An acclaimed National Film Board of Canada (NFB) project to inject new life into the short documentary genre goes live in Canada starting January 8, with free streaming of five new non-fiction Quebec shorts at NFB.ca and via NFB apps for smartphones, tablets and connected TV. Called 5 Shorts Project (Projet 5 courts), it’s a […]
The Board of Directors of European Film Promotion (EFP) appointed Sonja Heinen as the next Managing Director of the pan-European network at a meeting in Hamburg last week. Sonja Heinen, who is Programme Manager of Berlin based World Cinema Fund and has been heading the Berlinale Co-Production Market for the past twelve years, will succeed […]
$75,000 IN GRANTS TO BE AWARDED TO FILMMAKERS SPIRIT AWARDS TO BE BROADCAST LIVE EXCLUSIVELY ON IFC, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2016 2:00 pm PT / 5:00 pm ET LOS ANGELES – Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the LA Film Festival and Film Independent at LACMA, announced nominations […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), celebrating its 12th anniversary and taking place December 1-12, revealed the lineup of films screening in the festival’s competition and sidebar sections. The program was announced by BIFF Founder and Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool. This year, the Festival will showcase more than 130 films from 40 […]
The 37th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema will be held in Havana, from 3th to December 13th, 2015 and a total of 138 feature films, short fiction, documentaries , animated films and Operas Primas from across Latin America will be exhibited. The Festival in made up of six different competitions within different categories. […]
The Whistler Film Festival takes place from December 2- 6, 2015 in which over 400 filmmakers including actors, producers, writers, directors, and industry executives will be attending. This year, Whistler’s Signature Series proudly celebrates actors Kiefer Sutherland and Robert Carlyle. The WFF Rising Stars for 2015 include Lauren Lee Smith (How To Plan An Orgy […]
Screening Time: Sat, Nov 28 @ 9:30pm Synopsis: Max knew that it would have been a bad idea to go to the screening of the cult slasher film Camp Bloodbath. Nancy, her recently deceased mother, played a part in it back in her heyday as a scream queen. After a mysterious incident, Max and her […]
The 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (BNFF) opened on Friday, November 13 with its inaugural black carpet and the restored 1929 satire comedy My Grandmother, directed by Georgian actor, director, and cartoonist Kote Miqaberidze. The previously banned silent film panning bureaucracy also kicked off this year’s Georgian retrospective. The Opening Film was accompanied live […]
In this 53rd year of the Gijon International Film Festival their will be many films screening in different sections from November 20-28, 2015. During the festivals fifty three year’s and have had many important & prestigious members of the film industry attend the festival in different years. They have included: Abbas Kiarostami, Aki Kaurismäki, Todd […]
The eclectic actress Chiara Francini will emcee the opening and closing celebrations of the 33rd Torino Film Festival. The inauguration will be held on November 20th at the Lingotto, with a gala evening and the preview screening of the film SUFFRAGETTE by Sarah Gavron. The awards ceremony and the closing celebrations will take place on […]
