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NEWSLETTER N° 257: January 19 - 26,
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ARE YOU READY FOR
SUNDANCE, WE ARE CHECK OUR
BLOG
Our Sundance video blog is open. Our team of
correspondants from Park City are waiting for your arrival:
Sandy
Mandelberger, Jeremy Platt, Tiffany Peckosh, Dane Alan Smith, Moira Sullivan,
Michael Smith,
Malo Girod de l'Ain and Bruno Chatelin.
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NEWS FROM FESTIVALS
* Sheffield International Documentary Festival On Tour
*
PAFF Presents Over 160 Films
* The Gothenburg Film Festival, No 29!
* The
Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival Line Up
* Slamdance Podcast
launches on iTunes
* Vesoul, a passion for Asia marked by faithfulness and
revival
* The Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival Highligths
*
2nd Berlin Festival for Europa Cinemas Labels
* Göteborg Film Fest: Asian
horror meets French-Armenian love
* Miami International Festival announces
Line Up
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivalsnews.shtml
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NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS
FORT MYERS BEACH
FILM FESTIVAL April 27 - 30, 2006
Accepting independent films, shorts,
animated & student films for Fort Myers Beach
Film Festival April 27 -
30, 2006. Theater audiences polled throughout festival & winning
filmmaker gets a $1,000 check. Film buffs see quality films & fun-filled
schedule includes
filmmaker panels, student workshops, elegant celebrity
gala. Submit before February 15:
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/february/fort_myers.shtml
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AWARDS
* Brokeback Mountain and Walk the Line receive Golden
Globes for best pictures
* VisionTV & NSI name writers to join DiverseTV
training program
* The Concentra Award for outstanding video journalism
*
Slamdance and fox21 Celebrate Teleplay Competition Finalists
* Directors
Guild of America announces 5 awards nominees
* Nominations announced for SAG
awards
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals_wrapup.shtml
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FESTIVALS GALLERY - PICTURES JUST
PICTURES
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FEST PLAYERS
FOCUS
* Jamie Lee Curtis
to present SAG award to Shirley Temple Black
* First Time Filmmakers coming
to Sundance
* Hopkins awarded Cecile B. de Mille award at Golden Globe
*
Aspen Short Fest will celebrate Jason Reitman
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml
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LAST MINUTE TRAVELS PLANS TO SUNDANCE ? BOOK
IT HERE
"One Stop Shop" to book hotels Dubai, flights, rental car,
etc..
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THE NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals
francophones
* Les films en compétition à Clermont Ferrand
*
Hommage à Hideo Nakata à Gérardmer
* FIPA 2006 5 jours de Télé Idéale
*
IDIFF: l'International DIgital Film Forum se prépare à ouvrir
* La Licence
Globale : Point de Vues de L'Alliance Public-Artistes
* Les premières
rencontres franco espagnoles du cinéma
* l'International DIgital Film Forum
finalise sa seconde édition cannoise
* Gerardmer: Fantastic’arts treizième
édition rime avec superstition !
* Festival de Gérardmer l'édition 2006 est
sur les rails
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml
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D-CINEMA
NEWS
* Technicolor Digital Cinema test plans with Century
Theatres
* HDFEST Concludes
2005 Tour with LA awards Moving Malcom
* Digital Living Room® Where Silicon
Valley and Hollywood Intersect...
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/dcinema.shtml
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FILM FROM FEST FOCUS
* French Films and Directors at IFFR 2006
Rotterdam
* New Book Gives Essential Tips on Aquiring Film Distribution
*
Rotterdam programme section on biographical films
* 1,750,000,000 theater
tickets sold in 2004 in Europe (up 6.7%)
Film Sales Support (FSS) for
Sundance Film Festival
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) CIFF - CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL March 24- 27, 2006,
The
festival has a new directors competitionfor Features,Shorts,Docu, Music Video /
Commercial
Golden Aphrodite Award : CYP 10.000.- in Feature Film Category. A
'red
carpet - black tie' international competitive cinema event dedicated to
make things happen in Cyprus, for emerging filmmakers and
screenwriters".
Apply online at http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/06/jan/cyprus.shtml
2) SKIP CITY D-CINEMA FESTIVAL 2006: July 15-23,
2006
SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2006 promotes
Digital cinema
combining entertainment and digital technology through
international competition
screenings and awarding filmmakers and their
works. Submissions of features and shorts
digitally shot and produced
are now open untill February 17. Apply online at
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/december/skipcity.shtml
3) 39TH WORLDFEST HOUSTON April 21-30,
2006
Worldfest is totally dedicated to Independent Film
WorldFest will screen next April 21 to 30 50 to 60 feature film
premieres
and short and documentary films. Entries are accepted to
January 31, 2005
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/december/houston.shtml
4 ) 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
5 ) RIFF Awards 2006 & Rome Film Market: 24-31
March 2006
Riff takes place in the Italian capital on 24-31 March
2006.
Prizes worth over 50.000 € will be awarded. Info on
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/september/roma.shtml
6 ) 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
7 ) 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
8 ) 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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