FILMFESTIVALS.COM WEEKLY NEWSLETTER N°
232: July 4 -10, 2005
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NEWS FROM
FESTIVALS
* SIL 2005 Audiovisual Trade Show launching at La Reunion mid
July
* Madeira has a film festival!
* Outfest will open with Cote d'Azur
and close with Dying Gaul, so French
* Discoveries from the Sydney film
festival
* Sydney Fest: film feast fires up patrons
* Brooklyn
International Film Festival
* VES FX Festival of visual effects in Santa
Monica
* Sydney Mini festival showcases best of Aussie shorts
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivalsnews.shtml
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NEWS FROM
ECOFILMS
* Consumer society under the spotlight at Ecofilms with Czech
Dream
* Ecofilms presents an experimental answer to poverty in doc
* A
spiritual angle on ecology at Ecofilms
* Ecofilms grants a Medwet award for
the second year
* A decent factory tackles corporate responsibility at
Ecofilms
* Ecofilms' opening stroke a sensitive
chord
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NEWS
FROM OUR PARTNER SIL 2005
LA REUNION: SALON DE IMAGE DU SON ET DE LA
LUMIERE
Launching at la Réunion: Saint Denis, la Halle du Port SIL 2005 July
13-17
35 exhibitors from the audiovisual industries, panels, concerts,
screenings,
master classes, audiovisual contests including FASTTRACK film
selection and
an accoustic concert by Laam.
Enjoy!
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NEW
SERVICES LAUNCHED DURING CANNES
Filmfestivals successfully launched 2 new
services during Cannes:
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This type of collaborative professionnal blog will soon become the must
for major festivals.
(ask for our help to launch them using our platform,
expertise and visibility)
- VideoSteps: burn your Cannes DVD: for those who
have walked up the Red Carpet
or for those who wish they did Videosteps
offers a donwloadable file or DVD souvenir.
http://www.videosteps.com/
Try
these new services and feel free to share comments,
suggestions...
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AWARDS
*
Eicar Film school palmares in partnership with filmfestivals.com
* Seattle
International Film Festival awards
* Rhodes Golden Dears Awards
* Sydney
Festival winners
* Roundup of festival awards winners
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals_wrapup.shtml
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online on
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http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/march/sfda.shtml
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FEST
PLAYERS FOCUS
* Filmmakers Edward Wang and Malle retrospective in NY
*
Véronique Cayla moves from Cannes to CNC
* Moscow festival presented by its
Programmer
* Fipresci new Board members
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml
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LAST MINUTE
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"One Stop Shop" to book hotels, flights,
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THE NEWS
" IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals francophones
* Le Salon du Son, de
l’Image et de la Lumière à la Réunion
* Laam en concert acoustique au Salon
du son et de l'image à la réunion
* Assignation des annonceurs de sites de
peer to peer
* Palmarès du Festival du Creusot
* Retour d'Annecy:
impressions animées
* Les lauréats de Prends ça court!
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
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experiences with us.
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D-CINEMA
NEWS
* Onedotzero adventures in moving image
* Will Digital be the
Savior of European Film? a panel by MEDIA Salles
* Animago Awards at
fmx/05
* X|Media|Lab International Lab in Singapore
* The ADMC Digital
Media Initiative
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/dcinema.shtml
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FILM
FROM FEST FOCUS
* Brussels full line up
* Please don't discontinue
Kodachrome (petition)
* Massive Malle retrospective at NY Lincoln Center
*
True passion for filmmaking
* The hero competes at Karlovy Vary
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)
Exceptional Miami Int. Short Film Festival(Ocyober 24-29) brings to
Miami
audience an exciting atmosphere to experience cultures from around the
world.
Don’t miss the opportunity to be an instrumental supporter of this
year’s
event! We invite you to join our family of participants and help
further
cement Miami as the footprint for culture and the arts. Submission
Deadline
September 30. http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/july/miamishorts.shtml
2) ECOARTS FILM FESTIVAL July 29-31
2005 marks first
EcoArts Film festival (EAFF) to showcase films
from Northern Marianas and
throughout the Pacific and Oceania promoting
awareness of tropical, island
environments. Cash prizes.
Contact Galvin Deleon Guerrero.galvin@itecnmi.com.
Telephone (670)233 6296.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/july/ecoarts.shtml
3) 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
4) SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL October 21
- 30, 2005
San Diego International Children's Film Festival will showcase
full-length films for children
of all ages & teens, shorts for
children ages 7 & under, Oct. 21-30 at Museum of
Photographic Arts in San
Diego's historic Balboa Park. Call for entries now
open, continues through
Aug. 31:
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/may/sandiego.shtml
5) ACTION/CUT SHORT FILM COMPETITION August 15-31,
2005
Call for entries Opening January 15, 2005
Categories: Fiction -
Documentary - Animation
Prizes: $35,000 Cash & Hollywood Career Access
& Sponsor Awards Over 100+ Prizes
More than any festival or contest in
the world including opening film industry
career doors to the winning
filmmakers.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/04/december/actioncut.shtml
6) NEW YORK FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL
The New York
International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFVF)
returns to New
York for a week of screenings, premieres, performances, panels and
parties.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/04/july/nyiifvf.shtml
7) 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
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