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Whitney Houston's Sparkle promoting Nationwide Singing Competition

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No matter how often, or how much I enjoy belting out Whitney's "One Moment in Time", my neighbors can attest to the fact that I should not participate in this competition.  But perhaps you can! The SPARKLE Singing Challenge is a nationwide challenge and will be held in Philadelphia this Saturday, July 14th Entrants will be given the opportunity to sing a 60 second part from the songs “Celebration” or “Something He Can Feel”, from the late Whitney Houston’...

2013 Call for Entries Taos Shortz Film Fest

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The Call for Entries is now open for the 6th annual Taos Shortz Film Fest...2013!   Come join the hottest shorts film fest in the SouthWest. Taos Shortz Film Festival is rapidly becoming an internationally known film festival.  We are dedicated to featuring quality, juried short films from around the globe and we invite you to bring your adventure of creativity to our film fest.  Take the opportunity to strut your stuff amidst the mountains and mesas of Taos, NM.  Do you ...

MANHATTAN SHORT today announced The Feature Film Project

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MANHATTAN SHORT today announced The Feature Film Project, a new program that will discover and launch one feature film each year, with the help of over one hundred cinemas and the interactive opinions of movie goers across the United States. On March 21 2013 the winning feature film selected from a global call for entries will screen in over one hundred cinemas across the USA.  Audiences at each venue will receive a voting card at each cinema and be asked, ‘Should this film retur...

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An Exciting Job Offer

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Scott Hillier, President of ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival and Oscar award-winning independent filmmaker is offering a credit on his latest documentary in exchange for transcription and translation work (Arabic – English). We have been shooting in Libya and have 10 interviews (maximum 30 mins long). This is an unpaid position but you will gain a valuable credit of which you can use in your future filmmaking career opportunities or job prospects. This is a heartf...

New York: Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2012

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Human Rights Watch, in cooperation with The Film Society of Lincoln Center, presented the 23rd edition of its film festival from June 14 – 18.  Headquartered in New York City the Human Rights Watch is a global non-governmental independent organization considered to be the leading force in   protecting human rights and identifying their violations. By shifting the focus of media and policy makers to violations and to the need for corrective actions HRW prepares the ground for effec...

THE FEEL GOOD FILM FESTIVAL - TICKETS NOW ON SALE! AUG. 3-5, 2012 - LAEMMLE NORTH HOLLYWOOD

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THE MOMENT HAS ARRIVED! Individual Tickets Now On Sale for the 5th Anniversary of the International Feel Good Film Festival - August 3-5, 2012 at the Laemmle NoHo7 Theater in North Hollywood. CA. To view the 2012 Film Schedule and purchase tickets click on this link: http://www.fgff.org/films.php?id=films or go to  http://fgff.org/.  See attached 2012 FGFF Ticketing Schedule...and Leave a Film Festival Feeling Good! For more information contact:  filmmaker@fgff.org or go ...

II. International Green-Go Short Film Contest and Festival

Dear Film and Nature Friend!

Do you love Tarantino's arty works or are you a fan of David Attenborough's documentaries? Do you want to show with breathtaking pictures or with creative animation how much loss we suffer with the degradation of our biodiversity or the over consumption of fossil fuels?

Do you want to participate in a new international environmental movement that builds the basic of a green film festival?

If you say YES, then this is your place! Spread your environmental message and your talent, and even win with it! Participate in the II. International Green-Go Short Film Festival, be a part of the message to show people how much we should preserve our natural heritage that are key for our lives, how much we should turn to alternative energy sources to halt climate change and how much we should respect our cultural heritage built on our environment.

Check the categories, find more information and fill the application form at the contest's website: www.greengofest.eu. Do not forget to join our facebook communitny at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Green-Go-International-Short-Film-Contest/201482366648085

Choose your weapon and SHOOT! It is your time now to spread the word around the world!

Camerado Update: Two Film Festivals we Produce in Asia & 'FREEDOM DEAL' Production and KICKSTARTER

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Hello from  Camerado SE Asia: We've been very busy here recently in SE Asia, prepping for initial production  of our 3rd feature, FREEDOM DEAL , while simultaneously securing sponsorship for two film festivals we produce in the region, the CamboFest Cambodia Film Festival and the Bangkok IndieFest :     The CAMBOFEST, Cambodia Film Festival , Cambodia's first recurring international movie festival since...

Last Week

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Accepting VFF submissions for one more week: http://valleyfilmfest.blogspot.com/2012/07/last-week.html ...

Freshly Squeezed Film Festival Opens in Dublin

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Imagine a festival that would give film students and recent graduates the chance to showcase their short films. And imagine if this festival was open to students from all over the world to submit their films, regardless of language or genre.Well, some very innovative and creative people in Dublin not only imagined it, they did it. And thanks to their efforts, 40 young film makers are having their work shown on the big screen this weekend in Dublin at the inaugural Freshly Squeezed International ...

REMEMBERING MANI KAUL

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'To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.' (Thomas Campbell,1777-1844,Scottish poet) There they were, Jahnu Barua, Udayan Vajpeyi, MitaVashist, and Siddharth Sinha among others,going down memory lane and paying rich tribute to and sharing their experiences of the acclaimed film-maker and  Renaissance man, Mani Kaul inside the jam-packed Films Division  theatre here today,          Painter, musician, teacher and film maker whose movies have been h...

AFM Conference Series the program has been announced

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The American Film Market (AFM®) set for Oct. 31-Nov. 7 in Santa Monica, today announced the topics and schedule for its five day AFM Conference Series .   The, Conferences, covering a range of timely and valuable topics spanning from treatment to screen, will take place 9:15 am – 12:45 pm daily from Friday, Nov. 2 – Tuesday, Nov. 6, and will be comprised of a Finance Conference, Pitch Conference, Marketing Conference, Video-on-Demand Conference and Micro-Budget Conference.   The progra...

Secret Discount Codes for Lady Filmmakers Available for limited time!!

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  If you are looking for a high quality venue and event to screen your event look no further! Now in our 4th year, Lady Filmmakers celebrates women and the men who collaborate with them!! You only have to have ONE woman in a leadership position of Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, or Production Designer!! Submit your film to screen at the WGA Theater today and take advantage of all tha...

International Film Festival of Cinematic Arts (IFFCA) - Los Angeles

The Film Festival of Cinematic Arts (IFFCA) is started by passionate cinema enthusiasts who would like to contribute to the film  community and recognize the excellence and hard work which goes in making of a film. The festival has a goal of fostering a meaningful global conversation between cultures and countries through Cinema.

The festival is a joyous celebration of the art and craft of cinematic storytelling. We celebrate and recognize not only the directors, actors, but also present jury awards to screenwriters, editors, and composers. At the Cinematic Arts film festival, we celebrate all artists responsible for creating cinema.

Finally, it is indeed possible to tell evocative, visceral, meaningful, and moving films without spending millions of dollars. The Cinematic Arts film festival will inspire filmmakers around the world by premiering examples of films made on micro budgets. We have also included a new category just for music videos to appreciate the creativity and talent it takes to make these short forms of film making.

Be a part of this global cinematic experience.

Jaume Balagueró at Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival 2012!

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It is a great honour to announce the arrival of Spanish director Jaume Balagueró to this year's Grossmann Film and Wine Festival in Ljutomer, Slovenia, where he will present his thriller Sleep Tight. After the bloody mayhem of Rec 1&2 which will be screened in a special retrospective, one of the leading authors of European fantastic cinema takes a different approach with a sublime and creepy thriller which horror is placed in everyday life and that is guaranteed to make you feel ...

Open Roads 2012: New Italian Cinema showcase

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New York:  Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, 2012 That foreign language films have hard time finding an audience in the United is no secrete unless they are programmed for a captive diaspora audience in specialty houses as is the case for most films for the Indian language speaking audience. After all as the L.A. Times reported recently the top five grossing foreign films did not generate more than $40 million in each of the last four years while films made in the US generated billions abr...

Social Short film Contest in Ischia on social diversity

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SOCIAL SHORT CUT CONTEST  CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT 'RESPECTING DIVERSITY" WITH SHORT FILMS AND VIDEO CLIPS ISCHIA GLOBAL BRINGS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOUR SHORTS TO THE GREAT MASTERS OF CINEMA AND TO THE LEADING PRODUCERS OF THE GLOBAL AUDIOVISUAL INDUSTRY SOCIAL SHORT CUT CONTEST 1) The Ischia Global Fest launches a competition among young people around the world who want to make a contribution to the theme of diversity through their artis...

BUFF 2012 LAUNCHES FESTIVAL PUSH

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Actor Wil Johnson will host the opening night of the 7th British Urban Film Festival in October, the producers of BUFF 2012 have announced.  Johnson, whose previous film and TV credits include “Waking the Dead”, “Waterloo Road” and “Babymother”, will be making his debut as festival presenter having previously featured in starring roles at BUFF in the films ‘Disoriented Generation’ and ‘Colour Blind’.    SERTUC Film Club, which has agreed...

Dr Ray and the Devils to Open Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival 2012

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With much pride we announce that the opening film of Grossmann 2012, taking place from the 16th to 21st of July in Ljutomer, Slovenia,  will be Serbian drama Doctor Ray and The Devils, directed by Dinko Tucaković. The film is based upon a real-life story about famous director Nicholas Ray’s stay in Belgrade in the mid-sixties. With a perfect blend of reality and fiction and with plenty of humour, Doctor Ray and the Devils offers a unique insight into the mystery which surrounds this particul...

Line Up for the 24th Galway Film Fleadh announced

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Last week in the Radisson Hotel, Galway, the programme for Ireland’s premier film festival, the Galway Film Fleadh, was unveiled. Among festival staff, industry professionals and film entusiasts, Festival Programmer Gar O’Brien said at the launch “This year is without doubt a banner year for Irish film…alongside the usual mix of the best in world cinema and documentaries”. The 24th edition of the festival, which takes place from 10-15th July, has a line-up that includes 1...

Zurkhaneh – The House of Strength

Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco in conjunction with Tiburon International Film Festival will present "Zurkhaneh – The House of Strength" by Italian director "Federico Spinetti" on August 7: www.TiburonFilmFestival.com

JULY IN PARIS: WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS MONTH?

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The usual hustle and bustle of Paris starts to slow in July as Parisians head off on les vacances. But that does not mean that Paris is left at a stand still – it’s quite the contrary in fact…   Event: Paris Fashion Week  (Mode à Paris) Details: For all you fashionistas out there -- this is an event you, surely, will not want to miss. Come check out the haute couture fall and winter 2012/2013 collections from all the famous and luxury brands, like Christi...

Hostway VP Aaron Hollobaugh Chats with Aviva Press

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By Maria Esteves – July 3, 2012 The 10th International 2012 Cloud Computing Conference & Exposition commenced June 11-14, at Javits Convention Center, New York. Produced by SYS-CON Media, Cloud Computing annually showcase the latest technologies in IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), SaaS (Software as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), from migration to hosting to business applications to interoperations to enterprise architecture and security in the cloud. Hostway C...

Line up for I've seen films

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The complete list is available on  www.icfilms.org The complete list is available on  www.icfilms.org Milan, July 2, 2012 - With more than 100 films selected from more than 4,000 received from 104 countries, the I'VE SEEN FILMS International Film Festival provides one of the largest and more innovative celebrations to film and culture. The Festival's organization would like to thank all the authors who have so enthusiastically accepted this challenge. The artistic quality of ...

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