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November 10 - 16, 2005
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NEWS
FROM FESTIVALS
* Up in smoke: Havana at the Brighton Film
Festival
* Northern Lights Film Festival 2005 opens with ambitions
* The
Independent Film Show of experimental film
* L'Etrange Festival is ready to
surprise some 17 000 Parisians
* River to River. Florence Indian Film
Festival with a mission
* The 21st Film Arts Festival of Independent
Cinema
* The Best Fest This Side of Lock and Dam 21
* Ohio Independent
Film Festival highlights
* Melbourne fest: reveals its program and kicks in
next week
* Avignon New York fest setting up in new home
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivalsnews.shtml
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LAST
MINUTE TRAVELS PLANS FOR AFM? 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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EFA
SPECIAL
European Film Awards 2005 will take place Saturday, December 3, in
Berlin
- 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
To
EFA voting members Bruno Chatelin statement on committing to EFA if he
were elected at
the EFA Board at the comming elections.
"I have been
involved at filmfestivals with producing and selling footage from cannes red
carpet,
as a distributor I worked on 200 films and have in the past
contributed to the organising and promoting
numerous large film events,
premieres...
an experience dedicated to film excellence which I would be
particularly happy to offer to EFA.
I would proudly commit my
marketing/communication experience and my
international connections to
promoting (both personally and with my company)
the EFA ceremony, the
academy and its members' network.
I would also like to contribute to the
update - upgrade of EFA online activities."
Please share your opinion with us
for a special EFA online focus
Bruno Chatelin: mailto:bruno@filmfestivals.com
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FESTIVALS
GALLERY - PICTURES JUST PICTURES
VENICE PICTURE GALLERY (82
including Monica Belucci)
http://www.filmfestivals.com/images/venice2005/index.htm
SAN
SEBASTIAN PICTURE GALLERY (82 shots)
http://www.filmfestivals.com/images/sansebastian2005/index.htm
TORONTO
PICTURE GALLERY (40 pictures)
http://www.filmfestivals.com/images/tiff2005galery/index.htm
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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.shtml
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AWARDS
* Berlin Interfilm awards
* New York City Horror
Festival awards
* Bitfi lm awards
* European Film Awards 2005 - The
Nominations
* XXII Festival de Cine de Bogotá Awards
* Savannah Film
Festival Awards winners
* 2005 FIFAM—A different look at the world around
us!
* What the Snow Brings wins 4 at Tokyo Fest
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals_wrapup.shtml
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FEST
PLAYERS FOCUS
* AFI FEST 2005 plays host to more
stars!
* Media for a Culture of Peace sign Declaration of Lyon
* Richard
Peña, Program Director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center
* Richard Peña
biography
* Second Bahamas film Festival will honor Spike Lee
* István
Szabó to receive Honorary Lubina in Cottbus
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml
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THE
NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals francophones
* Montreal soutient le Festival des Films du
Monde
* Encore un nouveau festival pour les films de mobiles
* Le FestCEAL
c'est parti pour 19 jours de fiesta
* C'est à Arras, c'est du bon et c'est
pour bientôt...
* Marrakech le 5ème festival se prépare à ouvrir
*
Déclaration des producteurs "Améliorons le système des Sofica"
* Aide au film
court en Seine-Saint-Denis
* Les Etoiles de la Scam pour feter ses 25
ans.
* Palmarès du Festival « Coup de Cœur » de Cosne-sur-Loire
* Le
palmarès de Cinéma Tout écran
* Festival L’Industrie du Rêve: colloque sur la
lumière
* Les Ecrans Documentaires présente son programme
* Les 10 ans de
« Coup de Cœur » de Cosne-sur-Loire
* Jeunes réalisateurs attirés par la Pub
et Méribel
* Le premier marché du documentaire au Québec
* Le bilan du
Festival du nouveau cinéma à Montreal
* Whole New Thing de Amnon Buchbinder
ouvre Image+Nation
* Le Palmarès du Cadeci 1er festival du carrefour des
cinémas
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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D-CINEMA
NEWS
* 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
* 25th Anniversary Festival of School Films in
Munich
* Bahamas International Film Fest to open with Broken Flowers
*
DOCircuitMtl The first Quebec documentary market
* Whole New Thing, by Amnon
Buchbinder opens Image+Nation
* AFI opens with Johnny Cash bio Walk The
Line
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) 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
7)
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Call for Entries on our Bulletin Board.
Maximize film entries. Email our COO
Bruno Chatelin bruno@filmfestivals.com
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detailed proposition
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