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Late Deadline January 5, 2016
Hosted by Pets in the City Magazine and Best Friends Animal Society, the PAWPARAZZI film festival coincides with the nearby Park City area Sundance film festival. PAWPARAZZI film festival is international and it is open to amateurs and professionals alike. The PAWPARAZZI Film Festival is for all species of animals large and small. The films are to provide a venue for People to protect and save animals as well as to celebrate the joy that animals bring to our lives. Submit your short films of ten minutes or less to the following categories:
• Drama
• Comedy
• Animation
• Documentary/Advocacy
• Youth/Student
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Submissions close january 1st, 2016
Myrtle Beach International Film Festival. Ranked one of the top 25 film festivals in the World worth the submission by Movie Maker Magazine. Ranked one of the best by Film International. MBIFF billed as "The East Coast's answer to the Sundance Film Festival" is in the call for entry stage which will end January 1st 2016.
Myrtle Beach International Film Festival is open to all projects, with a special "Anything Goes" catagory. We are a truely independent film festival. MBIFF also has a budget category, so a film with a 10 thousand dollar budget does not compete against a project with a 10 million dollar budget (with the exception of the overall winner).
The 11th annual MBIFF will take place April 20th - 23rd 2016.
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Deadline October 15, 2015
New York Festival's World's Best TV & Films competition honors programming in all lengths and forms from over 50 countries. Dedicated to both the Television and Film industries, categories mirror today's global trends and encourage the next generation of story-tellers and talent: Animation, Comedy, Corporate, Drama, Documentary, Feature Films, Movie Trailers, Music Videos, News, Promos, Reality TV Drama, Sports, Telenovelas, Webisodes, Best Performance by an Actor/Actress, Special Event, Innovation, Technical Production Team, CSR, Best Screenplay, Video Art, and Best Host.
Submit by October 15
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Fantasporto 2016 36th edition February 26th - March 5th
Submissions close December 5th
The selection for shorts is only for fantasy ones, like always. Submissions are open and we are accepting online submissions.
Since we are making a new site that will be ready only later in October we propose you to send us the screener(s) for the selection commitee to see and, if the film(s) is(are) chosen, we will ask you all the materials needed. SUBMIIT
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Submit by February 5, 2015
For 5 years, we've been bringing in the finest films from around the world. The film festival became a 501(c)3 and launched in 2009 and now screens more then 70 films each year! Hollywood Director Joe Carnahan is our creative director. He has brought us such films as "The Grey" and "The A-Team" with Liam Neeson and now has Bad Boys 3 in pre-production. Most of our previous winners of Best Feature have obtained distribution. Last year's winner BEREAVE just signed a distribution deal and said, " I wish to take a moment to tell you that your hospitality and your wonderful festival helped our film stand out for distribution. Thank you for that and we'll be sending you more of our work in the future.” So join us!
We look forward to having you screen at our 5th year anniversary!
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Film submission deadline: December 15, 2015
The Compétition presents long features and documentaries (60’ and longer) (co)produced in Europe, never released in France. The films compete for the following prizes awarded to the author of the best film:
Prix Sauvage – Loup Dansant: bronze wolf statuette and a monetary prize;
Prix Luna: Luna statuette awarded by the jury of cinema students and young professionals.
The section Present is dedicated to the recent documentary films (50’ and longer) (co)produced in Europe during the last three years
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Final deadline is February 2 2016. Please submit via "Withoutabox"
The Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) is presented by the Sonoma Film Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, as a welcoming, entertaining and inspiring cinematic experience that supports and promotes independent films, celebrates the cultural diversity in the Sonoma Valley through film, and funds visual arts in education.
Named one of America's "Top Ten Destination Film Festivals," Sonoma prides itself on giving every filmmaker the royal treatment. Celebrated as one of the friendliest and most uplifting festivals on the circuit. SUBMIT
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Submit by November 15, 2015
60 Second Intl. Film Festival is back with a bang. The festival aims to promote young and enthusiastic filmmakers around the world. We are excited to announce that the submissions for 60 Second Intl. Film Festival 2015-16 are now open! 60 Second Intl. Film Festival is providing people with a platform where they can showcase their work at a global level and voice their thoughts in the form of a film.
Submissions for the following categories are open:-
. Abstract . Action . Comedy . Creative . Drama . Education . Environment . Interactive Art . Vision 2020 . Water.
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Next Deadline: November 16, 2015
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The 49th Annual WorldFest-Houston offers Screening Shorts, Docs, Features, Music Videos, Experimental & Student Films on Big 60' AMC Theater screens, with over 600 Intl filmmakers attending the ten-day International Film Festival.. SUBMIT.
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Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.
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First feature by french actor director Thierry Sebban. Produced by la Petite Reine (The Artist) and Diabolo Films (The Suicide Shop). winner in Fantasporto, ECU Houston WorldFest
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...
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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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Feature Feel Good Movie - World premiered in Montreal World Film Festival Winner best romantic comedy in Manhattan Fest
Charlie Kane can’t catch a break. He grew into a man who expects the worse out of life and gets it. But that changes when, by chance, he meets a bright, sunny sprite of a woman named Holly who turns him from a dour drip into someone finally allowing himself to be happy.Then a bus flattens her before Charlie eyes. Charlie opts for suicide but can’t even successfully give up on life. Left with no other choice, he adopts Holly’s ethos of positivity and just decides to be happy... by ignoring all the bad things in life. But his cynical best friend isn’t buying Charlie’s new-found happiness and sets out to save Charlie by making him miserable again.
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To mark the re-release of Doctor Zhivago on 27 November, the BFI has cut a brand new trailer. Recently restored and celebrating its 50th anniversary, the release is a centrepiece of the BFI LOVE season. ...
Gordon Scott Venters thrives on challenges. As CEO of The Movie Studio (TMS) in Hollywood — that’s Florida, not Los Angeles — he’s been in the entertainment industry for more than 20 years. Venters’ resume reads like a who’s who of Hollywood (Cal- ifornia), where he was president and CEO of Destination Televi- sion, now TMS. While Venters has a soft spot for the West Coast, he is betting that, like California, South Florida will become the premier destination...
EVEREST - VIewed At the Westend Cinemas, Budapest Sunday, October 18, 2015, by Alex Deleon Summary: In 1996 A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm. Directed by Icelander Baltasar Kormákur (born Reykjavik 1966), a Universal release, RT 121 minutes. Big festivals usually have big films on opening night so it is easy to see why this p...
Summer Solstice CAMERIMAGE, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, which takes place November 14th – 21st, today revealed the lineup of films screening in two of the Festival’s competition sections – Cinematographers’ Debuts and Polish Films. Both competitions boast an impressive slate of acclaimed films. The Cinematographers' Debuts Competition underlines the Festival's increasing openness to noteworthy artis...
Los Cabos International Film Festival announces the names of the films chosen to form part of the Cabos in Progress and Cabos Discovery platforms. The 2015 selection is wide-ranging in terms of themes, visions, styles and stories, but homogeneous and consistent with regard to the quality of the participating projects. For the third year running, the Festival will present Cabos in Progress for films in the post-p...
For the second year running, the Festival presents a forum for projects in the development phase, made in or coproduced by Mexico, USA or Canada: the Cabos Discovery platform, where participants can increase their possibilities in one on one meetings with professional industry of the international cinematography. The competing projects are: Sunbathing in Hell (Canada) Director: Sophie Deraspe Producer: Félize Frappier I'm not a bad person (Canada) Direc...
Broad Street Pictures' new drama, Equity, the first female-driven Wall Street movie, is honored to be selected as a Creative Coalition 2015 Spotlight Initiative Film. “It’s exciting to see a notable female-led film being released, especially with only 1.9 percent of recent Hollywood releases being directed by women. Not only is this the first film that showcases the executive women of Wall Street, it’s also a film that artistically and deftly weaves a thril...
The Berlin International Film Festival will be presenting three films by this year’s participants of the Berlinale Residency at the Arsenal Cinema from October 6 to 8. As Berlinale Residency fellowship holders, the three directors Fernando Eimbcke (Mexico), Daniel Borgman (New Zealand) and Ella Manzheeva (Russian Federation) have been in the capital since September 1. They will be spending three months in the city to work on their next feature film projects. All t...
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Tasmania’s Breath of Fresh Air (BOFA) Film Festival will bring together an eclectic mix of special guests in Launceston this November 4th - 8th for a series of ticketed and free discussions. Dayne Pratzky, the famous anti-fracking activist a.k.a the Frackman; Paul Barclay, the Radio National program host and Walkley Award winner; Robert Woolfe, the creative behind MadeOpen, a social network for social good; and Her Excellency Mrs Annemike Ruigok, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of t...
Surnai Theatre presents IBSEN FESTIVAL - Season 2. The festival is dedicated to Henrik Ibsen's plays which will be staged in Marathi, Malayalam, Hindi and English. It will begin on 24th October and will run till 26th October 2015 at the NCPA Experimental and Tata theatres. All three well-known and experienced directors of these productions will also participate in a seminar on 26th October, which is open to all on a first come, first serve basis. An event not t...
Today we announce the program of the 26th edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival. More than 190 films from over 70 countries will be screened during the festival November 11-22. - We are proud to present this year’s program filled with quality films from all around the world. News of this year is the new filmsection Stockholm Impact Award, and the best documentary film will be awarded. It is also the first time we have a greater number of women than men com...
61 premieres More than 250 short and feature length films from 52 countries have been selected for the 28th edition of exground filmfest (13 – 22 November 2015). In addition to the traditional sections and competitions numerous special events complete the diverse programme. Please find the full programme here. By ...
23rd edition of French Film Festival UK unveils line-up The UK’s only country-wide celebration of French and francophone cinema expands its horizons even further this year with more leading independent cinemas on board and a programme (from 5 November to 13 December) that embraces Cannes award-winners, classic masterpieces, a celebration of Gaumont (the world’s oldest film company), new talents, student exchanges, schools screenings and a panoply of...
Denver Film Festival sets Anomalisa for Opening Night, Where to Invade Next for Centerpiece, Carol for the Red Carpet Matinee and Coming Through the Rye for Closing Night The Denver Film Festival (DFF) announced today its full lineup, including Red Carpet and Special Presentations. The Festival attracts nearly 58,000 filmgoers and is widely recognized as the Rocky Mountain Region's premier film event. This year's program boasts more than 250 films, ...
The 59th BFI London Film Festival closed tonight with the European Premiere of STEVE JOBS, and announced 157,000 attendances across film screenings and events, and an additional UK-Wide audience of over 10,000. Festival Director, Clare Stewart said: “I’m very proud of what we achieved with this 59th edition of the Festival. We have had terrific filmmakers in attendance and generated significant profile for films in selection which have moved, challenged and inspired audien...
Facts: - 12 competition entries from 14 coproduction countries - prize money total of 77.750 EUR - top-class international jury This has become clear over the years: it can be difficult to identify a red thread in the feature film competition of the FilmFestival Cottbus and this is by no means a bad thing. For ultimately it is this multifacetedness that provides the common ground for all twelve competition entries. The films that emerge from the cultures in Eastern Europe and tell sto...
French Film Festival UK 2015 5 November – 13 December 2015 The UK’s only country-wide celebration of French and francophone cinema expands its horizons even further this year with more leading independent cinemas on board and a programme (from 5 November...
AFI Fest announcing 20 more films in the lineup: those in the New Auteurs and American Independents sections. The American Independents section represents the best of independent filmmaking this year. Pushing boundaries of form and content across both narrative and documentary cinema, this section boasts nine films from both new voices and talented directors returning to AFI FEST with their latest work. The New Auteurs section highlights 11 first and second-time narrative feature film...
Alfonso Rodriguez 10 Second Barrier Sonia Fritz 15 Faros de Puerto Rico (15 Lighthouses) Javier Ortiz 73 Dollars to Park Mauricio Zapata A Matter of Seconds Flora Garay Anatomy of a Dress Jac...
Festival will take place November 14-15, 2015 at the SIFF Film Center Full program now live at www.SeattleShort.org Highlights from local and international filmmakers now available to preview! Request links now>> ...
The 13th Annual New York Korean Film Festival Announces Upcoming Program for November 6th to November 11th, 2015, at the Museum of the Moving Image. The 13th Annual New York Korean Film Festival showcases Korea doing what it does best: the crime thriller, the romantic fantasy, and feverish erotica. The Peninsula’s filmmakers bend genre cinema to a uniquely Korean pulse and purpose, making the country’s national film industry the most vibrant in East Asia. The thrilling complications...
Written by Amanda Shaftel | October 13, 2015 MANY THANKS It is hard to believe that SXSW Eco 2015 has come and gone. We were honored to present such an amazing lineup of speakers and to host such an engaged audience. The unique mix of participants is what defines SXSW Eco, so thank you for coming out and making this our best event yet. A big than...
By Maria Esteves - October 15, 2015 The 53rd New York Film Festival 2015 (NYFF53) U.S. Premiere of The Assassin, directed by Hou Hsian-hsien was held at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, Friday, October 9th. The press conference with director Hsian-hsien, moderated by director of programming Dennis Lim, Film Society of Lincoln Center, translated by Dr. Vincent Cheng, BMCC, preceded the U.S. Premiere at the Walter Reade Theater, Thursday, October 8th. Questions posed to director Hsian-hsi...
The Section Open Horizons of the 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, which takes place November 6 - 15 November 2015 is for another year a first class selection of films that marked huge success in the film festival circuit and beyond. With titles including the Cannes' most discussed trilogy Arabian Nights, Michel Franco's (After Lucia) second feature Chronic, starring Tim Roth in a magnificent performance, Joachim Trier's (Oslo, August 31st) Louder Than Bombs, t...
Out Film CT, the organizer of Connecticut’s two annual LGBT film festivals, announces the lineup for the 17th EROS Film Festival, running November 4, 6 and 7 at Cinestudio, on the campus of Trinity College. The festival is sponsored by EROS (Encouraging Respect Of all Sexualities), Trinity’s LGBT student organization, and offers a selection of LGBT feature films that all film lovers can enjoy. “Whether the story is set in India, France or the United States, these films...
By Maria Esteves – October 14, 2015 The 53rd New York Film Festival 2015 (NYFF53) Closing Night Premiere of MILES AHEAD, press conference with actor/director Don Cheadle, cast members Emayatzy Corinealdi and Michael Stuhlbarg, moderated by festival director Kent Jones, NYFF, was held at the Walter Reade Theater Saturday, October 10, 2015. Questions posed to actor/director Cheadle, Corinealdi and Stuhlbarg by moderator Jones and members of the press included "Can you talk about findin...
Until October 21, experienced producers from around the world may submit new feature film projects to the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2016.The projects should be suitable for international co-production, have either already secured 30% of the financing or at least the production funding from the home country, and be budgeted between one and twenty million euros. As in the previous two years, the budget minimum has been waived for projects from Greece, Spain and Portugal, in ord...
With this expression on the huge screen, the 7th edition of Lumière, dedicated to Chantal Akerman and Raymond Chirat, whom the cinema world lost recently, got officially underway. In the house: Jean-Paul Belmondo, John Lasseter, Louise Bourgoin, Nicolas Winding Refn, Jacques Audiard, Alex Lutz, Bernard Pivot, Dario Argento, Venantino Venantini accompanied by Laurent Gerra, Lolita Chammah, and many others took in an overview of this year's lineup, with its...
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Kim Furst to receive $20,000 prize from National Aviation Hall of Fame at NBAA Convention The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) announced today that a documentary about one of its legendary enshrinees, Robert A. "Bob" Hoover, has earned its producer/writer/director, Kim Furst, of Kilo Foxtrot Productions, the 13th Annual Combs Gates Award. “Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project,” tells the life story of the man many consider to...
The Chelsea Film Festival announced the 2015 winners this past Sunday, October 18th at the SVA Theatre in the heart of Chelsea. The Closing Awards Ceremony was hosted by CFF Founder and Director Ingrid Jean-Baptiste, who reminded the importance of the Festival's mission: "The Festival's mission is to discover emerging directors from around the world and be an international platform for independent filmmaking. It has been a very successful year. The Chelsea Film Festiv...
COMPÉTITION INTERNATIONALE – LONGS MÉTRAGES Feature Films Jury, International competition : Félize Frappier, Maxime Giroux et Richard Peña. Louve d’Or presented by Québecor Best feature film in the International Competition ($15,000 cash from Québecor) EL CLUB by Pablo Larraín Daniel Langlois Innovation Award The work in the Internat...
Cinephiles don’t despair, the fifth Antenna Documentary Film Festival may be over, but the Festival have announced an encore of five of the ten sold out films. Spartacus & Cassandra, Another Country, Nightfall on Gaia (Including a Q&A with Director Juan Francisco Salazar), Requiem for the American Dream, and B-Movie: Lust and Sound in West Berlin, will screen at the Verona cinema on Oxford St, from Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 Oct. Tickets can be purchased on Antenna&rs...
It was a true celebration of cinema at the inaugural Laguna Film Festival while solidifying its place in the world of film festivals. It was in the true spirit of camaraderie as filmmakers from around the world enjoyed welcoming audiences and sharing their films as well as discussing their filmmaking experiences. “This weekend and this festival have blown me away,” commented Festival Founder Austin Fickman. “To able to provide an environment for f...
After Pedro Almodóvar in 2014, this year's Lumière Award of the Institut Lumière was presented to the great filmmaker Martin Scorsese! For the occasion, the Lyon Conference Center Amphitheater and its "Salle 3000" took on a New Yorker accent, with energetic rock'n'roll blaring throughout the evening, punctuated by surprises and various screenings, each one more remarkable than the next. Select extracts from Lumière ! Photo : Je...
CHEVALIER - Athina Rachel Tsangari, wins Best Film Award The 59th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® announced this year’s Festival Awards’ winners at its high profile Awards ceremony, at Banqueting House, Whitehall, this evening. Hosted by musician and broadcaster Jarvis Cocker, guests included Alex Cooke, Allen Leech, Brian Woods, Christine Vachon, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daisy Jacobs, Desiree Akhavan, Elizabeth Karlsen, Finola Dwyer, Harriet Wa...
Internationally reknowned as a forum for the discovery of new directorial talent in arthouse cinema, the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg established an additional competition for creative, intelligent serial dramas from talented newcomers since 2015. The Jury prizes a new Serial Drama with the &quo...
The ARUBA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is Aruba’s largest film event of the year, with this edition highlighting over 60 feature and short films. Another Aruba International Film Festival (AIFF) has come to an end on the One Happy Island. The fifth annual festival was held from October 7-11 on the exotic Caribbean island of Aruba. Sponsored by the Aruba Tourism Authority, this world-class event was honored to host international and regional premieres of feature-length and s...
Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) today announced that it has selected five recipients for its new ARIGATŌ (Thank You) Award, honoring their remarkable contributions to the Japanese film industry. We have launched this new award with the expectation that these five stalwarts of Japanese film will continue to be successful and make further contributions to the industry, as well as to increase their international recognition. We have called the award “ArigatŌ” because the word...
The European Film Academy proudly announces the three nominations in the category EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2015. Based on a list of films provided by CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film, as well as on individual film submissions, a committee decided on these nominations. The committee consisted of EFA Board Member Antonio Saura, producer (Spain), animation experts Marcel Jean (Annecy FF, Canada) ...
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The Flying Animator - Documentary - 3x Oscar nominee Gerald Potterton! On Kickstarter! Musivision Films has launched its Kickstarter campaign for the The Flying Animator documentary on 3x Oscar nominated animator Gerald Potterton. Director Laurie Gordon has been filming Gerald for nearly five years at his home in Quebec and in London, Toronto. Still scheduled for more shooting days Laurie is really excited about editing the film into shape. Oh so many surprises and gems to b...
The Future of Festivals The last frontier of the “tribal gathering” according to Seth Godin is the festival. With expansion in every festival vertical under the sun, the death of the festival is greatly exaggerated. Let’s hear from our team of experts in food, wine, music & film about where we are heading in the industry The panel will be hosted by Laurie Kirby, AboutFest / FestForward co founder. Speakers ...
BAFTA-LA Co-Founder and Producer Marion Rosenberg Receives Honor at 7th Annual Lady Filmmakers Festival October 25th, 2015 Beverly Hills The 7th Annual Lady Filmmakers Festival takes place October 23rd-25th. Lady Filmmakers screens record number of films directed and filmed by women! The festival boasts 4 feature films and 42 short films with several World, US, West Coast, and LA Premieres in Beverly Hills, CA! ...
Members of the European Film Academy can this year vote for the chair person and the two deputy chair persons, as well as for the candidates from the following countries and regions: Central & Eastern Europe France Italy Nordic Countries North-Eastern Mediterranean Spain / Portugal UK / Ireland The vote closes on Thursday, 19 November 2015, at 23:59 CET. This voting platform allows you to login repeatedly and change your choices. In each terr...
Information for EFA Members Please remember that the vote for the EFA Nominations will end tomorrow! Only votes received by 23h59 CET on Wednesday, 21 October 2015 can be included in the overall count! ...
Leslie Vanderpool, founder & executive director BIFF and Sir Sidney Poitier SIR SIDNEY POITIER TO BESTOW HIS NAME TO THE BAHAMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (BIFF) CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) announced today that Academy Award® winner and renowned global icon Sir Sidney Poitier has agreed to the naming of the prestigious Career Achievement Award at the Bahamas International Film Festival the “Sir Sidney Poitier Tribut...
Joe Pantoliano is a man, who cannot be easily classified into a single category. He is an actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He has more than 175 films, TV appearances, and theatre performances, under his belt. Pantoliano is going to be a member of the jury in the ON AIR main competition, alongside Anne Fontaine (Coco Chanel), writer Wojciech Kuczok, director Katarzyna Roslaniec, Romanian actress Ada Condeescu, Kurdish director Umut Dag and critic Piotr Czerkawski. Pantoliano has bee...
Critics to Vote on December 2, 2015 The New York Film Critics Circle announced today that six new members will join the group. Additions include Sara Stewart, NY Post; Alison Willmore, Buzzfeed.com; Nicolas Rapold, The L Magazine; Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian; Ed Gonzalez, Slant.com; Richard Brody, The New Yorker. The NYFCC will vote for the 2016 awards on December 2 and hold their annual Gala Awards dinner in January 4 at Tao Downtown. “What keeps the NYFC...
The 36th edition of Fantasporto- Oporto International Film Festival will be held between the 26th February and the 5th March 2016., at the Teatro Municipal Rivoli. As always, trying to join innovation with the promotion of Cinema, both national and international , Fantasporto will celebrate Music as the theme of the year. Competitions for Fantasy Films (features and shorts), the Directors Week (features only) and Portuguese Cinema and also the Non- com...
Kim Longinotto, winner of Best Director at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival for her newest film, DREAMCATCHER, has been named the 2015 recipient of the prestigious BBC Grierson Trustees' Award and DOC NYC's Robert and Anne Drew Award for Documentary Excellence, which comes with a $5,000 prize. The Grierson Trustees' Award is the Grierson Tru...
66. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (11. - 21. Februar 2016) American actress and three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep will be Jury President of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. It will be the first time in her longstanding career that this world famous star takes on the role of a juror at a film festival. “Meryl Streep is one of the most creative and multifaceted film artists. To mark our enthusiasm for her extraordinary talent we awarded her the Hon...
The Ambassadors This edition of the Lumière Festival is pleased to welcome the Lumière Ambassadors, a team of filmmakers and cinema critics, who will lend their expertise to present many films of the program lineup throughout the festival! Regis Wargnier Among other classics, he has directed, Indochine, a historical epic whose success reached beyond French borders. The film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1993 and received fi...
Back by popular demand! The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) is proud to announce the return of its popular Screenwriters Residency Program (formerly known as the Filmmakers Residency Program), which provides screenplay writers from around the world to tell their stories with the opportunity to receive invaluable mentoring from industry professionals. BIFF’s Screenwriters’ Residency Program seeks to nurture new filmmakers and screenwriters by providing them with an...
Simon Stone is mostly known for his work in theatre. His adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck received great reviews, characterised as a ‘searing modern-day tragedy’ after its Barbican premier last year. In The daughter, Stone adapts the original script for the big screen, creating a tantalising family drama, set in rural Australian countryside. Geoffrey Rush stars as local factory owner Henry, whose son Christian (Paul Schneider) returns after years of absenc...
Josh Mond is a New York based director and producer. In 2003 he established Borderline Films with fellow filmmakers Antonio Campos and Sean Durkin which brought to light the film festival success Martha Marcy May Marlene, which Mond produced. James White is his debut feature film, starring Cynthia Nixon (Sex & the City) and Christopher Abbott. The film portrays the relationship of Gail with her son James. Diagnosed with final stage cancer Gail is making an attempt to maintain a healthy rel...
Award-winner Olivier Assayas will be in attendance and numerous guests from the international film and serial drama industry are expected. When the 64th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg opens on Friday, October 9, 2015, the Festival Director Dr. Michael Kötz and Program Manager Daniela Kötz will have once again invited an exquisite selection of directors, actors and producers to the festival. With the Master of Cinema Award for Olivier Assayas, the ...
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C'est Didier Lupfer qui succède à Nathalie Coste-Cerdan à la direction du Cinéma de Canal+, un poste qu il avait occupé de 2000 à 2005, à l'issue de la fusion TPS/CanalSat. ...
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