SFFILM Unveils Lineup for 10th Anniversary of Doc Stories

SFFILM Unveils the Complete Lineup for The 10th Anniversary of Doc Stories, A Milestone Celebration of Documentary Storytelling

The upcoming documentary festival promises an exciting lineup featuring Kevin Macdonald's ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO as the opening night showcase and Robinson Devore's SUBURBAN FURY set to close the four-day event

L to R: One to One: John and Yoko courtesy of Cinetic; Suburban Fury courtesy of Suburban Fury.

SFFILM announced the full lineup for Doc Stories celebrating its 10th anniversary of bringing the year’s most compelling nonfiction films and filmmakers to the Bay Area. The four-day program takes place October 17–20 and includes 10 features, two shorts blocks, two filmmaking and industry talks, and a documentary filmmaking workshop for teens. SFFILM will welcome new and returning filmmakers to Doc Stories including Kevin Macdonald, Robinson Devor, Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra, Elizabeth Lo, Ben Proudfoot, Brett Story and Stephen Maing, Amy Berg, and Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, and Jon Shenk and many more. Doc Stories Talks will feature onstage conversations with film industry veterans including Laura Kim, Carrie Lozano, Justine Nagan, and Keri Putnam. SFFILM is also proud to announce that over 40 Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) will be the co-hosts of the Doc Stories Brunch sponsored by Netflix, and will be joined by Deadline journalist Matt Carey and filmmaker John Ridley who will be on the ground to record a future episode of their podcast, Doc Talk: A Deadline and Nō Studios Podcast.

Line-up for the Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal

The Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal is pleased to unveil its full program! From October 9 to 20, discover the best of today's cinema, through a national and international program of 102 feature films and 98 shorts.
Enjoy a festive, social experience at our many events, including the not-to-be-missed free Soirées de la Louve evenings at our headquarters!
Discover all the programming

The DPA pre Emmys gift suite at The Luxe Hotel

 By Emmanuel ITIER

Nathalie Dubois, founder of DPA (https://dpagroup.org ) has done it again with a fantastic pre Emmys gift suite lounge based at The Luxe Hotel (https://dpagroup.org ). As in the Ali Baba’s cave straight from the Arabian night, there are treasures to be encountered in this year’s gift suite. I was welcomed by publicist Louisa Sharamatyan who is working with Nathalie Dubois and to help the many invited nominees to navigate the two large suites full of wonders. And so, we met actors, Jimmy Jean Louis, Radha Mitchell, Mychal Bella and Blanca Blanco as well as writer Justin Tan. But many more came after our short visit. Nathalie’s gift suite is the must stop for all journalists covering the Emmys as well as for all nominees. She is in business for over 20 years, and she is also known for our legendary gift suites for the Oscars, the Golden Globes as well as the French Césars.

San Diego Intl Film Festival Opening & Closing Night Films Announced

Have you heard the buzz?

One of the favorites at both Telluride and Toronto film festivals

is on its way to San Diego for Opening Night!

46th festival des 3 continents 2024 Poster-Nous, Cosmopolites (We Cosmopolitans)

 

 
46th FESTIVAL DES 3 CONTINENTS

2024 POSTER: ‘NOUS, COSMOPOLITES’ (WE COSMOPOLITANS)


The Festival des 3 Continents is pleased to reveal the poster for its 46th edition, to be held from the 15th to the 23rd of November, 2024 in Nantes and the Loire-Atlantique region. A repeat performance in Paris is scheduled for January 2025.


The poster, designed by the graphic design studio LESBEAUXJOURS, features one of the young characters from Olivier Babinet's Swagger, released in 2016, a film that ties in with this year's thematic programme, ‘Nous, Cosmopolites’ (We Cosmopolitans), a programme dedicated to French cinema and the strength of its plurality.


Swagger by Olivier Babinet, 2016, © Ronan Mérot • lbj ©

« A programme of French films at the Festival des 3 Continents! A contradiction in terms?

The Marrakech Short Film Festival 2024: Towards Establishing a Short Film Industry in Marrakech

The Marrakech Short Film Festival (MARRAKECHsFF) continues its tradition of taking place on the last Friday of September. From September 27 to October 2, 2024, audiences will be able to enjoy this event at iconic venues in Marrakech such as the Palais Badi, the Palais Bahia, Arsat Moulay Abdeslam Garden and the Museum of Ornament Arts (LE MAP). Under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, the festival returns to showcase excellence in short films, with a diverse program that highlights emerging talents as well as renowned figures from international cinema.

A Festival at the Intersection of Cultures

The 2024 edition of the MARRAKECHsFF will feature exceptional collaborations, notably with the “Marrakech, Capital of Islamic Culture” program and the "Qatar x Morocco Year of Culture 2024." These partnerships will strengthen the festival's role as a cultural crossroads, spotlighting films that explore themes of identity, diversity, and intercultural exchange.

A Prestigious Jury

The festival will welcome a distinguished jury, chaired by Moroccan filmmaker, actress, and producer Mayssa Maghrebi, alongside Sofia Alaoui and Nadia Kounda. These cinema experts will bring their keen insights to evaluate the works in competition, ensuring a selection of high-quality films.

Program Highlights

Venice red carpet picture gallery day 1, business kicks off at VPB

 

The Venice Production Bridge kicked off August 29th.

The Venice Production Bridge, since 2016, provides opportunities for networking and exchanges for every category of professionals involved in making films. 

The Venice Production Bridge is beeing held at the Excelsior Hotel, 3rd floor, on the Venice Lido (August 29th – September 6 th), and on the Venice Immersive Island for all immersive activities (Lazzaretto Vecchio). Selected panels and events that will take place in the Spazio Incontri at the Excelsior Hotel and in the Spazio Incontri Immersivo at the Venice Immersive Island, will be recorded and made available on the VPB Live Channel Archive. 

For the third year, the Venice Production Bridge will organise the Venice Immersive Market, located on the Venice Immersive Island (Lazzaretto Vecchio island) gathering all our Immersive activities during the Venice International Film Festival. These activities include the presentation of immersive projects of both the Venice Gap-Financing Market and the Biennale College Cinema Immersive through 1-to-1 meetings; panels and networking events dedicated to immersive topics; an Exhibition Area for institutions, public and private funds supporting VR/XR/AR, manufacturers, production, distribution, sales, VFX and post-production companies which are connected to immersive content. 

Also this year, through the European and Non-European VPB Focuses, the Venice Production Bridge will shine a spotlight on Luxembourg & Wallonia-Brussels and Japan. The Focus on Luxembourg & Wallonia-Brussels is supported by Film Fund Luxembourg and Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel and the Focus on Japan is supported by JETRO. 

Additional panels both at the Hotel Excelsior and at the Venice Immersive Island will be hosted within the framework of the VPB Focuses. Meetings, presentations and special events that will take in the framework of the Venice Production Bridge during the 81st are listed below.

The Venice Production Bridge is co-financed by the European Commission’s MEDIA Programme.

Photos by Laurent Hou

Your passport to World Cinema -- the 19th annual Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival

Complete MVIFF Film Program - September 3-8

CLICK HERE TO BUY AN ALL-ACCESS PASS

ANNOUNCING THE 19th ANNUAL MARTHA'S VINEYARD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival, is a celebration of cinema worldwide. These films' bold imagery, creative storylines, and unique characters will wrap your in warm cinematic magic.

The MVIFF is a culminating highlight of our island's culture-packed summer season. Each September we gather the best new films from dozens of countries, films that provide a path to bridging our cultural differences and exploring universal human experiences.

Our official OPENING NIGHT, September 5th, will feature LUCKY WINNERS, a dark comedy from France that explores themes of sudden fortune and its unexpected consequences, playing at the Film Center at 7:30pm. The film will be preceded by our Opening Night Party on the lawn of the Tisbury Marketplace.

MIAMIsFF presents HISPANIC HERITAGE short FILM FESTIVAL Sat. Sept. 14, 2024

HISPANIC HERITAGE short FILM FESTIVAL Join Us For A Night of short FILMS At the Doral Cultural Arts Center on Saturday, September 14, 2024, from 6:3

Join Us For A Night of short FILMS
HISPANIC HERITAGE short FILM FESTIVAL at the Doral Cultural Arts Center on Saturday, September 14, 2024, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.

Celebrate Hispanic culture through award-winning short films. Join us to enjoy captivating stories with English subtitles. Experience the creativity and diversity of Hispanic filmmakers in a unique cinematic event.

The 9th Beyond Borders Festival launched with a grand opening on Sunday, August 25

9th BEYOND BORDERS / Kastellorizo International Documentary Festival

August 25 - September 1, 2024

The 9th Beyond Borders Festival launched with a grand opening on Sunday, August 25, in Kastellorizo!

With a large crowd, enthusiasm, and joy, this year's 9th Beyond Borders International Documentary Festival of Kastellorizo commenced. In the packed Memorial Statue Square of the beautiful island, visitors from Greece and abroad, locals of all ages, and guests from the global film industry enjoyed the official festival opening, the moving opening film, and celebrated until late with beloved songs. All speakers emphasized the importance of preserving human values and relationships, and the need for cooperation and fostering hope through the art of cinema.

The 32nd Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) is calling for entries

Call for Entries: Filmmakers can submit their Work starting 1 September

Starting Signal for ITFS 2025

The 32nd Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) will take place from 6 to 11 May 2025. With focuses on artistic animated films and the promotion of young talent prizes totalling over 45,000 euros will be awarded across five competitions. Filmmakers worldwide are invited to submit their works starting September 1. The submission deadline for the short film competitions is 15 November 2024, while feature-length films can be submitted until 15 January 2025.

The submission deadline for the following short film competitions is 15 November 2024:

Locarno77: Successful Edition Inaugurates New Era for the Locarno Film Festival

As its 77th edition draws to a close, the Locarno Film Festival looks forward to a new era, building on past successes and embracing positive change for the future. Locarno77 showed a path forward for the Festival, bringing increased audience numbers (+3.5%) and engagement across the board.

Photo: © Locarno Film Festival / Ti-Press


For 11 days, theaters in Locarno were packed with spectators eager to discover the best of international cinema, while its bars, restaurants, and hotel lobbies were the impromptu sites for dialogue and exchange about the future of film. At the award ceremony on August 17, the powerful Lithuanian drama Akiplėša (Toxic), directed by first-time director Saulė Bliuvaitė, took home the Festival’s coveted Pardo d’Oro in the Concorso Internazionale. The Prix du Public UBS went to Reinas by Klaudia Reynicke, and the Letterboxd Piazza Grande Award to Gaucho Gaucho by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw.

Series in series @ Seriesly Berlin: Six premieres at the first edition of Seriesly Berlin

• Six premieres at the first edition of Seriesly Berlin
• Screenings from September 16-18, 2024 in the Hackesche Höfe cinemas
• German entry "Der Upir" with Fahri Yardim and Rocko Schamoni opens the festival
• Start of ticket sales for series fans

Berlin, August 26, 2024. The public program of the new international series festival Seriesly Berlin is set. From September 16 to 18, the festival will present six international series in the Hackesche Höfe cinemas, all before their German TV or streaming premiere.Tickets for the screenings are now avaiable at www.hoefekino.de and www.serieslyberlin.com. Next to featuring brand new shows the festival offers Seriesly Berlin Conference, a two-day industry gathering with panels, talks and interactive formats at the unique Fotografiska 

The Upir. Fahri Yardim (on top) with Rocko Schamoni. © Joyn

All the Films in the competition of the IV Kurdish film festival Moscow

 

Mansour Jahani - The IV Moscow Kurdish Film Festival, which will be held in the capital from September 18 to 22, announces the participants of the competition programs. The Feature Film Competition includes 7 full-length films, the Documentary Competition - 8 films, the Short Film Section - 14 feature films and 9 documentaries.

This year, the festival focuses on intercultural dialogue in general and cooperation with Russia. Continuing the traditions of previous years, as part of the cultural exchange, the festival will once again bring together filmmakers and film lovers from all over the world to show real masterpieces of Kurdish cinema. The geography of the participants is very diverse - the programs include films from 12 countries - Iraq, Turkey, Iran, France, Syria, Canada, the Netherlands, etc. A separate focus is on films about the Yazidis and their ancient Mesopotamian religion. This is also reflected in the festival’s visual concept: the central symbol of this year’s poster is a peacock feather, which is a powerful symbol for the Kurdish people, especially in the context of Yazidism, the ancient ancestral religion of all Kurds. It emphasizes the importance of preserving and popularizing Kurdish culture through cinema. The lilac background is reminiscent of the headscarves traditionally worn by Kurdish women. This element emphasizes the connection with culture and traditions passed down from generation to generation.

 

The Feature Film Competition includes the experimental film "Mosul, My Home", which is a walking tour of the ruins of Mosul in an attempt to explore the aftermath of war, as well as the energy of the city and its multinational residents; the drama "Transient Happiness", which captured the vulnerability of an idyll; the historical drama 1988, based on real events and telling the story of a gas attack at the height of the Iraqi-Iranian war in the border town of Halabja; the tragic saga The Horse about the hero's attempts to return to his own home after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime; and the sports drama Baghdad Messi, about how a ten-year-old boy with a serious injury experiences an unquenchable passion for football in war-torn Iraq. Also in the program are "Mahsa Laughed" about emigration as a way to escape from social and religious problems, and "Good Day" - the story of Kurdish theater actors trying to re-stage a play banned 25 years ago.

The line up of the 16th Annual Hola Mexico Film Festival,

The 16th Annual Hola Mexico Film Festival, presented by the "2025 Toyota Camry," announces this year’s selections

September 20-27th during Hispanic Heritage Month

The largest Mexican film festival outside of Mexico, Hola México Film Festival presented by the “2025 Toyota Camry,” returns for its 16th annual edition on September 20 – 27, 2024, during Hispanic Heritage Month.

The festival announces this year’s selections, presenting a diverse range of exciting films, including comedy, horror, social-political interest, LGBTQ themes, and more. The festival will also bring back its 'Special Showcase' night to highlight three of this year’s film selections.

The 19th Annual Tasveer Film Festival & Market (TFF&M'24) returns to Seattle from October 15-20, 2024

SAVE THE DATE!

The 19th edition of the Tasveer Film Festival & Market (TFF&M’24) will be held October 15-20, 2024, in Seattle, WA. The festival will feature the exclusive premiere of Tasveer Film Market, the first of its kind outside of South Asia to facilitate South Asia, designed to facilitate global representation of the South Asian film industry while boosting the local creative economy of the region. Tasveer is also bringing back its Tasveer Film Fund for the 5th cycle, supported by Netflix, with three $25,000 grants, totaling $258,000 awarded to date for underserved filmmakers.

In 2023, the festival became the first and only South Asian festival whose winning short films are eligible for an Oscar®.

Le Festival International du Film Insulaire de l'île de Groix (FIFIG) est de retour du 21 au 25 août

Le Festival International du Film Insulaire de l'île de Groix (FIFIG) est de retour du 21 au 25 août pour le plus grand bonheur des cinéphiles !

Le Festival International du Film Insulaire de l’Île de Groix (le FIFIG) qui se déroulera du 21 au 25 aout prochain, est né il y a 23 ans, lorsqu’une poignée de Groisillons motivés a souhaité donner la parole aux insulaires du monde entier. Ce festival humain, surprenant et accessible, propose des films de qualité autour de l'accueil d'artistes du monde entier. Si le cinéma est le premier langage du FIFIG pour faire entendre la parole insulaire, la musique et les arts sous toutes leurs formes y ont également leur place.

Chaque année, le festival met à l’honneur une île ou un ensemble d’îles qui deviennent la thématique principale. Cette année, le festival invite à mettre le cap sur les Îles portugaises !

Oscar contenders as gala premieres at the ZFF

  

Each year, the Zurich Film Festival presents the eagerly awaited highlights of auteur cinema – among them are gems from Hollywood with Oscar potential. Eleven new titles are being announced today, including CONCLAVE by the Swiss-Austrian director Edward Berger, THE LAST SHOWGIRL with Pamela Anderson, or ANORA by Sean Baker.
From October 3 to October 13, 2024, spectacular and appealing films of auteur cinema are presented in the section “Gala Premiers” of the 20th Zurich Film Festival. "In recent years, the ZFF has established itself as an important event for the film industry on the way to the award season. Hollywood is part of our festival's DNA and we are particularly pleased that in our anniversary year we can once again present major American films with Oscar potential as well as the world premieres of the German-language prestige production DER SPITZNAME starring Iris Berben, Florian David Fitz and Christoph Maria Herbst," says Christian Jungen, Artistic Director of the Zurich Film Festival.

The complete programme of the 19th ZFF will be published on the website on Thursday, September 19 at 12 noon. The latest festival information can be found on the ZFF social media channels. Ticket sales start on Monday, 23 September 2024.

Your passport to World Cinema -- the 19th annual Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival

 

The 19th Annual MV International Film Festival Comes to the MV Film Society Vineyard Haven, MA—The Martha’s Vineyard Film Society is delighted to announce the 19th annual MV International Film Festival. It will be held from Tuesday, September 3rd, through Sunday, September 8th, at The Film Center in Vineyard Haven.

The festival will feature 12 films from over ten different countries and a short program of nine international films. Weextend a heartfelt thank you to our sponsors: Vineyard Wind, Mass Cultural Council, Tilton Tents, Cape Air, and Island Housing Trust. 

The MVInternational Film Festival’s theme is “Other Places, Other People” to encourage attendees to think broadly and deeply about universal concerns that can unite people. About 90% of the films at the festival are non-US productions, which helps fulfill the goal of promoting cross-cultural understanding through film. 

  

The festival opens on Tuesday, September 8th, with “Mighty Afrin: In the Time of the Floods” at 4:00 pm. 12-year-old Afrin is coming of age on a flood-ravaged island in Bangladesh. Director and cinematographer Angelos Rallis filmed over five years in the disappearing islands along the Brahmaputra River, capturing Afrin’s refusal to surrender to the deadly tides. With her home flooded, Afrin travels to Dhaka to find her estranged father. Afrin faces the impossible in a city teeming with danger and mystery as she hopes for a better future.

CINEMED 2024 The poster unveiled

An enlightening presence

An aura of mystery always seems to surround great actresses, who are both familiar and elusive, who portray real-life characters so convincingly while at the same time giving the impression of coming from another world, bringing light through the silver screen into our hearts.

This description suits Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher perfectly. She has been a regular feature at Cinemed for several years now, for example in Il miracolo by Niccolò Ammaniti, Skies of Lebanon d'Alice by Chloé Mazlo, The Wonders or La Chimera by her sister Alice Rohrwacher, and last year in Stéphane Brizé's Out of Season, where she once again captured our hearts. We have also taken it to heart to pay tribute to this talented, precious and exceptional actress, whom we will have the great pleasure of welcoming at the 46th Cinemed, from 18th to 26th October.

Alba Rohrwacher will also be symbolising this new edition through our poster. She is enveloped in the soft golden light of the evening and a luminous midnight blue, her gaze turned upwards as if drawn towards a cinema screen. She extends an invitation to a moment suspended in time, just like when we are at the cinema, to escape from the furious pace of the world in an attempt to better understand our fellow human beings through the stories that filmmakers tell us.

Crédit photo Troppa grazia de Gianni Zanasi © Pupkin Production

Conception graphique Agence Chirripo