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Sharon Stone Humanitarian Award Recipient at Lady Filmmakers Film Festival

Lady Filmmakers is in it's 6th Year and we are busy planning a great festival for the end of September! We have a weekend of Films, Music, Art, Parties, Networking & Inspiration! Last year we honored Sharon Stone, Camryn Manheim, Bryce Dallas Howard, Lati Grobman, & Christa Campbell. Our next networking event is July 15th at Nespresso Beverly Hills! To RSVP for the networking event GO HERE.  Submissions open for films, music, art, and short screenplays! Next deadline is July 1...

Sharon Stone Humanitarian Award Recipient at Lady Filmmakers Film Festival

Lady Filmmakers is in it's 6th Year and we are busy planning a great festival for the end of September! We have a weekend of Films, Music, Art, Parties, Networking & Inspiration! Last year we honored Sharon Stone, Camryn Manheim, Bryce Dallas Howard, Lati Grobman, & Christa Campbell. Our next networking event is July 15th at Nespresso Beverly Hills! To RSVP for the networking event GO HERE.  Submissions open for films, music, art, and short screenplays! Next deadline is July 1...

A Peek Behind the Cellar Door

A Peek Behind the Cellar Door 20 May, 2014 - Ottawa - Cellar Door Film Festival   The Cellar Door Film Festival invites Ottawa filmgoers to take a peek behind the Cellar Door at Club SAW on June 17. This event gives the community a taste of what to expect from Ottawa's newest film festival by enjoying a screening of Dario Argento's cult classic Deep Red(alternatively known as The Hatchet Murders). The event will also include a screening o...

New York No Limits Feature Films Early Deadline

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NEW YORK NO LIMITS FILM SERIES is currently accepting Feature Films at least 40 minutes in length for its film festival event the NYNL Summit in November.   All genres of film are accepted and encouraged to submit. The early deadline for features is in effect until May 15th, 2014. Please visit our website at http://www.newyorknolimits.com to submit. For questions please send to info@newyorknolimits.com.  The Summit dates are November 20 - 22 at The Wild Project in NYC. A industry pan...

Love, Redemption and Salvation themes of 2014 Jaxon Film Fest

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The Jaxon Film Fest working with Jackson’s Michigan Theatre is now looking forward to a five year run. The theme this year will be Love, Redemption and Salvation (but not necessarily as defined by Judeo-Christian ideals.) Again emphasis will be on Michigan Films. According to Steve Tucker, Executive Director of Jackson’s Michigan Theatre, “These are universal themes which cross all genres.” It should be noted that while it may be great for a single film to incorporate a...

Submissions Now Open for Little Rock Film Festival 2014

                                                The Little Rock Film Festival is now accepting entries to it’s 8th annual event. The LRFF2014 will be held May 13, 2014 to May 18, 2014. Little Rock Film Festival is one of the most competitive film festivals in the country. Rated twice by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the top 25 film festiva...

GARY LUCAS ROCKS SPANISH DRACULA AROUND THE WORD

I have been mighty busy of late trucking the old devil Spanish "Dracula" (born 1931) around the planet and letting him out of his coffin once in awhile to frighten again at vatiousl fulm festivals all over the world. Here is a photo from the Jerusalem show, taken by Orli This summer I sold out twice with my project: http://garylucas.com/www/dracula--at both the Jerusalem Film Festival in early July, and at the Silent Movie Theatre in Hollywood at the end of that month. The audienc...

Deadline for New York No Limits Film Series Event on 8/29 in NYC

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Today 7/30 is the deadline for the NYNL film series short film night on 8/29 at The Wild Project in NYC.  All genres and film categories are accepted. Running time limit is 30 minutes. Foreign language, experimental, music video and student films are strongly encouraged to submit. Our emphasis is on micro independent film.  To submit visit our website at http://www.newyorknolimits.com and visit the submission page. Contact us at info@newyorknolimits.com. Lineup announcement is 8/7.&n...

Dances With Films Begins Today in LA! Interview with Cofounder Leslee Scallon

  Sixteen years ago when Michael Trent and Leslee Scallon’s feature length crime drama thriller didn’t get into any of the industry festivals, feeling slighted by being passed up for not having any big names attached, they decided to found a film festival. Trent’s idea would bring together the forces of filmmakers who weren’t getting play on the festival circuit just because there were no big names attached. Nine months later they had 300 submissions, and had sere...

New York No Limits Film Series Short Film Call For Entry

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NEW YORK NO LIMITS FILM SERIES continues its 2013 programming with a short film night on June 27th at NUYORICAN POETS CAFE at 7pm. Films must be no longer than 29 minutes in length from anywhere in the world. All categories of film, style and genre are accepted.  Extended deadline ends on 5/15/13 for short film night on 6/27. Lineup will be announced on 5/25. NYNL is hosting the following short film night on 8/29/13 at The Wild Project in NYC. Early deadline for the short film night ...

Bermuda International Film Festival Opens with “Ginger & Rosa”

  Bermuda International Film Festival Opens with “Ginger & Rosa”   *Poster's note-BIFF is a solid festival filled with the best in world cinema that is filled with wonderful people who possess the warmth of the island's wonderful weather!  Highly recommend! To mark BIFF’s Sweet 16, the festival opens on Friday with “Ginger & Rosa,” a riveting coming-of-age story about two teenage girls growing up in the sixties in London. The tw...

Jon Fitzgerald Tapped As Exec Director for Hollywood Film Festival

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    Jon's experience in the online, film festival, and worldwide fil...

Little Rock Film Festival

 

The 8th Annual Little Rock Film Festival (www.littlerockfilmfestival.org) submission deadline in the Narrative, Shorts and Documentary categories is April 1st, 2014. We accept national and international submissions via Withoutabox.com.

Co-founded by award winning film makers Brent and Craig Renaud, LRFF showcases the best international films and the best in narrative, documentary, and short films from around the World. Recent LRFF prize winners/alums have included Beasts of the Southern Wild, Winters Bone, Another Earth, Tiny Furniture, Breaking Upwards, Natural Selection, That Evening Sun, The Interrupters, Restrepo, High Tech Low Life, and Invisible War.

For more updates on the festival and deadlines visit us on Facebook (LittleRockFilmFestival).

http://www.littlerockfilmfestival.org/ 

New York No Limits Film Series Call For Entry 2013

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New York No Limits Film Series now in its 3rd season is accepting feature films, featurettes and short films for 2013. NYNL was created in 2010 to create a platform for daring filmmakers who create films that reflect the truest sense of his or her vision. NYNL has screened films from Sundance, SXSW, Raindance and Dallas International film festival.  Animated, drama, comedy, dark comedy, romantic, experimental, horror, suspense, foreign language and student films are accepted. In just over ...

Amour wins big in Durban

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Award-winners announced at Durban International Film Festival The 33rd edition of the Durban International Film Festival, with principal funding from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund,  this evening (Saturday, July 28) announced its award-winners, prior to the closing film. Winner of the Best Feature Film award, Love (Amour) was applauded by the International Jury as “unmissable”, and the film’s director Michael Haneke, as a “contemporary master with an astute under...

The good, the bad and the ugly

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Day 2 of DIFF was a day of extremes. It was wonderful to see all the film fans studying their guides - some of the guides visibly well-read. I watched three films today and they are very diverse. Chicken with plums (Poulet aux prunes) premiered at Venice. It is a beautiful love story of a musician, played by Mathieu Amalric of The Diving Belle and the butterfly fame, who can't get over the loss of his violin and he decides to rather die. It sounds like a depressing film but it is in...

Hallo Durban

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My annual pilgrimage to the Durban International Film Festival kicked off on 20 July. I went straight to the media briefing at the Blue Waters Hotel where I chatted to Oliver Hermanus and Deon Lotz, director and star of last year's Beauty. This year Hermanus is part of the international jury and Lotz can be seen in the much anticipated Sleeper's Wake, which is having its world premiere in Durban. Lotz also told me that the film has been accepted for Toronto! I saw two film...

Cine//B_5 is now open for submissions

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Cine//B is calling for entries. Don't wait until the last minute; send your film as soon as possible. Any genre, any format, any running time. ♦ Deadline 14.09.12   RULES AND CRITERIA FOR SUBMISSION ​*The competition is always open for submissions.​ *To enter, your film can be: a Chilean or foreign production, a student film, any genre, any budget, any length ie feature or short, completed or a ‘work in progress'. ...

New York No Limits Film Series Regular Deadline for Short Films 5/30/12

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New York No Limits Film Series is seeking short films for its last Short Film program of 2012.  The regular deadline is 5/30/12 at The Wild Project on August 15th, 2012.  Selected films will also appear in competition at the NYNL Film Series 2012 Summit in November. NYNL launched in November 2010 as a platform for independent filmmakers in NYC.  NYNL also has partnered with Indiepix for distribution and online festival promotion as an optional benefit.  The submission fee is $25, no furthe...

SEEKING SUBMISSIONS: NO ENTRY FEE!

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HorrorQuest Film Festival is currently seeking films for 2012... To submit your film please go to www.thehorrorquest.com and click on "Submit Your Flick". HorrorQuest accepts all kinds of submission, not just, "Horror". We are a Horror/Genre festival and you may submit any of the following types of films. Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi Thriller Dark Comedy Dark Drama or Animation of any kind. HorrorQuest is 100% free so there is no reason not to submit your film...

ÉCU at Cannes Film Festival

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The countdown has started, only five days to go until an event with one of the biggest media coverage in the world begins. The 2012 Cannes International Film Festival will commence May 16th, and conclude on May 27t. Our team from ÉCU will be there bringing our independent flavour, so be sure not to miss this prestigious annual event. The Cannes Film festival is an excellent opportunity for ÉCU to bring to light both our strong commitment towards quality cinema, our skilled filmmakers,...

VideoFest calling for the 25th edition (25 is Sept. 27-30, 2012 at Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas)

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The Video Association of Dallas is accepting entries for its VideoFest 25 that will be Sept. 27-30, 2012 at the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas. To enter work into VideoFest, sign up for a free account with indee.tv, and then go to http://indee.tv/index?festival=videofest. Entries will be accepted until June 1, 2012.   Since 1987 the Dallas Video Festival, now VideoFest, has specialized in fiercely independent, imaginative, unusual, provocative and sometimes description-defyin...

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