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A look back at the Festival circuit this week. Newsletter 679 - Filmfestivals.com
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Pitching Lab Do you have a script or a great idea for a film? That’s fantastic – but what should you call it, and how can you get the green light to get it into production? Choosing the right title for your film is not always as simple as it seems, but we can help! Learn the rules and when to break them, find out how to craft your words and avoid common pitfalls like direct translations, and explore all the mysteriou...
Acting Coaching (For Actors) So what is an Acting Coach? You’ll probably find as many definitions as there are coaches, many complicated and even contradictory. Our expert will cut through the confusion and explain how acting coaches work and what they can offer to help Directors get the best out of their actors. In this session, you’ll be taken through three important areas. First, how to efficiently prepare yourself to face the camer...
There seems to be great expectations around the launch of EFX. Watch the coverage so far. “EFX Film Forum to welcome Indonesian film lovers in Jakarta”, read at Indonesianewsstand.com, 17 March 2015 “EFX Film Forum to welcome Indonesian film lovers in Jakarta”, read at Jakarta Post, 17 March 2015 “EFX Film Forum 2015: France in Focus Segera Digelar”, reat at 21Cineplex.com, 13 March 2015 “Julie Estelle Pilih Indonesia Ketimbang Hollyw...
Cinando is the depository of the best and most comprehensive collection of film industry contacts, contracts, projects in development, films for sale, and schedules of upcoming festivals, and is partnered with a host of the very best major international film events including Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, Hong Kong, Busan AFM and Sundance. Its scope, quality and size make it one of the most crucial tool for any film maker who wants to optimise at...
Film Marketing & Release Strategy Our panel of experts have between them released more than a thousand films in France, and are experts in designing and implementing marketing plans and release strategies. And, while each film is of course unique, they are ready to pass on the tricks of their TRADE in this informative session. Just as an impressionist painting requires the careful placement of each dot to convey the vibrant ambience you can see from a distance, and ever...
Together they will bring to Indonesia the best of France experience on relasing films in a highly competitive market. Learn from our expertS. Bruno Chatelin CONFERENCE CHAIR Digital pioneer and entrepreneur Bruno Chatelin is a marketer and film distributor who has launched more than 200 films over the past 30 years. His experience spans film making, production, training, studio management, distribution, marketing and online resources. He is a co-founder of filmfestiva...
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-...
EFX will introduce the Best Shorts from France, screening a 80 minutes program at Institut du Film Français. A selection of animations by Agence du Court Métrage, one of the graduation shorts by La Femis (leading french school) the winner of The Cesar 2015 Best Animation Short, the Audience Award Winner of Annecy (N°1 animation Festival and Market in the world) and the winner of Cannes Banlieuz Art competion. Under the title "Human Beasts", this program (L...
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...
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...
Le MIAFF 2015 has an incredible poster for this year's edition. An artwork which combines old with new, the poster symbolises the continuous evolution in the world of animation. Our pencilman waters the animation flower with the latest tech microchip-pot. Inspired and created by Tom Tassel, the poster will soon be all over Montreal, exceeding the expectation for the festival, set for April 16 - 19. Be Ani-mazed! ...
It is with great delight that within a few short days ANIMAZE will announce the time date and place of the LE MIAFF! Festival OFFICIAL Program press conference. The BIG reveal! Next week in the heart of downtown Montreal Canada we'll do a presser with style! We are excited to present the OFFICIAL Animaze MIAFF poster 2015 designed by Animator Tom Tassel EXPOSED!, programming and jury Animaze 2015 REVEALED annual clip by filmmaker with FUNK! filmmaker Steve Wol...
Laurie Gordon Festival Director is waiting for you “We are very happy and proud to announce Mozart's Magic Flute produced by German based Interactive Media Foundation as part of our opening night program at the Montreal International Animation Film Festival.This special evening is a symbol of what Animaze aims to achieve bridging all niches of animation under one roof for four consecutive days in the animation capital of the world Montreal Canada. We ar...
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Submission Deadline: June 26
Gwinnett Center International Film Festival celebrates the accomplishments of locally produced and funded independent films, while expanding the awareness of films from all over the globe.
This year’s categories range from feature films to music videos to animation shorts and more! The 2015 GCI Film Festival is now accepting submissions thru multiple platforms:
Gwinnett Center International Film Festival's blog I Website: www.gcifilmfest.com I SUBMIT
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
Late Deadline April 30
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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.
DC Shorts's blog I Website: http://festival.dcshorts.com I SUBMIT YOUR SHORT FILM NOW I SUBMIT YOUR SHORT SCREENPLAY NOW
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. !
NYC Indie Film Fest's blog I Website: https://www.nycindieff.com/ I SUBMIT your film
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
The Montreal World Film Festival's blog I Website http://www.ffm-montreal.org/ I SUBMIT
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's blog I Website http://hollyshorts.com/ I SUBMIT SHORTS I SUBMIT SCREENPLAYS
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 ...
Woman in Gold, like The Wizard of Oz, is the story of a niece on a quest to regain family property after a storming. It has good and evil conjurers and even a straw man. Yet, contrary to the Kansas reverie, Simon Curtis's new film begins in a fairyland and flashes forward and backward among cloudier realms. First comes Vienna, Austria. It's 1907 and artist Gustav Klimt (Moritz Bleibtreu) is feverishly gilding the masterwork referenced in the film's title, Portrait of Adele Blo...
Trailer available in Cinando ScreenRoom. The 13th Step debuts at Cannes this year. Monica Richardson's explosive documentary exposing the frightening underbelly of Alchoholics Anonymous. ...
KEITH COLLINS -- DOUG BOLLINGER -- SAMANTHA ARTESE -- MICHAEL BILLY SIGN ON TO STAR IN NEW HORROR / THRILLER "CLEAN CUT" Award-Winning Team Begins Shooting in New Jersey April 2015 "The straightest people can be the most twisted" NY,NY- Production is announced today for the psychologically disturbing new Horror / Thriller feature film "Clean Cut." From mind of Aw...
Cinderella, Review: Kinder Ella and some Branagh courage Eschewing 3D and confining the classy animation/effects to only relevant scenes, Cinderella is a new take on the fable of the tortured step-daughter and her Prince Charming, with major roles played by animals and objects, led by a dazzling and highly desirable glass slippers that many teenagers would be willing to die for. It is the same old story, with minor cinematic license and major positive shift in logic. Ella (Eloise Webb) is an...
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The 5th International Uranium Film Festival starts April 15 in Quebec City, the worlds most important film festival on nuclear age on the 70th anniversary of the atomic bomb. "You won't leave the way You came!" The International Uranium Film Festivals has reached its 5th year. The Brazilian born festival is the world's largest showcase for movies and documentaries about nuclear power, from uranium mining to nuclear waste, from Hiroshima to Fukushima. This year, 2015, the Uran...
WORLD’S LARGEST FILM FESTIVAL FOR EMERGING FILMMAKERS ANNOUNCES COMPLETE 2015 PROGRAM This year’s festival focuses on supporting the next generation of female filmmakers, while providing a stage for rising talent around the world. The National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY), the world’s largest and most influential film festival for emerging directors, showcasing work by filmmakers 24 and younger from around the globe, will return for its ninth consecuti...
HAAPSALU HORROR AND FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL NEWSLETTER #1 The Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (HOFF) - the biggest genre fest in the Baltics celebrates its 10th anniversary from April 23 - 26. Jubilee specials include the helmer of shock-flick Aftermath NACHO CERDA, 90's retro-driven Sundance megahit TURBO KID, visually lush Spanish thriller MARSHLAND and Vietnamese crowdpleaser HOLLOW. NACHO CERDA HOFF is proud to present the Catalunian helmer of horror, a renow...
The Meetings on the Bridge, organised as part of the 34th Istanbul Film Festival on 11-17 April 2015 with the support of Anadolu Efes, brings filmmakers from Turkey together with professionals from the international market. The projects and films chosen for the Film Project Development Workshop and Work in Progress Workshop of the Meetings on the Bridge, where feature film and documentary projects, as well as films in production stage, will receive their first international present...
The FIFOG 2015 started yesterday Friday, March 20 at the Cinema : Function at the Maison des arts Grütli of Geneva. The opening was marked by the screening of the documentary film Earth absence , meeting with Adonis, by John Albert Jansen. Ensued the films Thousand and one Cairo and Not even any hurt, respectively by Jacques Siron , multimedia artist Genevan and Nadia El Fani, Tunisian activist. In his inauguration speech, the Artistic Director of FIFOG Tahar Houchi , bowed in memory of t...
> AWARDS WATCH
AND THE WINNERS ARE... Another month of fantastic month of film and fun as come to an end, and the votes are in! Ballots have been counted, comments have been logged, and we're thrilled to announce the 2015 Fest...
Grand Prix narrative short House of Unconciousness, Priit Tender, Eesti Joonisfilm, Kalev Tamm, Estonia, 2015 Grand Prix non-narrative short Dark Mixer, Hirotoshi Iwasaki, Hirotoshi Iwasaki, Japan, 2014 Grand Prix feature film On the White Planet, Bum-wook Hur, The Korean Academy Of Film Arts, Ki-Hwan Kim, South Korea, 2014 Grand Prix student film Small People with Hats, Sarina Nihei, Royal College of Art, J...
> PEOPLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Nanda’s first death anniversary: One Nanda-less year, plentiful legacy, nonetheless March has its Ides in Shakespeare. In the life of the Karnataki family, it has two significant dates. Jayprakash Karnataki was born on the 14th. His older sister, Nanda, died on the 25th. Born Nandini Winayak Karnataki, on 08 January 1941, today is her first anniversary, and the first time Jayprakash did not get her gift of Rs. 5,000 to buy a new shirt, wear it and show it to his loving sister on the oc...
Robert De Niro, Nick Cannon, Rosie O'Donnell, Bruce Bern, Joey Lauren Adams and Soledad O'Brien! It’s getting bigger and bigger! Let the fun begin J Geena Davis and ARC Entertainment’s Bentonville Film Festival (BFF) today revealed the first series of special events that will bring Nick Cannon, Robert De Niro, Bruce Dern, Joey Lauren Adams, Soledad O’Brien and Rosie O’Donnell to the inaugural edition of the festival, taking place May 5-9 in Bentonville, Arkansas....
Film Society to Honor the Celebrated Filmmaker at Awards Night And Screen Career Highlights with The Devil's Backbone at the Castro Theatre San Francisco, CA -- The San Francisco Film Society announced today that filmmaker Guillermo del Toro will be the recipient of the Irving M. Levin Directing Award at the 58th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 23 - May 7), honoring the Mexican director's expansive body of work and celebrating his unique cont...
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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.eting et le digital.
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