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WELCOME TO  OUR FILMFESTIVALS.COM WEEKLY NEWSLETTER  N° 255: January  4-11, 2006  
 
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NEWS FROM FESTIVALS
 
* Sundance Independent Feature Film Competition contenders
* SXSW Announces Premieres, 'Prairie Home' to be Opening Night Film
* Rotterdam to open with Nagasaki’s Heart, Beating In The Dark
* 8 films ready for the Nordic Competition at Göteborg
* 29th Portland International Film Festival Opens February 10, 1006
* Bahamas International Film Festival: Second Edition
* Portland Jewish Film Fest opens Jan 14
* 39th Worldfest will stream all shorts and features trailers
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivalsnews.shtml
 
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IFC MEDIA LAB DRAW CONTEST
 
IFC’s Independent Media Lab is a web/TV integrated program that provides filmmakers
a destination for posting independent films online.
Try your luck: browse our website, select your prize and reply as fast as you can to
mailto:bruno@mm2editions.com Early bird gets it.
Visit http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/ifcmedialab/medialab.shtml
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NEWS FROM CAPRI FESTIVAL 
Browse the photogallery starring Terry Gilliam, Max von Sidow, Michael Radford...
 
* Capri, Hollywood Film Festival  wraps in style  
* Costume designer Gabriella Pescucci is the winner of the Capri Fe2005 Tirelli Prize
* A documentary on Pope John Paul II wins best docu in Capri
* Good Night, and Good Luck awarded film of the year by Capri
* Capri Hollywood honors Helen Mirren, Cerami and Zanussi
* Massimo Troisi honored by Capri Festival 
 http://www.filmfestivals.com/images/capri2005/index.htm 
  
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NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS 
 
3RD ANNUAL ARTIVIST FILM FESTIVAL & ARTIVIST AWARDS
August 2006 – Hollywood & San Francisco
"ARTIVIST" is the 1st international activist film festival dedicated to addressing Human Rights,
Children's Advocacy , Animal Rights and Environmental Preservation. 
Its mission is to strengthen the voice of international activist artists - "Artivists" -
while raising awareness for social global causes.
Calling for entries now.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/december/artivist.shtml
 
1ST MOBILE FILM FESTIVAL 2006 January 3rd to 15th
Mobilevent presents the 1st edition of the Mobile Film Festival, the first ever online
festival of one minute short films, filmed only with mobile phones and open to the general public.
Applicants have until December 20th to send in their proposal.
The Festival will be accessible to all on the web www.mobilefilmfestival.com
Submit online: http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/december/mobilefest.shtml
 
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AWARDS
 
* The 9th International Latino Film Festival awards
* Costume designer Gabriella Pescucci is the winner of the Capri 2005 Tirelli Prize
* A documentary on Pope John Paul II wins best docu in Capri
* Good Night, and Good Luck awarded film of the year by Capri
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals_wrapup.shtml

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FESTIVALS GALLERY  - PICTURES JUST PICTURES 
 
 
MALIBU PICTURE GALLERY (35 pictures)
http://www.filmfestivals.com/images/maui2005/index.htm
 
VENICE PICTURE GALLERY (82 including Monica Belucci)
http://www.filmfestivals.com/images/venice2005/index.htm
 
SAN SEBASTIAN PICTURE GALLERY (82 shots)
http://www.filmfestivals.com/images/sansebastian2005/index.htm
 
TORONTO PICTURE GALLERY  (40 pictures)
http://www.filmfestivals.com/images/tiff2005galery/index.htm
 
 
 
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FEST PLAYERS FOCUS
 
* Terry Gilliam Oscar bets on Woody Allen, Heath Ledger and King Kong 
* Capri Hollywood honors Helen Mirren, Cerami and Zanussi
* Massimo Troisi to be honored by Capri Festival
* Wieland Speck, director of the Berlin Panorama on the Teddy 20
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml

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LAST MINUTE TRAVELS  PLANS TO  SUNDANCE ? BOOK IT HERE
 
"One Stop Shop" to book hotels Dubai, flights, rental car,  etc..
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THE NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals francophones
 
* La 1ère édition du Mobile Film Festival est lancée
* L'eau fait débat autour de Retour aux Sources
* Le Festival des Films du Monde se déroulera du 24 août au 4 septembr
* La position de l'Unevi sur les amendements P2P
* Le point de vue de l'Adami sur la licence globale
 http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml
 
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FESTIVALS AGENDA
 
Festivals calling for your films...
This week, this month, the BULLETIN BOARD...
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/deadlines.shtml
 
ASPIRING FEST REPORTERS WANTED
Share your Festival experiences with us.
Become  a filmfestival reporter and ambassador. mailto:editor@filmfestivals.com
 
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D-CINEMA NEWS
 
* Technicolor Digital Cinema test plans with Century Theatres 
* HDFEST Concludes 2005 Tour with LA awards Moving Malcom
* Digital Living Room® Where Silicon Valley and Hollywood Intersect...
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/dcinema.shtml
 
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FILM FROM FEST FOCUS
 
* Memoirs of a Geisha cast video interview
* The Chronicles of Narnia reviews
* Masters of Horror series from Vancouver VIFC
* Capri, Hollywood Film Festival complete line up
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/films.shtml
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FESTIVALS AGENDA
 
Festivals calling for your films...
This week, this month, the BULLETIN BOARD...
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/deadlines.shtml
 
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CALL FOR ENTRIES ONLINE SUBMISSIONS
Filmmakers don't miss these ones!
 
1) CIFF - CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL March 24- 27, 2006,
The festival has a new directors competitionfor Features,Shorts,Docu, Music Video / Commercial
Golden Aphrodite Award : CYP 10.000.- in Feature Film Category. A 'red
carpet - black tie' international competitive cinema event dedicated to
make things happen in Cyprus, for emerging filmmakers and screenwriters".
Apply online at http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/06/jan/cyprus.shtml
 
2) SKIP CITY D-CINEMA FESTIVAL 2006: July 15-23, 2006 
SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2006  promotes Digital cinema 
combining entertainment and digital technology through international competition 
screenings and awarding filmmakers and their works.
Submissions  of features and shorts digitally shot and produced are now  open untill February 17.
Apply online at
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/december/skipcity.shtml
 
3) 39TH WORLDFEST HOUSTON April 21-30, 2006 
Worldfest is totally dedicated to Independent Film 
WorldFest will screen next April  21 to 30  50 to 60 feature film premieres 
and short and documentary films. 
Entries are accepted to January 31, 2005
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/december/houston.shtml 
 
4) FOCAL INTERNATIONAL AWARDS: May 15, 2006, Savoy Hotel, London
The Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries is a not for profit trade organization
representing footage archives, researchers, consultants and ancillary facilities serving
the footage industry worldwide. The FOCAL International Awards is an annual event
to celebrate the use of footage archive images in the creative media.
Submissions are now invited, free of charge, in 15 Award categories.
Closing date 31 December 2005. Apply online at
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/november/focal.shtml
 
5 ) THE PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL:  April 20-27, 2006
The Palm Beach International Film Festival is a 501(3)(c) not for profit organization
supporting film programs in local schools and dedicated to making a difference in the
lives of future filmmakers by helping them fulfill their dreams to one-day work in the
world of film. Proceeds generated each year are donated to schools, in the form of
grants and scholarships, to provide new technologies.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/october/pbiff.shtml
 
6 ) RIFF Awards 2006 & Rome Film Market: 24-31 March 2006
CALL 4 entry deadline for  the fifth edition of RIFF (Roma Independent Film Festival)
is December 15, 2005,  Riff takes place in the Italian capital on 24-31 March 2006.
Prizes worth over 50.000 € will be awarded.
applications and info on
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/september/roma.shtml
 
7 ) 26th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: February 24th till March 4th
The Oporto International Film Festival, now going to its 26th edition, specializes in fantasy
and science-fiction films in its Official Competitive section.
The Festival runs now in 4 theatres (2,600 seats altogether ) and screens nearly
200 NEW feature films each  year.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/may/fantasporto.shtml
 
8 ) ANNUAL PROGRAM WITHOUT FRONTIERS
Calls SHORT FILMS producers worldwide to participate with their works.
Also see the news on the Festival for Documentaries and Narrative Movies.
Awards information and call for entries:
http://filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/03/sept/frontiers.shtml
 
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