One of the first feature films distributed on YouTube is Fest 21 member's documentary film Butterflies.
The independent film from European filmmaker Ester Brym has finished its festival run last year graduating with a couple of awards
and going on to make history as one of the first films being available for rent on YouTube.
Butterflies is feature film following the
lives of six young people that are prominent 'weblebrities' on a video
site YouTube. The film explores th...
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In this issue you will find the Dossier on the Berlin Cinema
Scene , an exploration of this German city and its cinephile inhabitants. It's
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years ago that the Wall fell, and with this anniversary, we wanted to
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The Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival (MIFFF) is a three
day international showcase of action, animation, cult, fantasy, horror, and science
fiction cinema. MIFFF takes place every fall at the SIFF Cinema at McCaw Hall in Seattle, Washington USA.
November 5, 2009 will mark the opening night of the 9th Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles. The audience at the Laemmle's Monica 4-plex in Santa Monica has the honor to watch the Hungarian Oscar-entry, "Chameleon" by Krisztina Goda. The film is also in competition for the 67th Golden Globe Awards. This is an interview with the director of the film.
AFI DigiFest will take place at the Mann Chinese 1 Theatre in Hollywood on November 4 and 5.
Now in its third year, AFI DigiFest provides a unique, behind-the-scenes look at how storytelling is adapting to an ever-widening array of new screens and platforms. The event is open to the public and admission is free.
"This has been a banner year for new media innovation," says AFI Digital Content Lab Director Suzanne Stefanac. "We're seeing forward-thinking writers...
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Lives of YouTube “Weblebrities” Chronicled in Upcoming Documentary
The
increasingly popular world of new media has introduced online viewers across
the world to a diverse group of individuals in cyberspace. YouTube.com has emerged as one of the
leaders to catapult an Average Joe into an instant “Weblebrity” with the stroke
of a computer key. Meet six folks
in the feature documentary “Butterflies” who share the common goal of becoming
internet sensations via YouTube...
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Global Cinema Festival is now accepting entries. For selection, kindly send your screener (dvd) along with synopsis, film & contact details to our office address.
For more information: info@gcfest.com
Ajitesh Sharma
Curator, Global Cinema Festival
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This was one great party with some of my warm-hearted Armenian friends (including my alma mater University of Toronto colleague),
Atom EGOYAN, in centre, at Cannes Film festival last year ! Arman Tadevosyan is the one poking his head on the right. Helen
Would you be interested in creative competition for tickets to the
premiere of Butterflies in NYC? For those who don't love in NY, they
can exchange for later tickets in LA or a DVD.
If you have twitter, tweet @filmester to let me know that you are interested. Or just simply reply here :)
Thank you for reading!
Love,
Ester
www.ButterfliesTheMovie.com
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Butterflies: Feature doc about YouTube
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Youtube is expanding? ...What's new?We're particularly intrigued and excited by the latest expansion of youtube, its first full-length film. Luc Besson's and Yann-Arthus Betrand's 90-minute environmental awareness film Home will be the first full-length film to be available on youtube in its entirety. The youtube release date will occur simultaneously with the theatrical and DVD release dats on June 5, World Environment Day. All releases will be free of charge except for DVDs, which...
The Southwest Florida Gulf coast community of Sarasota sparkles a little brighter each year when the Sarasota Film Festival hosts 10 days of films and star-studded parties. Utilizing innovative social media to report all that makes the 11th Annual Sarasota Film Festival shine, Twitterers will provide real-time updates in 140 characters or less (called ‘live tweeting’) during the event March 27 through April 5, 2009. Although the film festival has Facebook and Twitter accounts, three Twitter ...
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