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New music programs from Yle, the Finnish Broadcasting Company at Avant Première 2016.

  We welcome You to the screening of the chef d’œuvre of Finnish music, KULLERVO,  a symphonic poem by Jean Sibelius at Scandic Potsdamer Platz Screening Hall on Wednesday 17th February at 19.30hrs.  Also present will be the choreographer Tero Saarinen. Tero Saarinen - Jean Sibelius: Kullervo Dance and Opera - 2015         90 min, HD Co-production: Finnish National Opera, Yle and...

17th Golden Trailer Awards Calling

Call for Entry is NOW open at www.goldentrailer.com Trailers, Teasers, Posters, Video Games, TV Spots, Radio Spots, Innovative Theatrical Advertising & More Important Dates: Early Bird Deadline: Friday February 5th, 2016 Regular Deadline: Friday March 4th, 2016 Late Deadline: March 18th, 2016 Show Date: May 4th, 2016 in Los Angeles, CA Show Tickets on sale February 1st, 2016 Call for Entry is NOW open at www.goldentrailer.com Submit your: Trailers,...

Languages & The Media Conference in Berlin this November

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The new mediascape is cross-platform, on-demand and multilingual Across all sectors, personalised, on-demand service is no longer a luxury, but an expectation. When consuming media, users are looking for accessible, quality content across all platforms, at all times, in all languages. For the audiovisual translation sector this presents a huge challenge, but also a great opportunity. Never before has there been such high demand for professional media translation services, but these new time...

EFM Industry Debates 2016

EFM Industry Debates 2016: Producers as Entrepreneurs, the Boom in High-end TV Series in Europe, and Korea’s Growing Influence on South East Asian Cinema   Now in its tenth year, the EFM Industry Debates is again focussing - in three panel discussions with top experts - on current issues in the film and media industry. The debates are being presented for the fifth time by the IFA, the leading global trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances, and official partner of t...

Kodak and Sundance Institute Collaborate To Support Independent Filmmakers

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Kodak and Sundance Institute are collaborating to support the Institute’s preservation efforts while also supporting independent filmmakers who are using motion picture film. As part of the new alliance, Kodak is providing film to the Sundance Institute’s Archives, which hosts a wealth of images, tapes and artifacts preserved over its rich 35-year history. Kodak is also creating 35mm exhibition prints for filmmakers who originated their projects on film and those with features in the...

Uber partners with Airbus for Sundance helicopter rides

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Uber has already taken over the roads in most major cities. Now it’s getting ready to take over the skies this week at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.  The San Francisco company is partnering with aircraft manufacturer Airbus Group SE for a pilot program that will let Sundance attendees hail a helicopter ride from the Uber app. ...

Panavision and Ludwig Kameraverleih Announce Distribution Deal

   Panavision, the entertainment industry’s leading designer, manufacturer and rental provider of high-precision optics and camera systems, has reached a distribution agreement with Ludwig Kameraverleih in Germany. The highly regarded rental facility will now be able to provide filmmakers in the region with Panavision’s extensive range of spherical and anamorphic lenses, including the popular Primo 70 series for larger sensor digital cameras. ...

Film or Festival? How Short Film Connection can work for you

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HOW IT WORKS First off, welcome to SFC! Our mission is to become the most comprehensive and feature-rich short film website possible. We need your help to build our community and achieve our goals, so read this page and discover how you can benefit from and contribute to our site! WHAT CAN THIS SITE DO FOR ME? The goals of the current version of the site are: 1. to provide entertainment and information for film lovers Anyone who loves to watch movies and short films c...

About SFC

The idea for Short Film Connection was born in Switzerland in 2014 and ever since its inception, a global team of individuals have been working together to realize the common goal of building a great short film website. Collectively, we have extensive experience in organizing short film festivals and producing film shorts as well. In addition, we’re great believers in the power of Internet and our aim is to explore news production & distribution models for short films. ...

Student Screening Day PSIFF 2016 to Screen Narrative Feature "JEREMY" & Doc "SALAM NEIGHBOR"

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  Life isn’t easy for an eight-year-old genius. When sweet and highly precocious misfit Jeremy (a terrific turn by newcomer Martín Castro) is revealed to have an IQ of 160, he quickly discovers that with extraordinary gifts come unexpected obstacles: the pressure to map out his life’s path; fitting in with his loving but clueless (and impoverished) family; and being groomed by an unscrupulous academic, for instance. Yet his biggest challenge might just be learning the...

DHEEPAN Screens @ 27th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival

DHEEPAN is screening @ the 27th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival from January 1-11, 2016. For more information, visit: http://www.psfilmfest.org/ Every year, Cannes Film Festival movie-goers try to predict what the Palm d'Or winner will be. There are always the audience favorites and big buzz films; but more often than not, it's the film least expected to win that rises to the top taking home the highly besought golden palm. This year, that film was DHEEPAN by reno...

27th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Festival Screens "PAPA"

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From the film Papa director Bob Yari along with actors Adrian Sparks and Mariel Hemingway to attend. Papa follows journalist Ed Myers (Giovanni Ribisi) on his adventure to Cuba in 1959, on a mission to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway (Adrian Sparks). Hidden away at a private estate with his wife Mary (Joely Richardson), the elusive author mentors young Myers in fishing, drinking and finding his voice, while the Cuban Revolution comes to a boil all around them. In this turbule...

Tim Roth To Attend Q&A for "600 Miles" & "Chronic" @ 27th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival

  CHRONIC Home hospice-care nurse David Wilson (Tim Roth) tends to his patients with a cold, dedicated proficiency that betrays a desperate inner life. Yearning for connection, he absorbs elements of his patients’ lives as his own, recklessly blurring the line between personal and professional, and holding at bay a devastating secret that threatens to unravel with the appearance of a mysterious young woman.  Acclaimed writer/director Michel Franco follows up his s...

27th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Festival Screens "Hello, My Name Is Doris"

From the film "Hello, My Name is Doris" director Michael Showater along with actors Max Greenfield and Sally Field attend. With her lead role in this engaging new comedy, two-time Oscar® winner Sally Fields shows exactly why she’s been one of the most beloved and respected actresses in American film for over four decades. Doris has devoted her entire adult life to her mother, living with her in their clutter-filled Staten Island home. Now that her mom has passed, Doris fin...

Oscar-Shortlisted Foreign Filmmakers In Conversation @ 2016 Palm Springs International Film Festival

Scott Feinberg   Scott Feinberg, Awards analyst for the Hollywood Reporter, joined a number of the directors of this year’s leading candidates for the Foreign Language Oscar race in what was an illuminating discussion encompassing their films, what drives them thematically and creatively and the concurrent blessing and curse that comes with being the subject of “Oscar buzz.”   Directors in attendance included: Jaco Van Dormael (The Brand New Testa...

Submit your film to Wiper Film Festival

Wiper is a free messaging and calling app with fun new ways to enjoy music and video. And now, home to amazing independent films! Wiper is based in NYC. We love independent filmmakers and their films. The festival is one way we are building a better platform for your work to find an audience and the financial rewards that come with it. Wiper is a fast growing app with fun new ways to enjoy films and music. It has been the #1 app in 25 countries and has over 18 million users. Through the fe...

Berlinale Street Food returns

Dieter Kosslick visiting the Berlinale Street Food Market  Once more the 66th Berlinale wants to whet your appetite: also for good food. For the third year the Berlinale Street Food Market will provide festival visitors with a selection of slow food treats from around the world. The food trucks will again be set up on Joseph-von-Eichendorff-Gasse at the corner of Alte Potsdamer Straße - so to speak, at the heart of the festival.   “With ‘food on wheels’ in ...

IFFNoHo April 28 - May 1, 2016 calling for entries

International Film Festival NORTH HOLLYWOOD Submit your film     WATCH THE 2016 SIZZLE REEL IFFNoHo celebrates the art of filmmaking, helps support a community of artists and showcases North Hollywood as an entertainment and travel destination. A film festival by filmmakers for filmmakers. 1st annual FILM FESTIVAL/ APRIL 28 - MAY 1, 2016 IFFNoHo is designed to be a launch pl...

launching the 2015 Bahamas International Film Festival Mobile App

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Cornèr Bank (Overseas) Limited and the Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) will team up for the first time this year in an exciting new sponsorship deal. Cornèr Bank is launching the 2015 Bahamas International Film Festival Mobile App, as well as putting its support behind the festival’s World Cinema and Latin America Film sidebars and receptions. This exclusive partnership with the festival was announced today by BIFF Founder and Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool. ...

Berlinale World Cinema Fund: New Funding Recommendations

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    At the 23rd jury session of the World Cinema Fund (WCF), the jury recommended contributing to the funding of ten film projects.   Four film projects – from Myanmar, Turkey, Chad and Senegal - were suggested for production funding. In addition, distribution funding was recommended for the German cinema release of a film from Venezuela. Within the framework of the WCF Europe programme, production funding was proposed for projects from Brazil, Argentina and Chile. ...

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Fifth Annual Napa Valley Film Festival Film Line-Up, Special Events and Celebrity Tribute Honorees:

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  Celebrity Tributes include Bruce Dern, Lydia Hearst, Keegan-Michael Key, Evan Peters, John Travolta and Finn Wittrock. Notable attendees include Emilie de Ravin, Chef Curtis Duffy, Eliza Dushku, Atom Egoyan, Blye Faust, Jonathan Gold, Todd Haynes, Robert Lantos, Josh Mond, Jessie Nelson, Chef Georges Perrier and more Napa, California – The fifth annual Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) is pleased to announce its program line-up, Opening Night & Gala screenings, special e...

Submit for free to Global Short Film Awards - New York & Cannes

Awards   Global Short Film Awards recognize excellence in highly creative and imaginative films under 15 minutes long. These short films will be suitable to meet the increasing content demand for intelligent phones, digital and hand held devices as well as internet, commercial, art, science and educational applications. For the premier issue, finalists and a winner will be selected in 2-D and 3-D formats in each category. HOW TO ENTER: Submit the onl...

Submit to New York City Independent Film Festival 2016

Submissions are now open for the 7th Annual New York City Independent Film Festival! Send us your films today and help us make 2016 our best year yet! There are several ways in which you can submit your movie. You can use one of the specialized websites on the right, or you can fill out the form below and send us a link to your movie, or you can print this regular mail form if you want to send us a DVD. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us...

WoFF: World of Film International Festival calling

In 2016, WoFF returns for its third edition with great energy and ideas, generated from a wonderful 2015 festival. Our focus remains on independent cinema from all around the globe, by showcasing the work of first feature filmmakers and female directors in our two main sections, First Features and The Female Perspective, respectively. The festival has four categories in competition: *First Feature Film Competition  *Best Short Film Competition  *Feature in t...

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