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Only 18 FESTIVALS THIS WEEK: If you live in one
of these cities watch out for the festivals at Kathmandu,
Anchorage, Poitiers France, Santa Monica, Palm Beach Gardens,
Buenos Aires, Florence Italy, Nassau Bahamas, Jakarta, Miami,
Begles France, Ljubljana, Almería, Cannes, Vendôme
France, Dijon France, NY, Paris...

FESTIVALS THIS MONTH Month
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FESTIVALS CALLING This
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AWARDS
THE AWARDS WATCH
ON FEST21.COM

Tallinn Black Nights Awards
“Lions Den” “Cold Lunch” “Youssou
Ndour” and “Gone Fishing” win at the Bahamas
fest
Gommorra steals the show at EFA Awards
"The 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards"


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DAILIES FROM THE CIRCUIT ON FEST21.COM

Dailies
from the crcuit:
Current
Fest dailies on fest21.com IFFS
Vegas, ECU
, Fantasporto,
Talinn
Black Nights
Recent video coverage IDFA,
IFFI Goa,
Thessaloniki
Film Fest , Fort
Lauderdale Film Festival, Montreal
Nouveau Cinéma, Diractors,
Cinemed,
UNAFF,
LondonFilmFestival,
Montreal,
Toronto,
San Sebastian,
London,
Cinemed,

Ischia,
Locarno,
New York,
Silverdocs
, Festroia

More archive Blogging from
Palm
Beach, 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)

A New Author Film Festival - Lynch Wenders and Madonna
Europa, Europa-Felix Takes the Danes
New York International Independent Film and Video Festival
returns to Los Angeles

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FEST PLAYERS FOCUS

Ten
SHOOTING STARS of 2009 announced for Berlin
IFFS panel on Festival ticketing in Vegas this tuesday

FESTIVALS AGENDA SUBMISSION CALENDARS
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d'arras L'autre cinéma
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Miracolo à Paris sur fest21.com

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Cinéma
du Québec à Paris 2008: soirée de clôture
avec " Maman est chez le coiffeur" de Lea Pool

ET sur filmfestivals.fr...

IRIS Spécial sur la recherche de contenus audiovisuels
La Russie devient le second marché pour les films
français
Belle réussite des portes ouvertes au Forum des images
Lauréats 2008 des European Film Awards Gomorra et
les autres
Le Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen de
Bruxelles bat son plein
Autodesk célèbre la 3D

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FILM FROM FEST FOCUS

"Spanish Cinema Now" at Walter Reede Theater Dec
5-24th in NYC
Focus On Turkey In Tallinn
Crazy Cool: North American Independents At Tallinn Black
Nights

D-CINEMA NEWS
Can
you speak the Digital language?
Digital screenings from Europe's Finest at Ghent
First Digital 3D Movie Released in China
350 systems commitments to date for Dolby(R) 3D

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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!

DOCUMENTA MADRID
—May 1 to May 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

FANTASPORTO
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAl February
20 - March1, 2008
29th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Feb 20 - March
1
The Oporto International Film Festival, now going to its
29th edition, specializes in fantasy and science-fiction
films in its Official Competitive section.
Entries Close Dec 15 Running on 5 theatres screening 200
feature films each year with Massive press coverage 5000
clippings every year - Over 110,000 entries in past editions.contact:
Mário Dorminsky (Director)
SUBMIT
ONLINE NOW

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

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!
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your film

ANNUAL
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