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BUFF SEASON TO BE SHOWN ON COMMUNITY CHANNEL THIS OCTOBER

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BUFF Presents... a series of films showcased by the British Urban Film Festival will be screened as part of a special series on Community Channel this October. This is the second season of BUFF programming on the channel this year.   In April, viewers saw the directorial debut of Aml Ameen with the short film “Drink, Drugs & KFC” and his latest film “12” will premiere as part of the series. Other films to be shown include a film produced by the African Caribbe...

The European Film Awards will be broadcast in over 100 territories world-wide.

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Broadcast Info two highlights packages are available on the night of the Awards Ceremony through a Eurovision World Feed. red carpet footage is also available through the EBU. contracted broadcasters of the European Film Awards receive a 90-minute edit of the ceremony - via satellite transmission or tape delivery. Contact for broadcasting matters: Nikola Joetze The 25th European Film Awards 1 December 2012, Malta WORLDWIDE! Watch the European Film Awards L...

2012 Los Angeles Greek Film Festival Reflects Greece's Struggles

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Twenty-two feature and short narrative and documentary films, a screenwriting master class, and a tribute to the late director Theo Angelopoulos-as well as gala opening and closing nights and the annual Orpheus Awards ceremony-aimed at "Defeating the Crisis Through The Viewfinder" May 31 - June 3rd, 2012 "There is no more timely reflection of Greece's struggles than the one offered by its burgeoning cinema," stated Ersi Danou, Co-Founder/Artistic Director...

LA Greek Fest reveals a socially concerned line up

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  2012 LOS ANGELES GREEK FILM FESTIVAL LINEUP REFLECTS GREECE'S STRUGGLES Twenty-two feature and short narrative and documentary films, a screenwriting master class, and a tribute to the late director Theo Angelopoulos-as well as gala opening and closing nights and the annual Orpheus Awards ceremony-aimed at "Defeating the Crisis Through The Viewfinder" May 31 - June 3rd, 2012 "There is no more timely reflection of Greece's struggles than the one offered...

New York Festivals 2012 International Television & Film Awards Announces Finalists

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New York Festivals 2012 International Television & Film Awards Announces Finalists;  Trophies Presented at NAB Show in Las Vegas  New York, NY – February 2, 2012:  New York Festivals® International Television & Film Awards, now in its 55th year of honoring the World’s Best TV Programs & Films™, announced the finalists for the 2012 competition.  The Grand Jury, comprised of award-winning television and film industry experts, determined the shortlist from e...

Celtic media unveils awards shortlist

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The Celtic Media Festival has announced the shortlist for the 2012 Bronze Torc Awards for Excellence. The awards celebrate the very best of film, television, radio and interactive media to emerge from within the Celtic nations and regions - whether in English, Breton, Irish, Welsh, Manx or Scottish Gaelic. The winners will be revealed at this year’s festival in Derry-Londonderry in April.Shortlisted titles include; Wonderland: The Men Who Won’t Stop Marching, BBC Northern Ireland’s enthra...

INDIAN DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION SEEKS DEDICATED DOC CHANNEL

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      IDPA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS   IDPA is seeking a dedicated documentary channel to reach the public. “Documentaries are agents of change. The dedicated slot for screening given to the documentary film makers in Doordarshan is a great initiative and opens a world of opportunity for us. We would like a dedicated documentary channel" said Mike Pandey, President of Indian Documentary Producers Association (IDPA), addressin...

NYILFF 2011 CNN Special Screening of IN HER CORNER Premieres September 25, 8pm ET

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By Maria Esteves - September 19, 2011 The 12th Annual 2011 New York International Latino Film Festival Special Screening of CNN In America documentaries IN HER CORNER: Latino in America 2 reported by Soledad O'Brien was held at AMC Empire 25, Wednesday, August 17, 6:30pm. A special Q&A discussion immediately followed with CNN reporter Soledad O'Brien and senior producer Rose Arce, CNN in America, moderated by Gabriela Frias of CNN en Espanol. IN HER CORNER: Latino In America 2 premieres o...

Gimme Yo Digits! by Kimberly Deisler

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How many times have you seen something on the Internet andsaid to yourself, “I can do that and I can do it better?”  Well, the LA Comedy Shorts FilmFestival hosted another kick ass panel discussing the ways to make a livingwith online content.  “What?! I canmake money by posting shit on the Internet? Get the fuck outta here!” isprobably what you’re asking me right now. So read on future film/money maker! The panelists consisted of a unique collection of clients,suits and a middle-m...

Berlinale 2011: New Cooperation Partners of the World Cinema Fund / WCF Day on February 16, 2011

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  On February 16, 2011, the WCF Day will once again provide an opportunity to learn more about the programme, successes, funding strategies, films, initiatives and partners of the World Cinema Fund (WCF). On this occasion the World Cinema Fund will present its new cooperation partners, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the Deutsche Welle/DW Akademie. Through the support of these new partners, it will be possible to launch a new WCF programme in a number...

FilmOn.com Forms Strategic Alliance with TVCatchup.com at NATPE

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FilmOn.com Inc., (http://www.FilmOn.com/), the premier internet based high definition television service, today announced it has formed a strategic alliance with TVCatchup.com, a top UK-based, advertising supported IPTV provider.The strategic alliance between FilmOn and TVCatchup will incorporate both subscription and advertising-based revenue models from the two companies to increase overall profits. The alliance will also incorporate marketing, technology support and combine the collective con...

Entries to Receive Television Programming in 2011

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Entries selected for screening at the 2011 California International Film festival will have the opportunity for television broadcast and cablecast to an audience of 1.5 million viewers.  This can be especially of value to short films, although films made outside the U.S. will also benefit from the tremendous exposure.  See www.CalAniFest.com for entry form and information. ...

The release strategy in Germany

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Release date February 3, world premiere, german release strategy. Distribution : Universum / Disney Prints number 150-250, 2D 250-350, 3D Marketing: "Making of Serengeti", programmed on ARD, Jan. 2011 TV advertising campaign RTL, Vox (20/15/10 sec. spots) Press and Publicity TV program talkshows with Hardy Krüger Jun., R. Radke, NDR, ARD, RTL, Jan. 2011 Radio shows, regional and nationwide, Jan/Feb 2011 Berlinale nat...

New York: HBO's Sheila Nevins documentary programming

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In the US and overseas two organizations have become more prominent over the last few years at film and television festivals: the French-German consortium arte, and the U.S. based HBO. A growing number of their productions have been selected and received a disproportionate number of awards. HBO and arte are now leading funders and producers of outstanding documentaries and feature films. This article covers HBO and a different one will cover arte.     For HBO much credit for the succes...

INHALE EXHALE SELECTED TO CAMERIMAGE POLAND

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Our documentary film Inhale Exhale has been selected to the prestigious International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, Plus Camerimage 2010.  The documentary, filmed by Finnish cinematographer Kimmo Jaatinen will be shown at the festival that takes place in Bydogscsz between November 27 until december 4. The competition of documentary films at Plus Camerimage is entitled "World of Images - Images of the World", and is run under the patrionage of Discovery Network...

WELCOME TO TAMFILMS

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Hello ! We are new here on fest21.com ! TAM Films works on high end documentary films commissioned by ARTE, YLE, VPRO and BOS. Take a look for more information at www.tamfilms.com...

How to measure communication and media in the digital converging era?

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Workshop organised by the OECD, EBU and the European Audiovisual Observatoryin the framework of the Internet Governance Forum (Vilnius, 15 September 2010).The workshop will take place in room 5 of the Lithuanian Exhibition Centre LITEXPO in Vilnius between 4.30 and 6.30 PM and will be webcast live on the website of the IGF: http://www.intgovforum.org The objective of the workshop is to raise the awareness of the problems in measuring the impact of the Internet on the audiovisual industry. The de...

Iona Jones named chairman of Celtic Media Festival

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    With the Celtic Media Festival in full swing in Newry in Northern Ireland, the organisation's Annual General Meeting 2010 has elected Iona Jones, Chief Executive of S4C, the Welsh language television channel, Chair for 2010-2013. The Celtic Media Festival is from 21st-23rd April 2010 and is being held at the conferencing suites of The Canal Court Hotel, Newry.  Founded 31 years ago to celebrate the best in television, film (and more recently radio and New Med...

Thessaloniki Masterclass with Stefan Kloos: Producing and Packaging Documentaries

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How can short documentaries be produced and packaged in a compelling way? What are the challenges and advantages when working with international co-productions of short documentaries? Will the digital future bring a bigger need for short formats?  These are some of the issues explored in this master class focusing on the German -Czech co-production Breathless. This project consists of five short creative documentaries on the theme Breathless - Dominance of the Moment.  During the masterc...

Hollywood Film Festival Announces Winners

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The 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival's "Hollywood Awards(r)" ceremony was held last night before a standing-room-only audience of over 1,100 Hollywood Film Festival(r) attendees at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.The festival and awards announced this year's winner of the "Hollywood Movie Award" -- J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" -- which was chosen by the public voting online at the Yahoo! Movies website. The voting site received 20 million unique visitors and over 160,000 votes were cast...

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