Month: August 2009

4th Annual Trail Dance Film Festival

The Trail Dance Film Festival presents independent films against the backdrop of Duncan, Oklahoma’s western landscape. Being the birthplace of luminary Ron Howard, Duncan is a town that is serious about its appreciation of cinema, and its residents and Oklahoma’s emerging film industry have welcomed and embraced the Festival. Dates: January 22-24, 2010 Location: Duncan, ….

21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival

The Palm Springs International Film Festival plays host to a stellar array of movies and movie stars in Southern California’s beautiful desert retreat. One of the nation’s largest festivals, PSIFF welcomes over 125,000 attendees and industry, and presents more than 220 films from 60 countries. In addition to presenting the work of celebrated auteurs, the ….

Gotham Screen 2009 Festival and Screenplay Competition

Gotham Screen celebrates new voices and fresh perspectives in international cinema at the Tribeca Cinemas in New York City. Serving as a venue where audiences and industry can discover artists, Gotham Screen delivers an original lineup that focuses on new names in cinema and films originating from lesser-known filmmaking regions. The Festival seeks to connect ….

3rd Annual Forster Film Festival

The Forster Film Festival presents an inspired program of short films from around the world, beachside in beautiful Forster, Australia. Though open to short films in any genre, the Festival’s selection committee favors positive and entertaining, glass-is-half-full films, and this year’s program will have a special focus on comedy. Dates: October 3-5, 2009 Location: Forster, ….

5th Annual Hero Fest – My Hero Short Film Festival

Hero Fest celebrates inspiring films that tell heroic stories, deliver messages of hope and courage, and demonstrate the best of humanity. With its international reach, MY HERO invites filmmakers from around the globe to create and submit digital short films about individuals who have influenced them or others positively. Dates: November 21, 2009 Location: Los ….

6th Annual Boulder International Film Festival

The Boulder International Film Festival is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of the most innovative and influential young film festivals in the United States. The event has recently been selected as one of MovieMaker Magazine’s “25 Coolest Film Festivals,” earned for its excellent programming and warm hospitality. Dates: February 11-14, 2010 Location: Boulder, Colorado, ….

2nd Annual First Take Film Festival

The First Take Film Festival celebrates the spirit of independent filmmaking in beautiful Augusta, Georgia. The Festival presents a three-day tribute to great indie cinema, established artists, and the industry’s next generation of visionaries and artists. Dates: October 1 to 3, 2009 Location: Augusta, Georgia, USA Find out more about the 2nd Annual First Take ….

4th Annual Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Festival

The Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Festival celebrates high definition films in the heart of Beverly Hills, California. Taking place weekly beginning in 2010, the Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Festival pairs one feature and one short for each of its weekend screenings. The Festival presents First, Second, and Third Place awards, determined entirely by audience voting. ….

26th Annual Sundance Film Festival

One of the most prestigious and anticipated events on the world film calendar, Sundance is widely recognized as a premier showcase for American and international independent film. Each year, the Sundance Film Festival unveils a dynamic, cutting-edge program of dramatic and documentary features, and a selection of international shorts, launching films and filmmakers into the ….

Long Beach Comic Con 2009

Long Beach Comic Con is here to do one thing – make you love comic books more than you did when you first set foot on the show floor. Guests include Seth Green, Vince Hernandez and Tom Hodges. Comic book legend Stan Lee will open the con with an Inaugural ribbon-cutting ceremony this year. Dates: ….

New images from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

AICN posted some shots of The Dawn Dreader from the upcoming third Chronicles of Narnia film, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Michael Apted (Up series of 7 year update documentaries, Blink, Extreme Measures, The World Is Not Enough) is directing the new film, which is due in theaters on December ….