February 2012
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The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard
Swedish Film Institute confirms financial support to Simon Klose’s TPB AFK - The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard. The first documentary feature focused on the three Swedes behind Pirate Bay will only be completed after the trial, and will be released under a Creative Commons license.
Feb 29th
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3 days left to support Vincent Moon's new project! →
Only three days left to support his latest project, a film about the music scene of the Philippines…from indie acts to traditional singings. Want to be a part of it?
Feb 27th
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Feb 27th
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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.
Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 20th
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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.
Feb 17th
Feb 16th
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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...
Feb 16th
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Feb 13th
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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.
Feb 10th
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...
Feb 9th
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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!
Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 7th
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WatchWatch
Chilean 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. 
Feb 6th
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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?
Feb 3rd
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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!
Feb 3rd
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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!
Feb 2nd
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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.
Feb 2nd
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