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Kabelvåg Kunstfilmfestival is finally seeing daylight this November,
after local initiatives have materialized into more than just
after-party-ideas in early hours of the morning.
The small village of Kabelvåg has its roots deep in the fishing
traditions of northern Norway. Despite location half-way to the North
Pole, the village also boasts a well-established film and art school, a
photo college and a considerable amount of local artists who form a
vibrant creati...
The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) announced today the members of the jury that will preside over the 8th edition of the Festival, which takes place December 1st – 4th in Nassau. The jury was revealed today by BIFF Founder and Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool. The four competition categories at BIFF are Spirit of Freedom: Narrative; Documentary; New Visions: First Look; and Short Film. Special sections include Caribbean and Environmental sidebars as well as a World Cinema showc...
The movie has been a means to represent the world as the most attractive culture genre since last 150 years. The film as a new communicator and a video call to share with lovers are already a movie.
29 Second Film Festival is the first digital convergence film festival in the world, which is united smart mobile phones, online and offline. Our purpose is the making a symathetic movie giving a impact within 29 seconds video to world citizens. In addition, according to smart and the digital age, we present new visual grammar and find new talents.
Your active participation and your interest create a new film culture!
Director: EDWARD SHIEH.
THROUGH ONE BRIEF PHONE CONVERSATION, TU & EU FOLLOWS SEVERAL STAR-CROSSED LOVERS WHOSE DIFFERENCES HAVE PUT THEIR LONG TIME LOVE AFFAIR AT A CRITICAL IMPASSE.
~THE YEAR OF THE QUAKE ~by Alex DeleonNot to forget that this was the year of the Great March 11 Earthquake cum nuclear disaster and "Tsunami" Tidal Wave that washed away whole cities up north, the 24th Tokyo Intl Film festival was a somewhat restrained affair with the lingering effect of the disaster in evidence in various forms, toning down the overall climate of festivity. Right outside the entrance to the main tower housing the festival offices was a green collection booth where passers by w...
Durban International Film Festival manager Nashen Moodley has been appointed as director of the Sydney Film Festival. Previously a journalist at Independent Newspapers, for whom he still writes film reviews, Moodley has been centrally involved in the development and management of Durban International Film Festival programmes since joining the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Centre for Creative Arts in 2001.
Announcing Moodley's new appointment, Peter Rorvik, director of the CCA and ...
Wildwood Film Festival, an annual festival based in Appleton, Wis., received an award from the Milwaukee Short Film Festival for its dedication to honoring the Wisconsin film community. All projects featured at the Wildwood Film Festival have direct ties to the state, whether it’s the actors, directors, writers, editors, or even locations. Ross Bigley, director of the Milwaukee festival, said that the Pacesetter Award recognizes those who make a difference in local film-making culture. “The...
The 2011 AFI-EU Film Showcase opens on Thursday, November 3. Presented by the American Film Institute (AFI) in collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union to the United States and EU Member States, the 24th edition of the annual festival features more than 40 first-class films from European Union Member States. This year's showcase includes multiple award-winners, U.S. premiers, international festival favorites, local box-office hits, debut works by p...
Now in its third year, Cinema Arts Festival Houston (CAFH), which runs from November 9 to 13, 2011 will bring an ambitious program of films by and about artists to the nation's fourth largest city.Austin native Ethan Hawke will present his latest film, The Woman in the Fifth, and receive the Levantine Cinema Arts Award from the festival, honoring his multifaceted career in the arts. Additionally, director Richard Linklater will join Hawke for a tenth anniversary screening of their 2001 collabora...
[About The Festival]
The European Film Festival [in Miami] has a unique position in the
landscape of the major film festivals. For the last 6 years, thousands of film
enthusiasts and industry professionals from all over the world meet in Miami
and transform the city into an international capital of auteur cinema. The
weeklong festival has become an important meeting point for the European film
industry to share their thirst for new discoveries and passion for cinema.
Red Chemistry Inc, a non-profit organization incorporated in Florida
with a mission to promote the art of filmmaking in South Florida and around the
world, was created by Isabelle Lambert in 2006. Since then, the Festival has
brought more than 150 films in 12 languages from all over Europe. Cultural,
institutional and corporate partners have supported this event to promote
European film industry for the last five years.
In 2012, the
European Film Festival in Miami will offer about 45 screenings - taking place
at Miami’s busiest film locations. Locations such as the newly renovated Miami Beach Cinematheque, Cinema O, The
Gusman Theater, Miami Beach Colony Theater and the brand new Coral Gables Art
Cinema.
Located at the crossroads of a multi-cultural audience and thanks to
the Eurocinema V.O.D release, the festival has become a unique launch platform
for new films from Europe. In order to reinforce its position as a major film festival,
prestigious opening and parties will take place during the course of the
festival. Filmmakers, actors and producer who come to Miami for the premiere of
their films will have a unique opportunity to interact with cultural
personalities, celebrities, and carefully selected guests during various
evening events. Media coverage and public relations will be handled by the
well-established Tara Ink agency.
To help promote
Miami´s up and coming talents, the Festival will organize a Short Film
Competition where local film students will present their work. In addition, an
international jury will select the best feature films among all the films
screened during the Festival. The winner will receive a prize during the
closing night ceremony.
The European
Film Festival is going to reach new heights and aim at becoming the first event
to connect South Florida with today´s best talents in the European film
industry.
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ÉCU's top 5 things to do in Paris in November
Although the beginning of November is another milestone on the way to the deep midwinter, don’t despair! ÉCU has come up with a calendar of great things to do in and around Paris in the world of cinema.
Even though the arrival of autumn spells the end of our Indian summer, thanks to the Festival d’Automne there will be lots to keep everyone’s mind off the gloom outside. Since 1972, the festival has offered challenging contemporary cul...
2012 submissions are open for the 4th Annual Petaluma International Film Festival, a showcase for the independent feature and short films from around the world. Deadline: August 15, 2012. www.PetalumaFilmFestival.org
The Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, honored actress Ellen Barkin ("The Big Easy," "Ocean's Thirteen") and actor Ray Liotta ("Goodfellas," "Hannibal") with Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Awards during the opening weekend of the 14th annual event, which kicked off Saturday, Oct. 29 and runs through Saturday, Nov. 5, in historic Savannah, Ga.Barkin received the honor prior to the screening of her independent film, "Another Happy Day," which centers on a ...
The National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) and Audiosocket, a music, media and technology company that delivers up-and-coming talent to the marketplace, have joined together to provide young filmmakers free access to legally licensed music. Through this new partnership, NFFTY filmmakers can license up to five songs from the Audiosocket roster for use in films they are submitting to NFFTY. Audiosocket will pay their artists the commission for use in NFFTY films, so the filmmakers wonâ€...
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The second NY/SF International Children's Film Festival, presented by San Francisco Film Society and New York International Children's Film Festival, wrapped a highly successful three-day celebration of diverse, enlightening, inspiring and entertaining films for kids ages 3 - 18 and their families on Sunday and announced the winners of the best feature film and the best short film, as selected by the audiences who attended screenings at San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema and t...
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Introduction
The
0110 International Digital Film Festival is back - bigger, better, bolder and
brilliant as ever.
The
0110 IDFF was the brain child of ''Madhureeta Anand'', the Festival Director,
with the objective of designing room for new films and setting up new vistas in
the sphere of digital cinema. In three booming years, the festival grew to
become international, comprising of eminent jury and audiences alike. While the
first edition was an Indo-Brit collab...
Welcome to the 21st London Latin American Film Festival 2011 . At 21 years old this year, we are coming of age at last! This year’s LLAFF celebrates 25 years of Havana International TV and Film School , presenting the highlights from the past quarter century of one of the most influential of Cuban cultural institutions, alongside the best of this year’s films, which reflect the changing priorities of Cuba’s young filmmakers.With 2011 being the United Nations International Year of People o...
NFDC FILM BAZAAR SHORTLISTS SIX, SETS UP NEW MARKET SECTION AT IFFI GOA 2011
NFDC's four day Film Bazaar at the International Film Festival in Goa (IFFI ) serves as a platform for producers, filmmakers and distributors from across the world to do business and expand their network. The Film Bazaar Screenwriters’ Lab 2011 held in partnership with Binger Filmlab, Netherlands and the Venice International Film Festival, Italy has announced six shortlisted projects selected durin...
After a sucessful 2011, Silent River Film Festival 2012 call for entry now is open on Withoutabox. Filmmakers, submit your film at - www.withoutabox.com/login/9932 to take advantage of the earlybird deadline. For the list of the 2011 Award Winners, photos and videos, plaese visit - www.silentriverfilmfestival.com
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I’m pleased to announce the expanded call for entries for the 2nd annual Student Film Block, to be presented during Seattle’s True Independent Film festival May 4th through May 12, 2012. New to the festival this year every student who submits a film will automatically get the option to have his or her short distributed on a 2 Disc DVD collection. This DVD and Blu-Ray collection will be pressed on a 10
At the midpoint of its nine day run the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is running smoothly and on schedule in its futuristic setting, much like the local trains.The festival is centered in an ultra modern shopping and tourist complex known as "Roppongi Hills" but there are no hills in evidence, just an incredible array of glass towers, upscale restaurants and classy boutiques in a multi-tiered maze of shopping delights.(Roppongo "Bills" might be more like it, as "Bil" is Japanese ...
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37,000 visitors were on hand at DOK Leipzig this year - a new record. The 54th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film proved yet again to be an audience magnet - the attendance numbers have now risen for seven consecutive years. "The quality of this year's programme was extremely high, the cinemas were full and the industry events were very productive. We tried out innovative event formats and successfully introduced the new DOK Training platform. Industry p...
The 33rd edition of the Northern Film Festival (NFF) will held from 9 - 13 November 2011. This 5 day film festival focuses on (Northern) European cinema. Beating heart of the festival is the Interregional Competition, for first or second feature films, with the award presentation of the Matad’Or and the accompanying cash prize of € 10,000. Films in the Interregional Competition feature cinematographic explorations and representations of Europe’s regions in time, space and spirit.
Furthermore, many premieres and previews of films of cinematographic importance from all over the world are shown. These film programmes have been arranged thematically and geographically, in which Wij Noorderlingen (Us Northerners), with films from Scandinavia, the Baltic States and the Benelux, keep coming back.
More details on the Nothern Film Festival can be found on http://noordelijkfilmfestival.nl/english/
Director: JOSE ENRIQUE MARCH.
What if a filmmaker's mind begins to lose?
What if he does not distinguish between reality and fiction?
All mirrors always have two sides...
Quique's mind, a former film director failed, is lost. So, settle with him to help her sister Martha, an actress of limited success, and the nurse Amador. Thereafter, they both witness the decay of a creator where, as a cog missing pieces will be shutting down. Little by little, Quique likes and dislikes, their own ghosts and memories of the characters in his films, get hold of his sanity to integrate into their daily lives. Despite the care, the confusion of Quique accelerates and he happily gives himself to the fiction of a nearby tribute. Then, his whole life becomes a real movie, an Artifice...
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