Mainstream Indian entertainment films from Bombay, which means the flashy three hour song and dance extravaganzas which have come to be know by the somewhat patronizing appellation “Bollywood” -- as opposed to the “serious art” films from India which had been making the festival rounds until now, are suddenly beginning to surface at major international film festivals, the latest instance being Toronto 2009. At the 34th instalment of this mega-festival (for that is exactly what Toronto ...
The
Mountain Film Festival is now accepting entries in all film categories
and genres. Click on the link below to submit your work.
Fees & Deadlines
Short Films - Any film under 50 minutes.
Feature Films - Any film 50 minutes or over.
Early Bird - Short: $20 / Feature: $25
Deadline - Short: $25 / Feature: $30
Late Deadline - Short: $30 / Feature: $35
Final Deadline - Short: $45 / Feature: $55
Early Bird Deadline - June 10, 2012
Regular Deadline - ...
Tehran: Another Side
Director: Sam Ali Kashani ~ 63 minutes ~ Iran/US
Like the majority of Iranian-American families that ultimately settled in California, Sam Ali Kashani’s family came to the United States after the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Sam however, was thoroughly American, leading a lifestyle typical of any young Californian. Therefore, his perspective of Iran was much like most Americans, colored by skewed media portrayals and political constructions. Yet, the Tehra...
Director: Susan Everett.
“Hello Mum. My name’s Alison. Born on the sixth of June, twenty eight years ago. But you know that already, don’t you?” Grieving the death of her adoptive mother, Alison tries to track down her natural mother to find a replacement ‘mum’. She sends out a videotape as an introduction.
Photo by Ed Krieger
Breaking and Entering, is a metaphor, for entering and breaking down a soul. It had it’s world premiere last night August 14, 2009 at the Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills, California. The play runs through September 6.
An obsessed, stalker fan enters a reclusive author's home through an open window on a stormy night, and the rest of the play unfolds as we all discover the unity between their two worlds. They and the play examine fame, and its costs, per...
The play opens with music in the dark theatre, almost as a mediation, and then a lit candle, and Edgar Allen Poe emerges in a bravura performance at the Steve Allen Theatre in Hollywood. The team of Combs, Paoli and Gordon create a fascinating one man show.
Jeffrey Combs As Edgar Allen Poe
Stuart Gordon said he got the idea to honor Poe because this the bicentennial year of his birth. Gordon began by engaging accomplished actor Jeffrey Combs, who he has worked with six tim...
16. Internationales Filmfest Oldenburg16th to 20th September 2009 Brazilian director, writer and producer Bruno Barreto’s will be presented in the festival’s retrospective. This year’s tribute goes to American directing duo Scott McGehee and David Siegel.Retrospective Bruno BarretoHis first short film was done at the tender age of 10, aged 17 he finished his feature debut (“Tati, The Girl”) and only four years later the enthusiastic director had his international break-through with the...
The Award Winning documentary Butterflies has been selected into
Southern California festival in Temecula,
and will play this September at the Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival.
"Butterflies is the first feature film that profiles the YouTube community and examines the power of online media.
The film had its World Premiere last month at AOF Film Festival, where it received the Alan J. Bailey Excellence Award
for Documentary Filmmaking and was nominated for Bes...
Director: Patricia DiSalvo Viayra.
What Happens when a couple on a blind date accidentally go to an adult-themed restaurant?
Petaluma International Film Festival® is accepting submissions for its 3rd annaul festival set for October 2011.
To submit your film, please visit Submit Film section and send a DVD and a
press kit [synopsis, your bio, photo and some stills from your film] to:
Petaluma International Film Festival
1680 Tiburon Blvd.
Tiburon, CA 94920 USA
info@PetalumaFilmFestival.org
The 2009 LA Shorts Fest ended July 31, 2009 with its awards ceremony at Cinespace, 6356 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028. Now in its 13th year, the screenings were held at Laemmle's Sunset 5 Theatre, 8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90048, from July 23 to July 30, 2009. LA Shorts Fest honors those individuals who have achieved excellence in short films. As the largest short film festival in the world with more than 280 film screenings and 9 days of educational panels, interactive and en...
Marine Comedian Dave Rosner (DR) is an observant Jew who has performed comedy in clubs and synagogues in the United States, Australia, Canada, Kuwait, and Iraq. DR began in the entertainment industry at the age of eight, is known as the only Jewish Marine Comedian. He is member of the Friars Club who produced the Friars Club show "Tell it to the Marines." He hosted and produced "The Dave Rosner Comedy Rooms" in New York. He was recently on stand-up comedy tour with "Comics Ready to Entertain," i...
Hamburg's first BarCamp for filmmakers will take place on 2nd October at the 17th Filmfest Hamburg. The "Digital Film Camp@Filmfest Hamburg", also referred to as DFC@Filmfest Hamburg, will feature filmmakers and Web 2.0 specialists discussing the digital future of film. Berlin's second "Digital Film Camp" ended on 17th April this year, posing the question "How do filmmakers work and finance themselves in the Web 2.0 Era?" The event was hosted and organized by Simon Chapuzzeau, owner of HomeBase ...
The WIN Film Festival 2009
Call For Entry
www.thewinawards.com
PRODUCING ENTITY: Women’s Image
Network (WIN)
The WIN Film Festival:
Sunday, November 1 through Tuesday,
November 3, 2009 in Los Angeles, California USA.
(Formerly Known as The WINFemme Film Festival)
The WIN Film Festival: Closing Night Party November 3rd Honors announces festival winners honoring select
unreleased and independent films.
Th...
“THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES FOR 8 DAYS OF 100 SCREENINGS, RED CARPET PREMIERES, PARTIES, PANELS AND AWARDS CEREMONY & A NEW FEST PRESIDENT, ABEL FERRARA, THE KING OF INDIE FILM!”Featuring the talents of Susan Sarandon; Taryn Manning; Walter Cronkite; Arthur Laurents; Topmodel Venantia Otto; DJ Qualls; Mercedes McNab; Poet Steven Vincent Benét; Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Douglas Moore; Tony Randall (final performance, The Od...
NAKED SUSHI received a special invitation to screen at the AOF Film Festival in Pasadena, CA this week. It seems that Action on Film is one of the best kept secrets in the LA film festival circuit. It's huge! I have seen some great films so far and I am looking forward to the Black Tie Gala Thursday night at the Westin! Naked Sushi showing at the Laemmle Theatre on Colorado in Pasadena, CA. We will be in the 8:15pm block. Buy your tickets in advance! ...
There is only one day left for the official premiere of Butterflies at the AOF Fest.
So far, it has been great seeing other people's films and meeting all the talented filmmakers.
But, tomorrow is our turn!
Butterflies will screen at
AOF (Action on FIlm) International Film Festival
July 27th, 2009 @ 8PM
Regency Academy Theatre
1003 East Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA
Tickets can be purchased at:
https://www.aoffest.com/store/AOF-2009-c4.htm
There will be a party after t...
By Maria Esteves - July 24, 2009
Marine Comedian Dave Rosner (DR) is an observant Jew who has performed comedy in clubs and synagogues in the United States, Australia, Canada, Kuwait, and Iraq. DR began in the entertainment industry at the age of eight, is known as the only Jewish Marine Comedian. He is member of the Friars Club who produced the Friars Club show "Tell it to the Marines." He hosted and produced "The Dave Rosner Comedy Rooms" in New York. He was recently on ...
The top 20 independent productions grossed about $50 million during first half of 2009 compared to the July 19 weekend gross of $80 million for the latest Harry Potter sequel. Indie's US revenues for the first half of 2009 are estimated to be about half of what it was scored last year. Whereas in all of 2008 20 studio films netted more than $100 million, it took only seven month into 2009 to reach that number, thus leading to a significant increase of high grossing studio films. In times of ...
Be there on July 27th, 2009 to see history in making! The online
personalities are making it to the big screen and this will, without a
doubt, be the end of entertainment as we know it.
You remember when television killed the radio star? Well, this is when Internet kills the TV star :)
No more fabricated characters in movies, no more perfect people that no one can compare to.
These are regular folks, that have it all, and you can see how they did it.
See the YouTube stars taking over the e...
The top 20 independent productions grossed about $50 million during first half of 2009 compared to the July 19 weekend gross of $80 million for the latest Harry Potter sequel. Indie's US revenues for the first half of 2009 are estimated to be about half of what it was scored last year. Whereas in all of 2008 20 studio films netted more than $100 million, it took only seven month into 2009 to reach that number, thus leading to a significant increase of high grossing studio films. In times of du...
The top 20 independent productions grossed about $50 million during first half of 2009 compared to the July 19 weekend gross of $80 million for the latest Harry Potter sequel. Indie’s US revenues for the first half of 2009 are estimated to be about half of what it was scored last year. Whereas in all of 2008 20 studio films netted more than $100 million, it took only seven month into 2009 to reach that number, thus leading to a significant increase of high grossing studio films. In times of...
Good morning:
Just a quick reminder that the 1st ever documentary film about YouTube, Butterflies, is to have its World Premiere exactly one week from today!
Would love to meet all of my fest21.com friends, so if you can make it, come and say hi :)
Butterflies got nominated for Best Social Commentary Award and will screen at this year's AOF Film Festival !
www.aoffest.com
July 27th, 2009 @ 8PM Regency Theatre,
673 E Colorado Blvd Pasadena, CA
After party to follow the screening!!!
Pl...
Featuring the talents of Susan Sarandon; Taryn Manning; Walter Cronkite; Arthur Laurents; Topmodel Venantia Otto; DJ Qualls; Mercedes McNab; Poet Steven Vincent Benét; Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Douglas Moore; Tony Randall (final performance, The Odd Couple); Wood Harris (HBO's The Wire); Lochlyn Munro (Unforgiven, White Chicks); Julie Strain; Sabrina Parisi (Owner of Dolce Sinfonia-DS);Zuleikha Robinson (HBO's Rome, Lost); Author Donna Spangler; Kevin Shinick (Without A Trace, Robot Chick...
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“THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES FOR 8 DAYS OF 100 SCREENINGS, RED CARPET PREMIERES, PARTIES, PANELS AND AWARDS CEREMONY & A NEW FEST PRESIDENT, ABEL FERRARA, THE KING OF INDIE FILM!”Featuring the talents of Susan Sarandon; Taryn Man...
