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Change TV is offering US$5,000 for the best video on climate change – to be
voted for by the public.
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Submission is free and all entries must be received by 31 July 2011 – this
has been extended!
All contributions should relate to climate change and must have been produced
since the Cancun Climate Change Conference (1 December 2010). It is open to
everyone, worldwide, but should not have been published or produced for
commercial gain elsewhere.
All submissions should be titled with the production date, the author’s name
and a question, EG: 01/2011 SMITH: What is climate change?
If it is in a language other than English, then please use subtitles in
English as well.
It should not exceed three minutes
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Only one submission per person is allowed – attempts to submit more will mean
that person is disqualified.
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Only videos matching all these requirements will be presented at
www.climate-change.tv/award for public voting. Climate Change TV retains the
rights to host these on the site for the next two years (duly credited), and the
winner and a selection of others may be used in promotional campaigns around the
awards.
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Who would be a media mogul ey? The last few weeks and months has seen the likes of Simon Cowell and Rupert Murdoch become the story for the wrong reasons. For months, the press were told who was in and who was out in the game of musical chairs regarding this year’s X Factor judges. Eventually we said goodbye to Danni Minogue and Cheryl Cole and hello to Kelly Rowland and Tulisa Contostavlos (Peter Dickson, the voice of X-Factor will certainly have his hands full announcing her name in full e...
Film finance requires a quality film budget and schedule from an experienced line producer. In order to determine where and how to shoot a movie production, a film producer needs to consult with and hire a line producer to provide film production services. Armed with extensive knowledge of worldwide film crew availability, film tax incentives, foreign exchange rates and the plot and story element needed to convey the screenplay and director's vision, a veteran line producer creates an accur...
The San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation today announced the 11 finalists for the fifth round of SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants of more than $300,000, to be given to one or more feature films that through plot, character, theme or setting significantly explore human and civil rights, discrimination, gender and sexual identity and other urgent social justice issues of our time. Additionally, the grants support films that have a significant economic or professional impact on th...
7TH
ANNUAL HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL TO
HONOR ACCLAIMED PRODUCERS KEVIN CHINOY AND
FRANCESCA SILVESTRI WITH INAUGURAL MAVERICK PRODUCERS AWARD
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Hollywood -The organizers of HollyShorts (www.hollyshorts.com) announced today that
the 7th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival will kick off by honoring the
award-winning production team of Kevin Chinoy and Francesca Silvestri with the inaugural
HollyShorts Maverick Producer’s Award for their significant contrib...
The 2011 Anchorage International Film festival invites filmmakers to submit films of all lengths and genres through Withoutabox by Septembre 15th. AIFF screens over 120 films a year and brings together artists from around the world. The festival fills over 12,000 seats a year in two main venues during the darkest, most brilliantly cool time of the year. Check out "Films worth freezing for..." at www.anchoragefilmfestival.org or friend us on Facebook.
AIFF’s missi...
Saturday, July 16, FilmOneFest returns to Atlantic Highlands. "We're working hard to make
FilmOneFest 2011 'leap' with unexpected moments, new experiences, and beautiful
filmmaking," says co-Director Robert O'Connor of New
Jersey's only one-minute film festival.
FilmOneFest offers succinct, exciting minutes by local, national, and
international filmmakers, films that capture the essence of an artist's vision
in just 60 seconds. And it's not just film – this out...
Flamedrop Productions present
The C E L L U D R O I D Sci-Fi / Anime / Fantasy Film Festival
5 - 14 July 2011 @ The Labia Theatre, 68 Orange Street, Cape Town, ZA
http://www.CELLUDROID.net
Facebook Event Page rsvp: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=213016582067126
It is time again to get abducted to the CELLUDROID Film Festival for a wild line-up of Science Fiction, Animation and Fantasy movies.
In addition to a wide range of exciting movies, this year will feature special visi...
C E L L U D R O I DSci-Fi / Anime / Fantasy Film Festival 5 - 14 July 2011The Labia Theatre, 68 Orange Street, Cape Town, ZA www.CELLUDROID.netIt is time again to get abducted to the CELLUDROID Film Festival for a wild line-up of Science Fiction, Animation and Fantasy movies. In addition to a wide range of exciting movies, this year will feature special visiting guest director Richard Stanley (with his movies, documentaries, short films and new book), include a graphic novel launch & more.There ...
Aaron Hose at AIFF 2011 Last year one of the films to premier at the inaugural Aruba International Film Festival was Aruba native director Aaron Hose’s award-winning documentary film VOICES IN THE CLOUDS (2010). This year Hose acted as director of the Caribbean Spotlight Series (CSS) for the 2nd annual AIFF. When I asked Aaron what that was like he said, ‘it was a great learning experience that I hope to repeat next year’. Aaron’s film VOICES IN THE CLOUDS is a poignant...
Aaron Hose at AIFF 2011 Last year one of the films to premier at the inaugural Aruba International Film Festival was Aruba native director Aaron Hose’s award-winning documentary film VOICES IN THE CLOUDS (2010). This year Hose acted as director of the Caribbean Spotlight Series (CSS) for the 2nd annual AIFF. When I asked Aaron what that was like he said, ‘it was a great learning experience that I hope to repeat next year’. Aaron’s film VOICES IN THE CLOUDS is a poignant l...
2011 LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL
By Ron Gilbert
You must
explore the LA Film Festival this year to view what has happened to downtown LA
and the films offered. I have seen many of the documentaries and they are must
see films. Of course we have the blockbuster films like Green Lantern but many
indie films are worth watching, This year you can use your phone to view what’s
happening,
Film Independent Goes Mobile for 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival
The fre...
2011 LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL
By Ron Gilbert
You must
explore the LA Film Festival this year to view what has happened to downtown LA
and the films offered. I have seen many of the documentaries and they are must
see films. Of course we have the blockbuster films like Green Lantern but many
indie films are worth watching, This year you can use your phone to view what’s
happening,
Film Independent Goes Mobile for 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival
The fre...
7TH ANNUAL HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL TO HONOR ACCLAIMED PRODUCERS KEVIN CHINOY AND FRANCESCA SILVESTRI WITH INAUGURAL MAVERICK PRODUCERS AWARD
Freestyle Production Team Set To Open Fest with Showcase of Top Projects and Industry Super Panel at Arclight Hollywood Cinerama Dome Thursday, August 11, 2011
Showcase to Include: Kristen Kiwi Smith’s “The Spleendectomy,” starring Anna Faris, Jennifer Aniston and Andrea Bu...
The EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL kicks off this week, 15 – 26 Junehttp://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/ There’s a lot happening across the 12 days of the Festival, but we wanted to pick out a few highlights and events (some of which are connected with our partners and fellow travellers):• Nokia Short Weekender23 – 26 Junehttp://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/films?src=strandlink§ion=Nokia%2BShorts%2BWeekenderA selection of international shorts including drama, animation and documentary, incl...
Online, on-air and in person, this is BUFF. And so said the voice of BUFF which greeted the masses of online followers with the May 31 announcement of this year’s opening feature. And though the dulcet tones of Ewan Allinson and DJ Elayne Smith will continue to form a cornerstone of the BUFF movement, things are going to be a little bit different round here. From September, the 2011 British Urban Film Festival will be coming at ya with a whole new look which means, finally, that the buffest fi...
Now that the Cannes Film Festival has come to the end of its 12 day
run, we can say that 2011 was full of change and excitement! Lots of
fun, but definitely lots of work and preparation as well! The Closing
Ceremony dished out all the glamour that we have come to expect from the
Cannes Film festival, and DeNiro was more than willing to play the part
as this year’s Jury President, distributing the coveted trophies to the
winning directors and stars of the evening.
Despit...
7 ............. NEWSLETTER N° 509: May 20, 2011 Follow this LINK if you cannot read the newsletter properly Contact the Editor to Advertise with us This weekly newsletter reaches 90 952 film professionals. Dail...
7 ............. NEWSLETTER N° 508: May 13, 2011 Follow this LINK if you cannot read the newsletter properly Need TV coverage from red carpet or Press conference? Email us Cannes sponsoring and advertising options on call. Email ...
Hey ÉCU Film Festival fans!
Our team is going to be attending
the highly anticipated Cannes Film Festival from May 14th to May 21st keeping
you all up to date via Facebook posts, Twitter tweets and even a few vlogs
featuring:
Interviews
Videos
Photos
Cool articles
Hints & Tips
So stay tuned for more!
http://www.ecufilmfestival.com/en/ecu-live-at-cannes/
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Salut les fans ÉCU Film Fe...
FMX 2011
May 3-6, 2011.
Stuttgart, Germany.
The 16th FMX Conference on Animation, Games, Effects and
Interactive Media ended yesterday achieving remarkable successes! FMX 2011
brought in larger crowds than ever before, with 3,500 visitors attending each
day. The increase in visitor numbers has been overwhelming; during the
conference extra special efforts were introduced to keep up with the demand.
The conference included high profile animated films such as
"Rang...
7 ............. NEWSLETTER N° 507: May 6, 2011 Follow this LINK if you cannot read the newsletter properly Need TV coverage from red carpet or Press conference? Email us Cannes sponsoring and advertising options on call. Email u...
Indie Film Innovators: Keeping up with New Thinking in Distribution - Friday, May 13th at 3:00pm
Panelists include:
Jon Fougner (Facebook), Tim League (Alamo Drafthouse), Shawn Bercuson (PreScreen), David Fenkel (Oscilloscope), Berry Meyerowitz (Phase Four)
Moderated by: Scott Macaulay, Editor-in-chief, Filmmaker Magazine
Queer Night Party - Friday,
May 13 9:00pm
Host and guest DJ John Cameron Mitchell (Rabbit Hole)
SATURDAY, MAY 14
In Conversation: John ...
............. NEWSLETTER N° 506: April 29, 2011 Follow this LINK if you cannot read the newsletter properly Need TV coverage from red carpet or Press conference? Email us Cannes sponsoring and advertising options on call. Email...
Aside from the smorgasboard of films on tap at this year’s 10th Tribeca Film Festival, which runs through Sunday, the event has been filled with very interesting film panels and talks. One of the most interesting took place on Tuesday entitled Digital By Design. Paramount Digital Entertainment president Tom Lesinski led a panel of experts to discuss how social media can assist in both the marketing and the distribution of independent films.
Now that more movies are being distr...
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