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THE FESTIVAL BEAT ! N°1000 and 29THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995Weekly newsletter N°1028 // 1027 Documenting the festivals experience since 1995, reaching over 166 000 subscribers:Email us to be featuredFOLLOW US :With other 11 000 festivals worldwide which we cover: no wonder we have reached the '1000' mark for our newsletters count. We proudly share our knowledge of the circuit with our community and really hope our audience ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE.In case you missed any of these 1000 newsletters ... you ll find them all here. > SAN SEBASTIAN IN FOCUS
Very strong reception for Prison 77 spanish film opening San Sebastian 70th edition
I have been impressed by the warmth of the audience welcome to the red carpet show. Young people mostly and very loud. The opening ceremony offered as surprise guests some of the performers of the inagural 1st edition of the festival, commenting 70 years later about their emotions and memories of that special moment. Bruno Chatelin Actress Loreto Mauleón joined the actor and director Paco León to present the opening gala of the San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition on Frid...
Nest Award at San Sebastian Festival
Nest Award Jury – 70th Edition President Andrés Di Tella (Argentina) Jury Luisa Niederschuh, Julian Egger, Lysa Lamorisse, Kinwa Liu, Ane Martinez Juez, Aulona Selmani, Aitziber Olaskoaga, Daniel Peñaranda Restrepo, Carlos Andrés Hurtado, André Di Franco, Gustavo Maan, Mariana Saffon, Nikoloz Mamatsashvili NEST AWARD The award...
Motmo.pro wins the Best Project Award in the new Spanish competition for startups at the Zinemaldia Startup Challenge
Mine S carries off the Best European Startup Award kino_greentoken wins the Best Entrepreneurial Team Award Motmo.pro is the winning project of the Best Spanish Project Award at the Zinemaldia Startup Challenge. This year a specific competition has been created for Spanish entrepreneurs and startups, an initiative forming part of Spanish Screenings: Financing & Tech. Motmo.pro, represented by Bruno de Zabala and Janire Váquez, is a player that enables user to play songs, inter...
The San Sebastian Festival, CIMA and the feminist associations belonging to the GTI complete a year of working together
The collaboration takes the shape of a report on participation by gender including new categories and the increased presence of women filmmakers The San Sebastian Festival, the groups making up the Interterritorial Work Group on Equality in Audiovisuals 50/50 by 2025 (GTI) and CIMA, the Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media, have completed a year of joint work, having achieved a number of outcomes including the drawing up of a protocol on prevention and action in the event of ...
David Cronenberg awarded in san sebastian: ''The Donostia Award is an encouragement to make more films''
The filmmaker David Cronenberg received the award from Gaspar Noé and Viggo Mortensen sent him a congratulatory video The Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg received the second Donostia Award of San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition at a gala held this evening in the Victoria Eugenia Theatre, where the French filmmaker Gaspar Noé presented him with the Festival’s highest honorary award. The gala was followed by the screening of Cronenberg’s la...
Industria Awards at San Sebastian
WIP Latam Awards WIP LATAM INDUSTRY AWARD Best Digital / Deluxe Content Services SPAIN S.L. / Dolby Iberia / Laserfilm Cine y Video / Nephilim producciones / No Problem Sonido / Sherlock Films El castillo / The Castle Martín Benchimol (Argentina) Country(ies) of production: Argentina - France EGEDA PLATINO INDUSTRIA AWARD FOR THE BEST WIP LATAM ...
> TIFF IN FOCUSToronto International Film Festival announces 2022 award winners
The Toronto International Film Festival® has announced its award recipients for the 47th edition of the Festival, which concluded last evening with the Closing Night screening of Mary Harron’s Dalíland at the Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre and Roy Thomson Hall. “2022 brought an exceptional selection of films that excited festival audiences around the world,” said Cameron Bailey, TIFF CEO. “Our lineup showcased belo...
TIFF Interview with Mani Haghighi, director od Substraction
SUBTRACTION TIFF 2022 With Director: Mani Haghighi By Eammanuel Itier Who am I? This is the key question raised this beautiful and impactful movie by prolific Iranian actor and director: Manni Haghighi. With an incredible textured and multi-level of understanding, maestro Haghighi explore the notion of duality, of identity, and what it takes to achieve “oneness” within. This film is a high octane and suspenseful drama thriller that will put oneself on th...
TIFF Interview with the director of "THE TASTE OF APPLES IS RED" Ehab Tarabieh
THE TASTE OF APPLES IS RED TIFF 2022 With Director: Ehab Tarabieh By Emmanuel Itier An important peace activist and philosopher, A.J Muste, wrote: “There is no way to peace, Peace is the Way”. Ehab Tarabieh is embracing this philosophy with his new film, ‘The Taste of Apple is Red’, and how we can transform conflict into peace, how peace has to become the new state of mind, of consciousness, so we can move forward onto a planet of &ld...
TIFF Interview with the director of To Kill a Tiger
TO KILL A TIGER TIFF 2022 With director: Nisha Pahuja By Emmanuel Itier “To kill a tiger” is to kill the inequality that still exist in most parts of India for young girls. Talented director Nisha Pahuja takes us on a journey of acceptance, of resilience and of deep change. Such is the power of documentaries to become the political voice of the injustice still enslaving a too large population around the world and in India as it’s so beautifully and so mo...
TIFF Interview with the director of " The People's Joker"
THE PEOPLE’S JOKER TIFF 2022 With director Vera Drew By Emmanuel Itier Who am I? What am I, truly and really? Would the World accept me as such? These are crucial question asked by brilliant and inspired director Vera Drew. Whether you are a transgender or not, like me, one can only applaud the initiative endeavor of her film, ‘The People’s joker’, giving you the faith, the force, the power to follow your destiny, to achieve the vision you ha...
> FESTIVALS IN FOCUS2nd Hope International Film Festival (HIFF) opens in Rome’s Casa Del Cinema, Sept 27, 2022
Bruno Chatelin will be on board the jury of the short films selection. The Opening Film will be the Italian UPSIDE DOWN with the attendance of its star and director. 30 Short Films and 8 Feature Films are featured in the festival’s international selection The 2nd edition of Hope International Film Festival will inaugurate on September 27, 2022 in Rome’s renowned Casa Del Cinema (Villa Borghese) with the attendance of international artists and...
The San Sebastian Festival, CIMA and the feminist associations belonging to the GTI complete a year of working together
The collaboration takes the shape of a report on participation by gender including new categories and the increased presence of women filmmakers The San Sebastian Festival, the groups making up the Interterritorial Work Group on Equality in Audiovisuals 50/50 by 2025 (GTI) and CIMA, the Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media, have completed a year of joint work, having achieved a number of outcomes including the drawing up of a protocol on prevention and action in the event of ...
New York Festivals TV & Film Awards Calling
New York Festivals TV & Film Awards honors content in all lengths and forms from over 50 countries. Embracing all aspects of the Television and Film industries, categories mirror today's global trends and encourage the next generation of story-tellers by recognizing innovators in our 14 Category Groups: News Programs, News Reports/Features, Sports Programs, Documentary, Entertainment Programs, Entertainment Specials, Program Crafts, Promotions/Station IDs & Opens, Promo/ID & Op...
Colin Francis Costello’s Thriller STORAGE Wins Best U.S. Narrative Short at Silicon Beach Film Festival and Palm Springs Shorts
Colin Francis Costello Colin Francis Costello’s latest short film, STORAGE, won both the Best U.S. Narrative Shorts at Silicon Beach Film Festival and Palm Springs Shorts last weekend. The short, which explores accepting and letting go of past loves before moving on, shares the story of Rachel, played by Laura Huckaby, who wakes up in a basement storage room with no idea as to how she got there, who put her there, or who she even is. Her only clue comes in the f...
> PEOPLE IN FOCUSMartine and Jean-Marc Thérouanne, Vesoul International Asian Cinema Festival, at 14th Tashkent International Film Festival
Martine and Jean-Marc Thérouanne, directors of the Vesoul International Asian Cinema Festival, represented France at the 14th Tashkent International Film Festival (Uzbekistan). The 14th Tashkent International Film Festival (Uzbekistan) took place from September 14 to 18, 2022. More than two hundred films made up the selection. Forty national delegations were present. Martine and Jean-Marc Thérouanne, director and general delegate of the Vesoul Internation...
The first Iranian critic to be a Golden Globe Awards voting member in the category of motion pictures
Hamed Soleimanzadeh, an Iranian critic, researcher, instructor, and filmmaker, has been appointed as a jury member of 2023 Golden Globe Awards. The first Iranian critic to be a Golden Globe Awards voting member in the category of motion pictures, Soleimanzadeh has previously been on the jury panel in several prestigious festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, Göteborg, Oberhausen, and Istanbul. The invitation has been sent by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) whi...
VIDEO Interview with Guillaume Esmiol Marché du Film Co Executive Director
...Guillaume Esmiol in conversation with Bruno Chatelin, about Guillaume's background in tech, media and innovation (with the TF1 Group), developping the new features in the current Marché du Film 2022 and the plans for the future edition which he will be running solo (with his team). He currently serves as co executive director of the Marché du Film and will take over from Jérôme Paillard who was having his last year in office. Bruno Chatelin was able to sit do...
> FILMS IN FOCUS ..."World War III" ORIZZONTI winner to represent Iran in 2023 OSCARS.
ORIZZONTI - WINNER (BEST FILM & BEST ACTOR) WORLD WAR III (JANG-E JAHANI SEVOM) by Houman Seyedi (Iran) goes to Hollywood for the Oscars The committee in charge of introducing Iranian movies to the 95th Academy Awards has picked out "World War III" among the five final candidates to enter the 2023 Oscars. Parviz Sheikh Tadi, the speaker and a member of the committee in charge of introducing Iranian films to the 95th Academy Awards, has stat...
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> AWARDS WATCH ...Nest Award at San Sebastian Festival
Nest Award Jury – 70th Edition President Andrés Di Tella (Argentina) Jury Luisa Niederschuh, Julian Egger, Lysa Lamorisse, Kinwa Liu, Ane Martinez Juez, Aulona Selmani, Aitziber Olaskoaga, Daniel Peñaranda Restrepo, Carlos Andrés Hurtado, André Di Franco, Gustavo Maan, Mariana Saffon, Nikoloz Mamatsashvili NEST AWARD The award...
Motmo.pro wins the Best Project Award in the new Spanish competition for startups at the Zinemaldia Startup Challenge
Mine S carries off the Best European Startup Award kino_greentoken wins the Best Entrepreneurial Team Award Motmo.pro is the winning project of the Best Spanish Project Award at the Zinemaldia Startup Challenge. This year a specific competition has been created for Spanish entrepreneurs and startups, an initiative forming part of Spanish Screenings: Financing & Tech. Motmo.pro, represented by Bruno de Zabala and Janire Váquez, is a player that enables user to play songs, inter...
The I Success Awards Awards in Venice
I SUCCESS AWARDS – VENICE FESTIVAL EDITION The I Success Awards Events, created by the Romanian entrepreneurs Eduard Irimia, Flavia Covaciu and Oana Irimia, is a different approach to international success. It brings together personalities and prominent influencers in an exclusive location. After Dubai and Cannes, Venice is on the map. I Success, an unique global concept with a Charity Cocktail Gala, is part of the SuperUniverse concept created by well-known businessman Eduard Irimia a d...
Industria Awards at San Sebastian
WIP Latam Awards WIP LATAM INDUSTRY AWARD Best Digital / Deluxe Content Services SPAIN S.L. / Dolby Iberia / Laserfilm Cine y Video / Nephilim producciones / No Problem Sonido / Sherlock Films El castillo / The Castle Martín Benchimol (Argentina) Country(ies) of production: Argentina - France EGEDA PLATINO INDUSTRIA AWARD FOR THE BEST WIP LATAM ...
Toronto International Film Festival announces 2022 award winners
The Toronto International Film Festival® has announced its award recipients for the 47th edition of the Festival, which concluded last evening with the Closing Night screening of Mary Harron’s Dalíland at the Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre and Roy Thomson Hall. “2022 brought an exceptional selection of films that excited festival audiences around the world,” said Cameron Bailey, TIFF CEO. “Our lineup showcased belo...
Juliette Binoche dedicates the Donostia Award to silence, ''a faithful travelling companion''
The actress received the accolade from Isabel Coixet Juliette Binoche received the first of the two Donostia Awards at the 70th San Sebastian Festival tonight at the Kursaal. The French actress received the Festival's highest honorary accolade from Isabel Coixet and the ceremony was followed by the screening of Avec amour et acharnement / Both Sides of The Blade, directed by Claire Denis. In her thank you speech, Binoche recalled the members of her family and friends, her acquaintances, ...
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