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Antoine de Clermont Tonnerre was elected as Unifrance President this morning by absolute majority by Board of Directors members present.
The Unifrance Board of Directors is composed of 48 members: 23 members from the four Committees elected by the association’s Councils (the Feature Film Producers’, Directors’, Actors’, Writers, and Artists’ Agents’, Film Exporters’, and Short Film Producers’ and Distributors’ Councils), 10 ex officio members, 12 statuary member...
Foreign media representatives based in Paris gathered at the Académie des Lumières to present the 2008 Lumiere Awards honoring the year’s most outstanding achievements in French and francophone films.
Paris, January 20, 2009. Foreign media representatives based in Paris gathered together at the Académie des Lumières last night, presented the 2008 Lumiere Awards, France’s answer to the Golden Globes, in recognition of outstanding achievement in the French and French-...
Painted tin early Magic Lantern
Museum of PRECINEMA in PADUA, Italy
Located a good drive from Venice, is one of the most unusual testimonies on the history of motion pictures,
the Museum of PRECINEMA in Padua. Termed a 'museum of wonders', it was set up in 1998 by the Commune of Padua and the Minici Zotti Col...
By Maria Esteves - December 30, 2008
The 28th Annual 2008 CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival(CMJ08), the largest international new music discovery event was held at venues throughout New York City, October 21-28, 2008. The outstanding festival presented by XBOX 360, Zune, and Doritos, showcased music marathon, film festival, exhibit hall, panel discussions, seminars, comedy shows, special events, parties, concerts, and awards ceremony. This year, over 1000 artists performed at 70 venues t...
By Maria Esteves - December 30, 2008
The 28th Annual CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2008 (CMJ08), College Radio Awards ceremony was held at New York University Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, Thursday, October 23, 3:45 P.M. The ceremony honored America's best DJs, producers, promoters, remixers, radio shows, and podcasts in college radio.
CMJ08 five-time College Radio Award winner (Most
Groundbreaking, BestPodcast, Biggest Asset To The
Community, Station Of The Year, Most Li...
MOLODIST ANNIVERSARY XL EDITION AWARDS (2010)
INTERNATIONAL JURY 2010 AWARDS
Marc Caro (director, France) – Head of Jury
Elena Yatsura (producer, Russia)
Rainer Frimmel (director, Austria)
Grzegorz Kedzierski (director of photography, Poland)
Bohdan Batrukh (distributor, Ukraine)
Serhiy Proskurnya (theatre director, producer Ukraine)
The Grand Prix
"My Joy" (Schastye moyo), dir. Serhiy Loznytsya, Ukraine-Germany-Netherl...
By Maria Esteves - October 28, 2008
The CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2008 (CMJ08), New York City Premiere of JOHNNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON, directed by Bestor Cram, was held at the New York University Cantor Film Center, Friday, October 24, 6:00 P.M. A special Q&A immediately followed with director Bestor Cram, John Carter Cash, writer Michael Streissguth, assistant editor Tim Raycroft, Northern Light Productions, and renowned rock photographer Jim Marshall, ...
Future of cinema, few know, few share, we dare do both!
Let us embark for a trip a few decades ahead of us.
Our first stop this year was Cannes where the series has been held for the past 3 years.
The next stops on the festival circuit was Locarno with a panel held in partnership with the Festival, next stops will be Rome, Stockholm and many more.
Video from the Locarno panel:
Locarno conference future of cinema
envoyé par filmfestivals-com
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Omer Pasha born in Pakistan of Turkish descend developed a passion for film making and moved to Canada in his adolescent years. Omer Pasha's debut short film “The Curse” filmed in parts of Pakistan and Canada made its debut on SHAW TV on “Vancouver Masala,” in 2006. Omer Pasha became a
regular performer at the Dufferin Nightclub in Vancouver, BC where he would perform his singles “The Curse” and “Who Are You” for a HIV/AIDS benefit charity “House Of Just Cuz.” Scor...
The closing ceremony of the 61st Locarno International Film Festival took place on Saturday, August 16th 2008 at the Piazza Grande. The announcement of the Official Awards 2008 was followed by the screening of BACK SOON, a French / Islandic comedy by Solveig Anspach, as a World Premiere.
Golden Leopard
PARQUE VIA by Enrique Rivero, Mexico
Special Jury Prize
33 SCENY Z ZYCIA (33 Scenes from Life) by Malgoska Szumowska, Germany/Poland
Best Director
for ELLE VEUT LE CHAOS, ...
Jonathan Demme, winner of an Oscar for best director for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and director of films including Something Wild (1986), Philadelphia (1993), The Manchurian Candidate (2004) and Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) will chair the Official Jury at the coming edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival.
Academy Award-winning director, Jonathan Demme will present his new feature film, Rachel Getting Married, and a “work in progress” version of his latest Neil Young con...
4 competitions were held in Cannes at the Short Film Corner, and the winners are...
Results of the Short Film Corner 2008 contests
The Mini Movie Channel contest
The Mini Movie Channel 10 000 € award was granted to Thomas M. Bausenwein, director of the short film "Armer Schwarzer Kater". These awards were given out during the 'Fête du Court', on Friday May 23rd.
National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada organized an online sh...
The Head of the jury Spike Lee announced the winners of the first Babelgum Online Film Festival at a grandiose awards ceremony in Cannes, while the 61st Cannes Film Festival was underway.
“We're talking about a new era in film-making here,” commented Spike Lee. “I've viewed some very strong films in this competition. The Babelgum Online Film Festival has provided the opportunity for young film-makers to put their work in front of a global audience and to get feedback. Feedback ...
By Maria Esteves - May 18, 2008
The Seventh Annual 2008 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) New York Premiere documentary film THE UNIVERSE OF KEITH HARING, directed by Christina Clausen final screening was held at AMC Village VII, Sunday, May 4, 11:30 am. A special Q&A immediately followed. The PARTY OF LIFE benefit in celebration of Keith Haring's 50th Birthday featuring Junior Vasquez and Louie Vega was held at PACHA venue, 9:00 pm - 4:00 am. Aviva Press interviewed director Christina Claus...
By Maria Esteves - May 23, 2007
THE GODFATHER OF DISCO, directed by Gene Graham will have its N.Y. Premiere at NewFest 2007: The 19th Annual New York LGBT Film Festival on Friday, June 1, 5:45 p.m., and Saturday, June 2, 1:30 p.m. at the AMC Loews 34th St Theater.
Winner of the 2007 Emerging Filmmakers Award, Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival, THE GODFATHER OF DISCO will also screen at the 20th Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Saturday, June 2, 2007, 4:00...
PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL & FILM MARKET
June 23 - 29, 2009
Call for Entries
Regular Deadline: March 27, 2009
Late Deadline: April 24, 2009
Online entry form
Contact Info
For more information contact:
Palm Springs International Short Film Festival
1700 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way,
Suite 3 Palm Springs,
California 92262 USA
Tel: (760) 322-...
Alain Corneau: India every year
French film-maker Alain Corneau plays jazz music, has a kind smile, speaks English reasonably well and is an India-lover. He's a member of the jury for the competition section at IFFI 2005, and will also be presenting his latest film, The Words of Blue. Siraj Syed spoke to the maker of films like Le Nouveau Monde and Le Cousin, and his love affair with India.
Siraj: Is this your first trip to India?
Alain: Oh no! Ever since 1982, when I ...
On a quiet pedestrian street in KARS, is the run-down delapitaded house where Yeghishe Charents, (1897 - 1937) one of the greatest Armenian poets was born and lived.Both his primary and secondary schooling took place in KARS
His patriotic pleas to unite Armenians against Stalinism ended him in prison, where he died at the age of 40.
His poetry reflects his love and revolt for ARMENIA, in the throes of a turbulent period under Russian occupation.
Yeghishe Charents...
By Chris Raposa
For Weekly Surge
Photos by Scott Smallin
Staff Photographer
Horror flicks can be broken down into three major categories: suspense, slasher, and supernatural. In many cases, these three core components are fused together for the greater goal of the film, which is to scare the hell out of moviegoers.
The horror genre in movies dates back to the onset of film itself. In 1896, George
By Maria Esteves - October 19, 2007
The 45th New York Film Festival (NYFF) 2007, Closing Night Premiere film, PERSEPOLIS a Sony Pictures Classics, directed/written by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, was held at Avery Fisher Hall, Sunday, October 14, 8:30pm. The festival presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center was sponsored by SARDEGNA and The New York Times.
Winner of the Special Jury Award, 2007 Cannes Film Festival, Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Language in France, ...
One week more of cinema releases coming up, but nothing looks set to impress.
I'm ready to release my pick of the most inspiring films of 2006 -
(1) Little Miss Sunshine,
(2) Yes,
(3) Live and Become
'Little Miss Sunshine'. Delightful. Daring. Dangerously funny. One of the few films I've ever seen that made me want to write to all my friends and say Please, Please, Please do yourself a favour and see this film. Few films can go beyond 'quirky' with quite the same brilliance. T...
BANGKOKIANS are due to get a special pre-festival screening of the classic Robert Wise Academy Award© winning film, West Side Story, on Sunday, February 12 (2006).
The movie will be shown free of charge on outdoor screens set up in public areas outside the massive new Siam Paragon retail and entertainment complex which will be used as the centre for the upcoming Bangkok International Film Festival (Feb 17 - 27).
The screening will feature musical performances of songs from West Si...
THE 10th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) gets under way this evening (Friday December 09, 2005) with the promise of record-breaking attendance following a new surge of interest in pure cinema here.
Officials told filmfestivals.com they expect last year’s figure of 6,300 delegates to be surpassed, despite the fact that the budget for organizing, running and promoting the festival has remained more or less the same for the past three years.
Some 180 titles, including 1...
THE 36th annual International Film Festival of India (IFFI) got of to a colourful start this afternoon (Thursday 24 November 2005) with a huge carnival that included a seemingly endless parade of floats, cultural pageantry and other festivities.
The parade was the prelude to the inaugural film ‘Olga’, a Brazilian film directed by Jaime Monjardim, which chronicles the true story of the German revolutionary Olga Benario Prestes.
Olga is one of some 200 films from India and abroa...
November 15, 2005
THE 11th annual Kolkata(Calcutta) Film Festival (KFF) is in full swing this week with more than 125,000 people expected to see a total of 138 films at 240 screenings in eight venues.
The festival got off on a high note with the showing of Christophe Barratier’s Les Choristes for the inaugural evening, marking the first time the French box-office hit has been shown in the sub-continent.
The film was shown in the largest of the three halls that make up Nanda...
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