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Stolman Audience Award, Best Feature | JULES starring Ben Kingsley A 3 Audience Award, Best Documentary | Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection The McNeely Audience Award, Best Short Film | Nina & Irena Grand Jury Best Narrative Feature | Burning Days Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature | The Gr…
With 110 films representing 32 countries, we have something for everyone during our five-day festival, including these works from filmmakers at the top of their game. Check the Festival Guide. Award Winning Films Master Filmmakers Women Directors …
The festival opened with Jules world premiere, a delightful new comedy with Oscar®-winner Ben Kingsley, Harriet Sansom Harris, Zoe Winters, Jade Quon, and director Marc Turtletaub.. 110 Films Representing 32 Countries Slated for March 22-26 Our five-day festival features the best in new cinema from around the world. Use our online guide to make your selections by genres, days, visiting filmmakers, and themes using these quick links: All Narrative Features A-Z All …
We’re pleased to present the 26th Annual Sonoma International Film Festival March 22-26, 2023. Dive into our SIFF Film Schedule including the World Premiere of Marc Turtletaub’s JULES, starring Ben Kingsley, Harriet Sansom Harris, Jane Curtin, Zoe Winters and Jade Quon. Marc Turtletaub, and stars Ben Kingsley, Harriet Sansom Harris, Zoe Winters and Jade Quon will be joining us in Sonoma and we are thrilled to be the first audience to see this delightful comedy. Af…
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…
Sophie Thatcher attends the Rising Star Party at the Sun Valley Film Festival on March 30, 2023 in Sun Valley, Idaho. (Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock for the Sun Valley Film Festival) The Sun Valley Film Festival kicked off this week with Day 1 and Day 2 of its 2023 program, featuring attending guests Sophie Thatcher, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater and the Opening Night screening of Wild Life. On Wednesday, March 29, the Sun Valley Film F…
Since its inception in 2003, the San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival has successfully passed through 19 starry years, winning recognition from kids’ film creators and fans in Hollywood and around the world. As an annual kids’ film festival, the 2023 San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival will take place in Southern California in late August. Known for its sunny summers and long, beautiful Pacific coastline, San Diego is close to Hollywood, the heart…
The 2023 program has just dropped. This will be the biggest celebration of film CUFF has ever hosted The Calgary Underground Film Festival has announced the full lineup of films playing the 20th Festival, taking place from April 20-30, 2023 at Globe Cinema. This year’s festival is the largest in the organization’s 20-year history, showing 42 feature films and 38 shorts, over 11 days. “The community, our fans, and the small businesses that have helped grow and sup…
Visions du Réel 2023: the 54th edition will run 21 to 30 April 2023. It is a powerful and dazzling programme that showcases the strength of contemporary non-fiction filmmaking. In all, 163 films – including 82 world premieres, 11 international premieres, 2 European premieres and 26 Swiss premieres – offer a panorama that often challenges the boundaries between fiction and reality. 46 countries are represented in the selection, while 37 Swiss (co)productions are featured in …
With 110 films representing 32 countries, we have something for everyone during our five-day festival, including these works from filmmakers at the top of their game. Check the Festival Guide. Award Winning Films Master Filmmakers Women Directors …
Lily Gladstone (Mollie Burkhart) and Leonardo DiCaprio (Ernest Burkhart) in Killers of the Flower Moon © 2023 Apple Studios Killers of the Flower Moon by Martin Scorsese stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons and Lily Gladstone. Hailing from Apple Studios, Killers of the Flower Moon was produced alongside Imperative Entertainment, Sikelia Productions and Appian Way. Producers are Martin Scorsese, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas and Daniel Lupi, with…
One way of owning a film, an extension of the auteur theory, would be to name the film with your name preceding the title. Might sound quirky to some, but so what? It is his film, and he can call it Nani’s Dasara or whatever else he likes. But you do wonder why Telugu actor Nani chose to call it his Dasara when he has neither written nor directed it, not even produced it. The nomenclature is a reference to the Dasara (Dussehra) festival, which forms the climax of the story, in which case…
Grand premiere of the film Motherland, directed by Ukrainian-Belarusian director Alexander Mihalkovich (My Granny From Mars) and Belarusian director Hanna Badziaka, will take place at the 63rd Krakow Film Festival! This monumental work, which is a multi-threaded portrait of the oppressive post-Soviet culture of cruelty, has just received the Grand Prix at the prestigious documentary film festival CPH:DOX in Copenhagen. In Kraków, we’ll get to see the film at the turn of May and June…
The Super Mario Bros. Movie – Only In Theaters April 5 Tickets on sale now. Official Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | #SuperMarioMovie For the first time, the iconic global entertainment brands Illumination and Nintendo join forces to create The Super Mario Bros. Movie, a new, big-screen adventure starring one of pop culture’s most prominent plu…
Evil doesn’t span eternity without a little help. Renfield – In Theaters April 14TH Official Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | #RenfieldMovie In this modern monster tale of Dracula’s loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men franchise) stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history’s most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Oscar® winner Nicolas Cage). Renfield is forced to procure …
The festival opened with Jules world premiere, a delightful new comedy with Oscar®-winner Ben Kingsley, Harriet Sansom Harris, Zoe Winters, Jade Quon, and director Marc Turtletaub.. 110 Films Representing 32 Countries Slated for March 22-26 Our five-day festival features the best in new cinema from around the world. Use our online guide to make your selections by genres, days, visiting filmmakers, and themes using these quick links: All Narrative Features A-Z All …
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 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…
Our 10th-anniversary Awards Night took place on March 23 at JCC Harlem concluding the in-person section (March 16-23) at Lincoln Center, Cinema Village, Dear Mama, MRHS, and Maison Française. Honor Awards, Jury Awards, HipHop Music, Jazz and a convivial atmosphere were enjoyed by all throughout! Check out the winners and download the full list here. The SRFF 2023…
The results are finally in: please join us in congratulating the 2023 New York International Children’s Film Festival Award Winners based on YOUR votes (and those of our esteemed Jury). Cue the confetti! …and the winners are Audience Awards …
The 18th edition of the Festival has come to an end. In 15 days, we showed 126 films from 31 European countries. We would like to thank the filmmakers who came in great numbers to present their films in Paris, our professional and committed juries, our warm and enthusiastic audience, our partners, the cinemas and all those who have made this adventure possible. The Festival is honoured to announce the prize winners of its 2023 edition. Prix SAUVAGE select…
The World Film Industry Conference (WFIC) is excited to announce the shortlist for the 36th Huading Awards on March 31, 2023, in Los Angeles, California at the Avalon Theater, 1735 Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90028. The red carpet will be from 3:30-4:30 p.m. followed by the awards ceremony at 5-8 p.m. In the film category, “All Quiet on the Western Front”, “Avatar: The Way of Water”, and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” are shortlisted for Best Glo…
Stolman Audience Award, Best Feature | JULES starring Ben Kingsley A 3 Audience Award, Best Documentary | Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection The McNeely Audience Award, Best Short Film | Nina & Irena Grand Jury Best Narrative Feature | Burning Days Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature | The Gr…
Sharing this letter from Lisa Samford, Executive Director of Jackson Wild. Warm greetings to all, After 20 wonderful years leading Jackson Wild, I will be stepping away from my role as Executive Director following this year’s Summit in Jackson Hole. I have spent a lot of time reflecting on what we have accomplished over the years, with a sense of wonder. Together, we have created innovative global partnerships, accelerated the amplification of underrepre…
VISIONS OF PEACE INITIATIVE SHINES DURING THE 67TH COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN WITH FILM SCREENING AND RECOGNITIONS WITH SPECIAL INVITATION TO PRESENT FROM UNITED NATIONS APPROVED NGO NEW GENERATION IN ACTION’S AFI WORLD PEACE INITIATIVE Pictured: Princess Cheryl Halpern (VOPI) presenting the Art for Peace Book in celebration of Visions of Peace 5 Year Anniversary during the 67th Commission on Status of Women at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City …
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…
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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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CANAL+ DIFFUSERA EN EXCLUSIVITÉ LA CÉRÉMONIE D’OUVERTURE DE LA SAISON 6 DU FESTIVAL CANNESERIES PRÉSENTÉE PAR CAMILLE CHAMOUX,MAÎTRESSE DE CÉRÉMONIE CANAL+, partenaire officiel de CANNESERIES, diffusera en exclusivité la cérémonie d’ouverture de la saison 6 du Festival International des Séries de Cannes, présentée par la comédienne Camille Ch…
~ COMPÉTITION FICTIONS PRIX JULES VERNE AU MEILLEUR FILM parrainé par la Ville de Nantes et soutenu par Ouest-France LA CONSAGRACIÓN DE LA PRIMAVERA PRIX DU PUBLIC AU MEILLEUR FILM parrainé par la Région Pays de la Loire …
Le Palmarès du 45e Festival International de Films de Femmes a été dévoilé ce vendredi 31 mars à la MAC de Créteil. Rendez-vous toute la journée du samedi 1er avril, à la MAC, pour voir ou revoir les films primés, et dimanche 2 avril, à 19h30, au Cinéma Le Lincoln (Paris) pour découvrir en avant-première et en présence de la réalisatrice le documentaire Pola…
Palmarès PLATEFORME PROFESSIONNELLE CINÉLATINO 2023 CINÉMA EN CONSTRUCTION 42 CINÉMA EN DÉVELOPPEMENT 18 …
PALMARES 2023 Après une semaine riche en convivialité, en échanges et en partage, le jury long métrage composé de Marcia Romano, Renaud Barbier, Maïdi Roth et Florent Gouëlou, et le jury court métrage composé de Eloi Ragot, Ismaël El Iraki, Delphine Malausséna et Anaïs Fabre, ont décerné les Prix de la 24e édition du Festival international Music & Cinema Marseille. …
Ce samedi 1 avril 2023, s’est tenue la remise des prix du festival Cinélatino, 35es Rencontres de Toulouse. PALMARÈS 2023 Cinélatino | Le palmarès de la 35e édition l 2023 PALMARÈS 2023 Cinélatino | Le palmarès de la 35e édition l 2023 Voir la version en ligne …
Fidèle à sa tradition de portraits de villes, le Forum des images a choisi cette année de mettre à l’honneur une des villes les plus filmées de l’histoire du cinéma : Los Angeles. Réservoir de rêves et de fantasmes, entre violence et glamour, elle est familière au spectateur de cinéma. Mais que sait-on de la ville réelle ? Du 12 avril au 6 juillet, 80 films, 9 cours de cinéma, des séances &laq…
La 18e édition du Festival vient de s’achever. Pendant 15 jours, nous avons montré 126 films de 31 pays de l’Europe. Nous remercions les auteurs qui sont venus nombreux pour présenter leurs films à Paris, nos jurys, professionnels et engagés, notre public chaleureux et enthousiaste, nos partenaires, les salles de cinéma et tous ceux qui ont rendu possible cette aventure. Le Festival est honoré d’annoncer le Palmar&e…
Dévoilement de la programmation du 39e Festival international de cinéma Vues d’Afrique présenté par Québecor à la Cinémathèque québécoise du 20 au 30 avril Aujourd’hui, lors d’une conférence de presse tenue à la Cinémathèque québécoise, le Festival international de cinéma Vues d’Afrique, présenté par Québecor, a dévoi…
BAu menu du Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival4 avant-premières mondiales, 6 avant-premières internationales et 10 avant-premières européennes parmi les 72 longs métrages présentés. Une thématique « Sales Gosses », avec des pépites telles que THE WRATH OF BECKY ou encore KIDS VS ALIENS, un focus espagnol en présence de Juan Antonio Bayona, un Bal des Vampires scandaleusement gratuit pou…
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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