IFP announced today its 2013 slate of 163 new films in development selected for the Project Forum at Independent Film Week. Independent Film Week takes place at Lincoln Center September 15-19, 2013, just prior to the forthcoming opening of the Made in New York Media Center by IFP. The event brings the international film and media community to New York City to advance new projects and support the future of storytelling by nurturing the work of both emerging and established independent artists and...
by Steven C Wallace
Established in 2011, the Producers Workshop is a relatively new development program sponsored by the Marché du Film, the market component of the Cannes Film Festival. Its purpose is to guide producers early in their careers. The program takes place the first three days of the festival, and consists of panels held by industry professionals. Each day is broken up into a morning session and an afternoon session with either a coaching session or a guided tour a...
Yalun Wang head of International Relations for The Taipei Film Commission talks to us about her initiative: The Taipei Factory Project in collaboration with Cannes Director's Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival 2013. Edited for filmfestivals.com by MV.
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inamovie plans on offering our attending filmmakers a place to hang around, mingle, share knowledge, watch shorts, learn from workshops and much more. our first visit to @America convinced us it was an amazing fit and the best possible setting to let creativity thrive in the indonesian filmmaker community.
@america is a cutting-edge, 21st-century cultural center where you can explore and experience the United States ...
'SHORT TERM 12' (2013) screened to international buyers at the 66th Cannes Film Market via world sales rep Traction Media. The US distributor Cinedigm picked the film up for a US domestic release.
'SHORT TERM 12' (2013) was the Grand Jury Winner at SXSW (8-17 March, 2013) for Narrative Feature was ‘Short Term 12’ (2013). What started as a short film on a shoestring budget evolved into this bravura gem that has crept its way deep into the hearts and mi...
'THE BEST OFFER' (2013)- with international sales agent uConnect- screened to buyers at the 66th Cannes Film Market.
Giuseppe Tornatore is back in grand form with his latest film, 'The Best Offer' (2013). Filmed between Bolzano, Merano, Vienna and Prague, it is the story about art collector and fine art auctioneer Virgil Oldman (Geoffrey Rush) who can tell a fraudulent painting from an original as easy as distinguishing black from white.
Virgil is a sterile man ...
3D documentary film 'STORM SURFERS' (2012) screened at the 66th Cannes Film Market to international buyers via sales agent XYZ Films. The film made its World Premier at the 28th Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
'STORM SURFERS' is about two best friends, surfers Ross Clarke-Jones and Tom Carroll, who brave some of the most dangerous of Mother Nature's elements, monstrous waves, in search of Australia's largest and most threatening.
Narrat...
‘Satellite Boy’ (2012) by Australian director Catriona McKenzie screened to international buyers at the 66th Cannes Film Market via the film's international sales agent is Celluloid Dreams.
Set in the dry and expansive Australian Outback, the film is a perfect arrival for the theme and mood of the synergetic Aquarian Age, confronting the issues of past, present and future for Australia and the world at large. A young Aboriginal boy, Pete (played by Camero...
QuantumConvex International proudly announces the first edition of INAMOVIE (Indonesia International Movie Industry Expo). – a benchmark Indonesian film industry event to be held in Jakarta and Bali (edition 2014) in Southeast Asia, September 25th-27th 2013 at the Ballroom of The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Pacific Place. The first edition focus will be on France as Guest Country and will include the world’s leading film festivals held in France annually and include The Cannes Film Festival...
9:00 am: Global Media Connect Mifa (GMCmifa)
10:00 am-noon: Autodesk – Breakfast and Autodesk software demonstration
10:00 am-noon: Mifa Talks – "The Animated Short Film Market"
11:00 am-noon: Pixar presentation – "Monstrous Advancements in CGI"
10:00 am-1:30 pm: Territory Focus – "UK Animation Open for Business"
3:00 -4:00 pm: Pixar pre...
Last year, in 2012, you told us about the Territory Focus, the new meeting format spotlighting particular regions or countries to facilitate international co-productions through a better understanding of the different territories.
We are renewing this format as it was effective and worked very well last year. This year, we are focusing on Poland, Russia, South Africa, Japan and the United Kingdom.
There are some other meeting formats too this year?
Indee...
Mumbai: Golden Bird Entertainment announced at the Cannes Film Festival that they will soon commence operations of MUMBAI MEDIA CITY, India's largest Studio, Broadcast, Media Asset Management (MAM), and Media School Facility in Kandivali, Mumbai.
This Hollywood-benchmarked facility is aimed to provide Indian and International Film and TV crews with Sound Stages, Equipment Hire and Post-production, VFX and Animation, Rehearsal and Preview Theatres, Make-up Rooms and Hotel Accommodation. The ...
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Press Release
ROSKINO INTERNATIONAL DEBATES ON BLOOMBERG TV
“DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION OF CONTENT –
REVOLUTION OR EVOLUTION?”
Cannes – International debates organized by ROSKINO in association with Bloomberg TV, took place during Cannes Film Festival and Market. The subject of conference was digital content distribution. Those debates were broadcasted on Bloomberg TV and Screendaily.com.
The following speakers took part...
From Fantasia to The Croods, HP will celebrate more than 70 years of innovation in entertainment at this year’s Cannes Film Festival by hosting various events showcasing the role of HP technology in the creation of film and in the way consumers enjoy and engage with film and music. As part of HP’s collaboration with Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company, HP will host an intimate performance by the band Puggy. It follows other successful HP Con...
REGISTRATION FOR 3DSM 2013 IS NOT YET OPEN!
To take into account the wide range of interests of our participants, and to provide the best possible value for their money, we have organized the registration in 3 packages and 4 options.
The 3 packages respectively focus on the following pillars of 3D Stereo MEDIA: the 3D Academy, the Scientific Conference, and the 3D Film Mart. The Professional Conference is available only a...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 29, 2013 -- For a 17th consecutive year, the Hollywood Film Awards® continues its mandate of celebrating Hollywood cinema and recognizing excellence in Hollywood, both in-front and behind the camera. This year the Hollywood Film Awards® Gala ceremony takes place on October 21, 2013, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills.
In the last 10 years, a total of 96 Oscar nominations and 34 Oscars were given to the honorees of the Holl...
Dear Festival friends, I hope you are well.
I was wondering if you would you be interested in programming our Guitar Hero artist friend (and member: Gary Lucas and ask him to PERFORM A FILM CONCERT against a classic movie which he brings along without screening fees.
Gary performs live to a great catalog of cult classics like Spanish Dracula 1931, son of Dracula, Dracula’s Bride…(he likes the whole family) The Golem, This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse …Luis Bunuel's ...
Filmfestivals.com and Marché du Film are happy to suggest this half price registration fee for Marché du film
Encounter a world of opportunity at the Marché du Film
Join the Marché du Film, the largest film market in the world, and you will become a privileged holder of the Marché badge, which will allow you to profit from a number of special services, such as exclusive access to 580 exhi...
Over the past few months, we have been working hard to facilitate your access to the Official Selection screenings. Part of that effort involves the implementation of larger theaters, which will welcome you for the rerun of Official Selection films, taking place on Thursday, May 23 and Friday, May 24.
Enjoy the Doc Corner, where you can meet documentary filmmakers, festivals and financiers and watch documentaries ...
"Sadourni’s Butterflies"
("Las Mariposas de Sadourni", 2012) is the first feature film by Argentinian director Dario Nardi. The film made its international premier at the 10th Dubai Film Festival and its North American premier at the 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival in the 'New Voices/New Visions' section. It most recently screened at the EFM market during the 63rd Berlinale.
Nardi began work on the film fifteen years ago in 1998 until at last...
Actor John Corbett as 'Bobby' in 'The Lookalike' (2013).
Crime drama ‘The Lookalike’ (2013) wrapped filming in late January just in time to cut a trailer for buyers at the 2013 EFM (European Film Market) in Berlin. Sales company Arclight Films acquired the film for world rights and began pre-sale negotiations at the EFM.
Filmmaker Richard Gray and his DOP Thomas Scott Stanton attended the 63rd Berlinale to promote 'The Lookalike' along with Richard...
Actor John Corbett as 'Bobby' in 'The Lookalike' (2013).
Crime drama ‘The Lookalike’ (2013) wrapped filming in late January just in time to cut a trailer for buyers at the 2013 Berlinale EFM. Sales company Arclight Films acquired the film for world rights and began pre-sale negotiations at the EFM. Filmmaker Richard Gray and his DOP Thomas Scott Stanton attended the 63rd Berlinale to promote 'The Lookalike' along with Richard Gray’s other film...
The Florida Media Market is better than ever, the conference “The Bridge to the World” will take place at the Shelborne Hotel in Miami Beach Florida, from January 30th to February 3 2013. We are holding three competitions.
Format Day, if you have an idea for an entertainment show, scripted or non-scripted, a feature of documentary, describe it in two pages and submit your projects.
Are you ready for distribution? Do you have a film, documentary or TV s...
“Distribution in a Crossmedia World” will be the title of a new panel discussion presented by the European Film Market together with Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and in collaboration with the trade magazine Blickpunkt:Film. On Monday 13 February 2012 at 16:30 in the Gropius Mirror Restaurant (across from the Martin-Gropius-Bau), international industry experts will discuss innovations and current developments in digital distribution.
The Danish film producer Peter...
