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5TH ANNUAL FEEL GOOD FILM FESTIVAL - August 3-5, 2012

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THE INTERNATIONAL FEEL GOOD FILM FESTIVAL  Hollywood's beautiful new Laemmle Noho 7 Theater; Hollywood, CA - USA August 3-5, 2012 - WWW.FGFF.ORG The 5th Annual FEEL GOOD FILM FESTIVAL showcases live-action, animated, short, student, and feature-length films or screenplays with positive themes.  April 15th is the regular submission deadline so submit now: www.fgff.org  or https://www.withoutabox.com/03film/03t_fin/03t_fin_fest_01over.php?festview=1&festival_id=6743 Since ...

The Second Edition of Speak Spanish with your Eyes

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The Second Edition of «Speak Spanish with your Eyes», Toronto’s Latin American and Spanish Film Festival, will be held in September 2012. Be part of this upcoming unique cultural event showcasing and premiering a wide array of the finest and most‑acclaimed films from the Spanish‑speaking world!!!  All films presented will be subtitled in English for the benefit of those who do not understand Spanish.  The First Edition of our Festival  was a huge success with the best programming ever...

IFFS Europe The Fest Summit Agenda april 3 & 4

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2012 IFFS EUROPE - PARIS - CONFERENCE AGENDA Tuesday April 3, 2012 Co-chairs:  Bruno Chatelin Chief Operating Officer FEST21.COM FILMFESTIVALS.COM Scott Hillier Festival Director European Independent Film Festival 8:30 am - Registration Opens ...

FREENETWORLD FILM FESTIVAL

FreeNetWorld 2012- Call for participation
Fifth international film festival FreeNetWorld will be held from 4th till 6th of October 2012.
We would like to invite filmmakers from around the world to submit their films.
Participation deadline for sending all required information and films is the 5th of August 2012.

Ganre:

  • fiction - drama and comedy,
  • documentary,
  • animations,
  • experimental/ music video

Theme: Free Choice
To be eligible the films must be:

  • produced after the 1st of January 2011;
  • less than 30 minutes in length;
  • subtitled in the English language, unless the dialog is in English;

Awards:

  • Free NET World Open Movie Award
  • The best documentary film
  • The best animated film
  • The best fiction
  • The best music video/experimental film
  • Special audience ‘s choise award

Participation procedure:
The entry form with all required information and with copy of the film has to be sent to us until 15th of July 2012. There are no limits for number of films that one author can submit.
Video preview formats are: HDV, DV, mini DV, DVD, mp4, 3g2, 3gp, 3gp2, 3gpp, asf, asx, avi, divx, mts, m2t, m2ts, m2v, m4v, mkv, mov, mp4, mpe, mpeg, mpg, ogg, wmv.
The screening copy of the film that must be made available for the festival must be in PAL standard  in the following formats: HDV, DVCAM, miniDV and DVD.
Selection and Notification:
As we expect to receive several hundred submissions we regret that we can only write to the selected filmmakers. If you do not recieve any feedback from festival ’s coordinator till August 15 2012, that means that you haven’t been successful this time. In that case, we hope that you will participate next year with your new art film.
Costs: The applicant is responsible for the costs of sending copy!
Annotation on the package: "NO COMMERCIAL VALUE; CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY".
Mail:
Put a link in our online entry form from your hosting service, official servers (rapidshare, sendspace, megaupload, hotfile etc.) or by post mail:
Vladimir Ilic,
FreeNetWorld International Film Festival,
Heroja Pop Mice 8,
18000 Nis, Serbia

Edinburgh International Film Festival announces 2nd Talent Lab

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TALENT LAB RETURNS TO EIFF AS DELEGATES DISCOVER THE TRAVERSEEdinburgh International Film Festival today announced the second year of their Talent Lab. Supported through the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund and by Creative Scotland, the Lab offers up-and-coming filmmakers a fantastic opportunity to learn from the world’s key film industry players.Drawing on the Festival’s successful track record in talent development, the four day programme will lead emerging Scottish an...

CALL FOR ENTRIES - Deadline May 1st

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Thurrock International Film Festival is the UK’s newest international short film festival, taking place in Thurrock, Essex in June this year. The festival is an open competition that anybody can enter and they have nine categories including one just for students and one for under 16's. All categories can be entered by anybody worldwide. There are trophies and professional software on offer as prizes, nominated films will also be seen by our panel of celebrity judges and industry professio...

SCREENING OUR PARTNER FESTIVALS AT ÉCU 2012- AVANCA AND JIFF

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This year ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival has the pleasure of screening some of the best films from our partner festivals. These screenings will take place in special screening area dedicated specially for our partner festivals at Les 7 Parnassiens, 98 boulevard du Montparnasse, 75014 Paris. Anyone who have purchased a weekend, VIP or Programmers Pass to the festival or is part of the ÉCU Memeber’s Club has a free entrance to these screenings. Avanca Film Festival ...

European Premieres at ÉCU 2012!

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ÉCU 2012 is hosting a huge number of films from all over the world and we are lucky enough to be the stage for several films making their European debut! So not only will cinemas full with ÉCU audience members be witnessing these talented works but it is just the beginning for these filmmakers and their films. The ÉCU European Independent Film Festival does not take this responsibility lightly and is hard at work making sure this festival is going to be the best one yet. With a range of a...

Minneapolis Underground Film Festival Call for Entry "Le Gorilla"

The 2012 Minneapolis Underground Film Festival, MUFF Call for Entry Promo. Chek our website for more info: http://minneapolisundergroundfilmfestival.com/

CosmoFest Tokyo 2012

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CosmoFest Tokyo 2012 will release its final details its International Film Festival in Tokyo in November. The festival will focus on the creation of young filmmakers and will include both a symposium and workshops. For this years festival it will award a prize for films made using new technologies. The festival will take place at Meiji University and other venues in Central Tokyo.  ...

BENEATH THE EARTH FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2012 CALL FOR ENTRIES

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nnovative Online Festival seeks films from 1990 onward for 2012 competition (NEW YORK) March, 2012 – Beneath the Earth Film Festival (BTEFF), a rapidly growing online film festival in its third year, announces it’s Call for Entries for the 2012 season. “We’re doing things a little differently this year and onward,” says festival co-founder, Antonia Opiah. “We realize that a lot of filmmakers spend months on the festival circuit; some will get in...

Michel Hazanavicius will be awarded with the "Festival Film of the year Award" at IFFS Fest Summit in Paris april 3

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The International Film Festival Summit Europe -IFFS and filmfestivals.com  - fest21.com,  close observers of the festival circuit announced today that they will honor Michel Hazanavicius the  director of The Artist with the "Festival Film of the year Award"  which recognizes the outstanding artistic dimensions of the whole project and the extraordinary successful fare on the circuit from Cannes (best actor) to 5 Oscars (6 Cesar, 3 Golden Globes, 7 BAFTAS)... 2011 saw...

Robert Redford to introduce film about the environmental work of HRH The Prince of Wales

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Sundance Institute and The O2 announced today the programme of Special Events and panels that will take place at the inaugural Sundance London film and music festival, from 26-29 April at The O2. These events and panels were programmed by Sundance Institute, which annually hosts the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah - the premier independent film festival in the United States.   Among the Special Events announced today are: ‘Rufus and Martha Wainwright sing Kate McGar...

3rd Kinofest NYC 2012 to open with The Other Chelsea a revealing film about soccer and politics in Ukraine

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Kinofest NYC announced today that it will open its 3rd annual film festival with the U.S. premier of the award-winning The Other Chelsea. The film by German-born filmmaker Jakob Preuss will be shown on Friday, May 4, 7:30 p.m., at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City; Preuss, who lives in Berlin, will be in New York to present his film. Kinofest NYC, the film festival that presents independent cinema from Ukraine and other post-Soviet countries, will hold its 2012 event May 3-6...

Second annual Documentary Lab selects 10 filmmakers

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Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, has announced the filmmakers and projects selected for its second annual Documentary Lab, sponsored by Latino Public Broadcasting. Starting this week and continuing through the end of April, the Documentary Lab is an intensive seven-week program in Los Angeles, with the main focus of assisting documentary filmmakers on their works-in-progress and providing creative feedback. All ...

Sarajevo Talent Campus Call for Entries 2012

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New call for entries for emerging filmmakers from Southeast Europe to participate in Sarajevo Talent Campus held within the framework of the 18th Sarajevo Film Festival is open from the 15th of March 2012. Application deadline is the 8th of May, 2012. Sarajevo Talent Campus, the educational and networking platform for emerging filmmakers from Southeast Europe, was launched in 2007 in cooperation with Berlin International Film Festival and Berlinale Talent Campus. The programme offer...

Terror Film Festival 2012 Call For Entries is OPEN

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Terror Film Festival is a bad-azz international film festival that offers cash prizes, a world-class Screenwriting Competition, and the coveted Claw Awards. And it's all presented by the genre diva fashionista herself, Princess Horror! www.TerrorFilmFestival.net ...

Creative Arts Film Festival 2012 Call For Entries is OPEN

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SUBMIT YOUR FILM TODAY! The Creative Arts Film Festival is an annual international online short film festival that is designed to showcase and promote filmmakers. CAFF runs every December online and we offer worldwide exposure, free promotional listings, cash prizes, and we are the home of the prestigious Perfect Spirit Film Awards. CAFF is devoted to getting YOUR film in front of YOUR audience! www.CreativeArtsFilmFestival.com ...

5th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco

September 8-9, 2012 - www.IranianFilmFestival.org

Documenta Madrid 2012

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Documenta Madrid is an international film festival dedicated exclusively to documentary film. Documenta is a continuously evolving festival and aspires to improve year after year as a showcase for the best in international documentary film, one which brings us closer to both the classics as well as the latest offerings in the genre.   ...

South African Film Festival Submissions open!

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2012 submissions are open for Flamedrop Productions' various South African Film Festivals! Including: All festival links > www.flamedrop.com/events The 8th annual South African HORRORFEST Film Festival > www.horrorfest.info The 5th annual X Fest Extreme / Underground / Cult Film Festival > www.xfest.org The 3rd annual Celludroid Sci-Fi / Anime / Fantasy Film Festival > www.celludroid.net The 3rd annual Daring Doccies Documentary Film Festival > w...

Celebrating Ten Years! ISFFH 2012 Call for Entries

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The International Student Film Festival Hollywood (ISFFH) is celebrating 10 years! The ISFFH is now accepting submissions for its annual Film and Video Competition. The Festival will be held in the NoHo Arts District of North Hollywood, CA USA November 17 - 18, 2012. The competition is open to students of all ages and academic backgrounds. Submission deadline is August 31, 2012. More information and entry forms are available on the festival website www.isffhollywood.org. Art is and alwa...

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