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ANIMATION DAY IN CANNES MAY 18 was a public success

Animation Day in Cannes has ranked in top 2.5% of among more than 4,000 film festivals and creative contests around the world

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Animation Day in Cannes has ranked as one of the Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals on FilmFreeway for the month of May! According to reviews from real FilmFreeway users, your festival ranks in the top 2.5% of among more than 4,000 film festivals and creative contests around the world. No doubt, this ranking is a testament to the countless hours of hard work and care that you and your staff have devoted to creating such a wonderful event. We’re especially proud to be partnered with amazin...
 
 

Animation Day in Cannes Video Channel: Ambiance and Trailers from Animation Day in Cannes

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48 videos, panels, awards, networking and ambiance from a very successfull edition of Animation Day in Cannes. 102 Trailers from Animation Day in Cannes. "The whole Cannes Animation Day experience was first rate. I have to thank you for organising Animation Day in Cannes. Without your support my time in Cannes would have been totally wasted. I made several useful connections and was able to demonstrate the project to Mike Plante of the New Horizons section of the Sundance Film...

Discover the 102 trailers of the Animation Day in Cannes

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Check these teasers and trailers from films featured at the Animation Day in Cannes - May 18 ... CLICK HERE & WATCH FOR FUN

 

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CANNES & CANNES MARKET DAILIES

Cannes 2016: Films we hope to catch Later : LESLIE HOWARD The Man who gave a damn.

 
Alex Deleon <filmfestivals.com> There are so many films on view at Cannes in dozens of  screening rooms on the main festival grounds and scattered about town -- in the Marché du Cinéma film market as well as the official selection -- and so much to do beside film watching -- that it is simply impossible to see all the films, or even half of the films, one would rush out to see under normal circumstances. Cannes is not normal. Cannes is the ultimate embodiment of the ...
 

TREZOROS The Martyrdom of the Spanish Jews of Greece - A precious WWII Document

 
Again by accident on night number two I came across my second Market documentary discovery,  "Treasures" (Trezoros in  Ladino) of all places in the lobby of the Majestic Hotel which is directly in front of the Grand Palais, loaded with Festival VIPs, and is a late evening hot spot for film confabs over expensive drinks. Floating through the buzzing scene around midnight i was spotted and cornered by croatian director Arsen Ostojić whose  2012 Yugoslavian postwar trag...
 

Cannes: Documentaries in Focus A triple play from Greece, Japan and India

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Alex Deleon <filmfestivals.com> The first few days of the festival, oddly enough, I started my viewing lineup with three Market documentaries. Normally one needs a special black badge to get into market screenings in the Grand Palais but there are numerous other market screenings in hotels and other locations around town where my yellow Press badge was good enough, or pure happenstance -- being at the right place at the right time did the trick.   On my first working day I wand...
 

Cannes Reviews: Huppert and Verhoeven at Peak of Perversity in ELLE

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by Alex Deleon <film festivals.com> It's been a while since we have seen the work of Dutchman Paul  Verhoeven, now 77, the author of Basic Instinct and Total Recall. His last film, Black Book (Zwarte Boek ) 2006, was a return home to The Netherlands after a 20 year hiatus in Hollywood. Zwarte Boek, a WWII Jewish resistance thriller starring Carice van Houten was recognized in Holland not only as a glorious homecoming for Verhoeven but was also voted The Best Dutch Film of All T...
 

Cannes winners shot on Kodak35mm

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Film is back and the superior artistry of shooting on real film became clear once again at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, which closed Sunday, with four of the top prizes and two La Semaine de la Critique awards presented to official selections shot on Kodak film.   Taking home the coveted Palme d’Or was I, Daniel Blake (Director Ken Loach / DP Robbie Ryan), shot on Kodak 35mm. The Grand Prix award was taken home by Juste la Fin du Monde (It’s Only the End of the World), ...
 

Cannes 2016: DIVINES Caméra d’Or!

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Houda Benyamina’s feature film – Groupe Ouest 2013 – co-written with Romain Compingt – is Cannes 2016 revelation   Divines, Houda Benyamina‘s feature film – co-written with Romain Compingt – has been presented in theDirectors’ Fortnight of the 69th Cannes Film Festival. On Sunday evening, during the prize-giving, the film won the Golden Camera, the prize the most desired in the worl...
 

The 2016 edition of the Marché du Film has closed with a record 11,900 registrations

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This marks a three percent increase on the 11,500 badge holders registered with the market arm of the Festival de Cannes in 2015, as well as a new attendance record for the world’s largest film industry gathering. There were significantly more Chinese badge holders this year (total 494 participants); with the number up 32 percent on 2015.There were also notable increases from Brazil which was up 39 percent (total 147 participants). Growth in numbers could also be seen across Asia and L...
 
 

Interview with BILAL Writer/Director/Producer Ayman Jamal @ 69th Cannes Film Festival

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“Bilal: A New Breed of Hero” is a 3D computer-animated action-adventure drama about the real life epic story of Bilal ibn Rabah, a young African slave boy who was abducted by Arabian slave-drivers and raised in slavery 1,400 years ago. An inspiring story of freedom and survival in the face of great adversity, Bilal found his freedom after forty years of slavery. Ayman Jamal is writer/director/producer of “Bilal”, which premiered in the film market and Animation Day at 6...
 

Interview with Jonathan Wolf (AFM) @ 69th Cannes Film Festival

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Jonathan Wolf has been Managing Director of AFM (American Film Market) since 1998. He has been a visionary and passionate independent film advocate and pivotal force in the film industry for over two decades. I interviewed him in the Dubai Pavilion at the 69th Cannes Film Festival. Here is what he had to say:   Can you explain, for people who don't know, how important is the American Film Market in relation to the Cannes Film Festival? JONATHAN: The AFM is like a bookend to Cannes. T...
 
 

AmPav a great space during Cannes Karaoke presented by SAG

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The American Pavillion is one of those home away from homes while in Cannes. Great programming panels and new and familiar faces gives a happy vibe while networking. One of th emost anticipated events alongside great panels is the Karoke night. A packed house for our SAGindie Karaoke   Willem Dafoe and host Aaron Hillis for speaking at AmPav AmPav is the American hospitality for the film industry in Cannes, The Pavilion brings professional and emerging filmmak...
 
 

Interview with Patrick Achache, Anti-Piracy Consultant of Guardaley LTD, Law @ 69th Cannes Film Festival

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Interview with Patrick Achache, Anti Piracy Consultant for companies like Voltage Pictures, Nu Image, Benaroya Pictures, Red Granite @ 69th Cannes Film Festival. For the past few years I have been seeing Patrick at all of the world's most important film markets. At first I didn't understand what he meant when he said his job was “internet policing” but then when he explained that he is part of a new legal initiative to track down and control internet piracy, I wanted...
 

Interview with Short Filmmaker Alex Burunova @ 69th Cannes Film Festival

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PALE BLUE (2016) by Alex Burunova featured in 69th Cannes Short Film Corner. Belarus born writer/director/producer Alex Burunova attended Cannes Film Festival for the 2nd year in a row to support her 2nd film in Cannes Short Film Corner. I interviewed Alex about her experience at the festival and if she felt it has benefited her career as an indie filmmaker. Here is what she has to say:   Q: Was 'Pale Blue' based on true events? ALEX: Without giving away too much, the premise...
 

Kering and the Festival de Cannes bring the second 'Women in Motion' programme to a successful close

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Susan Sarandon et Geena Davis       69ème Festival de Cannes -  Women in Motion Awards Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images pour Kering ∞ Organised by Kering and the Fes...
 

Korean Features Take Viewers by Storm on the Croisette

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Over the last 15 years, the Cannes Film Festival has become increasingly familiar with Korean cinema, with films from the country selected almost every year, many of which have walked home with awards, whether from the official competition, one of the sidebars or the short film selections. Yet 2016 has proven to be a particularly strong year, with three films being invited to the official selection, one each in Competition, Out of Competition and Midnight Screenings, all of which were...
 

VR at HP: New Frontiers in Filmmaking: Pushing the boundaries of creativity

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69th Cannes Film Festival Wednesday, May 18th, 2.00pm-4:00pm                 2.15pm – 2.45pm Milica Zec and Winslow Turner Porter III, “Giant” 2.45pm – 3.15pm  Rob Legato,  Oscar-winning VFX Supervisor HP Studio, Hotel Majestic                 &nb...
 

First-look image of John Hurt in 'That Good Night'

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An exclusive first-look image of John Hurt in the leading role of Ralph marks the end of Principal Photography       London and Portugal, May 10th 2016 – GSP Studios, the production company behind the feature film adaptation of the NJ Crisp play THAT GOOD NIGHT, today announced the end of Principal Photography following a 31-day shoot, with the unveiling of the first official film still, featuring John Hurt.   As was recently announced, THAT GOOD NIGHT also stars ...
 

Video capture of Baher Presentation in Cannes

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Actress Mahtab Keramati and Director of her New Film Hassan Akhondpour - Baher Her Mind ...
 

 

Jerome Paillard notes a rize in registrations despite high alert level on security

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This marks a three percent increase on the 11,500 badge holders registered with the market arm of the Festival de Cannes in 2015, as well as a new attendance record for the world’s largest film industry gathering. There were significantly more Chinese badge holders this year (total 494 participants); with the number up 32 percent on 2015.There were also notable increases from Brazil which was up 39 percent (total 147 participants). Growth in numbers could also be seen across Asia and L...

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MANHATTAN SHORT 2016 Calling For Entries 

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Regular Deadline July 31st

Over 250 Cinemas Across 6 Continents Unite for One Week for One Film Festival.  MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival’s Official Call for entries. Deadline July 31, 2016.

Filmmakers have until the end of July to get their films in if they wish to be part of the 19th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival set to take place in over 250 cinemas spanning 6 continents between Sept 23-Oct 2, 2016. Over 100,000 film lovers will not only view the finalists but will judge them as well with votes being sent through to NYC where the winner will be announced on Oct 2, 2016.  Films must be 20 minutes under in length. – Click here to enter:

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Hollyshorts Film Festival
August 11 – 20, 2016
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Late Deadline: June 2, 2016

The 12th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Conference/Film Market, scheduled for August 11-20, 2016 at the world famous TCL Chinese 6 Theatres, is now accepting submissions.  HSFF, 4 times named to MovieMaker Magazine “Top 25 Fests Worth the Entry Fee” lists, has featured over 400 projects showcasing stars and filmmakers including Sofia Loren, Bill Plympton, Anthony and Joe Russo, and Felicia Day. 

In 2015, HSFF awarded over $150,000 in prizes, including $60,000 in post services for Best Short, Director, Music Video, Cinematography, VFX, and Commercial, and $15,000 Grand Prize cash .  www.hollyshorts.com

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WoFF: World of Film International Festival September 29 – October 2, 2016

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Late deadline June 1, 2016

In 2016, WoFF returns for its third edition with great energy and ideas, generated from a wonderful 2015 festival.

Our focus remains on independent cinema from all around the globe, by showcasing the work of first feature filmmakers and female directors in our two main sections, First Features and The Female Perspective, respectively.

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Animaze 2016 Montreal International Animation Film Festival  August 18th - 21st, 2016.

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Montreal  International Animation Film Festival FESTIVAL DATES June 2-5 2016 Montreal Canada Le MIAFF! is a people's film festival and industry conference dedicated to the art of animation for film and technology.  All genres and forms are welcome. Awards & Prizes Software and other award prizes. Visibility in our travelling shows in Berlin, Cannes, Annecy, Glasgow and more. Check 2015 fantastic programming on the website.

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Locarno First Look 2016 – Spotlight on Poland

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  Locarno’s works in progress sidebar (6 – 8 August 2016), designed as a springboard for the films of the future, will be focusing this year on Polish Cinema, one of Eastern Europe’s most thriving film industries. Thanks to support from the Polish Film Institute and Fundacja Polskie Centrum Audiowizualne, between five and seven films in post-production will be selected at Locarno. The producers of the selected projects will attend the Festival and present t...
 
 

Open Doors 2016 reveals its line-up

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Eight projects and eight producers from South Asia have been selected and will be presented to potential European and international partners during Open Doors. Carlo Chatrian, the Festival's Artistic Director, comments: "This initial selection of projects from South Asia shows the productivity and energy of a region with major potential. This is the first stage in a work of exploration and support that will continue over three years." Over three years...
 
 

Munich Fest Opening film: TONI ERDMANN

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Cannes hit to screen in Munich On June 23rd, the 34th INTERNATIONAL FILMFEST MÜNCHEN will open with Maren Ade’s Cannes favorite TONI ERDMANN, which took home the international film critics’ prize FIPRESCI. “We’re very proud to be able to open the festival with such an extraordinary German film, which made waves internationally and shows how entertaining and remarkable German films can be,” says festival director Diana Iljine. “The third fe...
 
 

NO PASARAN - Eine Geschichte von Menschen, die gegen den Faschismus gekämpft haben.

 
WINNER International Competition Festival del Documentario d´Abruzzo 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION Ekurhuleni International Film Festival 2016 - OFFICIAL SELECTION Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts 2016 - OFFICIAL SELECTION International Competition Festival del Documentario d´Abruzzo 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION CIFFI Colour International Film Festival of India 2015 - OFF ...
 

Interview with BILAL Writer/Director/Producer Ayman Jamal @ 69th Cannes Film Festival

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“Bilal: A New Breed of Hero” is a 3D computer-animated action-adventure drama about the real life epic story of Bilal ibn Rabah, a young African slave boy who was abducted by Arabian slave-drivers and raised in slavery 1,400 years ago. An inspiring story of freedom and survival in the face of great adversity, Bilal found his freedom after forty years of slavery. Ayman Jamal is writer/director/producer of “Bilal”, which premiered in the film market and Animation Da...
 
 

Brigadistas featuring Radio Kanario

 
OFFICIAL SELECTION Europäisches Filmfestival Göttingen 2011 - OFFICIAL SELECTION Prix International du Documentaire et du Reportage Méditerranéen 2009 - OFFICIAL SELECTION FUSION FESTIVAL 2008 - OFFICIAL SELECTION MEDIMED 2008 - OFFICIAL SELECTION CineFiesta Potsdam 2008 - OFFICIAL SELECTION Filmfestival Münster 2007 - OFFICIAL SELECTION Exground Filmfest 2007.   The premiere of Br ...
 

Rajasthan by the Roadside

 
Only little has changed in Rajasthan during the last centuries. But meanwhile, things are starting to get better - thanks to the women, they are The Powerhouse of Indian society.
 

Women for Justice - A story about the power of solidarity.

 
FINALIST Ekurhuleni International Film Festival 2016 - OFFICIAL SELECTION CinéWomen Biennial 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION CIFFI International Colour Film Festival of India 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION Auroville Film Festival 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION "Justice for All" International Crime and Punishment Film Festival 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION MEDIMED - Nomads of Documentary 2015 - OFFICIAL SE ...
 

Bilal by Ayman Jamal - Animaze Daze in Cannes Winner "Best Inspiring Animation"

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PAB the Artist who designed the original prize "Best Inspiring Movie" Yonathan Parienti CEO of Horyou.com who remitted the prize to Ayman Jamal. The Panel on Animation that matters earlier in the afternoon Jürgen Biesinger, Managing Director, Executive Producer European Film Awards with Marion Doering EFA Director with Bruno Chatelin former Member of the Board. Congratulations to the team. window.NREUM||(NREUM={});NREUM.i...
 
 

Bilal selected to play at Moscow Film Festival, out of competition

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 JURY   IVAYLO HRISTOV (December 10, 1955,Sofia, Bulgaria) Graduated from the department of acting at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts NATFIZ. Worked at the Sliven drama theatre “Stefan Kirov”. Since 1985 worked as an actor at the Theatre of Bulgarian Army in Sofia. He has more than 50 roles in theatre, and more than twenty in feature films to his credit, directed stage productions “Accidental Death of an Anarchist”, “Sex & ...
 
 

Pixel-Perfect BILAL Takes Screen at Cannes 69th & Took a Few Years, 22 Countries to Create

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Review by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent One of the most interesting aspects of movie reviewing is looking behind the screen at the provenance of a project, and with Dubai’s first ever CGI animation, BILAL, the story behind this 1400-year-old animation saga is truly gripping. Cannes 69th Film Festival is the perfect venue for this, where it will screen shortly. The cast includes excellent actors Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (who played the yacht assassination tar...
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BILAL Premieres in Cannes and Annecy

Starring: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Ian McShane China Anne McClain Jacob Latimore Michael Gross Thomas Nicholas Mark Rolston Cynthia Kaye Fred Tatasciore

Directed By: Khurram Alavi and Ayman Jamal 

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family - 105 minutes - United Arab Emirates, USA
 
Release Date: Fall 2016
 

 

Enoc The Resplendent Stargate by Martha Marin Premiering in Cannes

 

World premiere of our film in Cannes May 17.

An artistic journey between fiction and documentary film at the same time, throughout space, time, dimensions, light and music, that are conducting through the full sequence to a live experience of Enoc the Resplendent Stargate Energy®

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The Shonku Diaries - A Unicorn Adventure by Kamal Bansal Written by Satyajit Ray
Animaze Daze in Cannes Winner

10 year old Mo & 13 year old Melody seek the help of their father’s dear friend, scientist & explorer Professor Shonku to find their missing father left earlier on a quest in search of the unicorn. En route they experience fantastical exploits & adventures that take them into opulent depths of the Himalayas, which are aided by a trail of clues.

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Paranoid Girls Comedy by Pedro del Santo was qualified for Oscar selection running for best film, best original song...

Ana, Paula and Veronica become fascinated by modeling and the life that it offers. Yet, they gradually begin to discover the dark side of fashion hidden behind the fame and glamour of the spotlights. The women experience downfall as they engage with an antagonistic photographer who drags models into a high stakes abyss of danger. The women learn to value friendship over the lures of fashion pitfalls and enjoy life's simplicities in the end.

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Revolution by Rob Stewart (Sharkwater) 
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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.

 

Get Happy by Manoj Annadurai 
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Feature - Feel Good Movie  - World premiered in Montreal World Film Festival Winner best romantic comedy in Manhattan Fest

Charlie Kane can’t catch a break. He grew into a man who expects the worse out of life and gets it. But that changes when, by chance, he meets a bright, sunny sprite of a woman named Holly who turns him from a dour drip into someone finally allowing himself to be happy.Then a bus flattens her before Charlie eyes. Charlie opts for suicide but can’t even successfully give up on life. Left with no other choice, he adopts Holly’s ethos of positivity and just decides to be happy... by ignoring all the bad things in life. But his cynical best friend isn’t buying Charlie’s new-found happiness and sets out to save Charlie by making him miserable again. 

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19th annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival wrapped

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    Thank you everyone who contributed to the success of the 19th annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival! In addition to welcoming over 2,500 audience members for films and special events, the festival also welcomed over 50 guests from many corners of Texas, the United States, and Latin America. The CLAIFF19 program selections included a total of 38 feature films, 61 short films, and 16 music vi...
 

12th Kino Otok – Isola Cinema with shifts on screen and under it

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During the 1st and 5th of June at the 12th international film festival Kino Otok â Isola Cinema, weâll be looking into stories whose motor is movement in itself. By experiencing stories of migrations pushed aside â geographical or intimate â individuals, people like us, will unfold from the anonymous masses. For five early summer days, Isola will once again become a film and social venue with a programme of films screening on Manzioli square and other lo...
 

56th Krakow Film Festival has started

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The 56th edition of Krakow Film Festival, one of the oldest and the most recognisable events dedicated to documentary, animated and short films, has started on 29th May. During 8 days of the festival, the viewers will have a chance to watch, in 4 competitions and 12 non-competing sections, over 250 films from Poland and around the world, the majority of which will be shown in Poland for the first time.   In four competitions, 114 films will vie for the recognition of the jury a...
 

La Pazza Gioia Opening Night at Brussels Film Festival

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17 > 24 .06       La Pazza Gioia Opening Night PREMIERE The Festival will open on 17th June at Flagey with the marvellous Italian comedy La Pazza Gioia directed by Paolo Virzi in the presence of its star V...
 

SIFFX: VR Opening Night at Seattle

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SIFFX is a brand-new four-day festival within the Seattle International Film Festival showcasing the most current and creative thinking in virtual reality/VR, augmented reality/AR and 360°immersion. Opening Night will feature a 360º presentation of films by...
 

URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL RIO AWARD WINNERS 2016

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Films from Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Italy, Spain and Switzerland winning the Yellow Einstein Award of the 6th International Uranium Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro’s 6th International Uranium Film Festival awarded  films from 8 countries: Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Six films received the Yellow Einstein Award and 4 films the festival’s Special Recognition. In total the festival screened in the ci...
 

NYAFF Announces Full 2016 Slate

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     Full Lineup for THE 15th NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL June 22 – July 9, 2016   Opening Gala is the World Premiere of Kazuya Shiraishi’s Japanese crime epic Twisted Justice; Centerpiece Gala is the North American Premiere of Ralston Jover's Hamog (Haze); and Closing Gala is the International Premiere of Adam Tsuei’s The Tenants Downstairs from Taiwan 51-film festival features spotlights on the cinemas of Hong Kong, South Korea...
 

CINEMAQ The Denver LGBTQ festival will take place at the Sie FilmCenter July 21-24

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  The Denver Film Society (DFS) announced today the full lineup for the CinemaQ Film Festival, taking place at the Sie FilmCenter July 21 - 24. Opening the Festival, is the documentary Strike A Pose, about seven young male dancers featured in the film Truth or Dare, revisits Madonna's controversial tour 25 years after the fact, to reveal the truth about life during and after the tour. The film screens Thursday, July 21 at 7:00pm ...
 

At the 12th Kino Otok – Isola Cinema, a fishing tale will be the first to shine

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  On Wednesday, the 1st of June, Fish Tail will unfold its fishing nets from the Atlantic onto the big screen of Manzioli’s open-air cinema. The opening film of the new edition of the international film festival Kino Otok – Isola Cinema will be accompanied to the screen by its author, Portuguese director Joaquim Pinto, who will present itself on the Island with two other films. At the same time and only a stone’s throw away the Lighthouse will open Video on the beach wi...
 
 

18 - 30 May in Afula, Israel

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Dear friends! More than 1000 authors from 70 countries submitted their works to the festival. Many thanks to all! All officially selected projects are available on the festival website http://nnfestival.tk ...
 

NYC Indie Film Festival Partnering with InkTip for 2017 Fest!

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We are looking forward to partnering with InkTip once again for the 2017 New York City Independent Film Festival! Finding good screenplays and professional writers is fast and easy on InkTip. Access is free to qualified producers, directors, agents, and managers. For more info visit http://bit.ly/1s5lhdV.      ...
 

Finnish Film Affair announces new venues

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  Photo: Löyly/Jasper Pääkkönen The 5th Finnish Film Affair will be organised on Sept 20-22 as part of the Helsinki IFF. This year's edition will introduce brand new venues as guests will be accommodated in the recently renovated Radisson Blu Plaza. The Works in Progress showcase and Industry panel will be organized in Kinopalatsi, one of the Finnkino's main multiplexes in Helsinki, located across the street from the hotel. The sauna and dinner party will be o...

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Lorenzo Benedetti parrain des Cross Video Days 2016

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Lorenzo Benedetti, parrain de la 7e édition des Cross Video Days les 8/9 Juin à Paris. Lorenzo Benedetti est intrinsèquement cros...
 
 

Pardo alla carriera to Mario Adorf

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    The 69th Festival del film Locarno will pay homage to German actor Mario Adorf, honoring him with this year’s Pardo alla carriera. The award ties in with the 2016 Retrospective on film in the early years of the Federal Republic of Germany after World War II (1949 – 1963), but is also a tribute to his extraordinary range of performances across a career stretching over more than sixty years. Born in 1930, Mario Adorf is one of the best known German screen...
 
 

The "Premio Raimondo Rezzonico" 2016 goes to Independent Producer David Linde

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American producer and executive David Linde will receive the Premio Raimondo Rezzonico at the upcoming 2016 Festival del film Locarno, an award known as a key industry tribute dedicated to the world’s most significant independent film producers. Previous award recipients include Arnon Milchan, Mike Medavoy, Christine Vachon and Margaret Ménégoz. Linde’s remarkable contributions to the making of dozens of international successes in his capacity as a production, acquisi...
 

Religion Today Filmfestival: what is it?

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Since 1997 Religion Today has been the foremost international and itinerant film festival dedicated to Cinema and Religions for a culture of peace and dialogue between faiths, cultures, peoples and individuals. It promotes a journey “exploring the differences”, both in religious practices and beliefs and in cinematic styles and languages, towards a mutual enrichment through reciprocal knowledge and comparison. Together with the world cinema competition, ope...
 
 

Guards at the Taj Wins Best New American Play at 2016 OBIE Awards

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By: Maria Esteves – May 26, 2016 The 61st Annual 2016 OBIE Awards honoring Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway theater exceptional achievements of 2015-2016, by two-time OBIE host and OBIE winning actress Lea Delaria (1998 OBIE recipient, On The Town) was held at the historic Webster Hall ballroom, New York, Monday, May 23, 7:00 pm. This year’s award presenters were Kate Burton, Colman Domingo, Tovah Feldshuh, Savion Glover, Danai Gurira, Natasha Katz, Lisa Kron, Norm Lewis, Willi...
 

Ayman Jamal on 'Navigating the Co-Production Matrix' at Cannes Film Finance Forum 2016

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Navigating the Co-Production Matrix - What structures are emerging to get cross-border deals done? - How to identify the right partners in an international marketplace  - What are the best incentives in 2016? - Cross border issues & solutions - Dealing with distribution rights Moderator: Joseph Chianese, Executive Vice President, EP Financial Solutions  Panelists: Robert Ogden Barnum, Founding Partner and Producer, Fortitude International Emilie Blezat, Hea...
 

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Footage Award Winners Honoured at FOCAL's 13th Annual Gala Awards

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The 13th annual FOCAL International Awards in association with AP Archive took place last Thursday night before a full house at The Lancaster London Hotel. Now well into their second decade and going strong, The FOCAL International Awards celebrate the best use of footage in all variety of genres, across all media platforms, with the 2016 event showing strength from around the global production community. HOST KATE ADIE.   ...
 

THE RIO DE JANEIRO URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS 2016

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Films from Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Italy, Spain and Switzerland winning the Yellow Einstein Award of the 6th International Uranium Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro June 1st, 2016  -  Rio de Janeiro’s 6th International Uranium Film Festival awarded  films from 8 countries: Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Six films received the Yellow Einstein Award and 4 films the festival’s Special Recognition. In total the festival screened in the cinematheque of Rio de Janeiro’s Modern Art Museum (MAM) 49 films from all over the world about atomic power, uranium, nuclear security and radioactive risks.
 

Award Ceremony at the 16th Nippon Connection Film Festival

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Comedy about aging yakuza, family drama, and documentary awarded After six days with over 100 films from Japan and a rich variety of other cultural events, the 16th Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection in Frankfurt am Main ended on May 29. With far more than 16,000 visitors, a new record was set, and many of the film screenings, concerts, and workshops were quickly sold out – thanks also to around 60 guests. Directors, actors, producers, and artists from Japan and fro...
 

Guards at the Taj Wins Best New American Play at 2016 OBIE Awards

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By: Maria Esteves – May 26, 2016 The 61st Annual 2016 OBIE Awards honoring Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway theater exceptional achievements of 2015-2016, by two-time OBIE host and OBIE winning actress Lea Delaria (1998 OBIE recipient, On The Town) was held at the historic Webster Hall ballroom, New York, Monday, May 23, 7:00 pm. This year’s award presenters were Kate Burton, Colman Domingo, Tovah Feldshuh, Savion Glover, Danai Gurira, Natasha Katz, Lisa Kron, Norm Lewis, Willi...
 

ATOM Awards (Australia’s leading film and media awards)

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                        AUDIENCE CHOICE WINNERS ANNOUNCED! We are proud to announce the winners from this year’s audience choice voting in selected 2015 ATOM Awards categories. The ATOM Awards are Australia&r...
 

Conclusion and Award Winners of the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film

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Films Painting a Portrait of our World   Stuttgart, May 1, 2016 – The 23rd Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) ended with an awards ceremony on Sunday. This year, the programme has been even more extensive than in previous years, And while the number of festival partners has increased, the festival has remained true to its initial concept: to present a multifaceted programme of top-class animated films to guests from the international animation industry – and, ab...
 

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Dear FilmFestivals.com Subscribers,   As a filmmaker, I understand the importance of striving to find all avenues by which to get your film seen by the film-loving public. On the festival circuit, the hope is always to find a distributor who loves your film as much as you do. Unfortunately, those odds rest at about a 25% chance of finding one (may vary from festival to festival).   Festpicks will eliminate that problem. We encourage filmmakers and distributors to come ...

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Major Buzz Factory : Expérience de Bruno Chatelin du marketing Digital pour les films

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Rendez-vous à La Rochelle, du 1er au 10 juillet, avec Barbet Schroeder, Frederick Wiseman, Alain Guiraudie, Yesim Ustaoglu, Deniz Akçay, Anca Damian, Luce Vigo, Agnès Varda et Michel Legrand, Catherine Samie, Chantal Goya, Gianfranco Rosi, Cristi Puiu, Julie Bertuccelli, Hélène Nicolas et Véronique Truffert, Justine Triet, Thierry Knauff, Rachid Djaïdani, Sébastien Betbeder, Thomas Scimeca, François Chattot, Sébastien Marnier,...
 

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Mon ami Dino en soirée de clôture à Fantasia

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L’Atelier distribution de films et Alma films sont très heureux d’annoncer que Mon ami Dino, le troisième long métrage de Jimmy Larouche mettant en vedette Dino Tavarone, Michel Côté, Joëlle Morin, Manuel Tadros et Sasha Migliarese, sera présenté le mardi 2 août lors de la soirée de clôture du 20e Festival international de films Fantasia. Le film sera projeté aux festivaliers en présence des com&e...
 

Folles de joie ouvrira le Brussels Film Festival le 17 juin prochain

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17 > 24 .06     Folles de joie Gala d'ouverture AVANT-PREMIERE Le Festival s'ouvrira le vendredi 17 juin à Flagey avec la délicieuse com&e...
 

Lancement d'une nouvelle pPlateforme participative pour financer la restauration des films

 
Le 8 juin 2016, le Groupe YMAGIS, spécialisé dans les technologies numériques pour l'industrie du cinéma, lancera CELLULOID ANGELS, la première plateforme de financement participatif ("crowdfunding") pour la restauration des films de patrimoine. Une quinzaine de films sera proposée sur la plateforme dès son lancement dont Les Tontons flingueurs de Georges Lautner, L'Empire des sens de Nagisa Oshima, Le Grand Bleu de Luc Besson, L...
 
 

Les Prix Jean Vigo 2016 seront remis lundi 6 juin

 
Les Prix Jean Vigo 2016 seront remis lundi 6 juin à 19h30 précises* au Centre Pompidou (75004 Paris - Métro Rambuteau - Cinéma 1, Niveau 1) Créés en 1951, les Prix Jean Vigo distinguent l’indépendance d’esprit, la qualité et l'originalité des cinéastes de court et long métrages. Plutôt que saluer l’excellence d’un film, le Prix Jean Vigo tient à remarquer un auteur d'aven...
 
 

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