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For the seventh time, Music Meets Film returns alongside Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event at Tallinn Black Night Film Festival. A programme of talks, masterclasses, tours and screenings dedicated to film scoring will run from November 23–25. Featuring the acclaimed director Mike Newell, award-winning composer Alexandra Harwood, editor Paul Tothill, and composers Christian Vorländer...
Narva Creative Incubator OBJEKT introduces this year at Black Nights Film Festival and Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event a new audiovisual media development programme, TV Beats, with the aim to grow the TV production ecosystem in the Baltic region. TV Beats continues to develop a program dedicated to TV series, which presented three new international series to festival audiences last year. This year’s proj...
Ashes in the Snow Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the lineup of the Baltic Competition programme, brought back to life after a seven year hiatus. Three out of the 11 films announced are having their international premieres in Tallinn. Estonia will be represented by three films. The feature-length animation Captain Morten and the Spider Queen, an Estonian-Belgian-Irish-UK co-production by director Kaspar Jancis, which premiered at Animafest Zagreb this summer. The...
Eva's Christmas Mission - Estonia 2018 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival unveils the full lineup of its 22nd edition, adding four previously unannounced world premieres as well as well-known festival favourites and award season buzz titles to the selection. The lineup, consisting of 212 films from 80 countries, is divided into five competition programmes, four of which have been previously announced, and a non-competitive section divided into 10 programmes, ranging from two wo...
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival awards Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann with the festival’s first Lifetime Achievement Award. Director Ingmar Bergman, an affiliate of the actress, will have a mini-focus programme. Liv Ullmann, a renowned and awarded actress and film director, and the goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund, is celebrating her 80th birthday this year. Having played in and directed several films that have screened at Black Night...
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A graduate of USC Business School, Jonathan Wolf has held an illustrious career in finance and business within the film industry. He joined IFTA in 1993 as Senior Vice President of Business and has been Managing Director of the AFM since 1998.Bruno Chatelin met with Jonathan Wolf at the Loews during the 2018 AFM to get his opinion on the climate of the current marketplace. Here is what he had to say. What kind of advice can you give first timers, and why and how should they come to the AFM... CLICK TO VIEW THE VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH JONATHAN WOLF
Devilworks wouldlike to share their #AFM2018 coverage below! North America Deal on "The Axiom" with Vertical Entertainment Article Here North America Deal on "Restraint" with Breaking Glass Article Here Devilworks announces 5 new titles for the AFM @ScreenDaily Article Here Exclusive Trailer of "Blood Bags" @ filmfestivals.com Here and @BloodyDisgusting Here Exclusive Trailer of "Demon Eye" @RueMorgue Her...
Sadly all of the special guests involved in our Fall Fundraising event scheduled for this Saturday, November 17th live in Malibu. They have all been evacuated and their lives have been turned upside down. The good news is that they are all safe and at the moment, their houses are too. The bad news is that they are not able to come to San Luis Obispo this weekend to perform what was to be, and still WILL be, a fabulous event. We are rescheduling the event to be part of the next SLO Film Fest,...
American born Steve Solot is President and CEO of LATC (Latin American Training Center) based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before moving to Latin America, Mr. Solot attained MA degrees in Economics and in Latin American Studies. After almost 25 years spent living in Brazil between Sao Paolo and Rio and working in the audiovisual sphere as Senior VP of MPAA (Latin American division of Motion Picture Association of America), Steve Solot is now founder and President of the Latin American Training C...
Actor/director/writer Ari Gold's latest film “The Song of Sway Lake” (2017) is about nostalgia, obsession and grief experienced by two unlikely soul friends Ollie Sway (Rory Culkin) and quirky Russian Nikolai (Robert Sheehan) and the retired Charlie Sway (Mary Beth Peil) during a summer on Sway Lake in upstate New York. Gold wrote the film with Elizabeth Bull, as well as produced and directed it. The film is being distributed by The Orchard and was being sold to international m...
In the American Film Market 2018, Santa Monica (the USA), Wizart Animation Studio will present two long-awaited projects that the international distributors have been anticipating so much – these are “The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands”, a sequel to the successful franchise, and another sequel “Sheep and Wolves: Pig Deal”, whose first instalment the audience knows very well. The franchises of both projects are still successfully distributed all over the world t...
Cranked Up Films, Good Deed Entertainment’s recently launched genre label, announced today from AFM that, in partnership with Shudder, AMC Network’s genre streaming platform, they have acquired North American distribution rights to Cinelou Films’ NIGHTMARE CINEMA. The film is a horror anthology comprised of five shorts and a wrap-around storyline from directors Mick Garris (THE SHINING), Joe Dante (THE HOWLING), David Slade (HANNIBAL), Ryuhei Kitamura (MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN) and ...
“The great thing about this country is that you can like Trump, but I don’t have to, and I can say what I feel about it — and I don’t like it...” Blum said at Saban Theater at the Steve Tisch Cinema Center in Beverly Hills during the opening ceremony of the Israel Film Festival. He continued under loud boos, a few in the audience walked out, others approached the stage shouting "we want Trump" and shouting "Shut Up". This tumultuous ambiance w...
Watch the video of the incident. For 32 years, the Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles has presented more than 1,000 feature films, documentaries, television dramas and short films to close to one million filmgoers and brought hundreds of Israeli filmmakers to the U.S. to share their art. Last night, at the opening of the 32nd edition, the Festival honored two highly esteemed filmmakers, producer Jason Blum and writer/director Avi Nesher, for their great contributions...
Jonathan Light is a New York based actor/director/writer with a post graduate degree in acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and an MFA from the TV Writer's Studio in Brooklyn for Writing and Production. After college, he proceeded in his entertainment career in theater and music and as an international script consultant. Throughout his profession, he has worked for various clients making corporate videos, some of which include The College Board, The Julliard School and...
Mohalla Assi, Review: Holy river, unholy Babas He’ll get there, eventually. Beginning with the TV serial Chanakya (321 BC-283 BC), about the life and times of the master strategist in the Maurya dynasty period (322 BC-185 BC), Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi gave us a good follow-up in the form of the feature film Pinjar, set in India’s partition, circa 1947. After three more period dramas, largely unseen, he now lands up in more recent history, with the 2004 story published in 2...
Boy Erased, Review: Let the gay have their way Homosexuality is not a state of mind, a disease or a matter of choice. While we are getting increasingly aware of these facts in many parts of the world, there are at least 35 states in the USA where gay conversion centres try to rid the inmates of this ‘abnormality’ through therapy and methods that are both conventional and unconventional. The memoirs of one boy who was sent to such a home form the basis of Boy Erased, directed by ac...
Bergman showcase at IFFI 2018 2018 marks the centenary of Ingmar Bergman's birth. On this occasion, when the centenary celebrations are in full swing across the globe, IFFI 2018 will be showcasing 7 of the best films from his substantial filmography. These films are Summer With Monika, Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal, Persona, Autumn Sonata, Fanny and Alexander, and Saraband. In addition to these seven films, a documentary on Bergman titled Bergman Island, directed by Marie Nyrerod,...
Anna Ferraioli Ravel to be part of International Jury State focus - Jharkhand Jharkhand is a small state carved out of Bihar. Movies in the Jharkhand Package include Death in the Gunj, Ranchi Diaries and Begum Jaan. Jharkhand Day will be celebrated on 24th November, 2018 as part of the festival. The International Competition jury The International Competition jury comprises John Irvin, Adrian Sitaru, Robert Glinski, Anna Ferraioli Ravel and Indian member Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Indian P...
Aspern Papers’s world premiere to open 49th IFFI The 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held in Goa from 20th to 28th November and will showcase 212 films from over 68 countries. ~The festival will open with the World Premiere of The Aspern Papers. The director Julien Landais and , including Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Golden Globe winner), Joely Richardson (Oscar-nominated actress), Morgane Polanski (actress and daughter of Roman Polanski) will be present at the screen...
Thugs of Hindostan, Review: Where are the thugs? In the Hindostan of the early 1800s, as in most countries at any time in history, there were thugs. India, as Hindostan came to be called by the British, had an exactly similar term for these gentlemen, only the t in thug was hardened to sound like tug. Our story begins in 1795, when one small kingdom dared to withstand the marauding East India Company forces, led by John Clive. There is one solitary thug in the film, who has an ambivalent att...
The Grinch, Review: You can’t steal Christmas An entire film built around Christmas cannot but be happy and heart-tugging, which is what Grinch is. And since it is animated, anything and everything outrageous and impossible can be incorporated, with technical finesse. Obviously, the film will have special appeal to those who believe in Saint Nicholas, aka as Santa Claus. But others too will be won over by the charm and innocence, seasoned with guile and villainy. The Grinch, who lives ...
FilmfestivalsCom has been recognized for our 2018 Excellence Award. Our panel of industry executives and consultants oversees an annual survey commissioned by the USITC on various categories and determines which companies meet and exceed the industry benchmarks that have been set forth. Further details on this selection can be viewed on our website including the press release that was produced for this occasion (which is not distributed till mutual review is complete). To review the award...
Election of the EFA President and EFA Board Elections 2018 Deadline: 30 November Please consider voting for Bruno Chatelin a former Board Member. All candidate info can be found on the voting platform. ...
Vancouver native writer/director Kelly Tatham screened her directorial debut film 'Multiverse Dating for Beginners' (2017) at the 8th annual Napa Valley Film Festival. With a background in acting and a Screenwriting degree from Vancouver Film School, she has recently completed her 2nd short film, 'The New Romantics' (2018). I interviewed her during the Napa Valley Film Festival about her film. Here is what she had to say: What were the events that ...
Noted American writer-producer-director Lee Daniels, who received a Best Director and Best Picture Oscar® nomination for his 2009 film Precious, and who is also best-known for Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013), The Paperboy (2012) and the TV series Empire (2015-2018) will chair the 23rd edition of 'Capri Hollywood – The International Film Festival, which traditionally paves the way for the international awards season. It will take place here from December 26, 2018 to January 2, ...
Matteo Garrone’s Dogman will be honored as European Movie of the Year at the 2018 Capri, Hollywood -- The International Film Festival, it was announced here today by the board of the Capri in the World Institute. Garrone, whose film is representing Italy in the Oscars’® Best Foreign Language Film category will be presented with the award during the 23rd edition of the Capri, International Festival which takes place from December 26, 2018 to January 2, 2019. "G...
Hollywood Foreign Press Association remembers and celebrates Stan Lee, writer, editor, creator of worlds - and presenter at the Annual Grants Gala. Share on TwitterShare on PinterestCopy URL YORAM KAHANA/HFPA ...
Mansour Jahani - The 35th Tehran International Short Film Festival announced the jury members of international competition section. Krzysztof Gierat from Poland, Virgil Widrich from Austria, Thom Palmen from Sweden, Sari Volanen from Finland, Mick Hannigan from Ireland, Per Fikse from Norway and Mehrdad Oskouei from Iran are jury member of this section. The biographies of juries are as follows: Krzysztof Gierat: Gierat is a Polish film expert, a graduate of Jagielloni...
Aspern Papers’s world premiere to open 49th IFFI The 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held in Goa from 20th to 28th November and will showcase 212 films from over 68 countries. ~The festival will open with the World Premiere of The Aspern Papers. The director Julien Landais and , including Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Golden Globe winner), Joely Richardson (Oscar-nominated actress), Morgane Polanski (actress and daughter of Roman Polanski) will be present at the screen...
On Friday, November 9th, the Napa Valley Film Festival was pleased to honor The Groundlings Theatre & School with the Miner Family Winery Legacy Ensemble Tribute in a special presentation that consisted of an on-stage conversation with Groundlings alumni including Jordan Black, Stephanie Courtney, Tracy Newman, Cheri Oteri, Julia Sweeney and Michaela Watkins, moderated by current Groundling Michael Churven. The theater was filled with laughter as the group looked back on their time a...
Actor/director/writer Ari Gold's latest film “The Song of Sway Lake” (2017) is about nostalgia, obsession and grief experienced by two unlikely soul friends Ollie Sway (Rory Culkin) and quirky Russian Nikolai (Robert Sheehan) and the retired Charlie Sway (Mary Beth Peil) during a summer on Sway Lake in upstate New York. Gold wrote the film with Elizabeth Bull, as well as produced and directed it. The film is being distributed by The Orchard and was being sold to international m...
Today we announced the full International juries for the 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards . In 2018, four juries will determine the winners from the 46 nominated films representing 22 countries and areas. Heading the International Jury is prolific Ukrainian producer Alexander Rodnyansky. Nominated twice for an Academy Award®, Rodnyansky is a frequent collaborator with acclaimed auteur Andrey Zvyagintsev and his films Loveless, Leviathan and Elena&...
FestForums® NYC & Santa Barbara are diverse, interactive conferences and networking events for ALL festival organizers. Addressing cutting-edge technology, sponsorships, talent, ticketing, scheduling, merchandising, operations, sustainability, charitable work, innovation, and safety, FestForums® brings together festivals and events from around the world of all sizes for lively collaboration, camaraderie, and professional development. ...
FESTFORUMS® SANTA BARBARA November 14th-16th Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront (Formerly The Fess Parker Resor Featured Speakers Hope Hall Filmmaker, Cinematographer, Photographer Jonas Koffler New York Times Bestselling Author, Cofounder, Writer & Producer ...
For the twentyith year, the Nihilist Cultural Foundation presents the Nihilist International Film Festival. This year’s evening of films will be presented at the Lyric-Hyperion Theater. The show will start at 7:30 pm on Sunday, December 16. The festival includes two hours of short films from around the country and around the world. The films range from troubling to hilarious, from profound to completely silly. Pretty much, something for everyone (except children and clergy). ...
It's getting real...Last night at the Monnaie de Paris, we held the presentation cocktail of the Festival. Because it's almost time! D-37 before seeing you in the theatres, on the ski slopes of Les Arcs, or in O'Chaud. It's still a little over a month from now, but time has come for the big reveal! THE OFFICIAL JURY The names of the Feature Film and Short Film Juries have been announced. The director Ruben Östl...
For its fifth year, Other Worlds will have more great SciFi features and shorts from around the globe, more filmmakers and special guests, and some big retro films, including 2018 Launch Film: the 30th anniversary screening of ALIEN NATION, starring James Caan and Mandy Patinkin. “There couldn’t be a timelier opportunity to screen ALIEN NATION,” says Bears Rebecca Fonté, OWA Founder and Artistic Director, “a film that looks at how Amer...
Held from September 28 – October 14 by the Film Society of Lincoln Center the New York Film Festival continued to expand in its 49th edition an extensive program covering more themes, filmmaking approaches, and emerging production technologies with each edition. Over past decades the festival has carved out a significant role as a curator for the most important domestic and international films. NYFF introduced a savvy New York cinephile audience to a film world beyond Hollywo...
VAF is now CEE Animation Posted on November 12, 2018 by admin Visegrad Animation Forum Is Rebranding into CEE Animation and Opens Call for Pitch of Animated Projects Visegrad Animation Forum (VAF) has been the largest platform for the animation industry in Central and Eastern Europe. Over the course of its six-year existence, it has managed to build a strong base of film profes...
CLICK TO SUBMIT The 1st Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launches in June 2019 in association with the Municipality of Kandanos-Selinou. The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.
We threw ourselves into it again, viewed over 5000 submissions during a long, hot summer, tracked-down great shorts at festivals all over the world and will soon be presenting more than 400 films in 52 impressive thematic programs from 20 November. All over Berlin – from Mitte to Kreuzberg, Prenzlauer Berg, Wedding and Neukölln. Meanwhile, we finally indulged in a new website that actually looks good on mobile phones! Get your tickets! Tickets for our big events as ...
ArteKino Festival, the free online film festival created by ARTE and Festival Scope, continues its mission to support European arthouse cinema. For this third edition, from December 1 to 31, ten films—including 5 directed by women directors—will represent a snapshot of the diverse and eclectic nature of contemporary European cinema. Viewers from 45 European countries will be able to explore a rich selection of films by established directors and ambitious first-time filmmake...
In 1999, teenage Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) survives a violent tragedy. After singing at a memorial service, Celeste transforms into a burgeoning pop star with the help of her songwriter sister (Stacy Martin) and a talent manager (Jude Law). Celeste's meteoric rise to fame and concurrent loss of innocence dovetails with a shattering terrorist attack on the nation, elevating the young powerhouse to a new kind of celebrity: American icon, secular deity, global superstar. By 2017...
Based on the seminal horror novel by Stephen King, Pet Sematary follows Dr. Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), who, after relocating with his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) and their two young children from Boston to rural Maine, discovers a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near the family’s new home. When tragedy strikes, Louis turns to his unusual neighbor, Jud Crandall (John Lithgow), setting off a perilous chain reaction that unleashes an unfathomable evil with horrific conseque...
Academy Award® nominee Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises, The Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Academy Award® winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight, Hidden Figures) star in Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures’ Green Book. In his foray into powerfully dramatic work as a feature director, Peter Farrelly helms the film inspired by a true friendship that transcended race, class and the 1962 Mason-Dixon line. When Tony Lip (Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborho...
a film by Fede Alvarez Genre: Thriller November 9, 2018 A new Dragon Tattoo story comes to the screen starring Claire Foy ("The Crown") as Lisbeth Salander, the fierce, outcast vigilante defender from the acclaimed Millennium book series created by Stieg Larsson, in The Girl in the Spider's Web. A first-time adaptation of the recent global bestseller, the film is directed by Fede Alvarez, the...
One of the world’s biggest bands share their story, in their own words, for the first time. Charting Coldplay’s incredible journey from humble origins to stadium-filling superstardom, it is the definitive Coldplay film. Director Mat Whitecross showcases live performances and backstage footage from the momentous global stadium tour A Head Full of Dreams, alongside unprecedented and unseen archive material captured over 20 years. The film juxtaposes spectacular performances of iconic...
The Secret Life of Pets 2 will follow summer 2016’s blockbuster about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and his longtime collaborator Janet Healy will produce the sequel to the comedy that had the best opening ever for an original film, animated or otherwise. The Secret Life of Pets 2 will see the return of writer Brian Lynch (Minions) and once again be directed by Chris Renaud (Despicable Me s...
In the adorably different town of Uglyville, weird is celebrated, strange is special and beauty is embraced as more than simply meets the eye. Here, the free-spirited Moxy and her UglyDoll friends live every day in a whirlwind of bliss, letting their freak flags fly in a celebration of life and its endless possibilities. The endearingly unique residents of Uglyville occasionally look to the sky above the town, where a new UglyDoll will appear and be embraced by the community. ...
Escape Room is a psychological thriller about six strangers who find themselves in circumstances beyond their control and must use their wits to find the clues or die. ...
The Prodigy (Orion Pictures) In her much-anticipated foray into the horror-thriller genre, Orange is the New Black’s Taylor Schilling stars in THE PRODIGY as a mother named Sarah whose young son Miles’ disturbing behavior signals that an evil, possibly supernatural force has overtaken him. Fearing for her family’s safety, Sarah must choose between her maternal instinct to love and protect Miles and a desperate need to investigate...
Watch the official trailer for DESTROYER starring Nicole Kidman DESTROYER opens in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on December 25 Expanding in January DESTROYER Destroyer follows the moral and existential odyssey of LAPD detective Erin Bell who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the Cali...
FROM ON HIGH has been invited to screen in the "Resistencia y Memoria" program of BiciCine in Medellin, Colombia starting in January 2019. Written and helmed by Dawn Westlake of Ron de Cana Prods, Inc., FROM ON HIGH tells the story of a Syrian refugee girl who finds a better life in Europe. Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona shot the film on location in Barcelona, Collsuspina and La Sala de Sant Llogari, Spain. An original score was composed by GC Johnson of Acoustic Labs. Both ...
SFFILM and the Dolby Institute have partnered to create a new fellowship, supporting films from development through post-production. The Dolby Fellowship provides an exciting opportunity rarely afforded to independent filmmakers—to thoughtfully elevate and deepen the role of sound and image in their finished films with advanced technology from Dolby Laboratories. SFFILM Makers—SFFILM’s artist development program—and the Dolby Institute will offe...
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Good luck to all and congratulations to The One who will make it ! The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are: “Active Measures” “American Chaos” “Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco” “Bali: Beats of Paradise” “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché” “Better Angels” “Bisbee ’17” “Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-...
Thursday, November 15, is the deadline to submit Oscars Submission Forms (OSF) in the general entry categories to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 91st Academy Awards® consideration. Films will not be accepted for consideration after the deadline. For a feature film to be considered for the 2018 Awards, the film’s distributor or producer must upload via Dropbox a scanned, signed copy of the OSF and legal billing (complete on-screen credits) or deliver a signed...
Ashes in the Snow Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the lineup of the Baltic Competition programme, brought back to life after a seven year hiatus. Three out of the 11 films announced are having their international premieres in Tallinn. Estonia will be represented by three films. The feature-length animation Captain Morten and the Spider Queen, an Estonian-Belgian-Irish-UK co-production by director Kaspar Jancis, which premiered at Animafest Zagreb this summer. The...
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JURY UNVEILS FIRST EIGHT EFA WINNERS The European Film Academy and EFA Productions announce the first winners who will be honoured at this year’s European Film Awards. A special eight-member jury convened in Berlin and, based on the EFA Feature Film Selection, decided on the winners in the categories cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, h...
Programming Award Special Recognition for Courageous Filmmaking Sharkwater Extinction ...
DFF41 honors Green Book, The Weight of Water, Shoplifters, Wrestle, and more. The Denver Film Festival (DFF) has announced the recipients of its annual People's Choice Awards and Festival Juried Awards in multiple categories. People's Choice Awards After conclusion of the Festival on Sunday, November 11, the following films were recognized as the People's Choice Award winners for the 41st Denver Film Festival by a tally of ballots. Narrative Fea...
$150,000 Awarded to Documentaries That Tackle Urgent Social Issues and Explore Stories of Women From Around the Globe A Majority of this Year’s Projects Showcase the Impact of Women Today in Political, Social and Religious Realms Tribeca Film Institute® (TFI), Gucci and the Oath Foundation today announced the 2018 grant recipients for the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund. The program, funded by Gucci with additional support from Oath Foundation, provides production a...
We are proud to announce 2018's WINNERS. The winning scripts are now being sent to our Judges. Their feedback will determine the final order of our winners, which will be announced on 30th November. VIEW OUR 2018 WINNERS HERE THESE WINNING SCRIPTS WILL NOW BE SENT TO OU...
For the fourth year in a row, Stockholm International Film Festival and the City of Stockholm have the honor to present the prestigious Stockholm Impact Award. Together with a cash prize of one million SEK, the winning director receives a unique award designed by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. This year’s winner will be announced at the film festival’s official award ceremony, on Friday, November 16th at 5:00 pm at Social At Six in Stockholm. Photo: Stockholm Impact Award,...
Peter Lord , President of the European Animation Awards (EAA) Association, Didier Brunner, General Secretary and Matie Haroutian, General Delegate, announced the 2018 Emile Awards 90 nominees today (November 8) live from the General Secretariat from the Greek Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media. Nominees by categories: - BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN A STUDENT FILM - ● A Love Letter to the One I Made up - Israel | Rachel Gutgarts (dire...
At the Seville European Film Festival, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions proudly announced the nominations for the 31st European Film Awards. The more than 3,500 EFA Members will now vote for the winners who will be presented during the awards ceremony on 15 December in Seville. EUROPEAN FILM 2018 BORDER GRÄNS Sweden, Denmark DIRECTED BY Ali Abbasi WRITTEN BY Ali Abbasi, Isabella Eklöf & John Ajvide...
Richard Miron Awards Ceremony Photo by Sydney Walker Zandashe Brown Award Ceremony Photo by Sydney Walker The New Orleans Film Society (NOFS) announced jury and audience awards of the 29th annual New Orleans Film Festival film competitions in addition to the winners of the festival’s inaugural Screenplay Competition. The 29th New Orleans Film Festival ended last Thursday, October 25th, with the Closing Night Film A Tuba To Cuba with directors T.G. Herrington and Danny Clinch...
Regular Deadline I December 31, 2018
Welcome, filmmakers, to the Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown. We are excited about our 8th year coming up on March 29th-31st, 2019.
We are Movie Magazine's top 50 festival worth their entry fee. For 8 years, we've been bringing in the finest films from around the world. The film festival became a 501(c)3 and launched in 2009 and now screens more than 90 films each year! Hollywood Director Joe Carnahan is our creative director, and has been a powerful partner with our festival! He has brought us such films as "The Grey" and "The A-Team" with Liam Neeson and just released Wheelman to Netflix which is getting RAVE reviews. He now has his own production company with Frank Grillo, and has recently signed a deal with Sony Entertainment to work on their Adaptation of 'UNCHARTED'. So join us! We look forward to having you screen at our 8th anniversary!
The festival is conveniently located downtown; we're in the middle of the arts and entertainment district. And after the films, we host some of the best after parties with live bands and fantastic food and drinks!
Here is a recent article about the festival!
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15 Years of celebration, 4 GREAT FESTIVALS
We are now accepting submissions for the 2019 festivals, You can submit your film via Withoutabox, or enter direct at our web site
www.filmfestinternational.com/submit
London International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema Feb 16th - 23rd 2019
Nice International Film Festival on the French Riviera just before the Cannes film festival. May 11th-18th 2019
Madrid International Film Festival
Milan World Cinema
Email:info@filmfestinternational.com
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DEADLINE June 15th
Introducing the first annual inaugural debut for “Your Script Produced!” Worldwide Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films.
The sponsor will fully fund, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Film script. Also, Sponsor will purchase the Grand Prize Winning TV script to fund the development, package and potentially produce the Grand Prize Winning TV script. Open to anyone 18 years old or older. No cap on income earned as a writer. Open to all non-union members.
Sponsor plans to launch development / pre-production to the Grand Prize winning film script in September 2019. $250,000.00 USD Production budget fully financed by our sponsor(s).
WE DON’T SET YOU UP WITH MEETING AFTER MEETING. WE DON’T SELL YOU DREAMS. WE DON’T SELL YOU HOPE.
WE PRODUCE YOUR SCRIPT!
PERIOD.
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November 15, 2018 Regular Deadline
December 6, 2018 Late Deadline I December 28, 2018 Extended Deadline I
The Myrtle Beach International Film Festival has been awarded several prestigious awards including one of the "Top 25 film festivals worth the entry fee" by Movie Maker Magazine.
What sets the MBIFF apart from other festivals is our commitment to the true spirit of film. Many of the attendees has stated that this was their favorite film festival to submit to and attend. Once you are here, you are family.
The goal of the founder and director Jerry Dalton, was to create a venue for independent film makers which is not corrupted by the politics of many events.
The MBIFF screens projects in a multi-million dollar theater, housing state of the art technology.
We look forward to viewing your film /project!
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April 24 – 28, 2019
January 14, 2019 Regular Deadline / February 3, 2019 Late Deadline / February 23, 2019 Extended Deadline /
Known for it's quaint location, friendly staff/volunteers, inquisitive audience, consistent communication, multiple screening opportunities, workshops, panels and other amazing networking opportunities and parties; it's no wonder JDIFF was voted one of the coolest film festivals and one of the top 50 worth the submission fee by MovieMaker Magazine (2016 & 2017). JDIFF also ranks as one of the top 100 reviewed festivals by FilmFreeway. JDIFF is ALL about the independent filmmaker!
Dubuque, Iowa is a quaint city on the Mississippi and a perfect place to host the festival. As quoted in Filmmaker Magazine "The festival is smartly situated downtown, with an assortment of handsome venues all within walking distance" from the Festival Headquarters, located in the grand HOTEL JULIEN, the same hotel where Al Capone used to hide out from the Chicago Feds.
Our final nominees are judged by our Jury members of Film professionals, such as Directors, Producers, Critics, Director of Photography, etc and choose the final winner of each category.
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November 30, 2018, early bird deadline
The first annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers. https://filmfreeway.com/FrenchRivieraFilmFestival
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December 31, 2018 Earlybird Deadline
Three times now, The Melbourne Doc Fest has been rated as a Top 100 Film Festival on FilmFreeway and has consistently been ranked in the top 2% of the over 6,000 film festival in the world over the last 3 years.
The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is currently rated as the Documentary Film Festival of the Year (2018) by FilmDaily.
Our mission is to discover and promote independent Australian documentaries, and to showcase the best international documentaries to Melbourne audiences. The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival provides a public forum and supportive platform to allow emerging filmmakers to showcase their work.
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December 1, 2018 Extended Deadline
Asbury Park, NJ. Film, Screenplay and Movie Music competitions opened July 1, 2018.
The Garden State Film Festival was founded to promote the art of film making on all levels by showcasing a wide variety of film, video and animated works, as well as to provide educational programs in the creative arts to the public by industry leaders. Our goal is to present films of the highest quality in both production value and content.
The Garden State Film Festival's professional jury will select winning films in various categories. Submission categories are for administration purposes only. There are separate awards for student films (please state on notes which kind of student you are if it applies - Graduate, College, High School or younger) as well as the "Home Grown Awards" for films where 75% of principle photography is shot in the State of New Jersey.
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April 5 - 14, 2019
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The EarlyBird Deadline is November 15th
Entries Opened August 15th. The EarlyBird Deadline is November 15th and the Main Entry Deadline is December 15th. These are "Postmark By Deadlines". If you enter Online by the January 15th Late/Final Deadline and we receive the physical entry by January 31st, your entry will still be reviewed by our judges. Due to popular demand, we have extended the Final Brick Wall Deadline to January 31st, online!
The 2019 Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival is now open for entries! Info on All Winners info is submitted to Seoul, Korea ~ Concorto, Italy & the USAFilmFestival, Dallas at no extra cost!
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April 9th, 2019
Deadline extended
New York Festivals World's Best TV & Films competition honors programming in all lengths and forms from over 50 countries. New Categories for 2019 include Human Rights Documentary, Digital Short-Form Music Video, Telenovela Promotion, Brand Image, CSR Not-for-Profit, Branded Content, Attitudinal Training, Branded Content Documentary, Student Documentary, Public Relations & Social Engagement.
All Entries in the 2019 competition will be judged online and screened by New York Festivals Television & Film Awards Grand Jury of 200 plus producers, directors, writers, and other creative media professionals from around the globe. Nominated Finalists are judged by a selected panel at the United Nations for the UNDPI Awards. Award-winning entries will be showcased on the NYF Television & Film Awards website. To View the 2018 TV & Film Awards winning entries please visit: https://www.newyorkfestivals.com/winners/2018/
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May 5 – 12, 2019
Regular deadline November 30 2018
The 10th Annual NYC Independent Film Festival provides a showcase for indie filmmakers from NYC and around the world to the NYC public & entertainment industry. Indie filmmakers selffund projects with budgets from $0 - $1,000,000 and often overlooked, these filmmakers show extraordinary talent and creativity under tight budgets. The Festival provides filmmakers with the opportunity for potential distribution while meeting fans and promoting their film.
The Festival is an annual event and will run May 5 - 12, 2019, taking place at Producers Club, The Caveat and Cameo Clnton Studios. We will screen 250 films, host panels and presentations, as well as after parties, a live script reading, and a live comedy sketch performance! All while hosting hundreds of filmamakers from around the world!
2019 submission categories include: Narrative Feature, Short Film (narrative), Super Short Film (narrative), Documentary Fearure, Documentary Short, Music Video, Art/Experimental (short film), Animation (short film), Short Script, Short Sketch Comedy Videos, Virtual Reality, Web Series, TV Pilots.
Join us in New York City May 5 to 12, 2019
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DEADLINE: December 5, 2018
This Call is for Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi features and shorts only of Fantasy genre. The Director’s Week section is destinaded only for, first time directors.
Deadlines for Entries for 2019 edition are November 1st (feature and fantasy shorts) and December 5th (Final Call and only for features). Fantasporto enjoys incredible loyalty and support from the large film-appreciating community all over the World. In the last edition, Fantasporto was attended by over 25,000 enthusiastic genre film fans and over 200 members of the film press and industry.
Considered in 2015 as the first of the independent film festivals in the world by TRIPPER, Fantasporto is among the top film festivals for the discovery of new talent, having revealed countless of now famous directors, producers and actors.
The World Heritage City by UNESCO of Porto, twice considered Europe’s Best Touristic Destination, is another factor adding interest . Founded in 1981, the 39th edition has the support of the Portuguese State and the Townhall.
Check the Regulations on the site www.fantasporto.com.
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Peter Lord , President of the European Animation Awards (EAA) Association, Didier Brunner, General Secretary and Matie Haroutian, General Delegate, announced the 2018 Emile Awards 90 nominees today (November 8) live from the General Secretariat from the Greek Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media. Nominees by categories: - BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN A STUDENT FILM - ● A Love Letter to the One I Made up - Israel | Rachel Gutgarts (dire...
FMX 2019 : Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media April 30 - May 3, 2019, Stuttgart/Germany, Haus der Wirtschaft Ludwigsburg/Germany, November 6, 2018. Bridging the Gap is the theme of FMX – Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media, which will open its doors at Haus der Wirtschaft in Stuttgart, Germany, from April 30 to May 03, 2019, to welcome professionals and students from the areas of film, technology, art, business and science. The cen...
The 26th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film is going to take place from April 30 to May 05, 2019. It is one of the most outstanding events for animated film worldwide. Animated films produced after October 1, 2017 can be now submitted to the following competition categories: • International Competition (International short film competition) • Young Animation (International student film competition) • &n...
Films we curate for festivals: Check our selection of 'Best for Fests' in the eco green genre! "Ones to Watch for fests' by filmfestivals.com"...
Films we curate for festivals Check our selection of 'Best for Fests' in the Horror SciFi genre! "Ones to Watch for fests' by filmfestivals.com"...
2018 Buried Alive Film Fest will be held on Nov. 14-18 at 7 Stages Theatre!!! 1105 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 Come out and see some of the best independent films in the world! This November the Buried Alive Film Fest has a new home at 7 Stages Theatre located in the heart of Little 5 Points Atlanta. Also our new location is connected to the great coffee house and bar, Java Lords, making it easy to grab a drink or coffee and enjoy...
Films we curate for festivals Check our selection of 'Best for Fests' documentaries. "Ones to Watch for fests' by filmfestivals.com". LIVING IN THE FUTURES PAST by Susan Kucera, produced and presented by Jeff Bridges. USA
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"A film that Google does not want you to see - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"
An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.
The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”
However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”.
Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.
There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.
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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes
Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for”
Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film,
Sharkwater: Extinction.
The soundtrack "Child of the Water" is a tribute to Rob, written and recorded by the ethereal Chantal Kreviazuk.
Click here for a preview.
Sharkwater: Extinction, scheduled to release in October 2018, is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.
Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.
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LIVING IN THE FUTURES PAST by Susan Kucera, A documentary presented by Jeff Bridges.
USA October 2017 - 83 minutes
13 Festival wins so far for Living in the Future's Past
over 40 festival wins so far
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.
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Contexte Après les succès d’Un tramway nommé désir (1951) et À l’Est d’Eden (1955), Elia Kazan signe ici une autre œuvre remarquable. Le scénario est de William Inge, qui joue brièvement le rôle d’un pasteur dans le film, et qui recevra un Oscar pour son travail. L’auteur s’est inspiré de personnes qu’il a connus dans le Kansas des années 1920. Le film signe les débuts d...
JUAN DIAZ SERA LE NOUVEAU DIRECTEUR ADMINISTRATIF ET OPÉRATIONNEL DU NIFFF Le Festival de Film Fantastique de Neuchâtel a nommé Juan Dia...
14O films d’une cinquantaine de pays seront projetés et de nombreux invités tels que Emir KUSTURICA, Barbet SCHROEDER, Abderrahmane SISSAKO, Cheick DOUKOURÉ, Éliane De LATOUR, Bakary SANGARÉ, Michal AVIAD, Emilio MAILLÉ, Paul WAMO et bien d’autres seront à Amiens pour présenter leurs films et échanger avec le public. Parmi les nombreux événements de cette 38e édition, le festiv...
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Ça se concrétise... Hier à la Monnaie de Paris s'est tenue la soirée de présentation du Festival. Car il arrive à grand pas ! J-37 avant de vous retrouver en&nb...
Dans 15 jours, l’incontournable Festival Peuples et Musiques au Cinéma ouvrira sa 19ème édition à la Cinémathèque de Toulouse. Créé il y a 19 ans par l'association toulousaine Escambiar, le festival met à l'honneur les peuples et leurs musiques à travers le 7ème art. Projections de documentaires et de fictions, concerts, conférences, conversations, animations... le programme 2018 ...
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Le Palmarès du Festival ! - Le jury de la Sélection Premiers Films Thomas JENKOE, Marie GAUMY et Nicolas TARCHIANI - Le jury lycéen Harry RAKOTO, Ranya ETTAY, Nicolas LECHAT, Clément JAGER, Youssef EL GHALI Le Prix des Écrans documentaires 2017 DE CENDRES ET DE BRAISES de Manon Ott Manon Ott remporte aussi le Prix du Ceci-Moulin d'Andé pour son projet LA PETITE RIVIÈRE ...
La European Film Academy et EFA Productions révèlent les premiers lauréats qui seront récompensés lors de la cérémonie des European Film Awards. Un jury composé de huit membres s'est réuni à Berlin et a désigné les vainqueurs, d’après une sélection de films de fiction établie par la European Film Academy, dans les catégories suivantes : directeur de la photogra...
C'est au festival du film européen de Séville que l'European Film Academy et EFA Productions ont révélé les nominations des 31èmes European Film Awards. Les gagnants seront annoncés le samedi 15 décembre à Séville. Meilleur film européen Border d’Ali Abbasi Cold War de Paweł Pawlikowski Dogman de Matteo Garrone Girl de Lukas Dhont Heureux comme Lazzaro d&rsquo...
La réalisatrice @LLamartire reçoit le Grand Prix du festival pour SAREMO GIOVANI E BELLISSIMI décerné par le jury présidé par Jean-Pierre Améris, entouré de @toscano_alberto et Alexandre Espigares 41e édition - 2018 26 OCT > 11 NOV www.festival-villerupt.com PALMARÈS DU FESTIVAL 2018 Villerupt, Le 9 novembre 2018 Le Festival du Film Italien de Villerup...
34 comédiennes et comédiens ont été sélectionnés par le Comité Révélations de l’Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, le 10 novembre dernier, afin de faciliter le vote des 4303 membres votants de l’Académie pour les César du Meilleur Espoir Féminin et du Meilleur Espoir Masculin, qui seront décernés le vendredi 22 février prochain sur la scène de l...
Le Comité Révélations de l'Académie des César s'est réuni samedi 10 novembre pour choisir les comédiennes et comédiens qui feront partie de la liste des Révélations 2019. À l'issue des délibérations, 17 comédiennes et 17 comédiens ont été choisis par le Comité. Cette liste sera transmise à titre strictement indicatif aux membres votants de ...
La 24e cérémonie des Lumières de la presse internationale aura lieu le lundi 4 février 2019 à l’Institut du monde arabe de Paris. L’Académie des Lumières réunit plus de 130 correspondants de la presse internationale qui représentent une vingtaine de pays. Ces journalistes sont appelés à voter sur les films français sortis en salles tout au long de l’an...
La soirée d’ouverture Hitchcock Le 21 novembre à 19h, présentée par Thierry Frémaux Cette présentation sera suivie par la projection de Les Enchainés/Notorious à 20h45, qui mélange suspense et amour, gagnant de deux Oscars. Du 21 novembre jusqu’au 30 janvier, l’institut Lumière fait hommage à Alfred Hitchcock en lui accordant une grande...
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