FILMFESTIVALS.COM WEEKLY NEWSLETTER N° 244 : October
14 - 21, 2005
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EFA
SPECIAL
European Film Awards 2005 will take place Saturday, December 3, in
Berlin
- EFA nominees 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
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NEWS
FROM FESTIVALS
* The second Dubai International Film Festival still
growing
* Dakota Fanning attends Dreamer Heartland fest opening
* Sound
Unseen Festival kicked in loud
* Sao Paulo festival homages to Rossellini,
Abril and de Oliveira
* What? Film Festival!
* Buenos Aires festival for
latino americano film and video
* Heartland Film Festival line up
* Ohio
Independent Film Festival
* Resfest (dedicated to digital) comes to Italy for
the first time
* Script-2-Screen Film Festival: "Groove on" in Tulsa
* The
viennale program of 100 features and tributes
* AFI gets ready for a stellar
19th Film Festival
* Mill Valley opens its 28th edition
* 27th Aspen
FilmFest: its a wrap
* Fort Lauderdale: the longest Festival rolling
*
Audiard and Dardenne will open and close The Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivalsnews.shtml
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FESTIVALS
GALLERY - PICTURES JUST PICTURES
VENICE PICTURE GALLERY (82
including Monica Belucci)
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SAN
SEBASTIAN PICTURE GALLERY (82 shots)
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TORONTO
PICTURE GALLERY (40 pictures)
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AWARDS
*
International Family Film Festival is a Wrap
* 10 Features Candidates for
Hollywood World Awards
* Woodstock Film Festival awarded Cavite
* Dragons
& Tigers Award to "Ox Hide"
* Leipzig Festival Awards "Before Flying Back
to the Earth"
* Rio Festival wraps and delivers its Awards
*
Hamptons/Sloan feature Film Prize to Kardia
* Panorama of Independent
Filmmakers Awards
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals_wrapup.shtml
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FEST
PLAYERS FOCUS
* Why Wharol Matters at Viennale: debates, screenings and
exhibitions
* Stockholm 16th Fest will pay tribute to Cronenberg
* Sir
Sean Connery to receive lifetime EFA award in Berlin
* Samuel L. Jackson to
be honored in Hawai
* Peter Bart Conversation Announced for SXSW 2006
*
Great Animators: Phil Tippett and Chris Landreth at eDIT 8.
* Shefield
Documentary line up of attending filmmakers
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml
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NEWS
FROM OUR PARTNERS
SATIS, the Trade Show for Audiovisual Technologies and
Solutions, will be held from
18-20 October 2005 at Paris Expo-Porte de
Versailles in Paris.
SATIS is the only event offering those in the
audiovisual industry a cross-disciplinary
approach to technological
developments, the promotion of the industry skills and vocations,
and a
diverse, complete representation of the market's main players.
The 2005 show
is pursuing in a natural way its orientation around the convergence
of
content and audiovisual technologies, with high definition as its
privileged
theme.
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THE
NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals francophones
* Le Palmarès du
Festival d'Amérique Latine de Biarritz
* Le Palmarès du 6e Festival
d’Aubagne
* Festival du cinéma européen en Essonne
* Palmarès du festival
Pocket Films, tournés avec un téléphone
* Autrans un grand festival consacré
à la montagne
* Cinemed le programme du festival de Montpellier
* Régis
Wargnier président du jury de Dinard
* Palmarès de Festimages
* Palmarès
du Festival du Cinéma au Féminin de Bordeaux
* le 1er Festival simultané sur
3G et sur les écrans du Forum des Images
* Les Nuits Magiques Festival du
Film d'Animation de Bègles
* Cinéma des antipodes à Saint Tropez
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
* 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
* CentEast - Warsaw Screenings of Central and Eastern
European films
* 41st Chicago Festival in action with 100 feature films
*
New York Fest opened with Clooney's second feature
* The Very Latest New Wave
at Central Asian Film Fest
* The Constant Gardener by Fernando Meirelles
London opening
* Guiding Lights to support 25 emerging films pros
* Just
an Ordinary Jew one of Hamburg Fest capstones
* Short Film Symposium at the
Cork 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)
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
2)
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
3)
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
4)
Delray Beach Film Festival: March 8 – 12, 2006
The inaugural season of Delray
will be more than a film festival; it will be an experience.
Delray Beach,
also an exquisite and unique surfing destination spot, will offer filmmakers a
fun, warm,
beautiful place to meet, mingle and party. The relaxed and
welcoming atmosphere will be a breath
of fresh air to any filmmaker who has
been busy producing or promoting their film
Calling for entries: December 1,
2005
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/july/delray.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
7)
Independent Film Forum: November 14, January 31, 2006.
Independent Film Forum
(IF2) is a free online community where you can share, watch,
and critique
independent films sponsoring a free online film festival from November
14,
2005 through January 31, 2006. The winner will be determined by the
registered users of the site,
as well as ten professionals from the
entertainment industry.
Festival entries will be accepted through
November 5, 2005.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/july/filmforum.shtml
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