FILMFESTIVALS.COM WEEKLY NEWSLETTER  N° 212  :  December 11 - 17, 2004
Our contributors this week: Felicitas Becker, Bruno Chatelin, Randi Cecchine, Benjamin Florès
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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
 
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AWARDS
 
* EFA  nominees compete for best from Europe
* HDFEST 2004 Deffie Awards
* San Diego Asian Film Festival Awards
* 3 Continents Nantes Festival Awards
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THE NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals francophones
 
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* Tous les prix d'Autrans, docus, films, pubs etc
* Quels festivals pour quels films: débats à Paris Tout court
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FESTIVALS AGENDA
 
Festivals calling for your films...
This week, this month, the BULLETIN BOARD...
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D-CINEMA NEWS
 
* IDIFF dedicated to digital cinema next February
* Sky Captain at HDFEST
* Christie's Vice President EMEA : Dale Miller
* Digital synthetis tech For HD 3D
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/dcinema.shtml
 
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FEST PLAYERS FOCUS
 
* EFA Shop Talk conference: summit of European Actors
* Neil D. Stephenson opens his first Dubai Festival
* Director Pupi Avati to head Jury at Cairo fest
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml
 
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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
 
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FESTIVALS AGENDA
 
Festivals calling for your films...
This week, this month, the BULLETIN BOARD...
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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 World’s 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. Email our COO Bruno Chatelin bruno@filmfestivals.com  for a detailed proposition http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/bulletin_board.pdf
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