film festivals

The 2006 Fade In Awards

2006 Awards Entry Deadline is October 31, 2006 The Fade In Awards were established in 1996 to assist talented new writers and writer/directors in getting recognized within the Hollywood community in order to begin a career as a working filmmaker. In the last decade, the competition has done just that: After Jon Bokenkamp entered his thriller Preston Tylk, he signed ….

Tribeca Film Festival 2006 Winners

Argentine director Tristan Bauer’s Iluminados por el Fuego (Blessed By Fire), won the top award at the Tribeca Film Festival this year. Blessed By Fire,about the lives of soldiers who fought in the Falklands War, won the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature. Another war-themed film, Deborah Scranton’s The War Tapes, with footage shot in Iraq by members of the ….

Tribeca Film Festival Highlights (And Where to Get Free Popcorn)

The Tribeca Film Festival kicks off in a big way this year, with expanded venues around New York City, more music events and panels discussions that are completely relevant to what’s going on in the real world of filmmaking. One of the many highlights of this year’s festival is the World Premiere of United 93, the feature film ….

Tribeca Underground Festival

TRIBECA UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL is celebrating its third year. Over the course of five nights about 50 short films from around the world. will be screened including narratives, documentaries, experimental, animation and specs. Screenings will be held from May 2nd to May 6th at the well known SOHO HOUSE NY with a kick off Opening ….

Brooklyn Underground Film Fest Celebrates 4th Season

The Brooklyn Underground Film Festival proudly continues its tradition of being New York’s premier festival for new and emerging filmmakers to showcase their films. Celebrating its fourth season, the festival will be held April 19 – 23 at the Brooklyn Lyceum in Park Slope. More than 3,000 patrons attended last year’s festival and this year ….

21st Israeli Film Festival

The 21st Israeli Film Festival runs from February 23rd – March 9, 2006. The festival’s Opening Night Film is the sensitive drama OUT OF SIGHT, directed by Daniel Syrkin, winner, Best Director 2005 Israeli Film Academy Awards. After the suicide of her best friend, Ya’ara, a beautiful, intelligent, confident blind woman returns to Israel for ….

Prizes for ManiaTV Film Festival

ManiaTV! Film Festival Forum I wanted to let you know that ManiaTV!’s 2nd annual Film Festival is around the corner and we got some awesome prizes for you to win. Each category winner will receive 1 of the following: A collection of 15 DVDs, either a Lowepro Omni Trekker and Trekker Extreme or a Rolling ….

Cannes Film Festival Looking for Hip Hop Films

The Cannes Film Festival’s International Critics’ Week (SIC – Semaine Internationale de la Critique) has joined forces with Hip-Hop multimedia communications company, Punch Media to ensure a greater influx of diverse films for potential 2006 jury selection. In order to better meet its goals of diversity in selection, particularly from the U.S. market, SIC is ….