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Previews and Highlights from the Festival Circuit Volume 719 - Filmfestivals.com
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Free listing in the Catalog of Animation in Cannes and Whos who and where Your entries will show on the website and will be shared with the trade publications in Cannes. We also have paid promotion packages to increase visibility. Email us for details. We will issue in PDF form with contact details. Available to media and buyers (film and TV). Animation Day in Cannes proudly accepts entries via FilmFreeway.com, the world's best online submission platform. FilmFreeway offers free H...
Animation Winners only may submit by April 16
Celebrating recent winners (from October 2015 onwards) and festival directors attending the Animation Day in Cannes
If your animation (short of feature) won in a major festival: enter the Accolade channel and celebrations in Cannes.
Winners and festival directors attending will pick the honor and the visibility in front of the whole animation profession gathered on the occasion of The AnimationDay in Cannes..
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Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival ends up its 17th edition with the following award-winners: GREAT INTERNATIONAL AWARD – Inspection – Gala Sukhanova, Russia GREAT ANIMATION AWARD – Coda -Alan Holly, Ireland Honourable Mention: Le Sens du toucher (The Sense of Touch) – Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo, Switzerland GREAT AWARD FILMIN OBLICUA the best short ...
Animation Day in Cannes -ADIC is happy to announce the parnership with AVIFF ‘Art films do their cinema in Cannes’ A Festival dedicated to Video Art and artists' films, four days, during the Cannes Film Festival in May, for 6 years. 7th edition 2016 will run 16-19 May 2016 Cannes Venue : 10 Boulevard du Midi Jean Hibert, 06400 Cannes Days program : 'Market': 11.00-18.00 Sessions: 15.00-16.30 & 17.00-18.30 Interventions / debates Co...
TROMAnimation FILM FESTIVAL will run Saturday, April 30th 2016 at Lucky 13 Saloon in Brooklyn ACCEPTING ENTRY-FEE FREE SUBMISSIONS NOW! TromaDance Film Festival, which is in its 17th year, will give birth to an additional free independent film festival. The first ever TROMAnimation Film Festival, organized by Gary Trimarchi, animation consultant and animation curator of the exhibition, set to take place at the NYC landmark Lucky 13 S...
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7th Annual International Film Finance Forum Intercontinental Carlton Hotel | Cannes, France Presented by Winston Baker In Partnership with The Hollywood Reporter and filmfestivals.com May 13, 2016 Our promo code FEST21 gets you 30% off until April 15 don't wait ! OVERVIEW: In its 7th edition, Winston Baker will host its annual high-level international program during the 69th Festival de Cannes at the prestigious Carlton Hotel...
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Frontières and the Marché du Film are pleased to announce the start of a partnership focused on the organization of a series of Industry events geared towards the genre film community. The first stage for this Frontières-Marché alliance will be at the Marché du Film 2016 in Cannes through the programming of the following events, on Sunday May 15, creating a genre film day: Frontières Goes to Can...
The big screen adaptation of acclaimed stage play rounds out the cast with Sofia Helin, Max Brown and Erin Richards GSP Studios today announced the film adaptation of the late N.J. Crisp’s renowned 1996 stage play of the same name, THAT GOOD NIGHT, which has begun principal photography with renowned British talent and BAFTA award winner John Hurt (ALIEN, MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, THE ELEPHANT MAN, NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR and TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY) taking the lead alongside Sofia ...
-Wednesday May 18: Greece Private party & films 'Black & Wine Eros' with the Artist Evi Photopoulos, the Film director Theo Papadoulakis and the music composer Giannis Christodoulopoulos attending - at 18.00 AVIFF Art Film Festival venue : Salon 'La Renaissance' 10 Bd du midi Jean Hibert 06400 Cannes...
We are proud to have worked with Howard J. Ford introducing his film in the market in Cannes and Berlin where he got attention and sales in 25 territories. Winner of National Film Awards: Best Independent Feature 'NEVER LET GO' beats out Cannes Film Festival winner and Oscar-nominated 'CAROL' with Cate Blanchett, as well as Sean Penn, Javier Bardem and Idris Elba's 'The Gunman' to take the trophy...
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CALL FOR ENTRIES - TRAILERS / Regular Deadline: April 30th
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Fan Boy Festival July 15 - August 26, 2016
Regular deadline July 1st
2016 Fan Boy Film Festival Awarding 16K+ in Prizes
Submissions are NOW open at www.FanBoyFilmFestival.com
Over $16,000 in Cash Prizes to be awarded to filmmakers!
NO Submission fee to enter. SUBMISSION DEADLINE is July 1st. FESTIVAL DATES JULY 15th-AUGUST 26th.
Late Entry Deadline March 30th
Register today for the Disability Film Challenge, an annual weekend short film race April 1st-3rd. Entrants are given 48 hours to make a three-to-five-minute film based on assigned genre. Participants don't need to be disabled to enter the challenge, however each film must have either an actor, writer, director, producer, or crew member with a disability on their team. Sign up today and join in on this opportunity to bring awareness of the disability community through filmmaking and storytelling.
Winners of the challenge will be mentored by top industry professionals like writer producer Shawn Ryan (creator of The Shield, The Unit, Lie to Me, Last Resort, Mad Dogs). Emmy winning writer producer David Isaacs (Mad Men, Frasier, Cheers, Mash), Famed casting director Pam Dixon (City Slickers, The Green Lantern), Roy Ashton, Head of the TV Literary & Packaging Dept. at The Gersh Agency.
Winning films will also screen at the TCL Chinese Theatre during the HollyShorts Film Festival and receive Dell Tablets and Dell Mobile Workstations.
Through the art of film, we celebrate the richness, diversity and creativity of storytelling for the cultural enrichment, progression and education of communities worldwide.
Each year the International Black Film Festival (IBFF) invites filmmakers from all over the globe to submit their projects to be considered as an “official selection” during the festival. Judges select films to be screened to a energetic festival participants. Filmmakers take advantage of the opportunity to interact with the audience and share their personal journey about their film project via Q&A sessions and networking events.
Awards are given in the following categories: Best Documentary, Best Short, Best Feature, Best Animation, Best of the Festival, Audience Choice, Best International Film, Honorable Mention, Best Faith-Based Film, Best Student Film, Best Web Series, Best of Tennessee.
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Regular Deadline is APRIL15
Submit your best short animated films for a screening May18th at Cannes Film Festival.
Enjoy industry visibility in front of the animation professionals attending Cannes during Animation Day in Cannes (second edition). take advantage of free promotion to buyers and media on our Animation Day in Cannes Newsletters, animation Day in Cannes website, filmfestivals.com pages dedicated to Animation Day in Cannes and our Youtube channel, which will be offered for buyers and Media.
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Regular Deadline: April 8, 2016
The 12th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Conference/Film Market, scheduled for August 11-20, 2016 at the world famous TCL Chinese 6 Theatres, is now accepting submissions. HSFF, 4 times named to MovieMaker Magazine “Top 25 Fests Worth the Entry Fee” lists, has featured over 400 projects showcasing stars and filmmakers including Sofia Loren, Bill Plympton, Anthony and Joe Russo, and Felicia Day.
In 2015, HSFF awarded over $150,000 in prizes, including $60,000 in post services for Best Short, Director, Music Video, Cinematography, VFX, and Commercial, and $15,000 Grand Prize cash . www.hollyshorts.com
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Regular Deadline March 31, 2016
In 2016, WoFF returns for its third edition with great energy and ideas, generated from a wonderful 2015 festival.
Our focus remains on independent cinema from all around the globe, by showcasing the work of first feature filmmakers and female directors in our two main sections, First Features and The Female Perspective, respectively.
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Montreal International Animation Film Festival FESTIVAL DATES June 2-5 2016 Montreal Canada Le MIAFF! is a people's film festival and industry conference dedicated to the art of animation for film and technology. All genres and forms are welcome. Awards & Prizes Software and other award prizes. Visibility in our travelling shows in Berlin, Cannes, Annecy, Glasgow and more. Check 2015 fantastic programming on the website.
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Paranoid Girls Comedy by Pedro del Santo was qualified for Oscar selection running for best film, best original song...
over 40 festival wins so far
Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.
Feature Feel Good Movie - World premiered in Montreal World Film Festival Winner best romantic comedy in Manhattan Fest
Charlie Kane can’t catch a break. He grew into a man who expects the worse out of life and gets it. But that changes when, by chance, he meets a bright, sunny sprite of a woman named Holly who turns him from a dour drip into someone finally allowing himself to be happy.Then a bus flattens her before Charlie eyes. Charlie opts for suicide but can’t even successfully give up on life. Left with no other choice, he adopts Holly’s ethos of positivity and just decides to be happy... by ignoring all the bad things in life. But his cynical best friend isn’t buying Charlie’s new-found happiness and sets out to save Charlie by making him miserable again.
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‘Lowriders’ Photo credit: Justin Lubin Here at the Film Independent offices, we’ve finally recovered from our brief (very brief) post-Spirit Awards lull and have officially started looking ahead to June. And if you squint hard enough and use your imagination you can actually see just what it is we’re looking at. There it is, just two months away, waiting to be added to your summer events calendar. That’s right—it’s the2016 L...
THE TOXIC AVENGER is a charming love story and laugh-out-loud musical that has it all — an unlikely hero, his beautiful girlfriend, a corrupt New Jersey mayor and two guys who play… well, everyone else … bullies, mobsters, old ladies, and stiletto-wearing back-up singers. The show also features the most memorable and unbelievable duet you’ll ever see on any New York stage. The Toxic Avenger features music and lyrics by David Bryan (keyboardist an...
By Maria Esteves – April 5, 2016 The MOMS MAMARAZZI Special Presentation of MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2, directed by Kirk Jones and written by Oscar nominee Nia Vardalos was held in New York, Friday, March 18, 2016. Actress/writer Nia Vardalos (Toula) and actress Elena Kampouris (Paris, Toula's daughter) appeared for a Q&A session after the presentation moderated by co-founders Denise Albert and Melissa Musen Gerstein, The Moms Sirius XM. Questions and discussions posed by The Moms...
By Maria Esteves – April 3, 2016 The mystery of faith to believe in something we cannot see or hear like the air we breathe despite our circumstances in this life is a miracle! Scientists at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Switzerland calls it ‘The God Particle (Higgs Boson).’ MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN is an extraordinary and powerful true story that captures the spiritual journey of the Beam family, ordinary American Judeo Christians from Texas who discove...
By Maria Esteves – April 2, 2016 THE MOMS Special Presentation of MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN, directed by Patricia Riggen was held at Hearst Tower, New York, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. A Q&A discussion immediately followed with American actress Jennifer Garner moderated by co-founders Denise Albert and Melissa Musen Gerstein, The Moms Sirius XM. Questions posed to actress Garner by The Moms included: "How did you decide to do MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN? Does it make a difference to you jump...
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Viva, the applauded film of the Irish director Paddy Breathnach, was shot in Havana with Cuban actors Luis Alberto García, Jorge Perugorría and Héctor Medina. Viva will kickstart this year’s edition, which brings seventy five films to an audience that is expected to surpass the 30,000 mark. Among the events that the International Film Festival of Panama brings for its fifth anniversary celebration are: educa...
The festival is here! Opening Night Gala tickets to the U.S. premiere of ANGRY INDIAN GODDESSES are on standby, but tickets may become available on a first-come, first-served basis. Find out more about attending this event. And be sure to buy tickets early for the Closing Night Gala WAITING, with star Kalki Koechlin and director Anu Menon in attendance. Lo...
From the 20 to 26 April the 16th edition of goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film provides an exciting insight into the Eastern genre cinema and shows as usual a wide range of the best current film productions of this area. In view of the current political climate in Europe, the goEast Film Festival hosted by Deutsches Filminstitut focuses once again on cultural cooperation and intensifies in this regard its efforts in the field of human-rights filmmaking. Through its pro...
Disposable Film Festival 2016 | Schedule
TransAtlantic Festival will run April 8 – 9, 2016 | North Beach Bandshell BUY TICKETS WIN TICKETS ...
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The Sonoma International Film Festival celebrating the best in film, food, wine and spirits program took place Wednesday, March 30 to Sunday, April 3. Considered one of the nation’s top destination film festivals, SIFF presents over 100 films shown at 6 venues, all within walking distance from Sonoma’s historic plaza -- dubbed SIFF VILLAGE -- in the heart of California Wine Country and will host nearly 200 filmmakers from around the world. “Every year we set out to bring uni...
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San Francisco, CA -- The San Francisco Film Society (SFFS), in partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation (KRF), announced today the projects...
The Great and The Small (2016) Industry veterans of the 19th Annual Sonoma International Film Festival select this year’s festival film favorites Sonoma, CA (April 2, 2016) – The Film Jury Award winners of the 19th Annual Sonoma International Film Festival were announced tonight, Saturday, April 2, 2016, in the Sebastiani Theatre. “The program this year is the most diverse and competitive it’s ever been, including all the wonderful submissions,” said P...
At Awards Gala at The Metroplex, the 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) revealed the winning films for five award categories, namely the Young Cinema Competition, the Documentary Competition, the Short Film Competition, the FIPRESCI Prize and the SIGNIS Award, in recognition of filmmakers’ outstanding achievement in the industry. The evening was also enhanced by the Asian Premiere of Crosscurrent (2016) with direct...
The Vanya Exerjian: Empowering Women and Girls Awardin memory of Founding Artistic Director Nora Armani's cousin and uncle, victims of a hate crime was presented by Ms. Ruchira Gupta of Apne Aap, together with Ms. Armani and it went to: Myriam Zaki for her work in Who Killed the Armenians? directed by Mohamend Hanafy (Egypt) * The Grand Prize for Best Narrative Feature Award went to: Before the Spring directed by Ahmed Atef (Egypt) The film is offered a screenings at the Bow Tie Ci...
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In keeping with the first edition, the 2016 edition will be comprised of its two founding pillars: the 'Women in Motion' Talks and the 'Women in Motion' Awards. Taking place as morning sessions throughout the entire competition, this year's 'Women in Motion' Talks will welcome guests from outside the film industry to enrich the discussions about the place and contribution of women in cinema and underline solutions which would make the industry more ...
Fort d'une expérience acquise dans la distribution de films pour deux Majors (Sony et Fox mariée sous a direction avec UGC) Bruno Chatelin propose une expérience pointue au service de votre stratégie digitale à Travers sa structure de Conseil MAJOR BUZZ FACTORY Le fondateur Bruno Chatelin : un Professionnel de la communication entouré de spécialistes, son expérience est ancrée sur trois univers La publicité, Le mark.eting et le digital.
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Plus ancienne section parallèle cannoise, la Semaine de la Critique célèbre sa 55e édition en mettant à l’honneur les films et talents révélés depuis son 50e anniversaire. Pour incarner cette édition 50+5, la Semaine a choisi, avec la complicité de l’agence les bons faiseurs, la sublime actrice Jessica Chastain dans une scène de Take Shelter, second long métrage de Jeff Nichols qui l’a r&eacut...
20 ème FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM AVENTURE ET DECOUVERTE du 17 au 21 avril 2016 LES AVENTURIERS DES 20 ANS Pour donner la mesure et présenter une sélection de films qui dépasse l'imagination : l'écrivain aventurier Sylvain Tesson. Pour faire les choix des prix et scruter les œuvres en compétition : un jury sorti des profondeurs, des tempêtes et des parois vertigineuses. Serez-vous assez...
Rang Titre du film Distributeur Entrées semaine France Nbre de copies M/C Cumul entrées S 1 BATMAN V. SUPERMAN : L'AUBE DE LA JUSTICE WARNER 1 251 205 822 1 522 1 251 205 ...
Les résultats de la compétition de longs et courts-métrages de la 9ème édition du festival Hallucinations Collectives 2016 : Prix du jury Petit Bulletin longs-métrages : Green Room, Jeremy Saulnier Prix du public longs-métrages : Men & Chicken, Anders Thomas Jensen Prix du public courts-métrages : The Pride of Strathmoor, Einar Baldvin ...
18e édition du Festival du cinéma brésilien de Paris Cinéma L'Arlequin (6e) du 5 au 12 avril 2016 Le Festival du cinéma brésilien de Paris soufflera ses 18 bougies du 5 au 12 avril 2016, dans la grande salle du cinéma L'Arlequin (76 rue ...
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