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A look back at the Festival circuit this week. Newsletter 678 - Filmfestivals.com
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Creation was always imagined as a mysterious process. Following these filmmakers, brings to light their passion, their imagination and their magical process. A documentary film by Noelle Deschamps staring Guillermo Arriaga, Jacques Audiard, John Boorman and many more authors explaining what their dream was and how it came... Noëlle DESCHAMPS France President / Artistic Directeur of éQuinoxe After studying Political Science at the IEP in Aix-en-...
Under the title "Human Beasts", this program (Les Animômes) was made for Animation DAY in France by the Short Film Agency and the French Association of Animation Film, addressing one of the favorite themes of fantasy cinema: the animality, or sometimes woven ambiguous relationship between man and animal. EFX will introduce the 55 minutes long selection and present two shorts from La Femis the leading French Film School from France. LES ANIMMÔMES ...
EFX aims at presenting the best practices from France in production, distribution and sales to foster creativity within the Indonesian filmmaking community. Our sessions will include masterclasses in acting coaching, and scriptwriting and a series of panels with experts sharing their experience and vast knowledge of film distribution (features and shorts) Film Marketing & Release Strategy Our panel of experts have between them...
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EFX Film Forum 2015 kicks off the Equator Film Expo, Southeast Asia’s freshest film making event, bringing you international filmmakers, worldwide expertise and experience in the film industry. The EFX Film Forum conferences, workshops & masterclasses with a special focus on French know-how provide the perfect chance for you to learn and share your cinematic passion. Come and learn and share your ideas! &nb...
Welcome to the Equator Film Expo (EFX), Southeast Asia’s newest and most exciting new film industry rendezvous point, where we encourage, develop, foster and connect film businesses within the local industry and the rest of the world. EFX draws on the energy, warmth and creativity of the dynamic and flourishing Indonesian film industry to provide a series of international-scale events incorporating a Film Forum, Film Fair and Film Fest which bridge the gap between East and West. The inau...
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Burbank International Film Festival Calling
September 9-13, 2015
Late Deadline April 30
The Film Freeway code for a $5.00 discount for www.FilmFestivals.com is: Festival
The Burbank International Film Festival is now accepting Submissions for the 2015 Festival taking place September 9th-13th in Beautiful Downtown Burbank CA. The Media Capitol of the World.
BIFF IS AN IMDB QUALIFYING FESTIVAL
The seventh annual Burbank International Film Festival (BIFF) presents five-days of film screenings from around the world in 20 categories and kicks-off with a special Opening Night Screening and Gala Reception. The Festival continues with Film Screenings, Celebrity Red Carpet Events, After Parties and Receptions and will culminate with a star-studded Closing Night Gala Dinner and Awards Show.
Burbank International Film Festival's blog I Website: www.burbankfilmfest.org I SUBMIT
Tackling Torture Video Contest
Winners Announced JUNE 26, 2015
Deadline for entries EXTENDED TO JUNE 1, 2015
Torture does not save lives. And it is illegal. Too many people think otherwise.
Tackling Torture at the Top, through this contest, hopes to produce entertaining and informative videos that contradict this harmful and inhumane view, educate the public, raise questions about the direction of our foreign policy and our use of the military, and by so doing, give the public the awareness and courage to rein in our country’s out of control security apparatus. Two $500 and two $300 prizes. Open to amateurs and professionals of any country.
Tackling Torture Video Contest's blog I Website tacklingtorturevideocontest.webs.com I SUBMIT
DC Shorts Film Festival and Screenwriting Competitions
Festival: September 10–20, 2015
Screenplay Competition Friday, September 18, 2015
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2015
The 11-day event (September 10–20, 2015) will include film screenings, Q&As, filmmaker workshops and parties in locations throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area, as well as online, through the DC Shorts Online Film Festival
The festival has been named as the “Coolest Short Film Festival” by MovieMaker Magazine, and is a three-time winner of the Washington City Paper’s “Coolest Short Film Festival” contest/award.
SUBMIT YOUR SHORT FILM NOW I SUBMIT YOUR SHORT SCREENPLAY NOW
DC Shorts's blog I Website: http://festival.dcshorts.com
Adelaide Film Festival
October 15-25
Deadline for entries is Friday 2 June 2015.
AFF accepts feature films and shorts (drama, documentary, hybrid, experimental and animation) made in Australia and internationally. These can be any length or genre.
The Festival is looking for the best independent films from all around the world. We seek untold stories and unspoken voices. SUBMIT your feature-length, documentary, short, super-short, music video or animation. Deadlines are quickly approaching! We proudly announce more prizes to the “2015 Best of Festival” in the following categories:
- Director, Cinematography and Short Screenplay win a 7,500 USD camera rental package provided by PANAVISION + a SONY VEGAS Pro 13 each
- Narrative Feature, Documentary, Animation, Short Documentary, Short Film, Super Short Film and Music Video win a SONY VEGAS Pro 13 each.
We’ll shortly announce the prizes for Best Actor and Best Actress. SUBMIT your film!
NYC Indie Film Fest's blog I Website: https://www.nycindieff.com/
FINAL, FINAL DEADLINE is midnight MARCH, 20, 2015
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.” AwMay 6th at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills
Tickets to GTA16 held on May 6th at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills click here
June 5, 2015 Late Deadline
Urbanworld Film Festival has opened submissions for the 19th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, to be held on September 23rd through 27th in NYC. The five-day festival includes narrative features, documentaries, short films, spotlight screenings and conversations, live staged screenplay readings, the Urbanworld Digital track focused on digital and social media, and Urbanworld Music, which highlights emerging talent in live performances during after party events.
The Urbanworld Film Festival is an initiative of the Urbanworld Foundation Inc., a nonprofit organization that endeavors to consistently manifest its mission of redefining and advancing the presence and impact of the multicultural community in cinema and cross-platform media.
Submit your short or feature length narrative or documentary film today.
Urbanworld Film Festival New York's blog I Website www.urbanworld.org I SUBMIT
The regulations and entry forms to submit a film to the 2015 edition of the MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL are available for download. Please follow the links to get a copy.
- 2015 REGULATIONS
- ENTRY FORM FOR THE 2015 MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
- ENTRY FORM FOR THE 2015 CANADIAN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
Click to submit your film
The Montreal World Film Festival's blog I Website http://www.ffm-montreal.org/
The 11th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Conference/Film Market, scheduled for August 13-22, 2015 at the world famous TCL Chinese Theatre and Roosevelt Hotel, is now accepting submissions. (www.withoutabox.com/login/4655) 2014 HSFF, 3 times named to MovieMaker Magazine “Top 25 Fests Worth the Entry Fee” lists, featured over 400 projects showcasing stars and filmmakers including Sofia Loren, Bill Plympton, Anthony and Joe Russo, and Felicia Day. HSFF awarded over $150,000 in prizes, including $50,000 in post services courtesy of COMPANY 3 and METHOD STUDIOS for Best Short, Director, Music Video, Cinematography, VFX, and Commercial. Shorts HD distribution deals for winners and Final Draft prizes for Screenplay Contest winners.
HollyShorts.com/submissions: www.withoutabox.com/login/4655
Screenplays: www.withoutabox.com/login/12900
Hollyshorts's blog I Website http://hollyshorts.com/
Submit by march 20
Le MIAFF (April 16 – 19, 2015) is a Montreal-based international animation film festival providing a showcase for animators and animation producers to showcase and market their works.
Le MIAFF provides an animation industry conference, workshops for animators, producers network, cocktail networking and ANIMAZE DAYS international co-production incentive. For independent filmmakers festival strategy workshops.
Taking place during The City of Montreal Printemps Numerique (Digital Spring) Le MIAFF will also facilitate and curate works and subjects pertaining to digital arts.
Expect news to unfold, great guest and films to be screened. Motivational guest speakers, teachers and master classes. Taking place on site at Concordia state of the art Hall Theatre which just completed a 3.5 million dollar state of the art screening room.
The festival will screen animation features, shorts and experimental film. Industry conferences, panels and international co-productions will be facilitated. Workshops on the state of the art(s). Public film festival screening, panels and educational platform for children. A student film contest challenge from all graduate level animation film schools across the province of Quebec and Canada.
Submit
Animaze - Montreal International Animation Film Festival's blog I Website: http://animazefestival.com/
For festival consideration:
First feature by french actor director Thierry Seban. Produced by la Petite Reine (The Artist) and Diabolo Films (The Suicide Shop).
Synopsis: Alex is a divorced father, a stressed executive. His daily routine is work, work, work. Tonight he's in a hurry, he's due to meet a beautiful young stranger... who contacted him via the internet. But this blind date will flip him into a downward spiral and disrupt forever the course of his life. Thriller, 75 min., Scope, Dolby 5.1 Directed by Thierry Sebban Starring: Simon Abkarian, Igor Skreblin, Perrine Tourneux... Email us for a screener
Showing the BEST in independent film from around the world: February 21 - March 1, 2015. ROOTED IN PEACE SCREENINGS AT THE 2015 SEDONA FILM FESTIVAL Rooted in Peace will have its World Premiere: Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 9:10am - The Harkins Theatre, Sedona, AZ Friday, February 27th at 3:00pm – Mary D Fisher Theatre, Sedona, AZ From features to shorts, documentaries to animation and foreign films to student films, you will be treated to a cinephile’s dream ...
The filmmaker of such blockbuster movies Men in Black, Get Shorty and Addams Family, Barry Sonnenfeld will direct and produce a film adaptation of the documentary An Honest Liar. Now the question is who will be playing the charismatic James "The Amazing" Randi? Johnny Depp is our guess. See press links below. Variety The Hollywood Reporter With HBO's true crime documentary The Jinx making headlines last week, we recognize today when documentary films are mixed with...
The New York Asia Society presented from March 6 – 13 Homecoming Myanmar, the first US screening of the films by Midi Z, a Burmese-Taiwanese film maker. Under the military dictatorship the once vibrant Burmese film industry was destroyed and is now slowly recovering; overcoming the obstacles of having no film infra-structure and competing with pirated films. Midi Z was born in 1982 in Myanmar to ethnic Chinese parentage and raised there. He left at the age of 16 for Taiwan where h...
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 been showcased on such a grand scale. ...
Harvey Keitel will appear in the first season of Rio Heat opposite Victor Webster as Hubert Humbolt. Hubert is a mysterious figure, an ex-CIA operator who now owns the largest private investigation company in the world. He opens his Rio branch (enlisting our heroes to run it) as well as continuing to do contract work for his government cronies. Jon Cassar the Emmy-winning 24 producer/director will executive produce and direct multiple episodes of the action/comedy series. Rio Heat will be shot e...
Festival to screen never-before-seen footage of Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s historic free climb of El Capitan’s Dawn Wall in Yosemite The 12th annual Vail Film Festival takes place March 26 – 29, 2015, in one of the United States’ premier ski destinations, Vail, Colorado, and is pleased to announce that climber Kevin Jorgeson will be in attendance to screen never-before-seen footage of his recent epic climb of El Capitan&...
MANIFF's secret screenwriter is still giving out his screenwriting tips for free. Still wondering who he is? "If you feel you would much prefer to run with your story idea and start writing your script today instead of answering what appear to be dumb questions and making lists, I would strongly advise you not to. " Instead head over to the screenwriting blog for this weeks lesson. http://www.maniff.com/the-craft-of-screenwriting/2015/3/...
Social photographer and 'witness of the human condition,' Sebastiao Salgado, has traveled the world a few times over capturing photographs for his books: Other Americas: 1977-1984 - The People of the Andes, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Mexico. Sahel: The End of the Road: 1984-1986 - Capturing Drought, Famine, and Disease in Niger, Mali, and Ethiopia. Workers: 1986-1991 – Archeology of Industrial Areas Paying homage to the men and women who build the wor...
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FILMADRID International Film Festival was born with the determination to discover new paths in the landscape of contemporary cinematography, with a focus in the promotion and exhibition of author cinema. We accept films from all over the world. The call is open to fiction and non fiction films, with special interest in works that innovate in their narrative and formal approaches, regardless of production formats. FILMADRID is created by Pasajes de Cine, a cultural association based in Madrid. ...
Aktionsart is proud to announce BLACK BOX 2.0, the second edition of the first international art, film and technology festival in Seattle. The festival takes place May 6 - June 7, 2015, during the Seattle International Film Festival. It is organized independently by Aktionsart, a new art and technology nonprofit in the Pacific Northwest. Programming is nomadic and antidisciplinary, presenting contemporary artists who expand the language of cinema. The festival is focused on ...
The Annapolis Film Festival, running for four days from March 26th to 29th, is presenting several panels of interest to filmmakers. Friday Panels at the O’Callaghan Annapolis Hotel, 174 West Street The Art of the Pitch Friday, March 27, 10am-11am “The Pitch” is one of the most and anxiety-inducing aspects of filmmaking. Hear inside tips on how to sell an idea to the right people in a short period of time and how to put together elements that deliver a green li...
“New Creators Award” for serial dramas by newcomers. Film producer Nico Hofmann is supporting the search for sponsors for the prize. With a worldwide reputation as a forum for the discovery of new directorial talent in arthouse cinema, the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg is establishing a new competition for creative, intelligent serial dramas by highly talented newcomers. “What the young writer-directors...
The streaming will be organised by M. M is a streaming service for film festivals determined to help filmmakers gain recognition, distribution, and reach. M merges your physical audience to digital audiences limited by time, geography, and/or finances. M offers live, interactive, and on-demand viewing seamlessly from your website and pay portal with our seasoned streaming and production team scaling to your custom needs. M also offers filmmakers marke...
We are proud to announce the world premiere of the Motion Graphic Novel “The Land of the Magic Flute” at Animaze le MIAFF Montreal international Animation Filmfestival on the 16th of April 2015 as pre opener of the festival. The installation wiçll be featured on 3 screens with live music performance. The event will be streamed worlwide by M Brands Film. The show will have an encore with live performance in the industry Hall - 7th heaven April 17th. &...
Winners to Receive Cash Prizes and Option Consideration from Kickstart Productions Geena Davis and ARC Entertainment’s Bentonville Film Festival (BFF) has instituted a new feature film screenplay competion dubbed the ‘Dernsie” – a name coined by Jack Nicholson in describing BFF Board of Advisors member Bruce Dern’s acting technique when they were filming the movie DRIVE. Hollywood Legend Bruce Dern has worked with talented screenwriters such as Academy...
16th HFFNY runs April 9-17, 2015 The 16th Havana Film Festival NY announced that eighteen films will be competing to receive the Havana Star Prize for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay, as well as the Havana Star Prize for Best Documentary. The awards will be announced at the festival's Closing Night Ceremony on April 17 at the Directors Guild Theatre. Prominent members of Latino culture and film industry will choose the winning films. In the fiction category, the jury...
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...
At a press conference at Locarno the full program for the third edition of L’immagine e la parola, the Festival del film Locarno’s spring event, part of Primavera Locarnese, was announced. Guests of honor are French writer, screenwriter and filmmaker Emmanuel Carrère –co-curator of the program –, Oscar winning director Pawel Pawlikowski and actress and director Valeria Golino. L’immagine e la parola, held 19 – 22 March, at the venu...
#VOFF5 launches with fully-curated animation edition and a new jury made up of leading industry talent Zurich – March 12, 2015 – Viewster ( http://www.viewster.com/), the only online video service with its own global film festival, is launching the latest edition of the Viewster Online Film Fest #VOFF5: Animated Worlds (12 – 26 March), with films that bring to life some of the finest animated worlds – from far-off galaxies to worlds with...
WE OPEN NEXT WEEK!! 13th ANNUAL GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL FEATURES 180 FILMS Premieres and Award-Winning Work Presented Atlantic City, NJ - March 5, 2015 - International, domestic and local filmmakers will showc...
2015 marks the 100th anniversary of Bulgarian Cinema and special acknowledgement of SOFIA as one of the UNESCO's Creative Cities of Film. For 19th year Sofia International Film Festival will gather together in Sofia films, guests, stars, journalists and cinema fans from 5th until 29rd March 2015. Featured in Variety’s Top 50 of cinema festivals, the event presents Bulgaria to the world as the host one of the important film festivals in Europe and takes plac...
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Text and photos: Leopoldo Soto del Toro JAIRO BUSTAMENTE MARIA MERCEDES CROY IXCANUL PEDRO HARES Best Short RETES-Y-ARAU STEPHANIE-SIGMNA Ivan Trujillo, head dean film festival in Mexico has been instrumental in consolidating this celebration as one of the most important in Latin America, and why not; the world. Trujillo; has the consensus of filmmakers, producers, sustained confidence in the years chaired the Film Library of
At the festive opening of HAFF the winner of the Professional Award was presented and the nominees for the Grand Prix of Dutch Animation were revealed. Professional Award for Dutch animation The Professional Award for Dutch animation was awarded to The Black Room by Robbie Cornelissen & Kees Went. The expert jury, consisting of Marieke van Middelkoop (filmmaker, NL), Menno de Nooijer (performer and filmmaker, NL) and Serge Onnen (filmmaker, NL), said this about the film: ‘...
14 extraordinary winners capture stories from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Haiti, India, Kenya, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, Spain, Syria, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom and the United States. "Part of the joy and honor of being a SIMA juror is getting to experience the next wave of documentaries that will help shape the future of the field and our world.” -...
This year at the International Women's Film Festival in Dortmund, the RWE Film Award is being conferred for a sixth time on a feature film director. With the prize money totalling €15,000, eight feature films have been entered – all made by women directors who can look back on a long and notable career of film-making. Including works from Poland, Colombia, Japan and Iran, the spectrum ranges from a Balkan comedy to a radical docufiction drama about cancer and thus celebrates a wea...
Fest Head Jesús de la Pena Sevilla, FIPRESCI General Secretary Klaus Eder IBAFF, the International Film Festival of Murcia, Spain, presented an Honorific Award to FIPRESCI. Film critics would, so the motivation, "for more than half a century have had the courage to stimulate works that have been formally daring. These works have determined the course, in one way or another and sometimes radically, of the cinematic universe of their time". A small series of FIPRESCI-awarded ...
Hungarian feature “ Liza, the Fox Fairy” is the winner of the fantasy competition in the 35th edition of the Oporto international Film Festival – Fantasporto. Receiving the Special Effects Award as well, this film was presented in World Premiere at the Portuguese film festival. The director came to the city of portwine to introduce the film about a beautiful nurse who turns in a fox fairy out of jealousy. The Special Award of the jury went to “Wolfcop” by Cana...
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Photo by Myrna Suarez The San Francisco Film Society announced today that Richard Gere, one of American cinema's screen legends, will be the recipient of the Peter J. Owens Award for excellence in acting at the 58th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 23 - May 7). The award will be presented to Gere at Film Society Awards Night, Monday, April 27, at The Armory. The Film Society and its year-round exhibition, education and f...
A young man in Romania becomes obsessed to make a movie with Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway after seeing her in The Dark Knight Rises. He tricks three Romanian actresses into thinking that he is a film director and shoots scenes from the movie that he wants to make with Anne in order to send them to her as proof of his filmmaking and acting skills, to convince her to come to Romania and play in his movie. The actresses are unaware of his goal towards Anne and think that they ar...
9th Asian Film Awards Recognizes Miki NAKATANI with Excellence in Asian Cinema Award Organized by the Asian Film Awards Academy, the Asian Film Awards (AFA) will present the Excellence in Asian Cinema Award to popular Japanese actress Miki NAKATANI at the AFA Ceremony at the Venetian Theatre of the Venetian Macao, on March 25, 2015 (Wed). Previous AFA special award winners include Japanese director Yoji YAMADA, Indian actor Amitabh BACHCHAN, Chinese director ZHANG Yimou, Taiwanese director HO...
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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...
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