The Fifth Annual Costa Rica International Film Festival showcases an amazing array of shorts and features from across the world.  Attendees enjoy film screenings,  group excursions and tons of special events. Don't miss the now famous Saturday Night Street Party where a team of fire dancers and perform, transforming all of Montezuma into an all night fiesta.   Judges for the Costa Rica International Film Festival will program short and feature-length films of every...

An optimistic mood, numerous sales and a visible growth in the number of participants and films are the first positive conclusions that can be drawn from the European Film Market 2011 of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. EFM director Beki Probst announced, "We are very pleased with the outcome of the EFM 2011: more participants, more buyers, more films, more screenings and more market premieres - the international film business experienced an upswing in Berlin. It appears the ...

Figures and stats for the European Film Market (2010 edition). The past edition, the EFM played host to 419 companies from 50 countries in the Martin-Gropius-Bau and the EFM Marriott Offices. Facts & Figures of the EFM 2010 EFM Participants 6,450 Nationalities 81 Number of films 666 ...

  In their fifth consecutive year, the EFM Industry Debates highlight current trends in the industry. This year the industry event, hosted by the EFM from 11 - 13 February in cooperation with the international trade magazines Screen International, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, will focus on independent film finance, the changing role of the sales agent in the current economic climate and the future of 3D.   Friday, 11 February 2011: Independent Film Finance In ...

  Documentary Campus Industry Session 11-13th March Prague, Czech Republic   "One World, Many Ways" - New Directions in Human Rights Documentaries   Documentary Campus is honoured to present a three-day industry event during the acclaimed One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Prague (8-17 March 2011). Thought-provoking s and case studies for industry professionals will be run parallel to workshops on low budg...

Early bird submissions for the 14th Annual Dances With Films festival deadline is tomorrow, January 19th!  After that the prices go up.    For more information about submissions, prices, rules and general information about the festival please visit the website.  ...

Reach more than 1,500 Buyers from 70+ countries with billions of dollars in buyer power. See Buyers you won't see at other markets. More than 20% of buying companies at the AFM don't go to Cannes! AFM Buyers are motivated and serious about buying film. They've invested time and money to travel to Santa Monica. Markets deliver the best return on your marketing investment. Where else can you meet all the Buyers under one roof? Build your sales pipeline and cultivate new relationships. ...

Film Buyers Now or visit Buyer Home Page AFM defines a Buyer as a company which has contracted with one or more of IFTA to distribute or sub-distribute three motion pictures or television programs during the last three years. Only pre-accredited Film Buyers may using the Film Buyer Registration link. Film Buyers: Apply for Accreditation Now If you are NOT a Film Buyer, please to the right as an Industry Attendee. If this is your fir...

Industry Attendees Now or visit Attendee Home Page AFM is the premiere global marketplace for motion picture production and distribution and the largest gathering of film industry professionals in North America. 8,000 attendees from around the world for eight days unlike any other. Who Should as an Industry Attendee? Acquisition Executives, Advertising & PR Agencies, Agents, Artist Managers, Attorneys, Bankers, Development Executives, Directors, Fest...

The Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market is the favoured place of exchange between delegates from all branches of short film production worldwide. Market 2010 : 272 film organisations (against 234 in 2009), including 126 exhibitors (against 111 in 2009) / 456 producers (against 378 in 2009) / 83 buyers / 93 distributors (against 76 in 2009) / 436 festival delegates (against 415 in 2009) Exhibitors 2011 (pdf) Market map 2011 (pdf) Market screenings 2011 (pdf) Order form 2011 (pdf) Vide...

Industry buyers at DIFF will have one of the strongest repertoires of films to choose from including 103 films screened at DIFF, 43 films from the Gulf Film Festival, and 78 Filmmart-recommended films. The line-up includes 23 world premieres, 6 international Premieres, 37 Middle East premieres, and 21 GCC premieres. Ziad Yaghi, Director, Dubai Filmmart, said the trading and distribution platform has grown considerably over the past years by successfully accomplishing distribution deals fo...

VIRTUAL PITCHFEST MADE A MOVIE!!!   Virtual Pitchfest SPONSORS the Philadelphia Screenplay Fest - Your Online Contest.  Offering awards to our top 5 winners!  Visit www.ScreenplayFest.com for more information.  Visit www.VirtualPitchfest.com to apply for Online, guaranteed response pitches to BIG TIME HOLLYWOOD PLAYERS! "Raspberry Magic" was recently financed and produced via www.Virt...

              This year at the AFM, the mood of sales agents was tepid. As there was indeed a feeding frenzy for the entire week of the film market between buyers and sellers meeting and negotiating prices, most professionals agree that this year was a tough sell. While distributors are still buying, it just 'isn't like the good old days'. But in these uncertain times of distribution modes (theatrical sales down and o...

German director Fatih Akin will be the major attraction at the Film Bazaar 2010, the market section of the 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa (Nov 22-Dec2, 2010). He will participate in the Masterclass programme of the market that is organized by the Government of India agency, the National Film Development Corporation Ltd (NFDC) This the 4th time that NFDC is organizing the Film Bazaar at the highly-popular beachfront tourist destination that became the permanen...

Santa Fe Film Festival Facing Bankruptcy, Shakes Up Management In the wake of past corruption scandals, the Santa Fe Film Festival struggles to pay off debts to filmmakers while undergoing a change of management  By John C Morley, The Morley ReportSeptember 21, 2010 – Over two years ago, Camerado producer Jason Rosette learned through one of his actors that his latest feature, "Lost in New Mexico: the strange tale of Susan Hero", had appeare...

“Cape Cod over Istanbul” is a 54 minute-long documentary shot HD and 4:3 format. The primary topic of this documentary film is the social and political implications behind an historical non-stop long distance world record on flight made during the Golden Age of Aviation. This film based on unrevealed archives both in the USA and Turkey combined with interesting interviews. The  film completed in two years time.The film has contained partly in Turkish and partly English interview...

CAMBOFEST, Cambodia ~ Call for Entries Continues through November 1st  Cambodia's longest running international movie event! UPDATE: For the 4.0 Edition, CamboFest hosts the long-belated Cambodian premiere of Robert Flaherty's classic documentary, "Nanook of the North" - 88 years after its release -  with the kind permission of Flaherty Seminars. Founded in 2550 (2007), CAMBOFEST: Film and Video Festival of Cambodia is one of the only annual international movie events in Cambodia ...

The films for 2010 TVIFF: selected films of 2010 Features | Documentaries | Shorts | Animation | BEST OF CANADIAN SHORTS | 48-Hour Project Showcase OPENING NIGHT FILM The US Premiere of ST. ROZ A film by Gregory Sheppard Canada, 2009, 75 minutes Executive Produced by: Michael Lamport and Gregory Sheppard Written by: Maryann Kovalski - Cinematography by: James Gardner Cast: Rachel Wilson, Veronica Snow, Michael Lamport, Jonathan Higgins, Michelle Nolden, Sara...

CAMERADO (www.camerado.com), an innovative production and media group working in Asia, has just wrapped the 1st edition of the BANGKOK INDIEFEST (www.bangkokfest.com), the first international film event to take place in Bangkok since the end of the 'Red Shirt' Protests. An excerpt from a message to participating filmmakers reveals the incredible challenges involved in producing this year's event: "Just a little over two months ago, the 'Red Shirt' protest situation here in Bangkok...