We are the nation's largest celebration of animation and digital art. A festival known for its inspiring program of workshops, conferences, lectures, film screenings and art exhibits offered at no cost. We are recognized for our impressive Competition of International Animated Short Films and for the newly released Living Market, a space to foster a culture of business creativity within an industry that lives off new ideas. We are a unique and amazing experience that every year brings together some of the most influential artists and thousands of minds hungry for knowledge, art, creativity and innovation.

FFFilm Project (Family Fiction Film Project) is a cycle of video and film, which explores several possibilities around the topic of family/familiar: documentary or fiction movies about the intimate, the personal or private, family footage, home movies, self-portraits / about identities, family as a landscape, alternative families, etc.  In the era of the democratization of the use of image the objects produced are increasingly on the intimacy and in the precariousness of the production resources. There is a new way to make films and to tell stories. Public and private or global and local, stand in a constant transformation in their inter-connection at the same they have a tremendous impact on the way of producing, creating and living. We believe that at this moment, this kind of cycle is full of sense; it will be a moment for sharing ways of doing and perspectives which concerns are to do with fragility, intimacy and precarity. This cycle is open both to amateur and professional videos.

purgatory / noun / an intermediate place or state of temporary suffering for expiatory purification

Within the word “purgatory”, it is easy to envision condemned souls, torment and darkness. However, purgatory may also reflect the cyclic state in which we often rediscover or recreate ourselves anew from within our personal inflictions. Sometimes it is the necessary stage to exorcise ourselves from the haunting ghosts of the past. Perhaps it is the serene place of self reflection and realization.

From within this, DAMNED proudly presents an exhibition of powerful cinema called Purgatory. Held on March 7th & 8th 2014 at the Tangent Gallery in Detroit, Purgatory will present approximately 90 minutes of short films of introspective, emotive and/or enlightened subject matters from filmmakers worldwide. This is not an industry-focused film festival, but a tributary showcase of the often redemptive films from the filmmaker’s personal collections.

NOW FEATURING…THE DAMNED BAZAAR – Come in early before the show and visit the DAMNED Bazaar featuring over a dozen local DAMNED artists selling their own merchandise, prints and original art. Help support local artists! (Contact us for reserving your Bazaar space)

Purgatory IV – A Cinematic Exploration of the Soul
Fri March 07 – Showtimes 7pm 9pm
Sat March 08 – Showtimes 5pm 7pm 9pm

The DAMNED Bazaar will open at 6pm Friday and 4pm Saturday until midnight.

Admission is $10 or $5 with valid student ID.

A cash bar is also present for alcoholic (and non) pleasures.

This event is 18+ due to mature/disturbing art and film content.

Tangent Gallery, 715 E Milwaukee, Detroit, MI

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The Insight Film Festival exists to encourage filmmakers throughout the world to make films about ‘faith’. It creates events and spaces where such films can be displayed, discussed and celebrated. It welcomes participants from all faith backgrounds and none and focuses particularly on young filmmakers. In doing so it wants to make positive contributions to understanding, respect and community cohesion.

RabbitFest is an international animation film festival, created in 2010 by the cultural association SKUNK with the aim of fostering an interest in animation in Italy.

The festival has always remained faithful to the philosophy of free entry in order to facilitate the dissemination of its cultural message. It consists of three days of screenings, based on a conception of cinema not just as entertainment, but as a visual and educational experience enabling people to get to know the best international animation.

In fact, the first aim of the association is to promote feature and short films that have not been distributed in Italy and are therefore unknown to the general public.

During the past four years, RabbitFest has screened award-winning international works from all over the world, including of course Italian animation.

One of the characteristics of the previous editions has been the choice of a common theme to all the selected works. Until now, such themes have been: Lost and Found, New Beginnings, Disturbances and Perspectives.

Last year, SKUNK also organized its first international competition for animated shorts, with the participation of more than 300 works from around the world. The artistic direction of RabbitFest selected 25 short films from amongst the entries and awarded a 500 euro prize to the best animated short of 2013, as chosen both by the audience and the association.

Not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good.

The Bad Film Fest aims to be the baddest film festival it can be.

Want to shoot something stupid or ridiculous? Go for it. Don't fear what the audience will think. 
Create for the sake of creating.

*There Will Be Technical Difficulties*

The NY Shorts Fest provides a showcase for the best short-form cinema and its creators in the world. Created by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences accredited Los Angeles International Short Film Festival.

We feel that short form cinema and its creators should have their own premiere film festival in New York deserving similar recognition given to the feature film and its creators.

The 3rd NY Shorts Fest will be held in May 2014. 

Submit online www.NYshortsFest.com

MISSION STATEMENT 

The mission of Fingal Film Festival is to provide a quality venue, encouraging and promoting the works of local film community and National, International emerging filmmakers. The mission of the festival is "to enable the international film community and the general public to experience the power of film by redefining the film festival experience." We have one of the fastest youngest populations in Ireland, and geographically central to some of the leading media training colleges. It is part of The Fingal Film Festival's role is to engage with these colleges and play an integral part in their academic year, our aim in the next five years is to engage our festivals programmes to other internationally Media colleges .

EDUCATION - Utilizing the power of film to harness and direct the energy, vision and promise of Emerging New Film Makers / students. Whilst our predominant focus is to support and develop relationships with Fingal’s emerging film makers, the festival also offers a diverse culture screening schedule, with 70% of screenings coming from international emerging filmmakers’ creative works.

FILM MAKERS - Creating opportunities for filmmakers through  connections with industry professionals & one-on-one guidance. Offering encouragement to our local Film Makers , we provide two prestigious awards to assist in the building of local filmmakers’ portfolio of achievements. We strive to garnish talent by giving these emerging filmmakers access to some of the world’s leading Industry Professionals during the festival through training groups and workshops.

OUR PUBLIC - Connecting innovative voices in film and media with new and diverse audiences

AWARDS – Fingal Film Festival Winners of Arts & Culture Award in Community 2013

ABOUT US                                                                                                                                                                       The Fingal Film Festival was launched in 2012 it is a new entity that offers a platform encouraging and promoting the works of local film community and National, International emerging filmmakers to showcase their work in an environment where they have access to experienced industry professionals, We provide workshops. training programmes and screen Independent films from new emerging film makers nationally and internationally throughout the four day festival  event every year.

At least 70% of our festival schedule is dedicated to Foreign films, which broadens the film culture experience to all who attend the screenings in Fingal during the festivals duration,

The Fingal Film Festival is a team of people who work effortlessly to deliver a quality service to young emerging filmmakers, Over the years we have developed relationships with most of the media colleges on the perimeters of Fingal and have had contributions to the festival form part of the colleges’ curriculum. In 2013 we introduced an award specifically for students of these colleges. It is part of our strategy to roll this initiative out on a National scale in the coming years. Since we first opened our doors we have given festival contributors access to some of the Industries most prolific names, both nationally and internationally, which has been well received by all who attended.

We work effortlessly Offering encouragement to our local talent, we provide two prestigious awards to assist in the building of local filmmakers’ portfolio of achievements.

We are a festival that will give you access to some of the biggest leading names in the Industry, enabling you to gain knowledge from their many years of experience.

We are a festival that will give you access to many hours of international screenings, so you can learn from the techniques other filmmakers of different cultures and backgrounds are using to tell their story.

We are a festival that offers guidance all year around and have an open door policy, should you require advice or assistance.

We are a festival that provides all services at an affordable cost, making every event accessible. Our Industry professionals give generously of their time and we choose not to profit from their generosity.

Since we first opened our doors we have given festival contributors access to some of the Industries most prolific names, both nationally and internationally, which has been well received by all who attended.The Fingal Film Festival is another option for filmmakers who want a platform to have their voice heard. We form part of the festival landscape in Ireland, but continuously strive to be different, we have seven awards a year for best Feature Film, Best Documentary, best Animation , best student, best newcomer in fingal award , best short film, best international Film  all of these awards will be driven by the submissions in 2014. Contact: info@fingalfilmfest.com