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Running from Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th May 2011, this year’s 14 films selected to represent the best in current Asian Cinema:
Opening Film: The Lost Bladesman (UK Premiere) – dir. Alan Mak and Felix Chong (co-writers, Infernal Affairs), China. Donnie Yen (Ip Man) as the legendary historical Three Kingdoms figure, Guan Yu.
Hotel Black Cat (European Premiere) – dir. Herb Hsu (debut), Taiwan. Past traumas still linger with the eclectic residents at Hotel Black Cat. ...
The KahBang Film Festival is less than 4 months away, but submissions are still open! Be sure to submit your feature length narrative and documentary films as well as shorts in the correct categories by May 8th, or Late Submission Deadline!Join us this August 5th - 13th in Bangor, Maine for more than just our Film Festival, and check out musical acts just announced including, "My Morning Jacket", "Chromeo", "Atmosphere", and "Grace Potter and the Nocturnals&quo...
Have you been scammed by a film festival, if so let us know
We recently came across one festival organiser who runs 4 festivals, most of the awards go to their own films and the rest go in the trash. We are producing a filmmaking community expose documentary on scam film festivals. We are looking for shooters from all over the world to get involved
Would you support a Code of Conduct for film festivals?
More to the point would the festivals agree to a code of conduct?
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"A.L.I.C.E." just received word of its 11th festival invitation: Cinema
da Mare Touring Film Festival! Cinema da Mare will screen "A.L.I.C.E."
in its Main Competition section in 10 cities in Italy from July 1-August
21. Eccoci...la!
"A.L.I.C.E." is available for broadcast sales and will be presented in
the Cannes Short Film Corner 2011 by Ouat Media. For more information,
please contact fred.joubaud@ouatmedia.com
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A limited number of New Media Film Festival tickets are now 30% off! Receive an invitation to our exclusive private party on May 2 if you buy before April 20 using the code 30P: http://bit.ly/nmff
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CERTIFIED, a new short film directed by LUKE ASA GUIDICI will premiere as part of the American Pavilion's EMERGING FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The film stars veteran actor THOMAS GARNER and rising star REBECCA SPICHER in a creepy adaptation of the legendary short story by British author SAKI. Shot on location in Los Angeles, the film also features great performances by THERESE LENTZ and Groundling's member TIMOTHY BRENNEN. Visit the American Pavilion website for mo...
17th Annual Twin Rivers Media Festival
First deadline is this Friday!!!!! Accepting entries in Animation, Short Drama, Experimental, Feature, Documentary, Outdoor, Commercial, Audio and Scriptwriting. Official Selections and past favorites will be shown in the River Arts District in Asheville, NC venues May 27-29, 2011.
Films must be submitted on DVD and have been completed in the last 3 years.
Entry Deadline (postmark): April 15, 2011
Extended deadline (arrival): April 29th (+$10)
Late ...
17th Annual Twin Rivers Media Festival
Accepting entries in Animation, Short Drama, Experimental, Feature, Documentary, Outdoor, Commercial, Audio and Scriptwriting. Official Selections and past favorites will be shown at the Courtyard Gallery at the Phil Mechanic Studios and other Asheville, NC venues May 27- 29, 2011. Scriptwriting Division results will be announced in September of each year.
Films must be submitted on DVD and have been completed in the last 3 years.
The 2011 entry dea...
Festival organizers are proud to announce a new award given on the grounds of the exemplary achievement in Cinema to a filmmaker, actor, or actress, who is connected to Kevin Norwood Bacon in 6 films or less, acknowledging the success the recipient has achieved by being so closely connected to Mr. Bacon.Why Kevin Bacon? The legend speaks for itself. Kevin Norwood Bacon left home at age 17 to pursue an acting career in New York City. Since his debut in the 1978 film Animal House, Bacon has ap...
On the Actors Studio, James Lipton sits with a stack of 3,000 blue cardsand asks one guest, one question at a time. The entire production is quite civilized save for theoccasional tap dance or ballet stance. At LA Comedy Shorts FilmFestival, the scene is anything but civilized. First of all, the panelists are no-names and today’s groupwas no different. For instance,some guy named Wayne Brady, was there. Now I ax ya, who da hell is dis guy? They muttered something about him being ...
Back in 2010, the KahBang Film Festival featured the Maine Premeire of the Maynard James Keenan documentary "Blood Into Wine" to rave reviews, and with that, the KahBang Film in competition category "Music Docs" was born. KahBang has always strived to discover up and coming talent in both music and film, so what better way to celebrate that notion than showcase the undeniably fascinating stories of our favorite musical groups on the silver screen. 2011 has already seen a ver...
VEGAS CINE FEST FILM FESTIVAL ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET AT THE
TROPICANA HOTEL AND CASINO
The Wild Rose Independent Film Festival will be held November 3-10, 2011 at the Fleur Cinema and Café in Des Moines. This artsy, hip and indie -friendly theatre/coffee house/bar/cafe has proven to be a fun and convenient venue also allowing attending filmmakers and audience close proximity to a wide variety of shops, restaurants, bars and music. Just 5 minutes from both the Des Moines International Airport and Downtown Des Moines, the Fleur has proven to be a very popular location!
Here is the official list of the 2011 panels and workshop seminars happening at this year’s Charleston InternationalFilm Festival. Don’t miss these rare opportunities to gain insight from professionals currently working in the film industry and learn great techniques ranging from animation to 3D filmmaking. Panels and seminars will be held throughout the festival, so be sure to register for the one (or ones) that interest you! For more information and the Charleston International Film Festiv...
New Media Film Festival
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Festival presentation:
The New Media Film Festival was created in 2010 for Artists, Filmmakers, Producers, Directors, Above and Below the line Crews, Thought Makers, & Implementers that brings stories worth telling to life.
There are categories in 3D Shorts, 3D Features, Animation, Apps, Digital Comics, Documentary, Feature, LGBT, Audience Choice / Mingle Media TV, Mobile, Music Video, Shorts, Shot on Red Shorts, Shot on Red Features, SR...
We started accepting films like Sinyora Enrica, from Turkey, Jack Falls from UK, 22:43 from Austria, Sombras Nada Mas, from Costa Rica - The Second Bakery Attack, from USA, De Paso, from MEXICO, etc.visit www.nyciff.comWe will Screen 300 Feature Films and 400 ShortsSUBMISSIONS STILL OPEN till May 31 ...
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The Creative Arts Film Festival is an annual international online short film festival that is designed to showcase and promote filmmakers. CAFF runs every December online and we offer worldwide exposure, free promotional listings, cash prizes, and we are the home of the prestigious Perfect Spirit Awards. CAFF knows the value of a good film, and we do our best to let every creative artist know that it is all about them and their project. Submit your proj...
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The Creative Arts Film Festival is an annual international online short film festival that is designed to showcase and promote filmmakers. CAFF runs every December online and we offer worldwide exposure, free promotional listings, cash prizes, and we are the home of the prestigious Perfect Spirit Awards. CAFF knows the value of a good film, and we do our best to let every creative artist know that it is all about them and their project. Submit your project today to this one of a kind festival experience!
“CAFF believes that it is through a legion of fans that filmmakers can build a solid career in entertainment.”
~ FEL, Festival Director, Creative Arts Film Festival
CAFF considers short length films that are 30 minutes maximum (including credits), and we offer filmmakers premiere exposure to entertainment industry professionals and fans worldwide via our website. We are completely driven by love of the craft and our festival is committed to the filmmakers who bring great short films to the world.
Founded by filmmaker and creative artist, FEL, CAFF is like no other film festival, because it is designed to promote YOU, the filmmaker. Our innovations are all designed to further YOUR career. Such as: The Perfect Spirit Awards – to bring recognition and accreditation to your work; Submitted Film Listings – Our massive additional promotional vehicle for our creative artists JUST FOR SUBMITTING A PROJECT; and, Video interviews of our filmmakers. These are all unique marketing ideas that no other film festival in the world had ever explored before CAFF.
CAFF offers all of these initiatives because it brings more attention to YOU, the creative artist. They were pioneered to better serve the filmmaker. And, mixed with our marketing efforts, CAFF does all it can do to get you and your project in front of every single person around the world.
Thank You and Good Luck from Creative Arts Film Festival.
Wimbledon SHORTS short Film Competition 2012 Deadline for Entries 31st March, 2012 Wimbledon's alternative film club, the WFC, hosts the fifth Wimbledon Shorts Film Festival in July 2012. We've got a terrific judging panel, great people from across the film industry:
- Lisa Rawlings: Development Editor, Film4
- Julia Blackman, co-founder and Executive Producer of Scion Films
- Allisa Ferrier, Acquisitions Executive, Artificial Eye
- Andrew Pulver: Film Editor, The Guardian
- Manu Luksch: artist and filmmaker
- Dominic Buttimore: director, Th1ng Animation
- Nick Brimble, actor
- Derek Malcolm: Film critic
- Josh Appignanesi: film director ("The Infidel")
- Avie Luthrie: BAFTA-nominated film director ("Mad, Bad and Sad")
- Nick Toon, Vice President, UK Public Policy, Time Warner
Wimbledon Shorts is dedicated to showcasing new and innovative work in film and video from around the world. Whether your film is narrative driven, animated or experimental, we're looking for films that challenge or shift the boundaries of conventional filmmaking – just as long as it's under 15 minutes! Awardsv WFC award for Best Wimbledon Shorts film v Audience Award v Best Animated Film v Student Filmmaker Award sponsored by studentshouseonline (filmmakers under 25 in schools, colleges and universities) v Marcus Beale Experimental Film Award Prizes£500 prize for WFC Award for Best Wimbledon Shorts Film'Meet with an Industry Expert' for Winner of the Best Student Filmmaker Award. Competition closes 31 March 2012SHORTS festival 21 July 2011 Submission details can be found at:
http://www.wimbledonshorts.com/
The International Freethought Film Festival is taking place at the iconic Tampa Theatre in downtown Tampa, Florida during the weekend of May 13th-15th. If you value freedom of expression and the freedom to ask questions and challenge things that seem to defy all reason; this event is surely deserving of your attention. This is the first film festival of its kind where the entire focus is to promote reason, critical thinking and freedom of inquiry. Most of the films question and challenge reli...
Cowboy Country Meets Hollywood!
Ruby Mountain Film Festival 2011 Elko Nevada, USA
Sixty years ago Lowell Thomas called Elko “the last real cow town in the American West.” Film buffs and movie goers have enjoyed 100’s of Western films since that time. There has been a huge revival of Western films from "No Country for Old Men" and "3:10 to Yuma" recently to "True Grit" currently. RMFF will offer a retrospect of the modern depictions of the American ...
A printable version of this press release is available here: http://www.freethoughtfilmfest.org/web_documents/ifffticketsalespress.pdf
Ticket Time for the International Freethought Film Festival
For Immediate Release (Tampa, March 3, 2011) Tickets sales, for the first annual International Freethought Film Festival, begin at noon on Thursday, March 3, 2011 at the Tampa Theatre box office, and on the Tampa Theatre Website. The event will take place at the iconic Tampa Theatre, located at...
The 14th Annual DANCES WITH FILMS
(DWF) is dedicated to discovering and championing unknown works by
filmmakers from around the globe and providing them with a unique
opportunity to screen in front of critics, audiences, and industry
heavyweights.
Taking place in the heart of the filmmaking industry, Los Angeles, CA,
the Festival presents nearly 100 films each year through a captivating
program of feature and short narrative and documentary films, as well as
music video...
Don't miss out on the Nantucket Film Festival, a celebration of great films and compelling stories! The deadlines are coming up quickly!
Film submissions are eligible for an array of awards, including the Showtime Tony Cox Award for Screenwriting in a short and feature film, Best Storytelling in a Documentary, Best Writer/Director, the Audience Award, and the Adrienne Shelly Excellence in Filmmaking Award that honors the outstanding achievement by a female filmmaker with a $5,0...
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