The 2013 New York International Shorts Film Festival, taking place at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema (143 East Houston), is officially open for entry!  All entries must meet the guidelines stated in the Entry Requirements section of the NY Shorts Fest website (also listed below).  The early deadline is quickly approaching on December 07, 2012 – click [...]

Things have returned more or less to normal here in NYC after the events of superstorm Sandy, and the indie film events have followed suit.  Despite the unexpected lack of final stretch prep time the Imagine Science Film Festival kicked off without a hitch last Thursday and continues its jam packed film slate through the [...]

The Moët British Independent Film Awards announced the nominations for their 15th annual event this past Monday, at St Martins Lane, London.  Created in 1998 by Raindance founder Elliot Grove, The British Independent Film Awards set out to celebrate merit and achievement in independently funded British filmmaking, to honour new talent, and to promote British [...]

Tribeca invites you to the first in a monthly series of conversations exploring the Future of Film, held at The Varick Room at Tribeca Cinemas. Similar to Tribeca’s Future of Film blog, the discussion series will focus on important topics of the day, beginning with digital filmmaking, web storytelling, film funding, theatrical innovations, actors as directors, and more. This month’s topic: As the [...]

The 35th Starz Denver Film Festival (SDFF), sponsored by Starz Entertainment and produced by the Denver Film Society, announced today its full Festival line-up. SDFF will run November 1 through November 11 in Denver. The complete list of films can be viewed at denverfilm.org/festival. “Election day is not the only big event happening this November. [...]

92YTribeca will screen the progressive, timely documentary drama Young Lakota which explores the tumultuous subject of Planned Parenthood this Wednesday, October 10, 2012 as part of The Flaherty film series. Lipschutz and Roesenblatt will be in attendance for a post screening discussion. The audience is then invited to continue the discussion over drinks at Cafe [...]

Directed by Dennis Liu, this YouTube indie film has been going viral since it uploaded three days ago and looks to build quite a fan base as days continue to pass. Commenters unanimously agree that they want to see this film as a feature length project (maybe with the help of Kickstarter or some other [...]

The 3rd Annual Reel Independent Film Extravaganza (RIFE2012 @ West End Cinema) will take place at West End Cinema in Washington, D.C. October 12 – 18. RIFE2012 will feature film screenings, spotlight selections, networking events and award ceremonies honoring critically acclaimed works from all over the world.

 The Savannah College of Art and Design announced the competition film lineup for the 2012 Savannah Film Festival. The Oct. 27-Nov. 3 festival in downtown Savannah, Ga. is celebrating 15 years of cinematic creativity from award-winning professionals and emerging student filmmakers. The Savannah Film Festival provides students opportunities to network and interact with the entertainment [...]

Straight from the horse’s mouth, this horse being a internationally acclaimed and star-studded film festival featuring the best of the industry in one of the most scenic areas in all of the beautiful state of Florida, here is the exciting announcement that Sarasota Film Festival is open for entry: We’ve been widely hailed as a [...]