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The Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival

  List of winners The fourth edition of the Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival was a great success.  We had a record number of people in attendance for both the screenings and the talks. And were thrilled to have such great guest speakers and high quality films from around the world.   We are proud to announce the official list of winners from the 2012 edition:   Category: Film professional Bydlo by Patrick Bouchard, Canada   Category: Film professional, un...

The Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival

      List of winners   The fourth edition of the Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival was a great success.  We had a record number of people in attendance for both the screenings and the talks. And were thrilled to have such great guest speakers and high quality films from around the world.   We are proud to announce the official list of winners from the 2012 edition:   Category: Film professional Bydlo by Patrick Bouchard, Canada   Categor...

2012 Nihilist Film Fest Returns to Echo Park Film Center

For the thirteenth year, the Nihilist Cultural Foundation presents the Nihilist International Film Festival.  This year’s evening of films will be presented at the Echo Park Film Center.  The show will start at 8:00 pm on Friday, December 7. 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 an...

HMFF 2012 Australia Adiós Clichés - Hola Mexico Trailer

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Word from the Director It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Hola Mexico Film Festivalwebsite. HMFF is held every summer in Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth) and in Los Angeles.   On this website you can find the film line up and the schedule for each city, watch our trailers and buy tickets.  You may also want to share your favourite films with your friends. The Hola Mexico Film Festival aims to bring you the best films ...

Chile in focus at the 36th Goteborg Film Festival

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Today we're revealing the festival's focus and announcing the first four films from the programme for 2013! For its 36th year, Göteborg International Film Festival has decided to spotlight Chilean film. 40 years after Pinochet's military coup d'état, Chile's film industry is once again blooming with a wave of young Chilean filmmakers finding success abroad.  During the military dictatorship, many people were persecuted and killed as a result of their political opinions. The o...

Line up of films competing at 9th Amazonas Film festival

Official selection Internacional competition 9º Amazonas Film Festival* 10 timer til Paradis international title: Teddy Bear Madds Mathiessen, Fiction. 92 min. 2012 (Denmark) (World Cinema Directing Award Sundance Film Festival 2012, Official Selection New Directors, New Films 2012) trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5ZseyEe0dQ infos: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/teddy-bear-sundance-film-review-285456 http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/news/2012/08/five-...

Amazonas Film Festival in Manaus a few FAQ ahead of our dailies

We will be reporting from Manaus, visiting Amazonas Film festival Those of you who are curious about it should read this. http://www.amazonasfilmfestival.com.br/ Manaus, Brasil. City or jungle? Please keep in mind that although planted in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, Manaus is actually the second largest metropolitan area in Northern Brazil with more than 2 million inhabitants. Is Manaus on the Amazon River? Manaus is situated on the Rio Negro (means "Black River")...

New competition of the Black Nights highlights feature debuts from Baltic Sea Region

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Feature debuts from the Baltic and Nordic countries compete in the the new Tridens Herring competition programme judged by an international jury, among others Kiki Sugino. Tridens Herring feature debut competition replaces the previous Baltic competition aiming to present young talent from around the Baltic Sea. „In the recent years many young and interesting film makers have emerged in the Baltic film industry, who are up to a comparison even in the context of very strong film countries....

New SE Asian Movie: FREEDOM DEAL (TRAILER) US-Vietnam War Cambodia Incursion May 4, 1970:

░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓▒▒▒░░ Trailer for 'FREEDOM DEAL: the Story of Lucky', a pioneering historical drama taking place in Cambodia during the expansion of the US-Vietnam conflict in May 1970. WATCH IT HERE > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K7dezQCl4E FREEDOM DEAL is the first ever movie ab ...

Maxim Australia Celebrates Hot 100 At Halloween Bash With Special Guest Sophie Monk

Maxim Australia Celebrates Hot 100 At Halloween Bash With Special Guest Sophie Monk Maxim Australia Celebrates Hot 100 At Halloween Bash With Special Guest Sophie Monk; Marquee, Sydney – The Star... Maxim Australia enjoyed its Hot 100 Halloween Bash - party at Sydney's famous Marquee nightclub tonight. It was obvious to the trained eye that one or two VIP's - high rollers, hot models and blonde's a plen

Submit your film film to festivals on filmfestivals.com with FESTIVALEXPRESS

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  Many thanks for your trust when choosing FestivalExpress, our free digital submission suite. A growing number of filmmakers and production companies are now using our system to submit film to festivals. Close to a hundred festivals (Sept 09) are now aligned with this new solution on the market.   A few tips on the service: You will receive for each film submitted a system email informing you. (check the email in your fest21.com blog profile) The email takes you online to the ...

Trailer: New SE Asian Movie 'FREEDOM DEAL', taking place May 4, 1970 in Cambodia during the expansion of the US-Vietnam conflict

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░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓▒▒▒░░ Trailer for 'FREEDOM DEAL: the Story of Lucky', a brand new pioneering historical indie drama taking place in Cambodia during the expansion of the US-Vietnam conflict in May 1970. SEE THE TRAILER @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K7dezQCl4E FREEDOM DEAL is the first ever movie about this chapter of history told from the Cambodian (Asian) ...

2012 AMERICAN FILM MARKET kicks off

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More Than 10% Increase in Buyers Expected, Including 120 New Buying Companies Industry Conversations Featuring Directors Sacha Gervasi and Victor Levin, “Harry Potter” Franchise Executive Producer Michael Barnathan, Producer Bonnie Curtis, Jonathan Silverman, Pamela Adlon and Many More Also Announced. The 2012 American Film Market (AFM®) will kick-off tomorrow with more than 120 new buying companies and a 10% increase in buyers, according to AFM Managing Director Jonathan Wolf. ...

New competition of the Black Nights highlights feature debuts from Baltic Sea Region

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Feature debuts from the Baltic and Nordic countries compete in the the new Tridens Herring competition programme judged by an international jury, among others Kiki Sugino. Tridens Herring feature debut competition replaces the previous Baltic competition aiming to present young talent from around the Baltic Sea. „In the recent years many young and interesting film makers have emerged in the Baltic film industry, who are up to a comparison even in the context of very strong film countries. ...

Film Festival Tourism: Bahamas, December 2012

Johnny Depp and Leslie Vanderpool, Executive Director,Bahamas International Film Festival For upper income groups, cultural tourism has developed over the last decade into a significant part of their leisure activities over the last decades. The consumption of soft cultural products such as visual representations and film has become an integral part of their life. Film festival tourism, a relatively recent phenomenon has emerged as a significant niche market. If film festivals meet s...

Amazonas Film Festival in Manaus a few FAQ ahead of our dailies

We will be reporting from Manaus, visiting Amazonas Film festival Those of you who are curious about it should read this.  http://www.amazonasfilmfestival.com.br/  Manaus, Brasil.  City or jungle?   Please keep in mind that although planted in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, Manaus is actually the second largest metropolitan area in Northern Brazil with more than 2 million inhabitants.   Is Manaus on the Amazon River?  Manaus is situated on the...

2013 Boomtown Film & Music Festival - Call for Entries

Calling all Filmmakers! The sixth annual Boomtown Film and Music Festival will be held February 22-23, 2013 in Beaumont, Texas, USA. Films are now being accepted for consideration. We are accepting submissions in the categories of feature length, shorts, documentaries, experimental, music video, or student. We encourage both national and international filmmakers to submit their films to us via an online service such as wetransfer.com or you can send us DVD/BLU-Ray copies by mail. W...

New York Film Festival: 50th Anniversary

          Backed by the largest film society in the US which has now more than 7000 members and Lincoln Center’s supportive management the New York Film festival has emerged as the most important US film festival.  Over the last 25 years under Richard Pena’s direction few if any compromises in the main selection and side bars were made. Pena shifted the festival’s Eurocentric orientation and introduced cinema from Asia, Latin America, and Eu...

Robert Pattinson comes to Sydney for The Twilight Saga; Premiere tonight

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  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn; Sydney, Australia red carpet premiere...         ROBERT PATTINSON COMES TO SYDNEY FOR THE TWILIGHT SAGA...   ROBERT PATTINSON TO TOUR SYDNEY FOR THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 2</b>   HOYTS DISTRIBUTION is thrilled to announce that ROBERT PATTINSON, star of the upcoming release of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 2 will be coming to Australia to promote the final instalment in the globa...

16th Arab Film Festival opens in LA

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by Alex Deleon for <filmfestivals.com> The sixteenth edition of the Arab Film Festival (which travels to five cities in California) opened here on Friday, October 19 with a festive reception at the Screen writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. This is an intensive three day event which will screen as many films as can be squeezed into a long weekend. The opening night film was "Man Without a Cell Phone", a debut feature by Palestinian filmmaker Sameh Zoabi who has won various...

Helpmann Awards 2012: Sydney, Australia

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  Helpmann Awards 2012: Sydney, Australia   Australia's top female dramatic actors, Robyn Nevin and Cate Blanchett, won their categories in the national Helpmann Awards presented in Sydney last night, but unusually no single production dominated the ceremony.   While Nevin won for Belvoir St Theatre's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and Blanchett for Sydney Theatre Company's Gross und Klein, the award for best play went to Ganesh Versus the Third Reich by the G...

Robert Pattinson comes to Sydney for The Twilight Saga

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  Robert Pattinson comes to Sydney for The Twilight Saga   Photography by Eva Rinaldi   ROBERT PATTINSON COMES TO SYDNEY FOR THE TWILIGHT SAGA...   ROBERT PATTINSON TO TOUR SYDNEY FOR THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 2   HOYTS DISTRIBUTION is thrilled to announce that ROBERT PATTINSON, star of the upcoming release of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 2 will be coming to Australia to promote the final instalment in the global phenomenon. &nb...

Christina Hendricks launches Specsavers Spectacle Wearer of the Year competition at The Star

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  Christina Hendricks launches Specsavers Spectacle Wearer of the Year competition at The Star   American actress and star of the award-winning television series 'Mad Men', Christina Hendricks was in Sydney tonight and attended a closed event to launch the Specsavers Spectacle Wearer of the Year competition.   As a style icon and proud spec-wearer, Ms Hendricks will be a judge and ambassador for the Specsavers competition, following international supermodel and phot...

Benicio Del Toro attends red carpet movie premier; Event Cinemas, Sydney, Australia...

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  Benicio Del Toro attends red carpet movie premier; Event Cinemas, Sydney, Australia...         Savages enjoyed its red carpet premiere in Sydney, Australia tonight.   Savages star Benicio Del Toro told media agency AAP that meeting real ex-drug cartel members was a similar feeling to climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge.   "You go in strapped and you go in protected in some ways but you don't want to get too goofy or something like that, ...

Kate Bosworth: Exclusive appearance at MYER Sydney City

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  Kate Bosworth: Exclusive appearance at MYER Sydney City       Myer and SKII are excited to welcome the face of SKII, American beauty Kate Bosworth, to Myer Sydney City for an in-store appearance this week.   Kate's exclusive appearance at Myer Sydney City will be held on  Friday 12th October at 1:00 pm on level 1.    Kate Bosworth will be interviewed on stage by style and pop culture commentator, Melissa Hoyer, on her supp...

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