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The team on stage at RIFF

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Dear Stephen Sepher,

"I really enjoyed your film last night.  As mentioned, it looked like a $25 million movie.  Beautifully shot, camera choreography, production value and sound.  You gave a great performance as well, along with your fellow cast members.  I hope you think about making your next movie here in Rhode Island.  We have had approximately $400 million of production here in our Ocean State since I returned home and began an incentive program.  Films of all sizes.  If you are interested in accessing our Motion Picture Tax Incentive program, go to our website www.film.ri.gov    The minimum spend is $100,000 of qualified expenditures on the ground in Rhode Island.  Once you achieve that number, you can qualify for the 25% incentive, which includes above the line.   Resident and non resident allowed."

We can discuss at greater detail when you are ready to look for you rnext film. 

In the meantime, I hope you had a blast here in Rhode Island and soaked in the festival and all of her treasures.

Bravo, good sir, to you and your talented team!

Wishing you continued great health and much success!

Be proud!

Warmly,

Steven Feinberg 

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"Scrappy" will have its California premiere in the state's capitol of Sacramento with the city's Film and Music Festival, September 22-24, 2017. The festival will be held in the historic Jean Runyon Theater.

Helmed and adapted for the screen by Dawn Westlake, "Scrappy" is based on the Studs Terkel Humanities Award-winning poem by her father, Donald G. Westlake. The poem recounts Westlake's real-life anecdote about standing up to the gun culture in the USA at the tender age of 6 in rural Illinois.

"Scrappy" was shot on location in Pine Mountain and Los Angeles, California. DP/Editing/VFX were by Pol Carrizo-Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona. GC Johnson of Acoustic Labs scored.

The film introduces 5-yr-old actress Nefertina Lizarraga and her dog Kong (as SCRAPPY).

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent

Who will never look at tiki torches the same? Oh, it’s #Charlottesville flashbacks, that mob who tried to destroy the reputation of the Commonwealth of Virginia, home to more US Presidents than any other state

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That old tourist ad slogan “Virginia Is For Lovers” has now been flipped on its head. What are we to do?

Well, First Run Features President Seymour Wishman has a few ideas. This came to my inbox this morning, likely saved my day, because we are all powerless at this moment in history, powerless to change hearts and minds, and just compelled to not engage, to do our jobs and run our lives… or figure out something like this.

Open Letter From FIRST RUN FEATURES

President Seymour Wishman Dated Aug. 17, 2017

First Run Features was founded to make available independent films, mostly social/political issue documentaries, to the public. The kind of tough, insightful, sometimes outrageous titles we've distributed in theaters, schools and on television and home video over the last 40 years comprises the largest collection of films dealing with civil rights and the plight of the underdog in America.

The recent actions of neo-nazis, KKK, white supremacists, racists and anti-Semites in Charlottesville reinforces our commitment to expose the evil and danger these people represent.

One of the first films we distributed and still do is Blood in the Face produced by Village Voice contributor James Ridgeway, Academy Award nominee Anne Bohlen and The Atomic Cafe producer Kevin Rafferty, and featuring interviews with Michael Moore. The film includes rare archival footage, interviews, and promotional materials that reveal the inner workings of the Ku Klux Klan, the American Nazi Party, the Aryan Nation, The Order, and other radical right groups who speak of imminent race wars, Armageddon, the Holocaust hoax, interracial breeding, the Christian Identity faith, the hordes of foreign troops poised to attack America, and ZOG (The Zion Occupation Government).

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Almost 40 years later we began distributing Welcome to Leith, which chronicles the attempted takeover of a small town in North Dakota by notorious white supremacist Craig Cobb. As his behavior becomes more threatening, tensions soar, and the residents desperately look for ways to expel their unwanted neighbor. With incredible access to both longtime residents of Leith and white supremacists, the film examines a small community in the plains struggling for sovereignty against an extremist vision.

Today First Run has about 500 films in our collection, with a number that also deal with the threat of the far right. I am particularly eager for as many people as possible to see Blood in the Face and Welcome to Leith and would like to offer them on DVD at a discounted price of $5 through 8/31. Use coupon code FIGHTHATE at www.firstrunfeatures.com. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

- Seymour WishmanPresident, First Run Features

Here's a Quick Education On The Movies He MentionsBlood in the Face

"A jaw-dropping view of America's white supremacy movement. Rare archival footage, darkly humorous interviews, and their own promotional materials bring to light the inner workings of the Ku Klux Klan and other radical right groups."Read on...

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Welcome to Leith

"Welcome to Leith chronicles the attempted takeover of a small town in North Dakota by notorious white supremacist Craig Cobb. As his behavior becomes more threatening, the residents desperately look for ways to expel their unwanted neighbor."Read on...

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I’m not on their payroll, and haven't seen all of the movies Mr. Wishman recommends, but it lifted me up just a little bit to read this, and hopefully it lifts you up for the day too. None are immune from the viral phenomenon of this piercing cacophony of raised voices, sweaty faces, burning torches, in words or in imagery out in our world.

We will remember #heatherheyer out loud. Next there’s Barcelona, Spain, another vehicle-rage incident cut to fit somebody’s agenda.

After that, who knows, but without looking away, we can look into ourselves and look at each other, and say ‘Not Me, Friend, Not Me,’ and light a candle - held up in trust for the future and for the fallen.

Back to the movies… see you in the audience soon.

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Clik here to view.The leading Hungarian film event, the 14^th Jameson CineFest awaits the audience in 8-17 September 2017. On the 8^th of September the festival opens its gate with the screening of ‘Shortcuts’ aka ‘Cutting it Short’ with the director, JiřiMenzel and the leading actress, Magda Vásáryova as special guests. The Academy Award winner director is this year’s Lifetime Achievement Aawrd winner, and the actress and diplomat Vásáryova has been chosen as the recipient of the Europe Award, founded last year.

Menzel is one of the most influential figures of the Central European cinema. His first movie ‘Closely Watched Trains’ won the Oscar in 1968. The film ‘Larks on Strings’ shot one year after the Oscar was withheld by censors and released only in 1989 in which year’s Berlinale it won the Golden Bear – something that has been unprecedented before.

“Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! That’s what I call original great humor!” – wrote Kunder to Menzel after the premiere of ‘I Served the King of England’. In a country of ten million people, the film attracted more than one million viewer in the Czech Republic in 2006. It was Menzel’s sixth Hrabal-adaptation. In his films comedy, tragedy, sentimentalism, humor and irony plays together in a way that is only the characteristic of the greatest masters. The legendary director of ‘Capricious Summer’, ‘The Snowdrop Festival’, the Oscar nominee ‘My Sweet Little Village’ and the ‘Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin’ has also played in several films – including some Hungarian ones as well. He is also a well-known stage director.

The leading actress of ‘Shortcuts’ aka ‘Cutting it Short’, Magda Vásáryova was 19 when she played the leading role in the Czech film, ‘Marketa Lazarova’. The three-hours epic is considered by the critics and film historians one of the European masterpieces of the golden years of the 1960s. A few years back, the premiere of its digitally re-mastered copy has been a true headliner. The actress is not only acknowledged for dozens of great roles but also for her career in politics. After the regime change she became a politician and a diplomat, making it up the being Slovakian presidential candidate. She also served as ambassador and state secretary of foreign affairs. The actress and politician speaks several languages and has a truly European point of view. After Juliette Binoche in 2016, she is named Ambassador of the European Cinema by the 14^th Jameson CineFest in 2017. 

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The Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) announced today that Glenn Close will receive the Golden Icon Award at this year’s Festival,  which takes place from September 28 to October 8, 2017.

The Golden Icon Award is the Festival’s most prestigious symbol of recognition, in appreciation of the lifetime achievements of an actor or actress. Glenn Close will be honored with the award on Sunday October 1.

Ms Close will also present her latest film, THE WIFE with her co-stars Jonathan Pryce and Annie Starke and director Björn Runge.

Behind any great man, there’s always a greater woman … and you’re about to meet her. It is crucial you get to know this woman – many of us already do and don't even realise it. 

Joan Castleman (Glenn Close): a highly intelligent and still-striking beauty - the perfect alpha wife. Forty years spent sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his skyrocketing literary career. Ignoring his infidelities and excuses because of his "art" with grace and humour. 

Their fateful pact has built a marriage upon uneven compromises. And Joan’s reached her breaking point. On the eve of Joe’s Nobel Prize for Literature, the crown jewel in a spectacular body of work, Joan's coup de grace is to confront the biggest sacrifice of her life and secret of his career.  The Wife is a poignant, funny and emotional journey; a celebration of womanhood, self-discovery and liberation. 

ZFF Co-Directors Nadja Schildknecht and Karl Spoerri state “We’re honored to present Glenn Close with our Golden Icon Award at this year’s Festival. From her commanding portrayal of Patty Hewes in Damages to the glorious Marquise de Merteuil in Stephen Frears’ Dangerous Liaisons via Alex Forrest and Cruella De Vil, Glenn Close has brought her extraordinary presence to countless memorable roles over a truly formidable career. We are delighted to welcome her to Zurich and screen her latest film THE WIFE.”

Credit Suisse is the official partner of the Golden Icon Award.

A six-time Academy Award nominee, Ms Close has recently completed filming on Julian Fellow’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Crooked House alongside an all-star cast that included Max Irons, Christina Hendricks, Gillian Anderson and Terence Stamp. Other recent films include the sci-fi thriller What Happened to Monday, The Girl With All the Gifts, Wilde Wedding and the comedy Bastards.

Ms Close reprised her Tony Award-winning role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Sunset Boulevard in a new production at the London Coliseum in 2016 (bringing her a London Evening Standard Award and an Olivier Award nomination). The full production, starring Close, opened on Broadway in February 2017.

Ms Close made her feature film debut in George Roy Hill's The World According to Garp, earning her awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review as well as her first Academy Award nomination. She was subsequently Oscar-nominated for The Big Chill, The Natural, Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons (for which she was also a BAFTA Award nominee) and Albert Nobbs (which earned her Golden Globe and SAG nominations). For Albert Nobbs, Close also wrote the screenplay with John Banville, was a producer on the film and composed the lyrics for the Golden Globe and World Soundtrack-nominated song, “Lay Your Head Down.”

Her film credits also include Richard Marquand's Jagged Edge, Barbet Schroeder's Reversal of Fortune, Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet, István Szabó's Meeting Venus, Ron Howard's The Paper, Stephen Herek's 101 Dalmatians, Kevin Lima's 102 Dalmatians, Wolfgang Petersen's Air Force One, Robert Altman's Cookie's Fortune, Rose Troche's The Safety of Objects, Merchant Ivory's Le Divorce, Chris Terrio's Heights, Rodrigo García's Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her and Nine Lives, Evening, Low Down, 5 to 7, Anesthesia, The Great Gilly Hopkins and Guardians of the Galaxy.

For her riveting portrayal of high-stakes litigator Patty Hewes in the critically acclaimed television series Damages, Close won two consecutive Emmys as “Best Actress in a Drama Series” and two subsequent Emmy nominations (bringing her total number of Emmy nominations to twelve) along with a Golden Globe Award and three SAG Award nominations.   Close’s twelve Golden Globe nominations include a Best Actress win for Andrei Konchalovsky's adaptation of The Lion in Winter (which also earned her a SAG Award).

Other television credits include her Emmy award winning role in Serving in Silence: the Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (for which she also received a Peabody Award as executive producer), South Pacific and Sarah, Plain and Tall, both of which she also executive produced, The Shield, The Elephant Man, Something About Amelia, Stones for Ibarra, The Ballad of Lucy Whipple and In the Gloaming, for which she won a CableACE Award.

Close made her theatre, and Broadway, debut in Harold Prince's revival of Love for Love. Her theater credits include The Crucifer of Blood, The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs (Obie Award), Barnum (Tony nomination) and Tony Awards for her performances in The Real Thing and Death and the Maiden, both directed by Mike Nichols. In London, she reteamed with the director of the original Sunset Boulevard stage production, Trevor Nunn, in his Royal National Theatre revival of A Streetcar Named Desire. She returned to Broadway for the 2014 revival production of Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance.

Worldwide sales for THE WIFE are handled by Embankment Films.

Brokered by Embankment Films – Silver Reel, Creative Scotland, Film Väst, Chimney, the Swedish Film Institute and Svensk Filmindustri financed THE WIFE.  Tempo Productions, Silver Reel, Meta Film, Anonymous Content, Spark Film and Television have produced THE WIFE.

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·       Pinewood Studios Group continue to offer the £20,000 award for Best British LGBT short film

·       Trans stories make up almost a third of the competing films presented by some of Britain’s brightest film makers

Organisers of the Iris Prize have today (09/08/2017) announced details of the 15 short films competing for the Best British Award at the 2017 Iris Prize Festival. The winner who will be presented with a prize valued at £20,000 from sponsors Pinewood Studios Group will be announced during the October film festival in Cardiff, Wales.

Andrew Pierce, Iris Prize Chair, commented:
“This strand of the festival has become very popular as we focus on home grown talent. With nominating partners in Glasgow, Liverpool, London and Bristol we are confident that we cover all the bases and this year is possibly the strongest yet with the highest number of submissions recorded this year.

As we recognise the 50^th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales it is pleasing to see how life for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people has changed over the years. This is reflected in the stories our filmmakers have decided to share and it’s worth noting that one third of the films deal with trans stories.

One of the many highlights is the animated short Bearable by David James Holloway which asks the question what if your tribe within the gay community defined you? What if you lived with a real bear? Iris is many things to many people but to most of us she is a window on the world, and as our new strapline asks: “What will you see in Cardiff?”

A montage of the 15 competing films is available here: https://youtu.be/ubLqARN2bkY

See the full list of competing films are:

·         an (un)natural birth - Laura Kingwell

·         Bearable - David James Holloway

·         Colours - Peter Lee Scott

·         Fay Presto, Queen of the Close Up - Hanna Aqvilin

·         Leroy - Marley Morrison

·         One Summer - Gregory Oke

·         Outlines - Ellie Rogers

·         Pillowtalk - Louise Marie Cooke

·         Rink - Gail Hackston

·         Sunday Morning Coming Down - Harry Lighton

·         Sununú: The Revolution of Love - Olivia Crellin

·         We Love Moses - Dionne Edwards

·         Where We Are Now - Lucie Rachel

·         Wolves - Maria Balduzzi

·         Yellow - Rowyn Mottershead

More details are available here: http://www.irisprize.org/the-prize-2017/best-british-short/

The names of the 35 short films competing for the Iris Prize will be announced on Monday 14 August.

The main festival sponsors are: The Michael Bishop Foundation, Welsh Government, BFI, Ffilm Cymru Wales, Pinewood Studios Group, Cardiff University, Cardiff BID, Gorilla Group, Co-op Respect and Cineworld. The festival also works in partnership with BAFTA Cymru and Pride Cymru.
                                          

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Further Details:  Berwyn Rowlands, Tel: +44 (0)29 20232744, Mobile: +44 (0) 7860 818294

Email: berwyn@irisprize.org
www.irisprize.org

Notes to Editors:

The Iris Prize– Cardiff’s International LGBT Short Film Prize is supported by The Michael Bishop Foundation and at £30,000 continues to be the only LGBT short film prize in the world which allows the winner to make a new film. In 2016 Iris was identified as one of the top 50 film festivals in the world by Movie Maker Magazine and promoted by BAFTA to 'A' list festival status alongside Cannes and Sundance by officially being recognised as a qualifying festival for the BAFTA awards.

Past winners of the Iris Prize Best British award are:  2007 – Abbe Robinson (Private Life); 2008 – Connor Clements (James); 2009 – Aleem Khan (Diana); 2010 – Ana Moreno (Mosa); 2011 – Andrew Steggall (The Red Bike); 2012 – Fabio Youniss (A Stable for Disabled Horses); 2013 – Jay Bedwani (My Mother); 2014 – Charlie Francis (Middle Man); 2015 – Lloyd Eyre-Morgan (Closets) and Toby Fell-Holden – 2016 (UK).

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FESTIVAL DAILIES

Montreal International Animation Film Festival  - August 17 - 20, 2017 

 

Animaze is an international film festival and conference exploring the world of animation in all its diversity. Filmmakers and professionals from over 65 countries will converge on Montreal from August 17-20. Filmfestivals.com has partnered with Animaze to offer our audience discount on the industry passes.  http://animazefestival.com

 

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MIAFF Day 2 program

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MIAFF Opening Day Program

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Women in Film: Abina and the Important Men

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Trevor Getz and Liz Clark’s graphic novel about a young woman who fights for her freedom in the courts of Africa’s gold coast in the late 1800’s comes to life in an animated feature produced by the Documentary Film Institute at San Francisco State University. The novel won the James Harvey Robinson prize in 2014. Abina and the Important Men by Soumyaa Behrens | US | 1 h | 2016 A graphic hi...

 

Feature Films at MIAFF 2017

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Feature Films Release from Heaven by Ali Noori Oskouci Islamic Republic of Iran 01:16:00 In a war torn country, a female writer and teacher has to accompany two of her students on a life changing journey. Ali Noori Oskouci was born in 1981, Tehran, Iran. He is a graduate of art who has started his art career from high school as a photographer, cartoonist and film maker. He then majored in cinema and tried different genres including fiction, documentary and animation. Along with f...

 

 

Shorts at MIAFF 2017

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SHORT FILMS Fashion Cave! by Tristian Goik USA 0:59 Join Scarlet Envy and Daphne Sumtimez on an urban adventure of massive magnitude and dripping danger. No artist biography. Departure by Aoífe Doyle Ireland 9:15 An Irish grandmothers unexpected departure from her lonely life. Aoífe Doyle is the creative director and co-founder of Pink Kong Studios. The studio’s new short film “Departure” is funded by the Irish Film Board and RTÉ...

 

 

Film Program: VR 360

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Virtual Reality (VR) 360º Films  Garden by Daniel & David Holechek USA 2:08 A young woman browsing through an art gallery makes a connection and unlocks a stunning world inside of her imagination. Garden blends fully stereoscopic live action and CG environments to create an imaginative and immersive VR short film experience. The film explores what it means to connect to a piece of art, in a way that that is unique to the virtual reality medium. The Holech...

 

 

Full Line up for MIAFF 2017 / Animation, panels and VR

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The Schedule   FILM LISTINGS  SHORTS EXPERIMENTAL FEATURES VIRTUAL REALITY 360º  JUNOD   INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILMS   PANELS  NETWORKING INDUSTRY & PITCH   Virtual Reality Installations ...

 

Fairy Tale and Success story at Montreal International Animation Film Festival

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  A debut short film from the UK premiers at the Montreal International Animation Film Festival and credits the festival’s contribution as final push that led to the film’s completion. BBC England has helped the UK short film go viral after featuring the young filmmaker in one of their daily news shows.   Ms. Ruth Coggins, a first time filmmaker created a film about her great g...

 

 

Welcome to MIAFF 2017 / Bienvenue au FIFAM 2017 opening today

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MIAFF on BBC world news - animation festival discovers a gem - A War to End All Wars -

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Still from A War to End All Wars directed by UK animator Ruth Coggins The Montreal International Animation FIlm Festival is proving itself to be the hippest animation festival. Discovering the film on social media, MIAFF will deliver a world premiere of UK film  A War to End ALl Wars by director Ruth Coggins. Festival director Laurie Gordon recalls noticing a few stills and trailer of the animated film she first noticed on a Twitter feed a few months ago. She recalls, " It wasn'...        

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VENICE FILM FESTIVAL & INDUSTRY - August 30 - September 9, 2017  

Stephen Frears to receive the 2017 Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker award at the Venice International Film Festival

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Victoria & Abdul - director Stephen Frears 2b © Focus Features His new film Victoria & Abdul to be screened Out of Competition   La Biennale di Venezia and Jaeger-LeCoultre are pleased to announce that the great English director Stephen Frears (Philomena, The Queen, Dangerous Liaisons) will receive the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker award at the 74th Venice International Film Festival (30th August  - 9th September 2017), dedicated to a personality who has mad...

 

 

Venice celebrates the centennial of the birth of Jean Rouch with a screening of Cousin Cousine (shot in Venice)

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  On the centennial of the birth of Jean Rouch the programme of the Venice Film Festival (7 and 8 September) adds the only film he ever made in Venice, the previously unreleased Cousin, cousine (1985-1987, 31')   For the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the great French director and ethnographer Jean Rouch (1917 – 2004), the programme of the Venice Film Festival adds to its line-up the world-premiere screening of the only film ...

 

 

Venice Book Adaptation Rights Market

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Download the brochure of the Book Adaptation Rights Market  and like to let you know that the meetings will take place on September 1st in the morning from 9:30 to 12:00 and on the 2nd  and 3rd  from 9:30 until 18:00 in the Venice Production Bridge dedicated BARM area at the Excelsior Hotel on the Lido di Venezia, within a short distance from Palazzo del Cinema, the main festival hub.    In order to book your meetings with the project representatives, you p...

 

 

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Jane Fonda and Robert Redford

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The Electric Horseman (1979) by Sydney Pollack Thursday, August 31st in the Sala Volpi (5:30 p.m.) A tribute to Jane Fonda and Robert Redford 2017 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement   In honor of Jane Fonda and Robert Redford, who will each be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 2017 Venice Film Festival, there will be a screening of one of the four movies in which the two great actors performed together. The film, The Electric Horseman (1979), was directed ...

 

 

Venice Film Festival Calendar Public Screenings

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  Calendario delle proiezioni per il pubblico della 74. Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica   Martedì 29 agosto 2017   20:30               SALA DARSENA PREAPERTURA - INVITI IN COLLABORAZIONE CON I QUOTIDIANI VENEZIANI  PARTITURA ORIGINALE RICOSTRUITA E DIRETTA DA GILLIAN ANDERSON ED ESEGUITA DALLA MITTELEUROPA ORCHESTRA VENEZIA CLASSICI ROSITA (1923) di Ernst Lubitsch (...

Selected Projects and Publishers - Venice Production Bridge TIME TO BOOK YOUR MEETINGS

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>  MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - August 3 -20, 20177

International feature films in competition

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LING FAST  (114 mins) 24 FRAMES Dir. Abbas Kiarostami  France Iran (2017)   (98 mins) AFTERIMAGE Dir. Andrzej Wajda  Poland (2016)   (127 mins) ANA, MON AMOUR Dir. Călin Peter Netzer  Romania (2017) STANDBY  (95 mins) ANTONIO 1, 2, 3 Dir. ...

 

Opening Gala in Melbourne

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About MIFF

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The story of film in Melbourne could not be written without MIFF. MIFF is a not-for-profit organisation that has been continuously running since 1952, making it the leading film festival in Australia and one of the world’s oldest film festivals, alongside Cannes and Berlin. Presenting a curated global program of innovative screen experiences and the world’s largest showcase of exceptional Australian filmmaking, MIFF is an accessible, iconic cultural event that provides tr...

 

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Glenn Close to receive Zurich Film Festival’s Golden Icon Award

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The Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) announced today that Glenn Close will receive the Golden Icon Award at this year’s Festival,  which takes place from September 28 to October 8, 2017.   The Golden Icon Award is the Festival’s most prestigious symbol of recognition, in appreciation of the lifetime achievements of an actor or actress. Glenn Close will be honored with the award on Sunday October 1. Ms Close will also present her latest film, THE WIFE with her...

 

Meet Keith Garcia Programming Manager for Denver Film Society and the Sie FilmCenter

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Allow me to (re)introduce myself. I'm Keith Garcia and I'm happy to announce that I will be the interim Programming Manager for Denver Film Society and the Sie FilmCenter for the next little while. Some of you may know me from my salad days when I held this same position for the organization for nearly a decade - going all the way back to the ol' Starz FilmC...

 

 

Jameson CineFest honors Jiři Menzel and Magda Vásáryova

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The leading Hungarian film event, the 14th Jameson CineFest awaits the audience in 8-17 September 2017. On the 8th of September the festival opens its gate with the screening of ‘Shortcuts’ aka ‘Cutting it Short’ with the director, JiřiMenzel and the leading actress, Magda Vásáryova as special guests. The Academy Award winner director is this year’s Lifetime Achievement Aawrd winner, and the actress and diplomat Vásáryova ...

 

Oldenburg Honors Maverick Producer Ed Pressman with Retrospective

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“Film seemed to be a way of changing the world”- Ed Pressman This personal credo resonates through his body of work and pioneering creativity and passion for story telling that has enabled and launched the careers of cinemas most acclaimed directors and stars. On the 50th Anniversary of his first foray into filmmaking in 1967, and with nearly 90 films to his credit, Ed Pressman is an iconic and prolific force to whom modern cinema and so many of its greatest artists ...

 

Franz Schwartz, the former director of Vienna’s Stadtkino, appointed interim artistic director of the Viennale.

 

Following the death of our director of many years, Hans Hurch, the Viennale board of trustees has entrusted Franz Schwartz, the former director of Vienna’s Stadtkino, with the interim artistic direction of the Viennale. Franz Schwartz has already started work and will remain in charge until the appointment of a new permanent director at the beginning of next year. “Tragically, the Viennale 2017 is Hans Hurch’s last. Working together, the experienced team of the Viennale and I...

 

 

Brett Ratner to Close 13th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival as Keynote

 

Brett Ratner, one of Hollywood’s most successful filmmakers, will close the Academy Awards® qualifying 13th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival w...

 

What If There’s No Back to School or Normal: Ai Weiwei’s HUMAN FLOW for UN’s WHD

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Maybe you’ve never heard of Ai Weiwei, who turns 60 on Aug. 28. Once a pro blackjack player, Weiwei still takes huge gambles as China’s best-known living artist, conceptual artist, and filmmaker who is often jailed or at odds with his government. There’s a link to his timeline and bio below. But for tomorrow Aug. 19, which the United Nation declared “World Humanitarian Day” back in 2003, Weiwei’s new fil...

 

 

Check out the hysteria with Billy' Flynn's fans

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Dead on Arrival D.O.A. Team on stage with cast at RIFF

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Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Jane Fonda and Robert Redford

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The Electric Horseman (1979) by Sydney Pollack Thursday, August 31st in the Sala Volpi (5:30 p.m.) A tribute to Jane Fonda and Robert Redford 2017 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement   In honor of Jane Fonda and Robert Redford, who will each be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 2017 Venice Film Festival, there will be a screening of one of the four movies in which the two great actors performed together. The film, The Electric Horseman (1979), was directed ...

 

Consensus New York 2017 Photo Coverage

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By Maria Esteves The Consensus New York 2017 (3rd Annual Blockchain Technology Summit) presented by CoinDesk was held at the Marriott Marquis, New York, May 22-24, 2017. The Internet’s Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) and Cryptocurrency annual event included the launch of a decentralized blockchain storage system by Blockstack.org, R3 Corda Blockchain operating system, PRISM cryptocurrency portfolio by ShapeShift.io, TOKEN browser/messaging app by Coinbase, a special presentation of EOS...

 

Consensus New York 2017 Coverage

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By Maria Esteves The Consensus New York 2017 (3rd Annual Blockchain Technology Summit) presented by CoinDesk was held at the New York Marriott Marquis, May 22-24. The Blockchain as a Service and Cryptocurrency annual event included a special presentation of EOS, Blockchain operating system; the launch of R3 Corda Blockchain operating system, the Blockstack decentralized browser and Token virtual chain, PRISM cyptocurrency portfolio by ShapeShift.io, and TOKEN messaging app by Coinba...

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Palmarès Locarno70

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Pardo d'oro to MRS. FANG by WANG Bing © Locarno Festival Concorso internazionale Pardo d’oro MRS. FANG by WANG Bing, France, China, Germany Premio Speciale Della Giuria (Special Jury Prize) AS BOAS MANEIRAS by Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra, Brazil, France ...

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 16th GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL  
March 22 -25 , 2018
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2018 Call for Entries July 1- December 1, 2017! 

 

The Garden State Film Festival is scheduled for March 22-25, 2018 in Asbury Park, NJ. Film, Screenplay and Movie Music competitions open July 1, 2017.   Make sure all of the INFORMATION you are submitting into the submission system  is CORRECT because  THAT information GOES RIGHT INTO OUR SYSTEM. 

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The 8th Taiwan International Children's Film Festival (TICFF)

March 29, 2018 to April 05, 2018
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August 15 Early Bird Deadline
 

Held once every two years, the festival brings young children and adults too, to enjoy the works in this international exhibition, which will take place March 29, 2018 to April 05, 2018. PTS, the organizers of this event, are now signing up entries for this tremendous series of showings, attracting some of the finest film makers from around the world with the lure of USD 25,000 in prize money.  
 

A biennial film festival, TICFF brings young children and adults to enjoy the works in this international exhibition, which will take place in April 2018 for its eighth edition.

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Buffalo Dreams November 3 - 12 2017 Horror Fantasy Calling

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July 1, 2017 Regular Deadline I August 28, 2017 Late Deadline I September 7, 2017 Extended Deadline

The dates of the festival are Friday, November 3rd, 2017 – Sunday, November 12th. The first week will be held at the Dipson Theaters Eastern Hills Cinema, located in the Eastern Hills Mall in Williamsville, New York, outside Buffalo. The final three days will be held at the Screening Room Cinema Cafe, located in the Boulevard Mall in Amherst, New York, also outside Buffalo.

Buffalo Dreams is a filmmaker friendly event which celebrates the best independent films from around the world in the following categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction and Thriller. The festival separates content into three divisions: North American (U.S. and Canada), International, and Western New York. The Young Student Filmmaker Award is limited to Western New Yorkers and aims to introduce students under age 17 to the film festival experience. In addition, the Original Screenplay competition is always judged by a professional writer, and the five finalists receive notes from the judge. This year, the competition will be judged by acclaimed horror and humor author Jeff Strand.

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MANHATTAN SHORT’s

September 22 to October 1, 2017

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Oscar-Qualifying Screenings Call For Entries

Submit by July 31, 2017

Filmmakers who would like to get their short film qualified for the 2018 Academy Awards are urged to enter this year’s MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival, which will not only screen to over a 100,000 film buffs in over 250 cinemas across six continents, but will do a full week's run in one cinema in the county of Los Angeles. This theater booking means every film selected as a Finalist in the 2017 MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival is eligible to enter the Oscar competition for 2018. MANHATTAN SHORT is now in compliance with the rules governing the Oscar Awards set forth by the Academy of Motion Pictures of Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Montreal International Animation Film Festival - ANIMAZE 
August 17 – 20, 2017

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Horror Calling

FEARnyc New York's premier horror film festival October 27 – 29, 2017 - Horror Calling

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FEARnyc is New York's City's biggest horror film festival. Sponsored by Bloody Disgusting and Dread Central, FEARnyc features screenings of dozens of new horror films in the days leading up to Halloween. The 2017 festival will take place October 27 – 29, 2017 at The Sonnet Theater in Times Square, NYC. Click here to submit a film.

 

Morbido Festival Mexico October 26 – November 5, 2017 - Horror Calling

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RIP Horror Film Festival November 10 -13 - Horror Calling

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A genre-defying mixture of horror, sci-fi, myth, mystery and thrills told as four interlocking tales in one intelligent anthology. Ghosts, spirits, creatures, demons...  The Bloody Dolls are Killin It at RIP Horror Hollywood! All filmmakers can submit direct to submissions@riphorrorfilmfest.com Not all submissions will be selected, only TOP 12 Features, TOP 18 Shorts and TOP 20 Micro Shorts will be accepted as official selections. In celebration of our 5th year Fees are FREE for stu...

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Horror Calling

Toronto After Dark Film Festival Oct 12-20, 20 - Horror Calling

Shriekfest Announces its Commercial Contest!

Monsters of Film Festival: The Stockholm based festival is calling with final deadline july 6th

13Horror.com accepting film and screenplay submissions - Horror calling

Nola Horror Film Festival September 21 – 24, 2017- Horror Calling

Celluloid Screams October 20 – 22, 2017 - Horror Calling

HorrorHaus (November 4 – 5, 2017) is calling for the creative works of independent filmmakers with a penchant for horror

AVORIAZ 1800 January 22 – 28, 2018 - Horror Calling

ToHorror Film Fest October 17 – 21, 2017 - Horror Calling

Silver Scream Film and Comic Festival May 26 -27, 2017 - Horror Calling

Monster Fest November 22 – 26, 2017 - Horror Calling

The Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival August 31 – September 3, 2017 - Horror Calling

Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival June 30 - July 8, 2017 - Horror Calling

Toronto Spring of Horror and Fantasy April 7 – 9, 2017 - Horror Calling

The 3rd Annual Follow Your Dreams Festival June 1 - 2017 Horror Calling

Molins de Rei Horror Film Festival November 10 – 19, 2017 - Horror Calling

 

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BATTLE OF THE SEXES Gala screening at 61st London FIlm Festival Announced

 

The 61st BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® is thrilled to serve up BATTLE OF THE SEXES, starring Emma Stone and Steve Carell, as this year’s American Express Gala at this year’s Festival. The film will receive its European Premiere on Saturday 7 October at London’s Odeon Leicester Square, with Emma Stone, Andrea Riseborough, Elisabeth Shue, directors Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, and the legendary Billie Jean King expected...

 

Picture Is Worth a 1000 Words, But a Picture Distributor Speaks Volumes at First Run Features

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Who will never look at tiki torches the same? Oh, it’s #Charlottesville flashbacks, that mob who tried to destroy the reputation of the Commonwealth of Virginia, home to more US Presidents than any other state . That old tourist ad slogan “Virginia Is For Lovers” has now been flipped on its head. What are we to do? Well, First Run Features President Seymour Wishman has a few ideas. This came to my inbox this morning, likely sa...

 

 

Steven Feinberg RIFF Festival director's amazing quote on Dead On Arrival

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Dear Stephen Sepher, "I really enjoyed your film last night.  As mentioned, it looked like a $25 million movie.  Beautifully shot, camera choreography, production value and sound.  You gave a great performance as well, along with your fellow cast members.  I hope you think about making your next movie here in Rhode Island.  We have had approximately $400 million of production here in our Ocean State since I returned home and began an incentive program.  Film...

 

 

Venice celebrates the centennial of the birth of Jean Rouch with a screening of Cousin Cousine (shot in Venice)

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  On the centennial of the birth of Jean Rouch the programme of the Venice Film Festival (7 and 8 September) adds the only film he ever made in Venice, the previously unreleased Cousin, cousine (1985-1987, 31')   For the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the great French director and ethnographer Jean Rouch (1917 – 2004), the programme of the Venice Film Festival adds to its line-up the world-premiere screening of the only film ...

 

Batman & Spiderman Walk Into MOLLY’S GAME, But Jessica Chastain Doesn’t Cave to Superheroes

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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Holy Toledo, sometimes an insider Hollywood story is so good, you see how the game is played. Jessica Chastain in MOLLY'S GAME So once upon a Batman, and a few-movies-ago Spiderman, the caped one and the web slinger became poker fanatics, like super fanatics, in a snake-pit-named Hollywood club’s back room, a club once owned by a Pirate. True story, plus there’s an ex-Olympic skier with the same name as a character from James ...

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DEAD ON ARRIVAL D.O.A. by Stephen Sepher - Thriller  - USA  - June  2017 -  96 minutes

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Emmy nominated Billy Flynn stars in an ensemble cast as Sam Collins, a pharmaceutical sales rep who visits a small town in Louisiana to close the business deal of a lifetime. He finds himself in a dark world of sex, corruption and murder as he is poisoned with no antidote to save his life. Desperate for answers, with less than 24 hours to live, Sam turns to a local girl Jesse. Their path leads to a voodoo priestess who only confirms Sam's doomed fate. On the run, caught in a deadly vertigo with no one to trust, Sam and Jesse find themselves running from police detectives, the Mob and a dirty sheriff who wants him dead.

Inspired by the 1950 classic noir thriller D.O.A. 

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OFFENSIVE, Jon Ford's thriller.Winner in Houston Worldfest

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THE EVIL WITHIN by late Andrew Getty 
Winner in Houston WorldFest and Fantasporto

The sadistic tale of a lonely, mentally handicapped boy who befriends his reflection in an antique mirror. This demonic creature orders him to go on a murderous rampage to kill the people he loves most.

Starring: Frederick Koehler (Death Race), Sean Patrick Flanery (The Boondock Saints), Michael Berryman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) Brianna Brown (General Hospital), Dina Meyer (Starship Troopers), Kim Darby (True Grit)

Written and directed by late Andrew Getty - Produced by Eric Berliner, Michael Luceri - Sales Vision Films Lise Romanoff

 

Horror, Thriller, 100 Min, 2016 Winner best actor at Fantasporto 2017 
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OFFENSIVE, Jon Ford's thriller.Winner in Houston Worldfest

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"They were forced beyond breaking point; they have no regrets, does that make them bad people? The first part of this film will enrage you ! The second part will sate you !". Bruno Chatelin - Filmfestivals.com

A retired couple, Bernard and Helen Martin, inherit a remote house in rural France, the very same village Bernard’s war hero father liberated during the Second World War, over 70 years earlier. This peaceful couple quickly become the target of a crual gang of street kids, who terrorise the village.

An e-generation permanently plugged into their devices, devoid of empathy, a new breed of technological psychopath…Pushed beyond breaking point, can Bernard live up to his father’s legend, as the situation explodes into a brutal war of generations ?

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Revolution by Rob Stewart  
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over 40 festival wins so far

Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.

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Los Cabos International Film Festival announces three new prizes in its 2017 edition.

 

Los Cabos International Film Festival is pleased to announce three new prizes in its 2017 edition. In addition to being the most important film and cultural meeting point between Mexico, the USA, and Canada, it is still the festival which confers the largest number of awards in all of Latin America.   The Festival’s organizers believe supporting film-makers and the exhibition of their film and television projects to be essential. To this effect, during...

 

 

Atlantic International Film Festival announces full festival program for event, Sept. 14 - 21 in Halifax

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  FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival announces its full program today, featuring over 120 film screenings and a full slate of special events, to be presented over eight days in Halifax, September 14-21. "As Atlantic Canada’s curator of epic and unforgettable stories this year’s program delivers like never before. Incredible regional films sit alongside some of the best the screens of the worl...

 

Announcing ILLUMINATE Film Festival Retreat’s Film Line-up

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Who are we? Why are we here? Where are we going? How are we connected? What power do we have over it all? These are questions the human race has been asking for eons. Are we at a point in our evolution to find the answers? Come take a journey of inquiry, discovery and empowerment with us at the ILLUMINATE Film Festival Retreat in the verdant redwood forests of northern California. Set aside 4 days in early October to immerse yourself in inspirational films, meaningful ceremonies, thoughtf...

 

REELING35 Lineup Announced!!

 

  REELING IS COMING! SEPTEMBER 21-28, 2017                 Be the first to peruse the official festival site  and see what's showing at Reeling this year, watch film trailers, and read all about which of...

 

Christopher Lambert special guest at the III International Motivational Film and Sport Festival BRIDGE of ARTS.

 

The festival’s organizing committee announced that French and American actor, Highlander star, Christopher Lambert will become a special guest of the III International Motivational Film and Sport Festival BRIDGE of ARTS. Christopher Lambert is French and American actor and producer. In 1986 he received César Award for his role in Subway by Luc Besson.  Lamberts’ film credits include over 40 movies. Among them are Why Me?, Arlette, psychological and intellectual ...

 

BRIDGE of ARTS 2017 announced main competition program

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III International Motivational Film and Sport Festival BRIDGE of ARTS, which will take place at Rostov-on-Don from 23 till 27 August 2017, announced full-length films competition program. The program consists of films produced only in 2017. Filmmakers out of 11 countries will compete for the main prize. Main competition program includes 10 films produced in 2017, 6 of them will be screened in Russia for the first time. Two Russian films and those produced in France, Slovakia (co-production),...

 

23-27 August 2017 III International Motivational Film Festival BRIDGE of ARTS will Take Place in Rostov-on-Don.

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The festival will include full-length and short film competition program, out-of-competition screenings, business forum of film and media content, sport events and meetings with Russian and foreign cinema and sport celebrities.  All events of BRIDGE of ARTS are aimed at building creative environment that will allow participants to contribute to film industry development, learn about new film content creation and feel the vibes of the Russian southern capital. Both tourists and viewers wi...

 

 

The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) returns for a 20th edition!

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From November 9 to 19 this year, the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) will return for a 20th edition. While it prepares to announce its special programs and retrospectives for this anniversary edition, the festival is pleased to reveal 5 hard-hitting documentaries representative of a 2017 selection that will showcase openly political films.   Consisting entirely of interviews, Ouvrir la voix, the first feature by Amandine Guay, and Brexitannia by Timothy George Kelly (A ...

 

 

Japan Cuts 2017

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Japanese Americans, with a population in excess of 1.4 million, are an important part of the fastest-growing multi-cultural segment of the Asian American population and share with the other Asian-American groups high educational achievements and the highest mean household income($90,000 in 2017). Japanese Americans have strong ties with their cultural heritage as expressed by their access to Japanese films through digital media in the United Sates. They are not, however, as well presented in t... 

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Major Buzz Factory : Expérience de Bruno Chatelin 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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Un conte de fées au Festival d'animation de Montréal

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Un court-métrage du Royaume-Uni fera sa Première au Festival International de Film d’Animation de Montréal, la directrice reconnaît que la contribution du festival a grandement aidé à sa complétion. BBC England a aidé le court-métrage anglais à faire le buzz sur internet en faisant passer la jeune réalisatrice sur leur plateau de télévision, dans une de leurs nombreuses émissions journali&egr...

 

 

Bienvenue au FIFAM 2017 opening today

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François Clerc lance une société de distribution et de production Apollo Films, en partenariat avec CGR

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François Clerc, ex-directeur de la distribution de StudioCanal et de Gaumont, lance Apollo Films, société de production et de distribution de films français, en collaboration avec CGR, actionnaire de référence. La structure compte trois associés : François Clerc, Julien Moreau (ex-responsable du pôle digital de Gaumont) et Bertrand Fleury (conseiller business affair, notammen...

 

Les Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal reviennent pour une 20e édition politique et engagée!

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Les Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM), de retour pour une 20e édition du 9 au 19 novembre 2017. En attendant de vous dévoiler les programmes spéciaux et les rétrospectives liées à cette édition anniversaire, le festival est fier de révéler 5 documentaires engagés représentatifs d’une sélection 2017 qui fera la part belle à un cinéma ouvertement politique. &n...

 

 

71 new feature films in the Official Selection

divided as follows:

·        21 in Venezia 74 (Competition)

·        20 in Out of Competition (8 of which are documentaries and 2 medium-length films)

·        19 in Orizzonti

·        5 in Cinema nel giardino

·        3 in Biennale College - Cinema

·        3 in Special Screenings

16 new short films

divided as follows:

·         12 inOrizzonti

·         2 in Orizzonti – Out of Competition

·         2 in Out of Competition – Special Events

2 new TV series

divided as follows:

·         1 in Out of Competition

·         1 in Cinema nel giardino

Venezia Classici

18 restored feature films

1 restored medium-length film

1 restored rushes

7 documentaries about cinema (1 of which is a short film)

Virtual Reality

31 projects selected, 22 of which are in Competition

Number of  films viewed:

3492 of which:

1772 feature films (163 of which Italians)

1611 short films (178 of which Italians)

109 VR (6 of which Italians)

Maestri and debutants

Are attending the Official Selection:

·         4 Golden Lion-winning directors (Tsai Ming-liang for Vive l'amour, 1994; Gianni Amelio for Così ridevano, 1998; Darren Aronofsky for The Wrestler, 2008; Samuel Maoz for Lebanon, 2009)

·         2 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement-winning directors (William Friedkin, Frederick Wiseman)

• 6 Academy Award-winning directors (GeorgeClooney, Martin McDonagh, Alexander Payne, Frederick Wiseman, William Friedkin, Errol Morris)

·         2 Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize-winning directors (Paolo Virzì for Ovosodo, 1997; Tsai Ming-liang for Jiao you, 2013)

·         2 Special Jury Prize-winning directors (Abdellatif Kechiche for La graine et le mulet, 2007; Abel Ferrara for Mary, 2005)

·         1 “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film – Lion of the Future-winning director (Abdellatif Kechiche for La faute à Voltaire, 2000)

·         1 Venice Award for a Debut Film– Special Mention-winning director (Salvatore Mereu for Ballo a tre passi, 2003)

·         1 Controcampo Italiano Award-winning director (Susanna Nicchiarelli for Cosmonauta, 2009)

·         3 GoldenOsella-winning directors (Gianni Amelio for Lamerica, 1994; AnneFontaine for Nettoyage à sec, 1997; George Clooney for GoodNight, and Good Luck., 2005)

Are attending the Competition:

·         15 directors who are participating for the first time in the Competition of the Venice Film Festival (Ai Weiwei, Guillermo del Toro, Ziad Doueiri, Robert Guédiguian, Andrew Haigh, Xavier Legrand, Manetti Bros., Martin McDonagh, Andrea Pallaoro, Alexander Payne, Vivian Qu, Sebastiano Riso, Paul Schrader, Warwick Thornton, Frederick Wiseman)

·         2 documentaries (Human Flow by Ai Weiwei; EX LIBRIS – The New York Public Library by Frederick Wiseman)

Film Productions and Coproductions in the Official Selection

ARGENTINA

Lucrecia MARTEL, Zama (Out of Competition)

Pablo GIORGELLI, Invisible (Orizzonti)

Manuel ABRAMOVICH, Años luz (Venice Classics - Documentaries)

AUSTRALIA

Warwick THORNTON, Sweet Country (Venezia 74)

Jason RAFTOPOULOS, West of Sunshine (Orizzonti)

Michael LEONARD, Jamie HELMER, The Knife Salesman (Orizzonti – Short Films)

Alena LODKINA, Strange Colours (Biennale College – Cinema)

AUSTRIA

Amichai GREENBERG, Ha Edut (The Testament) (Orizzonti)

BELGIUM

Andrea PALLAORO, Hannah (Venezia 74)

Michaël R. ROSKAM, Le Fidèle (Out of Competition)

Gilles BOURDOS, Espèces Menacées (Orizzonti)

Sofia DJAMA, Les bienheureux (Orizzonti)

Susanna NICCHIARELLI, Nico, 1988 (Orizzonti - Opening Film)

Gabriel SANSON, Clyde GATES, Himinn Opinn (Orizzonti – Short Films)

François TROUKENS, Jean-François HENSGENS, Tueurs (Cinema nel giardino)

BRAZIL

Lucrecia MARTEL, Zama (Out of Competition)

Pablo GIORGELLI, Invisible (Orizzonti)

João Paulo MIRANDA MARÌA, Meninas formicida (Orizzonti – Short Films)

Manuel ABRAMOVICH, Años luz (Venice Classics - Documentaries)

BULGARIA

Fernando LEÓN DE ARANOA, Loving Pablo (Out of Competition)

CANADA

Chris SMITH, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond. The Story of Jim Carrey, Andy Kaufman and Tony Clifton (Out of Competition)

Félix LAJEUNESSE, Paul RAPHÄEL, Miyubi (Venice VR – Best of VR)

Jordan TANNAHILL, Draw Me Close, Chapters 1-2 (Venice VR)

CHILE

Alireza KHATAMI, Los versos del olvido (Orizzonti)

CHINA, HONG KONG, TAIWAN

Vivian QU, Jia nian hua (Angels Wear White) (Venezia 74)

MI Li, Shi meng lao ren (The Dream Collector) (Venice VR)

QING Shao, Chuang (In the Pictures) (Venice VR)

TSAI Ming-liang, Jia zai lanre si (The Deserted) (Venice VR)

ZHANG Peibin, Free Whale (Venice VR)

COLOMBIA

Juan Sebastian MESA BEDOYA, Tierra mojada (Orizzonti – Short Films)

CONGO

Daniel McCABE, This is Congo (Out of Competition)

CYPRUS

Myrsini ARISTIDOU, Apia (Aria) (Orizzonti – Short Films)

DENMARK

Hafsteinn Gunnar SIGURÐSSON, Undir trénu (Under the Tree) (Orizzonti)

Uri KRANOT, Michelle KRANOT, Nothing Happens (Venice VR)

David WEDEL, Hver Sin Stilhed (Separate Silences) (Venice VR)

FRANCE

Ziad DOUEIRI, L’insulte (Venezia 74)

Robert GUÉDIGUIAN, La villa (Venezia 74)

Abdellatif KECHICHE, Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (Venezia 74)

Xavier LEGRAND, Jusqu’à la garde (Venezia 74)

Samuel MAOZ, Foxtrot (Venezia 74)

Andrea PALLAORO, Hannah (Venezia 74)

Vivian QU, Jia nian hua (Angels Wear White) (Venezia 74)

Rachid HAMI, La mélodie (Out of Competition)

Michaël R. ROSKAM, Le Fidèle (Out of Competition)

Gilles BOURDOS, Espèces Menacées (Orizzonti)

Lucien CASTAING-TAYLOR, Verena PARAVEL, Caniba (Orizzonti)

Sofia DJAMA, Les bienheureux (Orizzonti)

Anne FONTAINE, Marvin (Orizzonti)

Cosimo GOMEZ, Brutti e cattivi (Orizzonti)

Alireza KHATAMI, Los versos del olvido (Orizzonti)

Damien MANIVEL, IGARASHI Kohei, La nuit où j’ai nagé - Oyogisugita yoru (Orizzonti)

Myrsini ARISTIDOU, Apia (Aria) (Orizzonti – Short Films)

Céline DEVAUX, Gros Chagrin (Orizzonti – Short Films)

João Paulo MIRANDA MARÌA, Meninas formicida (Orizzonti – Short Films)

Rä DI MARTINO, Controfigura (Cinema nel giardino)

François TROUKENS, Jean-François HENSGENS, Tueurs (Cinema nel giardino)

Charles AYATS, Marc Antoine MATHIEU, Sens – Part 1 (Venice VR – VPB)

Jerome BLANQUET, Alteration (Venice VR – VPB)

Mathias CHELEBOURG, Alice, The Virtual Reality Play (Venice VR)

Camille DUVELLEROY, Isabelle FOUCRIER, ON/OFF (Venice VR – BCC)

Uri KRANOT, Michelle KRANOT, Nothing Happens (Venice VR)

Mathieu PRADAT, Proxima (Venice VR)

François VAUTIER, I Saw The Future (Venice VR)

Selma Jean DELL’OLIO, La lucida follia di Marco Ferreri (Venice Classics - Documentaries)

Emmanuel HAMON, L’Utopie des images de la Révolution russe (Venice Classics - Documentaries)

GERMANY

AI Weiwei, Human Flow (Venezia 74)

Samuel MAOZ, Foxtrot (Venezia 74)

Pablo GIORGELLI, Invisible (Orizzonti)

Alireza KHATAMI, Los versos del olvido (Orizzonti)

Rick OSTERMANN, Krieg (Orizzonti)

Hafsteinn Gunnar SIGURÐSSON, Undir trénu (Under the Tree) (Orizzonti)

Elwira NIEWIERA, The Prince and the Dybbuk (Venice Classics - Documentaries)

Boris HARS-TSCHACHOTIN, This is the War Room! (Venice Classics - Documentaries)

GREAT BRITAIN

Andrew HAIGH, Lean on Pete (Venezia 74)

Martin McDONAGH, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(Venezia 74)

David BATTY, My Generation (Out of Competition)

Stephen FREARS, Victoria & Abdul (Out of Competition)

Lysander ASHTON, Leo WARNER, My Name Is Peter Stillman (Venice VR)

Romain CHASSAING, Naive New Beaters “Heal Tomorrow” (Venice VR – VPB)

Richard MILLS, Kim-Leigh PONTIN, Nefertiti  (Venice VR)

Edward ROBLES, Dispatch (Venice VR)

Jordan TANNAHILL, Draw Me Close, Chapters 1-2 (Venice VR)

GREECE

Efthimis KOSEMUND SANIDIS, Astrometal (Orizzonti – Short Films)

Yorgos ZOIS, 8^TH Continent (Orizzonti – Short Films – Out of Competition)

IRAN

Ali ASGARI, Napadid Shodan (Disappearance) (Orizzonti)

Vahid JALILVAND, Bedoune tarikh, bedoune emza (No Date, No Signature) (Orizzonti)

ISLAND

Hafsteinn Gunnar SIGURÐSSON, Undir trénu (Under the Tree) (Orizzonti)

ISRAEL

Samuel MAOZ, Foxtrot (Venezia 74)

Tzahi GRAD, Ha Ben Dod (The Cousin) (Orizzonti)

Amichai GREENBERG, Ha Edut (The Testament) (Orizzonti)

ITALY

Abdellatif KECHICHE, Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (Venezia 74)

MANETTI Bros., Ammore e malavita (Venezia 74)

Andrea PALLAORO, Hannah (Venezia 74)

Sebastiano RISO, Una famiglia (Venezia 74)

Paolo VIRZÌ, The Leisure Seeker (Venezia 74)

Gianni AMELIO, Casa d’altri (Out of Competition – Special Event)

Antonietta DE LILLO, Il signor Rotpeter (Out of Competition)

Abel FERRARA, Piazza Vittorio(Out of Competition)

Francesco PATIERNO, Diva! (Out of Competition)

Silvio SOLDINI, Il colore nascosto delle cose (Out of Competition)

Giovanni TOTARO, Happy Winter (Out of Competition)

Cosimo GOMEZ, Brutti e cattivi (Orizzonti)

Susanna NICCHIARELLI, Nico, 1988 (Orizzonti - Opening Film)

Alessandro RAK, Ivan CAPPIELLO, Marino GUARNIERI, Dario SANSONE, Gatta Cenerentola (Orizzonti)

Edoardo WINSPEARE, La vita in comune (Orizzonti)

Salvatore MEREU, Futuro prossimo (Orizzonti – Short Films – Out of Competition)

Alessandra PESCETTA, L’ombra della sposa (Orizzonti – Short Films)

Adriano VALERIO,            Mon amour, mon ami (Orizzonti – Short Films)

Dario ALBERTINI, Manuel (Cinema nel giardino)

Rä DI MARTINO, Controfigura (Cinema nel giardino)

Bruno OLIVIERO, Nato a Casal di Principe (Cinema nel giardino)

Michele PLACIDO, Andrea MOLAIOLI, Giuseppe CAPOTONDI, Suburra – La Serie (Cinema nel giardino)

Flavio COSTA, Chromatica (Venice VR – BCC)

Giorgio FERRERO, Denoise (Beautiful Things) (Venice VR – BCC)

Enrico ROSATI, Gomorra VR – We Own The Streets (Venice VR)

Giorgio FERRERO, Beautiful Things (Biennale College – Cinema)

Stefano CONSIGLIO, Evviva Giuseppe (Venice Classics - Documentaries)

Selma Jean DELL’OLIO, La lucida follia di Marco Ferreri (Venice Classics - Documentaries)

Mario SESTI, La voce di Fantozzi (Venice Classics - Documentaries)

Alessandro G.A. D’ALESSANDRO, Barbiana ’65 la lezione di Don Milani (Special Screenings)

Concita DE GREGORIO, Esmeralda CALABRIA, Lievito madre – Le ragazze del secolo scorso (Special Screenings)

JAPAN

KOREEDA Hirokazu, Sandome no satsujin (The Third Murder) (Venezia 74)

KITANO Takeshi, OUTRAGE CODA (Out of Competition – Closing Film)

Stephen NOMURA SCHIBLE, Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (Out of Competition)

Damien MANIVEL, IGARASHI Kohei, La nuit où j’ai nagé - Oyogisugita yoru (Orizzonti)

LEBANON

Ziad DOUEIRI, L’insulte (Venezia 74)

Mazen KHALED, Shaheed (Martyr) (Biennale College – Cinema)

LITHUANIA

Laurynas BAREISA, By the Pool (Orizzonti – Short Films)

MALAYSIA

Amanda Nell EU, Lagi Senang Jaga Sekandang Lembu (It’s Easier to Raise Cattle) (Orizzonti – Short Films)

MOROCCO

Rä DI MARTINO, Controfigura (Cinema nel giardino)

MYANMAR

Sorayos PRAPAPAN, Awasarn Sound Man (Death of the Sound Man) (Orizzonti – Short Films)

NETHERLANDS

Michaël R. ROSKAM, Le Fidèle (Out of Competition)

Alireza KHATAMI, Los versos del olvido (Orizzonti)

POLAND

Hafsteinn Gunnar SIGURÐSSON, Undir trénu (Under the Tree) (Orizzonti)

Elwira NIEWIERA, The Prince and the Dybbuk (Venice Classics - Documentaries)

QATAR

Ali ASGARI, Napadid Shodan (Disappearance) (Orizzonti)

SOUTH KOREA

Gina KIM, Dongducheon (Bloodless) (Venice VR)     

SPAIN

Fernando LEÓN DE ARANOA, Loving Pablo (Out of Competition)

Bruno OLIVIERO, Nato a Casal di Principe (Cinema nel giardino)

Manuel ABRAMOVICH, Años luz (Venice Classics - Documentaries)

SWITZERLAND

Samuel MAOZ, Foxtrot (Venezia 74)

Silvio SOLDINI, Il colore nascosto delle cose (Out of Competition)

Rä DI MARTINO, Controfigura (Cinema nel giardino)

Stefano CONSIGLIO, Evviva Giuseppe (Venice Classics - Documentaries)

THAILANDIA

Sorayos PRAPAPAN, Awasarn Sound Man (Death of the Sound Man) (Orizzonti – Short Films)

UNITED STATES

AI Weiwei, Human Flow (Venezia 74)

Darren ARONOFSKY, mother!(Venezia 74)

George CLOONEY, Suburbicon (Venezia 74)

Guillermo DEL TORO, The Shape of Water (Venezia 74)

Alexander PAYNE, Downsizing (Venezia 74 - Opening Film)

Paul SCHRADER, First Reformed (Venezia 74)

Frederick WISEMAN, EX LIBRIS - The New York Public Library (Venezia 74)

Jon ALPERT, Cuba and the Cameraman (Out of Competition)

Ritesh BATRA, Our Souls at Night (Out of Competition)

William FRIEDKIN, The Devil and Father Amorth (Out of Competition)

Jerry KRAMER, Making of Michael Jackson’s Thriller (Out of Competition - Special Event)

John LANDIS, Michael Jackson’s Thriller 3D (Out of Competition - Special Event)

Errol MORRIS, Wormwood (Out of Competition)

Stephen NOMURA SCHIBLE, Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (Out of Competition)

Chris SMITH, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond. The Story of Jim Carrey, Andy Kaufman and Tony Clifton (Out of Competition)

James TOBACK, The Private Life of a Modern Woman (Out of Competition)

S. Craig ZAHLER, Brawl in Cell Block 99 (Out of Competition)

Nancy BUIRSKI, The Rape of Recy Taylor (Orizzonti)

Kate MULLEAVY, Laura MULLEAVY, Woodshock (Cinema nel giardino)

Nicolás ALCALÁ, MELITA (Venice VR)  

Laurie ANDERSON, HUANG Hsin-chien, La camera insabbiata (Venice VR)  

Gabo ARORA, The Last Goodbye (Venice VR)

Eugene YK CHUNG, Arden’s Wake (Expanded) (Venice VR)  

Nonny DE LA PEÑA, Greenland Melting (Venice VR)

Gina KIM, Dongducheon (Bloodless) (Venice VR)

Rafael PAVÓN, Nicolás ALCALÁ, Snatch VR Heist Experience (Venice VR)  

Edward ROBLES, Dispatch (Venice VR)

Josema ROIG, The Argos File (Venice VR)

Guy SHEMERDINE, Mule (Venice VR – VPB)

Saschka UNSELD, Dear Angelica (Venice VR – Best of)

URUGUAY

Pablo GIORGELLI, Invisible (Orizzonti)

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In the Sala Darsena at the Lido: the legendary silent film Rosita (1923) by Ernst Lubitsch, in a vivid new restoration by MoMA, with the support of The Film Foundation, and presented as a world premiere

Live musical accompaniment by the Mitteleuropa Orchestra directed by Gillian Anderson from her arrangement of the original score

Rosita (1923, 82’), famed as the single collaboration between two of the giants of the silent screen, the director Ernst Lubitsch and the star Mary Pickford, is the film that has been chosen for the Pre-inaugural evening of the 74^th Venice International Film Festival, which will be held on Tuesday, August 29^th in the Sala Darsena (Palazzo del Cinema) at the Lido.

Rosita, will be screened in a new 4K digital restoration effected by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, with the support of The Film Foundation; this will be the restored version’s world premiere.

The projection of Rosita will feature live music played by the Mitteleuropa Orchestra of Friuli – Venezia Giulia, directed by the musicologist Gillian Anderson, who has reconstructed the film’s original score by working on scores recovered at the Congressional Library in Washington, D.C.

Rosita is set in a mythical Spain where an engagingly lecherous King (Holbrook Blinn) has cast his eye on a popular but provocative street singer (Mary Pickford). She, in turn, yearns for the handsome young nobleman (George Walsh, brother of the celebrated director Raoul Walsh), who has rescued her from the angry king’s guards and has been condemned to a dungeon for his troubles.

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Filmfestivals.com partner media of Venice Production Bridge

Established in 1995 as the premier online trade publication for the festival circuit filmfestivals.com will produce dailies and news from the Festival and Venice Production Bridge 

Coverage will be published http://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/mostra_internazionale_d_arte_cinematografica_venice and promoted in the newsletter to 125 000 subscribers of one of the most important pro database in the industry.

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“Ciak” and “Venezia News” publishing  the 74th Venice Film Festival Dailies

“Ciak”, the most influential Italian monthly film magazine directed by Piera Detassis, will be responsible for the fourth year, along with the city-magazine “Venezia News”, for the officialDaily of the 74^th Venice International Film Festival.

“Ciak” and “VeneziaNews” will publish two-newspapers-in-one with all the news you could want on the 74th Venice Film Festival. The Daily will be at the service of the public, festival visitors and professionals every day for ten days, with presentations of all the films, interviews, special reports on the international film scene, focuses on specific and historical themes, news, columns and off-beat facts for a fuller experience of the Venice Film Festival and the Lido. “Ciak in Mostra” will bring to Lido its big names, the long-awaited satirical cartoons by Stefano Disegni, relaying the news everyday through its own social networks and the web, on ciakmagazine.it and ciakgeneration.it.

"Venezia News", since 1996 the international magazine and guide to the cultural life and events in the city, and since 2009 the official Daily of the Venice Film Fest – will feature in-depth articles on the Festival - directors, actors, genres, soundtracks – with special focuses on the Orizzonti and Venice Classics sections, interviews and presentations by the juries of the Festival. It will also provide daily information to audiences about the project - promoted by the Biennale – "Il Lido in Mostra", intended for the public and in particular for young people, about the special offers, activities and services available on the Lido, and about the events that will be held during the Festival in the city and about the structures in which they may be found.

"Variety" is the Daily for the Venice Production Bridge

"Variety"(the most famous film newspaper in the world) will be responsible for the Daily newspaper of the Venice Production Bridge, an event for film professionals that will take place during the 74^th Venice Film Festival from August 31^st to September 4^th 2017, on the first floor of the Hotel Excelsior on the Lido di Venezia.

For five days starting August 31^st, the "showbiz Bible" (founded in 1905), will provide coverage of the life of the Venice Production Bridge, focusing on the films being presented and on the many organized initiatives, with international focuses and news reports.

Web Theatre for the films of the Orizzonti section and the Biennale College - Cinema at the Venice International Film Festival

Following the successful experience of the past five years, the Web Theatre returns to the 74^th Venice Film Festival for the films of the Orizzonti section and the Biennale College - Cinema, with a maximum capacity of 1,400 seats for each screening. The films will be streamed simultaneously with the official presentations of the films on the Lido.

This is a special opportunity for audiences around the world to discover the auteurs and films at the Venice Film Festival that represent the most innovative aesthetic and expressive trends in international cinema, made by both young talents and established directors. The screenings, held on behalf of the Venice Film Festival, will be available for the international community on the secure website managed by Festival Scope (www.festivalscope.com), whereas the screening for viewers geo-localized within the territory of Italy will be available on MYmovies.it and Repubblica.it on the platform MYMOVIESLIVE - Nuovo Cinema Repubblica (http://mymovieslive.repubblica.it).

For films screened internationally, digital tickets may be purchased during the month of August on the website of the Biennale www.labiennale.org and on the website www.festivalscope.com. In order to view the film of choice, the user must first register and pay for the individual ticket (4 €) or the pass for 5 films (10 €) which will be good for one viewing of each film only. Each film (in the original language version with subtitles in English) will be available for streaming starting at 9 pm (Italian time) on the day of the official presentation of the film on the Lido and through September 19^th. To view the versions from the territory of Italy available on MYMOVIESLIVE - Nuovo Cinema Repubblica (with subtitles in Italian), you must register for or have a three-month or year-long subscription to MYMOVIESLIVE! in the price category starting at 17,90 €.

The complete line-up of films available online will be announced within a few days of the official press conference to be held on July 27^th to present the programme of the Venice International Film Festival.