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Catching Up With Filmmaker/Visual Artist Eva Lanska at Festival de Cannes 2023

Eva Lanska is a British Israeli film director, screenwriter and video artist.  She began her career in France in 2000, where in association with members of the musical band the immigrants, she produced her first video installation dedicated to the fight against racism. Eva Lanska attends Firebrand Premiere during Festival de Cannes 2023 Art, literature, French cinematography and atmosphere of Paris influenced her while she was a student and this became the foundation of all her art. Eva...

Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya was banned from leaving because of removing mandatory Hijab and Backing Nationwide Protests

Fatemeh Motamed-Arya is one of the artists associated with the "Women, Life, Freedom" movement, who, in addition to removing her compulsory hijab in the public space, along with a number of well-known Iranian directors, Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof visited the families of the victims of these protests.   Iranian Famous actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, was banned from leaving Iran for removing the mandatory hijab and supporting nationwide protests, and she was not allowed to...

Karlovy Vary Film Festival to Present Award to Actress Daniela Kolářová

  The KVIFF President’s Award will be presented to actress Daniela Kolářová at the closing ceremony of the festival’s 57th edition. Daniela Kolářová is one of the most distinctive Czech actors of the past several decades.       ...

KVIFF Celebrates Iconic Japanese Filmmaker Yasuzo Masumura With a Career-Spanning Program

A towering figure of post-war Japanese cinema is the subject of the 57th Karlovy Vary International Festival’s forthcoming tribute program. Long neglected in most of the Western world, the zany films of Japanese filmmaker Yasuzo Masumura (1924 – 1986) have been gaining traction over the past decade, attracting new devotees and forcing critics and academics to reassess his ascribed position within the Japanese New Wave. Two decades after his work began to circulate across in Eu...

Anurag Kashyap Presented with Industry Excellence Award at 2023 French Riviera Film Festival, During Festival de Cannes

  Anurag Kashyap, Rehna Azim, Nicole Goesseringer Muj Photo Credit: Erick Seban-Meyer     At the VIP closing awards reception of the 2023 French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF) (www.frenchrivierafilmfestival.com), held at Eden Hotel & Spa in Cannes, France on May 20th, award-winning filmmaker Anurag Kashyap was presented with the 2023 Industry Excellence Award by awards editor, Movie Marker Magazine, Rehna Azim and FRFF co-foun...

IEM Spotlight on Elif Balci - Rising Star on the Entertainment Marketing Scene

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IEM recently had the opportunity to sit down with Elif Balci, a rising star in the entertainment marketing industry, to discuss her background, movies that inspired her, and some of her recent projects that had the internet buzzing! Originally from Istanbul, Elif studied at the University of San Diego. After landing a series of impressive internships at companies like WPP, TBWA, Elle Magazine, and Clio Awards, she began her professional career as a production assistant for one of the most awarde...

FilmEx Summit: Explore the Agenda + Meet our 2023 Speakers!

  Bringing together industry leaders and decision-makers from film festivals and independent theaters         Register     &n...

Interview with Director Writer Producer Sarah T Schwab for "A Stage of Twilight" (2023) at SIFF

Director, Writer, Producer Sarah T. Schwab wrote, directed, and produced the short film, A MY NAME IS (2018). The film went on to tour the festival circuit internationally and was awarded "Best WNY Short" at the Buffalo International Film Festival, and "Best Lead Actress in A Short Film" at the Nice International Film Festival, the Nova Star Awards, as well as the Young Entertainer Awards. A MY NAME IS is currently streaming on Amazon.  In August 2020, CFI locked a fe...

VIDEO Interview with Guillaume Esmiol Cannes Marché du Film Director views on cannes 2022 and 2023

Guillaume Esmiol the new Cannes Marché du Film Director sat down in Berlin during EFM with Bruno Chatelin to discuss Cannes 2022 and the coming 2023 edition Tue, May 16, 2023 - Sat, May 27, 2023. Watch his interview and what he could reveal about the new features of the 2023 comimg edition:       ...

VIDEO: Karl Bardosh Cellphone Festival Silver anniversary in Cannes

Karl Bardosh Interviewed in Cannes at Eden Hotel where the Festival just wrapped. by Bruno Chatelin honorary jury ...

ITW Chloe Maayan for her role in « Only the River Flow » at Directors Fortnight

Chloe Maayan (Chinese: 曾美慧孜; born October 3, 1988), also known as Zeng Meihuizi, is a Chinese actress and director. She was nominated at 55th Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress, won 38th Hong Kong Film Awards and 25th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actress for her role in Three Husbands. ...

VIDEO: Exclusive Micaela Wittman & Arthur de Larroche interviewed in Cannes for Remy & Arletta

Two girls lean on their friendship to get through troubling teenage years. Drama feature film directed by Arthur De Larroche Written by Micaela Wittman, starring Bobby Hogan, Ashley Michelle Grant, Amy Benedict, Micaela Wittman....which premiered in the Marché du Film Cannes 2023 Interviewed by Frank Loveland, camera Aldo Nadal.     Cannes is always rich in behind the scenes, backstage...cute stories of coincidences and happpy moments: I over-heard a tense phone con...

Ampav Guests pictured by John Bernstein

Jeffrey Wright at The Pavilion with Chaz Ebert. One of the most prolific actors of our time, multi-award-winning artist Jeffrey Wright joins us to discuss his illustrious career, spanning theater, film, and television. His credits include HBO’s Westworld, The Bond, and Batman franchises, both the Broadway and film versions of Angels in America and Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch and Asteroid City, which premiered at Cannes this year In Competition. Moderated by Chaz Eber...

VIDEO: Interview with Jon Gosier and Mickey Vetter of FilmHedge

Jon Gosier Founder and CEO of FilmHedge and Mickey Vetter co founder of FilmHedge sat down with Frank Loveland to explain how and why they launched (successfully) the company at last year's Cannes.   ...

VIDEO: Interview at Marché du Film with Armenia Film Commissioner

filmfestivals.com Alice Kanterian and Aldo Nadal met at Marché du Film 2023 with Melikset KARAPETYAN Armenia Film Commissioner.   ...

VIDEO: Interview with director Tona Enache

Toma Enache (born 1 November 1970) is a Romanian film director and actor. Being of Aromanian ethnicity, he directed "I'm Not Famous but I'm Aromanian!" The Aromanians are an ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. Alice Kanterian took the interview in Cannes at FilmHedge's terrace on la Croisette       ...

Yes She Cannes returned to celebrate & champion women's achievements at Cannes Film festival

Yes She Cannes is a woman empowerment project created to celebrate & champion women's achievements at Cannes Film festival.   ...

Pictures by Brice Anxionnaz captured Day By Day on the red carpet

Brice Anxionnaz is an independent French Press Photographer, and a filmfestivals.com regular correspondant in key festivals (Berlin, Cannes etc). He runs Objectif Festival - +33 6 35 18 19 30 - contact@objectiffestival.fr May25th photo collection   Eric Judor :   Andie MacDowell   Alice Taglioni May 23rd photo collection from the Asteroid City red carpet   Asteroid city red carpet on may 23rd was one of the...

Interview with Pablo Berger for Robot Dreams which screened in Cannes

ROBOT DREAMS is the first animation film by the award-winnin and speak in his native languageg director Pablo Berger (Blancanieves). A story about friendship, its importance, and its fragility. It screened at Cinéma de la Plage to 1500 people. Frank Loveland had a chance to sit down with the director and speak in his native language. DOG lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until th...

VIDEO: Michelle Yeoh Woman in Motion Award by Kering press conference

  Sound from the 2023 Cannes Film Festival honored Michelle Yeoh with the “Women in Motion” award, sponsored by Kering. The actor is known for her recent Oscar win for her performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”   ...

French Riviera Film Festival Announces 2023 Winning Shorts and Specialty Awards

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...

VIDEO: Interview with Stephane Sperry on King of Kings by Harriet Marin which he produced

Bruno Chatelin, festival agent for "King of Kings : Chasing Edward Jones" met in Cannes with Stéphane Sperry who produced the film. Stephane produced among many other films "Tintin" with Spielberg and works on the next one with Peter Jackson. KING OF KINGS takes an in-depth look at the life and legacy of Edward Jones, an African American who rose to the heights of financial and political prominence in post-Depression-era Chicago. In shaping the destiny of a city, h...

VIDEO: FilmHedge CEO Jon Gosier Panel at Afro Cannes during Cannes Marché du Film

  The CEO of FilmHedge, Jon Gosier, participated in a panel for AfroCannes 2023 at the Hotel Gray D'Albion in conjunction with the CEO of Hitlab, Michel Zgarka, Entertainment lawyer, Vinca Jarrett, and with the founder of Urbnworx, Keni Desai, where they discussed the future of film financing. In this panel they shared important insight on why they created their companies, what they were hoping to improve within the financial aspect of film making by getting funding and investments f...

VIDEO: Finance Strategies and Methods at FilmUSA pavilion at Pantiero with FilmHedge Josh Harris

Atlanta’s own Josh Harris (FilmHedge  CFO/COO)  takes the stage at the FilmUSA Pavillion Welcome to the Future of Film Finance with FilmHedge FILMHEDGE: A MODERN ALTERNATIVE TO MEDIA FINANCE BANKS FilmHedge simplifies the application and funding process to secure up to $10M for qualified film and television products. Media finance is just one click away. APPLY HERE   Official sponsor of the Producers Network The Producers Network is the go-to ...

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