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Locarno FF: The Leopard In August

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DEEP IN THE WOODS (Benoit Jacquot, France) While most of Europe is on vacation and the film business is enjoying a brief pause in its frenetic pace, the action is strong and the movies are fierce at the Locarno Film Festival, the esteemed film event taking place this week in the beautiiful mountain city in southern Switzerland. The Festival, celebrating its 63rd year as one of the world's oldest and most respected, is the first for newly installed Artistic Director Olivier P...

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A new upcoming production company in Norway...film projects from Oslo to the world.

GAY FILM NIGHTS International Film Festival - 2010

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In October, GAY FILM NIGHTS International Film Festival brings the rainbow of diversity to Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from around the world, through a competition of LGBT-themed short films, feature films and documentaries. In autumn, when trees lose their leaves, we try to make people lose their prejudices and fill up our basket - not with fruit, but with good movies, great activities and cultural diversity. GAY FILM NIGHTS International Film Festival 2010 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Mo...

Galway Film Fleadh to screen best in Irish and World Cinema

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Galway Film Fleadh (pronounced " FLAH" meaning feast or festival in Irish) has announced the 2010 line-up of films for its 22nd annual Fleadh, which runs July 6-11th, 2010 in Galway, Ireland. The Fleadh is excited to present 100 feature films, 115 shorts films, eight World Premiers and 53 Irish Premieres during the six-day Fleadh. "We are thrilled to continue our tradition of offering the very best in world cinema and Irish films. The diversity of the Fleadh's offerings is...

Made in Prag Presents Czech Films and Young Producers in Hamburg

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In conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the twin-city relationship between Prague and Hamburg, Czech Film Center has teamed up with Kinematheka Humburk to host a film festival coupled with a meeting for producers. From June 23 – 27, Made in Prag will present dozens of Czech feature films to Hamburg audiences for the first time. The bill of fare for the 5-day festival is rounded out by a section profiling of Prague and three blocks of short films made by film school stu...

Rose d'or nominees revealed!

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Out of 515 submissions, 110 programmes from 22 countries have been nominated for a Rose d'Or Award and have been announced yesterday evening at two simultaneous receptions at BAFTA in London and at the Festival Centre in Hotel Schweizerhof Lucerne. Broadcasters and production companies from 40 countries from five continents submitted their programmes into the competition. Here is the international breakdown of the nominees: Argentina (3), Australia (4), Belgium (2), Canada (7), Denmark (2), Egy...

IFI Ireland on Sunday presents a celebration of Deirdre O'Connell, founder of Dublin's Focus Theatre

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  IFI Ireland on Sunday presents a celebration of Deirdre O'Connell, founder of Dublin's Focus Theatre A Tribute to Deirdre O'Connell (1939-2001)   Hold the Passion by Ronan O'Leary  June 20th 1pm   One of the most colourful personalities of Irish theatre in the second half of the twentieth century, Deirdre O'Connell is remembered for her dedication to Focus Theatre which she founded, ...

Russian TV Channel 'Kultura' reports on the VOICES Festival

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Russian TV channel 'TV Kultura'  reported on the VOICES Festival, following their coverage of the VOICES Festival Press Conference last June 2nd in Moscow.Check out the video! Click here....

A COMPLEXION CHANGE - International and Intercultural Diplomacy

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Production & Direction FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE THE COLLEGIUM - FORUM & TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN in association with CULTURAL ZEPHYR e.V. present XXV. Black International Cinema Berlin 2010 Anniversary A COMPLEXION CHANGE – International & Intercultural Diplomacy The Magical Oasis Cinema Experience in cooperation with Commissioner for Integration, District Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin May 4-8, 2010 RATHAUS SCHÖNEBERG (City Hall) Kinosaal (cinema)...

Introduction: XXV. Black International Cinema Berlin 2010

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Production & Direction FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE THE COLLEGIUM - FORUM & TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN in association with CULTURAL ZEPHYR e.V. present XXV. Black International Cinema Berlin 2010 Anniversary A COMPLEXION CHANGE – International & Intercultural Diplomacy The Magical Oasis Cinema Experience in cooperation with Commissioner for Integration, District Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin May 4-8, 2010 RATHAUS SCHÖNEBERG (City Hall) Kinosaal (cinema)...

Flicks International Student Short Film Festival Groningen

This year will be the first edition of Flicks International Student Short Film Festival in Groningen, Netherlands. It is a festival organized by students for students from all over the world. Young, dynamic and the (film)party of the year!

And off course a grand competition to find the best student film of the past year!

XXV. Black International Cinema Berlin 2010

http://www.blackinternationalcinema.de/BIC10/bic_10.htm

Cork International Youth Film & Video Festival

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Cork International Youth Film & Video Festival

The Cork International Youth Film Video will take place on

the 29th June 2010 in the Rochestown Park Hotel Cork (Ireland)

The closing date for entries is the 29th May 2010.This year festures a

retrospective of 30 years of the festival.

Entry forms available at:  http//www.corkfilmarchive.webs.com

Enquiries to:

corkfilmarchive@irelandmail.com

 

Documenta Madrid 10 Official Selection

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A total of 87 unreleased films have been selected to participate in the Official Competitive Sections of Documenta Madrid 10, which will be celebrated from the 7th to the 16th of May.   The selected documentaries belong to 30 different nationalities; 33 of these films are Spanish productions. Some of the countries represented in the Oficial Section of Documenta Madrid 10 are: United States, France,Italy, Netherlands, United Kindom, Belgium, Denmark, Poland, Austria, Argentina...

IndieLisboa Festival unveils 280 strong features and shorts line-up and 33 Portuguese World Premieres

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The International Independent Film Festival of Lisbon - IndieLisboa (April 22- May 2) has unveiled its full line-up for its 7th edition, and will present over 100 features and 180 shorts as well as workshops, panel discussions and masterclasses. Twelve films have been shortlisted for the main International Competition, which is reserved for first or second time directors. The line-up includes Benjamin Heisenberg's The Robber, Javier Rebollo's La mujer sin piano, Martijn Maria Smits C'est ...

KINSHASA SYMPHONY opens 16th Visions du Réel festival in Nyon (15 - 21 April)

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There will be a strong presence of German documentaries at this year's Visions du Réel festival in Nyon: apart from the opening film, 25 German films or co-productions have been invited to this highly respected festival in Switzerland. BERLIN -STETTIN by Volker Koepp and LULLABY (WIEGENLIEDER) by Tamara Trampe and Johann Feindt will be competing in the International Competition of Visions du Réel  for the CHF 20,000 Grand Prix.   The following will be showing in the ne...

Closing Ceremony of the 12th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

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 Amnesty International Award for a film on Human Rights : The award goes to : « PETITION » Zhao Liag France/China. 2009. 124'There are many reasons why theAmnesty International Award, is of great importance to the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century. First of all, because it brings in contact two institutions that share a strong sensitization andsimilar goals. Furthermore, they both operate on a complementary level, with the Festival promoting and screenin...

Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival Awards

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Amnesty International Award for a film on Human Rights :The award goes to : « PETITION »Zhao Liag France/China. 2009. 124'There are many reasons why the Amnesty International Award, is of great importance to the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century. First of all, because it brings in contact two institutions that share a strong sensitization and similar goals. Furthermore, they both operate on a complementary level, with the Festival promoting and screening films by d...

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Thessaloniki Fest expresses its condolences for the death of pioneering cartoonist Turhan Selçuk

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The Thessaloniki International Film Festival would like to express its sincere condolences for the death of pioneering cartoonist Turhan Selçuk, the father of the contemporary Turkish comic strip. Selçuk’s work was presented for the last time in Greece, in the context of the 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, in a hugely successful exhibition.  Turhan was born in Turkey in 1922. He published his first comic strip in the newspaper Turk Sozu in 1942 and a year later he launched humor mag...

Matadero Madrid is the new headquarters for DOCUMENTA MADRID 10

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The 7th International Documentary Film Festival DOCUMENTA MADRID 10 will be held from the 7th of May to the 16th of May, organized by the Arts Department of The City of Madrid with support and backing once again from HRH the Princess of Asturias,who will be the Patroness of Honor for this event. This year, the festival has received more submissions than ever, with 1,153 films from 92 different countries. Out of the total, 233 films are Spanish productions, a figure that increses year to ye...

Berlinale 2011 coming...soon

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This year's anniversary Berlinale celebrated another fantastic highlight with the Award Ceremony on February 20, 2010. As has become tradition, the festival again came to a close with its Berlinale Kinotag for the public on February 21. For eleven days, the Berlinale provided visitors with cinematic discoveries, touching moments and stimulating encounters.   Amid a flurry of flashes from photographers and the applause of fans, countless stars strolled up the red carpet at ...

Rotterdam@BAM Brings Best of Fest to Brooklyn

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Rap music and urban renewal aren't the only things Brooklyn, New York, and the Dutch city of Rotterdam have in common. Both advance a version of the Rotterdam film festival.On March 3-9, 2010, a month after curtains closed at the 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam (January 27—February 7), the Brooklyn Academy of Music rolls out Rap music and urban renewal aren't the only things Brooklyn, New York, and the Dutch city of Rotterdam have in common. Both advance a version of the Rotterdam f...

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