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With other 11 000 festivals worldwide which we cover: no wonder we have reached the '1000' mark for our newsletters count. We proudly share our knowledge of the Tallinn Black Nights Festival in focus circuit with our community and really hope our audience ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE. In case you missed any of these 1000+ newsletters ... you ll find them all here.
The strand, dedicated exclusively for the full-length film debutants, includes 7 world premieres and 4 international premieres. All of the authors will be present in Tallinn. "Even before we received our A-class status in 2014, we've made it a priority to support new talents, especially those making their debut. This is our niche in the global festival stage", said Tiina Lokk, the Festival Director. She elaborated: "We've made our...
The 11-piece competition strand includes six world premieres and five international premieres. The new team is led by Estonian documentary director, producer and Associate professor at the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School of Tallinn University, Marianna Kaat (The Last Relic, PÖFF 2023). The other three programmers are: self-shooting producer/director Mike Arnott, long-time PÖFF programmer Edvinas Pukšta; and the head of Youth and Children's Fil...
Anna Hints, the winner of Baltic Film Competition at PÖFF 2023 for her documentary Smoke Sauna Sisterhood. Photo: Erlend Štaub. Tallinn Black Nights Festival adds the sixth competition programme, Doc@PÖFF, to it's 28th edition taking place in November 2024. Submissions are open until the 25th of August. Doc@PÖFF will join the existing competitions - The Official Selection, First Feature, Baltic Film, Critic's Pick...
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) supports Georgian autonomous filmmakers with a special programme. Dedicated to the work of filmmakers protesting against restrictions on freedom of expression, the programme is entitled "Flowers are not silent. Georgian independent film on the rise". The programme will be screened at the
The 28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival starts in two weeks. The programme will offer more than three hundred films and includes a revealing retrospective of Swiss filmmaker Anne Marie Miéville and a showcase of award-winning Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang. The festival will be attended by director Kirsten Johnson, the author of this year's Ji.hlava festival trailer, among other guests are directors Roberto Minervini, Albert Serra and Andr...
Posted By Robin Menken Outsider Pictures presents Award-winning Latin & Spanish Film Roadshow, a unique showcase of award-winning Latin and Spanish films that can be viewed either individually or as a 1-week long mini-festival of sorts – of five award-wining films screened at Cannes, San Sebastian, Berlin, Karlovy Vary with 50+ International festival awards between them. The films will screen individually in rotation each day of the week, and can be seen separately or by pu...
NIFF presents a New Perspectives celebration of Short Films on Opening Night and will close with Tim Burton’s Batman (1989) accompanied live by the Naples Philharmonic Shaun Seneviratne’s Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts, Matthew Leutwyler’s Fight Like a Girl, and Steven Grayhm’s Sheepdog compete for the Narrative Feature Juried Prize Joe Wein’s 76 Days Adrift, Anthony Wonke’s The Accidental Spy and Jeremy Power Regi...
The Key West Film Festival announced today the recipient of its ninth annual Golden Key for Excellence in Costume Design, honoring Academy Award-nominated costume designer Danny Glicker. As part of the honor, Glicker will participate in a discussion of his work, to be moderated by Stephanie Zacharek of Time. Mr. Glicker will accept his award in person at the festival, which will feature a pre-recorded presentation by Oscar nominated Costume Designer,&nb...
Cucalorus is blessing plums and shouting from the beaches! We're proud to announce 103 short and feature films have been selected for this year's festival, ranging from edgy comedies to daring documentaries and beyond. The official schedule and the full list of performances and parties will be released next week, so stay tuned and get your eyeballs ready for a cinematic experience like no other at Cucalorus 30! ...
IT'S TWO WEEKS UNTIL OUR OPENING NIGHT There are less than 50 tickets left for our 18th Opening Night Red Carpet Gala. Palace capacity is limited but this is going to be a special night - celebrating all that we love about the free spirit of the region! We've created an after-party that echoes the ethos of that transformative era. This celebratory event will feature live DJs remixing classic tracks, psychedelic visuals, and an Aquarius dress code, embodying the cultural and s...
Nation’s Largest University-Run Film Festival to Close with ‘Maria’ and Include Centerpiece Screening of ‘Better Man’ The Savannah College of Art and Design’s 27th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival will take place Oct. 26 - Nov. 2. The largest university-run film festival in the U.S., this eight-day celebration of cinematic excellence honors both professional and student filmmakers and welcomes major industry luminaries, including...
TRYON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Polk County Film Initiative 285 N. Trade Street, Tryon, NC 28782 Message from the festival director! We hope this message finds you well and safe. I am writing to share that due to the regional damage from hurricane Helene we have decided to postpone the Tryon International Film Festival (TRIFF24). Our region is without crucial community resources and has suffered loss of life and our businesses will need a few weeks to recover and r...
Fotos: Berlinale Series Market: © Juliane Eirich / Co-Pro Series: © Carlos Collado Serialised filmmaking has long been an integral part of the Berlinale, as both a cultural showcase in the public programme and as an important creative and business exchange within the Berlinale Pro* industry programmes. In 2025, the Berlinale reaffirms its commitment with exciting new series due to be presented in the public programme, at the Berlinale Series...
Jigra, Review: JigrAlia Though ‘jigar’ literally means liver in Hindustani, ‘jigra’ means courage, guts and gumption, essential qualities of a brave-heart. In an era of super-heroes and super-heroines, the title gives little away. So you try to relate the title to its star, Alia Bhatt. Having made a terrific impact with her performances in the last 2-3 years, you feel this might be a new avenue, an action showcase, for her considerable talent. You would not be fa...
By Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent “Imagine today’s Society as a branch of civilization about to reach a dead end.” You want to defend and explain Francis Ford Coppola’s MEGALOPOLIS just as much as narrator Laurence Fishburne, who tries to make the case during the movie that this oddball gorgeous landscape of mildly psychotic imagery is historic. You want to love Adam Driver and his maniacal urban hive-builder genius as someone amazing and heretofore...
Andy Samberg as David E Scherman? Kate Winslet as Lee Miller LEE Photo By Kimberley French posted by Robin Menken Lee Miller was a fashion model IT girl before becoming the radical war correspondent whose intimate images of the siege of St Malo, and the liberation of Dachau and Buchenwald have become some of the most famous images of World War ll. Discovered on the street by Condé Nast, who supposedly stopped her from...
Soy Nevenka / I Am Nevenka, directed by Iciar Bollain, has carried off the Euskadi Basque Country 2030 Agenda Award given, for the third year running, by the Basque Government in the framework of the San Sebastian Festival, to the film that best reflects the values of sustainability and solidarity as the key flagships of the Sustainable Development Goals promoted by the United Nations 2030 Agenda. The award comes with 20,000 euros for the majority producer of the winning feature film. The jur...
Tobias Pausinger, der neue Programmleiter von Berlinale Talents / Tobias Pausinger, the new Programme Manager of Berlinale Talents © Steffen Junghans On October 1, Tobias Pausinger will take over the programme management of Berlinale Talents, completing the dual leadership team of the talent development initiative alongside Project Manager Nikola Joetze. Tobias, a seasoned, interdisciplinary creative executive, has made a...
As in previous years, the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival will be honouring two distinguished special guests. Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay will receive the GRAND IFFMH AWARD, while the festival will dedicate a HOMAGE to Polish director Agnieszka Holland. By conferring these honours, the festival will be recognising two of the most eminent female directors of our time for their work in cinema. Festival director Dr Sascha Keilholz: “This year we are honouring two ...
Sydney Film Festival (SFF) announces the appointment of Justin Martyniuk as the Festival’s new Head of Programs. Justin has been a core member of the SFF programming team for several years, working alongside outgoing Head of Programs, Jenny Neighbour, and brings over eight years of experience curating film programs. Alongside this announcement, Lisa Kitching, who has been with the Festival for ten years, has been promoted to Head of Industry and Special Projects. Lisa’s promotion ...
Variety will honor Amy Poehler with the Variety Legend & Groundbreaker Award at the Newport Beach Festival on Sunday, October 20. The award is reserved for those who have broken barriers in the industry and withstood the test of time. Poehler will accept the honor for her career achievements, including the recent success of “Inside Out 2.” Reprising her role as the voice of Joy in “Inside Out 2,” Poehler served as a leader of the emotions inside Ril...
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Submissions are open for 45th Fantasporto
PORTO CITY OF CINEMA, CULTURE, ARCHITECTURE, LEISURE…
THE CITY OF FANTASPORTO
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE 45th EDITION
Fantasporto 2025/45th Porto International Film Festival announces the opening of submissions. These take place until November 30th 2024. To do this, producers, sales agents, directors will have to send the film screener to info@fantasporto.com accompanied by the entry form which can be found on the festival website www.fantasporto.com. There, you go to the homepage menu, FESTIVAL 2025, where you can find the event regulations. You must download the entry form or fill it out directly on the website. The festival will take place at Batalha Centro de Cinema from February 28th to March 9th 2025 screening around 100 films, all premieres in Portugal, that is, in national, European, International and World Premieres.
As always, the program includes 4 official competitions: Fantasy Cinema, with competitions for features and short films, Director's Week (all genres, only features), Orient Express dedicated to Asian films (features only) and the Portuguese Cinema Award.
Also important are the retrospectives, the tributes, and the Fantas Classics. Another section called Première will present new but out of competition films.
Welcome to the 45th Fantasporto | Porto International Film Festival
PORTO, WHAT TO SEE, TO EAT, TO DO...
The city at its best
In Time Out - Time Out - Porto- 01-02-2024
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ONES TO WATCH FOR FESTIVAL CONSIDERATION carefuly curated by Bruno Chatelin ---------------------------------------------------------
'LALA, MY REDHEAD' Feature film by Nellie K. and Deniz Nala
at development stage, with a finalised script
Love and poverty, betrayal and wealth - centuries of traditions put to the test! A compelling story intricately woven into a comprehensive exploration of women’s status against the backdrop of the Roma culture. From the director of an award-winning film in Cannes 2023.
“I worked in Cannes with Emir Kusturica as his Sony Distributor on his brilliant award winning film: “Time of The Gypsies”: when I read the script for “Lala, my redhead” I immediately saw the connection and the potential of a unique story: I trust you will like it too. “
Bruno Chatelin - filmfestivals.com founder
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Wild Genius: why we do what we doby Susan Kucera (Living in the future's past, Hot Money, 12th hour...)
Social impact documentary on evolutionary biologist Robert Travis, 1h:12minutes USA December 2023
Wild Genius portrays the exceptional life, career and mental health challenges of living legend Robert Trivers, the evolutionary biologist TIME magazine named as “one of the greatest scientists of the 20th Century”. Harvard psychologist and best selling Author, Steven Pinker calls him “an under-appreciated genius, and one of history’s greatest thinkers in the analysis of behavior and emotion.” An advocate for civil rights, Trivers’ straightforward logic makes an empowering case: understanding our evolutionary past isn't a life sentence but a liberating force. Wild Genius is an entertaining and intellectual odyssey that challenges us to confront our evolutionary roots and societal taboos, daring us to think differently about ourselves and our place in the natural world. This isn't just the story of a groundbreaking scientist; it's an invitation to transform our understanding of life itself. We have the cognitive tools to know ourselves better and, by extension, to make a better world.
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The winners of the 2024 Venice TV Award have been revealed, showcasing the best of global television content as it competed for the prestigious Gold Medals. The Venice TV Award continues its proud tradition of recognizing and celebrating the most outstanding achievements in television. Two weeks after the Venice Film Festival, this annual event brings together an international jury in the iconic city to honour television masterpieces from around the world. Supported by the International Music...
On Wednesday at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, The Gotham announced the winners of the inaugural Gotham Week Honors. Winning the U.S. Features in Development honor was Here for the Weekend, written and directed by Jane Casey Modderno. The raunchy rom-com follows three transgender best friends chasing love, success, and connection in Palm Springs, while trying desperately to keep their found-family together. Winning the U.S. Shorts to Features honor was Thirstygirl,&nb...
Cate Blanchett in San Sebastian The Australian actress and producer Cate Blanchett received the first Donostia Award of the San Sebastian Festival's 72nd edition this evening at the gala in the Kursaal Centre, where she considered it an "honour" to receive the event's highest accolade and gave an impassioned defence of the "desire to know". Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón, for whom Blanchett has just worked on the miniseries Disclaimer, presente...
The director Pedro Almodóvar received the second Donostia Award of the San Sebastian Festival’s 72nd edition from Tilda Swinton in the Kursaal Auditorium, where 44 years after his debut in the New Filmmakers section, he made a passionate defence of freedom, in fiction and in reality. The ceremony was followed by the screening of The Room Next Door, winning movie of the Golden Lion at the Venice Mostra....
Sa présence fascine, elle est une source d’inspiration et une icône du cinéma mondial. L'Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma et CANAL+ sont heureux d'annoncer que Julia Roberts recevra, le vendredi 28 février 2025 sur la scène de l’Olympia, le César d’Honneur de la 50e Cérémonie des César. C’est en 1990 qu’elle connaît la consécration internationale a...
BERGERS (TIFF 2024) Sortie France: 30 Avril 2025 chez Pyramide
Interview de la réalisatrice Sophie Deraspe et de l’acteur Félix-Antoine Duval (“Mathyas”)
Par Emmanuel Itier
Q: Comment as-tu décroché ce rôle?
Félix-Antoine: En fait je suis arrivé sur “Bergers” après un processus d’auditions. Par contre, ce processus là a été plus long que d’autres. En effet, j’ai passé ma première audition en Novembre 2019 mais ensuite il y a eu cette pandémie mondiale du Covid qui a tout mis en arrêt. D’autant que nous avons dû tourner le film en Provence, dans le Sud de la France et donc c’était impossible de se rendre là-bas vu que nous sommes Canadien et nous vivons sur Montréal. J’ai passé ainsi une seconde audition après la levée des mesures de restrictions en Janvier 2023. Enfin, en Février 2023, j’ai passé un dernière audition et Sophie, la réalisatrice, a confirmé mon rôle dans “Bergers” et pour jouer “Mathyas”.
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20 longs métrages en Compétition officielle et Compétition première œuvre, 6 longs métrages en FIFF Première, autant d'œuvres que nos Jurys ont pu découvrir, tout au long de la semaine, et parmi lesquels certains titres ont été primés ce soir ! ...
Du 21 au 30 mars 2025, le Festival International du Film de Fribourg sera de retour, et promet d’éveiller la curiosité du public. Du 21 au 30 mars 2025, le Festival International du Film de Fribourg sera de retour, et promet d’éveiller la curiosité du public. Dans Cinéma de genre : Meurtres et mystères, première section annoncée de sa 39e édition, le FIFF scrutera dans les moindres détails les films d’enqu...
© Marine Bigourie, 2024 26ème Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris COMPÉTITION INTERNATIONALE Cette année nous avons sélectionné 44 films parmi plus de 1500 reçus pour la compétition internationale. Les films sélectionnés seront présentés à travers six séances, du jeudi 17 au samedi 19 octobre au Cinéma Le Grand Action. &...
60 films et séries français, dont 59 en compétition, seront projetés à Los Angeles du 29 octobre au 3 novembre prochain. Lors de la conférence de presse qui s’est déroulée aujourd’hui à la Résidence de France à Beverly Hills en présence de Julie Duhaut-Bedos, Consul général de France à Los Angeles, Cécile Rap-Veber, Directrice générale de la SACEM et ...
Prix du Jury – Compétition Fiction (Attribué par le jury fiction politique) L’Histoire de Souleymane De Boris Lojkine * Prix du Jury – Compétition Documentaire (Attribué par le jury documentaire politique) Frères de la forêt, des résistants contre l’URSS De Antoine de Meaux * Prix des Médias – Compétition Fiction (Attribué par le jury presse &am...
L'émotion lors de l'annonce de sa récente disparition a été intense, comme s’il fallait encore prouver que le cinéma fait partie de nos vies. Pour lui rendre hommage et pour le revoir sur le grand écran de la Halle Tony Garnier, le festival Lumière dédie sa Cérémonie de clôture à Alain Delon. Nous avons choisi un film et un réalisateur qu’il adorait : Plein Soleil, le ch...
Depuis sa création il y a 11 ans, le Festival International du Film de Saint-Jean-de-Luz soutient un cinéma d'avenir en présentant notamment en compétition des premiers et deuxièmes longs ou courts métrages de fiction. Il favorise également les rencontres entre les professionnel.le.s ou avec le public et les scolaires grâce à des master class ou des ateliers. Le festival est organisé par Saint-Jean-de-Luz Animations...
Découvrez l'affiche 2024 L’artiste franco-libanaise Aude Abou Nasr nous fait l’honneur de repenser totalement l'identité visuelle du Festival du film franco-arabe de Noisy-le-Sec. L'affiche imaginée pour la 13e édition du Festival du film franco-arabe de Noisy-le-Sec ne se contente pas d'annoncer un événement ; elle évoque de façon lumineuse et poétique un dialogue entre les artist...
Nous sommes heureux de vous dévoiler la programmation de la 46e édition du Cinemed - Festival international du cinéma méditerranéen de Montpellier qui se déroulera du 18 au 26 octobre à Montpellier. We're thrilled to present you the complete program of the 46th Cinemed - International Mediterranean Film Festival that will take place from 18 to 26 of October in Montpellier. Le programme complet avec toutes les séances / The...
LES 8 & 10 NOVEMBRE DANS TOUTE L’EUROPE ! Venez découvrir Human X - Part II, un film exceptionnel de Thierry Donard, avec des projections simultanées dans toute l’Europe. Ce documentaire suit les aventures d’athlètes qui repoussent leurs limites dans les environnements les plus extrêmes. Ce dernier opus de la série Human X,...
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