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THE AFM Sessions Adds Panels Focused on Social Impact and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Featuring Lion Forge Animation, NAACP, Outfest, Participant, Pepperdine University Philmco, REFRAME, SAG-AFTRA and SIE Society
The 43th American Film Market® (AFM®) will opens its doors today, November 1 and welcomes the global industry back to Santa Monica for the first time since 2019. For six days, film finance, production, sales and distribution executives from 70 countries will be in...
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"It s good to be back" On the eve of the opening of the 43rd edition of the AFM filmfestivals.com co founder Bruno Chatelin sat down at Film Mode Entertainment offices (Loews 5th floor 509) with Clay Epstein : Elected Chairman of the IFTA Board of Directors and President, Film Mode Entertainment 2 hats, and two responsabilities which he accepted to share with our audience.
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Discover a Transformed Thai Film Industry and the Latest Benefits of Filming in Thailand
The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Ministry of Commerce, Royal Thai Government hosts Thai Night AFM 2022 at American Film Market (AFM) on November 2nd to foster the ongoing development of the Thai Film Industry for this business matching event.
DITP has played an active role in the development of Thailand as a growing center of movie making in Asia. Thailand’s a...
IFTA announced new executive additions to its AFM team. Matthew Thompson and Catherine Girard-Cobb have been appointed to the newly created roles of Co-Managing Directors, AFM, reporting to President & CEO Jean Prewitt. They join long-time IFTA Vice Presidents Jennifer Garnick and Robin Burt to develop and support the overall vision, operations and production of the AFM.
Thompson, who brings 25 years of event management and production experience, will oversee the AFM Attendee se...
The only independently produced sales market in the industry, AFM Exhibitor registration is trending strong with 289 companies registered, including sales, production and distribution companies, as well as international trade organizations, film commissions and production service companies.
Confirmed exhibiting companies include: A24, Altitude Film Entertainment, Charades, CJ ENM, Contents Panda, Emperor Motion Pictures, Film Mode Entertainment, FilmNation, Gaumont, G...
THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995
Weekly newsletter N°1031 // 1032 Documenting the festivals experience since 1995, reaching over 166 000 subscribers:
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2022 Awards
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After 12 incredible days of films, we've tallied your votes, and we are thrilled to announce the winners of the 58th Chicago International Film Festival Audience Choice Awards, presented by Xfinity!
Audience Choice Award: Best Feature Winners
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Dir. Rian Johnson | US
The Year Between
Dir. Alex Heller | US
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Social Impact & Vison Award Winners Announced
For the second year the Ojai Film Festival will honor films for the Social Impact and Vision Award, sponsored by Panavision. Begun in 2021 the “Diversity and Inclusion for Social Impact and Vision” program explores the breadth of “diversity.” At the same time it examines “intersectionality,” aspects of a person’s identity that may cause conflict yet create an opportunity for un...
This year, the National Competition of the 13th Odesa International Film Festival, given the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, was held within the framework of the Warsaw International Film Festival. The programme "Odessa - Warsaw: Ukrainian competition" included 11 feature films and 7 short films.
The winners of the competition were determined by an expert jury, which included a producer and director Dariusz Jablonski (Poland), producer and screenwriter Ilona Łe...
Crime Thriller, Second film I 120 mn I UK October 2022 I Groucho Arts Ltd I Available for worldwide sales
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In this ultra-hip crime thriller, X and Y are two hitmen which storyline is interwoven with other two hitmen: Mother Nature and The Professional. The lives of these hitmen, a bartender, a kid, her brother, and their gangster leader grandfather intertwine in these wild tales of violence, family and redemption. In this tale of family, crime, and violence in London,...
Celebrating its 60th anniversary, the New York Film Festival (NYFF) continues to rank as one of the most important film festivals in the United States. NYFF 2022 operates very differently from its early 60s origins and the expansive program reflects this. One of the co-founders of NYFF, Amos Vogel, quoted by Manohla Dargis, emphasized in 1965 that the mission of the festival was to reflect the most interesting trends and new works in global film making. For Vogel, the comme...
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Céline Sciamma receives Joseph Plateau Honorary Award, presented by Lukas Dhont, at Film Fest Gent 2022
French filmmaker Céline Sciamma, best known for her game-changing historical drama Portrait of a Lady on Fire, has received a Joseph Plateau Honorary Award at Film Fest Gent on Wednesday 12 October. She was handed the award by Lukas Dhont, who kicked off the festival the day before with his sophomore feature Close. Before the award ceremony the two filmmakers talked in d...
EXTERIOR NIGHT by Marco Bellocchio receives award for European Innovative Storytelling
Nominations for European Comedy, Animated Feature Film and Short Film announced
On the occasion of the 35th European Film Awards on 10 December in Reykjavik, the European Film Academy is honouring the Italian veteran auteur director Marco Bellocchio with the Award for European Innovative Storytelling for his outstanding mini-series EXTERIOR NIGHT. The director will be guest of honour at the awards ceremony...
A Special Guest Will Moderate Tribute Conversation with Award-Winner, Guillermo del Toro on November 9 in San Francisco
SFFILM today announced Mexican-born filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, author and Academy Award®-winning director, Guillermo del Toro, will receive the SF Honors award for his bold artistry in the upcoming film, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. SF Honors showcases exciting new work from singular filmmakers, historically presenting sneak peeks and premieres for Bay A...
NARRATIVE FEATURE AWARD WINNERS
Grand Prix Award for Best Picture – ALL THE THINGS I WANTED TO SAY by Assaf Gordon
Special 10th Anniversary Award – FARAH by Hassiba Freiha and Kenton Oxley, THE YEAR OF THE DOG by Andrew McGinn, Michael Peterson, Robert Grabow
Best Director – Clémentine Célarié for PIERRE & JEANNE
Best Actress – Evgeniya Radilova in LOST COS
Best Actor – Loris Freeman in PIERRE & JEANNE
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The AFM Sessions to Feature 100 Industry Leaders, Including Roadside Attractions’
Howard Cohen, Picture Perfect Federation’s Ashley Stern, Constantin Film’s Martin Moszkowicz,
Legion M’s Jeff Annison, Millennium Media’s Jeffrey Greenstein,
Protagonist Pictures’ George Hamilton & Many More
LocationEXPO to Feature Film Commissions, Agencies and Production Service Companies from 30 Countries
The American F...
ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN ACADEMY ANNOUNCES 15TH APSA NOMINEES, JURIES, REVEALS FIRST AWARD WINNERS
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy today announced the full list of nominees for the 15th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), as well as the International Juries who will determine the winners ahead of the glamorous APSA Ceremony at HOTA on Australia’s Gold Coast on Friday November 11. The full Asia Pacific Screen Forum programme and screening schedule were also announced.
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By Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent
When Nikki Finke died on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, it was the Hunter’s Moon, a full moon in Hollywood.
That’s all Nikki, who died at 68, was, a hunter of scoops. With that famous TOLDJA word she coined, for the revenge reveal after the fact. Yes, okay, she was a journalist by trade, show biz news analyst, ground-breaking digital media pioneer founder of Deadline, now owned by Jay Penske’s PMC. But that’s not the whole ...
For the first time in South by Southwest® (SXSW®) history, an innovative initiative to highlight, recognize, and appreciate South Asians from the seven countries – India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Maldives – as well as accomplished members of the diaspora, will be unveiled at the FIRST-EVER SOUTH ASIAN HOUSE (SAH) at SXSW in March 2023.
Brainchild of veteran producers, curators, and programmers Rohi ...
Eight jurors coming from different nations and four continents alongside the President of the Jury by Paolo Sorrentino, to award the Étoile d'or, at the end of the Festival
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