NEWSLETTER N°176: Jan28 - Feb 3, 2004

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AWARDS UPDATE: RED HOT

* Oscar nominees: 11 for LOTR ROTK

* Golden Globes awards

* Sundance awards announced

* Writers Guild of America award nominees

* Cesar nominees

* Fipresci awards in Dhaka, Palm Springs and Tromsø

http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals_wrapup.shtml

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Final call for entries:

http://filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/03/november/newport.shtml

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WORLDFEST HOUSTON dedicated to Independent Film calling for entries now.

Final call for entries

http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/03/oct/houston.shtml

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4TH BEVERLY HILLS FILM FESTIVAL May 6th-9th, 2004

Call for Entries Deadline: February 1st

http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/03/july/beverly_hills2004.shtml

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SUNDANCE REPORTS

* Primer and Dig! win at Sundance

* Slamdance awards

* Getting Picked Up In Park City

* Sundance Hollywood and Politics In Park City

* Slamdance schedule of final party

* First Time Directors Ski To Success at Sundance

* Sundance Welcomes the Women

* Complete line up

http://filmfestivals.com/cgi-bin/fest_content/festivals.pl?fest=sundance2004...

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BERLIN READY TO KICK

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http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/useful_info.shtml

BERLINALE NEWS

* Monster review on a contreversial film

* Cold Mountain, Berlin opener review

http://filmfestivals.com/cgi-bin/fest_content/festivals.pl?fest=berlin2004&a...

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NEWS FROM FESTIVALS

* AFM seminars and panels Feb 27- March 2

* Large French Filmmaker quota at Rotterdam, Anatomy of Hell and more

http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals.shtml

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D-CINEMA NEWS

* Virtual Reality father keynotes in Santa Barbara's 6th Annual Digital Days

Digital Days, the popular digital technology showcase featured annually at Santa Barbara

Festival, is providing film fans, students and industry veterans with the unique opportunity to

see presentations by both a ‘father’ of virtual reality and the film editor of "The Matrix" trilogy.

The keynote speaker at the will be Jaron Lanier, computer scientist, composer, visual artist,

and author who coined the term ‘virtual reality’. Appearing next on a panel of award winning

film editors will be Zach Staenberg A.C.E., Academy Award® and American Cinema Editors’

Eddie Award winner for his work on Wachowski’s ‘The Matrix’. Watch a Video introduction

*TERRA CGI film wins 8th award

http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/dcinema.shtml

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FEST PLAYERS FOCUS

*Monster Director: Profile on Patty Jenkins

* Peter jackson Modern Master award at Santa Barbara

* Film festivals: too many of them?

http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/people.shtml

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FRENCH NEWS ON THE FRENCH WEBSITE

* Fantastic'arts ouvre les portes des mondes virtuels

* Les nominations aux César 2004

* La position de l' Adami sur le P2P

* Newport Beach appel à candidatures de l'europe

http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml

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FILM FROM FEST FOCUS

* "In Your Eyes"an urban love story

* Cold Mountain review

* Monster review

* Secrecy clause for Stranger Than Love

http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/films.shtml

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CALL FOR ENTRIES

Filmmakers don't miss these ones!

1) BRANSON FILM FESTIVAL: March 8-12, 2004 invites features, documentaries,

foreigns, shorts, animations and students for presentation and awards in the

live entertainment capital of Mid-America.

http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/03/december/branson.shtml

2) Town of Fort Myers Beach, Florida, now accepts independent films, shorts,

animated & student films for Fort Myers Beach Film Festival April 29-May 2,

2004.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/04/january/fort_myers.shtml

3) 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

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linked to your online Call for Entries on our Bulletin Board. COMPOUND

film entries. Asked "Did you see your Banner run on Filmfestivals.com"?

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