After 10 successful years, European Film Promotion (EFP) has changed the concept for SHOOTING STARS: for the first time, EFP has appointed a jury of prominent industry figures to select the best nine from a variety of talented up-and-coming actors from the most diverse of European countries. They will be presented as SHOOTING STARS to an international professional audience during the 58th Berlin International Film Festival in 2008. 22 EFP member countries have each nominated an actor. The jury w...
Festival Dates / Deadline AFM 1 - 8 November 2006 / 14 October 2006 Sundance 18 - 28 January 2007 / 5 January 2007 Berlinale / EFM 8 - 18 February 2007 / 2 February 2007 Hong Kong Film Market 20 - 23 March 2007 / 9 March 2007 MIPTTV 3 - 7 April 2007 / 23 March 2007 Festival de Cannes / Marche du Film 16 - 27 May 2007 / 4 May 2007La Biennale di Venezia / Venice Film Festival 30 August - 9 September 2007 / 10 August 2007 Toronto Film Festival 6 - 15 September 2007 / 17 August 2007 MIPCOM 8 - 12 Oc...
Friday, January 26---On the eve of the Festival's closing weekend, several impressive distribution deals have been announced, which have made this one of the more active Festivals in recent years. In light of the box office and awards bonanza of the little-film-that-could LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (a Sundance pick-up last year for Fox Searchlight), acquisition execs have been aggressive in snatching up films with equal potential. Of course, whether these were wise decisions that will pay off hands...
Friday, June 9---One of the most consistently popular sections at the annual Troia International Film Festival is devoted to American Independents. This year, six films, most having their European premieres at the event, will compete for the Dolphin Award.
The films are quite diverse in their genres, directorial styles and use of their regional base. In Anthony Ng’s 212, which had its world premiere at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, a diverse group of twenty-something New Yorkers grasp for...
One of the most consistently popular sections at the annual Troia International Film Festival is devoted to American Independents. This year, six films, most having their European premieres at the event, will compete for the Dolphin Award. The films are quite diverse in their genres, directorial styles and use of their regional base. In Anthony Ng’s 212, which had its world premiere at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, a diverse group of twenty-something New Yorkers grasp for love and intimacy ...
