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9th IN THE PALACE, 2011 | Market Area

9th IN THE PALACE, 2011 | Market Area. photo: Alexander Acosta Osorio

EAST SILVER 2012 / CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

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East Silver, a documentary market specialized in Eastern and Central European documentary, is again open for submissions! Submit your film to the largest internationally recognized database of creative feature and television documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe. Submission Deadline is June 30, 2012. Films submitted before January 10, 2012 will be considered also for East Silver Videolibrary, held within East Doc Platform in March 2012 in Prague. East Silver is now ope...

The USA premier poster

The USA premier poster

DIFF 2011

8th edition Dubai Film Festvial (DIFF) opening night party! photo by Vanessa McMahon 

Fantasia Announces Brand New Co-Production Market for 2012 Frontières

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Fantasia Innovates with a New International Co-Production Market: FRONTIERES Gearing up for its 16th edition in 2012, the Fantasia International Film Festival is widely acclaimed as one of the largest and most influential genre film festivals in the world. Taking things up a notch, Fantasia is proud to embark on a new venture that will contribute to the future of cutting-edge genre filmmaking worldwide: Fronti?res, the Fantasia International Co-Production Market.   The even...

8th Annual ReelHeART International Film Festival - Open Call for Film and Screenplay Entries

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  ReelHeART 2012 Open Call for Entries 13 EXCITING CATEGORIES OF COMPETITION TO CHOOSE FROM 11 Film Competitions ** 2 Screenplay Competitions **Please Note: All films MUST be a premiere. We do not recycle films screened at other fests in Toronto. In the least, we MUST have a ** Toronto Premiere**   Submit online DIRECT at ReelHeART and we'll give you $15 OFF your Entry fee With Our Director's Discount!      Email us Today! ...

FREEDOM DEAL: A New Kind of Horror Film from Camerado SE Asia

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This is writer-director Jason Rosette with Camerado SE Asia, I hope you are all well! Our 3rd feature, FREEDOM DEAL,  is a drama withsupernatural and horror elements taking place in Cambodia during the 1970 civil war, as the US and North Vietnam slugged it out along the Cambodia-Vietnam border. It's a part of the Vietnam war and US and Cambodian history that's never before been explored in a compelling way in the fiction feature format.     ...

J Rosette's Genre-Busting Asian Social-Issue Horror Flick, FREEDOM DEAL Update 7/29/11

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Hello Colleagues in Media, Film, Business, Music, the Arts, Philanthropy, and Beyond: This is writer-director Jason Rosette of Camerado SE Asia, I hope you are all well! With the recent winding down of the 4th edition of the CamboFest, Cambodia Film Festival, our efforts have shifted back to producing a fabulous and compelling feature film that we've been developing for some time.  I hope you'll take a moment to read on - there's never been a movie quite like this, and you'll soo...

17 Girls/ 17 Filles/ Rave Reviews at Festival

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   This film recently debuted at the Miramar's Semaine de la Critique Internationale. Inspired by a 2008 occurrence where 18 American high propagandize students were concerned in an purported “pregnancy pact,” a French dramedy 17 Girls (17 Filles)offers a rarely aestheticized nonetheless impossibly vale imagining on contemporary teenage angst.  After viewing the film, movie watchers all had the same expressions and opinions on the film which were: Wow!!!! What a great movie! Th...

Camerado's multicultural road movie 'Lost in New Mexico' signs with Indie Rights

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Writer-director Jason Rosette's 2nd feature, the multicultural road drama 'Lost in New Mexico', signs with digital sales partner Indie Rights for iTunes and other outlets.    The '21st century cloning road movie', about a grieving single mother who seeks a maverick animal geneticist to replicate her deceased daughter, is described as 'a unique and interesting take on the fluidity of technology versus the recurring commonality of the human condition.' (Moving Arts Journal) LOST IN NEW MEXICO:...

Puerto Rico International Film Festival Vieques Island

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Open Call For Entries: Costa Rica International Film Festival - the ultimate festival destination!

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The Fifth Annual Costa Rica International Film Festival showcases an amazing array of shorts and features from across the world.  Attendees enjoy film screenings,  group excursions and tons of special events. Don't miss the now famous Saturday Night Street Party where a team of fire dancers and perform, transforming all of Montezuma into an all night fiesta.   Judges for the Costa Rica International Film Festival will program short and feature-length films of every...

First positive impression from the Bustling European Film Market 2011

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An optimistic mood, numerous sales and a visible growth in the number of participants and films are the first positive conclusions that can be drawn from the European Film Market 2011 of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. EFM director Beki Probst announced, "We are very pleased with the outcome of the EFM 2011: more participants, more buyers, more films, more screenings and more market premieres - the international film business experienced an upswing in Berlin. It appears the ...

Figures from EFM 2010

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Figures and stats for the European Film Market (2010 edition). The past edition, the EFM played host to 419 companies from 50 countries in the Martin-Gropius-Bau and the EFM Marriott Offices. Facts & Figures of the EFM 2010 EFM Participants 6,450 Nationalities 81 Number of films 666 ...

EFM Industry Debates 2011 - Spotlight On Current Industry Trends

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  In their fifth consecutive year, the EFM Industry Debates highlight current trends in the industry. This year the industry event, hosted by the EFM from 11 - 13 February in cooperation with the international trade magazines Screen International, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, will focus on independent film finance, the changing role of the sales agent in the current economic climate and the future of 3D.   Friday, 11 February 2011: Independent Film Finance In ...

Industry event during the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Fest in Prague

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  Documentary Campus Industry Session 11-13th March Prague, Czech Republic   "One World, Many Ways" - New Directions in Human Rights Documentaries   Documentary Campus is honoured to present a three-day industry event during the acclaimed One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Prague (8-17 March 2011). Thought-provoking panels and case studies for industry professionals will be run parallel to workshops on low budg...

Early Bird Submissions End January 19th!

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Early bird submissions for the 14th Annual Dances With Films festival deadline is tomorrow, January 19th!  After that the prices go up.    For more information about submissions, prices, rules and general information about the festival please visit the website.  ...

10 Reasons to Exhibit at AFM

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Reach more than 1,500 Buyers from 70+ countries with billions of dollars in buyer power. See Buyers you won't see at other markets. More than 20% of buying companies at the AFM don't go to Cannes! AFM Buyers are motivated and serious about buying film. They've invested time and money to travel to Santa Monica. Markets deliver the best return on your marketing investment. Where else can you meet all the Buyers under one roof? Build your sales pipeline and cultivate new relationships. ...

Only pre-accredited Film Buyers may register using the Film Buyer Registration link.

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Film Buyers Register Now or visit Buyer Home Page AFM defines a Buyer as a company which has contracted with one or more members of IFTA to distribute or sub-distribute three motion pictures or television programs during the last three years. Only pre-accredited Film Buyers may register using the Film Buyer Registration link. Film Buyers: Apply for Accreditation Now If you are NOT a Film Buyer, please register to the right as an Industry Attendee. If this is your fir...

Who Should Register for AFM as an Industry Attendee?

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Industry Attendees Register Now or visit Attendee Home Page AFM is the premiere global marketplace for motion picture production and distribution and the largest gathering of film industry professionals in North America. Join 8,000 attendees from around the world for eight days unlike any other. Who Should Register as an Industry Attendee? Acquisition Executives, Advertising & PR Agencies, Agents, Artist Managers, Attorneys, Bankers, Development Executives, Directors, Fest...

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