The Karlovy Vary Film Festival has announced that Palme d’Or winning director Jerry Schatzberg will attend the 48th edition of the Festival, which runs from June 28 – July…
DIGITAL PRODUCTION, the German trade magazine for digital media productions and visualisation, is calling for submissions to the 17th animago project at www.animago.com for the 2013 contest. The registration deadline for submissions is June 30,…
At the presentation of the 4th Odessa International Film Festival at Cannes Film Festival, OIFF president Victoria Tigipko announced that leading British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom will attend the festival to present a retrospective of his…
Toronto International Film Festival, one of the world’s major festivals, has announced the first official selection for its 2013 edition in September with the world premiere of Godfrey Reggio’s Visitors. Visitors is the fourth feature-length…
Harvey Weinstein paid tribute to the importance of filmmaking through his unprecedented collaboration with Lexus to create the ‘Life is Amazing’ Short Film series. Over three separate events held on Sunday, Lexus and The Weinstein…
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is pleased to announce that renowned South Korean director Bong Joon-Ho will chair the International Feature Film Competition Jury at this year’s Festival. Bong Joon-Ho, whose English-language debut Snowpiercer, is…
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences approved rules for the 86th Oscars®. The most significant change affects the Animated Feature Film category. In this category, the new rule…
FilmAid International has appointed Simon Goff as its new Executive Director, replacing Liz Manne who joins the humanitarian organisation’s board of directors as a vice chair. Goff comes to FilmAid from the MTV EXIT Foundation,…
Following the recent announcement of the appointment of world-renowned filmmaker Elia Suleiman to the post of Artistic Advisor, Doha Film Institute (DFI) has announced that its annual slate will now include two film festivals. Films…
Artificial Eye picked up the UK rights to Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant ahead of its first screening at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, according to Screen Daily. The film is already garnering rave reviews, with many…
