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> THE AWARDS WATCH
Djordje Kadijević to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 10th Grossmann Festival
Guest of Honour of jubilee 10th edition of Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival is Serbian writer and director Djordje Kadijević, author of numerous unforgettable cinematic masterpieces and pioneer of fantastic cinema in ex-Yu region. We will pay tribute to him at the festival's closing ceremony, where he will receive our Honorary Vicious Cat award for lifetime achievement. He took his place among the giants of cinema already with his debut feature, gloomy wartime drama A Festivity (P...
Viewster Announces Global Winners of $100K Prize For Viewster Online Film Festival #VOFF
Filmmakers from Iran, South Korea, Germany and Poland take home top prizes at the second edition of the Viewster Online Film Festival Viewster (http://www.viewster.com/), the only online video service with its own film festival, today announced the winners of the second edition of the Viewster Online Film Festival (#VOFF), a cutting-edge worldwide event where television and filmlovers as well as producers gather onlin...
Sharon Stone Humanitarian Award Recipient at Lady Filmmakers Film Festival
Lady Filmmakers is in it's 6th Year and we are busy planning a great festival for the end of September! We have a weekend of Films, Music, Art, Parties, Networking & Inspiration! Last year we honored Sharon Stone, Camryn Manheim, Bryce Dallas Howard, Lati Grobman, & Christa Campbell. Our next networking event is July 15th at Nespresso Beverly Hills! To RSVP for the networking event GO HERE. Submissions open for films, music, art, and short screenplays! Next deadline is July 1...
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Take your chair in Hollywood - Submit Today to Hollywood Film Festival!
Our mission at the HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL is to bridge the gap between established Hollywood and the global creative community, while providing an avenue of discovery for emerging filmmakers. Be discovered in Hollywood. Submit NOW! SCROLL DOWN TO PROCESS SUBMISSION Our Executive Director, Jon Fitzgerald, was the co-founder and former executive director of Slamdance, AFI Fest, Santa Barbara and Abu Dhabi film festivals among others. In addition, he launched CineCause, a philant...
Victoria Film Festival 2015 Call for Entries
VFF is proud to announce that its Call for Entries for our 2015 film festival is now open! Earlier is better! (And cheaper.) Send in your entries to the 2015 VFF before the Earlybird deadline of July 9th. Additional Deadlines are: Regular postmark deadline: August 7th, 2014 Late postmark deadline: September 11th, 2014 Extended Deadline: September 17th, 2014 As always, we recommend submitting as early as possible and we set our fees to reflect this...
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18th Arab Film Festival October 10- 23, 2014
The Arab Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the 18th Annual Arab Film Festival to be held in the San Francisco Bay Area in October 2014. AFF annually showcases works by independent filmmakers that provide insightful and innovative perspectives on Arab people, culture, art, history and politics.
The Arab Film Festival is the largest independent annual showcase of Arab films and filmmakers in the country. The festival has an international standing and is considered one of the most important Arab film festivals outside the Arab world. AFF strives to present the best contemporary films that provide insight into the beauty, complexity and diversity of the Arab world alongside realistic perspectives on Arab people, culture, art, history and politics. To submit please visit the Call for Entries page.
Late Deadline June 13
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The Vancouver International Film Festival has long been one of the largest and most successful film festivals in North America. Last year, 341 films played on nine screens in seven venues. By the time our 16-day festival had wrapped, 130,000 attendees had been dazzled by the top films from more than 75 countries. Plus: VIFF offered$19,500 in cash prizes plus another $25,000 in services and prize packs to filmmakers as part of five adjudicated awards. The 2014 festival promises to be even more spectacular!
Click here to learn more: http://www.viff.org/viff-submissions-2014
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> THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT
Berlin International Film Festival Again Supporting “Berlinale in Sendai”
The Berlin International Film Festival is supporting the “Berlinale in Sendai” event for the second time. The event will take place on July 26 and 27 in Sendai City, a municipality in the Tohoku region that was severely damaged by the earthquakes and tsunami in March 2011. For “Berlinale in Sendai”, the Berlinale section Generation is curating a programme with two emphases: films that entertain, and films that focus on coping positively in problem...
Revelation Perth International Film Festival announces program
After a record breaking 2013, Revelation Perth International Film Festival has announced its expanded 2014 program. Revelation is acclaimed as Western Australia’s leading international film festival and annual screen culture event and firmly established as Australia’s filmmakers’ festival. It is dedicated to presenting independent cinema from around the globe in a context that explores film’s great traditions, its contemporary movements and its future directions. Curate...
Get ready for the second edition of SOFA - School of Film Agents
Nikolaj Nikitin announces workshop participants and lecturers The Europe-wide, one of a kind workshop program SOFA - School of Film Agents - which supports international film professionals and mediators in the realization of film cultural projects will take place from August 15th – 24th, 2014 in the Polish city of Wroclaw (Breslau). Found...
The 20th Annual Brainwash Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Movie festival
The 20th Annual Brainwash Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Movie festival will be at Nimby, 8410 Amelia St., at 85th Ave., Oakland, CA, USA, Friday, July 18th, Saturday July 19th, Fri., July 25th, and Sat., the 26th, 2014. All shows at 9:00pm, with a virtual plethora of weird, unusual and just plain great movies for audience enjoyment and edification. The New York Times says it “pirat[es] a piece of that old Hollywood magic and challeng[es] conventions on the role of ...
Acclaimed Director Alex Proyas joins the line-up for Tropfest Roughcut
Tropfest Roughcut Reveals Addition to Line-up Tropfest Australia today reveal a further addition to the line-up of Tropfest Roughcut, an engaging film industry event taking place on July 26, at Sydney’s Darling Quarter. From actors and comedians to producers and directors, the lineup of speakers for this full day event will explore a wide range of topics, all to do with creativity in the film and television industry. Prolific director, Alex Proya...
Zurich Film Festival Goes TV Top TV series are the new blockbusters Zurich, Switzerland –
TV is experiencing a new golden age thanks to creative, innovative series and mini series featuring top-class casts. The 10th Zurich Film Festival will remain abreast of this new development by introducing the out-of-competition ZFF TVision section, which will present on the big screen productions that signal new trends and/or have garnered attention from the global TV world. The programme will be revealed on September 12, 2014. Tickets are available from September 16. Innovative new beginnings...
14th T-Mobile New Horizons IFF announced the programme
The 14th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, the biggest film-related event in Poland, will take place in Wroclaw from July 24 through August 3, 2014. 365 films will be screened at the event, including 199 full-length features. The opening films will be Damián Szifron's Argentinean satire Wild Tales, which took part in this year's main competition in Cannes, a Palme d'Or winner - Winter Sleep by Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and acclaimed Clouds of Sils M...
New York: 2014 Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Human Rights Watch is one of the largest and most influential independent international human rights organizations. It has been carrying out global research on virtually all violations of human rights and published empirically based and verified reports about these violations. A most recent example is Human Rights Watch identification through photos and satellite images of war crimes committed by Jihadists in the rogue ‘Islamic State’. These reports have been influencing decision mak...
Durban Fest 2014 to feature a feast of African and South African Films
The ever-expanding African film industry will once more be represented at the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) 2014 although South African film retains the festival’s key focus, with 40 feature-length films and 38 short films – most of them receiving their world premieres on Durban screens, and collectively representing by far the largest number of South African films in the festival’s 35 year history. This year’s opening night film on July 17 see the world prem...
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> PEOPLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
14th International Cloud Computing Expo Coverage
By Maria Esteves –The amazing 14th International Cloud Computing Conference & Exposition (Cloud Expo 2014) encompassing Big Data Expo and DEVOps Summit commenced June 10-12, 2014 at Javits Convention Center, New York. Produced by SYS-CON Media, this year's mega conference introduced Internet of Things Expo presented by @ThingsExpo Conference Chair Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of Tau Institute for Global ICT Research. The Internet of Things (IoT), is an inter...
Let's Help Ukrainian Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov! an appeal to EFA members
Dear EFA Members, today we are contacting you with an update on Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov. The EFA Board feels that it is important to support him, also by donating for the coverage of legal expenses and to support his young children (details at the end of this mail). Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov was arrested by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) in his house in Simf...
EFA Launches Fund for Jailed Ukrainian Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov
Deeply worried by the latest developments concerning the case of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, the European Film Academy has launched a fund to collect money for the coverage of legal expenses and to support his young children. Oleg Sentsov, who has been involved in supporting the Euro Maidan protests in Kiev and has opposed the annexation of Crimea by Russia, was arrested by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) in his house in Simferopol on 10 May and bro...
Director Ann Hui President of the Orizzonti Jury
Her new film The Golden Era will close the 71st Venice Film Festival Orizzonti: the latest aesthetic and expressive trends in international cinema The most important woman director in Hong Kong, Ann Hui, will chair the International Jury fortheOrizzonti section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival 2014, which will award the Orizzonti prize for Best Film and the other official awards. Her latest work, The ...
Composer Alexandre Desplat President of the International Jury of the Venezia 71 Competition
Back it is the first time a film composer chairs the Jury for the competition of the Venice Film Festival the Jury will award the Golden Lion for Best Film Alexandre Desplat (photo: Brigitte Lacombe), the internationally renowned French film composer, will be the president of the International Jury for the Competition of the 71st Venice International Film Festival (27 August – 6 September 2014), which will award the Golden Lion...
JASMINA BOJIC, Founder and Executive Director of the United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF), awarded UNESCO's Fellini
The International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication (ICFT) presented at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris the UNESCO Fellini Medal to Jasmina Bojic, Founder and Executive Director of the United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF), in recognition of her exceptional contribution in promoting the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through the art of document...
Norm Bolen becomes the newest chair of the NSI board of directors
The National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI) is pleased to announce the election of Norm Bolen as the newest chair of the NSI board of directors, with Prem Gill serving as vice-chair. Raja Khanna and Brad Pelman, co-chairs since 2009, will remain on the board. “I am so pleased about the opportunity to chair such a well-respected board that represents all facets of the screen industry,” said Norm. “NSI staff and faculty continue to deliver m...
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> FESTIVAL DU FILM VIETNAMIEN
Souvenirs de St Malo: photos et vidéos du Festival
La page sur Facebook qui héberge l album photo la chaîne Youtube Closing 1st Festival du Film du Vietnam St Malo Régis Wargnier (Indochine) Jury President; the Mayor of St Malo and the winner of the Grand Prix Nhue Giang Pham for Tâm hôn me - L Ame Maternelle. Best Documentary: L'histoire du Village by Then de tan Phi - Hoang Dung L'Ame Maternelle by Nhue Giang Pham Audience Award and Grand prix du Festival &nbs...
Le Jury du Festival du Film du Vietnam
Le jury de cette premère édition était Présidé par Régis Wargnier (Indochine...) qui remis avec le Maire de St Malo (Claude Renoult) le grand Prix du Festival pour L'Ame Maternelle à Nhue Giang Pham. ...
Closing 1st Festival du Film du Vietnam St Malo
Régis Wargnier (Indochine) Jury President; the Mayor of St Malo and the winner of the Grand Prix Nhue Giang Pham for Tâm hôn me - L Ame Maternelle. Best Documentary: L'histoire du Village by Then de tan Phi - Hoang Dung L'Ame Maternelle by Nhue Giang Pham Audience Award and Grand prix du Festival Best actress (shared): Hong Anh and Van Trang Best Actor (shared) : Truong Minh Quoc Tai and Vu Dinh Toan ...
Hubert Niogret et le colloque sur le Cinéma du Vietnam
Hubert Niogret est producteur et critique de cinéma. il connait bien le cinéma du Vietnam et commente (lors d'un petit déjeuner studieux à l'hotel Elizabeth) pour filmfestivals.com le colloque sur le cinéma Vietnamien qui s est tenu lors du premier festival du film du Vietnam. Le point de vue de Jean Luc Wachtausen qui modérait le débat. ...
> LES NOUVELLES DU CIRCUIT FRANCOPHONE
NIFFF 2014: "Narcisse" du meilleur film pour HOUSEBOUND
La 14e édition du Festival International du Film Fantastique de Neuchâtel (NIFFF) s’est achevée samedi soir avec la cérémonie de remise des prix, suivie de la projection de YOUNG ONES de Jake Paltrow. Le président du Jury international Edouard Waintrop a remis le «Narcisse» du meilleur film à HOUSEBOUND de Gerard Johnstone (NZ, 2014). Pendant 9 jours, le NIFFF aur...
Le Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg dévoile ses premiers titres
Après vous avoir dévoilé la présence de Tobe Hooper comme président du jury de la 7ème édition du Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg, nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer la premiére vague des films présentés du 12 au 21 Septembre 2014 : COMPÉTITION INTERNATIONALE Alleluïa de Fabrice du Welz Avec Lola Duenas, Laurent Lucas, Helena Noguerra (Belgique / Fr...
Nouveau film Hidden Universe à la Géode à partir du 15 octobre 2014
À partir du point de vue extraordinaire de la base futuriste de l’ESO (Observatoire Européen austral)dans le désert d’Atacama au Chili et en compagnie de deux jeunes astronomes, les spectateurs pourront découvrir les plus anciennes galaxies, admirer la naissance d’étoiles au coeur de saisissants nuages de gaz et de poussière, être témoins de la collision de deux galaxies avant de s’enga...
Top 10 des entrées hebdo France du 2/07/2014 au 8/07/2014
Titre Entrées Copies Moy/copies Cumul 1 Dragons 2 1 340 940 699 1918 1 340 940 2 Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au bon Dieu? 391 661 604 648 10 354 338 3
Rencontres autour de la littérature latino-américaine au Festival de Biarritz 2014
Rencontre avec Patrick Deville (Fran...
Top 10 des entrées hebdo France du 25/06/2014 au 01/07/2014
Titre Entrées Copies Moy/copies Cumul 1 Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au bon Dieu? 457 461 762 600 9 962 67 2 Transcendance 411 082 486 846 411 082 ...
Lama 2014 : Winter Sleep, Les Combattants, Saint Laurent, Party Girl...
Bertrand Bonello sera à Lama (Haute-Corse) samedi 26 juillet pour présenter Saint Laurent, en ouverture du 21e Festival du Film qui s'y déroulera jusqu'au 1er août. Parmi les autres avant-premières promises aux spectateurs sous les étoiles de Balagne : Bande de filles, en présence de sa réalisatrice Céline Sciamma ; Winter Sleep, du r&e...
Le Palmarès du FIDMarseille
COMPÉTITION INTERNATIONALE / INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Jury présidé par Wang BING et composé de Shaina ANAND, Dora GARCIA, Andrea LISSONI et Manuel MOZOS. Jury composed of Wang BING President, Shaina ANAND, Dora GARCIA, Andrea LISSONI and Manuel MOZOS. GRAND PRIX DE LA COMPÉTITION INTERNATIONALE GRAND PRIX OF THE ...
Les Yvelines font leur cinéma, troisième édition!
Le Conseil général organise à partir du 10 août la 3e édition des « Yvelines font leur cinéma ». 21 séances de cinéma offertes en plein air sont au programme cette année dans 21 communes yvelinoises. Cet évènement constitue pour le Département l’occasion de faire connaître sa politique de proximité au plus près des préoccupations des habitants. ...
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