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VIDEO: Catrinel Marlon celebrates the world premiere of her debut film "Girasoli" at Torino FF on the day dedicated to women

Model and actress Catrinel Marlon the host of yesterday opening ceremony of the 41 Torino International Film Festival-TFF explores new horizons in Torino. She is celebrating her directorial debut here in Torino. A very emotional Catrinel, took the stage today at 5:30 pm in front of her cast and the audience presenting „Girasoli/Sunflowers“ at the Cinema Romano. This is a world premiere, not only the audience also her cast is seeing the film for the very first time. Her talented lea...

VENTURA announces the experts participating in its professional training programme

A group of leading international film experts and professionals will participate in the first stage of VENTURA, consisting of a professional training programme aimed at the producers representing the five Spanish projects, selected from among the more than 200 applications received. This series of training sessions, which will take place from 11th to 15th December, aims to provide and enrich knowledge on financing, co-production, distribution, marketing, sustainability, audience design an...

VIDEO: FilmFest Munich director Christoph Gröner interviewed

Festival director Christoph Gröner with the moderators of the closing ceremony Christina Wolf and Malte Borkmann, in the background the festival team. Watch his video Interview below! "Munich as a city is always worth visiting, and in case you are into films you should not miss the international film festivals taking place in the Bavarian capital, bringing glamour into the city, transforming several spots into red carpet venues. This transformation occures not only once but twice a ...

“Laceno d’Oro” Lifetime Achievement Award to Paul Schrader

The legendary American filmmaker will be in Avellino for the festival founded by Pasolini: 48th Laceno d’Oro International Film Festival | December 3-10 2023 | Avellino   American director (Master Gardener, The Card Counter, First Reformed, Cat People, American Gigolo) and screenwriter (Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Obsession, The Yakuza) Paul Schrader will receive “Laceno d’Oro” Lifetime Achievement Award at the 48th Laceno d’Oro International Film Fest...

Cannes Goes to Buenos Aires: The Cannes Film Week introduced by Thierry Frémaux

Winners only! The Cannes Film Festival film week will take place from Monday, November 27 to Sunday, December 3 at the Gaumont Cinema with the support of INCAA and Marché du film – Cannes Festival within the framework of the 15th edition of Ventana Sur . Thierry Frémaux, General Director of the Cannes Festival, returns to present a selection of six films from the official programming of the 2023 Cannes festival. ...

EURIMAGES INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION AWARD for producer Uljana Kim

Eurimages and the European Film Academy have the pleasure to award producer Uljana Kim with this years’ EURIMAGES INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION AWARD. Uljana Kim, born in 1969 in a Korean family in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, graduated from the Institute of Cinematography in Moscow (VGIK) in 1993 and is a film critic by education. She emigrated to Lithuania, where she founded Studio Uljana Kim in 1997. At that time, she was the first female producer in Lithuania. Since then, the Vilnius-based produc...

The European Film Academy launches European Film Club initiative for young people across Europe

The European Film Academy launches European Film Club initiative for young people across Europe to commence the Month of European Film   Teenagers aged 12-19 can now access and discuss a catalogue of European films on the newly launched viewing platform.   European Film Club, the co-creation of the European Film Academy and young people from 25 countries, was launched this weekend across Europe, with the backing of Creative Europe MEDIA.   Several ye...

Darren Dale named Board Chair of Sydney Film Festival

Sydney Film Festival today announced the ground-breaking appointment of acclaimed First Nations Producer Darren Dale as Board Chair of Sydney Film Festival, following the retirement of media entrepreneur, producer and philanthropist Deanne Weir in October 2023 after eight years on the Board.  A director of Blackfella Films since 2000, and an industry veteran, Darren is a leading advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander content whose work has achi...

Da’Vine Joy Randolph will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award, for The Holdovers

The Palm Springs International Film Awards  has announced that Da’Vine Joy Randolph is the recipient of the Breakthrough  Performance Award, for The Holdovers. The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 15, 2024. The event will be sponsored by Entertainment Tonight and IHG Hotels &  Resorts.  "In The Holdovers, Da’Vine Joy Randolph brings not o...

2024 SBIFF first half of Virtuosos announced!

Virtuosos Award honoring Lily Gladstone (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON) Da’Vine Joy Randolph (THE HOLDOVERS) Greta Lee (PAST LIVES) Charles Melton (MAY DECEMBER) MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED Saturday, February 10th, 2024 8:00pm Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is honored to announce the first group of recipients to receive the Virtuosos Award, an honor created to recognize a select group of talent whose noteworthy performanc...

French Riviera Film Festival Partners with Cinemagic

Ireland-based youth film non-profit Cinemagic has become a strategic partner of French Riviera Film Festival. CEO and MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) Joan Burney Keatings has also joined the festival's prestigious advisory board, which includes such high profile individuals as E! Entertainment Television founder Larry Namer, and COO, filmfestivals.com Bruno Chatelin, among others. “We're simply delighted to partner with Joan&nbs...

Juliette Binoche’s Bon Goût

Oscar®-winner Juliette Binoche visited Beverly Hills recently to promote her latest film, The Taste Of Things, France’s official entry, best international feature for the 96th Academy Awards. Filmmaker Trần Anh Hùng (The Scent of Green Papaya, Cyclo) won best director for the film at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, while Binoche is nominated in the best supporting performance category of the 2023 Gotham Awards. Set in France in the late 19th century, the film...

Costa Gavras and Cristian Mungiu will be the guests of honour at The Cinema Heritage festival closing

Costa Gavras and Cristian Mungiu The Cinema Heritage festival announces the 9 films in the International Competition after more than 500 films were viewed. Eva Peydro, Barbara Lorey de Lacharrière and Philip Cheah, who make up the Selection Committee for the first edition of the Cinema Heritage festival, have viewed 500 films from 56 different countries and are presenting the finalists. The I...

Emma Stone to receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award at Palm Springs Fest 2024

  The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Emma Stone is the recipient of the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress, for Searchlight Pictures’ Poor Things. The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024 at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 15, 2024. The event will be sponsored by Entertainment Tonight and IHG Hotels & Resorts.   “Emma Stone continues t...

Top-Tier Jury Unveiled for the 2024 NYF TV & Film Awards: Distinguished Judges from Five Continents to Honor Excellence

The  New York Festivals® Television & Film Awards  announced the 2024 Grand Jury. Award-winning Global Storytellers Recruited from Leading TV & Film Industry Giants Worldwide     This years’ Grand Jury includes award-winning executive producers, journalists, documentary filmmakers, directors, and screenwriters from two dozen countries.  Celebrated around the world for their innovative work, these individuals volunteer their time f...

Berlinale bids a farewell to the legendary film critic Michel Ciment

With heavy hearts, we bid a farewell to the legendary film critic Michel Ciment. Devoting his life to cinema, Ciment became a cornerstone of French film criticism for over half a century. In 1976, he served as a member of the International Jury, and in his role as the festival's foreign delegate for the Official Programme, he provided valuable counsel to the Festival Director and the Selection Committee of the Berlinale for numerous years. "For all those who consider the 'cin...

La Biennale di Venezia / The death of the great French-Iranian producer and distributor Hengameh Panahi

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  She had distributed three Golden Lion films, Hana-bi by Takeshi Kitano, The Circle (2000) by Jafar Panahi and From Afar (2015) by Lorenzo Vigas A remembrance by Alberto Barbera /   The President, the General Manager, the Artistic Director of the Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia remember with esteem and affection the great French-Iranian producer and distributor Hengameh Panahi, founder of Celluloid Dreams and unparalleled...

La Biennale di Venezia : The death of Michel Ciment the unforgettable master of film criticism

Michel Ciment (1938-2023) pictured on the wall (shot by Jerry Schatzberg with closed eyes, quite unusual for a film critic) and with Jerry shot by Bruno Chatelin Michel Ciment au festival Lumière, photo Paul Grandsard Historic director of “Positif” magazine, he was a juror and expert for the Venice International Film Festival which he followed uninterruptedly from 1964 to 2021.   The President, the General Manager, the Artistic Director of the ...

Returning as a judge of the trailers and commercials competition at 2024 Global Entertainment Awards

Happy returning to the fun of beeing a judge for the Global Entertainment Awards 2024 edition. More to come on their social media channels that will be updated over the coming weeks with content about the Global Entertainment Awards and news from their partners, sponsors and developments in the awards show on 02 March 2023 in Algarve, Portugal.   LinkedIn Facebook Instagram X   WELCOME TO THE ART OF SELLING THE STORY The Global Entertainment Awards delivers a world view of...

Tryon International Film Festival Celebrates Resolution of SAG-AFTRA Strike

The Polk County Film Initiative’s (PCFI) Tryon International Film Festival (TRIFF) expresses its elation and relief at the recent resolution of the SAG-AFTRA strike. The festival, along with the entire film industry, welcomes the end of this period of uncertainty and disruption.   The resolution of the strike comes as a significant relief for filmmakers, actors, and the entire entertainment community. As an international film festival, we understand the importance of a stable and ...

The Gotham welcomes new Board Members Jason Cassidy and Riley Keough

L to R: Jason Cassidy (Photo credit: Evan Mulling); Riley Keough (Photo credit: Jeff Vespa) We are excited to announce that Focus Features Vice Chairman Jason Cassidy and actor, producer, and director Riley Keough have joined our Board of Directors! These Board members will help advance our mission of celebrating and nurturing independent film and media creators. Welcome!   ...

After the great success of High Noon, the 41st Torino Film Festival dedicates a tribute to John Wayne

After last year’s success, TFF is reintroducing its High Noon program, dedicated to the American Western, with a tribute to John Wayne, the greatest Western actor of all time, on the 60th anniversary of the release of his film Donovan’s Reef (The Three of the Southern Cross), the film that best sums up the perfect partnership between Wayne and John Ford, his director of choice.   In collaboration with the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Cinet...

Pupi Avati will be the main guest in the opening ceremony at Reggia di Venaria

The exceptional star of the opening ceremony of the 41st Torino Film Festival will be one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Pupi Avati: director, producer, screenwriter and great storyteller.  During the course of the event – hosted by Steve Della Casa, director of the 41st Torino Film Festival and longstanding voice of Hollywood Party – a number of personalities from the world of cinema and entertainment who shared important moments of their human and artistic journey ...

Zhang Yimou, guest of honour at the Cinema Heritage festival will be honoured for his lifetime achievement

FESTIVAL CINEMA HERITAGE ­ ­ ­ ­ Zhang Yimou, guest of honour at the Cinema Heritage festival, will be honoured for his lifetime achievement at the event, which is organised under the patronage of UNESCO. Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou will receive a lifetime achievement award at the first CINEMA HERITAGE international film festival, organised by the AITYSH France association under the patronage of UNESCO.   Artistic director of the opening ceremony of the O...

Pia Lundberg appointed Artistic Director of Göteborg Film Festival

  Pia Lundberg has been appointed as the new Artistic Director of Göteborg Film Festival. Lundberg most recently served as Counsellor for Cultural Affairs at the Embassy of Sweden in London and will take up the position as Artistic Director on March 1, 2024. "It feels fantastic to become a part of the largest film festival in Scandinavia, and I am thrilled to have earned their trust. I have attended hundreds of film festivals and now finally have the opportunity to help cre...

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