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BEATRIZ AT DINNER DIRECTOR Miguel Arteta SCREENWRITER Mike White PRINCIPAL CAST Salma Hayek, John Lithgow U.S.A. / 83 Min BEFORE I FALL DIRECTOR Ry Russo-Young SCREENWRITER Maria Maggenti ...
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Sundance Institute convenes a full slate of provocative and agenda-setting independent films at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, beginning with today’s announcement of the 66 films selected for U.S. Competition, World Competition and NEXT, as well as a slate of environmentally focused programming under the Festival’s The New Climate program. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance M...
Sixty-eight short films, announced today, will complement the lineup of longer fare at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The short film slate aligns thematically with other Festival categories, including Midnight and The New Climate, the Festival’s new programming strand highlighting climate change and the environment. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort January 19-29. The Institute’s support for short films extends internat...
Presenting the world premieres of 16 narrative feature films, the Dramatic Competition offers Festivalgoers a first look at groundbreaking new voices in American independent film. Band Aid / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Zoe Lister-Jones) — A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band. Cast: Zoe Lister-Jones, Adam Pally, Fred Armisen, Susie Essman, Hannah Simone, Ravi ...
Sixteen world-premiere American documentaries that illuminate the ideas, people and events that shape the present day. Casting JonBenet / U.S.A., Australia (Director: Kitty Green) — The unsolved death of six-year-old American beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey remains the world’s most sensational child murder case. Over 15 months, responses, reflections and performances were elicited from the Ramsey’s Colorado hometown community, creating a bold work of art from the collective ...
Twelve films from emerging filmmaking talents around the world offer fresh perspectives and inventive styles. Axolotl Overkill / Germany (Director and screenwriter: Helene Hegemann) — Mifti, age 16, lives in Berlin with a cast of characters including her half-siblings; their rich, self-involved father; and her junkie friend Ophelia. As she mourns her recently deceased mother, she begins to develop an obsession with Alice, an enigmatic, and much older, white-collar criminal. Cast...
NEXT Pure, bold works distinguished by an innovative, forward-thinking approach to storytelling populate this program. Digital technology paired with unfettered creativity promises that the films in this section will shape a "greater" next wave in American cinema. Presented by Adobe. Columbus / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Kogonada) — Casey lives with her mother in a little-known Midwestern town haunted by the promise of modernism. Jin, a visitor from the other side...
Twelve documentaries by some of the most courageous and extraordinary international filmmakers working today. The Good Postman / Finland, Bulgaria (Director: Tonislav Hristov) — In a small Bulgarian village troubled by the ongoing refugee crisis, a local postman runs for mayor—and learns that even minor deeds can outweigh good intentions. North American Premiere In Loco Parentis / Ireland, Spain (Directors: Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane) &mdash...
46th International Film Festival Rotterdam 25 January - 5 February 2017 The campaign for the 46th International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2017 is ‘Welcome to Planet IFFR’. It is the ninth time Rotterdam-based design agency 75B has created the campaign for IFFR. For forty-five years already, International Film Festival Rotterdam has been made up of many different elements: filmmakers, film, audiences, professionals, sponsors, awards, volunteers, the ...
46ste International Film Festival Rotterdam 25 januari - 5 februari 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced the first titles in its selection for the Voices section at IFFR 2017. In Voices – one of the festival’s four programme sections – IFFR shows films driven by their story or theme, many of which are by established directors with a distinct, assured voice. IFFR will announce the nominees for the Big Scree...
Still from Information Skies by Daniel van der Velden & Vinca Kruk 46th International Film Festival Rotterdam 25 January – 5 February 2017 23 films confirmed for Tiger Competition for Short Films As a central part of International Film Festival Rotterdam 2017, IFFR Short Film is a unique showcase of a...
46th International Film Festival Rotterdam 25 January – 5 February 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam unveils the full line up for the Hivos Tiger Competition 2017. This includes world premieres of new feature films by up and coming directors Niles Atallah, Pedro Aguilera and Hagar Ben Ashar, as well as début features by India's Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, American-Korean filmmaker kogonada and Dutch director Daan Bakker. This year&#...
46th International Film Festival Rotterdam 25 January - 5 February 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced the first titles selected for the Bright Future programme, one of the four sections the festival programme consists of. Bright Future focuses on up-and-coming ...
46th International Film Festival Rotterdam 25 January – 5 February 2017 The Perspectives section will examine polarisation and fault lines in contemporary society. Every year International Film Festival Rott...
46ste International Film Festival Rotterdam 25 januari - 5 februari 2017 IFFR LIVE 2017 presents film events from Rotterdam to Singapore For the third time, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) presents the ex...
26 promising projects will be presented at the 34th edition of the co-production market in Rotterdam International Film Festival Rotterdam’s (IFFR) co-production market CineMart has completed its line-up for the upcoming 2017 edition. The selected projects are from award-winning filmmakers from around the world, including Brazil, Nepal, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Ecuador and China. The selection also includes two Art:Film projects. Filmmakers selected this yea...
46th International Film Festival Rotterdam 25 January - 5 February 2017 Copenhagen International Documentary Festival (CPH:DOX), Berlinale’s European Film Market (EFM), Cinemathon and International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) are proud to announce the launc...
46th International Film Festival Rotterdam 25 January - 5 February 2017 After the Caribbean bestseller Double Play by Frank Martinus Arion On Friday 27 January 2017, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will present the festive world premiere of Double Play with the cast and crew in attendance. American filmmaker Ernest Dickerson (Juice, The Wire) directed the film version of the internationally lauded novel Double Play by Curaçaoan author Frank...
To attract attention to the Festival these inquisitive animals are again making their rounds through nocturnal Berlin. “Berlin is big and this year we’ll again follow the bear tracks to some typical spots in the capital,” remarks a delighted Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick. Once more the motifs have been designed by Velvet, a Swiss advertising agency. The six posters in the series will be visible around town as of mid-January 2017. They will also be o...
From February 8 to 16 the German Film Critics Association will present the third edition of the ‘Berlin Critics’ Week’. The annual film and debate series will be launched with a conference on the political dimensions of contemporary cinema and the question, whether its political messages seem to prevail over artistic forms. Amongst others, we will welcome Greek director and producer Athina Rachel Tsangari (“Attenberg”, “Chevalier”), film criti...
Selection Process for Feature Film Programme at Halfway Mark In the two competitions Kplus and 14plus, 15 feature films have already been selected for the 40th edition of Generation. Exhibiting an impressive range of cinematic approaches, these productions tell the stories of young people on inner and outer journeys and capture a sense of longing for new and altered horizons. The complete programme for Generation will be made public in mid-January. Opening Film 14plus Michae...
The selection process for the 12th Forum Expanded is currently being finalised. This year’s theme is “The Stars Down to Earth”. The search for ways to enable art to deal with an increasingly intangible reality forms an essential similarity between the selected works. Bringing one’s gaze back down to earth now seems more necessary than ever before. Yet how can one use film to take hold of something real when that very concept is ever harder to grasp? &n...
The first seven films have now been invited to participate in Perspektive Deutsches Kino’s programme in 2017: to date, four full-length graduation films and three 30-minute ones. “More so than ever it’s worth going to the Perspektive’s opening film and then making yourself comfortable in Berlinale cinemas for the subsequent nine days. Coming and staying guarantees you’ll feel lucky ten times over,” section head Linda Söffker says in anticipation of thes...
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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Sometimes a press release is so good it’s just fine art, or more specifically it’s the holidays and we’re lazy, plus this is great writing from our friends in show business. That said, we’d only put a slightly different headline on it, for the diehard hipsters. Which is “The Dude, AKA Jeff Bridges Now in HIGHWATER, Wins American Riviera Award From Santa Barbara,” whereas our more respectable writing colleagues b...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films remain in competition in the Makeup and Hairstyling category for the 89th Academy Awards®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: “Deadpool” “The Dressmaker” “Florence Foster Jenkins” “Hail, Caesar!” “A Man Called Ove” “Star Trek Beyond” “Suicide Squad” On Saturday, January 7, 2017, all members of the ...
Three hundred thirty-six feature films are eligible for the 2016 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. To be eligible for 89th Academy Awards consideration, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by midnight, December 31, and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days. Under Academy rules, a feature-length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes and must have been exhibi...
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The Best in New Media....Honoring Stories Worth Telling
April 25, 2017 Final Deadlne
Judges from HBO, Marvel, Emmys, Grammys, Oscars and other Industry Leaders
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January 12, 2017 Earlybird Deadline
The submissions for the 4th edition of the World of Film International Festival in Glasgow, Scotland are now open. The very earlybird submitters can send their short and feature films across the three main sections of the festival - First Features & Shorts Competition, Female Perspective & Focus on Balkan Cinema.
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December 31, 2016 Earlybird Deadline
The Melbourne Doc Fest each year curates world class features direct from some of the hottest most prestigious documentary film festivals in the world like Sheffield Doc Fest, Traverse City Film Festival Doc NYC, SXSW, Doc Edge and IDFA. But what matters to us most is documentaries that are well-made, compelling, thought provoking, passionate and relevant to Australian audiences.
The Melbourne Doc Fest is one of the world newest documentary film festivals and one of the most fun and interesting stop overs on the international documentary film festival circuit. It is the only festival in Australasia to provide feedback on submissions. ...
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For 6 years, we've been bringing in the finest films from around the world. The film festival became a 501(c)3 and launched in 2009 and now screens more then 70 films each year! Hollywood Director Joe Carnahan is our creative director. He has brought us such films as "The Grey" and "The A-Team" with Liam Neeson and now has Bad Boys 3 in pre-production. Most of our previous winners of Best Feature have obtained distribution. Last year's winner BEREAVE just signed a distribution deal and said, " I wish to take a moment to tell you that your hospitality and your wonderful festival helped our film stand out for distribution. Thank you for that and we'll be sending you more of our work in the future.” So join us!
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Montreal International Animation Film Festival is a people's film festival an dindutry conference dedicated to the art of animation for film and technology.
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The 2017 Television & Film Awards gala will take place at the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 25th, 2017
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The New York Festivals International TV & Film Awards honors the World’s Best TV and Films at its annual gala at NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 25th. Founded in 1957, NYF TV & Film Awards offers a powerhouse of categories including: 30 categories for documentaries and dozens of categories for news, drama and performers. New York Festivals welcomes network, studio, independent, and student productions of all lengths across all platforms. Late entries accepted until January 5th, 2017. For more information visit: http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/tvfilm/
NYF TV & Film Awards New Categories for 2017: Heroes, Ecotourism, and Best Use of Technology
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The 50th Annual WorldFest-Houston offers Screening Shorts, Docs, Features, Music Videos, Experimental & Student Films on Big 60' AMC Theater screens, with over 600 Intl filmmakers attending the ten-day International Film Festival.. SUBMIT.
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To remind you, Aamir is indeed Aamir Khan, Amjad is definitely Gabbar Singh, and the triple M above is to acknowledge that it was Akshay Manwani’s biographical book on the cinema of Nasir Hussain that got me delving into the period of about 15 years, when I interacted with the Hussain Khans (first five) and the bare Khan (last, but the most imposing personality). Actually, Mansoor did not use his middle name, so he can be called a Khan too! Tahir stands for Nasir’s (younger) brothe...
2016 good year for Sony Pictures Networks India As 2016 fades out, Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) reveals that it has been a good year for the company. In 2007, the company had changed its name from Sony Entertainment Television (SET) to Multi Screen Media (MSM). Many viewers in India still remember the old name, which was the identity when the Sony group entered India, in 1995, not too long after the Indian skies had opened up to non-state, satellite television broadcasters. According to N ...
Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created, with ALIEN: COVENANT, a new chapter in his groundbreaking ALIEN franchise. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape. In Theaters - May 19, 2017 Cast: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudu...
Until January 8, 2017 New York’s Park Avenue Armory is showcasing Julian Rosefeldt’s MANIFESTO, an extraordinary film installation which first premiered in December 2015 at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image with funding from Australian and German media and art agencies. Rosefeldt wrote, directed, and produced Manifesto is a massive under taking, as its credits indicate, mirroring a large body of research and extensive film making. Rosefeldt covers 19 ...
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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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FINAL LINE -UP OF THE 37Th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - FANTASPORTO 2017 Opening Film: The Age of Shadows- Jee-woon Kim- 140’- Coreia do Sul Closing Film: Through the Shadow - Walter Lima Jr (Brasil), 1h 43' 44''- Bras Official Sections FANTASY FILMS IN COMPETITION FEATURES Neil Stryker and the Tyrant of Time- Rob Taylor- 93’ – EUA – International Opening O...
Celebrating its 10th anniversary The Other Israel Film Festival was held from December 1-8 at the Jewish Community Center of Manhattan (JCC) showcasing nine feature and three short films attracting an audience of about 4000 individuals in mostly sold out screenings. Viewers were drawn from the membership of the JCC but a large proportion were habitués who had attended past editions of the festival. As its title indicates the festival has a unique profile focusing on minority ...
The 37th edition of FANTASPORTO- OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IS HELD BETWEEN 24TH FEBRUARY AND 4TH MARCH 2017, at the Rivoli - Municipal Theatre. So far over 50 countries have already sent their best films (features of all kinds and fantasy shorts). Our audience and guests of arround the world representing the movies or not (in general, more than 200) will attend the screenings for World, European and Portuguese premieres in the competitve sections- Fantasy, Directors Week /Manoel de Oli...
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The family of Bill Marshall, founder of the Toronto International Film Festival, is heartbroken to share the news that he died today at age 77. Bill passed away early this morning from a cardiac arrest while in hospital in Toronto, the city where he made such an impact. He immigrated to Canada from Glasgow, Scotland in 1955 and was a proud Canad...
Fisher died at the age of 60 on December 27, 2016, four days after going into cardiac arrest. near the end of a transatlantic flight from London to Los Angeles, and the following day her mother died from a stroke. Hard to believe she was only Sixty -- practically a kid from our perspective!! -- And the shock of her early death was undoubtedly the death blow for mother Debbie. Terrible double tragedy of people we think of almost as part of our collective movie family....
The Pair Honored For Their Respective Careers As A Performing Artist And A Filmmaker 21st edition of Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival wrapped. Academy Award®-winner Dame Helen Mirren (2007, “The Queen,) and the American film director Taylor Hackford (“An Officer and a Gentleman,” “Ray”) have been chosen to receive ‘Capri Legend’ Awards. on December 27th, the opening night of the 21st edition. The awards...
Indian films’ greatest playback singer Mohammed Rafi: Tributes on his 92nd birthday Rafi died in 1980. Among the singers who gave playback to songs picturised on Indian actors, he topped the list, both in terms of quality and quantity. Opinions have been expressed that Kishore Kumar had the edge when it came to spontaneity and Manna Dey was a classical wizard. My own childhood favourite, Mukesh, too, was the darling of a few millions, but nobody, nobody could eye the spot that Rafi had ...
Siraj Syed reviews ‘The Cinema of Nasir Hussain’, by Akshay Manwani ...and serialises his own recollections of the Indian writer-director, who was a rare blend of pithy penmanship and shimmering showmanship. Nasir Hussain (1931-2002) wrote and co-wrote a string of hits for Filmistan Studios, developed the persona of Shammi Kapoor as the Rebel Star, provided the platform to composer Rahul Dev Burman for his first big banner hit, sustained his faith in lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri&r...
Siraj Syed reviews screenwriter Kirtida Gautam’s thought-provoking novel, #Iam16ICanRape If a title like this cannot provoke you, and arouse immense curiosity, very little else will. A #hashtag that boldly declares its raison d’être, and alludes to a provision under Indian Criminal Law that only adults can be convicted of most crimes, younger convicted criminals being sentenced to time in a remand (reform) home. Even as author Kirtida was moving base to a new home in an...
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Fort d'une expérience acquise dans la distribution de films pour deux Majors (Sony et Fox mariée sous a direction avec UGC) Bruno Chatelin propose une expérience pointue au service de votre stratégie digitale à Travers sa structure de Conseil MAJOR BUZZ FACTORY Le fondateur Bruno Chatelin : un Professionnel de la communication entouré de spécialistes, son expérience est ancrée sur trois univers La publicité, Le mark.eting et le digital.
Au terme d’une semaine consacrée au cinéma européen le Jury a décerné 6 prix : - La Flèche de Cristal, en partenariat avec Hiventy : Glory de Kristina Groseva et Petar Valchanov - Le Grand Prix du Jury : Home de Fien Troch. - Le Prix d’interprétation féminine : Nora El Koussour dans Layla M de Mijke de Jong - Le prix d’interpr&e...
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