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TORONTO ANNOUNCES FULL LINEUP The Toronto International Film Festival (running September 9-19) has announced its lineup of 246 films. Some of the filmmakers whose works were selected include: Werner Herzog, Gregg Araki, Tom Tykwer, Danny Boyle, Clint Eastwood, John Sayles, Robert Redford, Errol Morris, John Cameron Mitchell, Ondi Timoner, Ben Affleck, John Carpenter, Darren Aronofsky, Jean-Luc Godard, Stephen Frears, Woody Allen, Casey Affleck, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Mike Leigh. For more info, go to: www.torontointernationalfilmfestival.ca.
THE 2010 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES THE FIRST 10 FILMS The Austin Film Festival (AFF) has announced the first 10 films included in this year’s lineup of Festival film screenings held October 21-28. This year, AFF will host over 190 film screenings and special events, and produce more than 90 panels and roundtable discussions. AFF’S EARLY 10 FILMS ARE: Brother’s Justice Dig Dog Sweat Fair Game I Didn’t Come Here to Die Made in Dagenham Make Believe Rainbows End Rubble Kings The Space Between
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION'S FILM SERIES BENEFITS ENDANGERED STATE PARKS The second annual California State Parks Foundation’s film series features selections containing key scenes shot in California’s abundantly diverse state parks, which Hollywood has used for locations for 90 years. The program, "California State Parks Starring in Hollywood Films," will take place at Paramount Studios on November 6 and Twentieth Century Fox Studios on Nearly all of the MASH film was shot at Malibu Creek State Park, except for the operating room scenes, as was most of Planet of the Apes. For the latter, the park doubled as the unnamed desert-like planet onto which the film’s star, Charlton Heston, and fellow astronauts crash-land in 3978 A.D. Fans of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi will immediately recognize its redwood-forest Endor scenes, even if those fans don’t know the exact names of the two state parks in Humboldt County in which they were shot. The print to be screened was made for the Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition, which Lucasfilm released on Star Wars’ 20th anniversary in 1997. Following is the program for "California State Parks Starring in Hollywood Films" (subject to change), sponsored by NBC/Universal: Saturday, November 6, 2010 Sunday, November 7, 2010 Tickets: Single-screening tickets to the series, co-presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the USC School of Cinematic Arts, are $10 for adults, $8 for children 12 and under. Three-screening passes are $25 for adults and $18 for children. Popcorn and parking are free. Park rangers will lead hikes in Malibu Creek State Park at the “M*A*S*H” location on Saturday, October 30 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. in conjunction with the film series. Tickets for this fundraiser are $25 per person. Tickets for screenings and hikes: www.calparks.org/filmseries: (877) 663-0566.
ATLANTIC FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY The 30th Atlantic Film Festival will kick off its Atlantic & Canadian film programs this year on Friday, September 17, at the Oxford Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia with the Atlantic Gala presentation of Whirligig, a film by director Chaz Thorne The Festival's special 30th Anniversary programming includes an overall streamlined program featuring repeat screenings of the Atlantic Shorts programs, three Best of the Festival screenings on the closing day of the Festival, a free al fresco-style drive-in screening of the classic film American Graffiti as part of the national initiative - Culture Days, a free retrospective of music documentaries called Backstage Pass: Music Documentaries 1967-2009, featuring 10 films including Gimme Shelter and Stop Making Sense, and Festival Darlings – a retrospective program of five Canadian films including director Thom Fitzgerald's The Hanging Garden and two films from local producer Chris Zimmer, Margaret's Museum and Love and Death on Long Island. For more info, go to: www.atlanticfilm.com.
JAMES CAAN, ROBERT DUVALL, MARK RYDELL AND SCOTT CAAN SELECT “GET IT MADE” WINNER Openfilm.com, an online platform with the stated mission to “connect independent filmmakers to the professional community and help them find an audience for their films,” recently announced the six finalists in its “Get It Made” short film competition. The six finalists now move on to the next round of the competition where the Openfilm Advisory Board, comprised of James Caan, Scott Caan, Robert Duvall and Mark Rydell, will judge each film and ultimately choose the final winner. Each of the six finalists will receive feedback from the Advisory Board, and the winner will receive $50,000 in cash and $200,000 in financing to develop his or her short into a feature film with Openfilm Studios. The Get It Made competition has announced a committment of $1 million over the next year and a half to support independent filmmakers, with a new winner selected every five months. The finalists are: Code Name: Operation Black Thunder (Edgar Jimz, director – Staten Island, NY) When the intelligence agencies are infiltrated by a terrorist organization and can no longer be trusted, seven disgraced New York City cops are called upon to stop the worst terrorist attack in US history. One cop rises to the challenge and becomes a vigilante who saves us all. Dead Cat Bounce (Daric Gates, director – Burbank, CA) When brokers underestimate the bottom of a falling stock market, the resulting brief rise and subsequent freefall of stocks is called the dead cat bounce. As the global economy verges on disaster, an ambitious broker uncovers a startling secret placing him at odds with the underground society in control of the world market for centuries. Hawaiian Ghost Story (Grant Wheeler, director – Honolulu, HI) This animated adventure tells the story of three best friends who enlist the help of a spiritual guide to rid their home of a terrifying ghost named Namiko. When one of the boys is drawn into the spirit world, his friends must solve the ghost mystery before his stay becomes permanent.HELP (Val Lauren, director – Los Angeles, CA) Follow one man on the night he embarks on a desperate mission to save his dying mother’s life. Rosewood (Marvin Choi, director – Norwalk, CA) Paul is a college student who gets his first job as a part-time dishwasher at an old diner named Rosewood. To survive his first night on the job he must contend with the tyrannical head chef and calloused kitchen staff and learn what it takes to work in a real restaurant. Untitled for James (Ali Tabibnejad, director – Missoula, MT) James’ father was a brilliant inventor who upon his death bequeathed his son an unusual inheritance. If you received a dream generator that allowed you to start over with a clean slate, would you be able to resist? The 2nd Get It Made competition is now open and submissions are being accepted. More information about submitting a film is available at www.openfilm.com. The winner of the 1st Get It Made competition will be announced in September.
TARGET TO PRESENT $50,000 IN FILMMAKER AWARDS AT DALLAS FILM FEST The Dallas International Film Festival is scheduled for March 31-April 10, 2011, with an early deadline for submissions of October 29 and regular deadline of December 3. “We are especially pleased to announce that Target again will present the Target Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature and the Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary Feature, with cash awards of $25,000 each,” said James Faust, artistic director, Dallas International Film Festival. Additionally, the MPS Studios Texas Filmmaker Award will be awarded to the winner of the Texas Competition, a juried competition that contains features and documentaries shot in or relating to the Lone Star state. The winner of the Texas Competition will receive $20,000 in cash, goods and services from MPS Studios Dallas. A link for film submissions and information on submissions is available at www.dallasfilm.org/call-for-entries. For more info, go to: www.dallasfilm.org.
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WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES HONORARY TRAILBLAZER AWARD RECIPIENT BOB BERNEY The Woodstock Film Festival (running September 29 - October 3) will honor long time film distribution guru Bob Berney as the 2010 Woodstock Film Festival Trailblazer Award recipient. Berney has been a preeminent force in the international film world for more than two decades. As founder and operator of Apparition, Picturehouse, Newmarket Films and IFC Films, Berney has overseen the releases of Academy Award-nominated and -winning films There Will Be Blood, Monster, La Vie En Rose, The Passion of the Christ, Whale Rider, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, In addition to critical successes, Berney has acquired box office smashes like The Passion of the Christ ($370 million) and My Big Fat Greek Wedding ($240 million). As an independent distribution and marketing consultant, Berney was responsible for the release of Christopher Nolan's Memento for Newmarket Capital Group and Todd Solondz's critically acclaimed Happiness for Good Machine International (now Focus Features). "How do you know Bob Berney is the essence of true independence?" asks James Schamus, CEO of Focus Features and a previous Trailblazer Award Recipient, "You can use the names of both Todd Solondz and Mel Gibson in the same sentence when celebrating him. How awesome is that?" For more info, go to: www.woodstockfilmfestival.org.
AUSTIN FILM FEST ANNOUNCES TV WRITER AWARD This year’s recipient of the Outstanding Television Writer award will be David Simon, creator of HBO’s “Treme” and “The Wire.” Simon will accept the award at the Festival’s annual Award Luncheon held on Saturday, October 23, 2010, at the Austin Club. In addition, Simon will speak on panels during the Conference. David Simon is perhaps best known for his work on the HBO series “The Wire,” where he served as creator, executive producer, head writer and show runner for the duration of the series. He also worked as a journalist for The Baltimore Sun for many years and wrote the narrative non-fiction book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and co-wrote The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood. The NBC series “Homicide: Life on the Street” was based on the former, and Simon adapted the latter into a mini-series for HBO called “The Corner.” He also adapted the non-fiction book Generation Kill, chronicling the experience of a battalion of Marines in Iraq during the 2003 invasion, into an HBO miniseries under the same name, where he also served as show runner. For more info, go to: www.austinfilmfestival.com.
“URBAN WILDLIFE” TO BE THEME OF The third annual Downtown Film Festival L.A. will be held in various venues downtown September 8 – 12. With “Urban WILDlife as its theme, the fest will focus on delivering a different “downtown experience” every day across five days and evenings. Programming highlights will include a gourmet street food and film fest at Los Angeles Center Studios; the Los Angeles premiere screenings of the films of Alice Guy Blaché, a pioneering Silent Era filmmaker, at a movie palace in the historic Theatre District on Broadway; “Sustainable L.A.,” an all- day film and green fair dedicated to ecologically aware urban living; a film and live musical performance at The Grammy Museum at L.A. Live; a free-to-the-public outdoor screening of a classic film in Chinatown, and an interactive digital moving images experience in conjunction with Los Angeles Center for the Digital Art (LACDA) and the September edition of Art Walk. For more info, go to: http://dffla.com.
FILM FESTIVAL GHENT CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS The World Soundtrack Awards, an awards presentation honoring the best in film music established by the Ghent International Film Festival’s World Soundtrack Academy in 2001, has announced the line-up for its tenth year. Ten world class composers will be appearing live in concert at the awards presentation in Ghent, Belgium on October 23. Those confirmed include Oscar-winners Howard Shore (Lord Of The Rings), Elliot Goldenthal (Frida), Gabriel Yared (The English Patient), Gustavo Santaolalla (Motorcycle Diaries), Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare In Love) as well as Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks), Craig Armstrong (Love Actually), Alberto Iglesias (Todo Sobre Mi Madre), Bruno Coulais (Océans), Frédéric Devreese (Un Soir, Un Train) and Nico Muhly (The Reader). The Ghent International Film Festival, which is celebrating its 37th year, formed the World Soundtrack Academy to honor composers in six different categories including Film Composer of the Year, Best Original Film Score of the Year, Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film, Discovery of the Year, and their Lifetime Achievement Award. The World Soundtrack Awards 10th anniversary gala will include a six-minute suite from each composer performed by the Brussels Philharmonic – the Orchestra of Flanders, conducted by Dirk Brossé, and accompanied by a selection of film excerpts. The Festival will run from October 12-23. For more info, go to: www.filmfestival.be.
I'VE SEEN FILMS FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES JURY I'VE SEEN FILMS 2010 will run from September 30 - October 9 in Milan. I’VE SEEN FILMS was founded by is and directly managed by actor/director Rutger Hauer. Its stated purpose is "the world-wide promotion of the works of filmmakers who deserve exposure and visibility for their works but rarely achieve this from the classic-formula film festivals." For more info, go to www.icfilms.org.
CALL FOR ENTRIES Ongoing Deadlines Chicago City Limits Comedy Film Fest D.Film Digital Film Festival Hip Hop Film Fest Hollywood Shorts PEC Independent Film Championship September 15 Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee September 17 Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen September 25 California Film Awards September 30 Golden Knight Malta International Short Film Festival October 15 Arab Film Festival International Streaming Festival (The Hague) November 19 The Accolade Competition November 29 December 1
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