Nostalgia will be the dominant theme at this year's AFI Los Angeles International
Film Festival.
Considered the leading gathering of
film festival producers in the world, the International
Film Festival Summit attracts more than 300 film industry leaders and attendees representing more than 800 official
film festivals across the globe.
Outside of the Toronto International
Film Festival juggernaut in September, Toronto's
film festivals are now crammed into a narrow window between early April and early June.
Young directors have to understand the game, and entering these
film festivals is part of getting a distribution deal," says Joe Brewster, writer and director of The Keeper, a psychological prison drama starring Giancarlo Esposito, which opened in New York in September.
When the unofficial season of lesbian and gay
film festivals kicks off this month with events in New York City and San Francisco and in July in Los Angeles, gay moviemakers: won't be the only ones in attendance.
The short 25 minute documentary film has also made it to the finals of 32 different international
film festivals, namely:
The third Reel World
Film Festival opened in a freak spring ice storm that paralyzed Toronto.
Goldmark Director, Danny Rodriguez, states, "When asked to be showcased at the Latin American
Film Festival, we were quick to respond.
THE IFP Los Angeles
Film Festival, opening Wednesday, is beginning to reap the rewards of its more public-friendly programming with strong advance ticket sales for its premieres and novelty events.
Flanders admits it's frustrating that Inside Out often receives less coverage than smaller
film festivals.
First known for its
film festival showcasing Maverick film and the digital technologies that have empowered and revolutionized filmmaking, Cinequest's first step three years ago into expanded film delivery was through the pioneering work of Cinequest Online, which leveraged Open Media Network (OMN) technologies to provide the Internet's premier site of quality DVD to HD downloads, delivered efficiently and safely.
now awash in
film festivals - from several independent film conclaves to localized community endeavors (including a Hollywood fest at the ArcLight a month or so back) to movie bashes catering to specific ethnicities, races, genders, gender preferences and even subject-matter enthusiasts - why get excited about the venerable AFI shebang?
Some of the buzz at last year's Toronto International
Film Festival hovered around claims that, in its 20th year, the Festival of Festivals was finally living up to its name by cracking into the top three on the list of the biggest and most important
film festivals worldwide.
Danielson has been seen at
film festivals such as SXSW and Oslo International
Film Festival.
LANCASTER - Offering a weekend reprieve from big-studio productions, dozens of independent short films and features, including entries from the Cannes and Sundance
film festivals as well as some Academy Award-nominated shorts, will come to the Antelope Valley.