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Academy Award Winner Lupita Nyong'o will be Jury President of the Berlinale 2024

  Lupita Nyong'o © Nick Barose     The Kenyan-Mexican actor, director, producer and New York Times bestselling author Lupita Nyong'o will be President of the International Jury of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival.   Ever since her 2014 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 12 Years a Slave (director: Steve McQueen), Lupita Nyong'o has been one of the most high-profile international actors, inspiring audiences and film critics alike....

First film announced for the 44th edition of the Porto International Film Festival | Fantasporto 2024

MORE THAN 1500 FILMS OF 70 COUNTRIES WERE SUBMITED TO THE FESTIVAL Fantasporto announced today that the film submissions for the 44th edition of the Porto International Film Festival | Fantasporto'2024 closed end November and the line-up for this edition will be announced in December. The final program will be announced in January. Fantasporto 2024 will take place from March 1 to 10 at the Batalha Centro de Cinema and, possibly, at other venues in Porto. Around 90 feature films and 20 s...

Tricia Tuttle will take over the Berlinale directorship from 1 April 2024

Tricia Tuttle appointed as new director of the Berlin International Film Festival.     Chaired by the Minister of State for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth, the Board of Supervisors of the Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes in Berlin GmbH (KBB) today approved the selection committee's proposal to appoint Tricia Tuttle as director of the Berlin International Film Festival from April 2024. Tricia is "The right choice to lead the Berlinale successfully into the future ...

VIDEO The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures raised over $10 million to support the museum’s exhibitions in it's annual Gala

 With Featured Performance by Billie Eilish and Finneas, Gala was Co-Chaired by Ava Duvernay, Dr. Eric Esrailian, Halle Berry, and Ryan Murphy, Presented by Rolex L to R: Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, Sofia Coppola Meryl Streep Photographed By Hunter Abrams for Academy Museum Oprah Winfrey Photographed by Stefanie Keenan/ Getty Images for Academy Museum Sofia Coppola Photographed by Emma MacIntyre/ Getty Images for Academy Museum     The Academy Museum of M...

Winners of the 36th European Film Awards

The 36th European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize achievements in European filmmaking, took place at Arena Berlin in Berlin on 9 December 2023. It was the twenty-second time that the awards ceremony took place in Germany. The full list of nominations was revealed on 7 November 2023. The french film by Justine Triet: "Anatomy of a fall" has been awarded with 5 top prizes: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Sandra Hülle...

Poitiers Film Festival Award Winners announced

  It's time to know who the winners are!  Watch all the awarded films at the TAP Castille cinema on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of December! Jury's Grand Prize                           ...

VIDEO : Red Sea IFF Yusr Award Winners Revealed, Nicolas Cage Receives Honourary Award

THE RED SEA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023  CLOSING NIGHT AND AWARDS  Festival Celebrates Biggest Edition to Date, Dream Scenario Announced As Final Festival Gala    The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) marked the closing of its third edition with a screening of Micheal Mann’s Ferrari, a Red Sea International Film Financing project, and revealed the winners of its highly anticipated Yusr Awards. The festival also welcomed Hollywood icon Nicola...

10th Duhok Film Fest Jury President Emin Alper Introduced Along with Competition Categories Jurors

Memoriam of Yılmaz Güney, the 1982 Palme d’or winner in Cannes in DuhokIFF   The jury members for the World Cinema and Kurdish Cinema competition categories of the 10th edition of Duhok International Film Festival have been introduced, with filmmaker Emin Alper as the jury president of the international segment. According to the report of Mansour Jahani, an independent and international cinema journalist, Massoud Arif, the official speaker for the 10th Duhok International...

The Filmfestival Beat from Red Sea International Film Festival

  THE FESTIVALS BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995    Filmfestivals.com covers RSIFF with online dailies: take centre stage RSIFF  November 30 till December 9, 2023. EMAIL US FOR PROMO OPTIONS RSIFF newsletter: Documenting the RSIFF festival experience reaching over 166 000 subscribers.   FOLLOW US :             RED SEA International Film Festival in action RSIFF DAI...

The IndieFEST Film Awards Announces Latest Winners! November 2023

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rick Prickett, Competition Director 858-454-9787 TheIndieFEST.com Info@TheIndieFEST.com La Jolla, CA, November 2023 - The IndieFEST is proud to announce the latest winners. Congratulations to all the filmmakers who participated in the current season!The awards go to those filmmakers who produce fresh, standout entertainment and compelling documentaries. The IndieFEST is a top-tier international awards competition. It honors professionals, es...

VIDEO Will Smith at Jeddah 's Red Sea Festival for the third edition

So cool to find Will Smith attending the third edition of RSIFF in Jeddah! I had the priviledge to work with him in Cannes and Deauvile Festival for ID4 a few years back! (I am trying to not remember my golf score when we played together! ...

VIDEO Catherine Martin Masterclass on costume design at Red Sea Fest

Catherine Martin, one of the greatest costume designer in my opinion, multi-awarded for her work she has received 4 Oscars (and nine nominations). I(Bruno Chatelin)  indirectly worked with her when I released Romeo and Juliet in France for Fox. She was in Jeddah for the third edition of RSIFF, in her masterclass she discussed many aspects of her amazing carreer including her latest contribution to Baz Luhrmann's films: ELVIS... Enjoy her elegant conversation. Catherine M...

Red Sea International Film Festival And Vanity Fair Celebrates Women In Cinema

Vanity Fair Europe honours Egyptian Screen Icon Nabila Ebeid In celebration of female voices in film, the Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF) and Vanity Fair Europe hosted the 5th Women In Cinema Dinner event this evening, shining a light on the achievements of women both on and behind the camera who are helping shape the film industry and inspire a new generation of talent in Saudi Arabia, Africa, and India. This year, Red Sea IFF and Vanity Fair Europe honoured Nab...

The official awards of the TFF

  FEATURE FILMS COMPETITION The jury of the Feature Film Competition was composed by Lyda Patitucci (Italy), Clément Rauger (France), Martin Rejtman (Argentina), Angel Sala (Spain), and Elisabetta Sgarbi (Italy).   Best film (18.000 €) to: LA PALISIADA by Philip Sotnychenko (Ukraine) With the following motivation: Complex film of great directorial freedom in the construction of concatenated scenes that find their own independent meaning. In his debut work, the dire...

THE FESTIVAL BEAT ! N°1000 and 83

THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995    Filmfestivals.com covers Ventana Sur, Torino Film Festival and RSIFF with online dailies: take centre stage Ventana Sur  November 27 -December 1; RSIFF  November 30 till December 9, 2023. Filmfestivals.com will be covering  these markets in person with dailies and newsletters.  Take center stage....     We would like to contribute to your success...

VIDEO Highlights of the RSIFF 2023 opening ceremony

The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF), in partnership with VOX Cinemas, NEOM and the MBC GROUP, welcomed cinema lovers and the global film community to its the third edition, which will run from 30 November - 9 December in Jeddah. Yasir Al Yasiri’s HWJN had its world premiere to kick off the festival, and the screening was attended by the director and lead cast: Nour Alkhadra, Baraa Alem, Naif Aldaferi, Alanoud Saud, Mohsen Mansour and Shaimaa Al Tayeb. Jury President Baz...

RSIFF Absence of Eden Special Presentation

Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) hosted a Special Presentation of The Absence of Eden tonight at its 3rd edition, with lead actor Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Guardians of the Galaxy), director Marco Perego, Michelle Rodriguez (Fast and Furious), Garret Hedlund (Inside Llewyn Davis), and Naomi Campbell in attendance. The screening took place at the Ritz-Carlton in Jeddah.   Producer Robert Kravis, Karl Herrmann, Julie Yorn, Marco Perego   Cast Zoe Yadira Saldana Perego...

Red Sea International Film Festival Year three Day 3 round up and program

On its third day, the Red Sea International Film Festival unfolded a diverse array of activities and films, marking a vibrant celebration of the cinematic arts. The event featured captivating seminars and dialogues with internationally acclaimed artist Will Smith and renowned Indian filmmaker Karan Johar. The grand screen witnessed exclusive screenings at both regional and international levels, including the world premiere of the documentary “Khalid El Sheikh: Between the Thorns of Art and...

The Red Sea International Film Festival Day 1 opening ceremony

The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF), in partnership with VOX Cinemas, NEOM and the MBC GROUP, welcomed cinema lovers and the global film community to its the third edition, which will run from 30 November - 9 December in Jeddah. Yasir Al Yasiri’s HWJN had its world premiere to kick off the festival, and the screening was attended by the director and lead cast: Nour Alkhadra, Baraa Alem, Naif Aldaferi, Alanoud Saud, Mohsen Mansour and Shaimaa Al Tayeb. Jury President Baz...

VIDEO Interview with Domenico de Gaetano at TFF-Tim Burton's burlesque world at the National Museum of Cinema

The National Museum of Cinema stands among the most important in the world for its rich heritage and the diversity of its scientific and educational activities. Interview of the Museum director by Alice Kanterian during the Torino International Film Festival.       It is unique in the whole world and one of the most beautiful museums I have visited: THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CINEMA. It is located inside the Mole Antonelliana, the symbol of the city of Turin. Inaugur...

Annegret Richter becomes new artistic director for the ITFS

  New artistic director for the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film:  Spearheading ITFS: Annegret Richter joins Heike Mozer    In June of this year, Heike Mozer took over the commercial management, and now the artistic position of the Film- und Medienfestival gGmbH (FMF) has also been filled: Annegret Richter, an experienced curator and festival organiser who has known and accompanied the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) for years, is...

SELECTION 2023 - Animation! Mentoring Program for Female Creators

  With the objective of implementing actions in favor of gender parity that will help build a more equitable and diverse animation industry, we announce the fourth edition of the Animation! Special Mentoring Program for Female Creators. The initiative has been developed with the support of the Institut Français d'Argentine, the MIFA Market of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and the Quirino Awards for Ibero-American Animation as a strategic partner.  After ...

Back to sunny busy day 4 at Ventana Sur

Welcome to a New Edition of Ventana Sur!  CHECK THE HIGHLIGHTS! Thursday, November 30th! For the full program click here.     SCREENING - SEMILLAS 09:30 hs - CINEMARK 7  Director: Eliana Niño   &nb...

Filmfestivals.com will cover next Ventana Sur with online dailies November 27 to December 1st

Ventana Sur is the most important market for audiovisual content in Latin America, and it is a must in the schedule of distributors and buyers from the international industry. Organized by the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA) and the Marché du Film – Cannes Film Festival, Ventana Sur brings together all the different players from the...

VIDEO Interview with Paolo Manera Director of Torino Film Commission at the closing of Torino Film Industry

Paolo Manera, Director of Torino Film Commission at the press conference of Torino Film Industry Press conference moderated by TFF director Steve della Casa with the directors of the Torino Film Industry sections Alice Kanterian ...

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