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The much-anticipated Pitches Selection for the 2024 edition of Shoot The Book! has been unveiled, marking the continuation of an exciting collaboration between SCELF and the Marché du Film.
Organized by SCELF (Société Civile des Editeurs de Langue Française) and the Marché du Film, Shoot the Book! announced their selection on 12 April at the Paris Book Festival in front of an audience of journalis...
Cannes Next, the pioneering platform for the future of entertainment and innovation at the Marché du Film, in partnership with Sprockit — The Global Open Innovation Platform, is thrilled to unveil the inception of their exclusive investment and deal-making platform, "Next Tech on the Beach." This innovative event is set to redefine the landscape of investments, mergers, and acquisitions across the content, technology and corporate sectors.
Scheduled for the morning of ...
The new initiative aims to foster the international circulation of European IPs for new film adaptations.
For its first edition, 11 IP (Intellectual Proprety) titles from France, Spain and Italy, were selected and will be presented in Cannes thanks to our partners CNC (the French National Center of Cinema and Moving Images), ICAA (Institute of Cinematography & Audiovisual Arts) and the Directorate General for Cinema &am...
The Producers Network, the Marché du Film’s dedicated platform for producers, is set to commence its activities earlier this year with an exclusive brunch, hosted in partnership with EUFCN — the European Film Commissions Network.
The EUFCN, which represents 100 European film commissions in 32 countries, is a non-profit association dedicated to supporting and promoting the European film industry and culture. Its various missions include organizing the share o...
Do Aur Do Pyaar, Review: Cork, corpse, uncork
What is more fun to make? A love triangle or a lovers’ quadrangle? The makers Do Aur Do Pyaar (two and two love) obviously thought that it was the latter. After 5,000 films (mainly Indian) on three-cornered relationships, including the 1969 Three in to Two Won’t Go (a defining triangle, if there was one), there was pretty little to explore, but film-makers did not relent. Love triangle films continued to gush out in all shapes and size...
Love Lies Bleeding, Review: Musclesbians
Some lesbian sex, a load of police corruption and bullets by the container, are the ingredients of this pot boiler. Bringing together unlikely, low-brow elements, Love Lies Bleeding might interest female body-builders and lesbians in present day USA, but has little to offer by means of entertainment, wholesome or unwholesome. It is likely to prove one of those come and go movies that have a lot of crime and muscle power on screen but do not have anythi...
The Fantastic Pavilion, the genre hub at the Marché du Film, will celebrate its second edition from May 14 to 22, 2024. After a successful launch last year, the Pavilion is once again presenting galas for selected genre films, which will be announced in May. An addition this year is the showcase to international buyers of six films that have remake rights available.
To highlight Switzerland, the Marché du Film’s 2024 country of honor, the Pavilion is set to cel...
With ITFS 2024, a week full of animation comes to an end on Sunday
Packed cinemas, enthusiastic audiences, and a positive summary
The 31st Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) came to a successful close in the evening with the grand awards ceremony. For six days, the animation industry gathered in Stuttgart, and the festival delighted filmmakers, industry visitors, and animation fans from around the world. This year's ITFS featured numerous innovations, including ...
The 43rd Istanbul Film Festival, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and sponsored by N Kolay, was concluded with an award ceremony held on 28 April at Atlas 1948. A total of 51 films competed in the international and national competitions of the festival.
At the award ceremony, the winners of the International and National Competitions, the National Short Film and National Documentary Competitions, the Young Master Award, Seyfi Teoman Best Debut Film Prize...
The 19th edition of the Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (HÕFF) crowns Wander to Wonder (dir. Nina Grantz) as the Méliés Short Film Competition winner and Sander Maran's Chainsaws were Singing as the best Estonian genre film.
The Silver Méliés of the biggest genre festival in Baltics went to Wander to Wonder by Nina Grantz. The jury said: "We award the Méliés d’argent to thi...
The International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg will hold its 73rd edition from 7 to 17 November this year. For the first time, the IFFMH will present the Young Actors Award, a new €10,000 award for achievement in acting.
The International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg will hold its 73rd edition from 7 to 17 November this year. For the first time, the IFFMH will present the Young Actors Award, a new €10,000 award for achievement in acting. Films in all sections of the festiv...
FOCUS ASIA 2024
Over 200 participants from 35 territories,
11 projects in development, 6 works in progress, over 300 one to one meetings.
Japanese project POLARIS, the new feature directed by Yoko Yamanaka and produced by Shoichiro Kawashima (TWENTY FIRST CITY INC), wins the TAICCA/Focus Asia Co-Production Award!
UDINE – With over 200 participants from 35 territories, 11 projects in development, 6 works in progress, 3 days of panels & case studies and over 300 o...
Festival will open with Amber Sealey’s “Out of My Mind”
Today, the Bentonville Film Foundation, in collaboration with founding partner, Walmart, and presenting sponsor, Coca-Cola, announced narrative, documentary, short film, and episodic selections premiering in-person at the 2024 Bentonville Film Festival’s competition program, set for June 10-16 in Bentonville, AR. The annual Festival is a globally recognized platform amplifying female, non-binary, LGBTQIA+, B...
Celebrating the Vibrancy of Independent Documentaries from China and Hong Kong
2024 TIDF Presents “Salute! Chinese Independent Documentaries” Section with three world premieres
The Taiwan International Documentary Festival (TIDF) organized by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI) , scheduled for May 10th to 19th, 2024, reaffirms its role as a premier platform for showcasing the richness and diversity of Chinese independent documentaries. In its esteemed “Sa...
On Thursday 2 May the legendary Chinese director received the Golden Mulberry and hosted a masterclass.
The last two days are packed with unmissable titles: from cult Philippine comedy Becky and Badette
to the world premiere of high-octane Hong Kong actioner Customs Frontline!
A whole year of preparation for nine days of programming: nine joyful, intense days which, once the countdown starts, slip away at the speed of light... Yes, it's already time to a...
MAD APPLE: BITE INTO THIS!
The new show from Cirque du Soleil at the New-York Las Vegas hotel and casino.
I have covered almost every Cirque du Soleil shows in Las Vegas but I have never ever been so blown away from a show like this one as this is the first time I felt a complete interaction and intimacy with the performances from ‘Mad Apple’( https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/mad-apple#about-the-show ) at the New-York Las Vegas hotel and casino (https://newyorknewyo...
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Entertainment Oxygen/eoFlix Partners with France’s Largest Media Professional Association, médiaClub, Expanding Its Influence Across the French Media Landscape
Entertainment Oxygen/eoFlix, a leading digital platform specializing in networking and content self-distribution for the entertainment industry, today announced its strategic partnership with médiaClub, the largest association of media professionals in France. This alliance marks a signi...
Apple TungFong
Entertainment Oxygen/eoFlix Partners with France’s Largest Media Professional Association, médiaClub, Expanding Its Influence Across the French Media Landscape
Entertainment Oxygen/eoFlix, a leading digital platform specializing in networking and content self-distribution for the entertainment industry, today announced its strategic partnership with médiaClub, the largest association of media professionals in France. This alliance marks a signi...
Interview with Andy Brown and Brian Lindstrom directors of LOST ANGEL: THE GENIUS OF JUDEE SILL.
Before any of the folk singers we all adore like, Joan Baez, there was an amazing lady whose life was cut short due to her fight with her inner demons. ‘LOST ANGEL’ give us an honest and moving portrait of the fragile soul of singer Judee Sill. Judee was a jewel who never encountered the success she should have received. She dedicated her life to create and inspire others. Today h...
The 16 films competing for this year's Doc Alliance Award are out! 8 feature-length and 8 short films are chosen by the 8 film festivals, from the Doc Alliance as well as this year’s guest festival. The Doc Alliance Award is endowed with 5,000 EUR (Best Feature) and 3,000 EUR (Best Short). The winners will be presented at the award ceremony of this year’s guest festival Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Kyiv (31 May - 9 June 2024). The Doc Alli...
Submit your Best Trailers to the 24th Golden Trailer Awards
Rules for Entry for 24th Annual Golden Trailer Awards
CALL FOR ENTRY
EoY (End of Year) is true to its name: December 31st, 2023 (Midnight PST)
Early Deadline: January 26th, 2024 (Midnight PST)
Regular Deadline: March 29th, 2024 (Midnight PST)
Late Deadline: April 5th, 2024 (Midnight PST)
Late + final submissions deadline April 12th (Midnight PST)
The Go...
Composer Will Bates has composed original scores for a myriad of filmmakers including acclaimed directors Mike Cahill (Another Earth; I Origins; Bliss), Alex Gibney (We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks; Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief; Zero Days; The Forever Prisoner), Ry Russo-Young (You Won’t Miss Me; Nobody Walks) and Fisher Stevens (Mission Blue; Bright Lights).
Bates’ upcoming p...
Executive Producers Rakesh Tammabattula and Dr. Jacqueline Nguyen Photo: Tshombe Sampson
A Fragile Flower, the first ever Vietnamese feature film produced entirely in the United States, has received top honors at the 2024 New Delhi Film Festival. A Fragile Flower was named Top 3rd Feature Film, International Competition at the festival’s awards ceremony held on March 28 in New Delhi. The film was the only Vietnamese film awar...
Canneseries season 7 - great actors, series and a pink carpet - all in Cannes and still with MipTV!
Indeed this series festival takes place in Cannes, where else, nomen est omen. And it gets into competition with an the other majour festival dedicated to series. I'm talking about Series Mania from Lille. Both festivals are taking place in spring, one just finished and the other one, Canneseries to take place 05-10.04.
But while Series Mania is dedicated uniquely to televi...
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