Last tuesday morning the second edition of the International Film Festival Hope made a stop in Palermo at AIAS PALERMO and Fadi El-Lawand, founder of the film festival, awarded the President Dr. Salvatore Nicitra. The ceremony was attended by disabled children and health workers and ended with the planting of a tree in the garden of the Centro Aias Palermo Onlus in via Raiti.
The festival is dedicated to showing films on disabled people, highlight humanitarian issues related...
By Claus Mueller
The growing audience of major and lesser-known film festivals certainly does not signal the end of the cinema. It mirrors the growing number of movies which are produced and the social and commercial attractions of film festivals. Though one should keep in mind that over a twenty-year period through 2018 only about four percent of independent films in the Unites States generated a profit and that just ten percent were ever shown in theaters. The relative decline ...
SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL WELCOMES FRANCES WALLACE AS OUR NEW CEO
Sydney Film Festival today announced the appointment of Frances Wallace as its new Chief Executive Officer. Ms Wallace is a global arts leader who has worked in film festivals and cultural organisations in Melbourne, San Francisco and New York. She will be returning to Australia after 20 years offshore, including six years spent as Executive Director of San Francisco's Frameline film festival....
CTFF2022 Awards & Official Selections
Congratulations to all the winners at the 17th Annual CaribbeanTales International Film Festival!
Thank you to everyone who joined us in-person in celebrating the best in contemporary Caribbean Cinema. Thank you to our award winners and our funders & partners! As well as the dedicated team behind #CTFF2022!
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Martine Thérouanne, director of Vesoul IFF Asian Cinema presents the Asia Wide Award to the Korean actor Park Hae-soo (Squid Game) and the Indonesian actress Mikha Tambayong during the Marie-Claire - Chanel evening of the 27th International Film Festival of Busan (South Korea).
Martine and Jean-Marc Thérouanne and Jules Gouillon from the Festival International des Cinémas d'Asie de Vesoul represented France. They were at the table of LEE Young-kwan, president,...
Courage (2021):
An inspiring and encouraging documentary about the peaceful uprising of a nation against injustice and the brutal oppression of their democracy movements.
Oslo- Amid th...
The Ojai Film Festival spotlights filmmaking in the Ojai Valley, and surrounding areas, with the Gold Coast series which ties up the four days of in-person screenings on Monday, November 7. This year’s Bill Paxton Award goes to Travis Greer, whose narrative feature “Time Capsule” will screen that evening at 7 p.m..
Storytelling talent springs from the soil in this part of California, which sounds impressive, but the results largely remain unsung. The Gold...
Ticket to Paradise, Review: Destination rom-com that loses track of both the rom and the com
When you have actors of the calibre of Julia Roberts and George Clooney on board, you can pretty much get them to do anything. And when you ask them to deliver motor-mouth dialogue, full of love-hate content, it becomes a long spat that is occasionally funny but, at times, unfortunately, predictable. Pretty Woman Julia and Batman (1997) George have a ball, as do the co-actors, for most of the action i...
SPANISH FESTIVAL ALSO ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL
Evolution Cinematography ICON Award recipient - ED LACHMAN.
The 11th annual EMIFF will run October 26th- November 1st inclusive, in the capital city of
Palma, Mallorca.
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The 18th Zurich Film Festival has truly been a special one. Enjoy a selection of our own festival highlights, while we begin preparing for next year...
Here's the rundown:
140 films
580 screenings
137'000 visitors
1006 industry delegates and guests
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PRINCESS by Roberto De Paolis (Italy / True Colours)
27 European world sales companies are bringing their newest films from across Europe to the Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) in Busan, South Korea, poised to do business under the EUROPE! Umbrella from 8th to 11th October.
The established umbrella, set up by EFP in partnership with Unifrance since 2016, is a 'landmark' for all t...
THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995
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Bruno Chatelin will be on board the jury of the short films selection.
The Opening Film will be the Italian UPSIDE DOWN with the attendance of its star and director.
30 Short Films and 8 Feature Films are featured in the festival’s international selection
The 2nd edition of Hope International Film Festival will inaugurate on September 27, 2022 in Rome’s renowned Casa Del Cinema (Villa Borghese) with the attendance of international artists and...
OTHER OFFICIAL AWARDS
Irizar Basque Film Award
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The filmmaker David Cronenberg received the award from Gaspar Noé and Viggo Mortensen sent him a congratulatory video
The Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg received the second Donostia Award of San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition at a gala held this evening in the Victoria Eugenia Theatre, where the French filmmaker Gaspar Noé presented him with the Festival’s highest honorary award. The gala was followed by the screening of Cronenberg’s la...
WIP Latam Awards
WIP LATAM INDUSTRY AWARD
Best Digital / Deluxe Content Services SPAIN S.L. / Dolby Iberia / Laserfilm Cine y Video / Nephilim producciones / No Problem Sonido / Sherlock Films
El castillo / The Castle
Martín Benchimol (Argentina)
Country(ies) of production: Argentina - France
EGEDA PLATINO INDUSTRIA AWARD FOR THE BEST WIP LATAM
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The Toronto International Film Festival® has announced its award recipients for the 47th edition of the Festival, which concluded last evening with the Closing Night screening of Mary Harron’s Dalíland at the Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre and Roy Thomson Hall.
“2022 brought an exceptional selection of films that excited festival audiences around the world,” said Cameron Bailey, TIFF CEO. “Our lineup showcased belo...
THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995
Weekly newsletter N°1026 // 1027 Documenting the festivals experience since 1995, reaching over 166 000 subscribers:
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Ana de Armas and Andrew Dominik to present 'Blonde', surprise film at the San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition
The surprise film at the San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition is Blonde, the portrait of Marilyn Monroe based on the book of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates. The screening of the film, to run this Saturday 24 at 19:00 in the Victoria Eugenia Theatre, will be attended by its leading lady, the actress Ana de Armas, together with its director, Andrew Dominik.
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The actress received the accolade from Isabel Coixet
Juliette Binoche received the first of the two Donostia Awards at the 70th San Sebastian Festival tonight at the Kursaal. The French actress received the Festival's highest honorary accolade from Isabel Coixet and the ceremony was followed by the screening of Avec amour et acharnement / Both Sides of The Blade, directed by Claire Denis.
In her thank you speech, Binoche recalled the members of her family and friends, her acquaintances, ...
I have been impressed by the warmth of the audience welcome to the red carpet show. Young people mostly and very loud. The opening ceremony offered as surprise guests some of the performers of the inagural 1st edition of the festival, commenting 70 years later about their emotions and memories of that special moment. Bruno Chatelin
Actress Loreto Mauleón joined the actor and director Paco León to present the opening gala of the San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition on Frid...
Godard (shot in 1968) The New Wave rebel hero died this week and chose the date September 13
Feature films he directed
The list excludes multi-director anthology films to which Godard has contributed shorts.
1960 Breathless
1961 A Woman Is a Woman
1962 My Life to Live
1963 The Little Soldier
1963 The Carabineers
1963 Contempt
1964 Band of Outsiders
1964 A Married Woman
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Six co-productions will each receive €60,000 / Stills from the selected projects
The Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) is a curatorial fund dedicated to supporting filmmakers with a forward-looking artistic vision in every stage of the filmmaking process. The HBF has been especially helpful for filmmakers from countries where freedom of speech and a solid film infrastructure are lacking. The fund functions in tandem with IFFR's other industry initiatives to suppor...
Tiger Competition, Big Screen Competition, Ammodo Tiger Short Competition 2022 selections to screen in Rotterdam from October 14 – 16.
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced the full programme for its return to cinemas from October 14 to 16 2022. Cinerama Filmtheater and LantarenVenster will host screenings of films selected for the festival's 51st edition three competitions, which were previously only made available to press and industry on...
