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Amanda Nell Eu, lauréate du Grand Prix accompagnée du jury de la 62e Semaine de la Critique et de Lily Bloom, présentatrice de la cérémonie de clôture Paloma Sermon-Daï, lauréate du Prix French Touch du Jury accompagnée ...
Patrick Roche Is a freelance screenwriter and producer, living and working in New York City. He holds a BA in Film and Television Production from UMass Amherst and is the founder and director of Think Tank Coworking, based in Portland, Maine. He is the recipient of numerous awards for business and entrepreneurship and is the founder of Portland Summer Films. Patrick has worked as a writer, producer and editor for Plum TV and Principle Pictures, as well as a reporter at the St John Tr...
French Riviera Film Festival 2023 Closing Awards Reception was held on the afternoon May 20, 2023 at Eden Hotel & Spa in Cannes, France. During the exclusive event, the 2023 Awards were presented, as well as a special Industry Excellence Award to filmmaker Anurag Kashyap. Best Drama - Till I Return Best Experimental - Totem B...
Bruno Chatelin celebrating partnership and jury Duty with Festival co-founder Nicole Goesseringer Muj ! ...
Eva Lanska is a British Israeli film director, screenwriter and video artist. She began her career in France in 2000, where in association with members of the musical band the immigrants, she produced her first video installation dedicated to the fight against racism. Eva Lanska attends Firebrand Premiere during Festival de Cannes 2023 Art, literature, French cinematography and atmosphere of Paris influenced her while she was a student and this became the foundation of all her art. Eva...
INTERNATIONAL CELL PHONE CINEMA SHOWCASE- CANNES 2023 Artistic Director/Creator Prof. Karl Bardosh Filmmaker/ NYU Film&TV Honorary President Bruno Chatelin FilmFestivals.com Honorary Ambassador Her Royal Majesty, Queen Angelique-Monet Of Eti-Oni International Jury President: Lawrence David Foldes Filmmaker, Hollywood Co-President: Sandeep Marwah Asian Academy of Film &TV India Members of the Jury: ...
We still want “bad” movies. Plus we want to screen your great “low-budget” movies too. Remember “Bad Film Fest”? This is a test drive for Drive-In Movie Fest - Summer 2024. It will most likely start with a streaming event. Though the goal for the 1st year of screenings is to get into at least one Drive-In Movie Theater. For the 2nd year, the goal is get into more. For the 3rd year, the goal is to get int...
L'Europe autour de l'Europe 2023 sur FILMOCRACY du 16 au 30 juin Dear friends, Everything is ready for the kick-off the Festival 2023 virtual edition on Filmocracy.com. The selection includes the winners of the Prix SAUVAGE and the Prix PRESENT, as well as 22 short films in competition for the Prix SAUVAGE CORTO and a special screening of Philippe Vallois' documentary The Wars of Christine S. Virtual round tables and interviews ...
Feature docudrama Gender Transformation:The Untold Realities by directors Tobias Elvhage and Liza Morberg will debut to worldwide audiences on EpochTV on June 19. The film will also have its theatrical premiere at the Manhattan Film Festival in New York City at 7 p.m. (EST) on June 16th. Gender Transformation: The Untold Realities examines the topic of transgenderism and youth, exploring the roles played by the education system, the medical and pharmaceutic...
FIREBRAND TO OPEN THE 57th KARLOVY VARY IFF The 57th Karlovy Vary IFF will open with the British historical drama Firebrand, starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law. Firebrand is directed by Karim Aïnouz from a screenplay by Henrietta Ashworth and Jessica Ashworth, based on the novel Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle. Firebrand premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it was selected to compete for Palme d'Or. ...
Unifrance is delighted to meet up once again with French sales companies and international buyers at the upcoming Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Biarritz, the world's largest market devoted to French television productions, to be held in the Basque coast city from September 3 to 7, 2023. As is the case each year, the opening ceremony of this year's Rendez-Vous event, held September 3, will take place at Les Halles de Biarritz. The market and the video library will be open for partic...
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August 2014. ISIS invades the city of Sinjar, home to a religious minority called the Yazidis, in the north west of Irak. Sibel, a 13-year-old girl, witnesses the slaughter of her entire family. Alongside thousands of other women and young girls from her community, she is then kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery. ...
Tiku Weds Sheru: A ‘Senior’ artiste weds a ‘Junior artiste’ By all accounts, Nawazuddin Siddiqui is a senior artiste. He ranks on the high rung and is 49 years old. That he started as a junior artiste is now stuff that legends are made of. Avneet Kaur is said to be 21, though I find that hard to believe (17-18 is more like it), did a couple of film roles and a couple of cameos. By comparison, in terms of age and experience, she is a ‘junior’ artiste. In th...
Feature docudrama Gender Transformation:The Untold Realities by directors Tobias Elvhage and Liza Morberg will debut to worldwide audiences on EpochTV on June 19. The film will also have its theatrical premiere at the Manhattan Film Festival in New York City at 7 p.m. (EST) on June 16th. Gender Transformation: The Untold Realities examines the topic of transgenderism and youth, exploring the roles played by the education system, the medical and pharmaceutic...
Sydney World Fest FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND CINEMA Inspirational Film Festival Festival del Cinema di Cefalù Shockfest Film Festival Hummingbird International Film Festival ...
2023 PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORTFEST ANNOUNCES LINE-UP Palm Springs, CA (June 1, 2023) – The 29th annual Palm Springs International ShortFest returns to the Camelot Theatres (Palm Springs Cultural Center) from June 20-26. The festival will screen 50 curated programs showcasing 299 films including 53 World Premieres, 10 International Premieres, 33 North American Premieres and 18 U.S. Premieres. Repeat screenings of the winners will be shown closing ...
Another Birth. Iranian Cinema, Here and Now The 57th KVIFF celebrates independent Iranian cinema with a selection of singular works made in the past four years. Collectively these works offer an insightful testimony of the burning creativity of Iran's artists in face of the challenging reality. Nine mostly young filmmakers – urgent, unheard, voices – who palpably bear a spiritual connection to the previous generations of their country's greats, tac..
ANNOUNCING THE 2023 TRIBECA FESTIVAL COMPETITION WINNERS We’re excited to announce the 2023 Competition Winners of the 22nd annual Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX! Among the top honors are Cypher (Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature), A Strange Path (Best International Narrative Feature), and Between the Rains (Best Documentary Feature). We’re also thrilled to reveal Gabriella Moses as the winner of the 11th Annual Nora Ephron Award for Boca Chica, and Common Ground ...
The Best Indie Films came to NYC June 2023: Winners for the 15 Annual NYC Indie Awards, The 2023 New York Cirt Independent Film Festival ...
The International Animation Film Festival’s 9 Special Prizes were awarded today at 6:00 pm in the Centre Bonlieu. Discover the list of Special Prizes attributed by partners or complementary to the Official Prizes. Congratulations to all the winners! ...
Record number of visitors, numerous sold-out events and delighted guests from Japan After six days of mostly sold-out events, the 23rd Nippon Connection Film Festival ended on Sunday, June 11, 2023 with an award ceremony at the Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt am Main. At eight locations, the festival screened around 100 short and feature-length films from Japan and offered a supporting program with more than 6...
CIELA wins the Grand Chameleon Award Best Narrative Feature – COYOTE Best Documentary Feature – SWEETHEART DEAL Best Narrative Short – CIELA 26th Brooklyn Film Festival “Human Times”, which was staged both indoor at Windmill Studios, Wythe Hotel, The Center for Fiction and online, ended on Sunday, June 11th with an award ceremony during which all the winners were announced. Three groups picked the competition’s winners: 1) The external ...
KFC ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF "MY KENYA MY STORY" MOBILE PHONE FILM COMPETITION The Kenya Film Commission on Friday 9th June 2023 announced the winners for the 6th edition of "My Kenya My Story" Mobile Phone Film Competition. This year's theme was "Promoting Peace, Tolerance and Conflict Resolution" which is in line with the Government's agenda of educating the Kenyan public on the importance of promoting a dialogue centered approach to conflict prevent...
Bruno Chatelin awarded "La Riposte" a WHO film with the Movie that Matters Award in Cannes during the Wine Tasting Reception for Festival Directors in Cannes. La Riposte is a testament to community resilience and perseverance against the COVID-19 pandemic and the hardships of life. Told through a dialogue between community leaders, health officials, scientists, and journalists, the film speaks about the importance of inclusion. Such a dialogue seldom happens but must take place. The...
CAN I GO HOME NOW? is a heartbreaking, moving, and powerful documentary film that gives a voice to Children suffering from the ongoing horrific war in Ukraine. Rarely do Children get to have a say in a war fought by adults. Bruno Chatelin awarded Pritan Ambroase with the Movie that Matters Award in Cannes during the Wine Tasting Reception for Festival Directors in Cannes; A Pritan Ambroase Film. Filmed in the current war zone of Ukraine. Original Soundtrack by Tw...
EWAN McGREGOR WILL RECEIVE THE FESTIVAL PRESIDENT'S AWARD This year’s 57th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival welcomes as its guest Scottish actor, director, and producer Ewan McGregor. This winner of a Golden Globe, an Emmy, two European Film Awards, and numerous other awards will be on hand to receive a Festival President´s Award and to present his new film You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder, in which he appears alongside his daughter Clara, who will als...
Oscar-winning Swedish actress and producer Alicia Vikander will be a guest at the opening ceremony of the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where she will be presented the KVIFF President’s Award. Vikander began her artistic career during her childhood years, training as a ballet dancer at the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm. Alicia appeared in a number of stage productions and Swedish TV series, Andra Avenyn, before being cast in her breakthrough debut film ro...
Raul Niño Zambrano: photo credit: Sheffield DocFest FESTIVAL TAKING PLACE 14-19 JUNE TICKETS ON SALE HERE Ahead of the 30th edition of the Sheffield DocFest taking place, 14th – 19th June, the festival is pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees confirm the appointment of Raul Niño Zambrano as Creative Director, following a successful year as Acting Creative Director. Raul was previously Senior Programmer at IDFA (International Documentary Fest...
Clare Stewart (photo by Udall Evans), the former Director of BFI London Film Festival and Interim CEO at Sheffield DocFest joins IFFR ahead of 2024 edition 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam 25 January – 4 February 2024 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has appointed Clare Stewart to the post of Managing Director, taking over from outgoing Managing Director Marjan van der Haar. Most recently Interim CEO at Sheffield DocFest, Clare steered the 2022 ...
Renowned Actress Sylvia Chang is Honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award The 6th Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) held a press conference today to unveil the complete lineup of programmes for its upcoming edition, featuring 42 films from 15 countries. The festival also announced the distinguished presence of acclaimed filmmaker Johnnie To as the Jury President of the competition section. In addition, MIFFest bestowed the Lifetime Achievement Award on renowned actress Sylvia C...
Director, Writer, Producer Sarah T. Schwab wrote, directed, and produced the short film, A MY NAME IS (2018). The film went on to tour the festival circuit internationally and was awarded "Best WNY Short" at the Buffalo International Film Festival, and "Best Lead Actress in A Short Film" at the Nice International Film Festival, the Nova Star Awards, as well as the Young Entertainer Awards. A MY NAME IS is currently streaming on Amazon. In August 2020, CFI locked a fe...
Guillaume Esmiol the new Cannes Marché du Film Director sat down in Berlin during EFM with Bruno Chatelin to discuss Cannes 2022 and the coming 2023 edition Tue, May 16, 2023 - Sat, May 27, 2023. Watch his interview and what he could reveal about the new features of the 2023 comimg edition: ...
The Chelsea Film Festival (CFF) has been selected in the "TOP 10 BEST FILM FESTIVAL IN NORTH AMERICA" (#6) by USA Today in 2019 among 19 other film festivals in the USA.
CFF is an organization dedicated to supporting films and the artists who create them by providing a creative forum for exchange and discovery with the public.
The Festival attracts filmmakers, artists and audience members from across North America and around the globe. It premieres independent feature-length, documentaries and short films with a Global Focus.
Chelsea Film Festival aims to raise an awareness about foreign independent films and discover upcoming talents.
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August 2014. ISIS invades the city of Sinjar, home to a religious minority called the Yazidis, in the north west of Irak.
Sibel, a 13-year-old girl, witnesses the slaughter of her entire family.
Alongside thousands of other women and young girls from her community, she is then kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery.
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An overly confident cop’s first day on the job gets interesting as he navigates unfamiliar territories and people.
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A brother-sister assassin duo become part of a scheme much bigger than them, when a culture vulture-ing client calls an audible.
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2023 USA 96 minutes
Rear View Cataclysm is the story of two brothers and an ex-girlfriend who try to recapture the love and passion and of their past. Edison is trapped in a toxic marriage and invites down-on-his-luck brother, Blake (Jason Liebrecht), to a popular local music festival. Broke and depressed, Blake agrees, not realizing that Edison has also invited Mazie (Caroline Ducey), his ex-girlfriend. No one can predict the course of desire, reconciliation and regret that unfolds. Set against the barren landscapes of rural Texas and featuring the hypnotic sounds of Grouper and Govinda along with Punk Rock Bands Zounds and The Jesus Lizard, Rear View Cataclysm is a feast for the heart and senses.
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December 2022, USA 2 hours 4 minutes
Gotham tells the true story of what happened in New York City during the twenty years from 1993 to 2013. How did a city with over 2200 murders, 93,000 violent robberies and 147,000 car thefts in 1990 become the capitol of the world a mere handful of years later? This feature documentary explores what happened during these decades, told by the people who did the hard work, some at great personal and professional cost.
From Fear City to the City of Dreams. Hear about the greatest American turnaround story from the people who made it happen.
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Short film by Lauren Spohn (UK: 6 minutes 24 seconds 2022)
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"I am in a dark forest and something is chasing after me, some sort of creature that reeks fire or something: one part of me wants to run but I cannot move my legs? I am totally paralysed..."
"One last thing"he said : "it's not your fault !"
A man sees his psychiatrist for help with a difficult hidden family secret. The conversation takes a sinister turn as the psychiatrist pushes deeper into the man’s past. All is not what it seems:
Can he take the tension, will you?
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Retour sur la 62e édition Throw back to the 62nd edition Les lauréats The winners Amanda Nell Eu, lauréate du Grand Prix accompagnée du jury de la 62e Semaine de la Critique et de Lily Bloom, présentatrice de la cérémonie de clôture ...
Les 9 prix spéciaux du Festival international du film d’animation ont été remis aujourd’hui à 18h00 au centre Bonlieu. Découvrez le palmarès des prix spéciaux remis par des partenaires ou complémentaires aux prix officiels. Félicitations à tous les lauréats ! PRIX SPÉCIAUX SPECIAL PRIZES ...
L’Office National des Forêts organise du 29 juin au 8 juillet la 5e édition de son festival de cinéma en forêt. 17 séances plein air gratuites seront proposées au public dans les forêts des Hauts-de-France, d’Île-de-France et de Normandie. La cérémonie d’ouverture projettera pour la première fois en forêt Les Trois Mousquetaires, d’Artagnan de Martin Bourboulon dans le cadre exceptionnel de la forêt de Retz, forêt d&rsqu...
Le festival du film corporate Spot Festival vous convie à sa 4ème édition à Arcachon le 29 juin prochain. Cette compétition de films de marque a pour finalité de réunir 300 professionnels de la communication corporate (directeurs et agences de communication, agences de production, réalisateurs, annonceurs) en un même espace. Au programme : des échanges autour de tables rondes, forums, ateliers et salons. Pour c...
Du peps et de la couleur... pour la 38e édition ! D'ici quelques semaines, vous ne pourrez plus faire un pas sans la croiser... L'affiche du 38e FIFF est enfin dévoilée ! Réalisée par la talentueuse graphiste Cécile Van Caillie du studio Carambolage, cette affiche à la fois éclatante et envoûtante nous replonge au cœur des salles obscures ! L'affiche est une invitation à s...
Rendez-vous du 14 au 22 octobre 2023 à Lyon et dans sa Métropole pour la 15e édition du festival Lumière. Après Tim Burton, lauréat l’année dernière, c’est à nouveau un géant du cinéma qui recevra cette année le 15e Prix Lumière. Il s’agit de celui qui a incarné le renouveau du cinéma allemand et européen au tournant des années 1...
LE RENDEZ-VOUS INSOLITE DU CINÉMA pour cinéphiles, passionnés et curieux Edition présidée par Julie Depardieu, actrice et Philippe Katerine, acteur et chanteur Parrainé par Jan Kounen, réalisateur Fanny Bastien et Geoffroy Thiebaut, Présidents de l’Association des Bâtisseurs de l’insolite et co-fondateurs du Festival, en partenariat avec la Mairie de Rennes-le-Ch&a...
Nous sommes très heureux de vous dévoiler l’affiche de la 16e édition du Festival européen du film fantastique de Strasbourg qui se déroulera du 22 septembre au 1er octobre 2023. Comme à l’accoutumée, pour son illustration, l’artiste strasbourgeois Mahon s’est inspiré de la rétrospective principale du festival, qui aura pour thématique, cette année, le goût de la société po...
LE FESTIVAL DE CINÉMA ET DE MUSIQUE DE FILM DE LA BAULE DÉVOILE SON JURY ET SA PROGRAMMATION La 9e édition du Festival de Cinéma et de Musique de Film de La Baule, créé par Christophe Barratier et Sam Bobino, aura lieu du 28 juin au 2 juillet. Cette année 24 films seront présentés dont 22 en avant-première (19 longs métrages dont 5 en compé- tition et 5 courts métrages également en c...
Nouvelle édition de notre rapport sur les dernières tendances du cinéma, de la télévision et du streaming en Europe Téléchargez la version française gratuitement ici ...
La Fête du Cinéma est de retour dans TOUTES les salles de CINÉMA pendant 4 jours. Du dimanche 2 au mercredi 5 juillet inclus, rendez-vous dans votre cinéma pour profiter d’un tarif unique de 5€ la séance pour tous et pour tous les films. Une bonne raison pour assouvir votre soif de partager des émotions ensemble dans les salles obscures ! ...
L'Europe autour de l'Europe 2023 sur FILMOCRACY du 16 au 30 juin Tout est prêt pour démarrer&nb...
Photo : La Reine du cinéma Urban Gad La musique au cinéma Depuis 2009, Le Fema consacre chaque année une partie de sa programmation à la musique au cinéma. Rencontres entre cinéastes et compositeurs, ciné-concerts, leçon de musique mais encore concert, DJ Set et blind test, sont autant d’occasions de fêter ensemble le cinéma et de mettre en lumière le travail de création musical...
Le Sénat a adopté, en première lecture, la proposition de loi relative à la réforme de l'audiovisuel public et à la souveraineté audiovisuelle. Les auteurs de la proposition de loi considèrent qu'une stratégie ambitieuse et globale est indispensable pour préserver la souveraineté audiovisuelle de notre pays. Pour ce faire, la proposition de loi repo...
Photo : Linda veut du poulet Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach © Gebeka Films Le Fema des enfants ...
Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
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