Academy Awards $450,000 to U.S. Film Festivals in 2010

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 5, 2009 under Ann Arbor Film Festival, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Cinequest Film Festival, Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Indie Memphis Film Festival, Los Angeles Film festival, Nashville Film Festival (NaFF), New Orleans Film Festival, Outfest:Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Ozark Foothills FilmFest, Phoenix Film Festival, Provincetown Film Festival, San Diego Latino Film Festival, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, The, True/False Film Festival, Tucson Jewish Film Festival, Virginia Film Festival, Wild & Scenic® Environmental Film Festival, Women's Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

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The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded $450,000 to 24 U.S. film festivals for the 2010 calendar year, Festival Grants Committee Chair Buffy Shutt announced on Wednesday.

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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on March 19, 2009 under Ann Arbor Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

33rd Cleveland International Film Festival Opens with “Lightbulb”

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Image from “Lightbulb” via: Cleveland International Film Festival

The comedy-drama “Lightbulb” kicks off the 33rd Cleveland International Film Festival at 7 p.m. today.  Read more …

Cutting Edge Films at the 47th Ann Arbor Film Festival

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47th Ann Arbor Film Festival offers cutting-edge cinema.  In “The Bond,” a father discusses his relationship with his transsexual child. In “C Block,” a dog hunts down a chew toy. “Cattle Call” takes an animated look at a professional beef auctioneer. The 47th Ann Arbor Film Festival runs March 24 thru March 29, 2009 at The Historic Michigan Theater.  Read more …

2009 Cannes Film Festival Opens with “Up”

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Image from ‘Up’ via: Cannes Film Festival

The animated film ‘UP’ will be the Opening Ceremony film of the 62nd Festival de Cannes, a World Premiere in Disney Digital 3-D on Wednesday May 13th, 2009.

UP, a comedy adventure in which 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen fulfils his dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America, only to discover that he has brought with him his biggest nightmare, a 9-year-old Wilderness Explorer stowaway.

UP is directed by Pete Docter, director of MONSTERS, INC.

Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour (AAFF) will stop in San Antonio on Oct. 9 and 10

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 24, 2008 under Ann Arbor Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

The Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour (AAFF) will stop in San Antonio on Oct. 9 and 10 at the UTSA Buena Vista Theater at the downtown campus. The event is free to the public.

The AAFF tour is a collection of cutting-edge, independent and artistically inspired short films from the 46th Ann Arbor Film Festival across all genres: experimental, documentary, animation and narrative. The festival is touring the globe visiting theaters, art house cinemas, museums, universities and microcinemas.

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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on July 24, 2008 under Ann Arbor Film Festival, Cinema Diverse: Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Downbeach Film Festival, Jewish Film Festival (Rio de Janeiro), Milwaukee International Film Festival, Motovun Film Festival, Nakshi Kantha Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Tri-continental Film Festival, Wollombi Valley Short Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

Film buffs from around the world will be heading to Motovun, a small town in the Istrian interior of Croatia, from 28 July to 1 August to celebrate the 10th Motovun Film Festival. | Motovun Film Festival

The 46th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival will be at the Capri Theatre starting at 2 p.m. Aug. 2. | Ann Arbor Film Festival

Six-day Jewish Film Festival is set to feature 14 films this week in Rio de Janeiro

The Downbeach Film Festival has announced that New Jersey-bred filmmaker Kevin Smith will be honored August 9 at a retrospective during the inaugural DBFF taking place Aug. 8–10. | Downbeach Film Festival

The new Cinema Diverse: 2008 Gay and Lesbian Film Festival runs Tuesday through Sunday at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs. |Cinema Diverse: 2008 Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

The 21st Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) will be held from October 18th to 26th, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. |Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF)

The Wollombi Valley Short Film Festival is celebrating 10 years of showcasing the work of Hunter filmmakers. | Wollombi Valley Short Film Festival

A newly founded group will be starting a new annual international film festival in Milwaukee, to supplant the Milwaukee International Film Festival, which was founded in 2002 but which floundered this year after a reported dispute over funding and finances.

Goa will host the Tri-continental Film Festival-2008 in Panaji, India, between July 25 and July 30

The ongoing Nakshi Kantha Film Festival in Kolkata — featuring Bangladeshi films continues through Saturday, July 26th at the at the Gorky Sadan Auditorium, Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Kolkata