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Filmfestivals.com Farewell to Jérôme and Jonathan "Au Revoir" from your festival peers

Jérôme Paillard and Jonathan Wolf attended the annual filmfestivals.com wine tasting reception for festival directors held at FilmHedge Terrace - 57 la Croisette in partnership with FILMHEDGE: the film fund which is currently the talk of the town, after they announced their 100M$ new line of credit during Winston Baker Film Finance Forum. For both heads of Cannes and AFM Markets this was the last "official" Cannes in office. Both had announced a new stage in their...

 

Interview with Italian Actor, Writer, Producer, Dancer Arianna Veronesi at 75th Annual Cannes Film Festival

Born in Verona, Italy, actor, writer, producer and dancer Arianna Veronesi started her international career as a ballet and contemporary dancer early in life. By the time she was twenty, she was a soloist for companies such as the Jeune Ballet International de Cannes, London City Ballet and Ballet du Nord (France). Also a sought-after choreographer, Arianna designed for Compagnie Nomades in Switzerland and Compagnie D'Apres in Paris. Her natural transition in...

 

 

Interview with Writer, Director, Producer Jeff Gross on Cannes Market Film "Return to Eden" (2022)

  Jeff Gross Writer, Director, Producer Jeff Gross was born in 1957 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the age of four and lived there until the age of six with his father who was South American Editor of Look Magazine. Gross moved back to New York, then later to Paris, France for five years with his father who was the European Editor of Look Magazine. He later resided in Boulder, Colorado and Los Angeles, California for high school. He attended ...

 

 

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Winners of the 56th Karlovy Vary IFF

"Summer with Hope" Director Sadaf Foroughi, Film Crew Saman Majdvafaei, Producer Kiarash Anvari and Actress Leili Rashidi   The 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with two competitive categories, took place from July 1st to July 9th this year. It was organized by Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary, a.s., with Jiří Bartoška as the president of the festival and Karel Och as its artistic director. The 57th Karlovy Vary IFF...

 

 

KVIFF Eastern Promises award winners announced

Works in Progress, Works in Development – Feature Launch, First Cut+ Works in Progress, Odesa International Film Festival WIP Selection KVIFF Eastern Promises, the festival's Industry section, has the exciting mission of bridging the gap between talented filmmakers and their potential partners, festivals and audiences. “This year brought us back to live pitching sessions after two pandemic years, and we were delighted to see the return of both our industry audience and the well-...

 

 

Karlovy Vary Film Festival honored Geoffrey Rush and Benicio Del Toro

The Oscar-winning actors Geoffrey Rush and Benicio Del Toro will be feted at the upcoming edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which will take place between July 1–July 9. Both the actors will receive the awards at the festival's closing ceremony. “We are honored and delighted that two extraordinary actors we have been deeply admiring for many years accepted our invitation to come to Karlovy Vary,” said KVIFF's president Jiří Bartoška....

 

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Line up announcement for the Deep in the Heart Film Festival

        The 6th Deep in the Heart Film Festival announces film lineup for hybrid presentation as Waco-based fest returns to theaters  (In-Theater - July 21-24/Online Encore July 24-30)   Juliet Landau’s A Place Among the Dead is the Spotlight selection     A Place Among the Dead   The Deep in the Heart Film Festival announced the film lineup for its 6th edition, which will combine in-...

 

17.07.2022 | Editor's blog

Revelation Online Program Announcement 18-24 July

  The silver jubilee edition of the annual Revelation Perth International Film Festival kicked off last Thursday 7 July with a screening of Aussie slasher flick SISSY and a celebration of cinema at Luna Leederville.   The physical Festival continues until this Sunday 17 July and a selection of feature films and documentaries from this year’s programme will then be available to stream online from 18 – 24 July via RevStream.com.au&nbs...

 

17.07.2022 | Bruno's blog

Little Wing Film Festival is returning for its 6th year in September: final call for entry this week

Little Wing Film Festival is returning for its 6th year in September and accepting film submissions for another week.     Submissions are open until July 24th and can be submitted here on FilmFreeway > https://filmfreeway.com/LittleWingFilmFestival  Little Wing is a volunteer and community-led grassroots festival championing sustainable and inclusive opportunities for emerging filmmakers breaking into the industry. With an arsenal of prizes, industry workshops,...

 

17.07.2022 | Bruno's blog

SAVE THE DATE SoundTrack_Cologne 20: 10.5. - 13.5.2023

  Dear friends and colleagues, We proudly announce that our twentieth edition of SoundTrack_Cologne will take place from the 10. - 13.5.2023 at Fritz Thyssen Stiftung.   ...

 

17.07.2022 | Bruno's blog

We like the new poster for The Viennale 2022

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17.07.2022 | Bruno's blog

New York: Tribeca Festival 2022 wrap

The Tribeca festival featured 111 films and 16 online premieres produced by 151 filmmakers from 40 countries from June 9-26. 88 films were world premieres, 50 were directed by first-time film makers, and 46 percent of the 127 films presented were from female directors. Tribeca also provided a stellar home screening platform for U.S. audiences during the festival, with numerous narrative, documentary, and short films available.   The festival continued its tradition of selecting outstandi...

 

14.07.2022 | Claus Mueller's blog

Toronto Independent Film Festival Winner ‘Motherland’ Premieres To Rave Reviews at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood

‘Motherland,’ which HuffPost’s Thom Senzee called ‘Most Anticipated Documentary Film of 2022,’ by Vic Gerami, premiered on Thursday night to a standing ovation. The red-carpet event was held on Thursday, July 7, at the historic Raleigh Studios Hollywood.  Vic Gerami One hundred and forty guests included elected officials, celebrities, and other high-profile public figures. They were there to support the film that brings attention to Azer...

 

12.07.2022 | indieentertainmentmedia's blog

Earlybird deadline approaching soon!

  Calling all independent filmmakers! Mirror Mountain’s earlybird deadline is coming up next Monday July 18th. We want to see the most unique, creative and original films out there, so submit your work today! Films of any length and any genre are welcome. Info: http://bit.ly/1DsPZy7 ...

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Film Music Competition: Meet the finalists

Get ready to... ...meet the Finalists.  Robert IJserinkhuijsen (The Netherlands), Nicolò Braghiroli (Italy) and Elliot Murphy (Ireland) will have their compositions premiered by the Tonhalle-Orchestra Zurich in the final round of the 10th International Film Music Competition.   ...

 

 

Interview with Director and Cinematographer Nick Canfield on Debut Film THE REVEREND

  New York native director and cinematographer Nick Canfield’s début feature documentary THE REVEREND (2022) has been rocking international film festivals since its premiere at DOC, NYC where it won the 2021 Audience Award. It recently screened at the 16th Annual Berkshires International Film Festival (BIFF) where he attended with Reverend Vince Anderson to a standing ovation. THE REVEREND follows the spiritual and musical journey of Reverend Vince Anderson. After coming to N...

 

VIDEO Interview with Guillaume Esmiol Marché du Film Co Executive Director

...Guillaume Esmiol in conversation with Bruno Chatelin, about Guillaume's background in tech, media and innovation (with the TF1 Group), developping the new features in the current Marché du Film 2022 and the plans for the future edition which he will be running solo (with his team). He currently serves as co executive director of the Marché du Film and will take over from Jérôme Paillard who was having his last year in office. Bruno Chatelin was able to sit do... 

"Why you need to be screened at Festivals" A Masterclass with Bruno Chatelin at Bangkok Doc

Bruno Chatelin filmfestivals.com co founder former head of SONY AND fox theatrical distribution shared his festival experience and advice for an hour to participants of BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY AWARDS 2021 THE VIDEO WIL BE ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR AUDIENCE YOUTUBE CHANNEL OF BRUNO'S INTERVIEWS           ...

 

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Golden Apricot, Yerevan, 2022 YOL, The Full Version, restored and expanded raises festival consciousness

19th Golden Apricot Film Festival Reviews, Yerevan, 2022 YOL, The Full Version, restored and expanded raises festival consciousness.          By Alex Deleon for filmfestivals.com     Freshly minted and fully packed to stir the soul!   The Turkish film YOL (The Way)  caused quite a stir when it was "rescued from prison" and presented at the 1982 Cannes film festival where it shared the  top prize, the Palme d ...

 

Universal Studios Hollywood - Summer 2022: Become the movies

THIS SUMMER: BECOME THE MOVIES!!!!   You started the summer by enjoying the Universal blockbusters, ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ and ‘Minions: Rise of Gru’, now is your time to become the movies you loved to watch and to indulge into the ultimate live action film experience: Universal Studios Hollywood (https://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/web/en/us ). Fasten your seat belts and let’s jump into this summer promised land! The first impression while pa...

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The Prix d’Ornano-Valenti will be awarded to Fal­con Lake by Char­lotte Le Bon

Fal­con Lake by Char­lotte Le Bon  « A love and ghost story. »  Cre­at­ed in 1991 by the mem­ber com­pa­nies of the Motion Pic­ture Asso­ci­a­tion (MPA), and grant­ed by a jury of Anglo-Sax­on jour­nal­ists presided by Jean-Guil­laume d’Ornano, the Prix d’Ornano-Valenti hon­ors a French first film in order to help sup­port its wider recog­ni­tion, pro&...

 

 

The 2022 Lucien-Bar­rière Lit­er­ary Prize is award­ed to the nov­el Robert Red­ford by Michael Feeney Callan

Rely­ing on news arti­cles and Redford’s let­ters, as well as hun­dreds of hours of inter­views, Michael Feeney Callan sheds light on the leg­endary star, reveal­ing his bro­ken fam­i­ly and trou­bled youth, his rough begin­nings in com­e­dy, the death of his son, his polit­i­cal engage­ment, his loves and his friend­ships. An hon­est and sur­pris­ing por­trait of a man whose emblem­at­ic...

 

 

 

French composer Bruno Coulais to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 World Soundtrack Awards

 

At the 22nd edition of the World Soundtrack Awards - the annual film music awards of Film Fest Ghent - French composer Bruno Coulais will be celebrated for his contribution to the art of film music. The World Soundtrack Academy honours Coulais with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The World Soundtrack Awards will be presented at the end of the 49th edition of Film Fest Ghent during a ceremony and concert on Saturday 22 October. Film Fest Ghent will pre...

 

 

David Cronenberg to receive a Donostia Award at the San Sebastian Festival

 The Canadian director and screenwriter David Cronenberg (Toronto, 1943) will receive a Donostia Award at the 70th edition of the San Sebastian Festival, thereby recognising the career of one of the most unusual filmmakers to come out of the last 50 years with its highest honorary accolade. On 21 September the Victoria Eugenia Theatre will host the award ceremony followed by the screening of Crimes of the Future (2022), the feature film starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydo...

 

 

Juliette Binoche will receive the Donostia Award

                                Juliette Binoche, one of Europe’s most international actresses, will visit the San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition, to run from 16-24 September, for the fourth time to receive one of this year’s Donostia Awards in recognition of an extensive career which has seen her play almost 75 characters, from power-wielding heroines to fragile beings with historical figures, ...

 

 

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Ladki – Enter the Girl Dragon, Review: Girl, drag on

Ladki – Enter the Girl Dragon, Review: Girl, drag on It will take some jogging of the memory to recall any film wherein the auteur has showcased his heroine and/or his muse from the beginning till the end. While at it, you could also try and recall any film in which the lead actress is seen in the skimpiest of bikinis, and keeps splashing water or wading in it all through the film. Ladki - Enter the Girl Dragon, an Indo-Chinese co-production, by writer-director Ram Gopal Varma, is osten...

Amazon Prime Video shows trailer of Comicstaan Season 3 to select audience, and the joke is on you!

Amazon Prime Video shows trailer of Comicstaan Season 3 to select audience, and the joke is on you! At the Mahi Banquet Hall of J.W. Marriott Hotel, Juhu, Mumbai, the makers of Comicstaan Season 3 promised that it will bring three times the fun, and will be bigger and grander, with a new co-host and new format. Comicstaan Season 3 will see Zakir Khan, Neeti Palta, Kenny Sebastian and Sumukhi Suresh take the judge’s seats, while Rahul Subramanian (I thought I heard his name being annou...

 

Titu Ambani, Review: Titular harakiri

Titu Ambani, Review: Titular harakiri You cannot but help notice it. You cannot even overlook it. It is so much in your face. After all, it is the title of the film. And it has nothing to do with the film. India’s richest person is Mukesh Ambani, for a few years in a row, and he also features closely behind the top ten wealthiest persons in the world. In one scene, the lead actor of the film says, “Ambani is Ambani because he has his hand in so many pies.” Very true. No disp...

 

 

Minions-The Rise of Gru, Review: One in a minion

Minions-The Rise of Gru, Review: One in a minion Minion and Villain don’t rhyme. They shouldn’t. After all, what is a primary school kid doing? Yes, he is almost a dwarf, and we would love to see his rise. But rise as what? An arch-villain? A super-villain? There are some movies in which good, clean, animation fun turns into adult stuff that can affect the mind-set of millions of viewers. Films need not preach or moralise, but they need not glorify villainy either. This is one suc...

 

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PIERRE ET JEANNE by Clémentine Célarié

First Feature film 2022 99 minutes

France 2021 99 minutes  First feature film by Clémentine Célarié, produced by Matthieu Rubin - Sazia Films.

Starring Loris FREEMAN, Elodie GODART, Clémentine CÉLARIÉ, Philippe UCHAN, Mathieu AMALRIC, Sergi LOPEZ, Dominique PINON, Tom LEEB, Jacqueline CORADO, Marie DURET...

Sibling Rivalry and truth untold emerge after the unexpected inheritance of Jeanne

"Pierre et Jeanne" recounts the devastation caused by an inheritance intended for Jeanne, Pierre's younger sister. This poisoned gift from a friend of the parents will instill discord, jealousy, discord and sibling rivalry until an untold truth is revealed.

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RETURN TO EDEN written and directed by Jeff Gross: 87 minutes April 2022

Starring Gary Kohn, Jade Struck, Claude Duhamel, Jim Kinney...

Jeff Gross is a novelist and film maker. He has several writing collaborations with Roman Polanski to his name, including "Frantic" and "Bitter Moon"
Returning to the small town of Eden, Oregon after 30 years in France,  Josef, a writer, filmmaker, and self-described permanent exile, tries his best to fit in. Unable to write,  the world is so crazy that he can't keep up, he starts coaching the girls' tennis team at one of the local high schools. Lonely, adrift, he develops a friendship with Hope, a remarkable woman who dances in Puritan Eden's only strip club.  But as the dark clouds of fascism roll in, rumors run rampant, and soon enough, inevitably, the two worlds collide, with tragic consequences.

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HOT MONEY by Susan Kucera (director of Jeff Bridges Living in the future’s past)

Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, General Wesley Clark and his son Wes Clark Jr. take us on a journey through the complicated realities of our financial system and its profound exposure to climate change. Hot Money outs the whole game, the whole charade, the whole crapshoot of the money system with all the humor and intelligence of a New Yorker cartoon. Combined with the wisdom of international business experts and academics, Hot Money is rich with historical context. It severs the knot of economic and political forces that may lead to societal collapse.

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12TH HOUR narrated by David Morse

Documentary by Susan Kucera (director of Jeff Bridges Living in the future’s past)

USA July 2021 51 minutes 48 seconds

Much of our population currently lives with hopeful delusions about climate change. These delusions, many of which are built in by evolution, hamper our ability to meaningfully address the problem.

Our brains evolved to solve short-term challenges for our survival. Climate change is a long-term challenge to our survival. Can we bridge the gap between these modes of thinking?

Emmy-nominated actor David Morse narrates the brutally honest 12th hour with insight from noted evolutionary biologists, climate scientists, cognitive researchers and psychologists.

Visionary thinkers like Peter Russell, Dr. Paul Piff, Dr. Kari Norgaard and dozens of the brightest minds in academia lay out an unflinching look at mankind: our past, our abilities, our shortcomings and what may be humankind's final destination.

If we have any hope to survive the changes we’ve locked in to our climate, we need to be honest with ourselves and our limitations. The 12th Hour lays out our biases so that we may overcome them.

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ENOUGH Lebanon's Darkest Hour
 

Documentary by Daisy Gedeon second feature documentary
Australia  june 2021 90 minutes (in post)
 

ENOUGH! Lebanon’s Darkest Hour follows Australian-Lebanese filmmaker Daizy Gedeon’s personal and independent introspection into how her ancestral homeland, the place her family was forced to flee in the 1970s because of the Civil War, has ended up in a state of complete catastrophe. It is a story of awakening in which Daizy is forced to abandon her idealism about Lebanon and face the cold, harsh truth about the country’s dark underbelly which is its most sinister enemy.

Daizy prosecutes the case against the corrupt political class which has reduced a proud people to beg for garbage collection instead of greatness and negotiate potholes rather than peace.

ENOUGH! is the plea and the prayer, the feeling and fierce determination of the 4.5 million Lebanese in Lebanon as well as the 16 million members of the Lebanese diaspora scattered around the world, whose hearts continue to bleed for a homeland they are desperate to return to and so deeply want to believe in...once again.

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The Sound of Us directed by Chris Gero

"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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INVISIBLE HAND  by Matthew Taylor
director of The Creepy Line, Marcel Duchamp the art of the possible, Safeguard an electoral debate...

USA  28 minutes August 2021

Zero Gravity USA first film directed by Thomas Verrette

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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Des partenariats forts avec les plus grands festivals et marchés

Nous sommes très fiers des bonnes relations et des partenariats signé avec les plus grands festivals et marchés : Venice Production Bridge, FestForums Santa Barbara, AFM, Animaze, Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival, Houston WorldFest, Fantasporto, et Cannes Market bien entendu et beaucoup d'autres. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir grace à ces parteneriats pouvoir apporter news et dailies à ...

 

Retour sur le 50ème Festival de La Rochelle

Photo : Soirée de clôture avec La Nuit du 12 La 50e édition du Festival La Rochelle Cinéma s'est achevée dimanche soir avec la projection en avant-première de La Nuit du 12 en présence de Dominik Moll, réalisateur, et de Bastien Bouillon, acteur. ­ Pendant tout le festival, cela a été une véritable joie de vous revoir si nombreux dans les salles, après deux éditio...

 

21 juillet Masterclass Mathieu Lamboley(Musique de Lupin) "Composer pour l'image"à l'ONDIF

Mathieu Lamboley, c’est le compositeur de la musique de la série Netflix au succès planétaire Lupin. Il viendra, lors de cette masterclass modérée par le compositeur Nicolas Jorelle (8 de Jane Campion, Fanfan d’Alexandre Jardin…), partager son expérience et évoquer cette expérience sérielle et ses spécificités, de manière aussi ludique que pratique au cœur du lieu qui l’a accueil...

 

INCERTITUDES le thème de la Nuit de l’ENS, un festival des sciences et des lettres le 9 septembre 2022

« INCERTITUDE » : le retour de la Nuit de l’ENS, un festival des sciences et des lettres le 9 septembre 2022   Un mot définit l’époque, les défis, les attentes : l’Incertitude. L’ENS, ses disciplines, ses partenaires, ses étudiants, nous invitent à l’affronter, à la comprendre et même à en faire une fête. Avec sa grande scène en plein air et ses dizaines de propositions de conf...

 

 

Le festival Annecy Cinéma Italien célèbre son 40ème anniversaire du 26 sept au 2 oct. 2022

ANNECY CINÉMA ITALIEN CELÈBRE SON 40 ÈME ANNIVERSAIRE avec Susanna Nicchiarelli, Michelangelo Frammartino, Mario Martone et Walter Fasano   26 septembre - 2 octobre 2022 Annecy cinéma italien (ACI) organisé par Bonlieu Scène nationale Annecy, célèbrera sa 40ème édition du 26 septembre au 2 octobre prochain.   Une occasion unique de replonger dans l'histoire de l’un des plu...