World Film Festivals

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10/14/11--19:39: HRAFF open for submissions! (chan 1696756)

Submissions for the fifth annual Human Rights Arts and Film Festival (HRAFF) opened on the 20 September 2011. We invite emerging and established filmmakers to enter music videos, shorts, features...


10/14/11--19:52: BIFF (Brisbane) box office opens. (chan 1696756)

Tickets are now on sale for the Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) which takes over Brisbane for 11 fun, frenetic days of the best and brightest in local, national and...


10/15/11--21:19: 8 DOC SHORTS ON OSCAR'S 2011 SHORTLIST. (chan 1696756)

Beverly Hills, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 84th Academy Awards(r) has been narrowed...


10/16/11--20:51: Movie Extra Tropfest Australia 2012 Entries Now Open - (chan 1696756)

Filmmakers are being encouraged to enter a milestone year for the world's largest short film festival - the 20th annual Movie Extra Tropfest Australia. Entrants have the opportunity to screen...


10/16/11--21:17: 63 COUNTRIES VIE FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE OSCAR(r) (chan 1696756)

Beverly Hills, CA - Sixty-three countries, including first-time entrant New Zealand, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 84th Academy Awards(r). The 2011 submissions...


10/20/11--19:36: NOMINEES ANNOUNCED IN THE 5th ANNUAL ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS. (chan 1696756)

The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) today announced that 37 films from 19 countries and areas have been nominated in this year's Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the region's highest accolade...


10/21/11--21:58: Chauvel Award recognises importance of film adaptations. (chan 1696756)

Screen Queensland's $40,000 adaptation development initiative will embrace the legacy of one of Queensland's formative filmmakers through a re-formatted Chauvel Award at the 2011 Brisbane International Film Festival, Screen Queensland...


11/04/11--21:00: AMPAS to honour Vanessa Redgrave. (chan 1696756)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate the career of Oscar(r)-winner Vanessa Redgrave with its first-ever European tribute to an actor, on Sunday, November 13, in London...


11/04/11--21:10: Local film-maker's documentary Umoja at Sandfly. (chan 1696756)

SANDFLY festival is holding a very special screening event of local South Coast film-maker Elizabeth Tadic's amazing documentary Umoja: No Men Allowed. It tells the life-changing story of a group...


11/05/11--17:28: TROPFEST WEBFEST. Are you going to be the best? (chan 1696756)

MOVIE EXTRA WEBFEST ANNOUNCE $100,000 COMPETITION FOR FILMMAKERS! MOVIE EXTRA and Screen Australia have partnered to offer budding filmmakers an extraordinary opportunity to compete in MOVIE EXTRA WEBFEST with the...


11/06/11--20:16: Screen Australia funding announcements October 2011. (chan 1696756)

Screen Australia today announced over $500,000 in support for the development of 17 feature films. Emile Sherman and Iain Canning (The King's Speech) will develop a biopic by writer Luke...


11/07/11--17:03: Snow White and the Huntsman. Kristen goes into the woods! (chan 1696756)

Move over GI JANE and LARA CROFT. There's a new chick in town. She's hot, and tougher than Johnny Rambo. Or that's what they hope you will believe! With the...


11/08/11--20:17: AMPAS goes back to the Movies a century ago! (chan 1696756)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate the year 1911 and its developmental contributions to motion pictures with a program of selected films in "A Century Ago...


11/12/11--17:26: RADCLIFFE LAUNCHES YOUTUBE GHOST STORY COMPETITION. (chan 1696756)

Daniel Radcliffe, the star of upcoming ghost story chiller, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, has launched an initiative to find the UK and Ireland's scariest story. He is urging budding writers...


11/14/11--17:54: BRITISH ACADEMY CHILDREN'S AWARDSNOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED (chan 1696756)

London, October 2011: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is delighted to announce the nominations for the 2011 British Academy Children's Awards, which will take place on Sunday...


11/25/11--17:20: Don McAlpine announced as first AACTA Award recipient (chan 1696756)

Australian cinematography legend, Donald M. McAlpine (ACS/ASC), was today announced the recipient of the nation's highest screen accolade - the AACTA Raymond Longford Award. The announcement sees McAlpine join an...


11/25/11--18:06: Movies in the Vineyard. (chan 1696756)

Melbourne's lovers of quality cinema and fine wine have a new destination: the outdoor cinema Movies in the Vineyard at Rochford Winery in the stunning Yarra Valley. Pack a picnic...


11/27/11--17:36: TROPFEST new take on NEW YORK MINUTE. (chan 1696756)

The New York minute is being multiplied by seven as Tropfest, the world's largest short film festival lands on US shores with Tropfest New York. The stateside launch has secured...


12/02/11--19:53: Academy's First Best Picture, "Wings," Returns to the Silver Screen (chan 1696756)

Beverly Hills, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen the first Best Picture winner, "Wings," starring Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen and Gary...


12/11/11--22:07: BIFF to celebrate 20th birthday. (chan 1696756)

The Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) will celebrate its 20th anniversary with an extraordinary program of 135 feature films that features the grand total of 50 Australian premieres. 50 films...