...An adaptation of a good book (series like frank Herbert's)... ? there is more of course
If ever there was a subjective question, then it would be this one. To analyse what exactly makes a good film arguably takes away from the magic of films themselves. Everyone will agree that films are one of the most loved things on Earth and one only must look at how much money the industry rakes in to see this in numbers. The allure of films was almost instantaneous following the bir...
Conference program online!
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
BEYOND BORDERS: SALES & ACQUISITIONS
In this panel of leading experts in sales, acquisition and distribution we discuss the current and future of film with an emphasis on the industry, commenting on different experiences in markets and with film productions.
MAS ALLÁ DE LAS FRONTERAS: ADQUISICIÓN Y VENTAS
Especialistas en ventas, adquisición y distribución discuten a...
IBC announces that the in person IBC2021 event has been cancelled.
The move follows growing concerns about the COVID-19 situation in The Netherlands, which has deteriorated over the past week, and feedback from the IBC exhibitor and visitor community. The IBC Partnership Board made the decision today in order to prevent exhibitors and visitors from travelling to The Netherlands. Due to take place on December 3-6 at The RAI in Amsterdam, IBC20201 will now focus on bringing the content and tech...
The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) ended off the year with a series of virtual conferences attended by over 1600 delegates across Asia Pacific, and its first in-person industry conference and dinner in over two years, Resilience 100, at the Grand Hyatt Singapore.
The Asia Video Summit, which was supported by Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the Lead Sponsor, was honoured to have Mr. Edward Yau, GBS, JP, Secretary ...
A gentle but gorgeously photographed short documentary, QUIETLY seems to offer some correctives to current tales of social or humanitarian injustices within the vast lands of China. A handful of artlessly handled interviews with hard-working women from the distant province of Xinjiang reveal a country where the traditional and contemporary ways of life seem to blend smoothly, even successfully.
A dutiful daughter is packing cotton for despatch, picked in the enormous fiel...
Prague, Czech Republic-On October 22, 2021, the Prague Film Festival Awards Ceremony was held online. The film RIPPLES won "Best Documentary Short Film" and the "Audience Award", it was screened on the online platform of the Festival, attracting a large audience, one of the comments described it as "a magnifying glass to see the real life in Xinjiang, China".
A few days later the film won Grand Jury Prize at the Amsterdam International Fil...
Benoit Lelievre: director
Huaqing Jin: co-director
Ripples is a documentary short that focuses on how trade restrictions on cotton from Xinjiang since 2020 has affected four women who have lived in Yiwu, China for the past several years. They were born in Xinjiang and moved to Yiwu and with members of their families run their own business. In their stories they express a longing for Xinjiang and its natural resources, an autonomous region in China where 80% of the country&...
RIPPLES by Benoit Lelievre offers a cogent interpretation of their lifes by some women who have spent several years in Yiwu City in the Zhejiang Province of China settling there coming from the landlocked Xinjiang autonomous Uyghur province where Uyghurs and Han Chinese live together.
Also popular as a foreign tourist destination it has lately drawn international media attention to its cotton industry boycott by some Western countries.&nbs...
RIPPLES is film about Muslim women of Xinjiang, who now live in Yiwu, and how they miss their homeland.
While China is universally acknowledged as a military and economic super-power, prejudices and misconceptions about the country’s internal matters abound. One such contentious issue is the plight of the Uyghur (Uighur) Muslims, who form a large part of the population of its Xinjiang province, in the north-west, an autonomous region, like Tibet. It is bordered by the Chinese province...
Virtual Panel Featured E! Founder Larry Namer, FilmCapital.io’s Ali M. Aksu, Anteriya Films’ Anna Fishbeyn, Actor/Filmmaker Angelo Reyes, and Three-time Telly Award Winner Sue Vicory, with Moderator Reel360.com’s Colin Costello
On November 2, 2021 at 2 pm PST, Cloud 21 International (www.cloud21.com) and Kultura PR International (www.kulturapr.com) presented the fourth Annual Production Without Borders Showcase, a special virtual event held during AFM.
The by-i...
India’s Ministry of Tourism holds Seminar on Film Tourism
India's Ministry of Tourism in association with Ministry of Information & Broadcasting organised a Symposium on Film Tourism at Taj Land’s End, Mumbai, on November 8, 2021. The symposium aimed to promote Film Tourism by exploring opportunities available in the states for conducting film shootings.
What is Film Tourism?
‘Film Tourism’ is when a viewer gets induced to visit a particular location af...
NAPA VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FILM LINE-UP FOR 2021
Performances from Jena Malone, Anna Camp, Lili Taylor, an Animated Film from Academy Award-Winner Bill Plympton and Several Premieres Are Among the Highlights
Napa, California– Produced by Cinema Napa Valley, the annual Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) has announced its film line-up for the virtual film festival version this year. The five-day festival showc...
Did you miss an #AFMSession this week? Find ALL the sessions under SESSION REPLAYS on the #MyAFM platform for your convenience!
Pacific Stage Day 1
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EXHIBITORS A - Z
Apulia Film Commission
Audiovisual from Spain
Barrow Group, LLC
Busan Film Commission
DIADEMA SERVICE Di V. Doni & c.
Dominican Republic Film Commission
Edmonton Screen Industries Office
Film Alula
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THE LOST GIRLS
Altitude has acquired the UK & Irish distribution rights to fantasy/drama feature The Lost Girls. The film is inspired by J.M. Barrie classic Peter Pan and is based on the novel by Laurie Fox.
The film is written and directed by Livia De Paolis (Emoticon ;)), in which she also features along with an ensemble cast including Joely Richardson (101 Dalmatians, Nip/Tuck), Vanessa Redgrave (Atonement, Letters to Juliet), Julian Oven...
AFM2021 Closing Night was fun and loud with 2 World Premiere Concerts with performances by:
WORLD PREMIERE CONCERT:MICHAEL RYAN & DIFFERENT PLACE
WORLD PREMIERE CONCERT:MICHAEL RYAN & DIFFERENT PLACE
Director: Rob Clother & Chris Barfoot
Michael Ryan (lead vocals), Gil Garagnon (guitar), Brian Gee (drums), Sean Quinn (guitar), Dave Sweetenham (bass), Mark Vennis (guitar and backing vocals), Peter Walker (trumpet, saxophone, flute, percussion)
WORLD PREMIERE CONCERT:MA...
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IBC Digital is now LIVE! The hybrid platform will provide you with industry insight and the opportunity to engage with exhibitors from now, during IBC2021 and until 13th March 2022.
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SCAD Savannah Film Festival announces 2021 competition award winners
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA — The Savannah College of Art and Design announces the award winners for the 24th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival. A key stop on the festival circuit leading up to the Academy Awards, the SCAD Savannah Film Festival screened more than 150 films, including 45 narrative films, 15 documentary films, and 97 shorts, with 14 world premieres in 2021.
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AFM 2021 Online Launches today November 1 with ‘The Independent Film Ecosphere’ Session Featuring Participant’s Liesl Copland, Upgrade Productions’ Jonathan Kier, The Exchange’s Brian O’Shea & Telepool’s Julia Weber
Full Programming Lineup Unveiled Highlighting Such Topics as VOD, Production Insurance, Documentaries, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Film with New Speakers Added from BRON, Campfire Studios, DogWoof, GLA...
Benoit Lelievre: director / Huaqing Jin: co-director
Reviewed by Moira Jean Sullivan
Quietly is a documentary short that focuses on how trade restrictions on cotton from Xinjiang since 2020 has affected four women who have lived in Yiwu, China for the past several years. They were born in Xinjiang and moved to Yiwu and with members of their families run their own business. In their stories they express a longing for Xinjiang and its natural resources, an autonomous regio...
Reviewed by Claus Mueller
RIPPLES by Benoit Lelievre offers a cogent interpretation of their lifes by some women who have spent several years in Yiwu City in the Zhejiang Province of China settling there coming from the landlocked Xinjiang autonomous Uyghur province where Uyghurs and Han Chinese live together. Also popular as a foreign tourist destination it has lately drawn international media attention to its cotton industry boycot...
Reviewed by Quendrith Johnson
“You know brands such as H&M, all those famous marks use Xinjiang cotton. Now Xinjiang cotton cannot go to foreign countries,” explains Amani Shahan in RIPPLES, a 27-minute short film exploration currently on the film festival circuit. From co-directors Benoit Lelievre and Huaqing Jin, this documentary subject peeks into the lives of those families connected to the cotton-growing industry.
Chronicled here are the interconnected lives o...
