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NEWSLETTER N° 260: February 8 - 15, 2006
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BLOGGING FROM
SUNDANCE SANTA BARBARA AND
BANGKOK
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NEWS FROM FESTIVALS
* Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film will become annual
*
Portland's showcase of world cinema launches
* Aspen Shortsfest kicks in
*
DIY Convention: Do It Yourself In Film, Music and Books
* Austin's South by
Southwest (SXSW) Film Fest line up
* Brattleboro home to the next Women’s
Film Festival
* Animated Film Showcase of Catalunya highlights
* The
French Film Festival UK to launch new version
* The Italian Film, Fashion and
Food Fest launching in LA
* Impressive 358,000 visits to Rotterdam
Festival
* Punto de Vista: the Docu event in Pamplona
* Japanese racoons
and a clamorous chinese new year in the midst of Rotterdam Fest
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivalsnews.shtml
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MESSAGE FROM OUR PARTNERS
FILMSTOCK in the
UK is on the hunt once again for soulful shorts, features, and
documentaries.
Open to all genres from anywhere in the world.
200+ films from 25+ countries
will play alongside curated retrospectives,
themes nights, outdoor movies
and late night clandestine screenings.
Extended Deadline: Feb 14 2006. APPLY
ONLINE
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/06/jan/filmstock.shtml
NEW SCREEN TELEVISION
AWARDS
New Screen Television, Inc., an independent film television
channel that broadcasts
digitally nationwide on “HD Prime” platform on the
SES Americom AMC-10 satellite,
and terrestrially in Florida over-the-air has
announced the prizewinners for New Vision Awards.
The awards are presented
annually to recognize outstanding works from the yearly broadcast
schedule
of New Screen TV. All works broadcast by New Screen TV are automatically
eligible and entered in to consideration for the awards.
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals_wrapup.shtml
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AWARDS
* 37th Hungarian Film Week prizes
* New York Jewish
Film Festival wrap impressions
* Anglo/Irish feature film Omagh awarded at
Victoria VIFVF
* Avenge but one of my two eyes wins in Roterrdam
* Closing
Gala at the 29th Göteborg Film Festival
* Goya winners have been
announced
* And the Tigers go to China Uruguay and United States
* Fragile
by Jaume Balagueró, won 4 awards at Gerardmer
* CineMart closed in Rotterdam
with awards
* New Screen Television announces Prize Winners
* Sundance
2006 Wraps with awards to Quincenara
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals_wrapup.shtml
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FESTIVALS GALLERY - PICTURES JUST
PICTURES
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FEST PLAYERS
FOCUS
* Manson's first
feature on Lewis Carroll to premiere in Berlin
* Szabo flap flusters
first-nighters in Budapest
* Santa Barbara A Tribute of Love to Roy
London
* Life time achievement conferred to Mr. Ram Mohan
* Fred Schepisi
to head the Bangkok BIFF Festival
* Berlinale Talent Campus guest lectures
programme
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml
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LAST MINUTE TRAVELS PLANS TO ROTTERDAM ? BOOK IT
HERE
"One Stop Shop" to book hotels, 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
* Clermont
Ferrand: Une édition du court à l'heure britannique.
* Black Movie: c'est
parti ce vendredi!
* Sex is politics: 6ème édition à l'Écran de Saint
Denis
* Carrefour de l'animation à la Cité des Sciences
* Créteil dévoile
son programme
* La Marche de l' Empereur nominé aux Oscars du meilleur
Docu
* Palmarès des 13es Trophées du Film français
* Le palmarès de
Gerardmer honore Isolation
* Le Da Vinci Code, de Ron Howard ouvrira
Cannes
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml
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D-CINEMA NEWS
* Technicolor Digital Cinema test plans with Century
Theatres
* HDFEST Concludes
2005 Tour with LA awards Moving Malcom
* Digital Living Room® Where Silicon
Valley and Hollywood Intersect...
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/dcinema.shtml
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FILM FROM FEST FOCUS
* More Thai films at Bangkok Festival
* The
Shape of Water, sparkling jewels
* The first documentary by Sydney Pollack to
open Full Frame Docu Fest
* Global Film Financing adresses new situation in
the UK
* Rotterdam young people’s jury awards GLUE by Alexis Dos Santos
*
Tears Of A Clown best picture from PAFF Pan African Fest
* Perhaps Love
Lavish musical picks up No. 1 Chinese Film
* Westside Story to get early
special screening from from Bangkok
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) FORT MYERS BEACH FILM FESTIVAL April 27 - 30, 2006
Accepting
independent films, shorts, animated & student films for Fort Myers Beach
Film Festival April 27 - 30, 2006. Theater audiences polled throughout
festival & winning
filmmaker gets a $1,000 check. Film buffs see quality
films & fun-filled schedule includes
filmmaker panels, student
workshops, elegant celebrity gala. Submit before February 15:
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/february/fort_myers.shtml
2)
CIFF - CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL March 24- 27, 2006,
The festival
has a new directors competitionfor Features, Shorts, Docu, Music Video /
Commercial
Golden Aphrodite Award : CYP 10.000.- in Feature Film Category. A
'red
carpet - black tie' international competitive cinema event dedicated to
make things happen in Cyprus, for emerging filmmakers and
screenwriters".
Apply online at http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/06/jan/cyprus.shtml
3)
SKIP CITY D-CINEMA FESTIVAL 2006: July 15-23, 2006
SKIP CITY
INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2006 promotes Digital cinema
combining entertainment and digital technology through international
competition
screenings and awarding filmmakers and their works.
Submissions of features and shorts
digitally shot and produced are
now open untill February 17. Apply online at
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/december/skipcity.shtml
4) 39TH WORLDFEST HOUSTON April 21-30, 2006
Worldfest is
totally dedicated to Independent Film
WorldFest will screen next
April 21 to 30 50 to 60 feature film premieres
and short
and documentary films. Entries are accepted to January 31, 2005
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/december/houston.shtml
5 ) 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
6)
RIFF Awards 2006 & Rome Film Market: 24-31 March 2006
Riff takes place in
the Italian capital on 24-31 March 2006.
Prizes worth over 50.000 € will be
awarded. Info on
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/september/roma.shtml
7)
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
8)
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
9
) 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