Movies and TvShows featuring "film-festival" theme.

Famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife was one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Now in his late seventies, Fife is dying of cancer in Montreal and has agreed to a final interview in which he is determined to bare all his secrets at last, to demythologize his mythologized life.

When Elvira, a horror hostess, inherits a small town and a magic spell book, she finds herself in a battle of good versus evil, using her wisecrack humor and witchcraft skills to save the day. Along the way, she encounters a variety of strange characters and faces challenges like indecent exposure, a bowling alley incident, and a poodle with growing breasts.

Anthony and Ryan are a pair of college roommates that couldn't be more difficult from each other and it is driving them both insane. After a brutal fight occurs on one fateful night that goes south — they wake up the next day to the realization that they inconceivably switched bodies. Forced to spend a day as each other — the two mortal enemies discover that they might not be so different from each other after all.

An inside look at the creative process behind some of our most popular and beloved movies and television shows. All episodes feature recorded conversations between acclaimed and award-winning screenwriters, TV creators, and filmmakers from the Austin Film Festival's annual conference and year round events.

Natalie Bennett's life takes two different paths after her college graduation: one where she becomes pregnant and stays in her hometown, and another where she moves to LA to chase her career. In both scenarios, she navigates the challenges of relationships, motherhood, and finding her place in the world.

Even though a devastating murder took place during a small town's horror film festival two years earlier, townspeople want another festival.

Geek Charming is a comedy-drama movie that follows the story of Dylan, a popular high school diva, and Josh, a social outcast. When Dylan's documentary project takes a wrong turn, she enlists Josh's help to film her story. As they work together, they develop an unexpected bond and begin to see each other in a new light.

In Domino, a police officer in Copenhagen, Denmark seeks revenge after his partner is murdered by a terrorist cell. The investigation takes him to Belgium and other locations in Scandinavia, as he unravels a plot involving terrorism, revenge, and the CIA.

After breaking up with his girlfriend, a widowed animator meets a single parent and they embark on a journey of love and adoption, all while dealing with various personal challenges.

Camera Buff is a comedy-drama film set in post-war Poland. A factory worker, Filip, discovers his passion for filmmaking when he buys a camera. As he begins to document his life and the world around him, his newfound hobby leads to conflicts within his marriage and his workplace.

Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made is a documentary about a group of childhood friends who spent their summers in the 1980s making a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The film follows their journey from being ambitious young filmmakers to reconnecting as adults to complete their long-lost passion project. Through archive footage and interviews, the documentary explores the themes of dedication, friendship, and the power of creativity.

Popcorn is a dark and twisted horror comedy that takes place in a struggling movie theater. A series of gruesome murders starts to occur, and a group of college students must find the killer before they become the next victims. As the body count rises, the mystery deepens and the horror escalates. With its weird and dark humor, Popcorn is a slasher horror film like no other.

Rifkin's Festival is a romantic comedy that follows a married couple as they attend a film festival in San Sebastian. The husband, a film scholar, becomes infatuated with a French movie director while the wife, wanting a divorce, begins a fling with a young Frenchman. The film explores themes of failed marriage, infidelity, and the pursuit of love and happiness.

Official Competition (2021) revolves around a filmmaking competition where two directors, a theater actor, and a female filmmaker engage in a fierce and comedic rivalry. With elements of lesbianism, male rivalry, and fake illness, the story takes unexpected twists as the characters navigate the challenges of making a movie and dealing with personal conflicts.

A documentary following the exploits of a group of filmmakers as they take their independent feature, Ten 'til Noon, along the film festival circuit, and the politics, pitfalls, triumphs and comic tragedies they encounter along the way. Full of interviews with important players in the indie world, this is a must see for young filmmakers on the what happens when the shooting stops.

Baghead follows four aspiring actors who retreat to a cabin in the woods to write and film their own movie. However, their creative process is disrupted when they start to be stalked by a person wearing a paper bag over their head. As tensions rise and paranoia sets in, they must figure out who is behind the mask and what their intentions are. The film explores themes of friendship, ambition, and the blurred line between reality and fiction.

Jiminy Glick, an overweight and clueless interviewer, travels to the Toronto International Film Festival to cover the red carpet. However, amidst the glamour and glitz, he becomes entangled in a murder mystery that involves celebrities and the film industry. With his signature smoking and inside jokes, Jiminy must navigate the world of Hollywood to solve the case.

Gouranga, a young man in 1960s rural Bengal, embarks on a journey where he encounters not only the local myths about a supernatural presence, but also his own demons which were buried in his past. The film was in the list of TOP 10 Recommended Movies of NFDC Film Bazaar 2023. It also won the Film Bazaar Recommends Award in the Viewing Room Category.

Dean is a maverick American film director surprised that his most recent film has been chosen as the Official U.S. Entry at the Venice Film Festival. A beautiful French journalist arrives at the festival with the apparent intention of interviewing the unique and eccentric filmmaker. In the midst of all the festival madness, she is forced to confront the wide divergence between things as they really are and things as they seem to be - both on screen and off. And so, finally, are we. Shot half in Venice, Italy and half in Venice, California, "Venice/Venice" looks at the profound effect movies have had - and continue to have - on our lives, our loves and on our dreams of romance.

Benjamin is a comedy-drama film that follows the journey of a gay filmmaker named Benjamin who faces self-doubt and insecurity as he tries to make a film. Set in London, England, the film explores Benjamin's struggle with his relationships, including a budding romance, while dealing with the pressures of the film industry. Along the way, he navigates through awkward situations and attempts to reconcile his own insecurities.