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Film Fest Ghent and Courtisane join forces again in 2021

   After a successful collaboration in 2020, Film Fest Ghent and Courtisane - FFG's little Ghent-based festival brother - will join forces for the upcoming festival edition as well. Contrary to last year, when the joint forces focused on bringing the Portuguese director Pedro Costa to Ghent for his drama Vitalina Varela, the entire festival programme of the adventurous film festival will now run parallel to Film Fest Ghent in October 2021. As times remain unstable for f...

Festival des 3 Continents 2020 Confined but determined

CONFINED BUT DETERMINED Following the announcement of the President of the French Republic on October 28, the whole cultural life of the country is once again at a standstill. In this context, we would like to express our solidarity and empathy with all of the cultural actors (artists, professionals of the live performing arts, venues and events) together with the whole of the cinema branch (cinemas, cancelled festivals, producers, distributors, technicians) and all the filmakers whose ...

MyFrenchFilmFestival, the STAY HOME edition

    MyFrenchFilmFestival is accompanying you in the weeks ahead and invites you to discover or again enjoy the best that French short films have to offer from the past 10 editions. Dear Festivalgoers, The MyFrenchFilmFestival team is thinking of each and every one of you and hopes that you and your family and friends are staying well in these difficult times. Some of us, around the world, are in lockdown, and for this reason we invite you to discover or agai...

COVID 19 positive update: Visions du Réel 2020 will take place online from 17 April to 2 May!

  Off the Road, Jose Permar, 2020 International Feature Film Competition The 51st edition of the Festival and its Industry activit...

COVID-19 update: CineEurope be postponed to early august

  CineEurope 2020 (initially planned for June 22-25, 2020) is rescheduled to August  3-6 in Barcelona. The 29th Edition of CineEurope promises to bring you another year with the very best in exclusive studio screenings and product presentations from Hollywood and European studios, cinematic technologies and innovations, and educational seminars to keep your business up-to-date on the latest industry trends. Network with over 3,500+ industry peers from distribution and exhibition...

COVID-19 update: Tel Aviv’s Docaviv 2020 postponed from May to September

Tel Aviv’s international documentary film festival Docaviv postponed due to coronavirus   The 22nd edition of the Academy Award qualifying documentary film festival, which was supposed to run May 21 - 30, has been pushed back to September   “Given the obstacles the world is facing during this time, we feel there is no other choice than to postpone this year’s festival. The health and safety of our audiences, filmmakers, staff, volunteers, and supporters is of the ...

International TV Festival TONNEINS FRANCE calling

   international TV Festival TONNEINS FRANCE 26-29/11/2020 Deadline: 1/9/2020 BEST SERIES AWARDS BEST TV MOIVES DRAMA / DOC AWARDS Best projets Awards Best Break News Awards Best Journalist Awards   Please send your series and tv movies by mail: tonneinsiftv@gmail.com    international TV Festival TONNEINS FRANCE 26-29/11/2020 Deadline: 1/9/2020 BEST SERIES AWARDS BEST TV MOIVES DRAMA / DOC AWARDS Best projets Awards Best Break Ne...

The poster of the 41st CINEMED unveiled

We are off on the road to the 41st edition of Cinemed, to be held in Montpellier from October 18-26! Cinemed’s 2019 edition poster shows Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi and Micaela Ramazotti, the dazzling leading ladies of Like Crazy, a wacky, sunny comedy by Italian film maker, Paolo Virzi, inviting us on a kind of crazy, silver-screen getaway adventure. This year, Montpellier’s Mediterranean Film Festival is delighted to host Italian comedy’s new maestro for its o...

9th Varesh Int'l FilmFest to display Azeri anthropological films

    Mansour Jahani - The anthropological films of Azerbaijan Republic will be screened in the 9th edition of Varesh International Film Festival slated to be held in northern Iran.   Organized by Mazandaran Culture and Islamic Guidance Department and Cinema Organization of Iran, the festival is slated to be held in this northern province on late April.   The main focus of the festival is on the five Caspian Sea littoral states and the Persian language, the common herit...

Forum 2019: Risk Before Perfection

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Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art is putting on the Forum as part of the Berlinale for the 49th time. The main programme consists of 39 films, 31 of which world premieres. This year’s Special Screenings are entitled “Archival Constellations” and will be announced in a second press release.   The Forum 2019 main programme doesn’t consider itself some sort of ‘best of’ list, but rather gathers together a selection of films that try things o...

Berlinale Series 2019: Innovative Formats and Long-Awaited Highlights in the Programme’s Fifth Year

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    The fifth year of the Berlinale Series programme will see seven drama series from Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Israel, Austria and Sweden celebrating their premieres at the Zoo Palast. The rapid development of episodic content in Europe is reflected in this year’s Berlinale Series programme. Blockbusters and film classics have been re-interpreted and bestselling books brought vividly to the big screen, while well-known series are back at the Berlinale with exci...

Kalamunda's Zig Zag Festival returns this Spring

    The annual Zig Zag Festival has been a renowned celebration of community creativity and as a showcase for arts and heritage in the Perth Hills for over thirty years. After being rested for consultation and review, a reinvigorated festival will once again bring the carnival atmosphere back in a bigger and better way. Festival co-director Celia Cheffins said the festival had been transformed. "This is a community gathering t...

VIDEO - Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival Day 5 & 6

A look back at festival events at The International Village, the screenings of Sundance gangster thriller Holiday, prospect and brazilian Cannibal Club. Au programme: suite de l'exploration du village fantastique, retour sur Holiday, Prospect et Cannibal Club     CHAQUE JOUR JUSQU’AU 24 SEPTEMBRE, RETROUVEZ LA QUOTIDIENNE DU FEFFS TOUS LES JOURS SUR LA CHAINE. C’est l’occasion pour tous, festivaliers ou non, de suivre l’actualité du FEFFS 201...

BRIDGE of ARTS 2018 announced the main competition program

  IV International Motivational Film and Sport Festival BRIDGE of ARTS announced feature film competition program which comprises only works directed in 2018. Filmmakers from 13 countries will compete for the main prize.   One of the major film events in Russia International Motivational Film and Sport Festival BRIDGE of ARTS will take place in Rostov-on-Don in October, 10-14. The main competition program includes 10 new films from Russia and abroad most of which will be premiere...

The poster for the Festival de Cannes 2018

features a woman and a man engaged in a passionate kiss. The poster of the 71st Festival de Cannes, taken from Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le fou (1965), is inspired by the work of Georges Pierre (1927-2003). This immense still photographer immortalised the shooting of over a hundred films in a 30-year career that began in 1960 with Jacques Rivette, Alain Resnais and Louis Malle. He then worked in partnership with Robert Enrico, Yves Robert, Claude Sautet, Bertrand Taverni...

7 days to go before Visions du Reel

        The two Pre-opening screenings of 12 April, with the film Anote's Ark by Matthieu Rytz, are already sold out. Great news: we have opened a third screening the same evening at 20:30, Salle Colombière (free admission). And the Opening Ceremony on Friday 13 April, with Of Fathers and Sons by Talal Derki, is sold out as well, but there are tickets left for the second screening ...

First images of « Don’t Crack Under Pressure » Season 3

« Don’t Crack Under Pressure » Season 3, the ultimate episode of a trilogy dedicated to athletes who chose to live their sport at the fullest while creating paths between each discipline. Through the unique sceneries of the Norwegian Fjords, the Chamonix Glaciers, the heavy Tahitians waters, the Cape Verde coastline and the Utah desert, this is the chance to see some legends for the last time. But above all this is an opportunity to meat the new generation of &laq...

The 8th “Bridges” International Film Festival of Peloponnese kicks off tomorrow

The 8th “Bridges” International Film Festival of Peloponnese is going to be held from the 19th until the 22nd of October at the Trianon Theatre in Nafplio co-organized with the Municipality of Nafplio, including film screenings and parallel events. The festival is under the auspice of the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Culture & Sport and the Municipality of Nafplio.   This year,  the acclaimed Greek filmmaker, Costas Ferris is honored with a tribute i...

2017 OFF CANNES FESTIVAL IN INTERCONTINENTAL CARLTON WITH GSF AWARDS & 21ST FAMILY FILM AWARDS

Last Alain ZIRAH's book Blood on Red Carpet get a Prize at Carrousel du Louvre 2016, october. The two new books ROCK FICTIONS (1976-2016) and Cannes Festival Backstage (2017) are showed for the first time in Carlton Ballroom during the 70th Cannes festival 2017, May 20th. Three (good) books published in less a year !   PRESENTATION DES ARTISTES D’AVANT-GARDE AU CARLTON Le Gala GSF Awards du samedi 20 mai 2017 est l’une des plus prestigieuses soirées tenues dans...

The Sixth Annual ReelAbilities Film Festival, Boston has announced the official selections

 2017 ReelAbilities Film Festival Celebrates Determination and Unique Perspectives   Official Selections Announced - March 29-April 6, 2017 Festival   The Sixth Annual ReelAbilities Film Festival, Boston has announced the official selections for this year’s festival. Ten films have been selected and will be screened between March 29-April 6, 2017.    ReelAbilities strives for the inclusion of all people and is dedicated to promoting awareness and app...

18th EROS Film Festival Coming to Trinity College in November

Out Film CT, the organizer of Connecticut’s two annual LGBT film festivals, announces the lineup for the 18th EROS Film Festival, running November 9 – 12 at Cinestudio, on the campus of Trinity College. The festival is sponsored by EROS (Encouraging Respect Of Sexualities), Trinity’s LGBTQQIA – lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, intersex, asexual - student organization, and offers a selection of feature films that speak to the humanity of all peopl...

BAFTA promotes Iris to 'A' list festival status

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  Iris Prize, Cardiff’s International LGBT Film Prize, is delighted to announce that it has received significant endorsement from the film industry by officially being recognised as a qualifying festival for the BAFTA awards.  From this year, all 15 nominated films for Iris Prize Best British Short Film are eligible to be entered automatically for the BAFTAs. This means that the filmmakers are now entitled to submit the films themselves.   Berwyn Rowlands, festival direct...

The Paris Art and Movie Awards

The PAMA is an international festival with award ceremony welcomING filmmakers from all over the world to meet in the heart of Paris. The 2016 NOMINATIONS   Kitchen – directed by Steve Duchesne – FRANCE Apparition – directed by Denis Dobrovoda – FRANCE – FRENCH PREMIERE Tunisia 2015 – directed by Ted Hardy-Carnac – FRANCE – PARIS PREMIERE Fleur de peau – directed ...

Highlights from The first annual Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival

      INAUGURAL HOLLYWOOD COMEDY SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY BITPIX TO KICK OFF WITH NEW PROJECTS FROM FORMER VEEP DIRECTOR/PRODUCER STEPHANIE LAING AND HBO’S PROJECT GREENLIGHT FINALIST ADRIANO VALENTINI    The first annual Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival (HCSFF) presented by BITPIX is set for sa...

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