International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam: Camera.
The essay film has become one of the key focal points of Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image’s activities since the first Essay Film Festival in 2015. Although the main festival takes place over a week at the end of March each year, BIMI in fact organises essay-related screenings and events as part of its general programme.The 70th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 20 February to 1 March 2020. It was the first under the leadership of new Berlin Film Festival heads, business administration director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director Carlo Chatrian.The film critic Natalya Serebryakova reveals why the genre of film-essay is so special. “Essay films are arguably the most innovative and popular forms of filmmaking since the 1990s”, Timothy Corrigan wrote in his book The Essay Film (2011). This genre comprises documentary or non-fiction films that reflect reality by using speech, images.
The International Vegan Film Festival (formerly the Ottawa International Vegan Film Festival) is a trailblazing event dedicated to celebrating the vegan ideal: a healthier, compassionate, environmentally friendly lifestyle that can be achieved through the consumption of plants and animal-free alternatives.Film festival, gathering, usually annual, for the purpose of evaluating new or outstanding motion pictures.Sponsored by national or local governments, industry, service organizations, experimental film groups, or individual promoters, the festivals provide an opportunity for filmmakers, distributors, critics, and other interested persons to attend film showings and meet to discuss current.
So you’ve made your film and want to get it seen. A great way to reach wider audiences is to submit your short to a film festival. The following festivals either specialise in films made by young filmmakers, or have a strand dedicated to new works by young directors.
