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Let's be real: we are filmmakers not business people! The artsitic side of filmmaking may come easy to you but how about getting your film out there? Raising money? Aqcurining the rights to the perfect score? Don't worry we have you covered!
Visit our YouTube Channel for videos from our 2018 panels and presentations, including, 'Creating Your Own Work Panel', 'Music Licensing Panel' and 'Seed&Spark Presentation on Crowdfunding'!
Enjoy and good luck on your n...
Quick reminder that the Earlybird Deadline for the 10th Annual NYC Independent Film festival is August 31st, 2018!
To submit, visit: https://filmfreeway.com/nycindieff or https://www.nycindieff.com/submissions/submit
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As we gear up for the 10th Annual NYC Independent Film Festival, we are thrilled to announce that in celebration of a decade of ‘never boring’ cinema, we will be screening all past ‘Best in Music Video’ winners from 2012-2018!
We thank all past winners for allowing us to screen their music videos again as a special treat for all of you. Get ready to jam!
In other exciting news, all of our 2018 interviews are now available to watch on our website. Intereste...
As many of you may know, we have teamed up with Arts by the People for our first annual festival to present a special screening of Moving Words!
"Moving Words is an annual project that makes possible transnational collaboration amongst artists of prose, poetry, voice acting, and animation. Moving Words will intersect voices of all ages through writers whose submitted works will be transformed into short films by animation students at various international animation sch...
Ron de Cana Productions' films SCRAPPY (2016/USA) and FROM ON HIGH (2017/USA) have both been accepted to IX Festival de Cine: Infancia y Adolescencia playing in Bogota & Medellin, Colombia from September 3-21, 2018. Written and helmed by Dawn Westlake, both films were shot/edited by Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona. They both feature young actors making their professional debuts in stories about children taking a stand for peace in worlds where the adults' morals and ethics ...
Out of more than 1,200 entries from 87 countries the program commission has selected "Scrappy" by Dawn Westlake to be part of the ZEBRINO competition of the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival Münster|Berlin.
"Scrappy" is based on the Studs Terkel Award-winning poem of the same name by Dawn's father, Donald G. Westlake. It recounts the real-life anecdote from Westlake's life when as a 6-year-old he had to stand up to the gun culture in the USA in his small town of Elburn...
FROM ON HIGH has been selected with just 15 other films out of an international pool of 802 fiction entries to play Inventaunfilm in Lenola, Italy from August 7-11, 2018.
Written and helmed by Dawn Westlake of Ron de Cana Productions, Inc. in Los Angeles, the film tells the story of a Syrian refugee girl who finds a better life in Europe. It was shot on location in Barcelona, Collsuspina and La Sala de St. Llogari, Catalunya, Spain by Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona.
An original scor...
FROM ON HIGH has been selected to the San Gio Film Festival in Verona, Italy for July 23rd and the Moita Mostra in Moita, Portugal for August 4th, 2018. Written and helmed by Dawn Westlake under her Ron de Cana Productions, Inc. banner, FROM ON HIGH tells the story of a Syrian refugee girl who finds a better life in Europe. It was shot on location in Barcelona, Collsuspina, and La Sala de Sant Llogari, Spain by Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona. Pol recently won the BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY p...
Tickets to our festival are now available to purchase on Eventbrite!
Important to keep in mind when getting your tickets:
-Each session is listed as a separate event on Eventbrite.
-There are 6 sessions for the NYC festival and 4 sessions for Paris.
-ALL 6 sessions for NYC take place on Sunday, September 9th, 2018.
-The first two sessions for Paris take place on Thursday, September 20th, 2018 and the last two will take place Friday, September 21st, 2018.
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FROM ON HIGH has been selected to Festival de Cine Espiritual Contracorriente in Bogota, Colombia for July 23-28, 2018. Written and directed by Dawn Westlake, the film is about a Syrian refugee girl who finds a better life in Europe. FROM ON HIGH was shot on location in Barcelona, Collsuspina and La Sala de Sant Llogari, Catalunya, Spain. Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona was DP and editor. This evening, he won a Premio Carpine d'Argento for BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY for the film in Viscia...
We have teamed up with Arts by the People to present works from their new project, Moving Words.
Moving Words will intersect voices of all ages through writers whose submitted works will be transformed into short films by animation students at various international animation schools. These writers, under the guidance of ARTS By The People’s writing scholar, will have their works voice acted and subsequently animated by college students.
We will prese...
Tomorrow (June 20th, 2018) is the LAST day to submit your film to the NYC 2 Paris Film Festival!!
Visit the link to submit and for more information: https://filmfreeway.com/NewYork2ParisInternationalFilmFestival
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FROM ON HIGH has won two honors at the 2018 Carpine d'Argento Cortifestival in Visciano, Italy. Ahead of the fest, which runs June 29-July 1, 2018, director/producer Dawn Westlake was contacted that her DP/Editor, Pol Carrizo Vilarroig, had won the BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY award. The film itself also won a Third Place prize.
FROM ON HIGH tells the story of a Syrian refugee girl who finds a better life in Europe. It marks the professional acting debut of 11-year-olds Zoe Pinell Lopez and Esteve S...
"From On High" has been selected to Porto7 Film Festival in Porto, Portugal for June 13-17, 2018. Written and helmed by Dawn Westlake (who made her first film in Porto 18 years ago), "From On High" tells the story of a Syrian refugee girl who finds a better life in Europe. The film was made on location in Catalunya with DP/Editor Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona. GC Johnson, a 2016 Peer Raben Music Award nominee, provided an original score.
"From On High" ...
The Extended Deadline to submit your film to the NYC 2 Paris Film Festival is June 20th, 2018!
NYC 2 Paris International Film Festival honors the Best in Category which includes Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Narrative, Best Super Short, Best Music Video, as well as Best Director.
The NYC 2 Paris International Film Festival provides a showcase for the best in independent cinema, including short films, feature films and music vi...
"From On High" was awarded the PREMIO SOLIDARIETA', Vetrina del Volontariato (Solidarity Prize) at the 15th annual Festival Pasinetti in Venice, Italy on June 2nd, 2018. The film deals with a Syrian refugee girl who finds a better life in Europe. Filmed on location in Catalunya by Imatge Barcelona's Pol Carrizo Vilarroig, the piece marks the professional acting debut of 11-year-olds Zoe Pinell Lopez and Esteve Serra Coll.
GC Johnson of Acoustic Labs, a 2016 Peer Raben Music Aw...
Saturday, June 16, 2018 Free with RSVP https://newmediafilmfestival.com/schedule.php
New Media 1: Big Cats - lions, cheetahs, snow leopards and tigers, great films put on by United Nations, CITES, Susan Johnston Casting, New Media Film Festival and Jackson Hole Wild - Screening 12:30PM - 2PM
Screening
L.A. Premiere!
Description:
New Media Film Festival is honored to be hosting Big Cats screening in conjunction with United Nations, Jackson Hole Wild and CITES. There is no charg...
Saturday, June 16, 2018 Free with RSVP https://newmediafilmfestival.com/schedule.php
New Media 1: Big Cats - lions, cheetahs, snow leopards and tigers, great films put on by United Nations, CITES, Susan Johnston Casting, New Media Film Festival and Jackson Hole Wild - Screening 12:30PM - 2PM
Screening
L.A. Premiere!
Description:
New Media Film Festival is honored to be hosting Big Cats screening in conjunction with United Nations, Jackson Hole Wild and CITES. There is no charg...
Animation Festival BJTS 2018 new poster is just released.
Thank you for all interest for our festival.
#bjtsfestival #animation #festival
The Late Deadline to submit your film to the NYC 2 Paris Film Festival is June 4th, 2018!
NYC 2 Paris International Film Festival honors the Best in Category which includes Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Narrative, Best Super Short, Best Music Video, as well as Best Director and Best Screenplay.
The NYC 2 Paris International Film Festival provides a showcase for the best in independent cinema, including short films, fea...
"From On High" has been selected to the 5th annual FRESCO Festival of Modern Art and Spiritual Films in Yerevan, Armenia for June 22-July 1, 2018. Helmed and written by Dawn Westlake, "From On High" tells the story of a Syrian refugee girl who finds a better life in Europe. The film was shot on location in Collsuspina, La Sala de Sant Llogari, and Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain by Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona. He also edited and did special effects. An original scor...
Greetings from Cape Town!
Feature- & short film submissions are now open for the 2018 South African Horrorfest
(This 14th edition will run over Halloween season, as each previous year)
Enter via these three respected submission services, including:
Click For Festivals - www.clickforfestivals.com/south-african-horrorfest
FestHome - www.festhome.com/f/2677
Film Festival Life - www.filmfestivallife.com/South-African-HORRORFEST
[ All these options and submissions on...
Short Film Competition for Southern California Schools
FINE CUT Kicks Off 19th Annual Festival
With Call for Entries; Deadline May 25, 2018
For Second Year in a Row, KCET Partners With The American Pavilion
To Offer Four Winning Filmmakers a Trip to the 2019 Cannes Film Festival
kcet.org/finecut
Burbank, Calif. – May 1, 2018 – KCET, the nation’s largest independent public television station,, announced today a call for filmmaking’s most original entries for the 19th Annual [ http://www.kcet.org/finecut ]FINE CUT Festival of Films, a collection of short films from Southern California student filmmakers that range from cutting-edge animation to the best in documentary cinema. Interested filmmakers currently enrolled in Southern California film schools can submit their short films (25 minutes or under) up until May 25, 2018 for consideration at [https://filmfreeway.com/FineCut?utm_campaign=Fine+Cut&utm_medium=External&utm_source=Submission+Button ]FilmFreeway.com. Four Honorees in the categories of Documentary, Animation, Narrative and Viewers Choice will have an opportunity to be a part of the most important event on the global film calendar, the 72nd annual Cannes International Film Festival, in May of 2019 thanks to a partnership with [ http://www.ampav.com/ ]The American Pavilion, the epicenter of American hospitality and communication at the world’s largest film market.
The winning Animation, Documentary, Narrative and Viewers Choice Award films will be selected as part of the Emerging Filmmakers Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019, hosted by The American Pavilion as well as a networking event. Each filmmaker will receive a cash prize up to $500 to use towards airfare and accommodations for five nights (dates TBD), through The American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Travel Accommodations.
All short films selected as part of the [ https://www.kcet.org/finecut ]FINE CUT Film Festival will be included in a series of half-hour broadcast episodes on [ http://www.kcet.org ]KCET that will be aired this fall. Additionally, three of the winning films from The 21st Annual American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase competition taking place May 8 through May 19 in Cannes, France will be featured in the FINE CUT broadcast series slated to air this fall on KCET in Southern California.
Top films will be evaluated by a carefully selected panel of judges which last year consisted of nine acclaimed industry experts that included KCET MUST SEE MOVIES host Pete Hammond, the International Documentary Association's Executive Director Simon Kilmurry, "Bloodline" actress Linda Cardellini, producer and former talent agent John Ptak, "Project Greenlight" Producer Effie T. Brown, IndieWire staff writer Steve Greene, Peruvian filmmaker Javier Fuentes-León and Academy Award® winning short filmmakers Corinne Marrinan and Chris Tashima. 2018 judges will be announced at a later date.
All films submitted as entries to the 19th Annual FINE CUT Film Festival are also eligible for the Viewers Choice Competition, where filmmakers will have a chance to have their peers vote online at kcet.org during and up to one-week after the broadcast date. Winners will be notified on August 1, 2018 just prior to a scheduled September/October screening event.
The winning films in the Animation, Documentary and Narrative categories will have the chance to win The Jack Larson SPOTLIGHT Award, prize to be determined.
The festival is a tribute to FINE CUT founder Jack Larson who was an American actor, librettist, screenwriter and producer who may be best known for his portrayal of photographer/reporter Jimmy Olsen in the 1952-1958 television series “Adventures of Superman.” In the late 1990’s Larson approached Southern California’s [ http://www.KCET.org ]KCET with the idea of creating a student film series that would provide talented students with the much needed opportunity to have their short films selected for television broadcast. Larson understood how difficult it was for young filmmakers to get broad exposure for their work because, typically, student work is only seen at special screenings and film festivals. Larson thought that public television was an excellent platform for providing critical visibility to emerging filmmakers. KCET shared Larson’s enthusiasm and together they created FINE CUT, which continues to be a flagship program for KCET today.
RULES: Student filmmakers must be currently enrolled or have been enrolled in a Southern California School January 2016 to present. Films completed prior to January 1, 2016, are not eligible for consideration for FINE CUT. Films that have been submitted for FINE CUT consideration in previous years are not eligible for submission for 2018 Fine Cut consideration. All short films selected by the expert judging panel will be part of one of the six half-hour broadcast episodes, and all accepted shorts are eligible for awards in the Competition. Short Films must have a total running time of 25 minutes or under, including credits. Shorts may not have been released on DVD, broadcast on television or the Internet to still remain eligible for our Shorts Competition. Read the full rules and regulations at [ https://filmfreeway.com/FineCut?utm_campaign=Fine+Cut&utm_medium=External&utm_source=Submission+Button ]FilmFreeway.co
Additional sponsors for the coming season of FINE CUT include Quixote Studios and Keslow Camera.
Join the conversation on social media using #FineCut
Funding for Fine Cut is generously provided by The Bridges/Larson Foundation
*KCET is expected to merge with PBS SoCal, subject to regulatory approvals, by mid-2018. Until that time, both organizations will continue with their own general programming and operational strategies. *
ABOUT KCET
On-air, online and in the community, KCET plays a vital role in the cultural and educational enrichment of Southern and Central California. KCET offers a wide range of award-winning local programming as well as the finest public television programs from around the world. Throughout its 53-year history, KCET has won hundreds of major awards for its local and regional news and public affairs programming, its national drama and documentary productions, its quality educational family and children's programs, its outreach and community services and its website, kcet.org. KCET is a donor-supported community institution. For additional information about KCET productions, web-exclusive content, programming schedules and community events, please visit kcet.org. KCET is a part of the KCETLink Media Group. Select original programming from KCET is also available for streaming on Apple TV and Roku platforms.
ABOUT THE AMERICAN PAVILION
The American Pavilion, celebrating its 28th year as the epicenter of American hospitality and communication at the Cannes International Film Festival, brings together both professional and emerging filmmakers along with industry executives from across the globe. A sought after destination for information, orientation, and recreation, it accommodates the needs of its members, guests and sponsors in a dynamic business environment. ~With its impressive array of amenities and services, AmPav provides an opportunity to relax in very comfortable surroundings.
The American Pavilion boasts the Roger Ebert Conference Series which offers insightful and provocative panel discussions and in-conversations with filmmakers, talent and top leaders; a restaurant and bar that provide fast service with a smile throughout the day and is open to all festival badge holders after 6:00pm most evenings; a coffee bar; complimentary WiFi and charging stations; a media terrace with a panoramic view of the Riviera; the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase; the Culinary Program featuring chefs from across the US and Canada; the Worldwide Student Program; and public and private rental for parties and receptions.
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