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Cellar Door Film Festival Announces 2015 Line-up!

    Cellar Door Film Festival Offers Audiences a World Tour of Speculative Cinema!   Festival returns with a mix of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy films from around the world.   29 September, 2015 For Immediate release   OTTAWA, ON – Cellar Door Film Festival (CDFF) returns for a second year of strange and unusual cinema. After a successful first year featuring a sold-out opening night and enthusiastic audiences, Ottawa’s first film festival devote...

The Top 10 Reasons You Don't Want to Miss FestForward

AboutFest introduces FestForward, a brand new Music, Film and Food & Wine Festival industry convergence taking place at the Fess Parker Resort in Santa Barbara from the 22nd - 24th November. FestForward features thought leaders from all disciplines, unique networking experiences and educational resources in a relaxed yet elegant setting. Attendees and sponsors will leave inspired with solutions, contacts, new business and valuable insights and resources! If you haven't already ...

Program of the second edition of ZURICH SUMMIT.

Filmfestivals.com and Bruno Chatelin are proud, as a partner of the Summit, to present the second edition of ZURICH SUMMIT. A few word from the organizers.   Zurich Summit is an exclusive gathering for innovative entrepreneurs, business leaders and creative luminaries from the entertainment and media industries. It revolves around the exchange of cutting-edge ideas and exploring new business models. The spectrum and speed at which these groundbreaking models mo...

Diastème comments on the censorship of his new film "French Blood".

French director Diastème comments on the censorship of his new film "French Blood". Marco is a skinhead, tried and true. With his buddies, Braguette, Grand-Guy, and Marvin, he beats up Arabs and sticks up posters of far right political parties. Until the moment that he suddenly feels, in spite of himself, all this hatred desert him. But how do you get rid of the violence, anger, and stupidity inside of you? It's the story of a son of a bitch who attempts to become some...

The IV edition of the Venice Film Market this year took place from September 3rd to September 8th .

Venice Film Market Opening The IV edition of the Venice Film Market this year took place from September 3rd to September 8th . The services organized as part of the Venice Film Market aim to promote the general networking between Industry professionals attending the Venice Film Festival, the visibility of the titles in official line-up and in the market, as well as to support the audiovisual industry in Italy and in Europe. Further encouraging the direct contact between buyers and sellers, in ...

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READ THIS OFFER ONLINE ON         Dear Friends and Colleagues, Time is flying by fast and we're already halfway through 2015! We hope the first half of the year has been a productive one for you and for those who have joined us at our forums in ...

Meet our partner Stage 32

Creativity is Universal Network year-round with STAGE32.COM! WHAT IS STAGE 32? "LinkedIn meets Lynda for film creatives" -Forbes Magazine    The world's largest social network and educational hub for film, television & theater creatives.    Over 400,000 film & television members including Oscar, BAFTA and Emmy Award winners.    80,000+ topics ranging from producing, filmmaking and distribution trending now in our Lounge  &...

Professional Agenda at San Sebastian

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Numerous industry activities are scheduled for the 63rd San Sebastian Festival. Said activities are detailed in the Professional Agenda and will be updated daily on the Festival website. Updates will also be included in the daily News Flash sent out to accredited industry guests.   Throughout the Festival, and particularly on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd, to coincide with the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum and Films in Progress, San Sebastian will become a meeting place between member...

Final Cut in Venice

The third edition of the FINAL CUT IN VENICE workshop will take place from September 7th to September 8th, 2015 during the Venice Film Market of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival (Venice Lido, 2nd – 12th September 2015). The Festival’s purpose is to provide concrete assistance in the completion of films from Africa and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria; and to offer producers and directors an opportunity to present films still...

China Australia Film Collaboration Event 2015

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China Australia Film Collaboration Event 2015 Background: CinéfestOZ is a not-for-profit incorporated organisation that has established strong partnerships with government, sponsors and the community who recognize the value of the event to the cultural fabric of the South West and its contribution to state and national economic growth, tourism and the film industry. Over the past three years CinéfestOZ programming has included formal and informal China Australia co-productions an...

Projects at the Festival Market...

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Putuparri and the Rainmakers wins CinéfestOZ Film Prize

PUTUPARRI AND THE RAINMAKERS directed and produced by Nicole Ma, and produced by John Moore, has been named the winner of the 2015 CinéfestOZ $100,000 Film Prize. Ma and Moore were presented with the film prize tonight as part of CinéfestOZ’s Gala Night celebrations in Busselton, in the south west of Western Australia. Starring Tom Lawford and Sylvestor Rangie and set against the backdrop of Australia’s tangled colonial and Indigenous history, documentary PUTUPARRI ...

Festival Guests @ CinefestOZ 2015

Hugo Weaving - CinéfestOZ Screen Legend Critically acclaimed film, TV and theatre performer, Hugo is one of our most celebrated actors.  His performances include sell out seasons of Uncle Vanya, Waiting for Godot, Macbeth, Endgame and Les Liasons Dangereuses. He has been praised for his many diverse film roles in The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Oranges and Suns...

European Film Forum event on “Audiences in motion” planned for San Sebastian Fest

The San Sebastian International Film Festival and Creative Europe MEDIA organise a European Film Forum event on “Audiences in motion” in the framework of this year’s edition Donostia - San Sebastian. San Telmo Museum. Sunday, September 20 DEVELOPING AUDIENCES - Audiences in Motion The European Film Forum is a platform facilitated by the European Commission for a structured dialogue between policy makers and stakeholders in the audio-visual sector. The aim is to develop a s...

Save 25% with Filmfestivals.com Partner Offer for The Zurich Summit Membership

View Online 2nd Annual Zurich Summit | September 26 - 27, 2015 | Zurich, Switzerland Zurich Summit, the biggest industry event within the framework of the Zurich Film Festival addresses innovative financing, marketing and distribution strategies and brings together entrepreneurs, business leaders and creative luminaries in fil...

Bridging the Dragon (bridging the European and Chinese film industries)

Bridging the Dragon (August 4 – 10, Hotel Monteverità) The process of bridging the European and Chinese film industries is related to the need to find content that can be appealing to both audiences, and which can overcome the differences in terms of culture, language and market. With this in mind, Bridging the Dragon is organising the first Sino-European content lab programme, taking place in Songjiang/Shanghai and Locarno. The labs gather 10 teams (director/producer) ...

Launch of the Len Blum Residency programme at TIFF

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TIFF announced today the launch of the Len Blum Residency programme, a new creative development initiative which offers one filmmaker the unique opportunity to live, work and be inspired at TIFF Bell Lightbox. This programme, generously supported by Toronto-based filmmaker and distributor Ron Mann, will host one emerging writer-director at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto’s home for film lovers, for a period of up to three months. The Residency programme aims to build a nurturing environment t...

Blind Spot Gear: The ultimate new gadget for filmmakers

Blind Spot Gear, a new Scotland based company earns great success after inroducing to the world the innovative and unique lighting equipment 'The Scorpion Light'.  The Scorpion Light is perfect for flexible handheld, location, documentary and studio camera work. Providing a lightweight kick, detail or eye-light it is also ideal for stabilised camera gimbals, steadicam, dolly and crane shots where a lightweight fill is required without compromising the quality of the ambient light...

Alliance For Development: a new initiative by the Locarno Industry Days

      Alliance For Development, a new initiative by the Locarno Industry Days, is a platform connecting four countries (France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland) and facilitating the development of co-produced projects, in close cooperation with the three different co-development funds between France (CNC) and Italy (MiBACT), Germany (FFA) and Italy, as well as the upcoming fund between France and Germany. This year sees a pilot phase of Alliance For Development (AFD, 8...

Gas Natural Fenosa is renewing its agreement as Official Sponsor of the Festival

Gas Natural Fenosa is renewing its agreement as Official Sponsor of the Festival and is presenting the shorts that form part of Cinergy in its second year.   Images in high resolution  Today the company presented this unique film project for the second year running, in which the directors, Isabel Coixet, Santiago Segura and Paco León have taken part with stories that raise awareness about energy efficiency through humour. During the presentation of the proj...

Two new AFM initiatives: the China Conference and the Festival Conference

  The 2015 American Film Market (AFM) has unveiled several new initiatives ahead of this year’s event. These include the addition of two new conferences: The AFM China Conference and the AFM Festival Conference. Additionally, Carousel Cocktails will offer producers and filmmakers new networking opportunities and, for the first time, AFM and Cinando are providing all registered participants with a one-year, full access subscription to the Cinando web and apps.   AFM Managing Di...

Los Angeles Film Festival announces sponsors

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Today the Los Angeles Film Festival, produced by Film Independent, in conjunction with Presenting Media Sponsor the Los Angeles Times and Host Partner L.A. LIVE, announced its sponsors for the 2015 Festival. The Los Angeles Film Festival will run from Wednesday, June 10 to Thursday, June 18 in downtown Los Angeles. Joining the Festival as Premier Sponsor is Southern California BMW Centers and Jaeger-LeCoultre has returned to the Festival as the Principal Sponsor. American Airlines and Peroni Nas...

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Cannes Film Festival, CineXpert and French CST: IT security and advanced monitoring.

CineXpert and the French CST (Commission Supérieure Technique de l’image et du son), gathered their skills and strengths during the Cannes Film Festival, through an advanced technical monitoring solution of the projection equipment of the famous Palais des Festival.   CineXpert NOC Tools have been integrated within the hyper-secured IT infrastructure empowering the operational team with an innovative tool offering state of the art technological control of the eq...

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