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Previews and Highlights from the Festival Circuit Volume 720 - Filmfestivals.com
Wishing you all much success on the festival circuit!
The Animation Day in Cannes returns to Cannes May 18th. The celebration of Animation, Animators and related technologies is organised for the second time by filmfestivals.com and Animaze. It will bring a series of networking opportunities, panels, screenings, Encore Accolades, awards and some showcase demo reel screenings of upcoming exciting projects in the Palais and in our hotspots. Click to receive updates on the program details Get your lis...
The Middle East Film and Comic Con, the definitive pop culture convention in the Middle East, draws to a close and organisers, The Alliance LLC, announce another hugely successful exhibition with significant increases in attendance and exhibitors from across the region and the world with tickets sold out on Friday. Images of the event can be found on this link. ...
Last few days for Animation Winners to submit by April 16
Celebrating recent winners (from October 2015 onwards) and festival directors attending the Animation Day in Cannes
If your animation (short of feature) won in a major festival: enter the Accolade channel and celebrations in Cannes.
Winners and festival directors attending will pick the honor and the visibility in front of the whole animation profession gathered on the occasion of The AnimationDay in Cannes..
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Animation Day in Cannes -ADIC is happy to announce the parnership with AVIFF ‘Art films do their cinema in Cannes’ A Festival dedicated to Video Art and artists' films, four days, during the Cannes Film Festival in May, for 6 years. 7th edition 2016 will run 16-19 May 2016 Cannes Venue : 10 Boulevard du Midi Jean Hibert, 06400 Cannes Days program : 'Market': 11.00-18.00 Sessions: 15.00-16.30 & 17.00-18.30 Interventions / debates Co...
7th Annual International Film Finance Forum will take place at Intercontinental Carlton Hotel | Cannes, France Presented by Winston Baker In Partnership with The Hollywood Reporter and filmfestivals.com on May 13, 2016 Our promo code FEST21 gets you 30% off until April 15 don't wait any longer ! OVERVIEW: In its 7th edition, Winston Baker will host its annual high-level international program during the 69th Festival de Cannes.
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William Friedkin © Pat York American director William Friedkin will give the Cinema Masterclass of the 69th Festival de Cannes. Following in the footsteps of Martin Scorsese, Nanni Moretti, Wong Kar-wai, Quentin Tarantino, Marco Bellocchio, Philip Kaufman and Jacques Audiard, he will take to the stage at the Buñuel Theatre in the Palais des Festivals to talk with the audience. The Masterclass will be hosted by film critic Michel Ciment. William Friedkin...
Young filmmakers from across the U.S. and around the world will bring their shorts to The American Pavilion during the Cannes Film Festival The American Pavilion proudly announced its 2016 lineup for the Cannes American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase. The impressive program features 23 short documentary and narrative films by up-and-coming filmmakers from the U.S. and around the world, all of which will ...
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Urbanworld Film Festival September 21 - 25, 2016
Submissions for the 20th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, to be held September 21 - 25 2016 in NYC are OPEN!! The five-day festival includes narrative features, documentaries, short films, spotlight screenings and conversations, live staged screenplay readings, the Urbanworld Digital track focused on digital and social media, and Urbanworld Music, which highlights emerging talent in live performances during after party events. Go to urbanworld.org to submit today!
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Extended Deadline April 29, 2016
The largest festival in South Texas, the 22nd San Antonio Film Festival garners extensive local media attention and rave reviews. Industry and community leaders champion the festival for its diverse and exciting program. SAFILM has a strong reputation for uncovering cinematic treasures every year with an amazing lineup of narrative, animation, documentary and experimental shorts and features. SAFILM works with the top local hotels for special rates for our guests.
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Fan Boy Festival July 15 - August 26, 2016
Regular deadline July 1st
2016 Fan Boy Film Festival Awarding 16K+ in Prizes
Submissions are NOW open at www.FanBoyFilmFestival.com
Over $16,000 in Cash Prizes to be awarded to filmmakers!
NO Submission fee to enter. SUBMISSION DEADLINE is July 1st. FESTIVAL DATES JULY 15th-AUGUST 26th.
Late Deadline – April 30, 2016
Through the art of film, we celebrate the richness, diversity and creativity of storytelling for the cultural enrichment, progression and education of communities worldwide.
Each year the International Black Film Festival (IBFF) invites filmmakers from all over the globe to submit their projects to be considered as an “official selection” during the festival. Judges select films to be screened to a energetic festival participants. Filmmakers take advantage of the opportunity to interact with the audience and share their personal journey about their film project via Q&A sessions and networking events.
Awards are given in the following categories: Best Documentary, Best Short, Best Feature, Best Animation, Best of the Festival, Audience Choice, Best International Film, Honorable Mention, Best Faith-Based Film, Best Student Film, Best Web Series, Best of Tennessee.
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Regular Deadline is APRIL15
Submit your best short animated films for a screening May18th at Cannes Film Festival.
Enjoy industry visibility in front of the animation professionals attending Cannes during Animation Day in Cannes (second edition). take advantage of free promotion to buyers and media on our Animation Day in Cannes Newsletters, animation Day in Cannes website, filmfestivals.com pages dedicated to Animation Day in Cannes and our Youtube channel, which will be offered for buyers and Media.
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August 11 – 20, 2016
Regular Deadline: April 8, 2016
The 12th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Conference/Film Market, scheduled for August 11-20, 2016 at the world famous TCL Chinese 6 Theatres, is now accepting submissions. HSFF, 4 times named to MovieMaker Magazine “Top 25 Fests Worth the Entry Fee” lists, has featured over 400 projects showcasing stars and filmmakers including Sofia Loren, Bill Plympton, Anthony and Joe Russo, and Felicia Day.
In 2015, HSFF awarded over $150,000 in prizes, including $60,000 in post services for Best Short, Director, Music Video, Cinematography, VFX, and Commercial, and $15,000 Grand Prize cash . www.hollyshorts.com
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In 2016, WoFF returns for its third edition with great energy and ideas, generated from a wonderful 2015 festival.
Our focus remains on independent cinema from all around the globe, by showcasing the work of first feature filmmakers and female directors in our two main sections, First Features and The Female Perspective, respectively.
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Montreal International Animation Film Festival FESTIVAL DATES June 2-5 2016 Montreal Canada Le MIAFF! is a people's film festival and industry conference dedicated to the art of animation for film and technology. All genres and forms are welcome. Awards & Prizes Software and other award prizes. Visibility in our travelling shows in Berlin, Cannes, Annecy, Glasgow and more. Check 2015 fantastic programming on the website.
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Paranoid Girls Comedy by Pedro del Santo was qualified for Oscar selection running for best film, best original song...
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.
Feature Feel Good Movie - World premiered in Montreal World Film Festival Winner best romantic comedy in Manhattan Fest
Charlie Kane can’t catch a break. He grew into a man who expects the worse out of life and gets it. But that changes when, by chance, he meets a bright, sunny sprite of a woman named Holly who turns him from a dour drip into someone finally allowing himself to be happy.Then a bus flattens her before Charlie eyes. Charlie opts for suicide but can’t even successfully give up on life. Left with no other choice, he adopts Holly’s ethos of positivity and just decides to be happy... by ignoring all the bad things in life. But his cynical best friend isn’t buying Charlie’s new-found happiness and sets out to save Charlie by making him miserable again.
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Edge Entertainment can proudly present the acquisition of the high-profile fashion documentary The First Monday in May, which opens the Tribeca Film Festival this Wednesday, April 13th. In The First Monday in May filmmaker Andrew Rossi captures an extraordinary collision between haute couture and celebrities at one of the biggest fashion events in the world. Together with the Vouge Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, and Andrew Bolton, the curator of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ...
Before the Spring is an impressive reconstruction of the events leading to the Egyptian Spring by a blogger who lost his eye sight during the revolution. He was part of a small group of young opponents effectively using the social media for the revolt while leading government officials remained totally oblivious to rapidly emerging use and power of the internet. The director Ahmed Atef provides a compelling cogent demonstration in his film of the social and political power of th...
The Annecy Festival has decided to pay tribute to the diverse, vital and ambitious qualities of French animation in 2016, but through the eyes of the rest of the world! Programme planners from the USA, Japan, Slovenia, Austria and Canada have been invited to share their vision of French animation. Taking on the roles of mirrors and prisms, they will offer you a fragmented and colourful kaleidoscopic image of animated filmmaking in France. See you in June to discover French Animation:...
As announced in February, Annecy has found yet another way to promote animated features by establishing a partnership with the Cannes Film Market and participating in the "Goes to Cannes" showcase. With Annecy Goes to Cannes, the Annecy Festival and Market are giving a handful of project leaders the chance to present the progress of their films and give their pitch in a new setting. The projects were selected from previous Mifa Pitch sessions. On the ...
Film Means Business “The Move to Feature Films” is on Monday 11th April (7pm) at Deloitte Auditorium, 2 New Street Square, London. A notable highlight will be a presentation by Michael Axelgaard on investment strategies for independent media productions. This a panel discussion on aspects to consider when making the leap to feature films for the filmmaker, production company or investor looking to move from shorts, TV or other media...
Projections of America Los Angeles premiere at the International Film Festival North Holl...
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The 32nd Imagine Film Festival will be held in EYE Amsterdam from April 14 to 24, with Building Dreams and Nightmares as its main theme. ...
MOOGFEST 2016 UNVEILS FULL SCHEDULE AND VENUES FOR PERFORMANCES, DAYTIME TALKS, WORKSHOPS & INSTALLATIONS Durham, North Carolina (April 12, 2016) – Moogfest 2016 today unveiled the full schedule for the expansive four-day festival. Exploring the future of technology, art, and music, the festival includes more than 300 musical performances, daytime workshops, conversations, masterclasses, film screenings, live sco...
The acclaimed French-Canadian illustrator Michèle Lemieux has received many international prizes for her children’s books, including the Bologna Ragazzi Award for Gewitternacht, whose adaption to the screen as Stormy Night marked her animation film debut in 2003. After discovering the Alexeieff-Parker pinscreen technique during a workshop given by Jacques Drouin at the NFB, she began work on her second short, Here and the Great Elsewhere, which ...
As we gear up for the last UAE cinema screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and roll out the digital ‘red carpet’ for a live video conference with the Godfather of comics Stan Lee, we just had to fill you in on our fantasy-packed first day! If you didn’t get sidetracked by the dinosaurs roaming the entrance, you might have seen Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau helping fans capture the perfect selfie or met Ash Ketchum voice artist Veronica Taylor! ...
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Trollhunters © DreamWorks Animation Annecy is proud to announce a Masterclass event featuring award-winning master storyteller Guillermo del Toro as he reflects on his prolific career leading up to the world’s first glimpse at his latest creation, DreamWorks Trollhunters, debuting later this year. A Storied Career ...
An exhibition designed by La Cinémathèque française Co-produced with the Museo Nazionale del Cinema (Turin), the Musée de l’Elysée (Lausanne) and la Cinémathèque suisse (Lausanne) With participation from the Ministry of Culture and Communication and the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée Thanks to support from the Neuflize OBC Bank, the Fondation Gan pour le cinéma and Vivendi Majo...
By Maria Esteves – April 5, 2016 The MOMS MAMARAZZI Special Presentation of MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2, directed by Kirk Jones and written by Oscar nominee Nia Vardalos was held in New York, Friday, March 18, 2016. Actress/writer Nia Vardalos (Toula) and actress Elena Kampouris (Paris, Toula's daughter) appeared for a Q&A session after the presentation moderated by co-founders Denise Albert and Melissa Musen Gerstein, The Moms Sirius XM. Questions and discussions posed by The Moms...
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On Sunday, April 10th the eighth edition of Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen presented the Audience Award to the best short film based on public vote. The documentary Snails by the Polish director Grzegorz Szczepaniak was chosen by the audience as best film of 2016 Go Short. You Have a Problem, Millions of Tears, The Sniper of Kobani and Home Suite Home placed 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th as chosen by the audience. Go Short Audience Award The Go Short Audience Award worth &eur...
Actress Madison Davenport, winner of the 2016 Vail Film Festival’s Rising Star Award, poses with Festival co-directors Scott (left) and Sean Cross at Saturday evening’s Closing Night Party. Actress Karen Allen, star of the “Year By The Sea” film, which made its world premiere and won the Audience Award at the 2016 Vail Film Festival, accepted the Vanguard Award on Saturday evening. The 13th annual Vail Film Festival, which took place this weekend in Vail, an...
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In keeping with the first edition, the 2016 edition will be comprised of its two founding pillars: the 'Women in Motion' Talks and the 'Women in Motion' Awards. Taking place as morning sessions throughout the entire competition, this year's 'Women in Motion' Talks will welcome guests from outside the film industry to enrich the discussions about the place and contribution of women in cinema and underline solutions which would make the industry more ...
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.
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William Friedkin © Pat York La Leçon de Cinéma du 69e Festival de Cannes sera donnée par le cinéaste américain William Friedkin. Après Martin Scorsese, Nanni Moretti, Wong Kar-wai, Quentin Tarantino, Marco Bellocchio ou encore Philip Kaufman et Jacques Audiard, il sera sur la scène de la salle Buñuel du Palais des Festivals pour dialoguer avec le public dans une rencontre animée par le critique Michel Ciment. ...
08.04.2016 | Cannes's blog
DES WIPS A CANNES Après les Goes to Cannes de Dubaï et Guadalajara, un plus grand nombre de Works-In-Progress seront présentés pendant le Marché du Film 2016 en partenariat avec des festivals de renom. Cette année les projections ne présenteront pas seulement des films de nouvelles régions du monde mais aussi d’autres genres comme des films d’animation ! ...
Palmarès BIFFF 2016
Le jury International (Jaume Balaguero, Bai Ling, Marc Caro, Luigi Cozzi et Jasna Kohoutova) a décidé de récompenser les films suivants : -Mention spéciale pour THE ARTI: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS de Huang Wen Chang -Corbeau d'Argent : SEOUL STATION de Yeon Sang-ho -Corbeau d'Argent : THE PHONE de Bong-joo Kim -Corbeau d'Or : I AM A HERO de Shinsuke Sato Le jury Européen (Olivier Mortagne, Monique Licht, Nancy Ngoma, Fre...
La cérémonie d'ouverture du FIFOG a eu lieu aujourd'hui au Palais Eynard à Genève. L’ouverture a été marquée par la projection du film algérien Fadhma N’Soumer en présence de son réalisateur Belkacem Hadjadj. En parallèle est projeté le tr...
Palmarès Fife Île-de-France 2016 LA 33ème EDITION DU FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM D'ENVIRONNEMENT, organisée par la région Île-de-France, s'est clôturée ce mardi 12 avril, en présence de l'ensemble des jurys, et du parrain du festival, Jean Louis Etienne. DOCUMENTAIRES LONGS MÉTRAGES Le jury documentaires longs métrages, présidé par Luc Jacquet, accompagné ...
18e édition du Festival du cinéma brésilien de Paris Cinéma L'Arlequin (6e) du 5 au 12 avril 2016 PALMARES Chaque année, le public du festival du cinéma brésilien de Paris e...
PRIX NUMIX 2016 Dévoilement des finalistes Montréal, 4 avril 2016 — C’est avec beaucoup de plaisir et de fierté que le Regroupement des producteurs multimédia (RPM) dévoile les finalistes en nomination pour les PRIX NUMIX 2016. Les 24 membres du jury sous la présidence de Michel G Desjardins, directeur général de L'inis, ont sélectionné 69 finalistes parmi plus de 160 pièces soumises parmi les cinq gra...
LE 32e FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE CINÉMA VUES D’AFRIQUE Petits et grands sont attendus à la Cinémathèque québécoise, du 17 au 24 avril prochain, afin de célébrer le 7e art africain et créole autour de rendez-vous divertissants. Le Festival international de cinéma Vues d’Afrique devient pour ses 32 ans un happening cool et multi sensoriel. Une expérience sous l’impulsion du plaisir sous to...
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