VIMooZ

Rome Film Festival Announces First Four Films in 2013 Competition

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB by Jean-Marc Vallée, with Matthew McConaughey

The Rome Film Festival taking place November 8-17, 2013, announced the first four English-language films in the Competition line up, which are ANOTHER ME written and directed by Isabel Coixet, with Sophie Turner, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Claire Forlani, Gregg Sulkin, Rhys Ifans, Geraldine Chaplin; DALLAS BUYERS CLUB by Jean-Marc Vallée, with Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto; HER written and directed by Spike Jonze, with Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Scarlett Johansson; and OUT OF THE FURNACE written and directed by Scott Cooper, starring Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Forest Whitaker, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard, Willem Dafoe.

Kevin Cooper’s “THE PAINTER” NYC Premiere at UrbanWorld Film Festival | TRAILER

The anti-violence short film “THE PAINTER,” premiered at the UrbanWorld Film Festival. Written and directed by Kevin Cooper, and starring Ron Caldwell, THE PAINTER tackles the tough subject of how violence is robbing the innocence of our youth. Cooper partnered with non-profit organizations UCAN and Youth Guidance, to include children from high risk areas in the filmmaking process. “It was inspiring working with these children…a film about the violence with the help of victims,” says Cooper.

THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE is Closing Night Film of 2013 Hollywood Black Film Festival | TRAILER

Mister (Ethan Brooks) and Pete (Skylan Dizon) take to the streets in order to survive a summer in Brooklyn without parental supervision in THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE

THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE, has been selected as the 2013 closing night film of the Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF) which runs October 2 to October 6, 2013. Directed by George Tillman, Jr. THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE stars Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Jennifer Hudson, Golden Globe and EMMY Award winner Jeffrey Wright, Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon, American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Anthony Mackie. The film also features new music by Grammy Award-winning multiplatinum recording artist Alicia Keys, who is also a producer. THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE will be released in select theaters on October 11, 2013

Urbanworld Announces 2013 Festival Winners; “THE VOLUNTEER” “THE NEW BLACK” “FULL CIRCLE” Win Top Awards

Stacy Spikes (Urbanworld founder), Tai Beauchamp, Marvin Scott (HBO), Allison Bonner Shillingford, Solvan “Slick” Naim, Robert Kolodny, Yoruba Richen, Darius Clark Monroe, Greg Rhem (HBO), and Gbenga Akinnagbe

THE VOLUNTEER directed by Vicky Wight, THE NEW BLACK directed by Yoruba Richen, and FULL CIRCLE directed by Solvan “Slick” Naim won the big awards at the 17th annual Urbanworld Film Festival held over the weekend – September 18 to 22 in Manhattan, New York City. Urbanworld, which screened 60 films this year describes itself at the largest internationally competitive festival dedicated to the exhibition of independent cinema by and about people of color.

International Uranium Film Festival Goes on The Road to … Munich

TAILINGS directed by Sam Price-Waldman Last May, the International Uranium Film Festival took place at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) in Rio de Janeiro. And now for the first time, from September 26 to September 29, 2013, the festival is going to visit Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany. The Uranium Film Festival is described as the world’s only festival devoted to the entire nuclear fuel chain: from uranium mining to nuclear waste, from Hiroshima […]

2013 African Diaspora International Film Festival to Preview Films at Queens, NY Black Spectrum Theatre

JOSEPHINE BAKER, A BLACK DIVA IN A WHITE MAN’S WORLD

The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) and 43 year old historic Queens, New York based Black Spectrum Theatre are partnering for an early start of the 21st Annual African Diaspora International Film Festival with screenings to be held at Black Spectrum starting in October 2013 until the end of the festival on December 15.

European Film Academy to Honor Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve will be honored with the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD by the European Film Academy for “her outstanding body of work.” Catherine Deneuve will be an honorary guest at the 26th European Film Awards Ceremony on December 7th, 2013, in Berlin. Catherine Deneuve has starred in over 100 films, among them DANCER IN THE DARK by Lars von Trier, 8 FEMMES (earning her a Silver Bear in Berlin and a European Film Award) and POTICHE by […]

Australia’s Greek Film Festival Sets 2013 Dates; Early Films Include “THE DAUGHTER” “JOY” “MARJORAM”

Thanos Anastopoulos‘s THE DAUGHTER

The 20th Delphi Bank Greek Film Festival will showcase the best of contemporary Greek cinema for Australian audiences from November 6 to November 24, 2013 at Palace Chauvel Cinema in Sydney and November 7 to November 24, 2013 at Palace Cinema Como in Melbourne. It also tours nationally – from October 31 – November 3 in Brisbane, and November 14 to November 17 in Adelaide.

SHORT TERM 12, Director Destin Cretton Newest Film Among 14 Projects Selected as Finalists for San Francisco Film Society / Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grant

Destin Cretton

14 narrative feature films finalists have been selected for the latest round of the (San Francisco Film Society) SFFS/ Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grant. SFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grants are awarded twice annually to film projects that will have significant economic or professional impact on the Bay Area filmmaking community.

Recent SFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grant winners include SHORT TERM 12, Destin Cretton’s sophomore feature which won both the Narrative Grand Jury Award and Audience Award at South by Southwest 2013 and is currently in theaters nationwide; Ryan Coogler’s debut feature FRUITVALE STATION, which won the Un Certain Regard Avenir Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award in the narrative category at Sundance 2013, has had a wildly successful two-month theatrical run and is an Oscar hopeful in multiple categories; and BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, Benh Zeitlin’s debut phenomenon which won Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize and Cannes’ Camera d’Or in 2012, earned four Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture) and became an indie box office smash.

African Films Under The Spotlight at 49th Chicago International Film Festival

Black South-Easter

African films will get international exposure at 49th Chicago International Film Festival, thanks to a three-year grant from the Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Spotlight Africa Program, the third year of the World Cinema Spotlight Program will highlight films from across the African continent including MANDELA: A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, OF GOOD REPORT and the World Premiere of BLACK SOUTH-EASTER. The 49th Chicago International Film Festival runs October 10 to October 24, 2013.

6 Films Selected for “Views From Long Island” section at the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival

BIG SHOT

Three features and three shorts have been selected for the “Views From Long Island” section at the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF 2013). The “Views From Long Island” section focuses on local filmmakers, landscapes and issues. The films include “BIG SHOT”, “THE MAID’S ROOM” and “KISS THE WATER”.

“THE IMMIGRANT” Starring Joaquin Phoenix is Opening Night Film of the 49th Chicago International Film Festival

THE IMMIGRANT, directed by James Gray, and starring Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner, has been selected as the Opening Night Film of the 49th Chicago International Film Festival which runs October 10 to October 24, 2013. The Opening Night Gala is dedicated to the late Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert, a long-time supporter and friend of the Festival.

Popular Articles

Trending Films