From 2 to 5th of May, Russia’s Northern Capital hosts the St. Petersburg International Film Forum.

In the year of the 65th Anniversary of Victory, the public will be offered Russian and foreign films on the theme of war. In all, around 100 films are slated to be screened, among them both classics and new, as yet unrecognized masterpieces of Russian and foreign filmmaking. Audiences will also see retrospectives of war films and selections of documentaries and animation on the subject of war.

Almost all the city centre cinemas – Dom Kino, Rodina, Khudozhestvenny, and Avrora – will be showing not only their regular scheduled programmes, but also holding free screenings. This  event will launch the first St. Petersburg International Film Festival next year. St.Petersburg Internationsl Film Forum

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The next  Green Lifestyle Film Festival ( GLFF), which is an international, non profit event , will be held at UCLA’s James Bridges Theatre in Los Angeles, California, USA   from Friday 19^th to Sunday 21^st March 2010.

All submissions must be made by the 31st December 2009.On Friday, 19th March 2010, we begin with a Press Conference ( by invitation only)  at 3pm, and then we open to the public at 5pm with a Green Carpet followed by a reception featuring top living foods gourmet green chefs, then into the theatre with Q&A with the film makers after watching trailers of their films. Live music, live food demos, entertainers on the outdoors stage, lots of prizes and dancing, booths to inspire creative and evolutionary choices, abound in the Free Outdoors Arena all weekend long as the films are being shown in the theatre . This all culminates with a Gala Awards Dinner & Ceremony on Sunday night , the 21^st March,  in Hollywood. Please see our website for details:http://www.greenlifestylefilmfestival.com Phone 310-854-2078/310-928-7689

7th Annual Vancouver Women in Film Festival (VWIFF 2012)

March 8-11, 2012 in Vancouver, BC Canada 

Each year since 2006, the Vancouver Women in Film Festival (VWIFF) has showcased an impressive line-up of short and feature films (narrative, documentary and animation) by established and emerging women filmmakers from around the world. The Festival is presented by Women in Film and Television Vancouver and is one of our key annual celebration events. In addition to offering independent filmmakers a professional screening opportunity, the festival also serves to build audiences and appreciation for relevant cinema by women.

“There was such a breadth of vision, expression and storytelling in the submissions we received last year, I’m very excited to see what we’ll be presenting to our audiences in 2012,” says Festival Artistic Director, Roslyn Muir.

All films screened at our festival have women in at least three of the key creative roles (one woman may serve in more than one role): Writer, Producer, Director, D.O.P., Lead Actor, or Lead Animator / Editor. We encourage submissions featuring strong female characters and stories. All independent filmmakers (women and men) whose films were completed after January 1, 2010 are invited to submit.

You may submit your film through our website,
or *new this year* you may submit using WITHOUTABOX.

Here's what filmmakers have to say: "Our film screened at VWIFF in 2011, and it was an absolutely amazing experience! The energy and support was infectious. We are looking forward to submitting our next project for next year's festival."

The Vancouver Women in Film Festival celebrates these wonderful filmmakers with artists' fees as well as cash and in-kind awards through the generous support of Legacy Filmworks, Women In the Director’s Chair (Creative Women Workshops Association), Kodak Canada, and a variety of other sponsors.

Read more about the Legacy Awards (three cash prizes totalling $1200), the Women In the Director's Chair Feature Film Award (representing industry leadership and support from some of the most significant companies in western Canada and valued at nearly $120,000), and our annual Spotlight Awards and Gala.

Be a part of our festival! Submit your film today! 

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Golden Unicorn Prize (35 000 euros). Competition: world cinema and cultural diversity, Fiction, documentaries, animation, long-short features. 350 films, 350 guests, 65 000 moviegoers. 13th Script Devlopment Fund : 5 grants, 7600 Euros each

International Compétition (Here)

Homages et des retrospectives (Here)

Events (Here)

Guest (Here)

Funds (Here)

GUIDELINES

Entrants must be Russian nationals who are either:

Students studying film in Russia or abroad.

Film student graduates from 2006 onwards.

Young filmmakers (high school age)

Film School entrants (class or group produced films) from 2006 onwards

• Films entered can be from 2006 to 2009 graduation classes.
• Dead line for Film entry is September 27^th 2009.
• Film entries can be either portfolio work – work in progress during a film course, a graduation film or other work.
• Open to all production techniques including animation – documentary – drama and experimental or artistic film.
• No film length restrictions.
• No theme restrictions.
• Films can be in either the Russian or English language. If the films are in Russian it is strongly recommended that English subtitles are provided.
• Multiple entries by schools will be allowed.
• Film entrants must first register on the website www.reelshowint.com .
• All films for entry must be uploaded onto the www.reelshowint.com  website or mailed to the address provided. Film submissions forms must, in both cases, be filled out on line.
•  Prize: Best Overall Film- US$500.00 and entry into The Reelshow All winners Festival 2009.
• An International panel of judges and Reelshow International members will decide the winner.

PLEASE NOTE: REGISTRATION ON THE WEBSITE AND ENTRY INTO THE FESTIVAL ARE BOTH FREE OF CHARGE.

The Warrambeen Film Festival is a new event developed in response to an identified need to preserve regional stories and history whilst also filling a gap in family friendly arts events on the rural calendar. The festival is a daylong event occurring on the 13th of March 2010 which will incorporate a competitive short film screening, live music and acts as well as a food and wine festival component showcasing the produce of the region. Warrambeen is 1.5hrs west of Melbourne between Geelong, Ballarat and Colac.

The motivation behind this event has always been about reinvesting into the community financially and artistically while preserving its history and engaging new audiences. With the eventual and inevitable loss of word of mouth story telling we believe that film, and especially the short film format, can bridge that gap which has formed and preserve our colourful stories and histories by committing them to film.

With the central theme of regional stories for regional audiences, the festival will select films to be screened with this core idea in mind, although all films will be considered and judged on merit. Furthermore, each year, the festival produces a ‘headline film’ concerning some facet of the immediate regions history, stories, or even based on a good yarn synonymous with the area.

Some fantasic prizes to be announced very soon!

Check out www.warrambeenfilmfestival.com.au and follow the links to submit your films while the early bird offer is still available.

Become a fan on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shelford-Australia/Warrambeen-Film-Festival/114780219340?ref=nf#/pages/Shelford-Australia/Warrambeen-Film-Festival/114780219340?ref=nf

See you soon!

The Filmfestival Turkey/Germany takes annually place in Nuremberg.

Features films, shortfilms and documentaries can partizipate.

Thera is a competition for feature films from Germany and Turkey. Those Awards will be given:

- Award for the best movie (5.000 €)

- Award for best actor and actrss (each 1.000 €)

- Award of the audience (1.000 €)

- Award of the film criticians (1.000 €)

Further there is a competion of shortmovies. The price for the best film is 1.000 €.

Our Landscapes of movies are a part of the festival without the charackter of competition. The give an overview about the german and the turkish cinema of these days.

Among all movies of the festival the Öngören Award for democracy and human righst is awarded.

Further information in german and turkish under: www.fftd.net

The festival offers a contemporary and liberal platform for the filmmakers of the World to exhibit the excellence of the film art form. The aim is mainly to contribute to the understanding and appreciation of cultures of different nations. We hope to present complex human situations of this rapidly changing world in the globalised era.

You can visit us online at http://www.puneinternationalfilmfestival.com 

Celebrating its fifth year in 2010, the Hillside Film Festival is calling for entries from Victoria’s most promising young filmmakers. The festival gives emerging filmmakers the opportunity to see their films on the big screen in front of a large audience, be judged professionally by some of the most respected filmmakers and writers in the country, and win some fantastic prizes along the way.   

Screened in one of Victoria’s most-beautiful cinemas, the Cameo Outdoor Cinema in Belgrave, the festival proudly focuses on artistic excellence and innovation, celebrating great filmmaking across all genres, styles and budgets. We want to hear from young filmmakers with a unique voice, a story to tell and a fresh approach to filmmaking – not just those with the best equipment or famous friends. Industry judges include Sandra Sciberras, director of the AFI award-winning ‘Caterpillar Wish’ (AUS 2006), and Bridget Callow, producer of the AFI-nominated ‘Bitter and Twisted’ (AUS 2008).

This year, filmmakers are competing for a stack of cash and awards, including a $1,000 cash prize from The Upwey & District Community Bank Group and a prize pack from Madman Entertainment. Selected films will also feature on the small screen, presented on Foxtel’s Aurora Community Channel as part of Youth Week 2010. To enter, films must be 15 minutes or less, and the filmmaker from Victoria and aged 30 or under.

For more information, and to enter online, check out www.hillsidefilmfestival.com.

Entries close on Monday 2^nd November.

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is an annual international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of non-fiction cinema. Each spring Full Frame welcomes filmmakers and film lovers from around the world to historic downtown Durham, North Carolina for a four-day, morning to midnight array of over 100 films as well as discussions, panels, and southern hospitality. Set within a single city block, the intimate festival landscape fosters community and conversation between filmmakers, film professionals and the general public.

Full Frame's mission is to support the documentary form and community by showcasing the contemporary work of established and emerging filmmakers and by preserving film heritage through archival efforts and continued exhibition of classic documentaries. The festival is also committed to building wider national and international audiences for documentary film and enhancing public understanding and appreciation of the art form and its significance.

It is said that a “Picture speaks a thousand words” but when it comes to films it can actually translate into an epic. The strength & reach of a motion picture has always defined new benchmarks & more often than not managed to make an indeligible mark on the minds of the audience. This phenomenon gains ground more so with respect to issues pertaining to environmental degradation & nature conservation. Discussions & forums on environmental conservation though critical, have lost their potency & often end-up as drab & cliched to a great extent. Thus when spreading the message of nature conservation remains vital, spreading it effectively becomes the cornerstone of this grave issue. Ecofest’09 aims to get some of the best creative minds in the business for spreading the message to the utmost extent.The idea behind inviting & screening these creatively crafted films is to make a strong impact upon the audience, which is the first step towards urging them towards concrete action.

The Eko International Film Festival will be held in the mega city of Lagos state in South West Nigeria, from July 9-14, 2011.
It is open to all films from all over the world.

Films must fit into one of the seven categories: Fiction, comedy, documentaries, drama, Horror, Student Film 1 minute
Eko International Film Festival is for the appreciation and promotion of motion picture arts and sciences in Lagos state and to promote tourism.

The President of Eko International Film Festival is Mr. Hope Obioma Opara.
The MD/CEO, Supple Communications Limited and the Publisher of Supple magazine in Nigeria. He is also the Managing Director of Startup Weekend Nigeria. 

Since 2007 the LIDF has worked to ensure that London is host to exciting, diverse, challenging and inspiring films from every corner of the world. The LIDF is committed to providing a platform for international documentaries and their directors. It does this by working with globally recognised partners and venues, such as the British Museum, the Barbican Centre, and the Royal Society of the Arts on a year-round programme of screenings and other events that includes the 10-day London International Documentary Festival.

The LIDF’s ongoing commitment to what it calls ‘Conversations in Film’ creates a unique kind of film festival. The films within LIDF are the starting point for a series of programmed ‘conversations’ – panel discussions and workshops – that bring diverse audiences together to go beyond the films themselves in order to engage with social, cultural and political issues in the company of policy makers, academics, journalists and other cultural commentators

Having celebrated its third year the LIDF is now looking forward to working with new partners and presenting another feast of film and debate in April / May 2010.

Thanks for your amazing response. We are still getting submissions so the dates for the festival has been extended. You can send your submission now if you missed it earlier.

The International Cinema Festival of India was formed in 2009 to provide a unique and specialized film festival experience.

Gladly presenting you a Major International Film Festival in India this year. The festival is called “Global Cinema Festival” (GCF) and is jointly organized by Film Federation of India (FFI) and State Government of Madhya Pradesh (GoMP). FFI is the Apex Body of Film Industry in India and this film festival will be its flagship event in film festivals. Hence although it is a debut year for the festival, the grandiose, success, network and continuity are rest assured. The festival will be organized at Indore from 9 -15, October 09. Indore is a key city in Madhya Pradesh (MP) and business wise the barometer for box office in Central India. So GCF will be at the center of the center! The festival is non-competitive in nature with different sections covering World Cinema, India Mainstream Films, Regional Films, and Classics.

Sadho Poetry Film Fest is the first of its kind in India, and perhaps in this part of the world.

This unique biennial festival showcases the finest Poetry Films from all over the world. It also aims at building collaborative linkages with festivals & organizations in other parts of the world.

The Terrace Theaters of Charleston, SC are please to announce The Charleston Film Festival. The Charleston Film Festival brings the best of local and national films to the Charleston community. It has two locations, one on the Charleston Harbor, and the other in James Island. Scheduled for March 11-14 2009, the Charleston Film Festival will bring film makers and film lovers in a three day celebration of the art form. Three educational talks are planned, as well as and after-festival gala and an awards ceremony. For more information, please see www.charlestonfilmfestival.com.

Films permitted for submission are those dealing with the theme “Tomorrow we will see”, in accordance with the description of the competition. The length of the film contributions must not exceed 10 minutes. In the case of longer films, an excerpt of up to 10 minutes may be submitted. Films can be submitted until 31st August 2009.

 The competition is open for students, apprentices and graduates from sectors like, e.g. TV, film and media production, media design, animation and multimedia as well as media technology may participate. The competition is also aimed at young professionals and job starters with work experience of up to 2 years.

 

The winners can look forward to cash prizes totalling to € 1.500.00 as well as various non-cash prizes. The prizes will be awarded during the "exground" film festival in

Wiesbaden, Germany on 15th November 2009. To submit a film online, filmmakers can register at Reelport.com.

 

You can find up-to-date information about the competition at homepage of the competition and the homepage of intervideo.

 

Find the application form and the description of the competition in English and German here.

With nine successful festivals staged over a nearly 20-year period, the Sichuan TV Festival (SCTVF), established in 1991, is dedicated to discovering new topics, creating new content, introducing new formats, and offering new services.

Chinese state level international professional event and market focusing on documentary which started in 2003. The festival held in Guangzhou annually includes the following major activities: A thematic Competition, Documentary Market, Public Screenings and Seminars. GZ DOC 2008 will be held from December 1 to December 5.

Every year, GZ DOC chooses a theme with international concern for the competition and calls for the recent documentaries produced in China and worldwide. The past themes include: History and Cultural Heritage, Children and Youngster’s Stories, Women Today, Facing Poverty and Towards the Olympics.

Changchun Film Festival is held every two years. The 9th edition was in 2008. Festival accept feature who have been produced during the 12 months before festival in english or in chinese language.