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A Week in Festivals. Newsletter 637 - Filmfestivals.com
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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...
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> THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT
Independent Filmmaker Project Minnesota (IFP Minnesota) presents the 15th annual Midwest Filmmaker Conference in partnership with Minneapolis Community & Technical College (MCTC) Saturday and Sunday, May 2-4, 2014. Conference sessions take place at MCTC and IFP Minnesota and are tied-in to the Next Look screening series at the Walker Art Center. IFP Minnesota's Midwest Filmmaker Conference has developed over the years in scope and impact in response to Minnesota's vibrant in...
This year marks the second year for The Knoxville Film & Music Festival and the fifth year for the Knoxville 24 Hour Film Festival, events that drew 5,400 people to downtown Knoxville last year. To celebrate, Knoxville Film & Music Festival has greatly expanded its student offerings for 2014. In prior years the festival had limited space available for students, but for 2014 the festival has created three all new events for students from 3 to 17 years of age. The largest expansion is t...
Cine Las Americas announced today the full list of films that will screen during the 17th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, which runs April 22-27, 2014. The Marchesa Hall and Theater, Austin Film Society's new home for classic, independent and art house film programming, will feature Opening and Closing nights, international new releases, and 'Hecho en Tejas,' a rich selection of films made in Texas. Marchesa will also host a retrospective of films by p...
The line up of the 16th Far East Film Festival (Udine, April 25 – May 3) was released to the press today. The 2014 edition (which will present 60 titles) will open with the international premiere of Aberdeen, the new masterpiece by Pang Ho-cheung. The Closing Film of the festival, screened on May 3, will be the sequel of Thermae Romae, also an international premiere. In attendance at the Press Conference: Gianni Torrenti, Regional Councillor for Culture, Mayor of Udine Furio Hons...
April 22-25, Stuttgart, Germany Ludwigsburg, April, 9, 2014. Europe's most renowned conference for the makers of the digital entertainment industry is proud to welcome the world-famous and foremost "performance-capture" pioneer and actor Andy Serkis to Stuttgart. Andy Serkis' presentation is one of this year's highlighted keynotes at FMX 2014. Please find further information on the full program online. Press accreditation is possible via the press section on the ...
The SDJFF is expanding their locations and programming in celebration of their 25th anniversary which takes place February 5-15, 2015. ...
The 2014 Festival features 25 full length films from all over Asia and the Middle East, as well as two shorts. From a strong Japanese samurai epic, to family films from India, and the horror thrillers from South Korea, the festival has become known for films representing Taiwan,...
The 9th Edition of the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva is now officially launched. FIFOG 2014 has started on Friday the 4th of April 2014 in a festive and friendly atmosphere. During 10 days, Switzerland and neighboring France will travel to the heart of Orient. 112 Movies, 28 Countries This new edition, supported by the world-famous writer and poet Tahar Ben Jelloun as its Honorary President...
> THE AWARDS WATCH
The other winners include:... Narrative Feature "How to Make Movies at Home" Hillport Maine Productions Morgan Nichols, Director Amy Dawn Palmo, Lisa Dowda and Morgan Nichols, Producers International Narrative Feature "How to Be Happy" (Ireland) Brian O'Neill, Mark Gaster and Michael Rob Costine, Directors David Brady and Richie Bolger, Producers The Bud Abbott Award for Feature Length Comedy "Farah Goes Bang" Meera Me...
First Time Fest Co-Founders Mandy Ward & Johanna Bennett with Director Anthony Leonardi & Producer Slash at the screening of their first film _Nothing To Fear_Photo by Philip May First Time Fest Is Proud To Announce Its Grand Prize Winner Of Theatrical Distribution From Cinema Libre Studio And Scandinavia Locations Prize Of Scandinavian Trip And Writers Retreat Is Awarded To Love Steaks Directed By Jakob Lass & Edited By Gesa J&aum...
India's top fashion designer Padma Shri Wendell Rodricks has picked the poster submitted by Hyderabad-based graphic designer Punith Mahesh as the winning design of the KASHISH International Poster Competition. The poster design contest was truly international this year, with entries from across India - Mumbai, Hyderabad to Chandigarh, Goa and Shillong; and even outside India from several countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Estonia. The poster will be the look of the fifth editi...
Award Winners – ÉCU 2014 By admin The European Film Festival, Europe’s premier event for independent cinema, announces its 24 award-winners for 2014. After screening, 85 films from 32 countries over the past 3 days it all comes down to one moment: the Award Ceremony. Films competed across 15 categories and were judged according to their quality, creativity, and independent spirit in both form and content. Judged by...
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> PEOPLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Ted Sarandos, Netflix's Chief Content Officer With more than 20 years' experience in home entertainment, Sarandos is recognized in the industry as an innovator in film acquisition and distribution. He has led content acquisition for the company since 2000. Before Netflix, Ted was an executive at video distributor ETD and Video City/West Coast Video. He is a film producer of several prolific documentaries and serves on the Film ...
FMX is very proud that Chris DeFaria, President, Animation, Digital Production and Visual Effects, Warner Bros. Pictures, joins the set of presentations on Academy Award-winning Gravity, as does Tim Webber, who received the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. The renowned Producer Jon Landau also brings his expertise to Stuttgart: he reveals exclusive insights into the next Avatar movie. Other remarkable additions include VFX veteran John Knoll, action stunners Captain America: The Winter Soldier and...
A glimpse to much more to come at Cannes 2014 there is so much happening in a film festival. As I simply adore filming and easily amass so much footage it is hard to believe I can easily discover undiscovered gems deep in the recesses of my hard drive. Here is one such newly discovered piece filmed at Cannes Film Festival 2013 with Harvey Weinstein, Tim Burton and many more budding film stars - up close and personal talking about their venture into short film making. A film series LIFE I...
The IFFLA Opening Night Gala kicked off with a dazzling red carpet, graced by celebrities such as Jason Alexander, David Arquette and Patricia Arquette, with Courteney Cox attending the screening as well. Check out our Opening Night footage on YouTube, and pictures from Tuesday's red carpet on our Facebook page! Couldn't get enough of the fun? Tickets are still available for our Closing Night Gala. Enjoy the red-carpet Los Angeles pr...
Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF, today announced that the organization’s first original major touring exhibition, David Cronenberg: Evolution, celebrating one of the world’s greatest filmmakers, will open at EYE, Amsterdam’s new film museum. The exhibition was a core component of TIFF’s recent multi-platform celebration of the work of Cronenberg, which included a major film retrospective, art exhibition, interactive digital experience, virtual museum and s...
The photo here is said to be Anjelica Huston's favorite shot of their glory days together as featured from her collection. by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent When the legend turns 77 on April 22, Jack Nicholson will mark it in his new-found low-key way. But Nicholson's path from New York to Hollywood has been a wild ride. In fact, The Wild Ride (1960), the "B" exploitation racing movie with Georgianna Carter, still holds up. With the dark-haired lothari...
As we eagerly await word from our programming team on the full line-up of films we’ll be screening at the Los Angeles Film Festival—May 6 is the big announcement day—we’ve got plenty of other Festival news to get excited about. Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right)has been named Guest Director of the 2014 Festival. That means the acclaimed filmmaker will join our special pre-Fest gathering in Palm Springs for the Festival’s feature filmmakers and other honored ...
© FDC / RR Argentinean scriptwriter, producer and director, will preside over the Jury for Un Certain Regard, Official Selection of the Festival de Cannes, which will be composed of some 20 films to be announced, along with the films in Competition, at the upcoming press conference on April 17. He stated: “I am very proud to serve as President of the Jury for Un Certain Regard. Proud to take part in another way in the adventure in Cannes. Un Certain Regard, where I have presented ...
DocumentaMadrid 2014 dedicates its retrospective to the Swiss filmmaker with Spanish background, FERNAND MELGAR, a reference in film about immigration and identity. The director will come to the festival and will offer a masterclass The XI edition of DocumentaMadrid, which will take place in Cineteca from the 30th of April till the 11th of May, dedicates its Retrospective to the committed Swiss filmmaker Fernand Melgar, who will v...
Mickey Rooney: "And that's the way I have always lived” Joe Yule Jr., better known as Mickey Rooney, star of all-time hits like wartime satire, The Human Comedy (1943) and National Velvet (1944, with Elizabeth Taylor, about a horse), would have turned 94 on 23 September 2014. But he bid us his last good-bye on 06 April 2014. In 2003, Rooney began their association with Rainbow Puppet Productions, providing his voices to the 100th Anniversary pro...
By Maria Esteves – April 6, 2014 The Click Z Live New York Conference & Expo 2014 (CZLNY2014), formerly SES New York Opening Keynote Ten New Media Trends Shaping the Lives of Modern Consumers with Editor-in-Chief Randi Zuckerberg, Dot Complicated, Founder/CEO, Zuckerberg Media, commenced Tuesday, April 1, 9:00 AM, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel. Keynote speaker Zuckerberg talked about her personal experience at Facebook and discussed the top media trends to be applied in business. The...
> FILM TO WATCH
So much red carpet action and more film surprises to come at Cannes 2014! We simply adore filming and easily amass so much footage it is hard to believe we can unearth undiscovered gems deep in the recesses of our hard drives.. Here is one such newly discovered piece filmed at Cannes Film Festival 2013 with Harvey Weinstein, Tim Burton and five emerging filmmakers - up close and personal talking about their venture into short film making. A film series LIFE IS AMAZING presented by Lexus. ...
Sydney Film Festival today announced the Australian premiere of 2c, as the Opening Night Film to screen at the State Theatre at 7:30pm on Wednesday 4 June. 20,000 Days on Earth is the first feature-length film by UK visual artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, who recently collaborated on a sound installation with Scott Walker as part of Vivid Live 2013. Forsyth and Pollard take a fascinating approach in this visually astonishing and highly stylised imagination of Cave’...
On Sunday, April 13, SIFF kicks off the second iteration of its African Pictures program, supported by a multi-year grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. SIFF programmers will be in attendance to announce the 2014 African Pictures lineup, with trailers on display for selected titles. Once again, African Pictures features the best cinema from and about the continent, ranging from somber to humorous, informative to fantastical, celebrating the diverse...
First ‘Sundance Institute Episodic Story Lab’ to Be Held in Fall 2014 at the Sundance Resort, with Norman and Lyn Lear as Founding Supporters Sundance Institute today announced a significant expansion of its renowned labs for independent artists to include dedicated support for writers and creators of series for television and online platforms. The first Sundance Institute Episodic Story Lab will be held in Fall 2014 at the Sundance Resort in Sundance, Utah. Building...
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> LES NOUVELLES DU CIRCUIT FRANCOPHONE
Filmfestivals.com a rencontré Régine Petit Présidente fondatrice du festival à l 'occasion du lancement au Musée Cernuschi ...
Extraits de la conférence de lancement du Festival au Musée Cernuschi à Paris, Jean Noel Poirier, Régine Petit et Zinedine Soualem, NGO PHUONG LAN Directrice Générale du département du cinéma vietnamien, Jean Noel Poirier Ambassadeur de France au Vietnam, et Malouin! ...
27 MARS - 12 AVRIL 2014 FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL EXIT organisé par la MAISON DES ARTS DE CRÉTEIL, Partenaire d'Arcadi Île-de-France et du festival Némo EXPOSITION MICRO-MACRO OPENING - Jeudi 27 mars à 19 h De l'infiniment petit à l'infiniment fascinant... Plus de 24 installations, dispositifs numériques, projets Web, vidéos, sculptures et performances. L’infini n’a de c...
Le Prix COAL Art et Environnement 2014, a récompensé hier l'artiste Åsa Sonjasdotter pour son projet High Diversity. Elle a été désignée par un jury de personnalités de l'art contemporain, du développement durable et de l'environnement, parmi dix projets nommés. Un prix spécial des blogueurs a été remis à l'artiste Naziha Mestaoui ...
C'est quand il entre dans l'histoire que le Nouveau Monde perd son aura mythique. Les pionniers en quête de la terre promise comprennent - trop tard - qu'ils sont en train de reproduire l'Ancien. Comme si la porte du paradis se refermait au moment même où ils le croyaient retrouvé. Tel est le fil rouge qui court à travers la vaste tapisserie du cinéma américain, de D.W. Griffith à David Lynch, de F.W. Murnau...
Graphisme : Bettina Pell Cette année, le Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles à Paris a sélectionné 38 courts métrages belges francophones ou franco-belges pour la compétition parmi les 115 films produits dans l’année. Répartis en sept programmes thématiques (« ouverture » ; « à deux » ; « vivre ensemble » ; « films de genre » ; « des enfants » ; « de l’am...
la conférence de lancement de la quatrième édition du Festival du Cinéma Chinois en France (12 mai - 19 juin 2014) a permis à Nöel Garino le conseiller artistique du festival et Julien Ezanno CNC en charge des co productions au CNC de présenter un bilan rapide du cinéma chinois et de dresser ses perspectives. Le CNC et Film France organiseront le 16 mai à Cannes des ateliers de co production où 8 producte...
Noel Garino a révélé à la presse réunie à Paris, au centre culturel chinois, la composition du programme, riche d'une dizaine de nouveaux longs métrages chinois récents et à succès. Le roi Singe (3D) ouvrira le festival le 14 mai au Gaumont Champs Elysées. Einstein et Einstein, Vivre et Mourirà Ordos, Fly with a Crane,My Lucky Star, <beijing Love Story, The White Storm, American Dreams in Ch...
L’ouverture de la quatrième édition du Festival du Cinéma Chinois en France se déroulera le 12 mai 2014. Cette manifestation est organisée conjointement par l’Administration d’État de la Radiodiffusion, du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Chine, le Centre Culturel de Chine à Paris et le Groupe Pathé, sous le haut patronage du Ministère de la Culture de Chine, du Ministère...
Dom Juan, Vidocq, Le Jeu de l’amour et du hasard, Thérèse Humbert, Les Ritals…. Ces grandes heures de la télévision française, nous les devons à Marcel Bluwal, le dernier géant du « petit écran ». Après plus de trois années d’entretiens, Isabelle Danel nous offre un voyage passionnant au cœur de l’histoire de la tél&eacut...
16è FESTIVAL DU CINEMA BRESILIEN DE PARIS s' est tenu du 1er au 8 avril au Cinéma L'Arlequin - 76 rue de Rennes - 75006 Paris Le prix du Public de la 16è édition du Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Paris a été attribué à La collection invisible de Bernard Attal ...
Une étude menée conjointement par Olivier-René Veillon (Directeur de la Commission du Film d’Ile-de-France) et Philippe Degardin (Directeur des études du Groupe Audiens) Une industrie en mutation L’Observatoire de la production audiovisuelle et cinématographique présente pour l’année 2012 des résultats contrastés qui traduisent une mutation sensible du secteur. En 2012, seules 10 % des socié...
Destinée à promouvoir la jeune création, la 7ème édition du festival de courts métrages Silence, on court ! se d&eacut...
CAMERAS DES CHAMPS 16e FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM DOCUMENTAIRE SUR LA RURALITÉ - VILLE SUR YRON (54) Du 14 au 18 mai 2014 www.villesuryron.fr DÉTAILS LA PROGRAMMATION 2014 La 16ème édition du Festival International du Film Documentaire sur la Ruralité se tiendra à Ville-sur-Yron du 14 au 18 mai 2014. Dans le document en pièce jointe, vous trouverez l'intégralité du programme de cette 16e édition : film...
Han Gong-Ju de Lee Sujin remporte le Regard d'or au terme de la cérémonie de clôture du 28e FIFF qui a eu lieu aujourd'hui samedi 5 avril à 18h. GRAND PRIX LE REGARD D'OR : HAN GONG-J...
La 9ème édition du Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève a été lancée ce vendredi 4 avril 2014 dans une ambiance festive. Durant 10 jours, la Suisse romande et la France-Voisine vivront au rythme des couleurs d’Orient. Une ouverture sous le signe de la fête et de la réflexion Parrainé par le célébrissime écrivain et poète Tahar Ben Jelloun, le programme axé sur le corps indivi...
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