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Sundance Institute Announces Nine Films and Art House Theaters for Sundance Film Festival USA on January 30

 
Ann Arbor, MI | Boston, MA | Chicago, IL | Houston, TX | Nashville, TN | Orlando, FL | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | Tucson, AZ Sundance Institute announced today the films from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival that will each screen in one of nine independent theaters in cities across the country on January 30 as part of the Sundance Film Festival USA initiative. These audiences will share in the excitement of discovery of a film fresh from its world premiere at the 2014 Festi...
 

Hubert Bals Fund announces Fall 2013 and Boost! selections

 
The Hubert Bals Fund of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has selected fourteen film projects to receive grants for postproduction and for script and project development. In its Fall 2013 selection round, the Fund gives 161,700 Euro to projects from nine Asian, Eastern European, Latin-American and African countries. The selection was made out of 464 applications, the highest number of funding applications to date. Five HBF supported projects get the opportunity to further develop th...
 

Generation 2014: New Films and New Cinemas

 
Already twelve films produced and co-produced in ten countries have been invited to the Berlinale Generation section. The complete Generation programme will be announced in mid January.   Generation will be returning to the recently reopened Zoo Palast cinema. Here, as well as at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, it will celebrate film premieres and repetition screenings. The section’s short film competition has been given a new home in the CinemaxX at Potsdamer Platz.   Genera...
 

Berlinale and Glashütte Original Extend Their Commitment to Young Filmmakers until 2016 and Announce Jury for “Made in Germany –

 
  Watch manufacturer Glashütte Original is extending its co-partnership with the Berlinale until 2016, and continuing its support of a talented young director from the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section with the “Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship”. Conceived for the development of a project, material and screenplay, the €15,000 fellowship is funded by Glashütte Original. “We are very pleased that for the third time now we will be able to awar...
 

Extensive Focus on Russia at Göteborg 2014

 
The 37th International Film Festival in Göteborg turns its gaze eastward. The Russian film tradition is one of the world’s most famous and Russia is currently one of the most interesting countries for film. “We have a large and broad Russian film program that is both artistically strong and that takes up current events in Russia. Several of the films touch upon subjects about the distribution of the country’s resources and the restrictions on freedom of speech,” sa...
 

Go Short welcomes Hannes Vartiainen & Pekka Veikkolainen as Artists in Residence

 
As a host organization at AIR Besiendershuis, Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen invites the Finnish filmmakers Hannes Vartiainen and Pekka Veikkolainen to work in Nijmegen for two months as Artists in Residence. From February till April they will reside in the Besiendershuis, a historic building situated on the quay of the Waal river.   Artist In Residence Besiendershuis The Besiendershuis annually asks four organisations from Nijmegen to be a ...

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Silver Springs International Film Festival 2014 calling for entries April 3-6, 2014

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The Silver Springs International Film Festival is an international cultural event created to elevate awareness of Ocala/Marion County, FL, Florida’s Silver Springs State Park and the area’s contributions to the cinema, as well as the cultural landscape of Florida. The springs have inspired generations of nature lovers and filmmakers alike; serving as a dramatic backdrop for countless film, television and commercial shoots and the “laboratory” where cinematography legend Bruce Mozert conceived, developed and perfected underwater photography.

The first Festival is set to be held in Historic Downtown Ocala in the beautifully restored Marion Theatre. Visit our page and download the manual Entry Form.
 

12th Annual Garden State Film Festival calling for entries : Film, Screenplay and Movie Music competitions

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The Garden State Film Festival was founded to promote the art of filmmaking on all levels by showcasing a wide variety of film, video and animated works as well as provide educational programs in the creative arts to the public by industry leaders. We have started accepting film entries for our next festival. FINAL Deadline is December 1st, 2013

Announcing the GSFF Movie Music Competition.This is the first competition of this kind in Film Festival History. Submit any original movie music from an independent film and it will be judged by music professionals with awards in multiple categories. Click here to submit

2014 Taiwan International Children’s Film Festival (TICFF) video calling for entries

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A biennial film festival, TICFF brings young children and adults to enjoy the works in this international exhibition, which will take place in April 2014. Public Television Service (PTS), the festival organizer of this event, is now signing up entries to attract some of the finest filmmakers around the world with the lure of USD 28,000 in prize money. Except for showing outstanding dramas, documentaries, animations, and television programs, the festival also includes a new feature: a special Taiwan prize which will be awarded to the best work which represents Taiwan and exemplified the highest standards in the industry... Submit

YOUPIX.ORG - Not Another Screenplay Competition!

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Years ago, PROJECT GREEN LIGHT offered new talents a platform to compete but it was short lived for obvious reasons, the business model didn’t work. The movies lost money. Unlike all of these different platforms that had good intentions in helping discover new talent, at YOUPIX.ORG, we have eliminated many mistakes to dramatically increase the odds of success for this new indie platform. 
The Internet is full of articles/posts/blogs written by Industry Professionals with endorsement for the top ten or top five screenplay competitions – and it doesn’t take long before you start seeing the same Contests repeated again and again…  That makes you feel good about those certain competitions, right?  So, you submit your screenplay to some (or all) of those competitions with your fingers crossed…  And you mig... Submit Now

Make YOUR Movie Contest on youpix.org!

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Project Greenlight Reincarnated!  Our winners make a MOVIE. "In Hollywood a script has a One in a Million chance at being produced. That sucks! At YouPix.org your script has a REAL chance at being made into a MOVIE! That does NOT suck!" Dear Screenwriters and Filmmakers, Let's face it.  We all just want to make movies.  Ever since we could remember.  We were kids with movie cameras making goofy projects wi... Submit Now

Houston Worldfest April 4-13, 2014 calling all filmmakers

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The MAIN ENTRY DEADLINE is December 15th, 2013   THE FINAL "BRICK-WALL" DEADLINE is: JANUARY 31st, 2013 - ENTRIES MUST REACH US BY THEN! We now accept PayPal for even greater payment security. The secure PayPal payment address is - entry@worldfest.org    The 47th Annual WorldFest-Houston - April 4-13, 2014 Ten Great Days in April! Download the entry form “Before there was Sundance or SXSW, Before there was Toronto or Tribeca, there was WorldFest...Submit now

International Television & Film Awards calling

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New York Festival's World's Best Television & 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, Music Videos, News, Promos, Reality Shows, Sports, Telenovelas, Webisodes, Best Performance by an Actor/Actress, Special Event, Innovation, and Technical Production Team...Submit Now

 

> THE AWARDS WATCH

The Berlinale and the French-German Youth Office Present the Jury of the “FGYO- Award Dialogue en perspective”

For the eleventh year running, the Berlin International Film Festival and official partner the French-German Youth Office (FGYO) are giving young film lovers the opportunity to participate in the “FGYO-Award Dialogue en perspective” as jury members.   Seven cineastes – three German, three French and one Israeli -  have been selected to view and evaluate the films in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section of the 64th Berlinale. They will present the...
 
 
Palestinian film Omar has won the Best Feature Film Award at the seventh annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the region’s highest accolade in film, announced at the ceremony at Brisbane’s City Hall on Thursday evening.   Produced, written and directed by Hany Abu-Assad, and produced by Waleed F. Zuaiter, David Gerson and Hany Abu-Assad, Omar is the first film to be fully funded by the Palestinian film industry.   Films from, India, People’s Republic of China and Re...
 

Spanish new FEROZ® Awards show their trophy and logo

 
The Asociación de Informadores Cinematográficos de España (AICE, Spanish Cinematographic Press Association) has presented the trophy for its awards: The FEROZ® Awards. A sculpture designed by Rafael Peralta and Pablo Tardáguila with the silhouette of a masked wolf (Feroz means fierce).     3D image developed by Laura Ortega Lacasa The FEROZ® Awards are the new prizes aiming to be the Spanish reference before The Goya Awards like the Golden Globes ...
 

August: Osage County, will receive the 2013 Capri, Hollywood Best Acting Ensemble of the Year

 
Award To Be Presented December 30th Following The Films Premiere Showing In Anacapri     The stellar cast of one of the year’s most highly anticipated films, August: Osage County, will receive the 2013 Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival’s Best Acting Ensemble of the Year Award, The cast includes Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis, Margo Martindale, Dermot Mulroney, Jul...
 

That's it! BolderLife Festival 2013 gave its Awards.

 
Guests, staff and live stream viewers have shared and celebrated a wonderful closing gala.        Artistic Director Erin Kelly and the staff members Jobi Berger (Filmmaker Liaison) and Dawn Bower (Director Educational/Theater Program) announced the award winners 2013:   Audience Choice Awards Feature Length: "Lonely Boy" Feature Documentary: "Fly by light" Animated Short: "Lost and Found" Documentary Short: &q...
 

Bahamas Int'l Film Festival reveals competition winners

 
Competition winners at the 10th Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) were revealed at an awards ceremony held at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island.   The competition categories at BIFF were Spirit of Freedom: Narrative; Documentary; New Visions: First Look; and Short Film.   Competition winners were announced by their respective juries. Complete details on all films can be found at www.bintlfilmfest.com. BIFF 2013 winners are: 2013 BIFF Audience Award ONE SMALL HITCH...
 

15 minutes Video Excerpts from The Awards Ceremony EFA 2013

 
The more than 2,900 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented: EUROPEAN FILM LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (The Great Beauty) Italy/France, 140 min  DIRECTED BY: Paolo Sorrentino  WRITTEN BY: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello  PRODUCED BY: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima EUROPEAN COMEDY DEN SKALDEDE FRISØR...
 

EFA Awards Ceremony,15 Minute Video Excerpts

The more than 2,900 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented: EUROPEAN FILM LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (The Great Beauty) Italy/France, 140 min  DIRECTED BY: Paolo Sorrentino  WRITTEN BY: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello  PRODUCED BY: Nicola Giu ...
 

2013 European Film Awards Ceremony Celebrates The Great Beauty

 
Sorrentino is the big winner of the evening with 4 Prizes (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Editing).     The winners of the 26th European Film Awards were  announced during the awards ceremony on 7 December 2013 in Berlin.   European Film THE GREAT BEAUTY / LA GRANDE BELLEZZA Italy, France (140 min) Director: Paolo Sorrentino Producer: Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima European Director PAOLO...
 

EFA Awards week end starts with a chat with Christophe Lambert on the plane, snow on Tegel, and nice chocolate in the room.

 
I arrived in Berlin safely, despite snow at Tegel...for the European Film Awards. Nice room at Concorde Hotel, petits fours (eaten befor ethis picture) and a sweet chocolate reproduction of the Award!  Nominees reception in a few moments! got to go...Canapés  and a sweet surprise...which I ate with pleasure..   ...
 

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Peter Wintonick Memorial in Montreal - OSAMA BIN LADIN IS DEAD and other memories - The Documentary Film World Mourns

 
It has been a few week since Canadian filmmaker Peter Wintonick, considered the "international ambassador of documentary film," died at 60 years old. Last weekend I attended his moving memorial which was a full house of family and fellow filmmakers. Without a doubt Wintonick's contribution to the Montreal film community reverberates into the documentary film world all now mourning his loss. We all lived in the same Montreal Mile End neighbourhood so Wintonick sigh...
 

Interview with Nishtha Jain for The Gulabi Gang

 
GULABI GANG 96min/Norway/India/Denmark/2012  Directed by Nishtha Jain Produced by Torstein Grude, Piraya Films Description GULABI GANG  a film by Nishtha Jain 96 min/Norway/India/Denmark 2012 Synopsis Enter the badlands of Bundelkhand in central India and you have entered a place of desolation, dust and despair. And yet it is hope that we discover as we follow the pink sari-clad women of Gulabi Gang. These women travel long distances by cart ...
 

Leonardo diCaprio & VENTURI AUTOMOBILES Launch FORMULA E ELECTRIC Race CAR Team

 
Venturi Automobiles today announced a joint venture with award-winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio to enter a team in the new FIA Formula E Championship - the world’s first fully-electric race series beginning in September 2014.   Based in Monaco, the new Venturi Grand Prix Formula E Team has been co-founded by DiCaprio and Gildo Pallanca Pastor, founder of pioneering EV manufacturer Venturi Automobiles, together with Bert Hedaya and Francesco Costa...
 

Outstanding Creative Experts Team Up to Celebrate the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®

 
Outstanding Creative Experts Team Up to Celebrate the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Executive Producer Kathy Connell vividly remembers the 14 months leading up to the inaugural Screen Actors Guild Awards® ceremony. As the first SAG Awards Committee chair, Connell and four fellow board members worked tirelessly to establish the entire Awards program, from the categories, rules and design of the award to the sit-down dinner club ambience. In hindsight, that might have ...
 

11th FIFO Jury and selected films revealed

 
The FIFO organisers have revealed the official FIFO 2014 selection, as well as the composition of the Jury for the 11th festival.   Out of the 115 documentaries received, the pre-selection committee has chosen 14 films in competition and 19 non-competition films. These selected productions are from Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, the Cook Islands, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea as well as from France and the United Kingdom, with cultural, environmental, political, his...
 

Where in the World is Leonard DiCaprio? Monaco, Plugged-in, Racing

 
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent   Not since Michael Schumacher started getting a run for his money from Sebastian Vettel has Forumla One racing had a more interesting development: Leonardo DiCaprio and the electric future of the sport. Okay, so what does this mean? As of September 2014, DiCaprio and his newly minted Venturi Automobiles posse, will drop the flag on a joint-venture geared to bring forth "the world's first fully electric race series."...
 

EFA Winners on stage, Emotion, panache and success

 
Probably the Best Show from the Academy, 15 counties saw it the ceremony live on television, Emotion Humour, spanish ensemble and panache. Italy wins best, belgian does well and Europe wins big. ...
 

The Role of EFA in influencing the Future...Keynote from Lord David Puttnam: making Movies that Matter

 
A matter of responsability, This was the theme of Lord David Puttnam's Keynote adress and discussion at The General Assembly of the Academy, in Berlin Concorde Hotel. David was my boss when I was running Columbia TriStar distribution in France. His words still resonate in my mind from the last time we met in Cannes, some 15 years ago or so, about the new Catch Line designed for the Columbia Studio branding (which he was running for a year). "Movies That Matter". In a pri...
 

President Wim Wenders at the Rehearsal of the EFA Awards Ceremony

 
Watch the Awards ceremony live on your TV or on the EFA Website. ...
 

Scenes from the nominees reception at Concorde and 40 seconds

 
Yesterday Buenos Aires, tonight Berlin. Abdellatif Kechiche nominated for European director for Blue Is the Warmest Colour: La vie d'Adèle at the nominees reception. Live from the nominees reception overlooking Berlin ! PrPresident Wim in his speech...   diner to follow...   ...
 

Opening Speech by DR YAACOB IBRAHIM Minister for communications and Information at Screen Singapore

 
SPEECH BY DR YAACOB IBRAHIM, MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ASIA TELEVISION FORUM & SCREENSINGAPORE 2013, ON WEDNESDAY, 4 DECEMBER 2013, MARINA BAY SANDS EXPO & CONVENTION CENTRE  AT 10.15AM   Your Excellencies, Mr Paul Beh, President of Reed Exhibitions Asia-Pacific, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,   Good morning and a very warm welcome to Asia Television Forum and ScreenSingapore 2013.   2 &nbs...

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Peter Wintonick Living Sunflower Memorial

 
Sunflowers 2014 will grow and blossom inspiring new ideas and inspiration for upcoming  thought provoking documentary films. Thank you Peter.
With the memories come the stories to be retold for future generations... and so the  sunflowers will grow in the Montreal spring 2014 in memorial to Peter Wintonick. The seeds of thoughts and ideas blossoming from hope and inspiration, turning conviction into vibrant films. RIP
 

Mina Rad Premieres her Film For me The Sun never Sets at Cinéma Vérité

 
Mina Rad had a very moving premiere for her film For me The Sun Never Sets, to a full house of 800 at Cinéma Vérité in Tehran, she was very moved coming back to Tehran after 30 years...   Extraits de POUR MOI LE SOLEIL NE SE COUCHE /For me the sun never sets un film de Mina Rad from minarad on Vimeo. ...
 

Revolution in Tehran !

 
Rob Stewart's Revolution was selected at Cinéma Vérité Tehran Festival of Documentary Film. (12 -17 December 2013)  It played in "Our Universe" section. Cinéma Vérité is run by Shirin Naderi and Leila Hosseiny. ...
 

2014 Sundance Film Festival Announces 20th Anniversary of Hoop Dreams as ‘From the Collection’ Screening

 
Park City, UT — Sundance Institute today announced that the newly restored Hoop Dreams (1994) will screen in the From the Collection program at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, 20 years after the film made its world premiere at the 1994 Festival. The recently completed restoration represents the collaborative effort of Sundance Institute, UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Film Archive and Kartemquin Films. Filmmakers Steve James, Peter Gilbert and Frederick Marx and subject...
 

2014 edition of New Frontier at the Sundance Film Festival

 
U.S. PREMIERE OF DOUG AITKEN’S SITE-SPECIFIC FILM INSTALLATION THE SOURCE (EVOLVING)   Sundance Institute announced today the films and installations to be featured in the 2014 edition of New Frontier at the Sundance Film Festival, including the U.S. premiere of The Source (evolving) by renowned artist Doug Aitken and a 3D projection-mapping project by Klip Collective. The Festival takes place January 16-26 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. New Frontier...
 

Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Spotlight, Park City at Midnight and new ‘Sundance Kids’ lin eup

 
30th Anniversary of the Sundance Film Festival The LunchBox by Ritesh Batra Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the 2014 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Spotlight, Park City at Midnight and new ‘Sundance Kids’ section of films for younger audiences. The Festival takes place January 16-26 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Trevor Groth, Director of Programming for the Sundance Film Festival, said, “The f...
 

Revolution in Tehran, it's official !!!

 
Rob Stewart's Revolution poster sits on the wall of the Felestin Theater (during Cinéma Vérité) next to The Act of Killing, the recent winner of the European Film Awards for Best Documentary which is also shorlisted for the Oscar. ...
 

Dutch producers Volya Films and Waterland Film have been selected for Hubert Bals Fund Plus in fall 2013.

 
Dutch producers Volya Films and Waterland Film have been selected for Hubert Bals Fund Plus in fall 2013. Each receives a grant of €50,000 from the Netherlands Film Fund for co-producing a Hubert Bals Fund-supported film. Volya Films co-produces Big Father, Small Father (Vietnam), and Waterland Film co-produces Women of the Weeping River (the Philippines). Big Father, Small Father is the second film by Phan Dang Di (1976, Vietnam), whose debut film Bi, Don’t Be Afraid premiered at th...
 

Tiger Teasers - What to expect from IFFR 2014

 
Tiger Teaser #10: A Thousand Suns » Warm tribute by Mati Diop to an African film classic and its lead actor. Tiger Teaser #8: Love Steaks » She is a sharp and swift chef. He is a shy and sweet masseur. In the luxury retreat where they work, a one-of-a-kind love story develops between Lara and Clemens. ...
 

First competition selections for IFFR 2014

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The Hivos Tiger Awards Competition of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) gives up-and-coming talent the opportunity to shine on a global stage. IFFR announces the first five films selected in its Hivos Tiger Awards Competition 2014. Among these, one has been supported by IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund. The complete line up of the fifteen first or second features concurring for the three equal Hivos Tiger Awards of 15,000 euro each will be presented around 9 January 2014. The first fi...
 

Berlinale Classics: Restoration of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari Nears Completion

 
As previously announced at the Berliner Philharmonie on Sunday, February 9, 2014, the 64th Berlin International Film Festival will present a special Berlinale Classics highlight: the world premiere of the digitally restored version of Robert Wiene’s masterpiece Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 1920).   For the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung’s restoration in 4K resolution, for the first time all relevant mat...
 

AMERICAN HUSTLE TO RECEIVE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE AWARD AT 25th ANNUAL PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

 
AMERICAN HUSTLE TO RECEIVE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE AWARD AT 25th ANNUAL PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS GALA   The 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will award its Ensemble Performance Award to the film American Hustle. The award will honor the film’s cast, which includes Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner. The Gala will also present awards to previously announced honorees Sandra B...
 

A Small Festival is a Beautiful Thing… Ephraim Walker Fruitville Station Oscar nomination buzz!

 
A small film festival is a beautiful thing. The close proximity in which you can be talking to a first time director or emerging film producer in an impromptu exchange in an elevator is always possible...  bumping into Ephaim Walker in an elevator his film Fruitvale Station isnow buzzing with the coveted Oscar nod...the hopes and dreams his aspirations and inspirations of an unrelenting passion for a film, a story,  and cause.  The nomination is the fruits of  labour passion ...
 

UniFrance Films Unveils 4th Edition Shortlist and Exclusive Features of Online French Cinema Fest MyFrenchFilmFestival.com

 
MyFrenchFilmFestival - the first online French film fest in the world - will be back up and running in 2014 from January 17 until February 17.   We, at filmfestivals.com do not understand why UniFrance insist on calling this online feast a festival. We are not such snobs as to not not consider this great iniotiativeworth sharing. It clearly benefits a score of film directors and producers that are part of the UniFrance family and need the exposure. Not sure about the selectio...
 

"The Ghosts in Our Machine" - bringing invisible animal abuse into perspective

 
Oscar qualifying documentary "The Ghosts in Our Machine" is about the human mistreatment towards animals, through the lens of the animal activist and photographer Jo-Anne McArthur. The journey of a year around the globe, including the USA, Canada and Europe, follows Jo-Anne's photography, looking animals in the eye, approaching their personalities and individuality. Very compelling film, bringing to the surface the misuse of these beings in science experiments, food, e...
 

THE MIRROR OF ARTAUD (ex-ARTAUD, Le surreél) prepar looks for principle actors Characters Artaud, negromance, Atreyu LES FILMS

 
Antonin Artaud was born in Marseilles in 1896. He was an actor, poet, ... extremes of interpretation, Antonin Artaud is a rare phenomenon. ... ARTAUD - appearance age of 36 - green eye, brown hair, 1, 70/5 m tall, thin- sex-appeal,French -Spanish speaking   Magnetic, with desire of acknowledge, eclectic, strong personality. he is a part of intellectual society  with a mandate of the government. Able to ride a horse. In the film: he b...
 

Hong Kong blockbuster FIRESTORM has its World Premiere at Screen Singapore

 
Hong Kong blockbuster FIRESTORM <<风暴>> starring Andy Lau and Gordon Lam Ka Tung made its world premiere at ScreenSingapore this evening. The red carpet event was held at Resorts World Sentosa and both Andy Lau and Gordon Lam graced the occasion. The movie is scheduled for Asia-wide release on 12 December. In Singapore, FIRESTORM is co-distributed by Clover Films, Golden Village Pictures and Starhub.     ...

 

Revolution will play this week end in Venice at the Think Forward Film Festival, out of competition

 
Revolution will play this week end out of competition http://www.therevolutionmovie.com/ Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed Sharkwater 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. In an effort to uncover the truth and find...
 
 

"I Spy My Father" Feature Documentary Film in Development

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In Development: I Spy My Father. Documentary.director. Laurie Gordon. Completion 2015 Genre: Documentary Feature –Live action - animation Length: >90 min Production Company: MusiVision - Emotion Film Factory - Director: Laurie Gordon Delivery: 2015   I Spy My Father The 20th century zigzags its way through the short but intense life of enigmatic ...

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Cinema Verite is organised by DEFC (Documentary & Experimental Film Center)

 
DEFC (Documentary and Experimental Film Center) is the main center for production, distribution and promotion of fiction, documentary, animation and experimental films in the Middle East. During last years, we have produced and promoted also the first and second long feature films of young, talented cineastes, among them: “Bitter Dream” ( Mohsen Amir Yousefi) 2 prizes in Cannes 2004, quinzen des realisateurs and selected and won prizes in more than 40 international film fest...
 

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Sept jeunes jurés au Festival International du Film de Berlin grâce à l’Office franco-allemand pour la Jeunesse (OFAJ)

 
En route pour la Berlinale ! Dans le cadre du 64ème Festival International du Film de Berlin, sept jeunes jurés passionnés de cinéma seront membres du jury « Prix OFAJ Dialogue en perspective » du 06 au 16 février 2014. Vous pourrez retrouver la couverture intégrale de cet événement sur notre site filmfestivals.com; le site phare du ciruit des Festivals. Trois Français, trois Allemands et un Israéli...
 

Bruno Chatelin sera un des Témoins Privilégiés de la Coopération Franco-Allemande lors des Prix OFAJ Dialogue en Perspective

 
L’Office franco-allemand pour la Jeunesse (OFAJ), partenaire officiel du 64ème Festival International du film de Berlin, organise du 06 au 16 février 2014, pour la onzième année consécutive, l’opération « Prix OFAJ - Dialogue en perspective ».     Un jury franco-germano-israélien composé de sept jeunes cinéphiles, sélectionnés parmi plus de cent vingt candidature...
 

LE B.O CONCERT - Les plus grands compositeurs de musiques de films réunis au Grand Rex [10 JANVIER 2014]

 
A l’occasion de son 10e anniversaire, L’Union des Compositeurs de Musiques de Films présente LE B.O CONCERT Un concert exceptionnel au cœur de la musique de film française Présenté par Vincent PERROT _______________________________________________________ Le Grand Rex 10 janvier 2014 - 20h00 ☆ ☆ ☆     JEAN-MICHEL BERNARD, CLAUDE BOLLING, LUDOVIC BOURC...
 

Palmarès du 1er Festival Film Noir

 
1°FILM NOIR FESTIVAL 5-8 décembre / Gisors   PALMARÈS > Compétition Internationale des Courts Métrages   Patrick Brion, président du jury de la 1°édition du Film Noir Festival, et les membres du jury : les comédiennes Déborah Grall et Alexandra Génovès, le comédien Jean-Pierre Martins et le comédien & réalisateur Karim Adda ont décerné les prix suivants...
 

« Paris Images Trade Show » le nouveau rendez-vous consacré aux métiers du cinéma et de l'image animée

 
L’excellence des savoir-faire des industries techniques et techniciens français constitue l’un des atouts majeurs de notre pays dans l’ensemble des métiers du cinéma, de l’audiovisuel et de l’image animée. Le « Paris Images Trade Show » constituera chaque année le temps fort de promotion auprès des professionnels du monde entier d’une  filière dynamique et génératrice d...
 

La 19e cérémonie des Prix Lumières se déroulera le lundi 20 janvier 2014 à 21H00 à l’Espace Pierre Cardin.

 
Décernés chaque année par les correspondants de la presse étrangère à Paris, les Prix Lumières sont surnommés les Golden Globes français. Cette année encore, ils inaugureront la saison des prix cinématographiques en récompensant les meilleurs talents du cinéma français et francophone de l’année écoulée.   Les Prix : Meilleur film, Meilleur réalisateur, Me...
 

Retour sur Toute la mémoire du monde Festival international à La Cinémathèque française du 3 au 8 décembre 2013

 
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Excentris lance un grand concours de création vidéo : « Ma bande-annonce en Technicolor »

 
Parce que le Cinéma Excentris s'est donné comme mission de soutenir et de promouvoir la relève, c'est avec fierté qu’il répète son grand concours de création vidéo : Ma bande-annonce en Technicolor. Cinéastes en herbe, étudiants et jeunes professionnels sont invités à soumettre leur vision du Cinéma Excentris par le biais d'une publicité de 30 secondes. L'équipe ga...
 

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