NEWSLETTER N° 385: October 15, 2008

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AWARDS
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Patras International Panorama Awards
Dead Channels 2008 Audience Awards
The Awards and Winners from London Raindance
Vancouver International Film Festival hands out 11 awards
MetaFest 2008 Finalists
Rio Film Festival Awards Se Nada Mais de Certo
National Geographic’s All Roads Film Festival
EFA - Prix Eurimages
I ve seen films wrapped
International viral video award
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MORE FESTIVAL NEWS

Israel
Film Festival set to kick off in New York
LA Femme Film Festival
Who is the Maverick champion? Cinequest answers
Berlinale Day at the Frankfurt Book Fair
MEIFF Abu Dhabi ready to open
Online voting for Animacam, International Festival of Animation
Programme Announced for Cornwall Film Festival
Montreal's Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
Irish Film Institute Annual Horrorthon 23rd -27th October
San Sebastian Film Festival growth reports
Le programme des rencontres internationales du documentaire de
Montréal
World Film Festival Edition 6 ready to roll in Bangkok
The End of the Pier International Film Festival
Berlin Today Award 2010: Short Films for the Big Screen

John Boorman Interview from Montreal Nouveau Cinéma
Watch more video on fest21.com

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Montreal
Nouveau Cinéma Diractors

Recent video coverage Ischia
Locarno Montreal
Toronto
San
Sebastian New
Yorkand SILVERDOCS dailies
FESTROIA dailies

More archive Blogging from
IFFS
Europe, Palm
Beach , The
international Doc market at Thessaloniki, ECU,
Miami - Cinequest
-Fantasporto
- Santa
Barbara - Berlin
- Park City -
Tribeca
Film Festival San
Francisco - Sydney
- Boston
Cannes - La
Croisette Cannes - Future
of Cinema Salon in Cannes

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FEST PLAYERS FOCUS

NESTA
presents James Boyle at Sheffield Doc/Fest
Santa Barbara to honor Penélope Cruz
Edgar Reitz is Jury President at Mannheim Heidelberg Fest
Maurice Jarre at Osaka European Film Festival
Benicio Del Toro Screen Talk at London Film Festival
Interview with Michelle Byrd, IFP Executive Director:
Forrester research on Online Video Viewers
Sir Ben Kingsley to attend Abu Dhabi with Gandhi
Hollywood Awards Gala will honor...

FESTIVALS AGENDA SUBMISSION CALENDARS
Festivals
calling for your films...
This week, this month..

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THE NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals
francophones
LA COUVERTURE DE CANNES SUR http://croisette.fest21.com

ET...

Lancement de la version française de fest21
Le Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal est lancé
Le cinéma latin au premier plan à Paris
succès de la Tournée québécoise des
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois
HD Film Festival 2008 : 31 programmes en lice


ASPIRING FEST REPORTERS & BLOGGERS WANTED, GET
YOUR FEST ACCRED THROUGH US
Share your Festival experiences with us: OPEN YOUR BLOG AND PUBLISH
ON OUR FREE PLATFORM.
Become a filmfestival
reporter and ambassador and open your own blog on www.fest21.com

FILM FROM FEST FOCUS
Film
In Focus from NY Fest: Tulpan
The Baby Food Dude to close Gulf Coast Film Festival
Heavy Swedish Film presence at the Stockholm Fest

D-CINEMA NEWS
Digital
screenings from Europe's Finest at Ghent
First Digital 3D Movie Released in China
350 systems commitments to date for Dolby(R) 3D
Interview with Lorenzo Branca on the VPF
Digitalization - challenge and threat
Women in Digital Cinema
The secret of Cinema 2.0

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Film Festival Tourism: a research on its rapid expansion
The previous articles provided the context for the growing
film festival tourism phenomenon. In this last installment, more
specific information is provided about the participants in festival
tourism, the services provided by the few agencies in this new
niche market, and the characteristics of the film festivals that
would most likely benefit from film festival tourism.
Part
1 Part
2 Part
3

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!

DUBAI
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL December 11 - 18,
2008
The 2008 edition of the Dubai International Film Festival features
12 programmes that will showcase cinema of all genres from all
over the world : The Cultural Bridge, Arabian Nights, A Celebration
of Indian Cinema, The Cinema of the World, The Cinema of AsiaAfrica,
Emirati Voices, Children’s Cinema, Animation, In Focus,
Rythm & Reels, Screen on the Green and Lifetime Achievement
Introducing the New Dubai Film Market

ECU
THE EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL March, 2009
The European Independent Film Festival 200ç submission
deadline of January 15th, 2009 is fast approaching. Held in Paris
in March at the prestigious Biblioteque Nationale de Francois
Mitterand the very best independent films from around the World
will be screened to large audiences competing for 16 awards in
11 categories.
For more information go to www.ecufilmfestival.com
SUBMIT
ONLINE NOW

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

L.A.
COMEDY SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL March
5 - 8, 2009
This is a festival
started by funny people, for funny people. All judges are top
names in the fields of comedy and filmmaking.
If what you have is short and
people laugh at it, around here, that’s a good thing.
So,
you think you're funny? Prove it!

SUBMIT
ONLINE NOW

SAVANNAH
FILM FESTIVAL October
25 - November 1, 2008
Hosted by the Savannah College
of Art and Design, the annual festival presents a full range of
cinematic creativity from both award-winning professionals and
emerging student filmmakers.
Featuring the best in independent
and innovative film from around the world

http://www.scad.edu/filmfest/




AFRICA
WORLD DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL February 5 - 8, 2009
Join us for the 2nd Africa World Documentary Film Festival in
February 2009 in Saint Louis USA, in Europe, and the Caribbean.
At our 2007 inaugural festival in Saint Louis USA and Lagos, Nigeria,
over $5,000 in prizes was awarded. The festival and film makers
presenting were highlighted on CNN’s Inside Africa.
At the 2nd AWDFF in 2009, we are awarding more prizes to Film
makers, along with viewing of your work on three continents under
the banner of one festival. Look out for more and join us at the
2nd AWDFF around the globe!
Submit
your film

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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