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NEWSLETTER N° 258 :
January 25-31 ,
2006
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SUNDANCE LIVE
COVERAGE
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areposting daily newsl:
Sandy Mandelberger, Jeremy Platt, Tiffany Peckosh,
Dane Alan Smith, Moira Sullivan, Michael Smith,
Bob Giovanelli, Malo Girod de
l'Ain and Bruno Chatelin.
http://www.filmfestivalsTV.com/sundance
Filmfestivals.com is teaming up with the Sundance
Channel to bring you on-the-spot updates
with the nightly TV program
"Festival Dailies." Direct from the festival, "Festival Dailies" offers coverage
of the latest buzz-worthy premieres and interviews with the most
talked-about moviemakers in attendance.
Watch it all on your PC with http://www.filmfestivalsTV.com/sundance
AND right to your living room with nightly updates, and a sampling from
festivals past
including feature films and shorts on Sundance
Channel.
Watch out for Actor Robert Downey Jr.,
writer/director Dito Montiel drop by the studio.
Listen to designer
Todd Oldham who designed the opening night party at Sundance…
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NEWS FROM FESTIVALS
* Doc Point Helsinki Raises the curtain!
* Pan African Film
and Art Announces 2006 Roster
* Indiewire and San Francisco Fest team up for
an online publication
* The NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival program
*
35th International Film Festival Rotterdam line up complete
*
onedotzero_transvision:10 years of adventures in moving image
* 22nd Sundance
Opens with Friends with Money
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivalsnews.shtml
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AWARDS
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FESTIVALS GALLERY - PICTURES JUST
PICTURES
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FEST PLAYERS
FOCUS
* Interview with
Geoff Gilmore Sundance Fest Director
* Robert Downey Jr on A GUIDE TO
RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS
* Göteborg Film Festival's Nordic Jury 2006
*
Jamie Lee Curtis to present SAG award to Shirley Temple Black
* First Time
Filmmakers coming to Sundance
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
* Le
Palmarès de l’édition 2006 du Mobile Film Festival
* Le Da Vinci Code, de Ron Howard ouvrira
Cannes
* Les films du Festival de cinéma grand format de La Géode
* Les
films en compétition à Clermont Ferrand
* Hommage à Hideo Nakata à
Gérardmer
* FIPA 2006 5 jours de Télé Idéale
* IDIFF: l'International
DIgital Film Forum se prépare à ouvrir
* Gerardmer: Fantastic’arts treizième
édition rime avec superstition !
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
* Brokeback Mountain : making a molehill out of a
mountain
* Munich certainly makes you think
* The Da Vinci Code will open
Cannes Film Festival
* Double Dare: Where is it Now?
* Punto de Vista will
show the Best Japanese documentary films
* Sundance announces new arthouse
initiative
* French Films and Directors at IFFR 2006 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) 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
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) 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