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In keeping with the tradition of listening to a rather powerful woman just before you’re about to embark on what’s really important – or maybe you’ve already squashed Christmas lunch by the time your attention is perhaps swayed by a certain Elizabeth Windsor – its’ time we took note of another Christmas message – the one being brought to you by another powerful woman (Sheila Nortley) who is fast becoming a regular fixture on the urban independent film circuit. And before we hear ...
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On Monday 28th November ÉCU The European Independent Film Festival, Paris's premier showcase for independently financed shorts and features, will attempt to write - and produce - a short film entirely made up of contributions crowd sourced via the Twitter social network.
With an opening scene setter provided by the festival, it is then up to their followers to provide all successive dialogue and actions, creating new scenes, introducing other characters, building up...
On
to the first of firsts…the launch of ÉCU’s new category, ‘ÉCU Firsts’.
This exciting new edition offers first-time filmmakers the opportunity
to screen their films at the ÉCU Film Festival in our special “ÉCU
Firsts” screening area in Paris, for free, from March 30th to April 1st
2012. Check our website’s Homepage for details on submission criteria.
For the first time ever, Kadi is off to Sofia, Bulgaria to judge the
7th edition of the International S...
Dolly Parton Press Conference In Sydney, by Eva Rinaldi - 10th May 2011
Country music legend Dolly Parton has hit Australian soil (as has her now famous bus)... bringing traffic and turning heads in Perth, Sydney, and everywhere else she goes.
The Better Day world tour has hit Australia and today Dolly put on a wonderful press conference in Sydney at the beautiful InterContinental Hotel.
Dolly was so warm and accommodating to media, a...
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Dolly Parton and her bus coming to Sydney, by Eva Rinaldi
I'm pleased to report that country music legend Dolly Parton has hit Australian soil (as has her now famous bus)... first stop Perth.
The Better Day world tour, just off a bit of trouble with Australian Customs officials is now on the road, Australian style.
The bus is understood to be safe at the Burswood Dome, and is in fine shape to tour t...
Encouraging a growing online community of filmmakers and fans to embrace a better way to make and market films, FilmFunds introduced a slate of new website tools today, augmenting its already game-changing technologies such as real-time Emotional ID (EID) and image recognition. Concurrently, the company debuted a production arm to more actively facilitate fan-favorite projects. FilmFunds, which launched last month, empowers a social community of 60+ million entert...
We are back
with a bang! India’s Biggest Queer Film Festival returns for its third edition
in 2012. Submissions are now open for all categories, including for the
competition section. Filmmakers from India and across the world can submit
features, documentaries and short films that highlight/focus on Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, Transgender, Queer themes and expressions.
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer
Film Festival is the first and only gay & lesbian film festival i...
The 55th BFI London Film Festival announced the winners at its high profile awards ceremony at London's LSO St Luke's October 26th.
Hosted by Marcus Brigstocke, the four awards were presented by some of the most respected figures in the film world.
BEST FILM: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, directed by Lynne Ramsay
Celebrating the most original, intelligent and distinctive filmmaking in the Festival, the Best Film award, ...
The annual Film
Independent Forum was held this weekend in Los Angeles. The goal of the 3 day
event, filled with panels, lectures, Q & A sessions, screenings, and
networking lunches, is to empower filmmakers "to take control of their
projects."
"Like Crazy," best
picture pic at Sundance opened the event Friday night, one week before it opens
limited release. A Q & A with the creative team followed the screening.
A beautiful film about
love, Film Indepe...
Iron Sky Comic Is Out - Pay What You Like Or Read It For FreeThe first issue of the comic based on the Moon Nazi movie Iron Sky is free to read on the net, and the fans can pay what they like to support the film.October 5th 2011 - Helsinki/Finland -- The creators of the Finnish-German-Australian dark sci-fi comedy Iron Sky have released the first of the three issues of comics based on the film online. The prequel comic details the history of the Nazi Moonbase Schwartze Sonne on the far side of t...
Bonjour,
Le 4
février 2012 au cinéma Kursaal de
Besançon, aura lieu la 5e édition du
Festival de courts-métrages BESANCOURT.
Ouvert aux cinéastes indépendants et professionnels (catégories
distinctes), sans thème imposé et ouvert à tous les genres, vous pourrez concourir pour :
- Meilleure Fiction Professionnelle
- Meilleur Documentaire / Animation / Expérimental Professionnel
- Meilleure Fiction Cinéastes
Indépendants
- Meilleur Do...
Four dynamic business and media leaders, Lila Ibrahim, Ellen McGirt, Todd Hoddick and Anand Chandrasekaran have joined Cinequest's Board of Directors with the mandate to enhance Cinequest's global impact through creativity and innovation.
Lila Ibrahim , partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has connected with Cinequest. Ibrahim became a partner at Kleiner Perkins in 2010 and works across the firm's digital and greentech portfolios. Before joining Kleiner Perkins, Ibrahim had a div...
The theme “Neighbors Near and Far” will be explored at the 23rd annual Boston Jewish Film Festival, which opens Nov. 2 and continues through Nov. 13.
The Boston Jewish Film Festival presents 32 of the most innovative films on Jewish themes from around the world in Greater Boston area theatres. Films are accentuated by panel discussions and with visits by more than a dozen directors, actors and subjects from such countries as Israel, France, Germany and Hungary.
“Our f...
We are open for submissions and you can visit us on Facebook, Twitter, Withoutabox and our webiste (www.queensworldfilmfestival.com). Our first year was great, 120 films, 4 screens 2 locations, 4 days, 2 panels and everynight lots of gatherings. We are always looking for challenging films from around the world and around the corner. The edgier the better. Challenge us, Please!!!! We look forward to hearing from you!
...
Mr Geoff Small, Mr Stephen Lloyd Jackson, Mr Yves Brodsky, Ms Sonja Phillips, Ms Jane Sanchez-Gull, Mr Aml Ameen, Mr Cassius Matthias, Mr Lyndon Ives, Mr Harold Chapman, Ms Ida Akesson, Ms Beth Parkes, Mr Richard Bond, Mr Ben Miller, and Mr Paris Leonti.
Having saluted our 16 shortlisted filmmakers BUFF would like to thank all of those other talented filmmakers who’ve submitted their entries for festival consideration – it has been a privilege to watch them all. We would also like t...
Festival Co-located
Event to Feature Marquee Film Panels, Seminars, Presentations and Networking
Opportunities with the Top Executives in Hollywood
Panels Will Be
Live-Streamed Courtesy of Dyal Productions with Showbiz Store and Cafe Hosting
Multiple Sessions
On the heels of the upcoming HollyShorts Film Festival which takes
place August 11-18 in Hollywood, the festival's organizers are unleashing the
inaugural HollyShorts Indie Film Summit, a week-long confer...
Guidelines: (download
the pdf)
Submission is free and all entries must be received by 31 July 2011 – this
has been extended!
All contributions should relate to climate change and must have been produced
since the Cancun Climate Change Conference (1 December 2010). It is open to
everyone, worldwide, but should not have been published or produced for
commercial gain elsewhere.
All submissions should be titled with the production date, the author’s name
and a questi...
Climate
Change TV is offering US$5,000 for the best video on climate change – to be
voted for by the public.
Guidelines: (download
the pdf)
Submission is free and all entries must be received by 31 July 2011 – this
has been extended!
All contributions should relate to climate change and must have been produced
since the Cancun Climate Change Conference (1 December 2010). It is open to
everyone, worldwide, but should not have been published or produced for
commercial gain elsewhere.
All submissions should be titled with the production date, the author’s name
and a question, EG: 01/2011 SMITH: What is climate change?
If it is in a language other than English, then please use subtitles in
English as well.
It should not exceed three minutes
It should be provided as an flv file and not be greater than 50MB.
Only one submission per person is allowed – attempts to submit more will mean
that person is disqualified.
Inappropriate content will not be used.
Only videos matching all these requirements will be presented at
www.climate-change.tv/award for public voting. Climate Change TV retains the
rights to host these on the site for the next two years (duly credited), and the
winner and a selection of others may be used in promotional campaigns around the
awards.
Votes will be welcomed over email, Twitter and
Facebook during August and September – details to follow, but do sign up to our monthly
briefing to keep updated.
Submission:
By email: (using, for example, dropbox or yousendit) to
award@climate-change.tv
By post: Climate Change TV, 19 Heddon Street, London, W1B 4BG
Who would be a media mogul ey? The last few weeks and months has seen the likes of Simon Cowell and Rupert Murdoch become the story for the wrong reasons. For months, the press were told who was in and who was out in the game of musical chairs regarding this year’s X Factor judges. Eventually we said goodbye to Danni Minogue and Cheryl Cole and hello to Kelly Rowland and Tulisa Contostavlos (Peter Dickson, the voice of X-Factor will certainly have his hands full announcing her name in full e...
Film finance requires a quality film budget and schedule from an experienced line producer. In order to determine where and how to shoot a movie production, a film producer needs to consult with and hire a line producer to provide film production services. Armed with extensive knowledge of worldwide film crew availability, film tax incentives, foreign exchange rates and the plot and story element needed to convey the screenplay and director's vision, a veteran line producer creates an accur...
The seventh edition of Fantastic Fest, will be happening September 22-29 in Austin, Texas.
This batch of 20 films spans the globe from Japan, Belgium, Mexico, Russia, Hong Kong, Korea and of course the USA. We're debuting digital restorations of Italian horror classics and a stunning 3D epic with more objects flying in your face than Michael Bay and James Cameron combined. With favorite Fantastic Fest veterans returning with new projects and a new slate of debut directors, 2011 is ...
7TH
ANNUAL HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL TO
HONOR ACCLAIMED PRODUCERS KEVIN CHINOY AND
FRANCESCA SILVESTRI WITH INAUGURAL MAVERICK PRODUCERS AWARD
”
Hollywood -The organizers of HollyShorts (www.hollyshorts.com) announced today that
the 7th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival will kick off by honoring the
award-winning production team of Kevin Chinoy and Francesca Silvestri with the inaugural
HollyShorts Maverick Producer’s Award for their significant contrib...
Director: Kal Bonner.
As darkness falls across the city a blonde with a gun investigates a noise - but all is not what it seems when deception is nine tenths of the law...
Saturday, July 16, FilmOneFest returns to Atlantic Highlands. "We're working hard to make
FilmOneFest 2011 'leap' with unexpected moments, new experiences, and beautiful
filmmaking," says co-Director Robert O'Connor of New
Jersey's only one-minute film festival.
FilmOneFest offers succinct, exciting minutes by local, national, and
international filmmakers, films that capture the essence of an artist's vision
in just 60 seconds. And it's not just film – this out...
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