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By Maria Esteves – February 7, 2012
The 21st New York Jewish Film Festival 2012 (NYJFF2012) presented by the Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center special film screening of TORN, by Israeli filmmaker Ronit Kertsner commenced Tuesday, January 17, 6:00 PM at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, New York.
TORN is a powerful documentary that follows the life of Jacob Weksler (Romuald Waszkinel) a true Messianic believer, a completed Jew on a spiritual journey to Israel wh...
Director: Alexander Bondarev.
In 1996 I made the film about a boarding school for abandoned children with mental and physical health peculiarities in a small village Opsa in Belarus.
Thirteen years passed, but the theme kept thrilling me, so I made up my mind to return to it again..
A film about Tenedos and passion of island. "Somewhere among the notebooks of Gideon I once found a list of diseases as yet unclassified by medical science, and among these there occurred the word islomania, which was described as a rare but by no means unknown affliction of spirit. These are people, Gideon used to say, by way of explanation, who find islands somehow irresistible. We islomanes, says Gideon, are ...
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If you have a good story, pursue it — immediately and at any cost — preaches Scott Hillier, Oscar honored filmmaker and president of ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival. Scott, in pursuit of a good story, is doing just that. Departing for Libya this evening, Scott and his crew will film a documentary following Jihan Mansur Kikhia, the daughter of former Libyan Foreign Affairs Minister Mansur Kikhia, as she seeks to uncover the truth about her father’s...
Czech director based in Los Angeles, Ester Brym, has a new film in the works. After her multi-Award winning feature Butterflies that profiled the Internet celebrity, her 2nd feature is much more personal and visually stunning. Autumn of Route 66 documents ones journey through the history, the incredible experience of driving the first American highway, Mother of all roads, the Route 66.
Brym is currently in late post-production stage and raising finishing funds to complete the ...
Director: Florent Tillon.
The automobile industry jumpstarted Detroit’s rise and made it the most industrialized city in the United States. But because of changes in American society and population demographics, the city lay deserted for decades and urban prairies complete with falcon, deer and coyote turning out the urban landscape in a B movie setting. Now an unexpected turn of events has created an environment where young people are moving back into the ruins of the former Detroit... are they a new kind of pioneer? Could this now be a way for America to be “rediscovered”?
Teaser for new feature documentary by director Ester Brym, the Autumn of Route 66
http://youtu.be/HsEodQ5Lc3I
"Alex Johnson's STORM" is the story of a man and his dream, to bring his musical to stage. This documentary film leads through the show's making-of production in powerful pictures and with the captivating sound of the musical STORM; it allows a glimpse behind the scenes, and it shows the struggle of an individualist."
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http://youtu.be/HsEodQ5Lc3I
"Alex Johnson's STORM" is the story of a man and his dream, to bring his musical to stage. This documentary film leads through the show's making-of production in powerful pictures and with the captivating sound of the musical STORM; it allows a glimpse behind the scenes, and it shows the struggle of an individualist."
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Here’s a great opportunity for documentary filmmakers. The
Sundance Documentary Fund supports documentary films from around the world that
focus on current human rights issues, freedom of expression, social justice,
civil liberties, and critical issues of our time. The fund wants to encourage
the diverse exchange of ideas crucial to developing an open society, raise
public consciousness about human rights abuses and restrictions of civil
liberties, and foster an ongoing dialogu...
Meet Iranian – New-Zealander Faramarz Beheshti, winner of Best Non-European Independent Documentary at ÉCU 2011 for “Salam Rugby”. It is a story of women rugby players in Iran, which may sound like an anomaly, but as this documentary shows, Iranian women are more than ready to dive into the scrum if only the authorities would let them. Following the Islamic Revolution in 1979 competitive sports for women were actively discouraged and it wasn't until the social reforms of the 90s that wome...
We are pleased to announce several new things in 2012, for ITVfest/Int'l Television Festival, and hope that you will consider submitting your work and/or attending this year! These items are:
2012 Dates - July 5-8
New Venue - We are moving ITVfest to downtown LA, and will be at the LA Convention Center!
Added New Event - Also, in a move to bring in a new, 'public' element, we will launching a new event, Pop Con LA.
What is Pop Con? The 'Popular Culture Convention', a...
CALL FOR ENTRY TO SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
• Architecture Film Festival Santiago de Chile 2012 will regarding audiovisual productions of issues about the city and the urban environment for an International competition
Santiago, December 27, 2011 .-“Film will give us a narrative while Architecture will provide a context” is the phrase that resumes the objective of the First Architecture-Film Festival to be held in October 2012 in Santiago de Chile.
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Open Call for Entries in all Categories! The 2012 Leftovers Festival is a Feast of Independent Film & Entertainment. Screenings, Panels, Workshops, Fashion Show, Stand Up Comedy Showcase, Concert Series, and The Guiding LIght Awards hosted by Alan Thicke with Special Guest Cheri Oteri. June21-24, 2012 at luxurious Lake Las Vegas
Located by Zion National Park, the international Annual Red Rock Film Festival has a mission to encourage “film that portrays the human race in a positive light.” It is an artist’s retreat for film, cuisine, parties, and workshops with approachable professional people.
This emerging festival is held every November in Southern Utah.
From action sports docs and off-the-charts dramatic features, the festival is just a 90 minute drive North of Las Vegas, and offers a breathtaking location to see film in the warm part of the state of Utah. For more information visit www.redfilmmarket.com.
The Call for Entries for the Red Rock Film Festival of Zion Canyon is open and the entry fee is just $11 until January 2012! Held beneath the red rocks of Zion National Park in culturally unaware* Southern Utah, the tiny international 6th Annual Red Rock Film Festival comes back in November of 2012 with more excellent programming that will both challenge and educate the mind. In 2011, the festival screened 144 films!
The Xtreme sports docs and off-the-charts dramatic features make for...
New project from Ester Brym's factory is Czech music documentary called Netoč Nás, Natoč Sebe (Film Yourself, Not Us) featuring the band Chinaski and its fans.
Each day during their 2011 World Tour, the fans were told to film whatever happens to them right before the concert and submit the footage for this unusual film inspired by Ridley Scott's Life in a Day.
Not only fans, but also all members of the band shot sometimes funny, sometimes sad and sometimes very usual progress of ...
Applications are open for the 3rd International Film Festival in Balneário Camboriú – CINERAMA.BC 2013.To submitt a film at the 2013 edition it’s necessary to download the regulations and the film submission form on the links located at the right sidebar. Requested material should be sent by January 31, 2013.
OFFICIAL SELECTION WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THE WEBSITE.
The curators seek to show different forms of sensitivity in fiction and documentary films by well-known ...
33rd DIFF 2012 / 19 - 29 JULY
South Africa’s longest-running film festival, the Durban International Film Festival runs across 12 days at the end of July, presenting over 250 screenings of current films from around the world, with strong focus on South African and African cinema. Screenings take place throughout Durban including township areas where cinemas are non-existent. The festival also runs extensive seminar and workshop programmes to stimulate industry capacity. This Includes the participation of 40 filmmakers from Africa in Talent Campus Durban, a cooperation with the Berlin Film Festival, and the Durban FilmMart, a film financing initiative in partnership with Durban Film Office. DIFF is organised by the Centre for Creative Arts (UKZN).
Supported by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (principal funder), National Film and Video Foundation and other valued funders and partners
Have you recently completed a feature film or short? Want to see your film on the big screen? Well this is your big chance… The Edinburgh International Film Festival is proud to announce that Submissions are now open for the 2012 Festival. There are three easy ways to submit your film: through the EIFF website, using Withoutabox.com, or by downloading and completing the EIFF Submission Form. Just pick the one that suits you best.This year we have three deadlines with three different fee brac...
Andrew Shermin shares his experience of making a film and using crowdfunding.
This summer I shot a documentary about Paris that I produced myself, and am now trying to use crowd-funding to finish it.
The concept was simple: a vision of Paris that was taken straight from reality, just a camera and a tripod on the street, offering a vision of the city that both confirms and subverts the fantasy of Paris that different media create. The images are like “moving postcards.”
I was able to...
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