By Maria Esteves - June 22, 2015

The 14th New York Asian Film Festival 2015 (NYAFF15) presented by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema will be held at the Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center and SVA theater, June 26 - July 11. The Opening, Centerpiece and Closing Night Premieres are PORT OF CALL, directed by Philip Yung at the Walter Reade Theater, Friday, June 26, 8:30 PM; CHASUKE'S JOURNEY, directed by SABU at the Walter Reade Theater, Wednesday, July 8, 7:30 PM; and COIN LOCKER GIRL, directed by Han Jun-hee, at SVA theater, Saturday, July 11, 9:00 PM. For more information, please visit www.subwaycinema.com.

The San Sebastian Festival and Kontseilua have presented a new edition of the short film competition “euskaraz bizi nahi dut” (I want to live in Basque). This year will yet again include a section for professionals and another for amateurs with a total of more than 5,000 euros in prizes. The best works will be screened at the 63rd edition of the San Sebastian Festival.

This morning the San Sebastian Festival and Kontseilua presented a new edition of the short film competition “euskaraz bizi nahi dut”. The Secretary-General of Kontseilua, Paul Bilbao, and the Director of the San Sebastian Festival, José Luis Rebordinos, participated in the presentation.

Paul Bilbao started by explaining the “euskaraz bizi nahi dut” dynamic promoted by Kontseilua in recent years, a dynamic encompassing the short film competition of the same name. “The core aim of the competition is to spread the idea of “euskaraz bizi nahi dut, to narrate the idea using an audiovisual media. We want increasing numbers of authors to take up the idea and develop it in their future works” said Bilbao.

That’s the ultimate aim of the “euskaraz bizi nahi dut” dynamic; we want to see increasingly greater numbers of people make the idea their own; we want more and more people to live using the Basque language, for those who know it to speak it and those who don’t know it to learn it” added the representative of Kontseilua. 

All of the competing works must respond to this objective. In the words of Bilbao “the works must talk about wanting to live in Basque: why we make the choice, the obstacles we come across, the joys we feel, the complicities that arise... we want the short films submitted to say all this and more”.

As regards the competition terms & conditions, the main new feature this year refers to the length of the short films: they must last for no longer than 15 minutes. As for the sections, there will be two again this year, one for professionals and another for amateurs. The authors themselves will decide which one they submit their works for. A total of more than 5,000 euros will be given in prize money (3,500 euros in the professional section and 1,750 euros in the amateur section). The submission deadline is 24 August 2015.

For his part, the Director of the San Sebastian Festival José Luis Rebordinos stressed the importance of this kind of initiatives in promoting the use and normalisation of Euskara, the Basque language. “As we saw at last year’s Festival, more and more films are being made in Basque and the number of people who watch films in the language is on the rise. We must continue to encourage this trend”.

“There is still a long way to go, but as we said last year ‘the road is made by walking’. Last year, for example, cinema in the Basque language took yet another step forward when two films in Euskara were programmed for the San Sebastian Festival official selection, one of which was made completely in Basque (Loreak). This is a sign that something is on the move” added Rebordinos.

The collaboration of the San Sebastian Festival in organising the “euskaraz bizi nahi dut” short film competition falls within this dynamic; it is one of many steps forward, and is yet another initiative taken by the Festival to promote filmmaking in the Basque language.

Thanks to the said collaboration, the best short films will be screened and receive awards at the 63rd San Sebastian Festival in September. Festival Management Committee member Maialen Beloki will sit on the competition jury.

Lastly, the organisers have revealed that, in addition to representatives of the San Sebastian Festival and Kontseilua, other important film directors will sit on the jury, such as Jon Garaño, one of the directors of Loreak.

Remember that all technical information for the competition can be found on:

http://www.euskarazbizinahidut.eus

Gas Natural Fenosa is renewing its agreement as Official Sponsor of the Festival and is presenting the shorts that form part of Cinergy in its second year.

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• Today the company presented this unique film project for the second year running, in which the directors, Isabel Coixet, Santiago Segura and Paco León have taken part with stories that raise awareness about energy efficiency through humour.

• During the presentation of the project, that took place today in San Sebastián, GAS NATURAL FENOSA renewed its agreement for the fourth time as official sponsor of the San Sebastián International Film Festival.  

• This year as a new feature, CINERGY also includes the announcement of a competition for scripts among audiovisual communication and film students to produce a fourth short film.

Today GAS NATURAL FENOSA presented the second year of CINERGY, an initiative set up to make the general public more aware about energy efficiency through the seventh art and to promote talent in the Spanish film industry. On this occasion the company has produced four shorts with the collaboration of EL TERRAT that use humour to make viewers aware of the importance of energy saving and efficiency.

Three of the shorts have been made by directors as important as Isabel Coixet, Santiago Segura and Paco León and star some of the most famous actors on the national scene. Paco León’s short stars Carmen Maura and Secun de la Rosa; Santiago Segura’s stars Anabel Alonso, Enrique Villén and Joaquín Reyes; and Isabel Coixet’s stars Silvia Abril, Julián López, Kira Miró, RodrigoGuirao and the comedian Andreu Buenafuente. The fourth short film will emerge from the “CINERGY Talent” competition launched by the company among audiovisual communication and film students.

During the presentation of the project, which took place today in San Sebastián, the General Manager of Communication and the Chairman’s Office at GAS NATURAL FENOSA, Jordi Garcia Tabernero, and the director of the San Sebastián International Film Festival, José Luis Rebordinos, signed the agreement that makes the energy company the official sponsor of this festival for the fourth time. What will be the 63rd Film Festival will be held from the 18th to the 26th of September 2015.

This is how GAS NATURAL FENOSA is renewing its support for the most important of the Festivals that are held in Spain, and showing once again its firm commitment to culture, and to be more precise, to the development of Spanish cinema, one of the industries that has been most severely affected by the economic crisis, especially as far as festivals have been concerned, as they have undergone significant cuts in their sources of funding in the last few years.

Four comedies about energy efficiency

The four shorts in the second year of CINERGY will convey the importance of energy saving and efficiency and will be linked to the products and services provided by GAS NATURAL FENOSA. Unlike last year when the project presented stories combining horror and suspense, this year the shorts will raise awareness about energy efficiency through humour, a genre that EL TERRAT is a national benchmark in. All the shorts will be screened at the most important film festivals in the country, and will reach the cinema theatres and homes of thousands of Spaniards.

As the General Manager of Communication and the Chairman’s Office at GAS NATURAL FENOSA, Jordi Garcia Tabernero, said during the presentation of the project today in San Sebastián, “CINERGY is a further step in our commitment to cinema, that is now well-established and recognised and has provided a significant boost to our company’s reputation. It also enables us to combine this association with cinema with the other main line of work among the company’s social commitments: raising awareness of energy efficiency”. The film director, Paco León, and the president of EL TERRAT, Andreu Buenafuente, who acted in one of the shorts as well, also took part in the event.

The short film “Un corazón roto no es como un jarrón roto o un florero” is a romantic comedy directed by Isabel Coixet starring Silvia Abril, Julián López, Kira Miró, Rodrigo Guirao and the comedian Andreu Buenafuente. The plot revolves around a heart specialist who tries to mend her broken heart after a disappointment in love for which she might be able to count on the help of the energy manager that works in her hospital.

Tension, emotion, dirty jokes and even a crime form the storyline of the short, “Nivel 7” directed by Santiago Segura. This is a story that starts with the surprise visit by the president of a residents’ association obsessed with responsible consumption to a resident who hides the fact that she is a heartless waster of watts behind the apparent facade of a discreet lady. In this short Segura directs Anabel Alonso, Enrique Villén and Joaquín Reyes.

In “Vaca Paloma” Paco León takes another look at the relations between a mother and son, but this time he does so with a surrealist touch. The short bases its plot on relations between a mother and son, that are complicated enough in themselves, and even more so if the son has a dairy cow that is a film buff with supernatural powers. The mother, Carmen Maura, will have to accept that, at a certain time in life, she is no longer the only source of energy that emerges from motherly love; while the son, Secun de la Rosa, who is very attached to his cow, will realise that the advice he continually receives from his mother is a problem.

Competition for young talent

The fourth of the short films will emerge from the “CINERGY Talent” competition for scripts launched by the company among audiovisual communication and film students (or those that have graduated in the last four years) with the aim of encouraging young talent. The jury, made up of professionals from the world of communications, will name a winner who will be able to produce and shoot the short with support from GAS NATURAL FENOSA and the technical staff from EL TERRAT, which will also be premiered at one of the major festivals in Spain.

The famous Spanish actor Jose Coronado will also be supporting the winner by attending the shooting process and premiere, and will use his fame and prestige to help to publicise the short, on social networks as well. The deadline for submitting scripts is the 28th of June and the winner will be announced on the 6th of July.

Success in its first year

The four shorts in the first year of CINERGY –directed by Paco Plaza, Rodrigo Cortés, Jaume Balagueró and Juan Cruz-, that were premiered at the most renowned festivals in Spain, were seen by nearly 8 million people on television and the Internet.  

The energy company has kept its cinema web page (http://www.cine.gasnaturalfenosa.es) updated with all the information and news about CINERGY and through its social networks it will be launching numerous promotional campaigns to bring cinema closer to all viewers.

Commitment to culture and cinema

GAS NATURAL FENOSA is committed to collaborating with society, especially with the world of cinema, through its support for the main festivals and cinema theatres in the country. The company sponsors, among others, the San Sebastián Film Festival, the Sitges-International Fantasy Film Festival of Catalonia, the Malaga Film Festival, the Madrid Premiere Week, the FEROZ® critics’ awards and the Cartagena International Film Festival, as well as more than 40 cinemas in the Cinesa network in Spain that are called after GAS NATURAL FENOSA.

Submit your 2015 action sports and adventure films until July 16th

More than three years ago, Savage Cinema was born to bring adventure and action sports movies to the San Sebastian Film Festival. This edition marks a turning point in its trajectory: the section no longer is a new project – it evolved to an entity in its own right, outstanding for its efforts to bring the latest action sports and adventure productions to the general public – in cinemas and in the streets.

In its history, Savage Cinema, encompassed a total of 16 Feature Films from well-known production companies like Matchstick Productions, Mercenary Production, Red Bull Media House, Sender Films, Sherpas Cinema and Teton Gravity Research. The films were presented at more than 30 screenings attended by big-name moviemakers, such as Andrew Kidman, Bruce and Dana Brown, Jason Baffa, Peter Mortimer, and a number of athletes including Stephanie Gilmore, Jeremy Jones, Travis Rice David Lama and Robbie Maddison.

The San Sebastian Film Festival wants to thank all participants for their faith in the section and invites them, alongside with filmmakers with projects in development, to present their latest films related to sport and adventure at this year’s Savage Cinema. Use the opportunity to submit your work to Savage Cinema until July 16th. Entries beyond that deadline cannot be accepted.

Savage Cinema showcases the most ambitious titles and offers them not only to the general public but also to film enthusiasts and members of the audiovisual market, present at the Festival. It gives the opportunity to share tales of great adventure and passion with directors, producers and distributors, emphasising the state of the genre and the advantages of choosing cinema as the platform for launching.

» RULES OF PARTICIPATION      » ENTRY FORM

» SAVAGE CINEMA CHANNEL AT SanSebastianFestivalTV

Marta Rosa (USA/Mexico), Barbara Cigarroa

"Carry On" Receives Best of the Festival Award "Submarine" Receives Future Filmmaker Award;

"The Way of Tea", "Body Team 12" and "Bear Story" Receive Audience Awards;

PALM SPRINGS, CA (June 21, 2015) – The 2015 Palm Springs International ShortFest, the largest short film festival and only short film market in North America, announced its Festival award winners on Sunday, June 21, 2015. 330 short films screened throughout the Festival along with more than 3,000 filmmaker submissions available in the film market. More than $115,000 in prizes, including $20,000 in cash awards were awarded in 21 categories. Held from June 16-22, 2015, the Festival had another record-breaking year in attendance for ticket buyers, filmmakers and film industry delegates.

It's been a spectacular success on all fronts for ShortFest this year, with a uniformly ecstatic response from audience and filmmakers alike for the screenings, the panels and seminars and the special events the Festival mounted,” said Festival Director Darryl Macdonald. “With record numbers of attendees and filmmakers, the Festival lived up to its growing reputation as one of the most important events of its kind in the world.”

The 2015 Palm Springs International ShortFest award winners are:

JURY AWARDS

BEST OF FESTIVAL AWARD – Winner received $5,000 cash prize courtesy of the Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Final Cut Pro X courtesy of Apple Computer. The winner of this award may be eligible to submit their film to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration.

Carry On (Esel) (Austria), Rafael Haider. This sublime tale focuses on an elderly couple who tend to what’s left of their once-thriving farm with the help of an aged donkey on its last legs. But when the time comes to face reality, can the farmer do what is called for?

GRAND JURY AWARD – Winner received $2,000 cash prize

Over (UK), Jörn Threlfall. What has happened in this quiet, suburban neighborhood? Has there been a murder, a hit-and-run, an accident? The reality is both profound and deeply unexpected, and unfolds in reverse in this quiet mystery that rewards the patient viewer.

FUTURE FILMMAKER AWARD – Winner received a $2,000 cash prize.

Submarine (Brazil), Rafael Aidar. Love and loneliness waltz in this slow reveal of a man whose connection to his lover keeps him finding new ways to re-ignite his past.

PANAVISION BEST NORTH AMERICAN SHORT – Camera package valued at $60,000 courtesy of Panavision.

Marta Rosa (USA/Mexico), Barbara Cigarroa. In the aftermath of a tragedy, a mother is forced to deal with her own internal grief as well as the harsh realities of the world around her.

BEST STUDENT FILM AWARD (From a US Film School) - $1,000 cash prize courtesy of KQED San Francisco and camera package valued at $10,000 courtesy of Radiant Images

It’s Better in Italian (USA/Italy), Jordan Ledy. A delightful look behind the scenes at the world of dubbing American movie stars in films for the Italian market.

HONORARY MENTIONS

Exceptional Performance by an Actress - Miriam Zohar, Paris on the Water (Paris Al Amayim) (Israel)

Exceptional Cinematography – August (Poland), Tomek Slesicki

AUDIENCE AWARDS

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

The Way of Tea (les frémissements du thé) (France), Marc Fouchard. Set in a small town in northern France, The Way of Tea explores the meeting of Alex, a young skinhead, and Malic, an Arab shopkeeper, who meet one fateful night that tests the mettle of both men. An eloquent statement about prejudice and stereotypes.

Runner-up – Contrapelo (Mexico/USA/UK), Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Body Team 12 (Liberia), David Darg. A glimpse into the work of a group of courageous people tasked with the removal and disposal of bodies during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia. Both gut wrenching and inspiring, the film focuses on the sole woman on the team, and her perspective on the crisis in her country.

Runner-up – It’s Better in Italian (USA/Italy), Jordan Ledy

BEST ANIMATION SHORT

Bear Story (Historia de un Oso) (Chile), Gabriel Osorio. Through the magical prism of a marionette theater, a world-weary bear tells his life story.

Runner-up – SOAR (USA), Alyce Tzue

SHORTFEST ONLINE AUDIENE AWARD

The Deadman (Peru), Franco Finocchiaro. A young man who everyone assumed was dead reappears at his parent’s house mysteriously after seven years, shortly followed by two detectives with more questions than answers.

JURY CATEGORY AWARDS

Awards in the non-student and student categories were selected by ShortFest jury members David Ansen (Writer), Gregg Kilday (Film Editor at The Hollywood Reporter), Steve Greene (Assistant Editor of Indiewire's Criticwire Network), Dan Ireland (Writer/Director/Producer), Roberta Munroe (Writer/Director/Producer), Barry Primus (actor), Kim Waltrip (Independent Film Producer). All first place winners in the non-student categories received a cash award of $2,000. First place winners in the non-student Animation and Live Action categories may be eligible for Academy Awards consideration. Second place recipients received a $500 cash prize.

BEST AnimatION short

First Place ($2,000) - Bear Story (Historia De Un Oso) (Chile), Gabriel Osorio. Through the magical prism of a marionette theater, a world-weary bear tells his life story.

Second Place ($500) – The Orchestra (Australia), Mikey Hill

BEST Live Action short over 15 minutes

First Place ($2,000) - The Good Life-Over There (Det Gode Livet, Der Borte) (Norway), Izer Aliu. Sami, an Albanian immigrant to Norway, spends the day babysitting his boss’ spoiled adolescent son who teaches him a surprising lesson about the sacrifices he's made for his family back home.

Second Place ($500) – Submarine (Brazil), Rafael Aidar

Special Mention– Brothers (UK), Thordur Palsson

BEST Live Action short 15 MINUTES AND UNDER

First Place ($2,000) - August (Poland), Tomek Slesicki. A teenage boy hangs out with a pretty girl and a young boy and his dog in the fields. Over his shoulder is slung a bag with unknown contents, which will eventually prove the cost of first love.

Second Place ($500) – Over (United Kingdom), Jörn Threlfall

Special Mention – Ave Maria (Palestine/France/Germany), Basil Khalil

BEST Documentary short

First Place ($2,000) - Pink Boy (USA), Eric Rockey. This remarkable documentary introduces us to Jeffrey, a young, ‘gender non-conforming’ boy being raised by his lesbian moms in conservative rural Florida who provide him with exactly the kind of support and guidance he needs to make his way in a potentially hostile world.

Second Place ($500) –Pebbles At Your Door (Denmark), Vibeke Bryld

STUDENT CATEGORIES

All first place winners in these categories received a 1-year download membership to Videoblocks, AudioBlocks or GraphicStock.

BEST STUDENT ANIMATION

First Place – SOAR (USA), Alyce Tuze. A precocious young girl makes a new friend when a tiny boy pilot drops out of the sky on a broken flying machine. Now she must race against time to return him home, before her new friend becomes stranded on Earth forever.

Second Place – After the End (UK), Sam Southward

Honorable Mention – The Present (Germany), Jacob Frey

BEST STUDENT Live Action short over 15 minutes

First Place – Paris on the Water (Paris Al Amayim) (Israel), Hadas Ayalon. Bathya and Michel – both actors - have been married for 50 years, and while Michel has continued to have a successful career in a TV medical drama series, her once-thriving career has gone dormant. Then Bathya finds herself up for a potential key role in a new movie, bringing her hopes for a career revival, but on the morning of her audition, something happens that forces her to reassess her priorities in life.

Second Place – The Little Death (Den Lille Døden) (Norway), Simon Tillaas

BEST STUDENT Live Action short 15 MINUTES AND UNDER

First Place – Marta Rosa (USA/Mexico), Barbara Cigarroa. In the aftermath of a tragedy, a mother is forced to deal with her own internal grief as well as the harsh realities of the world around her.

Second Place – Zelos (USA/Iceland), Thoranna Sigurdardottir

BEST STUDENT DOCUMENTARY short

First Place – It’s Better in Italian (USA/Italy), Jordan Ledy. A delightful look behind the scenes at the world of dubbing American movie stars in films for the Italian market.

Second Place – The Tour Guide (Ha Madricha) (Israel/Germany), Amos Geva

ADDITIONAL PRIZES

ALEXIS AWARD FOR BEST EMERGING STUDENT FILMMAKER – The Alexis Award is selected by the Festival’s programming team and was created in honor of Alexis Echavarria, a young filmmaker, whose talent as a budding filmmaker and gift for inspiring excellence among his fellow students were cut short suddenly in 2005 at age 16. The recipient received Final Cut Pro X courtesy of Apple Computer.

First Place - Zelos (USA), Thoranna Sigurdardottir

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HP BRIDGING THE BORDERS AWARD PRESENTED BY CINEMA WITHOUT BORDERS - The winner received the award’s diploma and an HP ZBook Mobile Workstation with a color critical HP DreamColor display and Thunderbolt™ 2, an approximately $3000 value. The runner received a certificate for an upcoming Method Acting Intensive Workshop provided by The Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute with a value of $2000

First Place – Ave Maria (Palestine/France/Germany), Basil Khalil. A Jewish family's car breaks down outside a nunnery during Shabat, inadvertently knocking off the head of the Virgin Mary. The driver’s mother and wife are eager to return home. After exhausting all options they turn to the nuns for help.

Special Jury Prize – Rangan 99 (Iran), Tiyam Yabandeh

About Palm Springs International ShortFest: Designated by AMPAS, BAFTA and BIFA as an award-qualifying festival, and accredited by the International Short Film Conference, the Palm Springs International ShortFest & Short Film Market, one of the most acclaimed short film showcases in the world, will take place in Palm Springs on June 16-22. Now in its 21st year and recently taking 8th place in the annual USA Today 10Best poll, ShortFest will showcase over 300 short films from more than 50 countries. The concurrent Short Film Market will feature a library of more than 3,000 films available to film buyers, industry and press, the only Short Film Market in North America. The ShortFest Forums are four days of panels, roundtables and master classes staged free of charge for attending filmmakers.

The Title Sponsor is the City of Palm Springs with Presenting Sponsors The Desert Sun and Spencer’s. Major Sponsors include: Panavision, Stampede Post Productions, LA Creative, the Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, the Casting Society of America, Radiant Images, Vacation Palm Springs, Smart Source/CRE and The Australian Consulate General in Los Angeles. The official host hotel and media center is the Renaissance Palm Springs and the official rental car is Hertz. For more information and tickets, call (760) 778-8979 or (800) 898-7526 FREE or visit the website: www.psfilmfest.org.

The Palm Springs International Film Festival will be held January 1-11, 2016.

-Edited by Vanessa McMahon

Flipping is enjoying a successful festival run having been selected for Animaze Daze in Annecy France June 17-18 during Annecy OFF -

Director Jin Kyu Ahn is based in California and a graduate from the California Institute for the Arts. 

PROJECT WEBSITE: http://jinkyuahn.com/JIN-KYU-AHN

Running Time: 04 minutes 21 seconds Production Country: Canada Production Year: 2013 June Director and Producer: Alisi Telengut Film Contact: Alisi Telengut Film Synopsis Logline: A mother camel rejects her baby after a painful childbirth. Short Synopsis: A profound human-animal and human-nature relationship is represented by a painted world filled with a camel's emotion and tears. It is based on a real Mongolian nomadic story narrated by my grandmother. Short Synopsis (Français): Ce film d’animation expérimentale est basé sur l’histoire vraie de nomades mongoles. Narré par ma grand-mère, il raconte la relation profonde entre l’homme et les animaux mis en scène dans un monde transformé par les larmes et les émotions d’une chamelle. Film Credits Animated and Directed by: Alisi Telengut Sound Design: David Fiorentino Narration and Singing: My little grandmother Qirima Music: Dogee Mountain, Album Eternal by Huun Huur Tu & Carmen Rizzo Sound Mix: Tim Horlor, Andreas Mendritzki Supervisor: Shira Avni Special Thanks: Shira Avni, Réne Daigle, Charlene Pommerehnke, David Fiorentino, Huun-Huur-Tu & Carmen Rizzo, My families and friends.

Alisi Telengut, born in 1989, creates animation frame by frame under the camera, with painting as the medium, to generate movement and explore hand-made and painterly visuals for her films. Her works have been culturally engaged and focus on nomadic ethnic minorities. Her recent films received awards, have been screened in various worldwide film venues and exhibitions as moving image artworks, and have also contributed to enthnographic research.

Filmmaker Q&A

Filmmaker Q&A for the Aesthetica Short Film Festival (2014 November in York, UK):
http://www.asff.co.uk/qa-asff-2014-filmmaker-alisi-telengut-tears-inge/
1. Tears of Inge is based on a Mongolian nomadic story. What inspired you to tell this
profound tale of a human-nature relationship?
My grandmother did the narration and singing in the film. I was greatly influenced by my
grandparents who used to live as nomads on the Mongolian grassland and they told me
lots of stories and legends about nomadic life. Since this particular life style is gradually
disappearing, I want to represent the human-animal, human-nature relationship and
nomadic traditions with animation as my medium.
2. The animation short is entirely hand-painted. Why did you decide to use this
medium?
The film was made with the under-camera direct animation technique and it was painted
frame-by-frame on a single piece of paper mainly with oil pastels. The movement was
achieved by removing and adding colors every frame. I think it’s a way of time lapse
photography of painting. I chose this particular technique because I like working with
colors. I was influenced by my mother who wanted to become a painter. I remember we
used to take a walk in the woods, and I was fascinated whenever I saw the colors and
lights of trees changing with the sunlight. I always wanted to capture the stunning
moments of the sceneries that had imprinted in my brain.
3. Did you encounter any difficulties during the project?
From the idea development, research, till the actual filming, making Tears of Inge
required lots of patience and time in solitude. I had to spend lots of time animating and
shooting in a dark room. Also, because of the straight-ahead animation technique, I
could barely go back to reshoot a frame when I made a mistake during the filming
process. I had to live with the mistakes and tried to find ways to save them from getting
worse.
4. In your opinion, can traditional rituals or stories survive in modern-day societies?
Traditional rituals and stories often have spiritual, meaningful and social goals. Even
though they have survived in modern societies in a reduced level, I think people always
have interests in reviving traditions in their cultures.
5. Do you have any upcoming projects?
Currently I’m working on an animated film based on the history and memories of the
Kalmyk ethnic minority. It’s a lyrical representation of their diasporic and transnational
identity. It will be completed in the summer of 2015.

Big Shot

The Urge It Lies Within

Director: Christopher Angus

During a bizarre series of events a vampire discovers that harmless forest creatures, and even his own body, have turned against him.

Film Website: http://atticfilmsanimation.blogspot.ca

Interface

iNTERFACE
2'28

Digital media is like a transparent thin layer of skin; it shields our notion of self, and also the ability to transform and change. "iNTERFACE" is an experimental film about a self-portrait made of assemblages and investigates co-existing multiple digital identities. "The best interface is no interface."

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BIG SHOT Selected for Animaze Daze at Annecy OFF 2015

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Flipping selected at Animaze Daze at Annecy 2015

Flipping is enjoying a successful festival run having been selected for Animaze Daze in Annecy France June 17-18 during Annecy OFF - Director Jin Kyu Ahn is based in California and a graduate from the California Institute for the Arts.  PROJECT WEBSITE: http://jinkyuahn.com/JIN-KYU-AHN ...

 

Winning Selected Shorts Animaze Daze in Annecy 2015

The five winning selected animation films for Animaze Daze at the Annecy OFF edition 2015   June 18 & 19 on Le Cynge   Flipping   Director: JIN KYU AHN Jin Kyu Ahn, an artist, an animator, and a filmmaker is based in Los Angeles. He has been focusing on new and experimental work through combination of various medium and genre such as poem, video, installation, and performance.  Jin Kyu Ahn was born in Pohang, South Korea, 1977....

 

Animaze Daze in Annecy, screenings at Annecy Off Ambiance and Winners

 

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Animation Day in Cannes discusses the next edition with SPFA

Laurie Gordon (LEFT) Animaze Festival Director, Corinne Kouper (Teamto, producer of Gus...) with Stéphane Le Bars Délégué Général of SFPA were discussing the future of Animation Day in Cannes following the SPFA presentation in Annecy.   ...

> Los Angeles Film Festival June  10 - 18, 2015 

Pocha winner of two prizes at LA Fest: audience award and jury prize

POCHA- MANIFEST DESTINY from Michael Dwyer and Kaitlin McLaughlin was awarded with two (2) prizes at the LA Film Fest!  The coveted AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST FICTION FILM and BEST DIRECTORS JURY PRIZE to Michael Dwyer and Kaitlin McLaughlin! This modern day crime thriller features a breakout performance from a brand new actress - VERONICA SIXTOS - who will be this year's actress to watch.  This is Veronica's first feature role and she gives a great per...

 

OUT OF MY HAND LAFF Winner of the Grand Jury Prize Award

Written and directed by Takeshi Fukunaga Working as tree tapper on a rubber plantation in Liberia, West Africa, Cisco struggles to make a decent life for himself and his family. Despite his and his fellow workers’ attempt at unionizing, the rubber corporation maintains a stranglehold over their lives, keeping their dreams of a brighter future at bay. But when a well-timed visit from an American cousin opens Cisco’s eyes to a better future abroad, he seizes the one chance he has to...

 

LA Fest Day 8

    Awards Reception Audience Award winners for Best Documentary directors Lilibet Foster (Be Here Now) and Natalie Johns (I Am Thalente) with doc subject/skateboarder Thalente Biyela speak onstage at the Awards Cocktail Reception sponsored by LMU School of Film and Television   Seoul Searching Gala Dir...

 

LA Fest 2015 it s a wrap...rap video

Winners of the Los Angeles Film Festival

Today the Los Angeles Film Festival, produced by Film Independent with Presenting Media Sponsor the Los Angeles Times and Host Partner L.A. LIVE, announced the winners of the 2015 Festival at the Awards Cocktail Reception. Associate Director of Programming, Roya Rastegar, and Senior Programmer, Jennifer Cochis, hosted the awards ceremony. The Awards Cocktail was sponsored by Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television.   “Our mission includes connecting filmmakers wi...

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Call for Entries for this year’s Savage Cinema

The World of Film Festival October 1-4 2015

June 20, 2015 Regular Deadline

The World of Film Festival, formerly known as Commonwealth Film & Theatre Festival Glasgow is coming back for its second edition October 1-4 2015. In four days full of film screenings, theatre performances, live events, panel discussions and networking receptions WoFF will bring new, more vibrant and youthful vibe to the city’s emerging film and theatre scene.

WoFF’s errand is to bring together audiences from Glasgow’s multi-stranded art scene, while at the same time engaging people with powerful background in film and theatre that will bring fresh ideas, filling the gaps in Glasgow’s film and theatre events’ agenda.

WoFF Glasgow's blog on filmfestivals.com I Website: www.woffglasgow.com I Submit 

The Montreal World Film Festival 
August 27, September 7

The regulations and entry forms to submit a film to the 2015 edition of the MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL are available for download. Please follow the links to get a copy. 
- 2015 REGULATIONS
- ENTRY FORM FOR THE 2015 MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
- ENTRY FORM FOR THE 2015 CANADIAN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL

The Montreal World Film Festival's blog I Website http://www.ffm-montreal.org/  I SUBMIT

Hollyshorts 
August 13-22, 2015

The 11th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Conference/Film Market, scheduled for August 13-22, 2015 at the world famous TCL Chinese Theatre and Roosevelt Hotel, is now accepting submissions. (www.withoutabox.com/login/4655)   2014 HSFF, 3 times named to MovieMaker Magazine “Top 25 Fests Worth the Entry Fee” lists, featured over 400 projects showcasing stars and filmmakers including Sofia Loren, Bill Plympton, Anthony and Joe Russo, and Felicia Day.  HSFF awarded over $150,000 in prizes, including $50,000 in post services courtesy of COMPANY 3 and METHOD STUDIOS for Best Short, Director, Music Video, Cinematography, VFX, and Commercial. Shorts HD distribution deals for winners and Final Draft prizes for Screenplay Contest winners.  

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For festival consideration: 

Pseudonym, for festival consideration

First feature by french actor director Thierry Sebban. Produced by la Petite Reine (The Artist) and Diabolo Films (The Suicide Shop).
Synopsis:  Alex is a divorced father, a stressed executive. His daily routine is work, work, work. Tonight he's in a hurry, he's due to meet a beautiful young stranger... who contacted him via the internet. But this blind date will flip him into a downward spiral and disrupt forever the course of his life.  Thriller, 75 min., Scope, Dolby 5.1  Directed by Thierry Sebban  Starring: Simon Abkarian, Igor Skreblin, Perrine Tourneux... Email us for a screener

Rooted in Peace by Greg Reitman

ROOTED in PEACE, 97 minutes - 2015

Documentary by SUNDANCE alum GREG REITMAN (Sundance Audience Award Winner for fhis first documentary 'Fuel')

Starring: Deepak Chopra, Donovan, Mike Love, David Lynch, Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire, Pete Seeger, Ted Turner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu

"ROOTED in PEACE challenges viewers to examine their values as Americans and human beings. Today we are at war within ourselves, with our environment, and with the world. Director and award-winning filmmaker Greg Reitman invites viewers on a film journey to take notice of the world we live in, proactively seek ways to find personal and ecological peace, and stop the cycle of violence".

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June Selection of Films for your consideration

Ikusmira Berriak presents its project selection

The four projects to take part in the 2015 residencies programme have now been selected. Oskar Alegría, Marianne Slot and Paz Lázaro made up the committee of experts. The programme will incorporate a new feature: the REC Post-production Award. In February this year we presented the IKUSMIRA BERRIAK project, organised in collaboration by Tabakalera-International Centre for Contemporary Culture, the San Sebastian Festival and the San Sebastian European Capital of Culture...

 

Kick-off to the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) filmmaker retreat in Camden and Rockport, Maine

Today was the kick-off to the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) filmmaker retreat in partnership with the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) and CNN Films. The five-day Camden/TFI Retreat, presented by CNN Films, kicked off today in Camden and Rockport, Maine and will provide mentorship and guidance to five U.S filmmaking teams focused on creative, cinematic, character-driven documentaries. The five projects selected for the retreat represent exciting new voices in documentary and embody the ...

 

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Gas Natural Fenosa is renewing its agreement as Official Sponsor of the Festival

Gas Natural Fenosa is renewing its agreement as Official Sponsor of the Festival and is presenting the shorts that form part of Cinergy in its second year.   Images in high resolution  Today the company presented this unique film project for the second year running, in which the directors, Isabel Coixet, Santiago Segura and Paco León have taken part with stories that raise awareness about energy efficiency through humour. During the presentation of the proj...

 

The San Sebastian Festival and Kontseilua present the 4th edition of the short film competition "euskaraz bizi nahi dut"

The San Sebastian Festival and Kontseilua have presented a new edition of the short film competition “euskaraz bizi nahi dut” (I want to live in Basque). This year will yet again include a section for professionals and another for amateurs with a total of more than 5,000 euros in prizes. The best works will be screened at the 63rd edition of the San Sebastian Festival. This morning the San Sebastian Festival and Kontseilua presented a new edition of the short film competition &ldq...

 

The Spanish Cooperation Award, new accolade at the 63rd edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival

  The award will go to the Ibero-American film making the best contribution to human development, the eradication of poverty and the full exercise of human rights The 63rd edition of the San Sebastian Festival will for the first time present the new Spanish Cooperation Award to the producer of the Latin American film making the best contribution to human development, the eradication of poverty and the full exercise of human rights. All of the Ibero-American films selected for the O...

 

The 14th International Film Students Meeting will take place from Tuesday 22nd to Friday 25th September 2015

The 14th International Film Students Meeting will take place from Tuesday 22nd to Friday 25th September 2015 as part of the 63rd San Sebastian Festival. The 14th International Film Students Meeting, co-organized by the San Sebastian Festival and Tabakalera-International Contemporary Culture Centre of San Sebastian, proposes an exchange of audiovisual experiences and knowledge at one of the most important movie events in the world. The Meeting has the backing of San Sebastian Europea...

 

The San Sebastian Festival has unveiled the image of its 63rd edition.

The design of the official poster represents the stimulation of the senses prompted in spectators by cinema. The Festival will run from Friday, 18 until Saturday, 26 September. Images in high resolution  POSTERS The new image for the 63rd edition of the San Sebastian Festival was unveiled at an event in the Newton Auditorium of San Sebastian’s Eureka! Zientzia Museoa. An announcement was also made at the gathering as to the winning proposals of the poster competition calle...

 

The 63rd edition of the San Sebastian Festival will dedicate a cycle to new Japanese independent cinema

Images in high resolution  New Japanese independent cinema 2000-2015 is the thematic retrospective programmed by the San Sebastian Festival for its 63rd edition, to take place from September 18-26. Beyond the bounds of the films produced by the big studios, the phenomenon of independent cinema in Japan has generated an important source of cinematic creativity expressed in a series of films produced outside the industry. This category includes not only the first works by ...

 

FEST 2015: Opening Ceremony

Simple and classy, the 11th edition of FEST: New directors | new films festival opened last night at the Cento Multimeios de Espinho in Espinho, Portugal. With selected guests from Belgium, Greece, Germany and numerous more expected during the week, the festival promises another edition full of carefully selected films and workshops, masterclasses and talks as part of its Training Ground, kicking off today and featuring names like Fernando Trueba, Peter Webber, Guillermo Navarro and Peter Doyl...

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Golden Trailer Awards

The 16th Annual Golden Trailer Award Nominees & Winners Nominees are listed in Alphabetical Order by Entry Title.  Legend: Film Title, Studio, Trailer House  Jump to: Show | Non-Show | Foreign | TV Spots | Posters | Innovative | Film Festival Show Categories   Best Action Winner: Furious 7 "Family", Universal Pictures, AV Squad Nominees: Agent 47 "New ...

 

The Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) announced today the award winners of this year's festival.

HBO Audience Award / Best Narrative Feature: LEARNING TO DRIVE directed by Isabel Coixet   - HBO Audience Award / Best Documentary Feature: PACKED IN A TRUNK: THE LOST ART OF EDITH LAKE WILKINSON directed by Michelle Boyaner   - The John Schlesinger Award, presented to a first time documentary and narrative feature filmmaker: BREATHE, directed by Mélanie Laurent (narrative) and OUTERMOST RADIO directed b...

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Talents Durban 2015 Participants Announced - Durban International Film Festival

The 36th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) is proud to announce the participants of the 8th edition of Talents Durban, presented in cooperation with the Berlinale Talents an initiative of the Berlin International Film Festival. Talents Durban is a five day development programme made up of workshops and seminars for African filmmakers delivered by film professionals, academics and intellectuals. The Talents, who are selected through a rigorous application process, will also have the opp...

 

Palm Springs Shortfest Forums with a keynote from Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman Serves as Keynote Speaker; Representatives from Anonymous Content, The Black List, CAA, CSA, Fandor, ICM Partners, IndieGogo, Preferred Content, Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival and many others The Palm Springs International ShortFest is best known for its award-winning film shorts, but each year the Festival also welcomes a long guest list of filmmakers and industry attendees for the ShortFest Forums’ Panels and Roundtables. Academy Award nominated director ...

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Le CNC fait paraître son étude annuelle sur le marché de l’animation en 2014

Major Buzz Factory : Expérience du marketing Digital pour les films

Fort d'une expérience acquise dans la distribution de films pour deux Majors (Sony et Fox mariée sous a direction avec UGC) Bruno Chatelin propose une expérience pointue au service de votre stratégie digitale à Travers sa structure de Conseil MAJOR BUZZ FACTORY Le fondateur Bruno Chatelin : un Professionnel de la communication entouré de spécialistes, son expérience est ancrée sur trois univers La publicité, Le mark.eting et le digital.

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent

He may not look like your typical American leading man, but actor Paul Dano, 31, is likely a next Oscar contender for Best Actor come the Academy Awards presentation next year. Dano, who celebrated a birthday this month, is indelible as a younger Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy, though this latest is just a topper among many gripping performances. If you turn back the clock 10 years to The Ballad of Jack and Rose from writer-director Rebecca Miller (yes, Arthur Miller’s daughter), Dano’s role as Thaddius was the basis for Daniel Day-Lewis hand-picking him for Paul Sunday in oil-drenched epic There Will Be Blood (2007). Dano actually played twin brothers in that film in a pitch-perfect performance that almost merits a watch-and-repeat on the clip of the bowling alley scene alone for clues on what lies ahead for him.

In Love & Mercy, that trademark Dano bone-deep appearance of instability is again the centerpiece of a shattering performance as sonic groundbreaker Brian Wilson, who with his brothers, shaped the sound of The Beach Boys. When he says “It works in my head,” as Brian Wilson Past, you get the feeling he is channeling The Beach Boy from days gone by. And it really puts the onus on John Cusack, tasked as the older Brian Wilson.

Born in New York, Paul Dano has a background as a frontman and musician which takes the portrayal of Wilson further into uncanny territory. Known for boy-band harmony, The Beach Boys had at their core, an experimental musician, which this very fine actor pulls off in a chromatic scale of behavior. Cusack gets all of the later-life trauma scenes, including reacting to the loss of Dennis Wilson. As a side note, the real Dennis Wilson, whose drowning death is mourned in the film, co-starred with James Taylor in Monte Hellman’s 1971 road classic Two Lane Blacktop. In other words, the actual Wilson brothers were a force to behold. (Dennis Wilson's body was found in 12 ft. of water in Marina del Rey in 1983, a truly tragic end for a Beach Boy.)

Love & Mercy is co-written by Brian Wilson (from the life), Michael A. Lerner, and Oren Moverman (Rampart, The Messenger). Since it draws breath from Wilson himself and these talented writers, the story is emblematic of the power of the music industry’s marketing machine to sugarcoat the often harrowing rise of mere humans behind the mask of heavily promoted flawless pop bands. Directed by producer Bill Pohland (Wild, 12 Years a Slave), this movie thus shines a spot on Dano as a raw “Brian Past,” a version that melts the sticky sweet coating right off the usual story of this home-made iconic California supergroup.

But the hallmarks of an interesting career were charted way before this latest, possibly Oscar-worthy, Dano-fueled biopic. Remember long-haired disgruntled Paul Dano in Little Miss Sunshine (2006) with Alan Arkin, Steve Carrell, Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette and an emerging Abigail Breslin (The Call)? Or look back at Dano in Looper (2012) with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, and Emily Blunt, which is supposed to take place between 2044-2074. Ironically, Looper also has an equally mismatched old and young version of a character a la Dano to Cusack in Love & Mercy. It’s not that Cusack isn’t a really inspired older Brian Wilson; it’s that Dano so owns the younger version, it’s hard to match.

“Paul Dano’s Greatest Hits” on YouTube is actually a fan-compilation of the onscreen thrashings the actor has taken over the years. Daniel Day-Lewis mauls, then murders, his character in There Will Be Blood. In Blood, Day-Lewis throttles Dano’s Paul Sunday so severely that it is almost torture to watch, especially when he literally shoves refined oil down his gullet, to a venomous lecture that few could muster except the aptly nicknamed “Greatest Living Actor” from Ireland. And a shock death by bowling pin comes later for Dano’s Sunday.

In Prisoners (2013), he receives horrific punishment at the hands of Hugh Jackman, playing a darkly drawn disturbed father of a missing child. For this underexposed film, also starring Melissa Leo, Dano encores his peak in savage scenes. 

“I actually found that doing the (bathroom brawl with Jackman) scenes was sometimes a release. But preparing for them was the scary  part… the research, the dark subject matter (child abduction),” he said for an official Sundance interview with Melissa Leo on Prisoners. “Getting ready for them was the scary part. We all wanted to make sure we got the best out of the scenes, we wanted to leave it on the floor, so to speak.” Afterwards, he explained, “you can feel good after doing it,” despite the bleak subject matter. It came down to “are we really going to explore what these people are really going through?,” and not be exploitive.

In 12 Years A Slave , Paul Dano, via the high-handed bigoted character he portrays to frightening veracity, gets reduced to a pulp by Chitwetel Ejofor’s amazingly dimensional titular lead. For 12 Years, Dano gushed early on in interviews that “Steve McQueen is a great filmmaker.” On film, the actor achieves an insane fever pitch during the beat-down, even screams in vain “You will not live to see another day,” while losing the fight. 

You could say he is acting’s ultimate Good Sport for the drubbings he has been subjected to on film; and cause-films are somewhat of a through-line for Paul Dano, thus far. He did a PETA spot as part of his participation in Fast Food Nation (2006). He opted into that film “once I saw it was Richard Linklater (Boyhood, Slackers), he is someone I like a lot. He’s made some of my favorite films ever.” 

“I tried to get a couple McDonald’s” to hire, but “believe it or not, I could not get a job.” Fast food commercial farming “is no way for these animals to live… Hopefully some people will be confronted and take a look, because it’s really unbelievable.”

While he’s had a slew of films that could be construed as misses, especially the strange big-tent bomb Cowboys & Aliens from 2011, the screen and stage actor veers toward smaller projects like Being Flynn (2012) that seem to keep him on track.

Unhomed issues take front and center in Flynn. For an interview with Manny the Movie Guy, on making the film, Dano said “you get a script in the mail, you see that Robert De Niro is involved and you say ‘Okay, I can’t wait to be in this… playing father and son with Robert De Niro.’” He also noted that, “It turns out Nick Flynn, the author, lives in my neighborhood in New York about three blocks down. So he had left a copy of the book at the bookstore for me, inscribed, the day I got the part. I had no idea how he knew already. So we started sharing some quality time together. The most important thing for me at first, was to let him know who I was… to hang out before I grilled him. I didn’t want to delve right into ‘bare your soul for me.” De Niro is the displaced father in the book, which is based on Nick Flynn’s actual father, whom he hadn’t seen in 20 years until he runs into him at a homeless shelter.

Long-time partner Zoe Kazan said in a video interview for Sundance that she wrote her script for Ruby Sparks, in which he is her onscreen love interest, with “Paul in mind from almost the beginning… I showed him a few pages” initially. Together they looked to the team from Little Miss Sunshine, and after some nine months collaborating, with Kazan rewriting, Ruby Sparks came together. “I’ve learned a lot in my relationship with Paul, we’ve been together for about five years (at the time, 2012)… The things I find challenging about (Paul) are the things that make you who you are,” she said of him. They are still together and inspiring each other as of 2015.

Daughter of writer-producer Nicholas Kazan (Mathilde, Reversal of Fortune) and screenwriter-director Robin Swicord (Memoirs of a Geisha, The Jane Austen Book Club), Zoe is also the granddaughter of On The Waterfront (Marlon Brando, 1954) director Elia Kazan, who directed other classics including Streetcar Named Desire (also Brando, 1951), and Gentlemen’s Agreement (Gregory Peck, 1947). In January, Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage, and Josh Hamliton appeared at a charity benefit in New York with a reprised staged reading of Jonathan Marc Sherman’s play “Things We Want” (director Ethan Hawke) for the 20th anniversary of The New Group at The Jewel Box Theatre on 42nd Street. So it seems all aspects of acting and advocacy converge in Paul Dano. And when the Oscar nominations for 2015 are announced, you can bet Dano as “Brian Wilson Past” in Love & Mercy gets some serious love. Or mercy.

Released on June 5, Love & Mercy is directed by Bill Pohland, and stars John Cusack as Brian Wilson Current, Paul Dano as Brian Wilson Past, Elizabeth Banks (Hunger Games) - now successful director of Pitch Perfect 2 - and Paul Giamatti (Ides of March, Sideways) as Wilson’s sadistic and formidable shrink. Don’t miss a chance to catch the wave Paul Dano makes in this movie.

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New: calling for projects for S-3D movies, AR/VR contents and videogames!

The 3D Content Financing Market (3DFM) is an international co-production and financing market fully dedicated to projects for stereoscopic-3D (S-3D) contents. It brings together (1) producers with new projects for S-3D contents and looking for financing, and (2) financiers and co-producers looking for investment opportunities. Initiated in 2011, 3DFM is the only such market in the world. It is now in its 5th edition.

3DFM will take place on 14-15 Dec 2015 at the Théâtre de Liège, Belgium, as part of 3D Stereo MEDIA, the International 3D Summit for Science, Technology, Art and Business (www.3dstereomedia.eu). As in previous years, 3DFM is organized in collaboration with peacefulfish.

We are looking for projects for S-3D contents (movies/films, virtual/augmented reality and videogames) that have, at a minimum, a first-cut preliminary script, a significant international sales potential, and - for movies only - a budget of at least 500,000€. These projects are eligible for at least a poster presentation/pitch. Projects that additionally have a complete preliminary script and at least 50% percent of the financing secured are eligible for an oral presentation/pitch. The projects can be submitted by experienced S-3D producers, experienced 2D producers who would like to make the transition to S-3D, or persons with a demonstrated artistic ability.

3DFM also features other activities, such as a workshop on the financing and marketing of S-3D contents/movies, case studies in  S-3D content making, the coaching of the oral pitchers, a networking reception, and visits of local (co-)production houses.

All information about 3DFM can be found at www.3dstereomedia.eu/market including this Call for projects, the Regulations, and the Submission form. Although the Regulations provide answers to most of the questions you may have, do not hesitate to contact us if you have additional questions.

The Submission form and all required elements must be sent per email no later than 15 September 2015.

Contact

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Russian animation producer director Ivan Maksimov presented " Benches N ° 0458 " in the official selection Annecy International Animation Film Festival  2015  short films out of competition category.


How to sit on a park bench if...

A series of situations "gags" is the backdrop, the action taking place on a park bench. A continuation of characters arrive and sit down to meet the children.

Why? According to Maksimov people with big noses have low self esteem wayward  anti-heroes whom Ivan Maksimov wants to help.

" Benches N ° 0458 " is a representation  " without script and without message " not trying to provoke the public but symbolizing a gap where the characters ignore each other in

   photo©Anne-Lise Le Pellec

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The WINDRIDER STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL (WISFF) honors emerging student filmmakers whose independent voices reflect the human condition with creativity and respect. Formerly the ANGELUS STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL (which MovieMaker magazine called "best bet for student moviemakers,") WISFF boasts a world-class alumni that have gone on to win multiple Oscar, Emmy, Peabody and Sundance nominations, awards and recognition.

Awards & Prizes

$10,000 Grand Jury Prize
$10,000 Best Documentary
$10,000 Cinematic Storytelling

All winners receive expense-paid trip to Park City during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
 

Initiated by the producer Didier Brunner and inspired by the Annie Awards, the great American event which celebrates the animation sector and all of its components, the project of creating the European Animation Pride Awards was announced during the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

While the creation of the association is underway, its leadership committee has already been working on the development of the project and aims to organize the first ceremony at the end of the year 2017.

The current team is made up of experienced professionals such as Didier Brunner, Olivier Catherin, Jean-Paul Commin and Denis Walgenwitz. The technical and logistical support for the Awards will be provided by Reginald de Guillebon and Laurent Cotillon through Le Film Français.

Annecy was the opportunity to bring together renowned professionals from across Europe who expressed an interest for the project and are destined to become « Ambassadors » of the Awards in their home country and in their field of work and expertise. 

In addition to honing a European ambition, the European Animation Pride Awards hope to gather the largest possible range of participants :  students, technicians, screenwriters, artists, directors, producers, investors, distributors, broadcasters, etc. who, through their membership to the association, will represent the college of voters rewarding the works and talents who contribute to the production of feature films, short films, television series and video games in fifteen different categories.

The organizers believe that the quality and the diversity of the European productions justify the creation of a structure devoted to the organization of an annual ceremony by professionals, and for professionals, celebrating the creativity and energy of a sector which counts multiple and undeniable successes. 

After this summer, the European Animation Pride Awards will announce the official setting up of the structure and define the operating principles of the association and of the ceremony. Receiving the professionals who have already been contacted will enable the initiators of this ceremony to illustrate their strong confidence in the successful development of this initiative.

Contacts :

Animation Pride Awards
AFCA
53 bis rue Rodier
75009 Paris

Olivier Catherin animationpride@gmail.com

Jean-Paul Commin jpcommin@libello.com