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The Festival Beat N°1110

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Eight emerging film music professionals at Industy@Tallinn & Baltic Event Music Meets Film
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  Music Meets Film, part of Discovery Campus, the international education programme at Industy@Tallinn & Baltic Event, welcomes eight emerging film music composers and producers from around the world to its programme.  Music Meets Film has been running for over a decade, bringing together film music professionals worldwide. Since its upgrade last year, the programme has focused on young film composers - the next generation of film music talent. A total of 28 talents applied f...
 
 
17 titles included in Works in Progress at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event
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Works in Progress, which presents films in production or post-production looking for sales agents or festivals for international premieres, presents 17 projects in three categories: Baltic Event Works in Progress, International Works in Progress and Just Film Works in Progress. The selected projects include first features by Student Academy Award winners and a European Film Award winner and new titles by established directors.  All projects will be screened during Industry@Tallinn & ...
 
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Black Room 2024 mentors (from the left): Uli Hanisch, Lollo Urbansdotter, Marco Bittner Rosser The Black Room, part of Discovery Campus, the international education programme taking place at Industy@Tallinn & Baltic Event, welcomes eight emerging production designers from across Europe for this year's edition. The four-day programme includes in-depth masterclasses by established production designers Uli Hanisch and Marco Bittner Rosser. The participants include a student Edz...
 
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) reveals the selection for the Critic's Picks competition
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Nikolaj Nikitin, the curator of Critic's Picks Competition reveals the carefully curated side competition programme (Launched two years ago) lining up 10 exclusive world premieres from around the globe.  The conception of the third edition of Critics’ Picks competition is to present the most daring and caring voices of world cinema and show contemporary masterpieces. For the third year in a row, The Critics’ Picks programming ...
 
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  PÖFF has announced the Official Selection programme where 18 brand-new films will be presented to the audience by their authors personally in Tallinn. This is PÖFF's representative program, where the latest works of authors who have already established themselves in the film world are screened and are aimed at a wider audience. This year's main competition schedule is now open to the public and TICKETS for the festive premieres are on sale at a discounted pric...
 
 
PÖFF unveils line-up and jury for 2024 Official Selection Competition
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) reveals the full selection and the jury for the Official Selection Competition 2024. The flagship of the PÖFF programme comprises 18 titles, of which 11 are world premieres and 7 are international premieres. The jury is chaired by acclaimed German director Christoph Hochhäusler. The Official Selection Competition has been run in its present form since the festival received it’s ‘A-category&r...
 
 
All you need to know for this year's PÖFF
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  PÖFF28 I Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Teaser 2024 Discover the city of Tallinn In addition to all the films and festival events, there are also a lot of interesting and beautiful places to discover in Tallinn.  If you are planning on having a full day or two for sightseeing, then you might consider buying Tallinn Card, which gives you free access to more than 50 museums and attractions and lets you travel with public transport for free.  ...
 
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The brand new AI assistant and film recommender Susi knows the PÖFF programme inside out. Susi is dedicated to helping you find the films in the festival programme that match viewer's unique preferences. The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) is setting a groundbreaking precedent as one of the first film festivals in the world to adopt AI technology to enhance audience engagement. By integrating an AI-powered personal recommendation system, PÖF...
 
FESTIVALS IN FOCUS    
MAMI: The origins of the Mumbai Film Festival, and the people who realised this dream
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MAMI: The origins of the Mumbai Film Festival, and the people who realised this dream IFFI, or the International Film Festival of India, began in Bombay, in 1952. It was then held in 1961, and after that, more regularly, till the mid-70s, in New Delhi. From the 3rd IFFI, held in 1965, it became a competitive festival, always held in New Delhi. Eleven years later, in 1976, it came back to what was at that time the equivalent of Hollywood in India. The festival in Bombay took on a new name, Filmo...
 

 

MAMI's MFF: The 25 mountains you have to cross before you DO NOT get a Press badge
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MAMI's MFF: The 25 obstacles you have to cross before you DO NOT get a Press badge To get a Press badge from the Mumbai Film Festival, an offer they make on their website and not something the press demands or coerces them to do, is a multiple stage process. And this happens only at MFF. Here are the 25 stages I had to go through, from 10 October 2024 to 6.32 October 2024, and I still do not have a Badge. This is how it begins                  &n...
 

 

MAMI's MFF Director denies PRESS accreditation to seniormost journalist, suggests he pay & register
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MAMI's MFF Director denies PRESS accreditation to senior journalist, suggests he pay & register   "Why don't you pay and register, instead of trying to get a free Press badge?"-MAMI Festival Director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur to me, on the phone, at 6.30 pm, on 19th October, after being chased for a week with several phone calls, SMSs, emails and WhatsApp, all unanswered, asking why was I denied accreditation. Really, Mr. Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, !&nbs...
 
Final Deadline for the 13th LA Crime & Horror Film Festival
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The 13th season of the Los Angeles Crime & Horror Film Festivals, scheduled to take place in November 2024, is now accepting submissions of feature films and short films in the many crime and horror subgenres. From zombies and demons to mobsters and murderers, the crime and horror genres have captured the cinematic experience since the invention of film. Today, they remain some of the most memorable stories in independent film. The LA Crime and Horror Film Festival has attracted filmmakers...
 
Berlinale Launches Perspectives, a New International Competition for Feature-Length Fiction Debuts,
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With the creation of an international competitive strand for fiction feature debuts, the Berlinale will shine a brighter spotlight on new filmmakers within the festival. This new stand-alone competition, Perspectives, will include up to 14 fiction debuts from all over the world, with a jury of three deciding on the Best First Feature Award. The award is endowed with 50,000 euros, funded by GWFF (Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrechten), a society dedicated to s...
 

 

Newport Beach Film Festival announced additional programming and honorees for their 25th edition : October 17-24
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Bobby Cannavale, Dave Holstein, Meg LeFauve, Margaret Qualley and Kiernan Shipka to Receive Additional NBFF Honors “The Last Showgirl” Added to Line-up; Cinematographer Panelists Announced Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) proudly announces additional honorees Bobby Cannavale (“Ezra”) who will be honored with the Artist of Distinction Award and Margaret Qualley (“The Substance”) who will be honored with the Spotlight Award. Both Cannavale and Qualley will...
 

 

27th UNAFF Opens today
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27th UNAFF Opening Night Thursday, October 17 27th ANNUAL UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL (UNAFF) KICKS OFF WITH THE THEME SHARED HUMANITY THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, AND THE MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION TO UNAFF AS ONE OF THE OLDEST PURELY DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVALS IN THE U.S., EDUCATING AND ENGAGING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.   60 FILMS THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR VIEW OF THE WORLD.   27th UNAFF SHARED HUMANITY starts on Thursday, October 17, with words from Palo Alto Mayor Gr...
 
 
The 23rd MIAMI short FILM FESTIVAL, Crossing Borders, Binding Stories November 8-10, 2024
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Are you ready for an exciting cinematic experience like no other? The 23rd edition of the Miami Short Film Festival is back, bigger and better than ever! From November 8 to 10, 2024, film enthusiasts from around the globe will gather in Miami, Florida, to celebrate the art of short films. With over 500 submissions received, we are thrilled to announce that we will showcase short films from over 50 countries in all genres during the 3-day festival at 3 venues: O Cinema South Beach, Silverspo...
 
 
NYF and PushDesign Celebrate the Power of Storytelling: Unveiling the ‘What Defines Greatness’ Campaign
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NYF and PushDesign Celebrate the Power of Storytelling: Unveiling the ‘What Defines Greatness’ Campaign   New York Festivals Radio and TV & Film Awards have launched the 2025 multi-platform call for entries campaign for the annual competitions which culminate in the Storytellers Gala every spring.    The two themes of the eight-video campaign are “What Defines Greatness” and “Sounds Over The Years.”  Together they celebrate a stan...
 
 
NYF TV & Film Awards 2025 Competition is Open for Entries
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   New Categories Reflecting the Evolving Landscape of Content Creation Launched for 2025 New York Festivals Television and Film Awards, now in its 67th year of celebrating trailblazing storytelling, is now open for entries.   The 2025 TV & Film Awards honors the rich diversity of content created by global storytellers on all viewing platforms, engaging audiences around the world. With a history of awarding creative excellence and innovation across all genres, the competit...
 
 
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FILMS IN FOCUS
MAMI’s Mumbai Film Festival treats media like dirt, and then denies accreditation
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MAMI’s Mumbai Film Festival treats media like dirt, and then denies accreditation ScreenShots from the MAMI website and information about the (now deleted) Registration Google Form, for PRESS Accreditation at the Mumbai Film Festival, October 19-24. All clicked around 12.45 pm-1.45 pm, on 20 October 2024. You have to go through more than a dozen stages before your application is even accepted by the Festival authorities. Getting Accreditation is another story altogether. Read on. Plea...
 
 
Berlinale World Cinema Fund: Current Funding Recommendations for Production and Distribution
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    Goodbye Julia von / by Mohamed Kordofani © Pierre de Villiers / Rushlake Media GmbH At the 40th jury session of the Berlinale World Cinema Fund (WCF), the juries made ten funding recommendations for projects from Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Egypt, Iran, Lesotho, Nepal and Sudan. The current funding pot of eight production and two distribution grants amounts to a total of 260,000 euros.   “At a time when the complexity of the world is ...
 
 
37th TIFF Announces Centerpiece Screening of Gladiator II
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The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is thrilled to announce that it is hosting the Asian premiere of Gladiator II, the highly anticipated sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 Oscar-winning masterpiece. The Asian Premiere screening will be held on November 5 at one of TIFF’s main venues, with the glamorous stars and crew of Gladiator II on site: The film’s leading man Paul Mescal, making his first visit to Japan, along with Fred Hechinger, Connie Nie...
 
Citadel Honey Bunny Trailer launch: Leaping into the past, via the present and the future
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Citadel Honey Bunny Trailer launch: Leaping into the past, via the present and the future Wait and watch. November 7, 2024 is the date. The third? chapter in the series. With credentials that span India and the USA, and is set in Mumbai, shot in locales like..
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