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Submit film to The first Ramsgate International Film and TV Festival

Compete for our solid bronze Anchor awards and other prizes! SUBMIT via filmfreeway. The first Ramsgate International Film and TV Festival will be held in Ramsgate with its stunning Royal Harbour, unique in England. It is run by the Ramsgate Film & TV Institute, which will also run a variety of screenings throughout the year to bring international independent cinema to local audiences. President of the Festival is Brenda Blethyn (Secret & Lies, Vera,...), B...

Submit your best work to New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards

2017 Competition is Open for Entries   NYF TV & Film Awards New Categories for 2017: Heroes, Ecotourism, and Best Use of Technology New York Festivals® International Television & Film Awards  2017 competition is open for entries.  NYF’s World’s Best TV & Films℠ competition has celebrated content in all lengths and forms since 1957 and continues to honor exceptional programming being...

Opening the Set of This Year's Blockbusters

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  2016 has been the year of the superhero in the cinema – Captain America: Civil War, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Deadpool and X-Men: Apocalypse have all been some of the biggest movies of the year. Deadpool has been a massive success having made more than €750 million at the box office despite only a €58 million budget – much tighter than other superhero movies of its calibre. This comes despite the risk decision to make it a certificate 15 in the United Ki...

Special Discount for Script to Screen Summit | September 9, 2016 • Toronto, Canada |

Script to Screen Summit | September 9, 2016 • Toronto, Canada |  You have the Script We have a way to get it to the Screen. Learn how it’s done from the Script to Screen Summit Crew: Miranda Bailey, Producer, Cold Iron Pictures: Actor, writer, director, and ...

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  Register Now  using Bruno2016SB and receive a 20% discount on your pass   ...

Fantasporto 2017 calling

CALL FOR ENTRIES 37th FANTASPORTO 2017   EARLY ENTRY DEADLINE: OCTOBER 30TH, 2016!   Fantasporto’2017 | Oporto International Film Festival announces our Call for Film Entries for the 37th annual festival, running February 24th till March 4th. This Call is for Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi features and shorts in the Fantasy competition. The Director’s Week is for features only, in all genres except fantasy. Deadlines for Entries for 2017 edition ...

Halloween Horror Fest Calling

HALLOWEEN HORROR FEST  October 1 - 31, 2016 Deadline August 31 Celebrating world-class horror films and the filmmakers who terrify, disgust, and disturb us.  Submission: June 1st - August 31st, 2016 (Submission Fee - $25) Official selections will be announced September 13th, 2016 Official competition dates: October 1st - 23rd, 2016 Winners Week: October 24th - 31st, 2016 Festival Home Page: http://filmfestivalflix.com/festival/halloween-horror-fest/#.V2MeeOYrKi...

Mountain and Adventure Film Festival calling

Mountain and Adventure Film Festival  February 16th - March 19th, 2017 Submit by November 30th We encourage you to submit all your great films, both current and past. Great mountain and adventure films don't go out of style. Film Festival Flix is the intersection between filmmakers and film lovers, working to build the most complete Mountain & Adventure film library, so audiences can find and purchase every film they've heard about in the past 50+ years. Ge...

New York Film & Television Festival December calling

New York Film & Television Festival December 3 – 4, 2016     Sponsored by InkTip and Final Draft, the professional screenwriting software. Founded by JoDa Hodge, celebrity cinematographer and winner of the 2011 Rhode Island International Screenplay Competition and the 2011 American International Screenplay Competition. Join our powerful slate of international film and television entries at the Summer 2016 New York Film & Television Festival Now a...

The Myrtle Beach International Film Festival calling

The Myrtle Beach International Film Festival April 19 – 22, 2017 The Myrtle Beach International Film Festival has been awarded several prestigious awards including one of the "Top 25 film festivals worth the entry fee" by Movie Maker Magazine. The MBIFF screens projects in a multi-million dollar theater, housing state of the art technology.  Being billed as the East Coast's answer to Sundance, the MBIFF has a reputation for outstanding films inc...

Industry Events at Karlovy Vary

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Film Industry @KVIFF 2016 Events – announcing the program and the selected projects   The 2016 Karlovy Vary IFF has prepared a cocktail of special Industry events to help buyers, distributors, producers, and festival programmers learn about new outstanding films in production mainly from Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Turkey, and the former Soviet Union, to learn about new goals and trends in film distribution, film education and training programs, and to discover the Czec...

PALM SPRINGS SHORTFEST PANELS, ROUNDTABLES & NEW TECH DAY

Speakers Include Representatives from Anonymous Content, Associated Press, Borgus Film, CAA, Cloud Imperium, The Hollywood Reporter, Indiegogo, Indiewire, kweliTV, Little Teeth Pictures, Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angeles Times, Preferred Content, Pysop, Seed & Spark, Southland Productions, Tribeca Film Festival, Twitter, UCLA, Variety, Warner Bros. and Many Others. The Palm Springs International ShortFest (June 21-27) is best known for its award-winning short films, but each year the...

Studio Focus at MIFA

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  An Approach to Animated Characters in Commercials Julien Vallet, Head of Creative and Motion Design studio will introduce Mikros' history and a production aspect of some key "commercials". Monday 13 June 16:00 → 17:15 - Salle Pierre Lamy     Animation at Warner Bros. Discover Warner Animation Group (WAG). Tuesday 14 June 1...

Consensus New York 2016 Photos

By Maria Esteves – May 18, 2016 The 2nd Annual Blockchain Technology Summit (Consensus NY 2016) commenced May 2-4, at the New York Marriott Marquis. Presented by CoinDesk in collaboration with Digital Currency Group, Consensus is an annual global conference where industry leaders from financial services, government, healthcare and supply chain management converge on the new Internet layer called Blockchain technology (decentralized database) and the world of digital currency. This yea...

Monetize your Films and Catalog with Some Exclusive offers from Festpicks.com

Dear FilmFestivals.com Subscribers,   As a filmmaker, I understand the importance of striving to find all avenues by which to get your film seen by the film-loving public. On the festival circuit, the hope is always to find a distributor who loves your film as much as you do. Unfortunately, those odds rest at about a 25% chance of finding one (may vary from festival to festival).   Festpicks will eliminate that problem. We encourage filmmakers and distributors to come ...

EFP presents 2016 edition of PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE

  AMERICAN HONEY by Andrea Arnold (produced by UK-Producer on the Move Lucas Ochoa among others) European Film Promotion (EFP) and its member organizations have again selected 20 of the most promising, up-and-coming European producers to take part in EFP's high-profile networking platform PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE at the Cannes Film Festival (May 11 - 22, 2016). Following the very positive feedback from last year's exclusive...

Submit your trailers to FilmMakers Global Movie Trailer Festival

    Click to Submit: http://filmmakers.com/festival/trailer/entry.htm   Movie Trailer, Book Trailer, TV Show Trailer, Digital Media Trailer,  Conceptual Trailer, Film Trailer, Music Trailer, video trailer, student trailer, etc.   Submit your Movie Trailer, Book Trailer, TV Trailer, or Concept Trailer to - Generate Exposure - Build and Grow a Loyal Fan Base - Pitch, market, and secure fin...

San Antonio Film Festival SAFILM wants your film

The largest festival in South Texas, the 22nd San Antonio Film Festival garners extensive local media attention and rave reviews. Industry and community leaders champion the festival for its diverse and exciting program.  SAFILM has a strong reputation for uncovering cinematic treasures every year with an amazing lineup of narrative, animation, documentary and experimental shorts and even features.   Former SAFILM Alumni often remark how the SAFILM was the springboard to success, a...

The Disability Film Challenge Calling

The 2016 Disability Film Challenge from Disability Film Challenge on Vimeo.   Register today for the Disability Film Challenge, an annual weekend short film race April 1st-3rd. Entrants are given 48 hours to make a three to five minute film based on assigned genre and each film must have either an actor, writer, director, producer, or crew member with a disability on their team. Sign up today and join in on this opp...

The International Black Film Festival (IBFF) wants your films

The International Black Film Festival (IBFF) October 5 – 9, 2016 Regular Deadline – April 30, 2016 Through the art of film, we celebrate the richness, diversity and creativity of storytelling for the cultural enrichment, progression and education of communities worldwide. Each year the International Black Film Festival (IBFF) invites filmmakers from all over the globe to submit their projects to be considered as an “official selection” during the festiva...

Kering and the Festival de Cannes present the second edition of the 'Women in Motion' programme

  In keeping with the first edition, the 2016 edition will be comprised of its two founding pillars: the 'Women in Motion' Talks and the 'Women in Motion' Awards.   Taking place as morning sessions throughout the entire competition, this year's 'Women in Motion' Talks will welcome guests from outside the film industry to enrich the discussions about the place and contribution of women in cinema and underline solutions which would make the industry more ...

Meetings on the Bridge at 35th Istanbul Film Festival will take place on 8-14 April 2016

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2016 MEETINGS ON THE BRIDGE   Meetings on the Bridge, organised in the scope of 35th Istanbul Film Festival on 8-14 April 2016 with the support of Anadolu Efes, brings filmmakers from Turkey and the Neighbours together with the international industry.   While providing an opportunity for filmmakers to hold the first international presentations for their new film projects at Film Development Workshop and films in post-production at Work in Progress, it also aims to pave the way for ...

Submissions open to Fan Boy Film Festival

Fan Boy Festival July 15 - August 26, 2016 Regular deadline July 1st Submissions open MARCH 15TH at www.FanBoyFilmFestival.com   Over $15,000 in Cash Prizes to be awarded to filmmakers! NO Submission fee to enter. SUBMISSION DEADLINE is July 1st. FESTIVAL DATES JULY 15th-AUGUST 26th. The Fan Boy Film Festival is an interactive online film festival that connects filmmakers with fans and other filmmakers. Fan Boy Film Festival accepts features, documentar...

The Film Students Guide to Covering US Film Festivals

The most heard of film festival in the USA is the Sundance Film Festival but the U.S has many more to offer. If you’re travelling to the US, or if you’re a film student or just a movie buff here are some of the best US film festivals to check out this year, just make sure you are applying for an ESTA visa so you can spend a fair amount of time touring America. Sundance Film Festival This is the largest cinematic festival that takes place in Utah in the USA every year in janu...

First Sino-European Production Seminar (EFM Asia).

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Wednesday, 17th February 2016 the European Film Market and Bridging the Dragon in cooperation with Movie View will organise the first Sino-European Production Seminar for selected European producers who are developing feature film projects with China. The programme will be an in-depth 'immersion day' consisting of interactive working sessions on how to approach the Chinese film market and will cover practical aspects of working with Chinese industry professionals. Confirmed experts inc...

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