Festival News (11-2016)
FESTIVAL NEWS
March 10-17, 2017: Guadalajara International Film Festival: The Latin America's major film event is accepting submissions for several different categories. No entry fees.
June 21 – July 2, 2017: Edinburgh International Film Festival: The longest continually running film festival in the world is preparing its 71st edition. Submissions open.
August 2-12, 2017: Festival del Film Locarno One of the most competitive film festivals in the world for independent, professional filmmakers. Accepting submissions for the 2017 edition in early February 2017.
October 27 – November 5, 2017: Chicago International Children’s Film Festival The first Academy Award Qualifying Children's Film Festival in the world is accepting submissions. No entry fees for child-produced films (directed by children aged 6 to 14) and teen-produced films (directed by ages 15-18).
When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me." - Lars von Trier
SPOTLIGHT: CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL CULT FILM FESTIVAL
Mission: The sole purpose of Calcutta International Cult Film Festival (CICFF), 2017 is to develop a film culture that inspires and brings together cross-cultural innovations that enrich people’s lives with entertainment: and services that inform, educate and entertain.
The event's goals are to introduce more people to art house cinema. We would like to see films made primarily for aesthetic and philosophical reasons. We believe that a story driven by a genuine expression can stimulate new thoughts that have the power to promote the fundamental principles of humanism; expand creative frontiers; stimulate new levels of compassion, and even lead to social change. The film festival is an organization dedicated to the discovery and development of new Artists and Audiences. The film festival seeks to support and inspire independent film and theatre artists from all over the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work. We also welcome established Art-house filmmakers, who have already produced a major contribution to the art of filmmaking.
Each month 10 films from each category will be Officially Selected and out of them one film will receive the Best of Category award. In each month we’ll publish an academic and detailed review of the award winning films in our International film magazine CULT CRITIC. In addition, the best of each month's category will compete with all the others at the end of the year and the best of the best in each category will receive the prestigious GOLDEN FOX AWARD and they will be screened in the presence of a live audience. The annual event will be a glamorous red carpet premiere with press conferences and gala parties in Kolkata with the presence of international movie celebrities. The participants will have excellent opportunities to exchange their ideas, ideologies and cultural innuendoes. The winners will have a chance to meet with the audience and participate in a Q and A after the screening.
CICFF is a division of Human Lab Corporation, a leading International film production and film distribution company. At CICFF, we will be providing incentives for winning films, and present promotional strategies for the winning films and their film directors. First we will conduct an interview with the film director which will be posted in our HLC portal, plus a published review by one of our writers from CULT CRITIC magazine. But that's not all: CICFF will take you global with international distribution opportunities for your films. CICFF is a film festival celebrating the arts, liberation and independence.
We promote liberated platforms for all independent filmmakers throughout the World. And, irrespective of their subject matter, we will assure an international platform for them all. In closing, CICFF guarantees outstanding selections each month, as the film festival will be held on a monthly-basis. Hence we are going to create a culture that leads to “directors in the making” every month. Yes! That’s the perfect idiom for the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival.
*FOR CATEGORY LISTINGS PLEASE VISIT CICFF AWARDS & PRIZES
All Winners will receive a CICFF Certificate. Each year we will select ONE Best of the Best (from all categories) and the prize is the HLC’s GOLDEN FOX AWARD, plus a live screening at the theatre in Kolkata. The 2017 Winner will also have a chance to meet with audience and participate in a Q and A after the screening.
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
250, Patuli Ghoshpara, Kolkata
West Bengal, India
Pin:700094
Phone: (+91) 9836922291
E-mail: cicff.info@gmail.com
Victor Eustáquio is an award-winning film producer and screenwriter and the Director of Calcutta International Cult Film Festival. A novelist; screenwriter; film producer and composer, Victor currently lives in Portugal and holds a BA in Political Science and a PhD in African Studies. As COO of HLC Studios, Victor coordinates the company’s various distribution strategies to maximize the value of HLC’s content across all current and emerging digital exhibition platforms.
