February 2012
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New opportunities for producers →
Professionals and emerging producers can now apply to two international programs promoted by The Independent Feature Project. If you are seeking for intensive training on international co-productions and financing, don’t miss this opportunity.
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Parisian meetings on European Cinema
Joachim Trier with his Oslo, August 31st is opening next Monday a series of meetings focused on European cinema. On the occasion of international films’ release in french cinemas, discussions and debates on productions, co-productions, fundings and European cultural exchange.
Les cinéastes invitent… l’ami européen is primarily promoted by L’ARP.
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2012 Cinéma du Réel programme →
The 2012 programme of the International Documentary Festival Cinéma du Réel (22 March - 3rd April) is out now!
Besides the INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, TRIBUTES AND WORKSHOP (John Gianvito, Dick Fontaine, Susana de Sousa Dias, Mario Ruspoli and Raúl Ruiz), the section COMBATANTS (a tribute to the filmmakers who have fought and continue to fight on liberation fronts), RIPRENDIAMOCI LA VITA (with...
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There's a new place in town
Fresh from its inauguration, Il Piccolo Cinema is something more than a theatre. A chance to meet people and ideas, to see and discuss, an anti-academic school of cinema. If you happen to be in Turin, pay a visit to this extra-ordinary place.
Terry Gilliam School of Film: 10 Lessons for...
Growing up is for losers.
Film school is for fools.
Auteurism is out. Fil-teurism is in.
Put your ideas in a drawer. Take them out as needed.
All you’ve really got in life is story.
Command the audience with your lens.
Nothing can defeat a director who is one with his actors.
Surround yourself with improvisers.
Directing is not for the faint-of-heart. Or the sane.
Be an...
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To all Midnight lovers...
From zombies to astro-nazis, from soy-sauce drugs to hautings and possessions, the Midnight line-up of SXSW is now revealed!
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WatchChilean director Dominga Sotomayor is one of the 3 Tiger Awards Winners at International Film Festival Rotterdam with her feature debut “De jueves a domingo”. We congratulate her very much, here you can see the short film “Debajo” with which she participated in Milano Film Festival in 2006.
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50 characters to love
50 best David Lynch characters, chosen by Time Out. Here’s the countdown.
Now, which is your favorite one?
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Sulla Strada di Casa - In theatres, now!
Emiliano Corapi’s debut feature, Sulla Strada di Casa (On the Way Home) is now out in theatres. One of the main events of Italians Get-Together, awarded in Annecy, finds its way into Italian cinemas thanks to Iris Film. Don’t miss the opportunity to discover and support emerging talents!
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When Cinema meets resistance
After 43 years of history, a very different edition of Hungarian Film Festival is about to start. Facing a lack of State financial support, the whole Hungarian cinema goes on, with a truly independent Festival that stands up against the growing authoritarianism of Premier Viktor Orbàn.
Support free culture, support resistance!
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FOCUS FLATFORM @CENTRE POMPIDOU →
In the 2012 Horse Pistes programme the Centre Pompidou presents a special focus on Flatform, an Italian collective of artists and filmmaker which focuses on the analysis of the moving image, and that has been selected for the 2009 competition of Milano Film Festival. A selection of their works will be presented on Saturday 11th February in Paris.
The whole Horse Pistes programme is here.
January 2012
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Indie project(s) of the day
Want to know what’s new in indie cinema today? Follow Indiewire’s Project of the Day. Everyday, tips and updates of the most promising works in progress…with the chance to vote for your favourite, at the end of the week.
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WatchMARE CHIUSO is the new documentary by Andrea Segre and Stefano Liberti produced by ZaLab with the support of Open Society Foundations.
As a result of an agreement signed by Berlusconi and Gaddafi in 2009, all migrants intercepted at sea by the Italian navy were forcibly returned to Libya, where they have been exposed to any kind of abuses by local police. Many of them, about 2000 people, were...
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Sundance behind the scenes
Want to get news, rumours and comments straight from the core of independent cinema?
Here’s a list of Twitter accounts from filmmakers selected for Sundance Film Festival, collected by IONCINEMA.
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Interview with Lawrence Thrush →
“Pursuit of Loneliness” is writer-director Lawrence Thrush’s second feature. His first “Left Handed” (2008) screened several festivals and won Best Feature awards at Milano Film Festival in 2009. Read the interview while he is preparing for the film debut at upcoming Sundance Film Festival.
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WatchPaths of Hate, by young Polish talent Damian Nenow, has been shortlisted for Academy Award nominations for Best Short Animated Film. Good luck to this impressive 3D animation that Milano Film Festival presented in Competition last September!
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Panorama: first titles revealed
The first twenty films taking part in the Panorama programme have been announced today.
From Volker Schlöndorff to Hou Hsiao-Hsien, from the french Indignados to the gay rights issues portrayed in Parada, here is a preview of one of the most interesting sections of Berlinale.
December 2011
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WatchLondon: short films and new venues
If you happen to be in London in January, don’t miss the 9th edition of London Short Film Festival! Among the selected works, Milano Film Festival’s friends Joern Utkilen and Louis Hudson. Screenings, workshops and side events…and a special programme of short documentaries will take place at Occupy London Stock Exchange.
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Want to meet Ray Harryhausen? Don't miss this...
Are you into animation? Barbican Centre offers you the chance to meet one of the most celebrated artists in the history of stop-motion animation, right at his home. Plus, you can have your short film screened at the Barbican, next spring.
To know more about this competition, rules and other prizes: here!
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Andrew Berends' Delta Boys almost complete
Andrew Berends, awarded with a Special Mention for his The Blood of my Brothers in the 2006 edition of Milano Film Festival, has almost completed his new documentary feature. Delta Boys focuses on the oil-conflict in the Niger Delta. To support the film in the final, post-production phase, take a look at the Kickstarter campaign.
November 2011
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WatchAn interview with Jonas Mekas
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WatchItaly has lost one of its most visionary directors - RIP Vittorio De Seta.
Watch the interview.
Vincent Moon for M.F.F. (video interview)
Vincent Moon for M.F.F. (video interview):
http://seekthepost.com/2011/09/17/vincent-moons-music-videos-in-m-f-f-video-interview/
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Read the Present. And then shoot!
An online short film competition, organized by Milano Film Festival and Corriere della Sera will be online starting from January 31st. Read the present & shoot your film. Want to know more on the prize and regulations? Drop us a line!
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Vincent Moon at Festival Pulsi
Three short films of Vincent Moon, main guest for last year’s Soundoc section, will be screened tonight in Milan. Teatro dell’Arte and Festival Pulsi will be hosting screenings and live performances until November 20th.
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Michal Kosakowski in Clair-Obscur
Three short films of Michal Kosakowski has been selected for the 14th edition of Clair-Obscur Film Festival, in Basel.
His previous shorts Holy War, Sleepers and Just Like the Movies will be screened from November 10th to 12th.
If you are into experimental, visual cinema, you just can’t miss it.
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Online retrospective for Nicolas Provost
After his appearances in Venice and Toronto with his first feature film, Nicolas Provost and his short films will be available online.
Metrópolis dedicates a monographic programme to Belgian artist and filmmaker. Don’t miss this chance!
October 2011
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WatchSwimming : Binaural Recording 2011
a short documentary by Simon Ellis (www.bubtowers.com)
LISTEN THROUGH HEADPHONES ONLY.
To mark the release of Swimming’s smashing new single Neutron Wireless Crystal, here is a new film documenting the binaural recorded version of it.
“These recordings are about experiencing a one-off, live version of the music in a totally unique way… with...
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Pascal Lièvre goes Philosophical →
French filmmaker and artist Pascal Lièvre is currently involved in a new project.
After the Défilé Philosophiques hosted by Centre Pompidou, Bruxelles is ready to host a brand new series of…philosophical panties.
Filmmaker DOC16 →
Dal 22 al 30 novembre Il Film e video festival 2011: La direzione di ‘Filmmaker’ deciderà la selezione dei film da ammettere al concorso internazionale per video e film su lavoro e temi sociali. Possono partecipare al concorso film e video italiani e stranieri terminati dopo il 31 dicembre 2009. Sono ammessi lavori di qualunque durata, formato e genere. Il bando di filmmaker 2011...