Mrs. Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President, Intra-African Trade Bank, Afreximbank delivering her opening statement Mrs. Awani said that the fund would oversee film financing, co-finance with large studios, finance African filmmakers and finance producers and directors of film projects across the continent The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) is working on the establishment of a $1-billion African Film Fund to be launched in 2024 to the continent&rs...

The third edition of NEM Zagreb will welcome major companies from 6th to 8th of December at Esplanade Zagreb Hotel!    NEM ZAGREB COMPANIES 2023 All companies in alphabetical order that will contribute by ing the event that is all about TV series & film creation can be found below    ...

After years away due to the pandemic, Epic ACG Fest returned to the Bay Area on Oct 28 & 29. This event celebrates animation and features films from animators around the world.    This year, EACG partnered with the “O!PLA” National Animation Festival in Poland. A special “Poland Block” opened the festival, featuring winners from O’PLA’s 2023 competition. It was exciting to see the breadth of animation talent in this country.  ...

The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) is delighted to reveal the World Premiere of HWJN (2023), directed by Yasir Al Yasiri as the Opening Night Gala of 2023. Adapted from the best-selling Young Adult fantasy novel by Ibraheem Abbas, HWJN combines Arabian folklore elements of fantasy, blended with modern themes that is sure to enthrall both regional and international audiences. A co-production from Image Nation Abu Dhabi, MBC Studios and VOX Studio...

  Seven days of learning, growing, and fostering connection across the (arthouse) world – taking a stand for worldwide collaboration and intercultural exchange 44 participants from 20 countries and five continents - more than 20 Trainers from ten countries: From 30 October to 5 November, the 20th edition of the CICAE’s Arthouse Cinema Training (ACT) took place in Berlin, . Each year, the renowned initiative gathers arthouse professionals and industry experts f...

The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 15, 2024.   The Vanguard Award is a group honor distinguishing a film's cast and director in recognition of their collective work on an exceptional film project. The award will be presented to Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, Academy Award winner and Executive Producer Leonardo DiCaprio and Gotham Awa...

Established in 1963, the annual New York Film Festival (NYFF) has become one of the most important North American festivals by identifying innovative trends in global film making, developing a program of rising influential new American film makers, and selecting the best recent features from international film festivals. NYFF does not offer awards or prizes, their selection of  films gives prestige to the filmmakers and producers, marking them as significant shapers of current and evolvin...

SUBMARINE AND CONCORD ORIGINALS BOARD ILYA CHAIKEN’S NEW MUSIC DOC “Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks” FROM RbG’s JULIE COHEN AND BETSY WEST    Submarine has landed worldwide distribution rights to the documentary feature Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks with Concord Originals on board to finance and produce, it was announced today by Josh Braun and Dan Braun, co-founders of Submarine, and Sophia Dilley, SVP Concord Originals. Chronicling the ...

As further details of the Film Festival’s third edition are unveiled, hotly anticipated new titles are set to screen alongside classic cinema from across the globe, 30 November to 9 December   Tickets to all screenings will be on sale from Sunday November 12 at 12 PM   The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) has now revealed the details of both this year’s Festival Favorites and Red Sea: Treasures strands, bringing together some of the best films made i...

19 th Annual Myrtle Beach International Film Festival will boast some of the best films from around the World. Call for Entry ends December 29 th 2023.   MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA: The 19 th Annual Myrtle Beach International Film Festival (MBIFF) has set this year’s Festival dates for April 23 rd to 27 th , 2024.   Winner of prestigious international and national awards, such as “Top 25 Film Festivals To Submit To In The World”, by Movie Mak...

  A few of the titles XUMO acquired thru New Media Film Festival®   Honoring Stories Worth Telling since 2009 You can easily help a creator by watching, it triggers the algorithm for better placement in searches. https://www.xumo.com Soldier's Stories with Mickey Rooney 2 Below 0 21 Days of Triumph AI LA Blade Of Honor Chip Taylor - Whiskey Salesman Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy Fixing Grandma Friends Family & Lov...

For the 8th straight year, Stage 32 and the American Film Market have partnered to bring new opportunities and access to attendees of America's largest film market! This 2023 American Film Market takes place from October 31st to November 5th in Santa Monica, CA. Stage 32 is proud to continue as the official Networking and Education partner of AFM 2023. The American Film Market (AFM) is where the business of film comes to life every November and where the next gre...

Highland Film Group has come on board to handle international distribution rights to the completed romantic comedy A Taste of Christmas (aka El Sabor de la Navidad). The ViX Original title, which was featured at TIFF and the Morelia International Film Festival, stars Mariana Treviño (Sony’s A Man Called Otto with Tom Hanks, Netflix’s “The House of Flowers”), Andrés Almeida (Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Tr...

Trinity Creative Partnership has acquired UK sales rights for the highly-anticipated historical war film Love, Courage and the Battle for Bushy Run, launching at AFM this week and set for release in 2024.    An historical drama set against the backdrop of the Battle of Bushy Run in 1763, Love, Courage and the Battle for Bushy Run is directed by Dave Alan Johnson (Christmas with Tucker, Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye) and multiple award-winning Larry A. McClean (The Unhealer, Pacific Rim...

Palisades Park Pictures has locked distribution deals in key international territories for Nick Vallelonga’s romantic-comedy That’s Amore! starring Academy Award-nominee and Golden Globe-winner John Travolta (Saturday Night Fever, Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty), Katherine Heigl (“Grey’s Anatomy,” Knocked Up with Seth Rogan and Paul Rudd) and Academy Award- winner Christopher Walken (Apple TV’s “Severance,” The Deer Hunter, Steven Spielberg’s Catch...

 101 Films International, an Amcomri Entertainment company, reveals a first-look trailer of British feature film Look to the Light ahead of AFM.    Written during the pandemic, this compelling film deals with the pitfalls of reality TV, toxicity of social media and the mental health struggles of Gen Z.    Look to the Light, produced by Agency105, QFilm and Homesick Angel, is written and directed by Christopher Manoe (Hellfire) and stars Charlie Goddard (Family Ties),...

  Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has acquired international sales rights for a compelling new film adaptation of Hamlet, led by two-times Academy Award® nominee and Shakespearian titan, Ian McKellen.   Directed by Sean Mathias, who previously directed the film Bent, winner of the Prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival, the adaptation comes from production outfit BK Studios (The Critic, The Shepherd), and is produced by the late Bill Kenwright (Cheri, Broken), and exec...

Studio 9 Films has been commissioned by ITV1 and ITVX to produce a 66 minute documentary for the BAFTA-winning Exposure strand.   This new documentary broadcasting on November 6th, 10.45pm on ITV1 tells the story of the search for justice and ability after a mass grave was discovered last autumn in a forest outside the city of Izium in North Eastern Ukraine after six months of brutal Russian occupation.    Nearly 450 bodies were found - some had been tortured, some sh...

Month of European Film: What is happening? After a successful pan-European launch in 2022, the European Film Academy presents the Month of European Film 2023 as Europe’s own film and award season. Starting on 1 November, it celebrates the diversity of European film for six weeks until its grand finale on 9 December with the European Film Awards in Berlin. Across Europe, thanks to the Academy’s partner Europa Cinemas, flagship cinemas in 40 countries from Iceland to Gr...

  The CICAE Arthouse Cinema Training starts its 20th edition in Berlin with its largest and most international programme to date    ...

  The festival mission is on full display with these three films, which feature a returning local filmmaker, a southwest set narrative thriller, and an intimate portrait of an indie rock musician. All 3 top-lined films are guaranteed to entertain, educate and enthrall Tucson filmgoers.   The festival will host our first Centerpiece film, A TALE OF TWO HOUSES directed by local filmmaker Christopher Carlone, an alumni of the festival. The documentary explores a specia...

Vijay Anand's film ‘‘Guide’’ (1965) remains one of the most irable classics of Hindi cinema that promoted secular values, emancipation of women and a philosophical approach to songs.     Hindi film ‘‘Guide’’ (1965) can be hailed as the first major, effective collaboration between an Indian writer writing in English and Hindi film industry. It is based on the novel by RK Narayan that won the prestigious Sahitya Academy A...

  FIREGLORY PICTURES UNVEILS EIGHT ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS HEADLINED BY "NOTHING TO LOSE" FROM AUDREY SCHEBAT     Fireglory Pictures, the U.S. and Europe-based film and TV production company founded by veteran producers Christine Guenther and Chevy K. Chen, has announced today eight new projects in the company's development lineup. The bold and wide-ranging slate of series and film projects is led by writer-director Audrey Schebat's ("L...

  PALISADES PARK PICTURES CLOSES KEY SALES ON ACTION THRILLER ‘DUCHESS’ INCLUDING US AND UK   Saban Films has taken U.S. rights to Emmy Award nominee Neil Marshall’s (“Game of Thrones,” Hellboy) action-thriller Duchess, it was announced today by Palisades Park Pictures CEO, Tamara Birkemoe.   Palisades Park Pictures has additionally closed key international territories on the high-octane crime drama starring Charlotte Kirk (Ocean’s Ei...

101 FILMS INTERNATIONAL TO MANAGE WORLD SALES FOR TWO NEW HORROR FEATURE FILMS AHEAD OF AFM    101 Films International, an Amcomri Entertainment company, has acquired worldwide sales rights for two horror feature films Witch and Punch launching at AFM.     101 Films have acquired the rights for North America and UK for Witch.  Miracle Media have acquired the rights for North America and UK for Punch.    Craig Hinde (Black Site) has writte...