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Berlinale Meets Europa s Fußball – Film Project for Euro2024

  left to right Berlinale Carlo Chatrian, UEFA EURO 2024 Celia Šašić, UEFA EURO 2024,  Berlinale Mariëtte Rissenbeek © Richard Hübner / Berlinale 2024   The Berlinale is taking part in the cultural programme for the 2024 European Football Championship with Berlinale Meets Fußball.   “Football is a community game underlining team spirit and capable of promoting exchange, understanding and social cohesion. This makes...

The Bear is back on the 2024 Berlinale Key Design

Key Visual der / of the Berlinale 2024 © Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin / Claudia Schramke, Berlin Starting in late January, at Potsdamer Platz and across the city, the Berlinale poster will build anticipation for the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, taking place from February 15 to 25, 2024.   “The attentive, open and approachable bear stands as a symbol for the intended focus of the 74th Berlinale: the festival as an open place for our audience and the film i...

News from Panorama, Retrospective and Berlinale Spotlight: Berlinale Shorts & Generation

Saoirse Ronan © The Outrun Panorama First Films in Panorama Confirmed: Counter Movements   ...

News from Panorama, Retrospective and Berlinale Spotlight: Berlinale Shorts & Generation

Saoirse Ronan © The Outrun Panorama First Films in Panorama Confirmed: Counter Movements   ...

European Film Market 2024 – It all starts here

  Gropius Bau © Juliane Eirich 2023 The European Film Market (EFM) at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival will open its doors for seven days from February 15 to 21, 2024. Two months before the start of the festival, the stands at the two market venues Gropius Bau and Marriott Hotel are almost already fully booked. Once again, the EFM is expecting more than 11,500 market participants, exhibitors, rights holders, producers, buyers and investors to visit B...

Theme for Berlinale Talents 2024: COMMON TONGUES – Speaking Out in the Language of Cinema

Berlinale Talents Key Visual und Thema für 2024: „COMMON TONGUES - Speaking Out in the Language of Cinema” © Ada Favaron und Imad Gebrael     Language, common language, film language is the theme of the 22nd edition of the talent development initiative Berlinale Talents. It was long unheard of, and yet it is taken for granted today: since the 1920s, there has been sound an thus the spoken word in film alongside visual language. This opened up...

24 Reasons to Attend FestForums & an incentive to do so

  The work is harder than you remembered, the hours longer than you can fathom, the food less than desirable. Then there are the endless forgotten tasks, the emergencies requiring speedy solutions, the hand holding, the adrenalin pumping and the tears sometimes flowing. And then the magic happens. You see the audience laughing, clapping, dancing, mesmerized, and you remember why you are there. Because you made it happen. Happy New Year & thank you for making the magic happen! The ...

FestForums releases the 2024 Agenda today!

  SEE THE 2024 AGENDA HERE! Meet a few of our featured speakers Alicia Silverston is not Clueless about Marty Callner (or anything else for that matter)         Alicia Silverstone is an American actress who rose t...

Get Lodged in the Red Sea Labs, interact with agents and reagents and MAKE YOUR FILM!

Get Lodged in the Red Sea Labs, interact with agents and reagents and MAKE YOUR FILM! The Red Sea Labs announced the open call for the 5th edition of The Lodge program. A long-term residency programme, in collaboration with Torino FilmLab, and sponsored by Film AlUla, offering an intensive creative and professional film development experience. AlUla is a happening city. Hollywood productions shot in AlUla include the Gerard Butler-led action-thriller Kandahar, directed by Ric Roman Waugh, and...

Entertainment Oxygen Continues To Redefine The Indie Movie Space With Announcement of New Global Festival Partnerships

Premier film festival streaming platform Entertainment Oxygen (eo), the one-stop shop for indie film festivals and filmmakers, is celebrating the new year with announcement of three new topline international festival partners - Soho London Independent Film Festival (January 25-28, 2024), Auroville Film Festival in India (January 22-28, 2024) and Utah International Film Festival (February 12-17, 2024). CEO/founder eo Apple TungFong comments, We're de...

Variety's Creative Impact Awards and “10 Directors to Watch” Brunch

           VARIETY PRESENTS THE CREATIVE IMPACT AWARDS & “10 DIRECTORS TO WATCH” BRUNCH  AT THE 35th ANNUAL PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL   Penélope Cruz honored with the Variety Creative Impact in Acting Award Yorgos Lanthimos honored with the Variety Creative Impact in Directing Award Eric Roth honored with the Variety Creative Impact in Screenwriting Award   WHO: Honorees Penélope Cr...

2024 Palm Springs International Film Awards Kicks Off Awards Season

The Palm Springs International Film Awards honored this year’s biggest stars as Hollywood flocked to Palm Springs to kick off awards season.   Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese, winners of the Vanguard Award for "Killers of the Flower Moon," pose backstage during the 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards, at Palm Springs Convention Center on January 04, 2024 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for Palm Springs Internation...

Palm Springs International Film Awards presented Carey Mulligan with the International Star Award, Actress

Emma Stone, winner of the Desert Palm Achievement Award for "Poor Things," poses backstage during the 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards at Palm Springs Convention Center on January 04, 2024 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for Palm Springs International Film Society)   The Palm Springs International Film Awards honoreed Carey Mulligan with the International Star Award, Actress, for her performance in Bradley Cooper’s Maestr...

The European Coproduction Forum is coming back for a 5th edition in March 27th and 28th.

      Join us for a transformative two-day event that promises to delve deep into the future of the audiovisual sector in Europe. Book your seats now and enjoy a very special rate. Discover the event This year's edition inovates as a it is intended to be highly participatory, based broadly on Design Thinking principles.  Here is a glimpse at the program (subject to evolve):    Day 1: Insightful Discussions and Expert Panels Engage with industr...

IFFILMS 54, 06: The Golden Peacock, and other birds of the same feather

IFFILMS 54, 06: The Golden Peacock, and other birds of the same feather On the 28th of November, when the award winners were being announced at IFFI 54, I was packing my bags to catch a flight the next morning, to Jeddah, where I was invited by the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF). But it would be fitting to end my writings on IFFI 54 by listing the winners. So, here goes: Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael Douglas        &nb...

IFFI 54, 5: IFFILMS, In Retrospect, Part III

IFFI 54, 5: IFFILMS, In Retrospect, Part III I continue my views and mini reviews, about films I saw at IFFI 54, held in Goa, during November 20-28, 2023. Toxic An odd love story, Toxic is based on a public swimming pool as its centre-piece. Coming from the Czech Republic, and directed by Stefan Vorzacek, it is the story of a lonely executive, Tomas, who visits the pool as a form of workout, and falls in love with its enticing attendant, Esther. But the affair goes awry with the intervent...

IFFI 54, 4: FILMIFFI, In Retrospect, Part II

IFFI 54, 4: FILMIFFI, In Retrospect, Part II Continuing my sharing of views and mini-reviews of films screened and seen at the 54th International Film Festival of India. The Zone of Interest We begin with The Zone of Interest, set in Auschwitz. Chronicling the life of a German Commandant, Rudolf Höss, his wife Hedwig, and five children, it shows how attached one can get to a house, garden, orchard and vegetable plot, after taking pain-staking efforts to nurture them make them really ...

IFFI 54, 03: IFFILMS, In retrospect

IFFI 54, 03: IFFILMS, In retrospect In my last post, I talked about the Competition Films that I saw. Didn’t catch many, but you can never have enough of them. Here, I will move on to the other sections, which, too, had a mix of the very good, the good and the fair. From these, I will begin with the opening film, Catching Dust, which was described in the catalogue as a slow burner thriller. Catching Dust Slow burner it sure was, but the thrills were few and far between. The first thi...

Giametti Wins Icon Award at the 2024 Palm Springs Film Festival

    Paul Giametti said his part in “Holdovers" was written for him, "Alex Payne is a great director. I love working with him. 'Holdovers' is a story about loss, failure, it’s a funny, moving picture…set in Massachusetts at christmas time, with a great sound track."   Sandra Oh presented the icon award to Paul, “He is one of the best actors I’ve ever worked with.  In “Sideways," Paul’s express...

Giametti Wins Icon Award at the 2024 Palm Springs Film Festival

    Paul Giametti said his part in “Holdovers" was written for him, "Alex Payne is a great director. I love working with him. 'Holdovers' is a story about loss, failure, it’s a funny, moving picture…set in Massachusetts at christmas time, with a great sound track."   Sandra Oh presented the icon award to Paul, “He is one of the best actors I’ve ever worked with.  In “Sideways," Paul’s express...

‘Oppenheimer’ dominates with seven wins including the awards at 28th Capri Hollywood - International Film Festival winners:

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28th Capri Hollywood - International Film Festival winners: ‘Oppenheimer’ dominates with seven wins including Best Picture and Best Director. Six Awards for “Barbie” and Five to “Maestro” Matteo Garrone’s “Io capitano” has been honored as Best International Movie. The 28th ‘Capri, Hollywood - International Film Festival’  celebrated the triumph of  “Oppenheimer” which was feted with seven awards including B...

Talking film with critic/PSFF David Ansen--- 35 Years, stars Emma Stone, Cary Mulligan, Martin Scorsese, Bradley Cooper

  MARLA: LET’S TALK MOVIES…   SO DAVID, TELL ME ABOUT THIS YEARS UPCOMING FESTIVAL.   DAVID:  This year we have 179 movies.  the festival will be  back to the size before the pandemic. We are using the Palm Springs theatre, the Regal, the Annenberg, the Mary Pickford.  As you know we have always  specialized in intern...

Cary Mulligan receives Best Actress Award for her performance in "Maestro" from Meryl Streep

  Last night at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Meryl Streep said, "I am here for my friend Cary Mulligan. If you think of the dimension of all her characters, the emotion is always full and felt, and tucked away and hidden in reserve, her work in Maestro, it’s like the smaller tremors we get here in California..that scene in Maestro on Thanksgiving, we hardly see there faces, it’s hard to see her, but it shakes you with...

81st GOLDEN GLOBES SUNDAY WHO WILL WIN: " "BARBIE," BRADLEY COOPER, "KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

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The 81st Golden Globes are back this Sunday on a new network CBS with some new members, always known as the best “party” of the season.  The first televised Award Show of the season, for many years their picks seemed somewhat consistent with the Academy.  Who will win?   Christopher Nolan made almost $1bn in box office and brought audiences back to theaters, as did "Barbie," but that didn’t help Tom Cruise last year with his box-office wonder Mission ...

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