5 Essential New Short Films From the Palm Springs ShortsFest

When triple-degree heat nudges you indoors, there are few places better to end up than a movie theater. The 21st Annual Palm Springs Shortsfest came to a close on Monday evening, concluding a week in the Coachella Valley dedicated to short films from aspiring and established filmmakers from across the globe.  It was a distinct privilege to participate in this year’s jury. Between the finely organized screenings and the bevy of titles available for viewing at the festival’s film market, it was encouraging to see a variety of engaging films in different venues. Another positive sign? The number of student films with an impressive eye for storytelling, a promising foundation for the...

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Mary Tyler Moore Over The Years

From 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' to being Mary Richards and beyond, photos of Mary Tyler Moore over the years.

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'Graceland': Scenes From Season 3

Scenes from Season 3 of USA's 'Graceland.'

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Six Producers Selected for Whistler Film Festival’s Feature Project Lab

Six producers from across Canada have been selected to participate in the Whistler Film Festival’s annual Feature Project Lab. An intense two-phase business and creative content development experience for Canadian producers presented by the Whistler Film Festival in association with Telefilm Canada, Phase I will take place over five days, which started on June 22 and will end on June 25. Phase I is followed by four months of ongoing feedback and project development with advisors, and includes follow up and meetings from December 1 to 4 during the Whistler Film Festival + Summit. Focused on strengthening dramatic feature projects from script to screen, the WFF Feature Project...

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Steve Martin, Screenwriters and the Stiller Family: 20 Years of the Nantucket Film Festival

READ MORE: Aaron Sorkin in Nantucket on How He Almost Didn't Pitch 'The West Wing' For 20 years, the Nantucket Film Festival has been bringing art house fare to the sunny Massachusetts island south of Cape Cod. Founded by brother and sister team Jill and Jonathan Burkhart, who live there year round, the festival has carved out its identity as a writer's festival. Since its first year, the festival has hosted the Tony Cox Screenplay Competition, which recognizes promising screenplays by emerging writers. Past winners include Patrick Tobin's "Cake," which went to be made into a film starring Jennifer Aniston, and "Down the Bone," Debra Granik's eventual directorial...

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Submit Your Film to the Ars Independent Festival 2015, Katowice

The 5th edition of the Ars Independent Festival will serve to discover the work of young, debuting authors and will also present achievements of classical avant-garde art. The foundation of the festival is to promote Polish and world cinema, which is the starting point for interdisciplinary research in the area of audiovisual culture (music, video games, new media). The festival is a space of critical dialogue about the state of contemporary art and media. Artists have one last chance to submit their films, animations and video games for the 5th Ars Independent Festival ( September 22-27, 2015, Katowice, Poland). The festival will accept submissions...

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Indiegogo Campaign: Lady Filmmakers Script to Screen Program For Women Filmmakers & Projects Of Diversity

Lady Filmmakers Launches the Script 2 Screen Program to fund and produce films with women directors, cinematographers, and writers. In its seventh year, Lady Filmmakers is now a 501(c)(3) tax exempt charity as the new Lady Filmmakers Foundation evolving from the Lady Filmmakers Festival. The foundation will now operate the festival in addition to new programs.  Lady Filmmakers Festival is a weekend full of screenings, networking parties, workshops and discussion panels. All festival events and speaker series are designed to create a safe and fun environment to learn, make connections, create an audience for their work, and hopefully find future employers.The launch of...

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