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One of the brightest stars of the Indian cinema - Amitabh Bachchan – will be our guest during this year's Off Plus Camera film festival. He was to come to Kraków last year, but was unable to arrive because of the Icelandic volcano which had paralysed the air traffic in 2010. Amitabh Bachchan accepted our invitation one more time and we do hope that this year he arrives without incidents at our festival!Amitabh Bachchan, mainly famous for his role in “Happiness & Tears", will...
Czech Film Center will be hosting a film festival in Brussels, BEST OF VISEGRAD CINEMA, from March 22-27. To mark the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Visegrad Group, four recent films from each V4 country – the biggest box-office hit, the biggest international success, the best documentary and the most successful film for children and youth – will be screened at the Brusselian Cinéma Vendôme during event. The festival precedes a conference titled: Quo vadis Visegrad...
The advisory board of German Films Service + Marketing GmbH was newly elected at the shareholders meeting on Monday, March 14.
The shareholders have elected Martin Moszkowicz as the new chairman of the advisory board. Martin Moszkowicz, executive board member with responsibilities for film and television at Constantin Film AG and a board member of the feature film section at the German Producers Alliance, will take over with immediate effect from Alfred Hürmer who had been the chairman of t...
Another exclusive guest coming from France on FEST2011 is indeed writer and author of a book about Stanley Kubrick and Editor of the most exclusive French film magazine ever “Le Positif”, a film critic, Michel Ciment. Ciment held a Master Class, moderated by the black wave old Yugoslav film Dušan Makavejev on the festival, because Ciment (as many others) is truly nostalgic for the times of the big Yugoslav cinema. And for those who do not know, Pavlovic, Djordjevic and Makavejev of the ...
ÉCU is happy to announce our new partnership with Avanca Film Festival!
Avanca, a festival established in 1997, invites filmmakers from all
around the world to submit their short films, feature films,
documentaries, and experimental videos!
Avanca has sent some of their award winning films in for submission
to ÉCU, including Conto Do Vento, A Ria,A Ana, O Honen, and Desta Agua.
Hamilton Trindade, a representative from Avanca, will be participating
in our judging submissio...
photo still of 'Tropa d'Elite 2' with actor Wagner Moura
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Panorama Special and Panorama Dokumente
The first is Brazilian filmmaker José Padilha's Tropa de Elite 2, which does not just take up his Golden Bear-winning film from 2008 again, but also shifts the perspective. A human rights activist in Brazil is elected district representative, yet he is the antithesis of the militia, police
and, above all, the political system. The second openin...
Did you know the wooden horse from the 2004 film Troy, is preserved on the seafront at Çanakkale, Turkey? ( The Trojan Horse was a wooden contraption in which Greek soldiers hid to trick the Trojans into opening their city gates, thus losing their long drawn out war. Helen,wife of King Menelaus of Sparta was "given" by the goddess Aphrodite to Paris, who was married and deeply in love with a nymph named Oenone, but left her for Helen. The Spartan queen eloped with ...
● FCAT's 8th edition on 11th-19th June
● 3rd African-Spanish film Co-production forum's submission closed
● Submissions of films for official competition close February 25th
● Submissions of for 4th PhotoAfrica close March 1st
The African Film Festival of Tarifa (www.fcat.es), has entered into a partnership with AfricanFilms.tv, a video-on-demand internet platform with headquarter in Dakar, Senegal, aiming to help the platform build up its catal...
Fender Security Marcus Zavala, Photo by Michael Korbic
The Sundance Film Festival had a lot of music surrounding it this year. One of the central places to unwind and hear some live tunes was the Fender Music Lodge. With different bands performing throughout the day in a very intimate setting, Fender was the place to be.
Mandi Perkins of Of Verona, Photo by Dianna Renée
During the intimate, live, rock shows, organic, fair trade spirits were served up by Fa...
Oman's Muscat Festival kicks off today and expects over two million visitors by the time the fest ends on 24th February 2011. Events include a Fashion Week, Tour of Oman cycle race (which will feature over 120 of the best names from the Tour de France. ) a food fest and the Extreme Sailing World Championships.
As part of the Muscat Festival playback singer, Sonu Nigam and the actress Lara Dutta will take to the stage on 10th February 2011. Indian superstar Shah Rukh K...
OFF PLUS CAMERA International Festival of Independent Cinema broadens its formula every year, offering new sections in its program. One of the innovations of the 4th edition of the festival will be Polish Feature Film Competition. All Polish feature films, produced in 2010 and 2011, could be applied for the competition. The main prize is 100, 000 PLN – to be shared by the winning movie producer and director. Films qualified t...
After many months of preparation, a postponement of the event from october to january, some promo help from filmfestivals.com (bills unpaid alas) the first annual Los Angeles Music Video Festival (LAMVF) will finally take place Sunday, January 23rd, at the Downtown Independent Theater. Concert and after-party will follow at The Echoplex with LA favorites, Voxhaul Broadcast and Black Apples. Out of over 200 submissions from 16 different countries, finalists were selected to participate in stude...
www.africa-light.com
A film by Tino Schwanemann. Music by Steffen Greisiger & The Film Orchestra Babelsberg.
Synopsis:
Africa is full of nature’s colors. A colorful experience! The social, political and economical problems of the continent, however, are unsaturated. Neither black nor white, but endless gray.
"Africa Light" - as white local citizens call Namibia. The name suggests romance, the beauty of nature and promises a life witho...
by ALEX DELEONfor www.filmfestivals.com Director/actress Aparna Sen, is the special guest at Florence The River to River (Arno to Ganges) festival of Indian films in Florence, Italy, is all set to fly from Dec. 3 to Dec. 10. This will be the tenth installment of this unique European showcase of Indian cinema, founded and fostered by Selvaggia Velo, herself a native of the Tuscan urb famous for its long art and architectural traditions, from Michelangelo to the fabulous cathedral known as the "D...
Richard J. Fox
Executive Vice President,
Warner Bros. Entertainment International
A highly respected member of the international film community, Richard Fox serves as
Executive Vice President, International, Warner Bros Entertainment. A 35-year company
veteran, he works closely with Warner Bros.' senior management to develop
opportunities emerging from the company's international growth to expand newly
acquired business...
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards has unveiled the International Jury members who will join previously announced President, Lord David Puttnam, for the fourth annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards to be held on the Gold Coast, Australia, on December 2.
Lord David Puttnam, Academy Award winner and producer of Chariots of Fire, The Mission and The Killing Fields, has assembled a Jury of highly experienced industry professionals from across the globe. They are:
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All eyes are turning to Amsterdam starting today when the the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the largest and most prestigious non-fiction media event in the world, kicks off its 23rd edition. The Festival, which will show nearly 250 films over 11 days, opens with the Dutch documentary POSITION AMONG THE STARS by veteran director Leonard Retel Helmrich. The film, which also competes in the IDFA Competition for Feature Length Documentary, will have its premi...
"12th International Panorama"…since we have not sailed yetthe most beautiful seas…In a successful and festive atmosphere, Patras International Film Festival & Culture – “12th International Panorama” ended on Saturday, 9th of October, organized by the non-profit organization “International Panorama of Independent Film and Video Creators” in collaboration with the Editorial Committee of the online magazine «Cineek magazine-online magazine of Alternative Culture», www.cineek.gr. The...
Press release – 19 October 201013th – 18th October 2010The fifth edition of Cyprus International Film Festival was here! The biggest, most anticipated film festival not only in Cyprus but in a wide area was organized for another time in order to move, encharm, entertain and present the most auspicious film trends to the die-hard cinemagoers and to first- timers in getting to know significant pieces of the Seventh Art. All these have been presented through this year’s multilayered program. ...
Executives from Lionsgate, Summit, Mandalay, Lifetime, SyFy, DreamWorks, Disney, Fox, Sony, The Weinstein Company and WME among ParticipantsThe 2010 American Film Market today released a seminar and conference schedule encompassing a broad cross-section of key Hollywood and global players who are converging for the Nov. 3-10 market. Now in its 31st year, the AFM will showcase panels examining film financing, social media, piracy, distribution and marketing. The sessions will include prominent fi...
by Ana Clara Soares, ÉCU writer
September in Paris has been a month with endless opportunities for independent filmmakers to expose their work, and film-goers to enjoy them. With the end of our summer, it’s a time to enjoy the last moments of warm afternoons at parks or begin to find refuge in the movie theaters on surprisingly chilly nights. For those who like myself would prefer to combine these occasions with the opportunity to discover new films and filmmakers, festivals li...
Today, September 1, 2010, marks the opening of the Venice Film Festival 2010. Let me take you back to a film that won the Golden Lion sixteen years ago. I'll never forget the first time I saw the Macedonian film Before the Rain (1994), which was winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1994. Well, I have always believed that the soundtrack makes the film, like frosting makes the cake. One just cannot go without the other. And the melodious music from Before the Rain, that alway...
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Only original short films, not being showed in previous editions, and
produced after 2007, are eligible. The content can be fiction or
documentary. Participants need to be younger than 35 years when they
finished their short films.
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films are eligible for the following awards, including a stattuete:
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Best
fiction or documentary shorts:
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First price: 750 euros + stattuete.
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Four spanish films to compete in the Official Selection at San Sebastian Festival
The new films by José María de Orbe (Aita), Judith Colell and Jordi Cadena (Elisa K), Oscar Aibar (El Gran Vázquez (The Great Vázquez) and Agustí Villaronga (Pa Negre (Black Bread) will run for the Golden Shell
Aita is, after La línea recta (The Straight Line) (2006), the second movie from José María de Orbe, one of current Spanish cinema’s most unclassifiable and personal direct...
The making of/night of the short film L'amour de Montparnasse! (part 1 of 2)Waiting out side the gates the public left and we moved in. It took an hour of setting up make-up, wardrobe, craft service and the first shot. Due to the necessity of me having to multi-task I was running around like a headless chicken with no one to help in the behind the scenes as they were all setting up the jib arm and dolly. Thankfully Chantelle who was the Travel Town representative was great and couldn't hav...
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