Local Film Festivals in NYC – Film Festivals Filling Manhattan

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Oct 152011

With over eight million residents in Manhattan alone and almost 50 million visitors to the city that never sleeps each year, there are masses of movie lovers in the Big Apple. The wide variety of local film festivals in NYC proves the diversity of the city’s eclectic residents. If you love movies, there is a film festival (or several) happening annually that should peak your interest. Here is a list of some of the interesting cinema festivals being organized each year in Manhattan.

Established in 1962, the New York Film Festival is the oldest of the local film festivals in NYC and one of the oldest in the nation. The movies shown are chosen by the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

The City University Film Festival highlights the work of student filmmakers at CUNY, so New Yorkers can see up and coming talent. The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is also hosting a film festival this year with the theme of social issues through women’s eyes globally.

Fordham Law hosts the Forum Film Festival, centered on the cultural and societal impact of law in film.

The Gotham Screen Film Festival and Screenplay Contest was established to view and critique local, national, and international feature films, shorts, and documentaries.

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Film Festivals And Film Makers? Everything You Ever Wanted To Know

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Sep 032010

The national film festival of Cannes is celebrated for about 12 days in May. More than 200,000 people which includes film makers, film fans and many star gazers gather at the Croisette to take part in the national film festival. On the 12th and the final day around thousands of film are screened and many careers are launched and like another film festivals disappointment shows. More than 200,000 people gather. Also many stars form all over the world come here and grab attention.

The filmmaker has to do many things like writing a script, shooting the film, editing and then it has to be distributed to the public. This totally depends on how complex the subject is and also various problems that would come up while making the film.

Development: The idea of the filmmaker or any story that a producer finds is first transformed into a script. The source of the story can be many like it can be from a book or some play, or it could also be remake of a older movie. An outline synopsis is prepared as soon as the story is chosen. This breaks the movie down into various scenes, which are of one paragraph each. This is made into a treatment of 25 to 30 pages, which describes the characters, and the mood of the story.  Read more...

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Here Is Something About Filmmakers And Film Festivals

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Jul 172010

“I don’t know about you, but this sounds like heaven to me. Whether you are a film aficionado or a filmmaker with a film entered, a film festival is an exciting experience and one you will want to repeat as often as possible.” These words are the experience of Chris Gore that he writes in the first 10 pages of his book “The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide”. In this book he talks about going to Film Festivals all over the world and enjoying each and every one of them.


There was a time when there were only few film festivals and people were not enthusiasts enough as the studios controlled every aspect of film making. However, with the rise of Indie films every state in the country had its own film festival. In California alone there is around twenty or more film festivals.


There was a time when films did not happen at all unless they were under the sponsorship of the some studios. There was no chance at all for a little guy getting his or her film out there. But now the whole thing has been changed. The little guy can show his films anywhere he want, this gave a call to the rise of independent film festivals all over the world.  Read more...

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Film Festivals Can Be Very Kind To Independent Filmmakers

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Jun 192010

If you are one of those people who went to film school and still cannot understand why they did not teach you how to get a job in the film industry, then I suggest that you stop complaining, gather up all the creative, hard working film production people you know, make yourself an independent film and enter it in some film festivals. If you win an award at a prominent film festival your life may change very dramatically for the better. Even a small award at a small film festival will more than likely set you on the path to having a career in the film industry.


Most people attend film schools with big dreams of working in the Hollywood film industry and possibly even making a name for themselves. They have visions of red carpet interviews, Academy Awards acceptance speeches and stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. However, most of them will never see those dreams come to fruition and they will face endless frustration and disappointment instead.


After graduating from film school most people are expected to break into a business that is considered to be one of the most difficult in the world to find employment, unless you have connections, of course. For the ones without connections, it can be very frustrating. Unfortunately for them, the Hollywood film industry is run by a tight knit community that practices nepotism and rarely opens the door to newcomers.  Read more...

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