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A look back at the Festival circuit this week Newsletter 704 - Filmfestivals.com
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Final deadline November 29, 2015
World Human Rights Awards (WARTA) is established to celebrate the United Nations World Human Rights Day (December 10). WARTA strives to give recognition to people, who work and dedicate his/her life for Human Rights. We are awarding Human Rights Man of the Year, Human Rights Woman of the Year, Human Rights Platinum Award, Human Rights Gold Award, and Human Rights Silver Award. We will not limit the awards to certain numbers. If a person or a film qualified to the juries standard, they will get the recognition.
1st annual FILM FESTIVAL Submission Deadline: January 1, 2016
Four days and four nights of cutting edge independent films, panels and parties. IFFNoHo celebrates the art of filmmaking, helps support a community of artists and showcases North Hollywood as an entertainment and travel destination. A film festival by filmmakers for filmmakers.
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Earlybird Deadline November 30, 2015
NYC Independent Film Festival is a celebration of the true independent filmmaker, documentaries, short and feature-length films, music videos, and animation. During the 6th Annual Festival we gave away prizes with a total cash value of over 28,000 USD. All screenings take place in the historic center of NYC, Time Square which is the perfect home for an event geared toward creating incredible opportunities for independent voices.
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Early Bird deadline February 5, 2016
The 12th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Conference/Film Market, scheduled for August 11-20, 2016 at the world famous TCL Chinese 6 Theatres, is now accepting submissions. HSFF, 4 times named to MovieMaker Magazine “Top 25 Fests Worth the Entry Fee” lists, has featured over 400 projects showcasing stars and filmmakers including Sofia Loren, Bill Plympton, Anthony and Joe Russo, and Felicia Day.
In 2015, HSFF awarded over $150,000 in prizes, including $60,000 in post services for Best Short, Director, Music Video, Cinematography, VFX, and Commercial, and $15,000 Grand Prize cash . www.hollyshorts.com
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Deadline: January 15, 2016
Global Short Film Awards recognize excellence in highly creative and imaginative films under 15 minutes long. These short films will be suitable to meet the increasing content demand for intelligent phones, digital and hand held devices as well as internet, commercial, art, science and educational applications. For the premier issue, finalists and a winner will be selected in 2-D and 3-D formats in each category. Submit online No cost to enter. Winners in each category will be announced February 15-16, 2016 in New York. Winning films will be shown during the Cannes Red Carpet Fashion and Awards event at the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes, France on May 21, 2016.
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Earlybird Deadline January 17, 2015
In 2016, WoFF returns for its third edition with great energy and ideas, generated from a wonderful 2015 festival.
Our focus remains on independent cinema from all around the globe, by showcasing the work of first feature filmmakers and female directors in our two main sections, First Features and The Female Perspective, respectively.
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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 has been ranked one of the top 25 film festivals in the World worth the submission by Movie Maker Magazine, rankedd one of the best by Film International and billed as "The East Coast's answer to the Sundance Film Festival".
The Festival is open to all projects, with a special "Anything Goes" category. 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).
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Deadline extended
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.
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Montreal International Animation Film Festival FESTIVAL DATES June 2-5 2016 Montreal Canada Le MIAFF! is a people's film festival and industry conference dedicated to the art of animation for film and technology. All genres and forms are welcome. Awards & Prizes Software and other award prizes. Visibility in our travelling shows in Berlin, Cannes, Annecy, Glasgow and more. Check 2015 fantastic programming on the website.
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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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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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over 40 festival wins so far
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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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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On 11 February 2016, Hail, Caesar! by Academy Award winning director duo Joel and Ethan Coen will open the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Hail, Caesar! takes place during the latter years of Hollywood’s Golden Age, during the studio system’s heyday, and features an all-star cast including Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Channing Tatum. The comedy follows a s...
On February 12, 2016, a special silent film and music highlight awaits festival audiences: The first digitally restored version of Fritz Lang’s Der müde Tod (Destiny) will be presented at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival as part of the Berlinale Classics programme. The restoration of the 1921 film classic to a new, high-resolution digital form (2015/2016) by the Friedrich Wi...
The series format was introduced into the official Berlinale programme in 2015. The opportunity to experience brand new series premieres from all over the world was enthusiastically received by Berlinale audiences. The narrative in serial form will once again be part of the Berlinale Special programme at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. The selection process is already underway and the festival is keeping an eye out for interesting titles that fit the Berlinale Special...
BABAI Film-maker : visar morina Country : Germany, Kosovo, Macedonia & France CLOSET MONSTER Film-maker : stephen dunn Country : Canada COP CAR Film-maker : jon watts Country : USA DESIERTO Film-maker : jonÁs cuarÓn Country : Mexico & France KEEPER Film-maker : g...
Note: Some of these films were viewed at festivals featuring unusual films with little hope of ever getting any commercial release. Hopefully most can now be downloaded from the internet if one finds an off beat title interesting. The films here are listed in roughly the chronological order in which they were viewed during the course of the year. 1. "The Theory of Everything" British, Dir. James Marsh, with Oscar winning actor Eddie Redmayne as wheelchair bound Englis...
JOBS BY BOYLE, viewed at Sony Center, BERLIN, FRI 13th Nov. 2015 —. (The Night of the Allah Akbar attacks on Paris!) -- by Alex Deleon Steve Jobs, the movie is not a film you like or dislike — it’s more of a draining dramatic experience that leaves you wondering: “How close was this to the real Jobs and his entourage?” ~ should I despise him or feel sorry for him … Was he really a visionary or just a compulsive self-promoting monomaniac who need...
VICTORIA, Seamlessly shot in one long take, was Viewed parially at Berlin 2015 then fully at Miskolc seven months later. As the film was shot in one take with no cuts, this review will be written in one sentence with no breaks. "Victoria" directed by hotshot German director Sebastian Schipper was first viewed in Berlin back in february at which time i was not in the mood to watch a German film about small time hoods in the worst part of town Neukölln and ga...
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Established in 2010 DOC NYC had become by 2014 the largest documentary festival in the United States and is considered by Movie Maker as one of the top five documentary film festivals in the world, and by the Wall Street Journal as “One of the city’s grandest cinematic events”. DOC NYC was presented from November 12-19 in three Manhattan locations with over 200 films of which 107 were feature length productions. The program included 27 world and 15 U.S. prem...
By Alex Deleon The Marrakech Film Festival has slowly been gathering steam ever since the its inception in 2001. With the fifteenth edition running from Dec. 4 ~ 12 this is not just an exotic place to visit with nice mild winter weather but a major new station on the European and international festival trail. The most obvious indication that this festival has now come of age is that fact that no less a figure than American Godfather director Franc...
URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL COMES TO LOS ANGELES IN 2016 The International Uranium Film Festival team is excited to be coming to Los Angeles in March 2016 with a selection of powerful documentaries and movies about nuclear accidents. From Three Mile Island to Chernobyl and Fukushima: The in the world unique atomic age film festival will mark in 2016 the 5th anniversary of the ongoing Fukushima nuclear disaster, the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster as well as the 38th annive...
The Festival of German Film in Moscow maintains a promising future. Besides cinematic showings of current German productions with top-quality guests including directors and actors, German Films will be continuing its successful cooperation with the video-on-demand service ivi.ru from 2014: parallel to the 14th edition of the festival (2 – 6 December 2015) German films will be presented online as well, thus consolidating new exploitation possibilities. A total of 14 contrib...
Hosted by the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES). The International Elephant Film Festival empowers worldwide public engagement efforts to inspire personal responsi...
Aussie film Festival 26-31 Jan. 2016 One film screening each TUES, WED, THURS, FRI & SAT nights One film screening Saturday Sunday afternoon Tickets available in advance at the festival info booth. Registered festival attendees have seats held for each screening Sponsored prizes for winning audience participants Sponsored prizes for holidays could be won by the audience Sponsored after-parties for VIP registered attendants Rewards for the deserving! ...
By Maria Esteves The Sixth DOC NYC Festival Opening Night U.S. Premiere of MISS SHARON JONES! directed by Barbara Kopple, Lifetime Achievement recipient, 2015 DOC NYC, was held at SVA theater, New York, Thursday, November 12, 2015. A special Q&A discussion immediately followed with director Kopple, singer Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings band moderated by artistic director Thom Powers, DOC NYC. Presented by executive director Raphaela Neihausen, artistic director Thom Powers, director of ...
By Maria Esteves – November 27, 2015 The Sixth DOC NYC Festival Opening Night U.S. Premiere of MISS SHARON JONES! music documentary by two-time Academy award winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple, Lifetime Achievement recipient, 2015 DOC NYC, was held at SVA theater, New York, Thursday, November 12, 2015. A special Q&A discussion with director Kopple, Grammy Award nominee singer Miss Jones and the Dap-Kings band moderated by artistic director Thom Powers, DOC NYC, preceded the opening nigh...
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The jury members Martin Heisler and Sandra Hüller with Festival Director Dieter Kosslick, section head Linda Söffker and jury member Ingo Haeb. © Ali Ghandtschi Established by the Perspektive Deutsches Kino and Berlinale’s co-partner Glashütte Original, the “Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship” is celebrating a small anniversary. At the Berlinale in 2016, the fellowship will be awarded for the fifth time. It was conceived to support em...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 88th Academy Awards®. One hundred twenty-four films were originally submitted in the category. The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: “Amy,” On the Corner Films and Universal Music “Best of Enemies,” Sandbar “Cartel Land,” Our Time...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 live action short films will advance in the voting process for the 88th Academy Awards®. One hundred forty-four pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: “Ave Maria,” Basil Khalil, director, and Eric Dupont, producer (Incognito Films) “Bad Hunter,” Sahim Omar Kal...
"Carol" Named Best Picture The New York Film Critics Circle voted today at the Film Society of Lincoln Center for their 2015 awards winners. The awards will be handed out during their annual ceremony on Monday, January 4th at Tao Downtown. Carol was awarded Best Picture and Todd Haynes was named Best Director. Saoirse Ronan was selected as Best Actress for her role in Brooklyn, and Michael Keaton was chosen as Best Actor for Spotlight. Two Special Awards were gi...
After four intensive days, the Animated Dreams Festival came to an end this Sunday in Tallinn, Estonia. Three french co-productions were in competition : "Man on the Chair" by Dahee Jeong (France/South Korea), "Limbo-Limbo Travel" by Zsuzsanna Kreif (France/Hungary) and "The Little Seed" by Chaïtane Conversat (France/Cook Islands). Three french short production were also competing for the award : "Celui qui mangera un œil de po...
La “Asociación Europea de Economía y Competitividad” ha tenido el honor de conceder la “Medalla Europea de Oro al Mérito en el Trabajo” al distinguido Sr. Don Alex Quiroga, en reconocimiento a su trayectoria profesional y su aportación a la Industria Cinematográfica y Audiovisual en España. El acto tuvo lugar en una Cena de Gala presentada por Dña. Ana García Lozano en el Hotel Palace de Madrid...
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The 66th Berlin International Film Festival will award an Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement to German cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, to whom the festival is also dedicating this year’s Homage. Ballhaus is one of the world’s most important cinematographers. Before spending 25 years working primarily in the USA, he established his reputation in Germany where he worked with, among others, auteur Rainer Werner Fassbinder, helping “Young German Cinema” achiev...
Matthew Helderman, Sean Covel and Vince Gerardis at Remora Bay Marina. Sean Covel (NAPOLEAN DYNAMITE) and Vince Geraradis (GAMES OF THRONES) ...
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA – PRESIDENT OF THE JURY Function : Director, screenwriter & producer Country : USA AMAL AYOUCH Function : Actress Country : Morocco SERGIO CASTELLITTO Function : Actor, director, screenwriter & producer Country : Italy RICHA CHADDA Function : Actress Country : India ...
For its fifteenth year, the Marrakech International Film Festival is honoring a young but none the less powerful cinema, and one that is in no way less talented or diverse. This is rich cinema, and it’s Canadian cinema. This tribute, like those that have preceded it, partakes of the very identity of the Festival, which symbolizes an exceptional moment where all cultures meet and talk, making the film a universal language. Renewing this dialogue every year between talents and intellects...
Anna Faris (Mom, the Scary Movie franchise) and Anthony Mackie (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Hurt Locker) will announce the nominees for the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Executive Producer Kathy Connell announced today. The nominations announcement will be carried live on TNT TBS, truTV, sagawards.tntdrama.com and truTV.com at 10 a.m. (ET) / 7 a.m. (PT). SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard will i...
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At the 23rd jury session of the World Cinema Fund (WCF), the jury recommended contributing to the funding of ten film projects. Four film projects – from Myanmar, Turkey, Chad and Senegal - were suggested for production funding. In addition, distribution funding was recommended for the German cinema release of a film from Venezuela. Within the framework of the WCF Europe programme, production funding was proposed for projects from Brazil, Argentina and Chile. ...
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