Film Festivals | Los Angeles Film Festival

Los Angeles Film Festival - LAIFF

Date:  June 17-27, 2010

Submission deadline:  May 21, 2010

Presented by the the industry leading independent film organization Film Independent, the LAIFF supports in competition and sidebars a wide selection of indie films from around the world without neglecting its Hollywood roots and the fast rise of many of the talented filmmakers whom have had their start here, from a background of low film budgets.  Now in its 16th year, the 2010 edition boasted 200 features from 40 countries.

Premieres at this years festival included:

Animal Kindgom from Australia
Cyrus from USA
Mahler on the Couch from Germany
Revolucion from Mexico
Waiting For "Superman" from USA

Past Premieres have included The Devil Wears Prada and Sunshine.

Film Independent likewise produces the Spirit Awards showcasing and honoring independent spirit of filmmakers and their supporters.



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San Sebastian Film Festival

58th San Sebastian Film Festival - Spain

Dates:  September 17th to 25th, 2010

Submissions: closed

Contact:

Donostia - San Sebastián International Film Festival

Plaza Okendo, 1– 20004 Donostia-San Sebastián (Spain)

P.O Box 397 - 20080 Donostia-San Sebastián (Spain)  

Phone: + 34 943 481212

Fax: + 34 943 481218

This festival is one of the highlights of the autumn film festival circuit with movie stars, directors, producers and industry heavyweights in full attendance.  With a dedication to the arts and highlights, retrospectives, championing of Spanish cinema, its coveted Donostia Award is sought after by filmmakers worldwide.

Official selections in competition include Opening Night film Chicogrande  directed by Felipe Cazals.



Additional Film Selections:

Addicted To Love by Liu Hao
Akma-Reul Bo-at-da, Kim Jee-Woon
Amigo, John Sayles
Cicicleta,  Charles Bosh
Eat Pray Love, Ryan Murphy
Genpin  Naomi Kawase
El Gran Zazquez, Oscar Albar
Home For Christma, Bent Hamer
A JamAA, Dauad Aolad-Syad
Misterios De Lisboa, Raul Ruiz
Satte Farben Vor Schwarz, Sophie Heldman



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Film Festivals | BFI London Film Festival

The 54th BFI London Film Festival

Date:  October 13-28, 2010   London, United Kingdom

Submissions:  Now closed.

Festival Venues can be found here.

British cinema has a long and rich history and the London Film Festival is no exception in bringing worldwide cinema to the shores of the Thames River.  Celebrating the artistic nature of filmmaking with a keen eye to quality films from varied sources with a certain disregard for the size of their film budgets the LFF stands out in its unapologetic quest for movies which extol the vision of the storyteller.



The Opening Night film has been announced as "Never Let Me Go" from director Mark Romanek.   Closing the festival with be the much awaited screening of "127 Hours" from "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle.

News Update:

The short list for Best Film has been announced:

"127 Hours" (Danny Boyle)
"Another Year" (Mike Leigh)
"Archipelago" (Joanna Hogg)
"Black Swan" (Darren Aronofsky)
"The King's Speech"
"Meeks Cutoff" (Kelly Reichardt)
"Never Let Me Go"
"Of Gods and Men" (Xavier Beauvois)
"The Sleeping Beauty" (Catherine Breilat)
"Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives"

Additional news update:

Sophie Coppola's Golden Lion Winner "Somewhere" has been named to the line-up.


Full Line-up Announced - Read the Variety article



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Film Festivals | Sundance

Sundance Film Festival - Park City, Utah (USA)

Date:  January 20-30, 2011

Submission deadline:
 Early submission deadline: US & Int'l Shorts 8/16/10  Features/Docs:  8/16/10
 Official submission deadline: US & Int'l Shorts 9/3/10  Features/Docs:  9/3/10
 Late submission deadline:   9/20/10 & 9/24/10

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The Sundance Film Festival is the longest running American indie film festival and a highly sought after festival for independent cinema.  Filmmakers accepted into Sundance receive an incredible amount of publicity and acclaim.

Distributors consider Sundance to be a critical market place for up and coming directors and compete with each other to catch the "next big thing" coming out of Park City.  Movies with low film budgets stand neck and neck with those with a bigger production spend available but just as much prestige in most cases.

Founded by Robert Redford, the festival also entails the Sundance Institute which offers year round education, seminars, conferences, etc. including the Writers Lab, Producers Lab and Directors Lab which provides workshop opportunities for aspiring filmmakers with experienced industry professionals.













Set in the majestic Wasatch Mountain range the Hollywood film industry escapes to this small ski town, taking it over, with the oft repeated phrase "black suits with cell phones" to describe the many producers walking the snow covered streets amongst the locals.
Due to its proximity to Los Angeles, Sundance attracts an army of such industry players.
From its start as a humble indie gathering Redford's dream has grown to become a behemoth of marketing, dealmaking, success and failure for many a filmmaker with deals running from $0 for a film to $10 Million in a much sought bidding war for a new film
which shows promise for the box office.



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Film Budgets | Berlin Film Festival Berlinale

Berlin Film Festival - Berlinale   

Date: February 10-20, 2011

Submission deadline:  to be announced by the end of September.  

(last years deadline was Oct. 30 for feature films and Nov. 16 for Shorts)

Check this link for updated information coming in September 2010:

http://www.berlinale.de/en/service/_filmanmeldung/filmanmeldung_allgem/index.html

The Berlin Film Festival is highly revered as one of Europe's most important film festivals for both artistic, creative accomplishment in movies as well as the business of filmmaking.  Set in the historic Potsdamer Platz Hollywood stars and starlets travel to this venerable center of Germany for the opportunity to network and promote their latest masterpieces.

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European Film Market 

In addition to the competition section the festival also hosts the European Film Market which has likewise become the quintessential events for the worldwide film industry.   Situated in the Martin-Gropius-Bau adjacent to the Berlinale, together the form the ultimate opportunity for foreign sales, networking and an immense deal of business is achieved here.

New Update:  Isabella Rossellini to head Berlin Film Festival Jury.


  

2010 Winners

GOLDEN BEAR - BEST FILM:  Honey (Turkey)

BEST DIRECTOR: Roman Polanski for The Ghost Writer

Shinobu Terajima in Caterpillar (Japan)

BEST ACTOR: Grigori Dobrygin and Sergei Puskepalis in How I Ended This Summer (Russia)

OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION: How I Ended This Summer (Russia)

BEST SCRIPT: Apart Together (China)

ALFRED-BAUER PRIZE: If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (Romania)

BEST FIRST FEATURE:  Sebbe (Sweden)

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Film Budgets | Film Festivals | Venice Film Festival

The 67th Venice International Film Festival runs September 1 through September 10 on the Venice Lido and is put on by La Biennale di Venezia.

This festival is extremely prestigious for the international film community and attracts major U.S., European and Asian movie stars.   Film budgets represented by the entrants range from small independent films to major Hollywood releases.  Marco Mueller is the festival Director as he has been since 2004.  The venerable Italian festival is the oldest film and arts festival in the world.

Quentin Tarantino will hand out the award for Best Film - The Golden Lion.

Entrance for a film to this festival is highly coveted by filmmakers as one of the top 3 film festivals in the world.

Tickets are available here

La Biennale di Venezia is one of the most highly revered cultural institutions in the world, celebrating film, music, dance, theater and all facets of the arts both in business and creativity.  It was created in 1895 as the 1st international art exhibit.


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Film Budgets | Film Festivals | Toronto Film Festival | Filmbudget.com

The 35th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) - September 9-19, 2010

Showcasing films with indie to major studio film budgets, this prestigious film festival takes place each autumn after labor day and marks the commencement of the film festival and market season. Movie stars, directors, producers and studio executives flock to this wonderful city to show their current projects, make deals and be seen actively in the film industry marketplace.



A Press Conference was held on August 10th to present the list of of Canadian titles included in the festival program. TIFF operates year round with many supportive programs for the film business. International, Hollywood and Canadian films compete in TIFF competition.

This year is no exception with films from Clint Eastwood, Danny Boyle with appearance by Matt Damon, James Franco, Eva Mendes and many more. Added to the line-up are two Galas, 18 Special Presentations including 14 World Premieres.

News updates:   Keira Knightly, Eva Mendes starrer "Last Night" directed by Massy Tadjedin will take the Closing Night slot and will be the World Premiere for the film.


Read The Hollywood Reporter opening night article on the festival.


"Super"sells for seven figures in first pick up at the fest.  "Dredd" raises its pre-sales to $30M on $45M film budgets for Stuart Ford'sIM Global.   Several foreign films are leading the sales like "The King's Speech" with Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth setting the pace.


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Toronto Film Festival is an essential stop on the film festival circuit.

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Film Budgets | Film Festivals | Cannes | Filmbudget.com

Cannes film festival - Festival de Cannes - May 11-22, 2011

The Grand Damme of the international film festival circuit the Cannes film festival garners the most prestige for a filmmaker and their movie. While generally promoting movies with modest film budgets from acclaimed aeteurs, the festival embraces Hollywood big budget fare as well to enlist star power to join in the festivities, especially the famous Red Carpet walk of stars.

Set on the shores of the Mediterranean of the Côte d'Azur of southern France Cannes likewise boasts it's industry standart Cannes film market.

   


Distributors and foreign sales agents, buyers and sellers, convene on the croisette to barter films, make deals and network relationships.

Star talent is likewise often requested to attend the meetings in the sales floor at the local hotels to influence and impress the overseas buyers.

As a baromter of the film industry Cannes is the leader in quality and an indicator of the current state of the market.

Film Festivals are a major ingredient in the distribution game for independent filmmakers.  Film Budgets increasingly are being tightened and this extends to marketing and distribution too as production companys belt tighten amidst their own cash resource deficits.

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