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Awards of the seventh Fipadoc international documentary festival in Biarritz

The closing ceremony of the seventh Fipadoc international documentary festival was held this evening, Friday 31 January 2025, in Biarritz. The Grand Prix for International Documentary goes to Black Box (Black Box Diaries) by Shiori Itô (Japan)     ...

The Festival Beat N°1122 and a Happy new year

  THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995   Wishing you happy new year   I take this opportunity to extend our warmest wishes for a successful new year on the festival circuit. We are working hard on a new version of our platform to better serve our community. Filmfestivals.com was established in 1995 before google existed, turned into a social network in 2006 with a blog platform welcoming festivals and film pro...

American Film Market is returning to Los Angeles this November!

AFM® is coming back to Los Angeles for its 46th edition (November 11-16, 2025). After an extensive evaluation of multiple venues across Los Angeles to meet the industry’s specific needs and size, the IFTA® Board of Directors has selected the Fairmont Century Plaza in Century City as the new home of AFM. It is ideally situated just minutes from Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, and Westwood and next door to the AMC Century City 15 for screenings. Newly renovated, the Fa...

Berlinale Camera 2025: Tribute to Rainer Rother

At the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, film expert and Artistic Director of the Deutsche Kinemathek Rainer Rother will be honoured with the Berlinale Camera. Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle says: “We are honouring Rainer Rother for his many years of work in the service of preserving cinematic history and as a bridge builder between history and contemporary cinema. Under his leadership, the Deutsche Kinemathek has successfully made the living heritage of cinematic art accessibl...

The Berlinale 2025 Juries

The International Jury (clockwise): Todd Haynes © Samir Hussein / Wire Image, Nabil Ayouch © Mehdy Mariouch, Bina Daigeler © Pablo Zamora, Bingbing Fan © Chen Man, Rodrigo Moreno © Lucas Charrier, Amy Nicholson © Lee Jameson, Maria Schrader © Christine Fenzl   Competition: The International Jury Once again a multitalented International Jury will decide who will take home the Golden and the Silver Bears at the Berlinale 2025. The members of the ...

EFM Industry Sessions & Producers Hub 2025 360° Perspective: Knowledge, Learning, Exchange and Networking

© EFM / Juliane Eirich As the first major market of the year, the European Film Market with its EFM Industry Sessions programme (14-18.02.2025) offers the perfect stage to discuss the trends and ideas that will engage the industry in the coming film year. They comprise a diverse industry programme consisting of talks, roundtables, masterclasses and interactive workshops in connection with the DocSalon and...

Spanish 2025 Feroz Awards

The Spanish Association of Cinematographic Informers (AICE) has presented its 2025 Feroz Awards at the Pazo da Cultura in Pontevedra (Spain). The AICE is a group of 220 journalists and critics dedicated to reporting on film across television, radio, the press and online in Spain. They have been handing out these awards since 2014 to recognise the year’s best Spanish audiovisual productions. In addition to the annual awards, the association presents the Feroz Zinemaldia Award at the San ...

Dirty Harry and 7 other classic restored films at Berlinale Classics 2025

In the 2025 Berlinale Classics section, the artistic director of the Deutsche Kinemathek, Dr Rainer Rother, and his team showcase eight digitally restored film classics, seven world premieres and one international premiere. The eras represented range from the 1930s to the 1980s. For the first time, the section features restorations by the Estonian Film Institute (EFI) and the China Film Archive. Berlinale Classics also embraces genre cinema, a nod to the 2025 Retrospective. The section will ope...

Tom Tykwer Opens the 75th Berlin International Film Festival with Das Licht (The Light)

Tala Al-Deen in Das Licht (The Light) by Tom Tykwer © Frédéric Batier / X Filme The world premiere of Tom Tykwer’s latest feature film Das Licht (The Light) will open the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on February 13, 2025. The German-French production Das Licht (The Light) will be presented as a Berlinale Special Gala in the Berlinale Palast. “We knew as soon as we saw Das Licht (The Light) that we wanted to have it open the 75th Berlin...

First market for Tanja Meissner new Director of Berlinale Pro and European Film Market

Tanja Meissner   Berlinale Festival Director Tricia Tuttle has appointed the highly regarded and experienced industry professional Tanja Meissner to join her Executive team as the Director of Berlinale Pro*. This reshaped role encompasses the directorship of the European Film Market (EFM) while also taking a strategic lead in developing the Berlinale Pro* consortium, together with the Heads of the Berlinale Co-Production Market, Berlinale Talents and World Cinema Fund, who will report ...

First Berlin Speakers and Program Announcements for Winston Baker Entertainment Finance Forum

Winston Baker’s Entertainment Finance Forum Berlin returns with a sharp focus on the evolving world of global entertainment finance. This year, we spotlight cutting-edge sales strategies, the surge of international co-productions, and the intersection of creativity and capital in today’s industry. Join top executives and thought leaders as they share actionable insights on securing funding, navigating co-production complexities, and staying authentic while deli...

Incandescence at SBIFF Interview with the directors: Velcrow Ripper and Nova Ami.

As wildfires ravage the planet, a new National Film Board of Canada documentary offers extraordinary stories of survival and adaptation (Image provided by the NFB) Praise to directing partners Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper who are giving a US premiere, at The Santa Barbara International Film Festival, of their very timely documentary: ‘Incandescence’. Be ready to truly feel the heat while watching this mesmerizing and very scary "anatomy of fire”. Nova and Velcro...

‘I HATE MYSELF AND WANT TO DIE’ At the Santa Barbara International Film Festival

  An interview with Star: Ali Gallo    Meet rising Star, Ali Gallo! You might have catch her in ‘Incoming’ or ‘The Sex lives of college girls.’ Ali is the leading actress of the  new dark comedy ‘I hate myself and want to die’ directed by the very talented J.Davis who had directed a little gem: ‘Manson Family Vacation’. Ali Gallo is the young ‘Hayley’ who, with other friends and family members, ar...

Focus on Munich-The Bavarian Film Awards and the Black White Ball Munich Stories

While Davos and the World Economic Forum was in the middle of attention January 20-24, attracting the showbiz besides politicians, business people, lobbyists and FinTech enthusiasts like the Swiss founders of the "House of Trust" or activists like Stephanie zu Guttenberg and Fawzia Koofi, who were attending the high profile conference of the "World Woman Foundation" chaired by it's American president Rupa Dash, the focus was for the following 2 days on Munich.  The ...

VIDEO meeting with Train Dreams Star Joel Edgerton and team in Sundance

Train Dreams Star Joel Edgerton on Red Carpet Premiere at SFF 2025 ROSE WAGNER THEATER in Salt Lake City,  Utah   Watch the trailer!   ...

VIDEO: Amy Redford at Sundance Film Festival 2025

  Amy Redford is an American actress and filmmaker, daughter of Robert Redford and historian and environmental activist Lola Van Wagenen. She received her BA in Drama/Theatre Arts in 1994 from San Francisco State University. She also attended the University of Colorado Boulder and studied theatre in England at LAMDA. A few words on the red carpet with James Nelson for filmfestivals.com   ...

VIDEO: EFP Europe Hub in Sundance Director talks about fest screenings

EFP provides a meeting space for the European film industry at the DoubleTree Hotel, The Yarrow, to promote and celebrate the diversity of European cinema. Jo Mühlberger is efp deputy managing director. He sat down at Europe's Sundance Hub with James Nelson, filmfestivals.com Sundance correspondant. Films from Norway, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium and Austria are running in the different sections of the festival and will be highlighted at t...

VIDEO: Eugene Hernandez welcoming words at Sundance 2025

Eugene is Head of Sundance filmfestival and public programming at sundanceorg Welcoming press attending Sundance the day before the opening this is what he had to say about Sundance relocating to another city (Cincinatti ?) The place for the new home for Sundance is Not Announced yet. Two more years in Park City ! ...

VIDEO: Sundance 2025 ambiance in Park City a day prior to opening

Our Sundance correspondant James Nelson returns to  Park City to share ambiance, interviews and other Sundance exciting moments.   ...

The Festival Beat N°1121 and a Happy new year

  THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995   Wishing you happy new year   I take this opportunity to extend our warmest wishes for a successful new year on the festival circuit. We are working hard on a new version of our platform to better serve our community. Filmfestivals.com was established in 1995 before google existed, turned into a social network in 2006 with a blog platform welcoming festivals ...

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