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List of all Film Festivals 02/99 Worldwide

 

Fajr Film Festival (Tehran)

1-11 February 1999

Farhang Cinema, Dr Shariati Ave, Gholhak, Tehran, 19139 Iran

Tel: +98 21 200 2088/89/90

Fax: +98 21 267 082

Festival director and programmer: Jamal Omid

Competition

Crystal Simorgh Award ($5,500)

Previous winner: La promesse (Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgium)

Entry deadline: 5 January 1999



San Diego International Film Festival

3 February-3 June 1999

Dept 0078, UCSD, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Golla, CA, USA, 92093-0078

Tel: +1-619 534 0497

Fax: +1-619 534 7665

E-mail: rbaily@uesd.edu

Festival director: Ruth Baily

Festival programmers: Ruth Baily, Elaine Lea-Chou

Competition

Patrons’ award for best film

Previous winners: In Case I Never See You Again (Juan Pablo Vulase–ok) and La Bue

Pablo Vula (Ricardo Franco)

Entry deadline: 30 November 1998



Tokyo Video Festival

6 February 1999

1-7-1 Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0004 Japan

Tel: +81-33 28 92 815

Fax: +81 33 2 89 28 19

Festival director: Mr Yasumoto

Competition

Video Grand prize ($5,000)

Previous winner: Life of Crime (John Alpert)

Entry deadline: 5 October 1998



Brussels Cartoon and Animated Film Festival

8-20 February 1999

19 rue de la RhŽtorique, 1060 Bruxelles, Belgium

Tel: +32-2-534 4125

Fax: +32-2-534 2279

E-mail: folioscope@skynet.be

Festival directors and programmers: Doris Cleven & Philippe Moins

Entry deadline: 15 October 1998



Academy Award Nominations

9 February 1999

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

8949 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90211

Tel: +1-310-247 3000

Fax: +1-310-859 9351

Contact: Bruce Davis



Berlin International Film Festival

10-21 February 1999

Budapester Strasse 50,

D-10787 Berlin, Germany

Tel: +49-30-25 48 92 25/254 890

Fax: +49-30-25 48 92 49

E-mail: info@berlinale.de

Festival director: Moritz de Hadeln

Competition

Golden Bear

Previous winner: Central do Brasil (Walter Salles)

Entry deadline:

20 November 1998



International Forum of New Cinema (Berlin)

10-22 February 1999

Budapester Strasse 50, D-10787 Berlin, Germany

Tel: +49-30-254 89246

Fax: +49-30-261 5025

E-mail: forum@forum-ifb.b.shuttle.de; 10024.327@compuserve.com

Website: http://www.b.shuttle.de/forum-ifb

Festival director: Ulrich Gregor

Festival programmers: Erika & Ulrich Gregor, Klaus Dermutz, Erika Richter, Peter B Schumann, Christoph Terhechte, Dorothee Wenner

Non-competitive, but awards are given

Wolfgang Staudte Preis (DM20,000)

Entry deadline: 28 November 1998



European Film Market (Berlin)

11-19 February 1999

Budapester Strasse 50, D-10787 Berlin, Germany

Tel: +49-30-25 48 92 25

Fax: +49-30-25 48 92 49

Contact: Beki Probst



The Mobius Advertising Awards (Chicago)

11 February 1999

841 North Addison Avenue, Elmhurst, 60126-1291 Illinois, USA

Tel: +1-630-834 7773

Fax: +1-630-834 5565

E-mail: filmfestivalandmobius awards@compuserve.com

Festival director: JW Anderson

Competition

The Mobius Statuette

Previous winner: Amazing Grace

Entry deadline: 1 October 1998



Portland International Film Festival

11-28 February1999

1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland 97205, Oregon, USA

Tel: +1-503-221 1156

Fax: +1-503-226 4842

E-mail: info@nwfilm.org

Festival director and programmer: Bill Foster

Competition

Audience award

Previous winner: The Perfect Circle (Ademir Kenovic)

Entry deadline: 15 October 1998



Transmedia ’99 – Video Fest (Berlin)

12-21 February 1999

Klosterstr. 68-70, Berlin, Germany, 10179

Tel: +49-30 2472 1907

Fax: +49-30 2472 1909

E-mail: videofest@mediopolis.de

Festival director: Johannes Lenz Pavlichek

Artistic director: Micky Kuella

Competition

Four prizes: video, computer animation, TV, multimedia (DM2,000 each)

Entry deadline: mid November 1998



MILIA (Cannes)13-16 February 1999

Conference 8 February

BP 572, 11 Rue du Colonel Pierre Avia, 75726 Paris Cedex 15, France

Tel: +33-1-41 90 44 00

Fax: +33-1-41 90 44 70

Website: http://www.reedmidem.milia.com

Programme manager: Laurine Garaude

Competition and Market

Milia d’Or

Previous winner:

Entry deadline: 17 November 1998



Miami Film Festival

19-28 February 1999

444 Brickell Ave, #229, Miami, FL 33131, US

Tel: +1-305-377 3456

Fax: +1-305-577 9768

E-mail: mff@gate.net

Festival director: Nat Chediak

Festival programmer: Nat Chediak

Competition

Audience Award

Previous winner: Secretos del corazon (Montxo Armendariz)

Entry deadline: 1 November 1998



Monte Carlo Television Festival

19-25 February 1999

4Bd Jardin Exotique, Monaco MC 98000

Tel: +377-93 10 40 60

Fax: +377-93 50 70 14

Festival director: Wilfred Groote

Market & Competition

Golden Nymph Awards (Best TV Film, Miniseries, News Reports, News Features)

Entry deadline for feature: end November 1998



Local Heroes (Edmonton)

20-27 February 1999

3rd Floor, 10022 103rd Street, Edmonton, AlbertaT5J 0X2, Canada

Tel: +1-403-421 4084

Fax: +1-403-425 9099

E-mail: filmhero@nsi-canada.ca

Festival director: Cheryl Ashton

Festival programmers: Anthony King

Market

Entry deadline: 15 November 1998



American Film Market (AFM)

25 February-5 March 1999

10850 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA

Tel: +1-310-446 1000

Fax: +1-310-446 1600

Market director: Brady Craine

Market

 

Malibu Film Festival

26 Feb - 4 Mar 1999

29178 Heathercliff Rd. Suite 2, Malibu, CA 90265, USA

Tel: +1 310 456-6683

Fax: +1 310 589-0852

E-mail: mff@malibufilmfestival.org

Website: http://www.malibufilmfestival.org

Festival director: David Katz

Festival programmer: Eva Vekas

Competition

Grand Prize ($5000)

Entry deadline : 15 Jan 1999


Fantasporto (Oporto International Film Festival)

26 February - 1 March 1999

Rua Da Constituiçao, 311, P-4200 Oporto, Portugal

Tel: +351-2-507 3880

Fax: +351-2-550 8210

E-mail: fantas@caleida.pt

Website: http://www.caleida.pt/fantasporto

Festival director: Mario Dorminsky

Festival programmer: Beatriz Pacheco-Pereira

Competition

Best film award

Previous winner: Retroactive (Louis Mornau)

Entry deadline: 15 December 1998

 

Boston's First Annual Underground Film Festival

26 - 28 Feb 1999

441 Washington Street, Apt. 2, Brookline, MA 02446

Tel: +1 617-975-3361

Fax: +1 617-566-0773

E-mail: localsightings@worlnet.att.net

Website: www.localsightings.com

Festival director: David Kleiler

Festival programmer: David Kleiler

Competition

Name of major award: Banned in Boston

Value of award: $500 in services

Entry deadline :4 Feb 1999


NatFilm Festival (Copenhagen)

26 February-14 March 1999

Store Kannikestraede 6, 1169 Copenhagen K, Denmark

Tel: +45-33 12 0005

Fax: +45-33 12 7505

E-mail: natfilm@centrum.dk

Festival programmer: Kim Foss

Entry deadline: 1 December 1998

 

International Green Film Festival (IGFF)

29 Feb - 5 Mar 1999

Dept. of Environment, 187 Ostad Nejatollahi Ave., Tehran, IRAN 15875-5181

Tel: +9821- 8905172

Fax: +9821- 8807661

E-mail: IGFF@yahoo.com

Website: http://www.zyworld.com/IGFF

Festival director: Dr. Bijan H. Arabi

Festival programmer: Amir Pourabdollah

Competition

Golden Deer plus 20 Azadi Golden coins

Value of award: 3000 US$

Entry deadline : 1 Feb 1999


Green Screen (London) Festival tours seven UK cities and foreign capitals

February 1999

114 St. Martin’s Lane, London WC2N 4AZ, UK

Tel: +44-171-379 7390

Fax: +44-171-379 7197

Festival director: Victoria Cliff Hodges

The Bill Travers Award (£1,000)

Previous winner: The Mahogany Trail & The Work of the Undercurrents

Entry deadline: 30 November 1998



Hungarian Film Week (Budapest)

February 1999

c/o Filmunio, Varoslygeti Fasor 38, 1068 Budapest, Hungary

Tel: +36 1 351 7760

Fax: +36 1 351 6734

E-mail: filmunio@elender.hu

Competition for Hungarian films only

Previous winner: Passion (SzenvedŽly) Gyorgy Feher

Entry deadline: tbc



Mardi Gras Film Festival (Sydney)

February 1999

94 Oxford Street/PO Box 1081, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia

Tel: +61-2 9332 4938

Fax: +61-2 9331 2088

E-mail: info@queerscreen.com.au

Festival director: Tony Grierson

Competition (for Australian and New Zealand queer shorts)

My Queer Career Award (A$2,000)

Previous winner: Manawanui (Brent S Haywood)

Entry deadline: December 1998



Oslo Filmdager

First half of February 1999 (tbc)

PO Box 1584, Vika, N-0118 Oslo, Norway

Tel: +47 22 82 44 00

Fax: +47 22 82 43 68/69

Festival director: Ingeborg Moraus Hanssen

PanAfrican Film and TV Festival of Ouagadougou

February 1999

Secretariat GŽnŽral Permanent du Fespaco, 01BP – 2505 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso

Tel: +226-30 7538

Fax: +226-31 2509

Festival director: Filippe Sawadogo

Competition

Etalon de Yennega (CFA5 million)

Entry deadline: tbc



Tourism International Film Festival

February 1999 (tbc)

ACTL, via Silvio Pellico 6, 20121 Milano, Italy

Tel: +39-2 86 46 40 80

Fax: +39-2 72 02 25 83

Festival director: Andrea Archidi

Competition

Best film award

Previous winner: Somoa

Entry deadline: tbc