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Atlantic International Film Festival announces three regional World Premieres for event in Halifax, September 11-18
AIFF presents LIVE! SCRIPTS OUT LOUD! and
FREE programming for all ages at the Halifax Public Library
Early Bird passes and ticket packages available today!
LAKEVIEW (2024) will have its World Premiere at AIFF '24.
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TIFF is thrilled to announce its 2024 Discovery programme lineup, in which audiences will uncover hidden cinematic gems from around the globe. The Discovery programme, presented by Air France, premieres debut and sophomore films from emerging filmmakers, showcasing the best of contemporary international cinema.
This year’s robust programme encompasses 24 titles, with 20 World Premieres, representing more than 25 countries, including Argentina, Bangladesh, Colombia, Denmark, Greece, India, Italy, Kosovo, Nigeria, Romania, Somalia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, and Ukraine. From its opening night film Bonjour Tristesse, Durga Chew-Bose’s adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s novel, to other anticipated titles such as Afolabi Olalekan’s Freedom Way, Egil Pedersen’s My Fathers’ Daughter, Laura Carreira’s On Falling, and Pavlo Ostrikov’s U Are The Universe, this year’s Discovery lineup promises a blend of tour-de-force performances and captivating storytelling.
This programme has notably been a launching ground for filmmakers, many of whom have gone on to great acclaim. Discovery alumni include award-winning filmmakers such as Ildikó Enyedi, Alfonso Cuarón, Christopher Nolan, Maren Ade, Yorgos Lanthimos, Barry Jenkins, and Emma Seligman.
The 2024 Discovery selection has been programmed by Dorota Lech, Jason Anderson, Kelly Boutsalis, Diana Cadavid, Robyn Citizen, Nataleah Hunter-Young, June Kim, Jason Ryle, and Norm Wilner.
Watch the video of Dorota Lech, Discovery Lead Programmer, to learn more:
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HollyShorts received a record-breaking 6,100 submissions this year!
Discover the official list of selected films
in alphabetical order here
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FINAL CUT IN VENICE 2024
THE 7 SELECTED WORK-IN-PROGRESS FILMS
La Biennale di Venezia is pleased to announce that the seven work-in-progress films of the 12th edition of Final Cut in Venice have been selected.
Final Cut in Venice is the industry program that has been providing since 2013 concrete support in the completion of films from all African countries and from five countries of the Middle East: Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria. Final Cut in Venice is one of the projects launched by the Venice Production Bridge of the 81. Venice International Film Festival (August 28- September 7, 2024), directed by Alberto Barbera and organised by La Biennale di Venezia.
The program offers the opportunity to present films still in production phase to international film professionals, in order to facilitate post-production and film market access.
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The line-up has been finalised for the Orizzonti Short Films International Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival (28 August - 7 September 2024) of La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera. The selection presents the world premiere screenings of 13 short films, competing for the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film, assigned by the Jury of the Orizzonti section.
Below is the complete line-up of the 13 Orizzonti Short Films whose production involves 16 different countries around the world:
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RIDM and Forum RIDM unveil the new visual identity of their upcoming 2024 editionThe Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) and Forum RIDM are proud to unveil a visual identity that’s as vibrant as ever for their 2024 edition, to be held this November.
For a third year running, graphic designer Juliette Moal was chosen to design the festival’s visual identity. Building on her work from the previous two editions, Juliette has succeeded in creating a colourful, immersive universe. The notion of movement woven into the very creation of this new identity reveals an undulating environment, imbuing the visuals with a 3D effect. The luminous, contrasting hues, characteristic of RIDM's two most recent editions and firmly anchored in festivalgoers' imaginations, reflect the bold choice of films and the diversity of themes explored in the festival's documentary programming.
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Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Film Festival announced the film lineup for its 13th edition, taking place August 7-11. GFF will kick things off with Marco Ricci’s Lucha: A Wrestling Tale on Opening Night, a two-film retrospective of New York City-based Spanish filmmaker Alex Lora’s The Masterpiece and Unicorns as its Centerpiece presentation, and a documentary double feature including the US Premiere of Kelly Moneymaker’s Drum Song: The Rhythm of Life and festival favorite Miwene, directed by Keith Heyward, Jennifer Berglund, Gange Anita Yeti Enomenga, and Obe Beatriz Nenquimo Nihua for Closing Night.
The 13th Greenpoint Film Festival becomes the Brooklyn home to International heavy-hitters and Academy Award®-qualified films (August 7-11)
Marco Ricci’s Lucha: A Wrestling Tale is the Opening Night selection
Centerpiece will feature a retrospective on award-winning Spanish filmmaker Alex Lora featuring his 2024 Sundance Grand Jury winner The Masterpiece, and Unicorns
GFF will present a documentary double feature on Closing Night with the US Premiere of Kelly Moneymaker’s Drum Song: The Rhythm of Life and festival favorite Miwene
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The 8th Annual Festival of Cinema NYC announces film lineup
August 2-11
Ivy Vale’s Out of My Comfort Zone opens the film festival, and Delfine Paolini’s A Wonderful Way with Dragons makes its World Premiere as the Closing Night selection
More World Premieres include Laura Angiulli’s I Know You, Harrison Dillingham’s Mortimer, and Charles Caracciolo’s The Old Ballgame: The QBH Story. North American premieres include Andrey Getov’s Bo Nan Za, Francois Manceaux’s Encontro, Penny Zhou’s Hollywood Takeover: China's Control in the Film Industry, Roman Balmakov’s No Farmers No Food: Will You Eat the Bugs?, Holger Borggrefe’s Once And For Real, and Jordi Torrent’s Third Week.
 
Out of My Comfort Zone, A Wonderful Way With Dragons
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I am at a major film festival ... maybe in France.
The closing film by Jean Luc Godard is to be shown at a special screening room way down in the bowels of the building.
At the very end Godard who has been breathlessly awaited, finally shows up in person.
His "film" is an exercise in non cinema.
He sits before the screen, for half an hour -- but nothing comes on to the screen. Rien!
Another big. name director is there. He thanks me for mentioning an Obscure incident with Godard that took place in Poland quite a few years ago.
and that was it. The Great Godard shows up at a film festival and presents ....
an instance of le Néant = Nonexistence. Oh well, I ask myself ... was this dream worth "sitting through?"
Alex Deleon
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The 16th annual Hola México Film Festival presented by the “2025 Toyota Camry” September 20-27th during Hispanic Heritage Month
The largest Mexican film festival outside of Mexico, Hola México Film Festival presented by the “2025 Toyota Camry,” returns for its 16th annual edition on September 20 – 27, 2024, during Hispanic Heritage Month.
In its 16th year, the festival continues pushing the boundaries of Mexican cinema. The festival presents new filmmakers, established names, and recognized actors exploring new creative territories. This edition also marks a significant return to the horror genre. The festival ensures a diverse selection of films for all tastes, including dramas, comedies, documentaries, and horror.
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AFM 2024 is nearly four months away, but Registrations are surging for its first Las Vegas event taking place November 5-10 at the Palms Casino Resort, with early sign-ups far surpassing previous years.
Currently, sales and production companies, along with international trade organizations, national umbrella stands and film commissions from 25 countries, have secured exhibit spaces in The Palms, AFM’s designated hub, with more confirming each day.
Here are just some of the participants already confirmed for AFM this year:
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Opening night to the 2024 Festival of Cinema NYC is next Friday August 2
Be sure to purchase tickets to what is sure to be the most exciting 10-day event in Forest Hills this summer!
This year's film festival features over 110 screenings of feature films and short films by emerging filmmakers from all over the world, including local filmmakers from Forest Hills. Movies of all genres from Documentary to Drama and from Comedy to Horror, will be screened daily at the Regal UA Midway in Forest Hills, Queens. Attendees can engage with filmmakers in audience Q&A's following every screening.
The 2024 Festival of Cinema NYC also offers visitors the opportunity to attend nearly a dozen workshops, seminars, and special guest presentations.
This year's presentations include a 2-day event with the Make A Film Foundation. Panels will include an intimate conversation with the 2024 Jury, and a seminar with alumni from Sundance and Cannes on film festival strategies. The Forest Hills library will once again be hosting staged readings from our Top 10 Un-Produced Script competition and a special workshop presented by FoHi Improv!
To see our entire event schedule and to purchase tickets click the link below
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The summer open air satellite festival of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has revealed it's full schedule. In total, 12 films will be screening at Tartu Town-Hall square while Tartu Elektriteater cinema will be hosting documentary and family sections.
From 5 to 10 August, Tartu Town Hall Square will be transformed into a giant ticket-free cinema hall for the 19th year in a row. NB! All Tartuff screenings are free of charge!
The director of the Tartuff festival is Johan Kudu, and the programme director is Edvinas Pukšta, a renowned programmer and curator of the Baltic Film Competition at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
CLICK HERE to see programme highlights 2024!
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Lunenburg Doc Fest is now accepting applications from underrepresented Nova Scotian filmmakers for The Launch 2024: Documentary Pitch Contest, now in its third year.
Five selected filmmakers will pitch their documentary ideas live at the 11th Lunenburg Doc Fest (Sept. 18-22, 2024). In addition to two professional pitch workshops before the contest, the five finalists will receive a full-access pass to Lunenburg Doc Fest 2024. This complimentary pass includes access to the Dock Market conference, where the finalists will receive further professional development and opportunities for one-to-one meetings with peers, industry stakeholders, and guest decision-makers.
The Launch offers underrepresented Nova Scotian media artists the chance to win one of three prize packages to create a short documentary over the next year. Over $10,000 in cash and in-kind filmmaking services will be awarded: first place receives $3,000 plus services, second place receives $2,000 plus services, and third place receives $1,000 plus services.
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We're excited to announce our theme for Summer Scream is Winona Forever in celebration of the iconic actress Winona Ryder.
Join us on August 22nd from 6-11pm as we immerse ourselves into the cinematic world of Winona Ryder! We'll have everything from one-of-a-kind Winona Ryder cosplay, Winona art, and Winona Ryder trivia and games, to a Winona-themed scavenger hunt with Winona-themed prizes. Rocky Mountain Pro Wrestling returns this year and even they are getting in on the act.
Get your tickets now and we'll see you August 22nd in your full Winona!
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The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival will kick off with David Gordon Green’s Nutcrackers starring Ben Stiller on September 5, and close with Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut The Deb on September 15, both making their World Premiere at Roy Thomson Hall as part of the Gala programme, sponsored by Dyson.
“This year’s Festival is shaping up to be a star-studded event with highly anticipated films that reflect the world around us with humour and empathy, like our Opening and Closing Night selections, Nutcrackers and The Deb,” said Anita Lee, Chief Programming Officer, TIFF. “TIFF aims to showcase both returning and first-time directors to the Festival on a big stage, and we are excited for fans to experience these two films — and the many diverse works premiering in between.”
David Gordon Green’s Nutcrackers follows strait-laced and work-obsessed Mike (Ben Stiller) as he is suddenly thrust into being a caregiver for his rambunctious, orphaned nephews. Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut, The Deb, is an original musical comedy about two teenage cousins who dig deep to find self-acceptance and a date to the Debutante Ball in a small country town in Australia.
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We are excited to share the highlights from the first Ex Oriente Series 2024 session, which took place at the end of June during the Sunny Side of the Doc in La Rochelle, France. From June 23 to 25, directors and producers of five selected documentary series engaged in enriching sessions, workshops, and individual consultations with renowned experts such as leading tutor Ruth Reid, Chris Westendorp, Catherine Chevassu, Malin Hüber, Nicolas Deschamps, and Samuel Joyce. The event provided a fantastic platform for learning and networking, making it a memorable experience for all participants.
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Behind the Scenes: The Rise and Craft of Modern Docuseries with Justin Webster and Stefano Strocchi
Recorded during the East Doc Platform 2024, this episode explores the origins, rise, and narrative techniques that have shaped the booming docuseries genre.Tune in for an insightful discussion on storytelling, character development, and the future of documentary filmmaking.
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, directed by singular creative visionary Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, with Jenna Ortega, and Willem Dafoe, is the Opening Film, Out of Competition, of the 81st Venice International Film Festival within La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera (28 August > 7 September 2024).
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will have its world premiere on Wednesday August 28th, in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema (Lido di Venezia), on the opening night of the 81st Venice Film Festival. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, will be released only in theaters and IMAX on September 6, 2024 in North America, and internationally beginning 4 September 2024. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Four Ukrainian filmmakers selected for residency at Göteborg Film Festival
Four Ukrainian filmmakers selected for residency at Göteborg Film Festival
For the third summer, a group of Ukrainian filmmakers will spend a few months in Göteborg. The residency program is funded by Region Västra Götaland with contributions from the Film Office, the City of Göteborg, and in collaboration with Företagsbostäder. The selected participants will spend August-September in Göteborg, working on their projects at the Göteborg Film Festival office, and networking with the local film industry.
"Last summer's residency program resulted in, among other things, a film that found a co-producer from Göteborg and premiered at the Berlinale in February; a short film that will soon be shot in Ukraine – and a filmmaker who moved to Göteborg permanently. We are now looking forward to welcoming four new interesting filmmakers to Göteborg, whose projects all deal with dedication and resistance," says Camilla Larsson, Head of Göteborg Film Fund at Göteborg Film Festival.
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The Man Who Saved the Internet with a Sunflower, the Untold Story of Visionary American Entrepreneur Rob Ryan Takes Home Competition Features Audience Award at Dances With Films 2024
Global filmmaker Ori Yardeni's feature film The Man Who Saved the Internet with a Sunflower, the true story of American entrepreneur Rob Ryan, was awarded the prestigious Competition Features Audience Award at the closing ceremony of Dances With Films 2024, held yesterday evening at TCL Theatres in Hollywood.
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Audience Award at Sheffield DocFest - STRIKE: AN UNCIVIL WAR
STRIKE: AN UNCIVIL WAR WINS AUDIENCE AWARD AT THE 2024 SHEFFIELD DOCFEST
NATIONWIDE PREVIEW SCREENINGS TAKE PLACE TOMORROW, 18 JUNE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF ORGREAVE
Sheffield DocFest announced today that the 2024 Audience Award is presented to Strike: An Uncivil War directed by Daniel Gordon (UK).
The film had its World Premiere at the 31st edition of Sheffield DocFest on 16 June 2024, and director Daniel Gordon and contributors Morag Livingstone, Ian Mitchell, Jim Tierney and Jon McCure were in attendance for a special post-screening conversation.
Strike: An Uncivil War tells the story of the most violent confrontation between miners and police during the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike in Great Britain - The Battle of Orgreave. Nationwide preview screenings will play on 18 June marking the 40th anniversary of the events at Orgreave, before a general theatrical release on 21 June.
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The 19th Geneva International Oriental Film Festival (FIFOG) took place from June 10 to 16 in Geneva. The theme of this year’s edition was Knowledge and Recognition of the Other. It was chaired by Lebanese writer Joumana Haddad.
This year’s edition was a great success, marked by many emotional moments. Festival-goers rediscovered the joy and pleasure of watching a wide variety of films, and exchanging ideas with filmmakers, actors and journalists from all over the world.
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The 71st Sydney Film Festival awarded it's largest ever prize pool at our Closing Night ceremony, including the prestigious Sydney Film Prize to the Italian film There's Still Tomorrow directed by and starring Paola Cortellesi.
The 71st Sydney Film Festival awarded the prestigious Sydney Film Prize to Italian filmmaker Paola Cortellesi for her film There’s Still Tomorrow, a moving, empowering melodrama about an industrious woman in post-WWII Rome. Cortellesi directs and stars in the film, which became a box office phenomenon in Italy, outperforming the likes of Barbie and Oppenheimer.
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2024 BFF AWARDS AND HONORS!
We want to offer a special congratulations to our 2024 festival award winners:
Phoebe-Rae Taylor
2024 See It, Be It Award
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Co-Directors of Film Programming Jacqueline Lyanga and Michael Stütz
Tricia Tuttle Appoints Michael Stütz and Jacqueline Lyanga as Co-Directors of Film Programming and Announces Other New Executive Director Positions
Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle has appointed two internationally respected programmers to share responsibilities as Co-Directors of Film Programming. Former US-delegate to the Berlinale, Jacqueline Lyanga, and Panorama section head Michael Stütz will assume these duties in July. This represents an expanded role for Stütz who will continue to head Panorama alongside his new position as Co-Director of Film Programming.
Tanja Meissner © duchili
Berlinale Festival Director Tricia Tuttle has appointed the highly regarded and experienced industry professional Tanja Meissner to join her Executive team as the Director of Berlinale Pro*. This reshaped role encompasses the directorship of the European Film Market (EFM) while also taking a strategic lead in developing the Berlinale Pro* consortium, together with the Heads of the Berlinale Co-Production Market, Berlinale Talents and World Cinema Fund, who will report directly to her.
German-French dual citizen Meissner brings over 25 years of experience and profound knowledge of the film industry, across production, distribution and exhibition. As Director of Berlinale Pro*, Meissner will contribute to the overarching strategic goals of the Berlinale as a vital part of Tuttle’s senior team. Tanja Meissner will take office on May 13 and attend the Cannes Film Festival with the team.
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The Reel Deal
The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), a non-profit organization, is committed to exhibiting diverse films from The Bahamas and around the globe. The primary objective of BIFF is to enhance the cinematic experience for local Bahamian and global audiences, providing them an opportunity to explore diverse films which may not otherwise be available in Bahamian theaters. Additionally, it fosters educational programs and facilitates discussions on cinema's evolution and cultural viewpoints.
Since its establishment in 2004, BIFF has demonstrated remarkable progress, displaying over 1000 local and international films and successfully promoting Bahamian culture to more than a million film professionals and aficionados across the world.
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SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York's 12th annual edition is underway. Following a successful 11th edition, which saw many winners and over 750 films screened to date
SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival is pleased to announce that submissions for its upcoming 2025 edition, #SRFF2025, are now open. This hybrid event provides a unique opportunity for filmmakers worldwide to showcase their socially engaged and relevant works from March 11 to 16, 2025, in person, in New York City, and online afterward. Submissions are accepted on FilmFreeway.
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Submissions are open for 45th Fantasporto
PORTO CITY OF CINEMA, CULTURE, ARCHITECTURE, LEISURE…
THE CITY OF FANTASPORTO
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE 45th EDITION
Fantasporto 2025/45th Porto International Film Festival announces the opening of submissions. These take place until November 30th 2024. To do this, producers, sales agents, directors will have to send the film screener to info@fantasporto.com accompanied by the entry form which can be found on the festival website www.fantasporto.com. There, you go to the homepage menu, FESTIVAL 2025, where you can find the event regulations. You must download the entry form or fill it out directly on the website. The festival will take place at Batalha Centro de Cinema from February 28th to March 9th 2025 screening around 100 films, all premieres in Portugal, that is, in national, European, International and World Premieres.
As always, the program includes 4 official competitions: Fantasy Cinema, with competitions for features and short films, Director's Week (all genres, only features), Orient Express dedicated to Asian films (features only) and the Portuguese Cinema Award.
Also important are the retrospectives, the tributes, and the Fantas Classics. Another section called Première will present new but out of competition films.
Welcome to the 45th Fantasporto | Porto International Film Festival
PORTO, WHAT TO SEE, TO EAT, TO DO...
The city at its best
In Time Out - Time Out - Porto- 01-02-2024
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'IRUVAM' by Manoj Annadurai pre launched at Cannes from May 17-20, 2024, in the "Let's Spook Cannes 2024 Selection" (one of the 4 selected projects)!
It is currently gearing up to it's release on Indian mobile platforms. It is regarded as one the boldest and most creative initiatives bridging anticipation among cinema and game enthusiasts.
Available on Android and iPhone.Scheduled for late-June 2024. This ensures "Iruvam" delivers a fully immersive and polished gameplay experience. Scheduled for mid-June 2024. This ensures "Iruvam" delivers a fully immersive and polished gameplay experience.
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'LALA, MY REDHEAD' Feature film by Nellie K. and Deniz Nala
at development stage, with a finalised script
Love and poverty, betrayal and wealth - centuries of traditions put to the test! A compelling story intricately woven into a comprehensive exploration of women’s status against the backdrop of the Roma culture. From the director of an award-winning film in Cannes 2023.
“I worked in Cannes with Emir Kusturica as his Sony Distributor on his brilliant award winning film: “Time of The Gypsies”: when I read the script for “Lala, my redhead” I immediately saw the connection and the potential of a unique story: I trust you will like it too. “
Bruno Chatelin - filmfestivals.com founder
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WARRIOR SPIRIT by Will George, 44 mins, CANADA, 2023
A CBC DOCS Original Documentary Film by PROTECT THE INLET FILMS and COEXISTENCE FILMS
A simple window washer and fisherman, Will George’s life transformed when Tsleil-Waututh Elders chose him to protect his Nation's lands and waters against the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX). Will challenges leaders like Justin Trudeau, striving to halt the threat Canada imposed on stolen land. There is a traditional story of a threat like TMX. The voice of Elder Xwechtaal narrates the beginning of the Two-headed Serpent story. As pipeline construction advances and protests escalate, Will intensifies efforts, ultimately facing criminal charges. Despite courtroom racism, he advocates for his people and territory. Returning to the Two-headed Serpent story, the Warrior grapples with people’s doubts, and his own. Will urges people to stand up against injustice and criminalization of Indigenous peoples for protecting lands and waters.
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Wild Genius by Susan Kucera (Living in the future's past, Hot Money, 12th hour...)
Social impact documentary on evolutionary biologist Robert Travis, 1h:12minutes USA December 2023
Wild Genius portrays the exceptional life, career and mental health challenges of living legend Robert Trivers, the evolutionary biologist TIME magazine named as “one of the greatest scientists of the 20th Century”. Harvard psychologist and best selling Author, Steven Pinker calls him “an under-appreciated genius, and one of history’s greatest thinkers in the analysis of behavior and emotion.” An advocate for civil rights, Trivers’ straightforward logic makes an empowering case: understanding our evolutionary past isn't a life sentence but a liberating force. Wild Genius is an entertaining and intellectual odyssey that challenges us to confront our evolutionary roots and societal taboos, daring us to think differently about ourselves and our place in the natural world. This isn't just the story of a groundbreaking scientist; it's an invitation to transform our understanding of life itself. We have the cognitive tools to know ourselves better and, by extension, to make a better world.
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Maya by Julia Verdin
USA 2023 1hour 44 minutes written and directed by Julia Verdin
Teenage Maya is raised in a household stricken by her father’s abandonment.
Maya makes the wrong encounter on social media and meets Ray a handsome stranger she falls for: he encourages Maya to run away from home...she ends up being set up for appointments with Ray’s “clients” until Police finds her. Can Maya's mother help her get back on her feet, or will Maya be forever lost to the dark world she has fallen prey to?
Profile on filmfestivals.com I Trailer I Synopsis I Director's statement I Crew I Website
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Poussée par les promesses d’une nouvelle vie, Jessica, une Française de 19 ans, part pour la Syrie rejoindre Daech. Arrivée à Raqqa, elle intègre une maison de futures épouses de combattants et se retrouve vite prisonnière de Madame, la charismatique directrice qui tient les lieux d’une main de fer. Inspiré de faits réels.
Créé en 1991 par les compagnies membres de la Motion Picture Association (MPA), association regroupant six studios de production et de distribution de films américains, le Prix d’Ornano-Valenti, attribué par un jury de journalistes anglo-saxons et présidé par Jean-Guillaume d’Ornano, récompense un premier film français, dans le but d’aider à sa reconnaissance, sa promotion et son exportation. Depuis 2009, le Prix est soutenu par le Fonds Culturel Franco-Américain.
Le Prix d’Ornano-Valenti sera officiellement remis lors de la cérémonie du Palmarès du Festival du cinéma américain de Deauville à RABIA de Mareike Engelhardt, qui sortira en salles le 27 novembre 2024.
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Le Festival International du Film Insulaire de l’île de Groix est né en 2001, porté par l’enthousiasme et l’énergie d’un petit groupe de groisillon∙ne∙s qui ont rêvé un temps et un espace où la parole d’insulaires du monde entier résonne, soulevant de riches débats. Ainsi est né ce festival qui accueille des réalisateur∙ice∙s et artistes du monde entier pour un large public, de plus en plus nombreux.
Si le cinéma est le principal vecteur de la parole insulaire au FIFIG, la musique et les arts sous toutes leurs formes y ont également leur place.
Pendant quatre jours et nuits intenses, festivalier.ières, bénévoles, réalisateur·ice·s, artistes et invité∙e∙s se côtoient, échangent et partagent leurs émotions à la sortie d’un film, après un débat passionné ou une exposition, devant un concert ou autour d’un verre.
Au-delà de ce moment d’août que nous allons partager, l’association s’ancre tout au long de l’année dans une dynamique associative locale et à travers différents projets, pour garantir l’accès à la culture au plus grand nombre.
Cet été, le FIFIG se déroule dans l’emblématique site de Port Lay !
Aujourd’hui, ce sont 9 membres du Conseil d’administration et 140 adhérent∙e∙s qui font vivre l’association et sont rejoint∙e∙s pendant le festival par plus de 150 bénévoles pour que le FIFIG vous accueille dignement ! N’hésitez pas à nous soutenir en adhérant !
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Le Pays Basque, terre de mystères et de légendes, fascine par sa beauté sauvage et sa culture millénaire. A cheval entre la France et l’Espagne, cette région est un creuset de traditions et de récits qui continuent d’inspirer artistes et conteurs, et d’attirer des milliers de touristes chaque année.
C’est dans cette veine que s’inscrit le long métrage Irati, réalisé par Paul Urkijo Alijo et coproduit et distribué par La Fidèle Production. Ce film propose une aventure épique mêlant histoire et légendes basques. Primé au Festival de Sitges en 2022, Irati débarque en France cette semaine, la promesse d’une plongée fascinante dans la mythologie basque cet été.
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Présentée à des milliers de fans enthousiastes lors du Comic-Con de San Diego, la bande-annonce montre des images inédites des légendaires Anneaux, des créatures magiques, des batailles à venir et l'influence maléfique grandissante du Seigneur Sauron sur la Terre du Milieu.
La nouvelle saison très attendue des Anneaux de Pouvoir débutera sur Prime Video le 29 août.
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Burt Lancaster et Deborah Kerr dans Tant qu'il y aura des hommes (From Here to Eternity, 1952)
Attendre octobre sera difficile, mais ça vaudra le coup ! C'est une tradition inscrite dans l'ADN du festival : chaque édition rend une visite à la filmographie d'un grand auteur américain, mettant en lumière sa place dans l'histoire, sa modernité ou son statut de pionnier. Après avoir exploré les carrières de Joan Micklin Silver, Sidney Lumet, Sydney Pollack ou Robert Altman lors des dernières éditions, place à un géant, dont la carrière s'étend du cinéma muet jusqu'aux prémices du Nouvel Hollywood : Fred Zinnemann.
Son nom est peu connu et pourtant. Lauréat de 6 Oscars, il a offert leur premier rôle à l’écran à Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando ou Meryl Streep !
Né dans la bourgeoisie viennoise du début du siècle, Fred Zinnemann fait ses premières armes comme assistant caméraman dans l’Allemagne des années 1930 et participe au film Les Hommes le dimanche (1930) aux côtés de Robert Siodmack, Edgar G. Ulmer et Billy Wilder.
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Après sa première mondiale au Festival de Cannes en mai dernier, la nouvelle comédie d’Emmanuel Courcol, EN FANFARE, sera projetée en ouverture du 39e Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur - FIFF (Belgique) le vendredi 27 septembre prochain, en présence de l’équipe du film.
Et pour marquer le retour tant attendu du Chapiteau du FIFF, une fanfare namuroise accompagnera les spectateurs à l’issue des projections au Caméo et au Delta vers le chapiteau public, place d’Armes à Namur, pour une grande soirée festive ouverte à tous !
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L'AFTERMOVIE DE LA 35e ÉDITION
THE 35th EDITION AFTERMOVIE
Nous sommes heureux⋅e⋅s de vous présenter l'aftermovie de la 35e édition du FIDMarseille. Toute l’équipe vous remercie pour votre participation !
Merci à toustes les cinéastes et leurs équipes : pour leurs films, pour leur présence, pour leurs mots. Un grand merci à nos invité·e·s, Ingrid Caven, Joana Pimenta, Adirley Queirós, Agathe Bonitzer, qui nous ont honoré·e·s de leur présence et ont enchanté le festival. Et merci à toustes celleux qui sont venu·e·s profiter de ces moments de cinéma, de rencontres, de découvertes !
À l’année prochaine !
Vidéo réalisée par Juliette Gadenne, 2024.
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