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Global Film Initiative - One of U.S.'s Most Creative Distributors at the 65th Cannes Film Festival!
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- May 22, 2012 1:33 AM
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The Global Film Initiative is a leading distributor and funder of films from Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, including Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard film MISS LOVELY (dir. Ashim Ahluwalia, India) being sold by Fortissimo and screening May 24 and May 25.
60th San Sebastian Festival International Film Students Meeting will open for registration on June 4
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- May 21, 2012 3:11 PM
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The International Film Students Meeting, organised by San Sebastian Festival and Tabakalera-International Contemporary Culture Centre of San Sebastian, proposes an exchange of audiovisual experiences and knowledge at one of the most important movie events in the world. It will take place on Wednesday 26, Thursday 27 and Friday 28 September 2012
Recap of Personnel Shifts
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- May 17, 2012 3:24 PM
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At the risk of being redundant, I publish this so that when Cannes folk meet one another at the myriad of cocktail receptions and parties, they will be aware of where old friends and acquaintances are now working
Roskino Celebrates U.S. Office Opening of The Russian Film Commission at a Beverly Hills Luncheon
- By Sydney Levine, Peter Belsito
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- May 7, 2012 7:22 PM
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Major Hollywood and international film players turned out to welcome Serge Rakhlin, Russian member of HFPA and Director of the Russian Film Commission, and Commissioner Eleonora Granata Jenkinson as they announced today the office opening in the USA of The RUSSIAN FILM COMMISSION created by ROSKINO/SEF, Russia’s only state enterprise responsible for the image of the Russian film industry and represents Russia’s film interests internationally.
LatinoBuzz: Havana Film Festival New York Closes with Cuban Zombie Comedy Juan of the Dead
- By Vanessa Erazo
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- April 26, 2012 11:13 PM
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When the film premiered in Cuba at the Festival Internacional de Nuevo Cine Latino in Havana, the lines snaked around the block. Everywhere it’s played extra screenings have been added. And even with worldwide sales Alejandro Brugués stays humble. I asked him what would happen if he was a zombie. “Oh that’s easy. I’m the most useless person in the world. I’m a director and all I know how to do is make films. I would be the first one that would get eaten.”
6 Latin American Films Participate in Films in Progress 21
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- April 21, 2012 10:30 AM
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Six films from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay participated in the 21st edition of Films in Progress at the Rencontres Cinémas d’Amérique Latine in Toulouse, jointly organised with San Sebastian Festival. The second part of this twice yearly rendezvous will take the shape of Films in Progress 22 at San Sebastian this coming September. A total of 118 films were received for Films in Progress 21.
Festival Scope Partners with Hong Kong FF and Co-Pro Market HAF
- By Sydney Levine
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- April 10, 2012 10:30 AM
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The partnership highlights the HAF selected talent: a selection of the previous films of the filmmakers who have a project at HAF are now available for screening on Festival Scope. This will help potential co-producers and sales agents to follow-up their meetings in Hong Kong.
Moscow Business Square June 25 - 27, 2012 CALL FOR APPLICATION
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- April 9, 2012 10:30 AM
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ColCoa 2012
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- April 6, 2012 11:45 AM
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The 16th Annual City of Lights, City of Angels (COL•COA) film festival will run April 16-23 in Los Angeles . Sponsored by The Franco-American Cultural Fund (FACF), the festival will present 34 features and 21 shorts, including 10 North American and U.S. Premieres, and 14 West Coast Premieres. “The historic triumph of The Artist (ISA:Wild Bunch) reflects a remarkable year for French cinema and we are glad to introduce a broad spectrum of new films to Hollywood that reveal both the quality and diversity of recent French productions,” stated François Truffart, COL•COA Executive Director and Artistic Director.
Hemel at New Directors/New Films Festival
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- March 28, 2012 1:23 AM
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Media Luna's FIPRESCI awarded HEMEL, whose world premiere was at this year's Berlin Film Festival, just had the North American premiere at the New Directors/New Films Festival!
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