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> SANTA BARBARA FEST ON OUR RADAR Interviews by Emmanuel Itier
Interview - Ashish Pant for THE KNOT - Santa Barbara
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Interview with Casey McGarry director of two shorts showing at SBIFF: “ELECTRIC LADY” et “VUJA DE”
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> PEOPLE ON OUR RADAR
Tallgrass Film Association announces Melanie Addington as the new Executive Director, effective May 1, 2021.
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Interview - Ashish Pant for THE KNOT - Santa Barbara
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Register Now: “Global Content Creators 2021” Virtual All Female Panel Event on April 13
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> FILMS IN FOCUS ...
Overview of the US business for the week of Monday, April 5
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THUNDER FORCE’s Melissa McCarthy & Octavia Spencer get super jabs, ready?
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The Gotham Presents: The Future of Distribution – Reinventing The Industry - 7PM on Thursday, April 15th
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Luke Bracey and Brittany Snow to star in new thriller BIG NICKEL shooting end of this year
Highland Film Group enters first look output deal with Short Porch Pictures - Alec Baldwin cast in first film SUPERCELL
Arclight Films locks North American distribution for QUEEN BEEES starring Ellen Burstyn and James Caan
Only Human awarded BEST FILM at Gbeck Future Film Festival
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> FESTIVALS IN FOCUS
WorldFest 54 Opening Night is two weeks away!
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Fantasporto 2021 official presentation at the Hard Club
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Palm Springs International Film Festival Announces 2022 Dates
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The Film Awards Gala will take place on January 6 at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with film screenings beginning Friday, January 7 including the Opening Night presentation that evening and will conclude with Best of Fest on January 17. Palm Springs ShortFest is still schedu...
43rd Moscow International Film Festival wins over COVID times
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This year’s program inevitably reflects the uncertainties in the cinematic process itself. Now and again filmmakers in different countries went to extremes. The extreme situation of the Pandemic and the lockdown prompted extreme aesthetic and anti-aesthetic choices, unexpected semantic collisions, heightened by the creators’ polonged isolation. It would be naïve and arrogant to propose a way...
Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Call for Entries
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Los Angeles, Italia 2021 - Film, Fashion and Art Fest on the eve of the 2021 Academy Awards®
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FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2021: ten days starting on June 24, live in unusual locations...
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The Italian Contemporary Film Festival in Toronto proudly announces Lavazza as its Presenting Sponsor: what else? ;-)
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ReelAbilities announced a line-up of streaming film with a drive-in opening night
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SoundTrack_Cologne 18 moves to autumn (November 17 – 21, 2021)
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CUFF Announces the Full Slate of Films Playing the 18th Calgary Underground Film Festival
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LAGFF’s 15th celebratory edition is coming up next month!
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Gangneung_IFF 2021 Opens International Narrative Feature Competition
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Arlington International Film Festival (AIFF) final call ends may 30
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10th Annual Sun Valley Film Festival Announces Film Slate for 2021 Streaming Fest
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VIDEO Happy Days in Houston, ambiance at Worldfest Houston
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Program announced for Fantasporto 41st edition
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Austin: From SXSW 2021: two outstanding features
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> AWARDS WATCH
Nominees DOK.fest München AWARD of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit
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GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL Victory + Award Winners
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Marcel Duchamp the Art of the Possible wins Best Documentary Audience Award at Flickfair
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Gbeck Future Film Festival Award Winners announced
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> PARTNERS FESTIVAL AND MARKET NEWS
Arlington International Film Festival (AIFF) final call ends may 30
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6th “Beyond Borders” International Documentary Festival in Castellorizo
August 22-29, 2021
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Calling: 11 January - May 11, 2021
«Castellorizo-The Aegean Island where Documentaries meet History & Culture» The 6th International Documentary Festival «Beyond Borders», Castellorizo island, has the pleasure to invite documentary film-makers to submit their films until 11th of May, 2021. The Festival’s objective is to promote the most important documentary productions worldwide that focus on history, culture, politics and other social subjects. «Beyond Borders» which takes place every year during the last week of August, will be held under the patronage of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Ms. Katerina Sakellaropoulou. It is produced by the Hellenic History Foundation (www.idisme.gr). «Beyond Borders» includes a selection of Greek, European and worldwide productions of the last five years, workshops, parallel events and master classes. Prizes for Best History Documentary, Best Socio-Political Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Greek Documentary, Best Special Award «Odyssey» and the Special Award for Mediterranean Friendship(EKOME). Please, find the application form and the participation terms here: www.beyondborders.gr
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Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival
June 5-10, 2021
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April 5, 2021 Regular Deadline
Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival launched its 1st edition in June 2019 to a spectacular success. The Festival enjoyed packed audiences at all screenings and played host to 22 visiting Filmmakers & Industry guests from as far afield as Brazil, USA, France, Ireland, UK, Germany, Greece & Iran. Check out our photos here as well as the Festival Vibe & interview videos on our YouTube Channel (Copy & Paste the link):
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The 'Lost World' of Paleochora nestles between the Mountains and Sea in South West Crete and is the perfect location for Filmmakers to convene to show their work, network with colleagues and enjoy our fabulous Cretan hospitality. We may be at the most southern point of Europe, but there are BIG Film things happening here and on the entire Island of Crete. Our main aim will be to select films which focus on great storytelling, whether fiction, documentary or any other accepted genre.
Screenings are held Under the Stars in the Town Hall Square with daytime programmes held at the fabulous Pearl Cavo oceanside venue.
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French Riviera Film Festival
May 14-15, 2021
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The third annual French Riviera Film Festival will recognize and celebrate short form content created for film, television, Web and all digital platforms. In the glamorous South of France setting, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two day festival that includes screenings, VIP receptions, awards ceremony and closing gala party. FRFF will place the spotlight on the best short form filmed content during the time period of the annual Festival de Cannes. A prestigious jury panel will select Best Drama Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Audience Favorite Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, as well as special Industry Awards. Attendees and participants will include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers. https://filmfreeway.com/FrenchRivieraFilmFestival
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> "THE BEST FOR FESTS :
ONES TO WATCH FOR FESTIVAL CONSIDERATION
Zero Gravity USA first film directed by Thomas Verrette
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74 minutes First feature documentary USA April 2021
A diverse group of middle-school students go on the journey of a lifetime when they compete in a nationwide competition sponsored by MIT to code satellites aboard the International Space Station.
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The Sound of Us directed by Chris Gero
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"The Sound of Us" illustrates that during this critical time in world and U.S. history, music gives sound to hope and courage, allows us to grieve and be honest, and is the great, universal language that unites us all.
As the world grapples with unrest the profound truth remains that, through music, we are not alone.
The Sound of Us weaves inspiring stories about the beauty and goodness of music with interviews and performances by artists such as Ben Folds, Sarah McLachlan, Avery*Sunshine, Eric Whitacre, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Hiromi, Antonio Sanchez, Butch Walker, Will Wells, Patti Smith, and many more. Combined, these powerful vignettes illustrate how music heals us, gives us hope for the future through our children, keeps our heritage and history alive, allows us to have the most difficult of conversations, sheds light on current struggles, and continues to invite us back to the thing that unites us all - music.
The film is directed by Chris Gero, a Grammy nominated, American music industry executive, concert producer, record producer, songwriter, film director and composer, founder of Yamaha Entertainment Group of America and Chief Artist Relations Executive for Yamaha Artist Relations Group
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Only Human HOMO Directed by Igor Ivanov
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Homo Adorans, Homo Amans , Homo Economicus, Homo Faber, Homo Ludens,Homo Ridens : which one are you which one are they really?
ONLY HUMAN – Homo… stages six profiles in six sequencess cleverly interwoven. One dramatic story in 6 episodes featuring desperate characters in their quest for survival and love, or redemption. The jobless graduate becomes a grave-digger, the grieving widow a nun, the priests gamble and gangsters rule the courts. Only the lonely child may find some affection when hope springs eternal.
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Safeguard: An Electoral College Story Documentary by Matthew Taylor
USA September 2020 77minutes
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How do United States' presidential elections really work? And what would happen if we changed the rules? In Safeguard: An Electoral College Story, award-winning filmmaker M.A. Taylor answers those questions.
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IRIS by Diana Rodriguez
USA - Fantastic drama thriller: 104 minutes - first feature film
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Alice Kremelberg (Orange Is The New Black) stars as Iris, and gives an outstanding lead performance as this tortured soul dreadfully awaiting the death of her Aunt Adelaide, played by Mary Looram (Like Father, Braid). As Aunt Adelaide slowly withers away in hospice, Iris continues her day to day routines of working in an antique shop, and scrolling online for connections through an online dating app. However, Iris has an ulterior motive behind her digital search for suitors, and it’s not love. Iris has a hunger, and she needs to feed. On every date she goes on, she sizes her match up and determines their strength of character on a criteria of what she considers basic human decency. And if any of her dates fail to meet her standards, then that’s the end of them. They’re dinner. That’s just how Iris operates.
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ANGIE: LOST GIRLS by Julia Verdin
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USA, 107 minutes, June 2020
One girl’s nightmare. A nationwide reality.
After escaping from a sex trafficking ring, one teenage girl struggles to reconnect with herself and her family after her ordeal. Ultimately, in order to find herself and rescue her helpless friends, she must confront her own fears and help lead the police to her traffickers - no matter the cost.
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FINDING MANNY by Kacey Cox
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Canada, 56 minutes documentary, june 2020
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BLUE MOTEL Award winning script by Ted Campbell
Feature film in production by Doval Bacall Films
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Grand Winner Your Script Produced season 1 Platinum Remi Award WorldFest Houston
When his bank robber father injured in a recent heist seeks refuge at the desolate motel where he works, a motel clerk is forced to confront the truth behind a botched heist from his past.
Originally from Boston, Mass, Ted Campbell is a screenwriter and director who specializes in thoughtful, character driven thrillers. Ted will direct his heist thriller "Underground" with producer Ellen Wander of Film Bridge International. His contained, crime thriller “Blue Motel” won the Grand Prize in Your Script Produced screenplay competition. Ted will direct “Blue Motel” with Doval Bacall Films producing. Ted is a member of ISA’s Development Program. And was named to ISA’s Top 25 Screenwriters To Watch list.
Ted finds inspiration in the works of the great noir writers Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald as well as his screenwriting idols Scott Frank, Shane Black, Tony Gilroy and Richard Wenk.
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SAVING NORTH - A RUSSIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by J Mitchell Johnson
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Russia USA Feature documentary April 2020 Director's cut: 79 minutes
What happened, what can happen to the centuries old amazing wooden churches in north of Russia. Photographer Richard Davies trips to Russia and USA tell stories on human soul, hope and russian american…cooperation in restoring beauty.
Saving North is the story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North. An outsider from England, photographer Richard Davies, enters this mysterious and vast region of the world with the hope of documenting both the glory and the tragic demise of its rapidly disappearing Wooden Churches.
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SEKURITAS written and directed by Carmen Stadler
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Romantic dark comedy 117 minutes 2019 Switzerland
Starring Kathrin Veith, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Jeanne Devos, Daniel Kasztura, Vilmar Bieri, This Maag
First feature film by Swiss director Carmen Stadler, produced by Claudia Wick for Abrakadabra Films AG
An office complex wishes for a love story before demolition. It chooses the lonely misfits for this story; those who go through security rounds at night, scrub toilets, experiment with recipes or rehearse their final speech. A poetic and twisted kaleidoscope that centers around desire, security and melodious noises which move through the entire fabric of the building.
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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible written and directed by Matthew Taylor
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USA 2019 Documentary 89 minutes
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THE MYSTERY OF A BURYAT LAMA, directed by Elena Demidova
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Sharkwater: Extinction by Rob Stewart Documentary
Canada 2018
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Rob Stewart''s Sharkwater: Extinction is a follow up to his first two award-winning films, Sharkwater and Revolution. Sharkwater exposed the devastating issue of shark finning, while Revolution brought the destructive effects of Ocean Acidification to light.
Rob taught the world to not fear sharks, through his iconic images of hugging these majestic creatures and free diving with them. This is his final film, he died in a diving accident while completing the film.
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Revolution by Rob Stewart
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Eco Documentary feature film by Rob Stewart April 2015, 82 minutes (Sharkwater)
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER (36 festival wins) documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger -- it's humanity itself.
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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés
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Palmarès du 30e Festival du Cinéma Espagnol de Nantes
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La 24e édition de Valence scénario - Festival international des scénaristes et compositeurs a été reportée du 8 au 12 juin
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Le Département des Alpes-Maritimes propose son festival jeune public « Nananère » en version 100 % numérique
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Le 37e Festival international de cinéma Vues d’Afrique est lançé
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Report du FIGRA 2021 du 29 septembre au 3 octobre à Douai
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REPORT - FESTIVAL BORDEAUX ROCK, du 23 au 25 septembre 2021
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SODEC_Lab @ CPH:DOX 2021 : Annonce des six producteurs participants
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VIDEO Bruno Chatelin et le CAS MARKETING du lancement de Boyz'n The Hood à Cannes
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