belle étoile et propose son très attendu Ciné-Karaoké géant. Un montage inédit de scènes musicales issues de films mythiques et...
07.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
Ne manquez pas, demain, la cérémonie de remise des prix de la Compétition Paris Cinéma
Le moment est enfin venu de dévoiler les grands gagnants de la Compétition ! La cérémonie de remise des prix, qui se tiendra demain Lundi 8 juillet soir à 20h au MK2 Bibliothèque, sera suivie d’Alabama Monroe, une magnifique histoire d'amour portée par des morceaux de bluegrass endiablés et présentée en avant-première par son réalisateur, Felix van Groeningen qui avait signé La Merditude des ch...
07.07.2013 | Editor's blog |
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