Even though it is in its 61st year, the Sydney Film Festival is still far away from being an old lady. From an online archive to the HUB – the festival exhibits a youthful vibe and energetic appearance. Nashen Moodley, Sydney’s Festival Director, personifies the festival spirit. We met him for a coffee at the […]
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4 Tips for Short Filmmakers to get into DC SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
‘This year we are having a big focus on Spanish films,’ begins Jon Gann, Festival Director of the 11th DC Shorts Film Festival. Turns out having a Spanish short film is a good way to get into the largest shorts festival on the US east coast. But of course that isn’t the only type of […]
4 Tips for Filmmakers Applying to the GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL
‘Be Different’ is the theme of the 44th Giffoni Film Festival – an event aimed at showing new and fresh films. The festival is dedicated to children and teenagers. Standing in front of a full packed cinema with an international, young and very honest audience is the kind of challenge you will face as a filmmaker […]
6 Points Filmmakers should know about GLOBAL VISIONS FESTIVAL
‘Our goal is to become the premiere documentary film festival for Western Canada,’ begins Guy Lavallee, Program Director of the 31st Global Visions Festival. Expanding from a 3 day to a 8 day festival, Global Visions declares itself as a growing force in this years’ festival circuit. This mean more opportunities for filmmakers to have […]
The Importance of Short Film Festivals with SHORTS THAT ARE NOT PANTS
‘I think that short filmmakers don’t always get enough opportunities to show their work in front of an audience‘ was the belief behind Toronto film blogger, James McNally, starting Short That Art Not Pants. First he showed a program of shorts in his apartment to a small group of friends. Since the beginning of 2012 […]
FOCUS • FESTIVAL DEL FILM LOCARNO
Today we spoke to Mark Peranson, Head of Programming at the 66th FESTIVAL DEL FILM LOCARNO DEADLINE • 3 June 2013 One thing we are trying to do the last 4 or 5 years is build up the industry component of the festival. And now, as of last year, there are industry screenings for the […]
EVA STOTZ and her GLOBAL HOME: The Festival Circuit with a Couchsurfing Documentary
Couchsurfing. Of course you have heard of it but have you gone forth, taken the risky hike and tried it? Through the documentary GLOBAL HOME, filmmaker Eva Stotz gives a close insight into the experiences in traveling this unorthodox way. A co-production of Sabotage Films, ZDF – Kleines Fernsehspiel and supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, […]
DOK LEIPZIG – The Documentary and animation festival forum
[decoline]International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film: [details] [item title=”City”]Leipzig[/item] [item title=”Country”]Germany[/item] [item title=”Founded”]1955[/item] [item title=”Edition”]55th[/item] [item title=”Date”]10/29 – 11/04/2012 [/item] [item title=”URL”]DOK Leipzig[/item] [item title=”Entry fee”]none[/item] [/details] [decoline] As the oldest independent film festival in Germany, DOK Leipzig is a FFL Festival Member we have longed to speak with since the very beginning. […]
DEADLINES • NOV 2011 / #1
We don’t want you to miss any important submission festival deadlines. In the following two weeks lots of noteworthy festivals are having their upcoming deadlines: the True/False Film Fest is actually offering filmmakers, behind schedule, the last chance to submit their films; the Berlinale is requesting shortfilmmakers to submit their works; the Seattle International Film Festival […]