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AOF - Action On Film Signs Exclusive Deal with Cinamour Entertainment

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In a bold move, the Action On Film International Film Festival is proud to announce that they have signed an exclusive ‘first look’ deal with Cinamour Entertainment of Hollywood California to review films submitted by AOF Filmmakers for direct and theatrical distribution. Glen Hartford of Cinamour Entertainment said, ‘We are really proud to be associated with an organization like the AOF which gives filmmakers a real chance to not only show their work but to get to the next level.’ Hartf...

Movie Reviews from the Sarasota Film Festival

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WANT MORE SCOOP ON THESE FILMS?  CHECK OUT OUR MOVIE TALK RADIO SHOW "MOVIE GEEKS UNITED!" HEAR EXCLUSIVE FILMMAKER INTERVIEWS (see below)! Go now to www.blogtalkradio.com/moviegeeksunited and listen now!  And call this Sunday at 6pm eastern / 5pm central to ask questions concerning these films!The recent 9th annual Sarasota Film Festival was the biggest yet, hosting around 210 films from all over the world.  This event has become increasingly popular with both film fans and industr...

African American Women Filmmakers screening and dialog

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Julie Dash, Award winning Filmmaker moderates a screening and dialog of African American Women Filmmakers. The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) presents: the 14th Annual Sistas Are Doin’ It For Themselves: See Their Images… Hear Their Stories… Saturday, April 21, 2007 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. A Filmmaker Showcase and Discussion at Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA (Melrose & Van Ness / across from Paramount Studios). To RSVP - 323/957-4747....

57th BERLIN FEST OPENS WITH STARS TO BURN

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The Berlin Film Festival is traditionally one of the most star studded events on the annual Festival calendar and this 57th edition is no exception.  Among stars and celebrities already spotted either on the red carpet entering gala screenings, at press conferences, or at events in other parts of town away from Marlene Dietrich square, in just the first four days; Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Clint Eastwood, Antonio Banderas, Catherine Deneuve, Judie Dench, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Carl...

Berlin opened with stars to burn

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The Berlin Film Festival is traditionally one of the most star studded events on the annual Festival calendar and this 57th edition is no exception. Among stars and celebrities already spotted either on the red carpet entering gala screenings, at press conferences, or at events in other parts of town away from Marlene Dietrich square, in just the first four days; Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Clint Eastwood, Antonio Banderas, Catherine Deneuve, Judie Dench, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Carl Lagerf...

58 Very Short Movies festival line up

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The second annual Very Short Movies festival has completed its selection of films for competition and special series, it was announced today by the VSM (Very Short Movies) Film Society President and VSM festival founder, Serge Polakoff. The festival will feature two World premieres, an International premiere, a North American premiere and a U.S. premiere. 48 films from the U.S. and 10 foreign countries from an unprecedented 500+ submissions will compete in the comedy, drama, animation, document...

Industry Heavy Weights Share Their Insights at Family Fest

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The International Family Film Festival (IFFF) is presenting an impressive line up of events designed specifically to serve the needs of the independent filmmaker. A long list of industry decision-makers have joined the festival and volunteered to sit on panels and share their insight and knowledge with the participants. The following is a listing of the events. Watch your releases over the next two weeks as the Festival profiles the participants on the panels.The Festival is especially excite...

Jacques Rivette: A True Cinema Original

Saturday, December 16---A retrospective of the career of French director Jacques Rivette has been unspooling at New York's Museum of the Moving Image since mid November. Several of the director's most ambitious and least known film gems are yet to be screened, as the series continues through the month of December. Intrepid film lovers should run, not walk, to this rare and wonderful series of a true cinema original. Rivette was a one-man film revolution. A critic for the influential film mag...

Moma Retrospective on French director Jacques Rivette

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A retrospective of the career of French director Jacques Rivette has been unspooling at New York's Museum of the Moving Image since mid November. Several of the director's most ambitious and least known film gems are yet to be screened, as the series continues through the month of December. Intrepid film lovers should run, not walk, to this rare and wonderful series of a true cinema original. Rivette was a one-man film revolution. A critic for the influential film magazine Cahiers du Cinema, a f...

FLIFF UNCORKED!!! Happens Tonight

Saturday, November 11----Come celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival at one of South Florida's chicest film events, FLIFF UNCORKED!! The Gala is meant to honor and pay tribute to celebrity guests attending the 21st annual Festival.. The event, one of South Florida's most glamourous affairs, takes place on Saturday evening, November 11, at the Regency Ballroom of The Hollywood Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Florida. View from Westin D...

FLIFF UNCORKED! Brings Out The Stars

Tributee Connie Francis Friday, November 10----FLIFF UNCORKED! a South Florida Awards Celebration will be presented by The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival to honor and pay tribute to celebrity guests attending the 21st annual Festival.. The event, one of South Florida's most glamourous affairs, takes place on Saturday evening, November 11, at the Regency Ballroom of The Hollywood Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Florida. Richard Rapport, an entertainment attorney who...

The inaugural Third Screen Film Festival

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A very different film festival took place in Los Angeles last night with cinema buffs huddled around cell phones rather than gazing up at the big screen to view and vote for their favorite short movie. More than 200 attendees cast their votes in real time via text messaging powered by Mozes.com to select the $3,000 Jury Prize winning film – a 90 second comedy entitled “Pumpkin” by Matt Paige of Sante Fe, New Mexico. An alum of the College of Sante Fe where he’s now an adjunct professor t...

THE MITCH SHOW mixes film and comedy

Saturday, October 14----One of the more unusual and highly anticipated programs of the Woodstock Film Festival will be tonight's special event, THE MITCH SHOW, a retrospective of comedic short films spanning the oeuvre of Hollywood-based filmmaker Mitchell Rose. The program includes several audience-participation segments, humorous performance pieces and short comic gems by this professional wisenheimer. Highlights of the program include MODERN DAYDREAMS, a suite of four Chaplinesque films t...

New York International Independent Film and Video Fest live in LA

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The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival gears up for 8 days of screenings, world premieres, parties and panels in Los Angeles.The New York International Independent Film & Video Festival (NYIIFVF) announces its return to Los Angeles, September 14 – 21, 2006 for its bi-annual film extravaganza. Now in its 13th year, NYIIFVF is a distinctive event in the entertainment and arts communities with world premieres and over 200 international and domestic films, shorts, documenta...

1st “Reel Actors” Film Festival: Actors showcase

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FESTIVAL OPENS FOR "REEL ACTORS" TalentPool Film Festival Highlights Actors Work and Gets it in Front of the Industry TalentPool International (www.talentpool-la.com), a global entertainment culture and social network, presents the first annual “Reel Actors” Film Festival, a unique opportunity for actors to showcase their skills, and casting directors, agents and managers to discover new talent. To enter, actors must download an entry package at www.reelactorsfilmfestival.com and submit a D...

Shriekfest, the Los Angeles Film Festival Awards

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Shriekfest, the Los Angeles Film Festival and Screenplay Competition announces it's 2006 official selections and screenplay finalists!!! This year's festival takes place Sept 22-24 and Sept 29-Oct 1 at Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose in Hollywood CA. For more information visit www.shriekfest.com The 2006 Official Selections! Schedule will up soon."Night of the Leben Tod" directed by Eric Forsberg"Firefly" directed by Pete Marcy"Point of Contact" directed by Hank Stone"Neighborhood Watch" directe...

12th annual What IFFF? Kids Film Festival

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HOLLYWOOD LACER STARS HEADING TO WHAT IFFF KIDS? FILM FEST AND FILM CAMPBudding young filmmakers from after-school program to participate in 12th annual event, screen film during Fest Some 50 students from Hollywood-based middle schools' LACER Stars after-school program will take part in the 12th annual What IFFF? Kids Film Festival and Film Camp, to be held June 26-30 at the John Anson Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood.LACER--which stands for a program emphasis on literacy, arts, culture, educatio...

3rd season of Slamdance on Stage

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3rd ANNUAL SLAMDANCE ON STAGE OPENS MONDAY, APRIL 3rdwith cast members from the hit TV show, “Just Shoot Me” in key rolesThe 3rd season of Slamdance on Stage, the exciting culmination of the 2005 Slamdance Screenplay and Teleplay Competitions begins Monday, April 3rd at 7:30 pm with a reading of Love and Letters, featuring cast members from “Just Shoot Me”- Enrico Calentoni, Wendie Malick and Laura San Giacomo. Every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night through the month of April theater...

The European Independent Film Festival in Paris

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The European Independent Film Festival 2006The ÉCU festival will take place on the weekend 25th and 26th of March 2006 at La Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. The Festival is bringing worldwide exposure to European independent films and independent filmmakers and the quality of the films submitted to the festival has been outstanding.ECU’s mission is to showcase the very best independent films from European independent filmmakers but there are also four categories open to Non-Euro...

Closing Gala at the 29th Göteborg Film Festival

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At a special gala ceremony at the Museum of World Culture, the Göteborg Film Festival Nordic Film Award went to the director Dagur Kári for Dark Horse (Voksne Mennesker), which, “with a young careless rebel in focus, with insight and humour unites fragments from an alienated society into an artistically challenging unity”. The award consists of 150 000 SEK and the Filmdraken (Film dragon)statuette."To be nominated for an award like this is like having a race horse", expressed a happy Dagur...

FIAPF accredits the LA based AFI FEST in 2006

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The International Federation of Film Producers’ Associations (FIAPF) has confirmed that the US film festival, AFI FEST presented by Audi: AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival, has applied for accreditation of the 2006 edition.The international film producers community that FIAPF represents has decided to recognise the 2006 edition of AFI FEST (November 2 – 12, 2006) celebrating its 20th Anniversary, as a festival with an international competition which specialises in narrative feature...

FirstGlance Hollywood 6th runs Dec 1st to 4th

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The 2005 FirstGlance Film Fest Hollywood is celebrating its 6th annual presentation of independent films and events at Raleigh Studios CharlieChaplin Theater, 5300 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA. This year’s festival runs Thursday, December 1st through Sunday, December 4th, 2005. FirstGlance’s 2005 lineup will showcase a total of 6 features, 23 shorts and 4 mini-docs. Out of the films, blank are World Premieres and blank are US Premieres.William Ostroff, FirstGlance Festival Director said, "Aft...

Direct From the Mailroom announces its premier event

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“Direct From the Mailroom,” a screening event showcasing the films, music videos, and spec commercials of assistants working in the entertainment industry, will be holding its premiere at The Forbidden City in Hollywood, CA on Thursday, December 8th.Cocktails and mingling will begin at 6:30 PM, followed by an hour-long screening at 8 PM. After the screening, attendees are encouraged to stay on for a KISS FM promotional party, also hosted at The Forbidden City.“As an assistant working in th...

Shriekfest Film Festival kicks off

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The 5th annual Shriekfest Film Festival (a celebration for filmmakers and screenwriters of all ages) will take place at Raleigh Studios 5300 Melrose in Hollywood, CA (From the 101 freeway, take the Gower exit South to Melrose, go Left and the studios will be on the right across from Paramount Studios) there is plenty of street parking and a paid parking structure The fest will kick off with a panel of horror filmmakers September 10th sponsored by LA Indie Film Group, then continue with an openin...

Animago Awards at fmx/05:

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fmx/05: 10th International Conference on Animation, Effects, Realtime, and Content April 27th to April 30th , 2005 / Stuttgart, Haus der Wirtschaft fmx/05 - 10th International Conference on Animation, Effects, Realtime and Content. fmx continues its steady growth, having emerged as the leading event for Animation, Visual Effects and DCC (Digital Content Creation) in the German speaking area. Topics range from film and TV production, animation, effects and realtime to scientific applications, g...

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