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Molodist Kiev  October 19 - 27 |Kiev |Ukraine

Molodist 2013 The exhaustive wrap coverage

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The exhaustive coverage of Molodist 2013 the 43rd edition in Kiev, Ukraine     Molodist opening short video excerpts   Molodist 43 -poster     21.10.2013 | Molodist's blog |   Kiev     21.10.2013 | Molodist's blog |   Ul...
 

Regiofun  October 22-27  | Katowice | Poland  

Regiofun 2013 : a Fun Festival for Producers - Wrap coverage

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Video ambiance Mattei Child Miner won Best feature production at Regiofun 2013 Katowice     Bruno Chatelin at the opening ceremony came without Sharon Stone     Awards Ceremony Regiofun 2013 short version video   Winners of the 4th REGIOFUN 1ST PRIZE – FEATURE FILM COMPETITON to EUROPOLIS FILM...
 

AFM Dailies November 6 - 13 | Santa Monica - USA 

Meet the Film Commissioner of the Dominican Republic at AFM

 

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> Amazonas Film Festival November 1 - 7 Manaus Brazil

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Thessaloniki international Film Festival November 1-10 Greece

Thessaloniki Film Festival 2013 Interview with Jim Jarmusch

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A closeup front row experience with director Jim Jarmusch presenting his latest film in Thessaloniki Greece for the opening gala of TIFF 2013 Shot by Laurie Gordon ...
 

Thessaloniki International Film Festival - Interview with Director James Duff on Hand and Asha
New York based director producer and writer James E. Duff talk to filmfestivals.com about his premiere feature film Hand and Asha, a tale about long distance love in the digital age. A must see Interview by Laurie Gordon   http://www.hankandasha.com/photos.html Trailer ...

 

Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2013 - Director Barbara Sarasola-Day

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Argentinian Film Director Barbara Sarasola-Day speaks to filmfestivals.com about her film process and film festival tour. Her first feature Deshora is one of the select films to represent the Argentinian Cinema Tribute here in TIFF. A great beginning for this bright star of cinema! Interview by Laurie Gordon ...
 

54th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. November 1 - 10, 2013. OPEN HORIZONS.

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The 17th Tallinn Black Nights announces full program, introduces Mexican “bronco cinema”

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    The Black Nights Film Festival, November 15 - December 1, 2013, announced the full program of its 17th edition.   According to Tiina Lokk, Festival Director, the Black Nights during its three weeks will present 255 full-length feature films from 70 countries. The festival program sets focus on the exotic Armenian cinema and the Arctic Inuit films from Canada. Some 50 films will be presented at the simultaneously running sub-festivals Just Film (Children’s and Y...
 

The New York African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) 2013's Launch Event tomorrow at TC!

 
ALICE WALKER: BEAUTY IN TRUTH - GALA NY Premiere The New York African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) will showcase 73 films from 35 countries during its 21st edition, including 35 World, US and NY Premieres between November 29 and December 15, 2013. Several familiar faces are featured in the line-up including Danny Glover, Michael Beach, Alice Walker, Steven Spielberg, Graham Greene, Isaach De Bankolé and Isaiah W...
 

The 36th Starz Denver Film Festival (SDFF) line up

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The 36th Starz Denver Film Festival (SDFF), sponsored by Starz Entertainment and produced by the Denver Film Society, announced  its full Festival line-up. The complete lineup of films for the Nov. 6-17 Festival is available at denverfilm.org/festival.   SDFF 2013 will screen more than 250 features, shorts, music videos and student films, representing 44 countries, along with Denver Film Society's signature programs such as Cinema Q, Reel Social Club and Women + Film. As previou...
 

Ljubljana Lives On (Only Lovers Left Alive)

 
For the 24th time now, Ljubljana in Slovenia is having the International Film Festival LIFFE, starting tonight sixth of November and lasting until the 17th of this month. Hundreds of films will be shown in various cinemas in Ljubljana and Maribor. The festival is not focusing on awarding big prices, but on getting people into the cinemas. Nevertheless, the purpose of festival is putting the spotlight on new filmmakers. So the »Perspectives« Section competes for the Kingfish...
 
 
The principal program presented 36 features covering most genres, including upscale and sophisticated Hollywood films, foreign and domestic global art house cinema, documentaries, and an animated picture. This is the largest number of films ever selected. Many of the films premiered before in Berlin, Cannes, Toronto and Venice. As in past editions, the festival offered “Views from the Avant-Garde”, which expanded this year to 17 feature films and 185 shorts (202 productions),...

 

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Silver Springs International Film Festival 2014 calling for entries April 3-6, 2014

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The Silver Springs International Film Festival is an international cultural event created to elevate awareness of Ocala/Marion County, FL, Florida’s Silver Springs State Park and the area’s contributions to the cinema, as well as the cultural landscape of Florida. The springs have inspired generations of nature lovers and filmmakers alike; serving as a dramatic backdrop for countless film, television and commercial shoots and the “laboratory” where cinematography legend Bruce Mozert conceived, developed and perfected underwater photography.

The first Festival is set to be held in Historic Downtown Ocala in the beautifully restored Marion Theatre. Visit our page and download the manual Entry Form.
 

CINEMAD Independent and Cult Film Festival 2013 22 - 30 November, 2013

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Since 1994, Cinemad schedules the most recent and risky films, anticipating the blockbusters trends, discovering new talents and creating trends. At the same time that rescues of the past authentic masterpieces, that because of the lack of promotion went unnoticed by commercial cinemas in our country.

During all these editions, Cinemad has premiered films from directors such as Martin Scorsese, Kim Ki-Duk and Jim Jarmusch, reaching one of its main goals: Become a space where novice filmmakers ,from different countries, can display and spread new proposals, next to other filmmakers more consecrated.

In 2000, the festival became International with it's Shortfilm contest. Now we move on step forward with our first “Work in Progress Contest (WIPP)” for Feature Films, where we carry on searching for risky and newfangled audiovisual proposals, from all over the world.

wiip web trans copiaWIPP is a initiative that's looks for novice directors whose first director's film is currently in postproduction phase, with the aim to discover new cinematographic talents. A jury composed by personalities of the audiovisual and culture field, will grant to the winner an award composed by different postproduction services valued in 500.000€, with the objective of finding the required financing in other for them to finish their project, facilitating the access to a distribution that will allow them to reach the widest audience. Click here to submit

 

12th Annual Garden State Film Festival calling for entries : Film, Screenplay and Movie Music competitions

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The Garden State Film Festival was founded to promote the art of filmmaking on all levels by showcasing a wide variety of film, video and animated works as well as provide educational programs in the creative arts to the public by industry leaders. We have started accepting film entries for our next festival. FINAL Deadline is December 1st, 2013

Announcing the GSFF Movie Music Competition.This is the first competition of this kind in Film Festival History. Submit any original movie music from an independent film and it will be judged by music professionals with awards in multiple categories. Click here to submit

2014 Taiwan International Children’s Film Festival (TICFF) video calling for entries

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A biennial film festival, TICFF brings young children and adults to enjoy the works in this international exhibition, which will take place in April 2014. Public Television Service (PTS), the festival organizer of this event, is now signing up entries to attract some of the finest filmmakers around the world with the lure of USD 28,000 in prize money. Except for showing outstanding dramas, documentaries, animations, and television programs, the festival also includes a new feature: a special Taiwan prize which will be awarded to the best work which represents Taiwan and exemplified the highest standards in the industry... Submit

YOUPIX.ORG - Not Another Screenplay Competition!

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Years ago, PROJECT GREEN LIGHT offered new talents a platform to compete but it was short lived for obvious reasons, the business model didn’t work. The movies lost money. Unlike all of these different platforms that had good intentions in helping discover new talent, at YOUPIX.ORG, we have eliminated many mistakes to dramatically increase the odds of success for this new indie platform. 
The Internet is full of articles/posts/blogs written by Industry Professionals with endorsement for the top ten or top five screenplay competitions – and it doesn’t take long before you start seeing the same Contests repeated again and again…  That makes you feel good about those certain competitions, right?  So, you submit your screenplay to some (or all) of those competitions with your fingers crossed…  And you mig... Submit Now

 

Make YOUR Movie Contest on youpix.org!

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Project Greenlight Reincarnated!  Our winners make a MOVIE. "In Hollywood a script has a One in a Million chance at being produced. That sucks! At YouPix.org your script has a REAL chance at being made into a MOVIE! That does NOT suck!" Dear Screenwriters and Filmmakers, Let's face it.  We all just want to make movies.  Ever since we could remember.  We were kids with movie cameras making goofy projects wi... Submit Now

 

Houston Worldfest April 4-13, 2014 calling all filmmakers

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The MAIN ENTRY DEADLINE is December 15th, 2013   THE FINAL "BRICK-WALL" DEADLINE is: JANUARY 31st, 2013 - ENTRIES MUST REACH US BY THEN! We now accept PayPal for even greater payment security. The secure PayPal payment address is - entry@worldfest.org    The 47th Annual WorldFest-Houston - April 4-13, 2014 Ten Great Days in April! Download the entry form “Before there was Sundance or SXSW, Before there was Toronto or Tribeca, there was WorldFest...Submit now

 

Submit your projects to the 3D Stereo Media Market, free registration

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3D Film Mart (3DFM) 3-6 December 2013., now in its 3rd edition, is the first European co-production market for stereoscopic-3D (S-3D) movies.

The 3D Film Mart was developed by 3D Stereo MEDIA in association with TWIST and peacefulfish. 3DFM is partially funded by the MEDIA Program of the European Commission (EC), and is thus an official project of the EC. This gives it a wide visibility and a significant notoriety in Europe and beyond.
Producers of 3D contents (for cinema, TV, ...) who have projects for S-3D contents (feature, documentary, animation, alternative content, ...) at an early stage of development, and are looking for financing, are invited to submit their projects to the market.... Submit Now

 

International Television & Film Awards calling

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New York Festival's World's Best Television & Films competition honors programming in all lengths and forms from over 50 countries. Dedicated to both the Television and Film industries, categories mirror today's global trends and encourage the next generation of story-tellers and talent: Animation, Comedy, Corporate, Drama, Documentary, Feature Films, Music Videos, News, Promos, Reality Shows, Sports, Telenovelas, Webisodes, Best Performance by an Actor/Actress, Special Event, Innovation, and Technical Production Team...Submit Now 
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Awards Ceremony at Amazonas

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MOSTRA COMPETITIVA INTERNACIONAL DE LONGA-METRAGEM 1.       MELHOR FILME THE LUNCHBOX – INDIA, FRANÇA, ALEMANHA,  EUA 2.       MELHOR DIRETOR SEAN ELLIS PELO FILME METRO MANILA – REINO UNIDO\FILIPINAS 3.       MELHOR ATOR CAIO BLAT PELO FILME ENTRE NOS – BRASIL 4.     &...
 

The 36th Starz Denver Film Festival (SDFF), which opens tomorrow will honor established stars

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The 36th Starz Denver Film Festival (SDFF), which opens tomorrow will honor established stars as well as up-and-comers through its numerous award presentations during the 11 day event. Tickets are now on sale and complete festival lineup, including more than 270 features, shorts, music videos and student films, representing 44 countries, is available at denverfilm.org/festival. Actor Harry Dean Stanton will receive the 2013 John Cassavetes Award on Sunday, November 17 at 4...
 

Three Spanish films among the selection to the EFA

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                       Los amantes pasajeros (I'm So Excited!) directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Lo imposible (The Impossible) by Juan Antonio Bayona and Blancanieves by Pablo Berger are in the list of pre-nominated films to the European Film Awards. The final list of nominees will be announced at the Seville European Film Festival (SEFF 2013) on November 9th. The EFA PEOPLE&rs...
 

SEFF SPECIAL X ANNIVERSARY AWARD to honor producer Antonio Pérez

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Seville European Film Festival has decided, on the occasion of its X anniversary, to present an extraordinary award to the Andalusian producer Antonio Pérez Pérez (Cordoba, 1954), who has been linked to the Seville festival since its beginnings. A Board Member of the European Film Academy, he is the head of Maestranza Films, the production company with which he has made many award winning films which have also been praised by the public. These include Solas, Nadie conoce a nadie...
 

Tribute to Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter Roberto Farias

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Amazonas made on opening ceremony a Tribute toBrazilian film director, producer and screenwriter Roberto Farias. He has directed 15 films since 1957 among others in 1982 Pra Frente, Brasil.   ...
 

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Roberio Braga meets guests of honor at the Amazonas 2013 opening ceremony

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The founder of the Amazonas International Film Festival, State Secretary of Culture Roberio Braga greets his guests at Theatro Amazonas, stunning opera house built in 1896. ...
 

Roberio Braga welcomes Charles Tesson, the Jury President at Amazonas Opening Ceremony

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Charles Tesson is the Artistic Director of La Semaine de la Critique at Cannes Film Festival since 2012. He is also a film critic in Les Cahiers du Cinéma since 1979, and a former editor of this magazine. He teaches cinema, history and aesthetics at La Sorbonne Nouvelle (Université Paris III). He is the author of several books and essays on cinema, including Satyajit Ray (1992), Luis Buñuel (1995), El from Luis Buñuel (1996), Photogénie de la Série B (...
 

Jury announced for CAMERIMAGE, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography

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  Caleb Deschanel, Albert Hughes, Jos Stelling, Ed Lachman, Tom Stern, Stuart Dryburgh, Jost Vocano among Prestigious Jury Members at the 21st International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography   CAMERIMAGE, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, has assembled a stellar roster of esteemed individuals from the world of cinema to serve as jurors in its competition categories. Acclaimed directors Jos Stelling and Albert Hughes, and Oscar®-nominated c...
 

GATTLIN GRIFFITH and AUTHOR JOYCE MAYNARD to walk the red carpet on Jason Reitman's Labor Day Opening  The 36th Starz Denver Film Festival kicks off with the Opening Night Red Carpet Gala presentation of Labor Day, presented by KeyBank.  Following the screening of the film, 14 year-old actor Gattlin Griffith will be presented with the Rising Star Award and author Joyce Maynard will be signing copies of her book Labor Day in the lobby of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.     Festival filmmakers, and Festival staff to walk the red carpet: Actor Gattlin G...

GARY LUCAS 'TOUCHED BY GRACE--MY TIME WITH JEFF BUCKLEY"--NYC AND PARIS INSTORE APPEARANCES FOR MY NEW BOOK
Just arrived now in wonderful lovely Paris and staying at my favorite Hotel Terrass in Montmartre! I am here to do an instore signing and a solo acoustic performance tomorrow in support of the English language version of my new book "TOUCHED BY GRACE--MY TIME WITH JEFF BUCKLEY" which was published on Oct 25th by Jawbone Press in the UK. Here's a photo from my NYC instore Monday night: You can read reviews and comments here: http://garylucas.com/www/tbg   The response ha...

MovieMaze ™ - Celebrity Interviews Available at AFM
Good Morning-- Hope you are in the mood for some fun! Producers Maria Collis & Erik Lundmar, creators of the incredible new choose your own adventure app MovieMaze ™ (available throughout iTunes and google play for Mac & Android platforms) and one of the stars of their first FREE adventure "The Mechanic," Darcy Donovan, will be available for interviews onsite at this year's AFM.  MovieMazeTM is already ahead of all the competing proje..

Industry veteran Jim Harvey joins Inception Film Partners as head of sales and distribution
Inception Film Partners, LLC, a global film sales and distribution company engaged in motion picture and television sales, finance and production has hired industry veteran Jim Harvey as its head of sales and distribution. The company’s growing slate of new films range from cast-driven tentpole projects to director focused smart features satisfying the diverse and changing demands of a global marketplace. Harvey was hired as executive vice president of sales and distribution and bring...

 

 

 

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AFM will welcome more than one hundred distributors, producers and executives from more than fifty companies from Mainland China

The 2013 American Film Market will welcome more than one hundred distributors, producers and executives from more than fifty companies across all disciplines of the film industry from mainland China. Jonathan Wolf, Managing Director of the American Film Market and Executive Vice President of the Independent Film & Television Alliance, made the announcement today.   Chinese companies attending the American Film Market include:   Airmedia Group; Beijing Asian Union Cult...

LA FÉERIE DES EAUX Précédera le nouveau Disney de Noël LA REINE DES NEIGES au Grand Rex

 
LA FÉERIE DES EAUX, célèbre spectacle aquatique Précédera le nouveau Disney de Noël LA REINE DES NEIGES, au GRAND REX / Paris Présenté en avant-première exclusive A partir du 20 novembre 2013 jusqu’au 5 janvier 2014   Pour cette fin d’année, le Grand Rex perpétue la tradition de la Féerie des Eaux, et propose de découvrir en avant-première et en exclusivité, le nouve...
 

ROMAN POLANSKI à l’honneur de la sixième édition de KINOPOLSKA – en sa présence

 
Le Festival Kinopolska célèbre, pour sa sixième édition, le cinéma polonais en mettant à l’honneur Roman Polański. Alors que son nouveau film La Venus à la Fourrure sortira en salles le 13 novembre prochain, KINOPOSKA rendra hommage à Roman Polanski en présentant six de ses films. Le cinéaste a choisi parmi sa filmographie de nous présenter son premier film réalisé en 1962 Le Couteau dans l...
 

Importante sélection québécoise et canadienne aux RIDM 2013

 
Montréal, le 1er novembre 2013 – Les Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) commenceront le 13 novembre prochain. Comme chaque année, le seul festival québécois entièrement consacré au cinéma documentaire présentera de nombreux films canadiens et québécois, répartis dans ses différentes sections. Compétition nationale En compétition pour le Grand p...

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