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THE NEW VERSION OF THE SITE LAUNCHED
THIS WEEK
Quick summary of the changes on fest21.com
include :
- New look, easier navigation
- Transfer of the Festival Directory database
- The renowned Festival Directory from Filmfestivals.com
is moving to Fest21.com whith easier search options, simplified
update process for festivals...
- Opening of a major Film database
- Launch of the new video platform (still in beta)
- Launch of Fest21 e-commerce store
- More Professional functionnalities and promotion options
YOU WILL SHORTLY BE RECEIVING AN EMAIL WITH NEW
PROCEDURES FOR FESTIVAL UPDATE
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FESTIVAL CALENDARS
FESTIVALS THIS WEEK The
calendar
FESTIVALS THIS MONTH Month
Calendar
FESTIVALS SUBMISSION CALENDARS
Festivals
calling for your films This week, this month...
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NEWS FROM FANTASPORTO
Check the dailies on fest21.com
Day 5 it's Carnival Mardi
Gras in Porto (and everywhere else) also a big fat day for
me with 4 films to judge.
Day 4 Loose day, great for shopping and computer work
Day 3 of the competition Bellini, Korean treat with the
Chaser
Fanstatic meets carnaval at Porto
Fantasporto Day 2 Just for fun
Day 1 Opening The friends of fantastic are gathering in
the busy lobby.
Porto city views and sea views
The setting of Fantasporto
Fantasporto goes live tonight
A look back in history of fantasporto
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NEWS FROM OUR PARTNER HOUSTON WORLDFEST
FINAL CALLING FOR FILMMAKERS WHO WANT TO SUBMIT
TO HOUSTON WORLDFEST
Last week, no late fee, extended deadline late february
RESERVED
FOR FEST21.COM READERS
Check the worldfest
online community
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AWARDS
VOTE
FOR THE FESTIVAL FILM OF THE YEAR
Filmfestivals.com
Festival Film of the year Nominees
Vesoul
Fest Awards
A palme d'or to Clint Eastwood
The Hollywood NetAwards
Portland International Film Festival’s Audience Awards
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DAILIES FROM THE CIRCUIT ON FEST21.COM
Dailies
from the circuit: NEXT on fest21.com Berlinale,
Sundance,
Santa
Barbara, IFFS
Paris,
Current Fest dailies on fest21.com ECU,
Fantasporto,
Talinn
Black Nights
Recent video coverage IDFA,
Capri,
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
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)
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FESTIVAL NEWS FROM THE CIRCUIT
Northern Ireland?s 1st Annual Yellow Fever Independent Film
Festival (YFIFF)
2009 IFFS Europe: The list of speakers continues to grow
The MEIFF delegation to Berlin
Fantasporto festival opens with the screening of Che
Victoria Film Festival brings in 16% over last edition
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FEST PLAYERS FOCUS
European Film Market 2008, Interview with Director Beki
Probst
Robert Osborne Author of “80 Years of the Oscar”
Book
The Dubai Film Market: Interview with the Director Ziad
Yaghi
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FILM FROM FEST FOCUS
The Complete list of Oscar Winners: a Slumdog dream
Tarantino reveals first scenes from Inglourious Basterds
When You're strange slam-bang DOORS docu in Berlin
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D-CINEMA NEWS
RealD
demos Monsters vs Aliens at CES
Can you speak the Digital language?
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THE NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals
francophones
Dernières
nouvelles sur la nouvelle version française de fest21.com
L'Observatoire publie son nouveau rapport IRIS plus sur le statut juridique des producteurs de films en Russie
La sortie d'Inglourious Basterds avancée au 19 Août
Ceremonie des Etoiles d'Or du Cinema Francais. 2
Ceremonie des Etoiles d'Or du Cinema Francais. 1
Participation
Le premier trailer de Tarantino tient ses promesses: ca va décoiffer
Le teaser du film de tarantino est arrivé sur le net
Les lauréats des étoiles d or
ET sur filmfestivals.fr...
Le FIFDH est pret
à démarrer à Paris
Palmarès du Festival international des Cinémas
d'Asie de Vesoul
Bilan de la 2e édition de la manifestation Tout-Petits
Cinéma
Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois
partent en tournée
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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
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NEWS FROM CANNES
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Photo Gallery,
Video Gallery
Short Film Corner
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CALL
FOR ENTRIES ONLINE SUBMISSIONS
Filmmakers don't miss these ones!
THE
LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL June 18-28,
2009
Now in its fourteenth year, the Los Angeles Film
Festival is widely recognized as a world-class event, providing
the movie-loving public with access to some of the most
critically acclaimed filmmakers, scholars, critics, film
industry professionals, and emerging talent from around
the world.
The Festival also features unique signature programs including
the Filmmaker Retreat, the Spirit of Independence Award
ceremony and gala, and Financing Conference. Additionally,
the Festival screens short films created by high school
students and has a special section devoted to music videos.
Submit
online
PALM
BEACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL—
October
27 - 31, 2009
The Festival is a 501(3)(c) not-for-profit organization
supporting film programs in local schools, and dedicated
to making a difference in the lives of future filmmakers
by helping them fulfill their dreams to work in the world
of film. Proceeds generated each year are donated to schools,
in the form of grants and scholarships, to provide new technologies.
The Festival is now accepting submissions for Features,
featurettes, shorts and documentary of all genres and open
to filmmakers worldwide.
Submit
online
FILM
FESTIVAL OF IMAGINATION AND WONDER Film Festival du
film Merveilleux —
October
27 - 31, 2009
The Festival promotes films celebrating the imaginary, the
Wonder and magic from the entire world and allow us and
the section "off competition the kaleidoscope"
help to re-discover our different cultures and our planet.
The theme of the Film festival are magic, the imaginary,
the marvelous, the astonishing, the supernatural, the occult,
the strange, the esoteric, poetry, the fantastic, science
-fiction and myths, legends, comics, manga, video game,
dreams...
Submit
online
Art
by Chance Ultra Short Film Festival—
May 22 - June 5, 2009
- 30 seconds long films on concept of "journey"
theme
- made by enthusiastic and creative international film makers
- fiction, documentaries, animation or video art
- shown in major metropolitan cities all around the world
in May 2009 over the same two-week period.
Submit
online
42nd
ANNUAL WORLDFEST-HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL—
April 17 - 26, 2009
Special Entry Deadline Extension to All FEST21 members!
Late Fee is waived! Save 15$
Enter the Festival that discovered Spielberg, Lucas, David
Lynch, Ang Lee, Ridley Scott and the Coen Brothers!
Extended Entry Deadline is february 28th, 2009! http://www.worldfest.org
Submit
online
DOCUMENTA
MADRID —May 1 - 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. 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)
ECU
THE EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL March, 2009
The European Independent Film Festival 2009 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
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
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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to your online Call for Entries on our Bulletin Board.
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