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For the 36th edition of Filmfest Dresden (16 to 21 April 2024), more than 370 short films from 62 countries compiled in the three Competitions and various special programmes are awaiting the audiences. In today’s press conference in the Filmtheater Schauburg festival cinema, Festival Directors Sylke Gottlebe and Anne Gaschütz together with further members of their team are providing insights into the highly diverse programme, including the already announced thematic focus on “...
TECHNICOLOR GROUP: A FRAMEWORK FOR TRANSFORMATION
World class businesses MPC, Mikros Animation, The Mill, Technicolor Games – to be housed under a new holding company: Technicolor Group
A company in a sound financial position, with new money injection and moderate indebtedness
Ambitious transformation underway to become a leading provider of visual experiences and cutting-edge technology in the dynamic world of visual storytelling
Technicolor Group, the new holding company for Technico...
MIPCOM CANNES ORGANISER RX FRANCE CONFIRMS THE LAUNCH OF MIP LONDON IN FEBRUARY 2025
MIPTV TO END RUN AFTER 61ST EDITION IN APRIL 2024
RX FRANCE today announced the launch of MIP LONDON, a new industry market and networking event set to take place 24-27 February 2025, with a pre-opening on Sunday 23 February. The inaugural MIP LONDON will take place the same week as the 2025 London TV Screenings and is conceived as complementary to the existing annual gather...
The Focus programmes: Rage & Horror, desired! – film lust & queer, Panorama and more Festival specials
From 16 to 21 April 2024, IFFF Dortmund+Köln presents an eclectic array of films and we look forward to welcoming numerous German and international film-makers to Cologne. Alongside the Competitions, the Festival sections with their different profiles will showcase provocative and poignant works by directors from all over the globe. This year’s Focus: Rage &a...
17 October, James Horner Tribute Concert
15 - 17 October 2024, WSA Film Music Days
On 17 October 2024, Film Fest Gent will pay tribute to the legendary American composer James Horner with a unique night filled with his iconic scores. A selection of his work will be curated with the assistance of Simon Franglen. The World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year 2023 recipient was an integral part of Horner's team on the scores for among others Titani...
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN for the 27th UNAFF, which will run from October 17-27, 2024 in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco and Stanford University.
SUBMIT NOW
May 4, 2024 Earlybird Deadline
May 14, 2024 Regular Deadline
May 24, 2024 Late Deadline
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Documentaries only and absolutely no films that are available online for free before the end of the festival(10/27/2024)
No production year limit
No runtime ...
Olmo Schnabel's directorial debut PET SHOP DAYS screened as a Festival Favorite at SXSW, 2024. The film stars J...
In this 7th edition, Porto Femme will continue to focus on sharing the work of women and non-binary people in the seventh art, promoting equality and empowerment in the cinematographic universe. It will once again be a space for creative freedom, sharing and debate for everyone.
More than just a festival, Porto Femme is a festival that, by its nature, has multiple dimensions and aims to celebrate the diversity of genres, themes and languages, promoting values of equality, justice and human...
OK, Look Out Now, here comes our 30th! Annual Brainwash Movie Festival!
But first, here are our winners form our 2023 Festival, shown at SF’s New Farm, 10/27-29/2023:
1st Prize: Loop Garou – a French Canadian Werewolf Fable – Erin Greenwell
2nd Grand! Prize!: The Unseen – John Akre
3rd Prize: Shitfaced – Jack E. K. Collier
4th Prize: Once I Passed – Martin Gerigk
5th Prize: # SPONSORED – Yurie Collins
So get in on the show and en...
Now in its 23rd year at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, MoMA’s Doc Fortnight ran from February 22 through March 7 and presented recent documentary features and short films from new and established artists. As in past editions, Doc Fortnight focused on innovative, experimental, and adventurous filmmaking approaches. The 2024 program included 13 features, six short films, three special seminars on Caribbean productions, landscape films, and a spotlight on Gelare Khoshgozaran, an int...
The 2024 Universe Multicultural Film Festival will no longer be held in April, as previously scheduled. Instead, the event will occur on June 14-16. The final submission date has been extended a month, to April 18th.
The festival will be held at several venues, including the Peninsula Center Library (701 Silver Spur Rd. Rolling Hills Estates, 90274), the Palos Verdes Promenade (550 Deep Valley Dr. Suit 163 & 117, Rolling Hills Estates, 90274), and the CSTV Theater (11...
The fourth edition of the TV Kids Summer Festival is scheduled for June 4 to 7, 2024, featuring keynotes and panels with leading executives and creatives discussing the major trends in the children’s programming business. You can register for the TV Kids Summer Festival here, free of charge.
It will be streamed live and available on-demand on TVKidsSummerFestival.com. Unlike other events requiring hefty registration fees, attendance to the TV Kids Summer Festival is ...
SERIES ON THE BRIDGE
SELECTION HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED
To be held from 24 to 26 April as part of the 43rd Istanbul Film Festival, Meetings on the Bridge’s ‘Series on the Bridge’ selection has been announced.
Meetings on the Bridge, with Anadolu Efes as the main supporter, continues to bring together producers, directors and screenwriters from Turkey with international professionals.
Series on the Bridge, sponsored by OGM Pictures, will present 6 s...
BELLINGHAM, WA – The CASCADIA International Women’s Film Festival is thrilled to announce its seventh annual event, celebrating exceptional films directed by women from around the world. The festival will take place in Bellingham, WA, from April 25-28, 2024, with an online festival following from May 2-11, 2024.
Since its inception in 2017, CASCADIA has presented the films of over 220 women directors, one of the few festivals in the U.S. dedicated to the goal of championi...
(Black Tea by Abderrahmane Sissako © Olivier Marceny / Cinéfrance Studios / Archipel 35 / Dune Vision)
By M.R. D’Amico
Even before its world premiere at Berlinale 2024, Black Tea had generated strong interest among major international distributors, a promising start for the film’s journey into the global market. Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako, after the amazing success of his first Oscar-nominated film Timbuktu in 2014, embarks here...
Lions of Mesopotamia had its world premiere at SXSW, on Saturday, March 9th. The film is the true account of hope and victory when Iraq’s national soccer team – aka Lions of Mesopotamia – earned the 2007 Asian Cup amid the bloodiest days of Iraq’s civil war. The fairytale story is directed by Emmy winner Lucian Read and produced by Jupiter Entertainment.
In an interview with the film’s producer Patrick Reardon and director Lucian Read after their premiere, h...
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Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ action adventure “FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Nine years after Mad Max: Fury Road, the Australian director, screenwriter and producer George Miller’s famous saga’s is back on the Croisette! The highly anticipated Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga will be revealed in the presenc...
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The six new faces of La Résidence of the Festival : Molly Manning Walker ©️ Billy Boyd Cape, Ernst De Geer ©️ Per Larsson, Daria Kashcheeva ©️ Gabriel Kuchta, Deník N, Danech San ©️ Prum Ero, Anastasiia Solonevych ©️ DR, Aditya Amhad ©️ DR
Welcome to Molly, Aditya, Daria, Danech, Ernst and Anastasiia ! From March 15 to July 31, 2024, these young filmmakers will work in the heart of Paris on their first or second feature film project. Fo...
SERIES MANIA : We've had another fantastic week in Lille, both at the festival and at Séries Mania Forum. The figures are almost in, and we've already exceeded 98,000 spectators - a 15% increase on last year!
As for the Forum, 4,200 professionals from 72 countries gathered at Lille Grand Palais.
This year, new countries took to the festival's red carpet (Latvia, New Zealand, South Africa, Taiwan), and international stars such as Patrici...
(Thinley Lhamo from Shambhala by Min Bahadur Bham, © Aditya Basnet / Shooney Films)
By M.R. D’Amico
It is the first Nepalese film to be in competition at Berlinale and one of the best surprises of the festival. In a Nepalese Himalayan village a young beautiful woman, Pema, starts her adult life with a polyandrous marriage to Tashi and his two younger brothe...
Illuminate Festival had an incredibly rich and joyful experience collaborating with this year's poster artist, local Santa Barbara creatrix, Tricia Evenson, who shares:
In the creation of art for the Illuminate Film Festival, I am drawn to the intricate dance between the arts, the mind, science, spirituality, nature, and human connection. This festival’s key art transforms into a multi-media canvas, beckoning viewers to embark on a journey of explora...
That’s a Wrap!
Thank you to all of our guests, partners, funders, venues and to you, the fabulous audiences. That’s a wrap for this year!
The 2024 festival welcomed 19,200 people across 10 days, screening 138 films from 50 countries, shown across 14 venues.
It featured an expanded programme with 16 public events, 15 industry events, and 40 post-screening Q&As.
Submissions for DIFF 2025 open in May 2024!
See ...
The eye of the storm: a resolutely current selection for 2024, in tune with the present
Visions du Réel unveils the programme for its 55th edition (12 – 21 April 2024). A bold and well-rounded official selection of 165 films from 50 different countries, with gender parity for the second year running. With 88 world premieres and 14 international premieres amongst the 128 new films being shown, Visions du Réel reaffirms its position as Switzerland’s second most...
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In just over 2 weeks, the Overlook Film Fest emerges from its long, dark slumber to bring you spine-tingling thrills guaranteed to give you nightmares! Check out the official schedule, 6 new films added to the lineup, 2 more immersive shows, 6 Special Events, more guests and the festival premiere of a mysterious new musical...read on, if you dare!
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