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Acting, Advice, Cinematography, Coffee & Content, Composing, Contests, Distribution, Featured, Filmmaking, Financing, Inspirational, Networking, Producing, Screenwriting, Success Stories, Tips, Trending,TIFF has come and gone. Masses of Canadians attend the festival which is what gives it such a special atmosphere. In Cannes, only the industry attends the festival; the public sets up chairs and ladders to watch the red carpet galas and take pictures. But here the public is as much a part of the festival as the industry. The industry action which consists of buying and selling of film rights takes place at the Hyatt Hotel on King Street West. The screenings…
Toronto International Film Festival is the most important film festival in North America as it opens the season of movie celebrations and the film business after a relatively quiet summer. Taking place September 7 to the 17, screening are sold out to the huge numbers of the Canadians who go so far as to take their vacations just so they can watch movies. The festival's People's Choice Award has become a predictor of awards-season success. Past recipients of this audience accolad…
We've been working with our great friends at AT&T and they have put together an incredible filmmaking weekend at Warner Bros. Studios that we are excited to share with the Stage 32 community. July 14-15, 2017 AT&T is bringing you SHAPE - the ultimate entertainment & tech expo featuring some of our industry's most influential filmmakers. If you can make it to LA, you are in for a real treat filled with lots of learning, creativity, technology and innovation in f…
It’s a wrap! For a “non-competitive” film festival, the Toronto International Film Festival handed out plenty of prizes at its star-studded Awards Brunch this past Sunday. TIFF’s reputation was established as one of the five most important film events of the year because of its great audiences and their People’s Choice Awards presage major Academy Award buzz. The People’s Choice Award this year went to “La La Land” starring Ryan Gosling an…
Sundance Institute and Women In Film Los Angeles have hired Alison Emilio to the newly-appointed position of Director for the Systemic Change Project, a joint initiative of both organizations. Emilio, a seasoned executive who has more than 25 years of experience working in entertainment marketing, communications, branding, strategic partnerships, media relations, fundraising, cultural arts advocacy and nonprofits in both the U.S. and Canada, will begin working with WIF in July. The Syst…
Vision Films, an international sales agent and North American distributor for independent feature films and feature length documentaries, has signed a deal with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) to distribute their new feature film releases across home entertainment platforms in the United States and Canada. Lise Romanoff, Managing Director/CEO of Vision Films states, “We are so pleased to be joining the SPHE family who has a proven track-record of success in the U.S…
Hebe Tabachnik has been named Artistic Director of the Cine Latino Minneapolis Saint Paul Film Festival presented by the The Film Society of Minneapolis-St. Paul. Hebe Tabachnik The showcase will present some 30 Latino and Ibero American films, panels, workshops and special events with the invited filmmakers and talent. Minneapolis, Minnesota and Saint Paul, Minnesotaare home to an incredible diverse population with great passion for the arts. Says Tabachnik, “I can’t wait …
Organized within the framework of the 16th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, the 7th edition of the New Horizons Studio took place from 24 to 26 July in Wrocław, the 2016 European Capital of Culture. The most important training program of the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival has two objectives: to teach, during three days, young European directors and producers about the workings of the international film market, particularly producti…
“Dough” will be released on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD and On Demand on August 2nd from Menemsha Films. The film tells the story of an old Jewish baker who struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice accidentally drops cannabis in the dough and sends sales sky high. Starring Jonathan Pryce (“Game Of Thrones”), Pauline Collins (“Shirley Valentine”), Jerome Holder, Malachi Kirby (“Roots”) and Ian Hart, it is direct…
The Black Lens Program Showcases fiction and documentary films from emerging and established African-American directors. The 8th Annual Milwaukee Film Festival (September 22 — October 6)announced the return of the Black Lens Program for a third year. Featuring work from both emerging and established African-American filmmakers, this series presents eight programs of short and feature-length fiction and documentary films. In 2015, Black Lens film screenings attracte…
Launched in 2013 in cooperation with the Polish Film Institute, Polish Days is the top industry event of the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival. According to Magdalena Sroka, the general director of the Polish Film Institute, this joint initiative of the Polish Film Institute and the festival has become one of the most interesting events dedicated to promoting Polish cinema. Indeed, the importance of Polish Days for the international promotion of Polish cinema cannot be ov…
For the 5th time, “A Sunday in the Country,” one of the most inventive and out of the box workshops for young European film critics and journalists, was organized within the framework of the 16th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival in an old guest house by the Bystrzyckie lake during the first weekend of the cinematic event (21-24 July, 2016). There, in Zagórze Śląslie in Lower Silesia, during three days, the group watched and discussed films,…