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Bruno Chatelin handed out the Award for Best Film from the festival circuit to Michel Hazanavicius

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  The International Film Festival Summit Europe IFFS and filmfestivals.com  - fest21.com,  close observers of the festival circuit, have honored Michel Hazanavicius, director of The Artist with the “Festival Film of the Year Award”  which recognizes the outstanding artistic dimensions of the whole project and the extraordinary successful fare on the circuit from Cannes (best actor) to 5 Oscars (6 Cesar, 3 Golden Globes, 7 BAFTAS)...  The award was handed by Bruno Ch...

VAFI 4/Call for entries

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 VAFI is a film festival for animated films made by children or youth under 18 years.   VAFI has no entry fee. FESTIVAL DATE: 25th – 28th April 2013 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 25th January 2013 PARTNER: MTV Croatia   CATEGORIES: (for films made by children and youth)   VAFI has three categories divided by age of the authors. In that way awards could be given more fairly. Every category has its name. MINI – for chi...

Interview with Chasing Ice Filmmaker Jeff Orlowski

By Maria Esteves – December 7, 2012 As glaciers around the world are disappearing and sea level rising 60 percent faster than projected, the timing is right for a documentary on climate change. Jeff Orlowski’s CHASING ICE is truly one of the year’s best film! Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) team member Orlowski documented award winning American photographer James Balog 25 camera network project capturing the erosion of glaciers in Iceland, Greenland and Alaska from 2007 to 2012 in s...

Flicks International Student Short Film Festival

Flicks International Student Short Film Festival

On 13, 14 and 15 March 2013, the fourth annual Flicks International Student Short Film Festival will take place in the lovely city of Groningen, the Netherlands. This festival, organized by students, promises to be a highlight for film buffs and film makers everywhere.

The festival will showcase short films of film academy students, film school students and other young film makers from around the world. Various themes and genres will be presented, so be surprised!

Flicks wants to provide film students and aspiring film makers the opportunity to show their work for a diverse audience: an audience that wants to be indulged by a great variety of short films. Prepare to be amazed by the early works of the great film makers of tomorrow.

Would you like to participate? Go to the website: http://www.usva.nl/flicksfilmfestival/ and fill in the entry form! Deadline is the 19th of January 2013.

If you have any questions you can always reach us at info@flicksfestival.com or find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/esnusvaflicks

We hope to hear from you soon!

 

The BUFF Blog (November 2012)

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With the exception of Kate Herron, Ugo Onwutalu & Nadia Denton, 6 board members have guest-written the BUFF Blog in the 3 or so years since its’ inception in April 2009 which, at the time, lauded the film ‘Adulthood’ as a watershed for urban independent cinema. A lot has happened since then...     @buffenterprises sent out its very first tweet in April 2009, 3 ½ years on @SpikeLee no less is retweeting BUFF NEWS ALERTS. Also back in 2009, @NoelClarke was ...

2013 Winter Film Awards Call For Entries

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New York, NY (December 3, 2012)- The Winter Film Awards submissions committee has announced a Call for Entries for the 2013 Festival. Submissions deadlines are as follows: Regular Deadline - January 1 2013, Late Deadline - January 20 2013, Extended Deadline - January 30 2013. Entrants will be notified of final decisions by February 1. Winter Film Awards is an organization which seeks to celebrate excellence and diversity in independent film, facilitate the production of new exciting colla...

Interview with Ole Christian Madsen on 'Superclassico' (2012)

‘Superclassico’ (2011) by Danish director Ole Christian Madsen was one of the best films I’ve seen of 2011. A relentlessly bittersweet romantic comedy set in Buenos Aires, Christian (played by Anders Berthelsen) is a middle-aged Danish wine seller whose wife leaves him for a younger man. Christian’s wife, Anna (Paprika Steen), is a soccer agent working in Buenos Aires who is tired of her routine married life with Christian and opts for an exciting existence with her Lat...

Interview with Ole Christian Madsen on 'Superclassico' (2012)

‘Superclassico’ (2011) by Danish director Ole Christian Madsen was one of the best films I’ve seen of 2011. A relentlessly bittersweet romantic comedy set in Buenos Aires, Christian (played by Anders Berthelsen) is a middle-aged Danish wine seller whose wife leaves him for a younger man. Christian’s wife, Anna (Paprika Steen), is a soccer agent working in Buenos Aires who is tired of her routine married life with Christian and opts for an exciting existence with her Lat...

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE PEOPLE'S FILM FESTIVAL 2013 HARLEM, NYC

  Four Builders Foundation 2ndAnnual The People's Film Festival May 3oth – June 1st, 2013 New York City     Call for Submissions         The People's Film Festival (TPFF) is currently accepting film submissions.    The People's Film Festival will occur on May 3oth – June 1st, 2013 in New York City.  It is comprised of film screenings, panel discussions, and The People's Awards, which celebrates the win...

The program of the International Film festival Summit Austin

    11:00am   Registration and Exhibit Floor Opens     12:15pm – 12:45pm   First-time IFFS Attendee Orientation Laurie Kirby, Esq Executive Director IFFS     1:15pm – 1:25pm   State of the Industry Address Laurie Kirby, Esq Executive Director IFFS     1:30pm – 2:30pm   Opening Keynote “Pushing the Boundaries” Ted Hope has been recognized as o...

Love, Amour takes home the 4 best prizes at the 25th European Film Awards

                                The more than 2,700 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented: EUROPEAN FILM 2012: AMOUR France / Germany / Austria, 127 min written & directed by Michael Haneke produced by Margaret Menegoz, Stefan ...

Awards on International Film Festival of Gijon

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Please check the previous article about the awards!...

Winners at 20th PLUS CAMERIMAGE announced

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PLUS CAMERIMAGE FILM FESTIVAL COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED Competition winners at PLUS CAMERIMAGE, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, were revealed today as the milestone 20th anniversary edition came to a close in grand fashion at the Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz. Student Films Competition Golden Tadpole winner: BLACKSTORY The most original and innovative film that opens the gate to the future. Christoph Brunner and Stefan Brunner directors, Robert Oberreiner, cinemat...

Awards on Festival Internacional De Cine De Gijon

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Awards of FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE GIJÓN FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE GIJÓN PALMARÉS DE LA 50 EDICIÓN 16th to 24 November happened in a beautiful Asturias in Spain, in even more beautiful sexy little town called Gijon. Beside many other interesting film sections of the festival that I was unable to see due to my FIPRESCI Jury duties and FIPRESCI selection I would be mentioning a few the awarded films first. Due to at a quite of few awards given I would m...

Festival de Cine de Gijon Tribute to a Serbian filmmaker Dušan Makavejev

Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijon gives Tribute to every single winner of main award with one Circle paste into a pavement on a Main Square next to a National Theatre of Gijon. There are 50 circles now for 50 years. One Circle is dedicated to a Serbian filmmaker and his winning film 1989 Dušan Makavejev  

The European Film Awards live on a television near you.

EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2012 THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS - LIVE! There will be a live stream of the awards ceremony on  www.europeanfilmawards.eu  Follow real-time postings of the winners facebook and twitter Watch the European Film Awards on TV! The 25th European Film Awards are broadcast across Europe and beyond. These are the times / dates:  TERRITORY BROADCASTER ...

East Doc Platform

Dates: March 4 - 10, 2013

Where: Prague, Czech Republic

Focus: narrative development, promotion, networking, co-financing, distribution – based on one-on-one meetings 

 
The 2nd East Doc Platform (EDP) edition is the largest Central and East European documentary event held March in Prague, 2013, organized by the Institute of Documentary Film. It is the meeting point for 120 East European filmmakers and producers who seek creative, financial and distribution support, and more than 70 key international festival programmers, commissioning editors, buyers, distributors, sales agents, film fund and organization representatives who will be able to choose from some of the most promising films and projects in Central and Eastern Europe.The event is organized by the Institute of Documentary Film In association with the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival

East Doc Platform draws from the unique representation of key international documentary professionals who are, in non-exclusive setting, available for informal meetings  to every participant as well as accredited observers. East Doc Platform helps quality creative documentaries to fine-tune their story and visual style, and find suitable partners for co-production and distribution. East Doc Platform is designed for documentary professionals with projects in the development, production, and post-production stage, and for professionals with completed films. 

Brainwash Movie Festival Call for Entries 2013 w/Super Saver NOW!

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Call for Entries 2013 Brainwash Movie Festival Click here for discount entries for Withoutabox.com  (WAB) member users. FULLY JURIED. “Super Saver” Extra Early Bird Special: Shorts $10, Features $35 by Dec. 31st, 2012 (postmarked or registered on WAB) “Early Bird” Special: Shorts $20, Features $50 by March 15th, 2013 (postmarked or registered on WAB) “On Time” Entries: Shorts $25, Features $65 by May 1st, 2013 (postmarked or registered...

Submit to Maverick Movie Awards

           Maverick Movie Awards, Year 5 submit now. We’re Moviemakers Honoring Moviemakers with... 42 Maverick Awards and Up to 14 Nominations in 21 Categories   CATEGORIES Feature-length Movies (70-180 minutes) Short-length Movies (1-69 minutes) Student-made Movies (Features and Shorts) ...

Call for Entries for 8th Annual Sunscreen Film Festival!

Send us Your Film or Screenplay! Call for Entries Now Open! Submit your film or screenplay to the 2013 Sunscreen Film Festival, taking place April 18-21, 2013. Named "One of the Top 25 Coolest Film Fests in the Country" (MovieMaker Magazine 2009) & Best Film Fest in Tampa Bay 2012 (Tampa Bay Magazine) https://www.withoutabox.com/login/4947  Categories: Narrative Shorts Narrative Features Documentary Shorts Documentary Features Animated Short...

11th Annual Garden State Film Festival Call For Entires

  11th Annual Garden State Film Festival (GSFF), April 4 to 7, 2013   The Garden State Film Festival was founded to promote the art of film making on all levels by showcasing a wide variety of film, video and animated works, as well as to provide educational programs in the creative arts to the public by industry leaders. Our goal is to present films of the highest quality in both production value and content. The Garden State Film Festival's professional jury will select winning f...

Time to Submit - 18th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival

SUBMISSIONS Close Soon! The Palm Beach International Film Festival (PBIFF) April 4-11, 2013 celebrates 8-days of films from around the globe, industry panels, seminars, student filmmaking programs, networking opportunities and gala events all set against the background of our tropical South Florida beaches, waterways and our glitzy venues.  The festival prides itself and is know for our welcoming hospitality to our visiting filmmakers giving them the best festival experience and ne...

2012 VIFF Award Winners

IT'S A WRAP! The Vancouver International Film Festival is over for another year. 380 films from 75 countries were presented at 600+ screenings over 15 days. A BIG thanks goes out to all of our fantastic volunteers, sponsors, staff and most of all, our enthusiastic audiences & participating filmmakers. Juried Awards The Canadian Images jury announced two awards. The jury included popular Vancouver actor Jay Brazeau, Montreal filmmaker Anne Émond and Colombian–American med...

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