BFI London Film Festival Reveals 2013 Full Program Lineup

BFI London Film Festival Reveals 2013 Full Program Lineup

 The Selfish GiantThe Selfish Giant

The full program for the  57th BFI London Film Festival which runs from October 9-20, 2013, was revealed today.  The Festival will screen a total of 234 fiction and documentary features, including 22 World Premieres, 16 International Premieres, 29 European Premieres and 20 Archive films. As previously announced, the Festival opens with the European Premiere of Paul Greengrass’ CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, a high-stakes thriller based on true story of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates with Tom Hanks playing the eponymous lead role; and the European Premiere of Disney’s SAVING MR. BANKS will close the festival, the film which tells the untold story of how Mary Poppins was brought to the big screen stars Emma Thompson as P.L. Travers, author of Mary Poppins and Tom Hanks as Walt Disney. 

Philadelphia’s FirstGlance Film Festival Unveils 2013 Schedule; Opens with "EAT SPIRIT EAT"

Philadelphia’s FirstGlance Film Festival Unveils 2013 Schedule; Opens with “EAT SPIRIT EAT”

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FirstGlance Film Festival, Philadelphia’s Independent Film Festival,  announced the schedule for their 16th annual event which runs Friday, September 20th through Sunday, September 22nd, 2013, at Franklin Theater in The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The festival opens on Friday, September 20th with the feature film, EAT SPIRIT EAT, by James Bird. Starring Kristin Minter from the TV series ER, it’s described as an absurdist comedy about Oliver and a pack of misfit orphans growing up in a foster home and their attempt to do the impossible. Closing the festival on Sunday Night September 22nd, is the feature film, WET BEHIND THE EARS, by Sloan Copeland. WET BEHIND THE EARS takes a comical look at joblessness and adjusting to the real world in a way that will resonate with an underemployed generation.

Hollywood Black Film Festival Unveils 2013 Artwork Designed by Vince Fraser

Hollywood Black Film Festival Unveils 2013 Artwork Designed by Vince Fraser

The Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF) unveiled its 2013 official artwork designed by London-based visual artist, Vince Fraser. According to the festival, “The design was commissioned to illuminate HBFF’s brand identity and audience appeal.”  Fraser is a first generation British born artist with Jamaican parents who has worked as a digital illustrator and visual artist for 15 years.  “We selected Vince to design our official 2013 artwork  because after one look at his aesthetic, we knew […]

Woodstock Film Festival Reveals 2013 Films in Competition

Woodstock Film Festival Reveals 2013 Films in Competition

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The Woodstock Film Festival announced the 2013 films in competition in both feature narrative and feature documentary categories as well as the competition’s jurors. Films include the New York Premieres of “AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY: THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS”;  “THE GREAT CHICKEN WING HUNT”, “THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM” and the World Premiere of “HERE COMES THE NIGHT”.

Shane Black, Jonathan Demme Among Lineup for 2013 Austin Film Festival Conference

Shane Black, Jonathan Demme Among Lineup for 2013 Austin Film Festival Conference

Austin Film Festival Conference 

Austin Film Festival (AFF) announced the 2013 lineup of Panelists at this year’s Conference and what the festival describes as ” the strongest brain trust of writers and filmmakers ever assembled in the twenty year history of the Festival.” Attendees include Shane Black, Jonathan Demme, Leslie Dixon, Vince Gilligan, Brian Helgeland, Rian Johnson, Richard Kelly, Jenji Kohan, Chris Lowell, David Lowery, Ray McKinnon, Jeff Nichols, Ron Nyswaner, Roberto Orci, Dan Rather, Robert Rodriguez, David Shore, Norman Steinberg, Jim Taylor, Rob Thomas, Beau Willimon, and more.

Paul Attanasio and George Tillman Jr. among Milwaukee Film Festival 2013 Tributes

Paul Attanasio and George Tillman Jr. among Milwaukee Film Festival 2013 Tributes

Paul Attanasio and George Tillman Jr.Paul Attanasio and George Tillman Jr.

Writer/producer Paul Attanasio (Quiz Show; Donnie Brasco; House, M.D.), writer/director/producer George Tillman Jr. (Soul Food, The Barbershop franchise, The Inevitable Defeat of Mr. and Pete), and brand-new online film site The Dissolve have been announced as the 2013 tributes for the The Milwaukee Film Festival. The 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival runs September 26 – October 10, 2013.

"RETURN TO THE HIDING PLACE" "RUNNING FOR JIM" "YOU WILL LOVE ME" Among Winners of 2013 CenFlo

“RETURN TO THE HIDING PLACE” “RUNNING FOR JIM” “YOU WILL LOVE ME” Among Winners of 2013 CenFlo

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CenFlo, Central Florida Film Festival, held over the Labor Day Weekend in Ocoee, Florida, announced the winners of this year’s festival.  The British film, RETURN TO THE HIDING PLACE, co-directed by Josiah Spencer and Peter C. Spencer, won the award for Best Feature.  RETURN TO THE HIDING PLACE is a World War II movie about the Dutch resistance. When the Nazis begin killing Jews in Holland, a group of youth fight to save the lives of the innocent. RUNNING FOR JIM, co-directed by Dan Noyes and Robin Hauser Reynolds, which chronicles the story of Jim Tracy, the most decorated high school cross-country coach in California history, and his battle with fatal Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS) – won the award for Best Documentary.The supernatural horror film, YOU WILL LOVE ME, directed by Stephen McKendree was voted Audience Choice. In YOU WILL LOVE ME, a teen girl, after visiting a supposedly haunted forest, comes to believe that a violent poltergeist followed her home and is stalking her.

"TALL AS THE BAOBAB TREE” “THE MOSUO SISTERS” “MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS” Are Winning Films of 2013 Rural Route Festival

“TALL AS THE BAOBAB TREE” “THE MOSUO SISTERS” “MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS” Are Winning Films of 2013 Rural Route Festival

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The Rural Route Festival which ran July 27 – August 4, 2013 at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York City, is calling this year’s festival, ‘one of the best yet.”  The festival announced this year’s winning films which included Best Narrative: “TALL AS THE BAOBAB TREE”;  Best Documentary: “THE MOSUO SISTERS”; and  Best Experimental: “MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS”

Revelation Perth Sets 2014 Dates and Call For Entries

Revelation Perth Sets 2014 Dates and Call For Entries

Revelation Perth International Film Festival, regarded as one of Australia’s most exciting independent film festivals, returns in 2014, and will screen from July 3-13, 2014 in Perth, Australia. Filmmaker submissions are accepted, and may include narrative features, documentary, short film, animation, experimental work and anything in between. Entries for the Revelation Perth International Film Festival close on April 11, 2014.