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NEWSLETTER N° 463: April 29, 2010


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Seattle
International Film Festival claims largest festival in the US reveals
line up of 600 screenings

SIFF is proud to announce the lineup for
the 36th Seattle International Film Festival, the largest and most
highly attended event of its kind in the United States. Running a full
25 days, SIFF will present 189 narrative features, 54 documentary
features, 13 archival films, and 150 short films from 67 countries,
including 25 World Premieres (12 features, 13 shorts), 36 North
American Premieres (24 features, 12 shorts), and 12 US Premieres (6
features, 6 shorts). SIFF 2010 runs from May 20...

Life
Lessons At Palm Beach FF

  TEN STORIES TALL (David Garrett, USA) It
was perhaps an unconscious choice, but several of the films I caught
at this year’s Palm Beach International Film Festival dealt with the
sense of fragility and vulnerability that is at the core of human
experience. In these films, characters face the realities of mortality
and unfulfilled dreams with the kind of courage and grace that made a
deep impression on audiences. If films teach life lessons, and I
wholeheartedly t...

About
the Accolade Competition

The Accolade is unique; it is an awards
competition, not a traditional film festival. Awards go to those
filmmakers, television producers and videographers who produce fresh,
standout entertainment, animation and compelling documentaries. It is a
showcase for cinematic gems and unique voices. Most importantly, The
Accolade team works passionately to help worthy productions gain the
publicity and distribution they deserve. That is what The Accolade is
all about: helping winners of this ...

Brooklyn
Int'l Film Festival (BiFF) announces its 13th annual festival themed
Stunt.

Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival (BiFF) is
proud to announce its 13th annual festival themed Stunt. The festival
has received over 2,400 films from 92 countries. The competitive event
will run from June 4-13 at both indieScreen, a brand new space in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights Cinema in Brooklyn
Heights. The festival will present 120 film premieres and will
announce the full lineup on May 15, 2010.   Opening night film
presentation will be staged on June 4 at Br...

The
Official Selection of the 63rd edition of the Festival de Cannes
completed

The Official Selection of the 63rd edition
of the Festival de Cannes is now completed with : - Carancho, by
Argentinian film director Pablo Trapero and  I Wish I knew by Jia
Zhang Ke (China) in Un Certain Regard. - The Autobiography of Nicolae
Ceauşescu, directed by the Romanian Andrei Ujică, Out of Competition -
Countdown to Zero, directed by Luc...

French
New Wave Happy Hour Talk at COLCOA

by Marla Lewin COLCOA’s City of Lights,
City of Angels, a Week of French Film Premieres in Hollywood presented
a Happy Hour Talk at the Renoir Theatre at the DGA on Friday.   It
followed the international premiere and historic screening of the
restored film Pierrot Le Fou, directed by Jean-Luc Godard based on a
novel by Lional White, and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo,  and Godards’
once wife and muse Anna Karina.  She was to be part of the panel along
with  Ser...

2010
New York International Latino Film Festival Short Film Competition
Call for Entry

The 11th New York International Latino Film
Festival 2010 (NYILFF) presented by HBO will be held at the Clearview
Chelsea Cinemas and the School of Visual Arts Theatre, July 27 -
August 1, 2010. NYILFF10 Short Film Competition Call for Entries
Submission is Now Open. This year's winner will receive $15,000,
prominent placement during festival screenings, and broadcast
consideration on HBO's programming services. NYILFF10 Short Film
Competition Call for Entries submission deadline is Friday, ...

HOFF
to honour three international film directors

The fifth annual Haapsalu Horror &
Fantasy Film Festival set to kick off this Friday will be awarding
White Lady awards to three film-makers whose films are being screened
at the festival.  At a ceremony to be held 9pm at Friday in the
courtyard of the Episcopal Castle, Adam Mason will be awarded a world
premiere award for his new film, "Pig", as well as  Shinya Tsukamoto
will receive a festival's achievement award.   British film-maker Adam
Mason wins his W...

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Palm
Beach FF Goes Global

  This year’s Palm Beach International Film
Festival is expanding its audience on a global level via a strategic
partnership with independent film distributor IndieFlix.com. With
IndieFlix’s Online Festivals Initiative, film lovers around the globe
who register are now able to screen eight featured short films from
this year’s PBIFF and vote for their favorite. Registration is
easy......just visit the Festival website http://www.pbifilmfest.org/
and click on the Ind...

The
31st Celtic Media Festival came to a close

The 31st Celtic Media Festival came to a
close at The Canal Court Hotel in Newry tonight as the final three
award winners were announced at the Gala Dinner. The Radio Station of
The Year Award was presented to Scotland's BBC Radio nan Gaidheal for
the consistently high standards of professionalism and creativity in
their programming.   The Spirit of the Festival Award was presented to
Apollo Boomerang and S4C for MARTHA JAC A SIANCO.   

1st
Draft Film Festival

Congratulations to the winner of the 1st
Draft Film Festival.  Where the Goon Pillow Lays, submitted by reuben
Johnson. With entries from 12 countries and 4 continents the
competition was stil. Thanks to all who participated. Check out the
winners video blog at http://reubenjohsonfilm.filmfesto.com. ...

Hollyshorts
presentation

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the top film festivals worth the entry fee,” HollyShorts is an
organization devoted to showcasing the best and brightest short films
from around the globe, advancing the careers of filmmakers through
screenings, networking events, and various panel and forums.          
...

 

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Tribeca
FF Films Come To You

Economic blues got you counting your pennies?
Volcanic ash delaying your flight to New York? Can't get motivated to
get dressed and come downtown? Afraid to be seen in public? Well, if
you are a cinema lover and cannot quite overcome your own neuroses or
spewing volcanos to attend this year's Tribeca Film Festival, don't
despair.....the Festival is now coming to you. Tribeca Film, supported
by founding partner American Express, has acquired the rights to
distribute 12 independent films ...

European
Films Shine At Tribeca FF

Soul Kitchen (Fatih Akin, Germany)    This
year’s Tribeca Film Festival, which is currently in the middle of its
12 day run in New York City, boasts a strong representation of both
veteran and emerging European talents. As a whole, the Festival offers
a tantalizing check of the pulse of current trends and styles in
European filmmaking. How these films will fare in the US market is far
from certain, but for the next week, European cinema rules in
downtown New York.   The na...

FEFF
will close on 1st May, with the International Premiere of IP MAN 2

Further to Wilson Ip's last piece of work,
the festival has presented 72 films from a range of 9 different Asian
genres. UDINE - The great festival will be closed on Saturday 1st May
by Wilson Yip's highly anticipated Ip Man 2, on the screen at Far East
Film as an International Premiere (thanks to the collaboration with
Mandarin Film). After having enchanted the Udinese audience in 2009
with his first title, triumphing also at the Hong Kong Film Awards,
Wilson Yip therefore ad...

Peter
Hutton will present a broad retrospective of his work at DOCUMENTA
MADRID

  At his year´s 7th festival, DOCUMENTA
MADIRD is offering broad programming in it´s parallel sections,
including a series entitled "USA INDEPENDENTS" retrospectives of three
filmmakers -Peter Hutton, Ben Russell and Joseph Strick- who have
left their mark on recent history for their creative and revolutionary
visions of the genre.  Peter Hutton has been a crucial figure in
American documentary and experimental film for forty years. Hutton is
the last link in the Nort...

SPORK:
Or How to Survive Cherry HIll Junior High (with Camp and Heart)

Starting on April 30th, SPORK, a charming and
quirky film about a 14-year old hermaphrodite navigating the
treacherous social landscape of junior high school, will be available
for download via Tribeca's Virtual Film Festival program. Fans of
underdog stories everywhere should definitely push the button on this
one at (http://www.tribecafilm.com/virtual/).

Palm
Beach FF Film Debuts

With nearly 4000 film festivals around the
world, the competition to snag World and International The The
competition in the world of film festivals for World and International
Premieres is fierce. This is especially true fo regional film
festivals that cannot claim a strong industry component (they are
cultural events, mainly for the local community). This weekend alone,
there are 4 film festivals in the United States, stretching from
California (San Francisco...

Tribeca
Round Table: Brilliante Mendoza of LOLA

"I was really into mainstream," says
Brilliante Mendoza, the director of LOLA, of his career start as an
advertising art director and production designer to mainstream Asian
directors, "more the glamorous, glossy type of world (as) compared to
what I am doing (now)." But Mendoza's attention has turned to what he
calls "real-time" storytelling, films based on real life stories. LOLA
("grandmother" in Tagalog) was inspired by a news item he saw on
television...

World
Premieres At Tribeca Film Festival

SONS OF PERDITION It can be argued that what
separates A list film festivals from their colleagues are the number
of World Premieres that grace their theaters. No matter what the
ultimate reception is for these films, the wanna-see anticipation of
films in their first public and industry showings provide a sizzle. At
the Tribeca Film Festival, which is entering its first weekend, there
are an impressive number of World Premieres that are grabbing
attention from the public and in...

MICMACS:
La Jolie Bande de La Récup - Stylized Salvage

Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, of Amélie fame,
brings back his franco-francais blend of winsome and satire in this
highly stylized film about two arms dealers, a man with a bullet
lodged in his brain named Basel, and a team of quirky outcasts from
the junkyard.   Almost comic book in it's attention to visual detail
(think "Tin-Tin"), MICMACS original French title, translates as
"non-stop madness." The madness being the greed and insensitivity of
the war merchants, of course...

"I
Love Aruba" You Tube Video Contest:

If you create our favorite YouTube video
showing why you love Aruba, we will send you 2 free plane tickets to
the Aruba International Film Festival, and throw in a room for 8 days
at the beautiful Renaissance hotel!   YouTube Lovers! Show us in 15-30
sec how much you love Aruba, and we will show you how much we love
you! If you create our favorite YouTube video showing why you love
Aruba, we will send you 2 free plane tickets to the Aruba
International Film Festival, and throw in a ...

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NEWS FROM THE CIRCUIT
PLAYERS

Hommage
to Joe Sarno at Festival Paris Cinéma

Joe Sarno passed away last monday april 26th.
A true pionnier in sexploitation, he was one ofthe most prolific
director of erotic and pornographic film in the 60's

"Mine
Vaganti"/"Loose Cannons" by Ferzan Ozpetek, Tribeca red carpet
interviews with cast

 "Mine Vaganti"/"Loose Cannons" is a bitter
sweet dramatic comedy about a Southern Italian family who own a pasta
factory in Puglia, (the spur of the boot), and would love nothing more
than for their two handsome sons, Tommaso, and Antonio, to take over
the family business, get ...

Uwe
Boll confirmed for Grossmann Film and Wine Festival 2010

We proudly announce director, producer and
writer Uwe Boll as the first of distinguished guests to grace the 6th
edition of Grossmann Film and Wine Festival. Slovenia’s ultimate
film-wine extravaganza will be taking place from 26th to 31st of July
in Ljutomer. As a fellow wine connoisseur, German low-budget meister
gladly responded to our kind invitation and has also promised a very
special surprise! All further details will be timely published on the
official festival site. We furthermore p...

Celebrity
Sightings At Tribeca FF

In the first 5 days of the Tribeca Film
Festival, celebrities made the scene on the red carpet and the party
circuit: Chris Messina Christy Turlington Edward Burns Ellen Barkin
Forest Whitaker  Guy Pearce Harvey Keitel Helen Hunt ...

"Interview
with French Actor, Eric Elmosnino/Serge Gainsbourg: "Gainsbourg, Je
T'aime...Moi Non Plus".

Interview with French actor Eric Elmosnino,
who portrays French singer, Serge Gainsbourg amazingly well, in
"Gainsbourg, Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus".   Q: Did you get a reaction on
the film by any of the Gainsbourg's? A: Eric: "Charlotte Gainsbourg
said it was too difficult, and too sensitive for her to watch the
film, and she can't see the film.  You have to understand, Gainsbourg
is an icon in France.  This is a fairytale about Gainsbourg, but the
film is ...

Made in LA
HollyShorts

Damon Campbell catches up with Daniel Sol and
Theo Dumont: the co-founders of the HollyShorts Film Festival to find
out why events like theirs are so essential to being recognized in
the movie industry.

Red
Carpet Stars At SHREK Premiere

Among the stars on the red carpet at the
World Premiere of SHREK FOREVER AFTER at the Tribeca Film Festival on
Wednesday night: Cameron Diaz  Robert De Niro Mike Myers Eddie Murphy
Melanie Griffith Antonio Banderas ...

Iona
Jones named chairman of Celtic Media Festival

With the Celtic Media Festival in full swing
in Newry in Northern Ireland, the organisation's Annual General
Meeting 2010 has elected Iona Jones, Chief Executive of S4C, the Welsh
language television channel, Chair for 2010-2013. The Celtic Media
Festival is from 21st-23rd April 2010 and is being held at the
conferencing suites of The Canal Court Hotel, Newry.  Founded 31 years
ago to celebrate the best in television, film (and more recently radio
and New Med...

Richard
Gere hosting inaugural Aruba International Film Festival

Legendary leading man and activist Richard
Gere will open the inaugural Aruba International Film Festival (AIFF)
as its official host when the Festival unspools this June. In addition
to opening the Festival, Gere will be bestowed with a special
humanitarian award and participate in the Festival's "In Conversations
With" series engaging the Festival audience. "Richard Gere is a man
whose amazing career is matched only by his remarkable and on...

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August 5 - 12,
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On the heels of the most successful HollyShorts Film
Festival (www.hollyshorts.com)
to date which featured participation from such stars and filmmakers as
Demi Moore, Kirsten Dunst, Darren Lew, Eli Roth, Jimmy Jean-Louis,
Joel Moore, and Tom Everett Scott, HSFF is now accepting submissions
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8th ANGEL FILM AWARDS MONACO FILM FESTIVAL
December 9-12, 2010
One of the Premiere European awards festivals, annual
competitive special interest film festival of 50 awards of various
genres held in Monaco. Are the pioneers of non violent cinema from
around the world, includes special nomination "Angel Peace
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29 September – 10 October 2010
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made by independent filmmakers from all around the world and promotes
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September 29 - October 3,
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demonstrate the synergy of the actor, writer and director. Quality film
submissions of any length are welcome from all genres worldwide. The
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BUSHO
FESTIVAL
September 1 - 5, 2010
BuSho (Budapest Short) was established in the autumn of 2004 by a
group
of young Hungarian filmmakers and the first event successfully
ran its
course the following year. The festival became an international
breakthrough
in an exceptionally short period of time: we got 360 individual
entries
from 45 countries in 2009.

New
York International Independent Film and Video Festival

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"A russian artist in lack of inspiration, finds in murders committed
by her girlfriend, a way to create paintings for the important
exhibition end of the month..."
Art et Décès aka Glamrock City by Christophe Kay Kourdouly was
Awarded Best Film in the foreign category Gold Remi Award by Houston
Worldfest as a US premiere and will have a Cannes debut May 19th at 9.30

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chance to see the best selected shorts [around 40 films out of 400
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voting and discussing the films in our chat on April 18th. Join us
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IMMIGRATION
TANGO wins best film & actor at Boston International Film
Festival

Immigration Tango, a new romantic comedy
starring Madonna's ex Carlos Leon (Oz, Law & Order) and Boston
resident Elika Portnoy, won the Boston International Film Festival's
award for both best picture and best actor Carlos Leon...

Kawasaki's
Rose wins Finale Plzen festival

Director Jan Hřebejk picked up the Golden
Kingfisher for best feature film and the Audience Award for Kawasaki's
Rose at the closing ceremony of Finale festival of Czech films held
in Plzen on Friday, April 23.  

Palm
Beach FF Award Winners

Despite being faced with serious financial
adversity and some torrential downpours, the 15th edition of the Palm
Beach International Film Festival ended on Monday in an optimistic
spirit of independent film camaraderie as over 70 filmmakers from
around the world enjoyed welcoming audiences, shared their experiences
and attended fabulous parties.

The
Global Film Village: 2010 COL•COA Awards

by Marla LewinThe Hedgehog (Le Hérisson),
the story of a family and their private world told from the view point
of the younest daughter, written and directed by Mona Achache, stole
the hearts of the audiences and won the COL•COA Audience Award from
the 28 features that were competing.  The week-long festival set an
attendance record of 14,957 at the Directors Guild of America. The
Critics Special Prize went to Rapt, written and directed by Lucas
Belvaux.Other favorite films with audi...

Village
Voice OBIE Awards Celebrates it’s 55th Anniversary

The 55th Annual 2010 OBIE Awards presented
by The Village Voice honoring Off-Broadway's theater achievements of
2009-2010 will commence on Monday, May 17, 2010 at Webster Hall, New
York.  This year's OBIE Awards co-hosted by Michael Cerveris (In the
Next Room) and Anika Noni Rose (2001 OBIE winner, Eli's Comin' ) will
be announced by J. Smith Cameron, Viola Davis, Marin Ireland, Linda
Lavin, Sam Rockwell, Michael Shannon, Kerry Washington, and Jennifer
Westfeldt. The ceremony will feature a liv...

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The
Havana Film Festival New York Awards

Memories of Overdevelopment / Memorias del
Desarrollo by Miguel Coyula (U.S-Cuba) won the Havana Star Prize for
Best Picture as voted by the jury members: Louis Perego Moreno,
Michael Hausman, and Sandy Lieberson. The Havana Star for Best
director went to Rafi Mercado for his film Miente / Lie (Puerto Rico);
the Best Screenplay prize went to Ray Figueroa for La Bodega / The
Warehouse (Guatemala) and the Special Jury Mention went to Huacho
(Chile) directed by Alejandro Fernandez. The Closi...

Jackie
Chan to receive Terracotta Festival Peace Award

Terracotta Festival organisers announced
via SCREEN POWER: THE JACKIE CHAN MAGAZINE that Jackie Chan is to
receive the Terracotta Festival Peace Award. "Jackie is an on screen
legend; off the screen he has made a significant contribution to
charitable work through his Jackie Chan Foundation as well as his work
as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador" organisers said. "It is for this
work as well as his strong anti-war statement in his latest film LITTLE
BIG SOLDIER that...

Tribeca
Institute Announces Winners

The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI)
(www.tribecafilminstitute.org) today announced the films that will
receive financial and creative support from the TFI Sloan Filmmaker
Fund, provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.  This year, of 128
applicants, six projects will be awarded a total of $140,000 to help
filmmakers both create and distribute their films.  In addition, grant
recipients will also receive year-round mentorship from science
experts and members of the film industry.  Th...

WorldFest
Houston closing

The 43rd Annual WorldFest Wrapped! It was a
huge Success! Attendance was up 24% despite a morose economy
spectators came massively for entertainment and party time. Check the
complete list of winners (attached) Glamrock City by Christophe
Kourdouly landed the best prize for adult film. See and Print Color
Pix from the 43rd Remi Awards Gala!   Or watch as a Slideshow ...

Burt
Reynolds To Be Honored At Palm Beach Film Festival

This evening the Festival will present its
Lifetime Achievement Award to  local Florida legend,
actor/director/producer Burt Reynolds.  The Festival's Horizon Award
will be given to actor Quinton Aaron, who recently starred opposite
Oscar winner Sandra ...

 

 

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Nouvelle DG à la tête des Rencontres internationales du
documentaire de Montréal (RIDM)

Le conseil d'administration des Rencontres internationales du
documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) est heureux d'annoncer l'arrivée de...

CAMÉRAS DES CHAMPS : festival international du film
documentaire sur la ruralité

CAMÉRAS DES CHAMPS : festival international du film documentaire
sur la ruralité  www.villesuryron.com   Editorial de Luc Del...

Le palmarès des 7èmes Rencontres Européennes du moyen
métrage de Brive

Le palmarès des 7èmes Rencontres Européennes du moyen métrage de
Brive à été proclamé le lundi 26 Avril 2010, lors de la soirée de...

Les Rendez-vous du 25ème anniversaire de la Géode
Les Anim'enfants Chaque samedi et dimanche après-midi du 8 mai
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L'Arnacoeur remporte le Prix spécial du public de
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Lancemenent de la première édition du Festival-Concours
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La position du Syndicat des Distributeurs Indépendants
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