ROFFEKE is pronounced "rafiki" which is a Swahili word meaning "friend". 'Friendship, Fun, Freedom' is the motto of the ROck 'n' ROll Film FEstival, KEnya.
The main objectives of ROFFEKE are:
1)To showcase local and international rock "n" roll films and music videos for the purposes of education and entertainment.
2)To organize workshops, forums and seminars related to various aspects of rock music and the film industry.
3)To provide a platform...
ILLUMINATE 2022 Program Announced!
ILLUMINATE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCING OUR 2022 PROGRAM LINE-UP!
We have an incredible slate of Films, Reel Healings Luminary Living Rooms, Parties and Events and more on tap of this year's Festval!
Tickets and Passes On-Sale Now!
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Honored beyond words! Best Documentary Feature AND Director - documentary feature! Thank you Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema and thank you team!!!
2022 IIFC Award Winners
Best Animation IDY
“The Boisterous Bird and the Four Legged Pair”
IDY Award Winner for Best New Media
“Civil Disobedience Series”
Vanguard New Media Awards (TIE)
“Jeff Hilliard- “Silicone Wave&rd...
"Thank you Beloit International Film Festival- humbled and honored to be here! @thesoundofus"
Chris Gero director of 'The Sound of Us' one of our BEST FOR FESTS
AND THE WINNERS ARE...
Beloit International Film Festival Honors Filmmakers with Annual BIFFY A...
Congrats to Chris Gero and his team for this new win on the festival circuit. Best documentary at Black Hills Film Festival 2022.
AND THE WINNERS ARE...
BHFF is a true celebration of cinema and the mavericks who do what it takes to get their vision to the screen. The festival spot lights the mountain towns of Hill City, Hot Springs, Rapid City, Spearfish and other Black Hills Communities to promote world-class films and powerful workshops.
The filmmaker is the star of the Black...
The Santa Fe Film Festival is a 10-day celebration of the best in cinematic arts, the 23rd Annual Santa Fe Film Festival will run in February 2023 with a program of over 100 screenings, panels, juried awards, workshops, and parties. We will have confirmed dates announced March 1st 2022.
Long before New Mexico received statehood, artists have found our diverse landscapes, light, and culture integral for sharing their stories.
New Mexico has been a key part of filmmaking since the first &lsquo...
Omaha Film Festival
Omaha Film Festival
Omaha Film Festival
Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival
Amelia Island Film Festival
Sedona I...
Bangkok International Documentary Awards (BKK DOC) is the documentary international award competition and film festival based in Bangkok, Thailand.
BKK DOC 2021 theme is:
VISIONS ON ASIA
Submissions outside the theme will not be consider.
Open for submissions (filmfreeway.com/bkkdoc) : 5 January 2021 - 31 July 2021
Official Selection Announcement 26 September 2021
Festival 16-19 December 2021 Bangkok, Thailand
Online Festival 1-31 December 2021
B...
Chris Gero (USA), THE SOUND OF US
Best of Show: Documentary Feature Season: August 2021
Accolade is the original, top-tier, internationally respected global virtual online competition – recognizing film, TV and media professionals who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and story telling since 2003! There have been many imitators – but only ONE Accolade and the prestige is known throughout the industry.
ABOUT:
Accolade is uniqu...
The Albuquerque Film & Music Experience (AFMX) has hosted an average of 10,000 attendees each year and presents a fusion of film, music, Center Stage Conversations, and special events that create a unique and intimate experience for everyone in attendance.
Our Mission:
AFMX brings together award-winning and up-and-coming filmmakers and musicians to showcase and celebrate film and music, and provide a platform for education, collaboration, discovery and the sharing of stories.
Our Visio...
The Sound of Us documentary feature by Chris Gero: BZN OPENING NIGHT FILM & WORLD PREMIERE
Join us Thursday September 9th in The Crawford Theater at 5 PM for Our Opening Night Film Fund Gala!! Catered by Plonk Catering & emceed by brilliant comedian Bassem Youssef, and joined by MSU film student senior pitches, we will host the world premiere of The Sound of Us followed by a brief Q&A
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Chris Gero could not make it to Cannes unfortunately. his award was handed in Cannes by Bruno Chatelin filmfestivals.com founderwith Manuel Collas dela Roche during the BETTER WORLD FUND Charity Gala Juky 12 on th ecroisette prestigious 3.14 beach; The PARTY of the day, where Spike Lee and Barry Brown were honored!
Chris sent his acceptance speech and caring words, we are happy to share them with our audience.
Pab the artist wo did Chris Gero's trophy had a special message b...
THE MOVIE THAT MATTER AWARD TO CHRIS GERO FOR THE SOUND OF US
Another Award expected for Chris Gero July 12 during the Better World Fund Gala in Cannes!
The concept of the Award, created by Bruno Chatelin, was inspired by his days running Sony in France when the Chairman of the company David Puttnam tagged the Studio's mission with this inspiring mission "Making Movies that Matter" : very relevant, very important and visionnary.
Since its creation th...
Cannes market premiere July 13 onsite and July 14th online
On site screening Palais H 1:45 PM
Online Market screening July 14
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Director: Chris Gero (Nathan East: For the Record, The Gift..) is a 12-time Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award-nominated record producer
Writer: Sara Bachler, Chris Gero
Nathan East: For the Record
Producers : Chris Gero, Sara Bachler, Ben James
Director of photography: Ben James
Editors: Nate Cole, Chris Gero, Ben James, William Jenkins, Luca Silver, Mike Stuckey jr
Director Biography...
Music is the sound of truth, the sound of hope. It is the sound of unity and courage. During this critical time in history, the profound truth remains that music is the great, universal language.
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Dear Festival friends,
Thank you for considering our documentary feature "The Sound of Us" for inclusion in your film festival.
"The Sound of Us" illustrates that during this critical time in world and U.S. history, music gives sound to hope and courage, allows us to grieve and be honest, and is the great, universal language that unites us all.
As the world grapples with uncertainty, the profound truth remains that, through music, we are not...
This is a very personal introspective of my own life through the lens of how the unexplainable power of music transcends the understanding of what music truly means to us as humans.
I have a very unique perspective on this, being on both sides of the creative spectrum in business – both as a creative and a corporate executive – as well as having had a very unorthodox and unconventional childhood that only music led me out of. What would otherwise have been a ve...
