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Actor and producer DJ QUALLS to be honored November18, 2011with the MOST INSPIRATIONAL COMEDIC PERFORMANCES AWARD at the 5Th MOCKFEST Film Festival in Hollywood. The award will be presented to DJ Qualls at the MOCKFEST Film Festival at 7:00pm.

ELI ROTH will be honored November 19th, 2011 with The Shocking Filmmaker of The Decade Award at the 5th Shockfest Film Festival. The Award will be presented at Raleigh Studios Chaplin Theater at 9:00 p.m, followed by a screening of his Cabin Fever.

Sherman Oaks, CA (November 15, 2011) – The Valley Film Festival has finished its eleventh annual season of independent film from around the Valley and the world. On closing night, the festival presented audience and juried awards.

Human rights activist and film maker Ahmed Abid has been selected by the Human Rights Foundation Network Film Jury to be a member of the Human Rights jury at the upcoming Dubai International Film Festival December 7th through 14th.

Craig McKay, Multiple Award Winning Film Editor, to Receive Jean Ribaut Award

Award-winning television producer and filmmaker Derek Stonebarger is hoping his VEGAS INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL! (VIFF!) will soon fill the void left by the CineVegas International Film Festival, which was put on hold in 2010 after an 11-year run.

Antibullying Award Winning Documentary RATS & BULLIES is an Official Selection of Los Angeles’ Valley Film Festival, and will be shown on Sunday November 13 at 3:30P.M. Tickets are $10. More details: www.ValleyFilmFest.com

As it continues to build audiences around the world 10,000 Hearts, short film by independent filmmaker Lisa Lodico, heads to its latest screening at Reeling:The Chicago Lesbian And Gay International Film Festival which runs November 3-12, 2011 in IL.

On Friday November 4th the Peachtree Village International Film Festival (PVIFF) will hold its’ first annual post festival party to thank staff members, sponsors and supporters.

North Hollywood, CA (October 25, 2011) – The Valley Film Festival announces its eleventh annual lineup of cinema so independent it can be found only in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley, from Friday, November 11th to Sunday, November 13th, 2011.

Celebrating Cinematic Works of Emerging Film Artists: Featuring ‘Mayor for Life’ with Marion Barry, 'Son of Life' with Tony Lewis, Jr., COFFIN and more

Celebrity Films, Filmmakers, Celebrities, & Foreign Dignitaries at the 3rd Annual Lady Filmmakers Film Festival this weekend!

The Green Screen International Film Festival Society is now on Facebook, facebook.com/greeenscreenfilmfest “With over 800,000,000 million users,a concerned community, FB was a natural place ‘to inspire, educate and entertain’” Come Like Us

The Green Screen International Film Festival Society announces the First Annual Film Fest Nov. 1,2 3, & 5 at the Kay Meek Centre. Nature, the environment & the incredible difference one man or woman can make will be featured May be profoundly moving

Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival Offers a Smorgasbord of Ghastly Delights at Its Second Annual Awards Dinner

The Mark Sager Foundation for the Performing Arts in conjunction with the COHO Society of the North Shore proudly presents the First Annual Green Screen International Film Festival Nov. 1,2 3 & 5 at the Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Ave, West Van BC.

The First Annual Green Screen International Film Festival is being held Nov. 1, 2 3 & 5 e of beautiful Vancouver, BC at the Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Ave. West Van First Night Award to Tantoo Cardinal Our Outstanding Achievement in Film

The Los Angeles International Shriekfest Film Festival ran from September 29-October 2, 2011 at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, CA

A real risk of being inspired awaits those attending the 1st Annual Green Screen International Film Festival to be held Nov. 1,2 3, & 5 Van. BC with films shown from around the world. narrated by world famous actors: Tom Selleck, Robert Redford +

Thank you all for your patience: www'TUCHTtheMovie.com - www.ASAOPE.com - www.ASAOPE.com/TUCHTtheJOURNEY

ASAOPE & UNITED TALENT are in talks to bring on-board John Leguizamo & Gabourey Sidibe to the star-studded Cast of TUCHT.

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THE JOHN WAYNE TRIBUTE EVENT Thursday, November 10, 2011 @ 7pm Cinerama Dome at the Arclight Hollywood 6360 W. Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028

Award-Winning DP Michael Givens Signs-On as Director of Photography on TUCHT

"ASAOPE is truly important & heroic work." - Maya Angelou - www.ASAOPE.com - www.TUCHTtheMOVIE.com

BET's REBECCA KING CREWS to Co-Direct TUCHT in her Directorial Debut

Meet TUCHT's Cast on FOX/ABC & the Rosie O'Donnell Show on Oprah's OWN Network

Joe & Guy Torry Join the Stellar CAST of TUCHT - www.TUCHTtheMOVIE.com

D'Onofrio Joins Stellar Cast of TUCHT - www.TUCHTtheMOVIE.com

Celebrity Honorees Announced Tickets Still Available for Event

"ASAOPE [producers of TUCHT] is truly important & heroic work." - Maya Angelou -

Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival Screens 48 Films Over Five Days

Bloom Spokane is hosting it's first-ever Birth Film Festival on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at the Bing Crosby Theater in Spokane, WA. This event will showcase many of the best and most amazing films about pregnancy, birth and babies around the world.

While blood, nudity and scares will be aplenty at the Second Annual PollyGrind Film Festival, founder and director Chad Clinton Freeman says there is so much more to the event.

Director Rel Dowdell's film "Changing The Game" has been chosen as one of only nine feature films to be screened at the 2011 Hollywood Black Film Festival, hosted at the Andaz Hotel on the world famous Sunset Strip in West Hollywood.

Success of inaugural Irish Film New York has festival creator planning to make IFNY an annual event

Spotlights in the sky will mark the event when monsters, zombies and creatures wander the crowd as theatre7 owner Derek Stonebarger and the venue's programmer Chad Clinton Freeman throw a block party to celebrate art, film, music, and Halloween.

Action On Film will begin streaming weekly movie reviews featuring new on DVD releases, theatrical releases, as well as classic films through various media outlets

Inaugural Irish Film New York opens strong, concludes with three films Sunday

a weekend of the best in contemporary Irish Cinema

agoda.com, Asia’s global hotel booking site and part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline Group (Nasdaq: PCLN), today announced hotel specials for the Tokyo International Film Festival.

The 13th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival screens at LITM in Downtown Jersey City on Sunday, October 2 at 7pm.

An International record was created with the launching of 71st AAFT Festival of Short Digital Films at Marwah Studios.

The Gasparilla Int'l Film Festival is proud to announce their upcoming 2nd Annual Art & Silent Auction Fundraiser, of which proceeds benefit Tampa Bay's largest independent film festival!

Irish Film New York--A New Irish Contemporary Screening Series at New York University, Sept. 30–Oct. 2, 2011 at NYU’s Cantor Film Center

‘The Dreaming Vendors’ (…Ebong Shaupno Jatree) has been selected from over 300 films for Film Southasia (FSA) 2011, the 8th edition of the biennial film festival of South Asian documentaries.

The award-winning documentary The Grandfathers, from Oklahoma-based filmmaker EthnoGraphic Media (EGM) will be featured at the upcoming Tulsa International Film Festival on Friday, September 23 at 12:30 pm at the Tulsa Center for Creativity.

The Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival will honor artist Tony Mauro for his achievements as a movie poster artist at its second annual festival, and has added special make-up effects artist Rod Durick to its guest lineup.

Second installment of the PollyGrind Film Festival will highlight more than 100 projects, including 30-plus features films, this October at theatre7 in the arts district.

August 19, 2011 – Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) is pleased to announce YesAsia.com and YesStyle.com will be supporting the film festival as joint sponsors.