I thouroughly enjoy my visit to the OFF PLUS CAMERA International Festival of Independent Cinema (april 8-17) It is one of the most important and, at the same time, youngest film festivals in Poland. It takes place annually in Krakow as a part of the Krakow Municipality’s cultural project called The Six Senses.Two things strike me mostly: first you cannot escape knowing a festival is happening in this (georgeous) city, posters, flags, exhibits...everywhere amrking the event. That is so rare he...
I just landed in beautiful Krakow where OFF PLUS CAMERA takes place from april 8 to 17.
OFF PLUS CAMERA is a unique major event in Eastern Europe dedicated to the world's independent cinema. The most important element of the festival program is the International Dramatic Competition, ‘Making Way'. The competition consists of 12 new first or second feature films made by independent young filmmakers all competing for the Krakow Film Award of $ 100,000. The winning director is cho...
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Monday at IFFBoston 2010 brings two vastly different screenings to Somerville’s small Cinema 5. 8: The Mormon Proposition lays out the political battles surrounding the recent Proposition 8 in California. The purpose of Prop 8 was to repeal the existing right of marriage for same-sex couples. In the days that followed the vote on the confusingly worded text - where supporters needed to vote “no” and opponents were to vote “yes” – it became known that the Prop 8 campaign had bee...
The VI edition of Magmart | video under volcano is over. And the winners (33 not 30, due some æxequo, and strictly in alphabetical order) are:
...niland 2 / Marius and Rocio / Leneweit and Rodriguez - Germany
Again (bloody painting) / Fabio Sanna - Italy
Android / Hicham Lasri - Morocco
Butter cow / Junichiro Ishii - France
Cesta / Marta Daeuble - France
Cuerpos deshonrados (dishonored bodies) / Juanma Carrillo - Spain
Cyanide / Barbara Agreste - United...
The specialty theatrical scene in New York City is about to get a new jolt with the highly anticipated expansion by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, among the city's most prestigious film institutions. The long-awaited Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center is a gloriously modern 17,500 square-foot venue, will house two theaters, an amphitheater and a café, adding a potential for 4 different screens at the same time (including the Walter Reade Theater, the Film Society's current showca...
The VI edition of Magmart | video under volcano is over. And the winners (33 not 30, due some æxequo, and strictly in alphabetical order) are:
...niland 2 / Marius and Rocio / Leneweit and Rodriguez - Germany
Again (bloody painting) / Fabio Sanna - Italy
Android / Hicham Lasri - Morocco
Butter cow / Junichiro Ishii - France
Cesta / Marta Daeuble - France
Cuerpos deshonrados (dishonored bodies) / Juanma Carrillo - Spain
Cyanide / Barbara Agreste - United...
The Writers Guild of America, West has announced its 2011 WGAW Writer Access Project honorees, comprised of 13 diverse television writers who competed in the comedy and drama script categories. As part of its efforts to enhance the employment opportunities of diverse writers, the WGAW launched the Writer Access Project in 2009. Now in its third year, the Guild’s innovative program, coordinated by the WGAW Diversity Department, identifies writers with television staffing experience and makes sa...
India's Media & Entertainment industry registered a growth of 11 percent over 2009 and touched Rs 65,200 crores in 2010, says a FICCI-KPMG report. Backed by positive industry sentiment and growing media consumption, the industry is estimated to achieve a growth rate of 13 percent in 2011. Overall the industry is expected to register a CAGR of 14 percent to touch INR 127,500 crores by 2015.
Released at the inaugural session of FICCI FRAMES 2011, today ( on March 23, 2011 ) the ...
In May, La Semaine de la Critique will celebrate its 50th edition. Since in 1962, La Semaine de la Critiq...
The 16th annual IFFF launches with a press conference at 1 PM on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. This is the fifth year of presenting the fest at Raleigh Studios, adjacent to the Paramount Studio lot on Melrose Avenue in the heart of Hollywood. This year's film schedule is filled with highlights - each of them with enough back-story to more than...
French Collector, Archivist and
Showman Extraordinaire Will Present
Retour de Flamme: Rare and Restored Films in 3-D at the Castro Theatre
San Francisco, CA – The 54th San Francisco International Film
Festival (April 21–May 5) will present the 2011 Mel Novikoff Award to the extraordinary showman Serge Bromberg for his invaluable work as a collector, preservationist, exhibitor, programmer and enthusiast of cinematic treasures, Sunday, May 1 at 5:00 pm at the Castro Th...
By Maria Esteves – March 12, 2011
The 83rd Academy Awards presented by AMPAS for outstanding film achievements of 2010 co-hosted by Academy Award nominee James Franco and actress Anne Hathaway commenced Sunday, February 27, 2011, 8:00pm ET and 5:00pm PT at the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, California. Live television coverage of Oscars were seen in the U.S. on ABC Network and in more than 200 countries worldwide. This year’s Oscar winners by category are:
Best Picture
THE KING’...
Director: Chia-Chi Tseng.
In this animated poetry, a traveler is inspired by the flying fish of Orchid Island. Orchid Island is home to the rich and unique culture of the Yami aborigines. Until these days Yami people still maintain their traditional culture and lifestyle. They believe Flying Fish from long time ago as their spirit. Therefore, they respect flying fish and their tradition culture. The traveler documents and experiences their love from aboriginal culture.
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The 14th Annual DANCES WITH FILMS
(DWF) is dedicated to discovering and championing unknown works by
filmmakers from around the globe and providing them with a unique
opportunity to screen in front of critics, audiences, and industry
heavyweights.
Taking place in the heart of the filmmaking industry, Los Angeles, CA,
the Festival presents nearly 100 films each year through a captivating
program of feature and short narrative and documentary films, as well as
music video...
For the 5th year in a row we will again feature the highly successful
2‐MINUTE, 2‐STEP SHORT FILM CHALLENGE (scripts submitted from all
over the world, DWF picks 8 teams ‐ writer, director, actors, producer
and editor ‐ who then produce a 2‐minute short in four hours). Using
Canon HD technology and pure filmmaking perseverance, the 8 films
are shot, edited ‐ often in the theatre lobby as patrons watch ‐ and
screened prior to competition features each night at the festival.
...
The 14th Annual DANCES WITH FILMS
(DWF) is dedicated to discovering and championing unknown works by
filmmakers from around the globe and providing them with a unique
opportunity to screen in front of critics, audiences, and industry
heavyweights.
Taking place in the heart of the filmmaking industry, Los Angeles, CA,
the Festival presents nearly 100 films each year through a captivating
program of feature and short narrative and documentary films, as well as
music videos...
Hello!
Here is the call for submissions for ATA's 2011 Film & Video Festival
Festival. Please, note that this year we are also open to proposals for
workshops, installations and media performances.
Could you post it in the opportunities section of your blog?
Thanks!
Isabel
ATA Film & Video Festival
Artists’ Television Access invites experimental film and video makers to
submit their work to its 6th Annual ATA Film and Video Festival. Short
works including but not limited to...
One of the highlights of this year’s festival is the solo retrospective on filmmaker Peter Tscherkassky, which introduces and honors his work. Tscherkassky is one of the internationally most prominent and renowned representatives of avant-garde film. Since the mid-80’s, the 52-year old Viennese has produced unique films drawing upon found footage of largely Hollywood productions. Frame for frame the filmmaker copies details and fragments from these sources in the dark room by using elaborate...
Indomina Group, the fast-growing U.S. and Dominican Republic based producer and distributor of film, TV and trans-media content, announced today it has entered into a partnership agreement with the world-renowned Pinewood Studios Group, which will operate, manage and market a new state-of-the-art film and television facility in the Dominican Republic. A ground breaking ceremony, inaugurated by the President of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Leonel Fernández Reyna, is taking place today.
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Best Shorts is an awards competition that recognizes the achievements of short filmmakers worldwide. While it is not your typical film festival that screens films, Best Film Shorts strives to give talented directors, producers, videographers, actors, and actresses the positive exposure they need by promoting our awardwinners through press releases, media outlets, blog entries, etc. Our competition gives awards not just for short films, but for other short television, videography, and new media p...
IRANIAN FILM TAKES LEAD IN CRITICS POLL
Trade magazine Screen International has been conducting a poll among leading international critics to predict the film that will win the Golden Bear award, the Berlinale's top prize. Each day in the trade's dailies, seven internationally respected critics are polled to get their response and to (possibly) handicap the winner, which will be announced on Sunday. The critics include Scott Foundas (Film Comment, USA), Derek Malcolm (London Even...
