NEWSLETTER N°179: Feb 12 - Feb 19, 2004 __________________________________________________________ AWARDS

* First Golden Bear to Fernando Solanas (lifetime achievement) * Next ones on saturday * Shorts shoot first at the Berlinale and the winners are * Peter Jackson 3 times DGA nominees gets it * "Fandom" Wins Top Honor at DiY Film Festival * Bangkok International Festival Awards * Evil Winner of 3 Swedish Awards and Oscar nomination * Flickerfest Short Film Festival awards * Berlinale 4 Camera Awards * Oscar nominees lists http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/more_wrapup.shtml

__________________________________________________________ BERLINALE IN ACTION

* Transport premiere * Rolf Bähr awarded a Berlinale Camera * Erika Rabau be awarded a Berlinale Camera * FIAPF Lunch with 35 fest directors * Selling Democracy - Welcome Mr. Marshall * Regina Ziegler will be awarded a Berlinale Camera * Shooting Stars in Berlin * Minghella’s Cold Mountain opens the Berlinale * Control Room: a political late entry into Forum * Ace producers delegation in Berlin * 520 film talents from 84 countries at Talent Campus http://filmfestivals.com/cgi-bin/fest_content/festivals.pl?fest=berlin2004&a... ______________________________________________________________ NEWS FROM FESTIVALS

* San Diego lines up 100 latino films * NSI FilmExchange Film lineup * Short Film Corner within cannesMarket * Century City Fest: this new fest in the circuit wants your best... http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals.shtml

______________________________________________________________ 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

* D-FEST: 10 digital projectors at Berlinale * D-FEST on Digital cinema network http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/dcinema.shtml

______________________________________________________________ FEST PLAYERS FOCUS

* Meryl Streep, Zeta Jones and R Chamberlain SAG presenters * San Diego latino has Arturo Ripstein as guest director * Michael MacLear honored at HOT DOCS * Charlize Theron Speaks Out Against Death Penalty * Carlo Bassi CEO of newly Italian film promotion body * Film festivals: too many of them? * Monster Director: Profile on Patty Jenkins http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/people.shtml

______________________________________________________________ FRENCH NEWS ON THE FRENCH WEBSITE

* L'Etalon Noir et les Abysses vainqueurs en IMAX * Faces cachées de Bollywood à Beaubourg * Trois prix pour Deux Soeurs à Gerardmer * Le futur est là: Cannes dans 50 ans? * Festival du Film des Droits de l’Homme à Paris * Festival du Cinéma du Réel à Paris * Fribourg 18ème: pour ne pas oublier! * Un nouveau festival sur la vie quotidienne * Un voyage dans le temps à Pléneuf-Val-André * Changement de direction au FCMM * "Les Bidets d'Or": le meilleur du pire http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml

______________________________________________________________ FILM FROM FEST FOCUS

* Cold Mountain review * Monstter review * Flanders’ indigenous box office bonanza in 2003 * Six Swedish Films in the Swedish Box Office Top Ten * Best of MIFF fest screenings in LA http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/films.shtml

______________________________________________________________ CALL FOR ENTRIES Filmmakers don't miss these ones!

1) Attention 2004 Worldwide Short Film Festival Deadline for entries NEAR !: February 23, 2004. Festival runs May 11–16, 2004, screens finest shorts & videos from Canada & worldwide.Mexico Spotlight, Classic Silent Shorts, Animators Perspective program Over $40,000 in cash and prizes ! Download entry form at http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/03/december/canadian.shtml

2)Truly indie showcase, Jackson Hole Film Festival, nestled next to Grand Teton Mountains in beautiful Wyoming now accepting films for May 31st deadline. Fest runs September 22-26. Cash prizes to top shorts & features. Download Entry form at http://www.jhff.org & contact films@jhff.org

3)Fort Myers Beach Film Festival $1,000 People's Choice Award will be awarded for the People's Choice film at Festival, April 29 - May 2, 2004. Call for Entry Deadline is March 15. Submit features, shorts, animation, docs, student films. Indicate category & complete form on http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/04/january/fort_myers.shtml

4) 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

5) See your Banner blinking on Filmfestivals.com HOMEPAGE linked to your online Call for Entries on our Bulletin Board. COMPOUND film entries. Email us bruno@filmfestivals.com or Helen for a campaign proposition. Details online http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/bulletin_board.pdf ______________________________________________________________ MORE festival news at

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