Palm Springs International Film Festival | by Film Budgets

Palm Springs International Film Festival


Dates:  January 6-17th, 20111


Palm Springs, CA USA



On January 8, 2011 Natalie Portman and Colin Firth will Receive the Desert Palm Achievement Awards for acting. Carey Mulligan is to be honored with the Breakthrough Performance Award for her work in Never Let Me Go and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.


  



  
As for every little girls dream of being a profound actress or ballerina, Natalie Portman takes the cake and eats it, too, in her performance as the obsessive, perfectionist of a ballerina for Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan. Natalie stars as a broken ballerina, "battling her ghosts" in the midst of her competitive time of rehearsal for a role of a lifetime. This portrayal was something Natalie has been preparing for, in essence, most all her life. She has been dancing since the age of 4, before her acting career, giving her 5 years of saturation in the life of a dancer previous to her career-debuting film, The Professional at the age of 11. With Natalie knowing the love and passion true dancers have, there is something of value to watch on screen besides her beautiful behavior.

"Colin Firth brings a regal versatility to each of his roles, but his portrayal of King George VI in his last film, The Kings Speech, is extraordinary," says the Chairman of the PSIFF, Harlod Matzner. The Kings Speech took a little over a year to get from a script to its first day of shooting. SeeSaw Productions, a UK and Australian Production Company, had The Kings Speech script in hand for one year, later closed the financing for its film budgets in October of  '09, began principle photography the following month, and completed a final cut this last August of 2010. http://www.firth.com/king.html

Carey Mulligan will be back in time for the festival after spending Christmas and the New Year in the UK. Carry has had a full schedule of attending conferences, screenings, and guest appearances, like that of The LA Times: Young Hollywood Round Table this past week at the AFI FEST.

The Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival is scheduled to begin on January 6th and run through the 17th of 2011. Directions and contact information to the Festival and its office are as follows: 

1700 East Tahquitz Canyon Way # 3
Palm Springs, CA 92262-7158
(760) 778-8979
http://maps.google.com/
Javier Bardem and Jennifer Lawrence are also going to be making an appearance for their honor.


The Palm Springs International Film Festival has a long tradition of promoting movies with small film budgets as well as studio productions with larger movie budgets.   Filmmaking excellence is supported globally as the festival broadens its reach each year, bringing to its audience films from around the world while supporting local films as well.






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Dubai International Film Festival

The Dubai International Film Festival

The Dubai International Film Festival, DIFF, is the forefront of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa's International Cinematic movement, and for its filmmakers and talent alike. Now in its seventh year, the DIFF allows for the prevalent players in the various regions industry to interact with other independent and up-and-coming talents around the globe. Qualifying filmmakers are able to exhibit their works to a wider international audience and be opened up to their film's funding and distribution channels for indie films completed within their various film budgets and the growing scope of the areas film production.

News Update:  Sean Penn will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at fthe Dubai Festival on December 12th.

This years Festival will be starting this December from the 12-19, 2010. For recommended accommodations and directions to the Festival you can visit their site here http://www.dubaifilmfest.com/index.php/en/dubai/getting-here/.   Both studio and independent film budget movies are screened at the festival.

Participation in the DIFF has very stringent guidelines, requiring content for both features and documentaries to pertain to the region, along with many other rules that really require other Continents to be aware of what is going on in these major parts of the world.  In recent years the DIFF has allowed films of small and large movie budgets to come from Mexico with film content pertaining to life and history within Latin American culture. For more information on submissions and exact qualifying information for movies of any size movie budget, you can visit this part of the DIFF site. http://www.dubaifilmfest.com/index.php/en/submissions/ and also seek film budgeting consultation at FilmBudget.com 

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Film Budgets | Santa Barbara International Film Festival

The 26th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival




Dates:  January 27th - February 6, 2011


Submission deadline:  Dec. 10th, 2010 -  final drop deadline

The 26th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival is set to run this end of January beginning of February.   It will take place at the Arlington Theatre in the Historical downtown on State Street. This Festival continues to be an essential stop on the road to the Oscars for film makers actively seeking to enhance their market presence in the festival circuit.


                             

News update:  Geoffrey Rush to receive Montecito Award according to Roger Durling, Festival Director.

You can purchase discounted tickets early by going to www.sbfilmfestival.org or by calling (805) 963-0023.  Maintaining close ties to the Entertainment industry in the nearby Los Angeles, this tight-knit community and mix of Artists and Business eccentrics remain dedicated to raising awareness and enriching local culture in the Cinematic Arts. 

The SBIFF is also dedicated to youth education in film with its 10-10-10 youth filmmakers project. This is a chance for young students, film students, and film enthusiasts to create their own 10 minute film, with ten days to come up with the subject and 10 days to film it. The best film, or at least the one receiving the highest number of votes will be awarded in this category and receive recognition amongst an upper-class group of seasoned film veterans.

Submissions to enter the festival began taking place back in July, however there is still time to make the final drop deadline of Dec. 10th, available for a fee of 70 dollars for short films an $90 for features.  The SBIFF will host more than 70,000 visitors this year, presenting quality American and World Independent Films, Latin American and Asian sidebars, as well as documentary Cinema.

To Purchase the SBIFF festival tickets and passes, click HERE http://sbiff.org/main/for-attendees/ticketing/

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Film Budgets | AFI & AFM Join Forces Again

American Film Institute Film Festival

The AFI FEST is going to be held from Nov. 4 -11, 2010. The festival headquarters will be at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The Screenings will take place at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre, the Mann Chinese 6 theatres, and the Egyptian Theatre American Cinematheque, all near the Parking Center at the Hollywood Highland Center.

Twenty five of the AFI FEST Films will be simultaneously represented at the The American Film Market (AFM), of which 8 will be screened. 

The AFM is the market partner of the AFI FEST. It is the physical market where Hollywood's decision makers and trend setters come together under one roof, and have been doing so since 1981. Unlike the film festival, the AFM is the marketplace where production and distribution deals are closed. During the 8 day event, over eight-hundred-million dollars in deals will be sealed for films in all various stages of production, including films with low film budgets and high movie budgets.

Film making for movies of any size of film budget is a collaborative process that requires many producers and distributors to come together before final decisions are made. The AFM allows for a place for them to network, hold seminars, screenings, premieres, and make deals amongst the 7,000 industry leaders attending each year at its location in Santa Monica. 

This crucial exposure can be the avenue between making it or breaking it within the entertainment community and its development and acquisition, production companies,  executives from over 70 countries, agents, attorneys, directors, financiers, distributors, film commissioners,  festival directors, producers, the world's press, and producers, film financiers and all else who provide services to the motion picture industry and in the Film Capital of the World. 

The American Film Market (AFM), will be going on from November 3-10, 2010 in Santa Monica, California, near  and is the Market Partner for the AFI FEST. The AFI FEST is also the qualifying festival for the Short Films category for each year's Academy Awards.

The Independent Film and Television Alliance (IFTA) is responsible for putting on the AFM. IFTA is the trade association that represents Producers and Distributers around the world involved in Independent Motion Picture and Television Programs.  The organization currently represents a hundred and fifty member companies from twenty three countries, consisting of independent production companies, distribution companies, sales agents, financial institutions involved in film financing and film budgeting. Since 1980 IFTA members are responsible for producing and distributing over half of the films to have been honored for Best Picture in the Academy Awards, including Silence of the Lambs, Braveheart, Amadeus, Platoon, Dances with Wolves,  the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, The Departed, Million Dollar Baby, No Country for Old Men, Slumdog Millionaire, Crash, The Hurt Locker, Ghandi, The Last Emperor, Driving Miss Daisy, Shakespeare in Love, the English Patient, and Chicago.



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