Film North, Huntsville International Film Festival, is the newest place for a small, simple, excellent festival in a remote location.  Huntsville is a two hour drive north of Toronto, in the beautiful lake district setting of Muskoka,  Ontario, Canada. Movie lovers can continue after attending the Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF,  the first two weekends of September, to the lovely setting of Huntsville, Ontario, Canada,  the third weekend of September.  Our mandate is to create ...

Dutch director Heddy Honigmann and the "Forum" section of the Berlin International Film Festival will be honoured this year in IndieLisboa's "Independent Hero" program. The 7th Lisbon International Independent Film Festival will be held between 22 April - 2 May. Heddy Honigmann Retrospective Heddy Honigmann is one of the "Independent Heroes" of IndieLisboa's next edition. The Lisbon Independent Film Festival will pay tribute to this renown documentary filmma...

My colleague Egbert Hörmann and I are working our way through the film submissions. We’re just leaving the café after a break and are about to watch some more. We’re in the elevator with two other Berlinale staff members from another section. Their arms are full of films. I’m looking for a particular film so I ask: ‘Are those short films?’ I get a strange look and the answer: ‘No, these are normal films.’ I have to smile. So does Egbert Hörmann. On that note, I...