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Just watch the impressive brand signage for the festival along the road as we go by. I was truly impressed, as each year. This video was filmed after the closing. Size matters at RSIFF, startind with the Ritz Carlton itself, and the gardens, hotspot for the festival! Clearly ...
THE RED SEA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023 CLOSING NIGHT AND AWARDS Festival Celebrates Biggest Edition to Date, Dream Scenario Announced As Final Festival Gala The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) marked the closing of its third edition with a screening of Micheal Mann’s Ferrari, a Red Sea International Film Financing project, and revealed the winners of its highly anticipated Yusr Awards. The festival also welcomed Hollywood icon Nicola...
Nicolas Cage is an actor, director, and producer whose remarkable versatility has led to great success across all genres for over four decades. Cage can currently be seen in theaters in A24's critically acclaimed Dream Scenario from director Kristoffer Borgli. Other recent work includes, the award-winning drama Pig, the crowd-pleasing comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and the ground-breaking horror thriller Mandy. During his early career, Cage starred in a variety of classic fil...
Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) will host Academy Award-winning actor Adrien Brody (The Pianist, Succession) In Conversation with Red Sea Film Festival Friday December 8th 15h00, Vox Cinema 1, Red Sea Mall Adrien Brody won the Academy Award and Cesar Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of real-life Holocaust survivor Wladislaw Szpilman in The Pianist, making him, to date, the youngest person to have received the Oscar in that category. His perfo...
Arrival, arrivals, into the night: feel the beat and the vibrant energy of a growing market ! Arab Cinema Center (ACC) 2 supported places on the International Film Festival Rotterdam Producers Lab Saudi Winner: Ghaidaa Abuazzah (BY HASNAA’S SIDE) Arab Winner: Fatma Racha Shehadeh (THE GIRL AND MISSING BED) MAD Solutions 50,000 USD to a project in development, in production or in post production. Winner: NOSTALGIA: A LIFE IN FIRST CHAPTERS by...
THURSDAY, 7TH DECEMBER PRESS CONFERENCES AHLAM EL AESER Press Conference: 10:30 Ritz Carlton Press Conference Room THURSDAY, 7TH DECEMBER PRESS JUNKETS FEVER DREAM Press Junket: 11:30 - 13:30 - Festival Gardens ROXANE Press Junket: 11:00 - 13:00 - Festival Gardens OMEN Press Junket: 11:00 - 13:00 - Festival Gardens MOTHER OF ALL LIES Press Junket: 11:00 - 13:00 - Festival Gardens SNOW IN MIDSUMMER Press Junket: 11:00 - 13:00 - Festival Gardens THE DE...
Red Sea International Film Festival, 2023: A royal pilgrimage for film-buffs On the registration form, there was question, ‘Will you be going to the Medina pilgrimage?’ I wasn’t, so I typed, “No”. On the Saudi Airlines direct flight from Mumbai to Jeddah, the man seated behind me asked me the same question. “I could take you to Medina. It is only 480 kms from Jeddah, but at 180 kms per hour, we will take you there in no time.” Turned out that he was a...
VOX Cinemas, the MENA region’s largest cinema operator, is honoured to be awarded one of the first licenses to operate cinemas in Saudi Arabia. Its brand-new cinema located at Red Sea Mall - Jeddah is one of the top class Festival hubs for screenings during RSIFF VOX Cinemas is delivering on an ambitious plan to bring its world-class cinema entertainment portfolio to Saudi Arabia and support the growth of audio-visual and creative talent across the Kingdom. take a look at the ambiance a...
Three films have been shortlisted for this year's Arab Critics' Awards for European Films, which were launched by European Film Promotion (EFP) and the Arab Cinema Center (ACC) five years ago. Io Capitano by Matteo Garrone (Italy) / Fallen Leaves by Aki Kaurismäki (Finland) / Lost Country by Vladimir Perišić (Serbia) From a total of 25 submitted European films, the three finalists are coming from Finland (Fallen Leaves), Italy (Io Capitano) and Serbia (Lost ...
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The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) is delighted to announce the winners of the Red Sea Souk Awards - vital funding and in-kind grants to develop and boost new talent from Saudi, Arab and African directors. Three juries deliberated to finally select nine winning feature ideas and two TV series, whose creative visions will now benefit from generous prizes awarded by the Red Sea Fund and its award partners. A total of 24 new film projects screened as part of the Red Sea ...
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6TH: PRESS SCREENING Arab Spectacular - A NOSE AND THREE EYES (10:30 - Souk Cinema at the Ritz Carlton) Arab Spectacular - FEVER DREAM (17:35 - Red Sea Gala Theatre) Arab Spectacular - A NOSE AND THREE EYES (21:35 - Red Sea Gala Theatre) WEDNESDAY, 6TH DECEMBER PRESS CONFERENCES A NOSE AND THREE EYES Press Conference: 12:00 Ritz Carlton Press Conference Room WEDNESDAY, 6TH DECEMBER PRESS JUNKETS THE TEACHE...
Unfolding on its fourth day, the Red Sea International Film Festival continued its cinematic celebration with a diverse array of events and films that pay tribute to the dynamic film industry. The day was marked by insightful seminars and a dialogue session featuring the esteemed Egyptian actress, Amina Khalil. The grand screen played host to exclusive screening on both regional and international fronts, notably the world premiere of the series “Miles from Nowhere” and the debut scr...
Radar Pictures and Bandits Roost In Development on Feature Film Adaptation Based on the Best-Selling Children’s Book Weslandia High School Musical’s Kenny Ortega to Direct Radar Pictures and Bandits Roost Entertainment are in development on the feature film adaptation of Weslandia , the international best selling children’s book by Newbury Award winner Paul Fleischman. Award-winning, hit franchise director Kenny Ortega (the High School Musical trilogy, Disney&r...
So cool to find Will Smith attending the third edition of RSIFF in Jeddah! I had the priviledge to work with him in Cannes and Deauvile Festival for ID4 a few years back! (I am trying to not remember my golf score when we played together! ...
Catherine Martin, one of the greatest costume designer in my opinion, multi-awarded for her work she has received 4 Oscars (and nine nominations). I(Bruno Chatelin) indirectly worked with her when I released Romeo and Juliet in France for Fox. She was in Jeddah for the third edition of RSIFF, in her masterclass she discussed many aspects of her amazing carreer including her latest contribution to Baz Luhrmann's films: ELVIS... Enjoy her elegant conversation. Catherine M...
Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) will host iconic actors Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick, Boom!, Hacksaw Ridge) In Conversation with Red Sea Film Festival CEO, Mohammed Al-Turki; and Nicolas Cage (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Dream Scenario) In Conversation with celebrated journalist Raya Abirached (“Scoop with Raya”). Thursday December 7th Timings: Andrew Garfield (14h00, Ritz Carlton Souk Cinema) Nicolas Cage (16h00, Ritz Carlt...
Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) hosted Decemeber 4 global megastar Chris Hemsworth (Thor: Love and Thunder, Rush) for a fireside chat In Conversation session with fellow Australian and current Red Sea IFF Jury President, writer, director and producer Baz Luhrmann. After his massive success in the Marvel Universe franchise, Hemsworth teamed up with the Russo Brothers yet again for the Netflix original film Extraction making history for the streaming service. Bringing ...
Vanity Fair Europe honours Egyptian Screen Icon Nabila Ebeid In celebration of female voices in film, the Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF) and Vanity Fair Europe hosted the 5th Women In Cinema Dinner event this evening, shining a light on the achievements of women both on and behind the camera who are helping shape the film industry and inspire a new generation of talent in Saudi Arabia, Africa, and India. This year, Red Sea IFF and Vanity Fair Europe honoured Nab...
MONDAY, 4TH DECEMBER PRESS JUNKETS DALMA Press Junket: 11:00 - 12:30 - Festival Gardens COPA 71 Press Junket: 11:00 - 12:30 - Festival Gardens ALIHOPA: THE DALKURD STORY Press Junket: 11:00 - 12:30 - Festival Gardens 24 HOURS WITH GASPAR Press Junket: 11:00 - 12:30 - Festival Gardens DONGA Press Junket: 11:00 - 12:30 - Festival Gardens IRAQ’S INVISIBLE BEAUTY Press Junket: 11:00 - 12:30 - Festival Gardens MANDOOB Press Junket: 14:00 - 16:00 - Fest...
The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF), in partnership with VOX Cinemas, NEOM and the MBC GROUP, welcomed cinema lovers and the global film community to its the third edition, which will run from 30 November - 9 December in Jeddah. Yasir Al Yasiri’s HWJN had its world premiere to kick off the festival, and the screening was attended by the director and lead cast: Nour Alkhadra, Baraa Alem, Naif Aldaferi, Alanoud Saud, Mohsen Mansour and Shaimaa Al Tayeb. Jury President Baz...
FEATURE FILMS COMPETITION The jury of the Feature Film Competition was composed by Lyda Patitucci (Italy), Clément Rauger (France), Martin Rejtman (Argentina), Angel Sala (Spain), and Elisabetta Sgarbi (Italy). Best film (18.000 €) to: LA PALISIADA by Philip Sotnychenko (Ukraine) With the following motivation: Complex film of great directorial freedom in the construction of concatenated scenes that find their own independent meaning. In his debut work, the dire...
Emotional moments at the closing of the TFF- Steve's della Casa last year-a surprize present from Torino footbal team at the end. The next edition will take place 22-30.11.2024. Ci vediamo nel 2024! ...
Actor and assistend director of the film Novruz Hikmet, his friend director Philip Sotnychenko is in Kiew and not able to attend the TFF because it's not so easy these days, because of the war he told me La Palisiada, Philip Sotnychenko’s debute feature film is the winner of the 41st Turin Film Festival. The world premiere took place at the Rotterdam Film Festival, and won the Fipresce award. La Palisiada br...
Today is December 2, the closing of the Torino International Film festival and definetaly the day of Oliver Stone. Just before the press conferance started in the middle of preparations lets say festival director Steve della Casa took his precious time and gave me an interview. We spoke about Jean-Luc Godard, Kyle Eastwood, John Wayne and of course Oliver Stone! Today is also last but not least the day of Oliver Stone, definitely! Photographers and journalists wer...
I asked Kyle Eastwood at the press conference about what he learned from his father and will like to pass on to his daughter. ...
After 9 days of plenty of industry activities, screenings and press conferences, it's time to say good bye. The festival started on 24.11 with the opening ceremony hosted by Steve della Casa and Catrinel Marlon and focusing on the maestro Pupi Avati, followed by Steve della Casa afterwards talk with Pupi Avati in the Versaille style palace Reggia di Venaria Regale of his Hollywood Party on Rai Radio 3. The night, also live on Rai Radio 3, saw the guest of honour Pupi Avati t...
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In recent years, the Community of Madrid has become the spearhead of the Ibero-American sector, thanks to its policy of support for the industry in terms of aid, fiscal and legal security, as well as being one of the safest regions in Europe. We will present the benefits and opportunities for the audiovisual sector in Madrid, as well as the events that take place in relation to the Community. PANELISTS Gonzalo Cabre...
MORE THAN 1500 FILMS OF 70 COUNTRIES WERE SUBMITED TO THE FESTIVAL Fantasporto announced today that the film submissions for the 44th edition of the Porto International Film Festival | Fantasporto'2024 closed end November and the line-up for this edition will be announced in December. The final program will be announced in January. Fantasporto 2024 will take place from March 1 to 10 at the Batalha Centro de Cinema and, possibly, at other venues in Porto. Around 90 feature films and 20 s...
The ASIAN WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (AWFF) 2023 Posted by Robin Menken The ASIAN WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (AWFF) 2023 returned to it's signature home at The Culver Theatre, currently run by Amazon. The festival ran from November 8 – 17. The Opening Night film was Concrete Utopia and Moscow Mission was the Closing Night Film. In a interesting development, both Canadian director Zarrar Kahn ("In Flames") and Malaysian director Amanda Nell Eu ("Tiger Stri...
Visions du Réel Registrations are still open! To submit your film or project, please click here to log in or create a new profile. Call for films We are looking for films for the official selection. International Feature Film Competition Burning Lights Competition National Competition International Medium Length and Short Film Competition Grand Angle Opening Scenes Highlights Special Screenings The films in competition are screened in world, inter...
The FIFO Pitch is back in a new format! ‘Ia ora na ! Registration for the Oceanian International Film Festival (FIFO) 2024 pitch is currently open. The countdown has begun, and we are quickly approaching the registration deadline. Registrations are open until December 15, 2023 What's the OCEANIA IMPACT PITCH for INDIGENATION? A unique opportunity for committed documentary project leaders to present their pitches to a panel of professionals and decisio...
Extended Submission Deadlines! We are extending the submission period for the 39th DOK.fest München (1 to 12 May 2024 @cinemas, 6 to 20 May 2024 @home)! We are looking for stirring, moving, curious, impressive and relevant documentary films. All submission deadlines at a glance DOK.education School Programme: 24 December 2023 (extended) DOK.fest München Film Programme: 31 December 2023...
Festival kicks off March 11th with Opening Night Gala This is Going to be Big with Nicholas Pinnock and Gemma Arterton films, ASA (World Premiere) and The Cunning amongst the first announced Closing Night sees an Irish ceilidh Oska Bright Film Festival is the world’s leading festival for films made by or featuring people with learning disabilities or autism. Over 110 films will be sh...
The Athletic Coup film festival announces it's selection. This film festival puts amateur athletes in the spotlight The Athletic Coup invites us on a journey of physical excellence that requires no competition, just a willingness to explore what our bodies are capable of. The festival's films highlight the many faces and forms of physical activity. Far beyond the "perfect" professional athlete or team, the films look at individual and comm...
SAVE THE DATE Join us for the 10th Annual Bentonville Film Festival! Mark your calendar! The 2024 Bentonville Film Festival is set for June 10 - 16! We are excited for our 10th annual festival and cannot wait to have you all with us to celebrate and champion inclusion in all forms of media. Entering this 10th year, led by Academy Award winner Geena Davis, BFF is a year-long platform culminating with our annual festival in partnership with our founding sponsor Walmart a...
DOC NYC has remained the largest and most important North American documentary festival. Held in person this year from November 8th to the 16th alongside streaming selected productions from the 8th to the 26th, DOC NYC once again displays its well-earned reputation for excellent curatorial program choices reiterated by the significant number of featured documentaries that have nominated for and received Oscars. DOC NYC 2023 selected 114 feature length documentaries and 129 short films. The pro...
*/ ADAF 2024: “Techno(s)cene” | Call for Entries for the 20th Anniversary Edition of the Athens Digital Arts Festival The Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF) is excited to announce the Call for Entries for its 20th edition, scheduled for 2024. With a rich history of showcasing cutting-edge digital art and fostering creative innovation, ADAF invites artists, scientists, intellectuals, technologists, and creators from around the world to be part of this milestone celebration by sub...
2023 Official Selection & Finalists Congratulations! ...
A special edition of El Gouna Film Festival will take place from December 14th to 21st. In addition to the program which was previously announced, this edition will include a special program dedicated to Palestinian cinema, in collaboration with the Palestine Film Institute, aiming to shed light on the current situation and inhumane conditions in Gaza. Additionally, a fundraising dinner is planned to gather donations for humanitarian aid efforts in Gaza in coordination with the Egyptia...
Congratulations to OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT winner Susan Kucera for her entertaining and provocative doc Wild Genius! Seasoned pro Kucera delivers a captivating, beautifully crafted and tight documentary with a mind-expanding message. Showcasing the exceptional life, career and mental health challenges of living legend Robert Trivers, the evolutionary biologist TIME magazine named as “one of the greatest scientists of the 20th Century”. Susan Kucera (USA), Wild Genius, Docume...
A UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD HAPPY HOLIDAYS SEASON! “Papa, the mushroom soup, of the Toadstool café, is such a delight!”, and so we are, after 16 years, still coming to celebrate the end of the year Holidays at Universal Studios Hollywood ! Just because we love it and because it feels like a real Christmas celebration with the Grinchmas set up, with all your favorite characters including Mr. Grinch himself! As we got to the park, and I recommend getting ther...
On January 26, the 47th edition of Göteborg Film Festival will open with the European premiere of Thea Hvistendahl's Handling the Undead, an adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist's successful novel. The film competes in the festival’s Nordic Competition, and the opening ceremony takes place both in Gothenburg and in cinemas across Sweden. The opening and Handling the Undead will also be part of Göteborg Film Festival's online programme and available for strea...
University students across Europe chose ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine Triet to receive this year’s European University Film Award. The European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg announced the decision on Friday night during an official reception for the nominees of the 2023 European Film Awards on the eve of the festive gala on Saturday, 9 December in the Arena, Berlin. Since October, the five nominated films, based on the European Film Awards Feature and Documentary Film...
Tryon International Film Festival Launches EcoHarmony Ciné Award to Spotlight Fictional Narratives and Podcast Productions Promoting Eco-Friendly Awareness TRYON, NC — The Tryon International Film Festival (TRIFF) proudly unveils the EcoHarmony Ciné Award, a prestigious category that extends beyond documentary features to emphasize fictional narratives and podcast productions promoting eco-friendly awareness. For the past decade, TRIFF has been a global platform fo...
“Baghdad Messi” directed by Sahim Omar Khalifa will be shown on the screen at the opening ceremony of the 10th edition of the "Dohok" international film festival in the "Congress" hall of Dohok University in the city of Dohok in the region of Kurdistan. According to the report of Mansour Jahani, an independent and international cinema journalist, The movie “Baghdad Messi” directed by Sahim Omar Khalifa is a joint production of Belgium, the N...
A Light Never Goes Out Posted by Robin Menken Anastasia Tsang’s gentle, elegiac film ”A Light Never Goes Out” was submitted as Hong Kong’s Official Foreign Submission to the 96th Oscar awards, although, for some reason, does not appear in the final list submitted to Academy voters. Mei-hsiang (Sylvia Chang), the widow of Hong Kong neon artist Bill (Simon Yam) discovers her late husband’s apprentice Leo (Henick Chou) still working in his closed worksho...
The Peasants Posted by Robin Menken Director DK Welchman and producer Hugh Welchman’s follow up to their landmark Painted animation feature "Loving Vincent" is The Peasants (Chłop), Poland’s submission for the 96th Academy Awards. Based on Władysław Reymont’s 1904-1909 Nobel Prize-winning novel of the same name, It follows a year in the life of a Polish village. Although set in the 19th century, the book, which is read by all Polish teens i...
Posted by Robin Menken Bossa Nova is making a comeback-filmically. First there was Roberto de Oliveira’s “Elis and Tom”,a documentary from remastered footage of a legendary recording session in LA in 1974: then Dandara Ferreira & Lô Politi bio pic about Gal Costa "Meu Nome e Gal"- a look at Gal Costa's career as part of Tropicalia's political resistance to the violence of Brazil's new dictatorship; and now Fernando Trueba and Javier...
Fantasporto 2024 is pleased to announce the complete retrospective of the director who won Fantasporto'2023 with the film MEGALOMANIA. Karim Quelhaj's. The retrospective include the films Parabole, Le Repas du Singe, L'Oeil Silencieux, Une Realité par seconde and, of course, Megalomaniac. There will be a MOVIE TALK with his participation and his producer Florence Saâdi, who has agreed to be a member of the International Jury. A symbolic tribute to the Belgian director is...
The 36th European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize achievements in European filmmaking, took place at Arena Berlin in Berlin on 9 December 2023. It was the twenty-second time that the awards ceremony took place in Germany. The full list of nominations was revealed on 7 November 2023. The french film by Justine Triet: "Anatomy of a fall" has been awarded with 5 top prizes: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Sandra Hülle...
It's time to know who the winners are! Watch all the awarded films at the TAP Castille cinema on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of December! Jury's Grand Prize
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Bergamo, Auditorium di Piazza della Libertà Štarter by Péter Dóczé (Hungary, 2022) wins the Ermanno Olmi Award, an event aiming to promote short films by young directors. The short film Štarter by Péter Dóczé (Hungary, 2022) wins the fourth Edition of the Ermanno Olmi Award, an event aiming to promote short films by young directors. Second place goes to Things Unheard Of by Ramazan Kıl...
Three films have been shortlisted for this year's Arab Critics' Awards for European Films, which were launched by European Film Promotion (EFP) and the Arab Cinema Center (ACC) five years ago. Io Capitano by Matteo Garrone (Italy) / Fallen Leaves by Aki Kaurismäki (Finland) / Lost Country by Vladimir Perišić (Serbia) From a total of 25 submitted European films, the three finalists are coming from Finland (Fallen Leaves), Italy (Io Capitano) and Serbia (Lost ...
Contact: Rick Prickett, Competition Director 858-454-9787 TheIndieFEST.com Info@TheIndieFEST.com La Jolla, CA, November 2023 - The IndieFEST is proud to announce the latest winners. Congratulations to all the filmmakers who participated in the current season!The awards go to those filmmakers who produce fresh, standout entertainment and compelling documentaries. The IndieFEST is a top-tier international awards competition. It honors professionals, es...
Lupita Nyong'o © Nick Barose The Kenyan-Mexican actor, director, producer and New York Times bestselling author Lupita Nyong'o will be President of the International Jury of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. Ever since her 2014 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 12 Years a Slave (director: Steve McQueen), Lupita Nyong'o has been one of the most high-profile international actors, inspiring audiences and film critics alike....
Tricia Tuttle appointed as new director of the Berlin International Film Festival. Chaired by the Minister of State for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth, the Board of Supervisors of the Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes in Berlin GmbH (KBB) today approved the selection committee's proposal to appoint Tricia Tuttle as director of the Berlin International Film Festival from April 2024. Tricia is "The right choice to lead the Berlinale successfully into the future ...
With Featured Performance by Billie Eilish and Finneas, Gala was Co-Chaired by Ava Duvernay, Dr. Eric Esrailian, Halle Berry, and Ryan Murphy, Presented by Rolex L to R: Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, Sofia Coppola Meryl Streep Photographed By Hunter Abrams for Academy Museum Oprah Winfrey Photographed by Stefanie Keenan/ Getty Images for Academy Museum Sofia Coppola Photographed by Emma MacIntyre/ Getty Images for Academy Museum The Academy Museum of M...
PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS TO HONOR DANIELLE BROOKS WITH THE SPOTLIGHT AWARD, ACTRESS The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Danielle Brooks is the recipient of the Spotlight Award, Actress for her performance in The Color Purple. The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 15, 2024. The event will be sponsored by Entertainment Tonight and IHG Hotel...
Best view on the ILTM at the Palais in Cannes from the lounge of Italian hotelier Giulia Pazienza Gelmetti, owner of luxury retreat Sikelia on the island of Panteleria. Madonna came, Cate Blanchett too and Armani who has his villa on the island sends his guests over to Sikelia. Whoever arrives on the island, they leave the stress behind and settle into a new rhythm, the African one. The island of Panteleria is a hidden gem, closer to Africa than to Palermo. It is this African silence pair...
Memoriam of Yılmaz Güney, the 1982 Palme d’or winner in Cannes in DuhokIFF The jury members for the World Cinema and Kurdish Cinema competition categories of the 10th edition of Duhok International Film Festival have been introduced, with filmmaker Emin Alper as the jury president of the international segment. According to the report of Mansour Jahani, an independent and international cinema journalist, Massoud Arif, the official speaker for the 10th Duhok International...
Molly Conners is founder and CEO of Phiphen, an independently owned film, television, and digital media company focused on producing, creative, smart, and efficiently budgeted productions for a global audience. Currently a member of the Producers Guild of America, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the Television Academy, and the advisory board for the production software company, SHOWRUNNER. Molly is Emmy nominated and has produced or executive produced dozens of feature fil...
New artistic director for the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film: Spearheading ITFS: Annegret Richter joins Heike Mozer In June of this year, Heike Mozer took over the commercial management, and now the artistic position of the Film- und Medienfestival gGmbH (FMF) has also been filled: Annegret Richter, an experienced curator and festival organiser who has known and accompanied the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) for years, is...
EoY (End of Year) is true to its name: December 31st, 2023 (Midnight PST)
Early Deadline: January 26th, 2024 (Midnight PST)
Regular Deadline: March 29th, 2024 (Midnight PST)
Late Deadline: April 5th, 2024 (Midnight PST)
The Golden Trailer Awards is the award show honoring the best in feature film previews and global marketing. The show is an audio visual extravaganza of non-stop entertainment and adrenaline-pumping fun. Packing a year’s worth of explosions, laughs, surprises and hit music into a fast and furious thrill ride, the press has dubbed the GTA’s “the Academy Awards for the short attention span.”
Taking only 90 minutes to roll through 17 categories ranging from Best Drama to the Golden Fleece, the Golden Trailer Awards is as diverse and exciting as the art form to which it pays homage.
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April 16, 2024
DEADLINE - DECEMBER 31, 2023
JUDGING BEGINS - DECEMBER
STORYTELLERS GALA - APRIL 16, 2024
New York Festivals TV & Film Awards honors content in all lengths and forms from over 50 countries. Embracing all aspects of the Television and Film industries, categories mirror today's global trends and encourage the next generation of story-tellers by recognizing innovators in our 14 Category Groups: News Program, News Reports/Feature, Sports Program, Documentary, Entertainment Program, Entertainment Special, Craft Program, Promotion/Open & ID, Craft Promotion/Open & ID, Streaming, Student, Films, Corporate Image, and Craft Films/Productions.
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March 1-10,2024
Final deadline for shorts and features: November 30th 2023
The 44th edition of the PORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – FANTASPORTO 2024 will take place from March 1st till the 10th of 2024 at BATALHA CENTRO DE CINEMA
The Festival main purpose is screening and promoting films of quality, both aesthetically and thematically, and to seek new forms and methods of filmmaking.
Submitted films must be portuguese premieres of films shot in 2023
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Early Bird deadline: December 31 2023
The Global Entertainment Awards honour the role marketing and promotion play in powering the entertainment industry. We celebrate the creative people around the world whose work drives us to want, play, watch and listen to entertainment.
7 Regions. 4 Consumer Entertainment Markets.
26 Awards Categories. Pricing
Early Bird Entry Deadline 31 December 2023.
Regional Winners announced February 2024.
Global Entertainment Awards Winners announced March 2024.
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Earlybird Deadline October 6
Regular Deadline November 17
Late Deadline December 8
Extended Deadline December 29, 2023
Notifications March 8, 2024
Event Date April 23 – 27 2024
Submissions end December 31st, 2023, submit through filmfreeway.com, or through the festivals website, myrtlebeachfilmfestival.com
Selected by Movie Maker Magazine as one of the top 25 film festivals worth the submission, one of the top festivals in the world by Film international and touted by many as one of the most important independent film festivals in the circuit. We are passionate about film and it shows!
The MBIFF screens projects in a multi-million dollar theater, housing state of the art technology.
We look forward to viewing your film /project!
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June 5 - 8, 2024
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August 31, 2023 Earlybird Deadline
November 30, 2023 Regular Deadline
January 15, 2024 Late Deadline
February 15, 2024 Extended Deadline
Home of the NYC Indie Awards the festival aims to discover the Artist Filmmaker, showcasing them to the entertainment industry and the NYC public. All NYCIndieFF screenings take place in the historic center of NYC, Time Square which is the perfect home for an event geared toward creating incredible opportunities for independent voices.
NYCIndieFF honors the Best in Category which includes Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Narrative, Best Super Short, Best Covid Diaries, as well as Best Director and Best Screenplay.
New York City Independent Film Festival (NYCIndieFF) will hold a physical festival this year. We will celebrate the Independent Filmmaker, documentaries, short and feature-length films and animation. Whether a submission is comedic, dramatic, or something in between, The NYCIndieFF is eager to embrace fresh ideas and storytelling.
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April 24 – 28, 2024
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Regular Deadline: January 8, 2024
RANKED AS ONE OF THE TOP 50 FILM FESTIVALS WORTH THE SUBMISSION FEE BY MOVIEMAKER MAGAZINE AND ONE OF THE TOP REVIEWED ON FilmFreeway, JDIFF is known for its networking opportunities, best communication, quaint location, great programming, friendly staff & volunteers, inquisitive audience, multiple screening opportunities, workshops, panels, amazing events and parties and so much more! And most importantly, lots of FREE FOOD in our filmmaker lounge, where many friendships and collaborations have been made.
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Our final nominees are judged by our Jury members of Film professionals, such as Directors, Producers, Critics, Director of Photography, etc and choose the final winner of each category.
JDIFF acknowledges emerging filmmakers from around the world and is committed to bringing world class entertainment to the heart of the midwest.
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The 6th annual French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF) will recognize and celebrate short-form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two-day festival that includes screenings, awards ceremony, and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short-form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Best Lifestyle Short, Best Fashion Short, Best Music Video, Best Female Filmmaker Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, Best Activism Short, Best Micro Short Award, Industry Excellence Award, and Lifetime Achievement Awards . Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media, and influencers. SUBMIT I Website I Profile on filmfestivals.com I Email contact
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Wild Genius Robert Trivers documentary by Susan Kucera
Social impact documentary on evolutionary biologist Robert Travis, 1h 12 USA September 2023
Wild Genius portrays the exceptional life, career and mental health challenges of living legend Robert Trivers, the evolutionary biologist TIME magazine named as “one of the greatest scientists of the 20th Century”. Harvard psychologist and best selling Author, Steven Pinker calls him “an under-appreciated genius, and one of history’s greatest thinkers in the analysis of behavior and emotion.” An advocate for civil rights, Trivers’ straightforward logic makes an empowering case: understanding our evolutionary past isn't a life sentence but a liberating force. Wild Genius is an entertaining and intellectual odyssey that challenges us to confront our evolutionary roots and societal taboos, daring us to think differently about ourselves and our place in the natural world. This isn't just the story of a groundbreaking scientist; it's an invitation to transform our understanding of life itself. We have the cognitive tools to know ourselves better and, by extension, to make a better world.
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Maya by Julia Verdin
USA 2023 1hour 44 minutes written and directed by Julia Verdin
Teenage Maya is raised in a household stricken by her father’s abandonment.
Maya makes the wrong encounter on social media and meets Ray a handsome stranger she falls for: he encourages Maya to run away from home...she ends up being set up for appointments with Ray’s “clients” until Police finds her. Can Maya's mother help her get back on her feet, or will Maya be forever lost to the dark world she has fallen prey to?
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Through the real-life experience of several transgender youth and expert interviews, this docudrama provides an uncensored look into the forces behind this movement and reveals untold stories you have never heard.
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Some who took vaccine with the noblest of intentions experienced unexpected debilitating aftereffects. Instead of compassion, they were met with skepticism; instead of being helped they were shunned; instead of being heard, they were silenced. Join us as we bring their stories out of the shadows so they can be heard and seen and no longer alone.
And yet nobody's coming to the rescue of truth?
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France 93 minutes
August 2014. ISIS invades the city of Sinjar, home to a religious minority called the Yazidis, in the north west of Irak.
Sibel, a 13-year-old girl, witnesses the slaughter of her entire family.
Alongside thousands of other women and young girls from her community, she is then kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery.
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Rear View Cataclysm by Eric Frodsham
2023 USA 96 minutes
Rear View Cataclysm is the story of two brothers and an ex-girlfriend who try to recapture the love and passion and of their past. Edison is trapped in a toxic marriage and invites down-on-his-luck brother, Blake (Jason Liebrecht), to a popular local music festival. Broke and depressed, Blake agrees, not realizing that Edison has also invited Mazie (Caroline Ducey), his ex-girlfriend. No one can predict the course of desire, reconciliation and regret that unfolds. Set against the barren landscapes of rural Texas and featuring the hypnotic sounds of Grouper and Govinda along with Punk Rock Bands Zounds and The Jesus Lizard, Rear View Cataclysm is a feast for the heart and senses.
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Il est l'heure pour le festival Cinélatino des premières révélations : l’affiche dessinée par Ronald Curchod pour le 36e festival et les grands axes de la programmation. Sans perdre de vue son engagement politique, Cinélatino explorera cette année, en coproduction avec La Cinémathèque de Toulouse, le cinéma fantastique mexicain. Habité par des monstres, des vampires ou des re...
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