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2021 Big Apple Film Festival Virtual Industry Networking Conference

  Live virtual industry summit June 9-11 ALL-ACCESS REGISTRATION     Reinaldo Marcus Green Writer/Director Reinaldo Marcus Green is a writer, director, and producer. His first feature, Monsters and Men had its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The film received a Sp...

Key Buyers Event: digital to welcome over 700 international participants to the russian market

  Market ambassador, actor and producer Yuri Kolokolnikov will open the international online event for all registered participants   International online content market KEY BUYERS EVENT: digital starts tomorrow. Taking place on June 8–10, 2021, it will welcome over 700 international buyers, producers and journalists from more than 80 countries, including representatives of Netflix, Apple, Wild Bunch, BBC Studios, Armoza Formats, Mediaset Spa...

25% off film submissions

  Special offer! Get 25% off film submissions to Mirror Mountain Film Festival for a limited time. Use the discount code ENTERTHEMIRRORMOUNTAIN on FilmFreeway and save! Now accepting indie drama, comedy, sci-fi, horror, fantasy, documentary, animation, experimental, music videos, dance films and more! Offer expires June 7th 2021. More info: http://bit.ly/1wgqagA ...

VIDEO:Virgin Galactic Completes First Human Spaceflight from Spaceport America, New Mexico

Virgin Galactic completed its third spaceflight and the first ever spaceflight from Spaceport America, New Mexico. Today’s flight sees New Mexico become the third US state to launch humans into space. VSS Unity achieved a speed of Mach 3 after being released from the mothership, VMS Eve, and reached space, at an altitude of 55.45 miles before gliding smoothly to a runway landing at Spaceport America. On...

FNS Globally Launches an App Service for FANTOO, a Network-Based Platform for K-Fans

FNS Co., Ltd launches the app service of FANTOO, a global fandom network platform for Hanryu Fans, in 175 countries. FANTOO was developed for 100 million K-Fans across the world. The FANTOO app provides a fan club creation, user reward, multi-lingual chatting & translation, a messenger with improved security, FANTOO Karaoke for live concert, artists’ live streaming, voice call and chat, and AI-based Deepfake and adult content detection. (Graphic: Bus...

Verdugo Entertainment To Unveil Newly Restored Lost Classic 'Mackintosh and T.J.', Starring Roy Rogers In His Final Film

Verdugo Entertainment To Unveil Newly Restored 4K Edition Of Lost Classic Mackintosh and T.J.,  Starring The Legendary Roy Rogers In His Final Film Appearance   Featuring Music by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, the American Western is Set for Debut on Blu-ray and DVD on May 18     On Tuesday, May 18, Verdugo Entertainment will launch the newly restored 4K version of the 1975 classic Mackintosh and T.J. on Blu-ray and DVD through Amazon (North...

LATC Webinar “Pos-Covid AV Public Policy Challenges in Latin America”

May 13, 2021 - in English - Space Limited An official event to mark the launch of the new bilingual English-Spanish eBook “The Audiovisual Public Policy Landscape in Latin America”. Published by LATC and sponsored by Olsberg•SPI, available for free download here, London and Rio de Janeiro, May 3, 2021. On the occasion of the publication of the new bilingual ebook, “The Audiovisual Public Landscape in Latin America / El panorama de las políticas públ...

Palm Springs Shortfest, JUNE 22-28, Returns as First California Film Festival to Host In-Theater Event in 2021

  Palm Springs, CA (April 28, 2021) – One week after Gov. Gavin Newsom fully reopens California, The Palm Springs International Film Society will mark another exciting milestone as its annual Palm Springs ShortFest becomes the first film festival in the state to hold all of its screenings in-theatre in 2021. The event returns to the Camelot Theatres (Palm Springs Cultural Center) from June 22-28.   To ensure the safety of patrons, the festival w...

Top Casinos Featured in Movies

Casinos have been in many movies because they provide a great setting. The glitz and glam keeps people fascinated and entertained, and there are a lot of great themes. Take a look at some of the top casinos featured in the movies. The Bellagio The Bellagio is an iconic casino, and it is a favorite for filming. One of the most famous movies that featured it was Ocean’s 11. In this star-studded movie, the plot was a heist of the casino, and it is full of action, glamour, excitement, and ...

Save the date for the third edition of Key Buyers Event: digital

The third edition of Key Buyers Event: digital - international online market of audio-visual content from Russia will take place virtually from 8-10 June 2021. The world's leading buyers of media content, production and post-production companies, VOD-platforms and Russian content producers will meet together for three inspirational days enjoying streaming of vibrant audio-visual content, premieres and meeting new co-production opportunities and joining matchmaking sessions.  ...

“Global Content Creators Showcase 2021” Spotlights Women Filmmakers

All Female Panel Featured Award-winning Filmmakers Anna Fishbeyn and Eva Lanska, German American producer Christina Rose and Alien Films’ Eileen Tasca; Moderated by Director/Activist Kate Rees Davies On April 14, 2021 at 7 am PST (4 pm CET/France), Cloud 21 International (www.cloud21.com) and Kultura PR International (www.kulturapr.com) presented the inaugural installment of  the "Global Content Creators Showcase,” a special virtual event held during the t...

New dates set for the Marché du Film Online Pre-Cannes Screenings: 21-25 June 2021

Following the request from sales agents to have an intermediate event between the EFM in Berlin and the Marché du Film in Cannes (6-15 July 2021), the Marché du Film announced a few weeks ago the Pre-Cannes Screenings in May. More recently, some sales companies voiced their preference to hold the event later in June. We therefore decided to launch a wide survey to all buyers and sellers. More than 700 answered: a vast majority confirmed their participation in the Pre-Can...

Accepting Submissions for the 2021 Gotham Week Project Market!

    We’re currently accepting submissions for Spotlight on Documentaries, Narrative Series, and Audio Series & Originals for the Project Market at the 2021 Gotham Week (September 19-24). Spotlight on Documentaries is designed for non-fiction filmmakers with features and series in development, production, and post-production. The Narrative Series section is designed for creators with scripted series (including short form, half-hour and hour-long), from development st...

VdR–Industry has started!

  Emilie Bujès (Artistic director) and Madeline Robert (Head of VdR–Industry) opened VdR–Industry on Wednesday with a broadcasted ceremony followed by the beginning of VdR–Pitching. The 52nd edition of Visions du Réel kicked off yesterday with the release of the 15 first films of its programme.    VdR–Pitching ...

Bergamo Film Meeting 2021 / Line-up unveiled

The 39th edition of Bergamo Film Meeting will take place from April the 24th to May the 2nd 2021, and will be officially opened on Friday, the 23rd of April at 8 pm with the world premiere of Brucia. Ancora. Paolo Fresu, Elio Biffi, Paolo Spaccamonti, Gerardo Chimini play Il fuoco by Giovanni Pastrone, which will be broadcasted online on BFM social channels for free. The Festival programme includes 7 feature films, all Italian premières, in the ...

Full market coverage from the 2020 virtual edition with 342 articles

Sketch by Nesta Morgan  Sadly, like thousand of festival goers and market attendees , we have covered the Cannes 2020 edition from a distance. 342 ARTICLES IN OUR REMOTE COVERAGE WHICH CAN BE FOUND BELOW 270 ARTICLES AND 18 VIDEOS  AND  22 ARTICLES IN FRENCH   WHILE OUR COVERAGE FROM THE CANNES FESTIVAL DAILIES CAN BE FOUND HERE 28 ARTICLES AND 22 ARTICLES IN FRENCH   Cannes 2020 playlist on our VIDEO CHANNEL  PIC...

AVIA OTT Summit 2021 - The Future of Video Streaming is Here!

The Asia Video Industry Association's (AVIA) OTT Summit - The Future of Video Streaming welcomed 900 delegates and featured over 80 industry experts and leaders across the four-day conference this year. Opening the OTT Summit was the streaming analyst Matthew Ball, Managing Partner of Epyllion Industries, who presented a deep dive into the OTT industry in the United states, being the most mature, most competitive, and most valuable video market with the most consumptive media consumers...

Buyers Event: Digital announces the 3rd edition in virtual mode from 8-10 June 2021.

  The market’s third edition will bring together the global and Russian Content Industry this June   Key Buyers Event: Digital has today announced that the third edition of the event will take place virtually from 8-10 June 2021. The successful international online market of audio-visual content from Russia will present exciting new projects, showcase prominent producers and local emerging and established talents. The event will traditionally ce...

Register Now: “Global Content Creators 2021” Virtual All Female Panel Event on April 13

Cloud 21 International & Kultura PR International to Present “Global Content Creators 2021” Special Virtual Event on April 13, 2021 All Female Panel to Feature Award-winning Filmmakers Anna Fishbeyn and Eva Lanska, German American producer Christina Rose and Alien Films’ Eileen Tasca; Panel to be Moderated by Director/Activist Kate Rees Davies Cloud 21 PR International and Kultura PR International  are pleased to present the inaugural installment of its l...

Marché du Film announces its "Pre-Cannes Screenings" dates

Sketch by Nesta Morgan The Festival de Cannes’ Marché du Film will take place as usual alongside the Festival in Cannes from 6 to 15 July 2021. The 4 days "Pre-Cannes Screenings" will be online from Tuesday May 25th to Friday May 28th, 2021.   They will run on the upgraded marchedufilm.online platform that will offer virtual booths for sales companies and screning rooms in streaming. Access to this platform will be strictly reserved to buyers already registere...

Arclight Films locks North American distribution deal with Gravitas Ventures for CHASING WONDERS

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‘CHASING WONDERS’ STARRING PAZ VEGA, EDWARD JAMES OLMOS, QUIM GUTIERREZ, CARMEN MAURA, AND ANTONIO DE LA TORRE   Arclight Films’ chairman Gary Hamilton announced today the company has locked distribution in North America for the star-studded coming of age film, Chasing Wonders, starring award-winner Spanish star Paz Vega (Rambo: Last Blood, Sex and Lucia), Academy Award® nominee Edward James Olmos (Blade Runner, Miami Vice), Quim Gutierrez (Spy Time, The Last Da...

Good run at EFM for russian companies reporting more than 30 deals

Russian companies have summed up the results of the European Film Market (EFM 2021). Companies from France, Germany, North America, Vietnam, Mexico, Brazil, China, South Korea, and others are among the international distributors, which bought Russian films, TV series, and animation.   EFM 2021, which took place online from March 1-5 as part of the Berlin International Film Festival, gathered more than 500 participants from 60 countries. Russian companies presented over 140 projects,...

Berlinale 2021: European Film Market in post review

  The 2021 Berlinale is being held in two parts, the European Film Market (EFM), restricted to  the industry and the press, from March 1-5, and the public film festival, the Summer Special, scheduled for June 9-20 in Berlin cinemas and open air venues with jury members and award winners. The second component, if staged, will continue Berlinale’s tradition as the world’s biggest public film festival.  To date, the EFM has been very successful, with achievement...

Tryon Film Fest to Host Trade Show in October

  The Friendliest Town in The South Tryon rolls out the red carpet each year for the folks who attend the Tryon International Film Festival. Great restaurants, quaint bed-and-breakfast inns, and people enjoying the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains. Those who come often come back—and stay!   In addition to showcasing an extensive collection of promising world-class cinema, Tryon International Film Festival will host its first-ever film-industry trade show scheduled for Friday-...

Global Content Creators Virtual Showcase (PR Sponsorship Opportunity) April 13, 2021

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Hello, We have one space left for our Global Content Creators Showcase, virtual event, scheduled for April 13, 2021.     Kultura PR and Cloud 21 recently held the 4th Annual Indie Entertainment Showcase (virtually) during Sundance. An incredible success, the event, that garnered over 2,000 views. The event featured COO FilmFestivals.com Bruno Chatelin, filmmaker/screenwriter Eva Lanska, author/journalist and creative consultant for Darren Star's ‘Emily in Paris’ Re...

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