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Henry Ian Cusick (Lost, MacGyver, The 100), Dean Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman), Rory Gibson (The Young and The Restless) are set to star in the new sci-fi drama Fugitive from Asteron, adapted from the award-winning novel by Gen LaGreca, who also wrote the screenplay. Directed by Dan T. Hall (Noble Vision, Greek Fire – Demon Spirit) and executive produced by LaGreca’s company Winged Victory Foundat...
French American filmmaker Sarah Nocquet was born and raised in Paris and achieved a degree in film & TV production at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Sarah has held a variety of jobs in the film and television industry. She was a producer’s assistant for EMJAG (The Wolf of Wall Street, Tár, Black Bird). She spent three summers teaching teenagers the basics of filmmaking at NYU’s Summer Filmmakers Workshop and worked for three years at NYU’s film archive as a ...
The Marché du Film is delighted to announce the producers who were awarded Marché badges to attend this year's Cannes Docs and Producers Network programs. Each year, the Marché du Film partners with festivals and markets worldwide to discover and celebrate outstanding projects and talents in production with Producers Network and in documentary filmmaking with Cannes Docs. Cannes Docs awards the most promising documentary projects at major fe...
UPPERCUT A movie by director Torsten Ruether. Interview by Emmanuel Itier Put on your boxing glove and jump on the cinematographic ring of director Torsten Ruether new wonder film: ‘UPPERCUT’. And meet Luise Grossmann playing a young bad ass female boxing player, ‘Tonit’ who will end up being coached by the legendary Ving Rhames aka ‘Elliott’. This the journey of a young woman redefining herself and what it means to be a female today, in a sport, boxing, ...
Nathalie Dubois did it again! With her pre-Oscars DPA gift suite (
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Writer, director Tom Van Avermaet is a Belgian filmmaker known for his unique blend of surrealism and melancholia. His acclaimed short films, “Dreamtime” (2006) and “Death of a Shadow” (2012) (starring Matthias Schoenaerts), have garnered significant recognition both nationally and internationally. “Death of a Shadow” won the European Academy Award (European Film Award) for Best European Short and was nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Live Acti...
Brooklyn based Syrian filmmaker Ward Kamel’s film “If I Die in America” (2024) tells the emotional story of a grieving American man who has recently lost his Muslim husband but is robbed of his time to mourn as the latter’s traditional customs and family dictate his body be sent back to the Middle East. The film screened at international film festivals, including SXSW and Palm Springs International Film Festival, PSIFF. It held its international premiere at the Palm Spr...
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Bess Kargman, known for her documentary short “Coach” (2013), which won the Jury Award at Tribeca Film Festival in 2013, screened her breakthrough feature documentary film “Diane Warren: Relentless” (2024) at SXSW where it held its World Premiere. It tells the up close and personal story of renowned and prolific multi academy award-winning singer/songwriter Diane Warren, featuring interviews with Diane Warren, Clive Davis, Common...
Writer, director Tom Van Avermaet is a Belgian filmmaker known for his unique blend of surrealism and melancholia. His acclaimed short films, “Dreamtime” (2006) and “Death of a Shadow” (2012) (starring Matthias Schoenaerts), have garnered significant recognition both nationally and internationally. “Death of a Shadow” won the European Academy Award (European Film Award) for Best European Short and was nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Live Acti...
Lions of Mesopotamia had its world premiere at SXSW, on Saturday, March 9th. The film is the true account of hope and victory when Iraq’s national soccer team – aka Lions of Mesopotamia – earned the 2007 Asian Cup amid the bloodiest days of Iraq’s civil war. The fairytale story is directed by Emmy winner Lucian Read and produced by Jupiter Entertainment. In an interview with the film’s producer Patrick Reardon and director Lucian Read after their premiere, h...
Olmo Schnabel's directorial debut PET SHOP DAYS screened as a Festival Favorite at SXSW, 2024. The film stars Jack Irv, Darío Yazebek Bernal, alongside Willem Dafoe, Peter Sarsgaard and more. Impulsive black sheep Alejandro (Bernal) and pet store employee Jack (Irv) enter a whirlwind romance that sends them down the rabbit hole of depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. In an interview at SXSW with director&nbs...
RESYNATOR is a feature documentary film and synth resurrection project started by director Alison Tavel in 2014. The true story centers around a resurrected synthesizer (aka the RESYNATOR), that was invented by Alison’s late father Don Tavel in the ‘70s, which she dug up from her grandmother’s attic twenty-five years after his passing and has been on a mission to share it with the world ever since. RESYNATOR had its world premiere at SXSW on March 10th, 2024, and won the Docu...
Sam Shainberg The short film SHOTPLAYER (2024), directed by Sam Shainberg, screened in the Documentary Short Competition at this year’s SXSW. SHOTPLAYER is an impressionistic journey into the mind of Wilfred Rose, one of New York City's most notorious pickpockets. As he returns to the subway for the first time in many years, he reflects on a life of crime in a society that has left many of its citizens behind. SHOTPLAYER asks the question: When ...
Composer Will Bates has composed original scores for a myriad of filmmakers including acclaimed directors Mike Cahill (Another Earth; I Origins; Bliss), Alex Gibney (We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks; Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief; Zero Days; The Forever Prisoner), Ry Russo-Young (You Won’t Miss Me; Nobody Walks) and Fisher Stevens (Mission Blue; Bright Lights). Bates’ upcoming p...
Director, producer, writer Talia Shea Levin’s erotic, quirky satire “Make Me A Pizza” (2024) feels like a modern seventies’ mock porn with attitude. A hungry (in more ways than one) woman calls a pizza delivery guy and fantasizes about him delivering more to her than just his cheesy sausage filled pizza, and they embark on a bumpy messy ride together. Inventive, wacky and hilarious, it is sure to make viewers belly laugh. The film had its World Premiere at SXSW in earl...
THE PUZZLE PALACE “Amassing the world’s largest puzzle collection is a labor of love for one inseparable couple.” “The Puzzle Palace” (2024) is a short documentary film about the unique love story of George and Roxanne Miller, their life living in the suburbs of Boca Raton, Florida and their mutual passion for puzzles, proud owners of one of the world’s largest puzzle collections. The film was produced and directed by Jenny Schweitzer Bell and Brian Bell and...
Interview with Ian Bjorn, an upcoming fearless and talented actor shares his insight into his acting career and speaks on his time at the Cannes festival by Bella
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Ken Kao Josh Rosenbaum Ken Kao is CEO and Producer of Waypoint Entertainment and Josh Rosenbaum serves as Head Executive and Executive Producer for Waypoint, which is a full-service film production and financing company best known for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Academy Award-winning THE FAVOURITE (2018). They have also been behind such films as MID-90s, SONG TO SONG (2017), KNIGHT OF CUPS (2015), THE NICE GUYS (2016), and more. Josh and Ken's latest ...
Diane Warren Award-winning documentary filmmaker Bess Kargman, known for her documentary short “Coach” (2013), which won the Jury Award at Tribeca Film Festival in 2013, screened her breakthrough feature documentary film “Diane Warren: Relentless” (2024) at SXSW where it held its World Premiere. It tells the up close and personal story of renowned and prolific multi academy award-winning singer/songwriter Diane Warren, featuring interviews with Diane Warren,...
Laura Zentner (Media Law Expert, GreenbergTraurig), Clement Schwebig (President and Managing Director Western Europe & Africa, Warner Bros. Discovery), Emilie Anthonis (President & Managing Director, MPA EMEA), Jörg Bachmaier (CEO of Studio Babelsberg) and Christian Sommer (MPA Germany) By Mark Tchelistcheff March 5th, 2025 With SXSW film rodeo ride about to begin it was only a couple weeks ago that Berlinale completed its 75th film festival with the largest num...
The 75th Berlin International Film Festival came to a successful close with the Berlinale Publikumstag (Audience Day) on February 23. After the festive Award Ceremony (see full list of award winners) on Saturday evening, where Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love)) by Dag Johan Haugerud was awarded the Golden Bear, thousands of viewers once again flocked to the cinemas on the Berlinale Publikumstag for catch-up screenings of films from the anniversary edition. Interest in the progr...
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The festival has celebrated incredible interest shown by the public, who is flocking to the cinemas to see the best of international cinema and cheer on the stars on the Red Carpet. Many directors and actors from all over the world have presented their work during the first half of the festival, including Tilda Swinton, Edward Berger, Tom Tykwer, Nicolette Krebitz, Lars Eidinger, Tala Al-Deen, Timothée Chalamet, Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, Vicky Krieps, Ira Sachs, Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall...
Eurimages Co-production Development Awards Ceremony at the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2025 Five cash prizes and one in-kind award were awarded to selected feature film projects at the Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 15 to 19) on Sunday and Monday. The Eurimages Co-production Development Award, endowed with 20,000 euros, went to the producers of Cinédokké & Okofilm Productions from Switzerland for their project Ibicaba - Visions of Parad...
BIFFes 16, 2025: The flicks, picks and my jinx, Part I Among the 1,000 odd classic films that I had yet to see was an iconic film by the late actor-director-producer Guru Dutt, Kagaz Ke Phool (paper flowers). I had managed to watch his other classic, Pyasa, a few years ago. No restored print of Kagaz Ke Phool was available, till very recently, and when I saw the schedule of the Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes), I found that Kagaz Ke Phool, restored, was slotted for 7.30 pm show ...
BIFFes 16, 2025: All the Winners and Winners take all All eyes and ears were on Bengaluru International Film Festival’s Artistic Director, Vidyashankar Jois, on the evening of 8th March, at Sulochana, Information Department, Infantry Road. He first introduced the Selection Juries, that helped him reduce the number of entries from 400+ to 200, then the Award Juries were introduced, and finally, the films and makers who bagged awards. Besides the citation and a trophy, the awards, in each...
My Melbourne, Review: Ticking the diversity box Taking the cue from the last segment, which centres around cricket, this is a boundary film, a four in one compendium, or anthology. It premièred last August, in Australia, and has been released yesterday, 14th March 2025, in India. Of the four protagonists, two are Indian and one Afghan. There is only one Australian in the lead cast. Again, three of the four are women and the fourth is a homosexual. Since it is shot in Melbourne, the iss...
2050 Care with Love: A lot of love and care, but little else On display here is a short film, shot in feature/TV serial episode style, where all the four main characters are sensitive, caring and loving individuals. As the film progresses, the qualities these individuals possess bloom on, and it all ends on a happy note. ‘Feel good’ is the operative term for 2050 Care with Love. But extricate yourself from the mushy situations on screen and apply film-making technique barometers, ...
Aamir turns 60, celebrates birthday with media It was producer Tahir Hussain’s residence on Pali Hill, Bandra, where I first saw his cute son Aamir. Aged about seven, he was sitting on a chair and apparently studying or doing his home-work. The year was 1972, and Tahir Hussain wanted me to help him get permission to shoot his new film Anamika’s first scene in my college, National College, which is situated on Linking Road. I had been a student of that college, and had held many po...
BIFFes 16, 2025: The opening, closing, and the team behind the festival Besides showing films, major film festivals have a grand inaugural ceremony and an equally grand closing ceremony. The venue for the BIFFes 16 inauguration was the lawmakers’ abode, the Vidhan Soudha (Legislative Assembly) ramparts. Invited guests were taken there in big, comfortable cars or coaches. On such occasions, the 5-10 leading personalities that made the festival possible are invited (they invite themselves...
Superboys of Malegaon: Seeing is believing As you watch Superboys of Malegaon, there is an uncanny feeling that it has been made by one or more of the Superboys themselves. It does not go over the top when the boys reap unexpected success, and does not become judgmental when differences arise among them. It is not sympathy on show here—it is empathy. That is a rare commodity in cinema, and happens only when your heart beats for your characters. The film, which comes 16 years after Faiza...
PARAM KALRA: From sci-fi to Rom Kom A Physics graduate from Delhi, with a certificate in video editing, writer-director Param Kalra began his career rather modestly. He will not name the films, but they were B and C grade, he says, nonchalantly. Ignoring the content of those films, he learnt about the basics of shooting any film during this period. Whether it is a B grade or C grade film, there will be trolley movements, there will be prime or ultra-prime lenses, and the rest of shooting para...
Forty-nine films from 30 countries comprise the 27th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival lineup. The festival runs April 3-6, 2025, in downtown Durham, North Carolina. Film still from MISTRESS DISPELLER. In the NEW DOCS category, 20 features and 15 short films will compete for nine juried awards totaling $45,000 in cash prizes. Full Frame is an Academy Award®–qualifying festival for Documentary Film Short Subject. Festival award winners will be announced at the a...
The programme of the 56th edition is now online! We are delighted to unveil a rich programme of 154 films from 57 different countries. The 129 new films on show include 88 world premieres and 12 international premieres. Once again, audiences will have the opportunity to dive into non-fiction cinema, through a rich and diverse range of forms, approaches and subjectivities, offering multiple perspectives on reality and its narratives. Visions du Réel thus confirms its p...
The Palm Springs International ShortFest, one of the largest showcases of short-form cinema in North America, will return for its 31st-edition this year from June 24-30, 2025. Sponsored by the City of Palm Springs, this year’s ShortFest will be presented at the Festival Theaters in Palm Springs. In addition to screenings, the ShortFest Forum will occur with classes and panels featuring industry representatives, filmmakers, and additional guests. The ShortFest Awards and cash prizes wo...
La Biennale di Venezia announces that the new call for the Venice Gap-Financing Market opens on Monday February 3rd, the deadline for submitting projects is May 1st 2025. The twelfth edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market will be held from 29th to 31st of August 2025, as part of the Venice Production Bridge of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (27 August – 6 ...
La Biennale di Venezia / 82nd Venice International Film Festival / Venice Production Bridge on www.labiennale.org / Announcing the program breeding talents and awards that supports films in post production from Africa and the Middle East La Biennale di Venezia announces that the new call for Final Cut in Venice opens today Monday March 17th , the deadline for submitting projects is June 9th 2025. The Final Cut in Venice program will take place...
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The 29th Sofia International Film Festival (SIFF) is welcoming its audience from March 13 to 31, 2025. The preliminary program kicks off on March 10 at the Czech Cultural Center with a retrospective of one of the festival’s special guests – Bohdan Sláma. The SIFF program in Sofia continues until April 4. The festival is organized by Art Fest under the patronage of the Sofia Municipality, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, the Bulgaria...
From Afghanistan to the Philippines through to Slovenia: the nominations for the International Feature Film Competition 2025 42nd IFFF Dortmund+Köln, 1 – 6 April 2025 Just ahead of International Women’s Day this Saturday, we present the line-up for our International Feature Film Competition for women directors. Black comedies, biting satires and surreal dramas covering topics ranging from family and gentrification to turbo-capitalism. Unexpected angles ...
MFF 42 PROGRAM REVEAL Miami Dade College's Miami Film Festival is SO BACK. This year’s Festival will screen over 199 narratives, documentaries, and short films of all genres, from over 45 countries worldwide including 35 World Premieres, two International Premieres, nine North American Premieres, three U.S. Premieres, 21 East Coast Premieres, and 72 Florida Premieres. There are so many exciting movies in this lineup, we can't even start to name them bec...
24 April/2 May 2025 - Udine, Italy, Teatro Nuovo and Visionario Dedicated to the power of the gaze and the trajectories of the imagination, the image for FEFF 27 once again bears the signature of graphic designer Roberto Rosolin. "Minds are like parachutes: they only work if they're open." Some attribute it to Frank Zappa, some to James Dewar and some to Albert Einstein. But though no one knows who actually said it, no one can dispute that it's true:...
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Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival 7th edition will run 2-7 September, 2025 September 2 – 7, 2025 July 1, 2025: Regular Deadline July 15, 2025: Late Deadline Website I Facebook I X I Instagram I profile on filmfestivals.com I Submit I The Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival is consistently recognized as one of the "50 Film ...
The report on the 2024 Festival A total of 172,301 spectators flocked to the 676 screenings of the 252 films from 53 countries at the 72nd edition of the San Sebastian Festival, translating into a rise in audience figures of 8.9% compared to the 158,194 recorded in 2023. For the third year in a row, the Festival has surpassed its record of accredited guests, whose figures passed the 5,000 mark for the first time last year and stood at 5,314 this year, i.e. a rise of 5.8%. Almost half of ...
They Shot The Piano Player Reposted by Robin Menken Bossa Nova is making a comeback-filmically.First there was Roberto de Oliveira’s “Elis and Tom”, a documentary from remastered footage of a legendary recording session in LA in 1974: then Dandara Ferreira & Lô Politi bio pic about Gal Costa "Meu Nome e Gal"- a look at Gal Costa's career as part of Tropicalia's political resistance to the violence of Brazil's new dictatorship; and now F...
Posted By Robin Menken Gints Zilbalodis’s first animated feature, the hypnotic minimalist “Away” was done single handed on his home computer. Using a trick from early animation, he looped the action of his protagonist's cross-island chase on a motorcycle. To create his tribe of feral cats he used one animated cat, tiled across the screen. The absence of dialogue added to the dreamlike sensation. Ostensibly the propulsive chase of a boy (the lone survi...
Hope Studios' Fredrik Wikström Nicastro & Robin Sharma European film studio Hope Studios, led by veteran producer Fredrik Wikström Nicastro, is setting up a feature adaptation of Robin Sharma’s The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, the internationally bestselling book about a life-changing journey, filled with powerful life lessons that teach us how to abandon consumerism in order to live life to the full and discover lasting ...
For the first time, a country is being highlighted as part of the Professional Platform. We've called this new approach the ‘Fil Rouge’ (Red Thread) because it runs through all the components of the Professional Platform, enabling visitors to discover the different aspects of the audiovisual and cinematographic landscape. The festival's professional approach is complemented by a focus on the presence of home-grown productions, to showcase the weal...
Henry Ian Cusick (Lost, MacGyver, The 100), Dean Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman), Rory Gibson (The Young and The Restless) are set to star in the new sci-fi drama Fugitive from Asteron, adapted from the award-winning novel by Gen LaGreca, who also wrote the screenplay. Directed by Dan T. Hall (Noble Vision, Greek Fire – Demon Spirit) and executive produced by LaGreca’s company Winged Victory Foundat...
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Led by Multi-GRAMMY® Award-Winning Engineer, Mixer, Producer, and Musician Rafa Sardina Abbey Road Institute, a leading international professional music production school, is proud to announce the opening of its newest campus in the heart of the global music industry, Los Angeles, California. Set to open in 2025, the new campus will be launched by 19-time GRAMMY® and LATIN GRAMMY® winner Rafa Sardina, and its location will be announced shortly. Sardina, whose extensive list of aw...
This year, Cinéma en Construction welcomed feature-length fiction, hybrid, experimental and animated films. The diversity of themes and aesthetics never fails to amaze us. The presence of countries hitherto under-represented enriched that plurality with their cultures and imaginaries. The themes of abandonment, loss and parenthood are approached from a variety of angles. Singular writing, combined with poetry, authenticity and emotion, reveal what was previously dark. This 44th select...
The final round of green-screen filming for Eden’s Horizon Primer and The Null Dominion wrapped up this week, marking a major milestone in these thrilling animation projects. With every shot, the vision comes to life—bold, cinematic, and unforgettable. Here’s an exclusive look behind the scenes! Both projects are key installments in The Epic and Essential Alp to Taw Chronicles, an expansive sci-fi saga that delves into humanity’s greatest frontier...
The 2025 TV & Film Awards honors the rich diversity of content created by global storytellers on all viewing platforms, engaging audiences around the world. With a history of awarding creative excellence and innovation across all genres, the competition consistently leads the way in embracing industry advancements and global trends.
“We are thrilled to announce the debut of seven new categories: Anthology Entertainment Series, Anthology Entertainment Special, Multi-Platform Promotion, Sports Anchor/Analyst, Sports Anthology, Sports Studio Show, and Streaming Anthology. They join the existing Social Justice categories across all genres and platforms, as well multiple Journalism and Entertainment categories,” said Rose Anderson, Executive Vice President & Executive Director, New York Festivals TV & Film Awards. “Along with stories that show how individual actions can change the world and the ability of the human spirit to triumph over adversity, today’s storytellers are finding new ways to keep viewers informed, entertained, and engaged in our ever-changing and interconnected world.”
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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.
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Jury Prize of $2000 USD cash for winning short film
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The 7th 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 by Nellie K. and Deniz Nala
at development stage, with a finalised script
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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Best Picture Winner Anora Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers Nominees The Brutalist Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim and Brady Corbet, Producers A Complete Unknown Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers Conclave Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers ...
BERGAMO FILM MEETING International Film Festival 43rd edition, March 8 - 16, 2025 43rd EDITION – THE WINNERS Gina - Ulrike Kofler Gina by Ulrike Kofler (Austria, 2024) is the winner of the main competition Mostra Concorso of the 43nd edition of Bergamo Film Meeting. Chosen by the audience, the film will receive the Bergamo Film Meeting Prize, worth 5,000 €. The international jury, composed of Dániel Hev&eacu...
The marketing and promotion creatives working on hit film, TV and games had their moment in the sun at the fourth Global Entertainment Awards over the weekend. The awards, held in the Algarve, Portugal, recognize work across film, TV, games and streaming. Brazilian broadcaster Globo’s trailer for its coverage of the Olympic Games won Best Trailer in the TV sec...
THE GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS ANNOUNCE REGIONAL WINNERS The Global Entertainment Awards 2025 advanced by AMD has today announced the regional winners for its 2025 awards celebration. The Global Entertainment Awards is an opportunity to recognise the creatives from across the world who are continuously setting new standards in how entertainment products across Cinema, Games, Streaming and TV are sold, experienced and remembered. Having been considered by a panel of high-p...
Grand gagnant de cette soirée des Cesar : le film Emilia Pérez de Jacques Audiard a remporté les prix de la « meilleure adaptation » et de la « meilleure réalisation », « meilleur film de l'année ». Le cinéaste Costa-Gavras et l'actrice Julia Roberts ont reçu un « Cesar d'honneur » pour l'ensemble de leurs carrières.&n...
Le Prix Jacques Deray, créé par l'Institut Lumière en 2005, récompense chaque année un film français, entre policier, enquête et film noir, à l'image du cinéma de Jacques Deray. Cette année, le film de Daniel Auteuil est distingué pour son atmosphère intense, son implacable scénario et la force de l'interprétation de ses acteurs : Grégory Gadebois, Alice Belaï...
La huitième édition du festival des jeunes talents de la création cinématographique des Missions Locales a distingué 6 jeunes réalisateurs. Lors de la cérémonie de remise des prix le 13 mars au cinéma Olympia de Cannes, le jury du Vox Milo Festival qui sélectionne les meilleures créations audiovisuelles des jeunes accompagnés par les Missions locales a dévoilé les lauréats de l’&eacu...
L'année 2025 commence, pour le continent américain, avec des soubresauts politiques qui marqueront durablement la fin de la décennie 2020. L’éternel retour du spectre de l’ingérence étasunienne dans les affaires latino-américaines se fait sentir. Face à l’omniprésence médiatique du « Voisin du Nord », il nous semble plus que jamais indispensable que la défense des cinémas la...
Nous sommes à 7 mois du début de la 12ème édition du Festival International du Film et il est temps de vous dévoiler l'affiche officielle de cette année. ...
SERIES MANIA FORUM DÉVOILE LES 15 PROJETS DES CO-PRO PITCHING SESSIONS 2025 ET LE JURY PROFESSIONNEL INTERNATIONAL Le lauréat des Co-Pro Pitching Sessions recevra le grand prix de 50 000€ Laurence Herszberg, Fondatrice et Directrice Générale de Séries Mania (21-28 mars) dévoile aujourd’hui les 15 projets sur les 16 sélectionnés dans le cadre des Co-Pro Pitching Sessions qui auront lieu le 25 mars,&...
JUAN ANTONIO BAYONA, INVITÉ D'HONNEUR Réalisateur de L’Orphelinat, The Impossible, Quelques minutes après minuit, Jurassic World : Fallen Kingdom ou encore du film Le Cercle des neiges, Juan Antonio Bayona est l’un des cinéastes espagnols les plus influents de sa génération. Maître du grand spectacle et des émotions fortes, il a conquis Hollywood tout en restant fidèle à ses rac...
un dialogue inédit entre Cinéma et Nouvelle technologies (Intelligence Artificielle ) Les 11 et 12 avril 2025, les Alpes-Maritimes accueilleront la première édition du World AI Film Festival (WAiFF), un événement inédit qui invite à explorer les interactions entre les nouvelles technologies et la création cinématographique. Ce festival unique s’impose comme un espace de réflexion et de dialogue pour in...
Good bye Hunter rest in peace, it has been a very long and fun partnership and I have been very happy to serve as Advisory Board Member with you and your team! We sadly join all WorldFest friends bidding a fond farewell to its founding director Hunter Todd. Bruno Chatelin filmfestivals.com founder and team. ...
Henry Ian Cusick (Lost, MacGyver, The 100), Dean Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman), Rory Gibson (The Young and The Restless) are set to star in the new sci-fi drama Fugitive from Asteron, adapted from the award-winning novel by Gen LaGreca, who also wrote the screenplay. Directed by Dan T. Hall (Noble Vision, Greek Fire – Demon Spirit) and executive produced by LaGreca’s company Winged Victory Foundat...
French American filmmaker Sarah Nocquet was born and raised in Paris and achieved a degree in film & TV production at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Sarah has held a variety of jobs in the film and television industry. She was a producer’s assistant for EMJAG (The Wolf of Wall Street, Tár, Black Bird). She spent three summers teaching teenagers the basics of filmmaking at NYU’s Summer Filmmakers Workshop and worked for three years at NYU’s film archive as a ...
The Marché du Film is delighted to announce the producers who were awarded Marché badges to attend this year's Cannes Docs and Producers Network programs. Each year, the Marché du Film partners with festivals and markets worldwide to discover and celebrate outstanding projects and talents in production with Producers Network and in documentary filmmaking with Cannes Docs. Cannes Docs awards the most promising documentary projects at major fe...
UPPERCUT A movie by director Torsten Ruether. Interview by Emmanuel Itier Put on your boxing glove and jump on the cinematographic ring of director Torsten Ruether new wonder film: ‘UPPERCUT’. And meet Luise Grossmann playing a young bad ass female boxing player, ‘Tonit’ who will end up being coached by the legendary Ving Rhames aka ‘Elliott’. This the journey of a young woman redefining herself and what it means to be a female today, in a sport, boxing, ...
Nathalie Dubois did it again! With her pre-Oscars DPA gift suite (
https://dpagroup.org ), set up at the amazing exclusive LUXE hotel (
https://www.luxehotels.com ) she created an oasis of Peace and Love to celebrate talent, harmony and unity. In these very divisive insane times, I must salute and honor such a stand. One has to start with a glass raised to the Glory of the Oscars and for this reason, Nathalie strucked a deal to get Perduret Champagne (https:/...
Writer, director Tom Van Avermaet is a Belgian filmmaker known for his unique blend of surrealism and melancholia. His acclaimed short films, “Dreamtime” (2006) and “Death of a Shadow” (2012) (starring Matthias Schoenaerts), have garnered significant recognition both nationally and internationally. “Death of a Shadow” won the European Academy Award (European Film Award) for Best European Short and was nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Live Acti...
Brooklyn based Syrian filmmaker Ward Kamel’s film “If I Die in America” (2024) tells the emotional story of a grieving American man who has recently lost his Muslim husband but is robbed of his time to mourn as the latter’s traditional customs and family dictate his body be sent back to the Middle East. The film screened at international film festivals, including SXSW and Palm Springs International Film Festival, PSIFF. It held its international premiere at the Palm Spr...
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Bess Kargman, known for her documentary short “Coach” (2013), which won the Jury Award at Tribeca Film Festival in 2013, screened her breakthrough feature documentary film “Diane Warren: Relentless” (2024) at SXSW where it held its World Premiere. It tells the up close and personal story of renowned and prolific multi academy award-winning singer/songwriter Diane Warren, featuring interviews with Diane Warren, Clive Davis, Common...
Writer, director Tom Van Avermaet is a Belgian filmmaker known for his unique blend of surrealism and melancholia. His acclaimed short films, “Dreamtime” (2006) and “Death of a Shadow” (2012) (starring Matthias Schoenaerts), have garnered significant recognition both nationally and internationally. “Death of a Shadow” won the European Academy Award (European Film Award) for Best European Short and was nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Live Acti...
Lions of Mesopotamia had its world premiere at SXSW, on Saturday, March 9th. The film is the true account of hope and victory when Iraq’s national soccer team – aka Lions of Mesopotamia – earned the 2007 Asian Cup amid the bloodiest days of Iraq’s civil war. The fairytale story is directed by Emmy winner Lucian Read and produced by Jupiter Entertainment. In an interview with the film’s producer Patrick Reardon and director Lucian Read after their premiere, h...
Olmo Schnabel's directorial debut PET SHOP DAYS screened as a Festival Favorite at SXSW, 2024. The film stars Jack Irv, Darío Yazebek Bernal, alongside Willem Dafoe, Peter Sarsgaard and more. Impulsive black sheep Alejandro (Bernal) and pet store employee Jack (Irv) enter a whirlwind romance that sends them down the rabbit hole of depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. In an interview at SXSW with director&nbs...
RESYNATOR is a feature documentary film and synth resurrection project started by director Alison Tavel in 2014. The true story centers around a resurrected synthesizer (aka the RESYNATOR), that was invented by Alison’s late father Don Tavel in the ‘70s, which she dug up from her grandmother’s attic twenty-five years after his passing and has been on a mission to share it with the world ever since. RESYNATOR had its world premiere at SXSW on March 10th, 2024, and won the Docu...
Sam Shainberg The short film SHOTPLAYER (2024), directed by Sam Shainberg, screened in the Documentary Short Competition at this year’s SXSW. SHOTPLAYER is an impressionistic journey into the mind of Wilfred Rose, one of New York City's most notorious pickpockets. As he returns to the subway for the first time in many years, he reflects on a life of crime in a society that has left many of its citizens behind. SHOTPLAYER asks the question: When ...
Composer Will Bates has composed original scores for a myriad of filmmakers including acclaimed directors Mike Cahill (Another Earth; I Origins; Bliss), Alex Gibney (We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks; Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief; Zero Days; The Forever Prisoner), Ry Russo-Young (You Won’t Miss Me; Nobody Walks) and Fisher Stevens (Mission Blue; Bright Lights). Bates’ upcoming p...
Director, producer, writer Talia Shea Levin’s erotic, quirky satire “Make Me A Pizza” (2024) feels like a modern seventies’ mock porn with attitude. A hungry (in more ways than one) woman calls a pizza delivery guy and fantasizes about him delivering more to her than just his cheesy sausage filled pizza, and they embark on a bumpy messy ride together. Inventive, wacky and hilarious, it is sure to make viewers belly laugh. The film had its World Premiere at SXSW in earl...
THE PUZZLE PALACE “Amassing the world’s largest puzzle collection is a labor of love for one inseparable couple.” “The Puzzle Palace” (2024) is a short documentary film about the unique love story of George and Roxanne Miller, their life living in the suburbs of Boca Raton, Florida and their mutual passion for puzzles, proud owners of one of the world’s largest puzzle collections. The film was produced and directed by Jenny Schweitzer Bell and Brian Bell and...
Interview with Ian Bjorn, an upcoming fearless and talented actor shares his insight into his acting career and speaks on his time at the Cannes festival by Bella
https://www.ianbjorn.com/ Ian on the red carpet in Cannes ...
Ken Kao Josh Rosenbaum Ken Kao is CEO and Producer of Waypoint Entertainment and Josh Rosenbaum serves as Head Executive and Executive Producer for Waypoint, which is a full-service film production and financing company best known for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Academy Award-winning THE FAVOURITE (2018). They have also been behind such films as MID-90s, SONG TO SONG (2017), KNIGHT OF CUPS (2015), THE NICE GUYS (2016), and more. Josh and Ken's latest ...
Diane Warren Award-winning documentary filmmaker Bess Kargman, known for her documentary short “Coach” (2013), which won the Jury Award at Tribeca Film Festival in 2013, screened her breakthrough feature documentary film “Diane Warren: Relentless” (2024) at SXSW where it held its World Premiere. It tells the up close and personal story of renowned and prolific multi academy award-winning singer/songwriter Diane Warren, featuring interviews with Diane Warren,...
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