* The 36th annual International Film Festival of
India takes off
* Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival
*
Retrospective on Indian Musicals from Goa Fest
* Sundance announced its line
up for independent feature films
* NYC Home Film Festival returns to Big
Apple for 2 days
* Anticipation, excitement at Dubai Fest program
unveiling
* New festival record in Stockholm filmmakers' attendance...
*
Untold story of Gujrat… Parzania
* FirstGlance Hollywood 6th runs Dec 1st to
4th
* Film Bazar is open at IFFI 2005 in Goa
* Goa has the potential to be
among top film festivals
* Made in Germany - LA German fest
conclusions
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivalsnews.shtml
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EFA
SPECIAL
European
Film Awards 2005 will take place this
Saturday, December 3, in Berlin
- Members closing date to cast votes for awards and
board members election: Nov 27th
- European Film Academy Awards nominees
revealed
- European Film Academy Documentary Award revealed
-
Public to vote for the Jameson People's Choice Awards, vote open on EFA website.
- EFA short list of 46 features from Europe has been announced
- Maurice
Jarre tribute to be given during EFA in Berlin
- Sir Sean Connery will
receive a life-time EFA award in Berlin
http://www.filmfestivals.com/efa/efa2005.shtml
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FESTIVALS GALLERY - PICTURES JUST
PICTURES
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NEWS FROM OUR PARTNER
THE SECOND DUBAI FILM FESTIVAL December 11 - 17,
2005
The second Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) will be hosted
in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
by Dubai Media City, the media free zone
created by the Government of Dubai in 2001.
The festival seeks to celebrate
true excellence in Arab cinema while screening films
which reflect Dubai’s
cosmopolitan and multi-cultural character. The festival will
showcase
approximately 85 films.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/november/dubai.shtmlDUBAI FEST NEWSLETTER
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AWARDS
* Indie Ra Choi film wins AWGIE best feature
award
* Munich International Festival of Film Schools
* El Ojo Cojo awards
Dirt by Nancy Savoca
* Gotham Awards Winners will be awarded Nov 30
*
Winners of Lexus Inside Film Awards in Sydney
* Perhaps Love Best Foreign
Film at the Queens Fest
* Copenhagen Docu fest cph:dox has just
wrapped
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals_wrapup.shtml______________________________________________________________
FEST PLAYERS FOCUS
* Richard Peña on his work at New York Film Fest -
part 3
* Seven Years of Thespo: A Youth Festival in India
* International
Film Festival of India faces internal wrangle
* Terry Gilliam, Taylor
Hackford among guest at Capri fest
* Let's celebrate...IFFI is rocking in Goa
with an official song!
* Nordeste Wins Best Film at Stockholm
* What's new
at Jakarta International Film Festival (7th)
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml_____________________________________________________________
LAST MINUTE TRAVELS PLANS? BOOK IT
HERE
"One Stop Shop" to book hotels in Santa
Monica, flights, rental car, etc..
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/useful_info.shtml
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THE NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals
francophones
* Coup d’envoi du Festival du Film Israëlien à Los
Angeles
* Journée Gender au Festival de film Filmar en América Latina
*
Quintesse Ouidah au Benin prépare sa 4ème édition
* Paris Tout Court prépare
sa quatrième édition
* Le Festival
des 3 Continents de Nantes est
lançé
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...
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D-CINEMA NEWS
* Digital Living
Room® Where Silicon Valley and Hollywood Intersect...
* HDFEST High Def
Festival highlights
* Fox to supply digital film for D Cinema
*
Disney commits to delivering film to DCI compliant theatres
* DCI finalizes D
Cinema system requirements and specs
* Dolby selects the Christie CP2000 2K
for 50 US D Cinemas
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/dcinema.shtml
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FILM FROM FEST FOCUS
* Dubai to premiere Saudi Arabian Animated Short on
Impact of Terrorism
* IFFI Goa opener: Olga had added screening by audience
demand
* Film line up from the Sundance Independent competition
* Look
Both Ways rules Australian AFI awards
* Local Film Culture, Global Exchange -
1 day conference in London
* The National Screen Institute Canandian training
program
* India to ink co-production deal with UK
* DaKINO delivers
Matchpoint in its 15th Anniversary
* European Film Promotion receives Media
support for film sales
* Media Desk Netherlands confirmed support to 8 dutch
prods
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CALL FOR ENTRIES ONLINE
SUBMISSIONS
Filmmakers don't miss these
ones!
1) 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
2) THE SHORTS SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL:
June 3, 2006 / June 11, 2006
Japan’s best festival for short films, is now
accepting submissions for its 2006 competition.
Filmmaker friendly, no entry
fee, each year several filmmakers are invited roundtrip to Tokyo.
Academy
Awards ® accredited festival. International deadline is November
1st,
National and Asian deadline is December 20th, 2005.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/october/short.shtml
3) 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
4) 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
5) 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
6) 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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