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Amazon Prime Video’s Jubilee: A celebration of the golden era of Hindustani cinema
Amazon Prime Video’s Jubilee: A celebration of the golden era of Hindustani cinema When a director like Vikramaditya Motwane charts new territory in the shape of a 10-episode web series, with lip-sync songs, something he has never done before, there is high curiosity value. It’s called Jubilee and the trailer was launched at Four Seasons Hotel, Mahalakshmi, Mumbai, on Friday afternoon. Starting just 30 minutes after the scheduled time, the proceedings ended within an hour, which i…
Nani’s Dasara creates Dhoom Dhaam across the earth, the moon and the sun
Nani’s Dasara creates Dhoom Dhaam across the earth, the moon and the sun To north Indians, Nani means maternal grandmother. Wonder what it means in Nani’s native Telugu. His full name, though, is Ghanta Naveen Babu, and he is 39. After a dubbed success called Super Khiladi 4, in this, his 29th film, Dasara, he has a very earthy look, unshaven and with long, unruly hair. “You might be pardoned for thinking that this is the same look sported by Allu Arjun in Pushpa, though the…
Hunter, Tootega Nahin, Todega, Amazon Mini web series: Give us a break
Hunter, Tootega Nahin, Todega, Amazon Mini web series: Give us a break Don’t blame me for a sense of ennui and déjà vu that is having an extended run over the last few years, both on the big screen and on OTT. The number of films that have our armed forces and secret services battling that of our neighbour is falling from all sides, like snowfall. But by and large, what we are served is ‘been there done that’. Lagging not far behind is the genre of bad cop batt…
Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Cinema Speculation’: Autobiography? Encyclopaedia? Critiques?…Keep Speculating!
Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Cinema Speculation’: Autobiography? Encyclopaedia? Critiques?…Keep Speculating! Confined by time (1968-1981) and restricted to select genres, like revenge, gory violence, exploitation and blaxploitation, Quentin Tarantino’s 392-page hard-cover Hachette publication is a voyage of discovery that is not for the feeble-hearted or the purist. In baseball and cricketing terminology, he hits the ball all over the park. Though he was born in 1963, the (r…
Zwigato, Review: Wobbligato
Zwigato, Review: Wobbligato Too good to be true-life, Zwigato might have been inspired by true incidents. The narrative does try to convey that feel. At first, it sucks you in with its no blemish couple and their ideal family. But then the layers come off one by one. There are tropes galore, masquerading as plot points. Is the film narrating the story of a food delivery boy, with interesting twists and turns, or is it taking the delivery boy as a prototype and making him go through the motion…
La Semaine de la Critique unveils the poster of its 62nd edition
Scottish director Charlotte Wells’ first feature, AFTERSUN, was discovered last year at La Semaine de la Critique, and has since found phenomenal success, moving audiences throughout the world. Photographer and artist Sarah Makharine captures a warm embrace between the protagonists, Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio. A moment out of time, intimate and graceful, a simple gesture that envelops and reassures. Both a discovery and an encounter: two stunning actors meet acros…
Call For Entries- Best Shorts Competition – June 2023 Season Deadline June 13, 2023
The Best Shorts Competition is unique in the industry. Attracting both powerhouse companies as well as talented new filmmakers, The Best Shorts is an exceptional, truly international awards competition, not a traditional film festival – which allows filmmakers from around the world to enter their films in this prestigious competition. Established in 2011, Best Shorts is an avant-garde worldwide competition that strives to give talented directors, producers, actors, creative tea…
SFFILM Announces Full Lineup for 66th San Francisco International Film Festival
Program Features Selections from 37 Countries, and Spotlights New Work from Bay Area Filmmakers 11 Days of Film and Events Exclusively in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland Theaters Today, SFFILM announced the full lineup for the 66th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival), the longest-running film festival in the Americas. This year’s program, curated from over 5,000 submissions and invitations, will screen exclusively in theaters across San Francisc…
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Caminhos Film Festival is the main celebration of Portuguese cinema. Although focused on national cinematography, the festival provides competitive and non-competitive sections for international cinema. Productions from film schools compete in the Essays Selection, while in other parallel sections international shorts and features are highlighted allowing the audience to meet their confluences with the festivals programme. Fiction, documentary or animation, all genres are welcome. …
Series Mania 2023: French series out in force and a renewed setup for Unifrance
The 13th edition of Unifrance will be present and active at this major event of the world audiovisual industry. Salade grecque(Prime Video), created and directed by Love Is All (6×26’), produced by Wild Bunch TV, will be presented by Pierre-Marcel Blanchot (Phase 4 Productions), and 9/12 (4×52’), produced by Mediawan Rights, will be presented by Florenc…
Buried Alive Film Fest 2023 returns September 29th through October 1st.
It’s that time again, the 16th annual Buried Alive Film Festival is taking submissions! Last year was our biggest and best year yet, with great media coverage and record attendance. This year looks to be even better with a return to the historic Plaza Theatre. We will be screening your movies at the oldest independent theatre in Atlanta, recently renovated and more beautiful than ever. Join us for what’s sure to be one hell of a year. We wan…
The 2023 American Film Market® (AFM®) moves to Santa Monica’s Le Méridien Delfina on Pico
The American Film Market®(AFM®) has chosen Santa Monica’s Le Méridien Delfina, located at 530 Pico Blvd., as its new headquarters, replacing the Loews which closed for lengthy renovations in early March. Though that 30-year era has ended, we are delighted that our new location means you will be returning to the same sunny beachside city for AFM 2023, to familiar places and faces, and that you will be part of this exciting n…
AniMovie – Feature-lenght Films in Competition in the 30th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
„Charlotte“, „Nayola“ and „Dounia & the Princess of Aleppo“ Strong Women in Times of Crisis – The Feature Films of the 30th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film AniMovie is the name of the international feature-length film competition of the 30th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), which takes place from 25 to 30 April 2023. The films selected this year have a chance to win the coveted Trickstar award. M…
Annecy Festival Unveils its 2023 Poster!
The In 2023, Mexican animation will be in the spotlight, and we entrusted the Annecy Festival’s official poster design to Animator and Director Jorge R. Gutierrez, who will also be one of our jury members. An aficionado of Me…
DOKUARTS 2023: Call for Entries!
DOKUARTS 2023: CALL FOR ENTRIES! Deadline May 31, 2023 After three long years, we are delighted to finally announce our next festival edition: DOKUARTS will take place from October 4th to October 15th, 2023, thanks to the renewed support of Berlin’s Capital Cultural Fund. We will move our program to three new venues: Kino in der Kulturbrauerei, Kino in der Brotfabrik and Klick Kino. A fourth venue will be the Haus für Poesie. DOKUARTS screens documentaries on the ar..
Cannes ACID poster revealed
This year’s visual is by illustrator Xavier Lissilour Metaphoric dream of a diverse cinema, the ACID Cannes 2023 poster invites us into the heart of a luminous and mysterious forest. A place to project into the imaginary world of individuals who build together, through their eyes, new worlds, new possibilities. As many stories as hidden treasures that we wish to share with you. May 17th – 26th …
New festival of Southwest Asian and North African cinema screening in Sydney- 28 – 30 April
The first-ever SWANA Film Festival, presented by Arts & Cultural Exchange (ACE) Parramatta, is a 3-day festival of Southwest Asian and North African cinema screening at Riverside Theatre, Parramatta across the weekend – 28 – 30 April 2023! ACE Executive Director Anne Loxley said, “ACE is thrilled to bring the first-ever SWANA Film Festival to Western Sydney. The Festival is an important community-led project that showcases the diverse and important …
Seattle International Film Festival reveals the first six titles for the 2023 edition
Take a peek into the movieverse with the first six 49th Seattle International Film Festival titles just announced including the Cannes Grand Jury Prize winner, the sensation that swept the Goya Awards, and a tribute to longtime SIFF Programmer Ruth Hayler. Passes are on sale now and individual tickets go on sale to SIFF Members on April 26 and to the general public on April 27. The Festival takes place in person May 11–21 at venues across Seattle,…
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Apple TV hit musical comedy series “Schmigadoon! season 2 launching
Apple TV+ comedy Schmigadoon! season 2 photo call Today at The Park Lane Hotel in New York City, Apple TV+ welcomed the cast and co-creator, executive producer and showrunner of the Emmy and AFI Award-winning, hit musical comedy series “Schmigadoon!,” for a photo call ahead of the highly anticipated season two premiere. “Schmigadoon!” will make its global return on Apple TV+ on Wednesday, April 5 with the first two epi…
UNIFRANCE looks back at Berlinale boasting with 18 prizes awarded to French films
The 73rd edition of the Berlinale ended on February 26 with a prize list that honored French cinema in its plurality. The Year of the Documentary in France opens wonderfully with the Golden Bear awarded to the remarkable film by Nicolas Philibert, On the Adamant (to be released in France on April 19). And it was another, singular documentary, Orlando, My Political Biography by Paul B. Preciado, which received four awards, including the Special Jury Prize – Encoun…
VIDEO watch the ITFS 2023 Trailer: “Out of Bounds”
Rolling marbles out of bounds, spirals and loops, plus white and green figures coming together and celebrating: as of today, the official trailer of the 30th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film goes online and awakens anticipation for the ITFS anniversary edition. “Out of Bounds” is the name of the official trailer, which will now be shown online and in cinemas across Germany. It was created and realized by animation artist Merlin Flügel. …
Cartoon Movie fête ses 25 ans à Bordeaux avec 58 nouveaux longs métrages d’animation
Cartoon Movie fête ses 25 ans à Bordeaux avec 58 nouveaux longs métrages d’animation qui recherchent de nouveaux partenaires et veulent accélérer leur production et leur diffusion internationale. Les projets seront présentés, à différents stades de production, devant les 881 professionnels – producteurs, distributeurs, agents de vente, investisseurs, sociétés de jeux vidéo, éditeurs…
Animaze will be celebrating 10 years of the festival
Julie Breton and Lowell Hall Join Festival Executive Board to Participate in Delivering a Spectacular Festival Committed to Being Inclusive and Truly International The 10th Year to be Bigger and Brighter with Montreal’s Leading Global Gaming Industry to Participate in this Years Program with a Country Focus on France Animaze – The Montreal International Animation Festival will be celebrating its 10th year with many new exciting additions to its programs and more f…
Oscar Awards revealed
Congratuilations to “Everything Everywhere All at Once” which took the major industry awards at the 95th Academy Awards Sunday night: Oscars for best picture and best director, and cast members earning individual acting awards.
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Le Prix du passage is the winner of the First Prize BFM 41!
Le Prix du passage/The Channel by Thierry Binisti (France, Belgium, 2022) is the winner of the main competition Mostra Concorso of the 41st edition of Bergamo Film Meeting. Chosen by the audience, the film will receive the Bergamo Film Meeting Prize, worth 5,000 €. The international jury, led by Nerina Kocjančič (Slovenian Film Centre), along with Simone Bachini (Apapaja Produzioni Cinematografiche) and Iva Hejlíčková (Uherské Hradiště Summer Film S…
The Better World Film Forum returns to Cannes MAY, 21st and 22 nd at The Carlton
BETTER WORLD FUND @ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CANNES MAY, 21st & 22 nd 2023 at THE CARLTON HOTEL Sustainable development worldwide, Academia for a Better World Mastermind, Conference, Press, Gala Dinner, Trophy Ceremony, Celebrities, Red Carpet, Liz Mc Comb Showcase Check the FULL BROCHURE AMAZONIA FUND ALLIANCE FOR UNESCO BETTER WORL…
Ruben Östlund, President of the Jury of the 76th Festival de Cannes
50 years after fellow citizen Ingrid Bergman, Swedish director Ruben Östlund, a two-time winner of the Palme d’or, will preside over the Jury of the 76th edition of the Festival de Cannes to be held from May 16 to 27. « I am happy, proud, and humbled to be trusted with the honor of Jury president for this year’s Competition at the Festival de Cannes. Nowhere in the film world is the anticipation as strong as when the curtain rises on the films in Competition at the Festival…
Honor Awards to three prolific individuals on Opening Night of SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival on March 16
Gale Anne Hurd SRFF2023 the 10th-anniversary edition of SR Socially Relevant™Film Festival NY, SRFF 2023, red carpet opens March 16, at the Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater at 5:30 PM. The Opening Ceremony, and Honor Awards at 6:00 PM. The honorees are Gale Anne Hurd (Award-winning Film and TV Producer), Tonya Lewis Lee (producer, film director, writer, entrepreneur, and women’s health advocate), and Robert Schenkkan (Pulitzer and Emmy Award-winning author). The Van…
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ONES TO WATCH FOR FESTIVAL CONSIDERATION carefuly curated by Bruno Chatelin
December 2022, USA 2 hours 4 minutes
Gotham tells the true story of what happened in New York City during the twenty years from 1993 to 2013. How did a city with over 2200 murders, 93,000 violent robberies and 147,000 car thefts in 1990 become the capitol of the world a mere handful of years later? This feature documentary explores what happened during these decades, told by the people who did the hard work, some at great personal and professional cost.
From Fear City to the City of Dreams. Hear about the greatest American turnaround story from the people who made it happen.
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‘Tales of Babylon’ to screen at Berlin, first look of the feature film available for sneak-peek
First look at “Tales of Babylon” by Pelayo De Lario
Synopsis: In this ultra-hip crime thriller, X and Y are two hitmen which storyline is interwoven with other two hitmen: Mother Nature and The Professional. The lives of these hitmen, a bartender, a kid, her brother, and their gangster leader grandfather intertwine in these wild tales of violence, family and redemption. In this tale of family, crime, and violence in London, the Modern day Babylon….
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ABSOLUTION by Lauren Spohn
Short film by Lauren Spohn (UK: 6 minutes 24 seconds 2022)
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“I am in a dark forest and something is chasing after me, some sort of creature that reeks fire or something: one part of me wants to run but I cannot move my legs? I am totally paralysed…”
“One last thing”he said : “it’s not your fault !”
A man sees his psychiatrist for help with a difficult hidden family secret. The conversation takes a sinister turn as the psychiatrist pushes deeper into the man’s past. All is not what it seems:
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La Commission saoudienne du film organise le festival « Saudi Film Nights » en France
Cinq courts métrages et un long métrage seront projetés en France dans le cadre d’une série d’événements organisés par la Commission saoudienne du film. Les projections auront lieu à Paris, Toulouse, Montpellier et Lyon et seront suivies d’une séance de questions-réponses avec les réalisateurs et l’équipe. La première projection aura lieu au ciné…
Reims Polar 2023 rendra hommage à Pierfrancesco Favino
Après A.C.A.B.: All Cops Are Bastards et Suburra de Stefano Sollima, 2019 marque une date pivot, celle de la révélation d’une vedette du cinéma italien encore méconnue en France. Avec Le Traître (2019), de Marco Bellocchio, présenté en compétition au Festival de Cannes, nul dans l’hexagone ne pouvait plus ignorer l’étendue et la splendeur de son talent, dans un p…
Très bons résultats, en croissance de 10%, pour Le Printemps du Cinéma 2023
2,35 millions de spectateurs se sont rendus dans les salles pour Le Printemps du Cinéma 2023, qui s’est déroulé du 19 au 21 mars dans toute la France. Pour sa 22ème édition, la manifestation retrouve ainsi un niveau habituel comme ceux connus depuis sa création. Les spectateurs ont à nouveau confirmé leur engouement pour le cinéma en salle et en particulier pour Le Printemps du Cinéma, puisqu’ils o…
Cine Comédies : un nouvel événement pour rire ensemble en Région Hauts-de-France
Le rire est contagieux. Après les spectateurs lillois, la Communauté d’Agglomération de Lens-Liévin (CALL) succombe à son tour aux bienfaits du rire en accueillant le Festival CineComedies du 26 au 28 mai 2023. Ce deuxième évènement porté par l’association Les Amis de CineComedies sera l’occasion de poursuivre notre mission de transmission du patrimoine culturel cinématographique à tra…
Imagina : le seul outil tout-en-un et clé en main pour organiser tous types d’événements
La France est une terre d’événements ! Rien qu’au niveau “corporate”, il y a chaque année près de 400 000 événements physiques organisés (séminaires, soirées d’entreprise, opérations de communication…). Il faut ensuite ajouter les salons et les foires (BtoB et BtoC), les festivals, les journées thématiques, etc. Des entreprises jusqu’aux collectivités, en passant par…
La sélection du Festival International de Films de Femmes de Créteil 2023
La 45ème édition du festival International de fiklms de Femmes de Créteil se tiendra du 24 mars au 2 avril en présence d’ Agnès Jaoui, Rebecca Zlotowski, Coline Serreau, Annie Ernaux, Michelle Perrot… LA FABRIQUE DE L’ÉMANCIPATION Invitées | Cartes blanches | Masterclass Agnès Jaoui, Coline Serreau, Rebecca Zlotowski Colloque | La fabrique de l’émancipation par Michelle Perrot Rendez-vous exception…
Ruben Östlund : le Président du Jury du 76e Festival de Cannes
50 ans après sa compatriote Ingrid Bergman, le réalisateur suédois Ruben Östlund, deux fois Palme d’or, présidera le Jury lors de la 76e édition du Festival de Cannes, qui se tiendra du 16 au 27 mai. « Je suis heureux, fier et empreint d’humilité de me voir confier l’honneur de présider le Jury du Festival de Cannes cette année. Nul autre lieu dans le monde ne suscite un tel…
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 …
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