FILMFESTIVALS.COM WEEKLY NEWSLETTER  N° 213  :  December 20 - 26, 2004
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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
 
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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
 
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LAST MINUTE TRAVELS  PLANS FOR YOUR FEST  TRIPS
 
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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
 
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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
 
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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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D-CINEMA NEWS
 
* IDIFF dedicated to digital cinema next February
* Sky Captain at HDFEST
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/dcinema.shtml
 
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FILM FROM FEST FOCUS
 
* DOKKINO new initative by DocPont Helsinki docu fest
* New York love affair with Europe
* 47 film projects selected for CineMart 2005 in Rotterdam
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 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. Email our COO Bruno Chatelin bruno@filmfestivals.com  for a detailed
 
proposition http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/bulletin_board.pdf
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