When browsing filmfestivalspro.com search engine the database shows the following entries in the directory for festivals happening this month in the UK:http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/ffs/searchpro.shtmlLet us shed some light on our selection:AURORA Norwich BETTING ON SHORTS: MORE THAN A EUROVISION OF SHORTFILM London BRADFORD ANIMATION FESTIVAL (BAF!) Bradford CARDIFF SCREEN FESTIVAL CEASED Cardiff CINEMAGIC WORLD SCREEN FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Belfast CORNWALL FILM FESTIVAL ...
Six months on since its formation and independent television production company Rondo Media is not only on track to surpass its first year £10million turnover target, but has also been chosen as one of a limited number of companies included in the BBC’s outside London XM25 networking scheme. The company, which has offices in Cardiff, Caernarfon and Menai Bridge, has also created nine new jobs since its inception, with 5 employed in north Wales and 4 in south Wales. One of these new posts see...
BFM International Film Festival, running from 7th to 17th November 2008, is the largest black world cinema event in the UK. The 10th Anniversary festival will take place at venues across London which include, the BFI Southbank, the British Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Rich Mix and Bernie Grant Art’s Centre. This year’s festival takes a new direction, reflecting predominantly British work and a high proportion of UK premiers. The festival will also showcase films from across th...
Pickford creates United Artists
America's Sweetheart
Coquette
Nicholas Eliopoulos – Producer/Director/Editor “Director’s Statement” on MARY PICKFORD :
Like most of us, I never got to meet Mary Pickford. I did have the privilege of knowing and interviewing her late husband Buddy Rogers. Buddy starred in the first mot...
Cornwall Film Festival 6-9 November 2008 We are very excited to announce a fantastic programme for Cornwall Film Festival 2008 which offers something for everybody. South West feature premieres include Terence Davies’ Of Time and the City which will be introduced by Mark Kermode (BBC 2’s Culture Show); Fernando Meirelles’ (City of God, The Constant Gardner) Blindness with an introduction by Executive Producer Simon Channing-Williams and Mark Tonderai’s Hush with introduction by director ...
The Tucson Film & Music Festival lineup has been announced and tickets for all screenings are on sale now! This year, the exciting four-day festival lands in Tucson with its new Columbus Day weekend dates, October 9-12, 2008. The much-anticipated festival's impressive film and music lineup features numerous Arizona premieres, as well as a selection of U.S. and World Premieres. Bridging the art of film and music more than ever before, TFMF presents exclusive live performances by many of the icon...
Robert Downey Jr. brings the legendary detective to life as he has never been portrayed before. Jude Law stars as Holmes’ trusted colleague, Watson, a doctor and war veteran who is a formidable ally for Sherlock Holmes. Rachel McAdams stars as Irene Adler, the only woman ever to have bested Holmes and who has maintained a tempestuous relationship with the detective. Mark Strong stars as their mysterious new adversary, Blackwood. Kelly Reilly will play Watson’s love interest, Mary.Based o...
The second edition of the Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF), organised by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) announced today the selection of films to be shown in the “Festival of Festivals” and the “Environmental” programmes. They are considered by many to be the most exciting programmes taking place during MEIFF to be held in Abu Dhabi from 10th to 19th October 2008.“This initiative is important in that it brings to the local community internationa...
The Austin Film Festival (AFF) will honor writer, producer and director Greg Daniels with the 2008 Outstanding Television Writer Award at the 15th Annual Austin Film Festival (Oct. 16-23, 2008). Daniels will receive the award at the Austin Film Festival Awards Luncheon presented by AT&T on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008 at the Austin Club. AFF co-founder and Executive Director Barbara Morgan said, “We’re thrilled to honor Greg Daniels for his contribution to ground-breaking comedic television on f...
Friday edition of Sarajevo Film Festival Coffee program as a regular event of Festival Centre was host by British director Sharon Maguire and producer Andy Peterson. Their joint project the film “Incendiary” was presented to viewers of the 14th Sarajevo Film Festival. Talking about her beginnings as a film director Sharon Maquire emphasized her earlier career as TV journalist that helped her understands the great power of film. Then she decided to try on do an art film herself. I think we...
The Irish Film Institute today announced the programme for its seventh Stranger Than Fiction documentary film festival with 38 films on show, a major pitching event for industry experts, and numerous special guests.Announcing the programme, festival director James Kelly said "2008 is another strong year for documentary film, and I'm delighted that for this, the 7th year of the festival, we can offer documentary lovers such a strong and diverse programme of Irish and International work”.That st...
"I believe in the adage 'there are no coincidences.' Case in point, Jonathan Hall and Hannah Robinson who are the winners of the American Screenwriters Association's 11th Annual International Screenwriting Competition (co-sponsored by Gotham Writers' Workshop). So you find yourself languishing in an airport on another monotonous layover when something pique's your interest. Okay, you're kind of eavesdropping on a fellow passenger's cell phone conversation. Semantics-schmantics. The woman with th...
Creators of the popular Jamestown Chamber Music Series present “The Music of Ikuma Dan” at the Central Baptist Church on Sunday, July 20th (JAMESTOWN, RI) A Musical celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Black Ships Festival, comes to Jamestown when “Music for a While” returns with a unique concert celebrating the music of acclaimed Japanese composer, Ikuma Dan. The program is presented by the Flickers Arts Collaborative and the Rhode Island International Film Festival. “M...
As noted in my comments posted on July 1st about the 2008 Medienforum. in Germany the dual television system with programming provided by commercial and public stations creates an uneasy and frequently conflictual situation as exacerbated by the current neo-liberal economic approach espoused by the market and media commissioners in Brussels. Yet this year's screenings of unreleased German and foreign television program and numerous seminars demonstrated again the significant contribution publi...
9 June 2008: 2008 will herald a record number of Industry Events at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) aimed at industry professionals across all levels of experience, from Friday 20 June to Friday 27 June. A new talent focus will encourage those early in their careers with a special weekend pass offer, which will enable them to attend panel discussions including PRODUCER FAT CATS? HOW TO SUCCEED – AND SURVIVE – AS AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCER IN THE UK, looking at the skills needed...
Sheffield International Documentary Festival, the UK’s premier event for international documentary professionals, has today started its search for films to showcase at this year’s festival.Sheffield Doc/Fest is considering documentaries of any style or subject from established or debut filmmakers, television or film school productions for this year’s official programme. Last year Doc/Fest showcased 100 of the finest examples of documentary film from across the globe, attracting over 1,200 ...
First Annual Joseph & Viola Marshall Memorial Benefit Concert: Supporting high school and college students study in the film and media arts. Slated for Friday, May 30th, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. Providence, RI (May 16, 2008) Music is all around us. Stop. Listen. You will hear it. Each of us has music that we associate with various points in our lives. Like a soundtrack in a motion picture, music serves as a trigger, bringing back a flood of memories that make up who we are. For most, music ca...
GERONIMO, Apache Chief by his great-grandson Harlyn.GERONIMO Geronimo: Geronimo SUR LES PAS DE GÉRONIMOby Corine Sombrun and Harlyn GERONIMOAvailable in bookstores May 20th, 2008A new book has just come out on the legendary Apache Indian GERONIMO, published by Alban Michel. Harlyn Géronimo, his great-grandson, was present in Paris to lauch
SUR LES PAS DE GÉRONIMOby Corine Sombrun and Harlyn GERONIMOAvailable in bookstores May 20th, 2008A new book has just come out on the legendary Apache Indian GERONIMO, published by Alban Michel. Harlyn Géronimo, his great-grandson, was present in Paris to launch the edition based on his ancestor Geronimo (1829-1909)One of the last Indians to lay down his weapons at the end of the wars, after holding out to over half...
In its 13th annual appearance, the fmx/08 has once more lived up to its reputation. For four full days, the conference on all things relevant to digital entertainment drew the international cg community to Stuttgart's Haus der Wirtschaft to inform themselves about the latest developments and – more importantly – to exchange ideas and experiences. The comprehensive and first-rate program is decisive in making this event the best of its kind in Europe, but other factors also play a role. Under...
Public voting for the first Babelgum Online Film Festival (BOFF) is building on Babelgum, the new interactive web TV portal. Over a thousand entries from 86 countries are available to anyone with broadband, reaching a potential global audience of 360 million. The Babelgum Online Film Festival is the first of its kind, and provides a unique distribution opportunity for the newest filmmaking talent. A number of entries have been created specifically for the festival, proving that it is also gen...
Thursday, March 20----Anthony Minghella, the British filmmaker who won an Academy Award for his direction of THE ENGLISH PATIENT in 1997, died Tuesday morning in London at the age of 54. The cause was a brain hemmorage, brought on by complications from surgery he underwent a week ago to treat tonsil cancer. Anthony Minghella was born on January 6, 1954, and grew up on the Isle of Wight, where his parents, immigrants from Italy, ran an ice cream factory. Minghella began his career writing scri...
Wednesday, March 19------Acclaimed UK director Mike Leigh will be honored with inaugural Founder's Directing Award at the 51st San Francisco International Film Festival (24 April-8 May). The Founder's Award will be presented to Leigh at the Film Society Awards Night, the annual benefit gala, on Thursday, 1 May at the Westin St. Francis Hotel.The Founder's Directing Award is presented each year to one of the masters of world cinema and is given in memory of Irving M. Levin, who founded the San ...
BIRDS EYE VIEW (BEV) film festival presents nine days of inspiration and celebration, showcasing the very best work from women filmmakers with over 70 events including screenings, workshops and parties at 7 London venues including the ICA and BFI. See www.birds-eye-view.co.uk for more info.There are still 4 days of the festival left to explore and packed with excellent films, docs and workshops … so don’t miss out on this unique opportunity!Highlights include:EXPIRED + Director Q&A (Cecilia...
12TH NY SEPHARDIC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT US PREMIERE FILM "GOT NO JEEP AND MY CAMEL DIED" By Maria Esteves - March 5, 2008 The New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival (NYSJFF) 2008, Opening Night US Premiere film GOT NO JEEP AND MY CAMEL DIED, directed by Ehud Tomalak, was held at the Center For Jewish History, Thursday, February 7, 7:30 PM. A special performance by Yair Dalal and Q&A session preceded the Opening Night Reception. Presented by the American Sephardi...
