The 2011 Méliès d'Or Award Ceremony will take place on the evening of October 13th at Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival. The following films have been awarded a Méliès d'Argent and are competing for the 2011 Méliès d'Or:SitgesRUBBER by Quentin Dupieux (Méliès d'Argent winner Sitges)LeedsTHE LAST EMPLOYEE by Alexander Adolph (Méliès d'Argent winner Leeds)TriesteRARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE by Jalmari Helander (Méliès d'Argent winner Trieste)BrusselsTRANSFER by Damir Luka...
This year’s celebration of cutting edge Japanese cinema will get under way from November 17th to 24th
Following the success of last year’s inaugural festival, the second Zipangu Fest – celebrating the best of cutting edge and avant garde Japanese cinema – will be held at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts from November 17th to 24th, before moving to venues around the UK.
Showcasing a selection of Japan’s finest features, documentaries, shorts, anima...
Once Upon a Time: Friday 23 – Sunday 25 September...
The 7th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival is set to return, to celebrate the art of film over one action-packed weekend, Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th Sep.
Using Berwick-upon-Tweed as a unique backdrop, and The Maltings Theatre & Cinema as a hub, the Festival invites you to join the adventure in various locations across the town, with new venues including Café Curio on Bridge Street and the recently restored Dewar’s Lane ...
International Family Film Festival 2011 IFFF AWARD RECIPIENTS IFFF Spirit Award 48 Below!Director: Michael ArchamboSterling Crown Studios IFFF Pearl AwardChristmas BunnyDirector/Producer/Writer: Tom SeidmanHoney Creek Pictures, LLC IFFF Top Applause AwardHannah’s GoldDirector: Joel SouzaVisualeyes Productions2011 IFFF FEATURE FILMSWinner:Best Feature – DramaChristmas Angel, SunWorld PicturesFinalist:Best Feature – DramaCooper, MSNations Productions Winner:Best Feature - Foreign DramaHorizo...
Documentary Campus Industry Session
11-13th March Prague, Czech Republic
"One World, Many Ways" -
New Directions in Human Rights Documentaries
Documentary Campus is honoured to present a three-day industry event during the acclaimed One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Prague (8-17 March 2011). Thought-provoking panels and case studies for industry professionals will be run parallel to workshops on low budg...
The 40th annual Mobius Awards international advertising competition has nominated 37 entries for its Best of Show Shortlist. Agencies in Germany lead with 13 nominations; others came from UK, France, Spain, Amsterdam, Australia and U.S. The 2010 competition awarded 56 First Place Golden Statuettes, 63 Second Place Certificates for Outstanding Creativity, and one Student Award. Entries came from 33 countries. Winners will be announced January 25, 2011.
Nominees by medium are:
Broch...
Richard J. Fox
Executive Vice President,
Warner Bros. Entertainment International
A highly respected member of the international film community, Richard Fox serves as
Executive Vice President, International, Warner Bros Entertainment. A 35-year company
veteran, he works closely with Warner Bros.' senior management to develop
opportunities emerging from the company's international growth to expand newly
acquired business...
Director: Jean Counet.
A father's phone call awakens the longing for a distant yet familiar place.
Gosh what a few busy weeks I’ve had its been non-stop here in the ystwyth its only now that I have time to devote to a bit of blogging – and to be honest I’ve been missing typing away in my little ‘blog box’.
Today’s musing is nothing to do with festivals (although thats a lie as discuss the topic at the bottom of the page!) I’ve been thinking long and hard today about the power of the e-mail - the whole world appears to rely on e-mails for important things to happen...
In a first for the Berlinale, a film from Iraq had its world premiere last evening in the Panorama section. SON OF BABYLON, co-written and directed by Mohamed Al-Daradji, is a stirring drama about coming to terms with tragedy and moving forward despite the burden of personal loss. Filmed in stark poetic set pieces, the film follows the journey of a Kurdish grandmother and her precocious grandson as they travel (mostly on foot) to discover the fate of the boy's father, who has been miss...
39th International Film Festival Rotterdam
January 27 - February 7, 2010
The 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam will close Saturday February 6 with the world premiere of Dutch film The Aviatrix of Kazbek, second feature film by Ineke Smits. The film, written by Dutch novelist Arthur Japin and produced by Isabella Films, stars among others Dutch actress Madelief Blanken, Georgian actor Zurab Jgenti, German actor Peter Lohmeyer and Romanian actress Anamaria Marinca from Crist...
George Clooney in UP IN THE AIR
by Sandy Mandelberger, Festivals Dailies Editor
Premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival always get hearts racing, among industry professionals looking to snag distribution deals and among the notoriously cinephile audiences in Canada’s most diverse metropolis. This year’s Festival is unveiling a good number of such films that are among the festival’s most anticipated (and hard to get into) film screenings.
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Director: Susan Everett.
“Hello Mum. My name’s Alison. Born on the sixth of June, twenty eight years ago. But you know that already, don’t you?” Grieving the death of her adoptive mother, Alison tries to track down her natural mother to find a replacement ‘mum’. She sends out a videotape as an introduction.
Film festivals are divided into categories based on the number of acquisition executives that attend.
Majors
The major film festivals, in rank, are: Cannes, Toronto, Sundance, Berlin, Rotterdam and Venice. Cannes is undoubtedly the premiere event. Toronto and Sundance vie for the number two spot, but since Sundance has become a launching pad for Hollywood films, I personally give the number two spot to Toronto - if for no other reason than the important slots it gives to foreign languag...
You might expect James Bond's London town-house to be securely guarded, so it took a flurry of e-mails and some guest-list confusion with the doorman to be ushered into the elegant home of Eon Productions, at the Hyde Park Corner end of Piccadilly, for the Launch of the 15th Bradford International Film Festival (on Thursday 26th February 2009).
What, you may ask, is the connection between an annual celebration of cinema in a Northern metropolis and the world's longest-running and most lu...
You might expect James Bond's London town-house to be securely guarded, so it took a flurry of e-mails and some guest-list confusion with the doorman to be ushered into the elegant home of Eon Productions, at the Hyde Park Corner end of Piccadilly, for the Launch of the 15th Bradford International Film Festival (on Thursday 26th February 2009). What, you may ask, is the connection between an annual celebration of cinema in a Northern metropolis and the world's longest-running and most lucrative ...
Although the Competition was finely tuned with new films by Atom Egoyan, from Hungary and around the globe,it is just one of several parallel programmes vieing for attention in Gent: Festival Previews (including a pre-festival curtain-raiser of Woody Allen's latest, Vicky Cristina Barcelona), culled from other festivals but with Belgian distibution imported some international glamour, such as Woody Harrelson (with Transiberia) and Walter Salles(introducing Linha de Passe); World Cinema (with sel...
Although the Competition was finely tuned with new films by Atom Egoyan, from Hungary and around the globe,it is just one of several parallel programmes vieing for attention in Gent: Festival Previews (including a pre-festival curtain-raiser of Woody Allen's latest, Vicky Cristina Barcelona),culled from other festivals but with Belgian distibution imported some international glamour, such as Woody Harrelson(with Transiberia) and Walter Salles(introducing Linha de Passe);World Cinema (with...
"April is the cruelest month" wrote T.S.Eliot when having to choose between invitations to fests in Istanbul, Nyon and elsewhere- then for FIPRESCI members it became September when the Fall season started to invigorate itself with Venice, Toronto, San Sebastian, Hamburg vying with each other for films and attention, and more recently October became the new September with London and Roma and Sitges and Gent clashing wildly and who gives a damn about Chicago...?
Now November is...
"April is the cruelest month" wrote T.S.Eliot when having to choose between invitations to fests in Istanbul, Nyon and elsewhere- then for FIPRESCI members it became September when the Fall season started to invigorate itself with Venice, Toronto, San Sebastian, Hamburg vying with each other for films and attention, and more recently October became the new September with London and Roma and Sitges and Gent clashing wildly and who gives a damn about Chicago...?Now November is definitely the new ...
When browsing filmfestivalspro.com search engine the database shows the following entries in the directory for festivals happening this month in the UK:http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/ffs/searchpro.shtmlLet us shed some light on our selection:AURORA Norwich BETTING ON SHORTS: MORE THAN A EUROVISION OF SHORTFILM London BRADFORD ANIMATION FESTIVAL (BAF!) Bradford CARDIFF SCREEN FESTIVAL CEASED Cardiff CINEMAGIC WORLD SCREEN FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Belfast CORNWALL FILM FESTIVAL ...
Just when you thought it was safe to cruise the canals in search of cinematic treats for younger viewers ,CINEKIDS- one of the largest international events showcasing productions made for, by ,and with children-decided to celebrate its 20th Edition by uprooting the annual extravaganza from the heart of Amsterdam and relocate most of its activities in a revamped old gas factory,the Westergasfabriek, from 14-2I October, 2007. But the Dutch have a flair for making something new and practical ...
Just when you thought it was safe to cruise the canals in search of cinematic treats for younger viewers ,CINEKIDS- one of the largest international events showcasing productions made for, by ,and with children-decided to celebrate its 20th Edition by uprooting the annual extravaganza from the heart of Amsterdam and relocate most of its activities in a revamped old gas factory,the Westergasfabriek, from 14-2I October, 2007. But the Dutch have a flair for making something new and practical out...
The Awards for the 61st EIFF have been presented, with Control, We Are Together and Billy the Kid scooping the top prizes.It's been another special year at the EIFF and the prizes for the 61st edition of the Film Festival were today presented at an exclusive ceremony at the capital's Caledonian Hilton.Anton Corbijn's fantastic Control was a double winner - the director picking up the prestigious Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film and lead actor Sam Riley winning the PPG Award...
The Awards for the 61st EIFF have been presented, with Control, We Are Together and Billy the Kid scooping the top prizes.It's been another special year at the EIFF and the prizes for the 61st edition of the Film Festival were today presented at an exclusive ceremony at the capital's Caledonian Hilton.Anton Corbijn's fantastic Control was a double winner - the director picking up the prestigious Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film and lead actor Sam Riley winning the PPG Award...
