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> THE AWARDS WATCH

"Il Turno di Notte lo Fanno le Stelle" or "The Nightshift Belongs to the Stars" Winner of the Best Narrative Category!

“Who covered the nightshift to prevent the heart of the world from falling?” Matteo, played by Enrico Lo Verso, walks out the front door of the hospital and is happy to be breathing fresh air. He glances over at a tall, middle -aged, beautiful blonde, who holds up a mountain climbing carabiner ring. Recently having undergone a heart transplant, receiving the heart from a young girl who was in a car accident, Matteo is thankful for his second chance on life, stati...

27.04.2013 | Tribeca Film Festival's blog |

Udine Far East Fest - Golden Mulberry Award to Korean Kim Dong-ho, a man of peace

FEFF 15 opened with the presentation of its Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement The fifteenth edition of the Udine Far East Film Festival will symbolically open under a sign of peace: Friday, April 19 at 8.00 pm the opening night will kick off with the presentation of the Golden Mulberry for Lifetime Achievement to a great man of peace: Mr. Kim Dong-ho, the ambassador of Korean culture in the world. Director, actor, historical director of...

Imagine 2013 Award winners announced
Winner Black Tulip (Best Film): WOLF CHILDREN (Okami kodomo no ame to yuki) Japan, director: Mamoru Hosoda Winner Méliès d’Argent (Best European Fantastic Film): FIN Spain, director: Jorge Torregrossa Winner Méliès d’Argent (Best Short European Fantastic Film): PERFECT DRUG Belgium, director: Toon Aerts Winner MovieZone Award (Best Film, ...

24.04.2013 |

Winners for the 16th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival

Cine Las Americas announced today the award winners for the 16th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, which took place on April 16 to 21 in Austin, Texas. The festival grants jury awards in the categories of Narrative Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film, Narrative Short Film, and Documentary Short Film. The Hecho en Tejas Award is presented in partnership with the Texas Archive for the Moving Image (TAMI). In addition, three audience awards are recognized:...

24.04.2013 |

COL*COA Awards

The Franco-American Cultural Fund, a partnership of the DGA, MPA, WGAW and France's Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM), announced today that The Attack, directed by Ziad Doueiri and written by Ziad Doueiri and Joelle Touma (based on Yasmina Khadra's book L'Attentat), walked away with three honors, including the COL*COA Audience Award. The Critics Special Prize also went to the film as well as the new Coming Soon Award, prize given in association w...

24.04.2013 |

Ramon Zürcher wins the New Talent Grand PIX
At the award show for the Danish filmfestival CPH PIX earlier this morning the jury gave the New Talent Grand PIX Award to firsttime director Ramon Zürcher for his film 'The Strange Little Cat'. The Audience Award sponsored by the major Danish newspaper Politiken went to the Belgian film 'The Broken Circle Breakdown' by Felix Van Groeningen. At PIX's award brunch Friday the New Talent Grand PIX Award was given to the Swiss director Ramon Zürcher. With...

20.04.2013 |

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27.04.2013 |

High Falls Film Festival wrapped

The numbers are in and we're ecstatic to tell you We had outstanding support and attendance for our 11th Season, Celebrating Women in Film since 2001!! It wouldn't have happened without YOU! We are very proud to have returned to our founding name and focus... celebrating women's cinematic achievements. Based on the outpouring of support and congratulations, clearly we made the right decision. 2...

27.04.2013 | Editor's blog |

Forging ahead - Durban International Film Festival and Durban FilmMart
Plans are well underway for the 34th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), South Africa’s largest and longest running film festival hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts (CCA), reports Kishore Gobardan Director of Professional Services in the College of Humanities at UKZN in which the CCA is housed. The CCA is currently a special project of the newly appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Cheryl Potgieter, in the College of Humanities....

24.04.2013 | Editor's blog |

Director's Fortnight line up

LONGS METRAGES / FEATURE FILMS A Strange Course of Events de / by Raphaël Nadjari Première mondiale / World première Les Apaches* de / by Thierry de Peretti Première mondiale / World première Ate ver a luz / Après la nuit* de / by Basil Da Cunha Première mondiale / World première Blue Ruin de / by Jeremy Saulnier Première mondiale / World première The Congress / Le Congrès de / by Ari...

24.04.2013 | Cannes's blog |

12th Festival of German Films ready to open in 8 cities Australia with 45 films
12th Audi Festival of German Films (30 April – 15 May, 2013) This year will again see the Goethe-Institut and German Films continuing a long-lasting tradition and are hosting the 12th Audi Festival of German Films in Australia. From 30 April to 15 May, new German films will be shown in eight Australian cities with an accompanying programme such as introductions to the presented films, Q&As with directors, a poster exhibition, panel discussions and much more. Over 20,00...

24.04.2013 | Editor's blog |

Film & Wine from Sonoma, CA to the Atipodes.

When it comes to film festivals there are now thousands today, as if it is the goal of every city or town in the world to have one in order to slap a cultural stamp on its identity. While almost every city in the world now boasts its own film festival (and some cities have multiple) few cater to both cinema and wine together. Let’s face it, the worlds of film and wine are not that different- both require passion and art, a lot of ...

24.04.2013 | Sonoma International Film Festival's blog |

Call for Papers - First CIFEJ International Conference on “Global Village, Children, TV and Cinema”
CIFEJ in collaboration with “Dytiatko” Festival will organize the International Conference on “GlobalVillage, Children, TV and Cinema”. As a leading professional organization focusing on film industry - high quality films with useful educational content for children and young people - The International Center of Films for Children and Young People (CIFEJ) has decided to launch this conference as a premier forum for communications and network rese...

23.04.2013 | DytiatkoFest's blog |

AFI Docs announces line up

AFI Docs presented by Audi announced today the AFI Docs opening night gala at the Newseum will be the theatrical premiere of LETTERS TO JACKIE written and directed by Oscar®-winning filmmaker Bill Couturié. The film, presented by TLC and co-produced by Amblin TV and The Couturie Co., features letters from the public written to Mrs. Kennedy in the dark shadow of the President's assassination fifty years ago. The letters are read by 20 of today's top actors including Bé...

22.04.2013 |

AniFest grew from a local film event to a big festival

Every year in the spring one Czech spa cities becomes the city of animation. AniFest was held for the first time in 2002 in the Southbohemian spa city Třeboň, in 2009 it began its journey to the north, up untill to Northbohemian spa Teplice. Since then AniFest grew from a local film event to a big festival with international competition, which annualy causes some swirlings in the calm waters of Czech film through the selection of the best from both Czech and world animated production. ...

20.04.2013 |

Interview of MEIR FENIGSTEIN, Founder of the Israel Film Festival in the USA by Stephanie Ronnet

On April 18th, Los Angeles had an Israeli flavor as the 27th edition of the Israel Film Festival kicked off. The festivities were in full swing. The audience was treated to a plentiful buffet, before walking in the theater of the WGA. The opening film was The Ballad of The Weeping Spring, an emotional drama that won 4 Israeli Oscars (Ophir Awards) in 2012: Best Original Music, Best Original Soundtrack, Best Production design, and Best Costume design. It screened in a full house where Hebrew,...

20.04.2013 | Stephanie Ronnet's blog |

>THE FILM PARADE

Cannes 2013 has completed its Official Selection

Cannes 2013: UPDATED SELECTION LINE-UP As announced at the press conference held on 18th April, the Festival de Cannes has completed its Official Selection with the inclusion of the following films: Competition ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE by Jim JARMUSCH Out of Competition LE DERNIER DES INJUSTES by Claude LANZMANN Un Certain Regard MY SWEET PEPPERLAND by Hiner SALEEM TORE TANZT by Katrin GEBBE 1st Film WAKOLDA by Lucia PUENZO The Cannes Classics 2013 selection will be an...

27.04.2013 | Cannes's blog |

NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER 2013 in Cannes
All good things come in threes: after two successful editions, German Films and the German Federal Film Board (FFA) are continuing the cooperation they initiated in 2011 and will be jointly presenting the short film program NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER for the third time this year during the film festival in Cannes. The international professional audience consequently gets an opportunity to discover both the NEXT GENERATION films of the German film academies as well as the five winners ...

27.04.2013 | Cannes's blog |

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...

24.04.2013 | Cannes's blog |

38 films, including seven Polish productions, will compete for The Krakow fest short film competition

LET’S SHOW “THE GREAT DICTATOR” TO THE NATZIS OR 38 FILMS IN THE SHORT FILM COMPETITION AT THE 53RD KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL Following the qualification results to the national and music documentary competition, the organizers of the Krakow Film Festival announced the selection results of the short film competition. 38 films, including seven Polish productions, will compete. The international short film competition is the core of the Krakow Film Festival, taking place co...

24.04.2013 | Editor's blog |

ECU launches The European Independent Film Channel (EuroIFC) tomorrow

The European Independent Film Festival, Europe's leading event for independent cinema, is proud to announce the worldwide launch of The European Independent Film Channel (EuroIFC) on 25 April, 2013. The European Independent Film Channel (www.euroifc.com) will offer high quality independent films that push the boundaries of creativity, originality and offer a cinematic experience that is much more rewarding than found on mainstream video channels. ...

24.04.2013 | Editor's blog |

“In God We Trust: The Bernie Madoff Story”

Listen as 59 year old Eleanor, Bernie Madoff’s secretary for 25 years, TELLS ALMOST ALL. Yes, the FBI let her off scott free because they saw that she earned a humble wage, but DID she know what was going on all along and NOT say anything? Did his children, Mark and Andy, who worked for the firm, know all along? Did his wife, Ruth, who took out $10 million just after the news broke, know that her husband was up to no good for over 40 years? Was Bernie pure evil, o...

24.04.2013 | Tribeca Film Festival's blog |

23.04.2013 | DytiatkoFest's blog |

Documentary: ALIAS RUBY BLADE: A Story of Love and Revolution

April 19th, New York Tribeca Film Festival Premiere Must see documentary about the courageous journey of Australian Kirsty Sword Gusmão, aspired documentarian and turned-humanitarian advocate, for the small nation of East Timor. This remarkable story documents the struggle of the East Timorese through the moral conscious and love of Kirsty. She became a undercover agent for the Timorese clandestine resistance against Indonesia, with the code name: Ruby Blade. Serving as a spy for the...

20.04.2013 | Tribeca Film Festival's blog |

THE RIDER AND THE STORM (2013) at 12th Tribeca Film Festival.

THE RIDER AND THE STORM (2013) at 12th Tribeca Film Festival. The 15 minute documentary chronicles Timmy Brennan, a New York City iron worker who spends his days reconstructing Freedom Tower and escapes the grind of the city through his true passion— surfing. When Superstorm Sandy destroyed his home in Breezy Point, Queens, in a horrific fire following the initial hurricane damage, Timmy lost everything - including his board. As Timmy digs through the ruins of his home day after...

20.04.2013 | Tribeca Film Festival's blog |

>KEY FESTIVAL CIRCUIT PLAYERS

Alchemy in Invisible Worlds: Interview with “The Rocket” director Kim Mordaunt, winner of Tribeca for best film

Both “The Rocket” director Kim Mordaunt and his 10-year old protagonist – Ahlo – have a gift for turning the rarely-seen countryside of Laos into a playground for the imagination. The film is a visually engaging, triumph-of-the-underdog piece, where ingenuity can summon beauty and power from a land littered with military debris. As the film opens, we witness the birth of young Ahlo and his twin brother, who is stillborn. According to Laotian superstition, twins are sai...

26.04.2013 | Tribeca Film Festival's blog | 122 reads

Kim Novak, Guest of Honour at the 66th Festival de Cannes

To mark the restoration of one of the masterpieces of world cinema, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, the Festival de Cannes has invited its heroine, Kim Novak, to grace the event with her presence. Novak will attend the screening of Vertigo, filmed in 1958, which will be shown in its restored form as part of Cannes Classics. She will also take part in the closing ceremony for the 66th Festival de Cannes where she will award one of the Prizes on Sunday 26 May 2013. Novak first attende...

26.04.2013 | Cannes's blog | 101 reads

Teenage conflicting Identity: "Ali Blue Eyes" Fest21 talks with Italian director Claudio Giovannesi

Claudio Giovannesi’s first dramatic feature is an engrossing coming-of-age story following one week in the life of sixteen-year-old troublemaker Nader, an immigrant teenager who stops at nothing to fit in to Italian youth culture despite his family’s insistence that he respect his Egyptian and Muslim roots. He gets into fights, does drugs, steals and pursues an Italian girlfriend against his mother’s threats to disown him. It is a wonderfully non-judgmental study of a young m...

26.04.2013 | Tribeca Film Festival's blog | 169 reads

The Glam Jury from Cannes 66th has Spielberg in good company

American director and producer Steven Spielberg will preside this year over a star-studded Jury. Eight top-flight international film celebrities, active in a variety of creative fields, will help him select the winners. Vidya Balan (Indian actress) Naomi Kawase (Japanese director) Nicole Kidman (Australian actress/producer) Lynne Ramsay (British scriptwriter/director/producer) Daniel Auteuil (French actor/director) Ang Lee (Taiwanes...

24.04.2013 | Cannes's blog | 170 reads

Mira Nair and Mehta close out LA Indian Fest

by Alex Deleon Deepa Mehta, Canadian based Indian director The 2013 edition of the Los Angeles festival of Indian Film closed shop with a brace of films on successive evenings by two of the best known Indian woman directors, Mira Nair and Deepa Mehta. The films in question were respectively Nair's recent "Reluctant Fundamentalist" and Mehta's newly minted "Midnight's Children" based on Salman Rushdie's latest novel of ...

24.04.2013 | Editor's blog | 173 reads

Kim Novak, Guest of Honour at the 66th Festival de Cannes
To mark the restoration of one of the masterpieces of world cinema, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, the Festival de Cannes has invited its heroine, Kim Novak, to grace the event with her presence. Novak will attend the screening of Vertigo, filmed in 1958, which will be shown in its restored form as part of Cannes Classics. She will also take part in the closing ceremony for the 66th Festival de Cannes where she will award one of the Prizes on Sunday 26 May 2013. Novak first attended the Fest...

22.04.2013 | Cinetoiles de Villerville Film Festival's blog |

Animator master, Gerald Potterton, to preside over the Anifest Jury

Gerald Potterton is a British director, producer and animator. He is best known for directing the animated cult classic Heavy Metal and for his animation work on Yellow Submarine. Potterton has been nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Born in London, Potterton attended the Hammersmith Art School. After working as an assistant animator in London, (Animal Farm, 1954 Halas and Batchelor), Potterton joined the NFB where he directed both animated and l...

20.04.2013 | Editor's blog |

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Animation Production Day 2013

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

The Cultural Exception is non-negociable
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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Cannes 2013 compléte sa Sélection officielle

Ainsi qu’annoncé lors de la conférence de presse du 18 avril dernier, le Festival de Cannes complète sa Sélection officielle et ajoute les films suivants : COMPÉTITION ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE de Jim JARMUSCH HORS COMPÉTITION LE DERNIER DES INJUSTES de Claude LANZMANN UN CERTAIN REGARD MY SWEET PEPPERLAND de Hiner SALEEM TORE TANZT de Katrin GEBBE 1er film WA...

27.04.2013 | Cannes's blog |

ACID Cannes 2013 La programation des cinéastes
ACID - CANNES 2013 16 > 25 MAI La programation des cinéastes. www.lacid.org La relève est bien là, portant dans son désir de cinéma des propositions très réjouissantes qui réinvestissent la comédie et la romance, la politique et ses combats, et cherchent à nous offrir des perspectives différentes sur nos sociétés. Une cinéaste dans le tombeau du père, un poète...

24.04.2013 | Cannes's blog |

Le jury du 66e Festival de Cannes, Spielberg est bien entouré
C'est un Jury étincelant que présidera le réalisateur et producteur américain Steven Spielberg. Il sera entouré pour l’aider à composer le Palmarès de huit personnalités de très haut niveau du cinéma international, engagés et actifs dans plusieurs domaines de création. Vidya Balan (Actrice indienne) Naomi Kawase (Réalisatrice japonaise) Nicole Kidman (Actrice / productrice australienne) ...

24.04.2013 | Cannes's blog |

La deuxième édition des Deauville Green Awards annonce ses gagnants,
La deuxième édition des Deauville Green Awards, qui s’est déroulée du 16 au 18 Avril, vient de se clôturer. Avec une compétition rassemblant plus de 200 films en provenance de plus de 20 pays, le succès de ce Festival international démontre l’intérêt d’un lieu de réflexion consacré aux problématiques de développement durable et aux programmes qui s’y consacrent. Initi&eacu...

24.04.2013 | Editor's blog |

Le palmarès du FIFOG

La 8ème édition du FIFOG a baissé rideau en reportant une fois de plus un franc succès public et médiatique. Selon les premières statistiques, le FIFOG a enregistré une augmentation de la fréquentation publique et une très forte présence médiatique. La cérémonie de remise des prix aux heureux lauréats a eu lieu dans la salle des Cinémas du Grütli, et ce devant un p...

24.04.2013 | Editor's blog |

Forte croissance des emplois cinéma centrée sur l’Ile-de-France (+8%)

Observatoire de la Production Audiovisuelle et Cinématographique en Ile-de-France La croissance devrait marquer le pas en 2012 avec l’impact renforcé des délocalisations et la baisse des investissements. Une étude menée conjointement par Olivier-René Veillon (Directeur de la Commission du Film d’Ile-de-France) et Philippe Degardin (Directeur des études du Groupe Audiens) L&rs...

24.04.2013 | Editor's blog |

Les Nuits en Or des Cesar partent en tournée
L'Académie organise la 7ème édition des Nuits en Or, dernière manifestation de l’année organisée par l’Académie des César, dédiée aux courts métrages du monde entier. LA TOURNÉE L'occasion pour l'Académie des César de venir à la rencontre des spectateurs et des exploitants, en proposant dans onze villes de France la projection d'un programme excep...

24.04.2013 | Editor's blog |

Signez la pétition pour l'exception culturelle

L’EXCEPTION CULTURELLE N’EST PAS NÉGOCIABLE ! Le 13 mars 2013 risque de marquer un tournant majeur et scandaleux dans la construction de l’Europe. C’est le jour où la Commission européenne, sous l'impulsion du Commissaire Karel de Gucht, a décidé de piétiner l’exception culturelle en adoptant un projet de mandat de négociation qui intègre les services audiovisuels et cinématographique...

24.04.2013 | Editor's blog |

Le showcase Parisfx, « L’expérience magique » se tiendra le 7 mai au One Club
A l’occasion de la Creative Week (6-9 mai), Parisfx présente à New York le meilleur de la création numérique française. Le One Club (www.oneclub.org), partenaire des prestigieux One Show Awards, vient d’annoncer la participation de la Commission du Film d’Ile-de-France, à travers le label Parisfx, à la prochaine Creative Week, qui se tiendra à New York du 6 au 9 mai 2013. Organisé par la C...

24.04.2013 | Editor's blog |