Film Festivals

NJPAC produces first-of-its-kind celebration of music, technology, comedy, and film over three jam packed weekends June 2023. Halsey, Santana, Alanis Morissette, Demi Lovato and MONSTA X, Bill Burr, Jay Wheeler, Stephen Colbert, Marisa Monte, DJ Cassidy, Natalie Merchant, The Smithereens, Southside Johnny, Brian Fallon of Gaslight Anthem and dozens more headline New Jersey’s first month-long, three-city summer festival.

Films added to lineup include: Bishal Dutta’s It Lives and the 40th Anniversary of David Cronenberg’s The Dead Zone. [March 14, 2023 | New Orleans, LA] — The Overlook Film Festival released today the full schedule for its upcoming 2023 edition, taking place March 30 — April 2 in America’s…

Fri Mar 10 2023 19:09:56 It’s been a great year so far for Indian producer Kaarthekeyen Santhanam, president and co-founder/ceo of Stonebench Films, having had his short films–”White Ant,” and “10 Year” — at both the Sundance and Mammoth Film Festivals. “10 Year’s” star, Dana Melanie, recently won Best Actress…

The Debut Feature by Director Kattia G. Zúñiga, at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, March 10–19, 2023 Sister & Sister (Las hijas), the debut feature by Panamanian-Costa Rican writer-director Kattia G. …

Today, we‘re sharring reflections from Christopher Hwisu Kim, the 2023 Cassian Elwes Independent Screenwriting Fellow about his experience at the festival in Park City. Five Lessons I Learned from the Cassian Elwes Independent Screenwriting Fellowship Lesson 1: Making a film and getting a film made are two entirely different things. I’ve spent most of my adult life learning how to do the former, and after spending Sundance with Cassian Elwes I’ve realized how little…

The real Metaverse has always existed, but it wasn’t powered by blockchain or cryptocurrency. It was powered by something else entirely — the people inside it. This is a thought that has persisted in my mind ever since I had the pleasure of attending Phia’s Virtual Reality Film Fest here…

Not so long ago, there was good reason to believe film festivals might not survive. At least not in the way we currently understand them: geography- and time-bound events where people jostle into overcrowded screenings. Given the speed with which those same movies are being hurled onto screening platforms, such…