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Global Entertainment Awards Calling

Enter before 31 December 2023 for big early bird entry discounts. Dear creatives of the world, You work hard. Having the talent to create something that gets into the heads of an audience and changes their behaviour is a high value skill. A skill that powers the entertainment industry worldwide. The Global Entertainment Awards gives you, the creative, a voice. Exposure of your work, story and potential. And brings your name or brand to the attention of esteemed judges and...

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The Bulletin Board ANNOUNCEMENTS / CALL FOR ENTRIES recommended by filmfestivals.com: BE ON IT!       NYC Independent Film Festival June 5 - 8, 2024 PARTNER FESTIVAL WITH FILMFESTIVALS.COM August 31, 2023 Earlybird Deadline November 30, 2023 Regular Deadline January 15, 2024 Late Deadline February 15, 2024 Ext...

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    We, at filmfestivals.com, are extremely proud of our relationships and partnerships with these amazing film events: AFM, Venice Production Bridge, Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival, Industry@Tallinn,  FestForums Santa Barbara, FestForums New York, Montreal International Animation Film Festival - Animaze, WoFF Glasgow, UNAFF, Bridges Festival, Bahamas Int Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fa...

19th Myrtle Beach International Film Festival (April 23 - 27, 2024) calling for entry

  Call for entry MBIFF 19th now open     Submissions begin June 16, 2023   Earlybird Deadline October 6   Regular Deadline  November 17   Late Deadline December 8   Extended Deadline December 29, 2023   Notifications March 8, 2024   Event Date April 23 – 27  2024 SUBMIT I Website I Profile on filmfestivals.com I  Email contact I Facebook I&n...

NYCIFF call for entry: happy submitting to NYCIFF!

16th NYC Independent Film Festival  June 5-8, 2024   August 31, 2023 Earlybird Deadline November 30, 2023 Regular Deadline January 15, 2024 Late Deadline February 15, 2024 Extended Deadline 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...

Denver Film Festival : The Program is Finally Here

  The program for the 46th Denver Film Festival is now live and ready for your exploration. With a captivating lineup of films, engaging panels, and unforgettable cinematic experiences, this year's festival will be a celebration of storytelling like no other. Dive in below to discover the incredible array of films and events at DFF46! Critically acclaimed AMERICAN FICTION, I.S.S, MAXINE'S BABY: THE TYLER PERRY STORY, THE BOY AND THE HERON, LA CHIM...

Naples International Film Festival announces lineup of films and events for 15th Anniversary edition

      R.J. Daniel Hanna’s cycling drama Hard Miles to be the Opening Night film selection and NIFF closes with Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial accompanied live by the Naples Philharmonic   Haroula Rose’s All Happy Families, Shaun Dozier’s  The Problem of the Hero and Vivian Kerr’s Scrap compete for the Narrative Feature Juried Prize   Miranda Yousef’s ...

Wanted: Only the best documentaries and shorts. Call for entries for 64th Krakow Film Festival now open

  With the beginning of October, the call for films for the 64th Krakow Film Festival has started. The organisers and selectors are eagerly awaiting short films and documentaries from all over the world. From among several thousand entries, approximately 200 of the most interesting titles are going to make it to be shown in Kraków's cinemas to festival audience in late May and early June – and online throughout Poland. To us, beginning the process of accepting sub...

The Festival des 3 Continents is back in 2023 for its 45th edition from November 24 to December 3

45th EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL DES 3 CONTINENTS – KEY EVENTS   The Festival des 3 Continents is back in 2023 for its 45th edition from November 24 to December 3, with screenings in Nantes and in cinemas across the Loire-Atlantique region.   This international event will take place over 10 days, bookended by two weekends.   A wide range of dramas and documentaries from Africa, Latin America, and Asia will be presented in a programme of some 90 feature films, m...

Unveiling our 10th Miami Film Festival GEMS lineup!

    GEMS will feature 26 films from 14 countries, opening with the Mexican drama “Radical.” Four Centerpiece Screenings – the survivalist thriller “Society of the Snow,” the animated feature “The Boy and the Heron,” provocative comedy “American Fiction” and psychological thriller drama “Saltburn”– leading to the closing night feature, “The Holdovers,” a comedy-drama by Alexander Payne starri...

STARS OVER VENICE WITH VARIETY AT DANIELI, THE GOLDEN GLOBES IN VENICE AND THE NEOM FUTURE FOR CHANGE CITY

with Damien Chazelle at the Variety party The magazine Variety (www.variety,com) was omnipresent at the 80th Venice Film Festival edition 29.08-09.10 hosting or co-hosting four events. I attended three of them, invited by Eric Legendre, Managing Director, International, Variety and his wife, the sophisticated fashion designer Muzy Burton (www.muzyB.com).     from the left: Claudio Staderini,Cynthia Littleton, Ramin Setoodeh, Damien Chazelle, Roberto Barbera and Eric Legendre T...

THE FESTIVAL BEAT ! N°1000 and 74

THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995  Feel the beat from  EFA, AFI, New York, Chelsea, Hamburg, DOCK, Ojai, Sonoma, Bushwick, Warsaw, Nature Track,Punto y Raya, Clermont Ferrand, Arte Mare, San Sebastian,  and many more we are following for you! Weekly newsletter N°1070 // 1073 Documenting the festivals experience since 1995, reaching over 166 000 subscribers.   FOLLOW US : ...

Punto y Raya Festival: highlights of the coming 8th edition

Punto y Raya Festival will finally arrive in Lisbon, Portugal, featuring five days of pure form, colour, movement and sound. This benchmark event for Abstract Art in Motion will take place from October 11 to 15, 2023 at multiple venues, including Cinemateca Portuguesa, Cinema Fernando Lopes, Universidade Lusófona, Museu de Lisboa, Faculdade de Belas Artes, Escola Superior de Música, and Caleidoscópio UL. As a...

The 2024 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival official poster is out! it s a girl, NO it s a rabbit, or both?

We're delighted to unveil the official poster for the 46th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, designed by talented American illustrator Stacey Rozich. This watercolorist offers us a fresco bursting with acidic characters and settings straight from her imagination and the short films that inspired her during her journey as a juror for the 2023 international competition. Can you identify the filmic references scattered throughout this poster?  In a mishmash of meticul...

The 16th Annual Bushwick Film Festival is almost here, running from October 25th to October 29th

The 16th Annual Bushwick Film Festival is almost here, running from October 25th to October 29th, and you can grab your tickets now!     Film Program: Dive into our curated selection of over 125 indie films from NY and around the world. Categories include NY Stories, Love Stories, Social Justice and Human Rights, Campy Halloween Thrillers and Horrors, and a really good lineup of comedies and docs. Check out the full list at: www.bushwickfilmfestival.com.   Special Even...

Hola Mexico Film Festival announces the 8th annual edition of its career development program during Hispanic Heritage Month

Hola Mexico Film Festival presented by Toyota announces the 8th annual edition of its career development program during Hispanic Heritage Month TOMORROW’S FILMMAKERS TODAY Brings together emerging, U.S.-based filmmakers with a wide range of Latin American roots for an immersive, 10-day program to help increase Latino representation in the film & television industries This year marks the 8th edition of the prestigious and competitive career development program focused...

The full lineup for the 37th edition of AFI FEST!

  We’re thrilled to announce the full lineup for the 37th edition of AFI FEST! October 25-29 TCL Chinese Theatres 141 Films 49 Countries 18 International Oscar® Submissions 10 Special Screenings 44% of Films Directed by Women And More! VIEW FULL PROGRAM GUIDE   ...

Revealing the program of the 39th Warsaw International Film Festival

The 39th Warsaw International Film Festival will begin on Friday, October 6, and end on Sunday, October 15, 2023. The festival cinemas will be Atlantic and Multikino Zlote Tarasy. We have selected films for the program from 4,800 submissions, sent from 111 countries. During the WFF we will present: - 77 feature-length films, including 23 world premieres, 9 international premieres, 6 European premieres, 15 Eastern European premieres and 17 Polish premieres. - 61 short films.   Films w...

61ST NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL opens today

  Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus, screening Oct. 11 & 12 (courtesy of Janus Films) Get ready for the 61st New York Film Festival, kicking off  September 29! Limited tickets are available and selling fast. Explore the schedule, see filmmakers attending for Q&As on film pages, download a PDF of our program guide, and subscribe to our newly launched Reddit community.   Week 1 essential picks w...

Spanish Screenings on Tour presents its second edition at the San Sebastian Festival, with a wide variety of genres and formats

Spanish Screenings on Tour presents its second edition at the San Sebastian Festival, with a wide variety of genres and formats combining emerging and consolidated talent and demonstrating the excellent health of today's Spanish audiovisual sector The event will take place at the MIA | Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo from 9 to 13 October with the title 'Spanish Audiovisual: Talent and Future' Spanish Screenings on Tour is one of the initiatives of Spanish Screenings XXL...

The European Film Awards - Feature Film Selection (part 2)

  After the earlier announcement of 19 feature films that are part of the European Film Academy’s Film Selection 2023, 21 more titles have been added to the shortlist for the European Film Awards.  The Academy Selection represents every year the very best of European cinema and aims to promote the films. All work of the European Film Academy is based on our Diversity and Inclusion standards, ensuring that everyone in Europe is considered and has an equal chance to be selected. ...

The European Film Awards 2023: European Film Academy announces first part of this year’s Feature Film Selection

   Today, we are happy to present to you the first part of this year's Feature Film Selection including 19 high-quality films from all over Europe. In a second part, further titles will be announced in September, all recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2023. These films have been selected by the European Film Academy Board, consulted by a diverse range of European invited experts. The Academy Selection represents every year the very best of European cinem...

Jewish International Film Festival returns to Australian screens 23 Oct – 6 Dec

JEWISH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023: A WORLD OF STORIES FROM THE HEART OF JEWISH CULTUR E   From tales of profound journeys, captivating real-life mysteries to the unsung champions of yesteryears, the Jewish International Film Festival (23 Oct – 6 Dec) graces Australian screens once again, presenting a curated collection of Jewish cinema's most enchanting and illuminating tales from across the world. Featuring 55 Australian premiere films from 19 countries...

San Diego International Kids' Film Festival Retrospective

San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival has come to a successful conclusion. It was an incredible three days filled with an international slate of films. The festival began with the animation block. Jeong-Byeon-Ji Kim, winner of the Best Directing in a Short Film Award for Hana Meets Hana, flew out all the way from South Korea to attend. The writer and director of Amazing Petunia’s Adventures, the Best Animated Short winner, also attended. It was great to hear their experien...

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