FILMFESTIVALS.COM WEEKLY NEWSLETTER N° 213 : December 20 - 26, 2004 Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year on the Festival Circuit Contact our editor: mailto:editor at filmfestivals.com Advertise: mailto:bruno at filmfestivals.com ______________________________________________________________ NEWS FROM FESTIVALS * Palm Springs Fest unveils 2005 festival * First Dubai Film Festival Ends on High Note * Dublin International Film Festival highlights * Kinderfilmfest the Berlinale?s youth film competition * Miami International Film Festival Announces Program * Large Format Film Festival * Florence Indian Film Festival closes with eyes on India * Santa Fe Festival "under the wire" for Oscar deadline http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivalsnews.shtml ______________________________________________________________ FEST PLAYERS FOCUS * Yevgeni Yufit: Filmmaker in Focus at next Rotterdam Fest * New Fest Director for BAFICI * Interview with Sarajevo International Film Festival Chief * Interview with Thessaloniki?s film festival chief: Michel Demopoulos * Interview with Maxine Lu, Manager Taiwan Docu Fest * Titanic's Leonardo di Caprio, KateWinslet and Kevin Bacon to be honored in Santa Barbara http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.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 * Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival awards * Rio short film fest awards * Bahamas International Film Festival awards winners * Winners of the European Film 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 * La corée à l'honneur de MIPTV featuring MILIA * Bilan du 14ème Festival des nuits magiques de Bègles. * 9 films en Imax en compétition à La Géode * 5es RENCONTRES EUROPÉENNES DES ARTISTES * La vision du festival du nouveau cinéma * Le palmarés des écrans documentaires est annoncé * Les lauréats du prix Michel Simon http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml ______________________________________________________________ FESTIVALS AGENDA Festivals calling for your films... 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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 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. 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