Today we spoke to Rambhul Singh, Festival Director of the 2nd Delhi Shorts International Film Festival DEADLINE • 25 September 2013 We began the Delhi festival in 2012 and in just a year we have grown many, many more international entries. I think the competition is very high and quite equal this year for the national […]
Claire French
Claire French is the Marketing and Communications Director at FFL. Her editorial training is grounded in Arts Management, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and Communications and Media, Notre Dame University, Fremantle. Her film experience includes her position as Festival Director of Perth's Bamboo Mainstage Amphitheater. Reach her at claire@filmfestivallife.com
SEBASTOPOL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Jason Perdue, Program Director of the 7th Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival DEADLINE • 19 September 2013 We don’t really create the sections before open calls – usually they are developed in the program, basing them on the films that come through. You kinda get a better gist of what is happening in […]
STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Johannes Palmroos, Program Coordinator at the 24th STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 16 August 2013 In terms of sections or awards, we have an expanded industry program right now for new talents. There is one that is called Stockholm Debut for young directors wanting to make their feature debut. We have […]
OZU FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Enrico Vannucci, Artistic Director of the 21st OZU FILM FESTIVAL EXTENDED DEADLINE • 15 August 2013 This year we wanted to give all of the participants the possibility to be in competition so we just set up an entirely competitive festival. Previous festivals we just had between one to three competitions and […]
LEEDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Alexander King, Program Manager of the 27th Leeds International Film Festival DEADLINE • 30 August 2013 Leeds is a large, general, audience-driven film festival and we show all sorts of films across the spectrum. We have many different sections in which we try to represent films on an equal footing. There are […]
REEL INDIE FILM FEST
Today we spoke to Avi Federgreen, Executive Producer of the 1st REEL INDIE FILM FEST DEADLINE • 19 August 2013 Festivals are a great vehicle for films to get their start before they travel around the world ‘in distribution land’. I am a big fan of music and I have been involved in music off-and-on as […]
SHORT FILM FESTIVAL WINTERTHUR
Today we spoke to John Canciani, Artistic Director of the 17th INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL WINTERTHUR DEADLINE • 31 July 2013 This is my first year as Artistic Director. It is a pretty democratic situation we have in Winterthur so everyone in the program is part of the strategy in which films are interesting for our festival […]
BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Pak Dosin, Programmer of World Cinema at the 18th BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 31 July 2013 There is one major change since last year in terms of programming which is that the world competition section FLASH FORWARD will not be a competition section anymore. Instead, it will have an audience award. […]
SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to José Luis Rebordinos, Festival Director of the 61st SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 16 July 2013 There are no significant changes in relation to 2012. We have, though, a novelty: a new section called SAVAGE CINEMA dedicated to adventure and action sports films. Besides that, the Pearls section, which has […]
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Mimi Plauché, Programming Director at the 49th CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 8 July 2013 Two sections we are doing in particular this year is firstly a focus on comedy at the festival. The motivating factors behind this begin with seeing comedy as always being an integral part of film […]
BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Michael Blyth, Programmer at the 57th BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 28 June 2013 Last year we made quite a few changes to the LFF, including giving focus to the competition films in our programme, and also expanding the festival’s footprint across the capital by going out to more venues […]
FilmFestivalLife’s Submitter: What it means for filmmakers right now
Without-a-clue about the needs of the industry, the online monopolists have sat back and reclined on average technology, building an empire with so much potential but never really fulfilling it. Remember when online submissions became possible? We do. It was celebrated with flexible-keyboard-ready hands, praising a new online way: one upload, unlimited submissions, […]
ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Thao Duong, Programmer of the 9th ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 30 June 2013 The latest and greatest news which I am only just allowed to speak about today is a new cooperation with San Sebastián International Film Festival. We have set up a new shoulder-to-shoulder alliance which will, most importantly, […]
LA GUARIMBA FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Sara Fratini, Programmer of the 1st LA GUARIMBA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 20 June 2013 Our only goal is, ‘the people to the cinema and the cinema to the people,’ because this is a town that doesn’t have any cinemas or movie theaters so we actually want to […]
Cannes aftermath: How ‘THE OPPORTUNIST’ team utilize Cannes to launch their festival life
The 52nd Critics Week program featured one sole US short in competition fittingly titled THE OPPORTUNIST. Filmmakers David Lassiter, Cate Smierciak and Alberto Roldan were heralded immediately following the Cannes section selection, hitting the front cover of the LA times as, “Cannes-do Kickstarter Spirit” and in Hollywood Reporter and Indiewire as, “The only American […]