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NEWS
FROM FESTIVALS
* Viennale 05 closes with 86 000 visitors, best
ever
* Outfest LA Gay and Lesbian film fest presents Fusion
* Hamburg
G&L Festival ends with record number of visitors
* Sport Movies & TV
2005 – 23rd Milano FICTS Festival kicks in
* Sheffield International
Documentary Festival wrapped: awards and more
* Highfalls fest focuses on
achievements of women in the industry
* Image+Nation International lgbt film
festival in Montreal
* Interfilm Berlin Short Film Festival 21st edition
*
Hollywood Film Festival mixes Star Power with discoveries
* IFP New York
2005: more focus on docs
* The Valladolid Film Festival celebrates half a
century
* Frankfurt Book Fair and Berlinale Expand Cooperation
* Savannah
Film Festival opens with S Lumet homage
* Mobile media symposium in Hamburg
at BitFilm 05
* Habana Blues opens LA latino fest, LA mayor attends
*
FIFAM Montreal adventure and discovery Festival
* SATIS (filmfestivals.com
partner) Parisian technical industries trade show with a HD focus
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivalsnews.shtml
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EFA
SPECIAL
European Film Awards 2005 will take place Saturday, December 3, in
Berlin
- 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
Please
share your opinion with us for a special EFA focus
Bruno Chatelin: mailto:bruno@filmfestivals.com
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FESTIVALS
GALLERY - PICTURES JUST PICTURES
VENICE PICTURE GALLERY (82
including Monica Belucci)
http://www.filmfestivals.com/images/venice2005/index.htm
SAN
SEBASTIAN PICTURE GALLERY (82 shots)
http://www.filmfestivals.com/images/sansebastian2005/index.htm
TORONTO
PICTURE GALLERY (40 pictures)
http://www.filmfestivals.com/images/tiff2005galery/index.htm
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AWARDS
*
Hamptons Festival presented its Golden Starfish Awards
* Hollywood Awards
Ceremony kicks off Oscar season
* BIFA British Independent Awardsnominees
announced
* The Forsaken Land wins at Bangkok
* The Festival du Nouveau
Cinéma awards
* Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada wins Flanders Fest
*
The Vancouver International Film Festival awards
* Unveiled awarded the
"Hessischer Filmpreis"
* Century City Film Festival awards
* Mill Valley
Film Festival closed its 28th year
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals_wrapup.shtml
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FEST
PLAYERS FOCUS
* Michael Ryan re elected as chairman to IFTA
AFM
* Fassbinder Hommage at next Mannheim-Heidelberg Fest
* Isabelle
Huppert conquers Manhattan
* A filmmaker trip odissey to Baku and award for
Dear Juliet
* Rotterdam Trainee Project for Young Film Critics
* The
Global Film Initiative announces members of the Film Board
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml
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THE
NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals francophones
* Image+Nation Festival de cinéma gai et lesbien de
Montréal
* Exposition des photos de Ferrante Ferranti à Cinemed
* Le
palmarès du Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal
* Villerupt se penche sur
la chute du facisme
* Monaco a de l'humour en boites...5e festival de la
comédie
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml
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FESTIVALS
AGENDA
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month, the BULLETIN BOARD...
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D-CINEMA
NEWS
* 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
* The Vienna Film Award 2005 goes to Operation
Spring
* The Movies’ Magic Rainbow: Technicolor 90th anniversary edition
*
European Coordination of Film Festivals, lobbying power
* Katharine Hepburn's
"lost" last film shows at Hawai Fest
* Ferpect Crime a side-splitting comedy
at Vallalodid
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...
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CALL
FOR ENTRIES ONLINE SUBMISSIONS
Filmmakers don't miss these
ones!
1) 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
2)
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
3)
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
4)
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
5)
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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