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> STRASBOURG EUROPEAN FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL
A chat with Daniel Cohen the festival director...
Interview with "Cutterhead" director. In Competition internationale FEFFS 2018 www.strasbourgfestival.com Journalist / programmer : Greg Lauert; vidéo : Julien Ditsch Team : Adrien Hairaye, Léo Amiot, Guillaume Leonhardt ...
In conversation with the director and actors of "The Rusalka" in competition in Strasbourg. Rencontre avec le réalisateur et deux acteurs de "The Rusalka". Compétition internationale de films fantastiques - FEFFS 2018 www.strasbourgfestival.com Journaliste / programmateur : Greg Lauert Responsable vidéo : Julien Ditsch ...
William Friedkin's The Exorcist was a huge box office hit when it came out in the US, one day after christmas, December 26th 1973, and a surprise for Warner: the genre films were ranked low in studios hierarchy at the time. See the film which broke the the rules and set new ones. The guests of the festivals were treated with the premiere screening in the world to happen in a church (a temple to be precise) ...and it was full!, another success for the festival director, Daniel Cohen, who h...
At Place du Château, by the magnnificent cathedral no seat was left empty when the screening began! Xhat a perfect setting with an incredibly warm weather. The festival director, Daniel Cohen, was thrilled ...
Strasbourg is such a spectacular and charming city I could spend hours walking the old streets shooting these for you A selection from my snapshots on my facebook page. ...
Rencontre du réalisateur de "Luz". Compétition internationale de films fantastiques - FEFFS 2018 www.strasbourgfestival.com Journaliste / programmateur : Greg Lauert Responsable vidéo : Julien Ditsch Equipe technique : Adrien Hairaye, Léo Amiot, Guillaume Leonhardt, Nicolas Reitter Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg Ajoutée le 19 sept. 2018 ABONNÉ...
By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER "Holiday" is Swedish director Isabella Eklöf's feature directorial debut but one would never know it. Her film has been catching audiences off-guard since its premiere at Sundance Film Festival at the beginning of this year. The one very graphic and unwavering depiction of rape, the kind of rape that happens more often than naught by someone the victim knows, has surely been causing m...
A love triangle featuring the trophy girlfriend of a petty drug lord, caught up in a web of luxury and violence in a modern dark gangster tale set in the beautiful port city of Bodrum on the Turkish Riviera. Director: Isabella Eklöf Writers: Johanne Algren, Isabella Eklöf Stars: Victoria Carmen Sonne, Lai Yde, Thijs Römer |See full cast & crew » ...
Ron Carlson (writer director of Dead Ant) with Daniel Cohen on the right the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival Director) "When the 1989 "one-hit-wonder" glam-metal band "Sonic Grave" embark on a trip to Coachella in hopes of a comeback, their peyote trip pit stop in Joshua Tree incites an "unworldly" viscous attack, and they must "rock" themselves out of harms way." Directed by : Ron Carlson ...
The festival opened with The Nun @thenunmovie, a film by Corin Hardy and a spin-off from The Conjuring saga. ...
12:00 p.m-8:00 p.m Aedaen Gallery, 1 rue des Aveugles We can all picture in our mind’s eye the posters created by Michel Landi for such movies as Once Upon a Time in the West, Duel, Furyo, Duck Soup, Bullit and Pizzaiolo et Mozzarel. Leafing through copies of the o...
Tuesday, 18 September 8 p.m and 10:30 p.m at the Alsatian Museum For the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War, the Alsatian Museum offers visitors an immersion into the horrors of its trenches. The unleashing of hostilities, the combat operations and its makeshift surgery have made history. Mutilated soldiers with minds left in tatters were the challenges faced by the surgeons and psychiatrists of the times. The most intrepid are invited to enter the tortured mind of an...
The 2018 Toronto International Film Festival is Piers Handling’s 37th as a key member of the TIFF team — and his 25th at the helm. It is also his last: Piers will retire this fall, turning his expertise to future projects following one final TIFF Cinematheque series, The Great War on Film, which marks the centenary of the WWI Armistice. Piers joined the Festival as a programmer in 1982, and later served as Artistic Director for seven years before becoming Director & CEO in 1994...
The Toronto International Film Festival® announced its award winners at the closing ceremony at TIFF Bell Lightbox today, hosted by Piers Handling, CEO and Director of TIFF, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of TIFF. The 43rd Festival wraps up this evening. IWC SHORT CUTS AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM The IWC Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film goes to ..
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Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2018 Award Winners The Toronto International Film Festival® announced its award winners at the closing ceremony at TIFF Bell Lightbox today, hosted by Piers Handling, CEO and Director of TIFF, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of TIFF. The 43rd Festival wrapped up this evening. IWC SHORT CUTS AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM ...
Zheng Kai (aka Ryan Zheng) Zheng Kai aka Ryan Zheng is a fast-emerging Chinese actor, filmmaker and entrepreneur. A frequent collaborator of Academy Award-nominated, BAFTA Award-winning Chinese director Zhang Yimou, Zheng appeared in The Great Wall opposite Matt Damon and will next appear in the highly anticipated Shadow, which is set to premiere at the upcoming 2018 Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. A box-office powerhouse in his native China,...
Oscilloscope Laboratories Presents SEARCHING FOR INGMAR BERGMAN Directed by MARGARETHE VON TROTTA Co-directors: FELIX MOELLER and BETTINA BÖHLER Oscilloscope Laboratories will release Searching for Ingmar Bergman, Margarethe von Trotta’s unabashed valentine to the director who inspired her to become a filmmaker. The film, which had its World Premiere in Cannes, is set to open in NYC (before opening in LA & other cities) on November 2nd, 2018, a...
World Premiere of Netflix’s HOLD THE DARK at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival The film stars Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skarsgård, James Badge Dale, Riley Keough, Julian Black Antelope, Director Jeremy Saulnier, Writer Macon Blair, and Producers Russell Ackerman, John Schoenfelder, Eva Maria Daniels, Neil Kopp, and Anish Savjani. SYNOPSIS Retired naturalist and wolf expert Russell Core (JEFFREY WRIGHT) journeys to the edge of civilization in northern Alaska at t...
WILD BUNCH HANDLES WORLDWIDE SALES ON DIRECTOR HO WI DING’S ‘CITIES OF LAST THINGS’ AT TORONTO TIFF title world premiered on Saturday, September 8th in the Platform section; Wild Bunch to handle international territories excluding Taiwan, France and most of Asia International sales company Wild Bunch is handling worldwide sales for Ho Wi Ding’s CITIES OF LAST THINGS, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Platform section on ...
COLETTE IN THEATERS SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 Directed by | Wash Westmoreland Written by | Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland, Rebecca Lenkiewicz Starring | Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Denise Gough After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as “Willy” (Dominic West), Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to gh...
MOUTHPIECE Written and Directed by Patricia Rozema Co-Written by Norah Sadava and Amy Nostbakken Starring Norah Sadava, Amy Nostbakken and Maev Beaty 2018 TIFF | SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS | WORLD PREMIERE MOUTHPIECE is a powerful, amusing and highly original look into the conflicted psyche of Cassandra Haywood a fiercely independent millennial woman. Cass is a single writer who lives by her own rules. She’s also a bit of a disaster. Following the sudden death of he...
TELL IT TO THE BEES ***World Premiere in Special Presentations Category at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival*** Starring: Anna Paquin, Holliday Grainger Emun Elliott, Steven Robertson, Lauren Lyle, Gregor Selkirk, Kate Dickie Directed by: Annabel Jankel Written by: Henrietta and Jessica Ashworth Based on the novel by: Fiona Shaw Dr. Jean Markham (Anna Paquin) returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father’s medical practice. When a school-...
Written and Directed by A.V. Rockwell Synopsis: Elizier, a new enrollee at The Edward R. Mill School For Boys, must overcome the memories of a tragic past in order to tackle larger issues dominating his young life: How must it feel to grow up in the world, under the constant implication that your life does not matter? To know that the whole world could watch you die, yet nothing would be done about it? In this poetic and lush drama, A.V. Rockwell creates an allegorical lov...
Photo credit: George Pimentel WireImage Getty for TIFF The ultimate movie star, Julia Roberts arrived at TIFF for the world premiere of her television series Homecoming at Ryerson theatre. The Homecoming P&I screening is on September 10 at 9am at Scotiabank theatre. Executive Producer and Star Julia Roberts,Executive Producer and Director Sam Esmail,Executive Producers and Co-Creators Eli Horowitzand Micah Bloomberg, and stars Stephan James, Jer...
Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian’s FIG TREE awarded the TIFF Eurimages’ Audentia Award. Official announcement below. Please scroll down for film details. ...
Directed by Nick Hamm Starring Lee Pace, Jason Sudeikis, Judy Greer, Corey Stoll, Isabel Arraiza, Michael Cudlitz, Erin Moriarty DRIVEN WRITER | Colin Bateman PRODUCERS | Piers Tempest, Brad Feinstein, Rene Besson, Luillo Ruiz Brad Feinstein of Romulus Entertainment was a producer and key financier. SYNOPSIS | Lee Pace, Jason Sudeikis, Judy Greer, and Corey Stoll star in this story — inspired by true events — of the ri...
A PRIVATE WAR Directed by Matthew Heineman Starring Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, and Stanley Tucci The narrative debut from the Academy Award nominated direc...
Sienna Miller turns out a breathtaking lead performance in the upcoming American Woman (TIFF 2018), of which TIFF programmer Jane Schoettle remarked: "Miller has never given a performance quite this lived-in and emotionally layered. Her character's pain is soul-piercing, but so are her resilience and survival skills." TIFF is thrilled to offer film lovers a unique opportunity to toast the illustrious career of Sienna Miller in this intimate, fireside-style chat. ...
By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER There was a long wait, but I finally got a chance to sit down with Oldenburg Film Festival director Torsten Neumann to discuss the 25th year of this very special film festival, what one of the director's described as "punk rock" or a "punch to the face", but in a good way. It was such a treat to sit down and discuss films with someone whose passion about films oozes from his pores. The programming at the...
FROM OLDENBURG WITH LOVE - 25. Internationales Filmfest Oldenburg 2018 from Filmfest Oldenburg on Vimeo. The super trailer for Oldenburg has been Produced & Directed by Torsten Neumann and Deborah Kara Unger ...
Award Ceremony of the German Independence Awards, Closing Night Gala with “Promise At Dawn” by Eric Barbier The 25th edition started with several premieres: on Wednesday the opening gala for the first time took place in the congress center. With the European premiere of Sarik Andreasyan‘s “Unforgiven”, it was also the first time that a film from outside of Germany opened the festival. Numerous stars on the red carpet being cheered b...
Well deserved rest for the team after a stunning 25th anniversary edition of the festival. more pictures ...
The Festival Gala at the 25th Oldenburg International Film Festival: Presenting the Awards to the Tribute and Retrospective Honorees Keith Carradine and Bruce Robinson; followed by the screening of Tomer Almagor's documentary "King of Beasts". Tributes to Bruce Robinson and Keith Carradine ...
Torsten Neumann does it all...even being the DJ for the party on Saturday after the Tribute Awards. ...
This festival is the only festival in the world to play films in jail and invite festival guests to watch a film with inmates. ...
The bubblegum machine gets the chance to have a chat with Keith Carradine in the Festival TV #nointerview by SCHWARZSEHER. The actor has be honoured with a star on the Oldenburg Walk of Fame and with a tribute for his formidable screen presence in films such as "Nashville" (Robert Altmann), "Pretty Baby" (Louis Malle) and the series "Dexter". ...
Director : Michael Kreindl Cast : Neda Rahmanian, Lenn Kudrjawizki, Kasem Hoxha, Juergen Maurer, Amelie Kiefer Neda Rahmanian takes security check at the entrance of the JVA jail The icepick had been rammed deeply into Mladen Ribar’s heart. Tied to it is a short but direct message: corrupt pig! An apt description of the unethical building officer Mladen. But it would fit others of his kind equally. The land is diseased with corruption, fraud and cover-ups. Someo...
The only festival in the world where guests get to see films with inmates. It s in themiddle of the city, yet is called The Alcatraz of the North (300 inmates in high security, including some of the toughest criminals in Germany) A truly rare and positive experience. Could not have imagined sharing drinks and canapes with prisoners, wardens and festival guests... Interesting to observe the way we look humans who are very different from us. (one way or another) A convenient transport...
Borja Cobeaga, Diego San José and Borja Echevarría are responsible for writing and directing the ceremony The opening gala will be broadcast live by La 2, ETB1, eitb.eus, and the Festival website.Actresses Nagore Aranburu and Belén Cuesta will take the gala through its steps at the opening of the San Sebastian Festival, tomorrow, Friday 21, at 21:00 in the Kursaal Auditorium. The gala has been written and directed by Borja Cobeaga, Diego San José and Borja...
Chris Hemsworth will attend the closing film night of the Festival’s 66th edition, together with "Bad Times at the El Royale" filmmaker Drew Goddard This is Goddard’s second film, following his first feature, The Cabin in the Woods The actor Chris Hemsworth (Thor, The Avengers) will accompany filmmaker Drew Goddard in the European premiere of Bad Times at the El Royale, which will close the Official Selection of the San Sebastian Film Festival’s 66...
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The Equalizer 2, Review: Unequal combat When you have one man battling four or more mercenaries, the combat is apparently unequal. Turns out that the inequality is in favour of the one man, since he is played by Denzel Washington, the protagonist, who does the requisite equalising. Washington is not the quintessential action hero, though he tries hard to be one. Passable stuff that keeps you mildly excited with its action, and takes pains to make the story move at a reasonable pace, making th...
Manto, Review: Man to man, rediscovering the Urdu writer, who died a pauper, at 42 Before the film, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) displayed categorises the language of the film as Hindi/Urdu. Saadat Hasan Manto wrote short stories and films in Urdu and there is some Hindi in the film, mainly spoken by others. Among the most controversial of Urdu writers, Manto has been the subject of rediscovery over the last decade or so for reasons unknown. Whatever the reasons, Nandita Das...
The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Review: Gothic and scary, with a funny-bone Everybody loves a good mystery. Well, almost everybody. If there is magic in it and prodigious children, they love it even more. The House with a Clock in Its Walls is a magical story about warlocks and witches, children and childish innocence. It has, at its centre, a house that enjoys a position of its own. Hidden inside its walls somewhere is a clock that keeps ticking, and it is no ordinary clock. In fact, it...
III Smoking Barrels-Stories from Far East India, Review: Barrelful of empathy Roman three in the title refers to the fact that the film is an anthology of three stories, each exploring a different stage in life--a child involved in armed conflicts, a boy in drug peddling and a man entangled in elephant poaching. All three are set in the North-East of India where insurgency and underground movements thrive, aided in part by the fact that the Indian states of the region share borders with as ma...
Pakhi, Review: Bird watching strictly not recommended Pakhi, the title, is a variation of the word ‘pankhi’ or ‘panchhi’, meaning bird, in Hindi. It’s a good title, and, in the film, it is the name of the protagonist, who is forced into prostitution and lives the life of a caged bird. Good title. There is also an ‘interesting’ sound track, the kind that is rarely heard in Hindi films these days. Some of the sets and colour schemes are very much like g...
Untying Breastfeeding: Tongue-tied babies? Here comes the solution Just as giving birth, pregnancy and menstruation are phenomena that no man can ever experience, so also is breast-feeding. But what appears to be the easiest among the womanly gifts and acts, breast-feeding can be an ordeal, even traumatic, and can drive some women to the brink of suicide. It does sound alarmist and preposterous, but there is reason enough to belief that it is not as easy or natural as it might seem. Untying ...
Human Cinema—The Films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee: Highs and lows in the career of the humane ‘econo-miser’ K.V. Rammesh is a business manager by profession, and his passions are 3M—not the company, rather movies, music and military history. He was also part of a group called Rewind that has chronicled mainly film music in such detail that it is scary to the uninitiated. When he wanted to enroll for my workshop course in Announcing, Broadcasting, Compèring and Dubb...
Mitron, Review: Food-truck’s mixed menu, part tasty, part insipid Meaning ‘friends’, mitron is among the most favourite opening words when the current prime minister of India addresses an audience. Before becoming the PM, he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat and his mother tongue is Gujarati. Mitron is set in Ahmedabad, the main city in Gujarat, and among its lead players are a gang of three friends. All its characters are Gujaratis, some of who speak the language occasional...
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FilmfestivalsCom has been recognized for our 2018 Excellence Award. Our panel of industry executives and consultants oversees an annual survey commissioned by the USITC on various categories and determines which companies meet and exceed the industry benchmarks that have been set forth. Further details on this selection can be viewed on our website including the press release that was produced for this occasion (which is not distributed till mutual review is complete). To review the award...
M.A. Taylor is an independent filmmaker originally from Alexandria, Virginia. Taylor has worked in the film industry for over ten years - specifically in documentary feature films. He has filmed all over the world and traveled extensively and enjoys making documentaries on a broad number of topics ranging from history to technology. In addition to documentaries, Taylor has made experimental and short films. Taylor currently lives and works in New York City. Ci...
BY-LINES The Creepy Line Dr. Robert Epstein Senior Research Psychologist, American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology Dr. Jordan Peterson Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto Peter Schweizer New York Times best-selling author Barry Schwartz CEO, Rusty Brick Marlene Jaeckel, Co-founder, Polyglot Programming Phil Kerpin President, American Commitment Brad Shear ...
Hey filmmakers and movie fans! Don't forget there will be a WRAP UP PARTY on Friday night in Paris! ???????? After the last screening we will announce the winners of the festival and then all celebrate until the bar closes, around 2AM. It will be a good time for you to meet other filmmakers, movie geeks and have your picture taken by our official photographer! ???? Of course for those who can only make it on Thursday, we will also have a small celebration after the screenings...
Dear Colleague, I look forward to welcoming you in less than 2 months to the American Film Market in Santa Monica. Join 7,000+ industry professionals from 80+ countries for one week of unmatched access, networking and education in the film capital of the world. Watch the AFM video to preview all that happens at the AFM and register now for the best rates at AmericanFilmMarket.com/attendee. AFM has negotiated the lowest rates for you at all Santa Monica hotels. Visit AFM Hotel Informat...
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The official programme of the 45th edition of Film Fest Gent presents us with a rich and well-rounded international program threaded by the finest Belgian films. For this years focus, Hungarian cinema is put in the limelight. Lovers of film and music fanatics will rejoice because Ghent will turn into an audio-visual Walhalla filled with feature films, documentaries, series and shorts, concerts, discussion panels, talks and thematic trails. “A mixture of powerful films by well-known auth...
FestForums Santa Barbara is back for 2018 November 14th-16th! Use this code : Bruno20 when registering http://torchly.io/VU09uETVvb Our Santa Barbara Conference is the biggest with over 800 attendees and over 80 exhibitors in 2017.This year's FestForums will take place at the same -yet new and improved- Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort (formerly The Fess Parker). The agenda consists of 2 days of panels with 2 tracks each day. Panels will incl...
Film selections include 28 Alberta projects Wait for it! Watch for it! The Gotta Minute Film Festival is coming soon! But don’t look for us in a theatre! This September 24th- 30th, watch for our program in Edmonton’s LRT system and Calgary’s CTrain system where digital screens will light up with a program of One-Minute Silent Short Films for One and All - Every 5 minutes! Gotta Minute is Western Canada’s first Film Festival for Commuters, proudl...
The full program for the Byron Bay Film Festival is now available online, introducing a stellar showcase of over 155 films, including 21 documentaries, 15 dramatic features, 20 music videos and 68 shorts as well as an extensive selection of Virtual Reality experiences. ...
www.IranianFilmFestival.org Venue: San Francisco Art Institute 800 Chestnut Street San Francisco, CA 94133 Click here for Click here for: Films & Schedule/Tickets/Venue Filmfestivals.com is a proud partner of the Iranian Fi...
The 9th Bridges International Film Festival will be held in three cities in Greece, in October as follows: from 4 to 10 October at Cineplex Flisvos Cinema in Corinth in collaboration with the Center for Culture, Sport and the Environment and the Municipality of Corinth, 8-10 October at the Greek Film Archives Cinema in Athens and 11-13 October at Trianon Theater in Nafplion in collaboration with the Municipality of Nafplio . The program includes film screenings, workshops and parallel events. ...
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Busan International Film Festival, the Largest Film Festival in Asia, Will Open on 4 October, 2018! “Isabelle”, a psychological thriller starring Adam Brody and Amanda Crew, will screen the world premiere in Busan, South Korea on October 6th. The film will screen in the Midnight Passion section of the Busan Film Festival. Canadian film and TV producer/director Rob Heydon (“Ecstasy”) produced and directed the script, written by Donald...
FestForums Santa Barbara is back for 2018 November 14th-16th! Use this discount code : Bruno20 when registering http://torchly.io/VU09uETVvb FestForums Panels Spotlight ...
Not Your Skin explores the lives of 4 transgender families across USA and across generations. The will wil Premiere on November 3rd, 2018 as part of The Valley Film Festival in Los Angeles. Synopsis: 10-year-old Kylee is only starting her journey and her family is considering hormone blockers. Her parents changed her name and gender on her birth certificate and struggle with transitioning what they though was their son into a little girl that Kylee wants to be. They are preparin...
Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, the first independent Iranian film festival outside of Iran, which showcases independent feature and short films made by or about Iranians from around the world, will present 48 films at its 11th annual event. The films range from fiction, documentary, animation, short....to music video. Hunting Season Rana is about to go abroad to play in a concert, but she has to come back to her hometown to save her daughter, the place w...
We are happy to announce that LAZZARO FELICE (“Happy as Lazzaro”) by Italian director and screenwriter Alice Rohrwacher will be the opening film of this year’s Viennale. A fairytale reminiscent of great authors of literature and cinema and travelling through various eras and time, LAZZARO FELICE tells us about the reality of human feelings and our time. Alice Rohrwacher is an original and refreshing author on the international film scene, with a deep sensitivity to the me...
Decision makers and industry executives from Hollywood and around the world will attend AFM 2018. Together they are responsible for greenlighting hundreds of films. Plan now to meet more industry professionals in one week than you can in a year! VISIT ATTENDEE PAGE Workshops For Writers Learn how to shape your screenplay into a compelling narrativ...
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Director: Kobun Shizuno, Hiroyuki Seshita Cast: Mamoru Miyano, Takahiro Sakurai, Kana Hanazawa Release Date (Japan): November 9, 2018 Distribution (Japan): Toho Visual Entertainment The final chapter of the landmark animated “Godzilla” trilogy, GODZILLA：The Planet Eater pits King of Destruction, Godzilla, against God of the Void, Ghidorah, with man’s destiny hanging in ...
The NYC Independent Film Festival has screened a slew of films that have gone on to be acquired, distributed, and n
Revealing documentary “Cancer Can Be Killed” by filmmaker Jeff Witzeman of Sinker Swim Productions has been named an official documentary selection in the 2018 Glendale International Film Festival. (www.glendaleinternationalfilmfestival.com) Witzeman was inspired to make the film after his wife Kerry was cured and cancer free after receiving non-traditional treatments in Europe in 2015. “Cancer Can Be Killed” will be the documentary feature, screened as part of the Can...
Cloud21 International (www.cloud21.com) and Kultura PR International (www.kulturapr.com) are pleased to present the "Production Without Borders” special event that will be held on November 5, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the Laemmle Film Center in Santa Monica, CA (1332 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA 90401). The by-invitation only event will host a panel featuring the top names in the industry, including: Michael Benaroya, Founder, International Film Trust Michael Benaroya is a producer and...ominated across a host of reputable platforms. When the Ocean Met the Sky screened in 2015 was acquired by The Orchard for distribution. Three of our 2016 submissions also went on to do great things. A Beautiful Now was released on Netflix, A Nearly Perfect Blue Sky was screened at Sundance in 2017 during their "Midnight Short Films" category, and Mile End w...
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After a highly successful 38th year, FIN Atlantic International Film Festival announces its award winners for the event, September 13 - 20 in Halifax, NS. Award winners include: The Gordon Parsons Award for Best Atlantic Feature: Presented by FIN Atlantic International Film Festival Winner: An Audience of Chairs Directed by Deanne Foley Produced by Jill Knox-Gosse, Eric Jordan, Paul Steph...
Human Affairs, General Magic, We Were Íslands Among Honored Films The First Annual Montana International Film Festival (MINT) wrapped today with an awards ceremony and closing celebration at Doc Harper’s in historic downtown Billings. The weekend featured screenings of 55 films, panels and events attended by filmmakers, press and Billings locals. “This first year’s festival was a resounding success, even exceeding our expectations,” said MINT ex...
Hey filmmakers and movie fans! Don't forget there will be a WRAP UP PARTY on Friday night in Paris! ???????? After the last screening we will announce the winners of the festival and then all celebrate until the bar closes, around 2AM. It will be a good time for you to meet other filmmakers, movie geeks and have your picture taken by our official photographer! ???? Of course for those who can only make it on Thursday, we will also have a small celebration after the screenings...
ROME FILM FEST | FESTA DEL CINEMA DI ROMA 18 – 28 October 2018 Cate Blanchett. Jonathan Safran Foer, Thierry Frémaux and Shirin Neshat to attend onstage conversations Il vizio della speranza by Edoardo De Angelis and the Watergate series by Charles Ferguson to screen in Rome As previously announced, the Rome Film Fest, directed by Antonio Monda, will bestow its Lifetime Achievement Award to Martin Scorsese. Furthermore, this year...
Go to www.AccoladeCompetition.org for details The awards go to those filmmakers, television producers and videographers who produce fresh, standout entertainment and compelling documentaries. The Accolade is an international awards competition that honors those who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity. ~ Best of Show ~ Jennifer Pepperman – After Forever Jennifer Pepperman, (USA), After Forever, Web Series – After Forever ...
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September 22, 2018 Late September Deadline
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October 27, 2018 Final Deadline
The main focus of our festival is to support creative, independent filmmaking through the ability, innovation and uniqueness to capture the series of movements and experiences in a single film. We help filmmakers across the world build an audience and platform for their projects and works to diversify the film industry.
The Chandler International Film Festival (CIFF) is a year-round film festival with grand annual event @ Chandler Downtown on January 18 -21, 2019. CIFF will be screening over 100 films from all over the world. The three-day festival will include Red Carpet, Opening Ceremony, Prime Shows with Dinner, Audience Choice Awards, Award Ceremony, Networking, Workshops, Q&A and After Party.
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October 15, 2018 Regular Deadline
Asbury Park, NJ. Film, Screenplay and Movie Music competitions opened July 1, 2018.
The Garden State Film Festival was founded to promote the art of film making on all levels by showcasing a wide variety of film, video and animated works, as well as to provide educational programs in the creative arts to the public by industry leaders. Our goal is to present films of the highest quality in both production value and content.
The Garden State Film Festival's professional jury will select winning films in various categories. Submission categories are for administration purposes only. There are separate awards for student films (please state on notes which kind of student you are if it applies - Graduate, College, High School or younger) as well as the "Home Grown Awards" for films where 75% of principle photography is shot in the State of New Jersey.
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April 5 - 14, 2019
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The EarlyBird Deadline is November 15th
Entries Opened August 15th. The EarlyBird Deadline is November 15th and the Main Entry Deadline is December 15th. These are "Postmark By Deadlines". If you enter Online by the January 15th Late/Final Deadline and we receive the physical entry by January 31st, your entry will still be reviewed by our judges. Due to popular demand, we have extended the Final Brick Wall Deadline to January 31st, online!
The 2019 Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival is now open for entries! Info on All Winners info is submitted to Seoul, Korea ~ Concorto, Italy & the USAFilmFestival, Dallas at no extra cost!
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April 9th, 2019
Deadline for entries is October 15, 2018
New York Festivals World's Best TV & Films competition honors programming in all lengths and forms from over 50 countries. New Categories for 2019 include Human Rights Documentary, Digital Short-Form Music Video, Telenovela Promotion, Brand Image, CSR Not-for-Profit, Branded Content, Attitudinal Training, Branded Content Documentary, Student Documentary, Public Relations & Social Engagement.
All Entries in the 2019 competition will be judged online and screened by New York Festivals Television & Film Awards Grand Jury of 200 plus producers, directors, writers, and other creative media professionals from around the globe. Nominated Finalists are judged by a selected panel at the United Nations for the UNDPI Awards. Award-winning entries will be showcased on the NYF Television & Film Awards website. To View the 2018 TV & Film Awards winning entries please visit: https://www.newyorkfestivals.com/winners/2018/
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May 5 – 12, 2019
Regular deadline November 30 2018
The 10th Annual NYC Independent Film Festival provides a showcase for indie filmmakers from NYC and around the world to the NYC public & entertainment industry. Indie filmmakers selffund projects with budgets from $0 - $1,000,000 and often overlooked, these filmmakers show extraordinary talent and creativity under tight budgets. The Festival provides filmmakers with the opportunity for potential distribution while meeting fans and promoting their film.
The Festival is an annual event and will run May 5 - 12, 2019, taking place at Producers Club, The Caveat and Cameo Clnton Studios. We will screen 250 films, host panels and presentations, as well as after parties, a live script reading, and a live comedy sketch performance! All while hosting hundreds of filmamakers from around the world!
2019 submission categories include: Narrative Feature, Short Film (narrative), Super Short Film (narrative), Documentary Fearure, Documentary Short, Music Video, Art/Experimental (short film), Animation (short film), Short Script, Short Sketch Comedy Videos, Virtual Reality, Web Series, TV Pilots.
Join us in New York City May 5 to 12, 2019
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ENTRY DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1st 2018
This Call is for Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi features and shorts only of Fantasy gendre. The Director’s Week section is destinaded only for, no strings attach.
Deadlines for Entries for 2019 edition are November 1st (feature and fantasy shorts) and December 5th (Final Call and only for features). Fantasporto enjoys incredible loyalty and support from the large film-appreciating community all over the World. In the last edition, Fantasporto was attended by over 25,000 enthusiastic genre film fans and over 200 members of the film press and industry.
Considered in 2015 as the first of the independent film festivals in the world by TRIPPER, Fantasporto is among the top film festivals for the discovery of new talent, having revealed countless of now famous directors, producers and actors.
The World Heritage City by UNESCO of Porto, twice considered Europe’s Best Touristic Destination, is another factor adding interest . Founded in 1981, the 39th edition has the support of the Portuguese State and the Townhall.
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Films we curate for festivals: Check our selection of 'Best for Fests' in the eco green genre! "Ones to Watch for fests' by filmfestivals.com"...
San Francisco’s Green Film Fest 2018 ended with the hope-inspiring sneak-peek screening of The Condor and The Eagle, September 13, after hosting over a week of new environmental films from around the globe, expert panels, and audience discussions in theaters throughout the city. Green Film Fest 2018 was an official Affiliate Event of the Global Climate Action Summit, and partnered with COAL + ICE exhibition, and Bay Area Now 8. Films were accompanied by panels and discuss...
Finalists of BIFED2018 International Competition and GAIA Student Award Pre selections for International Competition and Gaia Student Award for the 5th Edition of Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary that will take place between 10 - 14 October are over. Films from all over the globe made the selection very hard on the pre-selection committee watching all the 265 documentaries from 56 countries
Films we curate for festivals Check our selection of 'Best for Fests' in the Horror SciFi genre! "Ones to Watch for fests' by filmfestivals.com"...
Shriekfest celebrating 18 years in horror and scifi! Here is a small glimpse of this year's fest! Edited by Alex Drummond and composed by Kingsley Paul Grant. ...
Films we curate for festivals Check our selection of 'Best for Fests' documentaries. "Ones to Watch for fests' by filmfestivals.com". LIVING IN THE FUTURES PAST by Susan Kucera, produced and presented by Jeff Bridges. USA
Within the framework of the "Media & Society" initiative, EDN - European Documentary Network will meet members of the European Parliament on 27 September 2018 in Brussels, Belgium, in order to present the preliminary results of EDN's recent survey on the state of the documentary industry and discuss potential support structures for the documentary sector. The session, organized by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Rebecca Harms and EDN, will be attended by several invit...
EDN - European Documentary Network announces the final selection of projects to take part in Lisbon Docs, the international financing and co-production forum taking place from 14-20 October in Lisbon, Portugal. Lisbon Docs is one of EDN's flagship programmes focusing on strategies to create top-quality documentary projects and delivering them to audiences worldwide. This year's edition of Lisbon Docs - New Gateways to Your Audience features an exciting selection of 23 international an...
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"A film that Google does not want you to see - filmfestivals.com Best for Fest"
An eye-opening documentary, The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and blows the lid off the remarkably subtle – hence powerful – manner in which they do it.
The Creepy Line is a title culled from the words of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when during a 2010 interview he explained Google’s code of conduct: “The Google policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”
However, as Dr. Robert Epstein explains in the film, “Google crosses the creepy line every day”.
Offering first-hand accounts, scientific experiments and detailed analysis, The Creepy Line examines what is at risk when these two tech titans have free reign to utilize the public’s most private and personal data to manipulate society.
There is no question that the “creepy line” is getting ever-creepier, and that the tech giants have crossed it.
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The supernatural thriller Isabelle by writer Donald Martin, with producer Sid Ganis (former Chairman Columbia Pictures) and director Rob Heydon isentering th efestival circuit with a world premiere at Busan.
In the vein of Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist, Isabelle is about an all-American couple whose dream of starting a family is shattered after they move into the perfect New Englandneighborhood.
Once settled, they soon descend into the depths of terror as they struggle to survive a genuine threat from a dark presence that appears to want to end their very lives.
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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary Canada 2018 Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart - Canada 2018 90 minutes
Rob Stewart “Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth. And that, above all else, is worth fighting for”
Watch Rob Stewart doing what he loved most of all, swimming with sharks, in exclusive footage from his third film,
Sharkwater: Extinction.
The soundtrack "Child of the Water" is a tribute to Rob, written and recorded by the ethereal Chantal Kreviazuk.
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Sharkwater: Extinction, scheduled to release in October 2018, is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.
Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them.
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TAIPEI by Jason Lester Romance under influence - USA, first feature film 96 minutes
"Think Romeo and Juliet meets Trainspotting" - Filmfestivals.com Bruno Chatelin
Taipei is an adaptation of Tao Lin’s critically-acclaimed, cult favorite novel of the same name.
Two young New York writers fall in and out of love amidst a whirlwind of drugs, parties, technology, and travel. As one relationship collapses, another blooms for Erin, swept into the world of Paul Chen, a mysterious, charismatic author. When he proposes documenting every aspect of their new romance in an epic laptop-filmed “documentary”, the couple enter into a performative bad romance, fueled by substances and sleepless nights. Tracking the pair through a shotgun Niagara Falls wedding, an LSD trip in a New Jersey mansion, and to Taiwan, the country of Paul’s birth where the couple comes to confront their individual alienation, Taipei is a visually stunning, extremely contemporary portrayal of what it means to be young, alive, and in love in a digital world.
LIVING AMONG US by Brian Metcalf - Vampire Found Footage Thriller Ocober 2017 80 minutes
A family of Vampires hire some filmmakers to bring their story to the world with devastating results. STARRING: John Heard (Home Alone), Esmé Bianco (Game of Thrones), Thomas Ian Nicholas (American Pie), William Sadler (Iron Man 3), Andrew Keegan (10 Things I Hate About You).
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LIVING IN THE FUTURES PAST by Susan Kucera, A documentary presented by Jeff Bridges.
USA October 2017 - 83 minutes
13 Festival wins so far for Living in the Future's Past
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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Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...
www.damesdesvues.com Isabelle Hayeur, présidente des Réalisatrices Équitables, est heureuse d’annoncer que le portail DAMES DES VUES est maintenant en ligne. Ce nouveau portail Internet fait la promotion des réalisatrices du Québec ainsi que de leurs œuvres afin de les présenter aux producteurs et productrices à la recherche de nouveaux talents et favoriser le réseautage et le partage de ressources entre elles. Le portail DAMES DES VUES se...
La 29e édition du Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck - Val de Fensch se déroulera du 3 au 15 octobre 2018 avec comme pays invité : l'Égypte. Le jury longs-métrages sera présidé par le réalisateur Samuel Theis. L'invité d'honneur est l'historien, spécialiste du Maghreb, Benjamin Stora. 56 films seront projetés toutes sections confondues. 15 000 spectateurs sont attendus dans...
http://www.fifam.fr Le festival international du film d’Amiens FIFAM qui fête sa 38e édition offrira un panorama des cinémas du monde au travers d’une compétition ouverte à toutes les sensibilités et à toutes les cultures qui fait du festival un grand rendez-vous du cinéma international. Autour des films en compétition, longs métrages de fiction, longs métrages documentaires et couts m&eacut...
La 5ème édition du Festival du Cinéma et Musique de Film de La Baule mettra cette année à l'honneur "Le Cinéma et la Mer" afin de sensibiliser le public et les plus jeunes sur la nécessité de préserver la mer et sa faune. A cette occasion, 2 temps forts marqueront le Festival : Infos et réservations : www.festival-labaule.com Un hommage sera rendu à Éric Ser...
Bertrand Blier présidera le jury longs métrages du 6e Festival International de Cinéma War On Screen, qui se tiendra du 2 au 7 octobre 2018 à Châlons-en-Champagne (Marne). La comédienne Anne Alvaro, le réalisateur américain Jim Finn, le réalisateur éthiopien Haile Gerima et Øystein Egge, directeur du festival norvégien Movies on War, seront à ses c&o...
L’équipe du Festival est heureuse de vous dévoiler le programme qui marquera cette nouvelle édition ! Avec près de 150 films, le FIFF ...
Les français aiment aller au cinéma. Pourtant, ils sont encore trop peu à avoir franchi le pas de la souscription à un abonnement. Face à ce constat, les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont, leaders de l'exploitation cinématographique en France, ont décidé de faire évoluer la communication autour de leur offre d'abonnement. Le CinéPass propose un accès à plus de 1500 films p...
Rencontre avec un des auteur de "Midi minuit fantastique". FEFFS 2018 www.strasbourgfestival.com Journaliste / programmateur : Greg Lauert Responsable vidéo : Julien Ditsch Equipe technique : Adrien Hairaye, Léo Amiot, Guillaume Leonhardt, Nicolas Reitter ...
Rencontre avec le compositeur de "Chris the Swiss" Compétition internationale de films d'animations - FEFFS 2018 www.strasbourgfestival.com Journaliste / programmateur : Greg Lauert Responsable vidéo : Julien Ditsch Equipe technique : Adrien Hairaye, Léo Amiot, Guillaume Leonhardt, Nicolas Reitter ...
THE MUMBAI MURDERS (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2016) un film de Anurag Kashyap AVANT PREMIERE au Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg en présence du réalisateur ! PROJECTION STRASBOURG (Cinéma Star - 27 rue du Jeu-des-enfants, Strasbourg) Mercredi 19 septembre à 20h PROCHAINE PROJECTION PRESSE PARIS (Cinéma Le Balzac - 1 rue Balzac, Paris) Mercredi 19 septembre à 11h s...
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