* Tendulkar Festival in Pune
* Florence Festival dei Popoli
focus on family
* Green Screen special programme IDFA 2005
* Direct From
the Mailroom announces its premier event
* Festival on wheels: 11th Festival
of European Films
* Portsmouth Screen 05 and New Media Fest opens
* The
Fifth Annual Anchorage International Film Festival
* Vatavaran, India’s
premier environment and wildlife film fest
* One world Berlin Human Rights
Festival opens
* Kids First! Film and Video Festival in Denver
* European
Film Promotion in the US Bi Coastal screenings
* The countdown to 36th Goa
Film Festival has begun
* Cinemagic kicks off in Irish style in Belfast and
more
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivalsnews.shtml
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EFA SPECIAL
Last week for Academy
Members to submit votes for Board and Awards
Voting for Board Members: please
support Bruno Chatelin
European Film Awards 2005 will take place Saturday, December
3, in Berlin
- Members closing date
to cast votes for awards and board members election: Nov
27th
- 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 to join the EFA Board.
"After 10 years as a
distributor launching over 200
films for major studios, I have been promoting
the past six
years international film festivals and events with filmfestivals.com,
producing footage from red carpets with a true focus for independent
cinema...
I am proposing the Academy to bring this experience to
contribute to the increasing success,
international recognition and fame of
the Academy and it's awards to bring them
at the highest international level
they deserve.
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."
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FESTIVALS GALLERY - PICTURES JUST
PICTURES
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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
* Starz Denver International Film Festival awards best
docu
* 11th Lyon Asian Film Festival awards Marathon
* Labyrinth has won
the One Minute Awards 2005
* AsoloArtFilmFestival wrapped with award to
Giulio Gianini
* Fort Lauderdale Film Festival concludes with awards
*
Melbourne Festival Awards
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals_wrapup.shtml______________________________________________________________
FEST PLAYERS FOCUS
* Prithvi Ratna Award to Wildlife film producer Naresh
Bedi
* Cronenberg Opens Stockholm Film Festival
* Richard Peña on his work
at New York Film Fest - part 2
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml_____________________________________________________________
LAST MINUTE TRAVELS PLANS? 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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THE NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals
francophones
* Coup d'envoi du Festival des 3 Continents de Nantes
* Le
Festival d’Amiens conclut sa 25ème édition
* Palmarès du 11e Festival Cinémas
& Cultures d’Asie
* Resfest Montréal reçoit Michel Gondry et Stéphane
Sednaoui
* Raymond Bouchard dit oui aux Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois
*
IMAGINA 2006 ouvrira ses portes dans moins de 100 jours
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
* HDFEST High Def Festival
highlights
* 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
* International premiere Švankmajer’s LUNACY at Rotterdam
Fest
* Sisters in Law to open IDFA 2005
* Independent Media Lab a new
initiative from IFC for filmmakers
* Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
to premiere in Dubai
* Undiscovered Gems receive theatrical distribution in
the US
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) 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.comfor a
detailed proposition
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