Where else in the world is black beautiful, baffling and brings together East and West? In South Trinidad at the Siparia Roman Catholic Church in that “city of sand”, a black female statue venerated by Catholics as the Virgin Mary and worshipped by Hindus as a black Hindu Goddess does just that! To Catholics who follow her in street processions, the statue is known as “La Divina Pastora”, the Divine Shepherdess - to Hindus who charawe her by touching her arms and feet, sh...
Shouters and the ‘control freak’ Empire questions power and social control through exposing the central conflict between Euro-centric and Afro-centric religions. Through the emergence and Prohibition of the Shouter Baptist religion in Trinidad & Tobago, this 28-minute documentary reveals how power, disguised as Prohibition laws instituted by the colonial government, attempted to legislate against a belief system. Yet despite prosecution, the letter of the law could not legislate ...
The Madonna Murti is a documentary film that utilizes narrative, drama, illustrations and song to tell the tale of a statue who offers health, hope, help and happiness to those who come to her most in need of it.
Produced by: LRS Productions Ltd.
NEW YORK, NY: Mustafa ÖNDER
It's your last chance to catch #Tribeca2019! There are still plenty of opportunities to see some amazing new films and events before It wrap up Sunday.
This year's Festival included 113 feature-length films, 63 short films, and 33 immersive storytelling projects representing 44 countries.
Screenings of the award-winning films will take place throughout the final day of the Festival, Sunday, May 5th, at various venues.
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Hello Film Makers, due to an overwhelming number of requests for us to accept feature length films we have decided to do just that!
Below are the new deadline dates and fees for our upcoming festival... submit away!!!
Forty and Over Film Festival (hereafter: “FOFF”) competition is open to the United States and International entries to writers or directors 40 years of age and over only. All other participants (i.e. actors, crew, producers, etc.) c...
They had survived the horrors of the US Civil War and the POW camps. Over 2000 Union soldiers were crammed aboard the steamboat Sultana, heading home. But graft, greed, overcrowding, a poorly maintained boat, and a swollen Mississippi River conspired to create disaster. On April 27, 1865, exploding boilers caused the US's worst maritime disaster. It's time to Remember the Sultana.
Genre: Documentary
Come See Us in Cannes!
13-21 May, 2019 – Booth: Marina Club/Riv...
NEW YORK, NY: Mustafa ÖNDER
The Tribeca Film Festival will kicks off April 24 with the world premiere of HBO documentary “The Apollo” at the iconic Harlem venue.
The documentary by director Roger Ross Williams follows the history of the Apollo, and includes new interviews with Patti LaBelle, Pharrell Williams, Smokey Robinson and Jamie Foxx. It also tracks a new production of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “B...
14th South East European Film Festival: May 1-8, 2019 in West Hollywood & Beverly Hills
The 14th edition of SEEfest, running May 1-8, 2019, features 56 films from 18 countries, including 13 narrative features, 7 documentary features, 6 shorts programs, a Sci-Fi side-bar with 2 features and a shorts program, and a Business of Film Conference about data in the film industry. This year the festival will explore theme of cinematic audacity by drawing attention to South East European ...
Join us for our Women in Film Panel on May 9th at 7:15 PM! We have an incredible line-up of panelists including Jan Eliasberg, Jenifer Westphal, Danelle Eliav, and Afia Nathaniel!This year's panel takes place at the Helen Mills Theater. For more info and tickets visit our website: https://www.nycindieff.com/event/women-in-film-panel
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O Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português tem sido, desde 1988, um dos principais referentes no panorama cinematográfico nacional. Apresentando-se como o único festival dedicado ao cinema português em todas as suas vertentes (projetos finais de escolas de cinema, animação, documentário, curta-metragem e longa-metragem), mostra-se como a derradeira montra das obras cinematográficas que anualmente são p...
In addition to our annual 7-day film festival, we are proud to share the American Documentary Film Fund with independent American filmmakers who will participate and compete for financing for new projects as well as works in progress. An amount up to $50,000 may be awarded or distributed in any given year. (View our past Film Fund winners.)
A panel of film industry professionals will review a select group of documentary filmmaker projects for...
The 10th Annual NYC Independent Film Festival is happening May 5 - 12!
We have an INCREDIBLE line-up on Indie Films this year. From inspiring docs to experimental shorts to hilarious comedies! Truly something for every indie film lover!
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Hey Film Festival filmmakers,
So we are now in our Regular Entry phase that ends June 20, 2019 and couldn't be more thrilled about the stories coming in from writers and directors 40 and over.... such life experience and fascinating films we're getting! Keep 'em coming please! So exciting!!
https://filmfreeway.com/FortyandOverFilmFestival
All genres welcome. A film festival that is actually a festival of films! No Categories, so your chances increase exponentiall...
As part of the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes, the 3rd Doc Day will be held on Tuesday, May 21, and will offer a full day of thematic conferences and masterclasses bringing together leading documentary filmmakers selected in Cannes and key experts from the documentary industry.
Every year, Doc Day is an opportunity to take a step back and reflect on the documentary genre, both in terms of industry and as a form of cinematographic...
Hey Film Makers, Writers and Directors,
So tomorrow is the Early Deadline for our Forty and Over Film Festival and just wanted to give a shoutout to everyone to get their films in before the fee goes up. We are so excited to see the amazing films coming in so far and can't wait to see what else is out there!
www.fortyandoverfilmfestival.com
Good luck everyone!!
Frank
Festival Director
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This year's first festival highlights reveal the jury members of the German Documentary Film Music Award 2019 and a focus on the works of Dutch filmmaker Heddy Honigmann as part of the 2019 retrospective. Moreover, we welcome the
DOK.education, in cooperation with the Globate platform, is organising a media competence day on the subject of social media and globalisation, to which we cordially invite all school classes. The film THE CLEANERS will be shown, followed by a film ta...
“The Paper Chase” tribute
Bureaucracy (noun): a system for controlling or managing a country, company, or organization that is operated by a large number of officials employed to follow rules carefully // complicated rules, processes, and written work that make it hard to get something done
The perplexing structures of bureaucracy do not differ much from one...
Hey Film Makers,
As our Early Deadline approaches on March 15th just wanted to say how happy we are with all the entries we are receiving thus far! Such great storytelling and fantastic work on the screen! Keep 'em coming and take advantage of the Early Bird discount of $35 dollars...
Frank
Festival Director
www.fortyandoverfilmfestival.com
https://filmfreeway.com/FortyandOverFilmFestival
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Submit your short film, feature film or music video to the International Thai Film Festival 2019!
Submit your production via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/thaifilmfest
Submit your production via FestHome: https://festhome.com/f/3906
Submit your production via Withoutabox: https://www.withoutabox.com/03film/03t_fin/03t_fin_fest_01over.php?festival_id=17485
ITFF Website: https://www.thaif
On March 24th, 2019 we have two exciting festivals for you!
Check out the NYC Short Documentary Film Festival and the NYC Short Comedy Film Festival!
The NYC Short Doc Fest will take place first from 12 - 4 pm. For info on featured films and ticket prices visit our website.
The NYC Short Comedy Fest is next from 4 - 8pm. Visit the website for film details and tickets!
Both take place at the Producers Club! We hope to see you there.
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Hey filmmakers
So recently I had a conversation with a long time cinematographer who asked me what specific types of films we wanted for our Forty and Over Film Festival... and since we are open to all genres I would suggest the following wish list.... If your film Preaches, then we'd love for it to Inspire. If yours Documents, then we'd love for it to Educate. And if your film is Fictional, then we hope it Entertains. Our festival is looking for the best quality films...
Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker will attend the 22nd annual festival, April 4 – 7
Photo by Maya Krinsky
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is pleased to announce that filmmaker, photographer, and writer RaMell Ross will curate its 2019 Thematic Program. Ross’s first film, Hale County This Morning, This Evening, has been described as the birth of “a ...
The International Competition section of the 21st Thessaloniki Documentary Festival discovers the boldest new voices of contemporary documentary filmmaking, presenting the first or second films by the most promising directors from all over the world. It is worth noting that the TDF is included -along with 28 leading film festivals- in the Documentary Feature Qualifying Festival List established by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Thus the documentary that wins TDF&rsquo...
EDN - European Documentary Network announces the final selection of projects to take part in Docs in Thessaloniki, the annual EDN pitching forum taking place from 1-5 March 2019 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Docs in Thessaloniki consists of a five-day program, where the selected documentary projects will be developed, re-written and pitched to a panel of international financiers.
For the upcoming 21st edition of Docs in Thessaloniki, EDN has now announced the final selection of documentary project...
22ND ANNUAL SONOMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS
A Festival Kick-off
Special Documentary Film Dinner - Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable –
Thursday, February 21st at Sebastiani Theatre
Sonoma, CA (February 7, 2019) – On Thursday, February 21st at 7:15pm, Sonoma International Film Festival fans can catch a special documentary film screening of Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable at the Sebastiani Theatre. Bethany Hamilton lost her arm to a tiger shark at age 13, but ...
