List of ist/Cannes MingleTalk Distribution and Blockbuster : May 20 and May 21stOur esteemed ists included (for the MingleTalk Distribution) Colleen Nystedt: founder of movieset http://www.movieset.com/ MovieSetTM founder, Colleen Nystedt, has an extensive background in film production, finance, business affairs and creative development. Nystedt has produced or supervised production on numerous feature films and TV movies for Universal Pictures, Paramount, MGM, CBS, NBC, ABC, USA...

The 61st edition of the Locarno International Film, which opens on August 6, has been made possible thanks to the contribution of numerous sponsors and partners in the private sector. For Marco Solari, Festival President, «all these businesses have contributed, each in their own way, and in varying proportions, to making the next edition possible. They are all immensely important to the Festival, not only for their generous financial , but also for the experience and competence they agre...

By Maria Esteves - July 7, 2008 The 2008 International DJ (Disc Jockey) Expo (DJX20), presented by DJ Times Magazine and Testa Communications, will be held at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, Atlantic City, NJ, August 11-14, 2008. DJ Expo exposition and conference is the international dance music event showcasing seminars, hands-on workshops, discussions, exhibit hall, DVJ/IDJ software/hardware system giveaways, parties, and awards ceremony. DJ Expo attracts artists, DJs, VJs, industry p...

 Wednesday, June 25------European Film Promotion (EFP), the pan-European association of governmental promotion agencies that represent the film industries of 25 European countries, continues its New York Industry Screenings as a way of targeting New York-based distributors, programmers and press. Over the past two days, EFP presented a program of 4 critically acclaimed European feature films with special screenings and receptions at the Tribeca Cinemas in lower Manhattan.   Films Distribution ...

 Saturday, June 21------As SILVERDOCS enters its final weekend, one is both encouraged and discouraged by the assessments of many professionals who have appeared on s as part of the parallel International Documentary Conference.While the sheer number of films here (over 120 screened, over 1500 submitted)) is evidence of a spike in documentary production around the world, the performance of recent films at the box office has made for quite a sober event here. "We are experiencing th...

 Thursday, June 19-----The AFI Digital Content Lab is a think tank and playground for filmmakers to explore opportunities in the new media. The Lab, which is housed on the campus of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, is presenting two seminar programs at SILVERDOCS.AFI DIGITAL CONTENT LAB CALENDAR SILVERDOCSJune 18-23, 2008, Silver Springs, MDDigital Content Lab Presentation - Suzanne Stefanac, Lisa Osborne Session One - Thursday, June 19: An Afternoon with the AFI Digital Content La...

  Monday, May 26--------With major U.S. distribution companies, for the most part, sitting out this year’s Cannes Film Festival, there was some last minute activity as the Festival came to a close this past weekend. Among the winners announced on Sunday (a European clean sweep), only Three Monkeys, the latest film from Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan (who won the Best Director prize), has a U.S. distributor in place. New Yorker Films, a specialty outfit, picked up the rights prior to the ...

 Friday, May 23------The whooshing sound that you hear is the rapid departure of film professionals leaving in droves as the Cannes Film Festival enters its final weekend. In fact, professionals have been leaving en masse since Wednesday, with film sales offices at the Marche du Film and the local hotels virtual ghost towns. The American distribution contingent, which were on the Croisette in great numbers, have left Cannes without many major acquisitions. The tepid Cannes market continued what...

 Wednesday, March 21------Despite soggy weather and a rather unenthusiastic response to most films at the Cannes Film Festival, there are a number of deals to announce for European films that have found homes with U.S. distributors. The films, all screening in either the official sections of the Festival or in the Cannes Film Market, will all be released theatrically in the United States in the next few months.IFC Films has been among the busiest companies on the Croisette. The company has acqu...

List of participants to our Cannes Future of Cinema events    Name & Company, title            Alexandra     Galvis        Anjali +4    Bhushan         Antonio     Urano de Carvalho Neto         Rio Filme S.A    Basil+1    Khalil    Code 81 Films    Boby     Sheng        Bryony     Read        Cassie     Ross        Cee     French     Chiron Films, Inc.    Executive Producers; Directors & PartnersChar...

Disponible en avant première sur fest21.com, un lecteur ciné e-book incluant 26 livres autour du cinéma sera disponible le 14 mai 2008 pour l'ouverture du Festival de Cannes Faisant suite au succès très remarqué du lancement fin 2007 de son pack e-book Cluster21 destiné aux professionnels, puis de son pack Psycho21 en mars dernier, M21 Editions, le précurseur en des communautés web, fait appel au savoir-faire des éditions Nouveau Monde pour créer le pack ciné e-book fest21 con...