By shael stolberg on March 23, 2010
documentary film festival, film festival, hot docs, toronto festival
festival news, Festival Spotlights, Hot Docs 10
The Hot Docs Documentary Festival will be taking place from April 29th – May 7th of 2010. The festival will screen 166 documentaries within 10 programs from 41 different countries around the world. Their will be 20 world premieres, 30 international premieres, 26 North American premieres, 48 Canadian premieres and 16 Toronto premieres, repectively. Of […]
By shael stolberg on March 22, 2010
academy awards, adjami, comic books, film festival, graphic novels, oscars, toronto jewish film festival
festival news, Festival Spotlights, TJFF 10
One of the largest Jewish Film Festivals in the world will be taking place in Toronto from April 17 – 25, 2010. In the “Chai” (18th) year of the festival they will be screening 93 films from 4 Continents and 18 different countries. There will be 28 Canadian Premieres, 7 North American Premieres and a […]
By shael stolberg on March 18, 2010
animation festival, film festival, hiroshima 2010, japanese film
Call for Entries, festival news
Hiroshima 2010 will be taking place from August 7th – 11th, 2010. The last date to submit to this festival is April 1st, 2010.
By shael stolberg on March 15, 2010
awards, family films, film festival, hallmark films
festival news
The goal of the International Family Film Festival is to “celebrate cultural diversity, creativity, tolerance and global unity in its exhibition of excellent family films and screenplays.”
By shael stolberg on March 13, 2010
alice cooper, david bowie, film festival, film screening, iggy pop, jessica pare, moma, museum of moddern art, new york city, new york gallery, rob stefaniuk, rolling stones, suck
festival news, Film News
Rob Stefaniuk’s SUCK will be screening at the MoMA from March 19th – 22nd. The film “is a psychedelic comedy with a kick ass soundtrack featuring 11 original songs, and classics from Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, and the Rolling Stones”. “Participating in the Canadian Front is a singular honour for any […]
By shael stolberg on March 4, 2010
buffalo niagara film festival, carmen elecktra, film festival, jenny mccarthy, jim carrey, screenplay competition
festival news
The Buffalo Niagara Film Festival will take place from April 16th – 25th, 2010. Aside from the screening of several international films the festival also has 4 days of panels & seminars as well as a screenplay competition.
By shael stolberg on March 4, 2010
dan mirvish, film festival, filmthreat.com, oscar scandal, slamdance film festival, the hurt locker, the oscars
Film News
By Dan Mirvish at Filmthreat.com THE TALE OF THE 2005 BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL ACADEMY AWARD CAMPAIGN As word breaks that “The Hurt Locker” producer Nicolas Chartier is being banned from the Oscars for simply sending an email to a few friends that suggests that “Avatar” had a big budget (I thought that was high praise […]
By shael stolberg on March 3, 2010
film festival, paul dooley, toronto festival, world of comedy film festival
festival news
World of Comedy Film Festival will be taking place from March 5th – 7th, 2010. Special Events include a Master Class with former Second City member and actor Paul Dooley.
By shael stolberg on March 1, 2010
cinetic, date & date, film festival, indiewire, matt dentler, sxsw
festival news
by Eugene Hernandez at indiewire.com Two British films, one documentary and one narrative thriller set for the upcoming SXSW Film Festival, will be released digitally, day and date with their premieres at the festival in Austin this month. The films will first hit broadband VOD during the event and then debut on cable VOD two […]
By shael stolberg on February 22, 2010
dan mirvish, entertainment weekly, film festival, slamdance, sundance
festival news
“Putting the “ew” in Entertainment Weekly’s Too-Cozy Relationship with Sundance.” by Dan Mirvish Two recent articles in Entertainment Weekly about the Sundance Film Festival failed to mention that EW is one of Sundance’s biggest sponsors, and has been for 19 years. One was a photo essay of celebrities that appeared in the Feb. 5, 2010 […]