Toronto Film Festival announces initiative with Harmony Korine

Rotterdam, Netherlands (September 8, 2010) - The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), one of the leading international film festivals, announced today exciting new projects and partnerships for its pioneering Cinema Reloaded digital film production / online fundraising platform. Launched earlier this year, Cinema Reloaded allows filmmakers to directly connect with film-lovers around the world in order to finance and distribute their projects through online crowd funding.

The first trio of films produced under the auspices of Cinema Reloaded will premiere at the IFFR in January 2011. The line-up will include the next project from acclaimed American independent filmmaker Harmony Korine (Gummo, Trash Humpers). Korine, who is introducing the project today with a video message on www.cinemareloaded.com will collect finances for his new film entirely through the "Cinema Reloaded" initiative.

Korine joins previously announced participating "Cinema Reloaded" inaugural filmmakers Ho Yuhang (15Malyasia) and Alexis Dos Santos (Unmade Beds). Dos Santos and Yuhang have received more than 500 co-financiers to date and have already begun production on their films.

Cinema Reloaded is linked to a simple crowd funding system that works on the basis of donations. A 5 euro donation is enough to become a co-financier of one or more of the film projects - from 25 euros, you will also be listed on the credits. The filmmakers have until 31 December 2010 to finance their projects through Cinema Reloaded. Harmony Korine, Ho Yuhang and Alexis Dos Santos will keep their co-producers informed through blogs and video updates.

Harmony Korine entered the film industry in 1995, as the screenwriter of Larry Clark's film Kids. His sizeable and varied oeuvre has since confirmed his reputation as one of the most controversial filmmakers in cinema today. Korine made his directorial debut in 1997 with Gummo. His provocative Trash Humpers (2009) screened at festivals in Toronto and Rotterdam.

The world's first online social network for the finance of films by donation set up by a film festival, IFFR's Cinema Reloaded was born of a belief that film festivals, with their pool of enthusiastic audiences and professional contacts, need to explore and support this new way of producing and distributing films. Innovations in the film industry owing to digitalisation and new online channels are offering filmmakers, film festivals and their audiences new ways of financing, making, distributing and watching films. IFFR has been the initiator of similar groundbreaking programs in the past, such as the Hubert Bals Fund, an initiative providing grants to remarkable cinema projects in developing countries, and CineMart, the first platform of its kind to offer filmmakers the opportunity to launch their ideas to the international film industry and to find the right connections to get their projects financed.

IFFR director Rutger Wolfson said , "At a time when the international marketplace for truly independent films is rapidly changing, and many films and filmmakers are having difficulty getting exposure, IFFR has created new and exciting opportunities for a wide range of films to find funding and reach an audience. Our innovative "Cinema Reloaded" program, which we began earlier this year, will help realize films by three fantastic filmmakers, and help build a global online community of passionate film enthusiasts with the opportunity to be involved with film projects from inception through release."

IFFR also announced today an exciting partnership with the American independent film news website indieWIRE.com. indieWIRE will be devoting a permanent place on its homepage to Cinema Reloaded. The site will also co-host blogs by Korine, Ho and Dos Santos.

www.cinemareloaded.com
http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/nl/

Salty Horror Film Festival, Nov 4-7

The Salty Horror Film Festival is Utah�s first ever film festival for horror and sci-fi/horror submissions.

The categories are:

Traditional Horror
Science Fiction Horror
Comedic Horror

Submissions can include

Feature Length Films
Short Films
Feature Length Screenplays
Short Screenplays
Horror Film Documentary
Horror Film Music
Trailers
Music Videos

http://www.saltyhorrorfilmfestival.com/

Comic Con Independent Film Festival movies announced

San Diego Comic Con Independent Film Festival movies have been announced. We have added the horror, science fiction and fantasy movies to our Comic Con Guide for fans of Heavy Metal music:

http://www.metallife.com/lifestyle/comiccon/

17th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival

Films of specific Interest:

2033
In the 2033 futuristic society of Villaparaiso, formerly known as Mexico, the general public is manipulated by religion and a dictatorship regimen lead by General Jamaro. Jamaro is also the president of Phaarmax, a company that develops an addictive beverage that allows for the working subclass to work more than 12 hours a day, deforming their bodies. Pablo, a privileged young man looking to find meaning in his life, discovers the cover up and leaves his life of luxury to help out the revolutionaries. With help of Miguel and Lucia, Pablo struggles to find an antidote and fight the status quo. Starring past SDLFF special guest Raul Mendez.

APARECIDOS, LOS
One night, Malena and Pablo, a sister and brother traveling together in Argentina, discover a diary that details crimes committed twenty years ago during Argentina's military dictatorship. Later, after checking into a hotel, the siblings hear a man being murdered in the next room and his family abducted in a manner described word for word in the diary. The siblings' trip soon becomes a nightmare where they cannot discern whether they people they are trying to save are real or ghosts from the past. As they dig deeper into the mystery of the diary, truths are revealed that tie them to the murders in a way they never imagined. Seamlessly combining horror and history, "Los Aparecidos" is an engrossing reminder that sometimes the sins can never be forgotten.

GIGANTE
Jara, a heavy-set surveillance officer working the graveyard shift, leads a dull and routine existence: he watches CCTV monitors all night long, goes home to sleep on a sofa while the television drones on in the background, solves crossword puzzles, listens to heavy metal on his iPod and spends some time with his nephew. On the weekends, he works as a bouncer/doorman at a local discotheque. Things change when he notices young cleaning woman, Julia on his monitors, and he becomes fascinated with her to the point of obsession. He starts to wait for her to come out in the morning after work and shadows her through the streets of Montevideo. Winner of three prizes at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival

IMAGINADORES
�What�s wrong with wanting to escape when you are in prison?� an Argentinean comic book artist asks, referring to the referring to transformative possibilities of fantasy-based literature. This powerful documentary, which focuses on the amazing cultural force that is the Argentine comic book industry, describes for all of us the appeal and potential of the fantasy genre. This journey into a vibrant art form reveals why, in Argentina, comic books are revered in ways that they aren't in most other countries. What began as a genre targeting children quickly evolved to take on bigger subjects, eventually challenging the country's most powerful people, and the cultural status quo. Exhaustively comprehensive, this doc introduces us to the major players in the field, and�an innovative touch�animates for us some of the best-known and influential four-color dramas. If you consider yourself a comic book nerd or a manga fan, this exploration of South America�s center for sequential art is a must-see.

NO DO
Francesca is a pediatrician who suffers from postpartum depression. Following the advice of friend and psychiatrist Jean, Francesca and her husband Pedro move out of the city to a new home. Unfortunately, the new house turns out not to be the respite they hoped. Francesca soon begins to see furtive figures and ghostly shadows everywhere. Jean and Pedro are convinced that her visions are manifestations of her illness but she believes that the house is possessed. This stylish horror film is based on a true story. Starring Ana Torrent ("The Other Boleyn Girl").


ABOUT
The 17th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival (March 11-21, 2010) will take place at UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas at Hazard Center (off 163 Freeway & Friars Rd.). Over 150 feature and short films are scheduled to be screened and close to 100 special guest actors and filmmakers will be in attendance.

http://www.sdlatinofilm.com/