Pro Tools
•Register a festival or a film
Submit film to festivals Promote for free or with Promo Packages

FILMFESTIVALS | 24/7 world wide coverage

Welcome !

Enjoy the best of both worlds: Film & Festival News, exploring the best of the film festivals community.  

Launched in 1995, relentlessly connecting films to festivals, documenting and promoting festivals worldwide.

Working on an upgrade soon.

For collaboration, editorial contributions, or publicity, please send us an email here

User login

|FRENCH VERSION|

RSS Feeds 

Martin Scorsese Masterclass in Cannes

 

 

 

Inauguraul International Showbiz Expo to launch in Abu Dhabi from October 20th to 22nd 2014

It was announced today that the first International Showbiz Expo will take place in Abu Dhabi from October 20th to 22nd 2014 at ADNEC (Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company).  It will feature heavyweight speakers from Hollywood, Asia, India and the Middle East as well as a variety of diverse initiatives that will make it an integral, annual global launch pad for new creative content and ideas.  Partners already confirmed include Gulf Film LLC, NOVO Cinemas, Empire International, REEL...

General Assembly of the International Confederation of Art Cinemas (CICAE) took place during Cannes

user
The General Assembly of the International Confederation of Art Cinemas (CICAE) took place during the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival at the Grand Hotel of Cannes.  The Assembly was led by the President of the CICAE, Dr. Detlef Rossmann who was again elected to preside over the Confederation. The President of the German association of Art Cinemas AG Kino – Gilde e.V., Dr. Christian Bräuer, was elected Vice-President of the CICAE together with Domenic...

FilmDoo Launches International Film Discovery Platform. Negotiations with Asian Flavour the Priority at Cannes.

user
Co-founders Weerada Sucharitkul and William Page today announced the launch of FilmDoo. FilmDoo is an international film discovery platform providing its users with an interactive system to track, share, discover and watch International and Independent Cinema from all over the world. The platform is focused on helping people to discover and share films, going live this summer. After initial outreach at this year’s Hong Kong FilmArt, a raft of Asian content negotiations and beta presentatio...

David Kau signs a major deal at the Cannes International Film Festival

user
Comedian David Kau of Blitz Patrollie and Taxi Ride fame has concluded a major production and distribution deal with Archstone Pictures and Archstone Distribution to co-produce and distribute his new film Sekwankwetla. Based at the Los Angeles Center Studios in Los Angeles, Archstone Distribution has gained a reputation as a filmmaker friendly distribution and sales company with nearly 100 titles in their current library.   Archstone Pictures currently produces and co-produces 3-5 films p...

Jessica Chastain at SagIndie Student Talk (The American Pavilion) Today

Tuesday, May 20-Jessica Chastain and host Trevor Groth at SagIndie Student Talk (The American Pavilion)       ABOUT THE AMERICAN PAVILION   Recently celebrating its 26th year as the center of American hospitality for the film industry in Cannes, The Pavilion brings professional and emerging filmmakers together. The American Pavilion is the center of activity ...

Ezekiel Film Production bring financiers and artists together to promote a new way of making films

user
Ezekiel Film Production, a new name in international film production   After meeting producer and actress Julie GAYET, banker and businessman Antoun SEHNAOUI dreamt of an innovative and active structure that would bring financiers and artists together to promote a new way of making films. This ambition led to the creation of Ezekiel Film Production in 2011.   Aiming to support films made by promising directors, Ezekiel Film Production helped fina...

IEFTA benefit dinner party at the Villa Nocturne in support of the International Emerging Film Talent Association IEFTA

The IEFTA in association with the Better World Film Festival held a dinner in aid of the IEFTA “Addis to Cannes” initiative supporting film-making education in Ethiopia. Attending 5 Ethiopian filmmakers and distinguished guests of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for dinner, live music and entertainment. All funds support film education in Ethiopia and participation in Cannes.   The filmmakers   The International Emerging Film Talent Association identifies and supports...

American Pavilion Program for May 21 Party and Panels

user
11:00am- In Conversation: Life Itself With Director Steve James and Chaz Ebert Moderated by Thom Powers (TIFF)   2:00pm- In Conversation with Josh Charles (Bird People) Moderated by Nigel Smith (Indiewire)   4:00pm- INDUSTRY IN FOCUS: “How to make your first 3D movie a full success” Workshop and reception sponsored by 3D Stereo MEDIA and UP3D, with participation of the International 3D and Advanced Imaging Society and the support of AeroCine, Auro Technologies,...

Magnum celebrates with Wim Wenders on the Beach with "Celebrate the Moment"

The Magnum team welcomes the Press Conference to share the screening of the Short Film  "Celebrate the Moment" by Wim Wenders starring Rosie Huntington-Whiteley & Elyas M'Barek. Filmfestivals.com will join in the moment. ...

Cannes Festival and Market Special #4

                                       This weekly newsletter reaches 174 465  subscribers.                       Read this online I Promote Film to Festivals I Promote Fes...

The Board of the European Film Academy calls for the immediate release of Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov.

user
Sentsov, who has been involved in supporting the Euro Maidan protests in Kiev and has opposed the annexation of Crimea by Russia, was arrested at his home in Simferopol, Crimea, and accused of organizing a terrorist attack. It is believed that the director has been flown to Moscow where he is facing trial. From Kiev, where EFA Chairwoman Agnieszka Holland is currently attending the Ukraine Thinking Together Conference, she states: "We know that every time when artists start to be suppresse...

U.K Pavilion's Tips to Producing a 10 Million£ Film

user
  The United Kingdom Pavilion hosted a panel called "The Magic 10 Million£: The Key to Producing a 10 Million£+ Feature FIlm" today.  Panelists included [left to right] Danny Perkins, CEO of StudioCanal; Andy Mason, Joint CEO of Altitude Film Entertainment; Ben Roberts, Director of BFI Lottery Film Funds, who lead the panel; Claudia Bluemhuber, Managing Partner at Silver Reel; and Simon Oaks of Hammer Films. Oaks stared with the importance of gaining a partner ...

The New SouthEast Asia Rendez Vous EFX Equator Film Expo Indonesia launches March 2015

Equator Filmexpo Indonesia launches March 27 -30 2015 it was announced during Cannes at the Indonesian party in Cannes Grand Hotel it will include A FILM MARKET INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CONFERENCE SERIES INDUSTRY NETWORKING EVENTS DESTINATION EXPLORATION.   ACCESS AND CAPTURE THE FASTEST GROWING MARKET ON EARTH COME AND JOIN THE 2015 The Equator Film Expo Indonesia in the world's largest archipelago, and expêrience renowned Indonesian hospitality.  ...

Uplifting Eastern European Films are like unicorns. They don't exist. Or do they?

PLACES The new film from the makers of Walking Too Fast (Pouta) is a coming of age story about love, loss and revenge. It centres around two teenage friends, Adam (Vladimír Polivka) and Marek (Jan Cina), whose aimless lives in a small town are suddenly disrupted by the appearance of Anna (Johana Matouskova), the troubled daughter of a rich and influential local businessman. Initially her free spirit energizes Adam but soon he finds himself thrown into a spiraling chain of events. In...

Ischia Global Film and Music Festival 2014 President Darina Pavlova expecting Stallone at the Launch Press Conference

2014 ISCHIA GLOBAL FILM & MUSIC FEST UNVEILS ITS 12TH EDITION IN CANNES   The world premiere of Richard Raymond's Desert Dancer starring Freida Pinto and Tom Cullen will open the Ischia Global Film & Music Fest's 12th edition on July 13th, it was announced here today by Fest founder and producer Pascal Vicedomini. He was joined at the Cannes Film Festival's Italian Pavillion by Fest board member, the noted Italian producer Marina Cicogna, Honorary President Da...

New Marché Mixers initiative kicks off with success

    The Marché du Film has made it easier for its participants to connect this year. Introduced for the first time are a number of networking events which expand upon the popular Producer’s Network gatherings but draw in a wider range of the 12,000-plus participants at the Marché.  Called the Marché Mixers, this new line-up of cocktail meet-and-greets offers buyers, sellers, and festival executives an opportunity t...

Indonesian Party at the Grand

Tedy Tricahyono Equator Film Expo (March 2015 bin Jakarta) with Wieland Speck (Panorama Berlinale) ...

Mili Pictures Worldwide announces Hollywood co-produced animation

user
  In the latest example of co-production between Hollywood and China, which already holds the title of world's second largest film territory, chinese animation company Mili Pictures Worldwide has announced the opening of its Los Angeles office as well as its first Hollywood production. Dragon Nest: Warrior's Dawn follows the trend of video game to movie adaption (like Tomb Raider, Prince of Persia, and Silent Hill, among others, before it).  The animated feature based on the M...

Interview with Sylvain Auzou Artistic Director Venice Days.

  Sylvain Auzou Artistic Director Vernice Days. ...

Interview with Lloyd Kaufman Troma Pictures at Cannes Market Fantastic Mixer

We met with Lloyd at the Cannes Market Fantastic waowwwww Mixer, he and actress Catherine Corcoran told us about their latest film. Earlier on the croisette...   ...

Links

The Bulletin Board

> The Bulletin Board Blog
> Partner festivals calling now
> Call for Entry Channel
> Film Showcase
>
 The Best for Fests

Meet our Fest Partners 

Following News

Interview with EFM (Berlin) Director

 

 

Interview with IFTA Chairman (AFM)

 

 

Interview with Cannes Marche du Film Director

 

 

 

Filmfestivals.com dailies live coverage from

> Live from India 
> Live from LA
Beyond Borders
> Locarno
> Toronto
> Venice
> San Sebastian

> AFM
> Tallinn Black Nights 
> Red Sea International Film Festival

> Palm Springs Film Festival
> Kustendorf
> Rotterdam
> Sundance
Santa Barbara Film Festival SBIFF
> Berlin / EFM 
> Fantasporto
Amdocs
Houston WorldFest 
> Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
Cannes / Marche du Film 

 

 

Useful links for the indies:

Big files transfer
> Celebrities / Headlines / News / Gossip
> Clients References
> Crowd Funding
> Deals

> Festivals Trailers Park
> Film Commissions 
> Film Schools
> Financing
> Independent Filmmaking
> Motion Picture Companies and Studios
> Movie Sites
> Movie Theatre Programs
> Music/Soundtracks 
> Posters and Collectibles
> Professional Resources
> Screenwriting
> Search Engines
> Self Distribution
> Search sites – Entertainment
> Short film
> Streaming Solutions
> Submit to festivals
> Videos, DVDs
> Web Magazines and TV

 

> Other resources

+ SUBSCRIBE to the weekly Newsletter
+ Connecting film to fest: Marketing & Promotion
Special offers and discounts
Festival Waiver service
 

User images

About Cannes Market Dailies

gersbach.net