Metacafe, one of the world’s largest video entertainment sites with 30 million unique visitors per month, and Microcinema International, a leading international exhibitor and specialty markets distributor of the "moving image arts,” are teaming to create and curate MetaFest 2008.MetaFest 2008 is a juried short-film festival that combines the best of the on- and off-line worlds. MetaFest accepts films 10 minutes or less in length - animated, narrative, humorous, artistic, dramatic, do...

Metacafe, one of the world’s largest video entertainment sites with 30 million unique visitors per month, and Microcinema International, a leading international exhibitor and specialty markets distributor of the "moving image arts,” are teaming to create and curate MetaFest 2008.MetaFest 2008 is a juried short-film festival that combines the best of the on- and off-line worlds. MetaFest accepts films 10 minutes or less in length - animated, narrative, humorous, artistic, dramatic, do...

By Maria Esteves - July 23, 2008   The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (A.M.P.A.S.) "Monday Nights with Oscar" musical film screening FAME, directed by Alan Parker (from a screenplay by Christopher Gore), commenced in the Directors Guild of America Theatre, New York, Monday, July 21, 7:00 pm.  An onstage discussion with two-time Academy Award®-winning composer Michael Gore, costume designer Kristi Zea, and special casting Margery Simkin moderated by A.M.P.A.S. N...

By Maria Esteves - July 9, 2008 The 2008 opening night standing room only world tour premiere performance of  "SPIRIT OF SEPHARAD: From Casbah to Caliphate" was presented by and held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, Wednesday, June 25, 7:00 PM. A special Meet & Greet cocktail reception immediately followed the outstanding off-off Broadway musical performance. SPIRIT OF SEPHARAD is an exceptional, awe-inspiring, extremely moving, 500-year musical journey that brings to ...

By Maria Esteves - July 7, 2008 The 2008 International DJ (Disc Jockey) Expo (DJX20), presented by DJ Times Magazine and Testa Communications, will be held at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, Atlantic City, NJ, August 11-14, 2008. DJ Expo exposition and conference is the international dance music event showcasing seminars, hands-on workshops, discussions, exhibit hall, DVJ/IDJ software/hardware system giveaways, parties, and awards ceremony. DJ Expo attracts artists, DJs, VJs, industry p...

We are glad to inform you about our new 5th edition that will take place in Latina (Italy) on 7 to 11 January 2009. We invite you to enter your shorts. Contest is free for all filmakers, all countries, all themes and genres are accepted. Total prize: euro 2.000. You can read the rules (italian/english) of the competition here (look at the second page of the document for the english version): http://www.fpdc.it/documenti/.ph...

By Maria Esteves - June 8, 2008  The phenomenal "Body & Soul" Memorial Day Weekend dance celebration presented by John Davis with world renown DJs Joaquin "Joe" Claussell, Francois "K" Kevorkian (MAESTRO documentary film), and Danny Krivit (MAESTRO, and featured in Mel Cheren's The Godfather of Disco documentary films), was held at the historical Webster Hall ballroom, New York, Sunday, May 25, 6:00 PM. The outstanding Sunday tea dance included producers, remi...

Sunday morning in San Francisco, Kevin Kelly, founding editor of Wired magazine, delivered the State of Cinema address. Kelly has worked in digital technology since his founding role with The Well, in 1985, one of the first "true" online communtities. So he had a lot to say about what the future, inevitably and obviously digital all the way, will look like for motion pictures. He opened his talk with a little factoid about life today: the amount of screens everywhere. "Anywhe...

No room left to procrastinate as May 9 marks the end of our 2008 submission period. New York City exhibition at ACE Film Festival not only puts your film in front of fellow filmmakers, distributors, and industry professionals, but qualifies you for a prize package worth over $50,000 as well. In addition to our already priceless grand prizes, we are constantly looking to add more. Stay tuned for prize announcements throughout the next few months. Submit your film today for this incredible opport...