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French Riviera Film Festival
May 19-20, 2023
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February 12, 2023 Regular Deadline
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The fith annual...
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15th Cannes fro Winston Baker which successfully wrapped to conferences in Cannes: The Film Finance Forum and the China Forum. Celebrations took place at official and classy Plage des Palmes with a hot DJ. Thanks Amy and Katie!
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French Riviera Film Festival is proud to unveil the first sizzle reel from its VIP opening reception, held at at Bel-Air Fine Art Gallery, in Cannes. Nigel Daly, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and writer-filmmaker Louise Salter were presented with the 2023 Industry Excellence Award, and Armenian American actress/filmmaker/entrepreneur Diana Madison was awarded with the Rising Star prize. Bel-Air Fine Art (belairfin...
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Lucca Film Festival 2023 23 september – 1 october 2023
Entries are now open for the international feature and short film competition and for the Lucca Effetto Cinema evening of the Lucca Film Festival 2023. In addition, there is the Lucca Film Festival for Future, a new short film competition created in an exclusive collaboration with the Sofidel Group. Chaired by Nicola Borrelli, the Festival will be held from September 23 to October 1, 2023. It is one of the flagship events...
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You should have seen the beasty faces of our three sons, Felix (18), Max (11) and Rex (9) when my sweet wife, Roxanna, decided to book a trip to the Great Wolf Lodge for their birthday. Our sons had heard plenty about this amazing, totally immersive, unique world that is the Great Wolf Lodge ( www.GreatWolf.com ).
Great Wolf Lodge began as a small indoor water park resort in 1997 in Wiscon...
Each year there is a growth of issue-oriented documentaries, but in 2023 Hot Docs included THEATRE OF VIOLENCE (ToV) directed by Lukasz Konopa and Emile Langballe which outranked most of the other productions. This Danish-German 2023 documentary had a Special Presentation with its North American premiere and excelled in posing in a persuasive and impressive manner fundamental questions about the confrontation between the Western European based system of detached criminal justice, the Internati...
The 1st Annual International Film Festival Manhattan Industry Screening at the Marche Du Film took place on May 24, 2023 at the Palais G at the
Palais des Festivals.
Luis Pedron, the Festival Director of the International Film Festival Manhattan said that “this event is the first year we will be doing an Industry screening at biggest Film Market in the World which is Marche Du Film. The short films selected have the recurring t...
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The fifth annual French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF), (a filmfestivals.com partner) held on May 19 and 20, 2023 in Cannes, France, has revealed the winning shorts of the 2023 competition, the announcement was made in Cannes at Eden Hotel by festival co-founders Gotham Chandna and Nicole Goesseringer Muj.
Official 2023 FRFF Festival Trailer: https://youtu.be/AtK-7Y0zYMI
Fir...
The fifth annual French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF), held on May 19 and 20, 2023 in Cannes, France, has revealed the winning shorts of the 2023 competition, the announcement was made today by festival co-founders Gotham Chandna and Nicole Goesseringer Muj.
Official 2023 FRFF Festival Trailer: https://youtu.be/AtK-7Y0zYMI
First launched in 2019, FRFF recognizes and celebrates...
THE FILMFESTIVALS.COM WINE TASTING RECEPTION FOR FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS
Bruno Chatelin and the Filmfestivals.com Team
Jon Gosier and the FilmHedge Team
hosted the annual reception where festival organizers have a chance to mingle and have a taste from wines from all around the world.
May 22nd 6:00pm - 10:30 pm
This annual event is by tradition held and reserved strictly for FILM FESTIVALS organizers.
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PANACHE FOR THE LAST DAY OF THE FESTIVAL WITH AWARDS
Coverage from our team in Cannes : Vanessa McMahon, Moira Sullivan, Aldo Nadal, Nicole Goesseringer Muj, Alice Kanterian, Nesta Morgan, Brice Anxionnaz and the blog patrol led by Bruno Chatelin your editor !
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The red carpet of the Opening Ceremony of the 76th Festival de Cannes
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The Jury of the 76th Festival de Cannes, chaired by Swedish director Ruben Östlund, surrounded by Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, French actor Denis Ménochet, British-Zambian screenwriter & director Rungano Nyoni, American actress & director Brie Larson, American actor & director Paul Dano, Afghan author Atiq Rahimi, Argentinian director & screenwriter Damián Szifron and French director Julia Ducournau, presented its winners' list...
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Cannes Marché du Film & Festival NEWSLETTER
Coverage from our team in Cannes : Vanessa McMahon, Moira Sullivan, Aldo Nadal, Nicole Goesseringer Muj, Alice Kanterian, Nesta Morgan, Brice Anxionnaz and the blog patrol led by Bruno Chatelin your editor !
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RELIVE THE MARCHÉ MAGIC
We miss you already!
It's been two days that the Marché du Film has ended, but
we already have a new SURPRISE for you!
Dive into the highlights of the 2023 edition with our WRAP-UP video!
Plus, catch up on all the conferences & showcases you missed, thanks to our dedicated platform marchedufilm.online.
More details below!
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We can confirm this was our BIGGEST market edition yet with over 14,000 accredited participatns in Cannes...
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Eric Judor :
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Alice Taglioni
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The Short Films and La Cinef Jury presided by Ildikó Enyedi and comprised of Ana Lily Amirpour, Shlomi Elkabetz, Charlotte Le Bon and Karidja Touré has awarded the 2023 La Cinef Prizes today during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films. La Cinef consisted of 16 student films, chosen out of 2,000 entries coming from 476 film schools around the world.
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Asteroid city red carpet on may 23rd was one of the greatest of this 76th Cannes film festival a huge list of fabulous international guests walked on the red carpet :
Bryan Cranston and Rupert Friend :
Matt Dillon :
Scarlett Johansson :
Tom Hanks :
Adrien Brody
Brie Larson, International Jury Member
Jim Jarmusch :
Anaïs Demoustier :
Michelle Laroque :
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A forerunner of the French New Wave, Alexandre Astruc wrote in his 1948 essay:
The Camera Stylo (Camera Pen) is in the hand of the Director to write the film, so the Director is the final authority.
He was emphasizing the importance of the Director when it was still in question.
We took his metaphor of this imaginary Camera Stylo and applied it to Cell Phone Cinema as the Smart Phone is the real Camera Pen today that everybody carries around in their pocket, and ...