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New York's Beneath the Earth Film Festival is a year-long search for independent films that serves as a catalyst for outstanding projects to reach a global audience.
Four seasonal competitions are held throughout the year during which work of high production quality, clever writing and strong performances are offered the chance to be reviewed by authorities in the film world. The winners of each season then go on to compete for the culminating grand prize. All winners will receive recognition and exposure as well as a monetary prize.
photos: Daniela Kičić
from www.zavod-iskra.org/stoptrik:
August, 29th
Stoptrik IFF ended on Sunday, August 28th. For the whole weekend Maribor audience admired international achievements of stop motion animation in seven festival selections. More than 50 people attended screenings held in Dvorana Gustaf, Kino Udarnik and Udarnik na prostem discovering diffe
The Hubert Bals Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has selected twenty-five film projects that receive grants for script development, digital production, postproduction, distribution or workshops. In its Fall 2012 selection round, the Fund gives 330,000 Euro to projects from seventeen Asian, Eastern European, Latin-American and African countries. (See full list below)
From many strong applications for workshop initiatives, the Hubert Bals Fu...
Interview with Amir Manor for ‘Epilogue’ (2012).
Amir Manor is an Israeli director who has made four short films ('Pouring Sun', 2006; 'Reds', 2007; 'Ruin', 2008; 'Lands', 2008) and one feature film, ‘Epilogue’ (2012), which screened in the international competition at the 53rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival. The film won four awards at TIFF: Special Jury Award for Originality and Innovation, Best Screenplay Award, Human Values...
The 4nd Annual West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival
Call for Submissions
The West Virginia University School of Art and design is pleased to announce a call for entries to the 4th annual West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival. We seek independent, unique and compelling work in film, video and animation. All interested artists, filmmakers, multimedia enthusiasts are encouraged to submit work for consideration. Student submissions are also encouraged.
Send us your work! http...
First fashion video festival during Milano Fashion City program.
Diana Seclì presents the new talent contest about DIRECTION, PHOTOGRAPHY, STYLING and DESIGN.
IUFF is reserved to international talents aged 18/36 years old which will achieve fashion short video.
IMPORTANT: video can be already produced!!!
Theme: accessory touch
There has to be one of the following accessory in the video: bag/ shoes/ glasses/ fur
Accessory is not only the fashion video main actor but just feeling
(please have a look to submission for all accessories details)
Both juries will confer thirty finalists and five winners.
Every award gives the possibility to the winner of achieving a short fashion video committed by every fair following the category linked to it and it will be visible on the proper web site. All the total amount will be 7.500 euro
IUFF award will use video winner to promote next festival season all over the world.
But also … every winner will have the possibility, with our help, coming to Milan for 2 nights!!
DEADLINE SUBMISSION: january 18, 2013
appointment
february 25, 2013
festival presentation
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february 26/march 04, 2013
fashion video screening festival – milan
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XXVIII. Black International Cinema Berlin 2013
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Director: Jeancharles Atzeni.
In an experimental comedy blending wit with intimacy, we follow two characters as they film their way through Paris. While lighthearted Lucy records a women’s rugby tournament for a sick teammate, reserved Kader documents life and love as a wedding videographer. Using a handheld camera style, the film gives viewers a naturalistic glimpse into two stories combined by a twist of fate.
As Kader explores his past, Lucy captures the joyful energy of her teammates. Moving from one tape to the other, the film captures the commonalities and contrasts between Lucy and Kader’s perspectives. When their stories collide in a public park, the two films combine into a new and unexpected story. Humorous, unique and romantic, The Double Switch explores love as the product of art and chance.
Director: sourav sarangi.
Meet Rubel, fourteen years old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh. He has to cross the river Ganga acting as the international border. The same river eroded his home in mainland India when he was just four. Years later a fragile island called Char was formed within the large river. Rubel, with his family and many homeless people settled in this barren field controlled by the border police. He dreams of going his old school in India but reality forces him to smuggle stuff to Bangladesh. But he fights on while monsoon clouds arrive inviting the flood, the river swells up again. 'Char may disappear but we won’t, smiles the boy.Meet Rubel, fourteen years old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh. He has to cross the river Ganga acting as the international border. The same river eroded his home in mainland India when he was just four. Years later a fragile island called Char was formed within the large river. Rubel, with his family and many homeless people settled in this barren field controlled by the border police. He dreams of going his old school in India but reality forces him to smuggle stuff to Bangladesh. But he fights on while monsoon clouds arrive inviting the flood, the river swells up again. 'Char may disappear but we won’t, smiles the boy.
trailer link: http://vimeo.com/27704517
RIVER TO RIVER, FLORENCE CHITTAGONG vs CHITTAGONG, AND THE WINDS OF CHANGE
by Alex Deleon
Bedabrata Pain (Bengali: বেদব্রত পাইন; born 27 March 1963, West Bengal, India) is a new Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.
Bedabrata Pain is also inventor of the CMOS image sensor.
One of the most interesting things about Chittagong, the film, is that it is the debut feature of a 49 year old dir...
An intense personal adventure with universal themes that just happens to feature on of 20th-century music's greatest icons, 'My Father and The Man In Black' presents the untold story of 'bad boy' Johnny Cash, his talented but troubled manager, Saul Holiff, and a son searching for clues to his father's suicide in the shadow of a legend. Before there was Johnny and June, there was Johnny and Saul
16TH ANNUAL WILDSIDE THEATRE FESTIVAL
The Hottest Two Weeks in Winter!
January 3 - 13, 2013
Centaur’s 16th Wildside Theatre Festival jumpstarts the New Year with 10 days of sensational,
cutting-edge theatre! Curated by Artistic and Executive Director, Roy Surette, the festival features
a potpourri of colourful characters including the hilarious Mr. Joe in the North American premiere
of Placebo; the outrageous Miss Hiccup, who has bee...
The International Film Festival Rotterdam introduces a new Competition. Aimed to support the distribution of films in Dutch cinemas, The Big Screen Award Competition will include ten very recent films with no Benelux distributor confirmed. The Big Screen Award will be awarded by an Audience Jury. The Dutch Circle of Film Critics (KNF) Jury will choose their winner among these ten films as well. Both prizes come with a guaranteed distribution offer for the Benelux, in collaboration with local d...
Cottesloe Films, in partnership with Impian Films, just announced that its upcoming short film Tango Underpants has raised an impressive $25,000 in 24 hours through its Pozible crowd funding campaign.
As a result, the film also qualified to have its funding quadrupled under ScreenWest’s 3-to-1 Crowdfunding Initiative, bringing the total to more than $100,000.
Tango Underpants is a playful and engrossing film, written by renowned screenwriter John Collee (H...
The 25th European Film Awards Ceremony
THE 25TH EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
Marion Döring, Peter Busuttil
picture: EFA / Rene Rossignaud
THE 25th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
Wim Wenders
picture: EFA / Rene Rossignaud
THE 25TH EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS:
Anke Engelke, host
picture: EFA / Rene Rossignaud
EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD 2012 -
Prix EURIMAGES:
Helena Danielsson, Sweden
picture: EFA / Rene Rossigna...
Director: Rahul Machal.
A film about method acting how an actor brings in himself the thoughts and emotions of the character he is playing.
Narrative
Interview - Sebastian Marka - Germany
Local
Aurora - Sara Werner - USA
Animation
Abuelas - Afarin Eghbal - United Kingdom
Music Video
Daniel Bedingfield - Secret Fear - Daniel Bedingfield - USA
Documentary
El Último Hielero - Sandy Patch -
Experimental
Matta - Release the Freq - Kim Holm - Norway
Environmental
The Last Orangutans - Mark Samuels - USA
Overall
El Último Hielero - ...
The 10th LSFF returns in January to celebrate 10 years, across multiple London venues with screenings, events, panels, music and much more.
· · 25 programmes of new British short films consisting of over 300 shorts selected from 1200 open submission
· Special focusses on Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio), Alice ...
Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions and the out-of-competition NEXT <=> section of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
Robert Redford, President & Founder of Sundance Institute said, “Every great film starts with an idea, and it is a testament to artists that they continually find new ideas, new stories, new points of view and...
Sundance Institute announced today 19 members of five juries awarding prizes at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Short Film Awards will be announced at a ceremony on January 22 at Park City’s Jupiter Bowl, with feature film awards announced at a separate ceremony on January 26.
Members of the Alfred P. Sloan Jury will be announced in January.
U.S. DOCUMENTARY JURY
Liz Garbus
Academy Award® nominated...
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) adds two programs to Signals, its section of thematic and topical programs. The festival honours Kira Muratova with a full retrospective of her features and short films. The second addition to Signals is ‘Changing Channels’, a program about episodic storytelling featuring new television work and web-based series directed by filmmakers. The full program of IFFR 2013 will be available on www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com by Thursday 17 Jan...
In the beginning of February 2013 the long-awaited report on the creative sector in Sweden will be published. One of the case studies, written by Bengt Toll, looks at the prerequisites for a real growth on all levels within the Swedish Film Industry.
That is the backdrop to this seminar in which Bengt Toll discuss his findings with experts Mike Gubbins and Peter Buckinghamwho will take the issues further.
The seminar aims to cut to the real issue for producer...
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purgatory / noun / an intermediate place or state
of temporary suffering for expiatory purification
Within the word “purgatory”, it is easy to envision condemned souls, torment and darkness. However, purgatory may also reflect the cyclic state in which we often rediscover or recreate ourselves anew from within our personal inflictions. Sometimes it is the necessary stage to exorcise ourselves from the haunting ghosts of the past. Perhaps it is the serene place of self reflection and realization.
From within this, DAMNED proudly presents an exhibition of powerful cinema called Purgatory. Held on March 8th & 9th 2013 at the Tangent Gallery in Detroit, Purgatory will present various short films of deeply introspective, beautifully disturbing and darkly enlightening subject matters from filmmakers local and worldwide. This is not an industry-focused horror film festival, but a tributary showcase of the often redemptive films from the filmmaker’s personal damnations. (The full film schedule is listed further below)
+ CALL FOR FILM SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN +
NOW FEATURING THE DAMNED BAZAAR
Come in early before the show and visit the DAMNED Bazaar featuring over a dozen local DAMNED artists selling their own merchandise, prints and original art. We will even give you a ticket for $5 off a purchase of $25 or more, good at any of the artist’s booths (with admission). Help support local artists!
Purgatory III – A Cinematic Exploration of the Soul
Fri March 08 – Showtimes 7pm 9pm – Buy Tickets
Sat March 09 – Showtimes 5pm 7pm 9pm – Buy Tickets
The DAMNED Bazaar will open at 6pm Friday and 4pm Saturday until around midnight.
Admission is $10 (at the door and online) and includes
- A $5 Off Bazaar discount w/$25+ purchase
- FREE POPCORN W/GOURMET SEASONINGS
A cash bar is also present for alcoholic (and non) pleasures.
This event is 18+ due to mature/disturbing art and film content.
Tangent Gallery, 715 E Milwaukee, Detroit, MI
www.thatdamnedshow.com/purgatory
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After grand success of 2012, the 3rd annual Silent River Film Festival will take place from October 17th-20th 2013 in the beautiful city of Irvine, California, not far from Hollywood, the entertainment capital of the word.
The festival has added few more categories in competition this year, such as Screenplay Writing, Acting, Casting and Music Video. Festival's call for entry now is open on Withoutabox. Submit your entry today at - www.withoutabox.com/login...
The departure of Peter Rorvik from the UKZN’s Centre for Creative Arts concludes an exciting growth period for arts and culture in Durban, represented through the four annual CCA festivals – Time of the Writer, Poetry Africa, JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, and the Durban International Film Festival. All of these landmarks in Durban’s event calendar have contributed significantly to the cultural life of this city, delivering hosts of cutting-edge writers, poets, dancers...
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