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...
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...
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...
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...
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, 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...
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...
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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...
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 ...
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.
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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...
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...
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...
Tedy Tricahyono Equator Film Expo (March 2015 bin Jakarta) with Wieland Speck (Panorama Berlinale)
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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...
Sylvain Auzou Artistic Director Vernice Days.
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We met with Lloyd at the Cannes Market Fantastic waowwwww Mixer, he and actress Catherine Corcoran told us about their latest film.
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