Arlington International Film Festival (AIFF) is an award winning organization with its mission being to foster appreciation for different cultures by exploring the lives of people around the globe through independent film. In 2014 AIFF was awarded the Community Recognition Award by the Arlington Martin Luther King Committee, in 2013 the Alan McClennen Community Arts Award by the Arlington Center for the Arts and the Gold Star Award by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Through the founding of AIFF, the mission has also focused on enriching the community and broadening the view of our world and ourselves. AIFF believes that the arts are here to connect us, to communicate across boundaries, and touch our common humanity.
AIFF is open to national and international filmmakers. Whether professional or a first time filmmaker, we welcome innovative, original films with unique perspectives. Many of our selected films have been nominated for Academy Awards; i.e. BOTSO: The Teacher from Tbillisi directed by Tom Walters, Elena directed by Petra Costa, and Documented directed by Jose Antonio Vargas. We Still Live Here directed by Anne Makepeace was chosen by the U.S. State Department to screen around the world.
The year 2015 by can be easily termed as the ‘year of intolerance ‘in Indian socio-political and cultural milieu. This was coming all the way from the time the right wing party was voted to rule the country. It began with re-writing Indian history and text books for schools, colleges and academic institutions, running down Gandhiji, the architect of free India as also the free thinkers, eliminating rationalist, outspoken intellectuals and scholars, isolating artists and film makers, taking control of Central Board of Film Certification by forcing the eminent men and women constituted that body to resign en-mass. The right wing people have taken charge of all public art and cultural organizations.
People from the minority communities have been lynched and killed for suspecting to have eaten beef. Cow slaughter has been banned in states like Maharashtra taking away food from the tables of minority communities as well as daliths and increasing the burden on the farmers already bending backward with debt and are committing suicide. Those who protested the beef ban have been beaten up in Kashmir, in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi. When the public very clearly understood that the general response of the government to these problems were dismissive as something that is done by antisocial elements people began to take action. The prominent scholars, writers, poets, actors, film makers and theatre personalities started returning the awards they received from the government. There were protests across the country, from politicians and eminent citizens.
Another aspect of this intolerance is manifested in witch hunting NGOs like Green Peace for very prominently taking up environmental issues and challenging the implementation of economic projects without proper environmental impact assessment. Those NGOs on the hit list of the government is harassed in every possible ways including cancelling their FCRA numbers and freezing their accounts. Fortunately so far the justice system was very fair in their judgments which has given much relief to the NGOs under the government scanner. Generally NGOs these days are seen by the politicians as people ‘against development’.
These very arrogant postures of the government was downsized by the people of India through democratic resurgence. First they lost a very high pitched assembly election in Delhi to Aam Admi Party and later in another high pitched assembly election in Bihar the right wing lost to an alliance of democratic forces represented by Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar the local leaders. In all these instances the media was very pro-establishment. Were they too scared to investigate issues and inform the public?! While we hope that the people will elect democratic and secular parties in the Assembly elections happening now in April/May 2016,we need to nurture grass root level democratic practices which is one of the major objective of the festival. Whatever work we are engaged in now is from a very diminished public sphere. We do not know what the future holds for us but for now we belong to the breed of marginal citizens of this country.
As for our experience in this specific field is concerned, Bangalore Film Society was the South India coordinator of Tri-continental Film Festival "Human Rights in Frames from 2007 to 2009 organised by an NGO called Breakthrough. An average 5000 to 6000 people used to attend this festival in Bangalore in three days and the event had become very popular. Apart from this, we used to take these films to academic institutions as well as film societies in all South Indian States. However, the tricontinental film festival closed after 2009 and at present to the best of my knowledge we don't have a human rights film festival of that magnitude.
In the present Indian context, Bangalore Film Society wish to start an International Human Rights Traveling film festival from December 7th to 10th or from 9th to the 12th 2016 (depending on the availability of the auditorium) and organise a conference on freedom of speech and the right to dissent. The films selected will address major international human rights concerns such as refugees, lgbt sexuality, boarders, women, socio-political conflict, communal conflicts, child labour/abuse and so on The emphasis on the impact it should create. Once the festival is over these films will be circulated for screenings in educational, media institutions and film societies across India.
2007년 호아킨 오르테가 (감독, 배우, 스턴트맨, 스턴트 코디네이터) 는 자신의 트레이드마크 NOIDENTITY로 국제 스턴트맨 팀을 창설했습니다. 2010년에는 독립 제작사 NOIDENTITY Films를 설립했으며 이미 두 편의 비공개 영화와 프로그램 TV를 제작했습니다. 2013년에도 그는 영화 산업 창출을 위한 의도를 계속 발전시켜 스페인 최초의 액션 영화제를 개최합니다.
그래서 영화 산업을 창출하고 국제 액션 영화를 홍보하려는 의도로 NIAFFS (NOIDENTITY - 스페인 국제 액션 영화제) 가 탄생했습니다.
After five years of a successful run as the New York City International Film Festival and after many of our films got distribution, we decided to create NYCIFF-St. Lucia edition. We want to open another door for filmmakers from around the world, and establish St. Lucia as a center for the film industry, while highlighting unknown talents from the Caribbean.
제10회 파리냐 영화제가 돌아왔습니다!! 우리는 영화 문화에서의 교류 및 학습의 문화적 불꽃을 밝히기위한 제안과 함께 돌아갑니다. 이 축제 기간 동안 파라이바 (Paraíba) 의 백랜드는 지역 및 국가 시청각 제작 전시회를 통해 문화적 표현의 회의를 경험하며 토론과 학습을 위한 회의 공간뿐만 아니라 영화 쇼, 패널, 워크샵, 특색 및 공연을 즐길 수 있습니다.
Her Point of View has entered into a partnership agreement with the Community Education Department of Watkins College of Art, Design & Film in Nashville TN. The Nashville festival will be held at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film in September 2015. Specific dates are being finalized and will be released soon. Stay tuned! New programming developments occurring every day.
Empowering current and future generations of artists currently underrepresented in front of and behind the camera, Her Point of View, a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization, launches this year and will present arts and entertainment created from a woman’s point of view in Nashville, TN with screenings in Atlanta GA. New cities are added everyday.
In each city, Her Point of View will conduct a four (4) day international film festival complete with workshops, panels, independent and studio films, fine art gallery, live music events, industry parties and plenty of networking mixers. Filmmakers, film, TV, music, art and entertainment executives and celebrities are invited to participate in the event developed to highlight women artists from around the world.
NOFI is a multi stage International Festival of New and Original Films. It was founded by the Center of American New Cinema and Arts (CANCA). The preliminary stages take place in Russia, Sweden and Armenia while the final stage is taking place in USA (Los Angeles). Each year an estimated 1000 independent and student films participate in the NOFI festivals from 60 countries. We have representatives in 10 countries including USA, Russia, Sweden, Armenia, Belarus, UK,Belgium, Holland, Arab Emirates and Philippines.
The goal of the NOFI festivals is to find and invite talented film directors to NOFI film studying and producing programs for shooting their films with the help of our sponsors and grants. We then represent, promote and will try to sell the best films from NOFI in the American Film Market, Cannes film market, Amazon, Netflix, Hulu and other markets. Winning films can also participate in NOFI sister’s film festivals in Korea, Poland, Germany, Estonia, Russia and Armenia. The winners from each category and diplomas of honor can have the opportunity to show their films (edited versions) at our NOFI film festival on YouTube channel. The best actors from the best films can join our “Accent” International Talent Management. Also the trailers of the awarded films will be in our web site for years, providing more exposure. Our festival helps expose new and emerging directors and actors. NOFI festivals give them an opportunity to present their names in motion pictures studios and be discovered in the film industry worldwide. NOFI is designed to showcase innovative work by new filmmakers who may (or may not) have been overlooked by other festivals. We organize forums and round tables with filmmakers during the NOFI festivals to understand their needs, help solve common problems with film production and discuss their future projects. Our slogan is- “Indie filmmakers without borders.” Many celebrities and representatives from film studios have attended screenings and award ceremonies of NOFI festivals.
시네마 인터내셔널 필름 페스티벌을 연상케합니다
XII 에디션: 우리의 그림자를 인식하다
그늘이 진짜 문제가 될 수 있어요.
우리가 숨기고 싶어하는 인간성의 측면 때문에 의심스러운 행동을 하게 되죠.
이 그림자는 부분적으로 우리가 환경에 끔찍한 영향을 끼친 원인이기도 합니다.
삼림 벌채, 기름 유출, 토양 및 바다 오염, 생물 종의 멸종, 원주민 권리 침해, 환경 보호자 암살.
개인적이든 집단적이든 이러한 그림자는 대도시들이 우리의 생태계 전반에 드리우고 국가의 합법성과 민간 투자의 보호를 받으며 “진보와 산업화”를 지지하고 있습니다.
우리가 초래한 환경 불균형이 기후 재앙이나 자연 횡령처럼 되돌아오는 시기에 우리는 이 그림자를 감히 되돌아봐야 합니다.
우리는 그 영향을 이해하고, 예측하는 사람들을 지적하고, 영향을 받는 사람들을 보호하기 위한 규정을 요구할 책임이 있습니다.
사람들은 문제를 해결하는 첫 번째 단계는 문제를 파악하는 것이라고 말합니다. 오늘날 우리는 영화를 통해 우리의 행동을 인정하고 그것이 우리의 독특한 자연 환경에 미치는 영향을 막으려 합니다.
영화 같은 환경 영화제 — XII 에디션
우리의 그림자를 알아차리다
바슈타 페스트는 서부 세르비아 바지나 바슈타에서 열리는 국제 단편 영화제입니다. 7 월 첫 주말에 열리는 연례 행사이며 4 일 동안 지속됩니다. 창립자 (배우 Jovan Jelisavčić 및 Maja Šuša) 의 직업으로 인해 축제의 주요 관심 지점은 감독과 배우 간의 협력입니다. 우리는 이러한 공동 예술적 노력의 품질에 초점을 맞추는 것이 단편 영화제 중 바슈타 페스트의 포지셔닝에 긍정적인 영향을 미칠 것이라고 믿습니다. 바슈타 페스트 (Bašta Fest) 는 다양한 영화, 음악 및 프로그램을 이 아름다운 지역으로 가져왔기 때문에 문화의 분권화에 매우 중요합니다. 축제의 우선 순위 중 하나는 수많은 방문객에게 놀라운 자연의 아름다움을 홍보하는 것입니다. 그럼에도 불구하고 우리의 주요 목표는 이 축제를 흥미 진진한 문화 오아시스로 전환하는 것입니다. 이 오아시스는 현지 및 국제 젊은 예술가들을 지원하고 단편 소설 영화에 진실성을 부여합니다. 주요 선택은 경쟁 단편 영화 프로그램이며, 두 영화는 비경쟁의 일부로 상영되며, 매년 개막식 중 하나, 개막식 중 하나는 특별 프로그램으로 상영됩니다. 마지막 상영은 세르비아 데뷔 장편 영화로, Bašta fest 팀이 전년도에 가장 성공한 영화로 선정되었습니다. 바슈타 (Bašta) 의 모든 상영 입구는 무료이며, 밤하늘 아래에서 항상 개최됩니다. 현재 두 개의 공식 축제 장소가 있습니다: 보리치 공원과 페루차크 호수.
Dear Creator,
The Viewster Online Film Fest (#VOFF) is an international online event that attracts, displays and rewards features, short films, series, web-series and documentaries that are not always as famous as they should be. It’s a community moderated contest where the public audience will create a shortlist out of all qualified entries.
Essentially the Viewster community and your fans will watch, share, discuss and vote for their favorite entries. They will help to curate the entries with at least the top ten moving onto the finals. After that our Jury of Experts - Ted Hope, Nora Tschirner and Timo Vuorensola - will select the winners to be announced December 8, 2014 on http://festival.viewster.com.
The theme for the fourth #VOFF is "Share It Forward." and asks for the issues that are most important to you today.
Shake up our cushy lives, open our eyes, make us laugh, cry or even outraged. For #VOFF 4, show the world the issues that are most important to you today—big or small. You might be passionate about the environment, human rights, public health, politics, social justice or something entirely different that deserves attention. Whether you get your message across through fiction, non-fiction, with humour, in a direct or an abstract way, let's see your passion to influence and make a difference. #VOFF 4 is your chance to bring your message in front of millions of viewers, who will discuss, support and share your cause. We want to take it one step further this time. In addition to the juried awards, we will contribute to an organisation making a positive impact by the choice of one of the projects.
Why Participate?
• Chance to win a piece of the cake with a cool first prize of $50,000
• Chance to donate $20,000 to an organization of your choice
• Gain publicity and awareness for your content
• Chance to connect with other creators online content
아시아 여름 영화제는 대륙 국가에서 생산되는 인기 영화제를 통해 아시아 문화를 제시하고자합니다.
페스티벌에는 경쟁 섹션, 회고, 어린이 상영 및 테마의 밤 등 여러 범주가 있습니다. 작년에 중국, 홍콩, 태국, 남코리아, 일본 및 인도의 40 개의 타이틀이 전시되었으며, 일부는 세계 및 국제 축제 초연, 유럽 축제 초연 또는 스페인 축제 초연이었습니다. 공식 섹션에서 프로그램 된 18 편의 영화는 배심원 상, 럭키 캣 어워드 (Lucky Cat Award) 로 경쟁했으며, 관객이 경쟁 중 최고의 영화에 수여했으며, 비평가 초이스 어워드를 수상했습니다.
L’associazione culturale La Guarimba ha come obiettivo quello di riportare il cinema alla gente e la gente al cinema. Questa motivazione ci ha portato a riparare un vecchio cinema all’aperto di 938 posti in Calabria; ad organizzare un festival del cortometraggio internazionale con ingresso libero; a creare La Scuola Delle Scimmie in Puglia, un processo di formazione di cinema e di illustrazione indipendente per 45 ragazzi; ci ha fatto creare La Guarimba On Tour dove ogni anno portiamo la nostra selezione di cortometraggi in giro per il mondo; e infine, ad agosto 2015, abbiamo organizzato la prima conferenza europea di Vimeo, il più grande distributore di cinema online diretto.
