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FESTIVAL NEWS FROM THE CIRCUIT
Death of the Big Screen?
Inspired by the Blog article: ?How Long Until A Feature Film Made on the iPhone is in Theaters? by Peter Hall, our Intern Heather Poole gives her opinion on the future of Filmmaking: The new iPhone 4G is the latest edition to the Apple revolution but is it the beginning of the end for the big screen in cinema? By: Heather Poole, ECU 2011 Festival Intern With new technologies constantly ...
HDSLR Cameras: The Latest Hot Trend
By Rhiannon Hobbins, Festival Manager I was in serious post-festival daze when I first watched G-Technology?s ?Faces of the Festival? film. And I?ve got to admit that I was truly impressed. Sure, it brought back great memories from the festival. But the image quality was amazing and I was intrigued to learn that they filmed it all on a SLR camera. Surely SLR cameras are just for still phot...
ECU Scott Hilier's June Festival Update
With a lot of Europe preparing itself for a nice long summer break we seem to have stepped up a gear and had an incredibly busy month here at ÉCU this month ? and the cool thing is that there appears to be no end in sight as we head down various roads and avenues at warp speed! Last week I was joined at the London Film Academy by Lousia Mayman (director of ÉCU 2010?s Best Student Film) for a...
No Ice or Snow: The Berlinale Outdoors in Summer!
At the 8th Summer Berlinale from July 16 to 19, the Open Air Cinema in Friedrichshain is presenting - in collaboration with radioeins - five highlights from the 60th Berlin International Film Festival's programme. These films have yet to be released in German movie theatres. Besides Bal (Honey), winner of this year's Golden Bear, three audience favourites will be shown from the Panorama...
CIFF (Cambodia's First Cinema Industry Showcase)
The Cambodia International Film Festival organizes the Cinema Industry Showcase as one of its key events. At this expo, booths display the latest equipment, products and services available for making movies in Cambodia. There is also a strong emphasis on tourism with the opportunity to promote Cambodia as a country with a rich culture ? perfect for destination travel. Categories for displays i...
African directors to film in China for Rotterdam Film Festival program
Inspired by the growing influence of China in some African countries, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) asks seven filmmakers from South Africa, Cameroon, Uganda, Rwanda, Congo and Angola to make films in China. The African directors' films will premiere, along with a contextual film program, during the Rotterdam's 40th edition. The program, titled ?Raiding Africa', includes a film ...
CIFF (Screenings)
Screenings include : Successful Independent Films from around the world Classic & Modern Khmer Films Award-winning Documentaries from around the world Youth-oriented Films Made in Cambodia Films TV Series Music Videos ...
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FILM NEWS FROM THE CIRCUIT
Wading Through the Results of Climate Change
by Marc Halperin We had lunch last Saturday with Michael Nash the director of Climate Refugees which has a free screening today at the LA film festival. The film focuses on Bangladesh, Chad, China, Kenya, Tuvalu, and the USA and promises to be a riveting 89 minutes. ?Climate Refugees? is a term few people outside the U.S. military and U.N. circles are familiar with until now. This illumi...
Genius or stupidity? It might be both.
There's a rumor swirling around the blogosphere regarding a front-page story in The New York Times on June 9th about Chevy. I mean, Chevrolet. Apparently, a memo was issued that week urging employees ?? the ones that are left ?? no longer to refer to their employer as Chevy. ?We?d ask that whether you?re talking to a dealer, reviewing dealer advertising, or speaking with friends and family, th...
Do Documentaries Really Matter?
After the intense (and enjoyable) experience of sitting through at least 15 documentary feature films over 4 days at the just concluded AFI-Discovery Channel Documentary Festival, the question organically arose: do documentaries really matter? As someone who trained in documentary filmmaking techniques (and who made a few, best to be forgotten non-fiction nothings) and an admirer of the stamin...
SILVERDOCS Film In Focus: MAKING THE BOYS
Sometimes, it takes time passing for true worth to be revealed. Such is clearly the case with the controversial 1960s play THE BOYS IN THE BAND, which was the first drama to feature openly gay men in their natural habitat of downtown Manhattan. The play, by fledgling writer Mart Crowley, was a cultural watershed in 1968 when it opened in a tiny theater in New York?s West Village. It became no...
LA Film Festival Day 8: The world premiere of TWILIGHT, and an anti-Twilight
While the full moon hung over LA, long black limos descended on Downtown, delivering sacrificial celebrities to a blood-red carpet for the world premiere of arguably the most anticipated box office film in history. But those 'vampires' held no hold over me. I was busy interviewing the real stars of Twilight- the "Twi-hard" fans who'd flown from all around the country, and as far as Cana...
Silverdocs Film In Focus: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN
After you have produced one of the influential documentaries of your generation (and also won an Oscar for it), what do you do for an encore? Well, for Davis Guggenheim, the director of AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, the rousing documentary that focused on the debate surrounding global warming and climate change (and that resurrected the moribund political career of former vice president Al Gore), th...
The Third Annual Love Unlimited Film Festival and Arts Exhibition
The Third Annual Love Unlimited Film Festival and Arts Exhibition is dedicated to international outreach in order to promote love through Film, Visual Arts, Music, Writing and Screenplay Writing. Our website is available in over 50 languages and ticket fees to the events are always low with no one turned away for lack of funds making our event accessible to people worldwide. This festival offers ...
Here I go again, picking on poor Wieden + Kennedy.
I feel like I need to start this post by backpedaling. Wieden + Kennedy is one of the greatest ad agencies in the history of advertising. They've done incredible work over years ?? some of the most persuasive, iconic, spectacular advertising that truly moved the marketing communication business forward. And no, I'm not just talking about the "old" Wieden + Kennedy. Last y...
FREAKONOMICS Opens AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival
The focus returns to documentaries from the US and around the world as the AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival kicked off on Monday evening, June 21. The Festival and International Documentary Conference are the largest events of their kind in the United States, bringing together non-fiction producers, distributors, television executives, film festival programmers and a bevv...
Davis Guggenheim’s WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN”
DOG SWEAT turns up the heat at LA Fest
The Doors, When You’re Strange, exhibition 9th July - 5th Sept
TIRZA to open 30th edition of the Netherlands Film Festival
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NEWS FROM THE CIRCUIT PLAYERS
The Honorees at this year's Philadelphia QFest
The Honorees at this year's QFest are a talented and eclectic bunch. Please join us in celebrating 2010's cross-generational and multi-talented recipients for QFest's Artistic Achievement Awards. Cheryl Dunye: Artistic Achievement Award in Directing ...
Sylvester Stallone packs an award winning punch, scoring a standing ovation at the LA Film Festival
What is it about seeing movie stars in person that so entrances people? It must be something more than the magnetism of their fame. Seeing Sylvester Stallone speak at the LA Film Festival was one of those experiences where you can feel the entire audience sitting in awe. It wasn't just the Roc...
Secrets And Lies: The Pat Tillman Story
It is one of the defining news stories of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars?.when all-star football player Pat Tillman walked away from a multi-million dollar contact with the Arizona Cardinals in May 2002 to join the Army, he became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor following the events of 9...
LA Fest red carpet, Twilight's Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and more
Actress Kristen Stewart arrives to the premiere of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. Actors Robert Pa...
Honoring Frederick Wisem A Documentary Master
At a film festival devoted to non-fiction works from around the world, the presence of a true documentary master is cause for celebration. Such was the atmosphere on Wednesday evening at the AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival, which honored documentary pioneer Frederick Wisem...
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AWARDS
Palm Springs ShortFest announces winners
2010 PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORTFEST ANNOUNCES FESTIVAL WINNERS The Gold Mine receives 3 awards including Best of Festival Award; Off Season receives Panavision Grand Jury Award; The Story of My Life receives Future Filmmaker Award The 2010 Palm Springs International ShortFest & Short Fi...
Brussels Film Festival Awards
Films in Official Competition ALL THAT I LOVE by Jacek Borcuch (Poland) ALLES STROOMT by Danyael Sugawara (The Netherlands) BIBLIOTHEQUE PASCAL by Szabolcs Hajdu (Hungary /Germany /UK) C'EST DEJA L'ETE by Martijn Smets (The Netherlands) CORRIDOR by Johan Lundborg & Johan Storm (Sweden...
2010 Silverdocs Audience Awards
The AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival Audience Award Winners were announced on Sunday evening as the seven-day doc fest came to an end after screening more than 100 films from over 50 countries. More than 25,000 attendees and 1000 film and media professionals participated in...
10 films pre-selected to compete for this year's LUX Prize within the framework of the Brussels European Film Festival
The European Parliament today unveiled the ten films pre-selected to compete for this year's LUX Prize within the framework of the Brussels European Film Festival. These films, produced in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Romania or the United Kingdo...
Phuket Film Festival 2010 Names Award Winners
Lower than expected theater attendance, a reluctance to travel to "town" to view movies, a need by organizers to cut financial losses by releasing screening equipment early (equipment that was costing nearly 30,000 Baht a day) shortening the Festival to 7 days from 10 and underfunding,...
2010 Silverdocs Award Winners
The AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival announced its award winners at a typically low-key awards ceremony on Saturday afternoon, culminating the weeklong festival activities that included the screening of 102 films representing 54 countries, a free outdoor screening, live perf...
LA Fest red carpet, awards on day 10
Festival director Rebecca Yeldham, actress Melissa Leo, actress Gena Rowlands, LA Film Festival Artistic Director David Ansen, and Film Independent execu...
LA Film Festival day 9: and the WINNERS ARE....
I didn't think it would be possible for anything to upstage the last few days of the fest, but yes if there is one man whose indie credentials upstage them all it has to be the legendary Roger Corman walking in with none other than Peter Fonda: more in my blog coming soon about his awe-inspiring pa...
The Edinburgh International Film Festival Awards
The Edinburgh International Film Festival today announced the winners in the six competition categories for feature films at an Awards Ceremony prior to the Closing Gala of the world premiere of THIRD STAR. The awards were presented by EIFF Artistic Director Hannah McGill and Patrons Tilda Swint...
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The Environmental International Film Festival Paris November 24-30, 2010
The festival proposes an international program, addressing themes such as the environment, sustainable development, ecology, urbanism and our society.
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ECU 2011 1st-3rd April 2011
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Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival September 15th - 26th, 2010
The Wine Country Film Festival, established in 1986, is a premier showcase of international feature films, short films and documentaries. The Festival includes theatrical presentations as well as the popular "Films al Fresco" screenings under the stars in spectacular vineyard settings. The Festival features films of all genres with special sections such as "Cinema of Conscience", "The Arts in Film", "EcoCinema", "Indies Today", "International Perspectives" and "CineLatino Showcase." Submit Online
The 8th Vladivostok International Film Festival of Asian Pacific countries – “PACIFIC MERIDIAN” September 11 - 17, 2010
«Pacific Meridian» is an International Film Festival of Asian Pacific Countries. Asian-Pacific Countries are the countries surrounded by Pacific Ocean and countries of South-East Asia including India.
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HOLLYSHORTS August 5 - 12, 2010
On the heels of the most successful HollyShorts Film Festival (www.hollyshorts.com) to date which featured participation from such stars and filmmakers as Demi Moore, Kirsten Dunst, Darren Lew, Eli Roth, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Joel Moore, and Tom Everett Scott, HSFF is now accepting submissions for the 2010 festival.
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8th ANGEL FILM AWARDS MONACO FILM FESTIVAL December 9-12, 2010
One of the Premiere European awards festivals, annual competitive special interest film festival of 50 awards of various genres held in Monaco. Are the pioneers of non violent cinema from around the world, includes special nomination "Angel Peace Award" televised 2007 BBC World.Submit now
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18 th RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 29 September – 10 October 2010
The 18 th Raindance Film Festival is now open for submissions. Raindance is Europe's leading independent film festival and takes place annually in London's West End. Raindance showcases features and shorts made by independent filmmakers from all around the world and promotes all aspects of independent cinema, from guerrilla-style no-budget shorts to international indie blockbusters. Submit now
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THE CLEARWATER FILM FESTIVALSeptember 29 - October 3, 2010
The Clearwater Film Festival is a platform built to showcase seasoned filmmakers and emerging artists who demonstrate the synergy of the actor, writer and director. Quality film submissions of any length are welcome from all genres worldwide. The festival will have 5 venues and accommodate up to 29,000 people. Submit online through FestivalExpress
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MIAMI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL November 13 - November 20, 2010
The world's most creative filmmaking genre is about to be showcased at The 9th Miami Short Film Festival. Another year of festival and another opportunity for you to join us.
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BUSHO FESTIVAL September 1 - 5, 2010
BuSho (Budapest Short) was established in the autumn of 2004 by a group of young Hungarian filmmakers and the first event successfully ran its course the following year. The festival became an international breakthrough in an exceptionally short period of time: we got 360 individual entries from 45 countries in 2009.
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"A russian artist in lack of inspiration, finds in murders committed by her girlfriend, a way to create paintings for the important exhibition end of the month..."
Art et Décès aka Glamrock City by Christophe Kay Kourdouly was Awarded Best Film in the foreign category Gold Remi Award by Houston Worldfest as a US premiere and had a Cannes debut May 19th
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