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Latino Today - Morelia Film Festival!
Variety reports on Morelia Film Festival's ninth edition October 15 - 23. I won't repeat the article here except to cite its place today as an exciting venue (hopefully not too exciting!!) to see new Latino, especially Mexican, films. The artistic director and founder Daniela Michel has quickly bro...
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Rajendra Roy - Chief Curator of the Department of Film, MOMA
By Guest Blogger Peter Belsito
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Grants to Grab
Deadline October 10: At Tribeca Film Institute grants are available to support exceptional storytellers from the U.S. and around the world.How? Through funding: over a million dollars annually in grants for both narrative and documentary films and new media projects. Through real-world connections: In an era of the easy "Like" we create opportunities for filmmakers to genuinely connect with industry professionals and with each other. Through support: We offer guidance and provide one-on-one assistance through the filmmaking process.Why? Because well-told stories bring communities together. They captivate us, and they have the potential to cr...
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Abu Dhabi Film Festival Lineup
Celebrating its 5th year, the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (October 13 - 22) will screen more than 200 feature and short films by established and emerging filmmakers representing 43 countries. Established to help create a vibrant film culture throughout the region, the Festival opens October 13 with the...
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Le Shana Tova
Loyal readers, I've been laid low by the flu. I've been slow to blog and yet I see my reader numbers are up. I am so grateful to all who come up and tell me they read my blog. I have so many subjects I want to blog about and have promised folks to write about. I hope in the coming New Year to blog...
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When Are Films Political? Hell and Back Again
Hell and Back Again, the feature documentary by Danfung Dennis that won the World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Award and the World Cinema Cinematography Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2011 opens on October 5th at Film Forum in NYC and on October 14th at Laemmle Monica in Santa Monica. New Vide...
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Freedom of Expression Banned: 6 Iranian Filmmakers Imprisoned
One of my dearest friends in the business, Katayoon Shahabi, international sales agent and producer of the Iranian documentary A Brief Peace is among the six Iranian filmmakers just imprisoned in Iran for working for the BBC. Her company Sheherazade is the only independent international sales agent...
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Grant for Docs About Animals
Late Deadline: October 1, 2011Presented by The Humane Society of the United States, the ACE Documentary Film Grant seeks to inspire filmmakers to portray animal issues in their films in creative and compelling ways. The First-Place Winner of the ACE Grant receives a $20,000 USD cash prize that can b...
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International Sales Agent of the Day: Latinofusion
Alfredo Calvino founded Latinofusion, a Guadalajara-based international film sales and distribution company, based upon a business model committed to give Latin films the time, dedication and risk-taking approach they need in order to successfully find their niche in the highly competitive independent/speciality market. Clients can count on a full access to all marketing, business, financial and legal aspects of the company’s operations regarding their films. They not only help design the adequate festival strategy that maximizes opportunities for each individual title, but also make sure that the strategy makes sense in terms of visibility,...
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