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NYCIFF call for entry: happy submitting to NYCIFF!

16th NYC Independent Film Festival  June 5-8, 2024   August 31, 2023 Earlybird Deadline November 30, 2023 Regular Deadline January 15, 2024 Late Deadline February 15, 2024 Extended Deadline Home of the NYC Indie Awards the festival aims to discover the Artist Filmmaker, showcasing them to the entertainment industry and the NYC public. All NYCIndieFF screenings take place in…

 

The Call for Entries for the 22nd Wild & Scenic Film Festival is now open

The Call for Entries for the 22nd Wild & Scenic Film Festival is now open and closes on September 17, 2023. The early-bird discount on the entry fee ends midnight PST on Sunday, July 16th.   Submit your film for consideration to our annual program through FilmFreeway.   The Wild & Scenic Film Festival inspires environmental activism and a love for nature–through film. The 5-day event happens annually in Nevada C…

 

The Call for Entries for the 22nd Wild & Scenic Film Festival is now open

The Call for Entries for the 22nd Wild & Scenic Film Festival is now open and closes on September 17, 2023. The early-bird discount on the entry fee ends midnight PST on Sunday, July 16th.   Submit your film for consideration to our annual program through FilmFreeway.   The Wild & Scenic Film Festival inspires environmental activism and a love for nature–through film. The 5-day event happens annually in Nevada City and Gras…

 

 

Andrea Iervolino’s TaTaTu Partners with Berlin’s TV SERIES FESTIVAL on Short Film Contest #ShareYourShort

#ShareYourShort Entries Will Screen on the Rewards-Based Platform TaTaTu and Qualify To Be Nominated for TV Series Festival’s Best Short Film   TaTaTu to Host Content from Major Italian Broadcaster During The Festival including “The Sea Beyond,” “Dragonero – Tales of Paladins” and “The Left Handed Son”   TaTaTu, the groundbreaking rewards-based social media app founded by Andrea Iervolino, and Berlin’s TV Series Festival, the …

 

The Montreal International Documentary Festival and Forum RIDM unveil the visual identity of their upcoming edition

    The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) and Forum RIDM are proud to unveil a visual identity that’s as vibrant as ever for their 2023 edition, to be held this November. For a second consecutive year, graphic designer Juliette Moal was invited to create the festival’s visual signature. Building on the concept she initiated in 2022, which was inspired by the imagery of VHS cases and 1990s television, Juliette has constructed a delightfully kinetic…

 

FREE PITCH ! Receive a USD 5000 $ Cash Prize to create your future film

  FREE PITCH ! Receive a USD 5000$ Cash Prize to create your future film.   We are excited to announce a unique opportunity for filmmakers to showcase their talent and win a Cash Prize of USD 5000$ to fund their next short film!. New York Indie Shorts Awards is introducing a new competition called “PITCH THE AUDIENCE,” where filmmakers can submit a 2-minute video presentation. This presentation, if selected by our programming team, will be screened during o…

 

Celebrate Diversity in Film! 12th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival – Call for Entries

INDIE FILMMAKERS … Do you have an awesome film? Celebrate Diversity in Film with New York City’s WINTER FILM AWARDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL   All Genres – Shorts – Features Animation – Horror – Music Video – Documentary Drama – Comedy – Web Series – Experimental – Student Work   Winter Film Awards is New York City — showcasing the eclectic diversity and excitement of the independent arts world. The Fest celebrates the outstanding work of emerging filmmakers in a…

 

FEFF 26 will be hosting the world premiere of 5 restored masterpieces

24 April/2 May 2024 – Udine, Italy, Teatro Nuovo and Visionario   FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL 26 FROM “A CITY OF SADNESS” TO “RAISE THE RED LANTERN”: FEFF 26  WILL BE HOSTING THE WORLD PREMIERES OF RESTORED VERSIONS OF FIVE PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE MASTERPIECES!   Chiu Fu-sheng, legendary producer of the five films, will be receiving the FEFF’s 2024 Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement in Udine.  Apart from being the five mas…

 

Moutainfilm 2023 Festival Recap Video

2023 Festival Recap Video Our 2023 Festival was absolutely magical. We are so grateful to every sponsor, donor, attendee, guest, filmmaker, film subject, volunteer and staff member who made it happen. Check out the recap we put together of some of our favorite moments from this magical weekend.     …

 

The first films competing for the Golden Shell at the 71st San Sebastián Festival

The films by María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat, Robin Campillo, Raven Jackson, Joachim Lafosse, Noah Pritzker, Cristi Puiu and Martín Rejtman, among others, will be competing for the Golden Shell at the 71st San Sebastián Festival The American newcomer Raven Jackson will be forming part of the Official Selection with a film developed in the Ikusmira Berriak programme   María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat, Robin Ca…

 

Ikusmira Berriak opens the tenth call for its residencies

The registration deadline for the audiovisual project development programme is September 1 From this edition, one of the positions on the pre-selection committee will be filled by an alumnus of Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE) on a rotating basis Ikusmira Berriak, the programme of residencies and audiovisual project development, organised by the San Sebastian Festival, Tabakalera-International Centre for Contemporary Culture and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE), …

 

Proyecta, organised by Ventana Sur, the Marché du Film and the San Sebastian Festival, are accepting submissions

The deadline for submissions is August 1 Proyecta, the initiative jointly organised by Ventana Sur, the Marché du Film and the San Sebastian Festival, opens its call for the submission of audiovisual feature films projects from Europe and Latin America that are at the development stage and are looking for co-production. Open from today, the initiative is for first or second works by their directors.  The call is for fiction and non-fiction projects in development from Latin Ameri…

 

Lunenburg Doc Fest relaunches $10,000 pitch contest for underrepresented Nova Scotian filmmakers

Lunenburg Doc Fest is now accepting applications from Nova Scotian filmmakers for The Launch: Documentary Development and Pitch Contest.   The initiative, funded by CBC and Bell Fund, offers underrepresented Nova Scotian media artists a chance to win mentorship and a prize package to make a short documentary over the next year. Five selected participants will pitch their documentary project live at the 2023 Lunenburg Doc Fest in competition for a $10,000 prize package including ca…

 

Berlinale Spotlight: Berlinale Shorts at FIRST International Film Festival in Xining, China

      La herida luminosa / Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays von / by Christian Avilés © ESCAC Films Berlinale Shorts    With its specially curated programmes, the Berlinale has been present around the world for many years. The Berlinale Spotlight extends the festival period and makes the activities of the Berlinale visible throughout the year.   The upcoming Berlinale Spotlight: Berlinale …

 

The Film Community of the Many: Berlinale Talents Calls for Applications

The Talents at the Global Speed Matching 2023 © David Ausserhofer, Berlinale 2023 Until September 4, 2023, emerging film creators can once again apply for Berlinale Talents (February 17-22, 2024). The talent development initiative offers 200 creatives from 14 film disciplines the opportunity to take part in a multitude of think tanks, talks, workshops and labs. With more than 9,500 alumni in over 150 countries, and seven branches worldwide, Berlinale Talents has becom…

 

2024 Berlinale: “Next Move” – Focusing and Condensing for a Future-Oriented Festival Structure

After two unusual festival years due to the pandemic, the Berlinale celebrated a successful and glamourous comeback as an on-site event in February 2023. Executive Director Mariëtte Rissenbeek and Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian evaluated the structure of the Berlinale after the festival. Their goal is to be able to sustainably configure the festival by restructuring the organisation and condensing its programme.   “Like many other areas of society, c…

 

5 key European Film Festivals unite introducing Launchpad to support emerging film professionals networking opportunities

The Locarno Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, IFFR and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival have joined forces in a new initiative: Launchpad. Launchpad aims at facilitating the integration of selected emerging film professionals working in international sales, marketing, traditional and online distribution, exhibition and programming, funds and commissions by giving them facilitated access to a network of film festivals in the …

 

‘Day9’ by Award-winning DGA Director Dastan Khalili To Have World Premiere at LA Shorts International Film Festival

Thriller satire short Day9 will have its world premiere at the LA Short International Film Festival on July 25, 2023, at 3:15 p.m. PST at Regal LA Live Cinemas in downtown Los Angeles. In the film, Dobroth, a merciless millionaire, assembles a team of resilient workers and forces them to toil in an uninhabitable wasteland until they are pushed to their limits, both mentally and physically. Official Trailer:    Day-9 trailer.mov from Alliance Of Light on …

 

I want to be a kid again check the PUNTO Y RAYA JUNIOR FESTIVAL wrap video

PUNTO Y RAYA JUNIOR FESTIVAL 2023 June 14th-18th, 2023 CNP Centrum na Przedmieściu, Wroclaw (PL) Punto y Raya JUNIOR 2023 / Summary at CNP (Wroclaw, PL) from Punto y Raya Festival – Dot&Line on Vimeo. Video by Punto y Raya Junior, the world benchmark for Abstract Art in Motion produced BY CHILDREN and youngesters is back in Wroclaw, with free admission!. The event will be held June 14-18th 2023 at CNP Centrum na Przedmieściu, with complementary activities outdoors…

 

The Drummer reviewed from The Golden Apricot Film Festival

By Alex Deleon for filmfestivals.com   The Golden Apricot Film Festival,  now in its twentieth year, always tends to spotlight films from countries in the region which are not likely to get much exposure at other festivals.  This, in addition, of course, to a wide selection of other films from around the world and prize winners from top festivals such as  Cannes and  Venice. On Bastille Day, July 14th, I caught up with two off-beat Georgian features a…

 

“Magic Mountain” review from The Golden Apricot Film Festival, now in its twentieth year

  By Alex Deleon for filmfestivals.com The Golden Apricot Film Festival,  now in its twentieth year, always tends to spotlight films from countries in the region which are not likely to get much exposure at other festivals.  This, in addition, of course, to a wide selection of other films from around the world and prize winners from top festivals such as  Cannes and  Venice. On Bastille Day, July 14th, I caught up with two off-beat Georgian features a…

 

Final Cut in Venice 11th edition (September 3rd – September 5th) The 7 work-in-progress films have been selected

Final Cut in Venice 11th edition (September 3rd – September 5th) The 7 work-in-progress films have been selected   The seven work-in-progress films of the 11th edition of Final Cut in Venice have been selected. Final Cut in Venice is the industry program that has been providing since 2013 concrete support in the completion of films from all African countries and from five countries of the Middle East: Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria. Final Cut in Venice is one of the p…

 

Georgia-based Southbox Entertainment Expands Film and TV Production with $25 Million FilmHedge Partnership

Southbox Adds Former ICM Exec Chandler Heinz Laun and Finance Industry Veteran Jonathan Hecht to Leadership Team to Help Navigate Company’s Aggressive Growth   The team in Cannes Southbox Entertainment, a film and TV production company founded by investor Jon Gosier, has secured a $25 million partnership with sister company FilmHedge to greenlight scripted series and feature films. The company is in the process of raising an additional $55 million from private investors for a…

 

VIDEO “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” : behind the scenes of the Rome Chase : don’t try this at home!

In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can …

 

Holland Film Meeting selected projects 2023

 

      Of the nineteen projects presented within the New Dutch, Stories & Beyond and BoostNL categories, the majority are fiction features with the subprogramme Stories & Beyond placing special emphasis on Dutch genre films this year. Additionally, one project this year is a creative documentary, and one is a feature-length animation.  New Dutch Selection  New Dutch is a curated selection of the most exciting new projects from the Netherlands w…

 

The Marrakech Short Film Festival (MARRAKECHsFF) is back for its third edition September 22-29, 2023

Third Edition, September 22-29, 2023   The Marrakech Short Film Festival (MARRAKECHsFF) is back for its third edition, showcasing Moroccan talent in the realm of short films through an international selection in iconic venues in Marrakech. As the first open-air cinema festival founded by women in Morocco, this event continues to bridge the gap between the short film industry and the city of Marrakech, while highlighting Moroccan and international talents through an engag…

 

Walter Kaufmann: What a Life, Germany, 2021

This superbly crafted biographical documentary by Karin Kaper and Dirk Szuszien premiered in North America in a May 2023 screening arranged in New York by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and the Leo Baeck Institute. The focus of the film, writer Walter Kaufmann, passed away at the age of 97 in 2021. Every stage of his life is chronicled and accompanied by his visual participation and recorded commentaries from his texts including childhood and youth; passage as a Jewish child refugee from Germany …

Cinema for Peace Award for The Pope, President Zelenskyy, and Filmmaker Afineevsky

 Cinema for Peace Honorary Award 2023 Trailer Cinema for Peace hosted a special honoring of His Holiness Pope Francis, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky at the Vatican and in Rome, which was followed by a screening of the film “Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”, at the European University of Rome. Cinema for Peace has honored the greatest icons of mankind in the past, from Muhammed Ali to Nelson Mandela,…

 

Awards Ceremony of the JDIFF 2023

  Aly Yeganeh winner enjoying hi Best Ensemble Cast Trophy for Sibel’s Silence with Festival Director Susie Gorell Best Feature: “Pinball: The Man that Saved the Game” Best Documentary: “Labeled: The Missing, the Murdered and the Forgotten” Best Short I: “Hedgehog” Best Short II: “Mayfly” Best Cast Ensemble: “Sibel’s Silence” …

 

Finalists of the International Film Music Competition

Carl Falkenau, Elliot Murphy and Cian McCarthy. © Zurich Film Festival These are the finalists of the International Film Music Competition   The International Film Music Competition takes place for the 11th time during the 19th Zurich Film Festival’s “Cinema in Concert” gala event. The prestigious event motivated 153 composers from each of the world’s continents to enter an original score, which they created for the short film AU REVOIR JERÔME. Presided …

 

Finalists of the N.E.F.T.I. Africa Competition will screen at Durban FilmMart

NEFT Vodka  In Collaboration With Durban FilmMart And AFRICAN BANK To Spotlight African Film Talent With Its N.E.F.T.I. Africa Competition   Three Top Films To Be Screened At The Durban FilmMart Competition Winner Receives $5000 As Well As A Long-Term Collaboration To Create Short Films, Documentaries, And Other Video Content For African Bank. Audience Choice Award Winner Receives $2000   The Three Finalists Are  Lwazi Duma (South Africa); Emma Tollman (So…

 

Locarno: The Leopard Club Award to Stellan Skarsgård

Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård, one of the most popular faces of contemporary cinema, will receive the Leopard Club Award at the 76th Locarno Film Festival (August 2-12). The award ceremony, which will take place on Friday evening, August 4th, in Piazza Grande, will be followed by a talk with the audience at the Forum @Spazio Cinema on Saturday, August 5th, while God afton, herr Wallenberg (Good evening, Mr. Wallenberg, 1990) by Kjell Grede will be screened on August 3rd. Stel…

 

Trieste / ShorTS IFF Winners of the 24th edition

ShorTS International Film Festival 24th edition / Trieste, 1 – 8 July 2023 THE WINNERS OF THE 24th EDITION     MAREMETRAGGIO SECTION   EstEnergy – Gruppo Hera Award / Best short film – 4.000 euro (Jury members: Leonardo Martinelli, Valentina Otormin Dall’Oglio, Yannis Sakaridis) Serpetatiyen neqewimi by Ramazan Kılıç (Turkey 2023) «For the bravery of telling this story of a family in a remote village that reflect…

 

Awards at Punto y Raya JUNIOR 2023 educational programme

Punto y Raya JUNIOR 2023 educational programme and its culminating event in Poland. The fifth edition of the festival -co-produced by MAD and PyRLAB- took place June 14th – 18th, 2023 at CNP Centrum na Przedmieści, Grotowski Institute, PAN Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapies , Pracownia Małych Instrumentów, and Przejście Dialogu in Wrocław (PL). PUNTO y RAYA JUNIOR 2023 Summary at CNP FULL HD &mid…

“Beat” Takeshi, the Wildman of Japanese Cinema, is the Special Guest of the 20th GAIFF film festival

2023 Golden Apricot Film Festival  in Yerevan runs July 9 – 16, 2023 By Alex Deleon  for Filmfestivals.com Takeshi Kirano at the height of “beatness” in “Violent Cop”, 1989 Takeshi Kitano (北野 武, Kitano Takeshi, born January 18, 1947), better known as Beat Takeshi (ビートたけし, Bīto Takeshi) in Japan, is a Japanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker.  The nickname “beat” which he adopted as…

 

Jacqueline Nsiah Will Join the Berlinale Selection Committee

                                                  Jacqueline Nsiah © Engin Oruc       Carlo Chatrian, Artistic Director of the Berlinale, has asked Jacqueline Nsiah, a film festival, art and culture consultant from Berlin, to join his selection committee. Barbara Wurm is leaving the committee to head the Forum section, starting August 1,…

 

Meet the Juries of the 76th Locarno Film Festival

Following on from the unveiling of the official selection, the names are now being announced of the jurors who will be in Locarno to award the Pardo d’oro and other prizes on the closing day, August 12th.   Photo:  ©Locarno Film Festival The juries will involve voices from around the world, representing some of the most exciting and creative visionaries on the contemporary scene, as this year’s jurors set about deciding the outcomes of the 76th Locarno Film Fe…

 

Locarno76: full program announced, plus Excellence Award Davide Campari to Riz Ahmed

Today’s press conference in Bern saw the unveiling of the official program for the 76th Locarno Film Festival, together with eagerly awaited competition line-ups and the presentation of the non-competitive sections. British actor Riz Ahmed was also revealed as the recipient of this year’s Excellence Award Davide Campari.  ©Photo by Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images  From the 2nd to 12th of August the passion …

 

‘Day9’ by Award-winning DGA Director Dastan Khalili To Have World Premiere at LA Shorts International Film Festival

Thriller satire short Day9 will have its world premiere at the LA Short International Film Festival on July 25, 2023, at 3:15 p.m. PST at Regal LA Live Cinemas in downtown Los Angeles. In the film, Dobroth, a merciless millionaire, assembles a team of resilient workers and forces them to toil in an uninhabitable wasteland until they are pushed to their limits, both mentally and physically. Official Trailer:    Day-9 trailer.mov from Alliance Of Light on …

 

Interview with Lebanese French Producer Financier Carlos Bedran for ENTRE NOUS (2023) at the 76th Cannes Film Festival

French Lebanese producer and financier began his professional career with a degree in engineering from Ecole Centrale de Paris in 1982 and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at MIT (Boston, USA) in 1983. After years working as a venture capitalist and founding multiple startup finance and investment consulting companies, Carlos moved into the arena of entertainment and film. Carlos acted as shareholder and Chairman of the board of Artemis Productions in Belgium since December …

 

Death of Amer Alwan, Iraqi director 1957 – 2023 RIP

Death of Amer Alwan, Iraqi director 1957 – 2023, audience award for «Zaman, the man of reeds» at the FICA in Vesoul.  A message from our friends at FICA: “We have just learned of the death, on July 4, of Iraqi francophone and francophile director Amer Alwan at the age of 66.  We loved this man who always had a smile despite the hardships of life.    He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad, studied film in France. He holds a DEA in Philo…

 

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ONES TO WATCH FOR FESTIVAL CONSIDERATION  carefuly curated by Bruno Chatelin

Through the real-life experience of several transgender youth and expert interviews, this docudrama provides an uncensored look into the forces behind this movement and reveals untold stories you have never heard.

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Some who took vaccine with the noblest of intentions experienced unexpected debilitating aftereffects. Instead of compassion, they were met with skepticism; instead of being helped they were shunned; instead of being heard, they were silenced. Join us as we bring their stories out of the shadows so they can be heard and seen and no longer alone.

And yet nobody’s coming to the rescue of truth?

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France 93 minutes

August 2014. ISIS invades the city of Sinjar, home to a religious minority called the Yazidis, in the north west of Irak.

Sibel, a 13-year-old girl, witnesses the slaughter of her entire family. 
Alongside thousands of other women and young girls from her community, she is then kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery.

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5 minutes 40 – USA July 2022

An overly confident cop’s first day on the job gets interesting as he navigates unfamiliar territories and people.

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A brother-sister assassin duo become part of a scheme much bigger than them, when a culture vulture-ing client calls an audible.  

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2023 USA 96 minutes

Rear View Cataclysm is the story of two brothers and an ex-girlfriend who try to recapture the love and passion and of their past. Edison is trapped in a toxic marriage and invites down-on-his-luck brother, Blake (Jason Liebrecht), to a popular local music festival. Broke and depressed, Blake agrees, not realizing that Edison has also invited Mazie (Caroline Ducey), his ex-girlfriend.  No one can predict the course of desire, reconciliation and regret that unfolds. Set against the barren landscapes of rural Texas and featuring the hypnotic sounds of Grouper and Govinda along with Punk Rock Bands Zounds and The Jesus Lizard, Rear View Cataclysm is a feast for the heart and senses.

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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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ABSOLUTION by Lauren Spohn

Short film by Lauren Spohn (UK: 6 minutes 24 seconds 2022)

Labelled BEST FOR FESTS by curator Bruno Chatelin former head of Fox and Sony in France, filmfestivals.com founder and editor

“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: 

Can he take the tension, will you?

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The American French Film Festival dévoile l’affiche de sa prochaine édition

THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL DÉVOILE L’AFFICHE DE SA 27ÈME ÉDITION  18 > 22 octobre – Los Angeles L’équipe de The American French Film Festival a le plaisir de vous dévoiler l’affiche de sa prochaine édition qui aura lieu à Los Angeles, dans les salles de la Directors Guild of America, du 18 au 22 octobre 2023. The American French Film Festival est une vitrine pour les films, les séries et les tal…

 

Les RIDM et le Forum RIDM dévoilent l’identité visuelle de leur prochaine édition

Les Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal et le Forum RIDM dévoilent l’identité visuelle de leur prochaine édition – Les Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) et le Forum RIDM sont fiers de dévoiler une identité visuelle toujours aussi vibrante pour leur édition 2023 qui aura lieu en novembre prochain. Pour une deuxième année, la designer graphique Juliette Moal a &e…

 

La 51e édition du Festival La Rochelle Cinéma s’est achevée

Photo : Soirée d’ouverture, Grande salle de La Coursive La 51e édition du Festival La Rochelle Cinéma s’est achevée ce dimanche avec la projection en avant-première du film Le Syndrome des amours passées  en présence d’Ann Sirot, Raphaël Balboni (réalisateurs) et Lazare Gousseau (acteur). Cela a été une véritable joie de vous revoir si nombreux dans …

 

Le palmarès de la 34ème édition du FIDMarseille

  PALMARÈS DE LA 34e ÉDITION   La 34ème édition du FIDMarseille s’est clôturée ce soir avec un très beau palmarès ! Merci à toustes les cinéastes et leurs équipes présent.e.s à Marseille. Merci pour leurs films, mais aussi pour le don de leur temps et le partage de leur parole et de leurs émotions. Merci à toustes celleux qui ont participé aux Rencontres du Forum, …

 

NIFFF 2023 : Salles combles et nouvelles voix du cinéma au palmarès

TIGER STRIPES, Amanda Nell Eu – Prix H. R. Giger «NARCISSE» du meilleur film © Miguel Bueno / NIFFF 2023    NIFFF 2023 : SALLES COMBLES ET NOUVELLES VOIX DU CINÉMA AU PALMARÈS Le rideau est tombé samedi soir sur la vibrante 22e édition du Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF). Plus de 55’000 festivalier·ères ont pu explorer les multiples facettes du cinéma de…

 

Décès d’Amer Alwan, réalisateur irakien 1957 – 2023 RIP

    Nos amis du FICA nous apprennent le décès d’Amer Alwan, réalisateur irakien 1957 – 2023 , prix du public pour « Zaman, l’homme des roseaux » au FICA de Vesoul.    “Nous venons d’apprendre le décès, ce 4 juillet, du réalisateur irakien francophone et francophile Amer Alwan à l’âge de 66 ans.  Nous aimions beaucoup cet homme qui avait toujours l…