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NEWSLETTER N° 602: June 10, 2013

NEWSLETTER N° 602: June 10, 2013- This weekly newsletter has reached 154 112 subscribers.

 

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Awards of the 53rd Krakow Film Festival

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INTERNATIONAL MUSIC DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION DocFilmMusic   Having seen all the competition films, the DocFilmMusic Jury consisting of: Petr Zelenka – the chairman (the Czech Republic), Jeroen Berkvens (the Netherlands), Andy Markowitz (the UK) has decided to award: GOLDEN HEYNAL for the Director of the Best Film – Jay Bulger, the director of BEWARE OF MR. BAKER (USA).   In documentaries about music and musicians, you want a film that showcases talent on both sides...
 

Uranium Film Festival ends with Samba of Rio de Janeiro’s famous Favela Mangueira, where Samba was born

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URANIUM FILM FESTIAL RIO DE JANEIRO YELLOW OSCAR WINNER Film Director Mr  Pradeep Indulkar and main film character Mr  Chandrasen Namdeo Arekar.jpg In typical Brazilian style with Samba and Caipirinha Magnifica ended the 3rd International Uranium Film Festival of Rio Janeiro 2013 in the cinema of the Modern Art Museum (MAM). A band of Rio de Janeiro’s famous Favela Mangueira, where Rio´s popular Samba was born, played for the selected audience with the presence of Atomic...
 

Uranium Film Festival Short Comedy Yellow Oscar


Rio de Janeiro´s Yellow Oscar goes to Curiosity Kills   Sander Maran is a promising filmmaker from Estonia (Baltic Film and Media School). His 2012 produced short comedy ”Curiosity Kills” already received the Audience Award of Helsinki’s H2T Festival. Now it won the Yellow Oscar of the third International Uranium Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro in the category “Best short comedy”. Synopsis: “A 10 year old boy is fascinated by his father&#...

Atomic Ivan, Nuclear Savage and High Power received Rio de Janeiro´s Yellow Oscar

There is Live after Cannes - Uranium Film Festival 2013 In typical Brazilian style with Samba and Caipirinha Magnifica ended the 3rd International Uranium Film Festival of Rio Janeiro 2013 in the cinema of the Modern Art Museum (MAM). A band of Rio de Janeiro’s famous Favela Mangueira, where Rio´s popular Samba was born, played for the selected audience with the presence of Atomic Bomb Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the festival winners. In total six Films from six countrie...
 

> THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT 

 

First International Day at Kino Otok Isola Pays Tribute to a History

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The first international day pays  tribute to Silvan Furlan, and it is the way how Kino Otok joins the 60th anniversary of one of the first supporters of the festival. The The first international screening day of 9th Kino Otok Isola, the 6th of June brought to light a wonderful story from the history of European Cinematography, with a documentary directed by Silvan Furlan, founder of Slovenian Cinematheque, a film journalist, filmmaker and screenwriter from Slovenia, Deklica s Furnikulami/...
 

First Festival of Czech and Slovak films in Melbourne

The first Czech & Slovak Film festival starts tomorrow in Melbourne, Australia. The festival will open in the exclusive spaces of the Capitol Theatre, a building that opened in 1924 and is one of the most notable historical buildings in Melbourne, with this year’s winner of the Czech Lion for best film, David Ondříček’s In the Shadow. The opening was preceded by the start of an exhibition of Jiří Trnka in Gallery Domov as well as the showing of some of Trnka...
 

12th edition of the Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF) from 31 May- 9 June.

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  -TIFF PRESS RELEASE- The 12th edition of the Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF) kicked off on May 31st.. The festival will run until June 9th, 2013. Located in the beautiful historic city of Cluj, TIFF is the largest film festival in Romania and has experienced a fabulous and highly energetic growth over the past few years. In 2012, festival presented 241 films from 46 countries, screened in 13 venues. More than 800 guests (directors, actors, producers, sales agents, jou...
 

Kino Otok Isola 2013

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The 3 -  9 June 2013 is once again come to life in Isola at International Film Festival Kino Otok - Isola Cinema.Young authors will present their works under a starry sky at Isola Beach Lighthouse - on display will be a wide selection of independent productions, always exploring the wealth of expressive possibilities the medium of film as well as a bold and innovative way of showing your posture to society and the world around you.The subjects of films are open, free, connecting to demoli...
 

UCLA TFT to honor Shane Acker, Ben Affleck, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, David Magee at 22nd Annual Film Festival

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The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT), one of the world’s most prominent academic institutions for entertainment and performing arts education, announced today the honorees for its 22nd Annual Film Festival.    Academy Award® nominee Shane Acker, ’98, ’04, will be honored with the Crystal Anvil Award on Saturday, June 8 at the James Bridges Theater during the Festival of Animation. Acker, whose first feature length animated production, “9...
 

London Archive Film Festival 8 and 10-13 June 2013

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8 and 10-13 June 2013 At The Cinema Museum Dugard Way (off Renfrew Road) London SE11 4TH     This Festival is an event for anybody who is interested in documentaries that rely on archival footage as a narrative vehicle. The Festival aims to showcase international archive-based documentaries, some of which never get a showing in the UK. Three of the documentaries featuring in this year’s Festival are UK premieres while the fourth is the London premiere. Saturday, 8 June...
 

2013 SACRAMENTO French Film Festival Line up


COME FOR THE FILMS… AND STAY FOR THE FOOD, THE WINE, THE PASTIS, THE MUSIC, THE CONVERSATION, THE RAFFLE, THE ART EXHIBITION, THE SUMPTUOUS ART DECO AUDITORIUM OF THE CREST THEATRE, PROFESSOR KEVIN ELSTOB, THE FUN ATMOSPHERE, THE SPECIAL GUESTS, THE CHAMPAGNE, THE SURPRISES, ETC…   12th SFFF – JUNE 21-30 2013 – SHOWTIMES You can find synopsis, trailers, posters for each film: http://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/program.htm Here is a link to a p...

Get ready for the 2nd Finnish Film Affair 2013

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          Concrete Night, Bufo Oy   Building on the success of its first edition, the Helsinki International Film Festival follows up with a second edition of the Finnish Film Affair – the country’s main international industry showcase from Sept 24 to 26, 2013. ...
 

URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL RIO DE JANEIRO

URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNER - ATOMIC IVAN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER VIKTORIA GROMIK WITH YELLOW OSCAR IN RIO DE JANEIRO
 

EIFF Announces 2013 Programme

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Artistic Director Chris Fujiwara announced this morning at Filmhouse in Edinburgh details of the programme for the 67th edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF). This year the Festival, which runs from 19-30 June, will showcase 146 features from 53 countries, including 14 World premieres, 6 international premieres and 10 European premieres.   The Festival boasts 125 new features, with highlights including FOR THOSE IN PERIL, the debut feature by Paul Wright, a contender f...

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Philip K Dick Film Festival New York CALLING December 5-8,2013 New York, NY -

The festival is the first in the five boroughs devoted to science and science fiction. Named for the iconic novelist and short story writer whose work inspired the films Blade Runner, Total Recall andMinority Report, the four-day event aims to start a tradition of honoring films inspired by authors who have explored the metaphysical and eerie in all its manifestations. Possible themes include cyberpunk, dystopian realities, paranoia, altered states, and singularities. Science/science fiction documentaries, features and shorts are accepted. Submit here or on WaB


17th Annual Hollywood Film Festival calling for entries

The 17th Annual HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL(Oct 17-21, 2013) is now open for submissions in the follow genres: Features (all genres including animation, drama, comedy, horror), Docs, and Shorts (including animation). With film presentations taking place in the heart of Hollywood, the Festival presents a valuable screening platform for independent filmmakers, while providing for access to the studios and industry at large. The 2013 event will take this concept to the next level, presenting a unique networking program with “HOLLYWOOD NETWORK® INITIATIVE.” SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 30, 2013 – SUBMIT TODAY on WaB or on the site!  
 

Hollyshorts calling for entries

The 9th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival, scheduled for August 15-25, 2013 at the world famous Chinese Theatre, is now accepting submissions.  (www.withoutabox.com/login/4655). 2012 HSFF featured over 300 projects showcasing stars and filmmakers including Neil Labute, Zachary Quinto, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Joe Carnahan, awarded over $70,000 in prizes, including $30,000 in post services courtesy of Company 3 for Best Short, Director, Music Video, and Commercial. www.hollyshorts.com Submit now

 
NociCortinfestival | International Short Film Festival calling for shorts

8 Annual NociCortinfestival | International Short Film Festival runs August 01, 2013 to August 04, 2013 BARI Italy http://www.nocicinema.it Films of all subjects and styles will be considered for selection. All films entered into the competition must have been produced after January 1st, 2011, and must be no more than 30 minutes in length. We welcome films that have already been screened at other film festivals. 

Above all, we are looking for films that are original, creative and that tell an engaging story. Submit

 


The Inigo Film Festival calling for shorts...
TIFF Regulations for the 4th  Iñigo Film Festival 2013   1. The 4 th  Iñigo Film Festival (TIFF) and the “Iñigo Awards” are sponsored by the Society of Jesus as represented by the Conference of European Provincials (CEP). 2. The prizes (“Iñigo Awards”) will be awarded to short films on the theme “City of God”.Submit online 

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> THE FILM PARADE

 

Looking back! 65th Cannes Film Festival. 'Paradise: Love' (2012)

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‘Paradise: Love’ (‘Paradies: Liebe’, 2012). No one comments about sexual tourism when it deals with men traveling to foreign countries for bargain sex (Amsterdam, Brazil, Thailand, Japan, etc., etc.) but when Ulrich Seidl takes on the anything but subtle subject of women traveling the globe for sex tourism, the film is controversial and hotly debated. Sometimes labeled as racist and vulgar, ‘Paradise: Love’ is a story about consensual sex for money between ...
 

'Venus with a Penis' by Vanessa McMahon: On Polanski's 'Venus à La Fourrure’ (‘Venus in Fur’, 2013)

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painting: The Titian painting Venus with a Mirror, from which Severin gets the idea of Venus in furs.    'Venus with a Penis' by Vanessa McMahon. Based on the 1870 Austrian novella ‘Venus im Pelz’ by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Roman Polanski’s latest film, "La Vénus à la fourrure" (‘Venus in Fur’, 2013) recently screened in competition at the 66th Cannes Film Festival. Set in a Paris theater playwright and director &ls...
 

'Blue is the Warmest Color' ("La vie d'Adèle", 2013). A Review.

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If love had a color would it be blue? Directed by Tunisian born French native Abdellatif Kechiche, ‘Blue is the Warmest Color’ ("La Vie d’ Adèle", 2013) is an enterprising story that reminds us of the nature of true love. Despite the awe-inspiring explicit lesbian lovemaking scenes that even had the French gasping for air in the theater, this is not merely a story about a gay couple and their passionate bedroom affair; rather, it’s about the nature of ...
 

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> PEOPLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT

 

Randy Jones Opens Retro Wednesdays

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By Maria Esteves – June 9, 2013 The launch of RETRO WEDNESDAYS with guest host American Music Award winner Randy Jones (multi-platinum recording artist, original Village People Cowboy) at the new luxurious XVI Rooftop Lounge in Midtown West, New York commenced Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 5:00pm - 10:00pm. Presented by celebrity photographer Steve Mack, S.D. Mack Events, and actor/producer Keith Collins, the successful afterwork weekly event allowed guests to enjoy the beautiful sunset on to...
 

Tribute to Sergio Castellitto for next Locarno

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  Italian actor, director and screenwriter Sergio Castellitto will receive a Pardo alla carriera during the 66th edition of the Festival del film Locarno, which will take place 7 - 17 August 2013. The tribute to Sergio Castellitto will include a conversation with him that is open to the Festival public, and screenings of five films spanning his career: Jacques Rivette’s Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001), Marco Bellocchio’s My Mother's Smile (2002), Ale...
 

FEST - Training Ground speakers

Imagine a forum, where some of the biggest names in Film gather in one week to transmit their knowledge, imagine 6 days of Masterclasses, Workshops, Presentations and more about Film, Imagine a TED Talk focused only on cinema. FEST - Training Ground is all of that and much more. Passes are still available at the very low rate of 59 Euros for the 6 days, or 39 Euros for the weekend pass.   What is FEST - Training Ground? FEST – Training Ground is a place where film makers a...
 

Stephen Frears, Lifetime Achievement Award at Transilvania IFF 2013.

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-TIFF PRESS RELEASE- Stephen Frears, Lifetime Achievement Award at Transilvania IFF 2013. One of the most internationally acclaimed British directors, Stephen Frears, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 12th edition of Transilvania International Film Festival (May 31 - June 9, Cluj). An Oscar and BAFTA nominee for films such as My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liaisons or The Queen, Frears will be present at the Cluj National Theatre on June 8, for the Closing Ceremony. ...
 

production designer Dean Tavoularis will deign Telluride's poster

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TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES DEAN TAVOULARIS AS 40th ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL POSTER ARTIST  40th Telluride Film Festival (August 29 – September 2, 2013), presented by National Film Preserve LTD., proudly announces Oscar-winning production designer Dean Tavoularis as its 2013 poster artist. Tavoularis will attend the 40th Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend to present his poster design to the public and hold a poster signing for festival guests.   As a stude...
 

Dances With Films Begins Today in LA! Interview with Cofounder Leslee Scallon

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  Sixteen years ago when Michael Trent and Leslee Scallon’s feature length crime drama thriller didn’t get into any of the industry festivals, feeling slighted by being passed up for not having any big names attached, they decided to found a film festival. Trent’s idea would bring together the forces of filmmakers who weren’t getting play on the festival circuit just because there were no big names attached. Nine months later they had 300 submissions, and had sere...

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> STRICTLY BUSINESS

inamovie Film Expo and Conference Program for South East Asia set to Launch in Jakarta Setpember 25-27, 2013

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QuantumConvex International proudly announces the first edition of inamovie  (Indonesia International Movie Industry Expo). - a benchmark Indonesian film industry event to be held in Jakarta and Bali (edition 2014) in Southeast Asia, September 25th-27th 2013 at the Ballroom of The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Pacific Place.  The first edition focus will be on France as Guest Country and will include the world’s leading film festivals held in France annually and include The Cannes Film ...
 

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