Tribeca Film Festival Jury Announced

Tribeca Film Festival Jury Announced

The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by American Express, the Founding Sponsor of the Festival, today announced its jurors – a diverse and talented group of 35 individuals, including award-winning filmmakers and screenwriters, celebrated actors, respected journalists and media pioneers. They will be divided among the six competitive Festival categories and will announce the winning […]

DOC Meeting Argentina

DOC Meeting Argentina

DOC Meeting Argentina 2010 will be taking place from September 23-25, 2010. Over the three day period “cinema and television producers, leaders of state-owned or private national and international television networks, filmmakers and television producers, public officials, cultural managers, lawyers, educators and other film and television industry-related professionals” will be engaged in conferences, workshops, seminars […]

Bhutto has Canadian Premiere at Hot Docs

<em>Bhutto</em> has Canadian Premiere at Hot Docs

BHUTTO is directed by Duane Baughman and Johnny O’Hara and produced by Duane Baughman, Mark Siegel, and Arleen Sorkin. The film casts an unblinking lens on the first woman ever elected to lead a Muslim state and uncovers the back story of the world’s most strategically important country – Pakistan – the Muslim world’s sole […]

Dish – Women, Waitressing the Art of Service has World Premiere at Hot Docs

<em>Dish – Women, Waitressing the Art of Service</em> has World Premiere at Hot Docs

Dish – Women, Waitressing & the Art of Service is director Maya Gallus’s most recent film. Her previous film Girl Inside won a Gemini Award for Best Direction In A Documentary and played festivals worldwide, including Hot Docs. Her feature Doc Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality, was nominated for Best Arts Documentary at Hot […]

Producers Lab Toronto

Producers Lab Toronto

PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO, a new initiative created by European Film Promotion (EFP) in collaboration with the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), will launch this fall during the Toronto festival. PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO will run from September 10-12, 2010 and is aimed at facilitating and increasing international co-productions between […]

Welcome Opens at Lincoln Plaza on May 7th

<em>Welcome</em> Opens at Lincoln Plaza on May 7th

Philippe Lioret’s WELCOME, will be opening theatrically in New York City on May 7th, 2010. Film Movement will be releasing the film that won two prizes at the 2009 Berlinale, nine César Awards and is currently one of the highest grossing films in contemporary French Cinema. Click for Welcome trailer

Film Legend Music in Concert At The Ghent Film Festival

Film Legend Music in Concert At The Ghent Film Festival

On Thursday October 21, 2010 four-time Oscar winner, John Barry’s music will be performed live in concert at the Ghent International Film Festival. This unique, one-night-only event will be held on Thursday 21 October at 8.30 pm at ‘t Kuipke Concert Hall in Ghent. The 80 members Brussels Philharmonic will be performing selections from many […]

Todd Solonz to give Master Class at Istanbul International Film Festival

Todd Solonz to give Master Class at Istanbul International Film Festival

The Istanbul International Film Festival will be presenting four separate Master Classes during the festival. These luminaries include Pritt Parn, Andres Refn, Elia Suleiman and Todd Solenz. Todd Solonz’s Master Class will be taking place on April 15th and according to the festival will be discussing “the difficulties of being an independent filmmaker, low budgets, […]