The Derby City Film Festival is pleased to announce more award sponsors for the 2012 edition which runs February 17th-19th in Louisville, Kentucky. IndieFlix On-line Short Film Competition     Ten short films will be chosen (2 finalists from each short category & 2 "wild cards" picked from all shorts) and streamed online on indieflix.com prior to the festival. Viewers will then vote on what they think is the best film. The winning film is spotlighted on Ind...

film still from RAW MATERIAL (Greece, 2011)  13th TDF: Press conference (Shooting vs. shooting / Raw material) (3/19/2011) PRESS CONFERENCE SHOOTING VS. SHOOTING / RAW MATERIAL Nikos Megrelis (Shooting vs. Shooting) and Christos Karakepelis (Raw Material) gave a press conference in the framework of the 13th TDF on Saturday, March 19. Their films participate in the international section. Nikos Megrelis, a journalist in his debut film, highlighted the importance of team w...

FOCAL International the trade body representing the world’s footage archives, professional footage researchers, consultants and facility houses enjoyed an evening of glamour and celebration on 5th May at their 6th FOCAL International Awards in association with AP Archive at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London. Category winners represented the diversity of genres and platforms that contemporary archive and footage based productions span today; highlights included the BBC stealing the Award for Be...

Top honours in the second annual FOCAL Footage Awards have gone to programmes on subjects ranging from perceptions of terrorism to visualisations of an Olympic Games for animals.The awards, sponsored by APTN Library, recognise the use of archive footage in the media. They were announced at a ceremony at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in London, and presented by renowned film-maker Lord Puttnam.Two of the most highly contested categories were for the use of footage in Current Aff...

FOCAL International, a trade organisation representing the footage archive industry - libraries, researchers, facilities etc. held its first Awards for best use of footage in a number of programme categories last May 2004Award for Best Use of Footage in a Factual Production(Sponsored by Bird & Bird) The 50s & 60s in Living Colour Testimony Films Award for Best Use of Footage in an Entertainment Production(Sponsored by APTN) bodysong Hot Property Films Award for Best Researcher (Sponsored by...