Nominations for the 2025 German Cinema New Talent Award   This year, the Munich International Film Festival will again present the German Cinema New Talent Award in four categories: directing, production, screenplay, and acting. These awards are among the most coveted among young German filmmakers, as a sponsorship award can help launch a promising career. This year, the jury is comprised of Liliane Amuat (actress), Erol Afşin (director and actor), and Jan-Ole Gerster (film directo...

St. Paul’s Institute, Mumbai, screens Jafar Panahi’s This is Not a Film Made in 2011, This is Not a Film is a genre-defying, ground-breaking film (yes, it is a film) about the reputed Iranian film-maker, Jafar Panahi, made in collaboration with one who his friends, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, who wields the camera too. It was shot secretly in and from the house and building of Panahi, where he was serving a house-imprisonment sentence, for having made anti-establishment films secretly and...

Karl Bardosh Cannes cellphone Festival founder with Petra Terzi and Bruno Chatelin       ...

Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, Alanna De La Rossa and Marko Zaror (Photo by Paul Archuleta/Getty Images for Grindstone/Lionsgate) The action feature Diablo, starring Scott Adkins, Marko Zaror, Juan Camilo Castillo, and Alanna De La Rossa, debuted today in theatres and on-demand on iTunes and Amazon. Ahead of the highly anticipated film release was an exclusive VIP screening, hosted by Grindstone Entertainment Group and Highlightstar, held on June 12th in Santa Monica, California at Lionsgate Screenin...

Asia Tech x Singapore, 2025, 03: Industry Leaders to Accelerate Tech Adoption including GenAI for more than 6,000 Enterprises 1. New partnerships with industry giants Alibaba Cloud, Prudential and ST Engineering will give more local SMEs access to cutting-edge technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), cloud and cyber security. Announced today at the opening of ATxEnterprise by Mr Tan Kiat How, Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information, these new collaboration...

Link to MALAKI-Z’s 1st ANTHOLOGY  book reel:     https://youtu.be/d6cdTXFXT04 Link to MALAKI-Z's 1st ANTHOLOGY:   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMLZPHYT Enter the Universe, chronicled by Malaki-z, the cosmic historian who records the most intriguing and critical tales of existence. MALAKI-Z’s 1st ANTHOLOGY, Into the Light, spans five thought-provoking stories, each one casting light on humanity’s place within the vast cosmos. In Willard&r...

THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995     I take this opportunity to extend our warmest wishes for a successful year on the festival circuit. We are working hard on a new version of our platform to better serve our community. Filmfestivals.com was established in 1995 before google existed, turned into a social network in 2006 with a blog platform welcoming festivals and film professionnals with some 120 000 articles a...

AsiaTech x Singapore, 2025, 02: Future of Broadcast: Asia-Pac, navigating the shift from legacy TV to a cloud-driven, streaming era One of the key themes shaping ongoing conversations in the broadcast and media industry is the Future of Broadcast.  BroadcastAsia is the premier broadcast trade show in the Asia-Pacific region, bringing together the most influential broadcasters, media executives, and entertainment professionals. The event offers invaluable insights into the technologies a...

From the World of John Wick-Ballerina, Review: Biting the Ballet, gunfire and fireguns Father and young daughter talking seriously, almost in whispers; daughter clinging on to a plastic toy, where a ballerina performs to Tchaikovsky’s tune, in a small round container Heads, torsos and figures emerging from a river, carrying guns Hell breaks loose; there are a dozen or more men; they want to get to the man and his daughter, who, live in a fancy, remote mansion Bullets, bullets, more b...

ATX TV Festival Announces Finalists and Mentors for the 2025 Pitch Competition & Yearlong Mentorship Program featuring ATX TV Co-President Emily Gipson and More Better Productions’ Rika Dharmesh Bhakta ATX TV Festival has announced the Top 10 Finalists and new Mentors in its annual Pitch Competition & Mentorship Program, which guides emerging TV writers in developing their projects and the next steps of their career.    Through a screening process of each a...