MISSION & OBJECTIVE
The Indie Spirit Film Festival is an annual event for filmmakers (professionals and students) and film lovers alike, with a superb program of feature films, shorts, docs, and animation from around the world. Indie Spirit also has sub-themes in which Native American and Colorado films are showcased.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The INDIE SPIRIT FILM FESTIVAL (ISFF) showcases the work of independent filmmakers amidst the mountainous backdrop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, just one hour south of Denver.

ISFF is about filmmakers, audiences, distributors and film professionals establishing a relationship and supporting independent film.

ISFF has showcased an average of over 100 films from all over the globe, covering a variety of subjects and genres in its first five years. The festival has quickly become Colorado Springs' largest film festival, with numerous filmmakers and film fans attending screenings, Q & A sessions, filmmaker panels, parties and receptions.

Boasting a broad, unrestricted selection of films, ISFF presents genre-specific awards, as well as Best Short, Feature, Documentary and Festival Director's Choice. Several films from previous years have achieved further success on the festival circuit and many films from all four years are in distribution.

Now in its 6th year, the 2013 Indie Spirit Film Festival will take place October 3-6, 2013 in Colorado Springs.

ORGANIZERS
Jim Turner (Director); Chris Loud (Director); Matthew Stevens (Director) ; Gina Perenchio (Programmer) ; Steve Kurtz (Programmer)

Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards is a yearly international competition organized by Filmservice International (member of the International Quorum of Motion Picture Producers) and is a member of CIFFT, the International Committee of Tourism Film Festivals.

Since its creation in 2010 the Festival has constantly grown, becoming one of the top festivals for corporate films worldwide in only 3 years: more than 1 400 corporate productions, with a record number of entries in 2012, from 35 countries worldwide, ranging from Australia, Japan, Singapore, Russia, Israel, UAE, Qatar, Morocco, Senegal passing by Germany, France, Austria, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom, along with stretching all the way to the United States, Mexico and Brazil.

The entries are judged by an international panel of experienced jury composed by Oscar and Emmy winners, corporate image and media specialists, audiovisual industry, marketing and communication professionals. The winners will be revealed and awarded the coveted Gold, Silver, Black Dolphins and the Grand Prix, the White Dolphin, on October 17^th, 2013 during a special Black Tie Awards Gala Dinner at Palm Beach Cannes. The complete list of the 2012 winners alongside pictures from the Awards Gala are available at: http://www.cannescorporate.com/en/winners2012.php

 

 

 

 

 

Cinecipó takes place at Serra do Cipó, a natural paradise in Brazil southeast, in the middle of brazilian savannah. We receive shorts and features, documentary, fiction, experimental and animated. Our focus is in enviroment and social causes cinema.

Free to enter.

Under 4 minutes in length

Made after January 1st 2012

Family viewing

Deadline 31st May 2013

The Woodstock Film Festival has established itself as one of the best independent film events in the country by premiering exceptional films by established and developing filmmakers. The fest also present A-list concerts, parties, panels, and creates innovative and stimulating programming including Focus on Music, Exposure and Youth Initiative. 

The festival has drawn rave reviews nationwide from filmmakers, industry members, film lovers and the media alike. WFF was named by indieWIRE magazine as one of the top 50 film festivals in the world in 2010. 

Cash, prizes and/or services are given out in each category including: Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short (Narrative, Student, Animation and Documentary), Best Cinematography and Best Editing. Recent sponsors have included Toyota, Lowel-Light, Markertek, Ketel One, Hudson Whiskey, Hendricks Gin, Blue Sky Studios, Gigantic Pictures, BCDF Pictures, Panavision, TIME magazine, BMI and others. 

Industry participants have included Keanu Reeves, Adrian Griener, Jonathan Demme, Mark Ruffalo, Vera Farmiga, Nat Wolff, Timothy Hutton, Michael Imperioli, Ellen Barkin, Ang Lee, Kevin Smith, Tim Robbins, Marcia Gay Harden, Ethan Hawke, Matt Dillon, Rosie Perez, Lucy Liu, Uma Thurman, Steve Buscemi, Bruce Beresford, Jonathan Sehring (IFC), Bob Berney, Robin Bronk, Eamonn Bowles (Magnolia Pictures), Bingham Ray, James Schamus (Focus Features), Fisher Stevens (Greenstreet Productions), John Sloss (Cinetic Media), Ron Mann (Films We Like), Christine Vachon (Killer Films), Mira Nair, Todd Haynes, Woody Harrelson, Lili Taylor, Albert Maysles, Barbara Kopple, Leon Gast, Tim Blake Nelson, Richard Linklater, Robert Downey, Zachary Sklar, Kevin Bacon and many others.

Open City Docs Fest is a live festival devoted to exploring the world we live in through the vision of documentary film; creating a place where people come together to celebrate the extraordinary and ordinary lives of others. 

Open City Docs Fest (OCDF) takes place over four days in June, in various venues around central London and across UCL's Bloomsbury campus.

Through its diverse programme of more than 100 films from around the world, innovative workshops and filmmaker led events, OCDF challenges, explores and expands ideas of what documentary can be and do. Based in London, the festival offers independent filmmakers from around the globe the opportunity to have their work seen by award-winning judges, fellow filmmakers and a broad public audience.

Cine VEDDAS" a non-commercial series of film screenings on animals issues in Brazil. These screenings are educational, non-profit and non-commercial events, they will take place in São Paulo, and have the mission of spread animal awareness and environmental respect among brazilian people.

28th DOK.fest Munich - 8th to 15th May 2013

Over the last three decades, DOK.fest Munich has become the second largest documentary film festival in Germany. At the beginning of May 2013 it will once again show the newest worldwide documentary film highlights. Also DOK.forum, our media platform, will take place and aims to inform professional audience as well as filmic offspring. A week that will include premieres, fascinating workshops, visits from film directors from throughout the world and much more.

Since 1978, the Cinéma du Réel international documentary film festival has been an outstanding international meeting point, where the public and professionals discover the films of experienced authors as well as new talents, the history of documentary cinema as well as contemporary works. The festival programs some two hundred films for its various sections, screened at the Centre Pompidou, the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, the MK2 Beaubourg film theatre and several other theatres in the Ile-de- France area.

 

 

Entries are now open for the 5th edition of the ArtDeco Film Festival. This year, It will celebrate the "Pan-Brazilianness", the union of north and south of a country, almost continental.

The event will be held on May 13-21 - 2013. There is no registration fee, and the subimissions deadline is MAR.30/2013.

All film formats are accepted. The process is online, easy, fast, and through the website of Exotique Filmes. Further information may be obtained at the website and blog, as follow:

Info: http://www.exotiquefilmes.com/ #! Festival-artdeco-de-cinema/cdjb
Blog Festival: http://festivalartdeco.blogspot.com

2013 Winter Film Awards celebration launches February 28 2013 Our mission is to recognize excellence and diversity in cinema and to promote learning and artistic expression for all people at all stages of their artistic careers. We celebrate the crazy cultural mixture that is New York City, showcasing emerging filmmakers from every age, ethnic, racial, religious, cultural, political and geographic perspective. Our series of events honors filmmakers on all levels - from the masters of cinema and the arts to the creative novice just starting out in the industry. The Winter Film Awards will be February 28 - March 3 2013 and our March 2 Awards Ceremony will be televised nationally on American Primetime Television via Omniverse TV and our national affiliates, and is to reach an international audience in 119 cities through multiple platforms, including iPad, mobile phones and other devices. The Winter Film Awards is partnered with local NYC film schools, cultural societies and non-profit organizations. The Awards Celebration includes several other exciting components including Indie Film Awards, a Film Festival and a Talent Competition celebrating the Creative Arts.

      Carmarthen Bay Film Festival

Our is motto ‘This festival is honest’

In April 2012 Carmarthen Bay Film Festival was founded by Kelvin Guy.
The festival was held for the first time in Llanelli,Carmarthenshire,the home town of Wales' very first Hollywood film Gareth Hughes. The festival is very much the champion of the independent film maker and cinema in the UK! Carmarthen Bay Film Festival was one of the first festivals to sign up to UFFO code of conduct. Which basically means it's an open and ethical one! The festival also has a committee/board AND an independent panel of judges which is overseen by Kelvin as it's CEO

  Festival Board/Committee

 Judges confirmed for 2013

 This is what one of the many film makers that attend our first festival had to say!

"I was utterly thrilled to be involved with Carmarthen Bay's first ever film festival. It was obvious from the whole set-up that the organisers had worked hard to bring not only experienced and new filmmakers together, but also the whole community. I believe that this festival has been a breath of fresh air for We

 

The "Busan Universiade for Digital contents" (BUDI) festival is an event in which future student directors and producers can challenge their creativity and imagination by showing their true spirit and love for the business of film.

The BUDI festival will show the ambitions of the young directors as they cultivate for world movies, animation, documentaries.

In addition the BUDI festival will be a world of Digital components, where all college students and young directors in training can enjoy the passion of film together.

* Festival Dates and Venue

BUDi2012 will be composed of offline screening held from Oct 31. to Nov. 3, 2012 in Busan, Korea (Kyungsung University and Pukyong University)

* Competition

The BUDi2012 presents Competitive sections.

(1) Competition section - Digital contents by undergraduate or graduate students will be selected through the preliminary contest.  

- Fiction

- Documentary

- Animation

- 3D Contents .

* Details of the prize

(1) Grand prize 5,000,000(KRW) = approximately 4,300 USD

(2) First prize -Cash prizes up to 1,000,000(KRW) are awarded in the following categories

 

* Entry Requirements and Submission Guides

  (1) Eligibility

  - Must be university students and graduate students (including graduated in Feb, 2012)

  - Films completed after on January 1st 2011

(2) The contents of the entry

 - Any types of digital contents can be accepted but the final format must be one of the HD, HDV, Beta(NTSC), Mini-DV

 - The digital contents decided to be the Final Screenings must have English subtitles if the original language is not English.

  - The digital contents must not be exceeded 60 minutes.

 

(3) Submission guides

  1) Application: submitting through E-mail (programbudi@gmail.com) & post (Preview DVD for applying)

 

DVD must be sent 

Busan Universiade for Digital Contents

#309, Hansung Bldg, Kyungsung University 314-79 Daeyeon Dong, Nam-gu Busan, Korea

(608-736) / Tel: +82 51 663 5072 / Fax: +82 51 663 5073

E-Mail: programbudi@gmail.com / Web- site : www.budi.or.kr

 

The first annual “Jiayuguan International Short Film Festival” will be co-hosted by the State Administration of Radio Film and Television and Gansu Provincial People’s Government; co-underwritten by the Publicity Department of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the CPC, Chinese Television Artists Association, Gansu Provincial Bureau of Radio, Film and Television, Jiayuguan Municipal People’s Government, and Gansu Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles; co-organized by CCTV-10, Chinese Television Documentary Academic Committee, Cartoon Art Committee of Chinese Television Artists Association, and solely sponsored by Beijing Bojing Culture & Media Co., Ltd.
 
 

The Festival focuses on films in the documentary, science and education, and animation genres, aiming to create a professional platform for promotion, exchange, trade, and exhibition of films and television projects catering to China and the world.
 

The International Uranium Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro is dedicated to films about any nuclear issue: uranium mining, nuclear power plants, nuclear accidents, atomic bombs, nuclear waste, radioactive risks. During three Weeks in June & July the 2nd edition of the festival screened 54 documentaries, movies and animated films from all continents in the Cinemateca of Rio de Janeiro’s famous Modern Art Museum MAM. After Rio de Janeiro the Uranium Film Festival is travelling. The next stop 2012 is planned in Berlin at the beginning of October! The 2nd International Uranium Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro 2012 awarded films from USA, Sweden and Germany with the Festival’s "Yellow Oscar". Bill Keisling's "Not for Public Release: a Nuclear Incident in Lock Haven", USA, received the Best Feature Award, and Swedish Filmmaker Marko Kattilakoski received the Short film Award for his movie Coffee Break (Fikapaus). "Leonids Story" by German film director Rainer Ludwigs and Ukrainian producer Tetyana Chernyavska received the Best Animated Film Award. Peter Greenaway’s outstanding experimental documentary "Atomic Bombs on the Planet Earth", that shows the insanity of over 2200 atomic bombs dropped on the planet Earth between 1945 and 1989, was honoured with the special achievement award “Hors Concours”. “Peter Greenaway, a multi-artist with more that 70 films produced is in a category in his own”, said Uranium Film Festival Judge João Luiz Leocádio, Nuclear Engineer and Professor for Cinema at Niteroi’s Univercity UFF (Universidade Federal Fluminense). Further special achievement awards of the 2nd International Uranium Film Festival go to "Chernobyl, the Invisible Thief", by Christoph Boekel (Germany), "Buried in Earthskin", by Helena Kingwill (South Africa), "Australian Atomic Confessions", by Katherine Aigner (Australia), "Radioactive Wolves", by Klaus Feichtenberger (Austria), "The Secret and the Sacred: Two Worlds at Los Alamos" by Claus Biegert, (Germany) and "Rokkasho Rhapsody" by Hitomi Kamanaka (Japan).