Birdman by Alejandro G. Iñárritu selected to open the 71st Venice Film Festival
the film stars Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone and Naomi Watts, the world premiere will be screened on August 27th in the Sala Grande of the...
View ArticleBerlinale World Cinema Fund: Latest Funding Recommendations
At the 20th jury session of the World Cinema Fund (WCF), the jury recommended four new film projects for production funding and one work for distribution funding. Since its establishment in October...
View ArticleSummer Berlinale screenings under the Stars with Open-Air Cinema in...
In summer, Berlin is a city of outdoor events. And this includes: the Summer Berlinale at the Open-Air Cinema in Friedrichshain. From July 24 to July 27, this summertime sequel of the Festival will...
View ArticleThe Problem with “Life Itself?” Roger Ebert (Spoiler Alert) Goes to The Big...
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles CorrespondentWhen film critic turned TV personality Roger Ebert (1942-2013) penned “Life Itself,” a memoir published in 2011, the title struck a chord as a line lifted...
View ArticleMontreal Film Festivals, the Cycle of Seasons - or Before (Hell?) Freezes Over
Myself and the inimitable Claude Chamberlan founder of Festival du Nouveau CinemaMontreal is the city of film festivals, comedy festivals music festivals and dance festivals. Not only does Montreal...
View Article“Virunga”
Take two!“Virunga” premiered at this years Tribeca Film Festival on April 17, 2014, in the WORLD DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION, and was graciously screened again, last night, with the generosity of Bennett...
View ArticleCambodian supernatural drama, FREEDOM DEAL screens on the West Coast, USA at...
The Camerado-produced supernatural Asian drama, 'FREEDOM DEAL: The Story of Lucky', screened July 11th at the 1970: Music and Turmoil event in San Francisco, CA, USA accompanied by the film's director,...
View ArticleCine Fan Summer International Film Festival 2014 Opens with Woody Allen’s...
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) announced the Opening and Closing Film of Cine Fan Summer International Film Festival (SIFF) 2014 today. The Festival will open with the...
View ArticleThe new American generation in the spotlight at Locarno
Listen Up Philip by Alex Ross PerryAlex Ross Perry’s Listen Up Philip (Concorso internazionale) and Joel Potrykus’s Buzzard (Concorso Cineasti del presente) signals the return of two filmmakers...
View ArticleMichael Moore Endorses One Film Only: 1971
*We're thrilled to announce that Michael Moore has selected one film only, 1971, for a unique 7 continent screening simulcast during his film festival (Traverse City Film Festival) on August 1...
View ArticleHow CGI Became the Main Character in Hollywood Movies & Do We Care?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles CorrespondentIn a Screenwriting Galaxy Far, Far, Away, the Writers Guild Foundation (https://www.wgfoundation.org) once held “Words Into Pictures,” a series of...
View ArticleRob Stewart's Revolution, selected at the Contemporary Science Film Festival...
Revolution, the new documentary by Rob Stewart, produced by Gus van Sant will screen @ Contemporary Science Film Festival 360 8 to 15 of October in a special out of competition program dedicated to...
View ArticleRevolution is selected by the Waimea Ocean Film Festival
The Waimea Ocean Film Festival brings a combination of film, breakfast talks, filmmaker Q&As, receptions, art exhibits and activities to the Big Island each year in early January.In 2015,...
View ArticlePolish Days titles for New Horizons International Film Festival are announced!
New Films by Przemysław Wojcieszek, Marcin Krzyształowicz, Jolanta Dylewska and Andrzej Wajda, will be presented to the foreign professionals during the key industry event of the 14th T-Mobile New...
View ArticleStereo to open Puchon Fantastic Fest
Puchon will run from July 17 to 27 Stereo by Maximilian ERLENWEINCan we truly ever be free of our past? Is it inevitable for past wrongdoings to hang around like a shadow, even in a person may have...
View Article“Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory”
Starts on Friday, July 18, 2014 at the Landmark Sunshine Theater in New York City, and on 80 screens throughout the United States.Producer, Regina Scully, refers to “Alive Inside” as “the little...
View ArticleAlain Resnais’ last film, Aimer, boire et chanter (Life of Riley), will close...
Alain Resnais’ last film, Aimer, boire et chanter (Life of Riley), will receive its North American premiere to close the 38th Montreal World Film Festival on September 1, it was announced by Festival...
View ArticleGET ON UP? James Brown & Sir Mick Jagger, A Likely Pair for a Movie
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles CorrespondentWhat do Sir Mick Jagger and the late-great Mr. James Brown have in common? They both have Soul Power, and they are Super-Bad, and after the Aug. 1, 2014...
View ArticleLet's be frank
Gone to far Technical issues can be so frustrating.Last year's DIFF was dogged by technical issues as one of the main venues switched over to digital just before the festival. I tried to put that...
View ArticleScreenplayFest.com
Online Screenwriters Community & Contest. FREE TO JOIN www.ScreenplayFest.com 5 Online Screenplay Contests throughout the year. The winners compete in the Grand Prize Contest at the end of the year...
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