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Submissions open for 2018 NYC 2 Paris International Film Festival

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We are accepting submissions for the 2018 NYC 2 Paris International Film Festival! All happening September 9 to 16, 2018! Regular Deadline is quickly approaching, mark your calenders for May 10th!! NYC 2 Paris International Film Festival honors the Best in Category which includes Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Narrative, Best Super Short, Best Music Video, as well as Best Director and Best Screenplay. The NYC 2 Paris International ...

Fantasporto festival directors ready to welcome the world at Rivoli Theatre

...with Mário Dorminsky and Beatriz Pacheco Pereira at Rivoli Theatre a few hours before opening ...

IFFI Goa 2017, VIII: Message of Sunit Tandon, Festival Director

IFFI Goa 2017, VIII: Message of Sunit Tandon, Festival Director In the run-up to the International Film Festival of India, Panaji, Goa, November 20-28, I continue to monitor the news and developments. Here’s one link I found: http://iffigoa.org/indian-cinema-catalogue-2017/ At the bottom is a button called Download. When you click on it, you get: Sorry! Page not Found Back To Home However, on the second link, found right next to the above link, http://iffigoa.org/international-cin...

Sandra Seeling Lipski on the upcoming 6th edition of Evolution! Mallorca FF

  Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival’s 6th edition is landing at the end of October (October 26 - November 4) in the vibrant town of Palma with a great line up of feature and short films, including great tributes to acclaimed filmmakers from around the world. For a full week, Palma will transform again into a film hub for local film enthusiasts, filmmakers and talent from Spain and beyond, brought together under the umbrella of constant film evolution for the island&rs...

New Prize Added for Best Director Award in 2018!

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New Prize Added for the 9th Annual NYC Independent Film Festival! The winner of the Best Director Award at the 2018 Festival will win a Panasonic AG-DVX200 4K camera! Want to win? Be sure to submit your film today, the regular deadline for submissions is November 30, 2017: http://bit.ly/1Jcd2Q1 ...

CANNES FESTIVAL BACKSTAGE / DANS LES COULISSES DU FESTIVAL DE CANNES - ALAIN ZIRAH 2017

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 !  

Wine Tasting Party with Festival Directors in Cannes

We started with a few words about our missing colleagues : Fernanda Silva from festroia, Philip Bergson paid an hommage to our good friend and we honored the memory of Donald Ranvaud, a friend of many Festival directors. Great weather, warm hospitality from friends at Estonian Film Institute, tuned in to party spirit and wine tasting with peers and friends at the Estonian Pavilion, with a view that will be missed till next year!. Below a few of my festival moments with festival directors... ...

Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe announced as new Friday night film host on Colourful Radio

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Watch promo HERE:   Meet The Critics will launch on 2 June and will be fronted by Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe, the award-winning founder of the British Urban Film Festival (BUFF). The show’s target audience will be family-oriented millenials, mainly of African Caribbean descent aged between 25- to 54-years-old. Anyiam-Osigwe will host Meet The Critics from 21.00-22.00 pm on Friday evenings. Joining him on each show will be 4 pundits from the world of film as they debate a range of topic...

NYFF54 The Lost City of Z Press Conference Photos

By Maria Esteves The 54th New York Film Festival 2016 (NYFF54) Closing Night Premiere Press Conference of THE LOST CITY OF Z, with director James Gray; cast members , Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, and Angus Macfadyen moderated by festival director Kent Jones, NYFF, was held at the Walter Reade Theater, NYC, Saturday, October 15, 2016.   Questions posed to director Gray and cast members by moderator Jones and members of the press included: When did you read this materi...

NYFF54 20th Century Women Press Conference Photos

By Maria Esteves The 54th New York Film Festival 2016 (NYFF54) World Premiere Press Conference of 20TH CENTURY WOMEN,  with writer and director Mike Mills; cast members Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Lucas Jade Zumann and Elle Fanning moderated by festival director Kent Jones, NYFF, was held at the Walter Reade Theater, NYC, Friday, October 7, 2016. Question posed to cast members Elle Fanning and Lucas Jade Zumann by moderator Jones "Did it help orient you guys to be looking at olde...

Looking for Animation, Documantaries, Action, SYFY, Comedies,

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iNDYREELS Streaming Platform For Watching Movies.

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  iNDYREELS Streaming Platform for Films, TV's, Web Series, Documentaries, indie Films, Motion Pictures.      DO YOU MOVIEEE?                WE MOVIEEE!!!! ...

iNDYREELS Film Submission Quick Start Guide With Every Question Answered.

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Welcome, What does it take to submit your film and what is the process of iNDYREELS? Look at our iNDYREELS Film Submission Quick Start Guide.   Here is a quick guide to submitting your film and what forms need to be signed. What it takes to submit your film to iNDYREELS. "No cost"All the forms are in your iNDYREELS Film Submission Quick Setup Guide. We have information on Piracy on how iNDYREELS protects your content and we have Feature form on all key features and ...

PINK CITY INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, 2017

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After 3 successful editions of PCISFF, we again welcome our film maker friends and directors to submit their entries in PCISFF-2017. For more details please visit our webistes: www.pcisff.com www.pcisff.in ...

ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival 2017 is OPEN for SUBMISSIONS!

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ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival has been dedicated to the discovery and advancement of the very best independent filmmakers from around the world for twelve years now. Often described as Europe’s answer to Sundance, our annual festival showcases films that demonstrate quality, innovation, and creativity in both form and content. These qualities are judged in 14 categories, and compete for 25 awards. Jury members come from around the globe, have a variety of backgr...

Palm Springs International Film Festival Appoints Michael Lerman as Artistic Director

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The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) has announced the hiring of Michael Lerman as Artistic Director.  Currently, Lerman serves as Acting Head of Programming and Primetime Programmer for the Toronto Film Festival, which concludes its 11-day run on September 18, as well as the Artistic Director for the Philadelphia Film Society, where he has worked since 2005. Lerman will oversee all artistic decisions for the 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival that runs fr...

PIERS' Pick La La Land | Festival 2016

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An ambitious jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling) and an aspiring actress (Emma Stone) fall in love while pursuing their dreams of stardom, in this dazzlingly stylized homage to the classic Hollywood musical from Whiplash director Damien Chazelle. ...

Serge Losique welcoming guests at "Kiss me like a Lover" opening Red Carpet

Despite the shadows and questions around the Festival's fate a huge crowd was waiting for Serge Losique at the Imperial August 25 at 7.00pm  for the official opening of the 40th edition (the toughest since the hotel and cinema partnerships fell at the last minute). Nevertheless guests of the festival were flocking on the red carpet, with elegant attire, waiting for the late Jury (some of them were late at the airport) and the complete cast and crew of Kiss me Like a Lover by Andre ...

Interview with Aroon Shivdasani Executive Director of The New York Indian Film Festival

Celebrating its 16th anniversary from May 7-14, 2016, the New York Indian Film Festival was the first festival in the United States devoted to Indian films and has grown to be the largest and most influential, helping to set up several other Indian Film festivals in the US. It is part of a comprehensive program in the arts offered by the New York based Indo-American Arts Council. These programs include each year a travelling group art exhibition: Erasing Borders E...

R.I.P. Fernanda Silva, director of Festroia – International Film Festival

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On the passing of Fernanda Silva, director of Festroia – International Film Festival   The Festroia Cultural Association regrets to inform of the departure of its president Fernanda Silva, today, August 3rd, 2016, at 59 years of age.   Born in 1957, Fernanda Silva graduated in Public Relations and Administration, beginning her professional activity as board assistant at the Tróia Tourist Complex.   In 1988, she joined the crew of the Tróia International F...

AAIFF16 A Tale of Three Cities Premiere Press Conference

By Maria Esteves – August 9, 2016 The U.S. Premiere Press Conference of A Tale of Three Cities, presented by director Steve Barclay, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York, with Award-winning Hong Kong filmmakers Mabel Cheung and Alex Law was held during 39th Asian American International Film Festival 2016 (AAIFF16), Friday, July 22nd. Directors Cheung and Law discussed the making of A Tale of Three Cities, a biopic about the life of Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan's parents. ...

Interview with NYAFF Director Samuel Jamier

In September 2015 Samuel Jamier was appointed Executive Director of the New York Asian Film Festival established in 2002 by Subway Cinema which he is also heading now. The festival is considered by the New York Times to be one of the best New York based festivals, offering an outstanding line up of superb entertainment and art house films. He is currently also working as a producer for the New York based Windwellers Films which he co-founded last September. Jamier previously served as the chie...

Afterglow goes international!

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We are pleased to announce our newest member to the board of directors... Brian Kalafatian, Director of International Development! From Marseille, France, Brian is a law student at the University of Provence and is on the TEDxAix organizing team. He is an avid film enthusiast who was born wearing a suit and tie. As writer and event reporter for Conso-Mag.com, he's had many adventures covering events hosted by Red Bull, as well as the Eurockeennes de Belfort (one of the greatest m...

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