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Interview With Cuban American Director Producer Carlos Gutierrez
Carlos V. Gutierrez is a film and television director whose work has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Emmy Award, and has been featured on HBO and Showtime. In the commercial world, Carlos is a highly sought after director who works on national campaigns for Turbo Tax, Princess Cruises, Exxon / Mobil, Chevy and numerous others. His commercial work for clients includes a Super Bowl commercial and PSA's that have won international recognition. In a recent interview wit...
Interview With Award-Winning International Casting Director Luci Lenox @ Cannes Film Festival
Luci Lenox is an award-winning casting director based in Spain with a diverse professional background and international experience. She has cast over 100 productions for clients such as Netflix, Amazon, MediaPro and various Spanish independent producers, and her work has resulted in over 250 awards at international film festivals. In addition to her work as a casting director, Luci is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion in the industry and has served on the board of the CSA and the d...
KAYLA BRIËT wins in Rio de Janeiro
US filmmaker Kayla Briët won the Best Female Documentary Director Award of the 14th International Uranium Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro 2025 for her film „Ways of Knowing: A Navajo Nuclear History“. (Photo by Carmille Dudeck) Kayla is a composer, filmmaker and virtual reality artist of Prairie Band Potawatomi/ Neshnabe, Chinese, and Dutch-Indonesian decent. She is an artist exploring themes of belonging in multiple mediums of storytelling. Kayla's work has been exh...
Judy Irving wins Top Award in Rio de Janeiro
US filmmakers Judy Irving and Christopher Beaver are among the top award winners of the 14th International Uranium Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro 2025. They received for „Nagasaki Journey (Digitally Restored Version)“ the festival’s Memory Award for the restoration of a powerful historical documentary film that connects todays young generation with the suffering of the young atomic bomb victims of Nagasaki. Judy Irving and Christopher Beaver said: „We ac...
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Asia Tech x Singapore, 2025, 05: Alibaba and SAP in strategic partnership
Asia Tech x Singapore, 2025, 05: Alibaba and SAP in strategic partnership Alibaba Group and SAP have announced a strategic partnership aimed at helping enterprises modernise their operations through cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence. As part of the collaboration, Alibaba Cloud has joined SAP’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Certification Program and will support customers running SAP’s enterprise cloud solutions. Alibaba Group will also use SAP Cloud ERP Priva...
Sitaare Zameen Par, Review: Lots of sympathy, very little empathy
Sitaare Zameen Par, Review: Lots of sympathy, very little empathy Aamir Khan has earned for himself the sobriquet of a crusader, or an actor with a conscience. Several of his films have dealt with social issues, as in Taare Zameen Par (autism) and PK (an alien who helps earthlings to battle social evils), or cricket+revolt against British imperialism of yore (Lagaan). He also hosted a TV show, wherein he tried to get justice for sufferers of societal victimisation and injustice. So, making a ...
7 Dogs: USD 40m Saudi Arabian-Egyptian film, with Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt, releases teaser
7 Dogs: USD 40m Saudi Arabian-Egyptian film, with Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt, releases teaser His Excellency, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), Advisor Turki bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Sheikh, recently launched, via his official account on the X platform, the first teaser video for the highly anticipated action film 7 Dogs, the largest Arab production with a budget of $40 million. Starring Egyptian and Arab cinema stars Karim Abdel Aziz and Ahmed E...
Asia Tech x Singapore, 2025, 04: Building a trusted AI ecosystem, and creating jobs
Asia Tech x Singapore, 2025, 04: Building a trusted AI ecosystem, and creating jobs At the recent ATxSummit, the apex event of Asia Tech x Singapore (ATxSG) 2025, organised by the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA), key global and regional efforts around AI, LLM models, AI adoption for enterprise and up-skilling for talent were announced. Building a trusted AI ecosystem is a key focus for Singapore, as maximal adoption and innovation can happen, leading to greater produ...
Swaha-In the Name of Fire, Review: Burning issues and stark reality, in black and white
Swaha-In the Name of Fire, Review: Burning issues and stark reality, in black and white Deprived lower castes, without cash or savings, living in abject poverty and being targeted by members of higher castes, is a theme that we have seen and heard and read a lot about. We have also read, seen and heard on media, and learnt through vicarious narrations, that these adverse circumstances have slowly abated over the last 75 years or so, though, by no means have they been dealt with, in finality. ...
Brief Encounters, Mumbai, screens Jafar Panahi’s This is Not a Film
Made in 2011, This is Not a Film is a genre-defying, ground-breaking film (yes, it is a film) about the reputed Iranian film-maker, Jafar Panahi, made in collaboration with one of his friends, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, who wields the camera too. It was shot secretly in, and from, the house and building of Panahi, where he was serving a house-imprisonment sentence, for having made anti-establishment films secretly, and for supporting the revolution against the ruling Iranian clergy. The film was scre...
Mission Impossible-The Final Reckoning, Review: Tom Cruises through air, water, ice and land; dies twice, lives thrice
Mission Impossible-The Final Reckoning, Review: Tom Cruises through air, water, ice and land; dies twice, lives thrice 1,000? You are nowhere near. 10,000? You are getting warmer. 100,000? That, I guess, is very, very, close. It must have taken at least 100,000 persons to put together this humungous spectacle called Mission Impossible-The Final Reckoning, going by the end credits roll. I am making a wild guess, since it was not possible to count the names, which went on rolling for several m...
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The Waco Independent Film Festival announces 2025 Film Lineup and Schedule
The Waco Independent Film Festival will take place In-Theater - July 17-20/Online Encore July 20-26 Julia Barnett’s family favorite A Christmas in New Hope is the Opening Night U.S. Premiere presentation and Chris Beier’s award-winning drama The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia is set for the Closing Night A Christmas in New Hope, The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia Waco, TX (June 14, 2025) – The Wac...
Submit now to the Window Rock Uranium Film Festival
Call for entries! The Window Rock international Uranium Film Fest at the Navajo Nation Museum focuses on films about nuclear power, the nuclear industry, uranium mining, nuclear waste and nuclear weapons and their impacts. Films about victims and environmental consequences of the nuclear fuel chain from mining to atomic waste. Indigenous filmmakers compete for the Klee Benally Earth Protector Award for Best Indigenous Filmmaker. The „Klee Benally Earth Protector Aw...
Filmfest Munich - Nominations for the 2025 German Cinema New Talent Award
Nominations for the 2025 German Cinema New Talent Award This year, the Munich International Film Festival will again present the German Cinema New Talent Award in four categories: directing, production, screenplay, and acting. These awards are among the most coveted among young German filmmakers, as a sponsorship award can help launch a promising career. This year, the jury is comprised of Liliane Amuat (actress), Erol Afşin (director and actor), and Jan-Ole Gerster (film directo...
Cannes International Cellphone Festival, with Honorary President Bruno Chatelin Filmfestivals.com founder
Karl Bardosh Cannes cellphone Festival founder with Petra Terzi and Bruno Chatelin ...
2025 Telluride Film Festival Poster Revealed
Telluride Film Festival (August 29 – September 1, 2025) is proud to unveil its 2025 Festival poster, created by celebrated cartoonist and graphic novelist Daniel Clowes. Daniel Clowes is one of the most influential and acclaimed figures in contemporary graphic storytelling. Best known for his seminal comic-book series Eightball and the cult classic graphic novel Ghost World, Clowes has defined the landscape of alternative comics for over three decades. His body of wo...
VIDEO Best red carpet moments in Cannes 2025
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Review of the Russian film ''Twenty-Six Days in the Life of Dostoyevsky'' © Film critic Mr. Lalit Rao [FIPRESCI] 19.06.2025
Review of the Russian film “Twenty-Six Days in the Life of Dostoyevsky –The vivid portrait of a tortured genius in crisis © Film critic Mr. Lalit Rao [FIPRESCI] 19.06.2025 Russian film ‘‘Twenty-Six Days in the Life of Dostoyevsky,’’ directed by Alexander Zarkhi, stands as a remarkable example of Soviet biographical cinema and a poignant homage to one of Russia’s greatest literary figures, Fyodor Dostoyev...
Compulsion premieres in Malta at the Mediterrane Film Festival
COMPULSION: THE PULSE OF THE NIGHT IS DEADLY. Neil Marshall, successful director of ‘The Descent’, ‘Dog Soldiers’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ has re-united with acclaimed actress Charlote Kirk. Together they experienced a solid run with movies like ‘The Reckoning’, ‘The Lair’ and ‘Duchess.’ This time their new thriller, ‘Compulsion’, co-written by Kirk and Marshall, will take you in Malta where it was entirely filme...
FATHER OF CIVILIZATION - book reel
FATHER OF CIVILIZATION - book reel link: https://youtu.be/3DA-2WyuFdY FATHER OF CIVILIZATION - Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMQ3WSVL Enter the Universe, chronicled by Malaki-z, the cosmic historian who records the most intriguing and critical tales of existence. MALAKI-Z’s 1st ANTHOLOGY, Into the Light, spans five thought-provoking stories, each one casting light on humanity’s place within the vast cosmos Father of Civilization...
VIDEO The Handmaids Tale Final Season Celebration Press Conference
Watch the full recording and read the transcript of the press conference with Executive Producer/Director/Star ELISABETH MOSS and Stars YVONNE STRAHOVSKI, ANN DOWD, O-T FAGBENLE, MADELINE BREWER, AMANDA BRUGEL, SAM JAEGER, EVER CARRADINE and JOSH CHARLES. SERIES SYNOPSIS: Adapted from the classic novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in...
Lala My RedHead award winning script builds success on the festival circuit
Watch Nellie K on stage acceptance speech winning best script at Chandler International Film Festival 2025 * ...
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NYC Independent Film Festival
June 1 – 7, 2026
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Earlybird Deadline : August 31, 2025
Regular Deadline : November 30, 2025
Late Deadline : January 15, 2026
Extended Deadline : February 15, 2026
Home of the NYC Indie Awards the festival aims to discover the Artist Filmmaker, showcasing them to the entertainment industry and the NYC public. All NYCIndieFF screenings take place in the historic center of NYC, Time Square which is the perfect home for an event geared toward creating incredible opportunities for independent voices.
NYCIndieFF honors the Best in Category which includes Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Narrative, Best Super Short, Best Covid Diaries, as well as Best Director and Best Screenplay.
New York City Independent Film Festival (NYCIndieFF) will hold a physical festival this year. We will celebrate the Independent Filmmaker, documentaries, short and feature-length films and animation. Whether a submission is comedic, dramatic, or something in between, The NYCIndieFF is eager to embrace fresh ideas and storytelling.
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Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival
September 2 – 7, 2025
July 1, 2025: Regular Deadline
July 15, 2025: Late Deadline
The Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival is consistently recognized as one of the "50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee" by MovieMaker Magazine. Thank you!
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The recurring theme of the annual Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival is "Other Places, Other People"; the festival's purpose is to encourage attendees to think broadly (about how huge the world of film is) and deeply (about the universal concerns and desires that unite all people). About 90% of all film selections are non-US productions, helping to fulfill the festival mission of promoting cross-cultural understanding through film.
International Jury Competition – 10 films will be selected from festival's worldwide entries and screened in the 2025 Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival short film showcase. Jury members will select the winning film for a jury cash prize and presentation at Short Film Finalist showcase program on Saturday, September 6th.
We accept either fiction or non-fiction short films. Our festival's programming is about exploring other cultures/people in the world -- so please keep that in mind before submitting.
Jury Prize of $2000 USD cash for winning short film
We look forward to viewing your film /project!
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French Riviera Film Festival
Cannes : May 15 – 16, 2026
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The 8th annual French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF) will recognize and celebrate short-form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two-day festival that includes screenings, awards ceremony, and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short-form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Best Lifestyle Short, Best Fashion Short, Best Music Video, Best Female Filmmaker Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, Best Activism Short, Best Micro Short Award, Industry Excellence Award, and Lifetime Achievement Awards . Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media, and influencers.
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'LALA, MY REDHEAD' Feature film award winning script by Nellie K. and Deniz Nala
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Love and poverty, betrayal and wealth - centuries of traditions put to the test! A compelling story intricately woven into a comprehensive exploration of women’s status against the backdrop of the Roma culture. From the director of an award-winning film in Cannes 2023.
“I worked in Cannes with Emir Kusturica as his Sony Distributor on his brilliant award winning film: “Time of The Gypsies”: when I read the script for “Lala, my redhead” I immediately saw the connection and the potential of a unique story: I trust you will like it too. “
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Jafar Panahi received the Sydney Film Prize, winning the official competition with IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT.
Last night, the Sydney Film Festival closed with a night to remember at the Closing Night Ceremony. Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi received the Sydney Film Prize, winning the Official Competition for his astonishing masterpiece IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT. Panahi accepted the award in person to an emotional standing ovation from the audience. The jury, led by director Justin Kurzel, remarked that the winner was “a courageous film with a deep soul and a powerful sense of forgiveness....
VIDEO Cannes Grand Prix to Trier’s Sentimental Value Red carpet and photocall best moments
Joachim Trier, winner of the Grand Prix, poses with team. Images courtesy of Laurent Hou (instagram: @wu.photo.video) ...
Filmfest Munich - Nominations for the 2025 German Cinema New Talent Award
Nominations for the 2025 German Cinema New Talent Award This year, the Munich International Film Festival will again present the German Cinema New Talent Award in four categories: directing, production, screenplay, and acting. These awards are among the most coveted among young German filmmakers, as a sponsorship award can help launch a promising career. This year, the jury is comprised of Liliane Amuat (actress), Erol Afşin (director and actor), and Jan-Ole Gerster (film directo...
Cannes Lions honours Adobe Chair and CEO Shantanu Narayen as inaugural Creative Champion of the Year
Cannes Lions honours Adobe Chair and CEO Shantanu Narayen as inaugural Creative Champion of the Year New Award recognises Narayen’s dedication to enabling creativity in its many forms and driving the creative agenda across industries and around the globe 13 May 2025 - The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced that Shantanu Narayen, Chair and CEO, Adobe, will be honoured as its inaugural Creative Champion of the Year. The new honouree Award is given to individu...
14th International Uranium Film Festival Rio de Janeiro Awards
14th International Uranium Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro announces Award Winners at the Cinematheque of Rio’s Modern Art Museum (MAM Rio) Photo by Paloma Anjos Films from USA, Italy, Germany, France and UK received top awards in Rio. US director Greg Mitchell won the Uranium Film Festival Award for Best Documentary Feature Film for „The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero - and Nuclear Peril Today“, a revelation of Nagasaki's place in history. And t...
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Monaco organise une vente aux enchères inédite sur le thème de la bande dessinée et lance un appel aux collectionneurs
Monaco organise une vente aux enchères inédite sur le thème de la bande dessinée et lance un appel aux collectionneurs : Hergé, Uderzo, Graton et Geluck déjà en tête d’affiche La bande dessinée quitte les vitrines des collectionneurs pour s'imposer dans le marché de l'Art. En l’espace de quelques années, les enchères de planches originales et d’illustrations ont explosé, atteign...
L’UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles, premier cinéma au monde, fête ses 30 ans !
A partir du 18 juin 2025, l’UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles, premier cinéma au monde en termes de fréquentation (source : Comscore), fêtera ses 30 ans. L’événement démarrera avec la projection du film DE BATTRE MON COEUR S’EST ARRÊTÉ, en présence et avec une présentation du réalisateur JACQUES AUDIARD. En 1995, le Groupe UGC innovait en créant dans le ventre de Paris le...
Ariane Bélanger et Zoé Protat sont nommées à la direction générale du festival FNC de Montréal
LE FNC NOMME 2 CO-DIRECTRICES GÉNÉRALES! Le FNC est fier d’annoncer la nomination d’Ariane Bélanger et Zoé Protat à la direction générale du festival. À titres respectifs de codirectrice générale et directrice administrative, et de codirectrice générale et directrice artistique. Elles succèdent à Michel Pradier, directeur général par intérim, et &oel...
