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Submissions for the Short Film Competition are now open

Short Film Competition is open to film of any genre, language and format, completed after January 1st, 2012. The competition is only open to directors born after May 31, 1973. The competition is only open to films up to 30 minutes. Send us your short film

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Where Neil Young and Silent Film meet

  For the launch of his new album Americana, a visual project, a homage to silent films. A Day At The Gallery can be entirely viewed, listened and enjoyed here.

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Bellaria Film Festival - among the awards...

The Special Jury Mention goes to Italy: Love it, or Leave it,the brilliant documentary by Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi that won our Competition last September.

Other important awards go to Bad Weather and Mare Chiuso.

The complete list can be found here.

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We congratulate with our friends Pietro de Tilla, Guglielmo Trupia and Elvio Manuzzi, whose debut Atelier Colla has been selected for the next edition of LIDF.

Enjoy and support this film on its English première!

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On Mubi, a sneak preview of some of the most awaited films of the year.

Never judge a film by its cover...? Time will tell!

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"There must be more to life than having everything".  R.i.p. Maurice Sendak (1928-2012).

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Jem Cohen: We Have An Anchor

Jem Cohen’s newest film project featuring such stellar musicians as Guy Picciotto (Fugazi), T. Griffin, Jim White (Dirty Three), Jessica Moss (Silver Mt. Zion), and Sophie Trudeau (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, SMZ). Enjoy!

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Tribeca Awards announced!

Another edition of Tribeca Film Festival is about to end.

And, yes, there is a cat with a camera.

The (almost) complete list of all the awarded films can be found here.

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NO.W.HERE SUMMER SCHOOL

A lecture from behind the screen. Six weeks from 25th June to 3 August. Theoretical seminars, one-on-one contact with tutors, student-led activities, field trips, guest workshops led by artists and theorists alongside an intensive programme of hands-on film and video making. 

More info here.

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The new short film by Piero Messina will have its world première in Cannes.

Terra has been selected for the Cinéfondation, with other 14 films, out of more than 1.700 submissions. Good luck to our friend Piero, formerly in competition at Milano Film Festival with Un'altra volta.

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Director Quentin Tarantino poses with Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Jamie Foxx, & Christoph Waltz during the launch of their film Django Unchained in Cancun on April 15, 2012. 

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A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

Stanley Kubrick (via thequietvampire)

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We're right in the middle of the 30th edition of BIFF - Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. Among the many guests who celebrate the Festival's anniversary, Terry Gilliam and his latest short film The Wholly Family can't go unnoticed. The whole programme, with its films, guest and side-events can be found here.

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The internet is abuzz with an alleged leak from the Cannes Film Festival that saw a list of 24 films apparently making up its official 2012 competition listed on the official Cannes site and then quickly removed... 

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Independent and art films are often ignored by Italian distribution but we are now glad to welcome an unexpected exception.  

The Mill & The Cross, the masterpiece of Lech Majewski, presented as an Italian première by Milano Film Festival, is out in theatres today, thanks to CG. Be astonished by this multi-layered hommage to painting, cinema, art.

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The Kickstarter page curated by Filmmaker Magazine recommends projects that need your help.

From films to photography, from web-series to technology, get ready to support what's...next.