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Are you ready for Fest Forums in Santa Barbara

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FestForums Santa Barbara is back for 2018 November 14th-16th! Use this code: Bruno20  for a discount when registering  http://torchly.io/VU09uETVvb    


The Santa Barbara Conference is the biggest with over 800 attendees and over 80 exhibitors in 2017.This year's FestForums will take place at the same -yet new and improved- Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort (formerly The Fess Parker). The agenda consists of 2 days of panels with 2 tracks each day. Panels will include diverse and current topics such as VR, cryptocurrency, and the always popular festival bootcamp (subject to change). MORE
 
 

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Hong Kong Film Industry on Show at AFM with Hong Kong Day November 1st

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Ninth Hong Kong Day to Feature Screenings and Seminar The Market opened with a ceremonial ribbon cutting and toast with Hong Kong Trade Development Council Director Chris Lo and AFM Organizers, Jean Prewitt and Jonathan Wolf.   Hong Kong, 1 November 2018; United States, 31 October 2018 – The ninth Hong Kong Day returns to the American Film Market (AFM) tomorrow (1 Nov, Eastern Standard Time) in Santa Monica, California, in the United States. AFM and the...
 

Entertaining Power Co., Ltd Line Up for the American Film Market

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Entertaining Power Co., Ltd  is glad to announce attending American Film Market until 7th Nov and our office at LOEWS HOTEL office no. 647.     EP was found in 2003, actively participated and exploring diversified opportunity in the entertainment industry among Hong Kong, China, Pacific Asia as far as the rest of the world. We have successfully ...
 

LA premiere of the award-winning THE DIVIDE

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The film is the critically acclaimed directorial debut of Golden-Globe-nominated actor Perry King. Produced by Jo Haskin and written by Jana Brown, The Divide is an unconventional western, set in 1976, that delves into Alzheimer’s at a time when little was known of the disease, which touches virtually every person and family. The Divide stars King (Riptide, The Day After Tomorrow, The Lords of Flatbush), Bryan Kaplan (Fray), Sara Arrington (The Jungle Book), Tony Award winner Levi Kre...
 

The World is My Country: WARNING! Watching this may cause you to think you can change the world

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A comedian, desperate to stop a war, pulls off an act of political comedy so gutsy and eye-opening that it sparks a huge movement -- drawing Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert Camus and a cast or thousands into what Martin Sheen calls "a roadmap to a better future." The film, by director Arthur Kanegis, best known for his Paul Newman/Haskell Wexler doc "War Without Winners" began garnering awards and audience acclaim even before its premiere at work-in-progress ...
 

WONDERFUL LOSERS: A DIFFERENT WORLD - Lithuania's Official Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film to premiere in LA

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ARUNAS MATELIS' DOCUMENTARY FEATURE "WONDERFUL LOSERS: A DIFFERENT WORLD" TO PREMIERE AT EFP'S OSCAR ENTRIES LA SCREENINGS DGA Award-winning director Arunas Matelis ("Before Flying Back to the Earth") returns after 12 years of creative silence with his new documentary feature WONDERFUL LOSERS: A DIFFERENT WORLD - Lithuania's Official Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film. Arunas Matelis It is one of the biggest Europ...
 

Arclight Films signs distribution deal with Well Go USA for sci-fi thriller Possessor

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Arclight Films has struck another distribution deal with Well Go USA during this year’s American Film Market. The leading independent distribution company has acquired US rights to Brandon Cronenberg’s (Antiviral) highly anticipated sophomore sci-fi thriller Possessor, it was announced today by Arclight Films’ Chairman, Gary Hamilton. Filming for the feature is slated to begin first quarter 2019.   “Brandon Cronenberg is a master of science-fiction stor...
 

Russell Brand stars in the anticipated, enchanting FOUR KIDS AND IT along with Paula Patton, Matthew Goode, and Michael Caine.

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  The story follows four children who are horrified to learn that their beach holiday is a bonding trip with potential future step siblings. An argument leads to the discovery of magical, sandy, grumpy creature IT (voiced by Caine), who can grant them one wish a day that will be cancelled when the sun sets.   Ashley Aufderheide, Teddie Malleson-Allen, Billy Jenkins and Ellie-Mae Siame play the four children.   Andy De Emmony (West Is West) directs the adaptation of Jacqueli...

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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Find out, why Tallinn is all about storytelling this fall!

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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the complete lineup of Official Selection

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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival aka PÖFF announces the full lineup of its major international competition programme, the Official Selection, adding eleven titles to the previously announced eight. The selection sees an addition of five European films, including the world premieres of th...

 

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event reveal 2018 Works In Progress titles

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19 films in production or post-production looking for sales agents or festivals for international premieres will be presented at the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event Work in Progress sessions on November 28. This year&rs...
 

Baltic Event announces 2018 Co-Production Market selection

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16 projects will be presented in the official selection of the Co-Production Market taking place on November 27-30, 2018, at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event duri...
 

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival adds twelve films to complete the lineup for the First Feature Competition

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Representing countries from five continents, the festival adds eleven competition films to the previously announced seven, with six of them originating from European countries, two from Asia, two from the Americas and one from Africa. Presented out of competition is the Spanish psychological thriller The P...
 

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event unveil Script Pool Tallinn and POWR Baltic Stories Exchange projects

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Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event announce projects for the second edition of the script competition Script Pool Tallinn and POWR Baltic Stories Exchange international forum that runs for the 11th time this year. Script Pool Tallinn competition winner receives the prize of 5000 euros, provided by the leading international sales & distribution company Global Screen GmbH. Five teams consisting of scriptwriters and produc...

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Asian premiere of Ralph Fiennes new film, The White Crow

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©2018 TIFF   While continuing to rack up an enviable record of critically lauded performances in commercially successful films, from Schindler’s List to Harry Potter, Ralph Fiennes has twice before taken time out to direct his own films, Coriolanus and The Invisible Woman. That he would decide next to mount a gorgeous, sweeping quasi-biopic of legendary Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev was not exactly predictable.   But as he told the pres...

Breaking Down Barriers in Amateur Filmmaking [TIFF 2018: Teens Meet Cinema: Q&A]

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  ©2018 TIFF   “I don’t believe there are ‘amateur’ filmmakers and ‘professional’ filmmakers. There are just people that want to make movies.”   It was with that sentiment that director Akiko Ooku summed up the hard work of the students who took part in the 31st TIFF’s filmmaking workshop Teens Meet Cinema. The workshop, which is in its second year, pairs up veteran filmmakers with middle-sch...
 

Competition Jury Press Conference: Finding Magic in First Impressions

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©2018 TIFF   The five members of the 31st TnIFF Iternational Competition Jury sat down with the press on October 26, the morning after they had first appeared together at the Opening Ceremony.   Presided over by acclaimed director Brillante Ma Mendoza of the Philippines (The Masseur, Kinatay, Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections), the panel includes Hollywood producer Bryan Burk (Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Iranian actress Tarane...

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FOCUS ON INDIA by Siraj Syed  

Jack & Dil, Review: Love my dog? Shadow my wife!

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Jack & Dil, Review: Love my dog? Shadow my wife! Set in picturesque Goa, the film seems to an advert for Goa tourism, a certain brand of tea and a particular brand of kettle. A bunch of actors were most likely contracted for a period and taken to the Western Indian beach paradise state, where a cat and mouse game was played out under the garb of making a movie. Reasonably talented actors appear novices as the plot, of a suspicious husband hiring a novice to spy on his wife, unravels at a ...
 
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Ekkees Taarekh Shubh Muhurat, Review: Marry-go-round Set in the Hindu holy town of Mathura, with only old faithful Sanjay Mishra in the non-star cast, Ekkees Taarekh Shubh Muhurat (21st, an auspicious date) is the sleeper that wakes you up, the mouse that roared. Slice-of-life characters, with only the occasional over the top comedy, keep the film anchored to the ground and the audience entrenched their cushioned seats. Girdhari Lal Sharma (Sanjay Mishra) is a priest-turned-mythology-storyte...
 

Lupt, Review: Vengeance, the soul purpose

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Lupt, Review: Vengeance, the soul purpose A wafer thin story-line might have made it easier for the makers to deliver a supernatural ‘horror’ film, but there is little to take home from Lupt, except some good performances, led by an unlikely Javed Jaaferi, who, against the trend, has been cast as a ruthless business tycoon. The film is a revenge tale, like 99% of all horror films, but chooses to delve into the realm of souls rather than ghosts. But aren’t most ghosts disgrun...
 

Kaagaz ki kashti, Review: Surfing oceans of melody

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Kaagaz ki kashti, Review: Surfing oceans of melody It’s a tough call. What do you call a biopic on the life and times of singer-composer, late Jagjit Singh? Producer-director Brahmanand S. Siingh settles for Kaagaz ki kashti (Paperboat), deriving the title from one of Jagjit’s most popular numbers, a nazm (an Urdu poetry form), and adding a sub-heading, Jagjit Singh Come Alive. Though he sang all kinds of songs in a career spanning five decades, nazm was not what he was known for....
 

Badhaai Ho, Review: No age to have a baby

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Badhaai Ho, Review: No age to have a baby What if you discover that your mother is pregnant when you are 25 and in a steady relationship? Should you be happy? Sad? Feel outraged? Would you become the butt of jokes day in and day out? How would you deal with the development? Such is the off-beat premise of Badhaai Ho (Congratulations). [This review has been delayed for so many days due to serious issues with my computer, but the film, which was seen 10 days ago, deserves to be reviewed, and we...

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Filmfestivals.Com has been recognized for 2018 Excellence Award

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FilmfestivalsCom has been recognized for our 2018 Excellence Award. Our panel of industry executives and consultants oversees an annual survey commissioned by the USITC on various categories and determines which companies meet and exceed the industry benchmarks that have been set forth. Further details on this selection can be viewed on our website including the press release that was produced for this occasion (which is not distributed till mutual review is complete). To review the award...    

Election of the EFA President and EFA Board Elections 2018, votes close end of november

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  Election of the EFA President and EFA Board Elections 2018 Deadline: 30 November  Please consider voting for Bruno Chatelin a former Board Member. All candidate info can be found on the voting platform.    ... 
 

How to work the AFM for first timers

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A few tips from a veteran: Here are a few things we recommend you should be doing :      Pitch Ready   Practice, rehearse and test your elevator pitch! - Which stage you are in - Sweet and short,  less than 60 seconds - Start with a catch line, give your films' references (seven meets rosemary's baby...) - What makes your film and team unique - What you are looking for    - Ask for a follow up meeting i...
 

New Team to Launch STIFF - Seattle's Transmedia & Independent Film Festival 2019

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After a long run Will Chase, Warner Boutin and Timothy Vernor are leaving the STIFF core team but will remain involved as Board Members. Wendy Gonzalez remains on the team and is leading the effort to recruit new members and bring them up to speed. We have several new members ...
 

Bruno Chatelin joins the Advisory Board of The French Riviera Film Festival

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"Gotham Chandna and I are honored that Bruno Chatelin, one of the leading authorities on the global film circuit, has joined our festival's advisory board and will also serve as a judge," commented festival co-founder Nicole Muj. "Bruno is passionate about his work within the international film community, and we' re humbled to welcome such a highly respected figure in today's world cinema as part of our inaugural festival." Nicole Muj festival co-founder, Bruno ...

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DFF41 Film Sections in Denver

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Calling for vertical videos

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Entries are now open for the 3rd Vertical Film Festival, to be held in Katoomba in Australia’s Blue Mountains on Saturday 8 December 2018. The formula is the same as when we launched the world’s first competition for vertical film & video in 2014: entries in HD video up to 3 minutes long, created and delivered vertically (9:16) for tall-screen projection in front of an audience, on any theme, in any genre, pushing the creative possibilities of vertical filmmaking...
 

6th Annual Miami International Children's Film Festival

 
OPENING NIGHT PARTY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 at 5:00 PM   Join us on the Pe...
 

UNAFF Closing Week End in Palo Alto

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 The 21st UNAFF closes this weekend (October 26-28), packed with 18 film screenings, 2 panels, a reception with filmmakers, the Awards Ceremony, and the Closing Night Party.   Please see below the weekend program.   Please click here for the full program (for a quick view of the Schedule, please click here).   For more information about the 21st UNAFF, please visit www.unaff.org. &n...
 

Cine Vivo - Perth Independent Latino American Film Festival heads to Argentina

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Cine Vivo - Argentina!   Cine Vivo - Perth Independent Latino American Film Festival heads to Argentina tonight with a tribute to all film lovers. Start the night with a mouthwatering Argentinian asado from Roberto’s BBQ then settle in for the heart-warming film, Un Cine en Concreto (A Concrete Cinema), which follows the story of a man who loved the old cinema in his small town so much that when it was demolished he set about re-creating...
 

Project Market at the 5th HANIFF in full swing in Hanoi Vietnam

 
Following the great success of the 2nd Project Market within the Hanoi International Film Festival in 2016, this year, BHD Co., Ltd – Vietnam Media Corp continue to co-ordinate with the Cinema Department of Vietnam to organize the Project Market within the framework of the 5th International Film Festival between Oct 27th and 30th, 2018 in Hanoi. Project Market will be a place to network and experience for film producers, directors and script writers, who wish to introduce their projects t...
 

Finding Vince 400, an inaugural film festival concluded in Rome in honor of St. Vincent de Paul's life

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Hosted by the Vincentian Family, Finding Vince 400 will Showcase Film Screenings, Art Exhibits and Panel Discussions with Clarence Gilyard, Jim Caviezel and Sheree Wilson  The Festival Features Films from Around the World That Bring Awareness to Issues of Poverty in Diverse Communities (L-R) Forgotten Huts , Courtesy of FV400 Festival ; Mare Nostrum , Courtesy of FV400 Festival ; A Little Wisdom , Courtesy of FV400 Festival . Rome, ITALY — In celebration of the 400th a...
 

New Team to Launch STIFF - Seattle's Transmedia & Independent Film Festival 2019

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          After a long run Will Chase, Warner Boutin and Timothy Vernor are leaving the STIFF core team but will remain involved as Board Members. Wendy Gonzalez remains on the team and is leading the effort to recruit new members and bring them up to speed. We have several new members ...
 

“Ebertfest 21” set for April 10-13, 2019 tickets on sale Nov. 1

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  The festival passes cover all 12 or more screenings during the festival, held in the ornate Virginia Theatre, a restored downtown Champaign movie palace. Related talks and panel discussions may be held at the Hyatt Place hotel in downtown Champaign and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.    In addition to celebrated films, the festival presents cinematic works overlooked by audiences, critics or distributors. It was founded by Ebert, an Urbana native, U. of I...
 

Bruno Chatelin joins the Advisory Board of The French Riviera Film Festival

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"Gotham Chandna and I are honored that Bruno Chatelin, one of the leading authorities on the global film circuit, has joined our festival's advisory board and will also serve as a judge," commented festival co-founder Nicole Muj. "Bruno is passionate about his work within the international film community, and we' re humbled to welcome such a highly respected figure in today's world cinema as part of our inaugural festival." Nicole Muj festival co-founder, Bruno ...

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FILM IN FOCUS 

Tau Tau presents her new black comedy caper NO ZUO NO DIE

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Berlin based Chinese film producer and director Tau Tau teams up with Ron Cobert at Sunscope Entertainment to bring to the market commercially viable feature films. Tau Tau is proud to present Sunscope Entertainment as a powerful distribution and marketing partner globally. In the past a few years, Tau Tau has  has gained internationally recognition, co-producing, bringing western creative forces and Chinese elements together. Independently she produced feature films  such as Open W...
 

 

Canada can, and does still- with style!

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For its seventh annual Quebec Lecture in London, the Francophone Delegation filled the superb surrounds of the Royal Geographical Society, which has nestled for well over a century in one of the capital's quaintest addresses - Kensington Gore-(theatrical slang for fake blood, and famously used to describe a ghostly, if not quite ghastly, operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan ("-and not as good as The Mikado" as a first night wag wrote of Ruddigore, which ha...
 

Byron Bay Fest awards Sharkwater Extinction and announces the Rob Stewart Best Environmental Film Award for next year

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With high acclaim for the selection and quality of films that made up the Official Selection for the 12th Byron Bay Film Festival, Director J’aimee Skippon-Volke released the full line-up of winning films taking home the coveted awards.   The film which was in the spotlight at the Festival’s closing gala, Sharkwater: Extinction, won BBFF2018’s Best Environmental Film Award. The film was the last work by the late shark conservationist Rob Stewart, who was well know...
 

Access to Withoutabox will close in a year from now: on October 30, 2019

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We received this week the news from Withoutabox with a message announcing the end of the service for 2019. Sorry to see them go, even if many festivals and filmmakers seem happy about it. I remember witnessing their birth, when filmfestivals.com was still young, meeting with the two co founders, becoming partners, then disapointed partners, then co sponsors of a few film festival conferences....then finally seeing them merge into amazon and IMDB to slowly disappearing from the radar. The sp...
 

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Jason Reitman to receive the John Cassavetes Award at next Denver Film Festival

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The 41st Denver Film Festival will run October 31–November 11, 2018       Jason Reitman will appear in-person with his new film The Front Runner and be presented with the award onstage at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Thursday, November 8.   The Denver Film Festival (DFF), p...
 

The 3rd Slemani International Film Festival announces winners

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The Slemani International Film Festival wrapped up with an awards ceremony and several acclaimed Iranian artists including Jafar Panahi, Majid Majidi and Navid Mohammadzadeh won the main awards of the event, held from October 10-16 in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan.   Presided by Foad Jalal and organized by Masti Film Company and Mullah Bakhtiar the official in charge of supporting the festival, the closing ceremony of the festival was attended by several well-known Iranian artists includi...
 

Byron Bay International Film Festival announces award winners

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With high acclaim for the selection and quality of films that made up the Official Selection for the 12th Byron Bay Film Festival, Director J’aimee Skippon-Volke released the full line-up of winning films taking home the coveted awards.   Woman at War – the Cannes award-winning follow-up to Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson's Of Horses and Men ­– took both Best Dramatic Feature and Best Film. In true Byron style, the film wa...
 

EFA Animation and Comedy Nominations

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The European Film Academy proudly announces the nominations for the award categories EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2018 and EUROPEAN COMEDY 2018.  The nominations for the category COMEDY were determined by a committee comprised of EFA Board Members Angeles González-Sinde (Spain), Henning Kamm (Germany) and Ada Solomon (Romania), director Hannes Holm (Sweden) and distributor Hrvoje Laurenta (Croatia). As for ANIMATED FEATURE FILM, the committee consisted of EFA Board Dep...
 

Sundance Institute Names 2018 Art of Nonfiction Fellows and Grantees

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     From Unrestricted Grants to Custom-Tailored Support, Documentary Film Program Celebrates Innovative Approaches to Nonfiction Filmmaking     Top, L–R: Deborah Stratman, Sky Hopinka, Leilah Weinraub. Middle, L–R: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Natalia...
 

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PARTNERS FESTIVAL NEWS 

Julien Dubuque International Film Festival 
April 24 – 28, 2019

January 14, 2019 Regular Deadline / February 3, 2019 Late Deadline / February 23, 2019 Extended Deadline /

Known for it's quaint location, friendly staff/volunteers, inquisitive audience, consistent communication, multiple screening opportunities, workshops, panels and other amazing networking opportunities and parties; it's no wonder JDIFF was voted one of the coolest film festivals and one of the top 50 worth the submission fee by MovieMaker Magazine (2016 & 2017). JDIFF also ranks as one of the top 100 reviewed festivals by FilmFreeway. JDIFF is ALL about the independent filmmaker!

Dubuque, Iowa is a quaint city on the Mississippi and a perfect place to host the festival. As quoted in Filmmaker Magazine "The festival is smartly situated downtown, with an assortment of handsome venues all within walking distance" from the Festival Headquarters, located in the grand HOTEL JULIEN, the same hotel where Al Capone used to hide out from the Chicago Feds.

Our final nominees are judged by our Jury members of Film professionals, such as Directors, Producers, Critics, Director of Photography, etc and choose the final winner of each category.

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Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
July 19 – 29, 2019 

December 31, 2018 Earlybird Deadline

Three times now, The Melbourne Doc Fest has been rated as a Top 100 Film Festival on FilmFreeway and has consistently been ranked in the top 2% of the over 6,000 film festival in the world over the last 3 years.

The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is currently rated as the Documentary Film Festival of the Year (2018) by FilmDaily. 

Our mission is to discover and promote independent Australian documentaries, and to showcase the best international documentaries to Melbourne audiences. The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival provides a public forum and supportive platform to allow emerging filmmakers to showcase their work.

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The Chandler International Film Festival 
January 18 -21, 2019
Chandler Film Festival January 18 â 21, 2019

October 27, 2018 Final Deadline

The main focus of our festival is to support creative, independent filmmaking through the ability, innovation and uniqueness to capture the series of movements and experiences in a single film. We help filmmakers across the world build an audience and platform for their projects and works to diversify the film industry.

The Chandler International Film Festival (CIFF) is a year-round film festival with grand annual event @ Chandler Downtown on January 18 -21, 2019. CIFF will be screening over 100 films from all over the world. The three-day festival will include Red Carpet, Opening Ceremony, Prime Shows with Dinner, Audience Choice Awards, Award Ceremony, Networking, Workshops, Q&A and After Party.

 

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The Garden State Film Festival 
March 28 - 31, 2019 

Asbury Park, NJ. Film, Screenplay and Movie Music competitions opened July 1, 2018.   

The Garden State Film Festival was founded to promote the art of film making on all levels by showcasing a wide variety of film, video and animated works, as well as to provide educational programs in the creative arts to the public by industry leaders. Our goal is to present films of the highest quality in both production value and content.

The Garden State Film Festival's professional jury will select winning films in various categories. Submission categories are for administration purposes only. There are separate awards for student films (please state on notes which kind of student you are if it applies - Graduate, College, High School or younger) as well as the "Home Grown Awards" for films where 75% of principle photography is shot in the State of New Jersey.

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2019 WORLDFEST-HOUSTON 

April 5 - 14, 2019

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PARTNER FESTIVAL WITH FILMFESTIVALS.COM

The EarlyBird Deadline is November 15th 

Entries Opened August 15th. The EarlyBird Deadline is November 15th and the Main Entry Deadline is December 15th. These are "Postmark By Deadlines". If you enter Online by the January 15th Late/Final Deadline and we receive the physical entry by January 31st, your entry will still be reviewed by our judges. Due to popular demand, we have extended the Final Brick Wall Deadline to January 31st, online!

The 2019 Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival is now open for entries! Info on All Winners info is submitted to Seoul, Korea ~ Concorto, Italy & the USAFilmFestival, Dallas at no extra cost!

 

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New York Festivals Television & Films Awards 

April 9th, 2019

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Deadline for entries is October 15, 2018

New York Festivals World's Best TV & Films competition honors programming in all lengths and forms from over 50 countries. New Categories for 2019 include Human Rights Documentary, Digital Short-Form Music Video, Telenovela Promotion, Brand Image, CSR Not-for-Profit, Branded Content, Attitudinal Training, Branded Content Documentary, Student Documentary, Public Relations & Social Engagement. 

All Entries in the 2019 competition will be judged online and screened by New York Festivals Television & Film Awards Grand Jury of 200 plus producers, directors, writers, and other creative media professionals from around the globe. Nominated Finalists are judged by a selected panel at the United Nations for the UNDPI Awards. Award-winning entries will be showcased on the NYF Television & Film Awards website. To View the 2018 TV & Film Awards winning entries please visit: https://www.newyorkfestivals.com/winners/2018/

 

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The NYC Independent Film Festival 

May 5 – 12, 2019

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Regular deadline November 30 2018 

The 10th Annual NYC Independent Film Festival provides a showcase for indie filmmakers from NYC and around the world to the NYC public & entertainment industry. Indie filmmakers self­fund projects with budgets from $0 - ­$1,000,000 and often overlooked, these filmmakers show extraordinary talent and creativity under tight budgets. The Festival provides filmmakers with the opportunity for potential distribution while meeting fans and promoting their film. 

The Festival is an annual event and will run May 5 - 12, 2019, taking place at Producers Club, The Caveat and Cameo Clnton Studios. We will screen 250 films, host panels and presentations, as well as after parties, a live script reading, and a live comedy sketch performance! All while hosting hundreds of filmamakers from around the world!

 

2019 submission categories include: Narrative Feature, Short Film (narrative), Super Short Film (narrative), Documentary Fearure, Documentary Short, Music Video, Art/Experimental (short film), Animation (short film), Short Script, Short Sketch Comedy Videos, Virtual Reality, Web Series, TV Pilots. 

 

Join us in New York City May 5 to 12, 2019

 

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Fantasporto’2019 Oporto International Film Festival 
February 22 to March 2, 2019

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ENTRY DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1st 2018 

This Call is for Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi features and shorts only of Fantasy gendre. The Director’s Week section is destinaded only for, no strings attach.

 

Deadlines for Entries for 2019 edition are November 1st (feature and fantasy shorts) and December 5th (Final Call and only for features). Fantasporto enjoys incredible loyalty and support from the large film-appreciating community all over the World. In the last edition, Fantasporto was attended by over 25,000 enthusiastic genre film fans and over 200 members of the film press and industry.

Considered in 2015 as the first of the independent film festivals in the world by TRIPPER, Fantasporto is among the top film festivals  for the discovery of new talent, having revealed countless of now famous directors, producers and actors.

The World Heritage City by UNESCO of Porto, twice considered Europe’s Best Touristic Destination,  is another factor adding interest . Founded in 1981, the 39th edition has the support of the Portuguese State and the Townhall.

Check the  Regulations on the site www.fantasporto.com.

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Registration open for Cartoons on the Bay 2019 – International Cross-media Animation and Children’s Television Festival

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Cartoons on the Bay 2019 – International Cross-media Animation and Children’s Television Festival Registrations are open! Registrations to Cartoons on the Bay are open! The 23rd Edition of Cartoons on the Bay – International Cross-media Animation and Children’s Television Festival will be held in Turin from April 11th to 13th, 2019. Visit our website www.cartoonsbay.rai.it under the section SUBMISSION and fill-out the online entry form to submit your work to the ...
 

30 international film awards for NENA & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel!

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The music video hit starring NENA and Dave Stewart has won 30 international film awards. Thanks to all festivals on FilmFreeway who made this possible      Nena & Dave Stewart: "Be my Rebel" ..

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ECO CALLING

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Filmfestivals com has an eye for Eco, Transition, Green and Conservationism cinema: check our fantastic selection

Films we curate for festivals: Check our selection of 'Best for Fests' in the eco green genre!   "Ones to Watch for fests' by filmfestivals.com"...  

 

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HORROR CALLING

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Filmfestivals com has an eye for Horror and SciFi: check our fantastic selection

Films we curate for festivals Check our selection of 'Best for Fests' in the Horror SciFi genre!   "Ones to Watch for fests' by filmfestivals.com"...  

Art contest week 4 winners announced!

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DOC FESTS CALLING

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Filmfestivals com has an eye for Docs: check our selection

Films we curate for festivals Check our selection of 'Best for Fests' documentaries.  "Ones to Watch for fests' by filmfestivals.com".  LIVING IN THE FUTURES PAST by Susan Kucera, produced and presented by Jeff Bridges. USA

"FILMFESTIVALS.COM ONES TO WATCH ON THE CIRCUIT" FOR FESTIVAL CONSIDERATION

 

THE CREEPY LINE a film by M.A.Taylor 2018

"A film that Google does not want you to see  - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"

An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.

The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”. 

Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.

There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.

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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes

Sharkwater Extinction first peek

Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for”

Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film, 

Sharkwater: Extinction.

The soundtrack "Child of the Water" is a tribute to Rob, written and recorded by the ethereal Chantal Kreviazuk.

Click here for a preview.

Sharkwater: Extinction, scheduled to release in October 2018, is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.

Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.

Rob Stewart Sharkwater: Extinction

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LIVING IN THE FUTURES PAST by Susan Kucera, A documentary presented by Jeff Bridges.
USA October 2017 - 83 minutes 

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13 Festival wins so far for Living in the Future's Past

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Revolution by Rob Stewart 

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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (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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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

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La fièvre dans le sang d’Elia Kazan (Splendor in the Grass, USA, 1961)

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Contexte Après les succès d’Un tramway nommé désir (1951) et À l’Est d’Eden (1955), Elia Kazan signe ici une autre œuvre remarquable. Le scénario est de William Inge, qui joue brièvement le rôle d’un pasteur dans le film, et qui recevra un Oscar pour son travail. L’auteur s’est inspiré de personnes qu’il a connus dans le Kansas des années 1920. Le film signe les débuts d...
 

 

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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
 

Top 10 des entrées hebdo France du 17/10/2018 au 23/10/2018

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Venom s'impose logiquement en tête des démarrages 1er jour de ce mercredi 10 octobre, suivi de Voyez comme on danse et de Girl.     Tendance des films BoxOffice France        ...
 

Un Joyeux Bilan de la 31ème du FIFF Namur, partagé avec 32 000 festivaliers

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Palmarès 40e Cinemed Montpellier

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Longs métrages • Antigone d'or de Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Dotation de 15 000 € par Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Président du jury Robert Guédiguian (réalisateur, producteur) Membres du jury :  Lola Naymark (comédienne), Jacques Boudet (comédien), Gérard Meylan (comédien), Robinson Stévenin (comédien) ...

41e édition - 2018 26 OCT > 11 NOV www.festival-villerupt.com     C'est en 1976 que le Festival du Film Italien voit le jour à Villerupt, ancienne ville minière et sidérurgique et de forte immigration italienne. Des jeunes gens passionnés de cinéma organisant des week-ends thématiques décident un jour de prendre comme sujet le cinéma italien. Le succès est tel que les organisateurs décid... 

Soutenez la candidature de Bruno Chatelin, ancien membre du board de l'EFA et candidat au renouvellement de son mandat

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