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219: February 12 - 19, 2004
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NEWS
FROM FESTIVALS
BERLIN IN ACTION
* Berlinale Talent Campus
creative well
* Honorary Golden Bears for Im Kwon-Taek and Fernando Fernán
Gómez
* Emergeandsee Berlin short program from film students
* Fantasporto
program preview
* SXSW 2005 line up
* Do It Yourself in Film, Music &
Books kicks off in LA
* Santa Barbara celebration of the 20th
anniversary
* Guadalajara Film Festival celebrates 20 years of Fonds Sud
*
European Film Market 2005 in Berlin
* Clermont Ferrand Market celebrates
20th
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivalsnews.shtml
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FEST
PLAYERS FOCUS
BERLIN IN ACTION
* Ken Adam (Kubrick' s set
designer) homage at Berlinale
* Humbert Balsan EFA Chairman dies 50, honored
in Berlin
* Attenborough Award at Santa Barbara Film Festival
* Hotel
Rwanda director's view on the film
* Albert Maysles to be honored at The
Chicago International Documentary Festival
* Kevin Bacon accepts Santa
Barbara Riviera awards
* IFFR Director Sandra den Hamer happy with her 1st
fest
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml
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AWARDS
BERLIN IN ACTION
* Berlinale Camera Awards Day
Lewis, Shochiku and Helene Schwarz
* SAG awards Jamie Foxx, Hillary Swank and
Sideways
* 358 000 visitors to Rotterdam Festival
* Sarasota Film Festival
awards
* Santa Barbara International Film Festival awards
* 14 Goya for
Mar Adentro
* VPRO Tiger awards granted to first or second
filmmakers
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals_wrapup.shtml
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THE
NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals francophones
* L' EFA perd son Président : Humbert Balsan mort à
Paris à 50 ans, hommage à BERLIN
* Festival International du film sur
l'énergie
* Palmarès des 12es Trophées du Film français
* Clermont-Ferrand
rend ses prix courts
* Un Palmarès en grand pour Imagina 2005
* Clermont
Ferrand: Le numérique dans tous ses états
http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml
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FESTIVALS
AGENDA
Festivals calling for your films...
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month, the BULLETIN BOARD...
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D-CINEMA
NEWS
* IDIFF opening conference February 2
* Digital Media for
Multi-Platforms Panel from ADMC on February 1 in Sophia Antipolis
* Digital
focus at Sundance
* IDIFF dedicated to digital cinema next
February
http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/dcinema.shtml
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FILM
FROM FEST FOCUS
BERLIN IN ACTION
* Mutterseelenallein Berlin
Surprise Film 2005
* Fateless new entry in the Berlinale Competition
*
Waters' Dirty Shame to open upcoming Guadalajara Fest
* Tango & Tapas
closing for Miami with "Unconscious"
* Lonesome Jim will open Cleveland
Fest
* Cinemart projects awarded at the Rotterdam market closing
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FESTIVALS
AGENDA
Festivals calling for your films...
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month, the BULLETIN BOARD...
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CALL
FOR ENTRIES ONLINE SUBMISSIONS
Filmmakers don't miss these ones!
1) 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
2) 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
3) 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:
5) BOULDER ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL April 23 -
25, 2004
Films that span the range of human endeavor from ocean to mountain
to urban perspectives
and the abounding energy that makes up the human
spirit. Boulder Adventure Film Festival
is an international festival created
in order to share, collaborate and inspire.
We believe in the power of the
story, especially the narrative of adventure and awakening,
to change and
challenge the world we live in.
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/04/december/boulder.shtml
6) 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
7) NEW YORK FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL Miami
February 10th - February 13th
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
8) 4th BEVERLY HILLS FILM FESTIVAL April
13-17, 2005
Beverly Hills Film Festival April 13-17, 2005 is now acepting
entries
Call for Entries: deadline : january 1st, 2005
http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/03/july/beverly_hills2004.shtml
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