FILMFESTIVALS.COM WEEKLY NEWSLETTER N°
226: April 23 - May 1, 2005
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PREPARE FOR CANNES MARKET and Short
Film Market
EXCLUSIVE Advertising Options are available with The Buyers
Lounge,
the Cannes Market Web Café and the Short Film Digital
Avenue.
FilmFestivals is a proud partner of Cannes Market
set
to offer new digital avenues for short filmmakers.
The Short Film Corner will
inaugurate the Short Film Digital Avenue May 11 to 22.
Do not miss
the panel May 14 at 5pm in the Palais: 14.01
8 NEW AVENUES TO MONETIZE AND
PROMOTE SHORT FILM
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NEWS
FROM FESTIVALS
* Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for
Children
* Festival dates conflict situation in Montreal, to be
continued
* Philadelphia Fest pleased over 65 000
* New York African Film
Festival at the Lincoln Center
* Independent film Tango in Buenos Aires
*
Cannes selection commented by Thierry Fremeaux
* BAFICI un-even Argentine
Competitive Section
* MIP TV Update: New Technologies Fire Warning Shot at
Broadcasters
* 2005 New York Asia Human Rights Festival
* ViewFinders
Atlantic City announces line up.
* Austin Cine Las Americas line up
*
First Inspiration Fest celebrating films that ...inspire us
* Rome forever at
the Italian Film Fest UK
* Golden Horse Film Festival 2005
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivalsnews.shtml
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AWARDS
* The Aryan Couple sweeps Beverly Hills Fest awards
* Malibu International Film Festival awards
* Palm Beach awards the Aryan
Couple
* Fasttrack winners announced in Cherbourg edition
* The Full Frame
Documentary awards
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals_wrapup.shtml
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MONETIZE
YOUR DIGITAL RIGHTS
Filmfestivals Enterainment Group acquires digital rights for
worldwide distribution
to 8 digital networks : Videophones: 2,5G, 3G…, Gamepads, Online
viewing, TV digital VOD,
TV IP channels, New digital networks, DVD,
Digital cinema...
* Interview with Fernando Pena, BAFICI
director
* Far East Film Festival, Udine Italy
* The Cannes Festival By
Veronique Cayla
* Travelling by Emir Kusturica Cannes jury president
*
"Travelingue" by Gilles Jacob, on Cannes 2005
* Sydney Pollack's Interpreter
opens Tribeca
* Nino Simone - Beverly Hills Fest President
* Worldfest
visiting filmmakers
* Harvey Keitel Special Guest of Istanbul Film
Festival
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml
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NEWS
FROM OUR PARTNERS
ORINDA FILM FESTIVAL: September 22-25,
2005
Call for entries deadline: May 31, 2005
The Orinda Film Festival
supports films from around the world that inspire, educate,
challenge, and
provoke audiences to explore other viewpoints and forms of expression.
It
offers a wide range of categories, including narrative features and shorts,
documentaries,
animation, experimental films, and music videos.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/april/orinda.shtml
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NEWS
FROM CANNES
The Short Film Corner is a new market entirely
dedicated to short films.
An overall panorama of short films today : In
2004, the Short Film Corner
presented some 450 films, representing over 100
hours of programs,
from 40 different countries. Films were viewed more than
5 000 times by buyers
and film selectors from all over the world. More than
one hundred films
were screened as world premieres.
Promote your
film
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THE
NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals francophones
* Regards sur le cinéma du Sud
* Vues
d'Afrique le programme complet
* Le Festival très court va très loin...
*
Trolls et Légendes à Athis Mons
* Festival du Nouveau Cinéma se prépare pour
l'automne
* Signes de Nuit Troisième édition
* La Vie Matérielle raffle
tout à un festival c'est trop court
* Musique et documentaire : comment
accompagner le réel?
* Palmarès du Festival de Cherbourg
* Grand Prix du
meilleur Scénario: le Palmarès 2005
* Montreal: le FFM dénonce le scandale
des commandites
* Projection, 37 ans après sa sélection, du film d'Otar
Iosseliani à la Semaine de la Critique
* Ca se passe à l'Eicar, un festival
dans le festival
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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FEST REPORTERS WANTED
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D-CINEMA
NEWS
* Animago Awards at fmx/05
* X|Media|Lab
International Lab in Singapore
* Mipdoc e-screenings go digital (server
technology)
* Film on Mobile time is ripe: Milia and Cannes Market new focus
* The ADMC Digital Media Initiative
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/dcinema.shtml
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FILM
FROM FEST FOCUS
* The Global Political Challenge on HIV/AIDS
seminar
* Tribeca debuts a shorts online competition
* Santa Fe has a new
film center, a Santa Fe Fest initiative
* Murderball Will Roll You Over With
Adrenaline
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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) PALM SPRINGS INT'L FESTIVAL OF SHORT FILMS & FILM
MARKET September 20-26, 2005
Eleventh Annual ShortsFest presenting over 300
shorts on three screens with Film Market facilities
featuring over 2000
shorts. 20 awards in 10 categories with $30,000.00 in cash prizes, film stock
and
production services. AMPAS Recognized Festival. Call for entry,
application form and info:
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/march/palm_springs.shtml
2)
NEW YORK CITY HORROR FILM FESTIVAL (NYCHFF) October 18 - 23, 2005
Once again,
The USA's premiere horror film festival will be held at the prestigious Tribeca
Film Center in lower Manhattan. With special screenings, parties, celebrity
guests
and each year's prestigious lifetime achievement award, this is the
genre festival not to be missed.
Calling for entries : Early Deadline
September 1st.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/march/nyhorror.shtml
3)
RED BANK FILM FESTIVAL October 14-16, 2005
Red Bank The Jersey Shore
town that local filmmaker Kevin Smith made famous
is set to host the 5th
Annual Red Bank International film Festival. With one of its main
sites
being the historic Count Basie Theatre - a venue with over 1,000 seats,
the festival is a thrilling showcase for any film.
Calling for entries:
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/march/redbank.shtml
4) CineVegas Film Festival is accepting entries for independent
films, shorts, and documentaries until April 8.
Celebrating 100 years of
Vegas and 100 years of film, the festival will be held June 10-18
at the
Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. World premiere films,
high-profile tributes,
and Vegas nightlife will all be part of the
excitement.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/february/cinevegas.shtml
5)
SPORT MOVIES & TV FILM FESTIVAL Milan October 27 - November 1,
2005
Now accepting submissions of sports-related videos, commercials &
films.
Final deadline is July 1, 2005. Festival includes six Sections: 1.
Olympic
Spirit; 2. Documentary; 3. Sport & Society; 4. TV Sport Show; 5.
Movies
(shorts and long features); 6. Sport & Advertising.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/february/sportmovies.shtml
6) LUNAFEST FILM FESTIVAL October 2005 - March 2006
Calling for
entries April 30: LUNAFEST is a national festival of films by, for and about
women
A wide array of topics including women's health, cultural diversity,
body image, sexuality,
and spirituality. Shorts, students shorts,
documentaries, features, fiction, or narrative
Format for entries is
VHS or DVD. entry form:
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/february/lunafest.shtml
7)
JACKSON HOLE FILM FESTIVAL June 8 - 12, 2005
Truly indie showcase, Jackson
Hole Film Festival, nestled next to
Grand Teton Mountains in beautiful
Wyoming now accepting films for
April 15, deadline. Cash prizes to top
shorts & features. Download Entry form at
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/february/jackson_hole.shtml
8)
TAHOE/RENO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (T-RIFF) August 24-28, 2005
Call for
Films & Short Scripts Deadlines for both: May 30, 2005
Script Competion:
Winner's script produced & screened at the Festival. $10,000
Value.
T-RIFF is a 5 day exploration of discovery thru socially relevent
& spirited film contributions.
Enjoy the new $6.7 million Hospitality
Center for socializing & meetings. Premier venue:
Sand Harbor, a
"starlit amphitheater," one of American's most prestigious outdoor
locations.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/january/tahoe.shtml
9) ACTION/CUT SHORT FILM COMPETITION August 15-31, 2005
Call
for entries Opening January 15, 2005
Categories: Fiction - Documentary -
Animation
Prizes: $35,000 Cash & Hollywood Career Access & Sponsor
Awards Over 100+ Prizes
More than any festival or contest in the world
including opening film industry
career doors to the winning filmmakers.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/04/december/actioncut.shtml
10)
NEW YORK FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL
The New York International Independent Film
and Video Festival (NYIIFVF)
returns to Miami for 3 days of screenings,
premieres, performances, panels and parties.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/04/july/nyiifvf.shtml
11)
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detailed proposition
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