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Calendar

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NEWS FROM MIAMI
Check the dailies on fest21.com

Italian Film Wins Top Prize In Miami
Encountering Miami Encuentros
Miami Film Festival's Heart And Soul
Miami FF Honors A Neglected Indie Auteur
A Warm Oasis From A Chilly Reality for Indie Filmmakers
Miami Pictures Gallery

NEWS FROM THESSALONIKI
Thessaloniki Diary Day 3
11th TDF - PRESS CONFERENCE SHOULD I REALLY DO IT – THE SOLITARY LIFE OF CRANES – ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL – HUXLEY ON HUXLEY - ANTO
11th TDF: PRESS CONFERENCE LONG DISTANCE LOVE - THE QUEEN AND I - THE HANGING GARDENS OF SANTA EMILIA (3/15/2009)
11th TDF: PRESS CONFERENCE ?????G ROOT: ??? VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI – PERSONA NON GRATA – A BLOOMING BUSINESS (3/15/2009)
11th TDF: JUST TALKING 15/03/09 (3/15/2009)
11th TDF: JUST TALKING 15/03/09 (3/15/2009)
Thessaloniki Diary Day 2
11th TDF: TRIBUTES AND SPOTLIGHTS (2/13/2009)
11th TDF: SURPRISE FILM (3/13/2009)
11th TDF: OPENING CEREMONY (3/14/2009)

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KIDS FIRST! FILM FESTIVAL July 15 - Oct. 15
Now
in its tenth year, the KIDS FIRST! Film Festival is a showcase for new
and classic children's films, TV shows, and DVDs from studios,
independent producers and youth producers. Programming includes sneak
previews of outstanding films, DVDs and TV shows made for children ages
2 through 18.
Call for entries opens March 15, with May 15 as Late Deadline
Submit now

ANGEL FILM AWARDS December 3 - 6, 2009
The Angel Film Awards celebrates films that impart love, peace, and
oneness in their creative spirit for humankind. Each visual creation
floods our beings with a light that shines brightly with positive
images in our reverie. This art form is the focal point of our
selection process with a team of celebrated global professionals. Call
for entry ends October 15th
Submit online

THE GALWAY FILM FLEADH 7th-12th July 2009
The Galway Film Fleadh, now in it's 21st year, takes place every July
and screens the best of New Irish, European and International features
and documentaries as well as welcoming a host of filmmakers,
International programmers and other industry delegates. It also
platforms excellence in filmmaking with retrospectives, public
interviews, tributes and masterclasses
Submit your film by April 17th
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AWARDS
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FOR THE FESTIVAL FILM OF THE YEAR

Filmfestivals.com
Festival Film of the year Nominees

The past is a foreign land wins at Miami
The 2009 SXSW Film Festival Award Winners
NYICFF 2009 award winners
IFFF Awards : awards to family films

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DAILIES FROM THE CIRCUIT ON FEST21.COM

Dailies
from the circuit: NEXT on fest21.com IFFS
Paris, Thessaloniki Film Fest , Miami, ECU,
Current Fest dailies on fest21.com Fantasporto,
La Comedy Shorts
Recent video coverage IDFA,
Capri,
IFFI Goa, , Fort
Lauderdale Film Festival, Montreal
Nouveau Cinéma, Diractors,
Cinemed,
UNAFF,
LondonFilmFestival,
Montreal,
Toronto,
San Sebastian,
London,
Cinemed,
Berlinale, Sundance, Santa Barbara, Talinn Black Nights
Ischia, Locarno, New York, Silverdocs
, Festroia

More archive Blogging from
Miami,
Cinequest, Santa
Barbara, Berlin,
Park City
, Tribeca
Film Festival, San
Francisco, Sydney
,
Cannes, La
Croisette Cannes, Future
of Cinema Salon in Cannes

Come
back for the videos from the Fest Summit panels on fest21.com
(shot by Nickolay
Velikanov)
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FESTIVAL NEWS FROM THE CIRCUIT

Rome Independent Film Festival

Sista's Are Doin' It For Themselves
New dates for the Middle East International Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival lines up 46 shorts
Encountering Miami Encuentros
Miami Film Festival's Heart And Soul
Aspen Shortsfest 2009 Program
Newport International Film Festival partners with MOMA
Tribeca Film Festival line up announced
Sarasota Film Festival highlights
HD EXPO breaks attendance records
mobile social networking @ SXSW
It's Showtime @ Tiburon International Film Festival
Celtic Media Festival 2009

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FEST PLAYERS FOCUS

Locarno Artistic Director to keynote at IFFS Paris
Cyndi Lauper-Belgrade - New York
Interview with Fernando Meirelles
Bruce Goldstein honored at at the 52nd San Francisco Fest
NY Independent Film & Video Fest homage to Lloyd Kaufman
Interview with Ralph Fiennes for The Guilt and Shame
Q&A With Melissa Montero
Rebecca Yeldham new Director of the Los Angeles Film Fest
Miami FF Honors a Neglected Indie Auteur
Redford to be Honored at San Francisco Fest
ECU Fest Director update

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FILM FROM FEST FOCUS

Masterclass Imagine: Big films for small screens with Cory McAbee
Jocasta to screen at NYIIFVF
"How the game is played" to Premiere at NYIFVF
Sneaky Snake: Lost In The Holy Land to screen at NYIIFVF
New Docu Film “Audience with the Queens” premieres at the New York International Independent Film &
Neshoba New York Premiere

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D-CINEMA NEWS
RealD
demos Monsters vs Aliens at CES
Can you speak the Digital language?
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THE NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals
francophones

Dernières
nouvelles sur la nouvelle version française de fest21.com

Découvrez nos bureaux situés dans le pittoresque Passage Choiseul au 89
China Europa: votez pour votre film préféré !

L'atelier à Cannes

Le Grand Public récompense les héros du cinéma

Mégarama pépare son virage digital au Maroc

Etude sur les réseaux sociaux

Séraphine repeint les Cesar à ses couleurs

L'Observatoire publie son nouveau rapport IRIS plus sur le statut juridique des producteurs de films en Russie

ET sur filmfestivals.fr...
Festival International du Film de Ouidah
China Europa: votez pour votre film préféré !
Megarama passe ses complexes marocains au numérique
Le palmarès de Mouviz
Les gourmets dégusteront au Festival Provence Terre de Cinéma
Les European Film Awards 2009 dans la Ruhr !
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AND PUBLISH ON OUR FREE PLATFORM.
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NEWS FROM CANNES
Check out the Cannes Blog
Photo Gallery,
Video Gallery
Short Film Corner

CALL
FOR ENTRIES ONLINE SUBMISSIONS
Filmmakers don't miss these ones!

THE SHORT FILM CORNER Cannes 13 - 22, 2009

Located in the Palais des Festivals, the Short Film Corner is a huge
area open to all the professionals registered with the Festival de
Cannes and the Marché du Film. The Short Film Corner proposes films
from all over the world, most previously unseen, as well as the films
included in the Official Competition, the Cinéfondation, the Director's
Fortnight and Critic's Week. Call for entry deadline is April 17th
Submit now

PALM SPRINGS SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL June 23 – 29, 2009
This celebrated event is the largest festival of its kind in America,
showcasing over 320 short films each year from more than 40 countries,
with a library of more than 2,700 films available to film buyers,
industry and press in the Film Market running concurrently with the
Festival. The Festival includes twenty awards in six competitive
categories, with award cash or film production prizes in each category
( over $100,000 worth of prizes, in all). Call for Entries - Final
deadline: April 24, 2009
SUBMIT TODAY

THE
LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL June 18-28,
2009
Now in its fourteenth year, the Los Angeles Film
Festival is widely recognized as a world-class event, providing
the movie-loving public with access to some of the most
critically acclaimed filmmakers, scholars, critics, film
industry professionals, and emerging talent from around
the world.
The Festival also features unique signature programs including
the Filmmaker Retreat, the Spirit of Independence Award
ceremony and gala, and Financing Conference. Additionally,
the Festival screens short films created by high school
students and has a special section devoted to music videos.

PALM
BEACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL—
October
27 - 31, 2009
The 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 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.
The Festival is now accepting submissions for Features,
featurettes, shorts and documentary of all genres and open
to filmmakers worldwide.
Submit
online

FILM
FESTIVAL OF IMAGINATION AND WONDER Film Festival du
film Merveilleux —
October
27 - 31, 2009
The Festival promotes films celebrating the imaginary, the
Wonder and magic from the entire world and allow us and
the section "off competition the kaleidoscope" help to re-discover our different cultures and our planet.
The theme of the Film festival are magic, the imaginary,
the marvelous, the astonishing, the supernatural, the occult,
the strange, the esoteric, poetry, the fantastic, science
-fiction and myths, legends, comics, manga, video game,
dreams...
Submit
online

Art
by Chance Ultra Short Film Festival— May 22 - June 5, 2009
- 30 seconds long films on concept of "journey" theme
- made by enthusiastic and creative international film makers

- fiction, documentaries, animation or video art
- shown in major metropolitan cities all around the world
in May 2009 over the same two-week period.
Submit
online

42nd
ANNUAL WORLDFEST-HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL— April 17 - 26, 2009
Special Entry Deadline Extension to All FEST21 members!
Late Fee is waived! Save 15$
Enter the Festival that discovered Spielberg, Lucas, David
Lynch, Ang Lee, Ridley Scott and the Coen Brothers!

DOCUMENTA
MADRID —May 1 - 10, 2009
Documenta Madrid is an international film festival dedicated
exclusively to documentary film. Its offices are located
in the capital of Spain and it is organized by the City
of Madrid. It is presently the city's most widely-attended
festival. The festival was born for the purpose of strengthening
and disseminating the documentary genre, in so far as it
understood to be a reflection of the social, cultural, economic,
artistic, environmental, and other realities that exist
in the world.
Submit
online

OPENFILM.COM—Openfilm.com
is a brand new web destination for quality films, videos
and animation. With its versatile, high quality player and
a host of social networking features designed to create
a dialogue between independent filmmakers and their audience,
Openfilm is the ultimate platform to feature professional
and semi-professional film work. Features include true HD
playback, manual processing and encoding of all videos,
custom-made subtitles and translation, animated thumbnails
and a chance to be featured in a professional film review.http://www.openfilm.com
Submit
online



SHORT
SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA June, 2009
Now entering our 11th year, Short Shorts Film Festival (SSFF)
has become one of Asia’s largest festival for international
short films and is one of the few Academy Award(R) accredited
short film festivals SSFF reaches audiences of 30,000 in
Tokyo and major cities in Japan. Our main festival is held
for over a week in the heart of Harajuku TOKYO!
Please note that our festival dates are tentative.
SUBMIT
ONLINE NOW

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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