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at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, New York, Dubai,
Melbourne,Sandiás- Ourense, Paris...

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AWARDS
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Las Vegas International Film Festival Summit Awards
Nicolas Cage presents Honorary award to Charles Roven Dark
Knight producer
River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival Awards
The Brainwash 2008 14th Annual Festival Winners
Button, Doubt, Nixon top Golden Globes nominations


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FESTIVAL NEWS FROM THE CIRCUIT

First Crossover Kids pitching event at Sheffield
Generation section of the Berlinale 2009 received over 1000
entries
Dough for Victoria Film Festival
Buffalo Fest receives Google Grant award
Clermond Ferrand Shorts program highlights
Slamdance will celebrate 15th
14th Berlin and Beyond Film Festival in San Francisco 2009
Art By Chance: New Ultra Short Film Festival
Savannah Film Festival passes go on sale in time for holidays
Short Films Showcase in Orlando
Slamdance hits 15th with vigor
Turkey – country in focus on the 32nd Göteborg
Festival
6th London Short Film Festival to enter the new year
Aspen Shortsfest 2009 Deadlines Approaching For Entries
Author Film Festival- The Skin Dutch
TromaDance Film Festival to celebrate 10th event n Park
City
WILDsound Film and Screenplay Festival
Successful 6th German-French Film Rendezvous in Hamburg
Meet the Docs at EFM

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FEST PLAYERS FOCUS

Berlin
Special TEDDY for Warhol Superstar Joe Dallesandro
Helsinki Documentary honors to Nick Broomfield and Richard
Leacock
Roy Andersson new Honorary President at Göteborg
Rotterdam Fest Jury members
Kate Winslet to receive Montecito Award at Santa Barbara
Happy Holidays wishes to us all from Norman Jewison
Tarantino will be honored at Next Capri Hollywood

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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...

Le programme de Clermont Ferrand se précise
Drôle d'Endroit pour des Rencontres à Bron
Palmarès du Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen
Digital Innovation Valley se poursuit à Mons
Festival International du Film des Droits de l’Homme
Dimension3 2009 : la 3D relief en Seine Saint Denis !
Rencontres du Cinéma Francophone en Beaujolais

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FILM FROM FEST FOCUS

Warhol Shorts with Original Music by Indie Pop Duo
South by Southwest to open with Dreamworks ' I Love You,
Man
Leopold, Maddin and Reygadas commissioned by IFFR to make
films for outdoor screens
Ann Arbor Film Fest Touring program
CHICKEN WINGS wins German Short-Film Contest at exground
filmfest 21
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival lines up 48 jewish films
Berin Culinary Cinema will open with Food, Inc.,
The “Digital Innovation Valley” dynamic continues
at Mons
Interview with Chip Hourihan - Producer of "Frozen
River"

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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Short Film Corner

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42nd
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April 17 - 26, 2009
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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.

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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)
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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
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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.
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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!

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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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