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NEWSLETTER N° 510: May 23, 2011: Cannes wrap up dailies and Awards‏

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San Francisco United Lineup

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FILM LINEUP San Francisco United Film Festival is returning to the Roxie Theatre for the third annual San Francisco United Film Festival. Screening cutting-edge, independent films & highly acclaimed classic movies with the audience in mind, this year's lineup is full of amazing San Francisco premieres as well as midnight movies and classics which pay homage to this great city. Film showings include Q&A with the filmmakers and Feature Films will be preceded by 1 to 2 short films....

CALL FOR ENTRIES in 6th CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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FILM SUBMISSIONS FOR CYIFF 2011: Please submit online at www.cyprusfilmfestival.org  6th Cyprus International Film Festival: 30 September-16 October 2011  Under the Auspices of Municipality of Nicosia   We invite all new film directors to apply for the 6th Cyprus International Film Festival with their film(s). Films produced after January 1st 2008 can participate in CYIFF 2011. These films must be premieres in Cyprus. A. CYIFF 2011 General Categories: ...

CALL FOR ENTRIES in 6th CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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FANCINE - Fantastic Film Festival of the University of Málaga

FANCINE – FESTIVAL DE CINE FANTÁSTICO Fantastic Film Festival of the UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA has as its goal the presentation of a selection of world film production both of feature films as well as short films in the genre of Fantastic films in all its variants (Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror). As a non profit organisation, the University of Málaga has the goal of offering to the audience the development of this film genre as well as backing better understanding between peoples and different cultures through film creation.

8th French Film Panorama

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  From April 5 to May 30 2011, UniFrance films - an organization promoting French cinema worldwide - and the French Embassy in China, are presenting the eighth edition of the French Film Panorama in China in Beijing, Chengdu, Shenzhen and Hangzhou.         A selection composed of ten recently released feature films and ten short films, established in cooperation with SARFT (State Administration of Radio, Film, Television), will be broug...

SoHo International Film Festival: A New York Film Week

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  New York’s crowded film festival calendar has now become positively stifling with the (welcome) addition of the SoHo International Film Festival NYC  (SIFFNYC), which builds on its auspicious debut of last year to offer a second edition of 8 days of films, professional workshops and special events. The Festival will be held at downtown New York’s Quad Cinema from Friday, April 15th through Friday, April 22nd. Nearly 100 features, shorts and documentaries, from bo...

Submit to the Los Angeles Film Festival 2011

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            THE LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL June 16-26, 2011 Call for Entries Early Deadline: December 3, 2010 Regular Deadline: January 14, 2011 Final Deadlines: Short films and music videos: February 11, 2011 Feature-length narrative and documentary films: February 24, 2011   Contact Inf...

The Derby City Film Festival Announces Selections For The 2011 Festival

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The Derby City Film Festival is proud to announce the selected films for the 2011 edition. In total 67 films will screen during the three day festival which will be held February 18th - 20th, 2011 at the Clifton Center. Of those screening, 41 of the films have been selected for competition. The festival will open with a short film screening group from The Bob Rogers Group (BRG), a production company based in Louisville. The BRG film program of 8 short films will be free to attend and begin...

SCRIPT PRO COMPETITION

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SCRIPT PRO ‘11 Screenplay Competition has just started, it is a continuation of Hartley-Merrill Competition. The organizers are: OFF PLUS CAMERA International Festival of Independent Cinema and Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. The applications should be sent by 31st January 2011. OFF PLUS CAMERA International Festival of Independent Cinema and Andrzej Wajda  Master School of Film Directing invite you to participate in SCRIPT PRO’11 Screenpla...

Focus on Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest

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The 8th edition of Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest, Italian Film Festival about horror cinema, will take place in Ravenna (Italy) from 26 to 31 October 2010 (Halloween period).Ravenna Nightmare will propose the International Competition For Feature Films (main event of the festival) and premieres & special events which will make Ravenna, for one week, the Italian capital of horror cinema.Everybody who is interested in submitting a feature film to the Competition, is welcome. You can visit our web si...

SEBBE: An Intense Story of Adolesence

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  One of the revelations and big winners of the Zlin Film Festival, which concluded its 50th anniversary last week, was the Swedish/Finnish co-production SEBBE. The film, written and directed by Babak Najah, won the Golden Slipper Award in the International Competition for Feature Films for Youth category. The intensely dramatic film follows the emotional travails of a teenage boy named Sebastian, Sebbe for short, as he grows up much too fast while being bullied at school and deal...

European Sweep At Zlin Film Festival

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   SEBBE (Babak Najah, Sweden/Finland) Films from Germany, Sweden and Romania dominated the award winners for the 50th edition of the Zlin Film Festival. Awards were announced at the Festival’s Awards Gala on Saturday, June 6th, which was televised live on Czech Television. Live presenters at the show included the now-grown talents of child stars whose films were honored in the Festival’s previous fifty years.   THE CROCODILES by German director and co-writer Christi...

Films For Young People Are The Heart of the Zlin Film Festival

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  LONG LIVE THE KNIGHTS! (Karel Janák, Czech Republic)   At the heart of the Zlin Film Festival, which had its official opening this morning at the Grand Cinema, the 2500+ seat movie palace that is the largest in the Czech Republic, are films made for the children's and youth market. While the Hollywood studios package big budget fantasy films for the enthusiastic base of young cinemagoers, the films being showcased this week here are of a different stripe. Whle their stories va...

Transforming Stories International Christian Film Festival.

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1ST ANNUAL INTERNATIONALCHRISTIAN FILM FESTIVAL IN SOUTH AFRICAOne Week Festival throughout five Cities in South Africa &Cape Town 2010 five day Film Festival - Lausanne World CongressOctober 15-23, 2010 “powerful, inspiring, faith affirming, evangelistic, transformingstories” NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONSDeadline for submissions: July 1, 2010 Humble PieEntertainment proudly presents TRANSFORMING STORIES INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIANFILM FESTIVAL in association with Cape Town 2010 in October 20...

63rd Festival De Cannes Awards

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The official Jury of this 63rd Festival de Cannes, presided over by Tim Burton, revealed this evening the prizes winners during the closing Ceremony. Kristin Scott Thomas hosted Charlotte Gainsbourg on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière to award the Palme d’or to the best film among the 19 in Competition. Julie Bertuccelli’s closing film The Tree starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas et Morgana Davies, was screened at the end of the ceremony.   FEATURE FILMS IN COM...

Call for Entries! Regular Deadline May 1st

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We are looking for the best independent Feature Films, Documentaries, and Short Films for our fifth annual event in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado. Submit before May 1st and save! MISSION & OBJECTIVE The Estes Park Film Festival is dedicated to providing a platform for filmmakers from around the world to screen their newest productions in the relaxing and creative atmosphere of Estes Park, Colorado. Our goal is to educate, inspire, and advance a greater appreciation of independent ...

Call For Entry.

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Call For Entry. Date extendet to May, 1. 2010. Competition in Student and Independent shorts, Feature Films and Documentaries. Over $ 130,00.- in Production Equipment prize packages. ...

Awards : Cape Winelands Film Festival 2010

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On behalf of the Cape Winelands Film Festival, I want to take a moment to formally thank all of our sponsors, volunteers and staff that put forth the effort in this year's 2010 Festival to help make it as successful as it was. This year'sevent that was held from 17 – 27 March at the beautiful Spier Amphitheatre, Labia Theatres, Iziko Museum, and CityVarsity Theatre and was financially sponsored and supportedby : The City of Cape Town, The Spier Wine Estate, The Brazilian Consulate Ge...

NEWSLETTER N° 460: April 8, 2010

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............. WELCOME TO OUR NEWSLETTER N° 460: April 8, 2010 Follow this LINK if you cannot read the newsletter properly Take Center Stage in Cannes and trust the combined experience of the filmfestivals.com founders promoting your film, festival. Sign up for a free brainstorming around your strategy and objectives. Meanwhile take a look at the following package Cannes Blast ...

Tampa's Independents' Film Festival now open for submissions

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The 2010 Independents' Film Festival in Tampa, Florida, has opened up for submissions to the 17th annual festival, accepting entries in Animation, Short, Experimental, Documentary and Feature Films. Information at www.independentsfilmfest.com...

DMVIFF: Call For Film Submissions

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Calling for submissions: All DMV (DC, MD, VA) Film makers submit your original films to the DMV International Film Festival The categories that will be featured are Shorts, Features, Animation, Video Games, Documentary, and Music Videos. Rules and Submission fees: Regular Deadline: March 27, 2010 Late Deadline: April 24, 2010 Feature Films: Reg. Deadline $50 Student fee $40 Late entry $75 Student $65 Running time of at least 50 minutes, Feature Fil...

French Film Panorama

7th French Film Panorama

One month - 25 new French Films - 15 directors and actors - 5 cities

The French Film Panorama will take place in China, travelling to Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Chengdu and Guangzhou, from April 1st to April 30th.

A selection of 25 recently released French films, 13 feature films and 12 short films, established in cooperation with SARFT (State Administration of Radio, Film and Television) will be presented to the public in the multiplexes of the 5 cities. The films will screen in French with Chinese subtitles and will be followed by Q&A sessions with the audience. 

A delegation of directors and artists will be travelling to China during the festival to introduce their film, conduct master classes and meet the press:

Mona Achache - director of "The Hedgedog"

Josiane Balasko - actress of "The Hedgedog", " Park Benches"                                     

Stéphane Brizé - director "Mademoiselle Chambon"                                                                                   

Ivan Calbérac - director "Alternate week (and half the vacation)"                                                                                             

Julie Lopes Curval - director "Hidden Diary"                                                                                                                        

Denis Dercourt - director "Tomorrow at Dawn"                                                                                                                    

Alice de Lencquesaing - actress "The father of my children"                                                                                    

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing - actor "The father of my children"                                                                                         

Emmanuel Mouret - director and actor "Please please me"                                                                                       

Vincent Perez - actor "Tomorrow at dawn"                                                                                                                 

Bruno Podalydès - director and actor "Park Benches"                                                                                         

Laurent Tirard - director "Little Nicholas"

The Panorama is made possible with the support of CNC, Ubifrance, Paris City Government, Air France, Fondation Gan, Groupama, LVT, Société Générale, Forte, Peugeot, Citroën, Chengdu experimental foreign languages school, Cinando, Studio Ciné Live, Broadway Cinema, Stellar Cinema Chengdu, Shanghai International Film Festival, Jinyizhujiang Movie Circuits, Movie Vane, Sofitel Wanda Chengdu, Sofitel Shanghai Hyland, Hotel G Beijing, the Garden Hotel Guangzhou, French Cultural Centre and Alliance Française, Art Genesis. 

Film List

Screenings will be held in French with Chinese subtitles

Feature Films

Alternate weeks (and half the vacation) directed by Ivan Calbérac

Eleonore's dream directed by Dominique Monféry

The father of my children directed by Mia Hansen-Love

The Hedgedog directed by Mona Achache

Hidden Diary directed by Julie Lopes Curval

L'homme de chevet directed by Alain Monne

In the beginning directed by Xavier Giannoli

Little Nicholas directed by Laurent Tirard

Mademoiselle Chambon directed by Stéphane Brizé

Park Benches directed by Bruno Podalydès

Please please me directed by Emmanuel Mouret

Tomorrow at dawn directed by Denis Dercourt

Welcome to the sticks directed by Dany Boon

 

Short Films

Program 1

7.57 am-pm directed by Simon Lelouch

Allons-y! Alonzo! directed by Camille Moulin-Dupré

The Holy Feast directed by Annelaure Daffis & Léo Marchand

L'homme qui dort directed by Inès Sedan

My name is Dominic directed by Nicolas Sihol

Self defense directed by Thomas Gayrard

 

Program 2

The Bed By the window directed by Michaël Barocas

French roast directed by Fabrice O.Joubert

The Little Dragon directed by Bruno Collet

Lost days office directed by Jean-François Fontanel

Masques directed by Jérôme Boulbès

The story of my life directed by Pierre Ferriere

 

Cinema Information:

In Beijing:

Broadway Cinemas, Broadway Cinematheque Moma, Star City cinema

In Shanghai:

To confirm

In Chengdu:

Stellar Xi Nan Yingdu 

In Wuhan:

Hongshan Auditorium

In Guangzhou:

Guangzhou Jin Yi International Cinema, China Plaza Theatre

 

For more information about the films and delegation please go to:

http://www.faguowenhua.com/public/presse

Calling for Entries

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Calling for submissions: All DMV (DC, MD, VA) Film makers submit your original films to the DMV International Film Festival The categories that will be featured are Shorts, Features, Animation, Video Games, Documentary, and Music Videos. Rules and Submission fees: Regular Deadline: March 27, 2010 Late Deadline: April 24, 2010 Feature Films: Reg. Deadline $50 Student fee $40 Late entry $75 student $65 Running time of at least 50 minutes, Feature Films tha...

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