"The Martini Effect", written/directed by Dawn Westlake, will play the Sardinia Film Festival in Sassari, Italy on the isle of Sardegna from June 23-28, 2014. This is especially exciting for the film's team since its star, Emanuele Secci, is a native son of that region. The film also features David Razowsky, Susan Messing and Dawn Westlake. It was shot on the Canon C300 by Brandon Bondehagen. The film was scored on the guitarviol by Alvarez featured guitarist Gregory Johnson of Aco...
The Directors Showcase is open to directors of all formats and styles, who have directed Commercials, Film, TV or New Media, after January 2013.
Shortlisted entries will be showcased July 29, 2014 during festival.. The awards recognize new emerging directorial talent exceptional creative work, along with the ability to garner international exposure executed by commercial film directors who have recently launched their directorial careers. Entries must be under 5 minutes, you...
The A-List Hollywood Film Advertising Craft Awards & Festival is inviting the creative’s from the advertising industry to submit their short film and music video for festival inclusion. All categories are welcome including narrative, documentary, music video, animation and branded content. All entries will be screened during the festival. www.TheAList.Net
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The 10th Annual Pare Lorentz International Film Festival is now accepting submissions at:
https://filmfreeway.com/festival/PareLorentzInternationalFilmFestival
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Ron de Cana Productions, Inc. wrapped their 16th film on June 3rd, 2014 in Los Angeles. "Games People Play" was directed, written and produced by Dawn Westlake. DP Jon Carr shot on the CanonC500 and was assisted by gaffer Nathan Fetzer. Cary Daniels provided on-set sound mixing. "Games People Play" stars Second City legend David Razowsky and Mark Jacobson of the Samsung Mobile "Keep on Pushing" series featuring the Jamaican Bobsled teams. The film will be scored by ...
The APICA, an association for the promotion of images, creation, and the arts, based in French Polynesia organizes from March 7th to 15th, 2015 the second edition of the International Festival of Short Fiction Films from the Islands of the World: Courts des îles, in Papeete, Tahiti (French Polynesia).
Entering the “Courts des îles” Festival
Only a film whose director was born on an island may be in competition at the Courts des îles Festival. Registrations for ...
We are an online competition that funds writers and filmmakers, both short and long format.
We are unique, in that we ask writers to judge filmmakers and filmmakers to judge writers.
The winning filmmaker, as chosen by the screenwriters, chooses one of the top 10 scripts to buy and shoot, and we fund it with the entry fees.
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We just watched "Be With Me," a documentary short that was sent to us by its director Michael Terrill. "Be With Me" is the reflection of the journey the Cairns family took to help their autistic son, J.R., to recovery, something really not considered possible at the time J.R. was diagnosed. It was a wonderful feature; beyond being cleanly edited and intimately filmed, it successfully captured an emotional backdrop not found in every documentary. Through his interviews, Terril...
Roberto Christo of REVISTA CLIQUISH interviewed LA-based filmmaker Dawn Westlake from his office in Sao Paulo last week. http://www.revistacliquish.com/2014/05/an-interview-with-dawn-westlake.html
(If you'd prefer to read it in Portuguese, click here: http://www.revistacliquish.com/2014/05/entrevista-com-dawn-westlake.html)
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We can now announce that we are offering 3 roundtable sessions for filmmakers and the general public who enter a film or purchase an admission. These roundtable sessions will be offered in the afternoon prior to the viewing of the films. Guest speakers and topics will be:
Roundtable #1 – “Story Development” presented by Christian Bergmans, Associate Professor of Film Studies, Chemeketa Community College
Roundtable #2 – “Off the Drawing Board and Into the Field” presented by Mic...
When the LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival first began, I was lucky enough to be invited on the ground floor to participate. It’s remained one of my favorite events to cover for several reasons. The intimacy makes networking easy. The devotion and passion of craft of comedy is fostered. The industry big wigs they get are impressive, yet approachable. And well, the shorts are just funny!
Additionally, each year the annual Famous People Talking About Sh#t panel provides insight into bo...
Admit it, you’ve asked yourself that age-old question, “if stranded on a desert island, with whom would I care to be stuck?”
The obvious clichés come to mind: George Clooney, Halle Berry, or someone who’d fit the “tall and worth the climb” description. Sure they’re pretty, but one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever met is the incomparable Miss Lynne Stewart.
Stewart stars in “BINGO NIGHT,” a comedic short film by Jo...
The LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival is the brainchild of Gary Anthony Williams, Jeannie Roshar, Ryan Higman and Kelly Frazier. Unlike many festivals, they’ve stayed true to their vision of an intimate festival that cultivates talent and provides realistic opportunities for filmmakers. If you’re looking for other twisted brains while indulging in great beers and excellent food, this festival is the best!
One of the most appealing qualities of this festival is the ability to ne...
Don’t let the rumor, ‘NO ONE WAS ARRESTED,’ throw you. The LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival Opening Night Gala did NOT disappoint. Beers went down easy at the Angel City Brewery and people lined up to chat with the likes of Laraine Newman, Wendie Malick, Jon Huertas, Cedric Yarbrough and Jordan Black to name a few. Tasty morsels from Umami Burger and Cool Haus food trucks kept everyone happy. I didn’t get a chance to enjoy any of this because the Vegas-like heat mad...
Over the years, I'd had it. Having worked/volunteered for film festivals for more than a decade, it became increasingly clear that a cancer had reared its ugly head. The observation I made was nothing short of sycophant society hell bent on being seen and/or canoodling with some celebrity. To me, these over-stuffed bras, deluxe Botox, label wearing women and men show up at events like ugly girls accompanied to the prom by a paid-off neighbor. Everyone knows, but no one says anything.
I don&...
A film produced and written by Durban filmmaker and AFDA Durban Scriptwriting Lecturer, Janet van Eeden, A Shot at the Big Time, the short, has been selected for the Cannes Court Metrage, the short film corner of the official Cannes Festival 2014. It was chosen out of over a million entries.
“This honour is something my co-producer, Magda M. Olchawska, and I have dreamed of since we joined forces to make A Shot at the Big Time, the short,” says Van Eeden. “We met...
Minneapolis (May 2-4, 2014 Mpls Convention Center)
MINNEAPOLIS-- the Minneapolis Underground Film Festival teams up with Wizard World Comic Con, the world's largest pop culture convention, for a 90 minute film presentation from it's festival archives.
The Minneapolis Underground Film Festival promises to continue to wow audiences with innovative underground horror and sci-fi films along with music videos by award winning independent direc...
The 2014 THESS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL will take place in mid-October 2014
Call for Entries has already been announced, with a deadline of July 15, 2014
Shorts of up to 30' duration, fiction, documentary, animation, music videos, experimental .
* Entry Forms can be obtained from www.tisff.eu and from our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/thessfest/
* Entries can be also submitted on-line at: http://www.filmfestivallife.com/Thess-Interna...
While the Official Selection of feature films for the 67th Festival de Cannes will be revealed on Thursday 17thApril, the list of Short Films is unveiled in advance.
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, presided by Abbas KIAROSTAMI, will nominate the prize-winners for the Short Film Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection.
THE 2014 SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
This year, the Selection Committee received 3,450 short films...
That's the address we are meeting you ... you will know who we are... what's our mission... & what's our current activity...
join hands with us by submitting your short to AIM MISFC 2014....
meet our Jury as well.....
Spread a word in your friend circle & film circles. share on the social sites & apps... you can even make a fresh film & send or send the one you already have...
they can even make a fresh film & send or send the one the...
When entering a short film competition, it is imperative that you use every filming device possible to echo the key elements of your theme. Winning filmmakers are aware that lighting is a vital tool which will make your film shout to the audience even when there is silence. Whatever genre you have chosen, you can improve the overall look of your film by understanding that lighting is as important as all the other elements you are bringing together. Don’t make the mistake of treating lighti...
Its a promo of 60siff 2013-14 Competition....
Sundance Institute today announced that it will tour a package of eight short films from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival to a variety of destinations including art house theaters, museums, college theaters and general event spaces, across the country throughout.
Showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the 94-minute Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour features both fiction and documentary short films and includes three films that won awards at the 2014 Festival. Venues ...
Get The Most Out of Your Three Elements
Have you noticed how you can watch a film over again and are blown away each time, yet other films are one-offs? What is the difference between the film that makes us cry or gasp, and the one that activates the cringe factor?
A Masterly Production
Great films waste nothing: every shot, prop, and line of dialogue works to move the story forward. Nothing is superfluous, and the more you watch them, the more you see. This means that there is more going on ...
CDFF asked local filmmakers to create a Promo Reel for the inaugural festival ad campaign.
In order to choose the winning entry, we want your input. Which of the submitted films should represent our first festival season?
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The filmmaking challenge, which opened mid-January, asked for films of 30-60 seconds in duration to highlight the festival themes and incorporate the catch criteria (a cellar or cellar door).
All approved films are then uploaded to ...
