13th Nov2024

Tickets available for the inaugural Glowflare Short Film Festival

by Kevin Haldon

Glowflare Short Film Festival has announced this week that tickets for its inaugural event are officially on sale! Film enthusiasts, creatives, and anyone who loves innovative storytelling can attend on January 25th 2025, at Beverley Parkway Cinemas, where a curated selection of the world’s best short films will be showcased across six screening sessions, each […]

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20th Oct2024

Winners announced for the 3rd Annual AI Runway Gen:48 Short Film Festival

by Kevin Haldon

We need to talk… Like it or not, the movie industry is on the cusp of a new evolution. AI is no longer a thing that may exist in future, it’s here now and it’s constantly learning, growing and evolving. Yes, this is a topic that is splitting creators and viewers alike as the first-ever […]

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07th Jun2023

The London Action Festival 2023 – More festival events revealed!

by Phil Wheat

The London Action Festival has revealed a raft of new events joining the already impressive programme set to burst into London later this month. The one-of-a-kind Festival is year on year proving itself in its ambitions to be Britain’s biggest convention and will bring together influential figures responsible for creating some of the most iconic […]

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17th Feb2022

MidWest WeirdFest announces its full program for 2022

by Phil Wheat

MidWest WeirdFest has announced its full program for 2022. The 6th annual film festival – a cinematic celebration of all things fantastic, frightening, paranormal, and just plain weird – takes place March 4th – 6th 2022 at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Among the fest’s fantastic line-up of horror, sci-fi, underground and […]

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01st Dec2017

Preview: Horror-On-Sea Festival 2018

by Philip Rogers

The Horror-on- Sea Festival is Southend’s annual film festival, which was originally formed to promote Independent Horror films that don’t always get the opportunity to be screened to an audience. Following its initial launch this will be the festival’s 6th year and they are hoping it will be the biggest one yet… Hosted at The Park […]

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26th Sep2017

First wave of films announced for the 2017 Ithaca Fantastik Festival

by Phil Wheat

The Ithaca Fantastik (IF) Festival returns to Ithaca, New York, November 3-12, 2017 with a carefully curated selection of new and classic genre films – and with less than a month and a half to go, IF have officially announced the first wave of titles, including a truly inspired retrospective! For those unaware, The Ithaca […]

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08th May2017

‘The Clapper’ Interviews: Tracy Morgan, Brenda Vaccaro and more

by Catherina Gioino

Previously, we sat down in an exclusive interview with The Clapper writer (of the novel and film) and director Dito Montiel and star Russell Peters. Here are other interviews we grabbed with Tracy Morgan, Brenda Vaccaro, and Russell Peters as well. The Clapper held its world premiere at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival on April […]

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21st Apr2017

2017 Tribeca Film Festival: ‘Gilbert’ Review

by Catherina Gioino

Features: Gilbert Gottfried, Whoopi Goldberg, Artie Lange, Arsenio Hall, Bill Burr, Richard Kind, Howie Mandel, Jay Leno, Penn Jillette | Written by Neil Berkeley, James Leche | Directed by Neil Berkeley If you don’t know his face, you’ll definitely know his voice. But what about his personality? Gilbert Gottfried has seen the typical comedian’s rise to fame, […]

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07th Apr2017

2017 Tribeca Film Festival presents the first Tribeca Games Festival

by Catherina Gioino

Now in it’s sixteenth year, the Tribeca Film Festival has been a staple in the film community, contributing to some of film’s finest filmmakers and ideas. In keeping with the festival’s mission to bring about new modes of storytelling, this year’s festival will include the inaugural Tribeca Games Festival, allowing audiences to experience what happens behind the […]

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13th Dec2016

Submissions now open for 2nd Annual Brooklyn Horror Film Festival

by Phil Wheat

The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival is excited to announce that submissions are now open for the second edition of the festival. The first deadline to submit horror features and shorts is January 15th, and the final deadline to submit for programming consideration is August 15th. In its first year, the festival sold out the majority […]

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18th Feb2016

Overnight Film Festival in Eastbourne, 26-28 February 2016

by Stuart Wright

Eastbourne is the place to be for a weekend of film with @overnightff from February 26th – 28th. Get your ticket now Escape to the Overnight Film Festival, a new communal cinema experience where your ticket includes accommodation at the legendary Queens Hotel in Eastbourne over the weekend of February 26, 27, 28. Three special […]

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22nd Sep2015

Guests announced for Grimmfest 2015

by Kat Wheat

It’s that time of year again. The nights are drawing in, the skies are increasingly overcast, the weather is disturbingly unpredictable. There’s something dark coming. Grimmfest 2015 is almost upon us. And as ever, Grimmfest will be welcoming a handful of horror cohorts as guests to the event. This years line-up includes (from the press […]

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13th Mar2015

2015 First Time Fest – Award Winners

by Catherina Gioino

The third annual First Time Fest took place in New York City this past weekend; a film festival that celebrates first time filmmakers, whether they are first time directors, writers, cinematographers, editors, composers and producers. The festival holds a competition for filmmakers all over the world to submit their film and win theatrical distribution as […]

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31st Jan2015

TFF 2014: ‘Loitering With Intent’ Interviews

by Catherina Gioino

Pulitzer Prize finalist and well known playwright Adam Rapp has just directed a film he didn’t write. While many people do this all the time, Rapp has always directed his own work, from Red Light Winter which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist to even Winter Passing and In Treatment. Loitering With Intent, although directed by […]

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22nd Feb2014

Tribeca Film Festival 2013: ‘A Single Shot’ – Sam Rockwell Interview

by Catherina Gioino

The North American premiere of the film A Single Shot was shown at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, which stars Sam Rockwell as hunter John Moon. The 116 minute film was shot in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States and was directed by David Rosenthal. Written by Matthew F. Jones (who also wrote […]

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28th Aug2013

Grimmfest 2013 – Line-up announced

by Phil Wheat

3 Venues… 5 days… 36 films!  Yes, Northern England’s premier horror film festival, Grimmfest, is back for 2013, this time taking place at three venues across the north – including two in Manchester – allowing for a much bigger programme for this year. After the launch on October 2nd at Stockport Plaza, Grimmfest 2013 will continue […]

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18th Mar2013

Grimm Up North launch “Mini Grimmfest” this Easter

by Phil Wheat

Grimm Up North, the Manchester-based horror festival have been continuing there cause the bring horror to the North of England with a brand new Easter event, the Mini Grimmfest. Three nights, six movies and all for £20 – and that includes an exclusive goodie bag which will incude DVD, Tshirt, poster and magazine! Check out […]

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