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Panel video transcript : Film and Internet – Best Friends with Benefits? It's time filmmakers start making real money !

IndieFlix CEO, Scilla Andreen, "The future is now and It's time filmmakers start making real money!" Indieflix.com FilmFestivals.com and The Observatory bring you the video transcript of the panel and it's introduction FILM AND INTERNET -  Best friends with benefits?  The panel was held Saturday 18th of May, 2013 11:00 – 13:00 , Salon des Ambassadeurs, 4th floor, Palais des Festivals Moderator: Wolfgang Closs Executive...

The Observatory’s annual Cannes workshop : Film and Internet – Best Friends with Benefits?

IndieFlix CEO, Scilla Andreen, "The future is now and It's time filmmakers start making real money!" Indieflix.com FilmFestivals.com and The Observatory bring you the video transcript of the panel and it's introduction     FILM AND INTERNET -  Best friends with benefits?  The panel was held Saturday 18th of May, 2013 11:00 – 13:00   Salon des Ambassadeurs, 4th floor, Palais des Festival...

How Can INAMOVIE Elevate Indonesian Filmmakers Profile and Their Connectivity with Our Neighbour Markets and The Rest of the Wor

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We need your input : you are invited to contribute to our efforts, feel free to share your thoughts with us. We invite you to brainstorm with the creators of Inamovie and their ambassadors in a panel discussion around the needs of the film industry and the opportunities that Inamovie should bring through a shared experience from successful professionals and icons from the industry worldwide. A similar panel discussion was held june 5 at Sinematek Indonesia, Pusat Perfilman H. Usmar Ismail...

Lithuania votes new Tax Incentives Scheme, production expected to triple next year as a direct consequence

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Lithuanian movie producers predicted that the  number of films produced in Lithuania next year will increase three-fold after the Lithuanian Parliament approved an amendment granting income tax incentives for film production  today. „This incentive is vitally important for our film industry. The income tax amendment will encourage Hollywood’s and Europe’s greatest filmmakers to choose Vilnius and Lithuania for shooting, bringing with them tax revenue and new jobs. Th...

Cannes Film Festival 2013 - HP presents: Technology and Animation: Past, Present and Future'.

Cannes was the occasion of a very exciting panel discussion. HP was very present as a Cannes sponsor, Panels and various activities took place at the HP Lounge. This is a specific area of expertise for HP and features panelists including Frank Mannion, CEO, Swipe Films; Michael Coldewey, CEO, Trixter; Tiziana Loschi, MD, Annecy Film Festival and Marc du Pontavice, CEO, Xilam, chaired by Tim Gray, senior VP and international editor of Variety. Tiziana Loschia director of Annecy " People ...

Schedule of Conferences in Annecy 2013

Tuesday 11 09:30 - 12:30Conferences Development, Pipeline Choices, Post-Animation Venue: Chambre de métiers / Salle Mont-Blanc Within the industry of TV series as well as feature films, the major challenge studios are exposed to is to maximise the quality/productivity ratio. This conference will present different examples from studios' current practices: how do they respond to the artistic and technical challenges? Blue Spirit: how to keep the animation of ...

inamovie Film Expo and Conference Program for South East Asia set to Launch in Jakarta Setpember 25-27, 2013

QuantumConvex International proudly announces the first edition of inamovie  (Indonesia International Movie Industry Expo). - a benchmark Indonesian film industry event to be held in Jakarta and Bali (edition 2014) in Southeast Asia, September 25th-27th 2013 at the Ballroom of The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Pacific Place.  The first edition focus will be on France as Guest Country and will include the world’s leading film festivals held in France annually and include The Cannes Film ...

Fashion TV thanks all the guests from The Red Carpet Lounge and looks forward to welcoming you next year for champagne and party

 FashionTV thanks its festival guests at the Red Carpet Lounge at The Majestic for the glamour they brought. FashionTV looks forward to seeing and meeting you at the Red Carpet Lounge for our closing ceremony!   Looking forward to seeing you next year.  ...

Hubert Bals Fund supports eleven film projects with grants for script development

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  The Hubert Bals Fund of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has selected eleven film projects that receive grants for script development. In its spring 2013 selection round, the fund gives €100.000 to projects from nine countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. This round, the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) supports the development of new projects by filmmakers whose earlier, internationally acclaimed films were also realized with a contribution of the ...

The IX. Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-Production Forum in San Sebastian

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LAU HAIZETARA IX. DOCUMENTARY CO-PRODUCTION FORUM The IX. Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-Production Forum will be taking place on Thursday 26th September 2013 as part of the 61st International Film Festival (www.sansebastianfestival.com). The main purpose of this forum is to provide a meeting point for professionals from the audiovisual sector in order to foster co-production relations among European producers who are linked to the documentary genre. To this end, the Co-Production Forum wil...

The Indonesian Presence in Cannes Diaries

Keana Production introduced RectoVerso to Cannes with a full house on its Market Premiere may 21st.     The company shares the diaries of the Cannes trip with our audience.   Today we’re going to Cannes Film Festival for European premiere, special market prestige in Cannes cinnefile, here is the schedule from Indonesian delegate: May 13th 2013 The first delegation depart from Indonesia May 14th 2013 The first delegation arrived at Cannes ...

NEWSLETTER N° 600: May 23, 2013 CANNES SPECIAL

The next Cannes Newsletter will run May 27 NEWSLETTER N° 600: May 23, 2013   - This weekly newsletter has reached 153 351 subscribers.   Let us help you take center stage in Cannes, blast your press releases and invites, we will shoot and promote for you... We can help many ways, with over 20 years of Cannes experience in Cannes promotion, and a large team at your disposal : blast your press release to our database o.. 1.  Press Release distribution ...

Black Market Online of Black Nights & Eventival announce online film platform

    Eventival (www.eventival.com) - leading online festival information management solution provider, and Black Market Online (BMO, www.blackmarketonline.eu) - digital video and content platform in the Cloud, announce the development of a full-featured film submission and evaluation solution for film festivals. The agreement was negotiated by Tomas Prasek, Founder/Director of Eventival, and Sten Saluveer, Head of Development of BMO and Industry Director of Black...

Europe - India Film Productions Become Easier At Cannes

  Cannes: Saturday May 18, 2013 The  European  Film  Commission  Network  and  Film  France  in  partnership  with Golden Bird Entertainment and peacefulfish will make productions easier between Europe and India.   Saturday May 18, 2013, 3 to 4.30pm Film France Pavilion, International Village, Pantiero 66th Cannes International Film Festival   On the occasion of 100 years of Indian Cinema at Cannes, these par...

XPAND 3D Continues Partnership With Cannes Film Festival

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    Cannes, France  – XPAND 3D – For the fifth time in a row XPAND will be the official technical partner and supplier for all 3D screenings at the Cannes Film Festival.  This marks the fifth time XPAND 3D will be the exclusive 3D technical partner for the 66th Cannes Film Festival and XPAND 3D has renewed its partnership with the Festival through 2015.  XPAND 3D is equipping four screening theaters at the Festival, including the 2,400-seat Lumiè...

Developing Your Film Festival training course

Having problems reading our email? Click here to read it in your web browser... Developing Your Film Festival 2013 23 - 28 July 2013, Motovun Film Festival, Croatia   Do you run a great film festival which has the potential to become even better? Do you want to discover new ideas for growing your festival’s income, audience and profile? Come spend a week in Croatia with like-minded film festival professionals from across Europe at one of the world’s most picturesque ...

Champagne Croix d'Irval premier cru, sponsor of the Wine Tasting Party in Cannes

  Coulommes la Montagne, May 8th 2013 After a few years having worked within the financial markets tumult, Jean Servagnat, owner of the Maison Croix d’Irval, decided to built his own family business in Champagne. He presents, below, his history. Our family has been established for many generations in Champagne, on the Montagne de Reims area, in the heart of  1st growth appellation (Premier Cru), ideal terroir to elaborate exceptional wines. The history of Irval dates back to...

Let us help you take center stage in Cannes, blast your press releases and invites, let us shoot it and promote for you...

  We bring you the dailies from Cannes: news, biz and buzz. Weather forecast for your Cannes 66th activities: glamorous, warm, sunny and successful. Check our forecasts for the next 12 days ...     Good luck with the festival and the Market. We would like to contribute to a large success for your film presentation. We could help many ways, with over 20 years of Cannes experience in Cannes promotion, and a large team : blast your press release to our database o...

Frontières International Co-Production Market expands from Montreal to the Brussels International

    FRONTIÈRES EXPANDS FROM MONTREAL'S FANTASIA TO BRUSSELS' BIFFF   The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to announce the expansion of its Frontières International Co-Production Market to the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. Frontières will effectively become a circuit making a bridge between Montreal, in July, and Brussels, in April, respectively starting wit...

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Download Complimentary New AE Templates

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Filmmakers, To celebrate the addition of After Effects templates to VideoBlocks.com, they are giving you 7 days of complimentary access to download them all: 7 Days of Complimentary Downloads: AE Templates & 100,000 Clips This is a great opportunity to build up your templates archive, while also downloading production music, sound effects, motion backgrounds and more. Download the New AE Templates ...

Animation Production Day 2013

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Business Platform for the International Animation Industry Tonight in Stuttgart the seventh Animation Production Day, an event within FMX 2013 and ITFS 2013, draws to a close. Over 200 representatives of the German and international animation industry attended the "Financing & Brands" conference on Thursday afternoon in Stuttgart's Haus der Wirtschaft. On Friday 90 participants from 12 different countries held negotiations about the 32 animation projects selected for this y...

Workshop on 3D movie making at the "Festival de Cannes" on 16 May! You are invited.

  Workshop on 3D movie making at the "Festival de Cannes" on 16 May! 3D Stereo MEDIA and XpanD are joining forces to sponsor and organize a workshop entitled "3D movie making: from script to business", under the auspices of the International 3D Society (I3DS): its President, Jim Chabin, will be the host. The workshop is designed to provide straight-to-the-point information on how to get started in stereoscopic 3D (S-3D), win awards, and, for those int...

PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE 2013: EFP unveils line-up for Cannes

  Italian Producer on the Move, Viola Prestieri, sees THE GREAT BEAUTY in Competition at Cannes They are the ones who set the ball rolling on projects, forge coalitions and conjure up a film out of an idea. Film producers are increasingly looking past their national borders. In order to facilitate an exchange with similarly ambitious colleagues from other European countries and showcase their range of achievements, European Film Prom...

The Cultural Exception is non-negociable

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The 13th of March may become a major turning point in European construction – and a scandalous one. That was the day the European Commission, under the leadership of Commissionner Karel de Gucht, decided to trample on the cultural exception and adopted a draft negotiation mandate that includes audiovisual and film services into the EU-US trade discussions to start this summer. Forgotten are the passionate words of President Barroso back in 2005: “on a scale of values, cultu...

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