From November 25th to 28th, SIGNIS Board of Directors and secretariat staff met in Bangkok, Thailand. This was the first in-person meeting that took place since they were nominated, and it was an opportunity to discover the vibrant life at the grassroots level in each region, delving into the rich intercultural challenges that shape our global community. The BOD also adopted a safeguarding protocol and discussed how to build trust and consolidate the network beyond the boundaries of t...

  Following the onsite edition of FIDLab 2023, the 10 selected projects have experienced several evolutions since July. the Follow up, a second moment of meetings with the directors and producers of the selected projects. Professionals worldwide will have the chance to discover the current status of each project through online meetings.   ...

Gravitas Ventures, an Anthem Sports & Entertainment Company, has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to director Danny A. Abeckaser’s World War II drama, BARDEJOV. The powerful film stars Robert Davi, Danny A. Abeckaser, Kyle Stefanski, Dean Miroshnikov, Darren Weiss Omer Hazan, and Emil A. Fish, among many other talented actors to comprise the expansive cast.  Written by Shmuel Lynn and directed by Abeckaser, Gravitas Ventures will release the film with ...

Sundance Institute has announced the short films that will be a part of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival programming. The Festival will take place January 18–28, 2024, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, with a selection of titles available online nationwide from January 25–28, 2024. The Festival will introduce new short films for 2024 across eight curated programs.   “Selecting the shorts for the Festival Program every year is an exercise in taki...

The IndieFEST Film Awards Announces Latest Winners! The IndieFEST is proud to announce the latest winners. Congratulations to all the filmmakers who participated in the current season!The awards go to those filmmakers who produce fresh, standout entertainment and compelling documentaries. The IndieFEST is a top-tier international awards competition. It honors professionals, established and emerging, who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity. The goal of The IndieFEST is ...

AURO-3D® will showcase AURO-CX, the first and only truly scalable Next Generation Audio codec, during CES 2024, January 9–12, at The Venetian Hotel. The AURO-CX Codec, designed for streaming but with applications in broadcast, has many advantages over existing Next Generation Audio codecs that make it desirable to the universe of content creators, content distributors, streaming services, and audio manufacturers. All these advantages are rooted in the codec’s inherent scala...

   The fund underscores its commitment to fostering new and diverse voices, ing a majority of projects by emerging talent. HBF autumn 2023 filmmaker portraits         The Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) of International Film...

Films by Jonathan Ogilvie, Amanda Kramer, Ann Hui and Billy Woodberry confirmed, along with dates for the IFFR Pro Days, press conference and more. 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam 25 January – 4 February 2024         Jonathan Ogilvie’s spirited post-punk coming-of-age comedy Head South will open the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on Thursday 25 January 2024, with the festival running until Sunday 4 February. Several titles ...

Congratulations to the OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT winner Susan Kucera for her entertaining and provocative doc Wild Genius! Seasoned pro Kucera delivers a captivating, beautifully crafted and tight documentary with a mind-expanding message. Showcasing the exceptional life, career and mental health challenges of living legend Robert Trivers, the evolutionary biologist TIME magazine named as “one of the greatest scientists of the 20th Century”. Susan Kucera (USA), Wild Genius, Do...

A UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD HAPPY HOLIDAYS SEASON!   “Papa, the mushroom soup, of the Toadstool café, is such a delight!”, and so we are, after 16 years, still coming to celebrate the end of the year Holidays at Universal Studios Hollywood ! Just because we love it and because it feels like a real Christmas celebration with the Grinchmas set up, with all your favorite characters including Mr. Grinch himself! As we got to the park, and I recommend getting ther...

  On January 26, the 47th edition of Göteborg Film Festival will open with the European premiere of Thea Hvistendahl's Handling the Undead, an adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist's successful novel. The film competes in the festival’s Nordic Competition, and the opening ceremony takes place both in Gothenburg and in cinemas across Sweden. The opening and Handling the Undead will also be part of Göteborg Film Festival's online programme and available for strea...

  University students across Europe chose ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine Triet to receive this year’s European University Film Award. The European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg announced the decision on Friday night during an official reception for the nominees of the 2023 European Film Awards on the eve of the festive gala on Saturday, 9 December in the Arena, Berlin.   Since October, the five nominated films, based on the European Film Awards Feature and Documentary Film...

  Tryon International Film Festival Launches EcoHarmony Ciné Award to Spotlight Fictional Narratives and Podcast Productions Promoting Eco-Friendly Awareness TRYON, NC — The Tryon International Film Festival (TRIFF) proudly unveils the EcoHarmony Ciné Award, a prestigious category that extends beyond documentary features to emphasize fictional narratives and podcast productions promoting eco-friendly awareness. For the past decade, TRIFF has been a global platform fo...

“Baghdad Messi” directed by Sahim Omar Khalifa will be shown on the screen at the opening ceremony of the 10th edition of the "Dohok" international film festival in the "Congress" hall of Dohok University in the city of Dohok in the region of Kurdistan.   According to the report of Mansour Jahani, an independent and international cinema journalist, The movie “Baghdad Messi” directed by Sahim Omar Khalifa is a t production of Belgium, the N...

A Light Never Goes Out Posted by Robin Menken Anastasia Tsang’s gentle, elegiac film ”A Light Never Goes Out” was submitted as Hong Kong’s Official Foreign Submission to the 96th Oscar awards, although, for some reason, does not appear in the final list submitted to Academy voters. Mei-hsiang (Sylvia Chang), the widow of Hong Kong neon artist Bill (Simon Yam) discovers her late husband’s apprentice Leo (Henick Chou) still working in his closed worksho...

The Peasants Posted by Robin Menken Director DK Welchman and producer Hugh Welchman’s follow up to their landmark Painted animation feature "Loving Vincent" is The Peasants (Chłop), Poland’s submission for the 96th Academy Awards. Based on Władysław Reymont’s 1904-1909 Nobel Prize-winning novel of the same name, It follows a year in the life of a Polish village. Although set in the 19th century, the book, which is read by all Polish teens i...

DOC NYC has remained the largest and most important North American documentary festival. Held in person this year from November 8th to the 16th alongside streaming selected productions from the 8th to the 26th, DOC NYC once again displays its well-earned reputation for excellent curatorial program choices reiterated by the significant number of featured documentaries that have nominated for and received Oscars. DOC NYC 2023 selected 114 feature length documentaries and 129 short films. The pro...

DOC NYC has remained the largest and most important North American documentary festival. Held in person this year from November 8th to the 16th alongside streaming selected productions from the 8th to the 26th, DOC NYC once again displays its well-earned reputation for excellent curatorial program choices reiterated by the significant number of featured documentaries that have nominated for and received Oscars. DOC NYC 2023 selected 114 feature length documentaries and 129 short films. The pro...

Radar Pictures and Bandits Roost In Development on Feature Film Adaptation Based on the Best-Selling Children’s Book Weslandia  High School Musical’s Kenny Ortega to Direct Radar Pictures and Bandits Roost Entertainment are in development on the feature film adaptation of Weslandia , the international best selling children’s book by Newbury Award winner Paul Fleischman. Award-winning, hit franchise director Kenny Ortega (the High School Musical trilogy, Disney&r...

Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) hosted a Special Presentation of The Absence of Eden tonight at its 3rd edition, with lead actor Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Guardians of the Galaxy), director Marco Perego, Michelle Rodriguez (Fast and Furious), Garret Hedlund (Inside Llewyn Davis), and Naomi Campbell in attendance. The screening took place at the Ritz-Carlton in Jeddah.   Producer Robert Kravis, Karl Herrmann, Julie Yorn, Marco Perego   Cast Zoe Yadira Saldana Perego...

CONFERENCE - OVERVIEW OF BRAZILIAN AUDIOVISUAL INDUSTRY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION WITH SÃO PAULO Nov 27th 16:00 hs - Auditorium 1 Explore the current scenario of the audiovisual industry in Brazil, going through its successes, challenges and innovations. Also, learn about the partnership opportunities available for industry professionals interested in collaborating with Brazil, with a special focus on São Paulo, one of the main audiovisual capitals in Latin America...

Animation! is an exclusive space for animation, a unique opportunity for producers from the region and for professionals from other parts of the world looking to connect with Latin America. Projects seeking for strategic alliances, networking activities, round tables, workgroups with international specialists and pitching training sessions, are some of the key elements in this section. Latin American animation continues to arouse great interest in new territories and markets. At Animati...

The Film AlUla Audience Award and Film AlUla Best Saudi Film Award are designed to recognize and empower new filmmaking talents in the region The Red Sea Film Foundation announced today that Film AlUla will be the strategic sponsor of two awards at the Red Sea International Film Festival. The Film AlUla Audience Award, based on public votes, and the Film AlUla Best Saudi Film Award, which will recognize and reward Saudi filmmaking talent, ing both the Saudi film industry a...

  The Film AlUla Audience Award and Film AlUla Best Saudi Film Award are designed to recognize and empower new filmmaking talents in the region The Red Sea Film Foundation today announced NEOM will be the Principal Sponsor of the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF), ahead of the event’s third edition beginning on 30 November in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The partnership, which includes the powering of key components of the festival including the Red Sea Souk and Tale...