FILMFESTIVALS.COM WEEKLY NEWSLETTER N° 212 : December 11 - 17, 2004 Our contributors this week: Felicitas Becker, Bruno Chatelin, Randi Cecchine, Benjamin Florès Gene Grant, Sandy Mandelberger, Claus Mueller, Bence Nanay... Contact our editor: mailto:editor@filmfestivals.com Advertise: mailto:bruno@filmfestivals.com ______________________________________________________________ NEWS FROM FESTIVALS * Warm welcome at Dubai inaugural fest * Taiwan International Documentary Festival * Festival of Nouveau Cinema presents its montreal Fest vision * Ocean 12 to open Bahamas inaugural * Discovering Latin America Film Festival in London * Santa Fe Festival "under the wire" for Oscar deadline http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivalsnews.shtml __________________________________________________________ LAST MINUTE TRAVELS PLANS FOR YOUR FEST TRIPS "One Stop Shop" to book hotels, flights, rental car... http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/useful_info.shtml ______________________________________________________________ AWARDS * EFA nominees compete for best from Europe * HDFEST 2004 Deffie Awards * San Diego Asian Film Festival Awards * 3 Continents Nantes Festival Awards http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals_wrapup.shtml ______________________________________________________________ NEWS FROM OUR PARTNER SONY DIGITALMASTER TAPE Ditch the Glitches * Designed for any mini-DV or DVCAM(tm) camcorders, * DigitalMaster(tm) tape is far from ordinary. * Click here for more info http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;10848566;10287932;n?http://digitalmasterta pe.com/ _____________________________________________________________ THE NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals francophones * Nuits magiques l'animation en courts longs ou coquins * Les lauréats du prix Michel Simon * Tous les prix d'Autrans, docus, films, pubs etc * Quels festivals pour quels films: débats à Paris Tout court http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml ______________________________________________________________ FESTIVALS AGENDA Festivals calling for your films... 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Stephenson opens his first Dubai Festival * Director Pupi Avati to head Jury at Cairo fest http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml ______________________________________________________________ FILM FROM FEST FOCUS * DOKKINO new initative by DocPont Helsinki docu fest * New York love affair with Europe * 47 film projects selected for CineMart 2005 in Rotterdam http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/films.shtml ______________________________________________________________ FESTIVALS AGENDA Festivals calling for your films... This week, this month, the BULLETIN BOARD... http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/deadlines.shtml ______________________________________________________________ CALL FOR ENTRIES ONLINE SUBMISSIONS Filmmakers don't miss these ones! 1) THE SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL EXPO 2005 Summer 2005 An environmentally themed, competitive short film festival taking place at the Worlds Fair in Japan next summer. Films must be under 25 minutes in length and Japanese premieres. There are no year of production requirements and NO ENTRY FEES! Deadline is Dec 31st Several filmmakers will be selected to receive sponsored travel to Japan in June. http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/04/november/shorts.shtml 2) 4th BEVERLY HILLS FILM FESTIVAL April 13-17, 2005 Beverly Hills Film Festival April 13-17, 2005 is now acepting entries Call for Entries Deadline : Fjanuary 1st, 2005 http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/03/july/beverly_hills2004.shtml 3) See your Banner blinking on Filmfestivals.com HOMEPAGE linked to your online Call for Entries on our Bulletin Board. Maximize film entries. 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