Now in its 13th year, the Rhode Island International Film Festival is August 3-9, 2009. Ranked as one of the Top 12 Film Festivals in the United States, this world-class event takes place in venues around Providence. It features screenings, filmmaking workshops, meet-and-greet industry events, and seminars. Aiming to promote Rhode Island as a filmmaking [...]

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The International Documentary Association hosts DocuWeeks, starting July 31st and going on until August 20th. Spanning multiple weeks and representing both coasts, DocuWeeks presents a public exhibition of outstanding new films. This Theatrical Documentary Showcase helps to qualify feature and short documentaries for Academy Award® consideration. The festivals were created in 1997 and to date [...]

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As a new regular feature we’ll be highlighting some of the top feature films at our partner festivals, as rated & reviewed by  festivalgoers using B-Side Festival Genius software.
For today’s post we’ll take a look back to the Slamdance Film Festival and the Independent Film Festival Boston for a few highlights from each.
Slamdance Film Festival
Not [...]

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Expresión en Corto is from July 24th to August 2 in the cities of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato Capital, Mexico. Free to the public, this international competition is the largest in Mexico, with films competing in a variety of categories that include: Short Fiction, Short Animation, Short Experimental, Short Documentary, Long Documentary and [...]

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The Indianapolis International Film Festival, this year from July 15th to the 25th, is an annual celebration of films and the people who make them, offering one of the fastest-growing cultural events in the Midwest.  In five years the festival has grown from a three-day event with 27 films, to its current 11-day iteration presenting [...]

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The Notting Hill Film Festival is the only British film festival which exclusively celebrates talent residing and working within the United Kingdom. In Kensington this year from July 10th through the 16th, Notting Hill offers an irreverent, fun-filled program that actively promotes British talent to an international audience.
The festival opens this year with Bananaz, a [...]

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As a new regular feature we’ll be highlighting some of the top feature films at our partner festivals, as rated & reviewed by  festivalgoers using B-Side Festival Genius software.
For today’s post we’ll take a look back to the Atlanta and Newport Beach film festivals, which took place in April, at a few highlights from each.
Atlanta [...]

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Throughout history, American film has raised the bar in a broad spectrum of elements, including technology, performance, style, innovation and experimentation. While filmmakers all across the globe continue to stun audiences with incredible cinematic masterpieces, the primary focus of ACEFEST is on American-made works. Now in its third year and held July 10th & 11th [...]

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CineVegas and SILVERDOCS recently wrapped up, and B-Side was there to take in the action. Here are some of the top-rated features from each festival:
CineVegas

500 Days Of Summer (4.5/5 stars) - Directed by Marc Webb, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. Featured review by AarNicCab: “I absolutely loved this film. The script was very deft and [...]

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Announcing our newest feature – custom festival pages!
Each Festival Genius partner now has the option to create a custom page, in addition to the film, schedule and highlights pages already provided on their B-Side site. Festival staff can use B-Side admin tools to customize the content to suit their needs. The possibilities are vast, and [...]

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