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Preview of Cannes Festival and Market

Cannes Marché du Film & Festival NEWSLETTER   Coverage from our team in Cannes : Vanessa McMahon, Moira Sullivan, Aldo Nadal, Nicole Goesseringer Muj, Nesta Morgan, Brice Anxionnaz and the blog patrol led by Bruno Chatelin your editor !   Cannes Festival & Marché du Film pre roll Newsletter  I Cannes Beat 1 I Cannes Beat 2 I Cannes Beat 3 I Cannes Beat 4 I...

Spain, Country of Honour @ Marché du Film 2023

   Through the collaboration of Cinema from Spain, ICEX Spain Trade & Investment & ICAA - Institute of Cinematography & Audiovisual Arts, the Marché du Film is excited to present an incredible program of events to celebrate Spain's most recent audiovisual achievements and promote emerging talents & new projects across all our key industry programs.   Take a look at all the Spanish highlights!     &nb...

Filmfestivals.com ranked N°2 in the top 80 film festival blogs and websites by Feedspot

33 years later, 1056 newsletter blasts later...Very proud of this recognition and the feedback from our filmmakers audience. Thank you Feedspot!   Watch the full list About Feedspot Lists and Ranking Feedspot discovers, categorises and ranks blogs, podcasts and influencers in several niche categories. We have curated over 250,000 popular blogs and categorised them in more than 5,000 niche categories and industries. With millions of blog...

VIDEO Watch "Michael Douglas, the Child Prodigy" doc prior to his Palme d'or

Tuesday, May 16, Michael Douglas will receive the Palme d’or d’honneur at the 76th Festival de Cannes, in recognition of his brilliant career as well as his engagement for cinema. The Festival de Cannes will pay a tribute to him during the Opening Ceremony broadcasted live on France 2 and internationally on Brut. Two days to discover online: Michael Douglas, the Child Prodigy by Amine Mestari! Photo: Michael Douglas © Folamour WATCH ONLINE  ...

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  THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995 GETTING READY FOR CANNES: LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED HELP TAKING CENTER STAGE WITH EXCLUSIVE SCREENING BOOSTER CAMPAIGNS AND MORE GET SOME HELP: just email us  Cannes Dailies I Cannes Market Dailies Weekly newsletter N°1054 // 1055 Documenting the festivals experience since 1995, reaching over 166 000 subscribers.   ...

La Riposte will receive the Movie that Matters Award in Cannes during filmfestivals.com Festival Organizers annual reception

"La Riposte" is a 15 minutes long movie produced by The World Health Organization (WHO) it will be awarded during Cannes with the "Movie that Matters Award in Cannes" LA RIPOSTE is a testament to community resilience and perseverance against the COVID-19 pandemic and the hardships of life. Told through a dialogue between community leaders, health officials, scientists, and journalists, the film speaks about the importance of inclusion. Such a dialog...

The new session of the Résidence of the Festival de Cannes

Since March 1st and until July 15th 2023, the Résidence of the Festival de Cannes has hosted 6 directors who, for four and a half months, receive personalised support in the writing of their screenplay for their first or second feature film. They will be in Cannes from May 16th to May 22nd. In 2023, the Festival de Cannes wishes to reaffirm its mission to support the creations of younger generations and transmit our passionate interest in films. The Résidence is one of the forem...

Filmfestivals.com will host the annual wine tasting reception for festival organizers in Cannes, sponsored by FilmHedge

  THE FILMFESTIVALS.COM WINE TASTING RECEPTION FOR FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS Bruno Chatelin and the Filmfestivals.com Team Jon Gosier and the FilmHedge Team will host the annual reception where festival organizers have a chance to mingle and have a taste from wines from all around the world.  May 22nd 6:00pm - 10:30 pm     This annual event is by tradition held and reserved strictly for FILM FESTIVALS organizers.   RSVP only via eventbrite ONLY Questions ...

The Jury of the 76th Festival de Cannes unveiled!

  Ruben Ostlünd © Julien Lienard / Getty Images - Julia Ducournau © Stephane Cardinale – Corbis / Getty Images  - Damián Szifrón © Gabriel Machado - Rungano Nyoni © Gabriel Gauchet - Denis Ménochet © Sabine Villiard - Maryam Touzani © Lorenzo Salemi - Atiq Rahimi © Frédéric Stucin - Brie Larson © Randy Holmes / Getty Images -&...

Michael Douglas will receive the Honorary Palme d'or of the 76th Festival de Cannes

The Festival de Cannes awarded it to Forest Whitaker, Agnès Varda, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jodie Foster or Manoel de Oliveira. Michael Douglas will receive the Palme d'or d'honneur at the 76th Festival de Cannes, in recognition of his brilliant career as well as his engagement for cinema. The Festival de Cannes will pay a tribute to him during the Opening Ceremony broadcasted live on France 2 and internationally on Brut. Tuesday, May 16. © Gareth Cattermole / Getty Im...

Jury announced for Un Certain Regard at the 76th Festival de Cannes

John C. Reilly © Kirk MacKoy / Getty Images - Alice Winocour © Aurélie Lamachère - Émilie Dequenne © Delphine Ghosarossian - Paula Beer © Christian Hartmann - Davy Chou © Julien Lienard Following last year’s Italian director, actress and producer Valeria Golino, this year American actor John C. Reilly is set to preside over the Un Certain Regard Jury, together with French director and screenwriter Alice Winocour, German actress Paula Beer, F...

Barrett Wissman joins the Taormina Film Fest’s as Executive and co-Artistic Director

TAORMINA FILM FEST’S NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR INVITES DIRECTOR BELLA THORNE TO CURATE GALA EVENING “INFLUENTIAL SHORTS” The Taormina Arte Sicilia Foundation has appointed, effective immediately, arts and entertainment veteran Barrett Wissman as the Taormina Film Fest’s Executive and co-Artistic Director. As one of Wissman’s first initiatives of the festival’s 69th edition, artist Bella Thorne will be curating one of the prestigious gala evenings to ...

VIDEO Sibel's Silence, interview with the director

Bruno Chatelin met in Dubuque and Chicago airport with Aly Yeganeh, the director of Le Silence de Sibel (2020) which just won best ensemble cast at JDIFF. This film tells the story of 13-year-old Sibel, one of the many thousands of girls kidnapped by ISIS fighters. After her entire family was murdered, Sibel was taken as a prisoner and forced into sexual slavery – all in the name of religion.Hana, 40, is an ophthalmologist living in a small town in central France. Of Kurdish origin, she...

The 17th Edition of Animation Production Days Hosted around 900 Business Meetings

The 17th Edition of Animation Production Days Hosts around 900 Business MeetingsAfter an intensive three-day programme, the 17th edition of Animation Production Days (APD) drew to a close yesterday afternoon. The most important German business platform for newly developed animation projects is a joint venture between the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) and the FMX – Film & Media Exchange and takes place every year alongside its two partner events. A tota...

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Actress Anaïs Demoustier, President of the 76th Festival de Cannes Caméra d'or Jury

Following Rossy de Palma in 2022, this year French actress Anaïs Demoustier will preside over the Caméra d'Or Jury of the 76th Festival de Cannes. The Caméra d’Or goes to one of all the debut feature films presented in Official Selection and in parallel sections. The emotion of beginnings, youth as a source of inspiration, freshness as a force of conviction: these are the energies celebrated by the Festival de Cannes when awarding its Caméra d'Or, a...

European Film Awards to change dates in 2026

  Move repositions Europe’s main award show to international awards corridor   The European Film Awards, the European Film Academy’s annual award ceremony celebrating the best of European cinema, will move dates. After the 37th edition in December 2024, the 38th edition will take place mid-January 2026 and will celebrate the best European films from the previous year. The date change is a next step in the repositioning an...

Awards of Visions du Réel – International Film Festival Nyon

International Feature Film Competition   Grand Jury Prize offered by la Mobilière  CHF 20 000 While the Green Grass Grows Peter Mettler Switzerland, Canada | 2023 | 166' Special Jury Award offered by Région de Nyo...

Winners of the Porto Femme Festival 2023

  WINNERS OF THE 6TH EDITION PORTO FEMME  ...

Short films, BIG announcement with 76 diverse and creative short films for the 2023 Tribeca Festival

UNVEILING THE 2023 TRIBECA FESTIVAL SHORT FILM LINEUP Short films, BIG announcement…from a record number of submissions, we are thrilled to present a thoughtful curation of 76 diverse and creative short films for the 2023 Tribeca Festival! The 2023 Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, will take place June 7th to 18th and showcases an incredible range of narrative shorts, documentary shorts, animated shorts, and music videos – curated across themes highlighting love, family relati...

VIDEO Opening night ambiance at JDIFF 2023

Bruno Chatelin met on the opening night networking event with the team behind JDIFF: Brad Cavanagh the mayor of Dubuque, Sarita Koneru: the board of Directors President and Susan Gorrell executive director of JDIFF, the evening concluded with a canadian party after the screening of Toronto film Midnight at the Paradise. A very warm welcome with a festive ambiance. Photos:  © Digital Dubuque   Interview with Bill Richardson, producer of Midnight at the Para...

What are the best festivals in the world: this is what ChatGPT could "say"

There are numerous film festivals around the world, ranging from small, local events to large, international ones. Some of the most prestigious and well-known film festivals in the world include: Cannes Film Festival - held annually in Cannes, France, this is one of the oldest and most prestigious film festivals in the world. It showcases a diverse selection of films from around the world and awards prizes to the best films in various categories. Sundance Film Festival - held an...

PIERRE ANGÉNIEUX TRIBUTE to BARRY ACKROYD and ANGÉNIEUX SPECIAL ENCOURAGEMENT to HAYA KHAIRAT

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 Barry Ackroyd on Angénieux optics Throughout my Documentary and super 16mm film making I shot mostly with the famous Angenieux 10 to 1 zoom lenses and at times 15-150mm. These were my standard kit . Always on the camera ready to pick up and shoot. I worked in more than 50 countries in all conditions and they never let me down.  Shortly after the unbeatable Angenieux 24mm – 290mm zoom came out in the mid 2000’s… it’s on every one of my jobs, often...

Award winners of the 35th Filmfest Dresden were announced.

This Saturday evening, the award winners in the National, International and Central German Competitions of the 35th Filmfest Dresden were announced. ...

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