Film Festivals

The Miracle of Film Festival Programming

Stephanie Allain | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Film Curation, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Film Festival Programming, Film Festivals, Cannes Female Directors, Cannes Film Festival, Sun Kissed, La Film Festival, Los Angeles News

The latest Census Bureau data shows that the United States is on its way to becoming a "majority minority." What does this have to do with film festivals? Everything.

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The 7 Most Overrated Things About the Movies

Mark Juddery | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Titanic, Arthouse, Citizen Kane, Douglas Trumbull, Tribeca Film Festival, Titanic 3d, Film Festivals, James Cameron, Slidepollajax, Cannes Film Festival, 3-D, Film Criticism, Screenwriting, George Lucas, Special Effects, Jmovie Stars, Entertainment News

As someone who attends film festivals with relish, I still feel a terrible urge to expose the most overrated things in today's film industry.

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Cannes Director Thierry Fremaux On Festivals and Distribution

Ariston Anderson | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Cannes, Kustendorf, Film Distribution, International Film Festivals, Cannes Film Festival, Film Festivals, Thierry Fremaux, Culture News

When Frémaux is not running the Cannes Film Festival, he is directing the Institut Lumière in his hometown of Lyon. We spoke with him on the increasing importance of world film festivals in today's market.

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Wrapping Up Sundance 2012

Marshall Fine | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Sundance Film Festival, Film, Movies, Film Festivals, Park City Utah, Sundance 2012, Sundance, Sundance Film Festival 2012, Entertainment News

So how was Sundance? Well, I feel as though I had a successful festival. By that, I mean that I achieved my main goal: I saw a lot of films that made me want to share them with the film clubs I program.

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How A Sundance Film Finds Life Beyond The Festival

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Sundance Lab, Colin Trevorrow, Sarah Ramos, Sundance Film Festival, Michael Mohan, Film Festivals, The Arm, Jessie Ennis, Indie Films, Video, Independent Film, Brie Larson, Sundance 2012, Sundance, Sundance Film Festival 2012, Safety Not Guaranteed, Save the Date, Culture News

With so much going on, so much to see and hear and ogle, so many Paris Hilton sightings and free vodka sodas, it can be easy to forget the real purpos...

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Getting Ready for Sundance

Marshall Fine | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Marshall Fine, Film Festivals, God Bless America, Telluride, Spike Lee, Red Hook Summer, Sundance 2012, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Preview, The Sundance Diaries, Culture News

Seeing a movie without the slightest preconception of what you're going to see is the purest form of film-going, the place where excitement is born.

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PHOTOS: Top 10 Film Festivals Around The World

Cheapflights | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Film Travel, Events, Travel, Film Festivals, Festivals, Slidepollajax, Travel News

A one-of-a-kind experience, film festivals offer the opportunity to explore the art of filmmaking with other enthusiasts, listen to the creators talk about their work, visit an exciting destination and so much more.

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PHOTOS: Sips And Cinema In Toronto

Karen Loftus | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Toronto Travel, Toronto, International Destinations, Destinations, Travel Blogs, Canada Travel, Film Festivals, Cities, Toronto International Film Festival, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Events, whether of an artistic or athletic nature, draw in big crowds and big bucks to their respective cities. They're also a great way to stamp the passport while immersing yourself in a themed celebration, surrounded by like-minded enthusiasts.

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French Film Untouchable Wins Grand Prize at Tokyo International Film Festival

Karin Badt | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Immigration in Film, Tokyo International Film Festival, Racism in Film, Untouchable, Untouchable Film, International Film Festivals, Film Festivals, French Films, Culture News

Two of the European films featured in this year's Tokyo International Film Festival had the same message: value immigrants and people of color.

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ADFF 2011: We Need to Talk About Kevin, Always Brando and Nanni Moretti's Pope

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Adff, Tilda Swinton Abu Dhabi, Film Festivals, International Film Festivals, Tilda Swinton Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Always Brando, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Entertainment News

I constantly crave a place where great world cinema plays nearly uninterrupted all day long and a great buffet of international food is served. I ended up finding it all in Abu Dhabi, during the fifth annual Abu Dhabi Film Festival.

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Telluride's Mountainfilm Takes Their Fest To New York

The Huffington Post | By Matt Ferner | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Telluride Colorado, Video, Mountainfilm of Telluride, Telluride News, Denver News, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Film Linc, Mountainfilm, Film Festivals, Filmlinc, Colorado Film Festivals, David Holbrooke, Denver News

What began in 1979 as a film festival for mountaineers who wanted to see climbing films, Mountainfilm in Telluride is now one of America's longest run...

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Previewing The Chicago International Film Festival

Gapers Block | Gapers Block | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Mimi Plauche, Chicago Film, Chicago Film Festivals, Film Festivals, Ciff 2011, Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago Films, Ciff, Chicago News

The 47th Chicago International Film Festival begins this Thursday, Oct. 6 with the Chicago premiere of the locally produced The Last Rites of Joe May,...

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Obama Rewrite

Andy Schupak | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Federal Budget Deficit, John Boehner, Film Festivals, Presidential Election, Tea Party, Eric Cantor, Barack Obama, Rick Perry, Osama Bin Laden, Comedy News

Hey, man, how ya' doin'? Ok, Barack. Look, we don't' have time to shmooz, we've got some real problems. Look at your approval ratings. You're sink...

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Los Angeles Film Festival

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Lime Orchard, New Moon, Video, Chris Weitz, LA Events, Film Festivals, La Around Town, Sundance, Laff, Film Independent, Los Angeles Film Festival, LA Live, Los Angeles News

On June 16, Film Independent and the Los Angeles Times present the highly anticipated, seventeenth annual, ten-day-long movie-watching extravaganza th...

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Robert De Niro: Cannes Jury Duty Like 'A Vacation'

AP | By JILL LAWLESS | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Jury Duty, De Niro, Robert De Niro, Palme D'Or, Johnny To, Olivier Assayas, Cannes, Jude Law, Film Festivals, Cannes Jury, Linn Ullmann, Uma Thurman, Film, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes 2011, Arts News

CANNES, France -- Seeing, and judging, 20 movies in just over 10 days is not everyone's idea of a holiday. But not everyone is Robert De Niro. The Ac...

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The New Fort Lauderdale - 100 Years in the Making

Dwight Brown | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: History, Hotels, Waterways, Canals, Restaurants, Beaches, Yacht, Native Americans, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Vacation, Travel, Film Festivals, Art Galleries, Tennis, African Americans, Travel News

Remember when Fort Lauderdale was crowned the ultimate party town for rowdy frat boys on spring break? Well, times have changed.

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HuffPost Review: Rubber

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Stephen Spinella, Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, Rubber, Tsa Scanners, Rubber Movie Review, Film Festivals, Meta, David Cronenberg, Quentin Dupieux, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Movies, Entertainment News

There's no reason to go on at much length about Rubber, a new film by Quentin Dupieux. This is the kind of oddball entry that's popular at film festi...

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The Doha-Tribeca Film Festival: Robert DeNiro, Kevin Spacey and Directors in Burkas

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf States, Palestinian Films, Grandma of a Thousand Faces, Doha, Maggie Kim, Ben Kingsley, Noor Ahmad Yaqub, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Ken Spacey, Film Festivals, Man Without a Cell Phone, Sheika Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Marian Lacombe, Amanda Palmer, Qatar, Robert De Niro, Dfi, World News

Qatar, once a country of fishermen and pearl-divers and today boasting one of the highest per capita GDPs, is an unusual place for a film festival. But yes, it recently hosted one.

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Royal Flush Festival: One of a Strange Kind

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: East Village, Royal Flush Festival, Jim Muscarella, New York City, Williamsburg Brooklyn, Film Festivals, Royal Flush Magazine, NY Around Town, NY Culture, New York News

After returning to New York, what I needed was an easy festival to nurse my rattled mind. Instead I walked blindly into the Royal Flush Festival.

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WATCH: FILM: New York Film Festival Kicks Off WIth Facebook, Goats, And Reincarnation

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Film Festivals, Foreign Films, Ny Film Festival, Film Festival, Film Festivals, Film, Facebook, New York Film Festival, Arts News

(From: NY Times Video) A. O. Scott narrates a look at the first week of the New York Film Festival. His article that accompanied this video is call...

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2010 Urbanworld Film Festival Makes a Splash in NYC

Marlynn Snyder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urbanworld Film Festival, Urban Cinema, Mooz-Lum, Movie Reviews, Film Awards, Multicultural Film Festivals, Film Festivals, Arts News

First-time writer-director Qasim 'Q' Basir's world premiere of Mooz-lum, featuring young actor Evan Ross (son of Diana Ross), won the festival's Best Narrative Feature prize.

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San Sebastian Pintxos Crawl (PHOTOS)

Find. Eat. Drink. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julia Roberts, Michelin Guide, Arts, United States, Film Festivals, Restaurant, San Sebastián International Film Festival, Movies, Slidepollajax, Food News

The 58th International San Sebastian Film Festival started on September 16th and goes through the 25th. Julia Roberts will be there to receive a lifet...

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Wrapping Up Woods Hole Fest

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judy Laster, Woods Hole Film Fedstival, David Binder, Film Festivals, Geoff Edgers, Nina Adams, Entertainment News

Good films and good film festivals can help fill a dangerous void. They can make us more happier, smarter, and better people. Good film festivals are important.

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FILM: Is Brazilian Film The Future?

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latin America, Films, Vik Muniz, Sao Paulo, Rio Film Festival, South America, Dzi Croquettes, Sao Paulo Art Biennale, Brazil, Lauri Lyons, Movies, Reidy Building Utopia, Cinema, Art, Filmmaking, Film Festivals, Rio De Janeiro, Dance, Museum of Modern Art, Premiere Brazil, Brasil, Terras, Social Justice, Terra, Peru, Urban Planning, Flag an American Story, Recycling, Maya Da Rin, Tropicalia, Recolumbia, Alfonso Reidy, Revolutions, Performance Art, Flag International, Ana Maria Magalhaes, Architecture, Moma, Social Activism, Gilberto Gil, Future, New York Art, New York, Museums, Urban, The Waste Land, Gay, Columbia, Colombia, Arts News

This year's Premiere Brazil film festival hosted by the Museum of Modern Art and the Rio Film Festival produced a line up of films that can best be described as the art of social activism.

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Sephardic Film Festival: Pomegranates and Longing

Richard Z. Chesnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ethiopian-Jews, Sephardic, Spanish Inquisition, Jews, Film Festivals, Barcelona, New York Film Festivals, Israel, Spain, Inquisition, Film, New York News

This culture and history and modern experience of the Sephardim is cinematically celebrated in a film festival sponsored by New York's very active American Sephardi Federation.

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