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A week in festivals. Newsletter 619 - filmfestivals.com

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The 26th European Film Awards will broadcast on the following TVs
You can watch the 26th European Film Awards either LIVE on The EFA website on Saturday, 7 December, 20.00 CET or on TV - here is our list of broadcasters ...

European Comedy to be honored for the First Time at the Next European Film Awards in Berlin
4 films are competing for the Best EUROPEAN COMEDY AWARD 2013 which inaugurates this year at EFA Awards Ceremony in Berlin (December 7) ...

European Co-production Award – Prix EURIMAGES for Ada Solomon
This year’s EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD – Prix EURIMAGES, an award acknowledging the decisive role of co-productions in the European film industry, goes to Ada Solomon from Romania...

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2013 Nihilist Film Fest Come to Highways Performance Space

For the fourteenth year, the Nihilist Cultural Foundation presents the Nihilist International Film Festival.  This year’s evening of films will be presented at the Highways Performance Space.  The show will start at 8:30 pm on Friday, December 13. The festival includes two hours of short films from around the country and around the world.  The films range from troubling to hilarious, from profound to completely silly.  Pretty much, something for everyone (except child...

 

The BolderLife program is set

The BolderLife program is set, theater people are rehearsing for their premieres of  six Original Short Plays, and BolderLife staff is working hard on final preparations. BolderLife Festival 2013 can come. We are looking forward to the next few days and especially to the first week of December when we will proudly welcome filmmakers and guests like Motivational Speaker Craig Zablocki, Rose Garcia, Jessica Clark and Jessica Lawless, Barb Miller, Tracy Stegall  ... to name only a few. ...

Sundance 2013... looking into 2014
A Sense Of Place: Robert Redford On The Sundance Story Robert Redford and Michelle Satter talk about the history of Sundance.

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BIFF announces its Jury for the 10th edition

The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), celebrating its 10th anniversary, today announced the members of the jury that will preside over the competition categories at the Festival, which takes place December 5th – 13th. The jury was revealed today by BIFF Founder and Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool.   The four competition categories at BIFF are Spirit of Freedom: Narrative; Spirit of Freedom: Documentary; New Visions; and Short Film. Jury members are:   New Vis...

The AFDA Annual Film Festival kicks off in Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg

November 22, 23, 24 – Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg The AFDA Annual Film Festival, which showcases 3rd year, 4th year and master's graduation films, will take place in Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg next weekend. The festival is also a platform to promote the young professionals who will soon enter into the mainstream film and television industry. Students are required to conceptualize and produce their graduation films that, while of an artistically high standard, are ...

The third edition of Recent Cinema from Spain kicks off in Miami

The most outstanding recent Spanish films will be shown at the Olympic Theater in Miami, November 21-24, 2013. This Seventh Art showcase will feature appearances by leading figures in the Spanish film industry, who have contributed significantly to putting "Made in Spain" productions at the vanguard of filmmaking worldwide. A GUN IN EACH HAND, Goya winner for Best Supporting Actress (Candela Peña) directed by Cesc Gay is the film chosen to open this Spanish showcase. Amaia Sa...

Miele Wins THE KINGFISHER

At the final ceremony of Ljubljana International Film Festival LIFFe in Slovenia, Italian film director VALERIA GOLINO triumphs with all its perfection in Miele just as the Italian film triumph on the festival in general. THE KINGFISHER Best Director Award from the movie set of Perspectives Film Section of Ljubljana International Film Festival LIFFe selected by the international jury (Tiziana Finzi, Nejc Gazvoda and Lordan Zafranovic) goes to a film Miele directed by she- director Valeria Gol...

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Silver Springs International Film Festival 2014 calling for entries April 3-6, 2014

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The Silver Springs International Film Festival is an international cultural event created to elevate awareness of Ocala/Marion County, FL, Florida’s Silver Springs State Park and the area’s contributions to the cinema, as well as the cultural landscape of Florida. The springs have inspired generations of nature lovers and filmmakers alike; serving as a dramatic backdrop for countless film, television and commercial shoots and the “laboratory” where cinematography legend Bruce Mozert conceived, developed and perfected underwater photography.

The first Festival is set to be held in Historic Downtown Ocala in the beautifully restored Marion Theatre. Visit our page and download the manual Entry Form.
 

CINEMAD Independent and Cult Film Festival 2013 22 - 30 November, 2013

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Since 1994, Cinemad schedules the most recent and risky films, anticipating the blockbusters trends, discovering new talents and creating trends. At the same time that rescues of the past authentic masterpieces, that because of the lack of promotion went unnoticed by commercial cinemas in our country.

During all these editions, Cinemad has premiered films from directors such as Martin Scorsese, Kim Ki-Duk and Jim Jarmusch, reaching one of its main goals: Become a space where novice filmmakers ,from different countries, can display and spread new proposals, next to other filmmakers more consecrated.

In 2000, the festival became International with it's Shortfilm contest. Now we move on step forward with our first “Work in Progress Contest (WIPP)” for Feature Films, where we carry on searching for risky and newfangled audiovisual proposals, from all over the world.

12th Annual Garden State Film Festival calling for entries : Film, Screenplay and Movie Music competitions

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The Garden State Film Festival was founded to promote the art of filmmaking on all levels by showcasing a wide variety of film, video and animated works as well as provide educational programs in the creative arts to the public by industry leaders. We have started accepting film entries for our next festival. FINAL Deadline is December 1st, 2013

Announcing the GSFF Movie Music Competition.This is the first competition of this kind in Film Festival History. Submit any original movie music from an independent film and it will be judged by music professionals with awards in multiple categories. Click here to submit

2014 Taiwan International Children’s Film Festival (TICFF) video calling for entries

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A biennial film festival, TICFF brings young children and adults to enjoy the works in this international exhibition, which will take place in April 2014. Public Television Service (PTS), the festival organizer of this event, is now signing up entries to attract some of the finest filmmakers around the world with the lure of USD 28,000 in prize money. Except for showing outstanding dramas, documentaries, animations, and television programs, the festival also includes a new feature: a special Taiwan prize which will be awarded to the best work which represents Taiwan and exemplified the highest standards in the industry... Submit

YOUPIX.ORG - Not Another Screenplay Competition!

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Years ago, PROJECT GREEN LIGHT offered new talents a platform to compete but it was short lived for obvious reasons, the business model didn’t work. The movies lost money. Unlike all of these different platforms that had good intentions in helping discover new talent, at YOUPIX.ORG, we have eliminated many mistakes to dramatically increase the odds of success for this new indie platform. 
The Internet is full of articles/posts/blogs written by Industry Professionals with endorsement for the top ten or top five screenplay competitions – and it doesn’t take long before you start seeing the same Contests repeated again and again…  That makes you feel good about those certain competitions, right?  So, you submit your screenplay to some (or all) of those competitions with your fingers crossed…  And you mig... Submit Now

Make YOUR Movie Contest on youpix.org!

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Project Greenlight Reincarnated!  Our winners make a MOVIE. "In Hollywood a script has a One in a Million chance at being produced. That sucks! At YouPix.org your script has a REAL chance at being made into a MOVIE! That does NOT suck!" Dear Screenwriters and Filmmakers, Let's face it.  We all just want to make movies.  Ever since we could remember.  We were kids with movie cameras making goofy projects wi... Submit Now

Houston Worldfest April 4-13, 2014 calling all filmmakers

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The MAIN ENTRY DEADLINE is December 15th, 2013   THE FINAL "BRICK-WALL" DEADLINE is: JANUARY 31st, 2013 - ENTRIES MUST REACH US BY THEN! We now accept PayPal for even greater payment security. The secure PayPal payment address is - entry@worldfest.org    The 47th Annual WorldFest-Houston - April 4-13, 2014 Ten Great Days in April! Download the entry form “Before there was Sundance or SXSW, Before there was Toronto or Tribeca, there was WorldFest...Submit now

 

3D Stereo Media Market

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3D Film Mart (3DFM) 3-6 December 2013., now in its 3rd edition, is the first European co-production market for stereoscopic-3D (S-3D) movies.

The 3D Film Mart was developed by 3D Stereo MEDIA in association with TWIST and peacefulfish. 3DFM is partially funded by the MEDIA Program of the European Commission (EC), and is thus an official project of the EC. This gives it a wide visibility and a significant notoriety in Europe and beyond.
Producers of 3D contents (for cinema, TV, ...) who have projects for S-3D contents (feature, documentary, animation, alternative content, ...) at an early stage of development, and are looking for financing, are invited to submit their projects to the market.... Submit Now

 

International Television & Film Awards calling

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New York Festival's World's Best Television & Films competition honors programming in all lengths and forms from over 50 countries. Dedicated to both the Television and Film industries, categories mirror today's global trends and encourage the next generation of story-tellers and talent: Animation, Comedy, Corporate, Drama, Documentary, Feature Films, Music Videos, News, Promos, Reality Shows, Sports, Telenovelas, Webisodes, Best Performance by an Actor/Actress, Special Event, Innovation, and Technical Production Team...Submit Now

 

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British Independent Film Awards nominations 2013  Starred Up receives eight nods and The Selfish Giant seven. Starred Up (2013) Prison drama Starred Up leads the pack in the run up to the 16th annual Möet British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs). Announced today by Ewan McGregor, a BIFA patron and previous winner, the nominations include eight nods for David Mackenzie’s film, including Best British Independent Film, Best Dire...
 
 
Competition winners at CAMERIMAGE, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, were revealed today as the 21st edition came to a close with a gala awards celebration at the Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz.   MAIN COMPETITION   Golden Frog winner: Ida cin. Łukasz Żal, Ryszard Lenczewski dir. Paweł Pawlikowski Silver Frog winner: Heli cin. Lorenzo Hagerman dir. Amat Escalante Bronze Frog winner: Inside Llewyn Davis cin.  Bruno Delbonn...
 
Australian film festival The Good Dog! International Film Festival has announced its competition winning films and screenplays including a U.S. film starring Zachary Quinto of Star Trek fame. All winners received cash prizes. Awards were presented in 25 categories.   “Best in Show” awards went to Australian film “Dingo - Wild Dog at War” narrated by ‘Farmer Dave’ Graham, German film ‘My Happy End” and US film “Wolf Dog Tales”. Au...
 
Razor Reel Awards 2013
 Razor Reel's 2013 Méliès d'Argent is:   THE BOY WITH A CAMERA FOR A FACE (UK, 2013, 15'00", Spencer Brown) Second : Con La Comida no Se Juega (ES, 2013, 9'04", Daniel M.  Caneiro) Jury : Dorien Eggink (Producer Bu...
 
Fingal Awards 2013
 Every Year the Fingal Film Festival host an Ceramony award night on their final night, we select eight awards this night to the following catagories .. BEST FEATURE BEST  INTERNATIONAL BEST DOCUMENTRARY BEST NEWCOMER AWARD IN FINGAL BEST STUDENT FILM BEST IRISH LANGUAGE  BEST ANIMATION  BEST SHORT This selection is  choosen by our PANEL of piers in the Media Industry every year. In 2014 we will again
 
Napa Valley Film Festival Award Winners Announced
The winners of Napa Valley Film Festival 2013.   We celebrated the final night of #NVFF13 at the official Awards Ceremony & Wrap Party at the Uptown Theatre in downtown Napa Sunday, November 17. With such a talented array of filmmakers and phenomenal films in attendance at this year’s fest, we definitely gave the jury a run for their money. We’re happy to present the final winners of the third annual Napa Valley Film Festival, including both...
 
The National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI) doled out the latest round of awards in its NSI Online Short Film Festival last wee
Margo Lily directed by Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart won the $1,250 A&E Short Filmmakers Award for best film, Seconds directed by Jordan Canning won the $2,000 Shaw Media Fearless Female Director Award for best film by a female director and Cat vs. Man directed by Zia Marashi won the $750 Bite Comedy Award for best comedy. This round’s independent jury was Joy Loewen, a marketing and exhibition consultant and longtime supporter of short filmmaking, Randy Gould...
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Baja International Film Festival, Los Cabos, held in the state of Baja California Sur, announces the winner feature films and directors of its second edition, where films from Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, as well as from other countries, were screened. During 4 days, 35 films were presented; with a total of 80 screenings, 6 world premieres, 14 premieres in Mexico and one Latin America premiere. The audience enjoyed 8 films from the Los Cabos Competition, 6 films from the Mexico Fir...
 
 
AND THE WINNERS ARE Best Short: Un Monde Meilleur, Directed by Sacha Feiner Best Sci Fi Short: Exit, Directed by Michel Goossens Best Horror: Thanatomorphose, Directed by Éric Falardeau Best Documentary: No relation, Directed by Kieran Dick Best Trailer: Nacht Einem Tram, Directed by Tobias Schmuecking Best Horror Short: Hambre, Directed by Mario De La Corte   THE FOLLOWING FILMS WERE  COMPETING IN THE OFFICIAL SELECTIONS FRID...
 
The 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Academy Award®-winning actress Sandra Bullock with the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress, at its annual Awards Gala. Each year the festival selects an actor and actress to receive this award. Matthew McConaughey will receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor, which was previously announced. Presented by Cartier and hosted by Mary Hart, the Awards Gala will be held Saturday, January 4 at the Palm Sprin...
 
 
The Seville European Film Festival, in its tenth edition, has awarded the Gold Giraldillo to Stranger by the lake (France), by Alain Guiaraudie, “for its sincere and original approach to the nature of love”. This film also won the Best Photography award for Clair Mathon. Also in the Official Section, Sacro Gra (Italy, France), directed by Gianfranco Rosi, won the Silver Giraldillo, “for capturing ordinary life with extraordinary sensitivity and humanity”, in the words ...
 

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Sundance Institute Announces Tabitha Jackson as Director, Documentary Film Program

The nonprofit Sundance Institute today announced the appointment of Tabitha Jackson to the position of Director, Documentary Film Program. In this role, Jackson will be a member of the Institute’s senior leadership team and supervise a staff of eight. Relocating to Los Angeles, she will begin December 6, 2013, reporting directly to Executive Director Keri Putnam. With over 20 years experience in the documentary and non-fiction field, Jackson recently served as Commissioning Editor, Arts, ...

 

Sundance Institute will Honor Glenn Close at New York Benefit in June 2014

Sundance Institute today announced that it will present actress and arts advocate Glenn Close with its Vanguard Leadership Award in recognition of her distinguished career in entertainment and advocacy of independent film. The award presentation will take place at the fourth annual ‘Celebrate Sundance Institute’ benefit, chaired by Institute Trustees Jeanne Donovan Fisher and Pat Mitchell, on June 4, 2014 in New York. Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony Award winner and six-time Academy Awa...

 

Jeffrey Lyons returns for his sixth year as Host of the Bahamas International Festival of Film

Jeffrey has reviewed more than 15,000 movies; more than any other critic in any medium;  900 Broadway and off-Broadway plays, interviewed nearly 500 actors, and written or co-authored six books. He's the only movie critic who's co-hosted three national movie review shows on PBS ("SNEAK PREVIEWS"), MSNBC"(MSNBC's "AT THE MOVIES")  and the NBC stations ("REEL TALK"), and received two honorary degrees so far from Hofstra University and St. ...

 

Career Achievement Award to Dany Glover at BIFF 10

The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) announced today that Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon, Dreamgirls, The Color Purple) will be honored with the prestigious Career Achievement Award at this year’s Film Festival, taking place December 5-13. Glover will be on hand for the special tribute and presentation at the Atlantis Theater on the evening of Friday, December 6th. The announcement was made by BIFF Founder and Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool.   “Danny G...

 

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will honor Emma Thompson

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will honor actor, screenwriter and  producer Emma Thompson with the Modern Master Award at the 29th edition of the Fest, which runs January 30 – February 9, 2014, it was announced today by SBIFF Executive Director Roger Durling.  The Tribute will take place on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at the historic Arlington Theatre and is sponsored by Adobe.   The Modern Master Award is the highest honor presented by SBIFF.  Estab...

 

Conversation with Catherine Murphy

Catherine Murphy wrote, produced and directed the important documentary, Maestra, about young women’s participation in the Literacy Brigades that took place one year after the Cuban revolution. “The small percentage of people who knew how to read and write in Cuba at the time went out teach the rest of the country,” said Ms. Murphy who recently earned a Masters degree in Social Development at the University of Havana where she lives when she is not on the road with h...

 

In conversation with Ellin Jimmerson who wrote, directed and produced The Second Cooler, narrated by Martin Sheen

Ellin Jimmerson wrote, directed and produced La segunda nevera, showing at the Dominican Global Film Festival (FCGD). The title, “second cooler,” refers to a comment made by a US official who said that so many illegals die in the desert trying to get into the United States, that they will soon need another cooler in the morgue for their bodies. At least 7,000 migrants have died in the last decade crossing the huge Sonoran desert, which is 311,000 square kilometers and ...

 

Conversation with Maharaki for Vivre

Maharaki is here with her exquisite short film Vivre as one of the eleven finalists in the Global Shorts section of the 7th edition of the Dominican Global Film Festival. The 13-minute film opens in a classroom in Guadalupe with a teacher asking her students what they want to be when they grow up. One dreamy 10-year old, Thomas (Ydriss Bonalair) lets his mind wander to three different outcomes and takes the viewers along. The outcomes are all different –good, bad and ...

 

EXCLUSIVE: Two Brothers, Hawkins... Calling All Agents

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent   Okay, so you win a big Audience Award at AFI's Fest, which wrapped Nov. 14, and then you get hit by a Brangelina Wave. No, it's not a tropical storm, it is a huge media storm of press coverage coming off the Academy's Governor Awards where Angelina Jolie won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award a few days later. But. Pay no attention to those Beautiful People in front of the curtain, the real news coming out of Hol...

 

Conversatiion with Miriam Kruishoop for the Festival's Closing Film Greencard Warriors

Miriam Kruishoop and Omar dela Cruz (Festival Director) Miriam Kruishoop is the award-winning Dutch writer, director and producer ofGreencard Warriors, starring Manny Perez. The film is about the gritty life of Latinos living in East LA and what sacrifices they’ll make to get the coveted green card to work and live legally in the USA – even go to war. How did a Dutch woman end up making a film in East LA? “When I used to drive around LA, where I have been living ...

 

Conversation with Esai Morales at The Cine Global Dominicano Fest

Award-winning actor Esai Morales continues to lend his outstanding talents to television, theater and film. Since his feature film debut in "Bad Boys" with Sean Penn in 1983, Morales has been consistently recognized for giving performances that strongly resonate in the hearts and minds of diverse and international audiences. After graduating from New York's High School for the Performing Arts, Esai made his stage debut in "El Hermano." His other theater performance...

 

Filmmaker Fia-Stina Sandlund receives Stockholm Feature Film Award

It is now decided that the feature film project She's Wild Again Tonight receives Stockholm Feature Film Award and collects 5,4 million SEK (appr. 600 000 euro). Jury statement: A post-modern, metafictional, slightly absurd re-make of Strindberg's Miss Julie (Fröken Julie). The film takes place in a contemporary New York apartment in which the actors play heightened versions of themselves. Alexandra Dahlström (as Miss Julie) and Jens Lekman (as Jean) meet to reenact the play t...

 

Ellis Perez Film Commissionner talks about the Tax Incentive Scheme in Dominican Republic

Ellis Perez Film Commissionner of The Dominican Republic, lists 1,001 locations, offers a 25% transferable tax credit on local spend for feature films, TV films, Musical Videos and TV Series, with a minimum spend of US$500,000 in the Dominican Republic. Also offers the elimination of the 18% of VAT tax on eligible production related expenditures and allows the temporary import of goods and equipment necessary for film productions. The office serves as the liaison between the...

 

Interview with Amazonas Jury Member DONALD RANVAUD on Action4Climate

During AMAZONAS FILM FESTIVAL Leopoldo Soto intervieweed Jury Member Donald Ranvaud on Action 4 Climate Documentary competition ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE     DONALD RANVAUD, Invites filmmakers to a Documentary Films Contest organised by World Bank, US $ 15,000 PRIZE: Jury is presided by Bernado Bertolucci and includes famous directors who care about our planet such as Wim Wenders, Walter Salles, Fernando Meirelles, Atom Egoyan, Mark Foster, Mira Nair.... www.connect4climate.com ...

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Ben Stiller’s new comedy drama The Secret Life of Walter Mitty closed Camerimage

Ben Stiller’s new comedy drama The Secret Life of Walter Mitty closed the 21st edition of the Festival, which takes place November 16th – 23rd. Additionally, Academy Award® nominee Terry Gilliam (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Brazil) and cinematographer Nicola Pecorini (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Cliffhanger, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus) will present their sci-fi drama The Zero Theorem as the second opening film (following Saving Mr. Banks),...

 

UniFrance releases its full 2012 report

The complete 2012 Report may be accessed by clicking here. A look back at 2012, a record year for admissions (144.1 million) and revenues (€888.5 million) for French films abroad. In it you will find an analysis of the performances achieved by French films in more than 50 territories (for theatrical releases), and 17 European territories (for television), along with sales results for French short films (€500,000 in revenues). 2012 will go down as a bumper year for French cinema, f...

 

Andrew Melby and Reggie Henderson’s “Bahamian Son” to open BIFF 2013

The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), celebrating its 10th anniversary and taking place December 5-13, today revealed the complete lineup of films screening in the festival’s competition and sidebar sections. The program was announced by BIFF Founder and Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool.   This year, the Festival will showcase 108 films from 32 different countries, including four features of which are world premieres and all Bahamian premieres. The four competition cat...

 

Copyright Contributes $1 Trillion to the U.S. Economy

View Infographic to See How U.S. Copyright Industries Lead the Economy in Value Added to GDP, Economic Growth, Good Jobs and Foreign Sales and Exports   For the first time, the core copyright industries added over $1 trillion in value to the U.S. economy in a single year, accounting for almost 6.5% of the total U.S. GDP, according to a new study released today by the International Intellectual Property Alliance® (IIPA®).   The study tracks the economic impact and contributi...

 

Thessaloniki International Film Festival Directors thank film festivals.com!

Directors , street musicians and even waiters thank filmfestivals.com for sharing so much content with film professionals and afficiados around the world. It's nice to get a bit of love back..isn't it?   ...

 

RON BURGUNDY (almost live) Appeal on Screenmancer

LOS ANGELES, CA: America's Favorite Anchorman Ron Burgundy makes his (almost) live appeal to "re-dynamite" the face of Mt. Rushmore. For a "more classy" look. " This is America, people. We don't think, we do," is Burgundy's Get-Out-the-Vote call. See Ron Run on www.screenmancer.tv - and "stay classy, San Diego, America." ANCHORMAN 2 will be released on Dec. 20, 2013. [Ron joins us from a studio somewhere near Mt. Rushmore, courtesy of Para...

 

Russian Remake of Malle's Ascenseur Outstanding at Paris Russian Film Week

A Russian remake of Malle's "Ascenseur à l'échafaud", 1958, was the standout film of the 11th Russian fim week in Paris "Regards de Russie" held  from 13 ~ 19 November at the Arlequin  cinema in Montparnasse. Title: WEEKEND ~ УИК-ЭНД Réalisation: Stanislav Govoroukhine  Режиссер: Станислав Говорухин Starring Maxime Matveev as Lebedyev in the Maurice Ronet Role and blonde knockout, Youlia Peressl...

 

People are on shpilchus over Alan Zweig’s When Jews Were Funny!

Zweig’s acclaimed documentary - about the nature of Jewish comedy and how it came to inform pop culture itself - shortly after being crowned the Best Canadian Feature at the Toronto International Film Festival.   The perceptive and introspective doc delves into both the historical and the personal. It combines the factual impact of the Jewish presence in American showbiz, with its existential impact on a young Jewish-Canadian boy who wondered how Jewish-ness and laughter came to mer...

 

Vivre by Maharaki wins second Best Price for Shorts - Interview with a Happy Director

 In 2002, Maharaki directs her first short film entitled, INNOCENTS. This film is nominated in several International Film Festivals, such as the 2003 FESPACO in Burkina Faso and “Vues d’Afrique, 2003” in Quebec.  In 2004, she is awarded the Grand Jury Prize of her Film School’s annual showcase for the directing of her short film, DIG IT. The film also receives the award for “Best Acting Performance”. Maharaki receives her prize at “La Cin&eacu...

 

Revolution will play in Iran at CINEMA VERITE in the “Our Universe” section

The Cinema Verite Iran International Documentary Film Festival has selected Revolution for its non-competitive section "Our Universe" dedicated to the international films which screened and won many prizes on the film festival circuit. CINEMA-VERITE is the main documentary film festival of the region, which is organized by DEFC and had 45000 visitors in its first edition. This year we have  received more than 1500 documentaries both from Iranian and foreign filmmakers. For...

 

Eight Indian films will be part of a Retrospective on Indian documentaries at the Cinema Verite Iran International Docu Fest

The films are Bahadur The Accidental Brave by Aditya Seth, There Is Something In The Air by Iram Ghufran, The Women In Blue Berets by Farida Pacha, Mayong: Myth/Reality by Utpal Borpujari, Director, Painter Shri Babura Laad Saheb by Richa Hushing, Dhananjay Kulkarni “Chandragupta” by Rirvu Laha, The Sound Of Old Rooms by Sandeep Ray and Powerless (Katiyabaaz) by Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kak...

 

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AFM Day 6 – Marketing Conference & Producers Forum November 11, 2013 Highlights

 
The American Film Market (AFM®) presented the Marketing Conference  by holding two sessions focused on Crowd Sourcing Your Audience and Demystifying Film Festivals. The first session, Crowd Sourcing Your Audience, discussed how successful producers are discovering the latest tools to building and activating a target audience by using social media to aggregate potential audiences before and during production. The keynote address was given by Nicholas Gonda (Tugg In...
 

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