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The Northern Wave International Film Festival, Iceland

The Northern Wave International Film Festival will be celebrated from the 3rd to the 5th of March 2010. The philosophy of the festival, upon which its name is based, is Nouvelle Vague, or New Wave. Like Nouvelle Vague, Northern Wave attempts to revive the recognition of filmmaking as an art form and the director as artist/author. An important goal of the festival is to develop relationships between experienced filmmakers and emerging filmmakers in Iceland and other countries. We are a  visionary festival that celebrates artistic and ground braking films by filmmakers who dare to take risks.

The festival will consist of a short film section and, for the first time ever in an Icelandic film festival, a music video section.  Bands will be encouraged to attend the festival and support their videos with a concert during the weekend. In this way, the musicians can make contacts with filmmakers and vice versa.

Butterflies wins another award at First Glance FF and signs with Journeyman Pictures

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Butterflies has closed its festival run last month at the First Glance Film Festival where it received one last Award. We are very grateful to all who supported us throughout the festival screenings and thank you to everyone who came to see the film, even more special thanks to all of you who came and saw more than once <3 Read some background news on how Indie Producer helped us here and then watch the video. More info at the Butterflies Official Website ...

Our Paris Series Part II: La Nouvelle Vague

By Sophie Nellis   Belmondo and Seberg    The French New Wave – known as la nouvelle vague– was a celebration of youth, Paris and, above all, cinema. Many people don’t know that the term nouvelle vague was first used in 1957 to describe the new generation of French youth, emancipated 18 to 30 year olds who were free-thinking and keen to throw off the legacy of the Second World War. It was only following the success of François Truffaut’s Les...

4th edition of Iranian Film Festival, the Netherlands

This year the Iranian Film Festival will be held in the Netherlands for the 4th time.  On a new location in the city of Zaandam, a wide audience can once again become acquainted with everything the Iranian cinema has to offer. But not only the festival’s location changes this year: the themes of its movies will also expand and deepen. For instance, there will be special attention for Iranian hiphop, 30 years of Islamic Revolution, ánd we will take an interesting look beyond Iran’s borders in Central Asia. The Iranian Film Festival will take place between the 18-19-20th of December 2009.   In the past four years, the Iranian Film Festival has made a name for itself by offering a very diverse program that is both independent and critical. The festival not only screens a vast range of films by well-known filmmakers but also searches for young and yet undiscovered talents, who get a chance to show their creativity in films, documentaries, short movies, music and animation. In addition, the Iranian Film Festivals sets a perfect stage for thorough discussions on different aspects of Iranian society, which are often represented only superficially by the media. 

Also this years’ Iranian Film Festival promises to become a unique event, where visitors will be treated to the newest Iranian films and music shows. Special guests from in- ánd outside the Netherlands will moreover talk about their view on Iranian cinema and its relation to the current society as a whole.

For more information and the latest news, please visit our English website on: www.iraansfilmfestival.nl

4th edition Iranian Film Festival18-19-20th of December 2009 Film theatre and café ‘De Fabriek’. Jan Sijbrandsteeg 12, Zaandam, the Netherlands

YouTube documentary online?

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Hello Butterflies: The festival round is coming to its end with Butterflies screening this Sunday for the very last time on a big screen at First Glance Film Fest in Philadelphia. You can find the info here: http://www.facebook.com/ButterfliesTheMovie From all your requests on the videos, we realize we can't bring the film everywhere. But, because we know that lot of you can't make the festival screenings, we are deciding on our next step and want to bring the Award Winning film...

2009 Minneapolis Underground Film Festival Line up Announced

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: 2009 Minneapolis Underground Film Festival Venue: MCAD, 2501 Stevens Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, 55404 Contact Person: Minneapolisuff Company Name: Minneapolis Underground Film Festival Telephone Number 612-353-9993 MUFF2009 4190 Vinewood Lane North, #111/417, Plymouth, MN, 55442-1771 Email Address minneapolisuff@gmail.com Web site address www.minneapolisundergroundfilmfestival.com The controversial battleground for truly independent film: The Mi...

October 15th: Butterflies, documentary film about how to make it in social media

Lives of YouTube “Weblebrities” Chronicled in Upcoming Documentary The increasingly popular world of new media has introduced online viewers across the world to a diverse group of individuals in cyberspace.  YouTube.com has emerged as one of the leaders to catapult an Average Joe into an instant “Weblebrity” with the stroke of a computer key.  Meet six folks in the feature documentary “Butterflies” who share the common goal of becoming internet sensations via YouTube...

Underground Exposure

Underground Exposure is a Film Festival and Screenplay competition for those of us who are unwilling to compromise our vision.  We are dedicated to the Filmmakers and writers who are unyielding to the Industry forces that drain the creativity from todays Cinema with their sole quest for "MARKETABLE" material. Our goal is to provide a venue for films that might not otherwise be exhibited. However, films of a controversial, confrontational, radical, provocative, subversive, offensive, obscene, rebellious, profane, conspiratorial, corruptive, volatile, violent, blasphemous, anarchic, or otherwise irresponsible nature are especially encouraged. www.undergroudexposurefest.com

Greetings from Eclipse Channel!

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Greetings! Eclipse Channel is hosting their very first online movie festival,  January 15th-18th, the next solar eclipse! We are looking for new, unique, original and compelling content that will be judged and broadcast on our new HD player. Go to www.Eclipsechannel.com for more information. ...

The European Independent Film Festival

The European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU) continues its commitment of being at the centre of discovery, promotion and projection of the very best independent filmmaking talent from around the world.

ÉCU will showcase films that demonstrate quality, innovation and independence in both form and content. There are fifteen categories of films in this highly esteemed competitive festival ranging including features, shorts, documentaries, animation and student films.

While ÉCU’s goal is to bring worldwide attention to European independent filmmakers, there are also four foreign categories open to independent filmmakers from the Americas, Africa and Asia.

The festival will take place in Paris in March 12-14 2010.

The European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU) has established itself as a fantastic arena for independent filmmakers from around the world to screen their films to large audiences made up of a cinema-loving public who are seeking alternatives to the offerings of major studios, as well as to agents, talent scouts, production company representatives, distributors and established producers looking for new projects and raw talent. Of course several hundred independent filmmakers from around the world will be in Paris to participate in the ÉCU.

With interest from large sections of European and international press, this is a great opportunity for independent filmmakers to get recognition for their films. Attending directors will also have the opportunity to speak about their films at our “Speak to the Directors” panel sessions which take place throughout the festival.

“The European Independent festival has proved to be a true breakthrough for Indie Filmmakers in Europe. ÉCU 2010 offers European independent filmmakers the chance to screen their films to an audience hungry for high-quality independent films, exposes them to other independent filmmaker’s work and gives them a forum to exchange ideas with other filmmakers. I believe that all of this will help them a great deal in their future filmmaking ventures.”

-Scott Hillier, President of The European Independent Film Festival.

The Freaked out Films

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We are waiting for Your short (20 minutes maximum) films. It can be an animation, a documentary, a feature film or anything else! Films can be made with cameras, digital / video cameras, mobile phones, computers, coloured – pencils or whatever You like! But there is one condition: Films must be freaked – out! So if You think Your film is freaked –out, send it (The deadline is on 30. 09. 2009) to our address (with “The Freaked – out Films” postscr...
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