FILMFESTIVALS.COM WEEKLY NEWSLETTER N°
225: April 16 - 22 ,
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.
* Beverly Hills Festival Opening with
House of D
* Beverly Hills Fest at a glance, program
* Montreal war of
the fests: Atlantic Fest date challenged
* Montreal International Hip Hop
Film Festival
* Montreal FFM claims sponsorship distribution scandal
*
Next Latin American Film Festival in Utrecht
* Portland Documentary and
eXperimental Film Festival
* International Wildlife Film Festival
higlights
* Atlantic Fest in conflict with new Montreal Fest calls on
media
* Thank Doc It's Friday!, inaugural Hot Doc panels
* Tribeca
underground fest
* Cine Las Americas conferences program
* Buenos Aires
BAFICI celebrates independent film
* The first Talent Campus in Latin
America
* Opportunity in Dylan Rush’s The Ice Cream Man
* New York
Independent returns to Manhattan
* Boston independent line up
*
WorldFest-Houston to screen 150 true independent films
* Artivist Festival
opens with Truddel
* High concept/low budget : there is a festival around
that!
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivalsnews.shtml
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AWARDS
* Fasttrack winners announced in Cherbourg
edition
* The Full Frame Documentary awards
* Head in the clouds MIFF
winner
* Bill Clinton attending MIPTV on HIV AIDS
program
* The Beverly Hills Festivals seminars: Indie Film Financing...
*
Pope Joannes Paulus II talks to sport
* Interview with Todd Solondz:
Solondzian Cruelty: No Such Thing
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.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
* 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
* Palmarès frappé, farpait à
Cognac
* Les manchots et l aventure de leur longue marche récompensés à
Paris
* Mipdoc 22 000: visionnages digitaux
* Cognac frappe fort cette
année
* le palmarès du 5ème Festival "Provence, Terre de Cinéma",
*
Palmarès des Toiles Filantes 2005
* “De l’Encre à l’Écran” une bien belle
page à Tours
* La 13 ème édition de Talents Cannes
* Le nouveau festival
de Paris s'ouvre à l'Ile de France
* Le Mipdoc passe au digital pour ses
projections
* 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...
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/deadlines.shtml
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D-CINEMA
NEWS
* Mipdoc e-screenings go digital (server technology)
*
Film on Mobile time is ripe: Milia and Cannes Market new focus
* The ADMC
Digital Media Initiative
* Digital Projection impressive roll out plans in
the UK
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/dcinema.shtml
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FILM
FROM FEST FOCUS
* Miami G&L opens with The Dying Gaul
* Saraband
releases in the states 2 years after swedIsh TV premiere
* Murderball Will
Roll You Over With Adrenaline
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) 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) FORT MYERS BEACH FILM FESTIVAL April 21 - 24,
2005
Accepting independent films, shorts, animated & student films for
Fort Myers Beach
Film Festival April 21 - 24, 2005. 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 March 15 at:
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/05/february/fort_myers.shtml
9) 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
10) 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
11) 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
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HOMEPAGE linked to your online Call for Entries on our Bulletin Board.
Maximize film entries. Email our COO Bruno Chatelin bruno@filmfestivals.com
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detailed proposition
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