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IFFI 50: Students enjoyed the films free

IFFI 50: Students enjoyed the films free Besides journalists and invitees, one more category of delegates enjoyed IFFI free of cost: students. And rightly so. Students of Film and Mass Communication from recognised institutions of India could apply and attend IFFI 2019, free of cost. This was a move that aimed to foster and nurture the love for movies and cinema among the youth of the nation. The film industry in India is an extensive one and it covers not just Bollywood, but also the talent ...

CRAZY HORSE SESSION – THE 48H ANIMATION JAM at ITFS - Application Deadline February 1, 2015

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Live Animation Competition CRAZY HORSE SESSION – THE 48H ANIMATION JAM 48 hours of non-stop animating at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film 2015? All those who are ready to take the challenge are invited to apply for the Crazy Horse Session – 48H Animation Jam till February 1, 2015. Animation students from international film and art schools as well as independent animators and animation producers aged 30 years or younger may participate. The organisers will choose four to fi...

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ProAm USA Announces 1st International Student Film Competition

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A.western:link { }A.ctl:link { } ProAm USA Announces 1st International Student Film Competition   Free entry and students can win prizes for themselves and their schools. Jury of professional directors, writers, and cinematographers will award four prizes and the public will vote for the People’s Choice Award.   Piedmont, SC, USA, January 2, 2014. ProAm USA, maker of camera mounting systems for filmmakers, has announced today the first annual ProAm USA Internationa...

2013 ISFFH Call for Entries

The International Student Film Festival Hollywood (ISFFH) is now accepting submissions for its 11th annual Film and Video Competition. The Festival will be held in the NoHo Arts District of North Hollywood, CA USA October 26 - 27, 2013. The competition is open to students of all ages and academic backgrounds. Submission deadline is August 15, 2013. More information and entry forms are available on the festival website www.isffhollywood.org. Art is and always has been our universal language an...

2013 ISFFH Call for Entries

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The International Student Film Festival Hollywood (ISFFH) is now accepting submissions for its 11th annual Film and Video Competition. The Festival will be held in the NoHo Arts District of North Hollywood, CA USA October 26 - 27, 2013. The competition is open to students of all ages and academic backgrounds. Submission deadline is August 15, 2013. More information and entry forms are available on the festival website www.isffhollywood.org. Art is and always has been our universal language and ...

2013 ISFFH Call For Entries

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The International Student Film Festival Hollywood (ISFFH) is celebrating 11 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 October 26 - 27, 2013. The competition is open to students of all ages and academic backgrounds. Submission deadline is August 15, 2013. More information and entry forms are available on the festival website www.isffhollywood.org. Hollywood is the capital...

GUANAJUATO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2013 CALL FOR ENTRIES NOW OPEN!

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  XVI GUANAJUATO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2013 CALL FOR ENTRIES 1.-The primary objective of the GUANAJUATO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is to provide more opportunities for the exhibition and appreciation of films, rewarding their quality so as to allow the artists to continue producing film. At the same time, we hope to bring together newcomers alongside the industry's most seasoned professionals, combining forces in a very open, accessible and competitive environment. 2.- THE X...

CRAZY HORSE SESSION – THE 48H ANIMATION JAM

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Live Animation Competition CRAZY HORSE SESSION – THE 48H ANIMATION JAM Animating a film in front of an audience? A frightening thought for most animation artists. All the more challenging is the task of creating a short film within 48 hours. International teams compete with each other in the 48h Animation Jam, live at the festival. The Live Animation Competition Crazy Horse Session – 48 H Animation Jam addresses animation students from international film and art schools as we...

ÉCU’S PARTNER OPEN SAINT PETERSBURG STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL BEGINNING

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Founded by Saint Petersburg Filmmaker’s Union festival, The Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival “Beginning” is held annually with the assistance of the Committee of Culture of Saint Petersburg Government. The Film Festival “Beginning” represents a very important opportunity for independent and new cinema in Saint Petersburg. Every year the city at the Neva River welcomes young filmmakers, documentarians, directors, script writers, sound producers and all representatives...

Dreamland International Film Festival

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CALL FOR ENTRIES- The Dreamland International Film Festival is open for submissions and we invite filmmakers  to submit projects in these categories-Narrative feature/narrative short, doc feature/doc short, Music (inc video), Irish, high school and college filmmaker-all genres, please see website for details and instructions http://dreamlandfilmfest.org/  This is the second annual Dreamland festival in New Haven Ct and we are reaching out to everyone to come and share your amazing, div...

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.  ...

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...

TEEN TRUTH Film Festival

The TEEN TRUTH (TT) FILM FESTIVAL was developed to provide more youth the opportunity to be heard in order for audiences across the nation to be challenged by the filmmakers' voice and empowered by their message. Using the same core principals that made TT successful, the TT: FILM FESTIVAL is focused on furthering the positive TT movement by featuring the artistic voices of the best student filmmakers from across the country. 

Held in several states across the country and judged by both youth and industry professionals, it promises to be an inspiring celebration of student created content. Please hurry and submit at www.withoutabox.com

Please submit:  teentruthlive.com/filmfest/

 

 

June Newsletter

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Français Spanish Hello fans, members, and those addicted to ÉCU! Don’t worry, the June Newsletter has arrived, so take a seat and enjoy this monthly update. As you know, ÉCU organized a special screening at Café Coutume in Paris and it was successful. ÉCU screened two films that won awards at the 2011 festival – Paths of Hate and Salam Rugby. Guests really enjoyed the films and there were some great discussions over drinks after the screening. Missed the ...

ÉCU Film Festival Presents: Exclusive Film School Offer

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    Bonjour ! Good morning! Guten Tag! Buenos días! Buongiorno! Bom dia! Kalimera! Tere hommikust! Goedemorgen! Dobré ráno! God dag! ÉCU Film Festival is now presenting an exclusive offer to all film schools to encourage students to participate in our festival! I would like to extend an invitation for your school to participate in the 7th edition of the European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU), Europe’s premier event for independent filmmakers an...

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International Freethought Film Festival Waives Student Film Submission Fees

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To celebrate its one year anniversary as a non-profit organization, the Free-thought Film Festival Foundation, has waived film submission fees to the International Freethought Film Festival for enrolled college students until November 1, 2010. Promoting reason, critical thinking and freedom of inquiry through the medium of film, The International Freethought Film Festival is a home for independent films that critically examine truth-claims. Reason, logic, critical thinking and science are em...

Filmshift Festival

The FilmShift Festival presents films from across the nation, that are produced independently and on the local level. We have some extremely valuable prizes for both filmmakers and screenwriters and a portion of the festival's ticket sales are being donated to charity.

Our Early Deadline for submissions is February 8, 2010...so Submit Now And Save! For more information, check us out on WAB or at:

http://www.filmshift.org

Both professional and Student filmmakers are encouraged to submit their work to compete for a variety of prizes and awards. We welcome films of all genres and styles that tell strong and original stories. We also accept feature-length and short film scripts for our FilmShift Screenplay Competition.

Twenty percent of our gross ticket sales will be donated evenly to 2 local non-profit groups: Christopher's Haven (a juvenile cancer support foundation,) and MetroWest Family Theater (a community theater group.)

Our prize sponsors are, quite simply, the giants of the independent production world. FINAL DRAFT, Harmonix's BEATLES ROCK BAND, SCRIPT MAGAZINE, INKTIP, JUNGLE SOFTWARE budgeting, SCRIPT P.I.M.P, ATOMIC, BUNCH/CASSEDAY, and WOODEN NICKEL LIGHTING, have donated products or discounts to Filmshift as prizes for our filmmakers.

The FilmShift Festival is dedicated to creating positive social change in local communities by supporting the art of film, filmmakers themselves, and small businesses of all kinds.

Thanks and we look forward to viewing all your hard work!

National Film Festival for Talented Youth

NFFTY is the largest and most influential film festival for young filmmakers (age 22 and under). NFFTY occurs each spring in Seattle, Washington and includes 100+ film screenings, filmmaking panels, concerts by youth bands, and opportunities for young filmmakers to network with industry professionals and each other. Young filmmakers from around the world submit feature-length and short films in narrative, documentary, animation, music video, experimental, and international categories. Visit are website at www.nffty.org

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This is hopefully the first of many blog entries. I'm thrilled to be part of an amazing community of film makers, film festival organizers and film lovers! My name is Shortie. I am very passionate about youth-created media because young people - our future - need a place to express themselves, display their talents, and share what they create. I love my job as host of The Shortie Awards: International Film and News Festival. The Festival is open to children ages 7 - 18 and their tea...

VAFI - submit children and youth animation films

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VAFI is a new animation Festival for children and youth up to 18 years. You are all welcome to submit your films and if you make the competiton visit our beutiful city and enjoy for three days. The city you can see here: http://www.tourism-varazdin.hr/images/stories/virtualna_setnja/Varazdin_Varazdin.html   Festival date: 9 - 11 April 2010 Submission deadline: 15 January 2010   Categories of the festival are divided by age: MINI (children 0-10 years...

One Country One Film

The third edition of ONE Country ONE Film, Apchat International Film Festival will take place from the 27th to the 29th of july 2012 in the small village of Apchat in the heart of France. We are now accepting film submissions (open to shorts and features, fictions, documentaries, experimental and animations) until March 31st 2012. Entry is free. More information on our website : www.onecountryonefilm.com. The main goal of the festival is cultural exchange between countries. Diversity regarding the origin of films is the number one criteria for selection. No more than one film is selected per country represented. However each year a country is honored and a program made of several films originating from that country is screened.   Films must reach the festival office no later than March 31st 2012. Please visit “One Country One Film” website for more info about the festival and how to submit your film. http://www.onecountryonefilm.com / Email : onecountryonefilm@hotmail.fr

VAFI - International Children and Animation Film Festival Varaždin - Croatia - Call for Entry

Submission Deadline: 15th January 2010 Submission format: DVD - PAL NO ENTRY FEE   VAFI 2010 P. P. 5 42000 Varaždin Croatia Europe   vafi@vanima.hr www.vanima.hr PARTNER OF THE FESTIVALEvery year VAFI will have a partner – either a country or an author. In 2010 author – partner will be Borivoj Dovniković, so all of us will be honore

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