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OFF de Cannes, 2012
In Cannes, since 2005, the OFF DE CANNES ceremony to
discover and reward the talents of tomorrow, during the Cannes Film
Festival.
Created in 2011 by Alain ZIRAH and Anne GOMIS, THE INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL
FILM CONTEST (7 CATEGORY) is organized on the OFF DE
CANNES official website : www.off-de-cannes.com and Facebook Group Les Off de Cannes.
Thanks to this contest on the web, OFF DE CANNES complement
the International Film Festival with a rejuvena...
Director: Michel IONASCU.
Missak MANOUCHIAN, hero of French Resistance, is shot by the Germans in February 1944. Impassioned by Art and Culture, quartered between Reality and Imaginary, History will not leave time to be himself, to live his own life. Testimonys of his comrades in arms bring us today a new lighting on the moral nobility of this important man and on the topicality of his fight.
Director: Marie-Monique ROBIN.
Since its beginnings in 1901, the Monsanto empire has been built upon on the manufacture of chemical products that have ended up being banned from the market. Every time, the multinational has lied, hidden or doctored studies that demonstrate the harmfulness of its products. It has had proceedings brought against it and been ordered to pay hefty fines, but that has not stopped its irresistible ascension.
Today, it is the world leader in GMO production. The transgenic seeds it markets are resistant to the powerful herbicide, Roundup, its landmark product for twenty years.
An investigation into the Saint Louis “giant” and the recent developments it has made in biotechnology and seed control.
Submission Deadline: 15th January 2010
Submission format: DVD - PAL
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VAFI 2010
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PARTNER OF THE FESTIVALEvery year VAFI will have a partner – either a country or an author. In 2010 author – partner will be Borivoj Dovniković, so all of us will be honore
Director: LAURA ANGIULLI.
“EASTWARDS” is the result of a long journey.
Bosnia is the focus, with its cumbersome past and its present as much uncertain as controversial. Sarajevo, Mostar, Srebrenica, different solicitations coming out meeting people and their present and past history. Sarajevo is the capital. The memory became its political structure, and lights up consequent opportunities to reflection and debate. Mostar is symbolized by the Old Bridge, heart of a slow beat of a social and political life which fails to heat the peripheral wings of the city still shattered in the reality of ghettos, Croatians and Muslims. And finally Srebrenica, the town of women, the city of pain. 12,000 dead (institutionally they say 8372, but in reality missing people is 4000 more). Every year on 11th of July it takes place the big ceremony for the burying of the hundreds of bodies still found in mass graves newly identified. Hatidza Mehmedovic' is from Srebrenica, she is the main character of the movie. Only she could transmit the emotional charge affecting the director because of her ability to bear mourning (during the genocide of 1995 she lost her only two children, her husband, her brothers, her father..)
The Cinefantasy Festival is an international event that reaches its 4th edition with a Short Film competitive session, special shorts and features screenings, premières, Conferences with filmmakers, national and international guests, lectures, workshops, and more.
Director: Martin Pavey.
When SARAH finally achieves success, her life is shattered
by the violent death of her husband JOHN.
Haunted by his memory SARAH is plunged into the torment of Agoraphobia.
Disturbing dreams and flashbacks lead her to a revelation, a moment in time and
a decision that could change everything.
Director: Amin Yoma.
Sophia is a young and beautiful journalist who gets her first job, covering a story in Dubai, thanks to her boyfriend and boss at a publishing house. When she arrives, she meets her driver, Carim, who starts to introduce her to Arab customs, but she wastes no time in corrupting their professional relationship by subjecting Carim to her wildest sexual desires. That is how Sophia reconsiders her troubled relationship with her partner. She risks her dream job opportunity tempted by a clandestine love affair that has no future.
Director: Parinaz Hashemi.
None for the moment
Director: Anna Condo.
fresh look at a classic…
Great writers have left us with characters that still exist today, it is simply their backdrop that
has changed. PROUD IZA is, a contemporary retelling set in New York City of “The
Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. First published in 1884, the stirring story of greed, pride
and vanity has become one of the author’s most popular works and is notorious for its
surprise ending.
Sunscreen Film Festival is organized and presented by the St. Petersburg-Clearwater Film Society, a not-for-profit 501(c) (3) organization, which is dedicated to educating the public about the art of visual storytelling, enhancing opportunities for local filmmakers to develop their craft and art, and increasing the public’s awareness and support of local filmmaking as a cultural and economic asset.
History:
The Sunscreen Film Festival has grown from its first festival in a local art gallery with 600 attendees in 2006 to a nationally recognized event with an attendance of over 11,000 people in 2011. The SSFF has screened over 600 independent films in its first 6 years. The festival is based at the Baywalk Entertainment Complex and Muvico 20 Theaters. The festival additionally utilizes multiple locations around downtown St. Petersburg.
Sunscreen places a great emphasis on supporting and encouraging Florida based talent. A grant has been established and given to the past two Best Florida Film winners at Sunscreen. Additionally SSFF has film acquisition execs in attendance every year. Over a dozen films have been picked up for distribution in the last 3 years at Sunscreen.
Sunscreen is different from other festivals in that the festival guests are expected to take part in workshops, classes or some other manner that supports the mission of the festival. Guests are asked to participate in educational programming as a part of their attendance at the festival. Past guests over the first 6 festivals have included;
Just a few of our past guests have included:
- actor John Travolta (Grease, Pulp Fiction)
- actor Kelly Preston (Jerry Maguire)
- actor Billy Dee Williams (Empire Strikes Back, Brian’s Song)
- actor Patrick Wilson (Watchmen, Phantom of the Opera)
- actor Jeff Donovan (Burn Notice, Changeling)
- actor Ethan Supplee (My Name is Earl, Butterfly Effect)
- actor Bill Cobbs (Night at the Museum, over 100 credits)
- actor Alexa Vega (Spy Kids 1,2,3, Broken Hill)
- actor Ayanna Berkshire (Twilight, Leverage)
- actor Solomon Trimble (Twilight)
- Ralph Winter (Producer, X-men 1-3, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, Star Trek 2-4)
- Phil Cooke (Author, Filmmaker, Media Consultant)
- Dean Batali (Producer, Head Writer, That 70’s Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Sean Covel (Producer, Napoleon Dynamite)
- Doc Wyatt (Producer, Napoleon Dynamite)
- Leo Partible (Comic Author, Producer)
- screenwriter Timothy J. Sexton (Oscar nominee for Children of Men)
- screenwriter Steven de Souza (Die Hard, 48 Hours)
- casting director Lana Veenker (Twilight, Leverage)
- casting director John Jackson (About Schmidt, Sideways)
- composer, musician Michael Tolcher, (Scrubs, One Tree Hill, ESPN)
- producer Dave Anderson (Prince of Egypt)
- distribution, finance, acquisitions Jamie Fleming
- distribution, finance, acquisitions John Flynn
Description:
The Sunscreen Film Festival which is put on by The non-profit St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Society not only screens great films and brings in top notch Hollywood talent but it also provides excellent year round programming. The festival’s year round programming includes; special film screenings in partnership with and screened at the Museum of Fine Arts in downtown St. Petersburg, free outdoor film screenings, a Film School Summer Camp, and educational “Film Schools” for adults and kids throughout the year. As well as actor’s workshops and community support programs. Sunscreen additionally screens local independent films throughout the year in a theater environment to support local and Florida filmmakers.
The Sunscreen Film Festival is steadily growing into one of the top film festivals in the country. By programming great films, and bringing in top notch industry talent Sunscreen has established itself as one of the best young film festivals around.
Sunscreen continues to receive community support from the following entities in the form of resources and in-kind donations. The City of St. Petersburg, The Pinellas County Film Commission, The St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, The University of Tampa, Southeastern University Lakeland, The Dali Museum, Baywalk Entertainment Complex and Muvico Theaters, and The Renaissance Vinoy Resort.
Programme of the exhibition: showing of selectioned short movies of the competition; two meetings with directors and film critics concerning financing and releasing of short format; showing of short of author.
International Non-Budget Film Festival in beautiful Gibara, northeastern Cuba presided by important Cuban filmmaker Humberto Solás, anthological author of IberoAmerica.Awards allow winning filmmakers to initiate or continue their film careers.
Independent Film Festival featuring a documentary competition, genre and author sections, plus a nice variety of films, adding up to 100+ entries.
The Pärnu Int. Documentary Film Festival, founded in 1987, is the oldest annual film festival in Estonia.
The aim of the festival in general is to support cultural survival of peoples. Only documentary films of high value and quality, recording human activities in social, historical or ecological context are accepted for competition screenings.
Main subjects: Human Interest, Social Issues, Art, Music, Culture, Survival of Indigenous Cultures, Docs for Kids, Author's POV.
The festival is held every July.
An international jury awards the grand prix for the best film.
Since 1999, a separate competition has been held for films, what will be broadcast in Estonian Television (Estonian People's Award).
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