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Animaze is an international film festival and conference exploring the world of animation in all its diversity. Filmmakers and professionals from over 65 countries will converge on Montreal from August 17-20. Filmfestivals.com has partnered with Animaze to offer our audience discount on the industry passes.
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The Jury on the beach! 17 Awards for an Eclectic Selection The different juries from the 41st International Animation Film Festival have revealed the winners from Annecy 2017! Amongst the 216 films nominated in the official competition (all categories combined), 17 awards were attributed during the Closing Ceremony on Saturday 17th June. HONORARY CRISTAL Marcel Jean handed over the Honorary Cristal to Georges Schwizgebel to commemorate his p...
Special Prizes Under embargo till Friday 16 June, 7:30 pm (Paris time) Discover the list of films that won Special Prizes, congratulations to all the winners! Festivals Connexion Award – Régio...
The Italian Contemporary Film Festival People’s Choice Award won by At War for Love, The Neighborhood’s Giancarlo Giannini, Franco Nero, Danny Aiello bringing home the Trilogy Award, Paola Cortellesi, Alan Barillaro and Leo Gullotta rounding out the trophy winners for 2017. Toronto - The King of Italian comedy Christian De Sica, was awarded the ICFF 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award, which in the past Festival editions went to highly acclaimed cinema stars such as Clau...
Best Experimental: Tupianas (Brazil) Best Animation: CORP. (Argentina) Best Documentary: The Fourth Kingdom (Spain-USA) Best Fiction: El mes del amigo. Una comedia con atletas (Argentina) New York, June 19, 2017-- In addition to the New York ...
Ricardo Darín (Buenos Aires, 1957), one of the most prestigious actors in the Latin American and global film worlds, will receive a Donostia Award on September 26 at the 65th edition of the San Sebastian Festival, in the framework of presentation of the film La cordillera (The Summit). The Festival's most important honorary award acknowledges the career of the Argentine...
The 64th Sydney Film Festival tonight awarded On Body and Soul, directed by Ildikó Enyedi, the prestigious 10th anniversary Sydney Film Prize, out of a selection of 12 Official Competition films. The $60,000 cash prize for 'audacious, cutting-edge and courageous' film was awarded to Enyedi at the Festival’s Closing Night Gala awards ceremony and event at the State Theatre, ahead of the Australian premiere screening of Bong Joon-ho's Okja. Accepting the aw...
PREMIO AL MEJOR LARGOMETRAJE DE LA SECCIÓN OFICIAL Seoul Station (Yeon Sang-ho, Korea del Sur) PREMIO DE LA ASOCIACIÓN DE GUIONISTAS VASCOS – EUSKAL GIDOIGILEAK AL MEJOR GUIÓN DE LARGOMETRAJE DE LA SECCIÓN OFICIAL I am Not a Serial Killer (Guionistas: Christopher Hyde, Billy O’Brien, Irlanda) PREMIO DEL CINECLUB FAS A LA DIRECCIÓN MÁS INNOVADORA DE LA SECCIÓN OFICIAL The Eyes of My Mother (Nicolas Pesce, EEUU) PREMIO DEL J...
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October 19-29, 2017
Established twenty years ago, UNAFF celebrates the power of films dealing with human rights, environmental themes, population, migration, women’s issues, refugees, homelessness, racism, health, universal education, war and peace. UNAFF offers a unique opportunity to view documentaries that are rarely screened, to become familiar with global problems, and to acquire a better understanding of the means to address these problems.
in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco and Stanford University. UNAFF celebrates the power of international documentary films dealing with human rights, the environment, refugees, famine, homelessness, racism, disease control, women's issues, children, universal education, war and peace. This year’s theme RESPECT continues the ongoing celebration of the Universal Declaration of Huma...
Manhattan Short
September 22 to October 1, 2017
Oscar-Qualifying Screenings
Submit by July 31, 2017
Filmmakers who would like to get their short film qualified for the 2018 Academy Awards are urged to enter this year’s MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival, which will not only screen to over a 100,000 film buffs in over 250 cinemas across six continents, but will do a full week's run in one cinema in the county of Los Angeles. This theater booking means every film selected as a Finalist in the 2017 MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival is eligible to enter the Oscar competition for 2018. MANHATTAN SHORT is now in compliance with the rules governing the Oscar Awards set forth by the Academy of Motion Pictures of Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
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The submissions for the 4th edition of the World of Film International Festival in Glasgow, Scotland are now open. The very earlybird submitters can send their short and feature films across the three main sections of the festival - First Features & Shorts Competition, Female Perspective & Focus on Balkan Cinema.
Films can be exclusively submitted via Film Freeway by clicking on the link below.
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Extended Deadline June 30, 2017
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Montreal International Animation Film Festival is a people's film festival an dindutry conference dedicated to the art of animation for film and technology.
All genres and forms are welcome.
Software an award prize. Visibility in out travelling show in Berlin, Cannes Annecy, Glasgow and more.
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Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights to Boy Erased, the coming-of-age and coming-out drama from writer/director Joel Edgerton based on Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley. Academy Award nominee Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea) will star opposite Academy Award winners Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman. The movie will be produced by Anonymous Content and will begin production this fall for a 2018 theatrical release. Focus chairman Peter Kujawski made the...
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Who doesn’t love The Hollywood Reporter, a trade paper of record since 1930 at the dawn of American Cinema? So what do you do when THR lukewarmly reviews a film that is a fantastically written exploration of the interplay between fans and films, between human superpowers and caped crusaders? You write a counter-review, and here it is: this is about co-director Liz Graham and Matt Jacobs’ freshly screened FROM HOLLYWOOD ...
DIRECTOR BENNY BOOM Fresh off the box office hit All Eyez on Me, director Benny Boom has signed on to direct the police thriller The Shave written by newcomers Thomas White and Miles Hubley, it was announced today by Route One Entertainment CEO Russell Levine and Lost City President John Finemore, who are producers on the project. The Blacklist Script tells the story of an LAPD officer, recently exonerated in the murder of a high school honor stu...
Independent film producer Scott Clayton and his production company Oceanside Media (“Oceanside”) has come on board to produce and fully finance the action-packed adventure film One in the Chamber written by David Gordon Green (upcoming Stronger, Pineapple Express) and his frequent collaborator Darius Shahmir, who will make his feature film directorial debut with this project. Green will also serve as a producer of the film alongside Clayton. Casting is underway. ...
Radiant Films International has sold multi-territories to the delightful comedy Handsome Devil starring Fionn O’Shea (Netflix’s Jadotville), Nicholas Galitzine (upcoming The Changeover), Moe Dunford (History Channel’s “Vikings”), and Andrew Scott (BBC’s “Sherlock”), it was announced today by President and CEO, Mimi Steinbauer. Written and directed by John Butler, key international sales have been completed with Rialto for Australia and N...
Hyvä päiva good böddy -- Mais oui-- filmnüttöö certainly qualifies as a new Finnish neolojism -- redundancy intentiönnäl -- as long as you döbble dot every väwel in sight except I and E it can päss för finnisch -- Fünn länguägge --actually you don't needa dot the û because /y/ is already pronounced /ü/ but this language is actually derived frôm Raindeer squawking...
by Alexei Deleon The first film I saw on day one of five at Sodankyla was Wajda's final film, made when he was ninety and released last year just before his death. It paints an incredibly bleak picture of artistic life in Poland under the Stalinist regime just after the war when the Communist ideal of "social realism" reigned supreme. Gracefully aging Polish superstar, Boguslaw Linda, 64, delivers a towering performance as the crippled avant garde master ...
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THE EVIL WITHIN by late Andrew Getty
Winner in Houston WorldFest and Fantasporto
The sadistic tale of a lonely, mentally handicapped boy who befriends his reflection in an antique mirror. This demonic creature orders him to go on a murderous rampage to kill the people he loves most.
OFFENSIVE, Jon Ford's thriller.Winner in Houston Worldfest
"They were forced beyond breaking point; they have no regrets, does that make them bad people? The first part of this film will enrage you ! The second part will sate you !". Bruno Chatelin - Filmfestivals.com
A retired couple, Bernard and Helen Martin, inherit a remote house in rural France, the very same village Bernard’s war hero father liberated during the Second World War, over 70 years earlier. This peaceful couple quickly become the target of a crual gang of street kids, who terrorise the village.
An e-generation permanently plugged into their devices, devoid of empathy, a new breed of technological psychopath…Pushed beyond breaking point, can Bernard live up to his father’s legend, as the situation explodes into a brutal war of generations ?
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Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.
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Today marks an exciting milestone in the evolution of the Atlantic Film Festival as the organization officially announces its new name and brand, FIN. Inspired by the closing titles of international films and our place on the ocean, FIN is not the end it is the new beginning. “Great brand names are like movie titles,” said Phil Otto, CEO of Revolve, the firm behind the rebrand. “They set up the brand’s story but don’t try to tell it. They pique ...
NIFFF 2017: ANNOUNCING THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME The Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (30 June – 8 July 2017) unveils the official selection for its 17th edition. The diverse programme offers an overview of the global trends in fantasy films. This year, Japan will be given the spotlight, first with the attendance of Miike Takashi - who will be presenting the world premiere of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbr...
Hollywood International CineFest announced its lineup for 2017; fulfills its guarantee to provide distribution to at-least two films Hollywood International CineFest has announced its exciting line up for its 2017 festival edition. The lineup includes World Premieres of After Ever After & Easy Money and the North America Premieres of Before The Fall (Cambodia’s entry to 2017 Oscars) & Sam Heughan’s Emulsion. The 2017 line up includes films from America...
Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) co-founders Nadja Schildknecht and Karl Spoerri announce today that they have appointed London based agency Premier to handle international publicity services for the 13th Zurich Film Festival, which will take place from 28 September – 8 October, 2017. Premier will work alongside the ZFF in-house team and senior Consultant Nikki Parker, supporting on all aspects of the Festival’s publicity but with a focus on international press. Last year...
The 2nd International Film Festival & Awards • Macao announces exciting partnership with Shanghai International Film Festival At a press conference today, the 2nd International Film Festival & Awards • Macao (IFFAM) announced an exciting new partnership with the Shanghai International Film Festival. Ms Alice Azedo Augusto, Secretary General of IFFAM, signed a cooperation agreement with Ms. Fu Wenxia, General Manager of Shanghai International Film & TV Festivals ...
The Denver Film Society (DFS) is pleased to announce the full lineup for the CinemaQ Film Festival, taking place July 19-23. The doc...
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Leslie-Ann Coles, in front of last year's mural. Well, how many times have we heard it? “Ladies and Gentlemen,” even that phrase grates because it’s loaded from a, take a guess? Male perspective. And this is where Leslie-Ann Coles founder of The Female Eye Festival comes into sharp focus. For the festival’s 15th anniversary, which opened yesterday in Toronto and runs through June 25, Coles may just be tellin...
1. Introduction 1.1. The Fest Fest and its 2017 edition called WORLD FEST FEST (Festival internazionale delle feste) are a “CASA DELFINO” onlus Foundation production. All the rights over the name and logo of the event are copyrighted and own by the Foundation. 1.2. The WORLD FEST FEST 2017 will take place in Cuneo, in Villa Torre Acceglio, fraz. Madonna delle Grazie, via Torre Acceglio n.59, on Sunday 3 September 2017. In order to run the program and for the organizati...
GKIDS, ANNECY INT’L ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL and VARIETY LAUNCH ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL in LOS ANGELES ANIMATION IS FILM / FIRST EDITION OCTOBER 20-22, 2017 MANN’S CHINESE THEATER GKIDS, the acclaimed producer and distributor of animation for adult and family audienc...
"Annecy" Deploys its Trademark Abroad Harry (Sang Chul) YOON (SK BROADBAND), Hyungchul JOO (SBA - SEOUL ANIMATION CENTER), Patrick EVENO (CITIA) Photo : G. Piel/CITIA On Tuesday 13th June 2017 during the Annecy International Animation Film Market, CITIA, Image et industries créatives (France), the SBA Animation Center (South Korea) and SK Broadband (South Korea) sig...
Sunday night, 22::00 PM ~~ Getaway Day The festival is finally winding down. walked out of Bonello's NOCTURAMA - after a half hour of solid boredom and Finnish subtitles only. couldn'really follow the mumbled banlieusard french and got tired of the Finnish subtitle lesson, Hunger prevailed and I went across the street to the Reindeer Stew and other goodies tent, loaded up on nourishment including an extra piece of Reindeer Sausage a...
by Alex Deleon The Midnight Sun Film Festival takes place in the Lappland village of Sodankylä on the Arctic Circle in northern Finland during the longest days of the year in the Middle of June. It is so named because at this time of the year at this elevated latitude the sun never sets. At midnight the light of day in Sodankylä looks like late afternoon down south in Helsinki and around 3AM Old Sol does dip almost to the horizon but not quite, then...
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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent There was a time when Sofia Coppola could be at an awards show and overlooked as a famous daughter, not any more, not for years now since LOST IN TRANSLATION. But in her new film, THE BEGUILED, which is a retool of a 1971 Clint Eastwood starrer, she really comes of age as a visionary writer/director. Even in what is considered a remake of a movie based on a novel by Thomas Cullinan, it has a distinctive feel that's all hers. The film opens ...
DUAN Yihong and GANG Dong-won to receive Star Asia Award, Jung Byung-gil to receive Excellence in Action Cinema award, and Eric TSANG to now receive Lifetime Achievement Award The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema announced today updated awardees and special guests for the 16th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which will take place from June 30 to July 13 at the Film Society and July 14 to 16 at the SVA Theatre. The festival will pres...
TIMOTHY SPALL AND ERANA JAMES STAR IN THE SPELLBINDING SUPERNATURAL THRILLER ‘THE CHANGEOVER’ RADIANT FILMS INTERNATIONAL HANDLING FOREIGN SALES AT THE CANNES FILM MARKET AND DEBUTING BRAND NEW FOOTAGE TO BUYERS Cast: Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner, Harry Potter series) Melanie Lynskey (I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore, Up in the Air, The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Lucy Lawless (Parks and Recreation, Battlestar Galactica, Xena: Warrior Princess), Nicholas Galitzin...
Richard E. Grant (upcoming The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Logan, Jackie), Jeremy Irvine (upcoming Billionaire Boys Club, War Horse) and Golden Globe nominee Sam Neill (upcoming Thor: Ragnarok, Hunt For The Wilderpeople, Jurassic Park) have joined Roger Donaldson (The Bank Job, The Recruit, The World’s Fastest Indian) who, subject to final negotiation, will direct the historical action drama The Guinea Pig Club written by Mike Riddell (The Insatiable Moon), it was announced today by Radiant ...
New Zealand based film producer Murray Francis (10,000 BC, The World’s Fastest Indian) has signed a multi-year, multi-picture production funding partnership with Monaco based philanthropist Sir Owen Glenn, it was announced today by Francis, CEO of Propaganda Film. Glenn, a New Zealander based in Monaco with international interests around the globe, will hold a 50% stake in Propaganda Film. Under the far reaching partnership, Francis and Glenn have announced an initial slate of t...
Saturday’s morning discussion at the Kitisenranta School featured Spanish director Carlos Saura who talked about his long and varied career with interviewer Timo Malmi. Saura often deals with themes of memory and past and said that his father used to entertain the children with a memory board where he collected news clippings, drawings and pictures. The family used to look at the board together and reminisce about the past. Saura spent his youth moving from city t...
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Fort d'une expérience acquise dans la distribution de films pour deux Majors (Sony et Fox mariée sous a direction avec UGC) Bruno Chatelin propose une expérience pointue au service de votre stratégie digitale à Travers sa structure de Conseil MAJOR BUZZ FACTORY Le fondateur Bruno Chatelin : un Professionnel de la communication entouré de spécialistes, son expérience est ancrée sur trois univers La publicité, Le mark.eting et le digital.
La plus belle avenue au monde fait son cinéma depuis quelques années avec une grande modestie médiatique, pas si fréquente dans le monde des festivals, en tous cas vis à vis de notre audience (et ce en dépit de plusieurs demandes d'informations). On le regrette bien sur mais on félicite la solide logique d'exploitant (tickets payants plutôt que gratuits et plutôt chers, les pop corns et la fête en plus) une programmation ...
Joli démarrage pour le festival avec la projection de Thelma et Louise hier soir, conditions idéales... Films sous les étoiles, le festival gratuit de cinéma en plein air du domaine de Saint-Cloud, revient les 22, 23 et 24 juin 2017. Sur la pelouse fraîche du parc, venez découvrir une sélection de films cultes qui mettent en avant des personnages féminins forts. Dans le si joli domaine du parc de Saint-Cloud, au coeur des 460...
16e édition du 9 au 17 novembre 2017 CineHorizontes, le Festival de Cinéma Espagnol de Marseille, a le plaisir de vous communiquer un première aperçu de sa 16e édition qui aura lieu du 9 au 17 novembre et qui, comme chaque année, sera riche en surprises. Comme le veut la tradition, cette édition sera précédée, les 4 et 5 novembre, d'un prélude d'exception : un week-end entièremen...
Les films européens représentent un tiers de tous les films promus sur les plateformes de VOD en Europe! Nouveau rapport gratuit par l'Observatoire européen de l'audiovisuel Nombre, origine et ventilation des films objets d’une promotion Les films américains se taillent toujours la part du lion avec 58 % L’Observatoire européen de l’audiovisuel publie une nouvelle analyse de la visibilité et la promo...
C'était un des premiers rôles de Julia Roberts et un beau souvenir au festival de Deauville1990 (sortie en janvier 1991)! Le casting de l époque: Kiefer Sutherland , Julia Roberts , Kevin Bacon , William Baldwin, produit par Michael Douglas!… ...
19e édition du Festival du cinéma brésilien de Paris se tient du 20 au 27 juin 2017 dans la grande salle du cinéma l'Arlequin (76, rue de Rennes - 75 006 Paris). Parmi les films projetés, ne ratez pas : > les 8 fictions en compétition pour recevoir le prix du public > les documentaires récents sur les sujets les plu..
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