Thefifth Dubai International Film Festival held in December 2008 introduced animportant new component, the Dubai Film Market.  To date Dubai has been among theEmirates the fastest growing tourist and business destination and has investedbillions of dollars into establishing a state of the art communications andmedia infrastructure. This includes a film sector for which the Dubai FilmFestival and the Dubai Film Market are essential ingredients, not to speak ofthe imminent opening in Dubai of th...

As is the case every year, Unifrance will pursue the promotion of French cinema at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival, to be held from February 5 through 15, 2009.   The festival’s Official Competition features a French film (Ricky) and three co-productions: Cheri, Dans la brume électrique (In the Electric Mist), and London River. Three other French productions will be presented out of competition: Bellamy, Eden à l’Ouest (Eden is West), and Singularités d�...

Revenue for the motion picture and video production and distribution industry increased 7 percent in 2007, reaching $66 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Revenue from Web search portals increased 25 percent for a total revenue of $12.1 billion, and their online advertising space grew 32.7 percent with total revenue of $8.7 billion. These new data come from the 2007 Service Annual Survey: Information Sector Services, a series of tables that is part of a larger survey that trac...

The Perfect Pitch is a new program to premiere at The European Independent Film Festival, taking place March 13th-15th, 2009, at La Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Francois Mitterand, in Paris. The program begins with a series of workshops - taking place on Friday, March 13th- related to preparing and executing a pitch presentation.   Following the workshops each participant will have the opportunity to pitch in a practice pitch session, from which twenty individuals will be selected to pit...

For its 11th consecutive year, Unifrance will welcome 350 distributors and 120 journalists from around the world in Paris from January 15 through 19, 2009.   As is the case each year, foreign distributors will gather in Paris to sample the latest offerings from the French film industry at film market screenings (with 82 films screened including 39 titles yet to be released), and to meet with sales agents (34 companies will attend the event, representing the entire film ...

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        4th AGORA November 14 - 23, 2008 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival   The 4th Agora Film Market will take place from November 14th to 23rd, 2008, in the context of the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival. The Agora is continuing last year's highly successful effort, in which 36 films from South Eastern Europe obtained distribution in 18 different world territories.   "In its three years o...

In its continuous effort of “Bridging Cultures, Meeting Minds”, DIFF is launching the Dubai Film Market during its 5th edition. The Dubai Film Market is committed to raising the visibility of world cinema - with an emphasis on Arab, Asian and African filmmakers - and stimulating regional and international film production and trade. Vision Dubai, to become a regional and international pioneer of audio-visual content trade. Mission To make Dubai Film Market a global stat...

Upcoming sectors such as software services, telecommunications, finance, and real estate are minting new millionaires every day. And the Bombay Stock Exchange has more than doubled in the past two years, handing many investors tremendous capital gains. The first place the new moneyed class typically shows off its cash is with a big house or luxury apartment. While demand for homes over 3,000 square feet - palatial by Indian standards - was once confined to Mumbai and Delhi, more and more Indians...

Sheffield Doc/Fest offers extensive marketplace opportunities for all delegates. Hundreds of executives, distributors, commissioners and buyers attend the festival and it is the perfect place to meet potential production investors and production partners. Sheffield Doc/Fest offers the following pitching & marketplace events To apply to the MeetMarket, go hereInternational - networking and finance opportunities for both international & UK delegatesMeetMarket*VideothequeNational – ...

Metacafe, one of the world’s largest video entertainment sites with 30 million unique visitors per month, and Microcinema International, a leading international exhibitor and specialty markets distributor of the "moving image arts,” are teaming to create and curate MetaFest 2008.MetaFest 2008 is a juried short-film festival that combines the best of the on- and off-line worlds. MetaFest accepts films 10 minutes or less in length - animated, narrative, humorous, artistic, dramatic, do...

Metacafe, one of the world’s largest video entertainment sites with 30 million unique visitors per month, and Microcinema International, a leading international exhibitor and specialty markets distributor of the "moving image arts,” are teaming to create and curate MetaFest 2008.MetaFest 2008 is a juried short-film festival that combines the best of the on- and off-line worlds. MetaFest accepts films 10 minutes or less in length - animated, narrative, humorous, artistic, dramatic, do...

  “The Town Of Karnal, Is Soaking In Real Estate Projects As National Developers Line Up         Their Residential And Commercial Projects Here.”  After Gurgaon, Panchkula and Faridabad , experts feel that Karnal in Haryana will be the next big thing to watch out for as it has everything going for it – strategic location, well laid out infrastructure and roads – all the economic drivers and a socio-cultural environment which are conductive to development.An idyllic retreat, K...