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THIS IS AN INITIAL JURY SELECTION - IT IS SUBJECT TO CONSTANT REVISION! THIS LIST IS IN ALPHA ORDER, AND IT SHOWS ONLY TITLE, DIRECTOR AND THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. THIS LIST WILL BE AMENDED DAILY. SHORT FILMS WILL BE LISTED SHORTLY. THIS LIST DOES NOT SHOW THE SCREENING TIMES OF THE FILMS! WE WILL POST SHOW TIMES IN A FEW DAYS.
WORLD PREMIERES- (TITLE - DIRECTOR - COUNTRY OF ORIGIN):
11 MINUTES AGO - BOB GEBERT - CALIFORNIA
EINSTEIN'S GREATEST MISTAKE - BRANKO KARABATIC - CROAT...
THE EMMY- WINNING FILMMAKERS OF
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CALIFORNIA ONLINE FILM FESTIVAL
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The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) presents: the 16th Annual Sista’s Are Doin’ It For Themselves: See Their Images… Hear Their Stories… Saturday, March 28, 2009 starting at 6:00 p.m. Moderated by Ava DuVernay, Filmmaker of award winning documentary THIS IS THE LIFE. The Filmmaker Showcase and Discussion will occur at Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose Avenue (650 Bronson Ave.), Hollywood, CA (Melrose & Van Ness / across from Paramount Studios) Chaplin Screening Room ...
11th TDF: TRIBUTES AND SPOTLIGHTS (2/13/2009)
11th THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL - Images of the 21st Century
MARCH 13 – 22, 2009
TRIBUTES AND SPOTLIGHTS
TRIBUTE: AFRICA
The 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, within its goal of promoting social and political awareness, has chosen Africa as its main thematic tribute for its 11th edition. For the first time in Greece and the Balkans, African documentaries rel...
The 11th Annual Regal Entertainment Group SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL will get underway on Friday evening March 27, 2009 and run through Sunday, April 5, 2009. The Festival will be presented at Sarasota’s Hollywood 20 Cinemas with Opening Night at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center, Closing Night Tribute at the Sarasota Opera House, screenings and conversations at the Historic Asolo, and other area venues. This year’s Festival will present over 160 narrative, documentary and short films from t...
Registration numbers for HD EXPO on March 5th had increased a staggering 30%, an industry-record breaking figure matched by 37% in increased attendance at the event, held at the Universal Hilton in Universal City, California. HD EXPO presented a variety of offerings that included a trade show, educational intensives, a Keynote Conversation with Oscar Nominee Wally Pfister, ASC, and an independent film panel. The day ended with a cocktail reception sponsored by AJA. Renowned cinematographer Pfi...
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PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL & FILM MARKET
June 23 – 29, 2009
Call for Entries
Regular Deadline: March 27, 2009
Late Deadline: April 24, 2009
Online entry form
Contact Info
For more information contact:
Palm Springs International Short Film Festival
1700 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way,
Suite 3 Palm Springs,
California 92262 USA
Tel: (760) 322-2930
Fax: (760) 322-4087
Website: www.psfilmfest.org
E-mai...
The 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival (April 23 - May 7) announced today its Documentaries in Competition for the prestigious Golden Gate Award. The International will award over $100,000 in total prizes this year. $60,000 will be awarded to winners in three categories: investigative documentary feature ($25,000), documentary feature ($20,000) and Bay Area documentary feature ($15,000). The jury's selection of winners will be announced at the Golden Gate Awards on Wednesday, May 6.S...
PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL & FILM MARKET
June 23 – 29, 2009
Call for Entries
Regular Deadline: March 27, 2009
Late Deadline: April 24, 2009
Online entry form
Contact Info
For more information contact:
Palm Springs International Short Film Festival
1700 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way,
Suite 3 Palm Springs,
California 92262 USA
Tel: (760) 322-2930
Fax: (760) 322-4087
Website: www.psfilmfest.org
E-mail: info@p...
Idiots and Angels Trailer by Bill Plympton
Best Film Fantasporto 2009 Official competition Fantastic
Other fest appearances
. Future Film Festival, Bologna, Italy, January 15-20, 2009
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WINE COUNTRY'S LONGEST RUNNING CELEBRATION OF WORLD CINEMA WHERE COMMUNITY, CINEMA, CUISINE AND CONSCIENCE CONVERGE FOR ENLIGHTENED DIALOGUE AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE.
MANY OF THE FILMS SCREEN OUTSID UNDER THE STARS. VISIT
WWW.WCFF.US FOR ENTRY DETAILS.
Green Lifestyle Film Festival: March 13-15 UCLA
The Green Lifestyle Film Festival was founded by Dorit of Serenity Spaces.org in 2006 and made its debut in March 2007 in West Hollywood, California , in the USA. as the Raw Lifestyle Film Festival .
The films that were screened made such an impact with the film makers, attendees, entertainers and vendors that the decision was made to make it an annual event which is now the Green Lifestyle Film Festival.
The dates chosen are always ...
Green Lifestyle Film Festival: March 13-15 UCLA The Green Lifestyle Film Festival was founded by Dorit of Serenity Spaces.org in 2006 and made its debut in March 2007 in West Hollywood, California , in the USA. as the Raw Lifestyle Film Festival .The films that were screened made such an impact with the film makers, attendees, entertainers and vendors that the decision was made to make it an annual event which is now the Green Lifestyle Film Festival. The dates chosen are always set for the week...
By Maria Esteves - February 27, 2009 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) official 81st Annual Academy Awards New York Evening Gala was held at the stunning legendary Carlyle Hotel, NYC, on Sunday, February 22, 6:45PM. The festivities for Academy members included an intimate cocktail reception in the Café Carlyle, an elegant multi-course dinner prepared by executive chef James Sakatos in the Trianon Suite and live broadcast of the 2009 Oscars hosted by actor Hugh Jackman at t...
The global financial Crisis, Recession, Depression -- call it what you will - was not overly in evidence at the 59th edition of the Berlin Film Festival which ended its annual ten day run here on Febtuary 14th, Valentine's day. Private VIP and celebrity parties as reported in the gossip tabloids seemed to be as lavish as ever, and public box-office attendance in terms of tickets sold, was the highest ever at 270,000, up a solid 20,000 from 2008. The one festival section that did seem to be aff...
By Maria Esteves - February 27, 2009
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) official 81st Annual Academy Awards New York Evening Gala was held at the stunning legendary Carlyle Hotel, NYC, on Sunday, February 22, 6:45PM. The festivities for Academy members included an intimate cocktail reception in the Café Carlyle, an elegant multi-course dinner prepared by executive chef James Sakatos in the Trianon Suite and live broadcast of the 2009 Oscars hosted by actor Hugh Jackman a...
By Maria Esteves - February 21, 2009
The official release of the Academy Awards biography "80 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards," written by Robert Osborne , prime-time host of Turner Classic Movies (TCM), columnist of The Hollywood Reporter, and Oscar's Red Carpet Greeter was held at BORDERS Books Park Avenue branch, New York, Monday, February 9, 2009, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.), the of...
By Maria Esteves - February 21, 2009
The official release of the Academy Awards biography "80 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards," written by Robert Osborne , prime-time host of Turner Classic Movies (TCM), columnist of The Hollywood Reporter, and Oscar's Red Carpet Greeter was held at BORDERS Books Park Avenue branch, New York, Monday, February 9, 2009, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.), the of...
By Maria Esteves - February 20, 2009
The exquisite eight foot golden Oscar statues welcomed by Emmy and Tony Award winner actress Elaine Stritch arrived at The Carlyle Hotel, New York, Wednesday, February 18, 2009 in preparation for the Official 81st Annual Academy Awards celebration, on Sunday, February 22nd. The 81st Annual Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008, presented by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.), hosted by Hugh Jackman will be held...
THIS IS AMERICA: A Russian Looks At America
God Bless America!
Length: 70 min
Genre: documentary
Official Websites
Official Videoblog on Fest21.com
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Synopsis:
Sometimes it takes a fresh (and foreign) set of eyes to find the humor, pathos and contradictions that make America the country that it is. A new kind of road movie exposing the best and the strangest of America is the intention of Russian filmmaker Nickolay Velikanov in his film THIS...
On February 15th, 2009, Mr. Eric Kaufman of Premier Sports and Entertainment in Santa Monica, California emailed a polite NO answer, to our request for the services of Laila Ali in August 2009, in Saratoga, N.Y. I was personally very saddened, but the note was polite ,and stated that she had other committments. You win some and some you loose. I will always be a fan of Ms Ali and believe she is a beautiful woman. We had offered her a 6 figure salary and a small percentage of the film. We shall c...
Synopsis
The destruction of a Class V+ white water rapid is investigated in QUARTZITE'S FALL: A WILDERNESS TALE. Federal agents arrest eight men for blowing up Quartzite Falls, the most dangerous rapid in Arizona's Salt River Canyon. As the story behind their crime unravels, their alibi -- to make a deadly place safer -- sparks debate about the meaning of wilderness.
Director
Kristin Atwell is an independent producer, editor and writer who trained with Academy Award-nominat...
THE LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL
June 18-28, 2009
Call for Entries
No longer accepting submissions for the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival
Contact Info
Los Angeles Film Festival
Film Independent
9911 West Pico Blvd, 11th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA
310.432.1209
310.432.1203 FAX 9911 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
LAFilmFest@FilmIndependent.org
STAFF
Rebecca Yeldham
Director
Gloria G. Campbell,
Managing Director
Progr...
The L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival
March 5-8, 2009
Call for Entries - Click here
The final submission deadline is December 15th, with a late deadline at January 15th 2009
Organiser Contact Information
For more info, contact us at:
L.A. Comedy Shorts 2009
2118 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1140
Santa Monica, CA 90403
info@lacomedyshorts.com
The Staff
Festival Director: Ryan Higman
Festival Artistic Director: Gary Anthony Williams
Festival Programmer: Jeannie Roshar...
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