The Boston Jewish Film Festival announced today that it has appointed Sara L. Rubin as “Artistic Director Emerita” in recognition of Rubin’s outstanding work on behalf of the Festival for the last 15 years. For the past three years, Rubin served as Artistic Director for the nonprofit cultural arts organization, stepping down after the November, 2011 Festival.Said Board Chair Joyce Field Pastor, “We are delighted to recognize Sara Rubin’s contributions to The Boston Jewish Film Festival...
Doritos Brand Reveals Five Consumer-Created Commercials Vying for $1 Million Payout and Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity to Work With The Lonely IslandUnique Contest Twist Now Offers Two Would-Be Ad Makers the Chance to See Their Homemade Spots Air during the Super Bowl BroadcastAfter a record-setting submission phase and review of more than 6,100 entries in this year's Crash the Super Bowl contest, the Doritos brand today revealed the five finalists that will now compete through consumer voting f...
I posted the following questions to various sites, pages and agroups:What are the three most important things a festival should do/offerThe answers were all over the map, but the common and consistant items were: Free entry for shorts.Opportunities to meet your peers and those in the industry who are working more than you. Networking is what the gathering is about for most independent filmmakers.Q and A after every film/block - give the filmmaker time to speak about his films, developing more o...
Dear friends.The team and I would like to wish you and yours a merry christmas and a happy new year on the circuit.We have been sharing this passion for festivals since 1995 and we look forward to a new year of festival bounties and thrills. Our business is connecting film to festivals! A ...
WITHOUT (2011) is a haunting coming of age psychological drama about a young girl who becomes a caretaker to an old man who is practically a vegetable. In small town America almost in the middle of nowhere Joslyn has little to no internet signal and is cut off, ‘without’ any and all outside communication. She has to assimilate into this new life with her near-death patient and the provincial frustrated locals; further, she is dealing with the overwhelming loss of the love of her lif...
WITHOUT (2011) is a haunting coming of age psychological drama about a young girl who becomes a caretaker to an old man who is practically a vegetable. In small town America almost in the middle of nowhere Joslyn has little to no internet signal and is cut off, ‘without’ any and all outside communication. She has to assimilate into this new life with her near-death patient and the provincial frustrated locals; further, she is dealing with the overwhelming loss of the love of her l...
You may have heard of prestigious film festivals such as Cannes and BFI London. But with the launch of Sundance London next year, Charlie Derry investigates into whether lesser known festivals are in need of more recognition, and how organisers plan to deal with this competition.
There are thousands of international film festivals worldwide, with the world’s oldest continually running festival, the Edinburgh International Film Festival, currently going into its 66th year. But what abo...
Hi Any and Every Blog reader in the Zodiac,
The file embedded in this blog is a documentary I produced and it can be viewed at http://vimeo.com/12008525 but please view it on "couch mode" which is just to the right of the title "the Long Journey Home." It is the story of my daughter, Stephanie, who endured incest and sexual abuse at the hands of my ex-husband, which obviously was kept from me. When she finally told me the truht at the age of eighteen, I wen...
The members of the European Film Academy have elected five new members to the EFA Board: the producers Bruno Chatelin (France), Helena Danielsson (Sweden), László Kantor (Hungary), Marek Rozenbaum (Israel) and director Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland). Welcome! And thank you to the parting board members Per Holst, Cédric Klapisch, Despina Mouzaki and Andrzej Zulawski! Thank you!Bruno Chatelin, your editor, commented "I am so happy that the 2500 members have trusted me with this honor.As a former fi...
KASHISH 2012 previews starting soon. If you haven’t
still submitted your film, rush it to us asap.
India’s
Biggest Queer Film Festival returns for its third edition in 2012.
KASHISH
2012 will be held from May 23-27, 2012 at a mainstream multiplex theater in
suburban Mumbai and at Alliance Francaise de Bombay in South Mumbai.
KASHISH
Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is the first and only gay &
lesbian film festival in India to be held in a mainstream...
The 21st Flickerfest International Short Film Festival has announced its Australian program with 45 short films chosen from over 2,200 entries. Five WA films made the official selection in what looks to be a stellar line up of talent on display from the State. Congratulations to the films, George Jones and the Giant Squid, Crosshairs, Good Pretender,Transmission and Bush Basher. Flickerfest begins its national tour around the country from January through to May in 2012. Read on to find out ...
East Silver, a documentary market specialized in Eastern and Central European documentary, is again open for submissions! Submit your film to the largest internationally recognized database of creative feature and television documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe.
Submission Deadline is June 30, 2012. Films submitted before January 10, 2012 will be considered also for East Silver Videolibrary, held within East Doc Platform in March 2012 in Prague.
East Silver is now ope...
It was a week full of vibrancy and excitement on Miami Beach as the Miami short Film Festival celebrated its 10th Anniversary. The Festival's celebration began Saturday, Nov. 12th, with an unforgettable Kick-Off Party at the Vagabond. The following day, Sunday, November 13th, MsFF presented two events simultaneously. The Children's Program, "Tell Me a Story", in partnership with the Miami Children's Museum - a long standing tradition of screening delightful selections of Sunday shorts that were...
The American Film Market (AFM®), the premier event of the Independent Film & Television Alliance® (IFTA®), will remain in Santa Monica through 2017, IFTA leadership announced today.
New agreements will keep the AFM at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, its home since 1991, with additional exhibition space continuing at JW Marriott's Le Merigot Beach Hotel and with conferences continuing at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows.
IFTA Chairman Paul Hertzber...
The American Film Market (AFM®), the premier event of the Independent Film & Television Alliance® (IFTA®), will remain in Santa Monica through 2017, IFTA leadership announced today. New agreements will keep the AFM at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, its home since 1991, with additional exhibition space continuing at JW Marriott's Le Merigot Beach Hotel and with conferences continuing at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows. IFTA Chairman Paul Hertzberg noted, "We tirelessly explored ...
The Board of the BigPond Adelaide Film Festival (BAFF) today announced that Amanda Duthie will take over as Director and CEO following Katrina Sedgwick's departure at the end of 2011.
Currently the Content Head of Arts and Entertainment at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Amanda Duthie is one of Australia's leading figures in the film and entertainment industry and possesses an extraordinary depth of experience and expertise in the film and telev...
Hard Rock Cafe Darling Harbour Media And Celebs Event; Sydney, Australia, By Eva Rinaldi
The world famous Hard Rock Cafe has returned to 'Sin City' Sydney with a vengeance, based on tonight's launch event at the brand new Darling Harbour venue.
Hard Rock put on quite a show and rolled out the celebrities and live music including: Hamish Dodds, Matt Sorum, Dave Rich, DJ Lethal, Stan Walker, Angry Anderson, L Huntly, Sarah McLoed, Hamish Rosser, Altiyan C...
Dear filmmakers, game designers, producers and distributors!
Dear friends of the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film!
In 2012, the month of May will yet again be a
fixed calendar date for the animation community. For the 19th time, the
International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart will be offering
directors, production companies and agencies a platform to present their
films, and a chance to network. Established in 1982, the Festival of
Animated Film Stuttgart has become a...
We are delighted to invite you to the second Film Festival of Corinth-Peloponnese that will take place from the 3rd until the 10th of December at the municipal theatre of Corinth. The organizing committee after spending many months on the preparation, is presenting a wide schedule corresponding to all preferences and ages. Undoubtedly, the protagonist of the Festival is the Greek Independent Cinema, represented with fifteen films from a total of forty films in the event. However, the viewers wil...
The International Film Festival Summit (IFFS) announced today that Matthew Modine, Award-winning Actor, Writer, Director, and Producer will be participating at the annual IFFS taking place December 4-6, 2011 in Austin, Texas.
Matthew will engage in a dialogue with IFFS participants to provide an actor's view on film festivals, and what attracts above-the-line players to film festivals. The Fireside Chat, which will be hosted by Robin Bronk, CEO ofT...
Christian J. Lemche of the Danish Film Institute (DFI) has been elected as European Film Promotion's (EFP) new President. As the Board of Directors confirmed at a EFP members' meeting in Hamburg/Germany, DFI's Festival Manager for Feature Films will take over the presidency from Hungary's Éva Vezér who recently left Magyar Filmunió. In addition, Mariette Rissenbeek, Managing Director of German Films, has been elected as a new member to EFP's Board of Directors at the General Assembly of EFP m...
Met with the director, Thomas Caruso who just had a big success directing the musical Southern Comfort in NYC. We discussed the feature of Zombie. Developing the script, and will soon move into pre-production. Looking forward to the next steps--
...
The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival announced this week that the new dates for the 2012 event will be May 31-June 3, 2012.
“After the great response we had last year, we are aggressively moving forward to not only expand our film program and events, but to also add to our great team of professionals,” commented Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Ersi Danou.
“I know much of our success comes from the devoted staff and volunteers who are returning again for 2012. To h...
It's been quite a journey developing the film of ZOMBIE. First I adpated Joyce Carol Oates' novella into a solo play that I performed at the New York International Film Festival. Then I performed it for extended runs twice Off-Broadway. We made a short film (19 minutes) that is an official selection at 15 film festivals so far. We've won a number of awards -- first with the play, and now with the film. For the film we've won "Best Short Film (Horro)" "Best Supporting Actor&quo...
The winners of the awards of 13th Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams were announced on Saturday, 19th of November at the award ceremony in Sõprus Cinema, Tallinn. The Grand Prix winner, a recipient of the Wooden Wolf made by Estonian puppet experts from the Nukufilm studio alongside 1000 euros, was the film The External World (Germany 2010, Dir. David O’Reilly) Chosen by an international jury made up of Anna Solanas (Spain), Nobuaki Doi (Japan) and Andres Mänd (Estonia), the film is an ...
