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CALENDAR OF
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2011
ROUND UP
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Most
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Motion I
t was during the 1950s when
television became popular that the
demise of motion picture, fondly
called as film, was first predicted.
Picture
Despite stiff competition from the
television industry throughout the '60s
and '70s, films prevailed. Again, during
the 1980s the advent of videotapes was
seen as an augury of decline of films.
is here
And once again, the forecast was
proved wrong. There was more such
fortune-telling in the 1990s and 2000s
when digital DVD players and home
theatre systems were all over the place.
to stay
But cinema forged ahead. Today, a look
at the brighter picture says that 2010 is
the first year to see more than one film
gross over a billion dollars with Toy
Story 3 being the highest-grossing film
of the year. Cinema is a sublime blend
of art, craft and technology and is above
all, a cultural artifact. Cinema,
technically a series of images, has its
own language, which has the power to
communicate universally. For all the
wondrous moments cinema has given
to us, a true lover of cinema owes a
mighty deal to the art form. And film
festivals across the globe celebrate the
world's obligation to cinema.
Berlinale is one such celebration and
one of the most important film festivals
in the world. European Film Market,
EFM, runs for nine days as part of
Berlinale. The making and showing of
cinema became an industry soon after
its invention. With technological
advancement, the industry flourished
and it is now one of the most profitable
industries. EFM deals with the business
side of cinema. Producers, distributors,
buyers and sales agents meet annually
at the EFM that is a marketplace where
one can discover the best quality
products in the film business. EFM
promotes discovery of new talents,
facilitates collaborations and provide
platforms for productions in
development. Making new connections,
renewing old ones and networking for
Editorial
opportunities are what EFM stands for.
All Lights film magazine is brought out
by All Lights, an online portal on films
and film festivals administered by a
group of film enthusiasts. The portal is
aimed at building consciousness about
films sans border. It tells the world
about the happenings in cinema. All
Lights promotes film festivals across
the globe. It provides all-inclusive
information on major film fêtes and the
films being screened there. Encouraging
independent films and film makers is
another key point in its agenda. The
site also allows film makers to endorse
their movies. All Lights is a podium for
distributors, film makers, and
producers to interact with each other
and with the audience.
To know more about All Lights please
visit our website:
http://www.alllightsfilmmagazine.com/
All Lights magazine is founded on the
same principles as the online portal. All
Lights perceive itself as the advocates of
films and film festivals. The highpoint
of the current issue of All Lights is
Berlinale. This issue also carries
features on marketing cinema and
building successful partnerships in film
industry in connection with the EFM.
All Lights has meticulously compiled a
list of the most anticipated movies of
2011 in the issue. A calendar of major
film festivals all over the world is a
piece that will come in handy for every
film aficionado. Cinema has been
around for more than a century and
has enchanted millions of people.
Whatever breakthrough future
technology brings forth in the
entertainment sphere, cinema will
outlive all in the long run. And that is
why All Lights is certain that motion
picture is here to stay.
Lakshmy Ravindran
Editor
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Coverstory
05 The Berlinale Reels
Gives you an insight to the international film
festival of Berlin

Spotlight
08 Top 30 promising movies of
2011
If you are a movie buzz, look out for this exciting
collection

Filmosphere Publisher:
All Lights
13 Pick your Brains
Test for yourself how much do you know on Editor in Chief:
films…. Sumesh Ramankutty
14 Journal on World Film Festival Editor:
Gives you a chronological idea on the fests round Lakshmy Ravindran
the world
18 Interview with Marc Weigert Editorial Assistant:
-The Magic wand behind the blockbuster 2012 Neha Nair

Contributing Editors:

BIZ Notes Varun Prasad, Lakshmi Atul,

Reshma Norbert, Arun M S
Deepak Daniel

On Cinema Art & Layout:

Antony George

20 Marketing Cinema To subscribe Call:

Provides you some important links on modern
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21 Promoting Big Tickets
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Some interesting facts on the history of films.

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 Coverstory

The Berlinale Reels

Oliver Möst © Berlinale/EFM 2010

T
he Berlinale is not only the city's largest cultural Pitts, Oskar Roehler, Martin Scorsese, Hanna Schygulla,
event, but also one of the most important dates Stellan Skarsgård, Ben Stiller, Olivia Williams, Michael
on the international film industry's calendar. Winterbottom and Yoji Yamada, among others, were
More than 19,000 film professionals from 128 countries, guests at the Berlinale.
including about 4,000 journalists, are accredited for the In addition to the main sections - Competition,
Berlin International Film Festival every year. The Panorama, Forum, Generation, Perspektive Deutsches
Berlinale is a mega event and yet at the same time, it is a Kino, Berlinale Special, Berlinale Shorts, the
festival of encounters and discussions. With nearly Retrospective and Homage - the festival programme will
300,000 tickets sold, the Berlinale is not only a film be complemented by
industry meeting, it also enjoys by far the largest special presentations
audience of any film festival in the world. For two weeks, and the Berlinale Talent
art, glamour, parties and business meet at the Berlinale. Campus.
Artists from around the world are attracted to Berlin and
The Italian-American
many consider Berlin the unofficial capital of German
actress and director
film. It is home to a rich cinema scene and a diverse,
Isabella Rossellini will
discerning public. For two weeks every year, Berlin is
be the President of the
totally enraptured by the Berlinale.
Jury for the 61st Berlin
In Berlinale 2010, 403 films including 124 short films International Film
were featured in the public programme and there was a Festival. Isabella
total of 955 public screenings. Rossellini is one of the
In 2010, Isabelle Adjani, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pierce most renowned
Brosnan, Gérard Depardieu, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martina actresses in
Gedeck, Ewan McGregor, Sibel Kekilli, Shah Rukh Khan, international cinema.
Isabella Rossellini
Ben Kingsley, Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Julianne Moore, Rafi Over the past years, she

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 Coverstory
has also become a distinguished producer and director.
She played in films by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani,
Norman Mailer, Robert Zemeckis, Joel Schumacher,
John Schlesinger, Peter Weir, Abel Ferrara, Stanley Tucci,
Guy Maddin, Peter Greenaway and many others. She
acquired international fame above all for her
performance in David Lynch's films Blue Velvet (1986)
and Wild at Heart (1990).
The Retrospective of the 61st Berlin International Film
Festival will honour Swedish director Ingmar Bergman,
who died in 2007. The cinematic oeuvre of this legendary
filmmaker includes more than 60 works. Films such as
The Silence (Tystnaden, 1962/63), Scenes from a
Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap, 1972/73) and Fanny
and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander, 1981/82 - which
took home four Oscars) brought him international fame.
The Retrospective will present all of Bergman's own films
for the screen as well as a sample of his works as a
screenwriter. In addition it will present the
documentaries made by Swedish filmmaker and
Bergman-connoisseur Stig Björkman, who portrayed
Bergman both in front of and behind the camera.
From the Organizer's desk…
"There is a promising and talented new generation of film
makers as well as actors that is coming up. The winner
lists of the last Berlinale years are showing that there are
many interesting newcomers in both International and
the German Speaking
Cinemas. The Festival
is always very
interested in young
talents and we find it
very important to
support the new film
generation. In 2003,
the Berlinale has
founded the new
initiative Berlinale
Talent Campus where
the festival brings
together young talents
and experienced
Dieter Kosslick professionals."
- Dieter Kosslick,
Director Berlin International Film Festival
After completing Master's degree in Communication,
Politics and education from Munich Dieter Kosslick, he
worked as a speechwriter and office administrator for the
First Mayor Hans Ulrich Klose and later on as a
journalist for the magazine "Konkret". In 1983, he
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became involved in film funding, firstly as managing
director of Hamburg's cultural film fund. In 1986, he
founded the European Low Budget Forum with the
cinema "Kino auf der Alster". In 1988, he was a co-
founder of EFDO (European Film Distribution Office)
and became the president of this European organization,
a post he held until EFDO's dissolution in 1996. In July
2000, the Land of Berlin and the Federal Government of
Germany appointed him director of Germanys
prestigious Berlin International Film Festival in 2001.
Dieter Kosslick took up his new position in the capital as
head of the Berlinale on May 1, 2001.
"With the EFM we want to provide a place for people to
meet - to talk, to exchange thoughts, develop ideas and
speak frankly with each other about their plans and
projects. We believe the stability of the EFM stems from
"With the EFM we want to provide
a place for people to meet - to talk,
to exchange thoughts, develop
ideas and speak frankly with each
other about their plans and
projects. We believe the stability
of the EFM stems from our
responding with great flexibility to
current developments."
- Beki Probst, Director European Film Market
our responding with
great flexibility to
current developments."
- Beki Probst, Director
European Film Market
After completing her
studies in law and
journalism, Beki Probst
joined the daily
newspaper "Tercuman"
and later on the weekly
newspaper "Hayat". In
1960, Beki Probst
moved to Switzerland
where she organized Beki Probst
several cultural
 Coverstory

projects. She then became manager of the Probst- The record of 2010 European Film Market says that
Kinobetriebe. Her commitment to film and cinema soon there was a total amount of 6450 film industry
led her to extend her activities to Europe and beyond. participants;1014 screenings and 419 exhibitors.
From 1981 to 1988, Beki Probst was the Berlin This year the European Film Market offers again many
International Film Festival's delegate for Turkey and
Greece. In 1985, she organized a tradeshow for the
Locarno International Film Festival. She also served on
Locarno's Selection Board until 1995. In 1988, Beki
Probst became director of the "Film Fair" of the Berlin
International Film Festival. She renamed the section
"Film Fair" into European Film Market. Under her
management the European Film Market was established
as one of the biggest and most important international
film fairs.
"A famous actor or actress can of course promote the
distribution of a film, but there are more criteria
contributing to a film's success than a well known cast.
Most important is probably a good story. "
- Catherine Buresi, Co-Director European Film Market
Catherine Buresi has been working in the international
media and film industry for almost 20 years. Since 2005
she has worked as an independent expert for different
institutions and film festivals. As team leader of the
"Euromed Audiovisual" programme from 2006 to 2008,
she was responsible for developing the partnership
between Europe and Mediterranean countries (Algeria,
Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Palestinian
Territories, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey). In addition she has
operated as "matchmaker" and programme consultant for
the Berlinale Co-Production Market, the Producers
Network at the Marché du Film in Cannes and for the
Dubai Film Connection.

From Film Fair 1978 to Oliver Möst © Berlinale/EFM 2010

European Film Market 2011…

The European Film Market, launched in 1978 as the
business component of the Berlin International Film
Festival, has meanwhile become one of the top three film
markets in the world. Strongly positioned as the first
market event of the year, the EFM serves as kick-off and
barometer for the upcoming year in film. Over the years,
the Market has enjoyed steady growth, especially in 2006,
when the EFM moved to its current home in the Martin-
Gropius-Bau. Due to the high demand in exhibition
space, an official second location has been launched in
the deluxe Marriott Hotel at Potsdamer Platz.
The number of films that register every year is rather
stable in European Film Market. This year there are
around 675 films registered for screening while last year
the number was 666.
initiatives and cooperation to make the event more
valuable for buyers, exhibitors and participants and give
them additional networking and business opportunities
The EFM operates in close proximity with the Festival.
The initiatives and innovations of the Berlinale are
reflected in the Market - and vice versa. A significant
platform is the Berlinale Co-Production Market (February
13-15, 2011) organized as a forum for bringing together
producers and financiers to create partnerships for
selected projects.
The Market's own initiatives include the documentary
networking platform Meet the Docs, which premiered
successfully in 2009 as a service to its documentary
attendees, in collaboration with the European
Documentary Network (EDN).

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 Spotlight
Top 30 Promising Movies Of 2011
YOUR HIGHNESS
Cast: Danny McBride, Zooey
Deschanel and James Franco
Director: David Gordon Green
Writers: Danny McBride, Ben Best
Production Co: Universal Pictures,
Stuber Productions
Country: USA
World wide Release: 08-04-2011
Storyline: Throughout history,
tales of chivalry have burnished
the legends of brave, handsome
knights who rescue fair damsels,
slay dragons and conquer evil. But
behind many a hero is a good-for-nothing younger brother trying
just to stay out of the way of those dragons, evil and trouble in
general. Danny McBride and James Franco team up for an epic
comedy adventure set in a fantastical world-Your Highness. As two
princes on a daring mission to save their land, they must rescue the
heir apparent's fiancée before their kingdom is destroyed.
Thadeous (McBride) has spent his life watching his perfect older
brother Fabious (Franco) embark upon valiant journeys and win the
hearts of his people. Tired of being passed over for adventure,
adoration and the throne, he's settled for a life of wizard's weed,
hard booze and easy maidens.
THE HANGOVER
PART II
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis
and Ed Helms
Director: Todd Phillips
Writer: Scot Armstrong (screenplay),
Craig Mazin (screenplay)
Production Co: Green Hat Films,
Legendary Pictures
Distributor(s): Warner Bros. Pictures
Film Genre(s): Comedy
Country: United States
Release Date: 2011-05-26 -
Wide Release
Storyline: Scripted by Phillips and
Scot Armstrong, the sequel is
headed to Thailand - reuniting Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Justin
Bartha and Zach Galifianakis as a group of friends who find
themselves getting into even more outrageous trouble in Asia.
PIRATES OF THE
CARIBBEAN:
ON STRANGER TIDES
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penélope
Cruz and Ian McShane
Director: Rob Marshall
Writers: Ted Elliott (screenplay),
Terry Rossio (screenplay)
Distributor(s): Walt Disney Pictures
Film Genre(s): Comedy, Adventure
Country: United States
Release Date: 2011-05-20 - Wide Release
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EVEN THE RAIN
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Luis Tosar
and Karra Elejalde
Director: Icíar Bollaín
Writer: Paul Laverty
Production Co: Morena Films
Distributor(s): Vitagraph Films
Film Genre(s): Drama
Country: Spain
Release Date: 2011-02-18
Storyline: Written by Paul Laverty,
this tells the story of Sebastian and
Costa, director and producer, who
are determined to make a film and
upturn the entire conservative
myth of Western Civilisation's arrival in the Americas as a force for
good. Even the Rain (También la lluvia) sets up an intriguing
dialogue about Spanish imperialism through incidents taking place
some 500 years apart, while examining the personal belief systems
of the members of a film crew headed by director Sebastian
(Bernal) and his producer Costa (Luis Tosar) who arrive in Bolivia
to make a revisionist film about the conquest of Latin America. Set
in February and March of 2000 when real-life protests against the
privatization of water rocked the nation, the film reflexively blurs
the line between fiction and reality.
RED RIDING HOOD
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Lukas Haas
and Gary Oldman
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Writer: David Johnson
Production Co: Appian Way, Random
Films, Warner Bros.
Distributor(s): Warner Bros. Pictures
Film Genre(s): Horror, Thriller
Country: United States
Release Date: 2011-03-11 -
Wide Release
Storyline: Written by David
Johnson, this is a gothic retelling
of the Little Red Riding Hood
story, with a teenage love triangle
at its center. Seyfried will play a
woman in a medieval village being terrorized by a werewolf.
Fernandez plays Peter, an orphaned woodcutter for whom Seyfried
falls, much to the displeasure of her family. Irons will play Henri,
the son of a blacksmith who, through an arrangement, is to marry
Seyfried's character. Christie would play Seyfried's grandmother,
whose favorite pastime is knitting -- with a pair of silver needles.
Oldman would play Father Soloman, a man whose title is the
Witchfinder General and whose job is to find and kill the werewolf.
Storyline: Johnny Depp returns to his iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow
in an action-packed tale of truth, betrayal, youth and demise. When Jack
crosses paths with a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz), he's not sure if
it's love- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled
Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge,
the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds
himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear
more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past. The international cast
includes franchise vets Geoffrey Rush as the vengeful Captain Hector
Barbossa, and Kevin R. McNally as Captain Jack's longtime comrade
Joshamee Gibbs, plus Sam Clafl in as a stalwart missionary and Astrid
Berges-Frisbey as a mysterious mermaid.

Top 30 Promising Movies Of 2011
HARRY POTTER
AND THE DEADLY
HALLOWS- PART II
Director: David Yates
Writers: Steve Kloves (screenplay),
J.K. Rowling (novel)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson
and Rupert Grint
Distributor(s): Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Heyday Films,
Warner Bros. Pictures
Film Genre(s): Family, Adventure
Country: United States
Release Date: 2011-07-15 - Wide Release
Storyline: The end begins as
Harry, Ron and Hermione go back
to Hogwarts to find and destroy Voldemort’s final horcruxes, but
when Voldemort finds out about their mission, the biggest battle
begins and life as they know it will never be the same again.
DAM999
Cast: Joshua Fredric Smith,
Jaala Pickering, Ashish Vidyarthi,
Rajit Kapur, Vinay Rai,
Vimala Raman, Linda Arsenio,
Jineet Rath, Megha Burman
Director/ Writer: Sohan Roy
Production Company: BizTV Network
Distributor: Rights available.
Country: United Arab Emirates
Language: English
Release date: 2011
Storyline: The story revolves around 9 characters based on 9
human emotions or 'Navarasa'. Two mariners return home
unaware of the corrupt politics behind an outdated dam in their
hometown. While a family reunites on one side, the dark mystery
behind the obsolete dam unwinds on the other. To worsen the
scenario the corrupt politician among the 9 characters, blinded by
greed, builds a new dam threatening the survival of millions. The
movie recreates the worlds worst made disaster giving rise to the
question of survival.
SUCKERPUNCH
Cast: Emily Browning, Vanessa
Hudgens and Abbie Cornish
Director: Zack Snyder
Writers: Zack Snyder (screenplay),
Steve Shibuya (screenplay)
Production Co: Cruel & Unusual Films,
Legendary Pictures, Lennox House Films
Distributor(s): Warner Bros. Pictures
Film Genre(s): Action
Country: United States
Release Date: 2011-03-25 - Wide Release
Storyline: Set in the 1950's, "Punch" follows a girl who is confined to a mental institution by her evil stepfather,
who intends to have her lobotomized in five days. While there, she imagines an alternative reality to hide her from
the pain, and in that world, she begins planning her escape, needing to steal five objects to help get her out before
she is deflowered by a vile man.
Spotlight
THOR
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Anthony
Hopkins and Natalie Portman
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Writers: Ashley Miller (screenplay),
Zack Stentz (screenplay), and 6 more credits
Production Co: Marvel Studios
Release Date: 29 April 2011
Storyline: The powerful but
arrogant warrior Thor is cast out
of the fantastic realm of Asgard
and sent to live amongst humans
on Earth, where he soon becomes
one of their finest defenders.
THE TWILIGHT SAGA:
BREAKING DAWN PART 1
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson
and Taylor Lautner
Director: Bill Condon
Writers: Stephenie Meyer (novel),
Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay)
Production Co: Imprint Entertainment,
Summit Entertainment, Total Entertainment
Distributor(s): Summit Entertainment
Film Genre(s): Drama Romance, Thriller, Fantasy
Country: United States
Release Date: 2011-11-18 - Wide Release
Storyline: The Quileute and the
Volturi close in on expecting
parents Edward and Bella, whose
unborn child poses different threats to the wolf pack and vampire
coven.
KUNG FU PANDA 2
Cast: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie and Jackie Chan
Director: Jennifer Yuh
Writers: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
Production Co: DreamWorks Animation
Distributor(s): Paramount Pictures
Film Genre(s): Comedy, Animation, Family
Country: United States
Release Date: 2011-05-27 - Wide Release
Storyline: Po is now living his
dream as The Dragon Warrior,
protecting the Valley of Peace
alongside his friends and fellow
kung fu masters, The Furious Five -
Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and
Monkey. But Po's awesome new life
is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to
use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy
kung fu. It is up to Po and The Furious Five to journey across China
to face this threat and vanquish it. But how can Po stop a weapon that
can stop kung fu? He must look to his past and uncover the secrets of
his mysterious origins; only then will he be able to unlock the
strength he needs to succeed.
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 Spotlight
Top 30 Promising Movies Of 2011
CARS 2
Cast: Owen Wilson, Michael Caine
and Emily Mortimer
Directors: John Lasseter, Brad Lewis
Production Co: Pixar Animation Studios,
Walt Disney Pictures
Distributor(s): Walt Disney Pictures
Film Genre(s): Animation, Family Comedy
Country: United States
Release Date: 2011-06-24 - Wide Release
Storyline: Star racecar Lightning
McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson)
and the incomparable tow truck
Mater (voice of Larry the Cable Guy)
take their friendship to exciting new
places in "Cars 2" when they head
overseas to compete in the first ever World Grand Prix to determine
the world's fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with
plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets
caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own international
espionage. Mater finds himself torn between assisting Lightning
McQueen in the high profile race and towing the line in a top secret
mission orchestrated by master British super spy Finn McMissile
(voice of Michael Caine) and the stunning spy in training Holley
Shiftwell (voice of Emily Mortimer). Mater's action packed journey
leads him on an explosive chase through the streets of Japan and
Europe, trailed by his friends and watched by the whole world.
HUGO CABRET
Cast: Chloe Moretz, Jude Law and
Emily Mortimer
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: John Logan (screenplay),Brian Selznick
Production Co: GK Films, Infinitum Nihil,
Warner Bros
Distributor(s): Columbia Pictures
Film Genre(s): Family, Mystery, Fantasy, 3D
Country: United States
Release Date: 2011-12-09
Storyline: Written by John Logan
and based on Brian Selznick's
captivating and imaginative New
Yo r k Ti m e s b e s t s e l l e r " T h e
Invention of Hugo Cabret." "Hugo
Cabret," Scorsese's first film shot in 3D, tells the tale of an orphan
boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. When Hugo
encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold,
reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a magical,
mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy.
IRONCLAD
Cast: James Purefoy, Paul Giamatti, Brian Cox,
Kate Mara, Charles Dance
Director/Writer: Jonathan English
Producers: Jonathan English, Rick Benattar
and Andrew J Curtis
Production Company: Mythic International
Entertainment
Distributor: Rights available
Country: USA/UK
Language: English
Release date: 2011
Storyline: Follows the siege of
Rochester Castle in 1215 when the
despised King John reneged on his
signing of the Magna Carta and led a
mercenary army to force the rebel
barons of England to come back under his tyrannical rule.
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FINAL DESTINATION 5
Cast: Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma
Bell and Arlen Escarpeta
Director: Steven Quale
Writers: Eric Heisserer, Gary Dauberman
Production Co: Jellystone Films,
New Line Cinema
Distributor(s): New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.)
Film Genre(s): Horror, 3D
Country: United States
Release Date: 2011-08-26 - Wide Release
Storyline: Scripted by Eric
Heisserer, a group of co-workers on
a corporate retreat escape the
collapse of a suspension bridge
because of a fellow worker's
premonition of the disaster,and then are hunted by an invisible force
that seems to be Death itself, coming to collect its due. Koechner is
playing a clueless executive while D'Agosto, is playing a guy who
doesn't make fast decisions in his own life. Byrne plays an obnoxious
kleptomaniac, and Wroe plays the daughter of a company executive, a
woman with gymnast training who is a little snobby and for whom
everything is a contest.Tony Todd will also be back as Mr. Bludworth.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3
Director: TODD WILLIAMS
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Film Genre(s): Horror
Country: United States
Release Date: 2011-10-21
S t o r y l i n e : PA R A N O R M A L
ACTIVITY 3, shows the arrest of
Katie and then follows security
footage of the crazy things that go on
in a women's prison with a demon
on the loose to torment several cells
worth of incarcerated women. Of
course this idea seems to have the
most potential for unintentional
laughs and loads of irrational
women scared to death and
screaming simultaneously, which could really spell death for the
series.
TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT
Cast: Topher Grace, Anna Faris and Dan Fogler
Director: Michael Dowse
Writers: Jackie Filgo (screenplay),
Jeff Filgo (screenplay), and 2 more credits "
Distributor(s): Relativity Media
Production Co: Imagine Entertainment,
Internationale Filmproduktion Blackbird Dritte
Film Genre(s): Coming-of-Age, Dramedy
Country: United States
Release Date: 2011-03-04 - Limited Release
Storyline: It's the late 1980s, when
Wall Street is riding high, and it seems
as if the entire country is cashing in
on the bumper profits. Disgusted
with the materialism that surrounds
him, Matt Franklin, a brilliant young MIT graduate, has walked out
on his well-paid position at a local lab and taken a low-level job as a
video clerk, much to his father Bill's consternation. And the crises
keep piling up in Matt's life. His best buddy Barry has just gotten fired
from his job, his brainy sister Wendy is getting hitched to her vapid
boyfriend Kyle, and the gorgeous Tori Frederking, long-time object of
Matt's unattainable adoration, is suddenly back in the picture. Now,
on one wild, woolly and irresponsible evening, everything is coming
to a head, with explosive results.

Top 30 Promising Movies Of 2011
INSIDIOUS
Cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne,
Barbara Hershey, Ty Simpkins, Andrew Astor
Director: James Wan
Writer: Leigh Whannell
Producers: Jason Blum,
Oren Peli and Steven Schneider
Production Company: Blumhouse Productions
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Country: USA
Language: English
Release date: 2011
Storyline: A young family
discovers that the body of their
comatose boy has become a
magnet for malevolent entities,
while the boy's mind is trapped in
a dark and insidious realm known as The Further.
THE DESCENDANTS
Cast: George Clooney, Judy Greer, Beau Bridges,
Matthew Lillard, Robert Forster
Director: Alexander Payne
Based on the Kaui Hart Hemmings novel
Writers: Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Producers: Payne, Jim Burke, Jim Taylor
Production Company: Ad Hominem Enterprises
Distributor: Fox Searchlight.
Country: USA
Language: English
Release date: 2011
Storyline: Set in Hawaii, the
unconventional family drama tells
the story of a newly widowed father,
the descendant of landowners and
one of the richest men on Oahu, who
takes off with his two rebellious daughters to track down his wife's
lover on the island of Kauai.
JANE EYRE
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Mia Wasikowska,
Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins
Director: Cary Fukunaga
Writers: Charlotte Bronte and Moira Buffini
Producers: Alison Owen and Paul Trijbits
Production Company: Focus Features
Distributor: Focus Features
Country: USA
Language: English
Release date: 11th March 2011
Storyline: After a loveless and often
abusive upbringing, orphan Jane
Eyre becomes a governess at
Thornfield Hall, the manor of the
moody and wilful Edward
Rochester. As a romance blooms, mysterious and sinister events
threaten to uncover the dark truth about her employer.
THE MOTH DIARIES
Cast: Lily Cole, Sarah Bolger,
Sarah Gadon and Scott Speedman
Director: Mary Harron
Writer (novel): Rachel Klein
Producers: Sandra Cunningham and Karine Martin
Production Company: Edward R. Pressman Film/
Mediabiz International/ Samson Films/ Strada Films
Distributor: Rights Available.
Genre: Horror
Country: USA Language: English Release date: 2011
Spotlight
TREE OF LIFE
Cast: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Fiona Shaw,
Joanna Going and Jessica Chastain
Director/Writer: Terrence Malick
Producers: Dede Gardner, Sarah Green,
Grant Hill and William Pohlad
Production Company: Cottonwood Pictures/
Plan B Entertainment/ River Road Entertainment
Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Country: USA
Language: English
Release date: Cannes 2011
Storyline: Jack is the eldest son of a
family set in the 1950s. The story
travels through the innocence of
childhood to his disillusioned adult
years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his
father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking
answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the
existence of faith.
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
Cast: Emma Watson, Michelle Williams,
Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Eddie Redmayne,
Dougray Scott, Julia Ormond and Dominic Cooper
Director: Simon Curtis
Producers: David Parfitt
Production Company: The Weinstein Company/
UK Film Council/BBC Films/Trademark Films
Distributor: The Weinstein Co.
Country: UK
Language: English
Release date: November, 2011
Storyline: Colin Clark, an employee
of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents
the tense interaction between Olivier
and Marilyn Monroe during
production of The Prince and the Showgirl.
JACK AND JILL
Cast: Adam Sandler, Al Pacino, Katie Holmes,
Dana Carvey, Regis Philbin
Director: Dennis Dugan
Writers: Steve Koren, Robert Smigel and Ben Zook
Producers: Todd Garner, Jack Giarraputo,
Adam Sandler and Bettina Sofia Viviano
Production Company: Broken Road Productions
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Country: USA
Language: English
Release date: 11th November 2011
Storyline: Written by Ben Zook, this
is about a family man by the name of
Jack who is having to deal with his
twin sister, Jill, when she visits for
Thanksgiving then won't leave.Sandler will play Jack as well as twin
sister Jill, while Holmes would play Sandler's wife; Pacino is set to
play himself.
Storyline: Rebecca, s sixteen year-old girl, at her boarding school,
records her most intimate thoughts in a diary. The object of her
growing obsession is her roommate, Lucy Blake, and Lucy's
friendship with their new and disturbing classmate, Ernessa. Dark
rumors, suspicions, and secrets as well as a series of ominous
disasters swirl around Ernessa. Rebecca realizes Lucy isn't Lucy
anymore.
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Top 30 Promising Movies Of 2011

LOVE AND BRUISES
Cast: Tahar Rahim, Jalil Lespert, Lika Minamoto,
Sifan Shao and Corinne Yam
Director: Lou Ye
Writers: Catherine Paille and Liu Jie Falin
Producers: Kristina Larsen and Vincent Maraval
Production Company: Why Not Films and SANCTUM
Dream Factory
Cast: Rhys Wakefield, Allison Cratchley
Distributor: Rights Available.
and Christopher Baker
Country: France
Director: Alister Grierson
Language: English
Writer: John Garvin, Andrew Wight
Release date: 2011
Distributor: Rogue Pictures
Production Co: Sanctum Australia,
Storyline: Mathieu says, if she
LOVE AND were a prostitute, for sure Flower
Great Wight Productions/ Osford Films
Country: United States
BRUISES would make a lot of money. He says Release Date: 2011-02-04 - Wide Release
she's a born bitch. Any profession
other than a prostitute would indeed be a waste of her gifts. Maybe
Storyline: Co-written by James Cameron and John Garvin, this
he's had few numerable women in his life, even though he boasts
revolves around a deep-sea diving team headed by a father and son.
himself a veteran of love affairs; or maybe he just says it as a
When the team heads to uncharted depths, a life-threatening crisis
compliment to her, even though his flattering always goes too far, but
occurs.
no matter how, she can never be a prostitute.

The MUPPETS
Cast: Amy Adams, Jason Segel and Emily Blunt
Director: James Bobin
TRANSFORMERS 3
Writers: Jim Henson , Jason Segel Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-
Distributor(s): Walt Disney Pictures Whiteley and Tyrese Gibson
Production Co: Mandeville Films, Director: Michael Bay
Muppets Studio, Walt Disney Pictures Writer: Ehren Kruger
Film Genre(s): Comedy, Family Distributor(s): DreamWorks Pictures
Country: United States Film Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Action
Release Date: 2011-11-23 - Wide Release Country: United States
Release Date: 2011-07-01 - Wide Release
Storyline: Scripted by Jason Segel
and Nicholas Stoller, this is based Storyline: S c r i p t e d b y E h r e n
on a Jim Henson idea originally Kruger, this is part three of the
titled The Cheapest Muppet Movie series.
Ever Made. On vacation in Los
Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest
Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy
Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman
Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for
the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the GHOST PROTOCOL
$10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner
Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: and Simon Pegg
Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Director: Brad Bird
Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Writers: J.J. Abrams (story),
Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Josh Appelbaum (screenplay)
Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate. Distributor(s): Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Bad Robot,
Paramount Pictures, Skydance Productions
Film Genre(s): Action, Adventure
Country: United States
Release Date: 2011-12-16

Storyline: In this version, Ethan

SMURFS
Cast: Hank Azaria, Katy Perry
and Jonathan Winters
Director: Raja Gosnell
Writers: Peyo (characters),
J. David Stem (screenplay),
and 1 more credit "
Production Co: Columbia Pictures,
Kerner Entertainment Company,
Sony Pictures Animation
Distributor(s): Columbia Pictures
Film Genre(s): Animation, 3D
Country: United States
Release Date: 2011-08-03 - Wide Release
Hunt is less front-and-center role,
as some kind of mentor to the new
M:I crew.
Storyline: Scripted by J. David Stem, David N. Weiss and Audrey Wells,
this is based on the 1958 creation by Belgian cartoonist Pierre Culliford,
known throughout the world as Peyo. The Smurfs, originally called "Les
Schtroumpfs" in French, were created for a Belgian series of comic books,
first as minor characters. The villagers, known for their blue skin and
small statures, spawned a line of statuettes, games, toys, theme parks
and a hit TV series, which ran as part of NBC's Saturday-morning lineup
from 1981-90.

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Pick Your Brains…
1 Which veteran Hollywood actor
with the middle name "Maitland",
and veteran of World War II and
Vietnam war was the first recipient
of the honorary awards at the Berlin
int film festival in the year 1982.
2 Name the Alfred Hitchcock
movie, where the character
"Norman Bates" is a serial killer.
3 Which actor refused his Best
Actor Golden Globe award in the
year 1973 to protest U.S.
"imperialism and racism". He also
refused his Oscar statuette that
year.
4 Which famous studio's official
motto is "Ars Gratia Artis", which in
Latin means "Art for art's sake".
5 Founded by Adolf Zukor, what
will you come across at 5555
Melrose Avenue in Hollywood
6 Who produced, wrote the
screenplay and directed "A
CLOCKWORK ORANGE".
7 Which film festival held every
year in month of march at Austin,
Texas has the website
www.sxsw.com
8 Which company is handling the
sales of the forthcoming attraction
and medieval action thriller
IRONCLAD which features Paul
Giamatti ,James Purefoy and Brian
Cox.
9 How was "Norma Jean Baker "
better know in her public life ?
10 Which event was retold in the
movie, "a night to remember "?
11 Which company's website would
appear if you type www.thr.com
12 Identify the person in the
Photograph given below
Answers
Hollywood Reporter 12. Charlie Chaplin
Marilyn Monroe 10. Sinking of Titanic 11. The
Southwest 8. Content Film International 9.
Pictures 6. Stanley Kubrick 7. South by
4. MGM_Metro Goldwyn Mayer 5. Paramount
1.James Stewart 2. Psycho 3. Marlon Brando
Filmosphere
BRANDS AND MOVIES
(a) The featuring of this product
in the 1952 movie, Roman
holiday starring Audrey Hepburn
and Gregory Peck's resulted in
more than 100,000 plus sales.
Which product are we talking
about?
(b) The makers of ET
approached "Mars inc" with a
request to feature its "M & M"
candies in the movie. But Mars
inc rejected the offer, stating the
fact that it didnt think the film
would be successful and also
thought that the idea of an extra
terrestrial living having their
candies would create a negative
impact.Mars inc loss was another
brand's gain. Can you name the
brand whose business soared
after being featured in the movie.
(c) Already famous "hermes
scraf" was made more popular in
which movie, where the lead
actress used in a famous scene to
tie down Michael Douglas. Which
movie are we talking about?
(d) Which two brands were
blatantly promoted in the movie
Mac and Me, which made the NY
times describe the movie as 90
minute TV commercial?
Answers
and Coca Cola.
Pieces (c) Basic Instinct (d) Mac Donald's
(a) Vespa Scooters (b) Hershey's Reece's
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WORLD FILM F E S T I VA L S 2011

FILM FESTIVAL COUNTRY FROM TO WEBSITE
JANUARY
Palm Springs International Film Festival USA 06-Jan-11 17-Jan-11 www.psfilmfest.org
JANUARY

Festivus Film Festival USA 13-Jan-11 16-Jan-11 www.festivusfilmfestival.com

Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival USA 14-Jan-11 16-Jan-11 www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org
Sundance Film Festival USA 20-Jan-11 30-Jan-11 www.sundance.org
Slamdance International Film Festival USA 21-Jan-11 27-Jan-11 www.slamdance.com
International Film Festival Rotterdam Netherlands 26-Jan-11 06-Feb-11 www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com
Santa Barbara International Film Festival USA 27-Jan-11 06-Feb-11 www.sbfilmfestival.org
FEBRUARY
Asian Festival of 1st Films Singapore 01-Feb-11 07-Feb-11 www.asianfirstfilms.com
Spokane International Film Festival USA 03-Feb-11 13-Feb-11 www.spokanefilmfestival.org
Fajr International Film Festival Iran 05-Feb-11 15-Feb-10 www.fajrfestival.ir
FEBRUARY

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival USA 08-Feb-11 27-Feb-11 www.ajff.org

Berlin International Film Festival Germany 10-Feb-11 20-Feb-11 www.berlinale.de
Movie Extra Tropfest Australia 11-Feb-11 13-Feb-11 www.tropfest.com/au
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival Ireland 17-Feb-11 27-Feb-11 www.jdiff.com
Adelaide Film Festival Australia 24-Feb-11 6-Mar-11 www.adelaidefilmfestival.org
Cartagena International Film Festival Colombia 24-Feb-11 3-Mar-11 www.festicinecartagena.org
Boomtown Film and Music Festival USA 25 - Feb-11 26-Feb-11 www.boomtownfestival.com
Fantasporto - Oporto International Film Festival Portugal 25-Feb-11 05-Mar-11 www.fantasporto.com
Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 26-Feb-11 05-Mar-11 www.fespaco.bf
MARCH
Byron Bay International Film Festival Australia 04-Mar-11 13-Mar-11 www.bbff.com.au
Birds Eye View Film Festival UK 08-Mar-11 17-Mar-11 www.birds-eye-view.co.uk
San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival USA 10-Mar-11 20-Mar-11 www.festival.asianamericanmedia.org
MARCH

SXSW USA 11-Mar-11 20-Mar-11 www.sxsw.com

Vilnius International Film Festival 'Kino Pavasaris' Lithuania 17-Mar-11 31-Mar-11 www.kinopavasaris.lt
Hong Kong International Film Festival Hong Kong 20-Mar-11 05-Apr-11 www.hkiff.org.hk
Diagonale. Festival of Austrian Film Austria 22-Mar-11 27-Mar-11 www.goshort.nl
Cleveland International Film Festival USA 24-Mar-11 03-Apr-11 www.clevelandfilm.org
LA Film + Music Weekend USA 25-Mar-11 27-Mar-11 www.lafilmweekend.com
Guadalajara International Film Festival Mexico 25-Mar-11 01-Apr-11 www.guadalajaracinemafest.com
APRIL
Faux Film Festival USA 01-Apr-11 03-Apr-11 www.fauxfilm.com
Istanbul International Film Festival Turkey 02-Apr-11 17-Apr-11 www.iksv.org
Sonoma Valley Film Festival USA 06-Apr-11 10-Apr-11 www.sonomafilmfest.org
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Films Argentina 06-Apr-11 17-Apr-11 www.bafici.gov.ar
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film Belgium 07-Apr-11 19-Apr-11 www.bifff.org
Florida Film Festival USA 08-Apr-11 17-Apr-11 www.floridafilmfestival.com
WorldFest - Houston International Film and Video Festival USA 08-Apr-11 17-Apr-11 www.worldfest.org
RiverRun International Film Festival USA 08-Apr-11 17-Apr-11 www.riverrunfilm.com
APRIL

Sunscreen Film Festival USA 13-Apr-11 17-Apr-11 www.sunscreenfilmfestival.com

Indie Spirit Film Festival USA 14-Apr-11 17-Apr-11 www.indiespiritfilmfestival.org
Nashville Film Festival USA 14-Apr-11 21-Apr-11 www.nashvillefilmfestival.org
Singapore International Film Festival Singapore 15-Apr-11 24-Apr-11 www.filmfest.org.sg
Copenhagen International Film Festival Denmark 15-Apr-11 25-Apr-11 www.copenhagenfilmfestival.com
Ivy Film Festival USA 18-Apr-11 22-Apr-11 www.ivyfilmfestival.com
Tribeca Film Festival USA 20-Apr-11 01-May-11 www.tribecafilmfestival.org
San Francisco International Film Festival USA 21-Apr-11 05-May-11 fest10.sffs.org
Newport Beach Film Festival USA 28-Apr-11 05-May-11 www.newportbeachfilmfest.com
Los Angeles United Film Festival USA 28-Apr-11 05-Apr-11 www.theunitedfest.com/losangeles
Sensoria UK 29-Apr-11 08-May-11 www.2011.sensoria.org.uk
MAY
Marfa Film Festival USA 05-May-11 09-May-11 www.marfafilmfestival.org
Santa Cruz Film Festival USA 05-May-11 14-May-11 www.santacruzfilmfestival.org
MAY

Cannes International Film Festival France 11-May-11 22-May-11 www.festival-cannes.com

Ohio Independent Film Festival USA 18-May-11 22-May-11 www.ohiofilms.com
Charleston International Film Festival USA 18-May-11 22-May-11 www.charlestoniff.com
Accolade Competition USA 20-May-11 22-May-11 www.accoladecompetition.org
The Indie Fest USA 20-May-11 22-May-11 www.theindiefest.com

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WORLD FILM F E S T I VA L S 2011

FILM FESTIVAL COUNTRY FROM TO WEBSITE

Amsterdam Film Festival USA 31-May-11 01-Jun-11 www.amsterdamfilmfestival.com

JUNE
Kimera International Film Festival Italy 01-Jun-11 04-Jun-11 www.kimerafilmfestival.it
Transilvania International Film Festival Romania 15-Jun-11 19-Jun-11 www.tiff.ro
Festroia International Film Festival Portugal 03-Jun-11 12-Jun-11 www.festroia.pt
Sydney Film Festival Australia 08-Jun-11 19-Jun-10 www.sydneyfilmfestival.org
San Francisco United Film Festival USA 10-Jun-11 16-Jun-11 www.theunitedfest.com/sanfrancisco
JUNE

Shanghai International Film Festival China 10-Jun-10 19-Jun-11 www.siff.com

Los Angeles Greek Film Festival USA 09-Jun-11 12-Jun-11 www.lagff.org
Edinburgh International Film Festival UK 15-Jun-11 26-Jan-11 www.edfilmfest.org.uk
Moscow International Film Festival Russia 17-Jun-11 26-Jun-11 www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/eng
Spectre Film Festival France 18-Jun-11 22-Jun-11 www.spectrefilm.com
San Antonio Film Festival USA 22-Jun-11 26-Jun-11 www.safilm.com
Festival Film Merveilleux France 30-Jun-11 02-Jul-11 www.festival-film-merveilleux.com
JULY
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Czech Republic 01-Jul-11 09-Jul-11 www.kviff.com
Jerusalem International Film Festival Israel 08-Jul-11 17-Jul-11 www.jff.org.il
Fantasia Festival Canada 08-Jul-11 27-Jul-11 www.fantasiafest.com
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival Korea 15-Jul-11 25-Jul-11 www.pifan.com
Indianapolis International Film Festival USA 15-Jul-11 25-Oct-11 www.indyfilmfest.org
DaVinci Film Festival USA 15-Jul-11 17-Jul-11 www.davincidays.org
Giffoni International Film Festival Italy 12-Jul-11 21-Jul-11 www.giffoniff.it
J U LY

Comic-Con Film Festival USA 21-Jul-11 24-Jul-11 www.comic-con.org

Durban International Film Festival South Africa 21-Jul-11 31-Jul-11 www.cca.ukzn.ac.za/Durban_International_
Film_Festival.htm
Sarajevo Film Festival Bosnia and
Herzegovina 22-Jul-11 30-Jul-11 www.sff.ba
Melbourne International Film Festival Australia 21-Jul-11 07-Aug-11 www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au
Action On Film International Film Festival USA 22-Jul-11 30-Jul-11 www.aoffest.com
Expresión en Corto International Film Festival Mexico 22-Jul-11 31-Jul-11 www.expresionencorto.com
Tulsa United Film Festival USA 28-Jul-11 01-Aug-11 www.theunitedfest.com/tulsa
AUGUST
Locarno International Film Festival Switzerland 03-Aug-11 13-Aug-11 www.pardo.ch
Rhode Island International Film Festival USA 09-Aug-11 14-Aug-11 www.film-festival.org
AUGUST

Vancouver Queer Film Festival Canada 11-Aug-11 21-Aug-11 www.outonscreen.com

Australian Movie Convention Australia 15-Aug-11 19-Aug-11 www.movieconvention.com.au
Norwegian International Film Festival Norway 17-Aug-11 25-Aug-11 www.filmfestivalen.no
Indonesian Film Festival Inc. Australia 20-Aug-11 29-Aug-11 www.indonesianfilmfestival.com.au
Fresh Film Fest International Film Festival Czech Republic 25-Aug-11 29-Aug-10 www.freshfilmfest.net
Montreal World Film Festival Canada 27-Aug-10 07-Sep-10 www.ffm-montreal.org
Venice Film Festival Italia 31-Aug-11 10-Sep-11 www.labiennale.org/en/cinema
SEPTEMBER
Telluride Film Festival USA 03-Sep-11 05-Sep-11 www.telluridefilmfestival.org
British Urban Film Festival UK 03-Sep-11 05-Sep-11 www.buffenterprises.co.uk
Chicago United Film Festival USA 09-Sep-11 15-Sep-11 www.theunitedfest.com/chicago
Toronto International Film Festival Canada 09-Sep-11 19-Sep-11 www.tiff.net/thefestival
SEPTEMBER

Rome International Film Festival Italy 09-Sep-11 10-Sep-11 www.riff.tv

San Sebastián Film Festival Spain 17-Sep-11 25-Sep-11 www.sansebastianfestival.com
Great Lakes International Film Festival USA 22-Sep-11 29-Sep-11 www.greatlakesfilmfest.com
Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival Trinidad & Tobago 22-Sep-11 05-Oct-11 www.trinidadandtobagofilmfestival.com
Williamsburg International Film Festival USA 22-Sep-11 25-Sep-11 www.willifest.com
Edmonton International Film Festival Canada 23-Sep-11 01-Oct-11 www.edmontonfilmfest.com
DocMiami International Film Festival USA 22-Sep-11 25-Sep-11 www.docmiami.org
Friars Club Comedy Film Festival USA 23-Sep-11 26-Sep-11 www.friarsclub.com/filmfestival
Haifa International Film Festival Israel 23-Sep-11 30-Sep-11 www.haifaff.co.il
Coney Island Film Festival USA 23-Sep-11 25-Sep-11 www.coneyislandfilmfestival.com
The Palm Springs Gay and Lesbian Film Festival USA 24-Sep-11 26-Sep-11 www.cinemadiverse.ning.com

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WORLD FILM F E S T I VA L S 2011

FILM FESTIVAL COUNTRY FROM TO WEBSITE

New York Film Festival USA 24-Sep-11 10-Oct-11 www.filmlinc.com

SEPTEMBER

Calgary International Film Festival Canada 24-Sep-11 03-Oct-11 www.calgaryfilm.com

Vancouver Film & TV Forum Canada 27-Sep-11 30-Sep-11 www.viff.org
San Diego Film Festival USA 29-Sep-11 03-Oct-11 www.sdff.org
The Clearwater Film Festival USA 29-Sep-11 03-Oct-11 www.theclearwaterfilmfestival.com
Woodstock Film Festival USA 21-Sep-11 25-Sep-11 www.woodstockfilmfestival.com
Canberra Short Film Festival Australia 30-Sep-11 02-Oct-11 www.silversunpictures.com.au/csff
Vancouver International Film Festival Canada 30-Sep-11 15-Oct-11 www.viff.org
OCTOBER
Project Twenty1 21-Day Filmmaking Competition USA 01-Oct-11 03-Oct-11 www.ProjectTwenty1.com
Korean Film Festival in Australia KOFFIA Australia 01-Oct-11 05-Oct-11 www.koffia.com.au
Scottsdale International Film Festival USA 01-Oct-11 05-Oct-11 www.scottsdalefilmfestival.com
Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning Russia 01-Oct-11 06-Oct-11 www.festival-nachalo.ru
WildRivers 101 Film Festival USA 01-Oct-11 11-Oct-11 www.wildrivers101.com
Filmshift Festival and Screenplay Contest USA 03-Oct-11 09-Oct-11 www.filmshift.org
Artivist Film Festival USA 05-Oct-11 09-Oct-11 www.artivist.com
Blue Water Film Festival USA 06-Oct-11 09-Oct-11 www.bluewaterfilmfestival.com
Atlanta Philosophy Film Festival USA 07-Oct-11 09-Oct-11 atlantathinkfestival.org
Eugene International Film Festival USA 06-Oct-11 09-Oct-11 www.eugenefilmfest.org
DC Asian Pacific American (APA) Film Festival USA 07-Oct-11 16-Oct-11 www.apafilm.org
GSIFF International Film Festival USA 07-Oct-11 17-Oct-11 www.gsiff.com
Pusan International Film Festival South Korea 06-Oct-11 14-Oct-11 www.piff.org
Chicago International Film Festival USA 06-Oct-11 20-Oct-11 www.chicagofilmfestival.com
Hamptons International Film Festival USA 13-Oct-11 17-Oct-11 www.hamptonsfilmfest.org
Gotham Screen Film Festival & Screenplay Contest USA 07-Oct-11 17-Oct-11 www.gothamscreen.com
Mill Valley Film Festival Argentina 07-Oct-11 17-Oct-11 www.cafilm.org
Oxford International Film Festival USA 08-Oct-11 16-Oct-11 www.oxfordfilms.com
FREAK SHOW Horror Film Festival USA 07-Oct-11 09-Oct-11 www.freakshowfilmfest.com
Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival Canada 11-Oct-11 17-Oct-11 www.thaff.com
Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma des Antipodes France 11-Oct-11 17-Oct-11 www.festivaldesantipodes.org
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Canada 12-Oct-11 23-Oct-11 www.nouveaucinema.ca
OCTOBER

Syracuse International Film Festival USA 13-Oct-11 17-Oct-11 www.syrfilm.com

New York United Film Festival USA 14-Oct-11 20-Oct-11 www.theunitedfest.com/newyork
Telluride Horror Film Festival USA 14-Oct-11 16-Oct-11 www.telluridehorrorshow.com
Urban Mediamakers Film Festival USA 14-Oct-11 16-Oct-11 www.umff.com
Bel Air Film Festival USA 13-Oct-11 18-Oct-11 www.belairfilmfestival.com
Festival Internacional de Cine Valdivia Chile 14-Oct-11 19-Oct-11 www.f17.ficv.cl
Philadelphia Film Festival USA 14-Oct-11 24-Oct-11 www.filmadelphia.org
FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia TwentyTen USA 14-Oct-11 17-Oct-11 www.firstglancefilms.com
Abu Dhabi Film Festival UAE 13-Oct-11 22-Oct-11 www.abudhabifilmfestival.ae
Hawaii International Film Festival USA 14-Oct-11 24-Oct-11 www.hiff.org
Heartland Film Festival USA 13-Oct-11 22-Oct-11 www.heartlandfilmfestival.org
Jacksonville Film Festival USA 13-Oct-11 16-Oct-11 www.jacksonvillefilmfestival.com
Valdivia International Film Festival Chile 14-Oct-11 19-Oct-11 www.ficv.cl
Downbeach Film Festival USA 14-Oct-11 16-Oct-11 www.downbeachfilmfestival.org
Williamstown Film Festival USA 15-Oct-11 24-Oct-11 www.williamstownfilmfest.com
ImagineNATIVE Film Festival Canada 19-Oct-11 23-Oct-11 www.imaginenative.org
International Christian Film Festival In South Africa South Africa 15-Oct-11 17-Oct-11 www.transformingstories.org
ZedFest Film Festival & Screenplay Competition USA 15-Oct-11 23-Oct-11 www.zedfest.org
Hollywood Film Festival USA 20-Oct-11 24-Oct-11 www.hollywoodawards.com
Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival Malaysia 20-Oct-11 24-Oct-11 www.klfilmfest.com
Mumbai Film Festival India 13-Oct-11 20-Oct-11 www.mumbaifilmfest.com
Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival Austria 20-Oct-11 02-Nov-11 www.viennale.at
Africa in Motion Film Festival United Kingdom 27-Oct-11 06-Nov-11 www.africa-in-motion.org.uk
Tallgrass Film Festival USA 20-Oct-11 23-Oct-11 www.tallgrassfilmfest.com
St. John's International Women's Film Festival Canada 18-Oct-11 22-Oct-11 www.womensfilmfestival.com
Tokyo International Film Festival Japan 22-Oct-11 30-Oct-11 www.tiff-jp.net
Seattle International Film Festival USA 25-Oct-11 29-Oct-11 www.seattlefilm.org

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WORLD FILM F E S T I VA L S 2011

FILM FESTIVAL COUNTRY FROM TO WEBSITE

VIEW Fest Italy 21-Oct-11 23-Oct-11 www.viewfest.it

Chilereality Documentary Film Festival Chile 27-Oct-11 07-Nov-11 www.chilereality.cl
OCTOBER

Super Shorts International Film Festival 2010 UK 29-Oct-11 31-Oct-11 www.supershorts.org

International North South Media Forum Burkina Faso 29-Oct-11 31-Oct-11 www.nordsud.ch
Istanbul International 1001 Documentary Film Festival Turkey 29-Oct-11 03-Nov-11 www.1001belgesel.net
British Horror Film Festival UK 29-Oct-11 04-Nov-11 www.thefilmfestivalguild.com
New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest USA 29-Oct-11 30-Oct-11 www.njisacf.org
Kerry Film Festival Ireland 30-Oct-11 31-Oct-11 www.kerryfilmfestival.com
International Filmfestival Landau - La.Meko Germany 30-Oct-11 06-Nov-11 www.filmfestival-landau.de
Canberra Film Festival Australia 31-Oct-11 05-Nov-11 www.canberrafilmfestival.com.au
NOVEMBER
American Film Market USA 02-Nov-11 09-Nov-11 www.afma.com
Golden Horse Film Festival Taiwan 03-Nov-11 20-Nov-11 www.goldenhorse.org.tw
Denver International Film Festival USA 03-Nov-11 14-Nov-11 www.denverfilm.org
Minneapolis and St Paul International Film Festival USA 03-Nov-11 13-Nov-11 www.mspfilmfest.org
Cine//B Film Festival Chile 03-Nov-11 09-Nov-11 www.festivalcineb.com
24fps International Short Film Festival USA 03-Nov-11 09-Nov-11 www.24fpsfest.com
Brisbane International Film Festival Australia 04-Nov-11 14-Nov-11 www.biff.com.au
Naples International Film Festival USA 04-Nov-11 06-Nov-11 www.naplesfilmfest.com
Virginia Film Festival USA 04-Nov-11 07-Nov-11 www.virginiafilmfestival.org
River's Edge Film Festival USA 04-Nov-11 07-Nov-11 www.riversedgefilmfestival.com
Brisbane International Film Festival Australia 04-Nov-11 13-Nov-11 www.stgeorgebiff.com.au
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival Denmark 04-Nov-11 14-Nov-11 www.cphdox.dk
World Film Festival of Bangkok Thailand 05-Nov-11 14-Nov-11 www.worldfilmbkk.com
Hollywood East Film Festival USA 05-Nov-11 07-Nov-11 www.hollywoodeastfilmfestival.com
NOVEMBER

Shockfest Film Festival USA 09-Nov-11 18-Nov-11 www.shockfilmfest.com

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Canada 09-Nov-11 15-Nov-11 www.reelasian.com
CINESONIKA: The First International Film and
Video Festival of Innovative Sound Design Canada 11-Nov-11 21-Nov-11 www.cinesonika.com
MockFilmFest USA 12-Nov-11 13-Nov-11 www.mockfilmfest.com
Costa Rica International Film Festival Costa Rica 12-Nov-11 14-Nov-11 www.costaricafilmfest.com
25th Mar del Plata International Film Festival Argentina 12-Nov-11 21-Nov-11 www.mardelplatafilmfest.com
Zero Film Festival USA 13-Nov-11 21-Nov-11 www.zerofilmfest.com
Mar del Plata International Film Festival Argentina 13-Nov-11 21-Nov-11 www.mardelplatafilmfest.com
Jordan Short Film Festival Jordan 15-Nov-11 06-Dec-11 www.jordanfilmfestival.com
Breast Fest Film Festival Canada 16-Nov-11 20-Nov-11 www.breastfestfilmfest.com
Encounters International Short Film Festival UK 16-Nov-11 21-Nov-11 www.encounters-festival.org.uk
Stockholm International Film Festival Sweden 17-Nov-11 28-Nov-11 www.stockholmfilmfestival.se
11th Sleepwalkers Student and Short Film Festival Estonia 19-Nov-11 21-Nov-11 www.swff.ee
Dawn Breakers International Film Festival USA 20-Nov-11 24-Nov-11 www.dbiff.com
Gijón International Film Festival Spain 19-Nov-11 27-Nov-11 www.gijonfilmfestival.com
Tokyo Filmex Japan 20-Nov-11 28-Nov-11 www.filmex.net
International Film Festival of India India 22-Nov-11 02-Dec-11 www.iffi.nic.in
WILDsound Film Festival Canada 25-Nov-11 28-Nov-11 www.wildsound.ca
London United Film Festival United Kingdom 26-Nov-11 27-Nov-11 www.theunitedfest.com/london
Jakarta International Film Festival Indonesia 27-Nov-11 03-Dec-11 www.jiffest.org
Cairo International Film Festival Egypt 30-Nov-11 09-Dec-11 www.cairofilmfest.com
DECEMBER
Bahamas International Film Festival 01-Dec-11 05-Dec-11 www.bintlfilmfest.com
DECEMBER

International Film Festival of Marrakech Maroc 03-Dec-11 11-Dec-11 www.festivalmarrakech.info

River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival Italy 03-Dec-11 09-Dec-11 www.rivertoriver.it
The Stepping Stone Film Festival India 06-Dec-11 13-Dec-11 www.wannabestudios.org
Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival Nepal 09-Dec-11 13-Dec-11 www.kimff.org
International Film Festival of Kerala India 10-Dec-11 17-Dec-11 www.keralafilm.com
Dubai International Film Festival UAE 12-Dec-11 19-Dec-11 www.dubaifilmfest.com

* The festival dates are subject to change

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 Filmosphere

Marc
Weigert
The Magic wand
behind the blockbuster

‘2012’ ‘Independence Day', ‘The Triangle'

and now 'Anonymous'

M arc Weigert is one of the most talented and

most wanted Visual Effects Project Supervisor
of the film Industry today. After completing his
studies in directing and producing at the Film akademie
Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Marc worked on
commercials and produced a few small TV features. His
experience in working with Silicon Graphics computers,
with Alias Wave front software used in Terminator 2 and
his urge for working on 3D animation led him to create
the outstanding visual effects for the movies like
Independence Day, The Triangles and 2012.
Sony's movies at the same time. We integrate as many
departments as we can. Right now, we have the art
department, costume and VFX in one place, on one
network, for "Foundation". We will also add editing and
digital intermediate (color correction) into that same
pipeline. "2012" was extremely challenging, since we had
our Uncharted Territory team of over 100 people, and
then 14 other VFX companies that were working for us.
And the movie had a fairly short time frame of 16 months
from beginning to final delivery. Usually you have 18-24
months on a big Hollywood feature.

How was your experience in working
with the movie 2012? And the
Association with Film Maker Roland
Emmerich
Both Volker and I have a great relationship with Roland
Emmerich, since we've known each other for a very long
time. We know his style, and what he likes and doesn't
like, so there's a nice "shorthand" way of communicating.
Roland trusts us, so that's why we're co-producers
(executive producers on "Anonymous") and visual effects
supervisors at the same time. And on "2012", as on other
movies, I took care of the entire pipeline for creating the
film. I've worked closely with the folks at Sony Pictures,
to put a fully digital pipeline into place, from shooting the
film to the last frames of color correction at the end. It
was a 400 Terabyte server that was built for that
purpose, and let us access any frame of film that was
shot by any unit anywhere within seconds. Through
automation, it would convert the film frames we'd need
and rename them correctly to fit our own tools, and move
them to our computers. The system that we started has
now grown to over 15 Petabyte, and can handle several of
How do you choose a movie to work
with?
There are usually two criteria for us: One is the story.
What's the project about? It's a very personal decision, for
instance, as we both don't like horror films very much, so
we usually turn them down. It also needs to be
challenging. Something new, that hasn't been done before,
or at least the WE haven't done before (like the 10.5
earthquake scene in"2012", or building the entire city of
London in the 16th century in "Anonymous").
Second criteria are the people involved. Who is the
director? The other producers? Since we are usually the
very first people to start on a movie (most of the time
already during the script development phase), and the
very last to finish (during or after color correction), it's a
long time. At a minimum one year, but if "Foundation"
gets the green light for a whole trilogy, it will be about 5
years! And we work long hours, and a lot of weekends, so
it's very important that you like the people you work with.
You must get along well with the other creatives, and have
a constant dialogue, where nobody is afraid of
constructive criticism, and you have fun working

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together. Because that's what makes the film better and
better.
Independence day and 2012 can be called as two
blockbuster hits in your film career. How different was
the working experience? Can you rate the visual effects
aspects of 1996 and 2009.
Visual Effects and the way we're making movies have
changed tremendously in the past 10-15 years. On
Independence Day, we used mainly miniatures, and very
little computer animation. Most shots were already
composited digitally, but we had a 10 month miniature
shoot with 2-4 teams shooting simultaneously. As a
comparison, on "2012" we shot only 3 days miniatures.
Pretty much everything was computer generated. So
you're a lot less outdoors (I actually miss that), and
spend most of your time in dark rooms with lots of
computer screens.
Your upcoming movie Anonymous…
"Anonymous", also directed by Roland Emmerich, is
about the prevalent theory that Shakespeare was not the
author of the works attributed to him. The film is about
the power of the written word, in a world where freedom
Filmosphere
of speech was still just a vague idea.
We have created about 30 minutes of visual effects for
the film. We built the entire city of London (around the
year 1600) in the computer, and built several palaces and
manors for close-up shots. It was really exciting to work
on a "non-VFX"-movie, and use the VFX only in an
invisible way, to tell the story and to create a time period
that's long gone.
Uncharted Territory
Founded in 1999 by Volker Engel and Marc Weigert.
"Uncharted Territory is an unusual company, because we
are a production company, but we also build up a visual
effects studio for each film. For "2012", we had over 100
artists working on about a third of the movie, and
creating two of the biggest sequences in the film.
Normally, we create all the effects for a film in-house
(which we did on "Anonymous" again), but for "2012" we
knew from the beginning, that it would be too much to
handle. So we separated the screenplay into several
major sequences, and gave some of them away to other
big VFX companies like Digital Domain, Sony Pictures
imageworks, Double Negative, Scanline and Hydraulx" -
Marc Weigert
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 Biz Notes on Cinema
Marketing Cinema
W
elcome to the new
world of crowd
sourcing in simple
words 'Online marketing'. Today
the world of marketing has
taken a great shift from
institutional controls such as
newspapers and TV to consumer
control through internet. This
certainly has turned to be a boon
for the film industry worldwide.
The greatest challenge for
movies back in the days of
Marlon Brando was, news
spreading and conveying the
content of a movie.
The rise of internet had started
weaning off the prominence of
the legendary publicity
mediums, but social media
unleashed the milestone for next
generation leading to the rise of
many independent film makers
and distribution companies.
From then the flow of varied
genres of movies started. The
growing number of movies a
year made the once smooth cycle
of movie making and
distribution more competitive,
giving rise to entirely new range
of marketing called Viral
Marketing. At present internet
have visitors almost equivalent
to 70% of the world population,
making it the biggest stage for
performances and publications.
This hit the distributors in a way
as people started to realize
multiple streams of
entertainment right at home.
Distribution via DVD and on-
demand is the sector which
boomed but again theatrical
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exhibition is
booming in
countries where
high tech screens
are still being
built. However,
revenues from
theatrical
distribution in
the US are
shrinking
revenues from theatrical
distribution in the US
are shrinking
dramatically as less and
less people use cinemas
as their primary source
of entertainment.
Distribution companies
made sure they stayed
up in the race, with
innovative methods such
as online distribution
and online screenings
dramatically as less and less
people use cinemas as their
primary source of
entertainment. Distribution
companies made sure they
stayed up in the race, with
innovative methods such as
online distribution and online
screenings. Various websites,
blogs and portals such as IMDB
popped up over a span of 5
years for popularity analysis
which sure has turned to be an
IMDb
in-
fluential
GEST
’S BIG factor for
EARHT SE
V I E DATABA distributors
MO
. Seeing this
major
online distribution
companies such as Netflix
started featuring over a million
movies online for its paid users.
You can even download a movie
online from the official sites after
making a payment and if you
don't like to pay, illegal methods
such as torrents will help. Video
blogs kicked in too delivering
trailers or the entire movie at a
single click of a button a few of
the popular ones are Youtube,
Metacafe, Vimeo, Blip.TV etc.
Five years from now, the
landscape could be considerably
different. Studios may then be
releasing downloads on the same
day as the box office release,
which would be a major change
in the way movies are
distributed. Today, internet is
the reason for deals getting
closed trillions of dollars around
the globe.
The drastic developments online
has now created quite a dilemma
of what sells and what stays
back. So we would have to wait
and see what's in store for us in
the near future. Until then let's
keep networking!

Promoting Big Tickets
I nternet is the leading means for
film marketing. Nowadays
people rely on internet for the
daily information, likewise
distribution companies
merchandise the best way through
online. In this scenario comes viral
marketing, online promotion etc.
Online marketing activities have
turned to be a powerful medium for
branding and promotions.
By the year 2001 people around the
globe started to believe in the
internet and gave it a role in their
daily life. As it started to
manipulate, it has created wide
attention in the film distributors
and producers world wide. They
made it a medium for marketing
and promotions of movies. Most
marketing executives believe that
viral marketing technique is
another way to achieve success in
capturing customer attention. It can
be done via email, Facebook,
MySpace, twitter, YouTube, peer-to-
peer promotions or Niche Offline
Promotions. Today, big banner
studios like Warner Bros, Columbia
pictures, Sony Pictures, and
Paramount Studios, did achieve
success through viral marketing.
As we can see it for the movies, the
production and the distribution
companies create marketing
Biz Notes on Cinema
strategies like, there was a reality
game (ARG) 'Why So Serious'?, by
Warner Brothers to promote the
Batman film sequel -'The Dark
Knight'. The campaign was
launched several months before the
release of the film and witnessed
participation from millions across
the world. Adapting the same
strategy for the movie 'Inception'
with its own mysterious ARG, which
previously revealed the game 'Mind
crime' and trailer added as a
preview. Like wise we can see
The most powerful communication
Columbia pictures had also
medium of the day is undoubtedly
launched viral marketing website in
the internet. The days of the
promotion of the movie '2012',
newspapers have gone and blogs,
where film lovers could register for
social networking sites have taken
a lottery number and be part of a
the role of them. Hence it is only
small team. This was operated by
appropriate to use the internet as a
the fictional Institute for Human
tool for worldwide film marketing.
Continuity.
http://trendobservations.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/2012-subway-flood-promotion/
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 Get to Know it
Film Matters
T
he teaser of James
Cameroon’s ‘Avatar (2009)’
was the most watched online
in the history of films which further
led to a viewership of 4 millions
views on apple trailers alone. The
gross was estimated to be $
760,505,847 in USA alone; for sure
we can expect a sequel.
Christopher Nolan spared $100
Million USD for the viral marketing
of his block buster ‘Inception
(2010)’. Now that's a lot!!! But his
‘Dark Knight (2008)’ brought in
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higher gross revenue than
the later.
Initially the famous action
character ‘James bond’ was
decided to be a smoker and
then by 80’s his habit of
smoking was removed from
the successive episodes of
the character. But if you
notice, ‘Roger Moore’s’
series as James Bond
carried cigars and not
cigarettes.
Largest ship to be ever used
in any movie is the tanker
ship ‘Front sabang’ for
‘DAM999 (2011)’, which
surpasses the record held
by ‘USS Carl vinson’ for the
movie 'Behind the enemy
lines(2005)’.
James Cameroon's chart buster
‘Titanic’ released 1997 is will be re-
releasing in 3D in 2012.
‘Benhur (1959)’ is one among the
first 3 movies to win 11 academy
awards including best picture and
also ranked 2nd in the American
Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest
films in the genre “Epic”.
Back in the 60's people believed,
Alfred Hitchcock shot the movie
‘Psycho (1960)’ in black and white as
it would be too gory in color but the
truth was, Hitchcock wanted to
make the film as inexpensive as
possible (under $1 million).
The early Buzz of the movie
‘Godfather (1972)’ was so positive
that it was decided to bring out the
sequel right before the completion of
the first part. The shocking fact of
the movie was Marlon Brando never
memorized his lines as he preferred
to read them right from the cue
cards during the shoot.
‘Saturday night fever (1977)’ was the
block buster debut of the acting
legend John Travolta. His popularity
shot up with his later chart busters
such ‘Grease (1978)’, ‘Pulp Fiction
(1994)’, ‘Broken Arrow (1996)’ and
many more.
‘Schindler's List (1993)’ is the
most expensive black and
white movie made to the date.
Co-producer of the movie
Branko Lustig, Auschwitz
survivor, on receiving his Oscar
recited his serial number
A3317.
On the day Tom Hanks shot his
football running scenes in the movie
‘Forest Gump (1994)’, he was
suffering from influenza.
Kevin Spacey Starring 'American
beauty (1999)' was named as one of
"The 20 Most Overrated Movies of All
Time" by Premiere. The movie won 5
Oscars, 83 other award and multiple
nominations.
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