The Berlin Short Film Festival has been running to great critical and audience acclaim for three years. The international short films exhibited annually at BSFF never fails to attract a great number of film professionals and the general public. All BSFF films have been chosen for their outstanding quality and are vying for awards in […]
No other form of cinematic art is as open, experimental, fast, courageous, abstract, hard, discursive or reactive as the short film. At the same time, it has to be incredibly disciplined. Its art lies in its focus – on single pictures, takes, tracking shots or dialogues. It never has enough time and it only has […]
The Festival began in 1947 as the Yorkton Film Council. Its mandate was to act as a volunteer distribution agency for the National Film Board (NFB). Jim Lysyshyn, field man for the NFB, suggested a film festival. When the Council rejected his proposal, he came forward with a more audacious proposal – an international festival. […]
On 28 February 1962, at the 8th West German Short Film Festival in Oberhausen, 26 West German filmmakers proclaimed the Oberhausen Manifesto. This moment marked a milestone in the development of German cinema – never before, and never again, would a break with existing production conditions be demanded, and induced, with such vehemence. With a […]
The festival will take place from May 5 – 10, 2016.
Onstage discussions with Tatiana Maslany and Kiefer Sutherland Cross-country guest appearances by Patricia Rozema, Philippe Falardeau, Patrick Huard, Connor Jessup, Andrew Cividino, Mina Shum, Guy Maddin and more TORONTO — The Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival kicks off on January 8, presenting public screenings of 2015’s 10 best features, shorts and student shorts. Running through […]
TORONTO — TIFF® salutes the country’s cinematic superstars tonight, revealing the Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival™ lineup of the top 10 features, shorts and student shorts for 2015. Established in 2001, the festival celebrates and promotes contemporary Canadian cinema and raises awareness of Canadian achievements in film. Running January 8 to 17, 2016 at TIFF […]
10 ANIMATED SHORTS ADVANCE IN 2015 OSCAR® RACE LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 88th Academy Awards®. Sixty pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order […]
This year’s Regent Park Film Festival will open with the RBC Emerging Directors’ Spotlight & Pitch Event. This event entails industry professionals Clé Bennett (actor), Min Sook Lee (director), Dawn Wilkinson (director/screenwriter) & Sharon Lewis (director/actor) will discuss their experiences in the film industry which includes how they got started and Cory Bowles (actor/director/choreographer) is […]
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Delegation written by Shane Andries has won the 2015 Slamdance Writing Competition Grand Prize. Andries was awarded $7,000 in cash prizes for his feature script at the annual awards ceremony hosted by the Writers Guild of America West on October 7, 2015. The Delegation tells the story of a rookie […]
