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19 films will compete for the Golden and Silver Bears, among them one first feature as well as one documentary. Productions from 26 countries are represented. 17 films are world premieres. Eight films were directed or co-directed by women. Nine filmmakers have screened their films in the Berlinale previously. “We’re fiercely proud of the films in this year’s Competition; they showcase the breadth of cinema and offer fascinating glimpses into different lives and places. ...
Berlinale is a few weeks away and our partner Winston Baker will be bringing back their 2nd Annual Entertainment Finance Forum Berlin during @efm_europeanfilmmarket on Friday, Feb 14th! Flashback to the hugely successful forum last year where we heard from @wme, @waypoint_ent, @fifthseason, @telepool_de, @protagonistpictures, @headgearfilms, @stampedeventures and more! Audiences were also treated to a special Fireside Chat with Wendy ...
From February 15 to 20, 2025, Berlinale Talents will welcome 201 selected filmmakers to Berlin. Over six days, participants will explore the theme “Listen Courageously: Cinematic Narratives in Times of Dissonance” through an engaging programme of talks, workshops and public discussions. Representing a multifaceted community from 62 countries, the filmmakers’ participation is the first step into one of the world’s largest film communities. With ...
On Monday, February 17, 2025, Books at Berlinale will present ten novelties by international authors with high potential for film adaptation as part of the Berlinale Co-Production Market. Since 2006, new releases and bestsellers from the European and international book market have been presented annually in cooperation with the Frankfurter Buchmesse in a moderated pitch event where film producers meet renowned rights holders from publishers and agencies to identify new and promising I...
The Long Road to the Director’s Chair by Vibeke Løkkeberg © Georg Helgevold Sagen | Shinagani gazapkhulebis q'vaviloba (Inner Blooming Springs) by Tiku Kobiashvili © Tiku Kobiashvili | Das falsche Wort (The Lie) by Katrin Seybold © Filmmuseum München In the second year headed by Barbara Wurm, the Forum Special is once again showing a programme of historical and current films, curated around a set of related themes. ...
In its 20th edition, Forum Expanded brings together 24 works from 21 countries. Employing practices that span installation, film, video and sculpture, the selected artists and filmmakers employ translucence as a means of engaging with the cataclysmic realities of the present. Whether dealing with personal or collective histories, ongoing wars, extractivism, legacies of colonialism or social inequalities, their approaches frequently hinge on intervention rather than observation. B...
35 film projects from 27 countries have been selected for the 22nd Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 15-19). Their producers will meet potential co-producers and financiers at the event, which this year will take place primarily at the Octogon, a new event location at Leipziger Platz, in order to realise the feature films as international co-productions in the coming years. Women are directing 19 of the 35 projects. There were 351 submissions for the official project selection, ...
© Brigitte Lacombe The 75th Berlin International Film Festival will award Scottish actor Tilda Swinton the Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement. The award will be presented at the Opening Ceremony at the Berlinale Palast on February 13, 2025. “The range of Tilda Swinton’s work is breathtaking. To cinema she brings so much humanity, compassion, intelligence, humour and style, and she expands our ideas of the world through her work. Tilda is one of our moder...
The Berlinale 2025 marks the 75th anniversary of the Berlin International Film Festival. The 75th Berlinale is also the first edition under the direction of Tricia Tuttle. For the first time, an animated key visual is at the centre of the design alongside the classic poster. This reflects the media shift towards digital channels and the importance of moving graphics in communication. The design places the Berlinale at the centre of a glowing visual interpretation of the theme...
Todd Haynes © Samir Hussein / Wire Image The US-American director, screenwriter and producer Todd Haynes will be President of the International Jury of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. “Todd Haynes is a dazzlingly gifted writer and director with an impressive range; his body of work is at once stylistically versatile but also unmistakably his. Ever since his debut feature Poison won the TEDDY AWARD in 1991, the Berlinale has followed and loved his fil...
EFP is heartily welcoming filmmakers and industry professionals to this year's EUROPE! HUB at the Sundance Film Festival (23 January – 2 February 2025). In collaboration with one of the most important film festivals in North America as well as the staunch backing of the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union and the co-hosting of five European national film promotion institutes, a light will shine on the latest European films from this year's festival line-up...
Celebrating Sundance Institute Presented by Google TV, at the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley, in Park City, Utah, starting January 24 at 6:30 p.m. MT with a cocktail reception. The dinner and program will begin at 8 p.m. MT. Celebrating Sundance Institute Presented by Google TV, co-chaired by Ebs Burnough and Pat Mitchell, will celebrate Michelle Satter, Sundance Institute’s Founding Senior Director of Artist Programs, for her unparalleled commitment to nurturing and supportin...
AMC+ is thrilled to partner with the Sundance Institute again to celebrate independent filmmaking at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. AMC+ will spotlight the power of Indigenous stories with The Intersection of Indigenous Documentary & Narrative Storytelling, a dynamic panel on Saturday, January 25, at 1:30 p.m. in the Filmmaker Lodge. This discussion will dive into how reality-based filmmaking transitions into captivating fictional narratives. ...
Step Inside the Acura House of Energy, Where Creativity Meets Innovation This year marks Acura’s 15th year as the presenting sponsor and official vehicle of the Sundance Film Festival, and they’re pulling out all the stops to celebrate. Welcome to the Acura House of Energy — a vibrant, must-see space in Park City where independent minds and innovation collide. Be among the first to experience the all-new Acura ADX premium co...
Overview, Game Changer: The Collector, his sideways sidekick, the CM and the game of musical chairs It used to be ‘the end justifies the means’, and the end was always the turnstiles. So, the end was always the same, only the means, or the ways of getting there, were different. Then it became ‘the means are the same, since the end is the same’. So we had similarity in approach too, with only a semblance of difference. Finally, we have reached a stage where ‘the t...
LoveYaPa, Trailer and song launch: Aamir dominates press and fan meet, speaks with characteristic candour It was a roller-coaster ride for the attendees, and a personal nostalgia trip for me, when the title song and trailer of the forthcoming film, LoveYaPa (a pun on Love or Pa), releasing on 07 February, the week preceding Valentine’s Day, in the presence of media and fans. The day was today and the venue was New Excelsior Cinema, now under Mukta A2 ownership, and the time was…w...
Love is Forever, Overview: Unrequited love, unimpressive expression If one were to take a count of films made on the theme of love, in all its splendour, one might find that the overwhelming majority of films made in the past 100 years have love at their core: filial love, maternal love, paternal love, love between spouses, flirtation, love as lust, love as a pursuit, patriotic love, spiritual love, love of a game, platonic love, sublime love, triangular love and unrequited love, are some exa...
After a spectacular reception in 2024 the Wyndham Grand Algarve returns as the Official Hotel Partner for the 2025 edition of the Global Entertainment Awards.Attendees will enjoy exclusive rates and a host of premium benefits, ensuring an unforgettable stay in this luxurious 5-star destination in Quinta do Lago. Giving creatives a voice. A space to network and engage The Global Entertainment Awards Weekend (February 27 – March 2, 2025) ...
Animated shorts of all kind and techniques are eligible for Fantoche’s 2025 competitions if they’ve been completed after 31 December 2023 and last no longer than 40 minutes. Submission is free of charge and will close on 11 May 2025. You can submit via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/Fantoche The international show of animation film has become one of the world’s most prominent animation festivals and is the largest cultural event in Switzerland that is devoted exclu...
The Punto de Vista festival announces its Official Selection, made up of seventeen films from thirteen countries, as well as its opening and closing sessions. The opening and closing of the festival will feature Tent City by Miñuca Villaverde and Sepio by Frans van de Staak, respectively This year nearly 900 films were entered, among them the ten features and seven shorts that will eventually take away the festival prizes The Official Selection of Punto de...
A rich and accessible program for all audiences, and all moods! The online short film festival Plein(s) Écran(s) is proud to unveil the complete program for its 9th edition which will be held from January 23 to February 1st, 2025. With a selection of 40 films, including 36 presented online for free across Canada, and public events offered in Montreal at Cinéma Beaubien, the Cinémathèque québécoise, Cinéma Moderne, the Salle Jean-Claude-Lauzon o...
ANTENNA DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL 2025 LINE-UP 6-16 February 2025 | Sydney Antenna, Australia’s leading international non-fiction film festival, today unveils its full program for 2025. Featuring 50 of the most creative, thought-provoking documentaries from around the globe, over the course of 11 days, Antenna is set to turn Sydney into a doc-lovers' paradise from 6–16 February 2025. “I am very proud of this lineup as a whole,” said Festival...
Last chance to submit strong documentary projects in all development stages and formats to the market for co-creation and co-production of DOK.fest München for the next edition from 7 to 11 May 2025. Deadline: 17 January 2025 (DOK.talent: 24 February 2025) Extended DOK.digital Deadline: 31 January 2025 Meeting point of the German-speaking documentary film industry and a gateway for those professionals looking for a European partner, the Market...
Frightful Shorts is Film Freeway’s Featured Discount of the Week: Jan 13 through Jan 20. Submission Deadline: January 31, 2025. Submit Link Below…. Frightful Shorts by the Shore, a brand new short film festival and talent search, will give filmmakers around the world the chance to secure financing for their feature film! Investors will meet with all recognized filmmakers, hear pitches for feature film ideas and discuss director roles for multiple financed projects com...
Call for Entries - Docaviv 2025 The 27th Docaviv – the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival will take place May 22nd to May31st, 2025. Docaviv is the largest film festival in Tel Aviv and the only festival in Israel dedicated to documentary films. Held annually each spring, Docaviv is an Oscar® qualifying festival screening around 100 films every year. The program includes the best of world and Israeli documen...
The 47th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival is set to begin in just under a month. Following the announcement of the films competing in the four main competitions, the festival now reveals the other categories that make up its Official Selection. XR Panorama, Young Audience screenings, short films by the new generation of African filmmakers... This new segment of the program promises to spotlight emerging creators of short films, shining a light on talent both local and from around th...
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Last night, at the Golden Globes, "Conclave," won a Best Writing Award. Best Actor went to Adrian Brody, and like Adrian, Demi Moore won her first Globe Award ever. She was ready to give up acting when the script for "Substance," came along, and she and the film got some love in Cannes as well. The surprise of the night was the award for Fernanda Torres in, Walter Salles, "I'm Still Here." A title many of us can relate to. You can see the fil...
MyFrenchFilmFestival is honoured to welcome an esteemed International Jury for this 15th edition, which will award the competition’s Grand Prix for Best Feature Film. The International Jury MyFrenchFilmFestival is honoured to welcome an esteemed International Jury for this 15th edition, which will award the competition’s Grand Prix for Best Feature Film. This award is endowed with €15,000 in prize money to be shared equally between the director, producer, and distributor of ...
Jia Zhang ke “Caught by the Tides” will be the president of the jury at the 31st Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas (11-18 February 2025). Today comes out in France «Caught by the Tides » by Jia Zhang ke. He will be the president of the international jury at the 31st Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (11-18 February 2025), during which an exceptional tribute will be paid to him in the presence of his muse...
The 2025 TV & Film Awards honors the rich diversity of content created by global storytellers on all viewing platforms, engaging audiences around the world. With a history of awarding creative excellence and innovation across all genres, the competition consistently leads the way in embracing industry advancements and global trends.
“We are thrilled to announce the debut of seven new categories: Anthology Entertainment Series, Anthology Entertainment Special, Multi-Platform Promotion, Sports Anchor/Analyst, Sports Anthology, Sports Studio Show, and Streaming Anthology. They join the existing Social Justice categories across all genres and platforms, as well multiple Journalism and Entertainment categories,” said Rose Anderson, Executive Vice President & Executive Director, New York Festivals TV & Film Awards. “Along with stories that show how individual actions can change the world and the ability of the human spirit to triumph over adversity, today’s storytellers are finding new ways to keep viewers informed, entertained, and engaged in our ever-changing and interconnected world.”
View the TV & Film Awards comprehensive roster of categories.
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Home of the NYC Indie Awards the festival aims to discover the Artist Filmmaker, showcasing them to the entertainment industry and the NYC public. All NYCIndieFF screenings take place in the historic center of NYC, Time Square which is the perfect home for an event geared toward creating incredible opportunities for independent voices.
NYCIndieFF honors the Best in Category which includes Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Narrative, Best Super Short, Best Covid Diaries, as well as Best Director and Best Screenplay.
New York City Independent Film Festival (NYCIndieFF) will hold a physical festival this year. We will celebrate the Independent Filmmaker, documentaries, short and feature-length films and animation. Whether a submission is comedic, dramatic, or something in between, The NYCIndieFF is eager to embrace fresh ideas and storytelling.
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RANKED AS ONE OF THE TOP 50 FILM FESTIVALS WORTH THE SUBMISSION FEE BY MOVIEMAKER MAGAZINE AND ONE OF THE TOP REVIEWED ON FilmFreeway, JDIFF is known for its networking opportunities, best communication, quaint location, great programming, friendly staff & volunteers, inquisitive audience, multiple screening opportunities, workshops, panels, amazing events and parties and so much more! And most importantly, lots of FREE FOOD in our filmmaker lounge, where many friendships and collaborations have been made.
JDIFF is ALL about the independent filmmaker and is truly geared for the best experience!
Our final nominees are judged by our Jury members of Film professionals, such as Directors, Producers, Critics, Director of Photography, etc and choose the final winner of each category.
JDIFF acknowledges emerging filmmakers from around the world and is committed to bringing world class entertainment to the heart of the midwest.
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The 7th annual French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF) will recognize and celebrate short-form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two-day festival that includes screenings, awards ceremony, and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short-form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Best Lifestyle Short, Best Fashion Short, Best Music Video, Best Female Filmmaker Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, Best Activism Short, Best Micro Short Award, Industry Excellence Award, and Lifetime Achievement Awards . Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media, and influencers.
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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
The Golden Globes, often referred to as “Hollywood’s Party of the Year®,” is the largest awards show in the world to celebrate the best of both film and television. Emmy®-nominated comedian and actress Nikki Glaser hosted this year’s show, and multi-Emmy Award®-winning producing duo Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment (WCE) served as executive producing showrunners for the 82nd Golden Globes. A Dick Clark Productions : the annua...
Tonight, the European Film Academy revealed the winners of the European Film Awards, honouring the best of European cinema. 1.000 international guests, nominees and presenters celebrated the winners in 22 categories during a festive ceremony at the KKL Luzern on the shores of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. With five awards (European Film, Director, Screenwriter, Actress and the Excellence Award for European Editing) EMILIA PÉREZ was the winner with most awards. The European Film Awards ar...
Entre ciel bleu et horizon de rose, CANNESERIES dévoile une affiche pop, lumineuse et joyeuse pour cette Saison 8 ! Laissez-vous embarquer dans cette nouvelle édition où le Palmier, emblème du festival depuis le début, se pare du rose iconique de CANNESERIES. Le bleu s'invite sur l'affiche cette année, symbole du nouveau volet professionnel CANNESERIES INDUSTRY. La Saison 8 promet d'être ...
Hier soir, la cérémonie de clôture du Festival International du Film Politique de Carcassonne a marqué la fin d’une 7e édition exceptionnelle, qui a su conjuguer succès populaire et richesse artistique. Pendant plusieurs jours, la Cité médiévale a été le théâtre de projections, des rencontres et des débats, confirmant une fois encore l&r...
30ème Cérémonie des Lumières de la presse internationale: Emilia Pérez triomphe à la puissance 5 Lançant la saison des récompenses cinématographiques en distinguant chaque année les meilleurs films et talents du 7ème art français, les 30èmes prix Lumières décernés par les membres de l’Académie des Lumières, correspondants de la presse i...
REIMS POLAR 2025 S'AFFICHE ! : Rendez-vous du 1er au 6 avril 2025 Notre tout jeune et effervescent Reims Polar fera pétiller le jaune et noir pour fêter sa cinquième année : la promesse d'une plongée en hypnose pour vous emmener toujours plus loin dans les vertiges du genre. Cible, spirale, cercle ou scène de crime, à vous de choisir vos indices pour continuer ensemble une histoire sans fin, à l'image ...
Festival de l’Alpe d’Huez 2025 - Palmarès #FAH2025 Presse : La Petite Boîte – Audrey Le Pennec - audrey@la-petiteboite.com Distributeur : Warner Bros. France ...
Le Jury international Pour accompagner cette édition, MyFrenchFilmFestival est honoré d'accueillir un Jury international de renom qui remettra le Grand Prix du Jury à un long-métrage de la compétition. Ce prix s’accompagne d’une dotation de 15 000 €, répartie à parts égales entre le réalisateur, le producteur et le vendeur international du film lauréat. Les membres qui composent le Jury inte...
Terres d’Aventure organise la 6ème édition de son Festival du film d’aventure de Paris du 24 au 26 janvier 2025, au CENT QUATRE (Paris 19ème). Au programme : 30 films, 9 conférences, talks, animations et rencontres avec celles et ceux qui mettent l'aventure en images et en mots : il y en aura pour tous les goûts, toutes les envies, dans tous les environnements. Toutes les œuvres parlent d’aventure, de voyage ...
Côtes du Rhône, partenaire officiel du Festival ! En 2025, et pour la seconde année consécutive, les vins AOC Côtes du Rhône sont partenaire officiel du Festival de l'Alpe d'Huez ! Convivialité, culture, qualité, créativité, accessibilité… autant de valeurs partagées qui unissent le Festival et l’appellation viticole. Nouveauté 2025 : Les ateliers Côtes du Rhône Venez...
Le réalisateur chinois Jia Zhang ke (Les Feux sauvages » sera le président du jury du 31e Festival International des Cinémas d’Asie de Vesoul (11-18 février 2025). Aujourd’hui sort « Les Feux Sauvages » de Jia Zhang ke. Celui-ci sera le président du Jury international du 31e Festival International des Cinémas d’Asie de Vesoul (11-18 février 2025) au cours duquel un hommage exceptionnel lui sera rendu en pr&...
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