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World Film Festivals - May 2010

Sydney Film Festival announces new festival guests

May 31st 2010 05:39
Sydney Film Festival is delighted to announce additional guests attending the Festival who will be walking the red carpet and also participating in the free talks program. Audiences are invited to participate in lively discussions with the filmmakers following their screenings, exchanging ideas and thoughts on the process of making films. In-depth discussions will cover topics from genre filmmaking to working with some of the world’s best directors, actors, producers and cinematographers.

Newly announced international festival guests include:
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Connery's 80th Birthday celebrations at Edinburgh FF

May 31st 2010 03:35
In celebration of Sir Sean Connery's 80th year, and his dedicated support of Edinburgh International Film Festival as Patron since 1992, he will be attending a Special Gala of one of his best-loved films in the Film Festival's spectacular new venue, the Edinburgh Festival Theatre. EIFF also announced today that the Special Gala will be sponsored by the Festival's newest supporter, Bank of Scotland.


The Bank of Scotland Gala will be John Huston's well loved classic swashbuckler THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING on Sunday 20 June, and will give the audience at Edinburgh's Festival Theatre the opportunity to show their appreciation for Sir Sean Connery's stellar career, his support of the EIFF and his upcoming birthday celebration in August


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BOY the greatest NZ film of all time.

May 29th 2010 04:35
Transmission Films is proud to announce that the New Zealand film BOY has reached an incredible milestone to become the number one New Zealand film of all time. As of yesterday the film passed The World's Fastest Indian to reach the new box office record of over $7,050,000.

Since opening in New Zealand on March 25th, BOY has consistently held its own in the box office weekly charts, sitting in the number one position for an incredible 5 weeks, and in record time has taken just 8 weeks to become number one of all time. In comparison, The World's Fastest Indian took 46 weeks to reach the same level. Still number two at the New Zealand box office this week behind ROBIN HOOD and ahead of IRON MAN 2, BOY seems destined for an incredibly long cinema run.
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EditFest Returns to New York.

May 29th 2010 04:26
June 11th & 12th, EditFest returns for its second year to New York with a star-studded lineup of award-winning editors during two tightly programmed days of education, information, and networking. Presented by American Cinema Editors (ACE) and Manhattan Edit Workshop, EditFest NY is the east coast presentation of ACE's highly regarded EditFest series, an event that puts leading editors in presentation and conversation with their peers, aspiring editors and film-enthusiasts.

This year's extensive lineup includes the Oscar(r) nominated editing team from Avatar, John Refoua and Stephen Rivkin, ACE; Oscar(r) winner Thelma Schoonmaker, The Departed, The Aviator, Raging Bull; Oscar(r) winner Alan Heim, ACE, All That Jazz, Network; the Emmy winning editor of Sex and The City I & II, Michael Berenbaum, ACE; Mark Livolsi, ACE, The Blind Side, Wedding Crashers, The Devil Wears Prada; Oscar(r)nominated Joe Klotz, ACE, Precious, Junebug, and many others. The panels present compelling insights, first-hand experiences and advice to attendees


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SPAA Fringe & SDA launch nationwide search.

May 29th 2010 04:13
Calling all filmmakers - Pitch your way to production for best new screen projects

SPAA Fringe, Australia's leading event for aspiring filmmakers, will catapult six of the best, new screen projects into the limelight through their pitching initiative, the SDA Pitching Competition. Screen Development Australia (SDA), the national network of screen resource organisations and SPAA Fringe have launched a nationwide search to uncover the best projects in the country, from a series of state-based pitching workshops and competitions.
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7minute standing ovation for THE TREE!

May 28th 2010 05:41
The Australian/French co-production THE TREE received a rapturous standing ovation at its World Premiere last night, as the closing night film of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival.

Described by Variety as a "top-flight technical achievement for Aussie filmmaking" and "several grades above the norm for a Cannes closing-night selection," THE TREE stars Charlotte Gainsbourg (who earlier in the day had presented the festivals top award, the Palme d'Or), Marton Csokas and Aden Young and is directed by French filmmaker Julie Bertuccelli, whose debut feature, Since Otar Left, won the Grand Prize, International Critics' Week, at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival


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LORD DAVID PUTTNAM TO HEAD FOURTH ANNUAL APSA JURY

May 28th 2010 04:32
Cannes: Academy-Award winner and producer of Chariots of Fire, The Mission and The Killing Fields will head the International Jury of the fourth annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), to be held on Australia's Gold Coast on December 2, 2010.

Lord David Puttnam follows previous International Jury Presidents Huang Jianxin (2009, People's Republic of China), Bruce Beresford (2008, Australia) and Shabana Azmi (2007, India) to lead the group of distinguished film practitioners who decide on the winners of Asia-Pacific's highest accolade in film


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Dungong Film Festival 2010

May 21st 2010 08:22
The world’s biggest showcase of Australian film will be exhibited at the 2010 Dungog Film Festival, running over a four day weekend from 27 to 30 May. Now in its fourth year, the Festival, which has attracted over 11 000 people since its inception, will feature a dynamic new program that celebrates film in a non-competitive environment.

Speed Auditioning will be an exciting addition to the Festival in 2010. Open to promising actors, this new initiative will provide a challenge for undiscovered acting talent. Entrants will perform a monologue in front of an expert‐judging panel, with the winner receiving $5000 and acting representation


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Sandfly Film Festival call.

May 21st 2010 04:42
Sandfly Film Festival would love to support your filmmaking by showcasing your work to a film hungry Jervis Bay public as well as the many visitors coming from elsewhere around Australia and Overseas.

This year features MUSIC VIDEOS and UNDER 18 FILMMAKERS as well as OPEN SHORTS under 30 mins.If you have an inspired drama, doco, animation, comedy or music video then SANDFLY would love to see it! Download an Entry Form at www.sandflyfilmfestival.com and send in your film


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Australian Film Showcase set for US

May 21st 2010 03:38
Screen Australia is partnering with Emerging Pictures in New York to present the USA–Australian Film Showcase, a quarterly season of new Australian films not previously released in the US.

The Showcase will deliver a boutique event that celebrates Australian film culture and strengthens Australia’s screen presence in the US. Emerging Pictures will use its digital cinema network to release three films per quarter over a year, commencing June 2010. Participating films will be screened across 21 American states and in up to 60 cities, with a minimum of 12 venues including some of the country’s leading arthouse cinemas. The first three Australian films in the Showcase are Accidents Happen, The Waiting City and Charlie and Boots.
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Four Lions screening at Sydney Film Festival

May 13th 2010 02:58
Four Lions, now screening all over the UK has been chosen to screen in official competition at this years Sydney Film Festival.

Having entertained audiences in Britain with such cult classics as BRASS EYE and THIS DAY TODAY, this is Morris' debut feature film and looks to be a surefire international hit already having doubling the number of screenings available in Britain after only a few short weeks
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SPAA Fringe can help you realise your dream

May 12th 2010 10:38
SPAA Fringe one of Australia's best industry networks has recently informed all their previous delegates of a fantastic opportunity to win a scholarship to the UK to meet with other industry practitioners improving your potential to realise your dreams.

Australias best up-and-coming creative practitioners are invited to apply to win one of five scholarships, offering the rare opportunity to connect with industry leaders in the UK, thanks to the British Councils Realise Your Dream awards.
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Sydney FF 2010 lineup announced.

May 12th 2010 05:04
Sydney Film Festival (SFF) has unleashed the Official Program for the 2010 Festival, which runs from 2-14 June 2010. The festival program will include winning films from international film festivals, Australian Premieres, World Premieres and much more.

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THE WORLD’S BIGGEST LITTLE PLAY FESTIVAL on TV

May 12th 2010 04:49
THE WORLD’S BIGGEST LITTLE PLAY FESTIVAL

Short Sweet, the world’s biggest little play festival, returns to MOVIE EXTRA in June with the second season of TO BE OR NOT TO BE.
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Chicago call for entries

May 12th 2010 04:21
In the past five decades, North America’s oldest competitive film festival has welcomed some of the boldest new filmmakers in the world—now it’s your turn! Submissions are now open for the 46th Chicago International Film Festival, October 7 – 21, 2010.


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“Oscar® Noir” Has “Shadow of a Doubt”.

May 12th 2010 02:45
Alfred Hitchcock’s favorite among his dozens of films, “Shadow of a Doubt” will be screened as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Oscar Noir: 1940s Writing Nominees from Hollywood’s Dark Side” on Monday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The film will be introduced by screenwriter Dick Clement (“The Bank Job,” “Across the Universe”).

Based on the Oscar-nominated story by Gordon McDonell, “Shadow of a Doubt” is the tale of a young girl who discovers her namesake “Uncle Charlie” may not be the man he claims to be.
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TOY STORY 3 to screen at Edinburgh.

May 8th 2010 08:23
The Edinburgh International Film Festival and The Walt Disney Company recently announced that Disney / Pixar's TOY STORY 3 will have a Special 3D Gala screening at this year's Festival on Saturday 19 June. The audience in Edinburgh will be the first in the UK to see TOY STORY 3 in 3D after its opening in the United States the previous day.

Attending the red carpet at Cineworld Edinburgh to greet audiences will be the film's exuberant rough-and-tumble cowgirl Jessie and the toys' dependable leader, everyone's favourite cowboy sheriff, Woody.
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Student Oscars receive record entries!

May 8th 2010 02:38
A record 61 entries from 36 countries, along with 497 entries from students representing 122 U.S. colleges and universities, are in competition for the 2010 Student Academy Awards. This year’s pool of submissions includes a first-ever entry from Nigeria. The competition – now in its 37th year – will culminate in the awards presentation, which will include screenings of the winning films, on Saturday, June 12, at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

The Academy established the Student Academy Awards in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level. Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards and corresponding cash prizes may be presented in each of four categories: Animation, Narrative, Documentary and Alternative. Additionally, one film is selected each year to receive the Honorary Foreign Film award.
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Message Sticks FF now on!

May 7th 2010 08:27
Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival returns to Sydney Opera House from May 6 – 8 for another massive weekend of free films screenings, showcasing the best of Indigenous cinema in Australia and around the world.

In its 11th year, the Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival will celebrate the beginning of another decade of Indigenous storytelling with five world premieres, four Australian premieres, Q&A;sessions with filmmakers and the debut of a sing-along version of the award-winning musical Bran Nue Dae hosted by Ernie Dingo


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Aus/French film 'The Tree' to close Cannes.

May 7th 2010 05:15
The Australian/French co-production The Tree has been chosen as the closing night film at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. The Tree will have its World Premiere at Cannes on Sunday, 23 May 2010.


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Sydney Film Festival launches iPhone App.

May 5th 2010 12:30
In a first for Australian moviegoers, Sydney Film Festival patrons will be able to purchase and receive tickets on their iPhone.

No more waiting in queues or relying on computers or printers for your tickets – at the Festival in June you simply present your iPhone at the cinema door to scan a ticket barcode and go into a session. Films such as Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop, John C. Reilly’s new comedy Cyrus or the new documentary showcasing Joan Rivers in her 75th year Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, will only be a flick of your finger away.
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Friday on My Mind- Brendan Cowell

May 5th 2010 10:00
Feed your mind at AFTRS as some of the best and brightest in the screen arts and broadcast industry share their insights and ideas.

This week Friday May 7: Character Acting - Brendan Cowell
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First Oz Mobile Filmfest calls for entries!

May 5th 2010 06:58
Australia's first mobile phone film festival is giving anyone who loves filming videos and taking photos on their mobile phone the chance to win over $10,000 in prizes. For the tech-savvy, budding photographer or emerging filmmaker, the competition is as simple as shoot, upload and win. Now open to the public through www.mobilescreenfest.com, the Festival aims to recognise the growing global phenomenon of 'shot-on-mobile' content.


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2010 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ATTENDANCE

May 5th 2010 06:16
The ninth annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), co-founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, and presented by Founding Sponsor American Express, today announced a total attendance of over 410,000 at screenings, panels and free community events, including the Drive-In and Street Fair. Theater attendance for the Festival screenings and events reached over 94,000. Screenings were often at capacity, with more than 95% attendance at 396 screenings and panels throughout the 12-day Festival.


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APSA nominations now open.

May 3rd 2010 12:30
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) today announced members of the 2010 APSA Nominations Council, comprising international film industry experts from eight countries drawn from high profile academic institutions, film festivals and film organisations across Asia-Pacific. The 2010 Council chaired by Professor Hong-Joon Kim (Republic of Korea) includes two new members: producer/director Nan Achnas (Indonesia) and producer/author Peggy Chiao (Taiwan).


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Schepisi to film Nobel Prize winning Novel

May 3rd 2010 08:16
THE EYE OF THE STORM starring Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis & Charlotte Rampling has begun filming in Australia. The highly anticipated feature film based on the classic novel by Patrick White, Australia's only ever recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature (in 1973), is now shooting in Melbourne.

Directed by internationally acclaimed Australian director Fred Schepisi, this will be the first feature film he has shot in Australia since the Oscar nominated, Evil Angels (1988), starring Meryl Streep.
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SPAA FRINGE DATES FOR 2010

May 3rd 2010 05:51
SPAA Fringe will be held at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney on the 22 and 23 October.

SPAA Fringe is an interactive two-day conference aimed at those who are serious about building a career in the Australian screen industry. The event is comprised of workshops, roundtables, one-on-one sessions, panel discussions, film screenings and social networking events.
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