NEWSLETTER N° 328: August 28, 2007

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FESTIVALS AGENDA SUBMISSION CALENDARS
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AWARDS
THE AWARDS WATCH ON FEST21.COM Oscar and more

We Are Together and Billy the Kid top prizes at Edimburgh
Goteborg International Film Festival CineLink award
Santa Monica International Film Festival Awards
The nominees of the 14th Oldenburg International Filmfestival
2007 Chicago Underground Film Festival Winners Announced
The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival Awards
MediaBridge Awards Announced at Final Fest Screening
SIGGRAPH 32-Hour FJORG! ''Viking Animator'' Competition Winners Just Announced

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FESTIVAL NEWS
Coverage from fest21.com on Toronto

The Calgary International Film Festival line-up
NSI FilmExchange Canadian Film Festival to be retired
18 films compete for the Horizontes Award at San Sebastian
Annual Tucson Film + Music Festival
Telluride Film Festival Announces New Festival Venue and Film Showcase
ContraVision has relocated to Blow Up in Berlin
C-Prayer festival: Video area
117 Features & docus from EFP to Screen at Toronto
Annual Turks & Caicos International getting warmer
premium celebrity imagery and video from Toronto from Moving Pictures Magazine
Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films
The Hamptons Film Festival Celebrates 15 years
In Kino Veritas at Wine Country Film Festival
First Russian Film festival to launch in London
Amal particpation tiples over last year
African-American Film Marketplace Highlights
Next 2008 Edinburgh Festival will move to junes

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FEST PLAYERS FOCUS

Jack Valenti "A Friend of the Fight" to be honoured at Aids Film Fest
Stacy Keach to head Oldenburg festival's jury
Copenhagen Festival Lifetime Achievement Award for Jean-Claude Carrière
Calgary International Film Festival Board Members announced
Screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal to Chair Scripter XX Selection Committee
Inaugural Middle East International Film Festival staff in place
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THE NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals francophones
LA COUVERTURE DE CANNES SUR http://croisette.fest21.com

ET...
La belle place du cinéma français à Locarno
Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois rendent hommage à Hans Peter Strobl
Etude CNC sur les investissements publicitaires pour le cinéma

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FILM FROM FEST FOCUS

Thessaloniki Film Fest will focus on new spanish cinema
Popwhore - A New American Dream won two major awards at NYIIFVF
Film Fests launch “Rocket Science” director Jeffrey Blitz’s career into Orbit
Europa Cinema label travels to Venice
Films competing at Copenhagen Film Festival
El Violin opening film of the LACMA Latin Cinema Review
Freshi Film Camp is Summer's Hottest Ticket
Die Hard 4.0 review

D-CINEMA NEWS

NEC Digital Cinema Division Wins the 2007 American Business Award
French 3D cinema is awakening…

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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

WRAP UP FROM CANNES
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CALL FOR ENTRIES ONLINE SUBMISSIONS
Filmmakers don't miss these ones!

Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee
The Kansas City Jubilee Film Festival wants to see your SHORTS!
Dramas, comedies, documentaries, animations, experimental works and films inspired by JAZZ.
Best of Fest Shorts Prize is $5000 USD - Go to www.kcjubilee.org for details (under 30 minutes, NO PAL).
Postmark deadlines are October 1, November 15 & December 1.
SUBMIT ONLINE NOW

MOFF Making of Film Festival September 1 - 8, 2007
The ‘Making Of’ Film Festival is an innovative event, in light of what’s been done so far, in terms of cinematographic diffusion, as it will introduce something never seen at a festival before: the "backstage of movie making." : three categories Cinema, Advertising and Music.
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Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra Feb 15 - 23, 2008
PUNTO DE VISTA, the Documentary Film Festival of Navarra calls for a competition, open to participation by documentaries of any nationality made in after 1 August 2006. The deadline for sending films is next 30 September.
Fiction, institutional or publicity films will not be admitted, nor reports or works of a journalistic nature.
SUBMIT ONLINE

TURKS & CAICOS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL October 16 - 21, 2007
The Turks & Caicos International Film Festival (TCIFF) is dedicated to featuring films from all over the world that celebrate the fusion of cinema and music through content, character, theme or score/ soundtrack. Best of luck to all Filmmakers who will submit film to the festival ! Regular Submission deadline is July 17th, Late registrations is August 17, 2007
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CINEMA IN PARADISE: BAHAMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL December 6-13, 2007
join filmmakers and celebrities from around the world at the 4th edition.
The festival will entertain visitors with a diverse presentation of international films,
unusual cultural experiences and fantastic social events. Come and be a part of the fun!

FANTASPORTO' 2008 CALL FOR ENTRIES
28th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Feb 29 - March 8,
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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FUNCHAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - MADEIRA ISLANDS November, 2 - 10, 2007
The Festival is sponsored by the Regional Government of Madeira to promote the films and various events around them, as well as to promote Madeira Islands and the capital city of Funchal. The Festival's main category is the "Atlantic Films Official Section", a competitive section for feature films produced or co-produced by participants from the ATLANTIC countries.
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TAHOE/RENO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (T-RIFF) Oct 24 - 28, 2007
Screen your Masterpiece at our International Treasure "Lake Tahoe."
T-RIFF is a 5-day exploration of discovery through a rare and diverse specturm of films including socially relevent contributions.
Call for Films & Short Scripts: Final Deadline for both: May 31, 2007
Script Competition: $40,000. Winner's script produced into a digital film & screened at the Festival.
SUBMIT ONLINE

AFRICA WORLD FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS October 20th--24th, 2007
The Africa World Festival of Documentary Films will unfold at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Three documentaries will be awarded bythe AWFDF committee as furthering understanding and contributing significantly to knowledge of the African World.
Call for entries

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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for a detailed proposition
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