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Wonderful! Our film is nominated for the BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR at the Digital Griffix Film Awards in MONTREAL, Canada! Here is a quote from the film festival about the jury: "Our jury is composed of award-winning filmmakers who perfectly understand the hard work put into independent filmmaking!" We are overjoyed and very proud! Thank you to our cast and crew members and everyone who supported us in the process!
Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/oXuEJiN3rD0
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More than forty years ago Asian CineVision set up the Asian American International film festival in 1978, the first and longest running US festival focusing on Asian American film as an instrument of social change. Embracing the online and live events hybrid format, AAIFF’s 44th edition this year from August 11 – 25 showcased international films including 13 world premieres, special presentation of five features, nine narrative features, five documentaries and a short film pr...
"terroir" will play with the 2020 Silver Wave Film Festival out of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada from November 5-12, 2020. Due to the Covid19 pandemic, this year's festival has had to move online. Clips from "terroir" kick off this year's promotional trailer for the fest: https://youtu.be/pkhxf7UOmb4
"terroir" is a musical documentary about the mother-child relationship and how it can influence our perceptions of very capable female leaders in all sect...
FROM ON HIGH will have its Canadian premiere at the 2018 Silver Wave Film Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick on November 10th, 2018. Written and helmed by Dawn Westlake and produced by her Ron de Cana Prods, Inc. shingle, the film is about a Syrian refugee girl who finds a better life in Europe. The film has won 10 awards, in the US, UK, Spain and Italy. It was shot and edited on location in Catalunya by Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona. An original score was provided by GC Johnson ...
Meryam Joobeur is a young Montreal-based filmmaker who has worked with Sasha Lane of American Honey fame, among others. Her new short film Brotherhood explores issues of cultural dislocation, family tension and sacrifice. It won the award for best Canadian short film at TIFF in September.
In Brotherhood, a family’s eldest son returns home from Syria to his Tunisian shepherd family, accompanied by his new wife - a young woman wearing a niqab, a garment in which only the eyes are vi...
IS YOUR FILM ABOUT WATER?
Then you won't want to miss our film festival about all things WATER. The Water Docs Film Festival presents Canadian and International features and shorts about water, engaging discussions with filmmakers and special guests, and opportunities to take action to protect water.
The festival informs, educates and activates our audiences about water and water issues because the likelihood of having enough clean, fresh water is diminishing everywhere. This festival is primarily about film, however, we also have amazing exhibits, surprising interactive presentations, breathtaking musical performances, interesting workshops, family-friendly offerings, engaging speakers, water-related NGO displays, and so much more.
So, for the love of water, come join us!
Mirror Mountain is now accepting film submissions of all kinds for our next festival through FilmFreeway. More submission platforms will be added soon. Head over to the submissions page of our website for more info!
https://mirrormountainfilmfest.com/submissions/
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IFFI Goa 2017, X: Big names, big awards
Two days before the curtain opens on the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has issued a release listing the highlights of the annual festival.
Here’s lowdown: 195 films from over 82 countries will be shown, of which there will be 10 World Premierès, 10 Asian and International premierès and over 64 Indian premierès as part of the Official programme.
It was also announced that whil...
Mirror Mountain closes for submissions for the year in just TEN DAYS! Submit your indie films by October 27th for a chance to be part of the official 2017 festival lineup.
https://mirrormountainfilmfest.com/submissions/
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"Scrappy" will have its Canadian premiere on November 4th at 2pm in the Silver Wave Film Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Based on the Studs Terkel Humanities Award-winning poem by Donald G. Westlake, "Scrappy" tells of a young girl's courage in standing up to the gun culture in the USA.
"Scrappy" was helmed by Westlake's daughter, Dawn, and shot/edited by Imatge Barcelona's Pol Carrizo Vilarroig. It was scored by Gregory Johnson of Acou...
Only 2 days left in our fall submissions sale! Use discount code MMFF2017 on FilmFreeway and receive 15% off the submission fee! Offer ends October 3rd.
https://filmfreeway.com/festival/MirrorMountainFilmFestival
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LAST DAY today to submit your film to Mirror Mountain at our regular submissions rate. After today our fees go up, so don't miss out! Share your creative vision with us and get a complimentary festival pass!
https://mirrormountainfilmfest.com/submissions/
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4 days left until our regular film submissions deadline! Submit your awesome indie film to Mirror Mountain Film Festival today and join in the fun! All genres and lengths are accepted and welcome. Visit our website for more information: https://mirrormountainfilmfest.com/submissions/
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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary, Open Forum III: Skill-building through master classes
An essential feature of every international film festival around the globe, mater classes abound at IFFI too. FFSI, in collaboration with DFF, chose to highlight their benefits in skill-building at the third Open Forum. An open-air affair, it did not attract too many attendees. Firstly, the location was remote and secondly the timing that has been a permanent slot for Open Forum at IFFI is from 1.30 pm t...
Laurie Gordon and Kirrill Razlogov confrim a collaboration between Animaze - Montreal International Animation Film Festival and the Moscow International Film Festival June 23-29 2017.
Razlogov will curate a special Russian focus and present a masterclass during Animaze in August 2017.
Gordon will curate 12 hours of Canadian animation program during one of Russia's oldest and most prestigeous film festivals in the world held annually in Moscow in the early summer.
The idea of prese...
The CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF) returns to Downtown Toronto, at The Royal Cinema, 608 College Street, with its 11th edition. This year's Festival includes nine feature-length and 17 short films in Official Competition for the CTFF Jury and Audience Awards, to be announced on Closing Night - September 17.
For more information about the Festival, please call The CaribbeanTales International Film Festival Office Line on: 416-534-8308 or our mobile line: 647-739-4294 or visit our website http://www.caribbeantales.ca and through our email caribbeantales@gmail.com.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DAWN is a night of short film curated by director/writer/producer/actress Dawn Westlake for the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, CA.
Westlake will be showing her films "Dottie: The Little Girl with the Big Voice" (animated/2002) & "Through the Pane" (doc/2015), along with films by Adnan Zandi (Iran), Phil Lepherd (UK), Ruben Sainz (Spain) and others...
When: Thursday, June 23rd, 2016
8p-10:30p
Tickets by donation...$0 - $20 suggested
For more info...
Race, Review: Giving racists a run for their money
How long does it take for an Olympic champion to run 100 metres? Less than 10 seconds. Jesse Owens (1913-1980) was the first American in the history of Olympic track and field to win four gold medals in a single Olympiad. Back in 1936, the attention span of viewers must have been considerably longer than in this age of nano-second technology. Therefore, to make a 2h 14m film on events that occurred 80 years ago, to attract dwindling audiences...
Once again, recently closed Fantasia International Film Festival (19th edition, July 14 - August 5, Montreal 2015), the largest genre film festival in North America, has offered an incredible program. Among 22 world premieres, a special place belongs to She Who Must Burn, a “burning” piece by legendary iconoclastic filmmaker Larry Kent, pioneer of Canadian independent scene since early 1960ies. Unfortunately, Kent is not so widely known even in Canada, yet he made more than a dozen...
Surkhaab, Review: Where are the feathers?
First things first: the title. It is an Urdu/Persian word, also part of Hindi, that means the ruddy sheldrake/shelduck bird. Literally translated, ‘surkh’ means red and ‘aab’ means water. There is a river in north-west Asia that is also called Surkhaab, which is easy to link to the meaning. The bird has rare type of feathers, and so, someone who has special qualities is said to be possessing 'surkhaab ke par' (surkhaab&...
Sketch by Nesta Morgan www.art4film.com/
By Martin I. Petrov, Montreal Intl Animation FF Coordinator
The first Animation Day at the Cannes Film Festival, that took place today at the Horyou Village, located at the grounds of Le Grand Hotel Cannes created a fertile ground for animation producers, filmmakers and animation lovers to share news around their work, while attending a panel discussion and a screening of Best Of films from MIAFF 2015. Among the films screened were T...
Five Yellow Oscar Awards went to films from France, Spain, Ukraine, USA and Germany/Denmark
Rio de Janeiro, 12/05/2015 - The International Uranium Film Festival was held this year for the first time in Quebec City and Montreal. During nine days, between April 15th to 24th, the festival screened more than 40 documentaries and movies about nuclear power: from uranium mining to nuclear power plants, atomic bombs and atomic waste. The Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) was ...
Canadian premiere - The 5th edition of the International Uranium Film Festival will be held in Quebec City from April 15 to 25, 2015
The International Uranium Film Festival will be held in Quebec City this year from April 15 to 25. Over 50 films about the nuclear age will be screened throughout the ten-day festival at the Concorde Hotel on Grande Allée. Opening night festivities on April 15 promise to be vibrant, with a spectacular circus performance, surprise cocktails and various ura...
The 5th International Uranium Film Festival starts April 15 in Quebec City, the worlds most important film festival on nuclear age on the 70th anniversary of the atomic bomb.
"You won't leave the way You came!"
The International Uranium Film Festivals has reached its 5th year. The Brazilian born festival is the world's largest showcase for movies and documentaries about nuclear power, from uranium mining to nuclear waste, from Hiroshima to Fukushima. This year, 2015, the Uran...
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