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NEWS FROM BERLINALE
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International Film Guide Launch At Berlinale
Introducing Europe's Newest Young Stars
Putting It All Together At The Berlinale Talent Campus
German Films Dominate Berlinale Competition
Berlinale Photo Gallery
Berlinale Shorts 09
After Winter Comes Spring – Special Series for the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall
The seven-member German-French jury for the Berlinale section Perspektive Deutsches Kino
European Film Market Opens With Sparse Attendance
Kate Winslet is the flavor of the week at Berlinale
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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,
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Black Nights
Recent video coverage IDFA,
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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
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Barbara, Berlin,
Park City
, Tribeca
Film Festival, San
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,
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Croisette Cannes, Future
of Cinema Salon in Cannes

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Velikanov)
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FESTIVAL NEWS FROM THE CIRCUIT

The inaugural Ventura Film Festival
Berlin: the halfway mark of the festival
Berlinale Forum and Best First Feature Jury with Mannheim–Heidelberg Laureates
Colorado Springs and Pueblo PSA contest
8 Emerging Directors to Receive Film Independent Fellowship and Support Services-
Sheffield Doc/Fest initiative for younger filmmakers on 4Talent website
2009 European Film Market off to a solid start
The Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival has a new name: IMAGINE
The inaugural Ventura Film Festival

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FEST PLAYERS FOCUS

Shooting Stars honoured at Berlinale
Berlinale Camera for Manoel de Oliveira
Kate Winslet is theflavor of the week at Berlinale
Gasparilla Film Fest to honor Terry Moore legendary actress

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FILM FROM FEST FOCUS

Berlinale Panorama 2009 reinventing film
Record breaking visitor numbers at the Berlinale
German Films Dominate Berlinale Competition
Cinema-going holds its own in Western European cinemas in 2008
A Dazzling Opening Night for the Berlinale 2009

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D-CINEMA NEWS
RealD
demos Monsters vs Aliens at CES
Celluloid Meets Pixel at next Berlinale
Can you speak the Digital language?
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Les Lauréats des Etoiles d'Or du Cinéma
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CALL
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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.
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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.
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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 january 31st, 2009! http://www.worldfest.org

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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.
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online

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Openfilm is the ultimate platform to feature professional
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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
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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. 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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