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Submit to Studio City Film festival, final deadline is April 5

The Studio City Film Festival will be held at the CAP Studio on Ventura Boulevard and will feature opening night ceremonies, complete with live music. The absolute FINAL deadline is April 5th.

Our last festival featured filmmakers from all over the world and we did our best to make it a great experience for filmmakers and audience members alike.

All genres are welcome. We wish to encourage all cultures and ethnicities. It is our firm belief that the arts are a unifying force that serve to bridge all cultural and ethnic gaps.  Special consideration is given to films that present a unique, cutting-edge perspective in its subject matter.
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StudioCity Film Festival's blog I Website www.studiocityfilmfestival.com/

 

Get Started on TentSquare: register for free to the first completely crowdsourced production studio with social network features

TentSquare is the first completely crowdsourced production studio with an integrated social network.
From the earliest development phases all the way through post-production, our members weigh in. 

Become a TentSquare member (for free) and get involved in the process of filmmaking. Compete to win a featured TentSquare job. Network with industry professionals and film buffs in our community. Choose our next story. 
Help cast our next film.

AT TENTSQUARE YOU CALL THE SHOTS: SIGN UP

3 Easy Steps: RegisterSetup Your Profile I Participate.

Find A Competition For You: Screenplay Development I Director I Actor I Cinematographer I Screenplay Development will begin on April 9, 2014

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indieFilmFunding is a platform and resource where you can network, fund and launch your film project, as long as it meets our criteria.

We are the home for indie films, for the film enthusiasts, and the filmmaker. We bring together the people that love films, with people that make films, using our unique crowd-funding platform.

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ASSISTANCE: How does IndieFilmFunding.com Work? I Why indieFilmFunding? I Help Center I Rules I FAQs

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5th NYC Indie Film Festival  October 15 -19 CALLING FOR ENTRIES 

The NYC Indie Film Fest is the celebration of the true independent filmmaker. SUBMIT your feature-length, documentary, short, super-short, music video, art video or animation. In addition to showcasing the best indie films to the entertainment industry and the NYC public, the festival will also offer a variety of prizes in 2014.

Click here to SUBMIT your film!

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NYC Indie Film Fest's blog I Websitewww.nycindiefilmfest.com   

Submit to Maui Film Festival June 4-8

The Maui Film Festival believes in the power of Original Cinema.

Original Cinema is the rocket fuel that powers the Maui Film Festival by revealing its character, igniting its passion, focusing its vision and soothing its soul.

Especially when filmmakers explore what it means to be human alongside Humankind's relationship to all Life, Original Cinema can move culture and shift paradigm, moves culture and build a future worthy of generations yet unborn.

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Maui Film Festival's blog  I  Website: http://www.mauifilmfestival.com

 

Final Day to submit your Best Trailers to the 15th Golden Trailer Awards
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Rules for Entry for 15th Annual Golden Trailer Awards Rules for Trailer/TV Spot/Video Game Entries Trailers must be under 4 minutes and 30 seconds long (no exceptions) Creation dates for Trailers/Teasers/TV spots/Video Game Trailers: In order to be eligible, the above mentioned must be created between March 8th, 2013 through April 11th, 2014.
That is the creation date of the trailer NOT the film (or video game). 

In order to be eligible for SUMMER 2014 BLOCKBUSTER which is for a Film RELEASE date between May 2nd, 2014 until September 1st, 2014 (the upcoming 2014 summer Blockbuster Season). The trailer must be made for a film being released this Summer 2014.
Golden Trailer Awards's blog I Website: http://www.goldentrailer.com

MANHATTAN SHORT 2014 Calling For Entries - Regular Deadline July 31st
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MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival 2014 
During one week this year, over 100,000 film lovers will gather in over 300 cinemas across 6 continents to view and vote on the finalists' films in the 17th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival. For all those with a short film who want their work viewed on a global scale - nothing quite compares to MANHATTAN SHORT.
Click Here to register your film for the 2014 Festival

Manhattan Short's blog I Website: www.ManhattanShort.com
 

Call for Entries: 2014 DC Shorts Film Festival and Screenwriting Competitions
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Recently named the Coolest Short Film Festival by Moviemaker Magazine, the DC Shorts Film Festival and Screenplay Competition is the largest short film event on the East Coast of the United States. In 2013, we screened 152 films from 21 countries in 18 unique showcases that played over 11 days to a total audience of 9,300 people.  We also hosted a table read of six screenplays, and awarded the winner an incredible prize of $2,000. Submit online...

DC Shorts's blog I Website: http://festival.dcshorts.com

 

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Poster competition for San Sebastian 62, the Finalists

 
Public announcement of the winning posters: May 9 A jury will choose the winning posters for each section amongst the all the finalist selected on April 2. On April 4 the decision will be communicated to the winners. The decision will be publicly announced at a press conference called by the San Sebastian Festival on 9 May. At this press conference, all of the prize-winning works will be presented to the media. That the same day, the announcement will be...
 

First Talents Beirut to take place in September 2014

 
Berlinale Talents strengthens its collaboration with the Arab world:     The short film Berlin Beirut (directed by Lebanese filmmaker Myrna Maakaron) won the first ‘Berlin Today Award’ back in 2004, this year the connection between Berlinale and Beirut will be further strengthened through the inaugural edition of Talents Beirut. The programme will invite about 15 promising Arab cinematographers, editors and sound designers/score composers to take part in a four-day progr...
 

Highlights of The Stanley Film Festival (SFF)

 
The Stanley Film Festival (SFF) produced by the Denver Film Society (DFS) and presented by Chiller, announced today its full line-up and schedule. As previously announced, Doc of the Dead will open SFF. The festival, taking place April 24-27, will close with the mockumentary from Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords), What We Do In The Shadows, about a house of vampires trying to get back in touch with modern society. Throughout the four-day celebration of the b...
 

A Sexy Poster for the 53rd Semaine de la Critique - Cannes 2014

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For its 53rd edition, La Semaine de la Critique unveils its new poster, which captures the creative energy of a whole new generation of filmmakers. Conceived by the digital agency “Les bons faiseurs“, the poster features Kate Moran, one of the stars of You and the Night, the first feature of Yann Gonzalez, discovered at La Semaine de la Critique. Posing for photographer Jean-Claude Moireau, the actress sits astride a motorbike, looking like she'...
 

French actor Lambert WILSON will have The honour of launching the 67th Festival de Cannes on Wednesday 14th May

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The honour of launching the 67th Festival de Cannes on Wednesday 14th May will fall to French actor Lambert WILSON. He will also welcome the President Jane CAMPION and her jury on to the stage at the Palais des Festivals. Wilson’s predecessors in this role include Audrey Tautou, who enchanted the audience last year, Vincent Cassel (2006) and Edouard Baer (2008 and 2009). Lambert Wilson will also host the prize-giving ceremony on Saturday 24th May.   The epitome of elegan...
 

Ashland IFF 2014: You Should Go…

 
I have watched a lot of college hockey through the years.  A lot.  Most seasons of the last two decades, I have seen over 40 games in person each year.  I once saw over 60.  One season, I saw U. Denver play live six times.  I should point out that I live thousands of miles from Denver, in Boston, and Denver never played my favorite team that year.  I saw my least favorite team play a (baker’s) dozen that same season, which is probably more than most of the...
 

Vote for the Cellar Door Film Festival Promo Reel!

 
CDFF asked local filmmakers to create a Promo Reel for the inaugural festival ad campaign.   In order to choose the winning entry, we want your input. Which of the submitted films should represent our first festival season?   VOTE NOW!   The filmmaking challenge, which opened mid-January, asked for films of 30-60 seconds in duration to highlight the festival themes and incorporate the catch criteria (a cellar or cellar door).   All approved films are then uploaded to ...
 

Highlights of The 19th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival Program is now online at

 
Rudolph Valentino   The 19th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival Program is now online at  SILENTFILM.ORG   Some highlights: Opening Night Thursday, May 29. A commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Great War with one of the greats of all time, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the film that made Valentino VALENTINO! Accompanied by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra who started life as...
 

Full Line Up for 57th San Francisco International Film Festival, running April 24 - May 8

 
57TH SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL COMPLETE PROGRAM ANNOUNCED  SFIFF57 Runs April 24 - May 8   The San Francisco Film Society today announced the complete schedule of films and events that will make up the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival, running April 24 - May 8 at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, New People Cinema and the Castro Theatre in San Francisco and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. Download the Festival program here. SFIFF 2014...
 

Montclair Film Festival (MFF) today announced the lineup for its 2014 edition

 
2014 MONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LINEUP OF OVER 90 FILMS & EVENTS SET FOR APRIL 28-MAY 4   Over 100 special guests to attend including conversations with Kevin Smith, Julie Taymor, Stephen Colbert, Nelson George, Michael Moore   Continuing to grow in its third year, the Montclair Film Festival (MFF) today announced the lineup for its 2014 edition. The announcement was made by Artistic Director Thom Powers and Executive Director Raphaela Neihausen.  ...
 

Magic and dark sides of the „jogo bonito”: The „11mm” Soccer Film Festival in Berlin focused on Brazil

 
When the Football World Cup starts on 12th of June, the whole world will look to Brazil. In contrast, the fact that there a military coup occurred exactly 50 years ago, barely attracted attention internationally. In the four-part film documentary „Memórias do Chumbo – O Futebol nos Tempos do Condor” (2013 ), the Brazilian director Lúcio de Castro is addressing to the influence of the military dictatorships in Brazil, Chi...
 

India to get spotlight at 10th Zurich Film Festival

 
Indian Cinema: Beyond the Boundaries of Bollywood Subcontinent as ZFF Guest in New World View Section    ZFF focuses on the development of a promising national film scene in its New World View section. This year’s guest country is India. Emerging from the shadow of the subcontinent’s mass cinema Bollywood tradition and enjoying growing national success is a young, independent film scene with productions that approach new themes with fresh narrative styles. ZFF wi...

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Winners of Vilnius IFF have been announced

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VILNIUS, LITHUANIA -- A Romanian film starring the south-eastern European country's top veteran actor Victor Rebengiuc, that uses a robotic canine as a motif in a poignant tale of  loss, separation and love, Tudor Cristian Jurgiu's Japanese Dog won best film and a $9,600 cash award late Thursday at the Vilnius International Film Festival.   The festival, which closed its 19th edition at the Baltic state city’s historic Philharmonic Hall, lauded first and second films ...
 

Film Award EUROPE: UNLIMITED

Is there such a thing as Europe and if so how many? "Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities" started Film Award EUROPE: UNLIMITED Submit shortfilms about europa! Website: EUROPE: UNLIMITED The 2013|14 Topic of the Year ‘Zukunftsort: EUROPA’ at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, in cooperation with interfilm Berlin, the Deutsche Kinemathek, the Film and Television University ‘Konrad Wolf’ (H...
 

RIGA - European Capital of Culture year to culminate in European Film Awards 2014

 
If you have been to Latvia before, you know that culture is part of the everyday life. Virtually everyone in Latvia sings in a choir, is part of a dance group, and enjoys engaging in activities of the arts in various forms. People of all ages and all over the country love going to the cinema and theatre, attending concerts, going to the opera, or visiting art galleries. Culture is everywhere, an...
 

European Film Awards 2016 go to Wroclaw

 
At a press conference at the Wroclaw City Hall, the European Film Academy announced its decision to hold the 2016 European Film Awards in Wroclaw. The announcement was made on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the European Film Academy on 1st April 1989 in Berlin and 640 days before Wroclaw will become European Capital of Culture in 2016. Guests included EFA Director Marion Döring, executive producer Jürgen Biesinger, EFA Board Member Krzysztof Zanussi, the fi...
 

2014 Mecal Pro Awards for the best short films of this year

 
Mecal Pro 2014, Barcelona International Short Films and Animation Festival, ​​has closed its sixteenth edition with the traditional Awards Ceremony past Saturday 29th at the French Institute in Barcelona. Among the 123 short films selected for the competition sections - Animation, International, Documentary and Obliqua - eight awards and two honorable mentions have been awarded by the jury.   After four weekends of screenings, individual jurors gave their verdict and granted the fo...
 

FIRST TIME FEST 2014 John Huston Award Recipient & Additional Filmmakers Announcement

 
Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated director Julie Taymor will be the FIRST TIME FEST’S 2014John Huston Award For Achievement In Cinema recipient, announced FTF Co-Founders Johanna Bennett and Mandy Ward.  Ms. Taymor will also be represented in the Fest’s ‘First Exposure’ Retrospective Program where she will attend to present and discuss with the audience her first feature film, Titus.   Presented to an individual who has made a significant contribu...
 

Winners announced at Jameson Empire Awards

Watch the interviews of the key recipients on video-stream  Courtesy of Jameson Empire Awards The best films and filmmakers of the past year, as voted for by the cinema-going public, were honoured this evening at the 19th Jameson Empire Awards. Film fans from the UK and around the world selected their cinema highlights for the awards, which honour blockbusters, independent filmmaking and home-grown British films.   To celebrate 25 years of the magazine, Empire bestowed...
 

VELOBerlin Film Award: THE WINNERS ARE

 5 winners at VELOBerlin     And the winners are: 1. Preis: Motherfucking Bike         John Benson & Ward Evans AKA sausage USA, 2:36 min Preis: Riese & Müller World Birdy Sport im Wert von € 1.200,- Film hier anschauen!   2. Preis: The Spokesman Dean Saffron Australien, 2:58 mi...
 

Best of British at Iris Prize Festival 2014

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Organisers of the Iris Prize, Cardiff’s International gay and lesbian short film prize supported by The Michael Bishop Foundation have announced plans to celebrate everything British as part of the 2014 festival.   During a busy launch reception at the BFI in London, Festival Chair, Andrew Pierce confirmed the creation of a new Best of British strand. The new strand will screen up to 10 of the best short films produced by film makers in Britain over the past 24 months. The films w...
 

 

NYICFF Awards and Best of the Fest Screening

 
Congrats to Grand Prize winner "Foosball" and Jury Award winner "Crocodiles without Saddles"   Founded in 1997, New York Int'l Children's Film Festival presents intelligent, passionate, provocative and entertaining film programs that cultivate an appreciation for the arts, stimulate critical thought, and promote media literacy. Pulling from thousands of submissions from all over the world, the Festival is North A...
 

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FIFA 2014 Montreal - Alan Yentob - BBC Head Creative - Bowie to Orson Welles VIDEO

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Festival International Du Film Sur L'Art: Here is the video of a compelling and exciting talk given by BBC icon Alan Yentob at FIFA     It's not often one comes face to fact with a master of a film genre and head of "Creative" of the iconic BBC. For two hours the FIFA audience was mesmerized by Yentob's tales of 20th century  icons from Mel Brooks to David Bowie Laurie Anderson to Orson Welles. Today Yentob holds one of the strongest positions...

 

'The Trials of Muhammad Ali' (2013). Interview with Bill Siegel

 
Only a hand full of people in the world can say they spent 23 years involved in the telling of Muhammad Ali's life story, and American director Bill Siegel is one. To Siegel, Muhammad Ali is not only a world renown international athlete and hero, but a mirror into which any person can see a piece of themselves. In his latest film about Ali, 'The Trials of Muhammad Ali' (2013), Bill tells a three part story of the man who went from Olympic winning athlete to spiritual leader for the...
 

BASTARDS (2014). Interview with Deborah Perkin.

 
BASTARDS (2014) at 16th Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival. 'Bastards' by British director Deborah Perkin focuses on the troubled fate of illegitimate children in Morocco. The film opens with the official English definition of the word 'Bastard': “1) a person born of parents not married to each other and 2) an unpleasant or despicable person”. Just after we are reminded of what the word truly means, multiple images of innocent children grace the scre...
 

ANDREA ARNOLD, President of the Jury of the Nespresso Grand Prize of the 53rd Semaine de la Critique

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The Nespresso Grand Prize of this 53rd edition of the Semaine de la Critique will be presided over by British filmmaker Andrea Arnold. The Jury, made up of four international journalists, will award one of the seven feature films in competition. The winning entry will follow Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza's Salvo, winner of 2013's Nespresso Grand Prize.   “I was so excited when Milk screened in La Semaine de la Critique that I kept crashing...
 

Victoria Film Festival is delighted to bring Terry O’Reilly to The Vic Theatre April 26th and 27th

 
Hollywood rarely gets it right… According to award-winning broadcaster and advertising virtuoso, Terry O’Reilly, most films with an advertising theme are clearly written by people who have never spent a day in the advertising industry. The truth of the advertising business is it’s in the business of staying invisible and Hollywood has long taken great license with those depictions, bending them at will to generate expedient humour or convenient drama.  In keeping with t...
 

Scientists at Imagine: Kevin Grazier, science advisor for Gravity and David Kirby, author of Lab Coats in Hollywood

 
Scientists at Imagine: Kevin Grazier, science advisor for Gravity and David Kirby, author of Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science, Scientists and Cinema   As part of our Fantastic Science programme, Imagine welcomes two prominent scientists, both with close links to fantastic cinema. On Thursday the 10th of April, American scientist Dr. David Kirby presents an overview of the relationship between scientists and the American film industry, entitled Lab Coats In Hollywood. In his ...
 

Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) invites students to apply to experience the Festival as a film critic.

 
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is pleased to confirm the return of the Student Critics Jury for its third year and now invites students to apply to experience the Festival as a film critic. The initiative, which affirms EIFF’s continuing support for the future of film criticism, will bring to Edinburgh again this year a jury of seven aspiring critics.   The Student Critics Jury, inaugurated at EIFF 2012, enables the next generation of film critics to expand their kno...
 

Marc Weigert, producer, visual effects supervisor and 2nd unit director will be the tutor for the next EFA Master Class,

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NEW WAYS OF FILMMAKING Marc Weigert, producer, visual effects supervisor and 2nd unit director, and tutor for the next EFA Master Class, talks about his ideas, plans and expectations for the hands-on workshop You will be the tutor for this year's EFA Master Class HIGH VALUE FOR YOUR BUDGET. Can you briefly summarise what this workshop is about? Filmmaking has changed tremendously in the past decade. The traditional notion of pre-production, shoot and post-production is absolutely not val...
 

Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) to award David Cronenberg

 
The Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) announced today that acclaimed writer and director David Cronenberg (THE FLY, VIDEODROME, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE) will receive the Filmmaker on the Edge Award at this year’s 16th annual festival on Cape Cod. The award will be presented by PIFF’s resident artist John Waters at a special ceremony during the festival’s run June 17-23 in Provincetown, Mass.   “We are thrilled to be honoring David Cronenberg &ndash...
 

Jameson Empire Awards 2014: The Action Hero Of Our Lifetime - Arnold Schwarzenegger

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The best films and filmmakers of the past year, as voted for by the cinema-going public, were honoured this evening at the 19th Jameson Empire Awards. Film fans from the UK and around the world selected their cinema highlights for the awards, which honour blockbusters, independent filmmaking and home-grown British films. To celebrate 25 years of the magazine, Empire bestowed two special Lifetime awards on star guests Tom Cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Acknowledging his...
 

Jameson Empire Awards 2014: Empire Icon Award - Hugh Jackman

 
The best films and filmmakers of the past year, as voted for by the cinema-going public, were honoured this evening at the 19th Jameson Empire Awards. Film fans from the UK and around the world selected their cinema highlights for the awards, which honour blockbusters, independent filmmaking and home-grown British films. Two special awards were presented by Empire to Hugh Jackman and Simon Pegg. Jackman attended the ceremony to receive the Empire Icon award presented by Ja...
 

Jameson Empire Awards 2014: The Legend Of Our Lifetime - Tom Cruise

 
The best films and filmmakers of the past year, as voted for by the cinema-going public, were honoured this evening at the 19th Jameson Empire Awards. Film fans from the UK and around the world selected their cinema highlights for the awards, which honour blockbusters, independent filmmaking and home-grown British films. To celebrate 25 years of the magazine, Empire bestowed two special Lifetime awards on star guests Tom Cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Current Empire cover-...
 

Congratulations to Volker Schlöndorff, Who Turns 75

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After the incredible new start in the movie theaters (soon to be released on DVD) of Volker Schlöndorff's BAAL from 1969 with RWF as the lead that got such raving reviews, we want to take this opportunity to congratulate him today to his 75th birthday. We would also like to recall that his film version of Günther Grass’s Tin Drum was the first German film since World War Two to win an Oscar. Schlöndorff is indefatigably engaged in political and historic issues, and...
 

Éva Vezér, President of European Film Promotion 2009 - 2011, has passed away.

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Éva Vezér, President of European Film Promotion 2009 - 2011  Dear Friends and Colleagues, We have been informed that EFP' former Hungarian member and President, Éva Vezér, passed away on Friday, March 28, after a difficult illness. Éva was the first Eastern European member, and was with the organization from 2001 until 2011. She was the President of the EFP network from 2009 - 2011. She will always be remember as a wonderful colleague, and ...
 

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent   If the rumors are true, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 reboot actually nixed Shailene Woodley's cameo, you have to wonder what they were thinking. She's on the cover of Marie Claire (read: "This is What a Badass Looks Like"), giving workout tips in People Magazine, and breaking big at the box office. In fact, Shailene Woodley, 22, went from George Clooney sidekick in The Descendants to fronting Divergent with bullets to ...
 

The 62nd San Sebastian Festival will dedicate a retrospective to the filmmaker Dorothy Arzner

 
Picture in high resolution  Dorothy Arzner (1897-1979) was one of a kind in the history of American cinema, the only woman to carve out a professional career as a director in Hollywoods Golden Age. In its 62nd edition, the San Sebastian Festival pays homage to the work of Arzner, today considered a pioneer in womens incorporation to the film industry, proclaimed as a filmmaker of strong style and personality for which she earned undeniable prestige within the Hollywood studio system....
 

The 62nd San Sebastian Festival will dedicate a cycle to new cinematic proposals from Eastern Europe

Picture in high resolution  Eastern Promises. Portrait of Eastern Europe in 50 films is the title of one of the retrospectives at this years 62nd San Sebastian Festival. A look at movies produced since 2000 in the countries that lived under Soviet influence post-World War II. A cycle to discover the creative wealth of these film industries and the new talents that have emerged in the last decade, putting an end to all kinds of prejudices and stereotyped images and bring...
 
 

THERMAE ROMAE & THERMAE ROMAE II will close Udine far East Fest

 
Thermae Romae The famous peplum fantasy by Takeuchi Hideki will be out in Italian cinemas in June, distributed by Tucker Film, and its sequel will be the Closing Film of the 16th Udine Far East Film Festival!     The Italian trailer: In a month, the most famous Japanese peplum fantasy will be moving to Italy: we’re obviously talking about Thermae Romae, that will be out in June in Italian cinemas, thanks to Tucker Film, and we’re also talking about Th...
 

The Centre for the Moving Image (CMI) reopens the doors on the Belmont Filmhouse in Aberdeen

 
The Centre for the Moving Image (CMI) reopens the doors on the Belmont Filmhouse in Aberdeen tomorrow, having taken over the lease and operating contract from the previous operators, Picturehouse, at the beginning of the week.   The CMI already owns and operates the Filmhouse cinema in Edinburgh and the Edinburgh International Film Festival.  It also programmes cinema for The Brunton (Musselburgh), An Lanntair (Stornoway) and Heart of Hawick.    Ken Hay, CEO of CMI said; ...
 

Opening night of the Los Angeles Film Festival with Snowpiercer, directed by Bong Joon-ho

 
OPENING NIGHT OF LA FILM FEST WILL BE… DRUMROLL, PLEASE… SNOWPIERCER! Opening night of the Los Angeles Film Festival is only 1,747 hours away! That gives you plenty of time to get red-carpet ready for our opening night film: the North American Premiere of Snowpiercer, directed by Bong Joon-ho. The South Korean director’s first English-language production is an adaptation of the cult French comic book series Le Transperceneige. Set during the onset of the...
 

Revolution plays in the Documentary features Competition at the Garden State Film Festival weekend in Atlantic City

 
Revolution plays in the Documentary features Competition at the Garden State Film Festival weekend in Atlantic City New Jersey ...
 

European Film Academy Nominates THE CONTEST, REGRET! and WINDSTORM

 
Young Juries in 17 Cities Across Europe Will Vote for the Winner The European Film Academy proudly announces and congratulates the three nominees for the EFA Young Audience Award 2014:  THE CONTEST  DIRECTED BY: Martin Miehe-Renard WRITTEN BY: Martin Miehe-Renard, Gitte Løkkegaard & Hans Hansen PRODUCED BY: Henrik Møller-Sørensen & Marcella Dichmann 90 min, Denmark ...
 

San Francisco fest to open with Hossein Amini's gripping Patricia Highsmith adaptation The Two Faces of January

 
North American Premiere of Hossein Amini's The Two Faces of January and Chris Messina's Directorial Debut Alex of Venice to Bookend 2014 Festival Program The 57th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 24 - May 8) has announced its highly-anticipated Opening Night and Closing Night selections. SFIFF kicks off with the Opening Night presentation of Hossein Amini's gripping Patricia Highsmith adaptation The Two Faces of January (UK 2014) starring Oscar Issac, Viggo Morte...
 

Alan Yentob Head of Creative BBC Gets Personal on Mel Brooks, Bowie, Orson Welles - FIFA Montreal

 
It's not often one comes face to fact with a master of a film genre and head of "Creative" of the iconic BBC. For two hours the FIFA audience was mesmerized by Alan Yentob's tales of 20th century  icons from Mel Brooks to David Bowie Laurie Anderson to Orson Welles. Today Yentob holds one of the strongest positions in television. He is the controller of BBC 1 and  BBC 2 therefore the most powerful programme controller in theUK and arguably in the world being th...
 

 

 

 

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> LES NOUVELLES DU CIRCUIT FRANCOPHONE  

La composition du Jury du 11ème Festival du cinéma de Brive (8-14 avril 2014)

Réouverture de la Villa Kujoyama, résidence de créateurs Kyoto, Japon

Il était une fois... Henri Langlois à la Cinémathèque de Paris

La Semaine de la Critique dévoile son affiche qui incarne l’énergie créatrice et le mouvement

Lambert WILSON lancera la 67e édition du Festival, le mercredi 14 mai prochain et en sera le maître de cérémonie

Le public du 28e FIFF est invité à découvrir les films du Jury

Le coup d'envoi du FESTIVAL DU CINEMA BRESILIEN DE PARIS a été donné au Cinéma L'Arlequin

Easy Rider au FIFF 2014 !

Les Conclusions et recommandations de la Cour des Comptes sur la soutien à la Production

 
Le Prix Institut français - Louis Marcorelles a été décerné, le 29 mars 2014 à Florence Lazar pour son film « Kamen – Les Pierres ». Le jury de la Compétition française a également attribué une mention spéciale au film « Hautes terres » de Marie-Pierre Brêtas. « Cette 36ème édition du Cinéma du réel est l’occasion de r&e...
 
 
14 longs-métrages inédits en France concouraient pour :       ...
 
 
Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur le scénario sans jamais oser le demander. Trouvez les réponses à vos questions aujourd'hui lundi 31 mars au FIFF Forum 2014 Think Tank Scénario de 10h00 à 18h00 ! De 10h00 à 12h00, le travail d'écriture de scénario et son statut en Suisse seront évoqués : comment créer des structures de formation à l’écriture ? Quelle es...
 
 
  Voici le palmarès de la compétition de courts métrages du 32e Festival Cinéma d'Alès - Itinérances, dévoilé dimanche 30 mars. Itinérances 2014 se poursuit jusqu'au 6 avril avec plus de 230 films, dont de nombreuses avant-premières. Prix attribués par un jury composé de Arnaud Dumatin (musicien, administrateur du Festival de La Rochelle), Isabelle Frilley (PDG Titra films), Vahina Giocante...
 
 
Bilan de 10 ans de politique cinéma et audiovisuel en Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur : 2003-2013 Réalisé à l'attention de la Direction de la Culture et du Patrimoine – Service Cinéma et Audiovisuel le 20 décembre 2013 par IDATE Consulting et Hexacom   © DR   10 Préconisations Résumées   Préconisation transverse ...
 

Le temps à Cannes sera beau, chaud, ensoleillé et très glamour pour le 67ème festival

 
 

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