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NatureTrack Film Festival Announces Dates for 5th Anniversary Edition
New Festival Team Revealed
First Time in Goleta at Fairview Theatre and Return to Los Olivos
Submissions Open Now - Calling for Nature-Centric Films
(Goleta, CA) Celebrating the return of the beloved NatureTrack Film Festival (NTFF) for its 5th year is cause to break out the champagne. Lots of exciting news to reveal like new co-directors for the fest, addition of a development director to the team, add in a new location, official dates, plus call for open submissions to the nature-centric film festival. Most of all, it’s an in-person gathering for the fabulous fifth year.
This great little festival that can is curated with a focus on nature and outdoor-related films – its tag line is Igniting Passion for Nature Through Film. The program will include both feature-length and short films in a wide variety of genres and subjects including documentary, narrative, animation, experimental, conservation, outdoors adventure, student films, and more. Sue Eisaguirre, Founder and Executive Director of NatureTrack Foundation, announced the festival dates will be October 6-8 at Metropolitan’s Fairview Theatre in Goleta for the first time. Eisaguirre stated, “Environmental concerns are in the forefront of our community’s collective conscience, and I believe this festival will further inform all those interested in the natural world about other people who are doing great things around the world. The films will also excite attendees to get outdoors, connect with the natural world and enjoy the elixirs nature offers!” Fun for the family. In addition to the three-day event in Goleta, NTFF will screen the award-winning films in Los Olivos, where the festival all began, for a ‘Best of the Fest’ one day event the following weekend. Location for this event will be announced soon.
Leading the emerging film festival are the new Festival Directors, Mitchka Saberi and Francisco Lopez. They both graduated from UCSB where Eisaguirre connected with them through Film & Media Studies professor Chris Jenkins. The team went on to collaborate on a short documentary co-produced by NatureTrack, and the 15-minute short doc made the rounds to film festivals in 2022 picking up several awards. Saberi said, “We found working with Sue was a great experience. When she asked us to consider becoming the directors of the festival, we didn’t have to think very long to say yes!” Joining them is the new Development Director Gareth Kelly who has also collaborated with Lopez and Saberi in the past on several film projects as a producer. They are all looking forward to bringing the film festival to the Goleta and Santa Barbara communities.
Film submissions are open now on FilmFreeway. The early deadline for submissions is March 5th, and submissions will stay open until the last deadline of June 30th.
For more information about ways to get involved, upcoming ticket and pass sales, submissions, and more- check out the NTFF website (naturetrackfilmfestival.org). Follow us for updates on Instagram (@naturetrackfilm).
Igniting Passion for Nature Through Film
Website www.naturetrackfilmfestival.org
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NatureTrack Film Festival was founded in 2018 by Sue Eisaguirre, who conceived the idea as an extension of, and fundraiser for, the non-profit NatureTrack Foundation, which she started in 2011. NatureTrack introduces schoolchildren and wheelchair users of all ages to outdoor spaces from the seashore to the inland oak woodlands of Santa Barbara County by providing cost-free outdoor field trips. Since it began, NatureTrack has provided more than 35,000 outdoor experiences for school-aged students. More information about NatureTrack Foundation can be found at www.naturetrack.org.
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New Festival Team Revealed
First Time in Goleta at Fairview Theatre and Return to Los Olivos
Submissions Open Now - Calling for Nature-Centric Films
(Goleta, CA) Celebrating the return of the beloved NatureTrack Film Festival (NTFF) for its 5th year is cause to break out the champagne. Lots of exciting news to reveal like new co-directors for the fest, addition of a development director to the team, add in a new location, official dates, plus call for open submissions to the nat...
WAR, one of my short animation films with voiceover by Annette George and Greg Nutcher, was just designated an AWARD-WINNING FILM by the SYDNEY AUSTRALIAN FILM FESTIVAL (SAFF) in Sydney, Australia. WAR is a heartbreaking anti-war film.
OldMan Hawk Film link: http://www.hawkfilme.com/WAR.html
Here is the SAFF link: https://sydneyaff.com/
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During nine days, Videoex presents in its 24th edition more than 150 international and Swiss works. In addition to the extensive competition, it curates retrospectives, special programs, discussions and a supporting program of live acts and installations. Various workshops will introduce adults as well as children and young people to the medium of film. From Switzerland, we will be showing the experimental and Super 8 films of Zurich filmmaker Anka Schmid, which were made in the turbulent 1980s, as part of the CH Focus. Artist and this year's Artist Focus Rosa Barba creates sculptural, bizarrely beautiful images of human inscriptions in nature. For the Artist Specials, three artists will be represented at the festival: Lawrence Abu Hamdan makes forensic hearing visible, Neïl Beloufa tells of content decomposition and colonialism by means of a formal break with cinematic conventions, and Basma Alsharif interweaves geopolitical landscapes such as her native Palestine with human existence. While the Swiss and International Competitions provide a representative snapshot of experimental filmmaking, the major guest program Arab Wave is dedicated to the artistic and cinematic works of the Arab Mediterranean.
Archived festival (terminated)
Fantoche calls up innovative, courageous, and creative filmmakers to submit their new films now on filmfreeway.com/festival/Fantoche or fantoche.ch/submit. Fantoche is looking forward to the latest short films in any possible animation technique! Animated shorts are eligible for Fantoche’s 2022 competitions if they’ve been completed after 31 March 2020 and last no longer than 40 minutes.
Submission is free of charge and will close on 15 May 2022....
“MOTHER EARTH – from the womb to the tomb,” a James W. Hawk short animation film, is an OldMan Hawk Film production in association with HawkMedia Studios. “MOTHER EARTH…” has just been honored by being selected as an AWARD-WINNING FILM by the LOGIHQ International Happiness Film Festival & Exhibition, liHfe-2021 in New Delhi, India. “MOTHER EARTH…” is another chapter of the epic and essential ALEPH TO TAW CHRONICLES and is ...
Sing 2 is set for a christmas release : 12/22/2021
On Independence Day weekend 2021, Buster, Meena, Rosita, Gunter, Johnny and Ash prepare for a bigger stage and a brighter spotlight as they leave the Moon Theater for the big city in SING 2.
From Illumination, the creators of Despicable Me, Minions and The Secret Life of Pets, comes the follow-up to its smash all-audience event film about the transformative power of music. The next chapter in the blockbuster series from returning wr...
Relive the magic of Mirror Mountain Film Festival’s epic 2021 live music + film performance! Ottawa singer-songwriter Kimberly Sunstrum and filmmaker Hingman Leung collaborated on an original audio-visual experience that combined songs with unique cinematic visuals created in real time. Full video: https://bit.ly/3EGFV9D
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POP-UP PROGRAM – NatureTrack Film Festival
Enjoy Day in the Country Activities with a Dose of Fabulous Nature Films: diverse Menu of Subjects in 30 New Films, LIVE on Saturday October 16 from 9am to 11pm
Thirty new films will get the opening splash at the Fourth Annual NatureTrack Film Festival(NTFF) on Saturday, October 16. Coinciding with Day in the Country in Los Olivos, this will be a Pop-Up film festival with films screened at St. Mark&rs...
Festival Stop Motion Montréal runs September 10 to 19
This week marks the beginning of the 13th edition of Festival Stop Motion Montréal, the first festival in the world entirely dedicated to stop-motion animation, which will be held online from September 10 to 19 via the Cinéma Public website, and accessible internationally.
Stop Motion in the Moonlight
Although the 2021 edition takes place mainly online, the Festival presents Stop Motion in the Moonlight, a fr...
I hope that all is well with you.
It has been a fruitful couple of weeks at HawkMedia Studios. Two of our short animation films are official selections at THREE international film festivals.
MOTHER EARTH – from the womb to the tomb – AN ANIMATION FILM is an official selection of the Warsaw Animation Film Festival in Warsaw, POLAND.
PLUS AND MINUS CREATION – AN ANIMATION FILM is an official selection of the BUEIFF film festival in Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
PLUS AND MINUS CREA...
Fantoche calls up innovative, courageous, and creative filmmakers to submit their new films now on filmfreeway.com/festival/Fantoche or fantoche.ch/submit. Fantoche is looking forward to the latest short films in any possible animation technique! Animated shorts are eligible for Fantoche’s 2018 competitions if they’ve been completed after 31 March 2018 and last no longer than 40 minutes.
Submission is free of charge and will close on 16 May 2021....
International Thai Film Festival is open for film submissions!
Submit your film via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/thaifilmfest
Submit your film via FestHome: https://filmmakers.festhome.com/f/3906
INTERNATIONAL THAI FILM FESTIVAL 2021 (ITFF Film & Entertainment Industry Awards) welcomes short film, animation, feature film and music video submissions from anywhere in the world, accepting productions in all styles and genres.
Website: https://www.thaifilmfestival.co...
"Pooling" has been selected to the Rollout Dance Film Festival in Macao for December 27, 2020 to January 11, 2021.
"Pooling" was choreographed/performed by Marc Carrizo Vilarroig of the internationally-renowned breakdance troupe Brodas Bros. Its opening and closing animations were done by Dismas & GrissyG Lizarraga of GrisDismation in the Los Angeles area. Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona shot, edited and did the considerable special effects. An original score w...
Both "From On High" (2017) and "Pooling" (2018) have been accepted to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Film Festival in Surat, Gujarat, India for October 31, 2020. Written/helmed/produced by Dawn Westlake under her Ron de Cana Prods, Inc. shingle, "From On High" and "Pooling" were shot and edited and visual effects were done by Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona.
"From On High" was scored by GC Johnson of Acoustic Labs. "Poolin...
TIAF- Tbilisi International Animation Festival is an international event, promoting Animation Art and Industry Development Culture through Caucasus region and Internationally. TIAF is an educational and entertaining International event, dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for, animation, video game, and related popular Art Forms, primarily through the presentation of events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of animation art and culture.
The festival includes parallel activities: professional and family workshops, animation and game jams, film and music, school programs, the presence of leading figures from the world of Animation, conferences and other interesting events associated with audiovisual culture for children and young people.
"Pooling" (2018) has won a Special Jury Prize for Most Creative and "terroir" (2019) was nominated Best Documentary at the Halicarnassus Film Festival in Bodrum, Turkey this week. Both films were helmed/written/produced by Dawn Westlake under her Ron de Cana Prods, Inc. shingle and shot/edited by Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona. Pol also did the considerable visual effects in both pieces.
An original score for "Pooling" was composed by Joan Armand Forero ...
"Pooling" will be presented on the Filmin Channel out of Spain with the Choreoscope Film Festival of Dance in Barcelona from September 14-28, 2020. The breakdance film conceived and directed by Dawn Westlake, starring Marc Carrizo Vilarroig of Brodas Bros, and with an original score by Joan Armand Forero of Praxiz, was shot and edited in Barcelona by Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona. Pol also did the considerable visual effects work. The animated open and close of "Poolin...
Moinho Cine Fest – International Film Festival of Micro and Nano Film of Matosinhos considers that the length of the nano film is until to 01:00 (mm:ss) and the micro film is until to 05:00 (mm:ss).
It's a film festival organized by ANARTEM - Associação Cultural and directed by André Almeida Rodrigues, a Portuguese filmmaker.
The 3rd edition of the festival will take place in April 2021 in Custóias, Leça do Balio and Guifões parish, Matosinhos, Portugal.
In the 2nd edition, the Moinho Cine Fest received 2142 submissions from 103 countries and selected 100 films from 47 countries and the films will be screen on a date to be announced.
GOALS
• Be a showcase of the panorama of world film production in 2019 and 2020, promoting itself as a meeting point for “all world cinema”.
• Want a similar number of films from Portugal (host country), Europe, Asia and Oceania, Africa and Americas (North, Central and South).
• Want a similar total length of animation, documentary, fiction, experimental films, music videos and fashion films.
Dear colleagues and friends,
Cannes Digital Market is around the corner and we are happy to present our current line up. Soledad Cáceres and Rod Sáez Chávez will be happy to host meetings at Cintamani Films digital stand from June 22nd to 26th. Please answer this email to suggest a suitable day and time.
We have a plenty of awarded features, documentaries and short films.
Culture, Drama, LGTB+, Animations, Etnography, Genre, Politics and actuality.
Also...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbSsDOGiRE8
I hope all is well for you.
My latest animation film, PLUS AND MINUS CREATION was recently made an Official Selection for the McMinnville Sci-Fi Film Festival. This film is a GREATLY condensed history of our universe from before the Big Bang to the end of our sun;s life. It can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbSsDOGiRE8
Thank you
Jim Hawk
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Welcome to Tokyo CINEMASTERS International Film Festival.
We are hosting our 1st Annual Festival in OCT 1st 2020 at Tokyo Cine Center.
Through discovering films and directing talent from across the globe, our film festival was founded with the mission of developing the next generation of cinema.
Japan loves all cinema, regardless of country, language, or race.
The culture of watching films with subtitles is well established here, with releases from a multitude of nations each year.
However, the majority of those releases are limited to commercial movies. The reality is that there are a wealth of fantastic overseas directors and films lying dormant that we’re never exposed to. The lack of “international” film festivals in Japan has also been an issue.
Based in Tokyo, a place where new and diverse booms are born, this festival brings together films and people active on a global stage.
A festival where you can see cinematic work that cross boundaries of race and language.
Hey :)
We're working to debut a makeshift space/store and membership-based digital platform to allow creatives to present work the way they want. One month from our launch, on September (if the current situation gets better, that is), the company will be hosting full day touring events related to film, music and fashion for the public, our members, and industry members.
We're building up our own roster alongside a list of exhibitors and attendees for the event.
We license work o...
As one of the most exciting international ACG events based in California, 2020 Epic ACG Fest (EACG) is just around the corner!
EACG is an international event that included animation, comic art, gaming and cosplay in one place. To promote the Geek culture in a Hollywood style, EACG screened animation films from worldwide; host panels for the audience with the international artists face to face; with professionals from the industry to direct different workshops and unforgettable ...
Awards & Prizes
Main Award Categories
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM ( Crystal trophy $225 value + postage.)
BEST AUSTRALIAN SHORT FILM ( Crystal trophy $225 value + postage.)
BEST QUEENSLAND SHORT FILM ( Crystal trophy $225 value + postage.)
BEST ANIMATION ( Crystal trophy $225 value + postage.)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL - Including music videos. ( Crystal trophy $225 value + postage.)
Special Award Categories
PEOPLE'S CHOICE ( Crystal trophy $225 value + postage.)
BEST STUDENT FILM ( Crystal trophy $225 value + postage.)
BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER ( Crystal trophy $225 value + postage.)
JURY AWARD ( Crystal trophy $225 value + postage.)
The trophy is an approximate value. If an award winner foes not attend the trophy will be delivered at no cost to the winner.)
Additional prizes will be announced via social media.
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