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26th Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival – February 4-14, 2016 – San Diego, CA - USA
http://www.sdcjc.org/sdjff/
The San Diego Jewish Film Festival (SDJFF) is part of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture (SDCJC) at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS in La Jolla, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Since its inception in 1990, the San Diego Jewish Film Festival has become one of the largest and most prestigious fe...
The Grand Rapids Feminist Film Festival is a celebration of films made by and for feminists, women-identified, genderqueer, people of color, and other under-represented groups. We are seeking short films from or featuring feminist-identified and women-identified filmmakers. Professionals, amateurs, students and community members locally, nationally and internationally are all welcome to submit. The film festival will be held Sunday, September 13, 2015 at Wealthy Theatre in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
To be considered, films must:
Have been directed, written and/or produced by feminist or woman-identified person(s) or feature these people in the film
Be less than 20 minutes in length
Include trigger warnings when necessary
Fall in line with social justice advocacy
SoundTrack_Cologne will take place for the 12th time in 2015. It is the largest German trade fair for music and sound in film, games and media, and a source of inspiration for the growing landscape of festivals and congresses in Europe. In some 30 round tables, panels, workshops and networking events, the focus is on current developments in the culture, law, marketing and technics of media music as well as business cases, professionalization and networking. The training of the younger generation of students is a central theme. And for the general public, there are also about 30 festival events with films about music.
"Games People Play" has just been selected to the 2015 Azores Fringe Fest in Madalena do Pico, Acores, Portugal. The film stars David Razowsky, Mark Jacobson and Dawn Westlake, and was shot in the style of a Sergio Leone western by Jon Carr on Canon's C500. The original score was provided by Gregory Johnson of Acoustic Labs, an Alvarez-featured guitarist.
For more info on the film and to see a trailer, please visit: http://dawnwestlake.com/rondecana/films/gamespeopleplay/index.htm...
Filmmakers, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. The Portland Film Festival is looking for some good films with compelling stories for submission. Do you have any suggestions? Please submit your narrative features, documentaries, shorts of all kinds, transmedia, web series, student films and more.
MovieMaker Magazine named our festival one of the “25 coolest film festivals in the world,” so get your submission in before time runs out. And we hope to see you in September. Portland is an amazing city during the summer—you’ll not want to miss what we’re planning this year.
The 2015 Portland Film Festival (September 1-7, 2015) is now accepting submissions online through:
There are rules and regulations to remember (no smoke signals, we need to see these films in person). For all the fine print, including awards eligibility—Golden Axe Award and many more—prizes (PDXFF offers over $25K in cash and prize awards), technical specs, full deadline schedule, festival history, and more, please visit the submission platforms listed above and read carefully.
Past attendees and alumni include Eli Roth, Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment, Abby Elliott, Chris Williams, Chuck Palahniuk, Jason Mamoa, Doug Benson, Wendy Froud, Brian Froud, Toby Froud, Penny Lane, Chelsea Cain, Daniel Wilson, Chelsey Reist, Isaac Feder, James Franco, Lorenza Izzo, Matt Walsh, Susan Sarandon, Michael Tully, Ryan Murdock, Kelly Reichardt, Kris Kaczor, Bryan Storkel, Leah Warshawski, Daryl Hannah, Vivian Norris, Karney Hatch, Jon Matthews, Dana Nachman, Mitchell Jackson, John Jeffcoat, Shawn Telford, Leah Meyerhoff, Mark Raso, David Zellner, Bradley King and more.
Oh and did we mention that we are partnering with a local Forestry Club to bring axe throwing to our event lineup? Submit! Remember to tag any social media mentions with #pdxff15
Since 2011 the International Uranium Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro awards its "Yellow Oscar" to the best nuclear films of the festival. Now April 25, 2015, the festival will honour the winners of the 5th International UraniumFilm Festival in Quebec-City. Here is the list (pdf) with all awarded films until 2014. www.uraniumfilmfestival.org
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In its third occasion, ARKIPEL will present the theme GRAND ILLUSION which departs from a film produced in 1937 by one of the world cinema masters, Jean Renoir. The idea of this film was coming from the book The Great Illusion, A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Norman Angell in 1910. The book was about humane criticism during World War I. Renoir and Angell’s idea was to look at how the problem of humanity in our civilization had been ban...
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The first ever British Urban Film Festival awards (supported by Channel 4) will take place in London's West End on 17 September, to mark the start of its' annual film festival which this year celebrates 10 years of urban independent film coverage.
The ceremony, to be hosted by Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe & Metro film editor Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, will award prizes to filmmakers and scriptwriters whose films have...
NYTVF's 11th Annual Independent Pilot Competition is now accepting original TV, web and digital series pilots, 4-60 minutes in ALL genres.
The NYTVF is like no other Festival in the world: offering indie creators year-round opportunities to submit, providing unprecedented access to TV buyers and decision-makers, and awarding GUARANTEED deals from top networks including Comedy Central, A&E, and much more!
Someone is guaranteed to walk away with these deals.....
The Festival du nouveau cinéma is looking for films, interactive works and performances for its 44th edition wich will run from October 7 to 18, 2015 in Montreal!
Send us your works BEFORE JUNE 1st, 2015 to maybe be part of the Festival this year! Early bird rate before April 30, 2015!
Two easy ways to submit a short or feature film on line:
- via Zone Festival
- via Withoutabox
For more information, you can write to soumissions@nouveaucinema.ca
&...
Over a year since it made its debut at New York's Lincoln Center last February, Martin Scorsese Presents Masterpieces of Polish Cinema, a traveling exhibition comprising 21 feature films, has screened at over 30 venues from coast to coast across North America. The series includes works by legendary directors such as Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Zanussi and others, which have never previously been showcased on such a grand scale.
Havi...
Naoussa International Film Festival is in the pleasant position to announce the Call for Entries for its 12th edition. In the forthcoming festival - which will take place the period from 23 to 27 of September 2015 - exceptional short films will be screened and great ideas will be utilized thus confirming that the Naoussa International Film Festival constitutes a unique cultural experience.
Short films from all
over the world, cinematographic tributes, activities for children, theatrica...
Come join us at the international reggae concert, Saturday, August 22nd, 2015, from 1pm-11pm.
This event will be held at 35 Carl Hall Road in Downsview Park (main intersection Keele & Sheppard)
Children under 12 are free - Buying tickets before the event is $7 - At the gate is $10.
Activities such as music, dance, drumming, arts/craft market place, ital food demonstration, film and video screening, children/youth acivities, dub poetry workshops, writers' corner and live conc...
Come join us at the international reggae concert, Saturday, August 22nd, 2015, from 1pm-11pm.
This event will be held at 35 Carl Hall Road in Downsview Park (main intersection Keele & Sheppard)
Children under 12 are free - Buying tickets before the event is $7 - At the gate is $10.
Activities such as music, dance, drumming, arts/craft market place, ital food demonstration, film and video screening, children/youth acivities, dub poetry workshops, writers' corner and live conc...
The international show of animation film has become one of the world’s most prominent animation festivals and is the largest cultural event in Switzerland that is devoted exclusively to the full array of animation techniques, content and media. Since making its debut back in 1995, Fantoche has shown thousands of short and long films from around the world. It offers the very best in entertainment for young and old alike, makes new discoveries for all animated film buffs and serves as a meeting place for animation specialists in Switzerland and abroad.
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Morgan Matthews is a successful filmmaker and producer, mainly known for a number of documentaries like Beautiful Young Minds and Shooting Bigfoot. X+Y is his first feature film, inspired by a the true story of a young boy, diagnosed to be on the autistic spectrum, who travelled from the UK to China to participate in a mathematical olympiad. There, he did not only succeed in pursuing his dream, but also in discovering friendship, love and in finding his real self.
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At this year’s 11th edition of the Glasgow Film Festival, the warmly embraced cultural event in Scotland introduces two new awards: Audience and Critic’s choice.
The first will be awarded to the film that receives the most positive votes from the audience with the usual procedure of voting after each screening as happens in many festivals worldwide.
The films competing for the audience award are:
The Wonders by Alice Rohrwacher, ...
Best short film competition - EVER!!
The winning filmmaker wins up to $25,000 to shoot one of the top 10 scripts. Winning writer receives up to $10,000 for their short script!
Writers judge filmmakers and filmmakers judge writers. It’s that simple! We fund you to collaborate.
The writers review films and decide the best filmmaker. The filmmakers read scripts and decide the top 10 scripts. The winning filmmaker selects one of the top 10 scripts to shoot and we fund the production. The sc...
Justin Kelly - I am Michael, 2015 US - Interview
Justin Kelly is an American writer and director, who has mainly directed music videos before entering the film industry with several short films. I am Michael is his first feature film that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and it was part of the Berlinale Panorama. The film tells the story of a gay activist and writer, who suddenly turned to religion, developing a theory against homosexuality and is starring...
Body, dir. Malgorzata Szumowska, Poland, Berlinale 2015 - Competition
by Martin I. Petrov
In a visionary, humorous wander though the life of (not that much) ordinary people in the polish capital Warsaw, Malgorzata Szumowska’s Body aims to go far under the skin and explore incentives, find answers and criticise bits of our parallel realities.
A father living with his anorexic daughter Olga, after the death of his wife, is trapped between the cruelty he has to face...
Body, dir. Malgorzata Szumowska, Poland, Berlinale 2015 - Competition
In a visionary, humorous wander though the life of (not that much) ordinary people in the polish capital Warsaw, Malgorzata Szumowska’s Body aims to go far under the skin and explore incentives, find answers and criticise bits of our parallel realities.
A father living with his anorexic daughter Olga, after the death of his wife, is trapped between the cruelty he has to face every ...
Knight of cups, dir. Terrence Malick - Berlinale 2015 Competition
by Martin I. Petrov
“No one cares about reality anymore.”
Realist or not, Terrence Malick seems to have sliced the cake in two, once again. For some, Knight of cups was worth the waiting and for others was two hours of an image flow, that - if we need to be exact - is his way of storytelling.
And let’s face it, no one goes to see a film from the American indie representative and ...
45 Years, dir. Andrew Haigh - Berlinale 2015 Competition
by Martin I. Petrov
English director Andrew Haigh competes for the golden bear with a story about a couple about to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary. But who said that after certain age, life cannot ring surprises?
After directing Weekend, a multi-awarded film about a gay couple in London, Andrew Haigh became one of the most promising new talents of his age, turning also into a symbol for queer cinema which was back...
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