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MBIFF Call for Entry ends December 29 th 2023, Dalton Pictures Motion Picture Studio launching new studio facilities

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19 th Annual Myrtle Beach International Film Festival will boast some of the best films from around the World. Call for Entry ends December 29 th 2023.   MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA: The 19 th Annual Myrtle Beach International Film Festival (MBIFF) has set this year’s Festival dates for April 23 rd to 27 th , 2024.   Winner of prestigious international and national awards, such as “Top 25 Film Festivals To Submit To In The World”, by Movie Mak...

XUMO - Spotlight - Success - Rolling Stone - New Media Film Festival®

  A few of the titles XUMO acquired thru New Media Film Festival®   Honoring Stories Worth Telling since 2009 You can easily help a creator by watching, it triggers the algorithm for better placement in searches. https://www.xumo.com Soldier's Stories with Mickey Rooney 2 Below 0 21 Days of Triumph AI LA Blade Of Honor Chip Taylor - Whiskey Salesman Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy Fixing Grandma Friends Family & Lov...

Stage 32 and the American Film Market have partnered again for the 8th year

For the 8th straight year, Stage 32 and the American Film Market have partnered to bring new opportunities and access to attendees of America's largest film market! This 2023 American Film Market takes place from October 31st to November 5th in Santa Monica, CA. Stage 32 is proud to continue as the official Networking and Education partner of AFM 2023. The American Film Market (AFM) is where the business of film comes to life every November and where the next gre...

A Taste of Christmas: New Film from Salma Hayek acquired by Highland Film Group for international distribution

Highland Film Group has come on board to handle international distribution rights to the completed romantic comedy A Taste of Christmas (aka El Sabor de la Navidad). The ViX Original title, which was featured at TIFF and the Morelia International Film Festival, stars Mariana Treviño (Sony’s A Man Called Otto with Tom Hanks, Netflix’s “The House of Flowers”), Andrés Almeida (Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Tr...

Trinity Creative Partnership has acquired UK sales rights for the historical war film Love, Courage and the B

Trinity Creative Partnership has acquired UK sales rights for the highly-anticipated historical war film Love, Courage and the Battle for Bushy Run, launching at AFM this week and set for release in 2024.    An historical drama set against the backdrop of the Battle of Bushy Run in 1763, Love, Courage and the Battle for Bushy Run is directed by Dave Alan Johnson (Christmas with Tucker, Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye) and multiple award-winning Larry A. McClean (The Unhealer, Pacific Rim...

THAT'S AMORE! Starring John Travolta and Katherine Heigl Closes Key International Sales

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Palisades Park Pictures has locked distribution deals in key international territories for Nick Vallelonga’s romantic-comedy That’s Amore! starring Academy Award-nominee and Golden Globe-winner John Travolta (Saturday Night Fever, Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty), Katherine Heigl (“Grey’s Anatomy,” Knocked Up with Seth Rogan and Paul Rudd) and Academy Award- winner Christopher Walken (Apple TV’s “Severance,” The Deer Hunter, Steven Spielberg’s Catch...

First-look trailer of British feature film Look to the Light

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 101 Films International, an Amcomri Entertainment company, reveals a first-look trailer of British feature film Look to the Light ahead of AFM.    Written during the pandemic, this compelling film deals with the pitfalls of reality TV, toxicity of social media and the mental health struggles of Gen Z.    Look to the Light, produced by Agency105, QFilm and Homesick Angel, is written and directed by Christopher Manoe (Hellfire) and stars Charlie Goddard (Family Ties),...

Kaleidoscope Film Distribution Secures International Rights for Ian McKellen led thriller adaptation of Hamlet

  Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has acquired international sales rights for a compelling new film adaptation of Hamlet, led by two-times Academy Award® nominee and Shakespearian titan, Ian McKellen.   Directed by Sean Mathias, who previously directed the film Bent, winner of the Prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival, the adaptation comes from production outfit BK Studios (The Critic, The Shepherd), and is produced by the late Bill Kenwright (Cheri, Broken), and exec...

Studio 9 Film wins ITV commission for The Grave

Studio 9 Films has been commissioned by ITV1 and ITVX to produce a 66 minute documentary for the BAFTA-winning Exposure strand.   This new documentary broadcasting on November 6th, 10.45pm on ITV1 tells the story of the search for justice and accountability after a mass grave was discovered last autumn in a forest outside the city of Izium in North Eastern Ukraine after six months of brutal Russian occupation.    Nearly 450 bodies were found - some had been tortured, some sh...

EFA The Month of European Film 2023 - year two Highlights

Month of European Film: What is happening? After a successful pan-European launch in 2022, the European Film Academy presents the Month of European Film 2023 as Europe’s own film and award season. Starting on 1 November, it celebrates the diversity of European film for six weeks until its grand finale on 9 December with the European Film Awards in Berlin. Across Europe, thanks to the Academy’s partner Europa Cinemas, flagship cinemas in 40 countries from Iceland to Gr...

Arthouse Cinema Training Kickoff

  The CICAE Arthouse Cinema Training starts its 20th edition in Berlin with its largest and most international programme to date    ...

The 19th annual Tucson Film Festival (November 2 - 5, 2023 announces its Centerpiece and closing film

  The festival mission is on full display with these three films, which feature a returning local filmmaker, a southwest set narrative thriller, and an intimate portrait of an indie rock musician. All 3 top-lined films are guaranteed to entertain, educate and enthrall Tucson filmgoers.   The festival will host our first Centerpiece film, A TALE OF TWO HOUSES directed by local filmmaker Christopher Carlone, an alumni of the festival. The documentary explores a specia...

Review of Vijay Anand film ‘Guide’ by film critic Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI) dated 30/10/2023

Vijay Anand's film ‘‘Guide’’ (1965) remains one of the most admirable classics of Hindi cinema that promoted secular values, emancipation of women and a philosophical approach to songs.     Hindi film ‘‘Guide’’ (1965) can be hailed as the first major, effective collaboration between an Indian writer writing in English and Hindi film industry. It is based on the novel by RK Narayan that won the prestigious Sahitya Academy A...

Fireglory Pictures announces development slate

  FIREGLORY PICTURES UNVEILS EIGHT ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS HEADLINED BY "NOTHING TO LOSE" FROM AUDREY SCHEBAT     Fireglory Pictures, the U.S. and Europe-based film and TV production company founded by veteran producers Christine Guenther and Chevy K. Chen, has announced today eight new projects in the company's development lineup. The bold and wide-ranging slate of series and film projects is led by writer-director Audrey Schebat's ("L...

Palisades Park Pictures Closes Key US and UK Sales Ahead of AFM

  PALISADES PARK PICTURES CLOSES KEY SALES ON ACTION THRILLER ‘DUCHESS’ INCLUDING US AND UK   Saban Films has taken U.S. rights to Emmy Award nominee Neil Marshall’s (“Game of Thrones,” Hellboy) action-thriller Duchess, it was announced today by Palisades Park Pictures CEO, Tamara Birkemoe.   Palisades Park Pictures has additionally closed key international territories on the high-octane crime drama starring Charlotte Kirk (Ocean’s Ei...

101 Films International has acquired worldwide sales rights for two horror feature films Witch and Punch launching at AFM

101 FILMS INTERNATIONAL TO MANAGE WORLD SALES FOR TWO NEW HORROR FEATURE FILMS AHEAD OF AFM    101 Films International, an Amcomri Entertainment company, has acquired worldwide sales rights for two horror feature films Witch and Punch launching at AFM.     101 Films have acquired the rights for North America and UK for Witch.  Miracle Media have acquired the rights for North America and UK for Punch.    Craig Hinde (Black Site) has writte...

“On the Edge: Donnie Dares!” new collaboration from On the Edge Productions Ltd and Studio 100 Media

On the Edge Productions Ltd, a dynamic multi-media and non-profit organisation, and Studio 100 Media announce their collaboration on the upcoming feature film “On the Edge: Donnie Dares!”; joining as co-producer is LA-based Viva Kids. Pre-production of this adventure-comedy for kids and families has already commenced, with the movie set for release in late 2026. Studio 100 Film will be helming international sales and will introduce the project at this year’s AFM in Santa Moni...

European titles flying high at the afm

THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet (Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Greece / LevelK) (c) Homeless Bob Production Nine world sales companies are promoting and selling 20 new finished and unfinished films from Europe with the help of European Film Promotion’s Film Sales Support (FSS) at LA’s American Film Market (AFM), taking place from 31 October to 5 November. The FSS scheme provides financial help for the development of sophisticated campaigns that visually tease the interest of N...

First Look Revealed From ‘This Time Next Year’ starring Sophie Cookson and Lucien Laviscount

  First Look Revealed From ‘This Time Next Year’ Rom-Com Feature Film Based on the Best-Selling Novel by Sophie Cousens Starring Sophie Cookson and Lucien Laviscount   Protagonist Pictures Handling Worldwide Rights - Photo credit Chris Harris   Photo Credit: Chris Harris   The first look of Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Golden Circle, The Huntsman: Winter’s War) and Lucien Laviscount (Emily in Paris, Snatch) in This Time Next Year, the film adaptati...

Studio 100 Film and Phanta Animation partnered for the adventure comedy movie "Miss Moxy"

STUDIO 100 Film SECURES INTERNATIONAL SALES RIGHTS TO ANIMATION Movie “MISS MOXY”     Germany’s Studio 100 Film and Phanta Animation from the Netherlands today announce their partnership for the adventure comedy movie “Miss Moxy”. Production began in February 2023, with delivery scheduled for the end of 2024. Studio 100 Film, a subsidiary of Studio 100 Media, acts as international sales agent and will present the movie at the upcoming Amer...

msm-studios Opens Immersive Audio Studio in Berlin

 msm-studios has opened a new 3D audio studio in Berlin, establishing a prominent hub for immersive sound in Germany’s capital. Located in the Kreuzberg district, this state-of-the-art studio is open to all music creators.   The new studio offers Berlin artists and labels the opportunity to experience 3D audio in a studio specifically designed for a true immersive experience. "We want to pick up artists and labels in the capital with msm-studios Berlin because we know...

12th Fail, Review: Want to bet on it? The chances are 30 out of 2,00,000

Hara Vahi Jo Lada Nahi (only he who did not fight loses) is the tagline on the book, 12th Fail, written in Hindi by Anurag Pathak and translated into English by Gautam Choubey and Lalit Kumar. For the film version, the writing credits go to Vidhu Vinod Chopra (who has directed the movie), Jaskunwar Kohli (co-writer), Anurag Pathak (associate writer) and Aayush Saxena. A village student, Manoj Kumar Sharma, who failed his 12th exams, who does not know where his next meal is going to come from, ...

The Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF) announces it's centrepiece The Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer

The Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF) in Australia announces an addition to its already stellar line-up – the exclusive Australian premiere screening of the Cannes Grand Prix-winning film, The Zone of Interest by acclaimed director Jonathan Glazer.     Described by Variety as “A remarkable film — chilling and profound, meditative and immersive," this piercing drama follows an Auschwitz commander, Rudolf Höss, and his wife H...

'Tibetan Hearts' Wins Award at La Femme International Film Festival

On Saturday, October 21st, La Femme International Film Festival screened ‘Tibetan Hearts’, a true story of star-crossed lovers in the Tibetan Plateau. The romantic leads fall in love despite the rivalry between their sheep-herding families.  LAFIFF took place at the Regal Cinemas in LA Live, located in downtown Los Angeles. Now in its 19th year, it is a festival with a special focus on promoting and supporting films directed, produced, and written by female filmmaker...

9th Cartoon Springboard 2023 kicks off October 24-26 in Madrid

    YOUNG EUROPEAN ANIMATION TALENTS GATHER AT CARTOON SPRINGBOARD’S NINTH EDITION IN MADRID   Young European animation talents will gather at Cartoon Springboard’s ninth edition, to be held on October 24-26 in Madrid. During this pitching event, the participants – all of them students or graduates from European animation schools – will be mentored by a panel of experts with the aim of strengthening their projects. In addition...

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