...Guillaume Esmiol in conversation with Bruno Chatelin, about Guillaume's background in tech, media and innovation (with the TF1 Group), developping the new features in the current Marché du Film 2022 and the plans for the future edition which he will be running solo (with his team). He currently serves as co executive director of the Marché du Film and will take over from Jérôme Paillard who was having his last year in office.
Bruno Chatelin was able to sit do...
Filmfestivals.com partner of Venice Production Bridge sat down with the Pascal Diot who shared with our audience a few practical facts and figures on the Market which he has created 6 years ago.
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VISIONS OF PEACE INITIATIVE SHINES DURING THE 67TH COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN WITH FILM SCREENING AND RECOGNITIONS WITH SPECIAL INVITATION TO PRESENT FROM UNITED NATIONS APPROVED NGO NEW GENERATION IN ACTION'S AFI WORLD PEACE INITIATIVE
Pictured: Princess Cheryl Halpern (VOPI) presenting the Art for Peace Book in celebration of Visions of Peace 5 Year Anniversary during the 67th Commission on Status of Women at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City
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From Sunday 11th June, 18 esteemed international figures (including 3 from Mexico) will get together to celebrate animation and to reward the best of the Official Selection’s 6 categories.
Discover them all here:
FEATURE FILMS
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Gale Anne Hurd
SRFF2023 the 10th-anniversary edition of SR Socially Relevant™Film Festival NY, SRFF 2023, red carpet opens March 16, at the Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater at 5:30 PM. The Opening Ceremony, and Honor Awards at 6:00 PM.
The honorees are Gale Anne Hurd (Award-winning Film and TV Producer), Tonya Lewis Lee (producer, film director, writer, entrepreneur, and women's health advocate), and Robert Schenkkan (Pulitzer and Emmy Award-winning author). The Van...
Barbara Wurm Appointed as New Head of the Berlinale Forum
As of August 1, 2023, the author and curator Barbara Wurm will be taking over as head of the Forum section, which has been part of the Berlinale since 1971 and is independently curated and run by Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art. Wurm succeeds Cristina Nord, who is returning to the Goethe-Institut after four years. Anna Hoffmann will provide support as the section and programme manager. Uli Ziemons ...
Guillaume Esmiol the new Cannes Marché du Film Director sat down in Berlin during EFM with Bruno Chatelin to discuss Cannes 2022 and the coming 2023 edition Tue, May 16, 2023 - Sat, May 27, 2023.
Watch his interview and what he could reveal about the new features of the 2023 comimg edition:
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50 years after fellow citizen Ingrid Bergman, Swedish director Ruben Östlund, a two-time winner of the Palme d'or, will preside over the Jury of the 76th edition of the Festival de Cannes to be held from May 16 to 27.
« I am happy, proud, and humbled to be trusted with the honor of Jury president for this year's Competition at the Festival de Cannes. Nowhere in the film world is the anticipation as strong as when the curtain rises on the films in Competition at the Festival...
The Windrush Caribbean Film Festival is proud to announce that two cultural icons are joining its team as it gears up to mark the 75th Anniversary of Windrush in June.
Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe MBE is joining the Windrush Caribbean Film Festival (WCFF) as Artistic Director. Emmanuel is well known in the film and wider cultural communities as the Founder of British Urban Film Festival (BUFF) which launched in 2005 as the only showcase for urban indep...
Mario Dorminsky, Beatriz Pacheco Pereira dn Julian Temple with Bruno Chatelin in Porto enjoying the festival ine a new venue à Centro de Cinema de Batalha!
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Beatriz Pacheco Peirera Fantasporto co founder with Mario Dorminsky handed the carreer tribute to Krystof before the projection of PERFECT NUMBER his latest film, he said with some humour that he was puzzled by (tribute to his career) which he considers not iover and wants to do more films....
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Matthijs Wouter Knol and Mark Higham (The European Film Academy) presented an ambitious new programme to engage teenagers in European films, during Berlinale. The European Film Club is being genuinely co-created by young people across Europe and will be tested in 20 European countries this year before a full roll out across the continent in 2023.
Funded by Creative Europe MEDIA, the European Film Club will be a f...
Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment (FME) announces the addition of Michaela Johnson-Carroll to the ever-expanding Film Mode team in the role of Director, International Sales.
The company recently announced the addition of Lydia Ianni as VP, Acquisitions and Development, and Charlotte Mott’s promotion to Director, Worldwide Sales during the last edition of the American Film Market (AFM).
“We’ve welcomed Micha...
It is with deep sorrow the Telluride Film Festival announces the passing of its founder and inspiration, Tom Luddy. Tom died peacefully on February 13, 2023, in Berkeley, California after a long illness.
Tom was a force in the film industry for nearly six decades. He had a life-long love and passion for film, and a tireless dedication to film restoration, distribution, and exhibition. His presence will be profoundly missed by the many people whose lives were touched by his kindness, art...
Since 2021, Dutch-born Matthijs Wouter Knol is the CEO and Director of the European Film Academy, previously running the EFM he spoke to Bruno Chatelin (a former board member of the European Film Academy.
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Myriam Arab Red Sea Souk manager
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Three quick questions with director Darlene Naponse:
By Emmanuel Itier and Roxanna Bina
What was the inspiration for this film?
The film started with the desire to connect. It tells the story of love, the environmental effects of mining, colonialism, and the future. It's about the need for human beings to seek a connection with the other and to be recognized and appreciated.
What are the themes of importance?
Ste...
By M.R. D’Amico
Steven Spielberg, 75, at the press conference for the Honorary Golden Bear at Berlinale told everything about movies, scripts and his friends…Francois Truffaut, Stanley Kubrick
“Francois Truffaut… I worked with him on Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and some of my reasons for making E.T. actually came from Truffaut….
Truffaut had just made a film called Small Change (L’argent de poche) and he had the best time workin...
Global icon Michelle Yeoh received the 15th annual Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence In Film on December 9th at a Black-Tie dinner at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara. This marks the first time since the passing of screen legend Kirk Douglas that the honor was awarded. The event benefits Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s year-round educational programs and was the most successful fundraiser in SBIFF’s history.
Since 2006, the annual Kirk Douglas Award f...
Guillaume Esmiol the new Cannes Marché du Film Director sat down in Berlin during EFM with Bruno Chatelin to discuss Cannes 2022 and the coming 2023 edition Tue, May 16, 2023 - Sat, May 27, 2023.
Watch his interview and what he could reveal about the new features aboutr the 2023 comimg edition:
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RIVIERA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SESTRI LEVANTE
May 9-14, 2023
Pictured: Bruno Chatelin Massimo Santinome Valentina Comastri
We dedicated the whole festival to young directors, under 35 years of age. We could have focused on affirmed movie stars only, but we’d rather take the risk to give a good chance to those who have...
Quarxx talked to filmfestivals.com right after the market premiere of Pandemonium his latest film, clearly happy with the audience reaction and the full house.
The fil; was produced by Martine Melloul.
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Filmfestivals.com founder, Bruno Chatelin, met with Monique during EFM 2023 at her booth at Marriott 139 where she also represents the line up from Ted Chalmers Summer Hill Entertainment. Discussing the energy of this new edition of the market.
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Photos By Brice ANXIONNAZ
Afrench film by Patric Chiha
with Anaïs Demoustier, Tom Mercier, Béatrice Dalle, Martin Vischer, Sophie Demeyer
It begins at the end of the 1970s, amidst the glittering nights of a club as a place of endless (im)possibilities and the timeless clockwork of a city. This is where John and May are waiting for an extraordinary, all-changing moment to occur. Around them, everything is loud and in motion, while they hold out in silence. Twent...
