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A love story of West loves East, Jews and Chinese united with violins, interrupted by the Nazi invasion of Austria in 1938. Even Hitler is not powerful enough to break the love; with many adventures and action, they make the Exodus from Vienna to reach the Next year in Shanghai.
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Howard J Ford's Child Abduction Thriller ‘NEVER LET GO’ has its market Premiere in Cannes Howard J Ford's (Director/Producer Co-Writer of 'The Dead 1 & 2') latest epic NEVER LET GO. Shot in Morocco, Spain and the US, the film tells the story of Lisa, a single mother (played by Angela Dixon) who takes the law into her own hands to get back her abducted child. The completed film will have its Market Debut Monday 18th May, 5.30 PM at Olympia cinema, ...
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May 15, 2015 - Extended Deadline
The Storytellers' Festival & Conference
Festival: September 1–7, 2015
Film & Screenplay Competitions
The 7-day event (September 1–7, 2015) will include film screenings, Q&As, filmmaker workshops, classes, panels and parties in locations throughout Portland, Oregon, as well as online.
The festival was named as one of the “Coolest Film Festivals in the World” by MovieMaker Magazine, as well as one of the "50 Festivals Worth its Submission Fee." The fest has over 20k in cash and prizes split across most genres and film lengths.
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Early Deadline – May 5, 2015
UNAFF celebrates the power of international documentary films dealing with human rights, the environment, protection of refugees, famine, homelessness, racism, disease control, women's issues, children, universal education, war and peace.
The 18th UNAFF will be held in Palo Alto, Stanford University, East Palo Alto and San Francisco. This year's theme RUNNING OUT OF TIME continues the ongoing celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and focuses on time-sensitive aspects of the Millennium Development Goals.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
• Documentaries only
• No runtime limit - UNAFF accepts both shorts and longs
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The Montreal World Film Festival
August 27, September 7
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
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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
> FILMS IN FOCUS
For festival consideration:
First feature by french actor director Thierry Sebban. 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
ROOTED in PEACE, 97 minutes - 2015
Documentary by SUNDANCE alum GREG REITMAN (Sundance Audience Award Winner for fhis first documentary 'Fuel')
Starring: Deepak Chopra, Donovan, Mike Love, David Lynch, Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire, Pete Seeger, Ted Turner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu
"ROOTED in PEACE challenges viewers to examine their values as Americans and human beings. Today we are at war within ourselves, with our environment, and with the world. Director and award-winning filmmaker Greg Reitman invites viewers on a film journey to take notice of the world we live in, proactively seek ways to find personal and ecological peace, and stop the cycle of violence".
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Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is delighted to announce Scott Graham’s beautifully shot drama, IONA, will close the 69th edition of the Festival on Sunday 28 June at the Festival Theatre Edinburgh where it will receive its World Premiere. Shot entirely on location in Scotland, the film stars Ruth Negga (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D), Douglas Henshall (Shetland), Tom Brooke (The Boat That Rocked) and Michelle Duncan (Atonement), with remarkable debuts by...
A drama about coming out later in life, starring Robin Williams in one of his last performances, will open this year’s Connecticut LGBT Film Festival. Now in its 28th season, the Festival runs from May 29 to June 6. Screenings will be at Cinestudio on the campus of Trinity College, except for closing night when the Festival moves downtown. “Robin Williams was one of the best actors of his generation who made his mark on American cinema not only through the pure genius of his...
The Doc Corner is the one-and-only professional meeting point of the Marché du Film entirely dedicated to feature documentaries aimed for theatrical-release. Directors, sales agents, buyers, festival programmers, producers and distributors of the international documentary film sector gather at the Doc Corner around an exclusive content: a doc-only video library, regular professional talks and business meets, friendly get-togethers and drinks, and, first and foremost, customized tables for...
Playing it Cool Justin Reardon’s debut film Convention started in 2011, but has yet to reach cinemas. His second effort, A Many Splintered Thing, began shooting in 2012, and we now have it released as Playing It Cool. If I were to choose between the two titles, I would find A Many Splintered Thing more interesting and cool, in spite of the obvious pun on Splendoured. Incidentally, the splintered line is actually used in the film. Playing it Cool is a drab title. Chris Evans’ char...
Ex-Detective Haversheim is a broken man. He quit the force after he was promoted detective, because he could not solve the "plastic killer" case. The "plastic killer" was a prostitute who killed 18 "johns" and wrapped them in plastic. A year later, a body shows up wrapped plastic. Ex-detective Haversheim has a chance to redeem himself and catch the killer, But, at what cost? ...
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Marketing foreign language films in the United States faces problematic challenges thanks to declining theatrical revenues. The hoped for compensation through new internet distribution platforms has not materialized. Any income from internet services has not matched the limited and declining revenue from theatrical distribution. To make matters worse, Netflix’ share of foreign language films has been declining. Foreign and independent productions are now frequently found on ancillary pla...
This year’s OIFF Ukrainian retrospective deals with the issues of cinematic propaganda and occupation, which are on the front burner for Ukraine today. Ivan Kozlenko, general director of the Olexandr Dovzhenko National Center, is the author and curator of the programme, centred on the Siege of Odessa in 1941. The selection includes feature films and newsreels produced in the Soviet Union and Romania that present this World War II historical episode from opposite ideological perspectives. ...
To boost its already strong line-up for 2015, the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes, has programmed its inaugural China Summit, welcoming top industry players to the French Riviera to address the 12,000 plus Marché badge holders. The three-day event, will feature a number of topical sessions, including a special “Sino-French” afternoon, an overview of the Chinese market, an exploration of the booming VOD sector, and an introduction to co-...
ManIFF2015 is proud to announce its official feature selection for the inaugural Manchester Film Festival. All 20 trailers of the World and U.K premières were played and received with excitement and intrigue at an exclusive press screening at The Landing, MediacityUK. Amongst the films to première at the inaugural Manchester Film Festival, which is taking place at the AMC Great Northern Warehouse from 10th- 12th July, is the U.K Première of ‘Two Down’ which is...
FMX' 20th Anniversary Edition concluded with a special Avengers 2 - Age of Ultron screening in attendance of members from the Marvel team including VFX Supervisor Christopher Townsend. The movie screening rounded off four days that saw an impressive line-up of speakers and presentations as well as 3,200 attendees from 55 countries. Under the headline "Immersion & Virtual Realities - The Future of Content Viewing and Producing" FMX proved that it continues to be an essential hub...
Through the platform of Los Cabos Goes to Cannes, Los Cabos International Film Festival announces its partnership with the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film, the most important film market in the world. Los Cabos Film Festival will select four participating Mexican films at post-production stage from Cabos in Progress 2015 – formed of Cabos in Progress and Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund post-production section– to take part in the 2016 Marc...
Download the program Translation available in the next days ILE DE SAINT-HONORAT Du mardi 19 au vendredi 22 mai 2015 Session de Formation Diaconie de la Beauté : « L’Artiste et la Voix » sous la présidence de Mgr Rey, Évêque de Fréjus-Toulon. Interventions : Mgr Rey, Dom Vladimir Gaudrat (Père Abbé), Michael Lonsdale, Josep Maria Herms (directeur Play...
Future of StoryTelling today announced the preliminary lineup of speakers, interactive workshop leaders, and returning speakers who will be featured at the 2015 FoST summit, to be held October 7th and 8th in New York City. The FoST summit is the centerpiece of year-round initiatives developed by Future of StoryTelling that include innovative narrative driven exhibitions, FoST films, and the pr...
International Photo Exhibition "FAITH WITHOUT BORDERS" Within the frames of Fresco International Festival "The world with your eyes!" An open-air exhibition All interested individuals are welcome to attend the event regardless of sex, age, faith, national origin. Please send any photo where contemporary art and spiritual values are combined. PARTICIPATION RULES FOR PHOTO EXHIBITION Photos from around the world that reject wars, ecological disasters, violenc...
Cellar Door Film Festival invites all speculative cinephiles in the 613 to come out for a night of movie trivia on Thursday, May 7 at Raw Sugar Cafe. Come support Cellar Door Film Festival with three rounds of trivia questions taken from cult favourites and hidden gems in the genres of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy. Put your movie smarts to the test and show off your brains for the zombies that are inevitably coming to eat them. There will be prizes and good times. This ev...
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After eight days and 47 films shown to diverse audiences in Los Angeles, the 10th anniversary South East European Film Festival, SEEfest 2015 concluded Thursday night with an awards gala presentation at The Mark. Director Tudor Jurgiu from Romania won Bridging the Borders award for Best Feature Film of the festival for his debut film, The Japanese Dog. Special Jury Mention went to Croatian filmmaker Tomislav Mršić for his debut film, Cowboys, and Special Jury Prize fo...
The South East European Film Festival (SEEfest) (seefilmla.org) celebrated a milestone 10th anniversary year, culminating with a closing night gala event and awards presentation at The Mark in Beverly Hills, where the 2015 SEEfest Jury Awards were presented. “I have watched the films with festival audiences for the second or third time, and it did not dim their beauty one bit,” said Vera Mijojlic, founder and director, SEEfest. “These films deserve to be seen beyond ...
This evening the 58th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 23 - May 7), presented by the San Francisco Film Society, announced the winners of the juried Golden Gate Award (GGA) competitions at an event held at Rouge | Nick's Crispy Tacos. This year the Festival awarded nearly $40,000 in prizes to emerging and established filmmakers. For over 50 years, SFIFF's Golden Gate Awards h...
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Broad Green Pictures today has appointed veteran marketing and distribution executive Dylan Wiley as the studio’s President of Specialty Releasing. Wiley, who has been working with the company since November, is charged with managing all aspects of the release of Broad Green’s specialty film slate across all media. Under Wiley’s oversight, Broad Green Pictures plans to release 8-12 specialty titles annually via varying styles of exploitation...
Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, reveal the team of 22 programmers who will make the selections for the 40th Toronto International Film Festival®, which runs Thursday, September 10 through Sunday, September 20, 2015. Piers Handling Europe, City to City: London, Special Presentations, Gala Presentations Handling is the Director and Chief Executive Officer of TIFF. He has held th...
© Ciné-Tamaris Previously, only Woody Allen, in 2002,Clint Eastwood, in 2009, and Bernardo Bertolucci, in 2011, have been granted this supreme distinction by the Board of Directors of the Festival de Cannes. The award is given to renowned directors whose works have achieved a global impact but who have nevertheless never won the Palme d’or. Agnès Varda is the first female director to garner the prestigious trophy. With her legendary humo...
In Conversation With Ted Sarandos, Netflix Chief Content Officer, at the 2015 Marché du Film. May 15th, 2015 at 10:00am - Salle Buñuel Palais 5th Floor Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer of Netflix, the leading Internet television network, will attend an In Conversation session at the 2015 Marché du Film. Ted Sarandos’ session will take place on Friday, May 15, 2015 at 10:00am with NEXT, an exclusive program for Marché participants, dedicat...
Rotterdam, 6 May 2015: International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) Supervisory Board confirmed today its appointment of award-winning independent producer Bero Beyer as the new General and Artistic Director of IFFR. Beyer, who brings with him a wealth of international film expertise, on both the creative and industry side, formally joins IFFR on August 1st. He will be attending the Cannes Film Festival in his current capacity...
Sabine Azéma © Getty Images The French actress Sabine Azéma will preside over the Caméra d’or Jury this year, to select the best first film presented in Cannes. Following in the footsteps of Bong Joon-Ho, Gael García Bernal, Carlos Diegues and Nicole Garcia, Sabine Azéma is getting ready to dedicate her enthusiasm and love of cinema to the directors of their first film. She will be accompanied by the director&n...
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> UNE SEMAINE SUR LE CIRCUIT DES FESTIVALS FRANCOPHONES
A ce jour, seuls Woody Allen, en 2002, Clint Eastwood, en 2009, et Bernardo Bertolucci, en 2011, se sont vu remettre cette distinction suprême, au nom du Conseil d’Administration du Festival de Cannes. Elle est attribuée à un réalisateur de renom, dont l’œuvre fait autorité dans le monde mais qui n’a pourtant jamais reçu de Palme d’or. Agnès Varda est la première femme réalisat...
68ème Festival international du Film de Cannes 2015 Sélection Officielle : Séance spéciale Samedi 16 mai à 18h30 - Salle du 60ème PANAMA un film de Pavle Vučković (Serbie) "Panama" est le premier long métrage du réalisateur lauréat de la Cinéfondation (du festival de Cannes) Synopsis: Après deux années passées à ...
Sabine Azéma © Getty Images C’est l’actrice française Sabine Azéma qui présidera cette année le Jury de la Caméra d’or, en charge de désigner le meilleur premier film présenté à Cannes. A la suite de Bong Joon-Ho, Gael García Bernal, Carlos Diegues et Nicole Garcia, Sabine Azéma s’apprête à dédier son enthousiasme et sa pa...
Luc Jacquet, le réalisateur oscarisé de La Marche de l’empereur, présentera son quatrième long métrage, La Glace et le ciel en Clôture du 68e Festival de Cannes, dimanche 24 mai dans le Grand Théâtre Lumière du Palais des Festivals. Dans ce documentaire, Luc Jacquet évoque les découvertes du scientifique Claude Lorius, parti en ...
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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