The DC Shorts Film Festival (September 6-16, 2012) showcases the largest audience-driven collection of short films in the USA. Now in our 9th year, we expect hundreds of filmmakers and thousands of audience members mix, mingle and explore the world of short cinema. DC Shorts is unique among film festivals -- all entries receive feedback and scores from the judging panels - a point which impressed MovieMaker Magazine to name us as "on...
By Liza Foreman
OKINAWA, JAPAN
They say that laughter is the best medicine and the residents of Okinawa should know.
On Friday,the inhabitants of this tropical prefecture in the south of Japan, which has been dubbed the longevity island thanks to having the highest known number ofcentenarians worldwide, welcomed around 50 of the country’s leading comedians to launch the 4th edition of the Okinawa International Movie Festival (March 24 - 31: 2012), whi...
If you are a fan of Rock, Jazz, Folk, Americana, or Pop music – or
even a mixture of all five – then you are in for a dance-inducing,
awesome weekend with ÉCU. Brought to you by our partner, Access Film
Music, six incredible and diverse musical acts from four countries have
been confirmed to perform at this year’s festival. Bringing with them
the coolest and most unique new tunes from their respective cities in a
buffet of styles, these artists personify true creative innovati...
Director: Annie Perkins.
Jon Hastie has Duchenne - a severe form of Muscular Dystrophy.
Prognosis - paralysis, 24 hour ventilation and an early death.
Time is precious. Time is not for wasting.
Jon decides to travel around the UK and Holland visiting a number of amazing Duchenners who have carved out remarkable lives for themselves, despite this most crippling of disabilities.
A Life Worth Living is no ordinary road movie. It's a fun, inspiring, poignant and surprising rock 'n roll journey that takes us into the lives of guys who, against all the odds, show us how valuable life is.
The film bears witness to the fact that life is to be treasured and lived to the full.
Earlier this evening Mrs Macquarie’s Chair hosted the red carpet event for Handa Opera.
It was one for Opera buffs and a few politicians showed up also, including NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell.
Fortunately the rain stayed away, which was a relief for organisers.
Well done to everyone who helped organise the event, and we wish them commercial success with the production which is understood to be world class.
Press Release
La Traviata: Handa Opera On Sydney...
Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, has announced the filmmakers and projects selected for its second annual Documentary Lab, sponsored by Latino Public Broadcasting. Starting this week and continuing through the end of April, the Documentary Lab is an intensive seven-week program in Los Angeles, with the main focus of assisting documentary filmmakers on their works-in-progress and providing creative feedback. All ...
The 2012 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by founding sponsor American Express, today announced its lineup of 60 short films, 26 of which are world premieres. For the second year running, the recipient of the Tribeca Film Festival’s Best Narrative Short award will qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules. The 2011 TFF Narrative Short Pentecost was n...
The cinezoic era is not codified in any textbook. It does not exist but in the heads of dreamers. The Udine native Stefania Rota thought about molding it into the guise of a video named "Cinezoïque". It started out in December as a site-specific installation for Udine's Cinema Visionario and two months later landed on the Web (http://vimeo.com/37106377); in less than 24 hours, this video reached more than 10.000 views, launching Stefania Rota's name on the Internet, allowing her to ...
Nippon Connection 2012 : the 12th Japanese Film Festival, Frankfurt am Main, will take place May 2 - 6, 2012 From May 2 to 6, 2012, Nippon Connection Film Festival, located in Frankfurt am Main, will present the whole spectrum of contemporary Japanese film for the twelfth time. Whether blockbuster or independent film, animation or documentary: numerous works will be presented as premieres with the film makers in attendance. The world’s largest festival of Japanese cinema invites its expecte...
Fans of Polish cinema are in for a fortnight of fun, as the 10th Kinoteka Polish Film Festival opens on March 8th and runs through the 22nd at various venues in London, with some additional screenings taking place in Edinburgh and Belfast. The festival will showcase a wide variety of work by contemporary filmmakers in its New Polish Cinema programme, including features, animation and documentaries, as well as a selection of classics.
The opening night gala will present Malgo...
The 2012 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by American Express®, today announced the World Narrative and Documentary Competition film selections, along with selections for the out-of-competition Viewpoints section—the program established last year that highlights personal stories in international and independent cinema. Forty-six of the 90 feature-length films were announced. The 11th edition of the Festival will take place from April 18 to April 29 at locations around New York City.
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On Wednesday 28 March 2012 the fifteenth edition of the Holland Animation Film Festival (HAFF) takes off. Five days of pure animation highlights in the historic centre of Utrecht: independent and commercial; handmade and 3D CGI. The biggest animation festival of the Netherlands shows all of it. The programming is in progress, but here we’ll raise a corner of the veil.
Competition programmes completed
The official selections of the competitions have been completed. The number of entries t...
By Maria Esteves – February 20, 2012
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York Fall 2012 (MBFWNYF12) Collections were held at the tents in Lincoln Center and venues in downtown New York, February 9-16, 2012. Presented by IMG Fashion, MBFWNYF12 was sponsored by American Express, DHL, Diet Pepsi, Fiber One Bars, ideeli, Maybelline New York, Sherry-Lehmann Wine & Spirits, TRESemme, W Hotels Worldwide, and WGSN. This season designer Naeem Khan received the title of ‘Mercedes Benz presents.’...
New York Festivals 2012 International Television & Film Awards Announces Finalists;
Trophies Presented at NAB Show in Las Vegas
New York, NY – February 2, 2012: New York Festivals® International Television & Film Awards, now in its 55th year of honoring the World’s Best TV Programs & Films™, announced the finalists for the 2012 competition. The Grand Jury, comprised of award-winning television and film industry experts, determined the shortlist from e...
For its ninth year, TIFFCOM 2012, the multi-content market affiliated with the Tokyo International Film Festival, will be switching venues from Roppongi Hills to GRAND PACIFIC LE DAIBA in Odaiba, Tokyo.
(The event is scheduled to be hosted by METI, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and UNIJAPAN).
Our reasons for the move include the restrictions in available space and difficulties in securing the venue for the following year. The new location w...
members of the Children's Jury Generation Kplus
Kimia Godarzani-Bakhtiari
Rosa Münchmeyer
Anne Marie Dominik Fittje
Nikita Neitzke
Justin Braun
Fion Mutert
Victor Neumeister
Lale Öztoprak
Anna Luisa Cruz
Pia Jacqueline Heß
Simon Kajdi
give the following awards:
Crystal Bear for the Best Feature Film: ARCADIA
by Olivia Silver, USA 2011
A family realises that it cannot just run away fr...
The members of the Youth Jury in the Generation 14plus
Klara Kruse Rosset
Gülcan Çil
Solveig Lethen
Jarnail Fang Yu Singh Sekhon
Sami Yacob
Nico Palesch
Lino Steinwärder
give the following awards:
Crystal Bear for the Best Feature Film: Lal Gece
by Reis Çelik, Turkey 2011
We were deeply touched by he brilliant actors in this year's winning film. They let us take part in the feelings of t...
The Berlinale has been even more committed to supporting the next generation of film makers since 2006, when it introduced the Best First Feature Award. The award is endowed with 50,000 Euros, donated by the GWFF (Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrecht), a society dedicated to safeguarding film and television rights. The prize money is to be split between the producer and the director of the winning film. Additionally, the director will be awarded with a high-quali...
Vegas, April 14th - 19th.
Rose Anderson, Executive Director, New York Festivals International Radio Program & Promotion Awards
The wide variety, depth, and scope of the programming created by this year's Finalists are proof that excellence knows no boundaries.
New York Festivals® International Television & Film Awards, now in its 55th year of honoring the World's Best TV Programs & FilmsTM, announced the finalists for the 2012 competition. The Grand Jury, comprised of aw...
Below is a list of films that have achieved success through exhibition at our festival. Many of our films have our festival's laurels on their box art in US video stores.
Where the river runs...goes to Cannes with Stuart Salter
Racing Daylight (Starring David Strathairn) Picked up and released by Vanguard Cinema
Ghost Adventures. Festival award helps launch their own TV series of the same name on The Travel Channel
Down The Barrel (Surfing Documantary) Showed o...
The Red Carpet Award Ceremony of the 4th Airtel Jaipur International Film Festival 2012 was conducted in the evening at The City Palace. During the formal Closing Ceremony, musical concert and cultural dance programs were organized. During the award ceremony, the film actor Om Puri, Princess Diya Kumari, all the members of jury, Hollywood producer Leslee Udwin, festival director Hanu Roj, as well as cinema dignitaries from around the world was present. In total 24 awards were presented in the ...
Short films awarded at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2012Monday 30 January, Makino Takashi’s GENERATOR (Japan), Mati Diop’s BIG IN VIETNAM (France) and Jeroen Eijsinga’s SPRINGTIME (Netherlands) were awarded the three equal Tiger Awards for Short Films 2012. The jury gave a Special Jury Mention to Charlotte Lim Lay Kuen for her short film I’M LISA (Malaysia).The International Film Festival Rotterdam short film nominee for the European Film Awards 2012 is IM FREIEN (IN THE OPEN) b...
Differing life plans, generational conflicts and the ambivalence of so-called progress are at the centre of numerous films in the 2012 Forum programme.
As such, Ann-Kristin Reyels' film Formentera follows a young couple on holiday who run into the '68 ideals of their parents' generation and come to realise the extent to which their own ideas about life diverge from one another. Sleepless Knights by Stefan Butzmühlen and Cristina Diz ...
27 films from 22 countries will be competing for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear Jury Prize, the DAAD Short Film Award and a short film nomination for the European Film Prize.
German actress Sandra Hüller, Palestinian artist Emily Jacir as well as filmmaker David OReilly will be picking the winners in 2012:
International Short Film Jury:
Sandra Hüller (Germany)
After ten years in the business, renowned and prize-winning actress of the screen and stage Sandra H...
…emotions, energy, participation… 20th to 28th April 2012 - Teatro Nuovo “Giovanni da Udine” & VisionarioA dimension that is spreading from the big screen to television and home video! With one eye fixed on contemporary Asia and the other on South Korea in the ‘70s, the grand festival in Friuli will present over sixty titles, while also taking a look at production and distribution. After fourteen editions, a successful Festival stops being an event and transforms into something more. ...
