The Marché du Film and Annecy Festival are teaming up once again for a full day of animated excitement in Cannes on 18 May!  us for the Annecy Animation Showcase, featuring 5 incredible animated works-in-progress — PLUS curated s and an exclusive cocktail mixer to gather, meet, and connect!    Animate your day in Cannes!   ...

  MARCHÉ DU FILM’S INVESTORS CIRCLE RETURNS WITH 10 WORLD-EXCLUSIVE PROJECTS BY ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKERS The exclusive event returns to Cannes for its third edition, giving critically acclaimed directors the chance to pitch their latest projects in development to a select group of VIP private investors. Coming from 8 countries, the list includes: Italian director Giacomo Abbruzzese, Belgian director Lukas Dhont, American director Eliza Hittman, Austrian ...

Director, screenwriter and producer Maren Ade will preside over the short films and La Cinef Jury of the 78th Festival de Cannes. She will be flanked by director, screenwriter and producer Reinaldo Marcus Green, actress, singer and songwriter Camélia Jordana, producer, photographer and former Director of the Filmoteca Española José María Prado and director and screenwriter Nebojša Slijepčević. Together, they will awar...

Scheduled from May 16-17, 2025, the seventh annual French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF), celebrating short film and short-form content from around the globe, is pleased to unveil the finalist shorts of the 2024 competition, the announcement was made today by festival co-founder Nicole Goesseringer Muj. First launched in 2019, FRFF recognizes and celebrates short-form content created for film, television, ...

Spot on in Latin America for Europe’s finest films  For the second time, European Film Promotion (EFP) is presenting the Latin American Critics’ Award for European Films. 37 film critics and journalists from 13 Latin American countries will choose three favourites among 19 nominated films, before crowning the winning film at the Guadalajara Film Festival (FICG) on 7 June 2025.    Nominated by 19 national film promotion institutes from throughout Europe, the shortl...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMLZPHYT Enter the Universe, chronicled by Malaki-z, the cosmic historian who records the most intriguing and critical tales of existence. MALAKI-Z’s 1st ANTHOLOGY, Into the Light, spans five thought-provoking stories, each one casting light on humanity’s place within the vast cosmos. In Willard’s Fundamental Force, Professor Roy Willard, a humble astrophysicist, stumbles upon a discovery that could redefine everything we know about the univers...

Ground Zero, Review: Found Hero Kashmir. The paradise on earth. The powder keg. The subject of a dozen films made in the last few years. Terror attacks launched by Pakistani infiltrators, or locals recruited by handlers, and Indian armed personnel targetted. Sometimes, civilians are among the casualties. Sometimes only civilians are killed. India’s Border Security Force (BSF) and the local police retaliate. Perpetrators are often found and eliminated. Their ‘handlers’ are se...

Jewel Thief—The Heist Begins, Review: Slick flick from Netflix, but does it click? A film with a giveaway title. A film that repeats the title of a brilliant 1967 crime suspense thriller, starring Dev Anand and Ashok Kumar, and directed by Dev’s younger brother, Vijay ‘Goldie’ Anand. A film those title reminds you of the able ‘sequel’, Return of Jewel Thief, directed by Ashok Tyagi and starring Dev Anand and Ashok Kumar. A film produced by Siddharth Ana...

The Festival press conference, organised by the CNC, has just ended. Mickaël Marin, CEO of CITIA, and Marcel Jean, Artistic Director, presented the Official Selection, Screening Events, the new features for 2025 and other highlights of this year's progamme, which will be held from 8th to 14th June. “After a historic 2024 edition, with a record attendance of 17,400 badgeholders, and all this despite a difficult context for the industry, we have worked with rene...

Sydney Film Festival today announces the Australian Premiere of the most talked about Australian film of the year, Together. Written and directed by Australian filmmaker Michael Shanks and starring Alison Brie and Dave Franco, his debut feature will open the 72nd edition of the Festival on Wednesday 4 June at the State Theatre, followed by a post-screening celebration at Sydney Town Hall. Fresh from becoming the breakout-hit at Sundance, Together is a bold new Australian feature that b...

The Tui International Film Festival, taking place from May 7 to 11, once again reaffirms its strong commitment to Galician cinema. For another year, Play-Doc serves as a key gathering space, bringing together different generations of filmmakers — from recognized voices to emerging talents.   In addition to presenting the recent films that will be part of the Galicia Competition, the festival also showcases projects at various stages of development, as well as the recovery of lesse...

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  A dramatised documentary in making: A small regional train moving through the tiny little villages in Switzerland... A curious boy along with a born adventurer, the Forever Young Man... They set out on a quest for discovery… Inside stories are unfold. Tales of shattered dreams whisper in silence. A larger-than-life tale from the real-life spectrum. Cast: Nazia Khan, Emran Hashmi, Ali Alghamdi, Ibrahim, Yukta Mookhey – and introducing Akhdan Alam as ...

To mark the 10th anniversary of the Women In Motion program, Kering presents the results of an in-depth study on the evolution of gender equality in film since 2015 and conducted by Dr. Stacy L. Smith, professor at USC and founder of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative (AII)Illustration by Malika Favre   The Kering | Women In Motion program celebrates its 10th anniversary Since its launch at the Festival de Cannes in 2015, Women in Motion has become an important platform dedicated...

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 Cannes Conference   FOCUS 2025: Key Trends in the film sector Friday 16 May, 2025, 17.00 - 17.45 (CEST) Palais Stage (Level -1)       The Eu...

  Cannes Conference : Success made in Europe! What's a successful European film? How many are there? Could there be more?  Saturday 17 May, 2025 9.30 - 11.30, Main Stage, Palais des Festivals   ...

Kesari, Chapter 2, The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh, Review: Trigger-happy General Dyer, and Barrister Sankaran Nair on fire It is the era of real stories, ‘based on real incidents, and biopics. Here is none more of the popular genre. Kesar is the Hindi word for saffron. It is also used as a patriotic symbol. Kesari means saffron-coloured. A film titled Kesari was released in 2019, the centenary anniversary of the Jallianwala massacre. It retold the story of Battle of Saragarhi, whe...

First Look, the Works-in-Progress initiative of Locarno Pro, will spotlight Canadian cinema this year. Marking its 14th edition during the 78th Locarno Film Festival (August 6 to 16, 2025), First Look serves as a key post-production platform for international arthouse projects. Over the years, it has ed films from countries including Spain, the UK, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Israel, Poland, the Baltic states, Portugal, Serbia, Switzerland, and . In collaboration with Tel...

In these interesting times , as the Chinese apparently call our current global grimness, who wouldn't want to escape into the past,or even  the future? The odd couple running a (real life) bric a brac store in the London suburb of Muswell Hill literally to do visit previous ages, but not out of ennui or any interest in the historic pasts, but simply to purloin any pot, pewter, or pantaloon they can get their  hungry hands on and carry back in the extraordinary  era...

  INDUSTRIALIZATION – THE RISE AND FALL – a James W. Hawk short animation film is an OFFICIAL SELECTION of the FROME INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FILM FESTIVAL 2025   ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE FROME INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FILM FESTIVAL 2025:   Frome International Climate Film Festival has updated the Judging Status of your submission INDUSTRIALIZATION - THE RISE AND FALL to Selected. Today is the day filmmakers from around the world find out if they have been OFFICIALLY SEL...

Bau, Artist at War, the powerful historical drama directed by Sean McNamara (Reagan, Soul Surfer), will have its theatrical release by ShowBiz Direct in the U.S. and Canada on September 26, 2025. The film, which stars Hirsch as real-life Holocaust survivor and artist Joseph Bau, is distributed by ShowBiz Direct and Republic Pictures. The story of creativity, survival, and love based on Joseph Bau’s memoir, Bau, A...

BIFFes 16, 2025: The flicks, picks and my jinx, Part II My third visit to the Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes) in three decades was enjoyable and comfortable. However, my selection of films to watch was jinxed, with very few movies meeting minimum expectations. Not surprising, considering the same had happened at the International Film Festival of India. As a critic, I prefer to pick films without doing any background reading or asking people who might know somethings about them...

I met Björn just recently on March 23 at the closing party of Filmfest Bremen. The event took place at the Institut Français, film professionals where gathering and celebrating their films, discussions going on about projects and most surely about next festival to attend. And then I saw, no first I heard the piano, and looked for the guy who interrupted our so intellectual conversations. This is when I first acknowledge Björn. He was masterfully improvising on the pia...

Following the strategic groundwork laid at the National Arts Advocacy Summit – Davos in the Desert, The Creative Coalition is heading to Capitol Hill on April 25, 2025, for their annual Right To Bear Arts Day, making the case that investing in the arts fuel's economic growth, job creation, and thriving local communities. The Arts Advocacy Summit convened 50 top thought leaders from the arts and business sectors—including C-suite executives, policymakers, actors, musicians, medi...