The Sapporo Short Fest was launched with a clear vision to present the public with quality films and to share the values created in the films that are made with crafts of screenplay, cinematography and editing for the defined genre of the "short film", not a shortened form of a feature film.
We are celebrating the fifth anniversary this year, and its steady growth is seen in that over 12,000 films from 120 countries and regions have fascinated a total of 40,000 viewers since the first SSF in 2006.

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DMZ Docs is the largest film festival for documentary in Asia. The festival primarily focuses on introducing documentary from Asia and puts the spotlight on outstanding works all around the world. DMZ Docs also hosts DMZ Industry to support documentary filmmakers across Asia and discover promising projects to present to the world. DMZ Docs aims to inform through the documentary films the meaning and values of DMZ: peace, life, and communication. Furthermore, DMZ Docs as one of the leading and most dynamic documentary film festivals and a key industry hub in Asia, aims to showcase the best documentary films and support Korean and Asian filmmakers with funds and supporting programs at various different stages.

We remind readers that the 14th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival will take place from September 22 – 29, 2022 in Goyang City and Paju City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

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Tokyo Docs is an international event designed to support the overseas expansion of documentaries, including international co-productions. It allows Japanese and Asian documentary filmmakers to network with decision makers from Japan and abroad to help secure funding for Japanese and Asian documentaries' production and support their broadcast, distribution, screening, and sales overseas.

"The Main Pitch" is an opportunity for you to pitch your project for overseas expansion, including international co-productions, to decision makers (people involved in broadcasting and distribution) in Japan and overseas. We hope you will use this as an opportunity to secure funding for your production and support for overseas broadcasting, distribution, screening, and sales. Proposals should be documentaries on various issues facing Japan and the world, people's diverse ways of life, social problems, history, natural science, culture, travelogues, etc. (Commercial travelogues are excluded.)　 Along with new projects, projects to produce an international version of a broadcast program or develop a short film into a feature film also fall under this category. However, projects with a universal appeal are required. For Japanese filmmakers selected for the Pitch in advance, there will be development support funds for trailer production. Pitchers must prepare a 7 minute pitch video that combines a description of the project and a trailer. The creation of the video will be done with the advice of tutors from overseas. Tokyo Docs will also provide subtitles and other support. This video will be used to present to the international decision makers.

Tokyo Docs' "Short Documentary Showcase", launched in 2017, nominates 6 to 8 films each year from completed submissions (10 minutes or less in length) from Japan and abroad. As the younger generation receives information through digital means, the content is required to depict themes they are interested in with various works. Directors will be asked to make a one-minute presentation to the broadcasting and distribution professionals and pitch it along with a 10-minute film. In addition, we will provide a one-on-one opportunity to conduct business negotiations during the event, so please make use of this opportunity to develop your work further. Details of the "Short Documentary Showcase 2022" will be announced on this website as they become available.

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Mini Film Festival is the longest running short film festival in Malaysia annually held by the Cinematography Programme, Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts, University Malaysia Sarawak. This ever-flourishing film festival is now stepping into its 18th year with the support of many passionate individuals.

As a means of creative expression that draws heavily from reality, portraying scenarios that reflect the everyday struggles and aspirations of viewers' lives, the film plays a vital role as a medium of entertainment, information and education and as a catalyst for social change. This is even truer with the impacts brought by the enduring pandemic changing the political-socio-economic dynamics worldwide. The role of filmmakers in interpreting, documenting and discerning the dynamics and changes happening in the time of crisis is undoubtedly needed.

It is a continuation of previous year's theme, "In Time of Crisis", when we see COVID-19 has upended the creative industry and impacted so many filmmakers and practitioners whose livelihoods rely heavily on their day-to-day job. However, we believe a crisis is an opportunity to renovate what has to be done. It is the turning point when new possibilities are encountered and found. Hence, a revival in the post-pandemic era, we hope. Thus, with the theme of this year's 18th Mini Film Festival, "Revival", let's explore the infinite possibilities of inspirations that films could bring to us.

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The 24th Seoul International Women's Film Festival will be held live from 25 August till 1 September 2022 in Seoul, S. Korea.

Opening film: Tove (Sweden)

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Michelle Yeoh talks about her experiences first as a child how movies affected her life then later becoming an actress herself and how it changed her life. The interview was conducted in March 2022.

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WE ARE ALL CHILDREN
 
"One thing that can unite all people is the children.
Because we were all children once."

Seoul Int'l Children's Film Festival(SICFF) has been discovering great contents that children can enjoy and listening to voices from all over the world for the next generation. We hope the children discover better world and the grown-ups dream to better future with SICFF.

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"Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia" (SSFF & ASIA) is a film festival held at the Harajuku/Omotesando area in Tokyo, in June every year since its first festival in 1999. It is one of the largest international short film festival in Asia, and every year more than 10,000 works are gathered from all over the world. Led by its official competition (Japan division, Asia International division, international division), the festival consists of various divisions and programs with diverse genres - from "environment," to "tourism," "CG animation," "non-fiction" and more. In addition, the winner of the Grand Prix award is eligible to be nominated in the short film category of the Academy Awards® the following year. In celebration of its 20th anniversary in 2018, the festival Grand Prix was named the "George Lucas Award" in honour of the great director George Lucas.

In addition to the film festival held in June every year, we are continually working on promoting short films and movie culture through various projects. For example, in the "Branded Shorts" project launched in 2016, we brought together a company with promotional and branding challenges, and short film producers to create a new short film production model. Additionally, the online cinema "Brillia SHORTSHORTS THEATER ONLINE" that started in 2018 made it possible to access worldwide short films at any time, from anywhere.

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VIENNA SHORTS is the international short film festival in Vienna that annually in spring makes around 300 films from all over the world accessible to the audience and the international industry in the best possible way – whether in the cinema or in the museum, whether in digital or virtual space.

The festival is a qualifying event for the Austrian Film Award, the British Film Award BAFTA, the European Film Award and the Oscars® and is one of two EU-funded film festivals in Austria. It is active in numerous international collaborations and was honored in 2014 with the Bank Austria Art Prize, the highest endowed award for art and cultural organisations in Austria.

VIENNA SHORTS (until 2016: Vienna Independent Shorts) was launched and is still run by the non-profit organization INDEPENDENT CINEMA in 2003 with the aim of presenting independent films and promoting talent. The association organizes film screenings, mediation programs and short film events throughout the year and has been based in the creative cluster Q21 in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier since 2007.

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Launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival that adopts partial competition, the JEONJU International Film Festival (JEONJU IFF) introduced independent and experimental films at the forefront to shine a spotlight on the alternative movements of contemporary film art. JEONJU IFF discovers talents of promising filmmakers who could be the future leaders of filmmaking, endorse creative experiments and independent spirits, and provides the opportunity to meet and bond with international filmmakers.

JEONJU Cinema Project, a feature film financing & production program, has gained ground as JEONJU IFF's independent brand that encompasses flim industry's fields such as investment, production and distribution. Furthermore, JEONJU Project's development support for superb Korean feature films and documentaries, the business of distributing independent film contents and the JEONJU Cine Complex represent JEONJU IFF's vision to create a constant and new added value beyond the film festival.

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Founded in 1998, the Taiwan International Documentary Festival, TIDF, is one of the major professional platforms for documentaries in Asia. We are looking for innovative documentaries with unique points of views which are relevant to social and human interests.

TIDF is a biennial festival that presents a well-curated programme of more than 130 films, and includes festival-related public and educational programs, such as Q&A sessions, workshops, and exhibitions. Each edition of TIDF attracts an audience of more than 25, 000.

In 2014, the TIDF executive team established its permanent office under the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute. Under the leitmotif "Re-encounter Reality", TIDF presents a program with three competitions (International, Asian, and Taiwanese) and varying program sections. It is our aim to create a platform for quality documentaries from all over the world, and to foster exchange among directors, film professionals and audiences.

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(Busan, Korea) - Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF) began in 1980 under the name "Korean Short Film Festival". Its aim was to introduce independent short films from the greater Busan area and to foster film talent. It was renamed "Busan Short Film Festival" in 1997, and again in 2000 as "Busan Asian Short Film Festival", becoming the first Korean short film festival to extend the competition internationally, introducing other Asian short films and directors to Korean viewers. In 2010, the name was changed once again to "Busan International Short Film Festival" to extend the competition beyond Asia. At present, the festival awards the most creative and excellent short films in the competition sections (International Competition, Korean Competition, Operation KINO), and showcases short films from around the world.

Beginning in 2012, we reinforced the personality of the festival by adopting the guest country program, focusing on the films and cultures of one country each year. Beginning with France, every year saw a different country ? China (2013), Spain (2014), Sweden (2015), Austria (2016), Canada (2017), New Zealand (2018), Switzerland (2019), and Belgium (2020).

Besides the competition sections, BISFF hosts various programs such as special exhibitions, retrospective exhibitions, and overseas invitations to identify short film trends from around the world. It breaks away from fiction films to provide more varied contents such as experimental films, animations, and documentaries.

While short film festivals in an international scale are still rare in Korea, BISFF aims to become the "hub of Asian short films", a venue to promote Korean and other Asian short films to the world. As the first Korean film festival to become an Academy Awards Qualifying Festival, BISFF sends its grand prize recipient from the competition sections to be considered for the short film (except documentaries) nominations in the Academy Awards. It is also contributing to the progress of short films through collaborations with such programs as NETPAC and Short Film Conference.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: HKIFF46 Postponed, Cine Fan Screenings Cancelled!

Following the government's announcement yesterday extending its social distancing measures to 20 April to curb the escalating COVID-19 pandemic, the 12-day HKIFF46 scheduled initially between 31 March and 11 April will now be postponed. Patrons could visit the official website regularly for updates and announcements.


The remaining screenings of Cine Fan Jan/Feb/Mar Programme will also be cancelled. For refund, ticket holders may fill out an application form online or return the completed form with ticket(s) by post to the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Office (8/F, The Rays, 71 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong) on or before 22 April 2022 (All services fees will not be refunded).

A behind the scene look at Marvel Studio's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

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Marvel Studios is soon releasing it's new superhero film called Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The film is based on their character called Shang-Chi that was developed in the 1970s. Shang-Chi is a skilled martial artist who is living in his father's shadow who is living the life of crime. Shang-Chi was trained at a young age to be an assassin by his father Wenwu but left the Ten Rings organization for a normal life but soon realizes he can't escpace his faith.

Official release date: 3 September 2021

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The Far East Film Festival will be held from 24 June to 2 July 2021 in Udine, Italy.

For more information please visit the official website: Far East Film Festival Official Website

Here is a video of a behind the scene view of Mortal Kombat 2021: video

Godzilla vs. Kong dominates the theaters with taking the #1 spot in many countries world wide.

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