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The program part ‘Competitions' will bring two novelties during this year`s festival. Besides the Competition of Feature Films the festival will also offer Competition of Documentary Films and Competition of Short Films. The aim of the festival is to fill up the empty space in Slovak distribution, to present the best of the international documentary works, and also give space to young talents.
The 11th IFF Bratislava enriches its program by two competitive sections - Competit...
The Clearwater Film Festival debuts in Clearwater Florida on September 29 - Oct 3, 2010
The Clearwater Film Festival is a platform built to showcase seasoned filmmakers and emerging artists who demonstrate the synergy of the actor, writer and director. When great talents work harmoniously the results may be beautiful, questionable or even shocking. When the talents of the actor, writer and director belong to the same person, the triple-threat filmmaker, those results are ofte...
ROMA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2010
April 8 - 16, 2010
Call for Entries
Deadline: December 15, 2009
Apply online
Contact Info
RIFF - ROMA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
Fabrizio Ferrari (Art Director of the Festival)
Piazza Buenos Aires, 5
Roma 00198 -Italy
Tel. 06 45425050 -
Fax. 06 23319206
http://www.riff.it
info@riff.it
2010 Roma Independent Film Festival RIFF AWARDS
July 29 - 31, 2010
The Roma Independent Film Festival (RIFF) is Rome 's first independent a...
The deadline for submitting works to participate in the 9th Edition of the RIFF (Roma Independent Film Festival) that will take place in Rome in April 8/16 2010 is December 15th, 2009.
All information to apply and the official Call for Entry are available on the website: http://www.riff.it/ http://www.riff.it/
Since the beginning, the RIFF has distinguished itself for the strong International calling presenting to the public in Rome works coming from more than seventy Countries, with Europ...
Until December 31, 2009 we have opened the inscription for Documenta Madrid 10. This is the second year we request PREMIER IN SPAIN REQUIRED. Access to the registration online clicking here.
DOCUMENTA MADRID 10 will have four competitive sections:
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION
All films previously unreleased in Spain featuring an original or innovative perspective in terms of either form or content will be admitted for competition. This section has two categories: Fu...
ROMA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2010
April 8 - 16, 2010
Call for Entries: Deadline: December 15, 2009 Apply online
Contact Info
RIFF - ROMA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
Fabrizio Ferrari (Art Director of the Festival)
Piazza Buenos Aires, 5
Roma 00198 -Italy
Tel. 06 45425050 -
Fax. 06 23319206
http://www.riff.it/
info@riff.it
2010 Roma I...
Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier - 23 octobre-1er novembre 20092009 winners > Feature films Golden Antigone (City and District of Montpellier) Jury : Ariane Ascaride, president (actress, France), Sanâa Alaoui (actress, France), Rachida Krim (director, France), Azize Tan (director of the Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey), Djamel Bensalah (director, actor, producer, screenwriter, France). Ajami, by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani (Israel/Germany) €15,000 awarde...
The Closing Ceremony for the third annual Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) was held at the Emirates Palace Hotel on Saturday evening. During the ceremony, celebrity guests including Naomi Watts, Orlando Bloom and Eva Mendes presented the 2009 Black Pearl Awards to the winners of MEIFF’s competitions.The awards were the culmination of 10 days of cinema, with 128 films screened. Seventeen Narrative Features, fourteen Documentary Features, twenty‐five Short Films, and ten Stu...
The first annual Houston Comedy Film Festival will be held in Houston, Texas over three days, December 8-10, 2009. The HCFF serves as a forum for comedy films and comedians from all over the world to showcase their films in Houston, Texas.
Categories include: Feature Films, Short Films, Animated Films, Music Videos and Stand-up Comedy videos. All films will be screened in a DLP theater on Blu-Ray DVD or Standard DVD. There are also 13 different awards that will be given at the awards ceremony including the $1000 USD Audience Choice Award.
Director: David GUIRAUD.
In the desert, a man is buried to his neck in the sand. One does not know anything about him. A young woman, naked under red veils, walks away without paying any attention to him. After getting out of his sand cradle, he will head for the horizon to meet his object of desire.
Senseindia
Foundation is a ‘Media
Research and Education Forum’ an organisatione that endeavors to create
awareness of most important life issues and Filmmaking Tool among
intellectuals, media experts, social activists and young enthusiastic people.
Senseindia desires to promote activities in Art, Culture, and Informal
Education in social interest. Since 2002 an organization is functioning
to make the sensible Filmmakers with social responsibility. Senseindia Reality
International Film Festival 2010 invites entries from
Film Makers through out the world. Film makes can send entries as The Feature Film, Documentaries and Short Films
that reflects real life issues.
The 12th Over The Fence Short Film Fest opens on 2 October and travels the land to Queensland, across to Victoria and back to Western Australia.
The Tour will conclude in February when the OTF Most Popular Film and the OTF Best Film Awards will be announced.
And in the meantime get ready for 2010!
The fest will be aligning itself with the Wild West Comedy Fest and expand!
The fest will include
1/ Feature, Featurette, Mocu & Documentary films
2/ Short Form Se...
DOCUMENTA MADRID have opened the inscription for Documenta Madrid 10. This is the second year we request PREMIER IN SPAIN REQUIRED. Access to the registration online clicking here.
(The registration deadline for films is December 31, 2009.)
DOCUMENTA MADRID 10 will have four competitive sections:
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION
All films previously unreleased in Spain featuring an original or innovative perspective in terms of either form or content will be admitted for co...
R.Style association sponsored by Jamel Debbouze and Dj Abdel organise the 5th edition of the "Short Films" Festival -InternationalFestival of Hip Hop Short Films- which will take place on the 10th and 11th of october at the MK2 cinema quai de Loire/quai de Seine in Paris.
You want to participate? Send us your video realization (fiction, comedies, documentaries, cartoons, artist portrait...) until august, 17th !
R.Style association sponsored by Jamel Debbouze and Dj Abdel organise the 5th edition of the "Short Films" Festival -InternationalFestival of Hip Hop Short Films- which will take place on the 10th and 11th of october at the MK2 cinema quai de Loire/quai de Seine in Paris.
You want to participate? Send us your video realization (fiction, comedies, documentaries, cartoons, artist portrait...) until august, 17th !
THE FEEL GOOD FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS TO EGYPTIAN THEATRE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 THROUGH SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2009 ROCK SLYDE ANNOUNCED AS OPENING NIGHT GALA PRESENTATION FULL FESTIVAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED ED ASNER WILL BE SUBJECT OF TRIBUTE LOS ANGELES, CA July 17, 2009 - The 2009 Feel Good Film Festival (FGFF) announces it will return to the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood Friday, August 7 through Sunday, August 9. The three-day event once again will feature films aimed at both adult and family audience...
Now accepting submissions for our September and October 09 television shows featuring Short Films (NO porn or snuff films!). Send email to leanna@desertcitiesnetwork.tv for Submission Form....
The 35th Seattle International Film Festival has concluded with the announcement of juried SIFF 2009 Competition Awards and Golden Space Needle Audience Awards, bringing to a close the largest and most highly attended film festival in the United States. Over the last 25 days, SIFF presented 203 narrative features, 11 archival features, 54 documentary features, and 124 short films from 62 countries, including 31 World Premieres (10 features, 21 shorts), 45 North American Premieres (36 features, 9...
DOCUMENTA MADRID 10. Call for entries
ON LINE REGISTRATION IS NOW AVAILABLE!
We have opened the inscription for Documenta Madrid 10. In our website www.documentamadrid.com you can know the complete Regulations of the Seventh Edition of the Festival, and make the registration on line of your documentary for Documenta 2010.
The registration deadline for films is December 31, 2009.
DOCUMENTA MADRID 10 will have four competitive sections:
ORIGINA...
The 2009 NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL will take place June 3-7 in beautiful Newport, Rhode Island. This year’s Festival will present five days and nights of screenings of over 90 U.S. and international feature, documentary and short films; Rhode Island focus, narrative, documentary and audience award competitions; filmmaker panels; events; a free screening in beautiful Ballard Park; the presentation of the prestigious Claiborne Pell Award; and those fabulous Newport parties. There wil...
The Estes Park Film Festival is looking for the best independent Feature Films, Documentaries, and Short Films for their fourth annual event in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado. Submit before the Late Deadline (June 1st)! Last year’s festival was an amazing success, and had many special guests in attendance including the Colorado Film Commissioner and representatives from Universal Pictures.
MISSION & OBJECTIVE
The Estes Park Film Festival is dedicated to providing a platform for film...
It was a true celebration of film as the Palm Beach International Film Festival celebrated announced its winners in the categories of Best Feature Film, Best Documentary, Best Short Film and Best Director.
The jury for the 14th PBIFF consisted of: Academy Award-nominated actress Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand & Fog, and the upcoming Stoning of Soraya M.) and Debbie Frank, COO of the Frank Theatres, who judged the Feature Films; Director Aaron Wells (whose film Rock and...
CINÉFONDATION
Giulia Barbera, Gianluca Lo Presti - IL NATURALISTA - 6’
Federico Parodi and Michele Tozzi
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy
Dominique Baumard - LE CONTRETEMPS - 39’
La fémis, France
Dorte Bengtson - SYLFIDDEN - 8’
Den Danske Filmskole, Denmark
Noamir Castéra - #1 - 4’
ENSAV La Cambre, Belgium
Daniel Day - GUTTER - 17’
New York University, USA
Hugo Frassetto - TRAVERSER - 5’
La Poudrière, France
Jo...
