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NEWS
FROM FESTIVALS
The 21st
Israel Film Festival will kick off in NY
German shocker raises press
and viewer hackles n Berlin
Inaugural golden star fest announces
slate
MAMI Mumbai Film Festival confirms its schedule from March
23rd
Kinofest Manchester shorts to screen end of the month
Mar del
Plata International Film Festival highlights
The film festival of
Portugal is back to Oporto in a week
Budapest Fest sets record in spite
of bomb scare
Sexy Thriller to open French Fest in
Australia
Kosslick opens the Berlinale Talent Campus
The next Anima
Festival will celebrate its 25th edition
Big Sky Documentary Film
Festival ready to open
Its only Rock and Roll and film: Backseat Film
Fest returns
The Rendez Vous unveils its 24th edition
AWARDS
Record
entries, wider reach for focal awards: the nominees are...
Santa
Barbara International Film Festival winners
MIFF: The black Rod: On the
frontlines of Ache’s war won Golden Conch.
Budapest prizes Taxidermia
triumphs but Szabo is left holding the bag
High School Team Wins Film
Competition 2nd Year Running
FEST PLAYERS
FOCUS
Berlinale
Opening Gala preceeds premiere of Snow Cake
Refreshing, eye-opening,
heart-warming, sad and beautiful cinema in Berlin
Sue Malden: new Chair
of FOCAL International.
Manson's first feature on Lewis Carroll to
premiere in Berlin
THE NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals
francophones
Mobilisation pour
l'adoption de la licence globale
Vous avez vu Vesoul? joli succès et
beau palmarès asiatique
Les Rendez-Vous lèvent le voile sur la 24e
édition
IDIFF 2006, une édition réussie se conclut
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
FESTIVALS AGENDA
Festivals calling
for your films...
This week, this month....
ASPIRING FEST REPORTERS & BLOGGERS
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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...
FILM FROM FEST
FOCUS
Syriana
deals with some hot political issues of the day
Latin American Coprod
forum in Mar del Plata
Magyar film revue: from the ridiculous to the
sublime
Filming and phoning it in: the future is right here, right
now
The Importance of Film Festivals: “Tsotsi” Filmmaker Gavin Hood
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CALL FOR ENTRIES ONLINE SUBMISSIONS
Filmmakers
don't miss these ones!
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
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:
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
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
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
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.
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 online.
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.
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
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