Summer Media Immersion Program is Opportunity to Work with Miramax Executives and Gain Valuable Entertainment Industry Knowledge Miramax today announced its Media Immersion Program, a summer internship opportunity for the university-level students of Qatar to work with Miramax executives in the Company’s Los Angeles or London offices. The goal of the internship is for students to gain considerable experience working in entertainment and media. The inaugural program, created in partnershi...
A International Film Festival Summit Fireside Chat with Matthew Modine: How to Attract Above-the-line Players to Your Festival Hosted by: Robin Bronk, CEO The Creative Coalition Laurie Kirby, Executive Director of the International Film Festival Summit, has announced that Award-winning actor Matthew Modinewill be joining the 8th annual event and participating in a special ‘Fireside Chat’ – How To Attract Above-the-Line Players to Your Festival, a dialogue with IFFS participants to provide ...
IFTA Also Announces Election Results For New Executive Committee and Board of Directors
Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), the trade association representing independent producers and distributors worldwide, today announced election results for its Executive Committee, as well as 10 members and two alternates for its Board of Directors. The elections were held as part of IFTA's Annual Members Meeting at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles and conc...
eurocinema Celebrates Global Cinema with the Launch of the First Ever On Demand Short Film Competition
Winning Entries to Be Showcased On Demand to 36 Million TV Homes in North America on eurocinema Beginning DATE
MIAMI, September 27, 2011 -- eurocinema, the only 24/7 channel dedicated to European films on North American television, has launched the first ever on demand film contest, the “Eurocinema Short Film Competition,” the announcement was made today by c...
THE INTERNATIONAL ROME FILM FESTIVAL
October 27 - November 4 2011
The background behind the financial crisis in Too Big to Fail by Curtis Hanson
The 2008 financial crisis and the collapse of Lehman Brothers are the main focus of Too Big to Fail, the film by Oscar® winner Curtis Hanson to be premiered in the Official Selection of the International Rome Film Festival (27 October - 4 November, Auditorium Parco della Musica). The TV-film produced b...
By Maria Esteves
The 8th International Cloud Computing co-located with the 11th International Virtualization Conference & Exposition commenced June 6-9, 2011 at the Javits Convention Center, New York. Produced by SYS-CON Media, Cloud Computing annually showcase Internet advancement in networked environments (hardware and software in the cloud), storage, web applications, interoperations and security to information Technology Enterprise.
This year’s conference sponsored by Abiqu...
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...
After nine and a half years as Festival Director/ CEO of the Adelaide Film Festival, Katrina Sedgwick today announced she would be leaving the Festival at the end of 2011 to pursue other opportunities in the arts as well in film. She will continue in her role until the end of the year before handing over to a new Festival Director in early 2012.“It has been a wonderful opportunity for me to have been able to develop and deliver my own fairly idiosyncratic version of a film festival over the pa...
The Urbanworld Film Festival Presented by BET Networks Announces 2011 Festival Slate & Celebrates 15th Anniversary
The 15th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival (www.urbanworld.org), presented by BET Networks, announced today that the world premiere of Diane Paragas' and Nelson George's Brooklyn Boheme (Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Branford Marsalis, Rosie Perez, Saul Williams) will serve as Opening Night selection for the festival, which will take place September 14-18, 2011 in midtown ...
The CICAE organisation has
joint UFFO and pledged its support for the organisations code of conduct. This comes just weeks after the UFFO organisation
announces that the legendary Hollywood actress Maureen O’ Hara took on the role
as president. CIACE joining the UFO movement is a coup as it has opened up the
UFFO organisation to thousands of potential new members all-over the world. UFFO
now has just under 80 film festival members registered and supporting the
ethical code of conduct...
Christina Kounelias has been named to the newly created post of Chief Marketing Officer for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, it was announced today by Academy CEO Dawn Hudson. Kounelias will assume her new role on August 1 and will report directly to Hudson.
"As the Academy expands and fosters the achievements of the film community and its legacy, we are proud to have an executive of Christina's caliber join us in this vital role," said Hudson. "Christina ...
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...
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 ...
Children’s Film Society India's weeklong Mumbai ‘Monsoon Dhamaal’ concluded at Films Division 15th July 2011 in the course of which ten award winning CFSI films were screened to cheering school children. Entry to the screenings was free!
This specially curated package has already travelled to Kochi, Pune, Jaipur where it received an overwhelming response. Monsoon Dhamaal will travel to Srinagar, Kolkata, Indore, Ahmedabad, Chennai, New Delhi and Bangalore in the coming month...
Ruby Mountain Film Festival has invited 62 filmmakers from around the world to represent their film in Elko Nevada next August 11-14! This will be a fantastic international film event!
Founder/CEO
Kurt James Stefka
The 2nd Eko International Film Festival (EKOIFF) opened Saturday morning in Lagos with the Nigerian premiere of Faruk Lasaki’s romantic thriller “Changing Faces” at the Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island. The feature of 92 minutes is on the psychological trauma of an illicit affair caused by the transference of spirits through sex.
Many people came for the opening day graced by top Nigerian entertainment journalists including Shaibu Husseini of The Guardian who was later ...
First Ever Student 3D Film Festival Announces Winners at Campus MovieFest International Grand Finale in HollywoodA first of its kind, 'CMF 3D', backed by Panasonic 3D Technology and the International 3D Society, Delivered 3D Tools and Education to Student FilmmakersHOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Campus MovieFest (CMF), the world's largest student film festival, in partnership with Panasonic and the International 3D Society (I3DS), completed the first CMF 3D Film Festival during...
Sydneysiders braved one of the coldest winters in many years to make the 2011 Sydney Film Festival another resounding success. “Revenue targets were exceeded and total box office takings were higher than ever, despite reduced capacity due to renovations underway around the State Theatre, and having one day less in the Festival.” says CEO Leigh Small.Sold-out sessions increased to 72 in 2011 from 63 last year, and percentage capacity attendance increased significantly, resulting in nearly hal...
Showtime Movie Channels Audience Awards Winners
The 2011 Sydney Film Festival today revealed the winners of the Showtime Movie Channels Audience Awards.
The Audience Awards highlight the crowd-pleasing titles across feature films and documentaries and each winning film will receive a Dinosaur Designs trophy.
“Showtime Movie Channels is committed to bringing its audiences a compelling and diverse choice of film and documentary entertainment and we are delighted to support the ...
A Separation wins the Sydney Film Prize at the 2011 Sydney Film FestivalSydney Film Festival Jury President, Chen Kaige announced A Separation as thewinner of the 2011 Sydney Film Prize at the Official Competition Awards lunch today at the Wharf Restaurant. The $AUD60,000 Sydney Film Prize is the largest of its kind for film in Australia. The Official Competition and the Sydney Film Prize is sponsored by iShares and a Dinosaur Designs trophy is also presented to the winning film.Chen Kaige, spea...
Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival (LA Film Fest), and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced the selection of esteemed film critic Elvis Mitchell as the curator for its new Film Series. The two organizations have partnered for a new weekly Film Series in the fall, with The New York Times as the presenting sponsor. Mitchell will be a full-time staff member at Film Independent and will be working c...
Campus MovieFest (CMF), the world’s largest student film festival, in partnership with Panasonic and the International 3D Society (I3DS), will complete the first CMF 3D Film Festival during the Campus MovieFest International Grand Finale events in Hollywood from June 23-26. In partnership with Panasonic and the International 3D Society (I3DS), the competition debuted in January 2011, offering CMF’s top filmmakers (its Distinguished Filmmakers Network) the opportunity to submit treatments for...
Exactly one year after the Board of ScreenSingapore announced its ambitious plan at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in 2010 to create a filmed entertainment ‘hybrid’ event in Singapore, key Board members, headed by Chairman Greg Coote, return to Cannes to outline the achievements and the program for the inaugural edition, set for 5 to 12 June 2011.
ScreenSingapore has a myriad of component parts:
1) World, International or Asia-Pacific Premieres (5 – 12 June)
ScreenSingapore fea...
Shahrukh Khan's new film“Don 2 – The Chase Continues” introduces the German Capital to Bollywood filmlovers. One of the top three destinations in Europe, after London and Paris, it registered an increase in the number of Indian visitors by 43 percent in 2010. Now, Berliners would like Don 2 to make the city even more popular with Indians.
Burkhard Kieker, CEO, visitBerlin says "Don 2 has two starring roles, Shah Rukh Khan and Berlin.” What's Shahrukh's considered opinion of...
