Director: Tracie Donahue.
Secrets to Love is a compelling documentary about relationships, marriage and -of course- love. For just over an hour we hitch a ride with a recent divorcee on her journey to find ansers to the questions many of us ask: How do couples get to the "happily ever after." Why is love so complicated? What, if anything can couples do to ensure their marriage lasts a lifetime?
Interviews with real life couples and a wide range of relationship experts allow Secrets To Love to navigate swiftly through many intriguing and thought-provoking issues related to love.
Director: Ester Brym.
Butterflies is a feature documentary film following the lives of six young people that are prominent 'weblebrities' on a video site YouTube. The film explores the new media, its power and its future. Will the Internet overcome traditional media? Will new media and traditional media merge?
The film documents the struggles and successes of characters
Lisanova, Mr. Safety, Davedays, Boh3m3, Olgakay and Xgobobeanx and their hopes to become the new 'virtual' celebrities.
Also in the film: Fred, SxePhil, Charles Trippy, KevJumba, Kicesie, Paperlilies, KatiesOpinion, Daxflame, Joe Satriani, Esmee Denters, Whatthebuck, David Foley, Renetto, ClipCritics, Katy Perry, GayGod, Nigahiga, Chad Hurley and others.
Director: Wieland Schulz-Keil, Dan Tang.
The film consist of four portraits of Peking opera performers, two adults and two children. It presents a subtle picture of the present cultural-political climate in China. Peking Opera often seems puzzling and out of place, even in China. Its style is the opposite of naturalism: It is perfectly possible that young girls play elderly generals, or that a young male actor performs the heroine's sword dance from "Farewell my Concubine." The radical artificiality of Peking Opera has often met resistance. During the Cultural Revolution of the 60s and 70s, it was considered decadent and was outlawed. Today it seems hopelessly old-fashioned compared to the new currents of popular culture. -- While visiting a Peking Opera school the filmmakers met a number of teachers and pupils who are working hard and with admirable devotion to keep their highly refined music and dance theatre alive. The theatre people not only taught them about their century old Chinese art form, but also about their lives in the midst of a mostly imported new culture.
Director: Przemek Mlynczyk.
Before joining the Salesians, Przemek Kawecki (Kawa) was a skinhead. The unexpected trip to the Tatra mountains with his friend, has changed his life totally The film tells the story of a young Pole who, having all the possibilities of career, desides to become a monk. The current reality of Poland has a lot of problems that he will be forced to solve. Some of them are too hard at the moment.
MISSION & OBJECTIVE As part of the Lake Pepin Art & Design Center the Flyway Film Festival’s mission is to support the work of emerging film artists, as well as working professionals. As such we’ve attempted to keep the submission process as simple as possible hoping to give more filmmakers access to have their work screened in front of an engaged competition jury and a responsive audience.
Zoie Films invites original films, documentaries, animations
about women for the Woman to Woman OnLine Festival. Celebrity women. Historical women. Community women. Professionals.
Awards. Cash Prizes. All formats. Entry fee: $25.
Director: Huck Keppler.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS:
When Eva sees her sister’s murder in a dream she tries to warn her. But it’s not enough and her sister, Tereza, is brutally and mysteriously murdered. Wracked by guilt over the death Eva has visions of Tereza. After moving to Prague with her boyfriend Jan, the visions become more intense until another presence is felt, the Dark Spirit responsible for Tereza’s death has come for Eva.
Director: Vincent Gerard.
The fake fish case
At the beginning of the XXI th century, a famous explorer and his assistant, James Fischer, come to Meisenthal, in the heart of the Vosges. They start leading a strange investigation on borders of the imaginary and human brain.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker.
SYNOPSIS
Jodhaa Akbar is the story of the greatest Mughal emperor that ruled
Hindustan, Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar, and the fiery young Rajput princess, Jodhaa.
Set in the sixteenth century, the epic romance begins as a marriage of alliance between two cultures and religions, for political gain, with King Bharmal of Amer giving his daughter’s hand to Emperor Akbar. When Akbar accepts the marriage proposal, little does he know that in his efforts to strengthen his relations with the Rajputs, he would in turn be embarking on a new journey – the journey of true love.
From the battlefield where the young Jalaluddin was crowned, through the conquest that won him the title of Akbar the Great, to winning the love of the beautiful Jodhaa, Jodhaa Akbar traces the impressive graph of the mighty emperor and his romance with the defiant princess.
With Hrithik Roshan as Akbar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Jodhaa, the film is produced by Ronie Screwvala and Ashutosh Gowariker.
Director: Rustam Mosafir.
Man arrives into the store to buy a mousetrap, but not a usual mousetrap - humane mousetrap. That which will not kill the mouse, but simply will catch it...
Director: PA Nilsson.
Tomas is a drug addict which is going to leave the abuse with his girlfriend Susanna for a new start after a lot of broken promises.
Instead, he´s going for a another journey and the dream turns into a nightmare. He realize that Susanna is going in the same direction but he can´t do anything. When Tomas and Susanna meet again, she´s fed up with his lies. But now Tomas needs her more than ever...
Director: Troy Romeo.
A young man who falls in love with a woman he thinks is his female co-worker, discovers that his own computer may offer him more than any human ever could.
Director: Anna Condo.
fresh look at a classic…
Great writers have left us with characters that still exist today, it is simply their backdrop that
has changed. PROUD IZA is, a contemporary retelling set in New York City of “The
Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. First published in 1884, the stirring story of greed, pride
and vanity has become one of the author’s most popular works and is notorious for its
surprise ending.
World Class event showcasing emerging film & art in a premiere-driven, nautical setting. Opening & Closing night galas honoring celebs, Guild Sponsored Panels, Nightly red-carpet parties , Cash & Sponsor Prizes, and a global screenwriting competition.
Sunscreen Film Festival is organized and presented by the St. Petersburg-Clearwater Film Society, a not-for-profit 501(c) (3) organization, which is dedicated to educating the public about the art of visual storytelling, enhancing opportunities for local filmmakers to develop their craft and art, and increasing the public’s awareness and support of local filmmaking as a cultural and economic asset.
History:
The Sunscreen Film Festival has grown from its first festival in a local art gallery with 600 attendees in 2006 to a nationally recognized event with an attendance of over 11,000 people in 2011.The SSFF has screened over 600 independent films in its first 6 years.The festival is based at the Baywalk Entertainment Complex and Muvico 20 Theaters.The festival additionally utilizes multiple locations around downtown St. Petersburg.
Sunscreen places a great emphasis on supporting and encouraging Florida based talent.A grant has been established and given to the past two Best Florida Film winners at Sunscreen.Additionally SSFF has film acquisition execs in attendance every year.Over a dozen films have been picked up for distribution in the last 3 years at Sunscreen.
Sunscreen is different from other festivals in that the festival guests are expected to take part in workshops, classes or some other manner that supports the mission of the festival.Guests are asked to participate in educational programming as a part of their attendance at the festival.Past guests over the first 6 festivals have included;
Just a few of our past guests have included:
actor John Travolta (Grease, Pulp Fiction)
actor Kelly Preston (Jerry Maguire)
actor Billy Dee Williams (Empire Strikes Back, Brian’s Song)
actor Patrick Wilson (Watchmen, Phantom of the Opera)
actor Jeff Donovan (Burn Notice, Changeling)
actor Ethan Supplee (My Name is Earl, Butterfly Effect)
actor Bill Cobbs (Night at the Museum, over 100 credits)
actor Alexa Vega (Spy Kids 1,2,3, Broken Hill)
actor Ayanna Berkshire (Twilight, Leverage)
actor Solomon Trimble (Twilight)
Ralph Winter (Producer, X-men 1-3, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, Star Trek 2-4)
Phil Cooke (Author, Filmmaker, Media Consultant)
Dean Batali (Producer, Head Writer, That 70’s Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Sean Covel (Producer, Napoleon Dynamite)
Doc Wyatt (Producer, Napoleon Dynamite)
Leo Partible (Comic Author, Producer)
screenwriter Timothy J. Sexton (Oscar nominee for Children of Men)
screenwriter Steven de Souza (Die Hard, 48 Hours)
casting director Lana Veenker (Twilight, Leverage)
casting director John Jackson (About Schmidt, Sideways)
composer, musician Michael Tolcher, (Scrubs, One Tree Hill, ESPN)
producer Dave Anderson (Prince of Egypt)
distribution, finance, acquisitions Jamie Fleming
distribution, finance, acquisitions John Flynn
Description:
The Sunscreen Film Festival which is put on by The non-profit St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Society not only screens great films and brings in top notch Hollywood talent but it also provides excellent year round programming.The festival’s year round programming includes; special film screenings in partnership with and screened at the Museum of Fine Arts in downtown St. Petersburg, free outdoor film screenings, a Film School Summer Camp, and educational “Film Schools” for adults and kids throughout the year.As well as actor’s workshops and community support programs.Sunscreen additionally screens local independent films throughout the year in a theater environment to support local and Florida filmmakers.
The Sunscreen Film Festival is steadily growing into one of the top film festivals in the country. By programming great films, and bringing in top notch industry talent Sunscreen has established itself as one of the best young film festivals around.
Sunscreen continues to receive community support from the following entities in the form of resources and in-kind donations.The City of St. Petersburg, The Pinellas County Film Commission, The St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, The University of Tampa, Southeastern University Lakeland, The Dali Museum, Baywalk Entertainment Complex and Muvico Theaters, and The Renaissance Vinoy Resort.
The Ultimate MONTHLY Short Film Contest with celebrity Directors, Film critics and Actors on the Judging Panel. Cash prize upto $6,000 web distribution, production aid and press.
The Trail Dance Film Festival is a competitive event. We have been named one of the Top 25 Film Festivals worth the entry fee by Movie Maker Magazine - April, 2008.
The short films have to concern the mental disease or victims of the street. A specialized jury will award two prizes of € 2.500 each. For further information visit our site: www.icortidimauri.it
The Ripon College Film Festival is devoted to amateur, student-made film. Put on by a student organization, the Cinemaniacs. Cash prizes for the top 3 movies and awards for Best Actor, Actress, Director, and Original Screenplay and an Audience Award.
The Patrick Crawford Foundation presents their 8th One-Take film festival.20 teams have 24 hours to make a 3-8 min. movie with no video editing.Top 10 films to be shown on big screen.trophies,awards & cash prizes to be given.Enter before march 15,2007.
The Kalamazoo Animation Festival International (KAFI) is ranked in the top 20 animation festivals in the world. $15,000 in prizes.
Call for Entry opens Oct. 1st, 2008, closes Jan. 15, 2009. Visit the website and register on-line at www.goKAFI.com.
Buenos
Aires Red Blood is the main festival of fantastic cinema of Latin America. With
a solid trajectory of 10 years, the BARS is an exciting space of encounter,
exhibition, presentation and projection of the fantastic cinema worldwide. Been
born in 2000 as a sample independent
cinema of genre, and from 2004 with the format of competitive festival, the
BARS is today an appointment forced for the lovers of the cinema and the public
eager to make contact with the new tendencies and applied technologies the
cinema and the audio-visual world.
The BARS
already is legitimized like one important show window so that distributors and
producers put a money in the argentinian terror and a really posibilitie for
coproduction, and offers the possibility that the lovers of the sort know and
maintain a communion of ideas and work without thinking about competition
The festival will feature film/screenplay competitions,and workshops. The 2006 film Forget About It, starring Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning will open the festival.
Durning also will be presented with a grand achievement award.
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