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BigPond Adelaide Film Festival wrap figures and awards
The 2011 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival has been a huge success with 30 sold out sessions and an overall increase in attendances of 22%, contributing to a 16% increase in box office revenue from 2009. BAFF audience members also voted via SMS and online to vote the stunning new Australian film ...
54TH SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WILL PRESENT MEL NOVIKOFF AWARD TO SERGE BROMBERG
French Collector, Archivist and Showman Extraordinaire Will Present Retour de Flamme: Rare and Restored Films in 3-D at the Castro Theatre San Francisco, CA ? The 54th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 21?May 5) will present the 2011 Mel Novikoff Award to the extraordinary ...
54TH SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES DOCUMENTARIES IN GOLDEN GATE AWARDS COMPETITION
12 Feature-length Documentaries from 11 Countries Contend for $60,000 in Cash Prizes San Francisco, CA ? The 54th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 21?May 5) today announced its Documentaries in Competition for the esteemed Golden Gate Awards. The International will award close t...
Cinequest Film Festival 21 wrapped
Cinequest Film Festival 21 (CQFF21) proved to be so much more than a film festival by continuing to transform lives across the globe through discovery, innovation, connecting and creativity. The festival celebrated 75 U.S., North American and World Premieres representing over 41 countries. Enhan...
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FESTIVAL NEWS FROM THE CIRCUIT
OSCAR SEEKER WATCHES SHORT FILMS IN BALCHIK
Linda Olszewski "selection committee member for the Academy Awards also known as Oscars" will be part of the jury at IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival in Balchik. One of surprises of the Festival this year is the all-female jury. The jury members are chosen to represent the female empowerment in film industry, which is perceived as a...
Film festival Go Short kicks off with a statement!
The third edition of Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen kicked off with a statement. "We have an asshole government that is killing the art?". The festival opened with the world premiere of Danyael Sugawara's new film After You, a film made as a statement against the...
The 5th Annual Korean American Film Festival New York, March 17-20th at Chelsea Clearview Cinemas on 23rd Street in NYC
http://www.kaffny.com Korean filmmakers, musicians, and actors, make up the 5th Annual KAFFNY happening THIS weekend in New York! 5 Full length features, 5 Talks, 29 Shorts, 6 films from Retrospective honoree, Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, and much more await you this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 18-20th! You don?t have to travel hours by airplane to get an education in Korean art, c...
Philadelphia CineFest Announces Film Lineup, Award Recognition and Festival Highlights
Boasting a wide-ranging slate of documentaries, features and shorts guaranteed to appeal to film-lovers. The Philadelphia Cinema Alliance is excited to announce the full film lineup for CineFest 2011 - running Thursday, April 7 - Thursday, April 14 - along with opening night highlights, special award recognition to famed horror film director John Carpenter and the reintroduction of Action Asia. A...
South Beach Meets Sicily at the 6th Annual Sicilian Film Festival, April 7 to 13, 2011
Salvo Vincent Bitonti (Artistic Director), Laura Delli Colli (Cinema Journalist/Presenter), Franco Nero (Actor), and Emanuele Viscuso (President) at the Gran Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido, Venice, Italy Miami Beach, FL?March 8, 2011?For seven days in April, themercury will rise as South Beach meets Sicily at the 6th Annual Sicilian Film Festival (SFF) ? April 7 to13, 2011. The screenings will be...
Santa Cruz Film Festival to Kick Off Extravaganza April 9, 2011
The Santa Cruz Film Festival is celebrating the launch of its 10th Anniversary Season with a red carpet gala tribute to old Hollywood at the fabulous Top of the Ritt in Downtown Santa Cruz. Come as your favorite star from the golden age of cinema! Join the Festival team, supporters, filmmakers and other film lovers at the 2011 SCFF Kick Off Extravaganza and see for yo...
La Semaine de la Critique all over the world for its 50th edition
In May, La Semaine de la Critique will celebrate its 50th edition. Since in 1962, La Semaine de la Critique has remained steadfast in its devotion to its tradition of discovering new talent by showcasing first and second feature films by directors from all over the world. This anniversary gives...
Rome Independent film awards launches 10th edition
Czech Film Center will be hosting a film festival in Brussels
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FILM NEWS FROM THE CIRCUIT
The Duel is ready to enter the festival circuit
The Duel is ready to enter the festival circuit after Cannes. The film has been uploaded for private and secure online screening on Cinando. You can request an invitation from tm@bristolmedia.com or bruno@filmfestivals.com or a me...
Restored Fellini's La Dolce Vita to screen at San Francisco fest
Tribeca All Access Program announces the12 selected projects
Night Fishing Horror film shot on iPhone by Park Chan-wook
Film Independent launches a Documentary Lab
The music never stopped to open Gasparilla Film Fest
THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPEDA film by Jim Kohlberg (2010) Almost 20 years after their teenage son Gabriel (Lou Taylor Pucci) ran away from home, Henry (J.K. Simmons) and Helen Sawyer (Cara Seymour) learn that he has turned up in a hospital. Although benign, a brain tumor has damaged his memory, rendering past and present indistinguishable. Sensing that Gabriel responds to music, Henry seeks out a m...
Sometimes it's okay to laugh at something short.
The L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival is celebrating its 3rd year of making audiences laugh til' they chafe their throats. (Lozenges provided on request). LACSFF is touted as the largest comedy film festival in the US, introducing the freshest comedy talent to the industry. The four-day celebration of comedic short films and the people who make them will be held from April 7 - 10 at the Downtown...
Texas Film Wins Top Awards At SXSW
Austin, Texas, the state capitol and the venue for the South By Southwest Film, Music and Interactive Festival (SXSW), is an island of liberalism in a sea of conservative attitudes. While Texas is the definite "red" state, characterized by its conservative politics and rigid social attitudes, SXSW is by design and nature a progressive affair. This slightly schizophrenic relationship...
Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris will open the 64th Festival de Cannes on May 11th 2011.
Photographer - Roger Arpajou © 2011 Mediapro, Versátil, & Gravier Productions Midnight in Paris, the new film by Woody Allen will open the Festival de Cannes on May 11th in the LumièreTheatre, in the presence of the Jury presided by Robert De Niro. The romcom, which was shot last year in the French capital, brings together a broad international cast, including Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams ...
Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) announces shorts line up
The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by American Express, the founding sponsor of the Festival, today announced its lineup of 60 short films, 22 of which are world premieres. Also new this year, the recipient of the TFF Best Narrative Short award will qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, prov...
Emily Hearn and Bill Murray in Opening Night's 'ROOFTOP' Premiere
Hey all you Film Fanatics, are you just as excited about the Charleston International Film Festival as we are? With things just around the corner, here's an article on one of opening night's premieres entitled ROOFTOP. The independent film/music video stars singer/songwriter Emily Hearn and the one and only Bill Murray. Like what you read? Can't get enough of that hilarious Bill Murray? No need to...
Tribeca Film Festival to showcase 10 films with French roots.
The 10th Annual Tribeca Film Festival, the renowned international film festival co-founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal & Craig Hatkoff, has announced their full feature film program, which includes 10 films with French roots. The Tribeca Film Festival - which will run from April 20- May 1, 2011 - has screened more than 1,100 films from more than 80 countries since the fi...
CineFest Announces Double Feature for Opening Night
For the very first time, the Philadelphia Cinema Alliance is excited to kick off this year's CineFest, running Thursday, April 7, 2011 - Thursday, April 14, 2011, with TWO opening night films: Exporting Raymond, and for the late-night crowd, The Catechism Cataclysm. These two comedies lead off a celebrated schedule that boasts 60 films assembled from over 17 countries, and showcases 2 World Premi...
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NEWS FROM THE KEY CIRCUIT PLAYERS
Berlin 2011: interview with Wieland Speck on Queer Films and the Berlinale
Berlinale 2011: Interview with Dieter Kosslick
Guy Blache Award to Diane Raver (Garden State Film Fest Director)
OSCAR SEEKER WATCHES SHORT FILMS IN BALCHIK
Linda Olszewski "selection committee member for the Academy Awards also known as Oscars " will be part of the jury at IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival in Balchik. One of surprises of the Festival this year is the all-female juryj...
The dragon of dragons award of 51st Krakow Film Festival goes to PIOTR KAMLER
Piotr Kamler - master of worldwide animation, awarded three times in Krakow, laureate of Grand Prix at Annecy Film Festival (1975) - will receive the Dragon of Dragons Award at 51st Krakow Film Festival (23rd-29th May 2011). The Dragon of Dragons Award - life achievement award, has been gi...
Mélanie Laurent will be serve as Cannes 2011 master of Ceremony
Melanie Laurent the french actress which was took part in Inglorious Bastrerds Cannes 2009 presentation will follow Kristin Scott Thomas, Diane Kruger or Monica Bellucci. Mélanie Laurent will head the ceremony of the 64th Festival de Cannes next may (May 11 - 22, 2011). Gilles Jac...
The Jury of the 64th Cannes Film Festival will be headed by Robert de Niro
The American actor, director and producer Robert De Niro will preside over the Jury of the 64th Festival de Cannes, running May 11th to 22th 2011. When he accepted the invitation, Robert De Niro said : « The Cannes Film Festival is a rare opportunity for me as it is one of the oldest and one of th...
54TH SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WILL PRESENT MEL NOVIKOFF AWARD TO SERGE BROMBERG
French Collector, Archivist and Showman Extraordinaire Will Present Retour de Flamme: Rare and Restored Films in 3-D at the Castro Theatre San Francisco, CA ? The 54th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 21?May 5) will present the 2011 Mel Novikoff Award to the extraordinary ...
CPH PIX to celebrate the Polish auteur and enfant terrible Andrzej Zulawski
ANDRZEJ ZULAWSKI - CPH PIX CELEBRATES PROVOCATIVE SURREALIST This year CPH PIX celebrates a great individualist the Polish auteur and enfant terrible Andrzej Zulawski, who portrays the extreme highs and lows of love and passion with such an undeniable energy and distinct style. His entire body o...
Martin Moszkowicz new advisory board chairman for German Films
The advisory board of German Films Service + Marketing GmbH was newly elected at the shareholders meeting on Monday, March 14. The shareholders have elected Martin Moszkowicz as the new chairman of the advisory board. Martin Moszkowicz, executive board member with responsibilities for film and tel...
An Interview with Award Winning Actress Celia Weston
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Après l'avant premiere du film court ENSEMBLE le 01 Mars 2011 au Comedy Club a Paris, plus de 2 millions de visites entre Dailymotion, Vimeo, Youtube, facebook avec de tres bons commentaires notamment sur la Fan page (Facebook) de Omar et Fred du SAV avec beaucoup de retours positifs les statisques nous donnent "2 356 521 impressions"!!! Nombre de personnes rentrées en contact avec le...
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